THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESU DREW PEARSON: McCarthy & Communism WASHINGTON--There is no part of the world where the United States has battled harder to prevent Communism than in Germany, whose military-minded people and vast iron and steel resources can turn war into victory or defeat for Atlantic Pact nations. Yet the biggest propaganda boost for Communism and against the U.S.A. ever given the German people came from the man who sets himself up as the great enemy of Communism-Senator McCar- thy of Wisconsin. Supporting this grave statement is evi- dence locked in the secret files of the Sen-. ate Armed Services committee, evidence which a sub-committee went all the way to Germany to collect. It shows that McCarthy allowed himself to become the mouthpiece of a German Communist agent-probably without rea- lizing it. It shows that McCarthy charged the U.S. Army with torturing German pris- oners in order to extract confessions. And finally it shows that McCarthy's speeches, made on the floor of the U.S. Senate, were later broadcast all over Germany in order to promote Communism and inflame the German people against the U.S.A. McCarthy's ill-advised propaganda speech- es were in defense of the 12 Nazi SS men who lined up 80 unarmed American war prisoners and shot them in the Malmedy Massacre during the Battle of the Bulge. * * * NAZIS GO UNPUNISHED OF VARIOUS ATROCITIES committed during the war, this was by all odds the worst. It was more cold-blooded than any committed by the Japanese. Later the SS men who murdered the 80 defenseless American prisoners were caught, tried, and 12 were found guilty. However, they have never been hanged and here is the reason. After they were condemned to death, a German agent named Rudolf Aschenauer sent faked-up charges to Frederic Libby of the National Council for the Preven- tion of War, that U.S. Army prosecutors had tortured the Nazi SS men to obtain confessions. Libby, not realizing he was being used, passed this on to McCarthy. He even passed it on in the same large brown envelopes he received from Munich, with Rudolf Asche- nauer's name attached. A high American intelligence officer la- ter gave the Senate Armed Services Com- mittee information linking Aschenauer with the Communist agitators who are trying to stir up German resentment against the U.S.A. Aschenauer, according to U.S. in- telligence, was secretly affiliated with a Communist spy ring whose purpose was to keep the German people on Moscow's side. Its job was to plant this dynamite-laden prppaganda on McCarthy and then cable hfs inflammatory speeches back to Ger- many. There they were headlined in the press. Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. NIGHT EDITOR: VERNON EMERSON McCARTHY SHOUTS HAVE SEEN documentary evidence that the (German war criminals) were sub- ject to beatings and physical violence in such forms as could only be devised by warped minds," McCarthy stormed. "They were subjected to sham trials, to mock hangings; and families were deprived of rations--all of which the prosecution justi- fied as being necessary to create the right psychological atmosphere in which to ob- tain confessions." Naturally this made headlines in Ger- many. Naturally these grave charges, com- ing from a U.S. Senator, were believed. And they turned thousands of Germans against the United States. Meanwhile, American taxpayers have been paying one billion dollars a year to feed the German people and keep them with us. McCarthy's charges were taken so ser- iously by Germans that to this day the army has not been able to execute the 12 convicted Nazi SS Men. To hang them would cause extreme public reaction, pos- sibly riots. However, when the Senate subcommittee appointed to investigate his charges began to uncover the truth, McCarthy lashed out at his own colleagues. The subcommittee was controlled by Republicans and chair- manned by conscientious Sen. Ray Baldwin of Connecticut. Despite this, McCarthy raged: "This subcommittee not only has no desire to obtain the truth but is conducting a deliberate attempt to avoid the facts and effect a whitewash of the army officers involved." During the committee hearings, McCar- thy personally grilled U.S. Army officers, even demanding that they submit to lie- detector tests. This they agreed to do. However, -McCarthy was not willing to have the German war criminals submit to the same lie detectors. SENATE REBUFFS McCARTHY AND AS HIS OWN GOP colleagues on the Senate committee dug deeper into the facts and got closer to exposing McCarthy, the Senator from Wisconsin staged a Vishin- sky act and walked out of the hearings. Nevertheless the Senate committee re- buffed its own colleague with an official report which came close to pinning the Communist label on McCarthy's sources. "Through competent testimony submitted to the subcommittee," the report read, "it appeared that there are strong reasons to believe that groups within Germany are endeavoring . . . to discredit the American occupation forces in general. The subcom- mittee is convinced that there is an organ- ized effort being made to revive the nation- alistic spirit in Germany through every possible means. There is evidence that at least part of this effort is attempting to establish a close liaison with Communist Russia. "Due to the manner in which the alle- gatfions in this case were being handled (by McCarthy) it was also clear that no matter what the facts were in the case, in the minds of practically all Germans, the allegations were accepted as fact. This was certain to damage the American position in Germany ... everything done to weaken the prestige of the United States and our occupation policies will play an important part in any emergency." (Copyright, 1950, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ART THE SOCIETE Anonyme Collection which occupies half the gallery space of the Museum of Art is a group of oils, water co- lors, drawings and prints loaned from the permanent art collection of Yale Univer- sity. It is part of a large group of early Cu- bist work including in particular repre- sentative examples of the art of two of three famous brothers, Jacques Villon, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, and Marcel Dechamp, pioneer French figures in the historic movement. This show comprises some work of post- cubism, Futurism and Dadism. These move- ments grew out of the desire of some art- ists to create a new trend in art as opposed to Cubism which they felt was sterile. They attempted to return to subject matter in the spirit of renovation. They were reacting against what they felt were hypocritical attitudes of society and also against the conventions and standards set up by society. Through experimentation with color, line and space, they attempted to show move- ment. Examples of this are "The Scissors Grinder" by Malevich and "The Jockey" by Villon. "The Jockey" is one of the most interest- ing and important works in the show. Through the preliminary sketches, we can see the process of abstraction and recogani- zation of form that Villon used to create the felling of velocity and dynamism. In the sketches he represents and combines seve- ral different views of the horse simultan- eously. The final canvas is a bit disappoint- ing, however, after the precise beauty and calculated formes of the sketches as it is not nearly as delicately executed nor as aesthetically exciting. * * * JALEVICH'S color abstractions are very interesting in that he has reduced his painting to essential geometric forms, and the balance and movement of the total com- position are carried out by calculated place- ment of color. The paintings take on a three dimensional quality in spite of the flat pat- tern on the surface. Paul Klee's "Ambassador of Autumn" is one of the most pleasant items in the show. His quiet humor combined with his artistry in composition and use of subtle color make this small matercolor a true expression of the artist. Beautifully decorative is Max Ernst's "Butterflies". Against an intense blue back- ground, the white butterflies are precisely placed so that they move back and forth in depth. * * * DIET MONDRIAN of the de Stijl school is represented with "Fox Trot," a well-de- signed canvas typical of the artist's style. The rectilinear patterns are placed so that the whole composition has perfectly asy- metrical balance. The width of the black lines, the yellow, blue and white rectangles, and the off white background combine to make this painting a study in perfect se- renity. Leger's "Study for the City" and "Lad- der" show he has been influenced by the Futurists desire to show mechanical geo- metric forms. He uses a sequence of rec- tilinear shapes to suggest depth as well as surface pattern in the two well com- posed watercolors. The work of the Duchamp-Villon brothers is important because it shows that these men wanted to find a new and original ex- pression. Their method was shocking and unconventional but their contribution to the history of modern art cannot be ignored. IN THE WEST GALLERY is an exhibit of the Michigan Watercolor Society which as a whole is a very pleasant show. The trend seems to be toward the conservative side with the exception of "Atomic Landscape" by Donald Gooch. Among the most out- standing artists in the exhibit are Baker, Bigler, Hembach, Simper, Slusser; Stamp and Thrall. -Vivian Sosna Swivel Chair COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY plans to ship to General Dwight D. Eisenhower next month the desk and chair which have been in the general's office in Low Memorial L1 brary ever since the university's famous president arrived there in June, 1948. This is a pleasant gesture and one, we think, of comfortable good omen.-. Never has a man taken academic leave of absence to assume so mighty a task on a world campus. Columbia's president is in uniform again, but not-as he said before leaving-to head a movement of the West- ern democracies which has "a belligerent purpose or attitude." When General Eisen- hower sits overseas in a well-remembered chair, it will be to fulfill his own and this nation's determined faith that here and in Europe men may sit in old swivel chairs, with their feet under a desk or upon it, un- threatened and threatening no man. -New York Times New Books at the Library Atlick, Richard D., The Scholar Adven- tures New York, The Macmillan Co., 19501 Eccleston, Robert, Overland to California on the Southwestern Trail, Los Angeles, "Good Morning, Sir. You, As The Head Of the Rouse --" -~- 82 _ CONGRES - - The Daily welcomes communications from its readers on matters of general interest, and will publish all letters which are signed by the writer and in good taste. Letters exceeding 300 words in length, defamatory or libelous letters, and letters which for any reason are not in good taste will be condensed, edited or withheld from publication at the discretion of the editors. DAILY OFFICIAL ULL IN (Continued from Page 3) 1inal Examination Room Schedule Classes will be held as usual at the Union Pool beginning Tues., Jan. 16, at 7:30 p.m. Recreational Leadership - Wo- men Students: A course in re- creational leadership, giving ma- English 1 and 2 English 1-8t Jan. 27, 2-5 p.m. Alliso n . . . ... . .. ..... 2225 AUH Armstron ............ 102 Arch Bak e: .«........ .2LF Physics Barrows .............. 2225 AUI terials and activities useful for Bo n e r ............. 101 Econ. playground and camp work, will Botwood ...... . ...... 2014 AH be offered by the Department of Brown .1........ . ...... 231 AH Physical Education for Women on Buyd.... . .............1025 AH Fridays from 3 to 5 p.m. during Carr..... . ... . . ....18 All the spring semester. Application Chandc".................231 AU blanks are available in Itoom 15,; Che niak..............13l1 H Barbour Gymnasium. Clappe........ ..... .1025 All Cobb..... ........ 1025 AH Notice to Graduate Students K. Cox . .......... . 1025 AHl working for the Master of Arts R. Cox ................1025 AH Degree in Biology. I will not be Coyle ..........,.... 2003 AlH on the campus next semester and Dickey........... WLR Physics to relieve Doctor Hooper from do- Dixon ................. 204 TBC ing all of the advising I wish the R. Donaldson..........:1035 All above mentioned students would W. Donaldson .......... 1035 All consult with us during the week Eastman............. 1035 AH of January 15-19 at the following E. Engel.,. .......... 2029 AH times and places: R. Egrel..............231 AH Hooper in room 4119, Wed., 9- Everett ...... . .....,.... 23'1 AH 12, Thurs, 1-2:30. .e.i........... 2225 AU Gustafson in room 1033, Wed., Fe.,R,2rH............WRPhscs 1-5, Fri. 9-12. Fletche 2003 AU We have the election blanks. Foster ......,..... ..... 3 Tap -F. G. Gustafson Giman...............2003 AH Gross............... 2235 AH Pre-social work undergraduates: Hampton .............. 229 AH k. C All undergraduates interested in the field of social work are in-I vited to attend a meeting Wed.,' Jan. 17, 7:30 p.m. in the Huss~y Room at the League. Dr. Artlir1 Dunham, Acting Director of the U. of M. School of Social Work, and Mrs. Cranefield, also of thatI faculty, will speak briefly on the subject, Social Work: Preparation and Opportunities. Ample oppor- tunity will be provided for ques- tions nand discussion. Harris).............Rm. D AMH Hendrick............. 3017 AHI Hendricks ....... dm. D. AMI Huntcy ............ 1012Econ. Kowisi............. 220C3 All 2................ Arch Maloff......WLR Physics Marshall ..........WLR Physics McCaughey............1209 AH Miller................102 Arch Muehl ................ 225 AH Needham.............102 Econ. 10 2 Ai- h1 S I Art Criticism . . To the Editor: READ Donald R. Matheson's; rapturous review of the Kam- rowski exhibit (11 January edi- tion). According to Matheson, we can see "convoluted fantasies of vascular . forms" and "angular planes, articulating the prismatic refraction of light, creating mov- ing figures out of the crystalline fracture of atmosphere." Besides, it's free. The point here is that I feel M. Matheson deserves similar praise, for Matheson's "passionate search for release from the con- straint of convention" is certain- ly as successful as Kamrowski's. His media, of course, are not those of Kamrowski, who uses such mu - dane items as sand and aluminum paint applied with an insecticide sprayer. Matheson uses words. And such words ! They are "dribbled and puddled, with a freedom just short of accidental." When this phase of his work has been completed, he stands well back from his manu- script and sprays it with polysyl- labic gibberish. In his own words, "the total effect is bizarre in the extreme." His best-known work is a sesies games away from home during! the Christmas vacation. -Just be- cause the plan is radical is no t tba t) utJuaivV ........ reason for not adoptinga i t Mathematic 183:-e in r......... seems to us that a plan which Mathematics 183: Will meet in Pace .. . ..... . would be as beneficial to stu- Rm. 2084 E. Engineering, Wed., Pate ro . ......... . . woul be s bne fcia to tu-Jan. 17, at 10 a.m. rce............... dents as this one is should be __an._7,_at_1_am.__,___......arce adopted whether radical or not. ? fPillsbuiy............. As far as the high school stu- mg a nightmare in which the ..kus. dents who want to enter in the writing cn the wall had read, "All S.....p.on middle of the year are concern- senior grades this year will be Slatof ......... ed, they could leave high school posted not later than fifteen see- SceY ea ............ a wee or so early or wait until onds after the final exam." In Stockton...... . ..... . the next August before entering. large sections especially, most in- er................ I structors shrug their shoulder s ,......... We would like to urge the im- and regretfully admit that their Van .......... mediate adoption of this plan for only recourse is an objective exam Wea.er.............. use in the 1951-52 school year. We which can be graded with a score Weimer.............. feel, however, that the plan hasi card. For many disciplines this is Whan.............. one major drawback, it's too good' highly inappropriate, and is in- Wilkinson............ to be true. deed a "travesty on fair and ac- Woodrull............ -Norman C. Thomas '53 curate grade reporting." En i 2-3a., a. % -Douglas Peck '52 Incidentally the new system Amend ....... Robert L. Thomas, '52E would be more conducive to the ennett... ........ . Dudley Davies '53 discussing of next terms educa- Culbert............. Bill Kelley '52 Bus. Ad. tional plans with the family Hill .................. --Tom Griem '54 while home on vacation. M.rkin . Duane Hegedorn '53E One of the objections to the Mcon -.............. -Andrew Corsi '51E new idea was that it was radical. Peterson... 1025 AUH .2033 A H 3017 All 102 Arca .2013 AHl ...3 Tap . 10 25 All 21 AHl 2 A rch 3011 AHl 2219 All 2225 AlH 10 2 Arch 3.017 All 10 All ,2-3 p.m1. 2 Econ 202 Ecdn ...16 AH 21.K Ee on 215 Econ ...4 AH --Robert Leishman '53 A. & D. * * * Secret . . To the Editor: EUREKA! Now at long last I .know the secret guiding light of The Laily's movie and drama n i Q T iei h i F Without expressing my views on people who- reject radical ideas because they are radical, I would only note how Webster defines the word: "1. proceeding from the root. 2. affecting the vital prin- ciple or principles." 'Null said? -Wym Price * * *A i , 4 1 J t j i + Shedd................. 231 AH Steinhoff ..............1007 AlH Wat .................2231 All Mvake-up E'xarination for both English 1 and 2, Sat., Jan. 27, 7- 10 in 2225 AH. Copies of the final examination may be picked up at 1:30 p.m., Jan. 27, in 2209 Al. (Continued on Pa,;e 5) .r . 'ti --i + MUSIC + I1 'i ;i It might be fun to listen to the Don Cos- sacks for about twenty minutes; a whole evening of them is a pretty large dish of sour cream to swallow. Their mannered in- terpretations of Russian music, whether it was liturgy or folk-song, were all the same. -Each number seemed to end with a quaver- ing falsetto voice gradually dying away, while a deep bass voice sang notes of un- certain pitch. No music they sang came out cleanly or simply, and the distortions were even noticeable in the religious pieces: Kas- talsky's Credo and Tschaikowsky's Legend were rich in Fred Waring's choral effects. (specially mannered was the exagger- ated handling of dynamics; passages rose and fell not through any expressive need determined by the music itself, but ap- parently out of the belief that a sudden Germany EVERY TIME there is a crisis the Allies accuse each other of treating the Ger- many of today as if it were an entirely dif- ferent Germany-the Germany of yester- day, or the Germany of tomorrow. It is true that Allied policy has at times been danger- ously ambiguous. But it is not at all cer- tain that the western Germans would have reacted any better to a consistent policy, even if it had been a very generous one. It is entirely possible that any coherent policy would have been considered oppressive by a people who are even more divided as to their destiny than are the Allies in their attempts to influence it. The Allies now granted West Germany in- dependence if it will share irp, the defense of the free world. So the Allies finally have a clear-cut policy - and the Germans are panic-stricken. For five years they have reproached the Allies for indecision and un- certainty. Now they are busily rejecting the nnhr oiaprl solutinn that has hen nffererl forte or .rescendo was somehow charac- teristic of the Russian feeling. I am will- ing to wager that not many of last night's be-booted Cossacks have seen a steppe since Comrade Lenin disembarked at the Finland Station. This in itself need not have disturbed the authenticity of their performance, but coupled with the ob- vious age of the group-the hairlines were high, the figures no longer were of military svelteness-one was 'aware of a distinct sense of decayed glory. Neither was I pleased with the irritating posturing and mugging of Jaroff. It seemed such a waste of energy; all his military pre- ciseness of gesture could not command pre- cision from the singers. Their attacks were sloppy, they rarely sang together in perfect rhythm, and their general attitude on the stage was one of tolerant boredom.' I am sure they enjoy singing-especially in the novelty numbers where they can imitate lo- comotives or where the tenors can pretend to be young girls picking berries or reading love letters-but they certainly give the feel- ing that they've done all this so many times before. The high point of the evening, at least from the audience's point of view, was the kazatsky dancing. Two young men, dress- ed in bright colors, skipped, leaped, and threw out their legs with, great skill. Whether this was really Russian I couldn't say; it seemed authentic enough. Babu-, shka, please put the samovar on. This has been an eclectic week-end for me, musically speaking. On Sunday after- noon I found myself attending a concert of the University Symphony Band. Under the leadership of Professor William Ravelli, the boys and girls of the wind and percussion sounded fine. The program was interestingly arranged to demonstrate the full and rich resources of all the choirs of the band. A trombone soloi, ,ave an eloquent perform- of reviews, artfully entitled "Jab- criti.Ltite tines from b um Edna St. Vincent Millay's AriaI Re: selfadit, "ad tulyoriginalim- da Capo: "I am a critic; there is To the Editor: self admits, "a truly original ex- nothing I can enjoy." AFTER WATCHING last Satur- Bretson.oncTremarked ito mes while -Naomi Schlossberg. i'day night's game between diverting himself with an ome- * * * Montreal and Michigan, I was of let) Matheson's attention "has Calendar Plan the opinion that there were mapy CaledarPl * -- hockey fundamentals that were been brought to bear on the ener-hokyfnaetltatwr gizing function of absoption and To the Editor, glaringly neglected by the Wol- emission." Breton was busily ab- verine team throughout the three sorbing the omelet at that mo- CONGRATULATIONS to Profs. periods. mrnthemeeth watfuth, atd, s Huntley and Crary for their Although their brand of hockey m H m w f and courageous plan to start the fall is still far superior to that played a consequence; this quotation may term early and have it over by by the majority of college hockey not be exact. I mention this be- Christmas vacation. The prospect teams today, there is no excuse for cause others have asserted that of being able to leave campus in their failure to carry out what it is in quite another bodily pro- December without a suitcase full appears to me, necessary require- less that Matheson excels. But I of books, and return without a ments, for a smooth functioning eaetisproblemwith the critics, head full of guilt complexes, fills team: where it so rightfully belongs, me with awe. It would be the first (1) Complete lack of back- My hope is thath Matheson time in 134 years anybody could checking down at the Montreal can bear up under the strain of enjoy the vacation without feel- end of the ice. The Wolverines did living (sic) in the midst of this ing like a criminal. not check the men from Montreal "global miasma of doom that in- Seriously, the advantages far until they had reached center ice, fects the civilization of the atom- outweigh the objections. The only and were by that time sailing at ic age." Far too many of our pro- difficulty which seems at present top speed. gressive young artists fail to do to defy solution is the predica- (2) Defensemen failing to clear so, and, in their despair, turn their ment of freshmen entering in the the puck out of Michigan's zone insecticide sprayers on themselves. second semester who would still on their own, but instead shooting M. Matheson's would be a tragic be in the process of graduating it out to mid-ice where it was loss. I recommend omelets, twice from high school. However even left for both teams to fight for daily, if worst came to worst (although possession. -Lee Schnore, Grad. there is no reason to suppose that (3) I am aware of the strategy it would) and they had to wait involved, when the puck carrier Calendar Plan . . . until the next fall to enroll, the shot the puck into the Montrealj inconvenience would be more than zone, as he crossed the blue line; To the Editor: justified by the thousands of dol- the value of the strategy wa-s lost, lars the University would save in however, when there were noj THE NEW calendar plan drawn coal bills during the longer Christ- other Michigan men following it up by Professors Huntley and mas va- tion, not to mention the in to center out. This was a fla- Cary is just what a good many of more ii.,portant elimination of the grant violation by the team, dur- the students have been waiting for. unfortunate disruption of classes' ing the entire game, and as a re- It's about time somebody thought two or three weeks before finals. sult the puck carrier was taking of a way to eliminate the troubles Besides, many educators believe a ! an aimless shot that was cleared which arise from the present sys- year of the cold cruel world out of the Montreal zone almost tem. (W-O-R-K and all that), before as soon as it was shot in there. We feel that nobody can deny college, enables the student to get (4) I -niust congratulate Mr. that the advantages which the more out of his higher education. Pelow-it's a wonder he was the plan would give far outweight the But the argument to end' all recipient of only one slashing disadvantages. As for the disad- arguments is the elimination to penalty in view of the fact that vantages, they could all be ironed the ridiculous marathon to get in I he was continually swinging that out without too much difficulty. grades immediately after finals. stick in somebody's shins most The athletic department .could It was around this season last of the game. schedule a major portion of its year when I heard a prof describ- --Stuart E. Hertzberg. Yea Sixm -First Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Editorial Staff Jim Brown...........Managing Editor Paul Brentlinger..........City Editor Roma Lipsky......... Editorial Dr1ector Dave Thomas ........... Feature Eidtor Janet Watts...........Associate Editor Nancy Bylan........Associate Editor James Gregory .........Associate Editor Bill Connolly............Sports Editor Bob Sandell.. . 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The rest of the house terrifies me. Creaks and drafts- You'll feel safe and s ee from now on! Wivthte zE y Prvte Eye AeC y .Oder I I E , I