.TDE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, MAY 4,1952

"Sooooo - Steady, Now"

JUSTICE ROBERT H. JACKSON accurate-
ly described the two recent Supreme
Court decisions on Truman's loyalty pro-
gram, when he assailed the rulings as,
"justice turned bottom side up."
In removing the names of three or-
ganizations branded Communistic from
the Attorney General's red list, the court
upheld that part of the Constitution
which protects the right of individuals to
testify in their own behalf.
This first decision corrected an extremely
unhealthy situation whereby the Attorney
General could label any organization sub-
versive without allowing that organization
proper hearings.
But in the second decision the Court sus-
tained by a 4-4 vote the Federal power to
dismiss a government worker suspected of
disloyalty without permitting him to con-
front his accuser.
This ruling was severely inconsistent. In
the first decision the Court apparently re-
alized the inequities that result from refus-
ing a group of individuals the right to tes-
tify in their own behalf. But in the second
decision the Court denied this same prin-
ciple regardingmingle individuals.
Not many will deny the right of the ad-
mnistration to hire and fire ewhom it
pleases. But when the admnistration sets
itself up. as a court and yet denies the
accused individual an elementary right
of court procedure-the right to answer
the charges-the power to fire becomes
dangerous.
Since the basis for dismissing a federal
employee has become a matter of what
"subversive act" the employee might commit
and not what he has actually committed,
many government workers are being dis-
missed for reasons even they don't under-
stand. These people have lost their jobs, and
often their reputation; yet they have not
even had the opportunity to answer the ne-
bulous charges against them or to clear
themselves in the public eye.
These purge tactics are completely in-
compatible with that justice which is sup-
posed to be inherent in the American
system-a system which we are allegedly
defending against totalitarianism.
Although the Court did not rule on the
constitutionality of the entire loyalty pro-
gram, the four judges who dissented on the
second decision apparently realized the
frightening aspects of the loyalty purge-
an hysterical program which is quickly feed-
ing the Communist cause and gradually de-
pleting the energy of democracy.,
-Alice Bogdonoff

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and in good taste. Letters exceeding 300, words in length, defamatory or
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DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN

Deane reported MacArthur as believing
that the "Chinese Reds were greatly over-
rated and could be easily defeated in any
major conflict." Also that the "Soviets were
powerless to conduct a full-scale war on the
China mainland."
Deane quoted MacArthur directly as say-
ing: "I consider Chiang a highly intelligent
leader. But he knows nothing about the
art of war. He is surrounded by corrupt
officials and generals. His troops are very
ineffective and poorly equipped."
As another example of MacArthur as a
military prophet, Deane reported to the
President: "MacArthur said he did not
think the North Koreans would overrun
the South Koreans, but that the United
States would have to support South Korea
in the event of trouble."
The North Carolina congressman also re-
ported that it was MacArthur's view that
Russia had nothing to gain by taking over
South Korea. And that Russia was most
interested in Asia in order to gain access
to a warm-water port on the Indian Ocean.
Note: In a separate memo attached to
Deane's secret report to the President, the
North Carolinian also complained about Maj.
Gen. Charles Willoughby, MacArthur's heel-
clicking intelligence chief who has now
asked to be retired. At a military briefing,
Deane reported, Willoughby used a full
Colonel as a messenger boy to juggle the
charts and snapped his fingers every time
he wanted the Colonel to remove a chart.
Deane also complained that Willoughby al-
ways seemed to be on the tennis court when
the congressional delegation was looking for
him.
(Copyright, 1951, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.)

Wheat to India . . .
To the Editor:
THE FOLLOWING is part of the
text of a letter written by Sen.
Homer Ferguson to students of this
University in answer to inquiries
regarding his stand on giving aid
to famine starved India. The letter
is dated April 28 months after the
committee hearings on the bill had
started.
"Dear Friends:
..Heretofore I felt that be-
fore we did anything along this
line India should end its trade war
with Pakistan.
" . there are other factors
which we must explore and give
attention to in connection with this
legislation namely the question of
India's ability to pay for the wheat
she desires.. .
" ,. ..also it develops that India
is restricting certain necessary
materials to our country which we
need..,..
" . ..I intend to give very care-
ful study to all points before decid-
ing what ought to be done in this
matter. .. .
Sincerely
Homer Ferguson'
There is little doubt Senator
Ferguson that there are many
economic and political considera-
tions in congressional legislation,
but Senator Ferguson people in In-
dia are dying of hunger in the
streets.
May I urge the students on this
campus to write or wire their legis-
lators in Washington. Your action
now may save the lives of thou-
sands.
Herb Cheston, '51
S.R.A. Vice-president.
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Wheat to India .
To the Editor:
DAY BY DAY the plight of the
starving millions of India
grows more desperate. Unless food-
grain is sent in India immediately,
one-fifth of the world's people will
be confronted by one of the worst
famines in history.
The responsibility of letting
these people live or die rests
squarely on the shoulders of the
lawmakers in our Congress. Fr
months a bill to send two million
tons ofPsurplus wheat to India has
been pending in the House and
Senate. The ships and grain are
ready. The bill is awaiting final
action. Still in the face of these
urgent conditions our legislators
falter.
In such a crisis it becomes our
duty as citizens of this democracy
to inform our representatives in
Congress of the will of the Ameri-
can people. Article I of the Bill of
Rights tells us how we must act.
Resolutions which are considered
in public meetings can be most ef-
fectively directed to: 1. The Presi-
dent, United States Senate, 2. The
Speaker, House of Representatives,
3. The President, United States.
Moreover, it is the responsibility
of each individual to express his
or her views in this matter. Our
conscience, can be free only when
we have written or wired our Con-
gressmen urging them to aid these
starving people. If our efforts do
not inspire our lawmakers to ac-

Wheat to India

To the Editor:
NEXT MONDAY at 11 a.m. stu-
dents from the University of
Michigan will present a token gift
of wheat to Madam Pandit at the
Indian Embassy, in Washington,
joining scores of colleges in a sym-
bolic gift from the American peo-
ple.
It is impossible to fully evaluate
the undertaking of such action at
a time when Congress is still
Dilly-Dallying over legislation.
Whatever emphasis the presence
of scores of students representing
many colleges will have, one thing
is certain-that the people of In-
dia, starving and embittered
against the American government
will never forget the spirit of Am-
erican University students who
did not fail them.
An office has been established
in Lane Hall to receive gifts, no
matter how small, to add to those
already received. May we sincere-
ly urge your participation in this
effort.
-Joyce Simon

tion, their failure can be accounted
for only by their own lack of moral
principles. We have done our duty.
William Grove
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UN nations headed by the U.S.A.
with forces in Korea-will neither
abandon nor be driven from Kor-
ea .. ..." It is not remarkable to
speak of our "abandoning" a
country 5,000 miles from San
Francisco, California to its own
peoples' internal decision?
There is nothing dishonorable,
nothing to weaken our securityi
or to diminish American welfarer
in the act of leaving Korea to the
Koreans after a cease fire ...
-George Paul Moskofft
McGee . .
To the Editor:
PERHAPS YOU began readingj
this expecting "my" opinion
of what really went on at Willie
McGee's trial. Not so. For who am
I to know the true nature of the
proceedings of a case so many
miles away from Ann Arbor? I
know no more about this case
than does any other student here;'
you perhaps.
Since we don't know, you and I,
what really happened at that
Southern trial, how about accept-
ing the word of those that do
know; if anyone else does?
If Iwere to say that the juries
of Mississippi which tried and con-
victed him ought to know, you
would be right to decry me, for
this statement you find false if
you believe McGee innocent.
Except those who might be pre-
judiced, as say Mississippi jurors,
certainly anyone else who is bet-
ter acquainted with the facts of
the case and the trial would be a
better judge of McGee than we;
true? But who is left to judge
fairly?
Our Supreme Court. Or did the
papers say something about their
refusal to review the case? They
refused to call the case up to re-
try it on grounds that in their
own review of the case they found
n o t h i n g unconstitutional o r
"wrong" with the case. This was
said by the Supreme Court which
has recently opened certain South-
ern schools to Negroes and bene-
fitted them in other ways. They
must know far more than you or
I about the case to refuse to re-
try it, saying that he was not
tried by a prejudiced jury.
Now, who will stand up yet, and
say, "I believe I know this case
better than the Supreme Court
and I think it deserves retrial."
Only the vainglorious.
-Joe Levy, '53
H.ail Mac .
To the Editor:
EWOULD like to thank Mr.
Hulack and Mr. Witt for en-
lightening us on a topic which we
apparently have been in the dark
about for some time. In their let-
ter concerning MacArthur for Mi-
chigan's president, they referred
to the General with capitalized
pronouns. Up to this time, we had
been under the impression that
this usage was applied only to
God and to Jesus Christ. Welcome
to the ranks, MacArthur!
-Roberta Snyder, '54
Barbara Goodman, '54
* * *
Gross & Goss .
To the Editor:
GROSS OR GOSS, what'll you
have?
I sincerely hope all of our cri-
tics of critics are happy and con-
tent now. At the same time poor
Mr. Gross is being driven to cover
for expressing his frank and hon-
est opinion on the performance of
Heifetz, Miss Goss covers his re-
treat in her review of Horowitz.
Using every complimentary ad-

jective inRoget's Thesaurus, Miss
'Goss's review oozed and dripped
with appraisal. I'm afraid I
wouldn't appreciate seeing Horo-
witz again-I'd be too disappoint-
ed.
What do you want in a review,
a Hollywood sales promotion, 01
an honest opinion?
-Richard D. Helmrich
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Spring Water. .
To the Editor:
IF THE uncovering of the seml-
s green gargoylic monstrosity ir
front of the Michigan League was
a sign that Spring had arrived in
Ann Arbor, then we would have
preferred to retain Winter all
year.
-D. Philip Madison
Eugene J. DeGayner

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Korean Peace .
To the Editor:


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THE FURY of the war in Korea
is rising, according to press
reports.
The death toll is mounting cru-
elly, tragically. Yet, neither the
Truman administration nor the
pro-fascist plotters behind give
the slightest indications that they
are interested in bringing this
carnage to a halt through a cease
fire and negotiations.
On the contrary, the pressure
for spreading the war through the
bombing of Manchuria is growing
more ominous every day.
Already the government has an-
nounced that it is rushing guns to
Chinese Taiwan (Formosa) along
with big military missions ..
In fact, the differences between
the Administration and the Mac-
Arthur are growing so thin that
New York Times writer, Hanson
Baldwin is able to report happily
that "The differences were in
some instances as to degree rather
than as to principle-In fact the
Administration already had taken
some of the steps General Mac-
Arthur advocated." (N.Y. Times,
April 25)
That is, the Ridgway forces can
operate from the sea and air,
from the privileged sanctuary of
Japan and the Far-Off U.S.; but
any similar counter-action by the
people whose countries are being
devastated will be viewed as jus-
tifying war upon them in unlimit-
ed fury.
The Hearst press predicts that
the Administration will carry out
the MacArthur plan "but five
months late." (April 21-
Thus our country, against the
people's will, is being readied for
a major disaster by the top lead-
ership who fear peace and a let-
down in the huge profit war con-
tracts.
Mr. Thackrey, editor of the
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Exhibitions
May Exhibitions at the Museum of
Art, Alumni Memorial Hall. Lifar Col-
lection-Ballet through May 27; Con-
temporary Italian Drawings through
May 31. Weekdays 9-5, Sunday 2-5. The
public is invited.
Events Today
Roger Williams Guild: Open House
at the Guild House, 8:30-12 midnight.
Westminster Guild: Open House, 8:30
p.m., First Presbyterian Church.
University Museum Friday Evening"
Program will travel to the far north,
in the first of four Travel Evenings in
May. Two movies in Kellogg Auditor*
ium, 7:30 p.m.: "Iceland, Land of the
Vikings," and "Alaska, the story of a
Frontier." Eskimo exhibit, 4th floore
Museums Bldg.
Forum on College and University
Teaching: 3-5 p.m., Library Lectur&
Hall. Lecture and discussion by Ford L.
Lemier,. Director of the Audio-Visual
Education Center, "Audio-Visual Aids
in College Instruction."
Hillel: Friday evening services, Lane
Hall, 7:15 p.m.; Saturday morning serv-
ices, 9 a.m., Lane Hall.
English Language Institute, Friday
Night Program will be on songs and
dances of various cultures. People in-
terested in becoming acquainted with
foreign students are invited. The con-
servation must be in English. Rackham
Bldg., Assembly Hall, 3rd floor, 8:30 p.an
Hostel Club: Sports and swimming
at I-M Bldg., tonight.
International Radio Roundtable: aus-
pices of International Center ant
WUOM. Discussions every Friday, 7:3'
p.m., WUOM. Transcribed on WHRV
on Tuesday, 10 p.m. Subjects for dis-
cussion: American Literature, May 4*
Peace Through Co-operation, May 11.
Students interested in participating in
the programs may contact Hiru Shah
Moderator, 8598.
Coffee Hour, Lane Hall, 4:30-6 p.m.
IZFA: Executive meeting, 4:15 p.m.,
Union.
Coming Events
Flying Club: Meeting, Tues., May ',
1072 E. Engineering Bldg. Election of
Summer President. All members please
try to attend,,this is the last meeting
of the semester. Qthers interested are
welcome.
school of Education Faculty Will
spend an informal evening with all
students in Education who have passec
their preliminary examinations for the
doctorate, Tues., May 8, 8 p.m., Assem-
bly Room, Rackham Bldg.
Hillel Mixer: Orals and Undergrads.
Sun., May &, 8 p.m., Phi Sigma Delta,
house, 1808 Hermitage.
Hostel Club
Sunday Morning Horseback Ride,
Meet at League at 9 a.m., Sun., May 6;
to bike to Glencoe Stables. Beginners
given instruction. Call Irene Edwards.,
2-2823.
Sailing Club: Elimination races for
District Regatta, Sat., May 5. Trans-
portation at side door of Union, 9 a.m.
Graduate Outing Club: Hiking, soft-
ball and volley ball at Silver Lake. Meet
Graduate Outing clubroom, northwest
corner of Rackham, 2:15 p.m., Sun.
May 6. All grads welcome. Bring cars.

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STAGECOACH, with John Wayne, Claire
Trevor, and Thomas Mitchell at Architec-
ture Auditorium.
THIS MINOR CLASSIC of the West holds
up pretty well after ten years, and serves
to prove some interesting things.
It indicates, most notably, that John
Ford, its director, was just about all he has
been cracked up to be, and at that date was
not addicted to the repeated sentimental
excesses that are the hallmark of his pro-
duct today. It further shows that for sheer


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