THE MTCHTGAN DATLY THURSDAYFEBRUARY __________________________________________________________________________________________________ U I ' . . a rv avVL Report on McCarthy SENATOR JOE McCARTHY spoke to some of his "Fellow Americans" in Jackson the other day, and several Daily editors, battling icy roads and swirling snow flurries, jour- neyed down to hear him. We decided to go because we wanted to see in action a man who in one form or another has been plastered across the nation's headlines for the last two years, We went expecting not to like what we heard. We didn't. McCarthy was the featured guest at a GOP Lincoln Day dinner held in the audi- torium of the Jackson Country Building. He and local party notables sat at two long tables on the stage. Paying banqueters, about 600 strng, were around tables in the or- chestra. Non-eaters occupied the balcony. We, with about 75 others, predominantly elderly women, were in the balcony, WE HAD ARRIVED just in time to hear Republican State Chairman Owen J. Cleary introduce McCarthy as "one who has endeared himself to the United States by his integrity, intelligence and honesty." We disagreed. Looking well-fed in a blue suit and con- servative dark tie, McCarthy smiled at his audience, praised Earl Mitchner, George Meader and Homer Ferguson, damned the administration, said it was nice to get out of Washington and "back into the United States," and was off on an hour-long tirade of What's Wrong With the Mtate Depart- ment, and How To Cure the World's Ills. * * * O NEOF THE most frequent questions raised about McCarthy is how does he get people to believe or agree with what he says. And in operation, this is reduced to how effective a speaker is he. At Jackson, he was talking as a Republican to a sympa- thetic Republican audience, and he played heavily on that sympathy. He spoke in a calm if somewhat nasal tone and attempted an easy-going'charming-disarming manner. This may account for the number of women present. His pose was that of a piously religious, Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. NIGHT EDITOR: BOB VAUGHN Freedom for A ll T HE CHICAGO TRIBUNE was the lone journalistic voice raised against the at- tempted punishment of Chicago gangsters for refusing to answer questions of the Ke- fauver Senate crime investigating commit- tee. The Windy City hoodlums claimed the Constitution exempted them from answering questions which might incriminate them. A Federal court backed them up and dismissed the contempt-of-Congress charge. The Trib is just as hostile to racketeers as anyone else is. It has fought tooth and nail against crooks' control of Republican and Democratic politics in Chicago. But the Trib apparently feels they deserve a fair break. Apparently some others who claim to love freedom don't think it should apply to everyone. As the Chitrib noted at the time, the so-called "liberals" of the nation found no cause for alarm in the attempt by Sen. Ke- fauver (D-Tenn) to abuse citizens' rights. But when the un-American committee tried the same thing in citing the "Hollywood Ten" and others for refusing to say whe- ther they were Communists, the press and nation came alive with defenders of civil rights. If those who worry about individual freedom were really sincere they would be just as concerned over the rights of a Chi- cago gambler as of a Hollywood pink. It's easy for a man to preach freedom when he or his group is in danger of losing it. But the true liberals are those who want freedom for their enemies as well as them- selves, and who fight for freedom no matter which end of the political spectrum is being denied it at the time. How many of the publications and pro- fessors whose hearts now bleed so profusely for accused Communists protested the far- cical trial of 13 editorsaccused of conspiring to commit sedition during the great war against fascism? How many of them sor-! rowed when Sewell Avery was dragged bodily from his Chicago store by President Roose- velt's storm troopers for refusing to sell tractors? Among the many journalists, intellectu- als and politicians who now protest "witch hunts" there are a few whose pasts show them to be sincere liberals. Also there are many right-wingers who now have no selfish motive for defending fre- dom of expression. These few want freedom for their enemies as well as themsqlves. Thy American people depend on them for a sincere defense of freedom o-Floyd Thomas Stop Signts STOP SIGNS CAN BE damnably annoying to the driver in a hurry, if he has to stop and wait while somebody else roars in front of him. On the other hand, they can be pretty handy, too, if only to slow down some of the more deadly taxicabs. With this thought, and the sight of ardently patriotic citizen trying to do his best for God and country. To this end he plays all the old themes: tales of McCarthy as a boy on the farm, as a fighting Marine, as a martyr seeking only the truth. Home, motherhood, religion and patriotism themes were re-iterated wherever they could be used, and he created ample op- portunities. Although one of our group said he yawned during half the- speech, and another called Joe "a slob who cleans his fingernails on the stage," the general conclusion was that he does passing fair as a speaker. He could have, we felt, fired this crowd more than he did, but his own calmness in presenting his cases and the air of authenticity with which he, for instance, twists the chrono- logical order of events to ° make his case, gives him the bearing of an expert. HE MAY HAVE quieted down a bit since the Tydings report. He still, despite posi- tive contrary proof, refers to Owen Latti- more as a "State Department Expert," and as "Acheson's Top Advisor," but he was care- ful to avoid any Lattimore connection with Communism. Having been proven wrong on his charges against Lattimore, Jessup, Drew Pearson, and Anna Rosenberg does not deter him from glibly citing individual cases. His Tuesday targets-"typical cases; there are hundreds more"--were UN Official Gustovo Duran and John S. Service, both cases old hats of Mc- Carthy's. McCarthy's solution for this country is to remove the "motley crimson crowd-- the Yalta crowd" from the State Depart- ment. The "crowd" included Acheson, Jessup, Lattimore and Hiss. And the fact that the last three mentioned are not in the State Department did not disturb him at all, they must be removed from it. But this bit of ill-logic was no more astray than most of the uttering we've been hear- ing from McCarthy in past months, so we weren't surprised. -Roma Lipsky. ito r 7te By JIM BROWN SOME 50 odd Student Legislature members were honored by the Office of Student Affairs and the Dean of Women's Office yesterday afternoon at an informal tea in the Union Terrace Room. While the tea itself was little more than a cordial get-to- gether between the Legislators, a few other students and the staffs of the two offices, it was a fitting tribute to the SL members who have worked so hard to make student government effective here on campus. And while I have and will continue to scoff at some of the Legislature's petty projects and high-sounding parliamentary mouthwash, I should take time out to toss one more bouquet to the Legislators for their sound and efficient administration of the Cinema Guild. The Cinema Guild, an outgrowth of the old Art Cinema League, was considered a white elephant when it was handed over to the SL last fall. For several years it had failed to break even on many of the movies which it sponsored and had backed more than one financial fiasco. The Legislature took over with great gusto, however. It set up a board to administer and supervise the guild, established a fair and equitable set of criteria for selecting groups to sponsor groups and has filed periodical progress reports with the Student Affairs Committee. Much of the credit of course, goes to the Cinema Guild's excellent manager, Richard Kraus. His selection of movies and his administration of the entire pro- gram has enabled the Cinema Guild to do something which the old Art Cinema League never quite succeeded in doing-. making a consistent profit on nearly every movie it has sponsored. So for once it's hats off to the Student Legislature for a good job done. """'. "Well, It Was Nice To Have Met You" R II , ' : <_' r aVj f /4. ON THE Washington Merry-Go-Round with DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON-Some Senators seem to believe that it is a crim- inal matter for a newspaper to criticize military mistakes. This is a view also shared by many brass hats-though not all. However, mistakes are stometimes rectified chiefly through knowing about them, and a case in point is the magnificent man- ner in which Gen. Matthew Ridgway has profited from the mis- takes of General MacArthur in turning a tragic defeat into Korean victory. While the very loyal MacArthur clique may argue that he is still Supreme Commander in Tokyo, and therefore deserves credit for the current victory, the indisputable facts are that General Ridgway was sent to Korea direct from Washington where he had been Deputy Chief of Staff and as such was in close contact with the Pentagon's views of warfare. It also is an indisputable fact that Ridgway won his victory with no new fresh troops andfacing a somewhat stronger enemy than MacArthur. According to military observers who read the battle dispatches, here is how Ridgway profited by mistakes and accomplished his re- markable feat: CAREFUL INTELLIGENCE-MacArthur conducted only limited patrolling for three or four days before launching his attack. Then, after the attack boomeranged, the Eighth Army retreated so fast that it lost all contact with the enemy and for several weeks didn't know where the Communists were. In contrast, Ridgway conducted aggressive patrolling for eight to ten days before 'kicking off his offensive. He sent heavy patrols deep into enemy territory in so-called "reconnaissance in force." His orders were to disrupt any Communist build-up, to inflict as many casualties as possible and to survey enemy positions. The lack of patrolling by MacArthur failed to detect the Chinese Communist build-up that swept our armies back to the 38th parallel. However, Ridgway's troops knew exactly what to expect. PUBLIC RELATIONS-MacArthur announced his offensive the same morning it was launched, predicting his troops would be "home by Christmas." Ridgway waited until his offensive had been rolling over 24 hours before announcing it. POOR BATTLE LIAISON-MacArthur struck in all directions at once. His troops were fanned out from one end of North Korea to the other, in no position to head off a surprise counterattack. The Eighth Army and Tenth Corps also had no battle liaison, had to coordinate their actions through Tokyo. . In contrast, Ridgway opened his attack on the western front, but didn't order his eastern front to move until nine days later-after he was sure all was going well. He had the added advantage of being in full command. in the field, and wasn't forced' to direct two fronts by remote control from Tokyo. CONTRAST IN CASUALTIES-MacArthur suffered devastating casualties after the Chinese hit, lost more than 15,000 casualties in two weeks. Later, the Marines, who broke out of the Chosin reservoir trap, mowed down the Chinese at a ratio of 20 to one. However, Ridgway's losses during the first two weeks of his offensive were the lightest of the Korean war. He suffered less than 1,500 casualties, at the same time taking a toll of 52,000 Communist casualties. In fairness to MacArthur and in tribute to the Air Force, Ridgway has been meeting more scattered opposition. (Copyright, 1951, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) -, .icy E ft$ U 0 .,, *lose --- Immum ( .teiftte TO THE EDITOR 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. I MATER adOFFACT By JOSEPH and STEWART ALSOP 'U WASHINGTON-One of the more encour- aging developments in a discouraging period is a marked change in President Truman's approach to the problem of his cabinet. Two months ago, even a month ago, the President responded with hostility and ridicule to all suggestions that a coali- tion Administration, including leading Re- publicans, would help to secure national unity for the perilous times ahead. Within the past fortnight, in contrast, the President has discussed the coalition idea calmly and sympathetically with a number of the men who are closest to, him. Nothing definite has been decided, and it would be very foolish to predict that eminent Republicans will be brought into the cabinet in the near future. But this has at least become a distinct possi- bility-which in itself is a considerable accomplishment for the numerous lead- ing Democrats and White House advisors who have been urging coalition upon the President ever since the November elec- tion. The President has not been shaken, on the other hand, in his determination not to touch the State Department. Some of those best qualified to judge are now inclined to think that the President would accept the resignation of Secretary of State Dean G. Acheson if it 'were spontaneously offered-- which is also a change from the former Presidential attitude. But the President none the less continues CIINIEMA At .Lydia Mendelssohn. . JUANA LA LOCA (The Mad Queen), a Spanish movie with English subtitles. Starring Aurora Batiste and a host of others. Presented by the Sociedad His- panica at 8 p.m. today and tomorrow. A ROMANTIC TRAGEDY taken from the annals of Spanish history, some crack acting and good staging' have been com- bined in Juana La Loca to make a better- than average movie of the trials and tribu- lations of a royal pair in Renaissance Eu- rope. The story is the tale of Queen Joana of Spain, daughter of Isabel, who was driven mad by the capricious capers of her beloved husband combined with the intrigues of his crafty minister. Passionately in love with her unfaithful oaf of a husband, Queen Juana is tormented by doubts, jealousy and the trying affairs of state. She is cast aside by the King for another woman, a Moorish princess who wants to revenge her father's death, accused of madness by ambitious ministers, stripped of her throne, and finally goes insane at the death of her husband. The audience is treated to a respectable number of not-too swashbuckling duels, many teary scenes and the planning and execution of a good number of intrigues to repeat that Secretary Acheson is the very best man for his job; that any successor would run into the same trouble with Con- gress; and that the attacks upon Acheson are really attacks upon him, Truman. TRUMAN IN FACT seems to have acquired a rooted conviction that all criticism, however just, of any member of the White House circle, however high or low, is merely motivated by a desire to "get the President." Hence anyone who is publicly criticized, from the Secretary of State to the shabbiest little peddler of White House influence at the R.F.C., can be pretty sure of an angry defense from Truman. A cynic has remarked that the best way to keep a job, nowadays, is to get in a mess or to do wrong, and then get the facts in the papers. In these circumstances, obviously, it is foolishly optimistic to look for the kind of immensely fruitful and effective coalition Administration that would be made pos- sible if Secretary Acheson bowed out. Al- though he might conceivably accept his resignation, the President will not ask Acheson to resign. The Secretary shows no wish to do so. And thus he must be regarded, for a while longer at least, as a fixed star in the official firmament. Hence if leading Republicans are to be introduced intothe Administration, other places, at the Treasury and Commerce de- partments, for example, must be found for them. This is precisely what is under con- sideration. SECRETARY OF THE Treasury John Snyder is another subordinate whose resignation the President will never ask for. But Snyder is not well. He has at least two offers of major business positions. He is again talking of getting out, as he has done before. If he really leaves-and the "if" is a very big one-his departure would prob- ably be the signal for the President to bring Republicans in. Elliott Bell, the brilliant advisor of Thomas E. Dewey, whom the New York Governor would certainly have made his Secretary of the Treasury if he had won in 1948, is oneofdthose being conditionally discussed for Snyder's place. "Progress, but not enough progress," is the shortest way to describe this evolution in the President's political thinking. If all the ifs come true, and the Truman adminis- tration is actually strengthened by the addi- tion of one or two Republicans of Bell's sta- ture, the position in Washington will at least be greatly improved. But it will still be highly doubtful whether the American government will possess the essential power to act, and to act quickly, boldly and deci- sively, in response to the immense chal- lenges which are surely ahead of us. The White House and State Department have managed to convince themselves that the comparative calm on Capitol Hill means that the Congressional storm against Secretary Acheson has blown it- self out. Unfortunately, there are far more reasons to suspect that this calm is merely the lull at the heart of the hurri- cane. The most significant political development Tito s Regime . . . To the Editor: F THERE WAS ever a paradox, it Is in our foreign policy. We are fighting Communists in Korea, losing men every day, and our leaders are worrying about the poor, starving Communists in Yugoslavia. A As a matter of fact, I see that the state department and thet newspapers are going to sell Yugo- slav Communism to the American people by means of a series of1 contributions of food, clothing and money to be dispensed to these poorYugoslavian Communists. What is the difference between Yugoslav Communists and Chin- ese Communists? Are the Yugo- slavians good Communists and the Chinese bad Communists?If this is true, I have been under a false impression. Senator Knowland (R. Calif.) tried to tell the senate that they are the same Yugoslavs who shot down American planes. That the people of Yugoslavia desperately need help cannot be denied but Tito's brand of Communism has brought the country to the edge of ruin and starvation. Tito's mob pretends it was a drought that did the damage. The same drought hit the neighboring countries but no hun- ger appeared. Planning and co- operation defeated the drought, saved crops and no appeals were necessary to the U. S. for help. It is the rotten, corrupt, in- efficient rule of a small gang of hated adventurers who are starv- ing Yugoslavia today and sending the best sons to concentration camps. The best aid which Yugo-t slavia can get is the riddence of1 the tyrants who have usurped the people's liberty. Do you believe Tito is different, from the standpoint of his credo, from Mao, Stalin, or our own Communists? Do you believe Tito will do an about face because we gave him food? It seems to me that we have been making offerings to Com- munists ever since the end of world war II, but, we have been rebuffed at every turn. We could have done a better service by sending men to Spain, where there is considerable poverty and strick- en areas, as result of the fascist rule. True, both Tito and Franco are dictators and both defend capitalism: Only one speaks Spanish and the other Serbian or Croation language. -Draga Stephanovich * * * Art of Teaching . . To the Editor: BEFORE THE semester again becomes filled with days of piled up work and complaints about poor teachers, it might do us all good (teachers as well as students) to read "The Art of! Teaching" by Gilbert Highet. This book expresses what the students try to express in their faculty evaluations which are sponsored by the Student Legis- lature in the spring semesters. Teaching, as Mr. Highet says, is an art, not a. science, because it can operate only by firing a de- sire to learn. It is not pouring buckets of facts into empty skulls, but molding minds, training them to use themselves. This can be done only by teach- ers who know not merely the specific and limited subjects they are teaching, but much more; who love arousing others to find know- ledge meaningful; and who enjoy associating with the young, shar- pening their minds, fostering their growth. "The Art of Teaching" can aid teachers to understand their posi- tion and what is expected of them. It can aid the students to see what a large job his teacher faces and perhaps make him a little more tolerant and a little more cooperative. -Leah Marks ri IDAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN (Continued from Page 3) Academic Notices Anthropology 152, The Mind of Primitive Man, will meet in the ArchitectureaAuditorium (instead of 1025 Angell Hall). Anthropology 158, The Econo- mic Life of Primitive Peoples, will meet in Room 3024, Museums Bldg. Astronomical Colloquium: Fri., Feb. 16, 4:15 p.m., at the Observ- in the School of Education is of- chief aspects of that struggle to- fered on Tuesday and Thursday, gether with the renewed efforts 4 p.m., Room 140, Business Ad- to secure an effective organiza- ministration Building, beginning tion of the nations of the world. Feb. 15. Karl H. Reichenbach, Instructor. Sixteen weeks, $16.00. 171 Busi- Algebra: Organization meeting n e s s Administration Building, of the Algebra Seminar group, Thursdays, 7:30 p.m., beginning Thurs., Feb. 15, 4 p.m., Room 30- Feb. 15. 06, Angell Hall. Elementary General Psychology (Psychology 31). Introduction to the principles of psychology, with Actuarial Review Class: Organ- a survey of motivation, emotion, izational meeting of a review learning, perception, ability, and class for Part II Actuarial Exami- personality. Prof. Wilbert J. Mc- nation on Sat., Feb. 17, 1:30 p.m., Keachie. Sixteen weeks, $16.00. Room 3011, Angell Hall. 1 6 4 Business Administration Building, Thursdays, 7:30 p.m., Sociology-Psychology 62, Sec- beginning Feb. 15. +inn R 7illmo+ 'w ar in i (Continued on Page 5) {: uon o, Ywi meet s arv ng r ., Feb. ,16, 12 noon, Room 4054, Na- tural Science Bldg. Sociology-Psychology 274. First meetin- Thurs.-F _22. 1 Oi V I At.id4 al E at g atory. "Objective Prism Radial i.,r0, :4 .I..XcuS4, Velocities" by Dr. Freeman D. via, 7:45 p.m. Miller, Associate Professor of As- tronomy. The University Extension Serv- ice announces t h e following Bacteriology Seminar: Thurs., courses: Feb. 15, 4:30 p.m., Room 1520, E. Engineering 'Mechanics Review Medical Bldg. Speaker: Mr. Ro- III-Hydraulics and Dynamics. bert E. Chamberlain. Subject: An intensive review designed to "The Leucocytolysis Reaction in prepare candidates for civil ser- Relation to Hypersensitivity." vice or other engineering exami- Aeronautical Engineering 160 nations. A minimum of advanced Seminar on Oscillations ,of Non- mathematics is used. Copies of linear Systems will meet at 9 a.- lecture notes are available. Prof. m. Thurs., Room 1072, E. Engi- Roy S. Swinton. Eight weeks, neering Bldg. $9.00. 164 Business Administra- tion Building, Thursdays, 7:00 p.- English 301G Seminar in Amer- n., beginning Feb. 15. can Literature, will meet Satur- Short Story Writing for Begin- day, 10-12 noon, Room 3217, An- ners. Analysis will be made of gell Hall. short story types, of their con- History Seminar 4: Thurs.,struction, and of marketing pos- Feb. 15, 4 p.m., ClementuLibrary. sibilities. Students will be expect- ed to write several short stories. Political Science 184, MWF 2, There will be individual criticism will meet in Room 2203, Angell and revision after class. A bibli- Hall. ography will be supplied. Miss ______Esther L., Mueller, instructor. Sociology 3 1 4, Comparative Sixteen weeks, $16.00. 165 Busi- Community Studies, taught by Dr. ness Administration Bldg., Thurs- Horace Miner, will meet regularly days, 7:30 p.m., beginning Feb. 15. on Thursday from 3 to 5 p.m., Room 306, Romance Language Europe Since 1919 (History 93). Bldg. Gives a background for the bet- ter understanding of the Euro- Spanish 399 (Proseminar in pean states and their peoples to- Spanish language) will meet on day. After a survey of the peace Wednesdays, . 4-5:30 p.m. First settlement of 1919, particular at- class meeting Wed., Feb. 21. tention is given to the attempts to solve the present problems facing Students enrolled in Education Europe following World War I. D172 last semester: Please release Developments in the chief Euro- immediately Barbour Gymnasium pean states are studied, including lockers assigned to you. Report the new regimes in Italy, Russia, to matron at Barbour Gymnasium and Germany. The causes of this week. World War II, which were gath- ering force in this period, are The Remedial Reading Course then examined, and finally, the Sixty-First Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. 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