191% THE MICHIGAN DAILY Dorm Food Epidemics EARIE this month, 60 wo*en in Betsy Barbour were stricken by violent attacks of nausea. A few days later, the epidemic was over- but good. For the second time in two years, wide- spread sicknesses bearing all the earmarks of food infection hit, subsided and passed into oblivion with the vague pronounce- ments of Health Service officials. In 1949, epidemiologists took tests of food which had been rumored as the cause of a wave of illnesses in West Quad. Results: "inconclusive." In the 1951 Betsy Barbour incident-same rumors, probably the same tests. Results: "inconclusive." Both times, the epidemics passed quickly, the tests were concluded inconclusively in a short time and everybody forgot about the whole 'thing. It is unfor 'unate that the causes of these relatively minor instances have not been investigated before a danger- ous level of sickneses is reached. Three facts lead to the suspicion that the food infection is at the bottom of the two epidemics: 1) Those affected displayed all the symp- toms of illness from food contamination. 2) Some of the food served in the dormi- tories and the method of preparing it are conducive to infection. 3) Health Service spokesmen have failed to report their findings on the food, if any, and have kept the nature of the tests in the dark. Food poisoning symptoms are, generally, vomiting, nausea, wretching, cramps, diar- rhea and chills. In addition, the incubation period of the enetrotoxin in the human body is from two to six hours. And recovery from the malady takes from 24 to 48 hours. The Big Six in symptoms are common to other illnesses as well. But the wide- spread and simultaneous exhibition of these symptoms plus the short incubation and recovery periods are almost definitely indicative of food infection. Many dishes commonly served in the Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. NIGHT EDITOR: HARRY REED dorms which are not refrigerated properly are very conducive to contamination. High on the list of these are creamed dishes (such as creamed chicken and custard pie) and. thick starch foods (such as dressings, eclaires and cakes). These are all natural culture media for bacteria. They are not safe for consump- tion when exposed for a long period of tima to above-freezing air. In many dorm kit- chens, such foods are often left around on tables or placed in pseudo-refrigeration units called "cold rooms." Among the tests used for determining food contamination, probably the most commonly used is the Stone Test, a culture method. The test involves innoculating the food ma- terial into a culture medium, looking for growth, picking off the colonies and identi- fying the organisms. In order for this test to prove conclusive, it is necessary to have a special medium, pick off the right colonies, sub-culture correctly and make a valid identification of t e organisms. Furthermore, a real desieto find the cause of the trouble is required. A simpler and more conclusive test is the Harmon Cat Test. The process here is in- jection of the food into a kitten which will display the same symptoms that man does if the food is contaminated. Which tests the Health Service laboratory uses in its occasional probes into dorm food is unknown. Officials connected with the tests have consistently passed the buck from one to another with the result that no in- formation has been available to the public. It is rather important to several thousand dormitory residents that- the nature and results of the tests are made known. If the testers are using a culture method, there is a large chance that results will never be ob- tained. An integral part of the process is the temporary assumption that something is to be found. A Health Service spokesman has said, "We probably will never know what lies behind these epidemics. In such cases, chances are less than one out of ten that evidence can be found." This is poor mathematic(. It is a dangerous mistake not to admit the percentage of possibility is high in a sincere attempt to safeguard the health of the stu- dents., -Jerry Helman ON THE Washington Merry-Go Round WITD DREW PEARSON MATTER OF FACT By JOSEPH ALSOP LONDON-As these words are written, the betting appears to be about even that the British will move troops to south Per- sia. At any rate they are just about up against the grim choice between taking all the heavy risks of this step, or taking the consequences of outright expropriation of their Iranian oil resource. Furthermore, the British cannot eas- ily move troops without a minimum of American moral support-at least enough to see them through a charge of aggre"- sion before the United Nations. The fu- ture of the Western alliance, which Amer- ica leads, also hangs upon the outcome in Persia. Hence this British choice is, at the same time, inescapably an American choice. Until now, even the hardier spirits in the Foreign Office have only been talking about moving troops to "protect the lives of Bri- tish nationals" in Persia. Now, however, the veils are dropping. It is almost certain that Sir Oliver Franks has already been in- structed to talk with Secretary of State Dean G. Acheson about the more realistic problem -of protecting the foundations of the British economy and the strategic bal- ance in the Middle East. Events over the weekend forced this fac- ing of facts, from which London has hither- to shrunk away almost as nervously as Washington. On Saturday, the British Am- bassador at Teheran, Sir Francis Shepherd, rather desperately suggested to the Shah that he might form a more rational govern- ment. But it was too late for this expedi- ent. On Sunday while the Prime Minister, Dr. Mossadegh, crouched in his barricaded room, his representative, Hussein Makki, told the Persian Parliament that the exist- ing government would never negotiate the oil dispute with the British. ** * A MIRACLE may of course rescue the Bri- tish and American policy makers from the dilemma on whose horns they have been wriggling like befuddled tadpoles. But since, little short of a miracle can prevent the grim choice from being made this week, it is now wise to examine its real nature. No one in his senses can find much that is attractive about the first alternative - a movement of British troops to south Persia. Britain does not really have enough air- borne forces for the job. Even to secure control of the minimum territory, Abadan island with its vital refinery, will be a dirty business, probably involving heavy losses of life on both sides. Such a crass imperialist act will make, to say the least, a bad im- pression elsewhere in the Middle and Far East. It may touch off a Russian invasion of north Persia. It will quite probably give the Communist Tudeh party-the desired chance to seize power at Teheran. It will perhaps result in a far more disagreeable repetition of the Korean pattern on Per- sian soil. It may, just conceivably, lead to a world war. The list of objections is for- midable indeed. But as usual, the choice now is not be- tween bad and good, but between evil and more evil. If American influence or indif- ference deters the British government from protecting their oil resource, the following consequences will be almost unavoidable. * *. * FIRST, the British economy, which de- . pends exclusively upon Middle Eastern oil, will receive a fatal blow. The huge Am- erican investment in maintaining the British as a great power ally will be transformed into money down the drain. What has pre- viously been done for Britain will be for- gotten because4 America has not stood by her ally in this hour of need; and the An- glo-American partnership, the core of Wes- tern strength, will dissolve in a tempest of mutual recrimination. Second, the economies of Western Europe and India will also be disrupted. And a ces- sation of the oil flow from Abadan will make it fantastically costly, and in wartime al- most prohibitively difficult, to supply the fleets in the Meditteranean and the vital strategic airbases there. Third, Persian success in expropriating British oil will set an example that will quickly be Imitated in Egypt, in Iraq, and in every other nation in a remotely similar situation. There will be no con- trolling the chain reaction. Furthermore, the strain imposed on these weak govern- ments by biting off so much more than they can chew, will equally inevitably produce secondary political results of great violence. Dr. Mossadegh and his followers think they are keeping one jump ahead of the Tudeh party by their handling of the oil issue. But it is even more likely that the Tudeh will be the ultimate bene- ficiary if Dr. Mossadegh now succeeds in his plans, than if he is frustrated by for- cible measures. The price of a policy of inaction, in short, is a gigantic change in the world balance of power, altering the whole Middle Eastern pattern, shaking the Western alliance to its foundations, and perhaps destroying it. This is no Mexican oil squabble. This is the ter- rible game of power politics, being played "Anybody Care To ear A Civilian?" K __ * JP l ''" r .. r'- 'f _. ti: ;.. , t. r I rt#q '1krt rLf+tn+G^ILns tMr.ra.. p UNp/,f, GJ" , rt, -. SA Project To the Editor: STUDENT Legislature has begun a project to help integrate for- eign students into the' University community. The method of doing this will be simple, but effective. It consists of having American stil- dents correspond with foreign stu- dents who are planning to enroll in the fall and, if possible, meet these students at the train when they arrive and show them the town, introducing them to friends. In this way, the foreign student will feel less inclined to find other foreign students as soon as possible and spend the rest of his years here with students frog home. Writing an American student will make the foreign student feel that he has a friend here to whom he can turn for help and advice. Thus, both Americans and foreign stu- dents will benefit through this program of integration; each will return home having learned more about other peoples and their way of life. If you would like to become a direct part of this program, writing to a foreign student and helping him to become acquainted with the campus and America in gen- eral; drop a postcard or telephone the Student Legislature Building at 122 South Forest. The telephone number is 3-4732. Please include information as to your summer address and the date on which you are planning to return to school in the fall. -Wally Pearson Chairman: S. L. Human and International Rela- tions Committee ** * DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN1 WASHINGTON-A group within the Ca- binet and the State Department Po- licy Committee are working- backstage with the Democratic National Committee to find a successor for Dean Acheson. They regard their job as twofold: 1. to convince the Pres- ident he ought to let Acheson go for the good of the country and party; 2. to find a man so acceptable that HST will buy. . One leader of this group is Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, and this was a main topic for discussion behind closed doors at the Denver Democratic powwow. The formula this group has in mind as Acheson's successor is: a progressive, inter- nationally minded Republican, vigorous, healthy, and with congressional experience. Secretary Chapman, who will deny this vigorously if questioned, even sounded out one possible candidate before going to Den- ver. -GOP'S BEST TARGET- It is no accident that Republican Sena- tors launch a barrage against Dean Acheson at least once a week, interspersed with pre- dictions that he is about to be fired. For ,the Republicans have found: 1. that Acheson is one of their best political assets; and 2. they are shrewd enough to know that the more they jump on him, the long- er Truman will freeze him into office. It sounds incredible, but it is almost axi- omatic in the Truman administration that when you criticize a public official too vig- orously, you arouse Harry Truman's fight- Ing instincts and insure that he will stay on indefinitely. That's what happened when I went after General Harry Vaughan. Inside fact is that Acheson had told the President last year that he wanted to re- tire. There was even talk that he would step out around Jan. 1. But MacArthur's tragic reversal in North Korea occurred in Novem- ber-December, followed by British Prime Minister Attlee's hurried trip to Washington. After this crisis had cooled, it again look- ed as if Acheson were ready to retire. But siddenly the MacArthur debate burst loose. And by now the Republicans realize that he is their best political target and they are determined to keep hammering at him. PE BITTER FEUD between the pro-Taft and pro-Eisenhower factions inside the Republican Party so far has been carefully NOTHING will sustain you more potently than the power to recognize in your humdrum routine, as perhaps it may be concealed. However, the current struggle for convention delegates will soon force both factions out into the open. The fight for Texas's 37 delegates to the Republican convention is typical of the un- dercover contest between the friends of Taft and Ike, which is taking place in practically every state of the union. Eisenhower spokesman in Texas is Hous- ton's wealthy oilman, H. J. "Jack" Porter, a long-time personal friend of Ike's and a big contributor to the GOP. Porter has been quietly lining up delegates and is in fre- quent touch with Pennsylvania's astute Sen. Jim Duff, unofficial captain of the pro-Eisenhower forces. In recent weeks, however, Porter's well- laid plans have been thrown out of gear by Republican National Committeeman Henry Zwiefel of Fort Worth, who is passing out word that he's supporting Ike, and that he, not Porter, has been selected to round up Eisenhower support. The conflict between Porter and Zwiefel has thrown confusion into Republican ranks and plays into the hands of the pro-Taft Republicans. Furthermore, what only a handful of top Republicans know is that Zwiefel is secretly committed to support Taft. He made this definite commitment on January 25 when he was in Washington for a meeting of the Republican National Com- mittee. * * * -NORTH KOREAN PRISONERS- T'S A REGRETTABLE but inescapable fact that friction is increasing between Korean President Syngman Rhee and Gen. Matt Ridgway. Latest friction has been Rhee's nagging at Ridgway to free 35,000 North Korean prisoners of war to join the South Korean Army and to help with the spring farming in South Korea. These prisoners have been screened by a South Korean inspection team, appointed by Minister of Defense Lee Kee Bung, who reported that of the 144,000 North Koreans in UN prison camps, 35,000 have either reformed or were not Commun- ists in the first place. However, the American Ground Forces Commander in Korea, Lt. Gen. James Van Fleet, rejected the report and refused to release a single North Korean. Van Fleet warned that he did not trust the North Ko- reans, that if 35,000 were released, the Allies may have to capture them all over again. He was backed up in his decision by General Ridgway. President Rhee replied that the 35,000 had The Daily Official Bulletin it an official publication of the University of Michigan for which the Michigan Daily assumes no editorial responsi- bility. Publication in it is construc- tive notice to all members of the Un versity. Notices shoula be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to Room 255 Administration Building, by 3 p.m. on the day preceding publication (11 a.- m. Saturdays). SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1951 VOL. LXI, No. 166 Notices Library Hours for the Examination Period- The General Library will be open un- til 10 p.m. on the two Saturdays in the examination period, June 2 and 9, to provide additional opportunity for study. The customary Sunday service, dis- continued in April, will be resumed. On May 27, June 3 and 10, the Main Reading Room and the Periodical Read- ing Room wil be kept open from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. _ Books from other parts of the build- ing which are needed for Sunday use will be made available in the Main Reading Room if requests are made on Saturday from assistants in the reading rooms where the books are usually shelved. To All Students Having Library Books: 1. Students having in their posses- sion books borrowed from the General Library or its branches are notified that such books are due Wednesday, June 6. 2. Students having special need for certain books between June 6 and July 14 may retain such books for that per- ir by renewing them at the Chargin Desk. 3. The names of all students who have not cleared their records at the Library by Friday, June 15, will be sent to the Cashier's Office, and their cre- dits and grades will be withheld until such time as said records are cleared in compliance with the regulations of the Regents. Art Print Loan Collection: All prints must be returned to 510 Admin. Bldg. by May 31. A fine of five cents will be charged for each day overdue. The office will be open 8 to 12 and 1 to 5 Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Lectures University Lectures in Journalism: Max Ascoli, editor and publisher of The Reporter magazine, will deliver the final lecture of the deartmental series Monday, May 28, at 3 pm. in Room 1025 Angell Hall. His lecture, "Focal Reporting," will be open to the public. An informal coffee hour at 4 p.m. will follow in the Newsroom, Department of Journalism. - University Lecture, auspices of the Department of Psychology. "Control of Aggression." Dr. Robert R. Sears, Di- rector of the Laboratory of Human De- velopment, Harvard University. 4:15 p.m., Monday, May 28, 4:15 p.m., Rack- ham Amphitheater. Academic Notices Doctoral Examination for william Nemits Witheridge, Sanitary Engineer- ing; thesis: "Fundamental Concepts in Gas Cleaning with Special Reference to Gasphase Separation," today, 304 4 W. Engineering Bldg., 9:30 a.m. Chairman, Earnest Boyce. Doctoral Examination for Manuel Bil- sky, Philosophy; thesis: "The Aesthetic Theory of I. A. Richards," today, 1213 Angell Hall, 10 a.m. Chairman, C. L. Stevenson. Doctoral Examination for Leonard Hubert Elwell, Physiology; thesis: "The Effects of Increased Intrapulmonic Pressure on Muscle Contraction, and the Associated Respiratory and Circu- latory Changes," today, 4017 E. Medical Bldg., 9:30 a.m. Chairman, J. W. Bean. Doctoral Examination for Louis Hen- rik Jordal, Botany; thesis: "A Floristic and Phytogeographic Survey of the Southern Slopes of the Brooks Range, Alaska," today, 1139 Natural Science Bldg., 9 a.m, Chairman, H. H. Bartlett. Doctoral Examination for Arthur Theodore Jacobs, Economics; thesis: "Some Significant Factors Influencing the Range of Indeterminateness in Colt' lective Bargaining Negotiations," today 105 Economics Bldg., 10 a.m. Chairman, William Haber. Doctoral Examination for John Albert Houston, Political Science; thesis: "The Roleof the Latin American States in the Establishment and Practice of the United Nations," today, East Council Room, Rackham Bldg., 9 a.m. Chair- man, Lawrence Preuss. Doctoral Examination for Robert S. Lankton, Education; thesis: "Evalua- tion of Achievement and Comparisons of Achievement in First Year Algebra of Public High School Students Grouped According to their Mathematical Back- grounds and Interests," Monday, May 28, 4015 University High School, at 4:00 p.m. Chairman, P. S. Dwyer. Doctoral Examination for George Al- len Austin, Psychology; thesis: "The Effect of Stimulus Area on Visual In- tensity Threshold," Monday, May 28, East Council Room, Rackham Bldg., at 2:00 p.m. Chairman, H. R. Blackwell. Doctoral Examination for Van Akin Burd, English; thesis: "Ruskin's De fense of Turner," Monday, May 28, East Council Room, Rackham Bldg., at 7:30 p.m. Chairman, C. D. Thorpe. Doctoral Examination for Shou-Hien Chow, Electrical Engineering; thesis: "Theoretical Investigation of a Rec- tangular Resonant Ring in a Rectangu- lar Wave Guide Transmitting a TE10 Wave," Monday, May 28, 2500 East En- gineering Bldg., at 2:00 p.m. Chairman, M. B. Stout. Mathematics Colloquium: Monday, May 28, at 4:10 p.m. in Room 3011 An- gell Hall. Professor J. Dieudonne, of the University of Nancy, France, and visiting professor at the Johns Hopkins University, will speak on "Convergent Sequences of Radon Measures." Events Today Members of sigma Delta Pi (Spanish Honorary Society): annual initiation, Assembly Hall, Rackham Bldg., 7:00 p. m. All members urged to attend. Wesleyan Guild: Tournament soft- ball game, 1 p.m., Field No. 8, Ferry Field. Work Party at Canterbury House. Everyone welcome. 1:30 p.m. Coming Events Symphony Band rehearsal at 3:15 p.m., Monday, May 28, in front of Rack- ham, in uniform, for the purpose of shooting scenes for the RKO-Pathe pro- duction. Graduate Outing Club: Meet at Graduate Outing Clubroom, northwest corner of Rackham at 12:45 p.m., Sun- day, May 27, for trip to Detroit Zoo. Bring cars. Discussion of plans for Memorial Day Outing. Hostel Club: Bird Hike Sunday morning, May 27. Meet at Arb entrance at 6:30 a.m. with food for breakfast cookout. Leader: Jack Young, 2-7958. University Community Center Willow Run Village Sun., May 27, Village Church Fellow- s h I p (interdenominational) 10:45 Church and Sunday-school. Tues., May 29, 8 p.m., Wives' Club Meeting. Elections. Thurs., May 31, 8 p.m. Choir Practice. ONE, BY HIS own confession to me, that can put on two sev- eral faces, and look his enemies in the face with as much love as his friends. But, good God! what an age is this, and what a world is this! that a man cannot live without playing the knave and dis- simulation. -Samuel Pepys Dr. Silver and Mr. To the Editor: ALLAN SILVER, in the May 22 issue of The Daily, states: "In general, we cannot yield to the special claims which any group, minority or majority, makes upon the mass media, no matter how sympathetic we may be with the legitimate aspirations of that group." He speaks here in his capa- city as director of. the Neptune Film Society, in defense of his in- tention to bring Birth of a Nation to Ann Arbor. The same Allan Silver, in the May 23 Issue of The baily, states, "The entire University should now demand that our Medical School join in recognizing the great dam- age done to the University's repu- tation by discriminatory applica- tion blanks." He signs as a mem- ber of the Committee to End Dis- crimination. I know Mr. Silver to be a very sincere person. I don't question that at all. What I do question is the consistency of his position. What is the difference, Mr. Silver, between Neptune Film Society yielding to pressure and the Medi- cal School yielding to pressure of the same sort? In both cases, the pressure is being applied for the same purpose: to end discrimina- tion. But shouldn't the Medical School be as free to promote dis- criniination by means of its ap- plication blanks, as is Neptune by means of its film showings? .Mr. Silver doesn't seem to think so, for some reason. I'd be very happy if Mr. Silver would explain the logi- cal distinction between the two types of pressure, one of which he advocates, the other of which he condemns violently. -Phyl Morris, '52 ,'* * * Discrimination To the Editor, ANY person who has ever been to the two English-speaking Unions-the United States and the Union of South Africa, will be in- clined to believe that the rights of man have been abused. In the United States where every attempt is being made to retain foreign and internal friend- ship some groups are still blind to the lessons of history. The complexes in many Ameri- cans are daily being increased by bad movies like "The Birth of a Nation" and "King Solomon's Mines." Film societies in this country fail to show the glories of African empires of the past that ruled Southern Europe for cen- turies. The Negro whose morale is destroyed by these films be- comes frustrated. The adverse ef- fect of such an unfriendly society shocks the stranger who is foreign to racial discrimination. Every thinking person knows etteA4 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. that misrepresentation is an im- portant tool of imperialism; but imperialism itself cannot survive in the modern world. It is also evident that if' such actions are allowed to continue retaliation and repercussions will be inevitable. If we are today building up strength for future protection, there is no reason why we should not attain the Mme goal morally. Since the business man is al- ways more interested in his profits; than in the welfare of others, Ir. becomes the duty of organizations such as the S.L., N.A.A.C.P to in-. stitute measures that will termin- ate racial discrimination on cam- pus. The college authorities also can re-educate the discrimination-- ridden organizations which tend to intensify racism. I think that although the ma- Jority of Americans are ibrought up in a society of racial prejudice, there is no reason to believe that. they cannot adjust themselves to the changing times. -F.i . C. Ememe Navy Eyesa . To the Editor: LAST month, in applying or a commission, the Navy, checked my eyes to be 5/20 and 3/20-and I was rejected. Yesterday, I had another examination by the Navy. This time I was being recalled to active duty as an enlisted reserv- ist. The eye examiner, without; having me read a chart, listed both eyes as 20/20. This is not a protest for being recalled to active duty, rather it is a protest- to the methods em- ployed in our so-called "free sow ciety." During the last war, the Navy, with its billion dollar ap- propriations, had no facilities for providing eye glasses for its per- sonnel. Back in 1944, when I pro- tested in a letter to a U. S. Sena- tor, he replied that the Navy had no personnel that required eye glasses in order to perform their duties. At the time, my vision without glasses was recorded on my navy health record as 5/20 and 4/20. A person with such vision can not cross a street with- out glasses, let alone fight in a war. As an added strange twist to the situation , the Navy has lost my World War II health record and issued me a new one listing only my new miraculously im- proved vision. It is my belief that the Navy's socialized method of medicine should recognize that some people have defective vision and that such defects should be corrected by providing eye glasses, and not by changing health records. -Nistor Potcova 0 0 Sixty-First Year Edited and managed by etudents et the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control at Student Publications. 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Entered at the Post Office at Ana Arbor, Michigan as second-class mal matter. Subscription during regular school year: by carrier, $6.00; by mail, $7.00. xi BARNABY Your little outing seems to have gone. b somewhat awry, due perhaps to a lack of proper leadership?... Well, possibly IT I doubt if Hennessy will return, Albert. Not without his toupee. And he'll never- U' I reckon I'll have to hide out here a spell, pardners. I can't-go galivanting around on television without a toupee-