SUNDAY, OCTOBER '4 1951 PAGE FOUR ' I THE MICHIGAN DAILY 1 DORIS FLEESON: Ike's Nemesis P ARIS - The total commitment of the United States in Europe makes contin- uity of U.S. Foreign Policy an absolute ne- cessity. Any threat to that continuity un- questionably will propel General Eisenhower into the presidential race. More fervently than Harry Truman, far more eloquently than Secretary Acheson, the military argue that U.S. self-interest is as total as the commitment and that the com- mitment is wholly for the purposes of the United States. U.S. commanders say re- peatedly that there are no alternatives. Nevertheless, some congressional debate still has the power to make them queasy and it is of course even more nerve- racking for our allies, The biggest single contribution that the politicos could make to the morale of the war-prevention forces now being marshaled in such impressive numbers is to re-establish the bipartisan foreign policy or a reasonable facsimile thereof, especially as the presidential cam- paign gets under way. The services seem quite indifferent to the personalities involved. Whatever its other defects, the U.S. military is little interested in partisan politics. Many of them admit they would regret an Eisenhower candidacy more because it would upset their no- politics tradition than because they would lose him at Supreme Headquarters here. This is, of course, not true of all those around the General. Sometimes it seems the bee of presidential power has bitten a few of them more deeply than it has their chief. The bulk of the steady procession of Eisen- hower-for-President callers appeal to him to save the country from four more years of Truman, spending, mink coats, deep freezes, etc. They are often quite emotional about it, whatever that may prove. Some attack Senator Taft as an isolationist at heart; more contend he cannot beat Truman. The odds are heavy that if the Presi- dent and Mister Republican could close ranks behind a new version of the old Vandenberg bi-partisanship in foreign policy, they would both be relieved of the threat of an Eisenhower candidacy. It is reasonable to suppose that General " Eisenhower shares the distaste of his comrades for breaking their no-politics rule and that he meant it when he so stated in 1948. All signs however are that the two politicos prefer the calculated Eisenhower risk to any concession that one or the other is not a. total loss. (Copyright 1951, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) On Teaching THE TEACHER, like the artist, the phil- osopher and the man of letters can only perform his work adequately if he feels him- self to be an individual directed by an inner creative impulse, not dominated and fettered by an outside authority. It is very difficult in this modern world to find a place for the individual. He can subsist at the top as a dictator in a totalitarian state or a pluto- cratic magnate in a country of large indus- trial enterprises, but in the realm of the mind it is becoming more and more difficult to preserve independence of the great or- ganized forces that control the livelihoods of 'men and women. If the world is not to lose the benefit to be derived from its best minds, it will have to find some method of allowing the scope and liberty in spite of organization This involves a deliberate restraint on the part of those who have power, and a con- scious realization that there are men to whom free scope must be afforded. Renais- sance popes could feel in this way towards Renaissance artists, but the powerful men of our day seem to have more difficulty in feeling respect for exceptional genius. The turbulence of our times is inimical to the fine flower of culture. The man in the street is full of fear, and therefore unwilling to tolerate freedoms for which he sees no need. Perhaps we must wait for quieter times before the claims of civilization can again override the claims of party spirit. Meanwhile it is important that some at least should continue to realize the limitation of what can be done by organization. Every system should allow loopholes and excep- tions, for if it does not it will in the end crush all that is best in man. -Bertrand Russell, Unpopular Essays f + ART + The Week's News . .IN RETROSPECT . . . Xettei4 TO THE EDITOR The Daily welcomes communications from its readers on matters o 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. t t THE UNIVERSITY Museum of Art is cur- rently featuring the work of faculty in the school of Architecture & Design. It is all too seldom that students are afforded the opportunity to ,see tangible evidence of their instructors' talents; the nature of the show alone is sufficient reason for Michigan stu- dents to stop in at Alumni Memorial Hall. The exhibit is housed in the West Gal- lery, and includes paintings in a variety of media, lithographs, photographs, tapes- tries, sculpture, ceramics, etc. This impos- ing array will be an agreeable surprise to anyone unfamliiar with the work of f a- culty artists, and they show as a whole should meet with considerable success. Perhaps the most striking-and also the biggest-canvas in the hall is Gerome Kam- rowski's Part 1, Script for an Impossible Documentary. The title is appropriate enough as a means of identification; the contrasting darks and lights, the abstract forms, and the composition give off an aura of the supernatural. Anyone who knows Mr. Kamrowski's work may not recognise this predominantly black and white compo- sition as his, but the attack is the same; those used to his more vivid coloration will find it in another of his entries. Adherents of the surrealists will particu- larly enjoy themselves before the paintings of Chet La More. All three show a fine sense of color. It is a most welcome relief, after the unrestrained histrionics of Dali, to come upon a surrealist with such good taste. Mr. La More's wire sculptures are momentarily amusing, but hardly deserve to be mentioned in the same breath with his artistic crea- tions. Of the painters who indulge in riotous coloring, Richard Wilt wins this reviewer's blue ribbon. In addition, he offers the most unusual and refreshing style in the show. His speckled canvases are pointillism put to good use and a joy to behold. Instead of blending his dots of color into an im- pressionist mist as Seurat did, Mr. Wilt increases their size and uses them for con- trast. This technique results in vibrant. compositions, even in the otherwise som- bre "Sleeping Men and Excavation." It might seem that such a laborious and ex- acting method would dull the artist's im- agination and delicacy, but in this case it definitely does not. There are only three water colors in the exhibit, two of them outstanding. Girl with Musical Instrument, by Carlos Lopez, is a quiet, eerie study, reminiscent of a mental image created by one of E. T. A. Hoffman's fantasies. Jean Paul Slusser's Strange House evokes a similar feeling despite a more clas- sic and austere treatment. As is to be expected, not all of the paint- ings are likely to arouse a great deal of in- terest. Some of the neo-cubist, for example, are tedious and uninspired. There are, how- ever, a great many more that will excite the observer's fancy-it is simply impossible to list them all here. A word should be said about some of the other displays, many of them no less pleas- ing than the paintings. Four tapestry de- signs by Ron Fidler, all tastefully executed, bear out old but not too frequently ob- served notion that fabrics may be put to a decorative as well as a pragmatic use. Philip Davis and David Reider demon- strate that darkroom trickery can result in quite delightful compositions. Their photo- graphs are noteable for black and white con- trasts, and for their variegated textures. The ceramics and sculpture placed about the room on stands and in display cases ap- pear deceivingly simple in design. Anyone who has had occasion to try his hand at the potter's art will know what I mean when he sees the glazes on some of the specimens. You really have to try it to appreciate the skill required to finish some of those pieces. J. T. Abernathy's stoneware is worth investi- gating. Too massive, perhaps, to suit popu- lar tastes, they are nonetheless both decora- tive and utilitarian. Among the sculptors, Thomas McClure, for his "Head of Christ," and Hal MacIn- tosh, for his "Floating Figure," deserve special mention. Although the faculty show will not be re- moved until the 28th of the month, it is worth a slight inconvenience to hurry over to see the Contemporary Americans exhibit, which is still up, pending the already over- due arrival of the Seattle Drawings. But by all means go. -Siegfried Feller ON THE Washington Merry.Go-Round WITH DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON-Free hams and TV sets are supposed to be the way to get gov. ernment business these days, but one five- percenter lost an Air Force contract recently by throwing a lavish party. He ,s Fred T. Bridges, who traveled all the way to Dayton, Ohio, to meet the right procurement officer; paid the full expenses for a friend to come from Denver, Colo., to make the introduction; then threw a $342.92 dinner party to dazzle hte Air Force. Five-percenter Bridges figured he could impress both his clients and Brig. Gen. Phillip W. Smith by staging the extravagant dinner; so he rented a suite at Dayton's hotel Biltmore, hired a three-piece string orchestra, and had exotic foods especially flown to Dayton. To make sure the guest of honor would show up, Bridges paid the round-trip fares for Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Chamberlain, friends of General Smith, to come all the way from their home in Denver. Despite these carefully laid plans, however, General Smith left town and sent his regrets. This left Bridges with a $342.92 dinner cooking, but no guest of honor. So he asked the Chamberlains to invite Mrs. Smith and her children. At first, Mrs. Smith declined because she had a house guest, but Cham- berlain persuaded her to bring both her children and her house guest. When the $342.92 dinner was finally served, five-per- center Bridges sat at the head of the table, Chamberlain at the foot and between them sat two ladies and three children. Instead of winning a new contract for Bridges, however, the abortive affair cost him an order he had already negotiated in Washington. For the story of the dinner got back to the Air Force, which promptly can- celed his earlier contract. , , , FLOOD REMAINS While Congress races toward adjourn- ment, the biggest skeleton in its closet of unfinished business is the Missouri flood disaster. The flood left thousands of de- molished homes, churches, schools and small business firms which for years cannot be rebuilt. While Congress voted some direct relief, it was only enough for temporary food and shelter. Meantime nothing is being done about eroded farm lands. Thanks to the Army engineers' projects to protect big cities along the Missouri, the water backs up and floods farms in the other areas. Congress has done even less about the key problem to stopping floods-the Mis- souri Valley Authority program - which would provide a network of flood control dams paying for themselves through irriga- tion and low-cost electric power. The Army engineers and the private utilities, however, are opposed to this. The immediate problem of relief for flood victims is the most pressing of all. More than 25,000 homes were damaged or de- stroyed in the Missouri basin. Some flood- hit families are living in tents, others in trailers, attics and basements. The few who can afford better accommodations are pay- ing high rents because of the housing short- age. Many homeless widows have become charity cases, without even a county "poor farm" to go to. Many business firms whose properties were wiped out by the flood hesitated to rebuild because of in- flated costs, building controls or the lack of bank credit. Meanwhile, only a few Congressmen, as Magee and Bolling of Missouri, are sincerely trying to find the answer. The rest are too adjournment-minded to bother. *' * * GOP AND DIXIECRATS " LDRESSED UP with no place to go" pretty much describes the new "biparti- san committee to explore political realign- ment," a brain child of dynamic Sen. Karl Mundt of South Dakota. Though Mundt stanchly believes South- ern Democrats and Northern Republicans should team up in 1952, practical politi- cians of both parties are avoiding the com- mittee as though it were the plague. Southern Democrats, who were counted on for support, realize that the movement would throw them out of power in the Senate where they hold nine of the 15 committee chairmanships. --Daily-B Hamptos "All right, so he can't catch a football", For years, the cartoonists and word-of-mouth quipsters had re- lentlessly plugged away at the alleged stupidity of Michigan football players. This week, faculty members in' the literary college took an action which may clear the air on the half-humorous charges. By unanimous vote, the faculty ordered a protest to be sent to the Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics concerning a "double standard" by which some varsity athletes can play with below-"C" averages. The Board answered that it would welcome a study of the' practices of its eligibility committee. , Although, in informed circles, eligibility for sports at Michigan has been considered one of the most rigid in the nation, a recent grant of eligibility for a star football player evoked strong feeling that' requirements should be even tighter. Sources close to the Board said an attempt will be made to determine the number of special eligibility grants handed down by the Office of Student Affairs, which regulates all other extra-curricular activities. , . , e YR SPLIT-After a rare lull in verbal firing'on the campus poli-' tical front, action came from a usually quiet sector. Progressive Young Republican president Dave Cargo was hard put to keep the upper hand in the organization as a group of right-leaners fought to' invite right-hier Joe McCarthy to campus for another of those speeches. The issue reflected an intra-GOP struggle which promises to be of international significance. " * * * NEAR EAST EXPEDITION-Two dirty pieces of parchment drew' nation-wide attention this week as Prof. George G. Cameron unveiled one of the most significant archaeological discoveries in recent years. The leader of the recently returned University Near East Expedition revealed that the impressions, taken from the new "rosetta stone" in northern Kurdistan, will provide a key to the lost language of the Urartu or Ararat. * * * FALL RUSHING-Fraternity rushing started this week. * * * * .OUT OF THE WEST-Michigan ended up on the low end of a 23-13 score yesterday before 57,000 drizzle-dampened fans. By winning this one, Stanford became the first West Coast team ever to beat the Wolverines. International , . ALLIES STRIKE-A 100,000 man UN offensive rolled ahead in Korea at week's end, as truce talks remained stymied. In the biggest attacks since the negotiations began in July, the Eighth Army slogged ahead, apparently breaking through the Communist lines and once again retaking bloody "Heartbreak Ridge." A heavy news censorship obscured front line events-Allied objectives were not revealed. But the Communist radio predicted that an amphibious landing at Won- san was planned-and UN warships moved in to bombard that por- tion of the east coast. Meanwhile, Gen. Matthew Ridgway again waved the olive branch-he offered to renew negotiations any place in no man's land. Peiping remained silent at week's end. * * * * IRAN SIMMERS-A temporary lull in the international tension over Iran came this week. The British technicians who had been sitting in Abadan since the storm broke in March were finally given the boot by Iranians, triumphant for the moment at least. The Attlee government, caught between Conservative demands for armed inter- vention and U. S. insistence that troops not be used, meekly sub- mitted to the Iranian ouster at Abadan, banking their hopes on the UN Security Council, which will take up the Iranian question next week. As British UN delegate Sir Gladwynn Jebb wrote his briefs, ailing Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh prepared to take off today to New York to plead his case in person. SOVIETS BLAST AGAIN-The White House revealed a second Soviet A-bomb explosion had taken place this week, as Russia flexed her fissionable muscles. The next day, Uncle Joe Stalin told the world that more atomic detonations were on the way. % * * k R National . a. IT'S GETTING TO BE A HABIT-New Yorkers were in a furor this week, as the rest of the country warmed up their TV sets for another subway series. For the third time in the last five years, it ,was all New York-but this time with a new twist. The two New York .lational League entries engaged in a playoff, then the winners moved over to another part of the Empire City to'- take on the American League Yankees. At week's end, the series stood 2-1, favor of New York. " -Barnes Connable and Crawford Young Jackson's Football ... . To the Editor:' ; N JACKSON'S excellent article "Too Much Football" exposing the sordid aspects of commercialized - professionalized1 football at Michigan is of great significance to the college sports world. For here for the first time is afforded an irrefutable documen- tation (not even big-time foot- ball's vested interests challenged' Jackson's truthfulness) of the many foul practices that now overwhelm "win at any cost" col- lege football. Mr. Jackson deserves great respect for his courage in' disclosing this inside view of the' sport since it reflects negatively on the intelligence and integrity of many of his former athletic as- sociates as well as on his own wis- dom in playing for four years. However, the very fact that such damning criticism comes from a person whose contact with the game was so intimate and whose own ability so proven is what gives importance to the criticism, since in this case professionalized college football's defenders can- not accuse the critic of not know- ing what he is talking about nor of being just a stuffy professor or an unsuccessful athlete with a "sour grapes" gripe. In view of this it is regretable that Daily writers Flint and Papes had to attempt a partial white- wash of Jackson's accusations. No- where did he suggest that Michi-" gan was unique in the football evil. The point is that all big-time college football has become simi- larly poisoned and that as a re- sult both players and their univer- sities suffer. The charges of sen- sationalism made again Jackson" are absurd. The seriousness of his" accusations is certainly sensation- al, but his treatment of them was most restrained. Rather, the Daily could perform a great service by taking the lead in getting .the students and ad- ministration of this university, (whose purpose is education, re- search, and public service, and not muscle bulging contests with the hired help from East Lansing) to, devote their intellectual, moral, and financial energies into achiev-" ing the unfulfilled potentialities the University of Michigan has of" becoming a great university where students are given the intellectual and moral training required by ci- tizens in a democracy, rather than emphasizing the gladitorial amusements so reminiscent of the circuses at the Roman Coliseum. For that minority who mistakenly enrolled in a university to get the latter rather than the former (such as Miss Allison who heaps shame upon Mr. Jackson for his welcome declaration of consci- ence), possibly the University could secure them employment or at least season tickets at the local wrestling arena or roller derby rink. -Neil J. Weller ~ ,..er Dance Dilemna .. . To the Editor: TN A RECENT letter Adele Hager pleaded the cause of Ann Ar- bor's forgotten art, the Dance, and raised the question of why the lack of interest, and what can be done for the Dance in the future. Possibly one factor that has caused difficulty in thetpast is that few members of the ton and campus have had sufficient ex- perience, either as participants or as audience members, to develop interest. Part of the fault of this lack of acquaintance and enthu- siasm lies at the door of the dance itself-its inability to develop re- cording -techniques which would make it available to an individual in his living room. With the other arts it has been different. Music has the readily available phonograph and radio; drama the written script; the vis- ual arts the photograph. The re, sulting familiarity creates eager audiences for these arts, as is evi- denced in the many performances and exhibits sponsored here. But the dance is not so easily come by. Many who would be most responsive to this art form if they could but taste of it allow it to pass unnoticed and unsolicited. Thus a vicious circle is formed: No taste, no demand. No demand, no taste. This circle can be broken by those who are in a position to start the ball rolling by providing the University community with dance experiences. -Helen H. Keller Half-Time . . To the Editor: I HAVE a suggestion to make to athletic director Fritz Crisler in regards to the next meeting of the Western Conference Athletic Directors. The idea has a very fine chance of placing Michigan back in its former place as Western Conference power. Mr. Crisler might suggest that the Saturday a f t e r n o o n agenda throughout the stadii of Western Conference schools be slightly al- tered. It should consist of sixty minutes of rigorous band competi- tion, with perhaps a short be- tween-the-halfs scrimmage. T h e attitude t h e students seemed to have adopted concern- ing the vital necessity of having an enjoyable, that is a winning, afternoon would seem to indicate the necessity of drastic action. Dr. Revelli is updoubtedly in a better position than Mr. Oosterbaan to provide a remedy. At any rate the reception that greeted the band, which to my estimation whipped a lesser M.S.C. aggregate; at least equalled that which the team received. --Robert Ruskin ' * , , Football vs. the 'U' . . To the Editor: T WAS once my experience while working in a hosptital to wit- ness an operation wherein a wo- man was removed from a tumor (the woman weighing less than. the tumor after the operation). There was some question as to the possibility of dissecting suclh a large part of the woman (there was no question of disposal after the operation)-however, the fes- tering, rotten, gaseous sore was eliminated and the lady lives. Much the same may be said for the University stadium (and the, overemphasis of football). Just as it was difficult to ascertain then what was fester and what was useful on the woman, so it is dif- ficult to determine what is gall and what is good in Ann Arbor.' The question is not what is to be done with the stadium (as Messrs.., Wright and Turner, the Daily,t October 2, oddly seems to believe); but can a university continue to be considered an educational in- stitution when such a major por- tion of it is not educational but extraneous? I don't care what is done with the stadium (blow up Atom Bombs in it if thiat seems necessary)-my interest lies not in cultivating that oozing, morbid, lunp, that tumor, but in the patient, the edu- cational complex that must be saved. -Leo D. Vichules \r+' ,~ad I' Sixty-Second Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board of Control of Student Publications. 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Michigan, as second-class mail matter. Subscription during regular school year: by carrier, $6.00; by mail, $7.00. ' i CJu RRU'IT Ail /I E fh% I A t The Michigan .,.. THE MOB: with Boderick Crawford, Betty Buehler, Richard Riley, Otto Hulett, Matt Crowley, and a motley crew of non- entities. RUMS beating and horns blowing, the University Band turned out in full array Iast night to view, themselves on the screen. As it was, "Here Comes The Band," a brief take off on the magnificient antics of our band, relegated the main feature, romantic- ally titled "The Mob" to a place commensur- a poetic pseudonym like Tim Flynn, and posing as a rugged New Orleans gangster, delves into a probe of some bad men who have a racket of exploiting poor longshore- men. In the course of things, the incognito Crawford is taken for a ride, bludgeoned, and framed. To add a very unique touch to the picture, swashbuckling (I believe I used that epithet before) Crawford is hand- ed a mickey. In fact, there is even a gun- battle at the end. Joyfully, the racketeers are apprehended and the hero gets his girl. All of which is a far cry from the role BARNABY Yu can fly to the moon and ()clCm stars right now, Mr. O'Malley- I can't wait years for a bunch of loafing Mental Giants like FBy then, every Tom, Dick and Harry will be cluttering up the galaxy in: A' 1