AGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1951 I- U Ann Arbor Charter itOMORROW NIGHT the Ann Arbor City Council will meet to determine whether or not the people of this community can vote on revision of the city's ancient charter. It is unfortunate that the Council should see fit to even deliberate the mat- ter. More appropriately, the issue should be put on the ballot automatically. The people most certainly have a right to re- evaluate their municipal governmental structure periodically without the say-so of a group operating within that frame- work. Accordingly, the Council should feel obligated to put the question to the tax- payers. Ann Arbor is currently operating under a special charter granted by the state legisla- ture in 1889. Since 1909, the city has wit- nessed a string of Michigan communities in- voking "home rule" charters which consid- erably broaden the base of municipal power. Under the antiquated Ann Arbor system, (strong council-weak mayor), the city gov- ernment generally abides by only such pow- ers as are expressly set forth 'in the charter. Under "home rule," cities may initiate any, progressive act within state statutory and constitutional bounds. This is the crux of the problem in Ann Arbor's government. It is, to say the least, a wobbly set-up. The charter has led to Jurisdictional conflicts and mismanage- ment, to inefficiency and waste. There is nothing surprising in this. A municipal instrument adopted in 1889, no matter how well it coped with contemporary problems, is obviously inadequate today. Charter revision to some degree is necessary if only to recognize the fact that this is 1951, that the times have brought increased popu- lation and new stumbling blocks. Charter revision was rejected by the peo- ple in 1942. But since that time a move- ment has grown which has drawn in almost every conscientious and intelligent civic leader. Even some of our most conservative citizens have seen the need for charter re- vision. And the status quo group has been at work too-doing nothing. Its fear is not increased efficiency but the governmental evolution which would stem from charter revision. It fears the commission-mana- ger set-up. The politically entrenched and ambitious most naturally are reluctant to join in a move toward a new framework which might deprive them of their jobs and aspirations. As a result, the cobwebs continue to collect on Ann Arbor's charter. The mettle of our local politicians can be tested almost conclusively on this issue. The relative weight which they give to their positions and to their avowed duties may be determined by their stands here. In Kalamazoo, a now debt-free, civic- minded community which has long set the pace in Michigan municipal government, the city manager plan came into being early in the century largely through the support of the city's last mayor. Such devotion to purpose should be the vogue rather than a phenomenon. Likewise in Kalamazoo, the movement for efficient government was bolstered consid- erably by the contributions of business groups. In Ann Arbor, no such support has been forthcoming. Clearly, Ann Arbor is out of step. It is more than 60 years behind. Tomorrow night, by letting the community vote on charter revision, the City Council will at least show its awareness that something might be wrong. It will then be up to the voters to pit facts and progress against emo- tions and reaction. -Barnes Connable Crisis in Israel IN SEVERAL respects, the establishment of the State of Israel will go down in history as one of the biggest blunders of the 20th Century. Founded in a precarious geographic position, the anomalous little state is fast becoming a headache for the United States, has been, of course, for the Arabs, and in future, will be for the Israeli. True, the Israeli government has injected a note of progress on the Middle East scene. Its plans for the development of agriculture, industry, communications, and public works have been put into effect vigorously. And the Royal Institute of International Affairs, will concede its success in instituting West- ern democratic procedures. In a Middle East permeated with corruption and out-dated peonage, such progress is highly commend- able. On the other hand, the economy of Israel, which is being subsidized chiefly by the United States, is synthetic and unsound financially. The tiny state has received financial backing and loans far out of pro- portion from those granted to other Mid- die East and Asian countries. To date, the United States has made available to the new republic $135,000,000 in export-import bank loans, $98,747,000 in Point Four grants, and $65,000,000 in ECA appropria- tions. In addition, $80,000,000 of a current $150,000,000 bond issue of the Israeli gov- ernment has been sold in this country. Such wholesale subsidization of Israel by this country cannot continue indefinitely. Sooner or later, Israel will have to stand on its own feet-but it is questionable whether it can, ** * AT PRESENT, the tremendous influx of immigrants, streaming in from Europe, North Africa, and the Levant, hias imposed an intolerable strain on the country's econo- my. Israeli leaders envision a population of 2,000,000 in the next five years-a population which the New Hampshire-sized state will not be able to sustain. Agriculture-wise, the country possesses less than 50,000 square miles of cultivable land. It was hoped that wide-scale industriali- zation programs would off-set the meager agricultural returns. This may be possible, but the fact remains -- Israel's natural market is the neighboring Arab World, a hostile world which has been and will continue boycotting Israel goods. More- over, Israel does not have a natural supply of coal or iron. These would have to be Imported at great cost. For the Israeli, the state will never be the haven they hoped for. Inflation is now run- ning rampant. The basic currency, the Is- raeli pounds, fixed at $2.80 in American money, will buy in Israel about 94 cents worth of food, clothing, and shelter. The large flow of immigrants into the country should raise prices even higher. The present Ben Gurion policy of en- couraging mass immigration will also eventually lead to a demand for "Leben- sraum" and, coupled with the implacable animosity of the Arabs, will lead to war. The Huleh Marshes border clashes last spring anticipated what can be expected to be a general conflict with the rising tide of Arab nationalism, which is fast elimi- Zionist's quest for a national state, se- curity, and peace and who admires their courageous, insatiable desire for progress cannot help but note the striking pathos of this situation. Yet, their fate has been the result of their own short-sighted insistence upon a home in Palestine, which precluded any possibility for a Jewish state elsewhere. Nor are those countries which discriminated viciously against Jews in their immigration laws free from blame. . . * P R THE ARAB peoples, Israel has meant a great loss of lives, fellahin and feudal landlord alike. Sadly enough, it has also meant a correspondingly larger loss of souls; the United Nations reports 800,000 refugees- Palestinian Arabs who have ben deprived of their homes and have consequently become an international liability. This is a bitter pill to swallow for the Arab, a traditionally- strong family man. From a commercial standpoint, the proud Arabs consider the ports on the Palestinian coast a loss. And because of the geographical loca- tion of Israel, they consider the tiny state a barrier between them at the outset of their new international career. In toto, the atmosphere is one of unequivocal hate. For the United States, the Israel fiasco is beginning to take on international signifi- cance as we recognize the importance of the Middle East area. Prior to the founding of Israel, there were clairvoyant warnings from American quar- ters pointing out the possibility of alienat- ing the Arab world if the United States rec- ognized, much less supported Israel. The Forrestal Dairies vividly picture the enormous Jewish pressure brought to bear on the State Department (where a Zionist supporter had been appointed special as- sistant for Palestine affairs). Of course, the department was also concerned with beating Russia to the punch by recogniz- ing the incipient state. As it was, the United States preferred to toss a political shaft at 50,000,000 prospective Arabian allies by recognizing Israel. The de facto recognition of Israel, coupled with U.S. subdizization, has provoked an in- tense dislike of the Arab World for the United States-notwithstanding the outward "hyperbolic goo" lavished upon our diplo- mats by their Arab counterpart.s Last spring, the Wafdist Party of Egypt, controlling Parliament, voted to offer Russia political and economic concessions in Misr. The Wafdist overtures were followed by simi- lar offers from other Arab countries. A month ago, Egypt's Pasha conferred omi- nously with the Russian ambassador to Egypt. Now, the state of war that continues be- tween Israel and the Moslem states and the coldness of the Arabs toward America are making it extremely difficult for West- ern powers to organize a Middle Eastern defense command to protect the oil-rich, manpower-packed area against possible Russian attack. Ironically, even Israel re- fused to join in such a pact. In the meantime, the Soviet Union is ex- ploiting the tension and dissension atmos- phered throughout the North East. Panhel's Problem CAMPUS CONFIDENCE in the, ability of Panhellenic Association to work out its own bias clause problems, with a little as- sistance from Student Legislature, went down another notch this week, as two rather glaring deficiencies in the joint Panhel-SL committee came to light. The failure to appoint any independent members or to choose anyone with prior experience in studying this problem starts the committee off with a handicap it may well not overcome. The first point was emphatically raised in freshman legislator Valerie Cowen's debut in SL debate Wednesday night when she ob- jected to the selection of two affiliates as the SL representatives. This choice, it turned out, was made at Panhel's request. It is unfortunate that both groups failed to take the psychological need for an inde- pendent committee member more heavily into account. The SL selections, Sondra Dia- mond and Karin Fagerburg, are both capable and sincere, as are the Panhel choices. But with nothing but affiliated members, any report the group comes up with will be sus- pect in the eyes of the campus as a super- ficial study designed merely to sidetrack the growing pressure. Panhel fails to comprehend the black eye it has given itself by inept handling of the problem in the past. Former president Jane Topper's testimony before the Stu- dent Affairs Committee denying the exis- tence of sorority clauses represents a wilful lie somewhere within the sorority system- a lie which is difficult to live down. Insistence on affilated members only crys- tallizes the aura of distrust surrounding Panhel's ability to handle the problem. If the group has now faced reality and is, as it says, sincerely interested in doing some- thing, it should make more of an effort to convince the campus of its new-found pur- poses. True, sororities are touchy about their constitutions-and much material the com- mittee will be handling is of a confidential nature. But there are independent women who would be capable of constructive work within the committee. As for SL's acquiesence in the deal, one can only say that, inasmuch as the Legis- lature brought the matter up, it is passing strange that such a settlement from Pan- hel would be accepted. The other major shortcoming of the com- mittee could also have been easily solved with a little foresight. None of the members have worked with the explosive, complex problem of bias clauses before. To see the disadvantage of this one needs only to recall the first bumbling efforts of the IFC to re- solve the issue. It would have been a simple matter to appoint a student who has been working on the fraternity clauses to the committee, perhaps as an ex officio member. Of course, the committee personnel can con- sult with these people on their own-but it would have been much simpler and more practical to have one working closely with the group. It is of course far preferable to have the bias clause problem worked out within Pan- hel. But the sororities must demonstrate more firmly their desire to act constructively. It is campus pressure that is forcing Panhel to consider this problem-the organization should remember that if the campus is not satisfied with Panhel's handling, the matter will be taken from its hands. -Crawford Young DREW PEARSON: Washington Merry-Go-Round -SECRET RUSSIAN RADIO- UTNDERGROUND CABLES from Moscow report that a mysterious mobile trans- mitter in western Russia is causing almost as much havoc inside the Kremlin as an atom bomb. The powerful short-wave radio, located on a truck trailer, is constantly on the move in the mountains and butts into speeches of Soviet bigwigs with derisive comments and revolutionary slogans. It is operated by the oldest of the anti- Bolshevik Russian undergrounds, the NTS, started in Yugoslavia 15 years ago. A few days ago-November 17-the radio read to the Russian people copies of letters delivered to the Red army command at Babelsburg, in Eastern Germany, calling upon General Chuikov to lead a revolt. NTS propaganda has been able to reach millions, thanks to the Soviet system of re- ceivers installed in offices, factories and homes for the purpose of listening to the official radio. The short-wave NTS station uses the same wave lengths as the Soviet home service, and it's driving Soviet officials crazy. Uncensored diplomatic dispatches give such examples of the NTS radio as: A Moscow announcer was reading a pi- ous Pravda editorial acclaiming Stalin as "the father of peace and democracy," - "LOOK DADDY' HERE COMES SANTA." . . IN RETROSPECT ... y~ y HATCHER INAUGURAL-Harlan Henthorne Hatcher officially donned the vestments of office this week, as he became the eighth president of the University in a resplendent inaugural ceremony. Dele- gates from 313 colleges and universities, here for one of the year's top events in the world of education, and the University faculty,. garbed in academic robe, gave resounding applause to the tall, hand- some new president on the Hill Auditorium stage, as he accepted the office, paid special tribute to retired president Alexander G. Ruthven. The Hatchers Wten wrung 600 hands, as the guests lined up in the League for a rception, ir S 4 Y WILCOX ACCOLADES-Len Wilcox swept triumphantly into a second term as Student Legislature president, as he won re-election by acclamation. For the third straight semester, only one candidate was nominated for the office. The rest of the cabinet underwent some reshuffling, but emerged with almost the same familiar faces. Only retired legislators Irv Stenn and Patty Doyle were not renamed to the cabinet-they were replaced with juniors Phyllis Kaufman and Howie Willens. The old-timers-all but one serving their last year on Sr- are Bob Baker, Phil Berry, Leah Marks and Robin Glover. members were all affiliated. SL appointed affiliates to fill its two spots on the five-member committee at the request of Panhel, bring- ing strong criticism at the SL meeting. The Legislature wound' up approving the selections by a narrow margin. * * * * YR SQUABBLES-The Young Republicans, who have been threat- ened by civil war all fall, split wide open this week, as Dave Cargo, liberal Eisenhower supporter, resigned as president. Cargo declared he was tired of constant badgering and "personal villification" * * * * Inef~rnatonal . . CEASE FlRE-Mass confusion followed the Allied and Red ap- proval of a provisional cease-fire line Tuesday. General Matt Ridg- way said he sent a note to his troops directing them to continue the war until the final armistice was signed. But the note was altered somewhere along its trip to the front. Newsmen said that when it reached the foxholes, it was a virtual cease-fire order. UN troops were told by their field officers to fire only in defense of present positions. Patrol action was sharply cur- tailed. Even the Reds relaxed for a day. Communist soldiers played volleyball in full view of the Allied lines. But the strange quiet was soon shattered-it was all a mistake. Allied Headquarters in Tokyo reported that no cease-fire order "had been given to the Eighth Army or any body else." And in Key West, a spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief emphatically denied an Associated Press report that the order had come from the "highest source." If the cease-fire order had been true, it would have put an entirely new slant on the armistice negotiations. As one commentator pointed out, the threat of continued war was the United Nations only weapon for making the Communists talk peace. Perhaps a clue to the real Communist view of the cease-fire was sighted in North Korea. Allied pilots reported the largest movements of Red troops towards the front since the war began 17 months ago. At week's end, the armistice talks were again deadlocked over the UN demands for a ban on the development of airfields. It seemed that the 30 days, which negotiators had to sign an armistice before the cease fire line would again have to be discussed, would surely come too soon. * * * * EUROPEAN FRONT--In Paris, Big Four delegates began a ten- day series of secret discussions on European disarmament, following a surprise Russian okay of the talks. The Political Committee of the UN wil hold off any further action on the disarmament debate until the sub-committee reports a week from Tuesday. -Sid Klaus and Crawford Young (Continued from Page 2) to; David Lloyd, tenor; James Pease, bass; the University Choral Union of 310 voices; Musical Society Orchestra and Mary McCall Stubbins, organist; under the direction of Lester McCoy. Tickets at popular prices, tax exempt: 58c and 42c will continue on sale until Saturday noon, the 8th, at the offices of the Uniersity Musical Society in Burton Tower; and at the Hill Audi- torium box office after 7 o'clock Satur- day night, and after 1:30 Sunday after- noon. The performances will begin prompt- ly, and the public is requested to come sufficiently early as to be seated on time since latecomers will not be ad- mitted during the performances. The audience is also respectfully re- quested to refrain from applause until the close of Part I and at the end of the performance. University of Michigan symphony Band Concert. Conductor: William D. Revelli; Guest Conductor: Edwin Fran- ko Goldman. Sun., Dec. 2, 4:15 pnw', Hill Auditorium. PROGRAM Sequoia, A Tone Painting ....La Gassey Overture to Beatrice and Benedict -Berlioz Trauersinfonie................Wagner American Symphonette No. 2 ...Gould Conducted by William D. Revelli March Apollo...............Bruckner English Folk Song Suite.....Williams Italian Polka .... arr. by Rachmaninoff March. Happy-Go-Lucky ......Goldman March. Jubilee Goldman March. Anniversary Goldman Conducted by Edwin Franko Goldman M Rhapsody arr. Werle Conducted by W. D. Revelli University Concert Orchestra, Emil Raab, Conductor, with James Fudge, baritone, will be heard in a "Pop" con- cert at 2:30 Sunday afternoon, Decem- ber 2, in South Quadrangle. The pro- gram will include the Overture to the Barber of Seville by Rossini, Tschaikow- sky's Chanson Triste; compositions by Grieg, Khachaturian, Walton, Nicola, and Coates. Mr. Fudge will sing four songs, Hard Trails, The Hills of Home, The Girl That I Marry, and Younger than Springtime. The concert will be open to the public. Another program by the same group will be presented in Alice Lloyd Hall on Sunday afternoon, December 16. Woodwind Quintet, Nelson Hauen- stein, flute, Lare Wardrop, oboe, Albert Luconi, clarinet, Ted Evans, French horn, and Hugh Cooper, bassoon, will be heard at 8:30 Monday evening, Decem- ber 3, in Lydia Mendelssohn Theater. The program will include the following: Quintet No. 8 by Reiche, The Chimney of King Rene by Milhoud; Sinfonia by Heiden, Dance Caricatures by Douglas, and Two Pieces, Op. 98 by Jongen. It will be open to the general public. Events Today CANTERBURY CLUB: Meet at Can- terbury House, 5:15, to leave together for the Methodist Church. WESLEYAN GUILD: Breakfast Semi- nar, 9:30 a.m. in Pine Room. Discussion: "The Present Generation and Their Shortcomings." Bible Study Group, 4:15 p.m. Guald Supper and program, 5:30 p.m. Guest speaker: Prof. John L. Brumm. Subject: "If I Were a Student Again." Members of the Episcopal stu- dent group are invited as guests. LUTHERAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION LUTHERAN STUDENT ASSOCIA- TION: 5:30 p.m., Supper at Student Center. Program, :00: Speakers: Two students from Germany. CONGREGATIONAL - DISCIPLES GUILD: 6 p.m., supper, 6:45 program at Memorial Christian Church. Miss Maggi Long, former Guild member and a stu- dent at Chicago Divinity School will speak "Christian Art in a Crisis World." GAMMA, LUTHERAN, STUDEN' CLUB: Supper program, 5:30p.m. Talk: "Square Pegs in Round Holes," by the Rev. Jack Angle, Insttutional Chaplain of Detroit. Roger Williams Guild: 6 p.m., Sup- per. 7 p.m., Dr. Donald Gray will speak on "The Bible in Art." Sigma Alpha Iota, professional music fraternity for women: Annual Christ- mas Candlelight Service, 8 p.m. First Presbyterian Church. The public is in- vited. Co-ed Sunday Nir'it Record Concert: League Library, 8:30-10 p.m. Program: Organ Sonatas, Robert Noehren; Brahms 1st Symphony; Prokofiev- Symphony No. 5. Delta Sigma P, Professional Fraterni- ty for Business Administration and Economics majors, will hold a rushing smoker from 3 to 5 p.m., at the chapter house, 1412 Cambridge Road. Hillel: A games party will be held at the Tau Delta Phi House, 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Hillel: Sunday Night Supper Club, 5:30 to 7 p.m., at the Tau Delta Phi Fraternity House. Delicatessen supper. Coming Events SCIENCE RESEARCH CLUB. Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Tues., Dec. 4, Rackham Am- phitheatre. PROGRAM: "Divergent Se- quences of Numbers," by George Piran- ian, Mathematics, and "Predicting Epi- demicity of Polimyelitis," by Fay H. Hemphill, School of Public Health. Le Cercle Francais: Meets Tues., Dec. 4, 8 p.m. League. Program : Dramatic parody of silent films, a French West African epic entitled "L'amour et la mort en Afrique du Nord." Broom dance.Charades. Coffee. New members still accepted. Deutscher Verein. German Club meet- ing, 7:30 p.m. Tues., Dec. 4, Room 3G, Union. Radio detective play in Ger- man, treasure hunt, singing and re- freshments. Michiganensian picture will be taken of all members who bring the price charged. DETA SIGMA PI, Professional Frater- nity for Business Administration and Economics majors, will hold a formal rushing smoker, Tues., Dec. 4, 7 to 9 p.m. at the chapter house, 1412 Cam- bridge Road, Women's Research Club. Meeting, Mon., Dec. 3, 8 p.m.. West Lecture Room, Rackham Building. Speaker- Dr. Mary Swindler, Fine Arts. "A Rec- onnaissance of the 7th and 8th Century Sites in Turkey" (illustrated by pic- tures taken recently by the speaker during the period of her research study in Turkey). The new members will be welcomed into the club at this meeting. Premedical Sodiety presents a panel discussion of premedical education, in- cluding questions concerning curri- culum; a concept of the medical schools' ideal premedical student; and an open discussion period. Panel par- ticipants: Asst. Dean James H. Robert- son, School of Literature Science and the Arts, Moderator; Professor Louis I. Bredvold, Department of English; Dr. Reed M. Nesbit, Professor of Surgery; Mr. Joseph H. Boyer, organic chemistry lecturer; a medical student; and a premedical student. 7:30 p.m., Tues., Dec. 4, Kellogg Auditorium. Movies of the work being done in the West Coast Laboratories of Naval Ord- nance Test Station, Civil Engineering. and Research, Missile Test Center, Bu- reau of Standards' Institute for Nu- merical Analysis, Electronics, and Ra- diological Defense. 7:30 p.m., Mon., Dec. 3, 348 West Engineering Bldg. All engineers are invited. Michigan Dames. Music Group will meet at the home of Sandy McCool, 1022 vaughn, Mon., Dec. 3, 8 p.m. Hos- tesses: June Bourne and Clara Bright. The group's new sponsor, Mrs. Courte, will be present. Handicraft Group will meet at 8 p.m., Tues., Dec. 4, eLague. Project for the evening will be copper tooling. Bring teaspoon, pencil, magazine, tracing paper and 1 square foot of copper tool- ing, 36 gauge (available at Ulrich' book store). Hostesses: Evelyn Christen- se nand Florence Hallman. La p'tite causette meets Monday from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the south room, Union cafeteria. Spanish Club Social Hour. Tues., Dec. 4, 4-6 p.m. at the Women's League. Fun planned for all. Hiawatha Club. Meeting, Tues., Dec. 4, 7:30 p.m., League. Plans for Christ- mas Party to be discussed. T IS ONE of the failures of American philosophy that we confuse education and intelligence as much as we confuse plumbing and civilization. One ounce of in- telligence is worth a pound of edu- cation, for where there is intelli- gence education will advance on its own, but where education alone exists the results can be terrifying beyond even the realms of untu- tored stupidity. -Louis Bromfield T IS SAID that hope goes with youth; but I fancy that hope is the last gift given to man, and the, only gift not given to youth. For youth the end of every episode is the, end of the world. But the power of hoping through every- thing, the knowledge that the soul survives its adventures-that great inspiration comes to the middle aged. -G. K. Chesterton i DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN AX 4 4 I4 ., 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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