° PAGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1951 0 The Ike Boon T"HE EISENHOWER for President move- ment has seemed to most people to be shrouded in mystery. Whenever one suggests that Eisenhower is the best candidate, he is likely to find both agreement and questions. His listeners immediately want to know if Eisenhower is available for the job, if he will get out and try for the nomination, if he can win the nomination and election, and what his policies will be. With the formation last night of a, "Students for Eisenhower" club on cam- pus coming. as evidence of the conviction of his campus followers that he can be nominated and elected, it might be well to consider the whole movement to make Eisenhower president. According to Senators Duff, Lodge, and the other men who are securing delegates for him, Eisenhower will be very much available. The exact time he is going to be available is still the unknown element, but observers have lately been predicting that Eisenhower will resign his European post and declare himself a candidate sometime after the first of 1952. It might be added that the presence of the 155 Eisenhower clubs in Michigan alone attests to more than mere hope on the part of his supporters that the General will be a candidate. If Eisenhower does resign his post and announce himself, there is no doubt in any- one's mind that he will make an extensive and positive campaign. However, he is go- ing to have to do some hard work to cap- ture the convention's nomination from Taft who is making strong progress toward con- trol of a majority of the delegates. Assuming that Eisenhower will be avail- able, it would be wise to consider his views on foreign and domestic policy. While President of Columbia University, he out- lined a formula for peace. It is consis- tent with what we could expect from an internationalistic president after present conflicts have been'resolved. One has con- fidence that the man who did so much to achieve military and diplomatic vic- tories in the last war, could make this formula a reality. This is his proposal: "first; justice, freedom and opportunity for all men; second; international under- standing; third, disarmament; fourth; a respected United Nations." Perhaps the greatest mystery about Eisen- hower is his domestic policy. A statement that he made at Columbia gives more than a hint on his idea on the central domestic question-extension of governmental power and control. He said: "Government ownership or control of property is not to be decried principally be- cause of the historic inefficiency of govern- mental management of productive enter- prises; its real threat rests in the fact that, if carried to the logical extreme, the final concentration of ownership in the hands of government gives it, in all practical effects, absolute power over our lives." Without going into a detailed survey of Eisenhower's strength throughout the country, it may safely be said that if nom- inated by the Republicans on a platform of strong American international leader- ship, domestic conservatism, and reforn in government to wipe out the current corruption, he can easily win the Presi- dency. It should, therefore, be interesting to watch the Eisenhower club on this campus and those all over the country as they work to bring Eisenhower and his policies to the public, and to the party leaders so that he may be -nominated and elected next year. -Harry Lunn i~itThe City Editor's SCRATCH PAD ONE OF THE weakest areas in Michigan law came into dramatic focus on campus this past weekend with {the reporting of the accidental death of a youthful University hospital patient. The death occurred under an almost fantastic set of circumstances. There were clear signs of carelessness and even hints of actual criminal neglect: 1) a new hospital employe sent a con- tainer of lethal adrenalin into the operating room by mistake. 2) then she accidentally filled a hypo- dermic needle destined for the patient with equally deadly cocaine, instead of the in- tended novacaine. 3) a doctor who discovered the cocaine emptied it out, but then-through another mistake-filled up the needle from the mis- placed container of adrenalin. Shortly after this was injected, the patient died. 4) through it all the head nurse failed to spot anything wrong, again through error. Clearly there was a possibility that gross criminal negligence was involved some- where along the line, and it was a possi- bility that deserved investigation by com- petent law enforcement agencies. Yet police and prosecution officers were not informed at the time and probably would be in the dark even now, were it not for a tip by newspapermen. "Some Of The 1951 Returns Are Coming In Already" DAILY OFFICIALBULLETIN tette'4 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. a V w VVVVV a TV T- T aV VT V T TVVaVVT TV VV Va TV MAGAZINES 4' 0 I .A & - A . .It A A A . A A A . a A j a .-AAASCAAAAA*AAAAA4 SPORTING AN above-Garg-average cover, the brrrkkk edition lives up to this ad- vance notice of better things to come. After passing the initial Letters to the Editor column, the Gargoyle meanders into a bit of poetic gemology. Entitled "The Night before Last," this work of art would be the best thing in this issue were it not competing with "Curfew Must Not, etc., Ring Tonight." "Curfew" is tremend- ous. The above-mentioned bits of doggerel are accompanied by line drawings by Ann Dixon and Stuart Ross which herald the approach of two more high caliber cartoonists to the ranks of the Garg staff. In fact, if there is any place where Garg shines particularly brightly this issue, it is in the zany pen strokes of the artist. "Bridget is a Bridge," with apologies to Gertie Stein, is aimed at the Bridge set and should be enthusiastically received by them. Who knows, even the Canasta players may like it. Although extended over an unusual num- ber of pages, "The Devil and Hubert Prun- dle" is pretty clever, in a longish sort of fashion. A take-off on Faust, the work de- picts the life of a University student who has exchanged his soul for a "fabulous senior year." Still in the supernatural vein, Scrooge rises-in the best Phoenix tradition-from his ashes, splattering the Gargoyle with whimsical splats of c-minus Marley. "Who StoleMy Dinosaur," of course, is omniscient and we do love it dearly. It is a valuable column if only from the stand- point of an antique collector. But, for real humor, look unto the ads, where Larry Scott bubbles through as a commercial type artist extraordinaire. All in all, while not displaying the bal- ance of the previous issue, the winter Gar- goyle is easily worth two bits and the hearti- est huzzah. -Diane Decker Religious Survey (Continued from Page 1) been accomplished by readopting many cus- toms. Among the modern elements that Re- form Judaism originated were Sunday morn- ing and late Friday evening Services, the elimination of dietary laws, the. equality of women, and the introduction of a predomi- nance of English into the Hebrew service. Mena uncovered their heads in the syna- gogues, and the Rabbi's role was changed from that of the Orthodox law interpreter to a community minister. Between the Orthodox and the Reform stands the Conservative Jew. His beliefs are for the most part Orthodox. His ob- servances include much of the Reform rit- ul. English is a small part of his service. The Talmudic law is followed but not with unbending rigidity. Conservatism regards the Orthodox as too strict and the Reform as too lenient. To all Jews, man is mortal, born with good and evil in him and subject to sin. To the Orthodox, sin is any infraction of the written law. To the Reform, sin is the breaking of the spiritual code of the Ten Commandments. Repentence and return for the sinner comes on the holiest of holy days in the Jewish year, Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement (a day of abstinence from food and water for the Orthodox and Conserva- tive and for some Reform). It is then that each Jew asks for forgiveness and for the blessing of a good and healthy new year. * * * ALL ORTHODOX AND some Conservative Jews look to the coming of a Messiah, a mortal descendent of the House of David. His coming will usher in a world of physical and spiritual happiness on earth. At his com- ing the dead will be resurrected to be judged by God. There is, however, no specific refer- ence to an after life in the Torah. The Re- form Jew, rothe other hand, believes neither in the resurrection of the dead nor in the coming o. a Messiah. He believes only in the coming of the Messianic Age when there will be universal peace, and all mankind will have learned to live in harmony with a uni- versal concept of social justice. Messiah. "The religion of Jesus was un- derstandable to them; it was Jewish. The religion about Jesus was beyond their re- cognition." Today the Jewish attitude to- ward Jesus has been conditioned by cen- turies of persecution in his name. Yet, he is slowly being included in Jewish history as a prophet of significant stature. Ever since the Diaspora, the return of the Jews to Palestine has always been a part of the Jewislr religion except among the early Reform Jews. Zionism, the political movement to establish a Jewish nation has always found sound support among the great majority of Jewish people. The existence of the Jewish state of Israel was declared on the fifth day of the Jewish month of Iyar in the Jewish year 5708. This new nation serves a three-fold purpose. It is a homeland for the nationalistic Jew, a haven for the perse- cuted Jew, and a cultural center through which Jewish values and customs can experi- ence a renaissance. To the American Jew Israel serves as this cultural, religious cent- er, but it also serves as an object of intense pride in that co-religionists could establish a nation founded on democratic principles in a time of international degeneration and lawlessness. Conversion, in the sense of actively going out and seeking converts is not a feature of Judaism. The voluntary pro- selyte is in fact discouraged. There is, how- ever, a definite moral mission in Judaism. It is found in the desire "to win mankind to the ideas of one God, one humanity, the Golden Rule, justice for the oppressed and compassion for the unfortunate." To embrace these spiritual concepts one does not have to embrace any religious ritual, Jewish or otherwise. In the judgment of Judaism such a moral code is all a man needs. What name he calls it is not im- portant. It is in this emphasis on moral living in this world that Judaism gains its strength. Judaism promises no haven in an afterlife. It does not ask for righteousness to avoid punishment. It seeks no obedience to a heirarchy of rules and regulations. The Or- thodox Jew chooses to adhere to the Tal- And the intriguing part of it all is that information about this initially ques- tionable death was withheld from police in a way that was completely legal. It was entirely up to the county coroner- in this case Dr. Edwin C. Ganzhorn-to decide whether law officers should be called in. After a cursory look at the body and a talk with hospital authorities, Dr. Ganzhorn decided it wasn't necessary. Under state law, this is perfectly proper. A coroner (who, incidentally, need have no qualifications whatsoever outside of a ma- jority vote of the electorate), may exercise full discretion in such grave medical and legal matters-matters which should right- fully be decided only after thorough inves- tigation by persons with extensive profes- sional training. THE law's many weaknesses in this area are well-known, and have been widely condemned by competent authorities on civ- il administration. The very idea that the coroner should be an elected official is it- self questionable. Worse still is the absence of any required qualifications for the office. A man with no medical or legal training whatsoever may be placed on the ballot. Equally serious is the point brought out in the recent University Hospital tragedy, namely, that if a coroner doesn't wish to inform police of questionable deaths, he is not legally bound to do so. This freedom of action of course places a great trust and responsibility on the coroner in fulfilling his duties to the community and to the electorate. At the time of the Hospital episode, I do not feel that the local cor- oner met that responsibility. Dr. Ganzhorn's decision not to call in law officers had at least two unfortunate effects: 1) Police were delayed a full week in start- ing an investigation. Not only had the "trail grown cold," but, because of Dr. Ganz- horn's decision not to order an autopsy, there was no longer a possible source of es- tablishing proof of the cause of death- something vital should it be necessary to carry the matter into court. 2) The Hospital was almost allowed to bury one of its most freakish and careless mistakes in years without the slightest in- terference or knowledge of agencies entrust- ed with enforcement of the law. S*3* * THE Hospital's legal obligations were ful- filed when it reported the death to Dr. Ganzhorn. Further action was then up to him. Should he have felt a moral obliga- tion to pass his information on to the city's legal agencies, the law then would have had ample opportunity to take its course. But he felt no such obligation. It was not the first time Dr. Ganzhorn has been lax in such matters. Several years ago the body of a baby allegedly born to a University Hospital nurse was found in a waste-basket. The coroner did report the matter, but only belatedly and with what law officers considered unne- cessary reticence. While many attempts have been made to alter and strengthen the law in regard to coroners in this state, so far the movement has not been successful. Since there seems to be little hope at present of changing the law, it would seem that, locally at least, at- tention ought to be focused on the feasibi- lity of changing the coroner-or, more hap- pily, at least bringing him to realize the re- sponsibilities of his position. -Bob Keith Foreign Policy.. .. To the Editor: WEDNESDAY night's debate on foreign policy left much to be desired on the part of the two Young Republican orators. Though basically in agreement with the Democratic administration's policy of aiding Europe so that it can re- sist Communism, Mr. Halby and Mr. Levenberg, like their idol, Senator Taft, seemed to think that you can place an absolute limit on such aid. Statements such as that seem to indicate to me, at least, that the love and thanks of man and in America and her ability todo great things when called upon to do so. They seem to indicate that America cannot meet the challenge when offered her. I for one am proud to be a mem- ber of the party which still be- lieves that the people of this na- tion are unlimited in their capac- ity to meet the test-unlimited in their will and ability to do a job well. In 1776, Tom Paine said, "The summer soldier and sunshine pa- triot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the sacrifice, the more glorious the triumph." One hundred and sixty-nine years later, a great American Pres- ident said this in his last words to his people, "The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be the doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith." Amid the pessimistic attitude of clever politicians who today are seeking to walk into the White House on a program of faithless- ness and timidness, let us remem- ber these words of wisdom. If we do, we will not have to fear the future, no matter how much the cynics rant and rave. -Gene Mossner Decker's Religion ... To the Editor: CONCERNING Miss Decker's edi- torial, "Morning Religion," it is with much embarrassment and regret that I feel obliged to make public the following confession, denial, and statement: 1. I confess that I taught Miss Decker and sixteen other fresh- men in the same section of History 11 just about everything I know about Mohammedanism. I con- fess that Miss Decker received from me an above-average grade. I confess (and this is most humi- liating of all) that I have there- fore failed in my calling and be- come a disgrace to the teaching profession. 2. I deny most vigorously that I have ever stood before a class and stated, hinted, or implied that the Supreme Being of the Moslem faith was Mohammed, as Miss Decker would have us believe. We all know (and Miss Decker must have read on page 188 of her text) that the Supreme Being is Allah and that Mohammed is but his prophet. (I disclaim any respon- sibility for her statement about Buddha since he did not fall with- in the scope of the course.) 3. It is a dismal feeling to find oneself an utter failure so early in life. Broken, dejected, humili- ated before my colleagues, I have but one path before me. I am trading my battered old brief-case for a second-hand monkey wrench and heading for the assembly line at K-F. That's east - toward Mecca. --W. H. Kincaid 1 Morning Religion ... To the Editor: IN HER editorial "Morning Reli- egion" (of December 6), Diane Decker states that "a child need not know the intricacies of reli- gious faith to be brought to the realization that there is a Su- preme Being.. ." Here Miss Deck- er inserts the word "intricacies" so as to obscure the necessity for religious experience as a sine qua non for believing there is such a Being. Religious training necessarily precedes the realization of a Su- preme Being, and such training is denied the public school student by the First Amendment, as in- terpreted and applied to State action. Can Miss Decker think that all children, "except those of atheistic background," do now, or are ready to, understand "that there is Someone supreme above man, regardless of His name?" This condition does not now exist, since large numbers of public school children do not have a re- alization of what Miss Decker terms the "Someone supreme." The practice of prayer, if it is to be meaningful, presumably re- quires an attitude of belief that there is an intelligence with which to communicate. As should be generally known, many and many a child doesn't have that attitude, and our Constitution bars that particular indoctrination in pub- lic schools. Thus it is that those wishing to instill, at such schools, the "principles of brotherly love and spiritual faith in the hearts and minds of children" are faced with a sort of dilemma. Dilemmas, by definition I sup- pose, have no quick nor easy solu- tion, and my present effort is merely to clarify. I will point out only that public-school-taught morality must, so long as the constitutional prohibition holds good, depend on less dramatic, and therefore probably less useful, techniques than that of commun- ing with an anthropomorphic de- ity-the concept of which presum- ably being necessary for effective prayer. -Arthur H. Graham * * * Basketball Deem phasis To the Editor: IT WAS A welcome thing, indeed, in these days of football scan- dals and basketball fixes, to note the outcome of the recent basket- ball game between the University of Michigan and Central Michigan College. Ernie McCoy and all his staff deserve the heartiest congratula- tions for the remarkable job they have done to de-emphasize bas- ketball at the University of Michi- gan. Taking over from Ozzie (Continued from Page 2) Rumsey, Gomberg House, victor Vau- ghan, and Alpha Epsilon Phi. AIEE-IRE. Field Trip to Trenton Channel Plant of the Detroit Edison Co. Busses will leave from the front, of East Engineering at 12:30 p.m. All Engineering students invited. Trans- portation charge. Wesleyan Guild: Do-Drop-In for tea and chatter, 4 to 5:30 p.m., in the lounge. School for Christian living, at 6:15 p.m. Supper followed by devotional period, in the social hall. Guild cabinet meeting, 8:30 p.m. In the Green room. Gilbert & Sullivan Society: Organization meeting, 7:15 p.m.. League Ballroom. This is for the spring show. If you cannot attend, call Miss Lois Gauger, phone 23225. Michigan Arts Chorale will meet in Hill Auditorium, 7 p.m. Please enter and leave by the door near Burton Tower. Ulr Ski Club: Meeting to discuss be- tween semesters ski trip. Room 3B, Union, 7:30 p.m. U. of M. Rifle Club will have their Michiganenslan pictures taken at the ROTC RIFLE RANGE. A shoulder to shoulder match with the AA Rifle Club is scheduled. All members should be at the range at 7:15 p.m. A posta match is to be fired concurrent with the other matcb., Vnion Weekly Bridge Tournament: Cowles, McCoy, in but a few short years, has reached levels that I never dreamt were attainable in basketball. This is obviously the shot in the arm that collegiate sports needs today. What hope this one contest will give to schools as Alma, Ken- yon, and Slippery Rock! Let us hope that Mr. Cisler can find room for more schools of this cali- ber on the University of Michigan basketball schedule, so that Mc- Coy can carry on this great cru- sade to return basketball to the humble peach-basket, where it originated. -Hugh J. Blecki Oxnard, Calif. SL Bookstore.. . To the Editor: "SOMETHING'S rotten in S.L." I cant understand the posi- tion of Student Legislature on the question of a student bookstore. If S.L. claims to represent student opinion on campus, why don't they make a sincere effort to get one? Ever since the question has come up, it has been the victim of a series of political maneuvers which have delayed action on the question. Why doesn't S.L. act in a manner fitting the importance of the question? I think (and I'm sure that most people will agree) that the problem of a campus bookstore is one of the major is- sues on campus. Yet, S.L. has seen fit to ignore the issue and bury it in committee, where it has been resting peacefully for the last nine months. After- last week's S.L. meeting, the question was put in- to hibernation again. Thus far the attention given the problem by S.L. shows an indifference to the student opinion, which they claim to represent. The one big obstacle seems to be the University's agreement to refrain from competition with Ann Arbor's merchants. Why does the University serve meals in the dorm? The "poor" Ann Arbor business man is being ruined. Or, for that matter, why have dorms in the first place? The Ann Arbor folks can't rent out their rooms and are losing a source of income. If the University Regents can maintain these facities for the students, I can see no reason why a student bookstore is impossible,' especially now when prices are so high. If every student saved $2.00 a year, that would mean that we would save $32,000 every year, some of which would still be spent in Ann Arbor stores. The present policy of the University hindersI the student from getting an edu- cation by making him pay more for books than he should have to. Why doesn't S.L. present this case to the University of Michigan Re- gents? . Rather than take any positive action, S.L. seems content (with one notable exception, Bob Perry) to act more like a bunch of hot air politicians with a lot of grand promises and very few actions. (The recent library question andr long struggle for Thanksgiving holiday representing the most im- portant steps taken so far). No wonder the campus is so apathe- tic on election day. I'm fed up with campaign promises too. We maintain that, "Action speaks louder than words." If SL ever wants to gain the prestige it de-x serves, it will have to change its way of acting in regard to thisz vital question. -Maurice Oppenheim S 7:15 p.m., Terrace Room, Union. Ad- mission charge. Coeds may obtain 11:30 permission from their housemothers. Winners will receive two-weeks' free admission. Everyone is invited. Student Legislature. Meeting, 7:30 p.m., South Quad. All students are in- vited Congregational-Disciples:Guild: Sup- per Discussion Groups, 5:30 to 7 p.m., Guild House. Freshman Discussion Group, 7 to 8 p.m.. Guild House. Hillel Social Committee. Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Lane Hall. Literary College conference. Steering Committee meeting, 4 p.m., 1011 AH. Roger Williams Guild. 4:30-6 p.m. The Hanging of the Green. Guest of honor: Dr. Frank Sharp, National Sec- retary of the American Baptist Board of Education. Intercollegiate Zionist Federation of America (IZFA). Study Group in Basic Zionist Problems will meet at 7:30 p.m., Lane Hall. UNESCO Council Panel: 7:30 p.m., Room 3M, Union. Follow up discussion on last week's topic: "How is western Education Influencing The East?" For- eign students from Pakistan, India, Ceylon, and Israel will participate. Society of Automotive Engineers: Meeting in auto lab at 8 p.m., for ex- perimenting and, improving of a model airplane engine. Anyone Interested In working on this interesting proect is welcome. Canterbury Club: Evening Prayer. 5:15 p.m.; Chaplain's Open House at 02 Tappan Avenue, 7:30 p.m. Polonia Club. Meeting, 7 p.m., Inter- national Center. All students of Polish descent and their friends are invited. Coming Eveents International Center Weekly Tea for foreign students and American friends, 4:30-6 p.m., Thurs., Dec. 13. U. of M. Sailing Club. Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Thurs., Dec. 13, 311 West Engi- neering. Shore school for new mem- bers. Deutsche Kaffeestunde. German Cof- fee Hour, 3 to 4:30 p.m., tomorrow in the Round Up Room, League. AIEE-IRE. Meeting, Thurs., Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m., 2080 E. Engineering. Mr. R. Foulkrod, Michigan Bell Telephone Co., will speak on "INTERTOLL Dialing." Short business meeting and refresh- ments. All E.E's are invited. Anthropology Club. Meeting, Thurs., Dec. 13, at 7:30 p.m., East Lecture Room, Rackham Bldg. Movie and slides of a rural fishing community in Japan. Everyone welcome. Informal Student-Faculty Coffee Hour. 4-6 p.m., Thurs., Dec. 13, Terrace Room, Union. Honored guests: History Department faculty. Students are in- vited to meet the faculty. Everyone is welcome, Graduate History Club. Thurs., Dec. 13, 8 p.m., East Conference Room, Rack- ham Bldg. Prof. David will speak on "Musicology and History." American Pharmaceutical Association. Meeting, Thurs., Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m., 1300 Chemistry Bldg. Debate on the Durham-Humphry Bill. International Relations Club. Open meeting, Thurs., Dec. 13, 7:15 p.m., Rm. 3K, Union. Student speakers and dis- cussion on the subject of "Should the continued existence of the state of Israel be assured by the U.N.?" Inter- ested students are invited to attend. 4 a , A I r Sixty-Second Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board of Control of Student Publications. Editorial Staff Chuck Elliott........Managing Editor Bob Keith................City Editor Leonard Greenbaum, Editorial Director Vern Emerson ..........Feature Editor Rich Thomas ..........Associate Editor Ron Watts ............Asciate Editor Bob Vaughn ...........AsIciate Editor Ted Papes..............Sports Editor George Flint ...Associate Sports Editor Jim Parker ... Associate Sports Editor Jan Jlames ........... Women's Editor Jo Ketelhut. Associate Women's Editor Business Staff Bob Miller........Business Manager Gene Kuthy. Assoc. Business Manager Charles Cuson ... 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