THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1952 Wayne Suspension THE academic fate of Lorraine Faxon Meis- your answers may incrim ner will be decided Thursday when the dicates either an unrea Wayne University Deans' Council mates its cooperate or a prima f recommendation on the coed's recent sus- criminal action on your p pension. it is inconsistent witht responsible university ci Mrs. Meisner was suspended from Wayne cordingly you are hereb following her appearance at the House university membership p Un-American Activities hearing in Detroit. view of this action as yo Admittedly, her flippant attitude toward the Committee was disgusting. She The facts noted inf laughed and giggled while testifying, and true, but the conclusion in general, as the only student subpoenaed, Henry draws are not va gave the Detroit papers a rather one- From Mrs. Meisner's P sided view of American college youth. under the fifth amendm But certainly her personal opinion of the tution, is neither unreas Committee, expressed possibly in the most nal. effective manner she knew, is not cause Mrs. Meisner has emph enough for expulsion. Her lawyer, Seymour the Daily that she is a C Goldman, had a plausible explanation of her behavior. He told the deans that Mrs. Meis- She explained her refu ner was under "an emotional strain" after as evidence of guilt nor a having been made to wait two and a half to cooperate with the Con days to testify. as a fear that the Com The official reasons for Mrs. Meisner's something on her" if she suspension, and no doubt the deans' main area of discussion, were voiced in a telegram This fear, whetherj sent to Mrs. Meisner at 11 p.m. on the day could easily be re-enfo of her appearance. Wayne President David present stories of "lib Henry wired the student that "you have re- roaded into jail. The ri fused to answer questions of a duly consti- an eager listener in th tuted investigation body on the ground that dent, subpoenaed to testi DREW PEARSON: Washingt6n Merry-Go-Round inate you. This in- sonable refusal to facie admission of part. In either case the obligations of tizenship and ac- hy suspended from ending official re- u may request." the telegram are ns that president alid. oint of view, hiding ent of the Consti- ;onable nor crimi- iatically denied to Communist. usal to testify not as an unwillingness mmittee but rather mittee would "get had made a defi- justified or not, rced by the ever erals" being rail- umors would find e frightened stu- fy before a House will be called be- ng its stay in De- ne should not set of regarding as ar before the Com- nswer because oaf -Sid Klaus X t V x .r rir i i rY i . rrr I I Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff' and represent the views of the writer only. This must be noted in all reprints. NIGHT EDITOR: SID KLAUS committee. Perhaps other students fore the Committee duri troit. The deans at Way the dangerous precedent criminals those who appea mittee and refuse to a ideal considerations. + MUI + THE concert by the Chicago Symphony, under the direction of Rafael Kubelik was as exciting a concert as I have heard in Ann Arbor. This excitement was generat- ed both by the high level of music, and, particularly in the Beethoven and Smetana, by masterful interpretation. The program, itself, was very well-balanced. The Smetana, a work of straight-forwardness, provided contrast to the broader and more profound conceptions of the Beethoven and Bartok, composers of very different eras. The Bartered Bride overture, which opened the program has its simplicity as its greatest virtue. Smetana was not'con- cerned with subtleties, and Kubelik very ably brought out the boisterous character of the work. Of particular note, however is the Bartok violin concerto. This work, written in 1937, is certainly one of his most expressive. It is very violinistic and full of passages of the lyricism and inten- sity that is associated with the instrument itself. The concerto embodies all the mo- tival and associative devices that have become a trademark of this composer. The work is cyclical in that the beginning CLC Meeti ng THE slipshod manner in which many clubs are conducted can well be the cause of the apathy that most students show toward campus organizations: What occurred last Thursday evening at the Civil Liberties Committee meeting is an example of how a group can best lose the respect of its members. The president of a club has an impor- tant responsibility. He must be able to conduct the meeting in an unbiased man- ner along the correct rules of parliamen- tary procedure. Where the president is not thoroughly equipped with a knowledge of Robert's Rules of Order, the meeting soon becomes lost in a maze of conflict- ing opinions as to what is or is not cor- rect. Where the President is biased, he tries to crush the opposition either by not calling on them or by steering the meet- ing in a manner favorable to his own side. The basic misfortune of the Civil Liber- ties Committee meeting last week was the fact that its president, Devra Landau, failed to fulfill her responsibility as a presiding officer. Unequipped with a complete knowl- edge of Robert's Rules, she left herself at the mercy of a half dozen "parliamentari- ans" in the group; none of who seemed to agree with one another. As a result, Miss Landau was placed in the position of mak- ing arbitrary procedural decisions, some of which were of questionable legality. If this, in itself, had not lost the respect of the members, the president's continual statements regarding the discussion, all said without her leaving the chair, werenot in keeping with the role of a presiding officer. Adding to her behavior was the fact that Miss Landau would smile at those who were in agreement with her position; while a look of confusion would dawn on her fact when the opposition spoke. The president would even help those in agree- ment with her by advising them what they might do, procedurally, to aid their cause. It is no wonder that the meeting was thrown into confusion; the spirit of the material of the work provides the deriva- tion for subsequent material. But more vital is the way'in which the derivative material is varied in order to achieve the mood that the composer desires. In this way we see the relationship of the rondo theme with the theme of the first move- ment, yet the characters of the two themes are obviously different. In the same fashion the opening pizzicato string motif and the twelve tone row, used as the sec- ond theme of the first movement, recur throughout the work in different guises. We can distinguish many influences upon this work, such as folk music or the twelve tone row, but in essence the work is of clas- sic structure. Bartok has re-evaluated the forms neglected by certain of his late nine- teenth century predecessors,. and has incor- porated these forms into his own style. The work is tonal and the classic three move- ment design is used. But the rigidity of pattern which we find so delightful in Moz. art, such as a static exposition and recapitu- lation as opposed to a non-static develop- ment, this pattern is now avoided and in- stead we have constant contrast of tonal levels and static and non-static passages. Add to this the many contrasts of mood and dynamic level, and we can see how Bartok has given a new and refreshing expressivity to the classic structure. Also worth men- tioning is the orchestration which always compliments the solo line, an example being in the first movement development where the intense sound of harp, celesta, and tremulo strings give poignant color to the vibrancy of the violin. Arthur Grdmiaux played the solo part with real mastery over some very difficult technical writing, and at no time did I notice that he had failed to fulfill the ex- pressive potential of the work. The orches- tra, however, lacked the clarity and pre- cision of attack that it had in the other two works. Perhaps it was a lack of rehear- sal time, but at any rate many of the cli- maxes and general sounds of the music were ineffective because of an unsureness of notes. The second movement was parti- cularly beautiful as to a blend between or-j chestra and soloist. The performance of the Eroica sym- phony was the finest that I have heard. The orchestra was a perfectly trained in-I strument ready to answer the conductor's every call. The only deviation was in the third movement where the bouncing bow effect was heavier than desired. Kubelik brought out the dramatic quality of the work and was masterful in achieving a contrast between the loud vigorous pas- sages and those that were quieter and lyric. This is a mastery essential to a work of the dramatic and structural proportions of this symphony. As in the Bartok, we are aware of an associative quality in this symphony, but it is in the highly developmental aspect of the work that the large proportions take on purpose. Beethoven has expanded the sym- phonic structure to a degree unprecedented in previous symphonic literature, and by so doing has made the dramatic impact more profound and dynamic. From the open- ing two chords Kubelikhad the work under control. He understood the work as a whole, and the intense quality of the slow move- ment giving way to the third movement with a lightness of attack and a tempo not WASHINGTON-For some time it has been a mystery as to why the Navy, with carrier-based planes off the Korean coast, did not participate in the tough job of com- bating the Red's jet-propelled MIGS instead of leaving it to the Air Force. Navy pilots are among the best and most courageous in the world, but except in a few cases, they have been kept a safe distance from the MIGS. This column is now able to give the ans- wer. The Navy has not been able to de- velop a jet plane able to stand up against the Russian MIGS, and because of Army- Navy rivalry, has been unwilling to accept an Air Force type engine with which to do the job. This is no reflection on the thousands of Navy airmen who have been itching to get into the Korean jet fighting, but rather on the brass hats at the top who have been un- willing to accept the spirit of the unification act. Investigation of this rivalry also reveals shocking waste, extravagance and ineffi- ciency, which once again seems to result from lack of unification. Today the Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics is spending $50,046.57 each for a Pratt-Whit- ney jet engine, the J48-P-6, for use in jet fighter planes, when it could buy a better Allison engine, the J-33-A-16 for only $31,- 000. -""UNACCEPTABLE" ENGINE- T HE ALLISON jet job weights a little less than the Pratt-Whitney, is a low-pres- sure engine, and has been given an OK by the Naval Air Test Center at Patuxent, Md., whereas the Pratt-Whitney engine has not passed inspection. On or about Feb. 25, Pa- tuxent reported to the Navy's board of in- spection and survey in Washington that the Pratt-Whitney J-48 was "inacceptable." Des- pite this, a total of 2,435 of the Pratt-Whit- ney engines already have been ordered, and will cost a current price of $50,046.57; while only 201 Allison engines were ordered at a current price of $31,000. The extra cost to the taxpayer is $48,- 000,000. Meanwhile, the' J-48 built by Pratt-Whit- ney flies 150 miles per hour slower than the Russian MIGS. In jet warfare, of course, speed is all-important, and failure to pro- duce a fast Navy jet fighter is the reason Navy pilots are sitting on the sidelines off the Korean coast today. Navy officials, when asked why Pratt- Whitney was given a contract for a more expensive engine when Allison was produc- ing a better engine for one-third less, had no comment. It is known, however, that one of the Navy's civilian engine experts, Vernon Hay- nes, has been protesting vigorously inside the Navy and has been arguing for the Allison engine. Mr. Haynes, being a civilian, pre- sumably is not affected by Army-Air Force rivalry. Scores of other younger Naval officers also feel strongly that the Navy should accept the Allison engine. They point out, however, that if the Navy ordered the Allison jet job, it would be made under Air Force supervision at Indianapolis, since the Allison plant is under Air Force "cognisance." On the other hand, Pratt-Whitney at East Hartford, Conn., is under Navy "cog- nisance," which means that Pratt-Whit- ney is one of the plants under Navy jur- isdiction. Younger Naval officers and the pilots who have to fly the planes believe that the chief reason the brass hats ordered 2,435 Pratt- Whitney engines at an extra cost to the tax- payer of $48,000,000 is because the Air Force had jurisdiction at the Allison plant, and the Navy takes pride in developing its own engines in factories under its cognisance. --TINKERING WITH J-48- PRATT-WHITNEY has built some A-1 en- gnes, but at present, the Navy is still tinkering with the inadequate J-48, which the brass hats seem determined to force down the throats of Navy pilots. Already $1,772,000 has been spent to put this engine in acceptable shape. At first the engine had turbine blade failures, then screen failures which mixed up oil and gas inside the engine. On Jan. 17 the engine was grounded because of burning on take-off, a fuel nozzle having broken inside the combustion chamber. The engine was sent back to Pratt-Whit- ney for repairs, following which Navy testers discovered incipient bearing fail- ures, and later four flame-outs during the testing program. In all, nine defects were discovered by Navy testers during the tests at Patuxent. As of this writing, the engine is conditionally ungrounded for operation over land only, while Pratt-Whitney is working on a shot- gun ignitor to throw magnesium into the engine at the start in order to prevent flame-outs. A flame-out on a jet engine means that the flame goes out-which is the equivalent of engine stalling. Meanwhile Navy pilots who have to fly those engines point out that the Allison engine has had almost none of this trouble -even though it is built under Air Force supervision. -FINAL TEST- FINALLY WRIGHT PARKINS, Pratt- Whitney production engineer, told the Navy: "give me one of those Allison engines and I'll show you they're no good." So the Navy shipped two Allisons up to Pratt-Whitney, where they were tried out in a Grumman plane. The Wolverines... To the Editor: THIS LETTER IS a reply to Miss Stone, and an open let- ter to the entire campus. Spirit A-. been missing from the Michi- gan campus-ana it's no wonder. The old wolverine which formerly clawed and snarled in his cage and on the football field-the wol- verine who saw one championship after another come our way, is dead. His demise occurred only about a year ago, but we can see the serious effect his passing has had on all phases of University activities. The Wolverine Club, which was founded as a direct service to the students and as a preserver of the great Michigan tradition, grate- fully accepts the challenge to lead a'drive to obtain a live wol- verine for the University of Michi- gan. We will do everything in our power to secure a wolverine .. . even if it means sending an ex- ptdition to trap the animal. But we're certain that many of you have some good suggestions on how to go about procuring a wol- verine. In order to coordinate these ideas and to formulate plans for acting on this important task, the Wolverine Club will throw open its doors to the entire campus at its next regularly scheduled meet- ing tonight, 7:45 p. m. in the Union. You don't hav to be an ath- lete, fur trapper, junior Tarzan (or Jane) to attend this all-cam- pus open meeting. We want peo- plt to help us who are really in- terested in preserving a great tra- dition . . . one which we feel worth working for to maintain. -Edmund M. Gibbon Pres. Wolverine Club Error . . To the Editor: SUNDAY'S DAILY STORY on Spike Jones informs us that "Jones' sensational career was started by a colored cook working in a railroad station in Imperial Valley near Calexico, California." Aroused, our curiosity remains unsatisfied. What color was the cook? Purple, chartreuse, orange, or glen plaid? If it is newsworthy to remark on the tintedness of a culinary artist, think how much more valuable would be data on the specific hue involved. -Arty Goldberger, Grad -Sy Mandell, Senior EDITOR'S NOTE: Apologies are due from the women'saeditor who violated the Daily's ethical code by printing the story in that form. A person's race or religion is never mentioned unless it is pertinentetovthe story. In this case it definitely was not. * * * African Protest ... To the Editor: W ITH reference to Mr. Klein's letter of Feb. 29, 1952, con- cerning the humiliation of an African Student by Mr. Klein's landlady, we, the members of the African Union, deplore such an act of discrimination as a flagrant disregard of human rights. We want to make it known that African students are placed under a severe handicap and have been frequently insulted and mistreated in this country on the basis of our race and color. The dignity of man which everyone prizes above all other values, unfortunately, has been an element for which we have had to battle in the United States. It is with horror that we recognize this sad situation and with the same feeling ask: What has democracy done with the dig- nity of man? There are two points which make this incident very pathetic. First, the landlady is said to be a school teacher. Second, it is un- derstood that Mr. Klein has since been served with a notice of evic- tion. These two points force us to wonder whether such a teacher has not been doing more harm than good to the youths who have had the misfortune to be under her care, and to thetcountry in general. Has anyone the right to make friends with the people of his or her own choice in these days of ours? America, we have been led to believe, stands for "Democracy for all," but it is obvious that these: irresponsible acts of discrimination and racial prejudice cannot be a true interpretation of Democracy. The days of servitude lie buried, in the past. Let us practice real Democracy, NOT merely preach it. -Fola Ajayi, President The African Union * * * The Mystery Man . . To the Editor: SINCE there has been some dis- cussion of me in the Michigan Daily, please permit me to intro- put his ideas in writing, he came to me for aid. He was worried, he feared that his employer might discharge him. So I gave him the name Richard Saunders. Not long afterwards the whole world began to read Poor Richard's Almanac and the name of Richard Saunders became as famous in those years as the name of Benjamin Franklin in his later years. About one hundred years later an intelligent, talented English- woman summoned me. She, like Ben Franklin, wanted to write. But the rules of society at that time barred women from writing. So I gave her the name of George Eliot, which is today better known than. her real name of Marian Evans. So, today, I have come to the University of Michigan to help those students who are trying to keep the same ideals for which Ben Franklin and Marian Evans fought from being suppressed. As long as there will be restrictions on the freedom of thought, I will be around. I presume you will hear more from me. -Henry Gerard, The Eternal Pseudonym s * To the editors: THE controversy over the Lec- ture Committee has had some beneficial results. The S.D.A. and Young Democrats Club condemna- tion of the committee in conjunc- tion with the fine front page Daily Senior Editor's editorial should make it clear that more than the extreme Communists are concern- ed with finding a better solution. The redundant and unnecessary restrictions of the Lecture Com- mittee are not only humiliating to the adult student community, but certainly harmful as well. Free access to campus facilities to all political view points is fundamen- tal to the education of mature citizens in a democracy. The national S.D.A. Bill of Rights for Students vigorously condemns all arbitrary adminis- trative limitations of this basic right. What is legal outside of campus must surely be permissible and protected on the campus, es- pecially since we are a state uni- versity. Arbitrary, unfair, and unneces- sary limitation of political expres- sion and action extends far beyond the Lecture Committee. We ought all to be aware that the attack on this "silence of fear" is being joined by many eminent non-Com- munist and positive liberals. The S.D.A. is proud to share this fight with Supreme Court Justice Wil- liam O. Douglas. We endorse im- portant examples such as Justice Douglas, Black and Frankfurter's denunciation of New York's Fein- berg Law, which makes their school system into "a spy project." The national chairman of A.D.A., Francis Biddle, F.D.R.'s wartime attorney general, has vigorously indicted the proceedings of House Un-American Activities Committee, the McCarran Act, University Faculty oaths, and the creeping atmosphere of hysteria and despair. President Truman has chastised lawyers and senators for their attack on fundamental liber- ties. We hope that liberals of every political creed will join the cam- pus fight to protect our immediate freedom of expression and oppor- tunity of learning. Ted Friedman President, S.D.A x " , Canon Bell . "'Coo' Yourself!" " s + " L t el {' ' aw.t , L . 1.''958 e _ rW "N .s e the classroom is slanted toward an intellectual response which omits the supernatural and thus does not deal with the essence of estab- lished religion. The thought thus stimulated is not unbiased, nor can it truly be said to be distinctly religious thought. And I believe that Canon Bell is quite well aware of the amount and the type of re- ligion which is now being "taught" in our classrooms. In the second place, how ca "church clubs and extra-mural agents" be more effective in pro- moting an understanding of all re- ligions when they are fighting a basic lack of knowledge about or interest in religion of any type? And we cannot deny that most university students do have a basic lack of interest in religion (except perhaps what they might term an "intellectual questioning" of it). Anyone who is in any way con- nected with any of the religious "extramural agents" on this cam- pus is well-aware of this basic lack of religious 'interest among the students. Whatever the reason be- hind this religious apathy, we can- not deny its existence on this cam- pus' regardless of courses in phi- losophy,. sociology, etc., which deal with "religion stimulating thought leaving evaluation up to the stu- dent," and regardless of the "ex- tra-mural agents" on this campus (which, by the way, enjoy coopera- tion and encouragment by the uni- versity administration.) If one assumes with Canon Bell that religious knowledge is one of the four necessary types of knowl- edge, that religious knowledge (knowledge, not belief) is neces- sary to a well-balanced education, then he must assume that-under existing conditions-the integra- tion of this religious knowledge with other types of knowledge must be the task of the school and not the church, simply because the average student rarely goes beyond the school. -Margaret Thomas * * * A Campus Ode... To the Editors: To Hell with you and To Hell with me and To Hell with people Fighting for liberty Let's live quietly and Let's be content Just to talk of the Money we've spent girls we've had cars we've driven, etc., etc. Sam'l Davis Abner Greene... To the Editor: THERE'S BEEN A lot of talk of communism, democracy, civil rights,s andfree speech. We've seen speakers banned, protests made, letters and editorials. A big question is "was Abner Greene going to preach revolution and communism, or describe the sta- tus of civil rights of the foreign- born in the United States, today?" I talked to Abner Greene when he visited Ann Arbor; he told me what he would have told others if he'd been allowed to speak. He told me of 3,400 people the Jus- tice Dept. is considering for de- portation, 200 already arrested. Many of these people have been in this country over 25 years, and they've come to love it deeply. Many have wives and children who are American citizens. They are being deported because they have been active in liberal or radical groups at some time since they arrived here. He told me of an attempt by speech of such students by veiled threats of deportation. Mr. Green asked me some ques- tions too. Did I think that these' abridgments of the freedom of the foreign born would not be extend- ed to the native-boi'n? Did I think that the Un-American Activities Committee's tour was unrelated to this abridgment of rights? Did I think that the hysteria and sup- pression of liberal thought that follows a Committee investigation was coincidental? And do the American people re- alize that only so long as' they have the right to speak, can they protect their country from fas- cism? These are the things Abner Green told me and the qestiojs he raised. Do they justify the Lec- ture Committee's ban? -Ivan Gluckman Un-American Committee To the Editor: THERE STILL IS the possibility that the Committee might come to Ann Arbor at any time. Therefore I would like to look into the Committee's activities and to. suggest what should be done to prevent it from coming to this University. The purpose of such a Committee is quite obvious, namely to fight communism. In- deed, would it not be unreasonable and risky to tolerate any 'existence of subversive elements In this country at the same time when young men including our school friends shed blood while fighting in Korea? Nevertheless some peo- ple say that the existence and acting of such a Committee is an injustice and a contradiction to the Constitution, per se. This is not true. It must not be forgotten that communists act against the Constitution because they con- spire to take over the Govern- ment by force. Thus the commu- nists have no moral right at all to refer to the Constitution be- cause they do not respect its pro- visions. Now schools should train characters of high quality. If one permits communist activity, then instead of a healthy nation there would prosper traitors of the type of Mr. Rosenberg, Mr. Hiss and others who helped Stalin to de- velop atomic weapon knowing that some day that weapon may become pernicious to the U. S. A. If the USA does not want to share in the fate of the nations conquered by Russia they should put an end to the communist menace. The slaughter in Korea, loss of freedom of the Baltic, Cen- tral-European States, and China would not have come about if the Western Powers had studied how the Soviet Russia subdued its first victim - Ukraine. This was the first link in the chain of the Soviet conquerings. If millions of communist victims, murdered in dungeons and perished in the con- centration camps could resurrect from their graves they would warn you once more. Decided steps should be taken now because it might be too late some other time and in result we might face the "liberation" of the United States from "capitalists" by the American communists and their Russian volunteers. As far as this University is con- cerned the school authorities themselves should investigate and check the communist activity on the campus if we do not want to see the Un-American Committee doing this job. -Mykola Dumyk tr~i~ll 4:41tt I I 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. Editorial Staff Chuck Elliott ........Managing Editor Bob Keith...............City Editor Leonard Greenbaum, Editorial Director Vein Emerson .........Feature Editor Ron Watts ....... ...Associate Editor Bob vaughn ...........Associate Editor Ted Papes ................Sports Editor George Flint ....Associate Sports Editor Jim Parker .....Associate Sports Editor Jan James ............ 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