PAGE FOUR THE. MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1953 __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ U _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ FRIDAYMARCH 0, 195 AN ALTERNATIVE: Rose Bowl Controversy ONCE AGAIN the annual Rose Bowl con- troversy is in full bloom. The various members of the Western Conference are currently considering-the merits of renewing the agreement with the Pacific Coast Con- ference. The present method of renewal is for the Big Ten schools to meet at the con- clusion of each season and determine by majority vote whether to continue the agreement. They must realize by now that the bowl games have become a symbol of the rank commercialism of the modern sports era. Artificial incentives such as glamor and financial return have spurred frantic and sometimes shady competition in a sport which was intended to serve only an en- tertainment function. Moreover, the strain placed on coaches and players is immeasurable, and detracts greatly from the original purpose of the game of football. The game was meant for the players, and every effort should be made to prevent it from entering the field of big business. There is, in the current arrangement, another great drawback-that is the in- grained idea on some campuses that the bid to Pasadena is more important than win- ning the conference championship. One need only remember that the cam- pus of Purdue University was shrouded in deep gloom last autumn when-the con- ference co-champion Boilermakers were denied a trip to the West Coast. Purdue had just won the championship of college football's toughest league, but nobody in West Lafayette seemed the least bit over- joyed. The case of the 1949 Northwestern foot- ball team is another indication of misplaced goals. The Wildcats were seniors almost to a man, were expected to- be one of the strongest teams in the nation; and yet be- cause they had appeared in the Rose Bowl the previous season and were not eligible to return, their morale fell completely to pieces and they experienced a disasterous season. It might be better to end the team com- petition in November and save the New Year's day football for all-star contests that give the fans a change from the team play seen throughout the season. In line with this policy, it might be feas- ible to take the eight major athletic groups (Ivy League, Big Ten, Big Seven, Pacific Coast, Southeast, Southern, Southwest and the ten top independents), select the best players from each, and pit them agaiist each other, conference versus conference, in the four major bowl games. All expenses and profits would be shared through the conference offices, thus re- moving any. monetary incentive on the part of the individual schools. The idea of the proposal is to turn January first into a gala all-star football day, minus the present trappings of com- mercialism, which bowl games have. The Western Conference can take a step on the road to athletic sanity by refusing to continue the present arrangement, perhaps substituting something along the preceding lines. -Ivan Kaye MATTER OF FACT By JOSEPH and STEWART ALSOP r r WASHINGTON-As of today, the small number of men who know the real situ- ation are betting that President Eisenhower will at least approve the most important parts of the air defense program that he is now considering. As previously reported, this program, prepared under Air FIrce cotract by an M.I.T. research group, Project Lincoln, is estimated to cost $16 billion to $20 bil- lion in its entirety. Unfortunately, the most important parts of the program are also the most expensive parts, as may be seen from the shortest review of the sci- entists' program. An early warning net must be thrown around the remote and almost inaccessible northern fringes of the hemisphere. The outer net must be connected with the inner net. Each part must automatically com- municate with every other part. And all the parts must automatically guide the de- fenders to the attackers in the trackless spaces of the upper air. By the same token, fighter air bases and guided missile launching sites much be ar- ranged in echelon, from the air frontier to the American industrial heartland. Every attacker must run the gauntlet of many de- fenders, from the moment he passes the air frontier, until he approaches his target. The earliest possible warning, and the ex- posure of attacking aircraft to the maxi- mum number of counter-attacks, are the twin principles of effective air defense. Some of the scientists have proposed a larger version of the Manhattan District, to procure the needful quantities of radi- cally novel equipment, and to fit old and new weapons into a single, unified wea- pons system. Project Lincoln and its off- shoot, the Summer Study Group, are also understood to have urged the immediate establishment of a Theater of the United States-the great step which has so long divided the' armed services. the reasoning behind it have been running the gauntlet, just as an attacking bomber is supposed to do. In the first place, the Air Force is neurotically terrified of any form of military expenditure that can con- ceivably compete with the Strategic Air Command. These Air Force fears for S.A.C. were atonce aroused when the Project. Lin- coln scientists briefed the highest Air Force officials and generals on their findings late last summer. The Air Force then took the extraor- dinary step of requesting Project Lincoln not to report in writing; and the Air Force authorities thereafter pompously maintained that they had never received any' final report from this project they themselves had sponsored. Nonetheless, the Project Lincoln-Summer Study Group findings and program were taken to President Truman and the Nation- al Security Council. The ensuing debate, which rocked the higher ranks of the Tru- man administration, caused former Secre- tary of Defense Robert A. Lovett to ap- point the, first committee of review. The President fears the role of the former military man' who imposes his own militar- istic judgment. When the air defense prob- lem and its gigantic dimensions were first revealed to them the members of the Eis- enhower National Security Council appar- ently reacted with some violence. They are reliably stated to have been seized with an almost unanimous impulse to thrust this horrible skeleton back into its closet. Those most, anxious to avoid a prompt decision are known to have been the two Council members who probably have the greatest influence on the President, Se- cretary of the Treasury George M. Hum- phrey and Budget Director Joseph Dodge. In these circumstances, the President ov- er-ruled no one. He gave no direct or- der. He merely required the closed door to be opened, and the air defense skeleton to be examined all over again, at the next Security Council meeting, and the next and the next. That, of course, is one good way of gradually carrying con- viction. Add these facts up with the President's decision to take both Republican and Dem- ocratic Congressional leaders into his con- fidence nearly a month ago, on Feb. 19. The plain inference is that the President. largely knows his own mind, but is seeking fairly solid assurance of strong majority support, for strong action on the air de- fense problem. It may be that the White House will again be terrified by its favorite bogies, the Con- gressional right wing isolationists. But whichever way the President's decision goes, it is likely to determine the whole course of his administration. If the President will not jump this par- ticular fence, the cry of alarm will be raised by the Democrats whom he has taken into his confidence, the scientists in their passionate concern, and all oth- ers who know the real facts. The Presi- dent will thus be isolated with the iso- DREW PEARSON: Washington Merry-Go-Round WASHINGTON - Some will-o'-the-wisp, sleight-of-hand diplomacy reminiscent of Truman dys took plade backstage be- fore the Eisenhower Administration granted the recent $300,000,000 loan to Brazil. The diplomats didn't know it, but it was Ike himself, not 'the State Department, who finally OK'd the loan. And the man who deftly secured Ike's OK was Fortune pub- lisher C. D. Jackson, now head of Psycho- logical warfai'e. The inside story indicates the difficulty of forming a definite policy on foreign loans, especially to Latin America. Secre- tary of State Dulles announced some time ago that the Republicans would push the good-neighbor policy. But at the same time he himself almost reneged on the Brazilian loan, and in a conversation with suave Brazilian ambassador Walther Mor- eira Salles, the new Secretary of State made this rather undiplomatic remark: "Don't forget, Mr. Ambassador," Dulles said, "the Republicans are in control now. We're not Democrats. We don't buy friend- ship." "And Brazil's friendship," snapped the ambassador, "is not for sale." DOWN ON BRAZIL EARLIER THE ambassador had met with something of a rebuff from Undersecre- tary of the Treasury Randolph Burgess when he called to discuss the loan. "My boss doesn't like Brazil very much," Burgess stated bluntly, and went on to tell how the M. A. Hanna company of which Secretary of the Treasury George Humphrey was long the president, had been negotiating for the manganese com- cession in the territory of Amapa, north of the Amazon, when suddenly it found that Bethlehem Steel got the concession instead. Undersecretary Burgess, formerly of the National City Bank, a company which ne- gotiated a sour loan of $100,000,000 to Peru in the 1920's, was one of the chief opponents of the current loan to Brazil. Finally he proposed that Brazil take one-third-or $100,000,000-instead of $300,000,000. Simultaneously, Assistant Secretary of State Linder lectured the Brazilians about not letting American oil companies operate in Brazil. "What does Brazil mean," he asked, "by blocking oil exploitation and then turning round and importing $280,000,000 worth of oil a year? You'll never be solvent." When the result of these negotiations was cabled back to Brazil, it hit the front pages with a bang. "U.S. abandons Brazil!" flar- ed the headlines. Other papers talked of Yankee imperialism wanting oil in return for a loan. It was at this point that the ambassa- dor called on 'Secretary Dulles, held an hour-long session reminding him that Argentine-no friend of the U.S.A.-had received a healthy loan, that Brazil had come into two world wars on the side of the United States while Argentina flirted with the enemy. The ambassador's po- tent appeal partially converted Dulles. But in the end, Nelsn Rockefeller, who knows Latin-American problems better than anyone else around Washington, put the facts before C. D. Jackson inside the White House, and Jackson got them to Eisenhower. Overnight, the President acted where his Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury had delayed. The full loan to Brazil was OK'd. (Copyright, 1953, by-the Bell Syndicate) CURRENT MOVIESI At the MZichigan PETER PAN. WALT DISNEY seems to have completed , his excursion into the cartoon-and- human field of comedies, and has returned to the old all-cartoon features. Peter Pan is as lavish as Disney has ever been, but like the rest appeals mostly to the younger set. In fact, the greatest barrier to be sur- nMounted in seeing it is being able to hear anything going on in the picture; kids have the habit of enjoying movies like this rath- er loudly. While there are some very funny things in the film-the St. Bernard nursemaid Nana is wonderful-too often it is like thumbing through a children's book. Per- haps the best thing that can be said is that it is precious. To fill up the program the Michigan is running a Disney Real-Life Adventure, "Bear Country." It is by far the better part of the show. A warning to any considering this as a lark: the prices have been almost doubled. Special showing or not, this is not the sort of picture worth skipping dinner to see. -Tom Arp Books at the Library Asch, Sholem-SALVATION. New York, Putnam, 1953. MacInnes, Helen-I AND MY TRUE LOVE. New York, Harcourt, Brace, 1953. Mason, F. VanWyck-GOLDEN AD- MIRAL. New York, Doubleday, 1953. Simpson, Frink A., ed.-THE ANTARC- TIC TODAY. Wellington, Reed, 1953. "I Can't Help It - It's A Reflex Action" STA1Y MPOLT. ENT s DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN (Continued from Page 2) The Delta Delta Delta local scholar- ship fund at the University of Michigan is for the benefit of any Junior woman who is working towards a Bachelor's degree who shows evidence of superior citizenship, has a financial need, and who fulfills the scholarshipnrequire- ment. Affiliated or unaffiliated women may apply. Requirements for Eligibility-Any regularly enrolled Junior woman on the Michigan campus is eligible who has maintained an overall average of two- tenths of a point above all-campus women's average (of the preceding year). The minimuhi required average for eligibility this year is 2.86. Directions for Application-Applica- tion blanks may be secured from the Office of the Dean of women. They are to be filled out and returned to that office accompanied by three letters of recommendation, as specified. Applica- tions must be filed by April 1, 1953. Payment of Scholarship-Winners will be awarded $120 which is payable at the time of Registration the following aca- demic year. Teaching Opportunities in the Near IEast. *A representative from the Near East College Association will interview prospective teachers for that area at the Bureau of Appointments Monday and Tuesday, Mar. 23 and 24. Candidates please check with Bureau of Appoint- ments, 3528 Administration Building, telephone University extension 489 for qualifications. Personnel Interviews. There will be a representative from the Girl Scouts here on Mon. and Tues., Ma. 23 and 24, to tak to women in- terested in professional opportunities with this organization. Koppers Co., Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., will be here on Tues., Mar. 24, to see men graduating in June interested in In- dustrial Sales. Those receiving degrees in Business Administration and LSA may make an appointment. In addi- tion, for those interested there will be a group meeting on Mon. Mar. 23, 4051 Administration Building at 5 p.m. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.. De- troit, will be here to talk to men on Tues., Mar. 24. They would like to see individuals for the position of Safety Engineer. The position does not re- quire an Engineering degree; however, home Science background is preferred. There will be a group meeting at 10 a.m. in 4508 Administration Building. RCA Victor. of Camden, N. J., will be here on Tues. and Wed., Mar. 24 and 25. to interview men receiving their degrees in June interested in Sales and Accounting training positions with this company. J. L. Hudson Co., of Detroit, will have a representative on the campus on Wed., Mar. 25, to talk to both men and women interested in their Training Program, both in the Merchandising and Finance Divisions. The Dow Chemical Co., of Midland, Mich., wilibe here on Wed., Mar. 25, to talk to men interested in Chemical Sales Training Positions. They are par- ticularly interested in individuals with one or two years of Chemical Engineer- ing or one year of Chemistry. Washington National Insurance Co., of Evanston, Il., will be at the Bureau of Appointments to interview men and women for positions in their Group Field Organizatipn on Wed., Mar, 25. Personnel Requests. The Felters Co., of Detroit, has an openig for a salesman to work here in Michigan and perhaps In Ohio. The area to be covered would enable one to be at home most of the time. The MB Manufacturing Co., Inc., of New Haven, Conn., has openings for both Electrical and Mechanical Engi- neers. Detailed information concerning the particular positions is available. General Foods Corp., Post Cereals Division, of Battle Creek, Mich., is in need of young men graduating this June to fill positions as Junior Financial Analysts to do analysis and interpre- tation of financial and marketing data. For appointments and further infor- mation concerning these and other openings, contact the Bureau of Ap- pointments, 3528 Administration Build- ing, Ext. 371. Academic Notices Doctoral Examination for John Fred-+ erick Ewing, Metallurgical Engineering; thesis: "Fundamental Factors of Hot Working which Influence the High- Temperature Strength of a Solution- Strengthened, Heat-Resistant Alloy," Sat,, Mar. 21, 3201 East Engineering, at 2 p.m. Chairman, J. W. Freeman. l Doctoral Examination for Robert Wil- liam Cavanaugh, Music; thesis: "The Anthems in Musica Deo Sacra by Thom- as Tomkins," Sat., Mar. 21, East Coun-. cil Room, Rackham Building, at 8 a Ch airman n J. H. o-. , ette4 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. v i 'I ment of the requirements for the Bach- elor of Music degree. Miss Bauger is a pupil of Helen Titus. The recital will include works by Bach, Beethoven, Bar- tok, and Ravel, and will be open to the general public. Collegium Musicum, under the direc- tion of Louise Cuyler, wil present a program at 8:30 Sunday evening, Mar. 22, in the Hussey Room of the Michigan League. Performers will include Tait Sanford, harpsichord, Joan St. Denis, soprano. Emile Simonel, viola, Theo- dore Heger, oboe, Frank Stillings, French horn, William Weichlein, bas- soon, Joseph Moore, trombone, and the Tudor Singers, conducted by Maynard Klein. Among the works to be heard will be Missa "Magne Dous" by H. Isaac, transcribed and edited by Louise Cuyler, and performed for the first time in Ann Arbor during this program. The general public will be admitted. The Boston Pops Tour Orchestra, con- ducted by Arthur Fiedler, will give the final concert in the Extra Concert Series, Mon., Mar. 23, at 8:30 o'clock, in Hill Auditorium. The orchestra will be assisted by Hilde Somer, young Aus- trian pianist. The program for this oc- casion will include the Rakoczy March from "Damnation of Faust" (Berlioz); Overture to "Mignon"; Strauss' "Ros- enkavalier" Waltzes; Chabrier's "Es- pana" Rhapsody; Ravel's Bolero; Hun- garian Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra (Liszt); Leroy Anderson's Fiddle-Fad- dIe and the Ride of the valkyries from "Die Walkure" (Wagner). A limited number of tickets are available at $1.50, $2.00, and $2.50, at the offices of the University Musical Society in Burton Tower; and will also be on sale after 7 o'clock on the night of the performance in the Hill Audi- torium box office. Events Today Hillel Foundation. Friday evening ser- vices, 7:45, to be followed.. byg Fireside led by Dr. Ralph Rabinovitch, on "Emo- tional Problems of Young People of ICollege Age.'' ______________________ Forum on College and University Teaching, Third session, March 20, 3-5 p.m., Kellogg Auditorium. A panel com- posed of Professors Kenneth P. Davis, Roger W. Heyns, Theodore M. New- comb, William B. Palmer, and Wil- liam M. Satter, with Professor Algo D. Henderson as chairman, will dis- cuss: "How to Teach by Discussion." Faculty of the University and graduate students are invited. AIEE-IRE joint Detroit Section and Student Branch meeting will be held in Rackham Amphitheater at 8 p.m. Ion Fri., Mar. 20. Mr. Nelson W. Spen- cer,,Research Engineer, U. of M. En- gineering Research Institute, will dis- cuss the electronic instrumentation of a particular Aerobee rocket developed for high-altitude pressure and temper- ature measurement. A typical Aerobee rocket flight will be described and i- lustrated by a color film. A complete instrumentated rocket nose-piece re- covered from a successful flight will be exhibited. Everyone Is welcome. Lutheran Student Association. I-M Party Friday evening. Meet at 7:30 at the Student Center and leave for the Intra-Mural Building. Refreshments will be served later at the Cente, International Committee of SL, Meet- ing at 3 p.m. at the SL Building. All interested persons are invited to attend. The First Presbyterian Church Stu- dent Center is having an Open House this evening from 8 to 11 p.m. Games, singing, records, dancing, refreshments. The Fellowship Commission invites you to join in this informal evening of Christian fellowship. The Graduate Age Group of the First Presbyterian Church is having a pro- gram at 8 p.m. in the Social Hall. It will be formed around the T.V. game "What's My Line?" followed by informal games, group singing, and refreshments. All graduate age students are invited to come and become better acquainted. Motion Pictures, auspices of Univer- sity Museums, "Fingers and Thumbs" and "Heredity" Fri., Mar. 20, 7:30 p.m. Kellogg Auditorium. No admission charge. Wesley 'foundation. Sports night at the I.M. Building. Graduate Mixer Dance. Fri., Mar. 20, from 9 to 12 p.m., Rackham Assembly Hall. Admission. Music by Paul McDon- ough's orchestra. Everyone welcomel Roger Williams Guild. Meet at 7:30, to go to the Congregational Church for a "Chaos" party. We are their guests. Admission is a piece of junk. Dress ap- nronriatpI.r SDA Statement . .. To the Editor: RECENTLY THERE has been some confusion of the Michi- gan Youth for Democratic Action group, thrown off campus a few years ago, with the Students for Democratic Action. Students for Democratic Action has never had, and does not have any connection with the banned group. S.D.A. is a non-partisan, liberal, anti-totalitarian group affiliated with the national Americans for Democratic Action, a group active- ly supported by Mrs. Roosevelt, Walter Reuther, Hubert Humph- rey, Bernard Baruch and other distinguished Americans. We think the Michigan campus needs a group like S.D.A. We think political apathy is a dangerous thing and we want your ideas and interest to combat the "apathy threat" to our democracy. In the words of Mrs. Roosevelt, "Some- thing has happened to the back- bone of the grown people of this country. Somehow we have got to give young people the conviction that they have the right to make mistakes, or there'll be an end to the sort of adventurous thinking which built this country. We must tell these young people: 'You must join political organizations, you must learn how to recognize Com- munist tactics and how to hold on to a political organization'." S.D.A.'s program has been and will continue to be one of educa- tion as well as action. Our next meeting is March 24th in the Un- ion, with Prof. Eastman speaking on the "Community and Univer- sity Paternalism." -Fran Leffler Pres. S.D.A. * * * McCarthy & Co.... To the Editor: DURING the last several years there has been a great deal of controversy over Soviet espionage agents in American Government. I think when the smoke is cleared, it will clearly be seen that the two men who have done more to aid the Russian cause, whether they themselves know it or not, are Pat McCarran and Joseph McCarthy. The McCarran Walters Immi- gration Law which McCarren in- troduced and sponsored in the Senate and Representative Walters in the House has lost the United States millions of friends in many parts of the world. If the top Soviet "brains" sat up all night, they could not have thought of a better plan to help America lose so many frieids in these times of world tension and anxiety. McCarthy on the other hand, through his deviousmethods such as: guilt by association, quotes out of context, superimposing photos and using the walls of congress to shield his slander has probably done more to impair our civil lib- erties than any other man living today. McCarthy seems to feel that if there is a Communist in gov- ernment; or someone who he thinks might be disloyal, he must be got- ten out of office by any possible means with complete disregard for the long established American way of justice. This goes hand and glove with the Russian theory that "the ends justify the means." Yet, McCarthy is not alone in his great crusade and has the worthy as- sistance of such "honorable and distinguished" public servants as Senator, Jenner of Indiana and Representative Velde of Illinois. Democracy is not something that was created over night but developed over many tedious years. McCarthy, McCarran and com- pany are doing their utmost to help tear it down. -Gilbert Friedman Dramha Critics . . " To the Editor: STROWAN Robertson's letter, written from the viewpoint of producer-director-actor, interests me and I should like to approach the critic from another viewpoint, that of a layman. Critical reports of the work of the Arts Theater have left a number of things to be desired; it is of three such things that I wish to speak. First: I should like to feel that the review I shall read stems from the considered judgment of the writer, not from half-formed thoughts scattered by the race back to his typewriter; that he has read the play or seen it sev- eral times before writing about it -substance would far outweigh the delay of two or three days, Second: I should like to have questions posed, not guiding my reactions, but channeling my thought somewhat, like a buoy in a bay keeping me on the track but allowing me leaway in get- ting there. For instance, if the critic has an interpretation of Sophocles' play other than that given it by the Arts Theater, I'd like to hear it providing he is not so insistent that I get bored wth him. Third: I distrust a critic who by his tone makes it quite obvious that he went to the theater to pick flaws. Personal resentment is not attractive to the beholder, but here it becomes a barrier be- tween the critic and me. I want from him true sympathy for the play, for actors, for the job at- tempted. This is to say again con- sidered judgment, for sympathy is by no means all praise or all blame; it is understanding and thought matured by effort to know what the other fellow is trying to do as playwright or actor and by acknowledgment always that his idea just might be the right one. -Katherine Hastings NO 4 Sixty-Third Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Editorial Staff Crawford Young......Managing Editor Barnes Connable...... ..City Editor Cal Sanra .... .. Editorial Director Zander Hollander..... Feature Editor Sid Klaus......Associate City Editor Harland Britz........Associate Editor Donna Hendleman..Associate Editor Ed Whipple ... . 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The Army has its anti-aircraft guns and its Nike guided missile, useful for the restricted but important task of point defense. The Navy should provide radar picket ships, but is balky. The Air Force has the main air defense task, with its fighters, its warning' net, its projected Bomarc guided missiles, and other things that are coming along. All these weapons and kinds of weapons must be made to work together, in harmony with other weapons and kinds of equipment designed by the scientists. The scientists understandably believe that this defensive unity of the feuding armed services cannot be achieved, without making this continent a war theater, and naming a Theater Com- mander of the United States. The proposed Manhattan District-type research and de- velopment organization can perhaps be placed under the name Theater Commander. It will not be cheap to do these things, even on the most economical basis. It will cost great sums to get six or seven hours of warning instead of an hour-and- a-half; and to increase our pitiful de- fending forces until they can be powerful- ly disposed in depth. The mere construc- tion of housing and other facilities for 1. year: by carrier, $6.00: by mail $7.00. Little Man On Campus by Bibler -, ,/ , .*!- "".....,,,,,4 1 j i 'Ur ' 7. .k 4A r' 41