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PAGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY

SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 1953

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SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 1953

By CRAWFORD YOUNG
Daily Managing Editor
ANOTHER campus campaign draws near
its climax-and we find a discouraging
round of half-baked and ill-informed prom-
ises being showered on the electorate by the
current crop of candidates.
It would seem that the great bulk of
those in the running are seizing on the lack
of issues to promise an assortment of sugar
plums which bear little connection with
reality.
Undoubtedly the worst offenders are the
J-Hop candidates. Admittedly it is diffi-
'cult to find constructive campaign issues
for a dance committee-there is consider-
able question whether a campus election
is the best procedure for selecting a group
to run a dance. But the election method
is apparently here to stay-and it is un-
fortunate that candidates for the position
have to resort to foolishness to put on a
campaign for it.
First point on an amazing number of
platforms is cutting ticket prices. To advo-
cate a slash invevenue in view of continued
losses by the dance in recent years is to
completely disregard the facts of the situa-
tion. One candidate recommended at least
a two dollar cut in price-but had no clear
idea on how to make up the $2500 loss of
revenue this would entail.
The way to cut the price of the ticket,
obviously, is to lower the quality of the
dance. But no candidate is in favor of that.
The student bookstore proposal is back
for another stand on the posters. And, as
usual, there is nothing of substance sug-
gested in the way of new approaches or
knowledge of old ones, used in several years
of SL work on the project,
"Coordination" is a favorite promise-
yet none have defined whether they mean
by this a coercive coordination power, or a
program of voluntary "coffee hour"
wheedling. Everyone is for more coor-
dination. Until a means for effecting this
happy purpose is introduced into $Ve dis-
cussion, oratory is rather vacuous.
Other candidates are calling for work
towards voting representation on faculty-
student committees, deiding the present
Lecture Committee representation and other
existing ,forms as completely useless with
the students unable to adequately present
their opinions.
Certainly increasing participation in this
sphere is desirable-and SL is making prog-
ress toward it, as those candidates who at-
tended last Wednesday's SL meeting must
realize. But it is simply not true to state
that there has been no worthwhile accom-
plishment, and that the Legislature has not
made strides in this direction. For example,
although the student resolution on the Lec-
ture Committee situation was not adopted, it
received full consideration by the com-
mittee.
This is not to paint an entirely black
picture of the present group of contestants.
They are to be commended for avoiding the
"I'll work with pep and enthusiasm" ap-
proach to a greater extent than in past cam-
paigns.
But in the zealous search for attractive
issues, too many have wandered into the
Land of Oz for wistful promises which bear
little relation to the factual framework.
SL Committee
Rep.reS.entation

ELECTION TIME is traditionally a ques-
tion-asking period but the extent of the
questioning about Student Legislature elec-
tions seems to be "What does SL do?"
Last spring, SL fortunately had such
accomplishments as the extention of li-
brary hours to point to as an example of
its work in the student interest. This was
something with all-campus appeal. But
when voters in the spring elections Tues-
day and Wednesday apply the traditional
question to SL's record of the past semes-
ter, they will be given no such concrete
answer. This requires a word of explana-
tion.
Legislative records, in the first place, can-
not always be filled with immediately effec-
tive accomplishments. The proposals which
will be beneficial in the, long run require
months of groundwork and this inglorious
function has been SL's main concern for the
past semester. Take as one good example
the motions passed last week to secure stu-
dent representation on administrative and
faculty committees. The committees named
-the subcommittee of the Executive Com-
mittee on Radio, a liaison committee with
the University Senate Advisory Committee-
are little publicized groups. But they, among
several others, have been contacted by SL
personnel and have agreed to seat students.
Wednesday night's motions were the
beginning of a long-term project to put
the aphorism of "student representation"
into working effect, and the importance of
such a project should be recognized. The
campus has seen this semester a few

VOICE OF THE FACULTY:
A Guide to Confusion
Anatomy of the New Soviet Regime

tettet4 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.

(EDITOR'S NOTE: The following article is an-
other in a weekly series of commentaries by
prominent University faculty members. Today's
author, Prof. James H. Meisel of the political
science department, is a Soviet government spe-
cialist who keeps in close touch with reports of
the latest changeovers in Soviet positions and
personalities. He also reads TIME and THE NEW
YORKER.)
By JAMES H. MEISEL
DJUGASHVILI,Joseph, son of Bessarion:
Caucasian dietician (mentioned by ail-
ing V. I. Lenin as a 'cook of peppery
dishes"). Sometimes confused with
STALIN, Joseph, son of Bessarion:
Author of some pamphlets on subjects of
political economy. Became a man of some
distinction after he married Rosa, sister
of Politbureaucrat Kaganovich (see KAG-
ANOVICH). Known as "good, old Joe"
c1941-45and, again, since March 5, 1953.
Succeeded by
MALENKOV, George, son of Maximilian.
(for other successors, see: BERIA, MOLO-
TOV, BULGANIN, KAGANOVICH KHRU-
SHCHEV.) How to pronounce Malenkov:
Simple rule-accent of three-syllable Rus-
sian names either on first, second, or third
syllable. Owners of accent on second syl-
lable fiercer than those with accent on
first; those with accent on third fiercest of
all. MalenKOV. Appearance invariably:
pudgy. Hitler cowlick. Dangerous peace-
monger (see also COEXISTENCE), held in
check by warmongers Beria, Molotov, Bul-
ganin, who could not permit Malenkov a
war for which they would receive no credit.
Malenkov's career facilitated by timely
death of Politbureaucrat Andy ZHDANOV
in 1948. Was officially declared to be vic-
tim of heart trouble, but actually murdered
by 9 (nine) doctors of STALIN'S own med-
ical staff. This revelation made by Stalin
disciple Malenkov last January, when he ac-
cused the (dread) Secret Police of criminal
negligence. Police controlled by Malenkov's
closest assocate, less close since, bespec-
tacled, meek-looking
BERIA, Larry. Fellow-countryman of both
Djugashvili, Joe, and Stalin, Joe (see above).
Startling resemblance with Prof. G. Kish,
but only externally. Smooth operator. Func-
tions: Minister of Internal Affairs, which
also includes Infernal Affairs: the (dread)
Secret Police, re-educational camp facili-
ties and Red Phoenix Project. Beria, to be
watched, though only accent-on-first-syl-
lable man, has strong ties with
BULGANIN, Nick. Second syllable. Goa-
tee. Minister of War, which he likes cold.
Extremnely unpopular with army because
of his party background. Was, therefore,
forced to accept, as his deputy, Marshal
ZHUKOV, disgraced conqueror of Berlin
(Germany), who, because against '(cold)
war, very popular with army. However,
Political Administration of Army under
A. A. Kuznetsov (not to be confused with
V. V. Kuznetsov, see below), a Beria man.
Kuznetsov therefore hostile to Zhukov.
Zhukov is or is not potentially a Malen-
kov man and thus suspect to Malenkov,
Beria, and Bulganin. Bulganin (the one
with the goatee) is protg of
MOLOTOV, Vyacheslav, n Scriabin,
nephew of noted bourgeois cosmopolitan
composer Scriabine (who, but for his-Scri-
abine's--premature death, would have been
purged by culturologist and cominformer
ZHDANOV). Molotov, fondly called "old
ironpants" by Western statesmen whom he
outsat at many a conference, took back For-
eign Ministry from that well-known humor-
ist Andy Vishinsky, son of January. Through
friend Shvernik, removed from USSR Pres-
idency in favor of Voroshilov (see below),
but re-installed in his former Trade Union
chairmanship, Molotov controls vast labor
bureaucracy. Therefore, though falling short
of inheriting STALIN'S premiership, really
stronger than he looks. In cahoots with
glum, baldish, handlebar-mustachioed
KAGANOVICH, Lazarus. Ulcer man. In-
dustrial troubleshooter, very tough. Togeth-
er with Beria, Molotov, Bulganin, "first dep-

uty premier of Council of Ministers." Calls
no one ministry his own, but controls half
a dozen (heavy industry). Among them that
of Saburov, former chairman of Planning
Committee. New Gosplan chairman: Kos-

yachenko, not to be confused with former'
Politbureaucrat, now Minister of Light and
Food industry, Kosygin. Number of min-
istries sharply reduced. This probably due to
Kaganovich, who has accent on third syl-
lable but none on last; hence probably less
powerful than Malenkov whom he discover-
ed and thereby antagonized. The same might
have been but was not true in the case of
KHRUSHCHEV, Nicki. The final "ev"
frequently pronounced "ev," but in this in-
stance it is "off": Khrushchoff. Add accent
on last syllable and you realize that here is
a man to be watched.
KAGANOVICH-trained like Malenkov,
squat, billiard-headed farm-expert
Khrushchev surprisingly did not turn
against his old sponsor but against pal
Malenkov from whom he took away, with
an assist from geria, Molotov, Bulganin,
Kaganovich, No. 1 position in Central
Committee Secretariat, main source of
party patronage. However, the four other
secretaries Suslov, Pospelov, Shatalin and
Ignatiev, are all Malenkov men. Ignatiev
must not be confused with ex-secretary
and Central Committee man, Ignatov.
Another ex-secretary, Panteleimon Pono-
marenko, State grain collector, was given
the newly-created Ministry of Culture, a
position in vain coveted by party political
theorist Suslov (there is no good reason
why egg-heads should be more successful
in the Soviet Union than they are else-
where). Suslov's new assignment: to re-
state STALIN'S celebrated doctrine of
COEXISTENCE, peaceful, of Communism
and Capitalism. His definition: "If you
can't ick them, don't join them!"
THE NEW ORGANIZATION OF POWER
in the post-Stalin USSR thus runs along
lines which could not possibly be drawn
more sharply:
Jointly with Beria, Molotov, Bulganin
Kaganovich, G. M. Malenkov holds the
Presidium of the Council of Ministers
(government) as well as the Presidium
of the Central Committee (party). These
two executive presidia must not be con-
fused with the (legislative) Presidium of
the Supreme Soviet, now chaired by STA-
LIN'S crony, Clem Voroshilov (Hitler type
mustache). Another STALIN crony, S. M.
Budenny of civil war cavalry fame (han-
dlebar mustache, but pronounced Boud-
ionny) is not in the government. He does
not mind, however, since the Soviet gov-
ernment is not really the government,
which is the Communist Party, which,
however, is not really a party but a bur-
eaucracy-only it does not operate from
within the government but through the
famous "transmission belt" system. This
was invented by Vassili Kuznetsov (not to
be confused with A. A. Kuznetsov, see
above) while employed at River Rouge.
Kuznetsov is now trying to install the
transmission belt, as Molotov's deputy
foreign minister and ambassador in Pe-
king. The Soviet rulers, with reluctance,
had to fall back on a man with Ford ex-
perience ,since all eligible candidates with
G. M. background had already been pre-
emptied by another government.
IN CONCLUSION: The new clarity and
stark simplicity of political organization in
the USSR is the greatest single factor work-
ing for and making possible PEACE IN OUR
TIME.
With apologies to TIME and THE NEW
YORKER
1 'HE RUSSIANS' recent success in cap-
turing the initiative from us Westerners
by taking up this Western heresy called
Communism and radiating it out into the
world in a cloud of anti-Western poison gas
does not, of course, mean that Communism
is destined to prevail. Marx's vision seems,
in non-Marxian eyes, far too narrow and
too badly warped to be likely to prove perm-
anently satisfying to human hearts and
minds. What it tells us is that the present
encounter between the world and the West

is now moving off the technological plane
onto the spiritual plane.
-Arnold J. Toynbee

-Daily-Bill Hampton
"But the room rent increases are administrative business, Mr. Logan.
The decision hardly concerns you students. Pay the cashier on your way out."
Student Arts Festival

Opera . .
THE PREMIERE of the new op-
era by Karl Magnuson and
Anne Stevenson was a colorful and
eventful inaugural. "Adam and Eve
and the Devil" is a hilarious one-
acter cast as mucin in the opera
buffa tradition as the zaniest farce
of Rossini.
For composer Magnuson the
production was blessed with every
conceivable asset. Miss Stevenson's
libretto was heaven-sent, with all
the humorous delights that would
cause it to be banned in Boston
and beloved everywhere else.
Jamie Ross's set was so compli-
mentary that it not only enriched
the mood but functionally became
organic to the action by itself tak-
ing part in the movement, don-
ning different guises, from a lofty
tower to a seductive bed.
It is an opera of action, of
burlesque exaggerating every
movement, every turn of phrase
both verbal and musical, enab-
ling it to linger enchantingly on
every ounce of comedy.
Both Strowan Robertson and
Geraldine Miller, respectively stage
and dance directors, did excellent
jobs in delineating its character.
Richard Thuston conducted with
precision, with hardly any of the
flaws that usually mar first per-
formances. It is unfortunate that
the only liability occurred here.
With no adequate pit, the orches-
tra was too loud.
The performers were unbeliev-
able. Joan Saint-Denis was thrown
aroundalike a football,wmade to
waddle like a duck, and still had
breath enough to turn in a very
musical performance. Likewise for
Russel Christopher and David
Murray who are both masters at
vaudeville.
This is not conventional opera,
and makes no such claim. The
music sets the mood and main-
tains it with a minimum of me-
lodic interest. If a flaw must be
found, it would be here. With a
less successful performance or
repeated hearings, there would
be a need for more melodic in-
terest and for the singer's hal-
lowed high notes. It would be
possible to get more of the com-
edy from musical devices rather
than acting.
But Magnuson has a real gift
for satire, an ingenious knack for
orchestral timbre, and a pungent
rhythmic vitality. His music is in-
deed a success. He, Miss Steven-
son, and M. Ross have given Ann
Arbor a team reminiscent of Di-
aghileff, Stravinsky, and Picasso at
the beginning of this century.
that beckons to an unlimited hori-
zon.
The opening work on the Fes-
tival program was Dance Suite
by William Doppman, with
Mirapgan Bal*Ig
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choreography by Robin Squier
and Henrietta Hermelin. Since
there was barely one rehearsal
for the work, and two of the
musical numbers were unable toi
be choreographed in time for the
performance, criticisms will have
to be in the form of suggestions.
Doppman's music showed con-
trapuntal inventiveness and a
clever incorporation of tympani
into dance movements. However
each piece could be extended to
allow a more substantial dance.
As it was the dance was more
fragmentary than it need be. With
lengthy and unnecessary costume
changes, and a reduced operating
area since the musicians were on
the stage,the movements seemed
too contained.
But this did not prevent Miss
Squires and Miss Hermelin from
displaying sure technique and in-
ventive juxtaposition of patterns.
They both have expressive bodies,
and gave every indication that
when the work is finished their
spatial projections will define very,
interesting movements.
-Donald Harris
Play . .
The Inter-Arts dramatic of-
fering, a one-act play by Robert
Rice, called "The Late He and
She" depicted a cross-section of
the life of the novelist, Scott
Fitzgerald. Possibly this is the
type of play that is better read
than seen; at any rate, it was
not well produced. With a few
exceptions, the acting was stiff
and the lines swallowed and
garbled.
There was an effort to keep the
performance in a nostalgic half-
glow, designed apparently to catch
the quality of wasted lives and
squandered dreams. The directors,
however, provided no focus in the
action and consequently the pre-
cise final meaning of lives like
Fitzgerald's was lost in the con-
fusion.
Rice himself showed grasp of
the one-act form and deserves
credit forundertaking something
beyond the usual gimmick one-act
formula. In groping with the
meaning of the Twenties, how-
ever, his writing occasionally be-
came murky and brittle, veiling
his point in a welter of symbols;
the disillusionments were too slick.
His language too, although often
lyric, missed the real flavor of the
era.
At that, a good production might
have made some of these weak-
nesses. seem secondary. As it was,
the performance accented them.
-Bill Wiegand
Poetr'y
THE CRAFTSMANSHIP of the
student poets represented in
yesterday's Inter-Arts Festival il-
lustrates the current preoccupa-
tion with problems of technique
and structure rather than content.
Though the poems read are
not without substance the em-
phasis upon form is predominate
and-most encouraging of all-
that emphasis is devoted to re-
establishing and vitalizing the
poetic tradition. This trend is
a vigorous response to the de-
mands of the "new criticism"-
which, like the poetry it calls
for, is only natural in an age
when man's world so badly
needs a little ordering.
Harvey Gross's "Vienna: Win-
ter, 1952" was perhaps the most
mature work presented during the
program, though all of the poets
displayed a surprising degree of
competence. The large proportion
of under-graduates represented
should be a great encouragement
both to the Inter-Arts Union and
to the students themselves.
However, the ineffectiveness

Disillusioned . . .
To the Editor:
WOULD like to explain to all
my friends who have seen my
posters on campus that I am no
longer a candidate for S.L. For
the greater part of the week I
have been a "no visitors" patient
at health service and find that I
am in dire need of rest, a virtue
that has too few advocates in the
present frenetic legislature.
I have gained considerable
knowledge about the workings of
the Legislature during my weeks
as candidate. I have seen candi-
dates destroy other candidates'
signs and abuse the privileges of
resident halls with carefree aban-
don for the rights of the resident.
I have seen students apathetic to
the S.L. at best and generally an-
tagonistic to the mere sound of
the name. I have seen the legisla-
ture members arrogantly swelling
with pride in a non-existant pow-
er and channel their misguided
liberalism into directions that
could only ultimately destroy
whatever influence the pitiful or-
ganization possesses at present.
Examples of this were in profusion
at the last two meetings: aid to
the Free University of Berlin and
WSSF trips abroad with NSA, and
a complaint to a national fra-
ternity on the nasty way they
chose to admit members. I was
running on the pledge to make
the S.L. effective, but now I have
considered the results of an ef-
fective legislature would be ca-
tastrophic. This is because under
the present set-up, the S.L. voice
is the result of the action of a
few vociferous legislators elected
by a diverse set of pressure groups.
In a sort of log rolling attempt to
make everybody happy each legis-
lator gets his pet project passed.
This system may be the cause of
an all campus drive for funds for
the Free University of Berlin and
WSSF. The drive for WSSF is be-
ing pushed by one legislator
against the wishes of the Campus
Action Committee and the Inter-
national Relations Committee.
Thus I discovered that I had no'
desire for glory at the risk of my
health to belong to a pompous
Student Legislature and become a
public figure with no real public
function.
-Ken Bronson
Bohlen & McCarthy To.e.i
To The Editor:
THE CONFIRMATION of Chip
Bohlen and repudiation of Joe
McCarthy by the Republican dom-
inated Senate marks the begin-
ning of the end for the unscrupu-
lous Senator. Secretary of State
Dulles, in breaking with McCar-
thy has indicated that he is pre-
pared to oppose this demi-god.
Though the repudiation of Mc-
Carthy is indeed a blessing, one
wonders why he was not opposed

by these same Republicans when
the Democrats were in power. Mc-
Carthy was the same a year ago,
but perhaps at that time he served
a useful purpose in provoking hys-
terical fear of the "great Com-
munist infiltration of our State
Department." It was President
Eisenhower's support of the Sena-
tor that very likely brought about
his reelecton in Wisconsin, and
yet McCarthy was the same crafty
demi-god. I believe that the Tru-
man-Acheson administration de-
serves full clearance from the
charge that its state department
was riddled with Communists.
And furthermore, the policies of
Mr. Truman, so viciously attacked
as unsound, are the very same
policies that the Republicans are
continuing. Especially is this true
in regards to foreign policy, where
the bases of our foreign relations
innovated by the man who could
do nothing right, Dean Acheson, is
precisely the same under the
RepublicanhAdministration, and
promises to remain substantially
similar in the future.
Also indicating the continuation
of Democratic policies is the reali-
zaton that taxes are not going to
be cut, and that present taxes are
absolutely necessary for the wel-
fare of this country and the free
world.
This all points to how much
value the citizen can place on
statements made by men who seek
power. When the Republicans
hungrily aimed at control of the
government, their policy was to
condemn Democratic action and
little more, but as soon as they
themselves are in control, they
pursue the policy which they pre-
viously condemned. At any rate
it is gratifying to see the Repub-
licans shed their reactionary ten-
dencies. climaxed by the appoint-
ment of Bohlen,' for the sound
policies of Harry S. Truman.
-Richard Seid
Bored...
To The Editor:
I JUST WANTED you to know
that I don't care who wins the
SL elections. If you want, you can
throw the whole darn thing out
the window. They're just a .talk-
ing society for thersuccessful.as-
pirants of the campus popularity
contest.
-James Ryan
CAN YOU "prove" to a conserva-
tive that a course in Keynesian
economics or Marxist theory is
sound? To a reasonable person,
yes; but people are not alwa3s
reasonable, especially when tem-
pers have been raised or votes are
at stake. Can you "prove that a
professor's teaching is sound? A
good teacher tries to upset fixed
ideas and make men think for
themselves, but investigating Con-
gressmen may not see him in that
light.
-The Manchester Guardian

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Westminister Guild. Bible Seminar,
10:30 a.m. Important Cabinet Meeting
for both present and newly elected
officers of the Guild, Room 205, at the
Student Center at 3:30 p.m. Guild
meeting at 6:30 p.m. with service of
worship using the fine arts to com-
memorate Holy week.
Hillel Foundation. Bridge Tourna-
ment, 8 p.m.
Graduate Outing Club meets 2 p.m. at
the rear of the Rackham Building. Hik-
ing and games. Cars provided to take
hikers to the country.
Gilbert and Sullivan. Trial by Jury re-
hearsal tonight at 7 and Pinafore. re-
hearsal at 8:15. Both are at the League.
Comin g Events
Deutscher Verein, meeting, Tues., at

7:30, third floor, Michigan Union. Dr.
Nordmeyer: lecture, Omar Khayyam in
German verse; comments in English.
Open Forum. Free-for-all discussion
of "The Problem of Evil," Lane Hall
Fireside Room, Mon., 8 p.m.
La Petite Causette will meet tomor-
row from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. in the
North Cafeteria of the Michigan Union.
All interested students are invited.
Motion Picture. Ten-minute film,
"Beach and Sea Animals" shown Mon.
through Sat, at 10:30, 12:30, 3, and 4
o'clock and on Sun. at 3 and 4 o'clock
only, 4th floor, University Museums
Building.
Zeta Phi Eta. Meeting Mon., Mar. 3,
in the Student Faculty Lounge of the
Woman's League, at 4 p.m. Bring mon-
ey for pins, fines, and semester dues.

CURRENST AMOVIES

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Little Man On Campus

by Bibler

At the Michigan...
THE STAR, with Bette Davis.
BE TE DAVIS has, with the exception of
"All About Eve," been unable in the past
few years to make anything but mediocre or
just plain bad pictures. "The Star" is indeed
very bad.
Miss Davis portrays in it an aging ac-
tress, out of work for several years and,
as a consequence, bankrupt. Save for one
scene in which she produces the most
violent fit of anger I have ever seen, she
plods steadily along through a slough
of despond, always waving her flag of
pride, and then in the final episode
suddenly awakens to the glory of being a
woman. There is no logical character de-

The story in some ways tries to recap-
ture the effect of "All About Eve." There
are constant references to Barbara Law-
rence, an up-and-coming young actress
(until we begin to wonder if she hasn't
financed the picture and demands recog-
nition) ; there are the same megalomaniac
illusions, and the same fears of growing
old; but this is all done with such a lack of
subtlety, in such a really unintelligent
manner, that it loses all the force it might
have had.
It seems evident that Miss Davis' success
in the past has been due not so much to her
supreme talents as to capable direction and
suitable roles. This is in some ways very dis-
illusioning, and leaves only the hope that
Mankiewicz will again take her in hand. If
she isn't careful she will find herself in the

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