PAGE FOUlI THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY: MAY 17, 1953 Faculty Senate Action THE UNIVERSITY SENATE came to re cently unprecedented life Monday aft - ernoon With passage of two resolutions deal- ing directly or indirectly with the tenuous position of the college professor in the midst of Congressional investigations. Passage of resolution No. 1-strong in- dorsement of an American Association of University Professors' statement protesting methods used in legislative investigations- is less significant than the absence of fac- ity approval of a more comprehensive document adopted by the American Asso- ciation of Universities. The brief AAUP resolution, in broadly encouraging an at- titude of freedom of inquiry and expres- sion, steers clear of certain specific con- siderations which had encountered heated opposition among individual faculty mem- bers but which had evidently prompted administration support. Most controver- sial AAU provisions were twofold: "invo- cation of the Fifth Amendment places upon a professor a heavy burden of proof of his fitness to hold a teaching posi- tion and lays 'upon his university an obli- gation to reexamine his qualifications for membership in its society"; "since present - membership in the Communist Party re- quires the acceptance of (world-wide rev- olution and thought control), such mem- bership extinguishes the right to a uni- versity position." The significance of the' Senate's failure to accept the above provisions lies partially in the text of the statement,. but more im- mediately in the fact that objections from certain faculty quarters were strong enough and vocal enough to defer in some way a Senate vote of approval and to swing fac- ulty support behind a resolution which had less administrative preference. Discussion of the AAU resolution had been scheduled for the Monday meeting; indi- cations were that it was no one-sided forum. Of probably more momentous import is Resolution No. 2-a provision that a seven- man study committee be set up to reevaluate present safeguards extended to faculty mem- bers recommended for dismissal. While the study will obviously be one of long-range benefit, it appears that the short-range probability of Congressional investigators in the immediate vacinity has been a prompting consideration. At any rate, present faculty safeguards . can stand reviewing. Regents by-laIs cur- rently outline an extensive chain of hear- ings by school or college executive com- mittees ending with Senate Advisory Com- mittee review. But these appeals are pro- vided only where "any school or college dean, director or executive committee pro- poses to recommend to the Board of Re- gents the dismissal or demotion of any member of the University faculty." * Dismissal proceedings instigated against a faculty member by an administrative of- ficial or by a Regent technically cannot be appealed under the present set-up. The de- fect is obvious and the remedy equally so. Whether or not the omission of appeal guar- antees in recommendations of dismissal by administrators or Regents was intentional, it is now an essential safeguard and should be recommended for inclusion in the by-laws. Doing so, the study group could effect a conclusive -follow-up to Monday's encourag- ing Senate action. -Virginia Voss University Attendance - A Right not a Privilege . .CLletteri wo th 6ditor 4 T APPEARS THAT by tending to accept the dogma that attendance at a university is a privilege rather than a right the Ameri- can student has denied himself and has been denied by his society that invaluable pos- session-freedom. Once the individual tacitly or actively maintains that he is subject to another's charity and that his existence depends on the magnanimity of his benefactor an entire pattern of society is formed in which one cannot justify the right to Rights. Such has been and may well indefinitely continue to be the case in the state-owned university. With the negation of his rights, the stu- dent concurrently is forced to say that he is not a respected or respectable member ef the soci'ety because he does not really belong to it. He is, by virtue of this reasoning, an un- derprivileged breed of man, who is right- fully subject to any whim of sardonic fancy that the society feels proper to subject him to. Privileges may be granted to him but never rights. And these privileges may be rescinded at any time. He is to be used and molded (through his education) as the people of his state (always an incalculable span of time behind the present) or the ad- ministraton of an institution of higher learning see fit. And so, with rights that do not exist, with privileges that are temporary at most, and without- any claims to the freedom enjoyed by the society around him, the college stu- dent is expected and does in time receive an education of sorts. Objections to this shoddy philosophy filled with fear, negation, authoritarianism and denial of freedom, are immediately obvious. If it is the purpose of education in a democratic civilization to produce men free in thought, unafraid to instigate and even clamor for change, no one, no group, re- gardless of how huge numerically, can ever deny to its offspring for any great length of time the right to free inquiry and with it the right to act on the basis of the conclusion reached as a result of this never ending expression of Man's indomit- able energy. The only sure test determining if rights exist beyond the theoretical is whether or not there is the freedom to put them into practice. If rights are natural and inalienable they are so for all men regardless of an arbitrary age of twenty-one which is set to mark Wisdom and Maturity. And if rights are nei- ther natural nor inspired by the gods, but are merely a question of utility they may still not be denied by claiming that they are useless and meaningless. None among us is capable of this arbitrary and final judg- ment. From whatever source rights arise (and indeed there is the pressing need for a, redefinition of the source) these free- doms should not be taken from any group within the society which is capable of us- ing them constructively. This is especially true in the case of the student where only through practical expression of his learn- ing are rights ultimately tested. If one rejects the theory that the student is a select and inferior being in the human element, one must also reject the entire the- ory on which the foundation of many of our educational systems are based. The opponents of student freedom with- in a university can never justify freedom, outside a university. If freedom can be seen as having such arbitrary limitations with- out any pangs of conscience it may be as easily denied to other groups in the society. It is imperative then, to re-examine the entire philosophy behind the thought that education is a privilege rather than a right. Perhaps, we will realize that quite the re- verse ought to be the case. -Mark Reader How Right Is Clement A ttlee CLEMENT ATTLEE, opposition leader in the British House of Commons and for- mer Prime Minister of England, has charged that "there are elements in the United States that do not want a settlement" in Korea. Continuing his charge that these ele- ments want an all-out war with Commu- nist China and communism in general, he went on to question "who is more power- ful, President Eisenhower or Senator Mc- Carthy?" One wonders when reading these opinions just how correct Mr. Attlee is. It is possible that United States action justifies his obser- vation. If our close British Allies questjon our sincerity on truce talks, what may neu- tral and Soviet-dominated countries be sup- posing? We must stop to consider what the United States will have as an answer to the Labor Party leader, for surely we cannot shy away from an answer by saying he is only a minor- ity leader and is expressing unique opinion. His charge that certain elements in our Jcountry profit from the Korean war war- rants examination. The government with its strained budget is at the present time studying measures that would allow de- fense funds to be cut as soon as serurity permits. Certainly the population at large favors a quick peace settlement in Korea. And although agriculture and labor forces indirectly benefit from the cold war, big business seems to be the only element that makes a huge profit from our war econ- omy. (Note for example, the "threat of peace" cries which come from Wall Street at the inception of the new Korean truce talks. Businessmen make up a majority of the President's cabinet; their powerful lobbies -support a majority of our? Congressmen. The eternal reasoning that capitalism can keep up a balanced economy only on periodic wars is, then, with perhaps some justification, implied in Mr. Attlee's charge. The Britisher's statement about Senator McCarthy is also a serious charge. The Sen- ator has proceeded to misuse his power with only slight opposition from the Administra- tion and Congress. The fact that minority Congressional forces and the population at large have op- posed McCarthy is encouraging however, and would seem to indicate that President Eisen- hower is still more powerful in American pol- itics. In addition, Attlee, in his address to British statesmen, brought up another delicate issue of dispute, that of seating Communist China in the United Nations Security Council. Britain's government has realistically recognized MaoTseTung's re- gime as both the de facto and de jure gov- ernment. The United States, however, con- tinues to withhold recognition of the new power in China. This, plus U.S. unwillingness to compro- mise in Korean peace talks has quite natural- ly led to the observation by one of our closest Allies that we do not want a settlement. Per- haps it is time for both business and govern- ment to re-examine their motives on the Far Eastern front. -Pat Roelofs Israel . . To the Editor: AN REPLY to several letters to The Daily, I would like to point out the following facts: 1) Israel was never an Arab country. In ancient times it was Jewish, and during the last cen- tury it was a deserted land. Politi- cally, it belonged to Turkey, Finan- cially, the land was owned by rich absentee owners, residing in the Arab countries, from whom it was bought for fantastic sums of money. Arab peasants were at- tracted to the country by the Jew- ish immigration which raised their standard of living. 2) During the Israel war of in- dependence, the Israelis tried to persuade the Arab population to stay in the country, but-as offi-- cial British statements and Arab newspapers show-the Arabs were influenced by their leaders to leave the country. In spite of the fact that the en- tire responsibility for the creation of the Arab refugees problem rests with the Arab League, Israel is the only country in the Middle East which extended aid to these refugees. The Israeli government asserted its willingness to deal with the problem as a whole, un- der over-all peace negotiations. It .is the Arabs who refuse to do it. This suggests that the Arab leaders are interested in the exis- tence of the problem rather than in its solution. It is a part of the picture of political instability in the Middle-East. The political leaders, who are the rich minority there, are try- ing to maintain their rule by di- verting public opinion from their own poverty and misery to for- eign issues. The Arab refugees are also held as scapegoats by the Arab leaders for the same goal, as may be suggested by their com- plete refusal to negotiate any set- tlement of the problem through an international agreement. When the Arab states will ac- quire leaders who are interested in the well being of their own people, they will find it desirable to establish peace with Israel for their own benefit, and for the benefit of the entire area. -Mordehai Kreinin ,.. Slosson's Reply ... To the Editor:i REGRET TO intrude again on the Palestinian discussion, on which I have no special expert qualification, and on which I have certainly no reason at all for any bias, since I am neither a Jew nor an Arab. But several speakers and correspondents have (unintention- ally, of course) misrepresented my position, so I have evidently failed to make it plain, and I should like one more opportunity to set things straight. Mr. Awada asks if Judaism in my opinion is a race or a religion. Certainly it is not a question of race. In Israel it isha question of nationality: elsewhere a cultural tradition. There is a Jewish reli- gion, but I have met agnostics and atheists who still considered them- selves Jews, so it is not merely that. I do not, myself, attach any weight at all to the claim of "his- toric right;" that is, the long oc- cupation of Palestine by the Jews in ancient times, because that ar- gument proves too much; it could be used by all sorts of people in claiming all sorts of places. Tho I am a historian, the present and the future interest me much more than the past. I have never said, nor in any way implied, as Mr. Farjo charges, that the Jews were "more intelligent than the Arabs." What I did say was very different. I said that the Jews brought a highly developed European and American type of modern culture with them, which is a plain fact. As far as innate intelligence goes, I should say (so far as my observa- tion goes) that both the Arabs and the Jews have a very high average. Again, I have never at any time defended any wrong to any indi- vidual. Where Zionists have com- mitted wrongs (such as the as- sassination of Count Bernadotte) I have always condemned such wrongs. I am quite in favor of putting the resettlement of refu- gees on both sides up to the Uni- ted Nations. I am in favor of put- ting all boundary questions up tc the United Nations for final deci- sion. I do not, however, regard the peaceful purchase of land as an "aggression," and the forceful ex- pulsion of Arabs from Israel ad- mittedly began after the attack on Israel by members of the Arat League. Moreover, there are Jew- ish refugees from other eastern countries, as well as from Europe, who also have to be considered. I am, I confess, very much alarmed indeed at the tone of Mr. Awada's second letter. He says that +W.s +4 w «cra4g rwI.4 sU'1 .. Rebuttal ...- To the Editor: TPHIS LETTER is in rebuttal to Mr. Baum's letter "'Biting the Hand."sThere are two possible con- clusions to draw from his letter, it is either a blund'ring attempt at irony, or complete stupidity and ignorance of the facts of the causes of the busboy strike. Of the two, .I strongly suspect the latter. To begin with, the strike was in no way connected with any "in- sidious foreign ideas" or any of the things that Mike Sharpe stands for. It seems to me that anyone who is a "Real American" as Mr. Baum seems to think he is, would not be hoodwinked by the tactics of a Mike Sharpe. It is ap- parent to all rational thinkers that these organizations which are on the Attorney General's subversive list always jump in when any dis- contentment arises, just to give the impression that they are "Champions of the Underprivileg- ed or of the Victims of Prejudice." The strike was completely organ- ized and already in progress be- fore Mr. Sharpe decided that this would be a good opportunity to add to the propaganda for his organ- ization as a "Champion of Bus- boy's Rights." But did Mr. Baum stop, and attempt to find out more of the facts before he labels the incident as Red inspired? No, he becomes completely obsessed with his owntrighteousness, and blindlyI applies the label Red. , Had Mr. Baum taken a long look at the "so-called grievances" of the busboys he would have found a firm strong foundation. The wage offered is not adequate and just. All members of the Quad staff get $1.03 per hour plus meals. The meal is part of their wage, whether they choose to use it or not: We as busboys earn $.80 per hour and must pay for our own meals. Assuming equal treatment of all Quad personnel, we are en- titled to the meals at which we work, but in reality we are earn- ing only Sc to 10c per hour de- pending on the "value" the Quad places on their meal. Yet, Mr. Baum calls this an "adequate and just wage." It appears that Mr. Baum is in complete agreement with the handling of the strike, and would go so far as to coerce the strik- ers by the threat of expulsion. I'm sure that the administration should be most happy that at least one of its many "charges" is qualified -z', 2 as a future prospect for an ad- ministrative post in the Residence, Halls System. -Jim Balconi '53 * * * Misleading Lecture. . To the Editor: O THOSE who attended Dr. Cueto's conference on: "A comparison between Education in Latin America and the United States" we are writing this letter, for we consider he has made mis- leading generalizations which af- fect our countries. The St. Mark University's Dean of Education considered that the present Peruvian Educational Sys- tem is applied all throughout Lat- in America. Nothing could be more inexact. Fortunately enough a good many of the Latin American countries realized long ago that this- "peruvian" idea of education for an "elite" would produce- within our environment-a very abjected enlightened despotism. When Dr. Cueto made his state- ment, he decided to forget the Venezuelan Ceciliot Acosta, who said, "The Light which is more helpful to a nation is not the one that concentrates, but the one that widespreads." In Colombia, Ecuador and Vene- zuela, we have always strived for an equality of opportunities in edu- cation. We could hardly be tempt- ed to create elites when the drama of the Peruvian masses is so vivid in our mind. -Norberto Calderas Diego Maruri Luis Escobar Greene House NSA... To the Editor: STUDENTS complain about and ask what the Student Legisla- ture is doing for them. They may have cause to complain because the services of S. L. certainly are not obvious. One reason S. L. gives for this deficiency is not enough money. I can point to an annual saving of $500 that could be spent here on campus for stud- ent activities. This sum is an- nually paid to the National Stud- ent Association or NSA. Why should we pay? Before we consider disaffiliation we should know what NSA does and who leads-the organization. What they do besides taking $500 a year is illustrated bythe action of Stephen Voykovich ,a I vice-president of NSA from Ford- "Maybe We'd Better Start With A Big 2 Meeting" A~ I i " .o 1{ _KA % " \ G v. /' , t.' n t ,, y P F ., F e ham University. He urged upon the Fordham Student Council and was instrumental in passing a re- solution banning the Students of America because it was "un- American". The honorary'presi- dent of Students for America is General Douglas McArthur. By self admission Voykovich's action violated NSA's constitution which states "the right of any student organization to be re- cognized upon filing a statement of purpose, a constitution and a specified minimum membership list." Voykovich has not taken steps to rectify his action. The only conlusion that we can draw is that Voykovich does not respect the constitution he is serving under and that the na- tional council of NSA approves of his action because they have not repremanded him. Apparently the thinking of Voykovich and of NSA has two standards, one for organi- zations they approve of and another for the rest, I' wonder if Voykovich would try to ban the Labor Youth League for what it is, the successor to the - Young Communist League, or would he shy away and not call it un-American. Such are the leaders of NSA. -Ronald E. Seavoy +L . * Naidoo's Informer.. . To the Editor: MAY I, through the courtesy of your columns, reply to the edi- torial entitled "Naidoo's Inform- er" by Miss Alice Bogdonoff. It would appear that this edi- torial was prompted as a result of my having written to the Min ister of the Interior, complaining about the constant attacks by Mr. L. V. Naidoo against the Union of South Africa. For the information of the reader, Mr. L. V. Naidoo was in- formed by myself of my action. I am concerned with people from my country, whose state- ments (whether they are made within or without the country) will lead to further rioting and bloodshed as, was witnessed not so long ago in South Africa. I re- fer in particular to the brutal kill- ing of a white Nun, a doctor who for years toiled as a medical help- er and comforter for the African sick, just after she had confined an African mother in the location. The "Resisters" then indulged in an orgy of burning and destruction. Is this the "Non-Violence" which Mr. Naidoo is constantly talking about? And advocating? If my concern for the internal security of my country which is being threatened by so called Non- Violence Movements, is to be dubbed as "self-appointed spying by one student on anther," "back- biting," and "informing" partic- ularly when the person concerned was informed of the complaint, then I can only express complete astonishment. However, we are all entitled to our own opinion, depending upon whose bull is being gored. -Rhoda Barry University of Illinois Taj Mahal .. To Thy Editor: TOHE DAILY'S STORY (May 12) on the International Ball states that a model of "the famous In- dian palace"-the Taj Mahal- will be featured at the ballroom entrance. In the interests of ac- curacy I should like to point out that the Taj Mahal is not a pal- ace, but rather the tomb built by the Emperor Shah Jahan for his favorite queen. Since her title was "Mumtax-i-Mahal" ("Elect of the Palace") the tomb has be- come to be called Taj Mahal. Our popular ignorance of things Indian is well underscored by making a tomb a fit entrance to a scene of entertainment. -Maureen L. P. Patterson, Grad. 41 4 4 I CURRENT MOVIES At the State 0 .* + DANCE + TITANIC, with Clifton Webb and Barbara Stanwyck. WITH THE EXCEPTION of the final reel this "recommended" picture is for the most part finely and sensitively done. It is a story of the lives of a group of people who participated in the sinking of the "Titanic" in 1915, or rather a gathering of small bits from their lives. Most of the people have lit- tle in common except their experiences on board the ship, but the omission of any flash- backs keeps their little episodes unified and localized and prevents any wide digressions from the disaster at hand. Clifton Webb and Barbara Stanwyck form the central group and are best able to make themselves into real characters. Webb is a hard, cynical member of the international set, suave and polished to the last; Miss Stanwyck is his wife, a woman whose practicality and homey nature have at last decided her to take her children out of the European social whirl and back to the farm in Michigan. Needless to say, their problems are efficiently solved when the unsinkable sinks. The other members of the cast-Richard Basehart, Robert Wagner, Thelma Ritter, et al.-all have their private difficulties which meet the same solution. They are played with just the amount of reserve to make them interesting but not obtrusive. However, the last portion of the film, be- ginning at about the time the ship meets the iceberg, gives suddenly away to a torrent of AN EVENING of modern dance and ballet is a tradition only spasmodically per- petuated on this campus, but the originality of last night's entertainment, presented by the Choroegrapher's Workshop, Ballet Club, Modern Dance Club, and the Michigan State College Orchesis, showed that this need not be the case. The program, which was considerably varied, brought out two contrasting ap- proaches to the dance, as the visitors from East Lansing conceived their numbers in a different manner from our representatives. The two major works of the evening, "They Who Wait" danced by the Michigan Chore- ographer's Workshop, and "WaL Is Kind" by the Michigan Staters, amply demonstrated this point. Michigan State viewed the stage more as a measure of depthr as a total pictoral space in which the dancers were figures whose movements outlined a whole dy- namic and expressive scene. The Choreog- rapher's Workshop, on the other hand, told their story by four characterizations each of which individualized through movements four diverse emotions, a moth- er, sister, and sweetheart experiencing a soldier's leavetaking. Both dances were on war themes, and both were highly inter- esting, though Michigan State seemed in this case more in the true spirit of dance with Michigan following the style of dra- Two experiments in the use of percus- sion as dance motivations were Winifred Imgram's "Fog" and Mac Emshwiller's Rythmus." In both works the movements were more contained than boisterous, and this seemed to take away part of the ex- citement of the dance. The tone set by the percussion was followed by the dance, but greater variation within this tone would have lent more interest. But both choreog- raphers showed ingenuity in combining their accompaniments with the dance. Humour on the program was deliciously provided by Pat Jones and Howard Given, of Michigan State, who danced Lewis Car- roll's "Jabberwocky." Their grotesque posi- tions were truly funny, danceable, and in the spirit of Carroll's verses. William Doppman's "Dance Suite," first . performed at the Student Art's Festival, and Gwen Arner's version of Leonard Bers- tein's "Age of Anxiety" were both dances for two people, the first with intense move- ments and a contrapuntal developments, and the second with jagged, driving rhythms, Mac Emshwiller, who danced in the Bernstein along with Henrietta Tier- melin, seems to confine his work to this type of rhythmically syncopated move- ments; although he executes them well, it would be nice if he would branch out into something else. "Dance Suite" was choreographed by Rob- DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN (Continued from page 2) Building. Transportation provided to Silver Lake where there will be outdoor games and liking. Deutscher Verein annual picnic on the Island. Meet at Tappan Hall on Sunday, May 17, at 2 p.m. Charge for both members and non-members. Evangelical and Reformed Guild: Lane Hall, 7 pm. Discussion topic: "What Is Present-day Buddhism Like?" Young Friends: Meet at Lane Hall for an Outing, 3 p.m. Bring your lunch and your friends. Congregational Disciples Guild: 7 p-- in. Dr. Barton Hunter will speak on "But For the Grace of God." Lutheran Student Association: Leave for an all-day Ouiting after the i11:30 am. Service. No meeting at the Center in the evening. Westminster Guild: 6:30 p.m. Meeting a The Firs tpreshverian Church The Unitarian Student Group: 7:30 p.m. at Unitarian Church. Discussion on "Book Banning." Guests will include Dr. Arthur M. Eastman and Mr. Robert Marshall. Those needing or able to fur- nish transportation, meet at Lane Hall at 7:15 p.m. Coming Events Motion Picture. Fourteen.minute film (color) "You'll Take the High Road," shown Mon. through Sat. at 10:30, 12:30, 3, and 4 o'clock, and on Sun.. May 24, at 3 and 4 o'clock only, 4th floor, Uni- versity Museums Building. Phi Sigma Society. "Studies on the Potential Genetic Effects of the Atom- ic Bomb in Japan." A description of the studies, by william J. Schull, In- stitute of Human Biology, to be pre- sented in the Rackham Amphitheatre at 8 p.m., Mon., May 18. Open to the public. Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Initia- tion: Tues., May 19, 8 p.m. Rackham Amphitheater. Prof. Leslie A. White, will sneak on "Develonment of Civiliza- Sixty-Third Year Edited and managed by studentw of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control -of Student Publications. Editorial Staff Crawford Young........Managing Editor Barnes Connable...... Qity Editor Cal Samra-----..... .Editorial Director Zander Hollander------..Feature Editor Sid Klaus.........Associate ity Editor Harland Britz... ......Associate Editor Donna Hendleman......Associate Editor Ed Whipple....... .. ...Sports Editor John Jenke. ..,.Associate Sports Editor Dick Sewell . ....Associate Sports Editor Lorraine Butler-------Women's Editor Mary Jane Mills, Assoc. 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