PAGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1953 U _____________________________________________________ The Bias Claus Problem - Here and at Columbia LAST YEAR the National Interfraternity Council passed a resolution which de- clared that "any attempt to restrict or regu- late" the right of a college fraternity to choose its own members was "an inadvis- able interference with the fundamental right of free association guaranteed by the United States Constitution." Last week at Columbia University this doctrine was given a neat twist by the Committee on Student Organization which 'decided to withdraw recognition by Oct. 1, 1960 all campus groups, except religious groups, that deny membership because of an applicant's race, color or creed. A statement accompanying the decision supplied the new angle. It said simply that "Columbia wished to protect the student's freedom to select' friends and associates ac- cording to personal interests and tastes against interference by persons or groups outside the University." Of course the outside groups the state- ment referred to were not those the National IFC had in mind when their resolution was formed but the national fraternity organiza- tions themselves. Unfortunately the climate in which this Columbia opinion grew differs markedly from that on this campus. Apparently the. S IFC at Columbia a month ago protested "the involuntary discrimination forced on Columbia chapters by their national con- stitutions." No such statement has ever come from Michigan's IFC. Instead the IFC has con- sistently fought the efforts of both the Stu- dent Legislature and the Student Affairs Committee to place a clause removal time limit which would air fraternities in balking the yoke of the nationals. The fraternities have been backed up by University Presidents Ruthven and Hatcher via the veto and thus we are left with the Acacia Plan now renamed the Michigan Plan which is under the guidance of the Big Ten Counselling and Information Ser- vice. This committee has its offices on this campus and is headed by- John Baity, newly elected IFC executive secretary. Thus far all of the 13 campus fraterni- ties with acknowledged bias clauses have been contacted by the IFC counselling service, and five have responded by en- listing the aid of the service in investi- gating the bias situation throughout their national organizations. Though this re- sponse is heartening considering past ef- forts on the local scale, the Columbia ac- tion turned up the disquieting fact that at least several fraternities had restrictive clauses hidden in their rituals, but were constitutionally free from such clauses. On campus, for example, two houses not known to have bias restrictions were cited in the New York Times story as having restrictive ritualistic provisions. Therefore, it 'is difficult to determine if 13 or 30 local fratei'nities have clauses, and this indefinite situation probably cannot be ended without some strong measure that will force houses to admit to their restrictive practices and clean them up. Persuing a policy of impartial help, the local IFC can do little but send out questionnaires for a few houses-a process that seems inade- quate considering the magnitude of the bias problem. Instead of continuing a policy which is making some progress but which seems to be rift with practical inadequacies, the IFC might do better to evaluate the declaration of the Columbia IFC group and strike out on similar lines here at the University. The voluntary participation of five houses in the counselling program attests to an increas- ing willingness to hasten clause removal, and fraternity sentiment seems to be ccf- stantly more in favor of the principle of removing restrictive practices. Along with a strengthened policy stand on record, the IFC should encourage more of the houses with clauses to start their work on clause removal now. Although 1954 national conventions seem far in the future at this stage, much groundwork must go into an effective drive for delet- ing national restrictions and the ques- tionnaire service is the first step in start- ing these efforts. , Unfortunately, the IFC has preferred not to exert any influence in seeing that houses sign up for the service. An attitude of com- placency, however, can have no justification on this campus when other IFC groups are taking stock of .the bias situation, setting their goal as clause removal and courageous- ly indorsing and implementing a program which is strong enough to make national organizations take notice of this goal. -Alice Bogdonoff and Harry Lunn Soap's Faux Pas A Review of 3-D A LTHOUGH IT IS obvious that three dinmensional cinema is going'to stand or fall eventually on the basis of its mater- ial rather than its technical virtuosity, it is too early to base an attitude of hopeless- ness on such early efforts as "Man in the Dark," a monumental bore of a picture, currently showing locally. The 3-D up- heaval is being taken seriously at all levels of the industry, and is no mere palace revo- lution which will affect a few "extrava- ganza" productions. It is going to be more than a sixty-day wonder; and it is equally clearly not going to pin its future on the stereoscopic principle which requires its au- diences to wear special glasses. Rather, it will employ some form of modified depth perception, probably with single projection and a large curved screen. Wide-screen, non-stereoscopic features are already in production at Twentieth Century Fox, Universal, Paramount, Co- lumbia, and just lately, Metro and Warn- ers have announced their own processes. Cinemasope, the Fox process, photo- graphs an area approximately two-and- a-half times the width of the present frame; it is a single-projection process employing a prismatic lens. The first feature to be released, using it, will be Lloyd Douglas's "The Robe," rushes of which have been, according to easily excit- ed gossip columnists, slightly sensational. So far, there has been no standardiza- tion among the big companies as to rela- tive size of the wide-screen images. The pre- sent 1.33:1 relationship between the width and the height of the frame has been re- vised to the extreme oblong of 2.66:1 at Fox; 2:1 at Metro and Universal; 1.85:1 at Co- lumbia; and 1.66:1 at Paramount, closest to the present ratio.. Warners, who have so far been silent on dimensions, may help de- cide the issue. The best introduction to what wide-screen motion pictures means can still be obtained in this area where the pioneers, Cinerama, have opened their triple-projection process at the Music Hall Theater in Detroit. After their New York hit, however, and later suc- cess in Detroit and Los Angeles, Cinerama has not had a follow-up production for their audiences, and are consequentlysuf- fering an executive shake-up at the pre- sent. But their first program, a two-hour series of travelogue and assorted short sub- jects, is as slick and colorful a cinematic circus as you can imagine. Add the newly installed stereophonic sound and the ef- fect becomes a little overwhelming. To look beyond the spectacle, however, the question arises: whattare wide -screen movies going to mean to the serious film- goer? If 3-D lasts, what, if anything will be gained? What lost? Quick impressions indicate a number of things. First,of all, without a framework to enclose the action ,there is a definite sense of watching an event rather than a picture, This elimination of proscenium, results in not more trickery (as critics of stereoscopic films say), but actually less need for de- vices and convention. The technicues of close-up, montage. and the rapid cutting will be greatly or com- pletely abrogated. The close-up is no long- er necessary since a three-quarter shot will afford as large a scrutiny of a character's face as the close-up provided. Montages and rapid cuts change the vast visual field so ra- pidly that they cannot be used for any- thing but a substantial nervous jolt. Scenes may run as long as fifteen minutes in wide-screen cinema; and actors will be call- ed on for more versatility and greater the- atrical energy than before. Camera tricks often substituted for an actor's shortcomings formerly. To be solved by the technicians are problems like excessive eyestrain (but peo- ple seeing their first talkie also said: "Gave me a splitting headache-they'll never catch on.) Also, sitting outside of the center of the field of vision has caus- ed distortion in most of the processes. The Russians, who have a 3-D process called stereokino, have had trouble here. They project, not on a screen, but a bunch of needle-sharp prisms wgich reflect the projector image in such a way that the right eye sees only the image intended for the right eye, and the left eye the image intended for it. But move your head a little. A British writer, Christopher Brunel, of- fers a final provocative, if heavily optimistic, viewpoint on 3-D films. Brunel writes: "The film's experiments in space will be bound to have their effects on those more established arts-sculpture and architec- turethatalso deal with solids. A virile stereoscopic cinema will bring to these older arts many creative minds-think- ing, talking, dreaming, and above all, working and eperimenting with space and volume. A better appreciation of these arts by the cinema's mass audiences will be a result of 3-D movies. And by possess- ing the added feature of movement, 3-D films may soon be a sharp challenge to sculptors. Maybe some artists will even stop sneering at the cinema!" Maybe. But then much of the sneering has been healthy for Hollywood. There is Impartial Court . . . THE YOUNG DEMOCRAT CLUBS of Mi- chigan paid tribute last weekend to their bright-eyed boy whose willing handshake and infallible memory for names have help- ed win him the governorship of Michigan for three consecutive terms--an impressive record for a Democrat in this die-hard Re- publican state. Unfortunately, whern Williams stood up to respond to the YD 'tribute, his speech left the audience straining to supply the meaning Williams himself had neglected to include. "The Democratic party is not in power to- day because we failed to adapt our policies to meet the needs of the day," Williams said. Having reiterated for a few phrases this failure to "turn over our policies to keep up with the people," Williams seemed to catch himself. He launched into a more soothing reference to the great principles of Jeffer- son on which the party is based and con- cluded by saying, "We (i.e. the Democrats) must remold our policies to fit the needs of the day." Williams had left himself open to some harsh criticism. By not pointing out ex- actly what failures in the Democratic campaign he was particularly referring to, listeners were allowed to infer any one Hof a number of things. Finally, a group of YD's from Ann Arbor and Lansing called upon a tall extremely distinguished man, who sported the twin to Soapy's bow tie. He had been expressing himself enthusiastically on education and the eighteen-year-old vote while young and not-so-young Democrats hung on every word. +M'L AT RACKHAM LECTURE HALL Chicago Symphony Brass Eensemble THIS CONSERT was outstanding for two reasons. With the exception of the Col- legium Musicum, it was one of our few pro- grams featuring composers of a pre-Bach. vintage, and it was the first time in many a season that We have been entertained by a brass quintet, a combination that can be very rewarding, especially in pre-Bach and contemporary music. The members of the ensemble were Ren- old Schilke and Adolph S. Herseth, trum- pets, Hugh Alan Cowden, French horn, Frank Crisafulli, trombone, and Arnold Jacobs, tuba. Paul Wilwerth, trumpet, as- sisted in the fourth movement of the Sex- tet by Bemi. The group performed pre- cisely, briskly, and with good intonation. They had a nice tone, and in the Bemi In exceedingly articulate, intelligent tones, Frank Blackford, William's legislative secre- tary, said everything Williams should have said but didn't. He made sense and gave meaning to what had been meaningless, and for half an hour convinced most of us Wil- liams was the one who had actually said it. What the governor was trying to say, Blackford told the group, was that the Democratic party made a mistake in try. ing to win the election by holding up the past twenty years of prosperity to the peo- ple when they should have been offer. ing them sincere legitimate promises for the future. "When Kefauver and other Democratic candidates came to Michigan they discussed such 20-year-old issues as social security and TVA instead of up-to-date questions directly affecting the state, for' example Michigan shorelines and flood control." Blackford spoke of the importance of em- phasizing that it is not the intention of the Democratic party to interfere with private enterprise. "When private enterprise doesn't do the job however, that's when we step in," he said. It seems a shame that sound political thinking, articulately expressed, had to come from Williams secretary rather than from the Governor himself. Young blood and fresh ideas, effectively matured and combined with his invaluable ability to win votes makes Williams an ex- ample of the kind of men that can bring the Democratic party back to power. Even such minor functions as YD dinners de- serves more careful speech preparation than Williams saw fit to give. -Gayle Greene by Gottfried Reiche, "Kiss Me Kate" by Thomas Weelkes, and three baroque works. The highlight of this portion of the pro- gram were the two Canzoni by Gabrielli, a composer of the beginning of the sixteenth century, and one of music history's greatest and most unacknowledged musicians. Both these works contained juxtaposi- tions of phrases of different rhythmic pat- terns and recurring imitative melodic en- trances. They have a rhythmic and melod- ic vitality that, when performed sharply with each part defined as well was done last night, provides- an animated, spon- taneous spirit that today we find so de- lightful in jazz, and which has such an immediate appeal to the twentieth cen- tury. After intermission the music was devoted to contemporary composers, primarily Amer- To The Editor: THE NEED for an impartial court to review Arab claims was fulfilled in 1946 by the establish- ment of the Anglo-American Com- mission of Inquiry. In fact, those with opinions on the Commission were not favorablehat the outset of the hearings to an impartial review of Jewish claiis, and like- wise were decidedly sympathetic to the Arab point of view for' various reasons. To cite a few examples, Wilfred Crick, an intimate friend of Ernest Bevin, R. H. S. Crossman who later' reviewed his feeling as based on "ignorance and oil", William' Steinspring, who published a series of articles entitled, "The Misguid- ed Efforts of the Zionists to Secure Political Control of Palestine". Howard Beely, who spoke of es- tablishing a "cordon sanitaire" of Arab states of which Palestine was to be "a strong link in the chain", Major Manningham Bul- ler, who still felt obligated to "carry the white man's burden", Sir John Singleton, who thought of the Zionists as political agita- tors utilizing "Nazi methodology, Ambassador Phillips, who, with Sir Frederick Leggit, viewed the situation with what has been char- acteristically called the "Soviet jitters". These, in turn, had the unoffi- cial approval of Mr. Loy Hender- son of the State Department and the indifferent attitudes of Mr. Ernest Bevin, who ultimately scrapped the committee's recom- mendations for immediate Jewish immigration and the partition of Palestine into respective Arab and Jewish States. During the course of the hear- ings, the Arab "angle" was like- wise represented in Washington by the Institute of Arab Affairs led by Phillip K. Hitti, Professor at Princeton University. In Jeru- salem it was presented by the bril- liant Albert K. Hourani, a grad- uate of Oxford University. Both pleaded their case in an eloquent; English not always characteristic of the Jewish agency leaders whom, I have heard on many an occasion. Ultimately, one may state the com- mittee's recommendations were; dictated primarily by the condi- tions prevailing among the Jewish refugees on the continent. In light of Mr. Purrha's claims, the validity of these recommendations are dis- cussed here only as subordinate to the fact that the Arabs were able to present their case in an eloquent fashion at times before a commis- sion which, at the outset, if not impartial, was sympathetic to their viewpoint. -Jacob Lassner *" * * Arab Ghetto ..-. To The Editor: T MAY BE interesting to the "peace loving" Israelis and their sympathizers to read what Hal Lehrman, a Jewish correspondent for the New York Times wrote af- ter his visit to Israel: "It may be a peculiar word to use, but 'ghetto' is the one I think of for the guarded enclosure where Arabs are concentrated in Jaffa and other once important Arab towns. The restraints on travel put a competitive handicap on Arab workers in finding jobs and on Arab businessmen in drumming up trade. Many Arabs complain too, that they are barred from tending their farms any distance from their places of enforced resi- dence, that their lands are spoil- ing of neglect and that they are being taxed for property from which they derive no benefit." As for the excuse that these Arabs of Israel are security risks, that was the excuse used by Hitler and just recently the Kremlin for the waves of Anti-Semitism in Russia. --John S. Habib oi Slosso . ., To the Editor: WITH REGARD to Prof. Slos- son's word last Sunday, I would like to start first by admir- ing some good points such as ex- plaining that the argument of the fact that the Jews had lived in Palestine in ancient times can be used by all sorts of peoples in claiming all sorts of places. Anoth- er good point the Prof. mentioned was to maintain having faith in the United -Nations Organization, specially that both sides involved are members of the organization, and that had they stood by its de- cisions, a less complex problem would have been created. But, I question the source of in- formation from which Prof. Slos- son has obtained the idea of the Arabs being driven out after mem- bers of the Arab League began to interfere- The facpt is that those '4a Iw . " 0, r 'hE 'JSIA'*0?VJPOST ' legal owners, namely Palestinian the day! At this point may I re- Jews and Arabs. fer you to your peace-loving Zion- Then lastly I regret Prof. Slos- ists who assassinated the mes- son's description of Mr. Awada's senger of peace "Count Berna- attitude as North Korean. A Prof., dotte." Your peace-loving Zion- in his supposedly scientific impar- ists acquired most of the terri- tial attitude, should abstain from tory during the truce imposed by using such irrelevant terms. May- the UN. be Prof. Slosson is campaigning I think the Arabs have a strong- for supporters in a future election. er and a more recent claim to -A. Zeitoun, Grad. Spain and other countries. Do you, Mr. Kreinin, advise us to trans- Face Facts . . . port our refugees to Spain and by To the Editor: ousting the Spaniards create a To te Edtor:pan-Arab state? ALTHOUGH THEY dodge the In my opinion we should face issues, in replies to my article, the facts and not diverge from still I like to sight only facts. Miss realities. Finally I wish to express Iaikin's reply diverged from the my deep appreciation to Mr. Yor- true picture that I tried to pre- key who has spoken our minds as sent. By insighting dead issues he far as the fairness and impartial- hoped to conceal the facts he and ity of your Michigan Daily is con- other Zionists must face. cerned. We only hope that the Miss Laikin wants to know why rest of the American students can the Grand Mufti went to Ger- get a true and an accurate picture many and a small unorganized of our denied rights. nation had beaten seven Arab na- -Rushdi Furrha tions. The Mufti is an Aram lead- * * * "I Sure Wish You The Greatest Success" ,~',- ' ~~.. I J.tterS to tie ditor . er and was in opposition to Eng- lish prolonged empirical policyI and wanted independence for his country. However, the English wanted to put an end to his life. He was refused asylum every- where except Germany. This was not by choice but by necessity to remain alive. Miss Laikin, you overlooked the fact that the Arabs fought on the side of the allies both in World War I and II. That was morally, militarily and eco- nomically. You disclosed that mighty little Israel stopped seven Arab nations; as far as this point, the American people should have the answer. The Arabs were only five miles away from Tel-Aviv! But my dear friend, you should thank the UN who imposed the truce that saved More Palestinitis . . To the Editor: AS FOR MR. SLOSSON'S learn- ed comments, it seems that "demigoguory" only stirs blinding dust! He is not 'on the fence nor off it, just where is he then? Labeling my attitude with malice as "North Korean" is a very poor camouflage and it certainly does not bring the issue to a clashing climax! I refer Mr. Slosson to the tine of the partition' again; subsequent to a telegram by 26 U.S. senators; (domestic politics) sent by demo- cratic senator Bob Wagner to 12 UN delegations, Paraguay, the Philippines, Haiti and Luxembourg changed their votes! "Partition" was dead without these votes; but it became quite deadly. Yes sir the UN is a tool for "private inter- ests!" And in the invasion of the South Korean by the North Korean, the UN strongly condemned the in- vasion as "un-democratic" and yet the UN upheld a Zionist in- vasion of Palestine which viciously disrupted the lives of a population some fifty times the size ofour campus. Now, Mr. Slossop, both invasions are of the same nature, both unjust, both equally devastat- ing, and both equally dangerous to world peace. Why? On one hand the strong upheld the weak condemned; on the oth- er the UN caused a million souls; human beings, sir, to lose their homes, their property, their hu- man rights, their dignity as hu- man beings, and the UN exposed those defenseless men, women and children to disease, filth, hunger, indignation, and denied them the right to even dye on their own soile in their own homes! Yes the UN made the four corners of the Arab land the graveyard for the Arab Palestinian refugees! My conscious is deeply stirred over your attitude as an impartial Am- erican. Along the bank of our rivers in Lebanon, men and women stand in silence with their babies writh- ing with hunger, skins tightly drawn on their ghastly faces, eyes protruding, with a look of hope- lessness and despair, and a fear of death,.the following day, they look toward the VN and to people like you Mr. Slosson, for a 'kind thought. I But this is the fifth year now and the UN is still in session. Label Imy' attitude what you like, but if this is the will of a UN, then for- bid it all Mighty God! for man has. only a short time to live, why in misery? Yes sir the UN has shamefully planted the seeds for a future war and it has nourished it for five years with the blood of our Arab refugees and we do not like it! -Ben . Awada (EDITOR'S NOTE: The Daily feels that the subject of Israel and the Arab refugees has been exhausted. With this letter we cease.,publication of conimunications on this topic.) Driving Ban ... To the Editor: THIS PROPOSITION Las pro- bably already been suggested, discussed, revised, and rejected by those people who have nothing more to do other than suggest, dis- cuss, revise, and reject proposi- tions. The SL, and also student opinion as indicated by poll, seem to think it would be convenient if the driving ban were lifted. Those people who have the power to re- move the ban, however, are not too convinced. They cannot be convinced because there are no means of showing the conse- quences of' removing the ban until the ban is actually removed. They don't know what hell is like be- cause they've never been there, and they don't seem to have the nerve to die and go find out. Why not propose a temporary lifting of tle ban? Weigh the per- centage of deaths and injuries from auto accidents, observe the parking and traffic problems, and not the broken hearts of those poor unfortunates who lack the four- wheel personality for purposes of dating. The best way to stop students from violating a restriction, is to remove the restriction. They could cavort, conscience free, for two semesters, the University could gloat in the satisfaction of saying, "See, we told you so", and the Ann Arbor Police could have a ball giving parking tickets. The ban could then be reinforced or thrown out, and the SL could go back to some less world weighty problem such as bickering over the bias clause. -Robert F. 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Concerts' The Boston Sypphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux, Guest Conductor, will give the final program in the current Choral Union Series, Tues., May 19 at 8:30 in Hill Auditorium. Mr. Monteux has selected the following program: Symphony No. 2 in D major.. Beethoven Symphony No.'2........Paul Creston Suite from "L'Oiseau de Feu"...... .......... -..... . ...... Stravinsky Suite from "Der Rosenkavalier" ..... .................Strauss A limited number of tickets, includ- ing standing room admission, are on sale at the offices of the University Mu- sical Society in Button Memorial Tow- er, and will also be available at the Hill Auditorium Box Office after 7 o'clock on the night of the concert. Events Today Phi Kappa Phi Honor society Initia- tion: Meeting tonight at 8 p.m. Rack- ham Amphitheater. Prof. Leslie A. White, will speak on "Development of Civiliza- tion." Informal reception will follow in Assembly Hall. Members invited. 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. Hillel Foundation. Shevuoth services Tuesday and wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday morning, at 8:00 a.m. Thursday, 8:00 a.m., Memorial services. The 1955 J-Hop Committee will meet in Room 3-N of the Michigan Union to- Deutscher Verein. Meeting, Room 3G, Union, 7 p.m. Features will be the an- nual Faculty Farce based on Das geh- eimnisvolle Dorf and election of offi- cers. Square Dance Group. New Records, new dances: Lane Hall, 7:30-10:00 p.m. S. R. A. Executive Committee, Lane Hall, 4:15 p.m. Coming Events, The Institute of the Aernautical] Sciences will hold a meeting on Wed.; May 20, at 7:30 p.m. in Room 3-A of the Michigan Union. Election of offi- cers for next semester will be held. Professor Conlon, head of the Aero- nautical Engineering Department, will speak on the new engineering curricu- lum. Refreshments will be served. The English Journal Club will meet tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the East Lecture Room (Mezzanine) of the Rackham Building. Panel on the question: "Do Authors Need Critics?" Panel members: Merle Brown (moderator), Dick Kraus, Don Hope, Dick Foster, John Paterson, Walt Slatoff, and Prof. Joe Firebaugh. Election of committee for next year. All interested are invited to attend. La Sociedad Hispanica. Important meeting Wed., May 20, at 7:30 in the League. The annual poetry contest will be held, election of officers, and award- ing of scholarships. Refreshments will be served. All members are urged to at-. tend. American Chemical Society Lecture. Wed., May 20, 8 p.m., 1300 Chemistry Building. Dr. L. C. King, Northwestern University, will speak on "Competitive Processes in Replacement Reactions." U. of M. Research Club. Final meet- ing will be held Wed . 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