PAGE TWO THE MICHIGAN DAILY SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1953 Defeat of the Capehart Proposal IN A DETERMINED effort to exclude from a Republican controls bill a proposal that smacks of "socialism" and is "absolutely contrary to the whole theory of free econ- omy," the Senate this week voted to curtail the President's power of imposing standby wage and price controls for a 90-day period in the case of a national emergency. In theory, President Eisenhower can still freeze wages and prices, but only after Congress has first declared a state of war emergency. This in reality strips the emergency power of all effectiveness and is also potentially an economic danger. By delegating the initiative of imposing controls to Congress, the conservatives in the Senate are running the risk of having the nation caught in an inflationary spiral that could prove disastrous. As was proved by the Korean war, Congress cannot act quickly enough in the case of an emergency. Months after war had broken outand in- flation had gotten a strong foothold, Con- gress was still deliberating the advisability of freezing wages and prices. The only way to curb inflation in a na- tional crisis is by delegating the President immediate power to declare a ceiling on wages and prices. In the present state of world tension such a crisis is definitely possible. If there were a heightening of the Korean war, a dangerous inflation could develop while Congress debated whether to declare an emergency. It is also conceivable that an emergency could occur while Congress is in recess, thus leaving the President powerless until Con- gress convened. The amendment that deprives the Presi- dent of acting swiftly in an emergency seems as unrealistic and pointless as Sen., Taft's insistence that giving the President emergency powers would be socialistic. Such an attitude merits Sen. Homer E. Cape- hart's accusation that the Republicans are behaving like ostriches. Sen. Capehart, the Chairman of the Bank- ing and Currency Committee, indeed has reason to chargt# that his fellow Republicans are not fulfilling their responsibilities. The charge of socialism is obviously a blind to benefit the businessman at the expense of the consumer. If legislation is aimed at business rather than national in- terests, the majority leader should at least not attempt to hide the fact by posing as the saviour of the American way of life. It is time for the Republicans to stop burying their heads in the sand. An exam- ination of the facts with more foresight would lead to more intelligent and effective legislation. -Arlene Liss ON THE Washington Merry-Go-Round with DREW PEARSON W ASHINGTON-It may not be pleasant to talk about, but at no time in years have our relations with our ancient allies in Europe been on such thin ice. Behind the Senatorial blasts of Joe Mc- Carthy et al-which are bad enough-re- lations with our old friend and mother country, England, are in deporable shape. Not much better are our relations with France. Here are some of the background factors which have strained relations to the point where we are not only bitterly disliked in many British circles, but where British of- ficialdom has almost given up the idea of working with us and seriously contemplates closer ties on the continent and even be- hind the iron curtain! 1. Churchill's desire for a Big Three meet- ing lies squarely across the Dulles-Eisen- hower belief that there must be no such meeting until the Russians show some indi- cation that they are ready for genuine co- operation. The appointment of redheaded Adm. Arthur Radford as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the signal that the U.S.A. from now on will follow an Asia-first po- licy. 3. The shortsighted sleight of hand by Secretary of Defense Wilson in juggling the low British bid for generators for the Chief Joseph Dam has the British boiling. Admittedly, under U.S. law, the Defense Department was obligated to accept the bid. However, Wilson finagled new bids in order to cut the British out. 4. Chancellor of the Exchequer Butler charges that we have forced England to curtail trade with China and satellite coun- tries and simultaneously blocked British trade with the United States. We can't have our cake and eat it too, the British say. They also allege that the Eisenhower slogan of "trade-not-aid" is a complete phony. 5. If the Eisenhower Administration does- n't let down the trade barriers, the Church- ill government is ready to re-establish heavy trading with Red China and iron curtain countries. IKE AND WINNIE THE IMPORTANT thing to remember is that this impasse has taken place not with the labor government of England, but CII A A L A- with the British conservatives led by a Prime Minister whose mother was American and whose chief policy in the past has been cooperation with the United States. In fact, Churchill took a special trip to the United States to visit Eisenhower before the inau- guration in order to cement a friendship which some felt had lagged under Truman. Furthermore, Eisenhower himself was considered the best wartime friend Eng- land had, and his guildhall speech in Lon- don has been hailed as a milestone ce- menting American-British relations. Tragedy is that Ike himself, though re- alizing the dangerous drift between the two allies, seems unable to do anything about it. His desire to "get along with Congress" is now uppermost on his agenda of objectives. In fact, some friends say he seems hypno- tized by that goal. Of the various snags In the path of Bri- tish-American relations, you will probably hear less about the appointment of Admiral Radford as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Yet it rankles deep with the Bri- tish. EUROPE VS. ASIA RADFORD'S APPOINTMENT revives the World War II row between MacArthur and Eisenhower as to which theatre of war, the Pacific or the European, should come first. Eisenhower at that time wanted more men, more materiel for Europe. His old boss, Douglas MacArthur, wanted more for the Pacific. The Navy generally sided with MacArthur. But Eisenhower had two powerful friends who in real fact were calling the shots for the total war-Roose- velt and Churchill. They decreed that the European theatre should come first, and that was why V-E Day came ahead of V-J Day. Today, Eisenhower is in a position where he can call the shots as Roosevelt and Churchill did. However, if he is calling them-and it looks as if he is not-he has in effect put Asia, not Europe, first. He has done this at a time when the United States lacks the munitions to spread itself over two continents at one time. And in doing so, he has let the China lobby, the Admiral Radford wing of the Navy and the extreme Asia-first wing of the Republican party actually dictating our foreign policy. (Copyright, 1953, by the Bell Syndicate) [1MA o+ very remarkable attempt certainly, using material similar to that in "Electra," was the Swedish film, "Miss Julie," which may have been the best picture released in 1952. Directed by Alf Sjoberg, one of the relatively unrecognized talents in the business, it incorporated the Freudian themes of the old Strindberg play into a brilliantly alive and flexible film which caught the emotional conflicts in terms of pictorial symbols, imaginative flashback, and carefully spotted dialogue. Never once does it slide into the staginess of "Electra." The one American director who has been uniquely successful with the filmed stage play is William Wyler whose "Detective Story" and "The Heiress" are very fine mo- tion pictures. While neither of these plays are liberally adapted, they have an instinc- i tiv 1nit y w hich "El ctr n" lac ks: Tn bo th MATTER OF FACT By JOSEPH and STEWART ALSOP WASHINGTON-Probably the most inter- esting feature of the President's radio talk on the budget is its status as a new departure. Other appeals to the people and pippearances before the people will follow shortly. Those who are qualified to report on the development of Eisenhower's think- ing, emphatically say that a larger pur- pose lies behind all these orations and excursions. Eisenhower wants to be a strong President. He is coming to realize that the source of presidential strength is the whole people of the United States. He now sees that he must mobilize his po- pular support, in order to exercise full authority in Congress and in his party. This represents a change that is subtle, yet radical. When he took office, his con- cept of the presidency was much more pas- sive and much less political. Confucius all but summed up the Eisenhower concept in a famous but slightly optimistic. remark, "Let the ruler desire good, and the people will be good." The numerous inquests on Eisenhower's first hundred days sounded a bit like variations on ancient Confucianist tlieme, that the Son of Heaven did not need to "decide," or to "act," or even to "move," but only to "radiate benevolence." No one is better at radiating benevolence than Dwight D. Eisenhower. His radiations have not exactly "set in order all under Heaven," as the Confucianist used to prom- ise rather more than 2,000 years ago. Har- mony with Congress has if anything dimin ished the President's power in Congress. Harmony in the Republican party has en- couraged the anti- Eisenhower faction in the hope of taking over. In dealing with other politicians, amiability has not proven to be a universal panacea. On the other hand, the presidential ra- diations have notably increased Eisenhow- er's already enormous popular support. The polls attest it. The good will of the people of the United States can be called into play to overcome opposition when- ever Eisenhower chooses to exploit this su- preme presidential prerogative. It is hard to say just when or how the decision that this would be needful began to take shape in the President's mind. With respect to dealing with Congress, the White House staff has been divided for a consid- erable period. More generally, the leading members of the Cabinet, the chieftains of the Eisenhower faction in the Republican party, and a fair number of the President's trusted private friends, have long been urging the President to talk more freely to the country. They have argued that good will was not enough -that there must be strong, plain-spoken popular support for specific Eisenhower po- licies. This, they have said, could only be secured by "going to the people," by "taking his case to the voters." If you think about it, the step is long from persuading politicians persuading the people, so that the people can per- suade the politicians by the old familiar method of applying the heat to their backsides. If this step is taken successfully, the sig- nificance will be very great indeed. The Eisenhower administration will be purged of its worst weakness, which has been a curious failure to realize its own power. The Presi- dent will begin really to lead, instead of al- lowing himself to be led by those who tell him what the "country will and won't stand for." (Copyright, 1953, New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) [CURRENT MOVIES "Old Pal! How Have You Been?" Y 'I 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 etors. AA Movies... To the Editor: WHAT'S happening to the thea- ters in Ann Arbor? I would like to express a complaint in be- half of numerous dissatisfied stu- dents. Several changes recently made by the Butterfield Theaters have angered us. First, the Orpheum and the Wuerth, the only theaters where 50c movies are shown (with the exception of SL movies on week- ends) are now closed during the week. Most of the "better" movies, including the foreign ones, are shown at the Orpheum. The clos- ing of that theater means stu- dents must go to the campus theatiers, and are forced to see the second-rate Hollywood movies oft- en shown there during the week. And now that students must go to the campus theaters if they wish to see a movie during the week, the managers find it an approp- riate time to raise the prices at both the Michigan and State to 70c. Thirdly, the increases on 95c movies are not usually advertised in The Daily. Once in a while a student will take just enough money for admission with him. Since he finds an increase in prices once he gets to the theater, it necessitates.going home for more money. Also, some people wouldn't plan to attend a particular movie if they knew it were going to be 30c more. But once down there, and having nothing else planned for the evening, they have no choice but to stay and pay the in- crease. I certainly don't expect a theater to advertise a general nickel increase in prices, but I do feel that since final weeks are com- ing and since they usually bring a better class of movies, it would be nice to know beforehand of any increase in prices. -Ruth Hollander * * * Ensian .. . To the Editor: LAST TUESDAY an unfortunate incident took place. At ap- proximately 2:45 a young man, a transfer from Michigan State, walked into the Ensian office in hopes of obtaining his first En- sian. He saw a number of people milling around and what looked to be a line. Thus he took his place at the end of the line and waited fifteen minutes, but noth- ing happened. The line didn't move. The boy then went up to a young lady behind one of the desks and asked her if she would please give him his Ensian. Her reply? "I'm sorry, but that isn't my de- partment. You'll have to wait until someone in the business office comes in." With that she turned her back and joined some of the staff members who were drinking coffee and chatting. The former Michigan Stater would have left the building im- mediately had he not already paid for his Ensian. He went back to the line where six other students were patiently waiting the arrival of someone-anyone-from the business office. A half an hour later the girl who was supposed to distribute the year-books arrived. The boy finally received the copy he had waited forty-five minutes for and went away muttering, "This would never have happened at State. This is so typical of TrihianT l ,'t.thnkT11 nv nn young man would have left in a happy frame of mind, perhaps thinking that State didn't have a thing on the University. As it was the Ensian lost a customer and the bay added an unpleasant ex-' perience to his memory of ineffi- ciency at Michigan. -Joan Sheahan * * * - Block M'.. . To the Editor: I WAS quite surprised at the re- action of the Michigan students to the recent endeavor of the Wol- verine Club. Last Monday, Tues- day, and Wednesday, students were allowed to sign up for next Fall's Block "M" flashcard section. The section will seat 1200 students between the twenty and thirty-five yard lines. Irrespective of the fact that these are the best possible seats anyone who is not a senior can obtain, only 800 persons sign- ed up to sit there in the Fall. The student body seems to be lacking in the spirit and enthus- iasm that accompanies most col- leges' football teams. Of course we all want a winning team and like to boast that we have the best marching band in the country, but when it comes to participating in a new tradition there seems to be something lacking in the student body. Almost every big Mid-West- ern school has a perfected flash- card section. Most of these are now performing multi - colored stunts. The Michigan flashcard section which had fupctioned in the past on a hap-hazard basis was reinitiated last year by the Wol- verine Club. Our section last year had more success than any other section in the Big Ten had in their first year. Correspondence with these schools and movies of last year's section affirm this. And, still there is an apathy on the part of the students towards this new tradition the Wolverine Club is trying to develop. The section also acts as a large, but coherent, cheering group for the team. The cheerleaders and team are look- ing for student support and this is one way to give it to them. What more can we offer the students participating in the Block "M" section than the best possible seats in the stadium? With 400 empty seats in the section, the Block "M" Committee is having one additional day to allow students to sign up to sit in next Fall's section. On Tuesday, May 26th, any student in the Uni- versity who would like to parti- cipate in next Fall's section may sign up at Barbour Gymnasium between the hours of 12:15 and 3:15. You must sign up at this time if you intend to sit in next Fall's section. -Stanley Bohrer Block "M" Committee * * * More Errors .. . To the Editor: HAVE JUST discovered another grievous error in Gayle Greene's article on offshore oil. Harold Ickes was not Secretary of Labor, but of the Interior, in 1933 when he refused to grant oil development leases in the marginal set area off the California coast, claiming that title rested with the State of Cali- fornia. Moreover, since when can an individual Senator table a bill? Taft did not table the Anderson The Daily Official Bulletin is an official publication of the University of Michigan for which the Michigan1 Daily assumes no editorial responsi- bility. Publication in it is construe-i tive notice to all members of the University. Notices should be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to Roa~m 2552 Administration Building before 3 p.m. the day preceding publication (before 11 a.m. on saturday). SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1953 Vol. LXIII, No. 163 Notices Aeronautical Engineering Students. Certain improvements have been made in the Aeronautical Engineering cur- riculum, The staff wishes to discuss these changes with you and arrange your schedule for next year. Half-hour interviews for this purpose will be held Monday and Tuesday evenings, May 25 and 26, starting at 7:30 p.m. Please sign the schedule posted on the Aero. Eng. Bulletin Board opposite 1079 East Engineering Building. Attention Seniors. This is your last chance to order caps and gowns Stop in at Moe's Sport Shop on North Uni- versity and place your order. Late Permission. Because of the Sen- ior Ball all women students will have a 1:30 late permission on Sat., May 23. Women's residence halls will be open to guests until 12:25 p.m. Late permission for women students who attended "In the Summer House" on Wed., May 20, will be no later than 11:30 p.m. Academic Notices' Astronomical Colloquium, Monday, May 25, 4:15 p.m., the Observatory. Dr. Stanley P. Wyatt, Jr. will speak on "The Orientation of Galaxies in Space." Interdepartmental Seminar on Meth- ods of Machine Computation. Meeting May 25, 4:30 p.m., 429 Mason Hall. "Op- eration of the WRRC Computers," Mr. Verne Lorrowe, Analog Computation Department, Willow Run Research Cen- ter. Doctoral Examination for Sanford Marion Helm, Musicology: thesis: "Carl Friedrich Abel, Symphonist: A Bio- graphical, Stylistic, and Bibliographi- cal Study," Sat., May 23, East Council Room, Rackham Building, at 10 a.m, Chairman, Hans David. Doctoral Examination for Dale Maur- ice Riepe, Philosophy; thesis: "Early Indian Philosophical Naturalism," Sat., May 23, 2208 Angell Hall, at 10 a.m. Chairman, William Frankena, Doctoral Examination for Leo Thomas Hendrick, English Language and Lit- erature; thesis: "Henry James: The Late and Early Styles," Sat., May 23, East Council Room, Rackham Build- ing, at 2 p.m. Chairman, J. L. Davis. Doctoral Examination for Lloyd Big- gle, Jr., Musicology; thesis: "The Masses of Antoine Brumel;" Sat., May 23, West Council Room, Rackham Building,rat 4 p.m. Chairman, Louise E. Cuyler. Doctoral Examination for Robert Merkle DeWitt, Zoology; thesis: "Stud- ies on the Biology of Physa gyrina Say; Ecology and Life History," Mon., May 25, 2089 Natural Science Building, at 9 a.m. Chairman, F. E. Eggleton. Doctoral Examination for Duncan J. McGregor, Geology; thesis: "Strati- graphic Analysis of Upper Devonian and Mississippian Rocks in the Mich- igan Basin," Mon., May 25, 4065 Nat- ural Science Building, at 10 a.m. Chair- man, K. K. Landes. Doctoral Examination for Arthur Rob- ert Cohen, Social Psychology; thesis: "The Effects of Individual Self-Es- teem and Situational Structure on Threat-Oriented Reactions to Power," Mon., May 25, West Council Room, Rack ham Building, at 10 a.m. Chairman, A. F. Zander. Doctoral Examination for Stewart Raynor Wallace, Geology; thesis: "The Petrology of the Judith Mountains, Fergus County, Montana," Mon., May 25, 4065 Natural Science Building at 1 p.m. Chairman, E. N. Goddard. Concerts The Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Ernest MacMillan, Conductor, will fill the open date in the 75th Annual Choral Union Concert Series, Feb. 10, 1954, in Hill Auditorium-according to an announcement just made by the University Musical Society. The complete schedule of Musical Society poncerts for 1953-1954 is as follows: Choral Union series-Roberta Peters, Oct. 7; Boston Symphony, Oct. 22; Vir- tuosi di Roma, Nov. 2; Horowitz, No- vember 21; dePaur's Infantry Chorus, Nov. 24; Toronto Symphony, Feb. 10; Paul Badura-Skoda, Pianist, Feb. 17; George London, Bass, Feb. 28; Elena Nikolaidi, soprano, Mar. 12; 'and Myra Hess, Mar. 17. Extra Concert Series-Guiomar Novaes, Pianist, Oct. 12; Cleveland Orchestra, Nov. 8; Guard Republican Band of Paris, Nov. 30; Marian Anderson, Jan. 10; and the Boston Pops Tour Orchestra, Mar. 4. Messiah Concerts-Saturday, Decem- ber 5, and Sunday, December 6; with University Choral Union, Musical So- ciety Orchestra, Mary Stubbins, or- ganist, Lester McCoy, conductor. Solo- ists: Maud Nosler, soprano; Carol Smith, contralto; Walter Fredericks, tenor; and Norman Scott, bass. Chamber Music Festival-February 19, 20, and 21, with Griller Quartet (2 concerts): Sidney Griller and Jack O'Brien, violins, Philip Burton, viola and Colin Hampton, cello; and the Reginald Kell Players '(one concert): Reginald Kell, clarinet, Joel Rosen, piano, Melvin Ritter, violin and Aurora Natola, cello. Orders for season tickets for the Choral Union Series and Extra Series are now being accepted and filed in sequence at the University Musical So- ciety in Burton Memorial Tower. Tick- ets will be mailed September 15 to ad- dress given. Tickets for "Messiah" and for the Chamber Music concerts will go on sale over the counter at the offices of the Musical Society, Burton Tower, on October 15. Events Today Annual Senior Table-Carving will take place from May 4 to May 28 in the Stag Room of the Union. Tools are kept in the basement checkroom and may be obtained by any man of the Senior Class by presenting his I.D. card. All Senior men are urged to come out for this. 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MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA, with Rosalind Russell and Michael Redgrave THE REVIVAL of this Eugene O'Neill dra- ma, as produced by the veteran screen writer, Dudley Nichols, revives a number of the old questions which have been much discussed in these columns recently; namely, how do you go about translating a vehicle of the stage into the film. Because "Mourn- ing Becomes Electra" becomes a very 'static movie at times, it is safe to conclude once again that the loyal scene-by-scene adap- tation is not the best way to do it, "Mourning Becomes Electra" in other words is as a photographed stage play, done in the appropriate expressionistic manner, relying almost completely for its impact on the Dower of its nerformances. Since it is a At the Michigan ..* , TROUBLE ALONG THE WAY, with John Wayne, Donna Reed, and Charles Coburn. FOR THE TOPS in the disgustingly maud- lin, this picture is a prizewinner. It makes no attempt to be anything but heart- warmingly wise, but manages only to be sen- timental and inane. John Wayne is a discredited football coach; Charles Coburn the overage Father Rector of a bankrupt college; and Donna Reed a female cop with a heart investigating Wayne's ability to raise his daughter. Com- plications: the divorced mother wants the child to spite Wayne, and the college must meet $170,000 in debts or fold up. Solutions: Reed plus Wayne equals happy home for daughter; Wayne's unethical football prac- tices yield cash for college. John Wayne, never a very reliable actor, proves his inability to function without a cavalry behind him and Indians in front, or their spiritual equivalents in movie-type history. He swaggers, he staggers, he wisecracks to perfection, but all without perceptible results in any direction. Co- burn and his colleagues make a mockery of faith while preserving their cassocked facades. Miss Reed is cold. The utter predictability of the whole af- fair makes the film seem almost intermin- able. It would almost appear that the But- terfield stamp of approval on a film, with its concomitant price-rise, is a direct clue b Little Man On Campus by Bibler t -,-- - -- - WA=WW - - I }f"nk"Moool++ I // __. r- -Z r_ //- " s, / / ,1 -4I .A .4 r I ;I i i t