PAGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 8,2 _____________________________________ * U Congratulations Walter "Bud" Rea's elevation over the weekend to the newly-created post of Dean of Men seems an eminently praise- worthy decision by the University. The position should prove to be a sig- nificant step in developing a more cor- dial, franker relationship between the student body and the administration. The lack of communication channels became glaringly apparent during the crescendo of student-administration conflict last spring; establishment of more adequate channels is highly worthwhile. And the promotion for Dean Rea, uni- versally noted as a genuine friend of the student throughout his long association with the University, is well-earned rec- ogn tion of distinguished service. An exact delineation of Dean Rea's new function and areas of operation ap- parently remains to be made. It is hoped that the new arrangement of deans in the student affairs office foreshadows the elevation of the Dean of Students posi- tion into a vice-presidency, placing stu- dent affairs in its proper perspective in the overall University structure. But whatever implications it may have on the future, our warmest congratula- tions go to "Bud" Rea on his new appoint- mint -Crawford Young, Cal Samra, Zander Hollander, Sid Klaus, Harland Britz and Donna Hen- dleman: The Senior Editors CURRENT MOVIES' At the Orpheum . . NEVER TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER, with Vittorio Manunta. THIS PICTURE may mark the beginning of a movement in Italian films: movies to be made in. Italy with dialogue in English, de- signed for English or American theaters. The idea is not a very good one, as this picture testifies. Some of the charm and attraction of foreign movies can be found in the fresh approach which they bring to the screen, and which makes them in many cases su- perior to the polished and often very sterile productions of American film-makers. When foreign companies deliberately try to sell on the American market they lose much of their own appeal and adopt a mass-produced ap- pearance which domestic audiences seem to like. (This is not to say that European movies with "dubbed-in" English words are un- desirable; on the contrary, if the dialogue is sensibly translated, these should prove far more effective than the older sub-title 'method.) This picture, based on the Paul Gallico - story "The Small Miracle," is rather sen- timental and simple. Vittorio Manunta portrays a small Italian boy, alone in the world except for his donkey. When this friend becomes ill the boy decides to take her into the crypt in which St. Francis of Assisi Is buried; he is sure the saint will cure the donkey. Since the Franciscans refuse to allow him and the donkey inside the crypt, he journeys to Rome to seek an audience with the Pope. And he is determined that he will "never take no for an answer." The story, it seems, is aimed at the junior Bible school level, and despite its religious overtones will take its place alongside in- numerable "Lassie" and "Rin-Tin-Tin" movies. -Tom Arp At The Michigan... 0. HENRY'S FULL HOUSE f E-FIVE STORIES that make up this medley range in quality from excellent to mediocre. All of them build up to the tra- ditional O. Henry surprise ending, and while it is used effectively and cleverly in some, it falls flat in others. The best of the lot has Charles Laughton portraying an elderly bum who tries to get thrown in jail so he won't have to spend the winter on park benches. He is alternately grandiose and devilishly sly. Laughton's splendor. is made especially effective by con- trast with his fellow hobo, David Wayne, who plays a shuffling, cringing, down-and- outer. Oscar Levant and Fred Allen are cast as confidence men who kidnap a little mon- ster of a child and are finally reduced to paying his parents to take him back. Allen is at his dead-pan best, and the epi- sode is lots of fun. Not nearly as good as these two is "The Last Leaf." Gregory Ratoff plays an accen- tric old artist who manages to revive the spirit of Anne Baxter, who is dying of pneu- monia and scorned love. The story is irre- deemably trite, and its handling is no bet- ter than pedestrian. Richard Widmark, the perennial nasty, gives an excellent performance as an un- couth criminal. But this episode is marred by its sketchy development. and the irrele- vance of its conflict. The final story is a faithful rendition of "The Gift of the Magi." Jeanne Craine and Farley Granger handle the simple, direct roles skillfully, and manage to cap- ture the spirit of the original. Comnared. as it inevitably must be. with The Case for Prof. Dawson (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second of two partisan editorials relating to the candidacies of Prof. John P. Dawson and Congressman George Meader, who are at present campaigning for the position of representative from this district.) AT MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE, there is an iron-clad rule that professors may not run for office--which has probably saved Lansing politicians considerable embarrass- ment. Fortunately, the University has no such precept, and in the past, such intel- lects as Prof. Preston Slosson of the history department and Prof. John P. Dawson of the Law School have ventured into the local political arena. Prof. Dawson, a popular man on a cam- pus where intelligence counts, is making his second bid for Congress from this district. Pitted against him is Republi- can incumbent George Meader, who two weeks ago was privately singled out by columnist Drew Pearson in Ann Arbor as a "better-than-average" Congressman. Such praise from the usually hypercritical Pearson might be enough to warrant Mr. Meader's re-election, if it were not for the urgent need for greatness, and not for only "better-than-average" standing. Prof. Dawson is not timid. >le is not mal- leable. He does not hesitate to criticize his own party when he believes that it is not following the correct policy. Mr. Meader; on the other hand, seems to be tied to his party's apron strings, as indicated in his refusal to discuss McCarthyism. Prof. Dawson does not wince from cen- suring the McCarren Immigration Act, draft- ed by a fellow Democrat. He knows that the Act was shabbily written, and that it violates democratic principles by giving the Attorney General sole power in deporta- tion proceedings and by discrimating against the peoples of Southern and East- ern Europe. Nor does he hesitate to criticize his party for being slow in cleaning out cor- ruption. Yet at the same time, he stands for re- taining the advances the New-Fair Deals have made in social legislation. On the Taft-Hartley issue, Prof. Dawson feels that the Act should be repealed, and a logical balance drawn up between the Labor- favoring Wagner Act and the management- favoring Taft-Hartley Act.I On price controls, Prof. Dawson sees the need for the small degree of regulation necessary to keep our economy on an even keel in this post-war period, and to fore- stall the lopsided situation which, after World War I, led to spiraling inflation and then a total bust. Dawson's opponent, on the other hand, has already voted against price controls on all but rationed com- modities-a few chemicals and metals. Unlike Mr. Meader (who believes that the best way to eliminate racial prejudices is "by emphasizing the common rights of all citizens," a do-nothing approach) Prof. Dawson has taken a constructive position on the matter. He favors a compulsory FEPC. Prof. Dawson also favors federal aid to housing, while his opponent is a member of the group which voted to cut it from 75,000 to 5,000 units per year. In this, Daw- son is recognizing the fact that low cost housing is an urgent need at this time. Once there is adequate housing in the United States, the Federal Government can back out of the field, but not until then. In the foreign policy field, it is notable .that Mr. Meader, in principle, embraces most of the Democratic program, though he did vote for a 46 billion dollar limit on defense spending, which in effect, would have postponed preparedness two years, had not the Senate seen fit to raise the amount. Mr. Meader, however, deviates slightly on the problem of Point Four. Being a good Republican, he wants to cut down unneces- sary expenditures in this field. This is com- mendable, but his belief that investments of American capital in underdeveloped' coun- tries will serve the purpose is not tenable. In the first place, American capital cannot effectively be drawn to areas in which the average income of natives ranges from $40 to $80 a year. Private enterprise requires profit, and, except where there are resources to develop such as Saudi Arabian oil, the chances for prof- it are very slim. As in our own West, where the Federal Government was compelled to construct dams and initiate irrigation projects because private enterprisecon- sidered such projects risky, the Federal Government has been forced to lend un- derdeveloped countries money and offer them technical assistance, in order to stem the rise of Communism. In the light of these considerations, it would seem that Prof. Dawson is a great deal more qualified to represent this dis- trict. The nation today needs more men in Congress who can think for themselves, who can cross party lines and vote in the in- terest -of the country-not necessarily in the interests of one or several pressure groups. No doubt it is time for a change- a change to independence, ingenuity, and foresight. --Eleanor Rosenthal and Samuel Brown . dcLelleri to the e&ddlor Luce's Reply .. . To the Editor: 1) I oppose Universal Military Training, and favor the repeal of the present draft law. 2) The U.S. must cease sending military supplies to France and England as long as those nations are waging war against the peo- ples in the colonial areas, in Indo- China, Malaya, etc. The U.S. must face the fact of a changing world, and stop playing the role of a Met- ternich. ) 3 I am opposed to the Point Four program as presently con- stituted. It is now an instrument for ensuring American domination over the world's markets, assisting the feudal rulers of the underde- veloped areas rather than the peo- ple, a device aimed at maintaining the status quo in the face of the great stirrings for social change. Instead of Point Four, I favor a program of relief and aid to those areas left depressed and bankrupt by war and exploitation, to be ad- ministered through the United Na- tions without political strings at- tached. An international, rather than a unilateral, undertaking of this sort would be a major step to- ward uniting a divided world. 4) I favor the repeal of the Taft- Hartley Act, and a return to the Wagner Labor Relations Act un- der which labor made its greatest gains. 5) The corruption in the Ad- ministration symbolized by mink coats and deep freezes is penny- ante, compared with the pork-bar- rel legislation and war profiteering which Congress (for obvious rea- sons) is reluctant to call attention to. The long-run solution must consist in our having legislators and administrators put in power by the people's independent po- litical action, and responsible to the people rather than to the spe- cial financial and business inter- ests which now directly or indi- rectly dominate the political situ- ation, through their control of both major parties. 6) The subversives now threat- enirig American democracy are not the Communists, but the Potters, McCarthies, Trumans, Dixiecrat and Klan elements, who would im- prison, deport, and persecute real Communists, alleged Communists, Negro leaders, outspoken liberals, and all who oppose the govern- ment's attempt to enforce una- nimity of opinion on the Ameri- can people. It is this subversion of democratic principles here and now, by the government itself, which is the menace of our time. Not as an abstract matter of jus- tice, but in defense of our own rights, we must demand that the government turn toward combat- ting our true enemies, the real sub- versives. 7) I favor an FEPC with effec- tive enforcement provisions, anti- poll tax and anti-lynch laws, and the mobilization of every means to bring about a New Reconstruc- tion, making democracy a reality North, South, East, and West. 8) My chief legislative objec- tives would be repeal of the draft law and enactment of federal aid. to education and a federal schol- arship program. -David Luce (EDITOR'S NOTE: In presenting statements of local Congressional candidates in Sunday's issue, The Daily only included the two major partyscandidates since space limi- tations made it impossible to in- clude the minor candidates. Dave Luce, local Progressive Party Con- gressional candidate, yesterday sub- mitted his answers to the questions asked of Prof. John Dawson and Rep. George Meader and they are printed here.) * . * 'Stalin & Sin' .. To the Editor: RECENTLY I came across a .,.Young Republican leaflet: "Are You Tired of Korea, Communism, Corruption? Vote Republican!" Who isn't tired of Korea and who isn't against Communism and corruption? But What is the Re- publican answer? General Eisenhower in one of, his responsiblemoments said that Korea has shown the Kremlin that aggression would not lead to cheap victory. But then he says else- where that the American boys should come home and the war should be conducted with "Asian Against Asian." Aside from the ugly connotation of "Asian Against Asian" does he not realize that for the past two years South Kor- ean troops have been trained and now number fifty per-cent more on the line than American troops? Governor Dewey, moreover, in his "Journey to the Far Pacific" point- ed out that the American troops can not be withdrawn from the line as long as the UN is to maintain the obligation it so valiantly in- curred. The insinuation that if we are tired of Korea, we can vote Republican and escape the sacri- AL _...- : . _- /'' j 'f r ,, 1 4 WASHINGTON - Little was published about it nationally but, while Senator McCarthy has been scattering guilt-by- association charges around the country, some legal depositions have been taken in Wheel- ing, W. Va., regarding the all-important question of whether Senator McCarthy tells the truth. McCarthy's first charge of Communism in the State Department, which so start- led the nation, was made at Wheeling, W. Va., Feb. 9, 1950, when he said 205 Com- munists were in that vital agency which conducts our foreign affairs. Since then, and due perhaps to the fact that no Com- munists have been found in the State Department, McCarthy has been trying to deny that he ever used the figure "205." He has claimed he was misquoted, mis- understood, unfairly dealt with. However, here is the testimony of wit- nesses at Wheeling, W. Va., who saw Mc- Carthy on that day and heard him speak. Witness No. 1--News Editor James Whit- aker of station WWVA identified a copy of the script McCarthy used on Feb. 9, 1950; testified that he was present when McCarthy spoke; said he used the script to check the speech while making a tape re- cording; that both the tape and the script containe0d the following statement by Mc- Carthy: "While I cannot take the time to name all the men in the State Department who have been named as active members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring, I have here in my hand a list of 205 --a list of names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being mem- bers of the Communist Party, and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department." Witness No. 2-WWVA Program Director Paul A. Myers testified: He read over Mc- Carthy's script on the afternoon of Feb. 9 and it contained the above language. On Feb. 10 he read an account of the speech in the Wheeling Intelligencer quoting this language. Later that morning he got the tape recording and played it back to make sure if this language had been used. It had been. Witness No. 3--Frank Desmond, reporter for the Wheeling Intelligencer, testified: he wrote the news story appearing Feb. 10 concerning McCarthy's speech which contained the above language regarding 205 Communists. He received copy of script from McCarthy en route from airport, and it contained this statement. Feb. 9 and heard the figure 205 used in listening to the broadcast later that night. He also identified a photo-tat of the script which contained the language. MC CARTHY'S ALIBIS IN CONTRAST McCarthy swore on April 24, 1950, before a Senate committee that he had not used this language. He stated in a Senate speech Feb. 20 not only that he hadn't used this language but that he hadn't used a written speech. (Witness Whitaker testified under oath he had seen McCarthy reading from a written speech, while four witnesses identified copies of McCarthy's script.) On Sept. 7, 1951, McCarthy, interview- ed by the U. S. News and World Report said that at Wheeling he had referred to a 1946 letter from Secretary of State James Byrnes to Congressman Sabath. But all four witnesses stated that at Wheeling he said no such thing. Thus McCarthy has put himself in the position of giving at least three different versions of what he said at Wheeling ii order to alibi the fact that actually there were not 205 Communists in the State De- partmen; and that, despite prolonged in- vestigation since his speech, not one Com- munist has been discovered by the loyalty board. COAL WAGE FLARE-UP PENT-UP feelings over a wage increase for striking coal miners almost explod- ed into fisticuffs between two prominent members of the Wage Stabilization Board --Elmer E. Walker, an AFL member, and Robert C. Bassett, a Chicago attorney serv- ing as an industry member. The altercation occurred at a closed- door session shortly before 'the WSB ap- proved a compromise mine pay boost of $1.50 a day instead of the $1.90 raise agreed to by John L. Lewis and the mine operators. Labor members, led by Walker, vigorously opposed the compromise, but were out- voted by industry and public members. "We on the labor side feel that the $1.90 increase is equitable, justified by higher living costs and not out of line with the stabilization program," declared Walker. "In fact, we could approve as much as $2.15 using the standards the board itself has set in the aluminum, tungsten and northwest lumber cases." Industry members, led by Bassett, hot- ly dissented, contending that Walker was making irresponsible statements and that he ias . in o,, i vrea voe ithnut sf- stroying. our bill of rights, is he therefore "soft" toward commun- ists? Governor Stevenson is his- torically correct in his assertion that economic distress and poli- tical suppression are the causes of communism. With the excep- tion of Czechoslavakia which had the Red Army on its borders, not one democratic nation with any degree of economic security has gone communist. I submit that the Democratic Administrations of the last twenty years have been most responsible for the socio- economic advances that have kept the communists in our country from becoming morethan just a lunatic fringe. The truth is that every time McCarthy opens his mouth the breeding grounds of communism are fertilized. As to corruption, no party has a monoply on it, witness the Mc- Carthy Lustron Adventure, the Owen Brewster mess, GOP nation- al chairman Summerfield's run in with a Republican attorney gen- eral over campaign contributions and the doubts which persist from Nixon's unwillingness to disclose his financial affairs after his im- propriety in accepting a private ex- pense account. Korea, Communism and corrup- tion are indeed distressing, but come on Republicans, let's do more than proclaim a crusade against Stalin and sin. -Leonard Sandweiss . , Henuhin . . To the Editor: I HAD THE privilege of sitting next to Mr. Balsam to turn the pages at the Menuhin concert and, in short, every reference Harvey Gross made to Balsam's accom- panying is entirely false. Perhaps he does not know, but Mr. Balsam is considered the world's foremost violin accompanist. His playing was not "harsh and metallic" and he certainly was not "unsympathe- tic." From watching the music closely, from hearing the liquid, flexible tones come forth, and from observing the deep musical feeling at a foot's distance, I can- not help but let him know that I disagree with his groundless ac- cusations. -Alfred Neumann, Grad. * * * Counterpoint... To the Editor: STEVE SMALE charges in a let- ter to The Daily that Al Blum- rosen urged some ten-year-old football players to disturb the Pro- gressive rally last Saturday. This charge is typical of the pathologi- cal drivel of that party. But one is forced to concede Smale a cer- tain symbolic appropriateness since his party is the uncrowned cham- pion at playing political football. Liberals in universities a r e among the first to get the axe when Communists take over. Therefore, in watchful self-de- fense I went to the "peace" rally, which only confirmed my reluc- tance to judge the traitorous an- tics of the Progressive Party as anything but dangerous. The PP (a self-inflicted abbreviation, not mine) is even more openly Com- munist dominated than in 1948. Their publication The National Guardian, indistinguishable from the Daily Worker, gives friendly notice to such card carriers and/or fellow travelers as Corliss Lamont, Howard Fast, Harry Bridges, W. du Bois, and Vito Marcantonio (whose voting record was identical with Bricker's). As for Robeson, chigan. Thus they knowingly base their entire campaign upon a fun- damental dishonesty. Let the hard-core Progs elect their Republicans directly, since they want them. Their preference is understandable: see any issue of Bertie Love-Charlie-Potter Mc- Cormick's Chicago Tribune, like- wise indistinguishable in intent from the Daily Worker on foreign. policy. And let the uninitiated, neophyte, and potential Progres- sives give a few minutes' study to the voting records of the two ma- jor parties. They can then recog- nize the error in the chorus of "The. Lesser Evil Blues," a ditty which the fruitcake faithful sang Saturday: "This story has a moral, As every story should. There ain't no lesser evil, There's only bad or good." NB: There is a moral for Re- publicans in all this, too. --Eric Stockton Rosenberg Case... To the Editor: ONLY the beautiful strains of a Mendelssohn Concerto can give me the strength to write this let- ter. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were denied a retrial of their "spy" case before the Supreme Court. But even from prison facing the death penalty, they express their com- plete innocence, their faith that the common people will save them. All their letters reflect their love of life, their love for their two small children, their determina- tion to fight for the truth. These letters are as beautiful and mean- ingful as those of Sacco and Van- zetti. Here are people who hold devotion to principle and truth above their very lives. They sym- bolize the best in the American tradition. There is little doubt in my mind that something is woefully wrong fi in the Rosenberg case: 1. Even granting that the Rosenbergs were guilty of passing secrets to a war- time ally, why the death penalty for them and clemency for the Nazis who exterminated millions in gas chambers? All fair-minded Americans should protest against this monstrous double standard. 2. The Sacco Vanzetti Case occur- red in a period of hysteria after World War I. This is a case which would be best forgotten if only dead men could be brought back to life. The Rosenberg case also takes place in a period of war ten- sions, spy scares, attacks on civil liberties and academic freedom. 3. the record will show that the evidence on which the Rosenbergs were convicted is unconvincing and politically motivated. We can see that justice is done by writing postcards to President Truman asking for executive cleam- ency. Ask that the government consent to a reversal of the Rosen- berg conviction, thus permitting a new trial or discontinuance of their prosecution. Write to the National Committee to Secure Jus- tice in the Rosenberg Case for more information. 246 Ffth Ave- nue, N.Y. 1, N.Y. -Robert Schor, Labor Youth League No Smuggling... To the Editor: IN TUESDAY, October 21st edi tion under the heading "UN Ba- zaar to feature World Wares" it has been said "Many foreign stu- dents, when they come to this country, are not allowed tobring much money with them so they bring material, vases and jewelry and then sell them when they get here." This I must say is a "very rash statement and concerns all foreign students on the campus. I chal- lenge the concerned editor the au thenticity of this statement. I aM a foreign student andths" s My second entry into United States and I would like to inform the concerned editor and also othes what one has to go through with Customs at the port of entry. Pill.. ing out the "rail-road ticket"' at the time of registration oi :the campus is nothing compared to the forms one has to fill out and. the detailed information one asto give in these for customs clear- ance. One has to list item by itea giving each item's value in dollars all the things he has brought with his and swear that all these atil cles are his personal belongings and for personal use and none of these are intended for sale at any time during his stay in United States. That means to be able to bring these articles into this con- try to sell later one should have @- ther made a false declaration xr the other alternative is he must have smuggled them! This is whet the statement in The Daily InaiUx atesi The things that will be on sale at UN Bazaar must have been the ones originally brought by sti- dents for their personal use. They are now sold not because the stW- dents want to make a profit but to raise some money towards a on-, tribution to UNESCO Book Fund. No law-respecting foreign stu- dent brings anything into United States with all intention to sell the same later and make some mony as The Daily puts it. -Herman . Radit " WHO BUYS a minute's mirth to wail a week?" --The Rape of Lucrece 41 t~a- 1 _ j _ DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN 1 (Continued from page 2) at 7:30 p.m., Union. Important issues to be discussed. All interested students invited. Fortnite Skits Chairmen. Meeting 4:30 p.m., League.uBe sure that a representa- tive from your house is present. U. of M. Rifle Club will meet at 7:15 p.m. at the R.O.T.C. Rifle Range. Young Republicans. General meet- ing at 8 p.m., Room 3-A, Michigan Union. Hillel Drama Group, Tryouts and cast- in gfor first production, 7 p.m., Hillel Building. Anyone who is interested may attend. Christian Science Organization: Tes- timonial meeting, 7:30 p.m. Upper Room, Lane Hall. Ballet Club. Meeting tonight in Bar- bour Gym Dance Studio. Intermediates: 7:15-8:15; Beginners: 8:15-9:15. Senior Board meeting to work on the class receipts will be held in the League at 7:30. The room will be posted. The J-Hop Committee will meet Tues., Oct. 28, in Room 3L of the Michigan Union. Freshman Discussion Group meets at Lane Hall, 7:15 p.m. Constitution Committee of SRA Coun- cil will meet to further discuss plans to revise SRA Constitution, 4:15 p.m., Lane Hall. t Sixty-Third Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board. 1n Control CC Student Publications. Editorial Staff Crawford Young.......Managing' dtf M Cal Samra............Editorial Directa Zander Hollander......Feature Utor Sid Klaus.......Associate City EditOr Harland Brite.......Associate EdItW, Donna Hendleman......Assoiat s-W Ed Wh.ipple ............ sport.s Itor John Jenks.. ..Assoclate sports Editor Dick Sewell.....Associate Sports eitar Lorraine Butler.........Wonen's daitov Mary Jane Mills, Assoc. Women'a Editor Business Stafff Al Oreen............Busint ?n augt ilit Goets........ Advertising'-use Diane Johnston.. .Amoc. Business MO. Judy Loehnberg..,Finance Manag Tom Treeger...I... rculatIon Manage t.