THE MICHIGAN DAILY SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1952 ___________________________________I The Taft-Ho )NE OF THE major issues in the presi- dential campaign is the controversial 'aft-Hartley Act. General Eisenhower has aken a stand in favor of the Act, while xov. Stevenson calls for repeal of the law nd the drafting of a new one. Both candidates uphold the rights of unions to collective bargaining and the right to strike. It is also evident that neither wants to restrict labor's growth. Both recognize the need for changes in Taft-Hartley, but while Eisenhower calls for revisions to bring It up to date, Stev- enson favors the substitution of an en- tirely new law. Perhaps the crux of the difference be- ween the two candidates is their respective tands on the injunction clause. This part f the Act gives the President power to en- oin unions from striking for 80 days if he eels such a strike would create a national mergency. Eisenhower supports the T-H njunction clause until something better can e substituted for it. Stevenson, on the other land, would do away with the injunction ntirely. It remains a mystery as to what ma- chinery the Governor would substitute for it? He has made several allusions con- cerning vesting more power with the Pres- ident to handle strike emergencies. Wheth- er this would mean giving the President the power to seize industries as Truman did in the recent steel dispute or whether it would give the President the power to draft striking workers as Truman threat- ened to do in the coal strike several years ago, remains to be seen. Most legislators agree that the less government interfer- ence in labor-management relations the better. Stevenson's solution is not in line with this: Stevenson also favors the closed shop Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily ,re written by members of The Daily staff nd represent the views of the writer only. this must be noted in all reprints. IGHT EDITOR: HARRY LUNN artley Act which virtually gives unions the right to hire workers. In a closed shop new workers in a firm must be union members before they can be hired. Taft-Hartley permits a union shop in which new workers have a period of 60 days to join unions. The latter set up allows the individual worker some freedom in respect to joining or not joining a union -a more democratic process. Eisenhower is in favor of the 27 amend- ments to the Act which Taft, himself, has proposed. Democratic committee chairmen in Congress, however, have held up these revisions by refusing to report them out of committee, primarily it seems for political reasons. Their fear is that an overhauled bill might result in the loss of a few votes on Tuesday. Stevenson's reasons for favoring repeal also seems to be political. Time has proved that the Act is not a "slave labor" measure although labor leaders will not recognize this fact. By so doing they have refused to accept the law as a piece of constructive labor legislation. Stevenson already has won the active support of labor with his repeal pro- posal, including the traditional non-parti- san American Federation of Labor. The best case Stevenson can make for his stand, aside from political expediency, is that the law has created a psychological block in labor leaders' minds. A new law might remove this block which has hin- dered good labor-management relations. Labor despises the very thought of Taft-. Hartley, and has not cooperated fully in working with it. An industrial relations law should be designed to facilitate labor- management relations and if a new law would do so, it might be justifiable. On the other hand, their is no guarantee that a new act would eliminate these psy- chological barriers, and moreover, a new act would most likely upset the present balance between labor and management. It should also be noted that the Taft-Hartley Act has not, as claimed, destroyed the labor move- ment. And although unions have not shown appreciable membership gains since the Act's inception, they have grown stronger inter- nally and in their influence on the nation. --Eric Vetter ON THE Washington Merry-Go-Round with DREW PEARSON ill WASHINGTON-One thing worrying the GOP high command is that while cap- turing the White House they might lose the Senate. This is because only one-third of the Senate is up for election, and it happens that this year Republican senators are chief- ly affected, many in marginal states. To win pontrol of the Senate, the Re- publicans must pick. up two new seats. Instead they are likely to lose six states, and pick up three-a net loss of three senators. Here is the box-score on the key races for the Senate: NEW YORK-Sen. Irving Ives, Republi- can, frequent bolter to the GOP-Democratic liberals, will be re-elected. CONNECTICUT-With two Democratic seats at stake inConnecticut, the Republi- cans are likely to pick up at least one. Chief issue in Connecticut is "McCarthyism," Sen- ator Benton having been the only Senator with the courage to ask for a Senate probe of McCarthy's unethical conduct. As a re- sult, McCarthy and friends have thrown ev- erything except the kitchen sink into Con- necticut to defeat Benton. MARYLAND-Congressman Glenn Be- all, Republican, is likely to defeat Demo- crat George Mahoney. MICHIGAN-Sen. Blair Moody, Democrat, is fighting an uphill race against Congress- man Charles Potter, a legless veteran. Pot- ter voted against everything Eisenhower was working for-defense funds, mutual security aid to Europe; while Moody championed the' principles of the late Senator Vandenberg. Nevertheless, sympathy for a legless veteran, plus the powerful support of both Ford and General Motors, is likely to defeat him. WASHINGTON -Congressman "Scoop" Jackson, Democrat, is a probable winner over Senator Cain, the Republican who play- ed footsie with the real-estate lobby ani the isolationist bloc. MONTANA-Congressman Mike Mans- field is the favorite to defeat another iso- lationist Republican who was swept in with the 1946 landslide-Zales Ecton. INDIANA-Sen. William Jenner, one of the most controversial senators in the cam- paign due to his attacks on General Mar- shall and Ike's subsequent endorsement, seems certain to lose to popular, middle-of- the-road Gov. Henry Schricker. MISSOURI-Another GOP Senator of the class of 1946, James Kem, is due to be moved down ,by Stuart Symington, who cleaned up the RFC. NEVADA-Tom Mechling, the young newsman who defeated Senator McCarran's "THE DEMAND for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice. If you take your chil- dren for a picnic on a doubtful day, they will demand a dogmatic answer as to wheth- er it will be fine or wet, and be disappoint- ed in you when you cannot be sure. The same sort of assurance is demanded, in later law partner in the Democratic primary, now faces the open and bitter opposition of the most powerful man in Nevada-McCarran himself. This means that the Democratic machine is not actively behind him. How- ever, such sympathy has been aroused for Mechling's lone battle that he may defeat GOP Senator Malone. Nevadans know that Malone, whom McCarran now backs, prev- iously was treated by him like dirt. MASSACHUSETTS -Young Congress- man John Kennedy, Democrat with a lib- eral voting record, is considered likely to defeat Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge, des- pite the powerful support given Lodge by Eisenhower. NEW MEXICO-Sen. Dennis Chavez, De- mocrat, has an understanding with Repub- lican leaders whereby the state will prob- ably go for Eisenhower, but simultaneously defeat the ebullient Pat Hurley, now running against Chavez for the Senate. WYOMING-Joe O'Mahoney, Democrat, a skilled and respected Senate-veteran, is in the tough fight with GOP Governor Bar- rett. The race is close, but O'Mahoney is expected to squeak through. UTAH-Sen. Arthur Watkins, Republi- can, is in a seesaw battle with Congress- man Waiter Granger, Democrat. Watkins has become so desperate that he has im- ported a professional ex-Communist, Har- vey Matusow, to attack Granger. Granger, however, has been a solid, hard-working congressman and the attack may boomer- ang. OHIO-Sen. John Bricker, voted No. 96 by Washington newsmen in contrast to Taft's rating of No. 1, is being pushed by Mike Di Salle, the former price administra- tor. Hurting Bricker is the fact that rents are being raised all over Ohio, following his consistent voting with the real-estate lob- by to remove rent controls. Bricker has also admitted receiving $69,000 from his law finn, while the firm in turn received $138,- 000 from the Pennsylvania Railroad. Bricker consistently voted against the St. Lawrence Seaway, though Ohio is a Great Lakes State. KENTUCKY-The Republicans may pick up one seat in the close race between ex- Sen. John S. Cooper, Republican, and Dem- ocratic Senator Tom Underwood. Cooper is a Vandenberg Republican with a fine record. WEST VIRGINIA-Ex-Sen. Chapple Revercomb, the Republican whom Gov- ernor Dewey snubbed in 1948 because of his votes against minority groups, isn't given much chance to win against Demo- cratic Sen. Harley Kilgore. DELAWARE-A close race is developing between Sen. John Williams, Republican, and Lt. Gov. Alexis I. Du Pont Bayard. Though the DuPonts usually back a Repub- lican, in this case they' are either keeping neutral or giving some quiet support to their Democratic cousin. NEW JERSEY-Sen. Alexander Smith, Republican, will probably win out over ef- SL's Approach T E EDITORIAL on the Student Legis- lature which appeared in these columns yesterday is unfortunately reflective of a large segment of student opinion toward the Legislature. Many students are impatient with SL for not hurrying forward with the Lecture Committee problem. They do not realize, evidently, that the wisest policy in this case is to pre- sent a carefully worked out position which has some chance of approval by the Re- gents rather than sending the Regents a slap-dash proposal that has no chance of being approved. SL's interest in reorganization has also provoked a good deal of controversy. How- ever, instead of ridiculing the Legislature for its attempts at self-improvement, it would be better to take a glance at their decision Wednesday night to organize a committee to study campus organization. SL members have been very concerned by the overlapping campus set-up as it exists now, and have done a lot of thinking about the problem of student representation. Formation of the committee reveals SL's maturity and constructive approach to- ward the problem, aimed at finding a so- lution to the dilemma rather than merely ignoring it. The disheartening thing about much of the criticism leveled at SL is that the critics pose no constructive solutions to the prob- lems they mention. There is little need of carping statements of "what's wrong with SL." Most of the members realize the de- fects of the organization and have already shown that they are anxious to correct them. Constructive suggestions will do more good than ridicule. -Harry Lunn MATTER OF FACT: Ike Reveals Independence By STEWART ALSOP WITH GEN. EISENHOWER'S CAMPAIGN PARTY-Little things sometimes have big meanings. This reporter, who has been watching Gen. Eisenhower in the last lap of the campaign, therefore begs pardon for beginning with what probably seems like a little thing. The locale was the black and forbid- ding coal-mining region of Pennsylvania, through which Gen. Eisenhower was boldly campaigning as though there were no such person as John L. Lewis. Eisen- hower was traversing the heavily Demo- cratic, heavily unionized, grimly dingy suburbs of Pittsburgh. On this "south side" of Pittsburgh, one had only to look ahead to see the indiffer- ence and even hostility of the people. They were silent. They were almost sullen, until Eisenhower's open car drew abreast of them. Then, suddenly, there would be the Gen- eral, sitting up on the back of the rear seat, waving both arms in his odd, by-now- nationally familiar gesture. He almost vis- ibly radiated his incandescent human warmth. Everything about him seemed to say, "I like these people." And they, per- haps rather reluctantly, plainly decided they liked him, bursting into cheers and clapping him in the most unexpected and almost un- intentional manner as his car passed by. For a leader, this quality of warmth, which Eisenhower possesses in greater de- gree than any recent Presidential candi- date except the two Roosevelts, is a vi- tally important quality. A man who has this quality and uses it wisely and well, - can count on securing a strong national response in hard times when a strong response is needed. The very fact that Eisenhower's warmth has shone out more and more strongly with each passing week of the campaign, can be taken to mean that he is more and more at ease among the complexities of civil lead- ership. There are other such signs. Much has been made of Gen. Eisenhower's so-called em- brace of Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy. The idea has been propagated that if elected, the General will continue to countenance Mc- Carthy and his methods. In fact, however, candidate Eisenhower has. already given rather clear evidence to the contrary. The country does not know that the General has meanwhile refused to use the Senator to gain advantage in two really crucial states, one of them notoriously close. But Sen. McCarthy unquestionably knows it, and has certainly taken it as a declaration of war from Eisenhower. This display of firmness towards Mc- Carthy again suggests the same conclusion as the tremendous improvement in Eisen- hower's campaign manner. The General, who was once so visibly bewildered by the unfamiliar problems of his unsought can- didacy, is ceasing to be at the mercy of ad- visers whose competence he cannot easily gauge. He has learned, or is rapidly learn- ing, who is who, what is what, and how to make his own decisions in accordance with his own character, outlook and principles. The General has not yet achieved elo- quence as a set speaker, but no one can have failed to note the increasing depth, thoughtfullness and vigor of his set speeches in recent weeks. All of which suggests two significant points. First, it was unfair to judge Dwight Eisenhower, as many people judged him, etteP TO THE EDITOR The Daily welcomes communications front its readers on matters of general interest, and will publish all letters which are signed by the writer and in good taste. Letters exceeding 300 words in length, defamatory or libelous letters, and letters which for any reason are not in good taste will be condensed, edited or withheld from publication at the discretion of the editors. On Sudan .. . To the Editor: THIS WOULD be an interpreta- tion of the many odd, ambigu- ous and irrelevant ideas exposed in a letter addressed to the Daily by an ambitious student, namely Mr. Jacob Lassner. Apparently this gentleman, blinded and confused by the maze of facts and fiction that he has anxiously presented to the readers of the Daily, is un- aware of the beneficial ends for which he could use his linguistic abilities. In an effort to predict the next move to be followed by the British politicians concerning the troops stationed in the Canal zone of Egypt, Mr. Lassner has not only discussed opinions expressed by Dr. Ramzi, but he has also succeeded to present a very biased viewpoint about the future foreign policy of a half -a-dozen or more countries in the Middle East. For all this achievement I con- gratulate Mr. Lassner. However, it seems as though there is much more than the mere mention of the names of six prominent Arab lead- ers and the dates of four world- shaking events that would be nor- mally expected from the average college student, even if he hap- pens to be a beginner in the latter career. Unfortunately, the many statements made in the letter do not seem to impress people who happen to know more about the people and the geographic regions concerned than just a few dates and names. In fact, the unex- hausted effort of the author to document his statements has been shamefully overshadowed by his very narrow and biased viewpoint. May I suggest that Mr. Lassner study more closely the facts about the Sudanese people, their relig- ious and social backgrounds, par- ticularly in .the light of the fasci- nating role played by the British in their sincere endeavor to build up another of their colonies. Al- though such a study might not at first seem to shed much light on other peoples of the Middle East,, but then Mr. Lassner would prob- ably not mind to accomplish such fact-finding research in a field which seems to fascinate him so. much. -Garen Balekjan 'Civilized' Britons . *. To the Editor: GORDON Gapper's letter to the Daily last Friday accused me, among other things, of "abysmal ignorance" in so far as discrimina- tion in New Zealand and Australia is concerned. Here are some of the facts I have learned about New Zealand: 1) The country's immigration pol- icies, while adopting a subtle ap- proach which lacks the frankness of her sister dominion, Australia, nevertheless provide few conces- sions to the Asian and Pacific Is- land peoples. In a scholarly study of the colonies, "Democracy In the Dominions," Prof. A. Brady of the University of Toronto pointed out that "a 'white New Zealand policy' has never been publicized with the emotional and aggressive power of its Australian equivalent, but such a policy exists. ..." 2) Statistics for 1946-50 show that the Maori infant mortality rate was 76 per 1,000 births as compared with 24 per 1,000 among European infants. 3) "Maoris are qualified to vote only at elections of the four mem- bers representing the Maori race. A Maori half-caste is entitled to be registered either as an elector of a Maori or a European electoral- district. .. . " (Official Year Book, 1951-2) (N.B. This reads like a page from one of Malan's sta- tutes). 4) "Maori population is resident in country districts notso well served with modern facilities as regards transport, medical and nursing services, etc." (Official Year Book) 5) New Zealand's delegate to the UN has consistently sided with the race-conscious nations of the West. New Zealand voted this month against placing the South African situation on the General Assembly's agenda. In addition, Mr. Gapper, you, yourself, betray your own preju- dices when you say "the Australian aborigine has proved so little am- enable to civilising influences and efforts that he has been allowed to remain in his native areas." Since when were the Europeans given the prerogative to decide what is "civilization?" Or determine which people be "allowed to remain in his native areas?" Come now, Mr. Gapper. I sug- As the GOP Sees It * S * * 'hat's What I Like About The South' C . 4 j ..m.\ lieE a' - - flW. :do miff Courtesy GOP National Committee gest we meet over a cup of tea and7 jhave a hearty chat about the "civ- ilizing influences" of the British Empire." L. V. Naidoo Labor Party .,. . To the Editor:-j BOTH the Republican Platform7 and General Eisenhower have promised to end racial segregation in Washington, D.C., but the Dem- ocratic Platform is absolutely si- lent and Governor Stevenson only a little less than silent On the sub-j ject. The reason for their silence is very simple when you take a7 close look at the Democratic mem- bership of the House Committee on the District of Columbia which, for the most part, governs the affairs of that area. The membership of this com- mittee, which is freely elected by1 the Democratic members of the House, is made up of eleven Dem- ocrats from the deep South and three from the North. John Mc-1 Millan of South Carolina is the chairman.... These are the men who maintain a situation of naked and embarrassing discrimination7 in our own national capital. In view of congressional situ-, ations and leadership like' this7 plus the gifted presence of Spark-.. man of Alabama on the Demo-. cratic national ticket I wonder how the Democrats can with a straight face tell minority groups that they are the party of civil rights. The hoax becomes even greater when Stevenson openly pleadss with southerners to vote Demo- cratic because by doing so they will retain most of the chairman- ships of the senate and house and will continue to dominate these committees. That plea, it seems to me detracts from his reputed rec- ord of intellectual honesty. -David Cargo * * * Lecture Committee.. .. To the Editor: I MUST disagree sharply with the member of SL who in Fri- day's Daily expressed satisfaction with the manner in which the Legislature is disposing of the Lec-; ture Committee problem. Moe un- satisfactory than the SL's contin- ual procrastination in taking a positive stand on this issue is the content of the suggested Lecture Committee revisions proposed by the Legislators.7 The second suggested revision reads as follows: "Each group be- fore sponsoring a speaker, must-in- form the University Committee on Lectures of the proposed speech and submit a signed pledge that the speaker will not urge the de- struction or modification of gov- ernment by violence or other un- lawful methods or violate the fun- damentals of our accepted code of morals or violate recognized rules of hospitality.'' This suggested revision is com- pletely unsatisfactory. I consider it an insult to any group that should be forced to pledge that any specific guest speakers of theirs will not "urge the destruction-of' government by violence." There are ample state and federal laws prohibiting speakers from advo- cating violent overthrow of gov- ernment and groups from plotting same. The only conclusion that can be drawn from the content of the suggested revision is that stu- dent groups are to be considered less responsible than other groups and that the community must be protected from their irresponsibil- ity by forcing them to sign pledges. That our elected representatives should give support to such a prin- ciple as most disheartening. --Dave Kornbluh Specter * * To the Editor: AFTER forcing myself to digest some of the literary dill-pickles and ice cream combinations that Tom Arp serves up on the sainted silver chalice of his juvenile crit- icism, I must call a halt at his amazingly coy review of 'Specter of the Rose.' Undoubtedly ' Specter of the Rose' was an interesting picture. Even mediocre messes like this can always attract some unwary neo- phytes. It seems that our Tommie is one of them. After all, the pic- ture is about ART, so it has to be good, no? Well, frankly, no! One can almost see the dirt on Arp's forehead after he has knelt in homage to the muse. But, alas, she seems to have somewhat deserted this rather tawdry production. He describes Anderson as being "surrealistic,' surely a fine word to use in place of 'tired' or 'un- inspired.' Her performance was most certainly one of the low points of her career, though I must admit it shone in radiant glory beside the remainder of the movie. The dialogue, to coin a phrase, was marvelously suggestive-of a second rate soap opera. Stuff like that wouldn't stand a chance on the Angell Hall Play House. His sense of historical develop- ment in the art of the motion pic- ture galls me more than his in- sipid copying of the 'New Yorker' style of movie reviewing. When he sees Anderson act a faded balle- rina, does he really compare it with Garbo in 'Grand Hotel'? I doubt if he's ever seen 'Grand Hotel.' Per- haps he hasn't even heard of it! Perhaps a little research would lead him to uncover a salient weakness in his reviewing attitude: movies were, are and will be good even if he doesn't see them eye to eye. He says he likes 'good movies.' What he really means is that he likes movies he THINKS should be good. And so, dear Tom, a Rose by any other name would smell ... -Barton Wimble * * * Correction .. To the Editor: rHURSDAY morning The Daily chose to run a paid political advertisement lauding the Demo- cratic candidate for president of the United States. Under a series of vague pronouncements of the merits of Stevenson were a num- ber of students who according to the article thereby voiced their support of Mr. Stevenson. Mine was one of the names. I was never approached to give my name to such a statement and what is more important I certain- ly would not do so even If ap- proached. , I have already cast my ballot for Mr. Eisenhower. I do not support Stevenson and wonder how many other unfortunate students have been misquoted in this ad to the extent not only of making public their choice for public office, but also to have it misinterpreted in such a willful random manner. -Harold A. Holt * * Correction To the Editor: IN THE Thursday, October 30th issue of The Daily there ap- peared a full page political ad- vertisement sponsored by the "Students for Stevenson" group. The hpadline read, "We students of the University of Michigan sup- port Governor Stevenson. This statement represents the personal beliefs of the following students." 540 students were then named. Among them was I, an Eisenhower supporter and believer in the Re- publican program for peace. How could my name have been placed there? Was it an honest mistake? Was graft or corruption involved? Or was my name easier to print? Under the above cir- :cumstaices I thus feel that a cor- rection should be' in order and made public. In this way the bright and alert young voters here at the University of Michigan will be sure and include me as one of them: An "Eisenhower for President" supporter. -William G. Hampton (EDITOR'S NOTE: Students for Stevenson have extended their apol- ogies for any mistakes which may have crept into the names listed in their political advertisement.) t DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN The Daily Official Bulletin is an official publication of the University of Michigan for which the Michigan Daily assumes no editorial responsi- bility. Publication in it is construc- tive notice to all members of the University. Notices should be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to Room 2552 Administration Building before 3 p.m. the day preceding publication (before 11 a.m. on Saturday.) Saturday, November 1,-1952 VOL. LXII, No. 35 Notices Events Today Saturday Luncheon Discussion Group, Lane Hall, 12 noon. Five-minute book review of Montagu, On Being Human, to start group discussion. Everyone wel- come. Beacon. Lunch at noon in League Cafeteria. Adjourn at 1:15 to Prof. Price's studio in Burton Tower to read "The Man who Came to Dinner." Congregational Disciples Guild. Open house at Guild House after the game. Fireside meeting from 7:15 (sharp!) to 8:30. Ed Rosen will show slides and tell what he learned of Israel when he was there last summer. Newman Club. A Latin-American par- ty will be given by the Newman Club from 8 to 12 p.m. at St. Mary's Chapel. All Latin-Americans, Catholics, and their friends are invited. Newman Club. There will be an Illi- Graduate Outing Club will meet Sun. Nov. 2, at 2 p.m. at the rear entrance of the Rackham Building. Volunteer Naval Research Reserve Unit 9-3. Meeting Mon., Nov. 3. at 7:30 p.m., 2082 Natural Science Building. Professor Marston Bates, Department of Zoology, will speak on "Adaptation of Mosquitoes to the Tropical Rain For- est Environment." Union Opera. Singing chorus rehears- al at 7:30 p.m. Mon., Nov. 3, Rm. 3-G of the Union. All tryouts for lead parts who weren't cast are invited to attend. Project M-720-1. Meeting Mon., Nov. 3, 7:30 p.m., 3220 Angell Hall. Japanese Festival, west Gallery. Mu- seum of Art. Alumni Memorial Hall, Sun., Nov. 2, 3 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., Jap- anese lea Ceremony by Japanese stu- dents at the University. Fortnite Central Committee. Meeting Mon.% Nnv, 3. in the TLoaea,. Roomywill 0j4r ffii4dgan all Sixty-Third Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Editorial Staff Crawford Young. Managing Editor Cal Sama......... Editorial Director Zander Hollander.......Feature Editor Sid Klaus.......Associate City Editor Harland Brits........Associate Editor Donna Hendleman.....Associate Editor Ed Whipple...........Sports Editor John Jenks.....Associate Sports Editor Dick Sewel.....Associate Sports Editor Lorraine Butler........Women's Editor Mary. Jane Mills, Assoc. women'.s Editor Business Staff Al Green...........Business Manager Milt Goetz........ Advertising Manager Diane Johnston...Assoc. Business Mgr. Judy Loehnberg..... Finance Manager Tom Treeger.......Circulation Manager 7 .- Late permission for women who attended "The Shadow Rock" n October 30 will be that 10:45 p.m. students and the no later Fellowship Available to Graduate Students in Aeronautical Electrical (Electronics), and Mechanical Engi-