PACE volm THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 195% ~5M~E VOtTR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1952 ____________________________________________________ I I I I - no" Lecture Committee THE UNIVERSITY does -ot sta..d up too favorably in comparison with 24 colleges and universities contacted in a Daily sur- vey of speakers regulations on various na- itonal campuses. Granted that this institu- tion has to start with the problem of re- conciling state legislature pressure with a higher than average degree of political ac- tivity, the almost complete neglect of stu- dent representation in administering Re- gent's rulings stands as the most discourag- ing aspect of the comparison. At least from a comparative viewpoint, the University could not be expected to compete with privately-supported institu- tions for liberality of regulations. But another consideration, that of the resec- tive attitudes of student and administra- tion groups, shows enough contrast to merit note. Where five of the six private schools contacted reported few evidences of marked administration-student con- flict over speakers rights, that conflict here has revealed itself in an a priori atti- tude which hinders any attempts to smooth out both sides' ruffled feelings. In contrast to a recent situation at Yale where President A. Whitney Griswold back- ed students who wanted to hear leftist au- thor Howard Fast, the administration and the student body on this campus appear at least overtly to be sharply aligned entities whose lines never cross. Even among schools supported by public funds, this alignment was generally not as prevalent on other campuses as here. Uni- versity of Wisconsin administrators, for in- stance, stood up against a deluge of outside criticism to actively support students in- terested in bringing Carey McWilliams, as- sociate editor of The Nation magazine to speak on their campus. Anal In all except one college where some form of lecture committee was vest- ed with regulatory powers, students were represented on the boards with a voting voice. In some cases the ratio was five or seven faculty members to two students; in some it was equally apportioned; in all except Oregon State University and this University, where no one other than a fa- culty member is given voting representa- tion, students had some say. The schools which indicated a less restric- tive policy than that on this campus were distinctly in the minority. A political speak- ers ban, which was lifted here in 1949, still cramps the activities of two campuses. At both Michigan State and Ohio State, the administration has exercised arbitrary power over student political freedom. Taking Into acount merely a compara- tive status, the Regents could raise the prestige of the University if they approved a proposal passed last week by. the Stu- dent Legislature, which would Institute post-judgment of speakers and eliminate disputable bannings. But at best, this comparative "they-have- it-why-can't-we" approach is somewhat ado- lescent. The Regents would do better to give their serious consideration to the more con- crete arguments that the present lecture committee set-up is unnecessary and detri- BEHIND THE LINES 0 This I Don't Dare Believe .. . By CAL SAMRA THE END OF THE WORLD Daily Editorial Director REGARDING GENERAL beliefs, The Daily TElVARIOUS articles which have ap- recently received a letter from one Ralph peared in The Daily under the "This I Donnangelo which is quite uncommon as op- Believe ..." heading have been quite en- inions go. It came from Bridgeport, Conn., lightening. Each writer has boldly offered and this writer is including it here as an his own prescription for happiness, and yet item of special interests: one wonders if he really is. I am reminded Dear Editor:. of Joshua Loth Liebman, who, after writing "I am a prophet preaching the end of his best-seller "Peace of Mind," died of a the world because I know the end is in nervous disorder and a bad case of ulcers. 1956. Ps. 4:2,3 Rev. 22:11, 12. "I am a virgin living in punity. Luke 12:31 All of the writers,- both atheists and Rev. 3:2. moralists, construct their philosophies of Prophetic time is ending. Rev. 10:6 and life around the assumption that there is time of the Gentiles is finished. Luke 22:24 such a thing as happiness. Just for the Duet. 4:27-30. record, it would be interesting to chal- "In the last 10 years the Communists, lenge this assumption. Atheists, Rebels, and other scoffers have been persecuting me because I prophesied For instance, one might believe with Em- this rotten filthy world would be des- erson that all things are compensatory, that troyed. Matt 22: 1-14 Luke 14:16-24. where there is pleasure there is pain, that "I found out that Christianity is dead. a chronic drinker has to face the morning- Mat. 22:29 Rev. 1:5 Heb. 7:27. after, that the moralist has to suffer the "People go to church and the Bible is a pangs of conscience." One might also be- best seller but religion is dead. lieve, this time with Schopenhauer, that "This whole area has been persecuting me pleasure is counterbalanced by ennui (bore- ever since I came up here. John 15:25 Luke dom), and that even those who can afford 11:23.n the more expensive pleasures will eventually "I am a thorn in their Godless and ma- "suffer from surfeit" (over-indulgence). terialistic way of life. Mark 15:12-13. The Consequently, happiness is not real, pleasure men idolize women to the point where it is nullified by pain, boredom, or over-indul- n sarligeo. Luke i13 Therel gence, and all life cancels out t.o zero. devils assaulted me in a bar. The family Finally, one might seriously doubt if across the street with her goons assaulted contemporary man is any happier than me after a few demonstrations. Next door his hairy ancestors, who could at least neighbors assaulted me in my own house. amuse themselves with pulling each oth-- Luke 9:23-24 Matt 15:14. The police re- ers' tails. fused to bring them in. At Columbia Re- cords I had to fight the whole plant and Unfortunately, though it does have a sem- the women and they were fighting the blance of logic about it, such a philosophy whole plant and me. is not too practical, and if carried to ex- "But the scum couldn't scare me, stop me tremes, would carry the metaphysician to or shut me up. Ps 3:6; Ps 2:1-4. the brink of nihilism and cynicism. Besides, "In two recent surveys by the Adven- there are few sane people in this world who tists, 1,000 out of 1,000 were indifferent would dare believe it. or antagonistic to religion. Luke 17;26-30. Tim II 3:1-5. What the preceding goes to illustrate is "Before any big event God gives a warn- the fact that so-called logic can be em- to the people as in Gen. 19:12-16 Peter ployed in the proof of just about anything, II 2:2-9. Through me the end is being given so that each respective belief can be ra- 11 2:2s9.houghymslyhe knd is g en tionally justified by the owner. Hence it to those who joyously look to His Second it quite futile to attempt to reason any- Advent. one out of his cherished beliefs, as many Then there will be weeping and gnashing letter writers have tried to do. The dis- Tpnga gn g .of teeth. puted fellow can always muster suffi- o cient logic to hold his own, and the con- "Dawn, Happy Day, Dawn. Rev. 16. Joel troversy can go on endlessly. 3:9-14." Whatever the case, the "This I Believe" SL ELECTIONS series has been quite profitable to all con- So as to avoid any confusion, it should be cerned, and the beauty of it is that each made clear that The Daily will follow its writer is both tolerant and tolerated, rather usual policy this year of not supporting in- than being dragged before an inquisition or dividual candidates in the Student Legis- whisked off to the salt mines. lature elections. DRA MA A t Lydia Aendelssohn.. Ethel Atlas, as Meg, a vivacious, loquacious Ethel Merman type character drew a well- BRIGADOON-With the Student Players. deserved encore from the crowd for a very THE DELICATE, yet lively and very hu- funny, "Love of My Life.' man world of Brigadoon, the charming Plaudits for the male players must go Scottish town which appear on earth one to Art Jones who did a wonderfully bouncy day in every hundred years, unfolded at study of Charlie Dalrymple, a happy Brig. Lydia Mendelssohn last night in a pleasingly adoon bridegroom. colorful and sometimes even stirring manner. Dancing plaudits belong primarily to Don In their second undertaking of this sort, Rosenberg, who, as the unhappy Harry the Student Players didn't come up to the Beaton made some breathtaking appear- overall excellence of their first musical ances. success, Finian's Rainbow. They are to be commended, nevertheless, for doing a good The female lead, Marilyn Pefferly as job on a difficult production.Fiona should be mentioned for her sparkle. Brigadoon's storypisdsimple. The little It did not show particularly in her lines, town was wished off the earth in 1752 by but her songs were rendered with poise its pastor, with the stipulation that it and warmth. come back every hundred years for one Notable for non-musical performances day. The people simply go to sleep, and were Joe Gadon as a cynacle American and wake up every hundred years, just one Sidney Bader who dw a feeling job as town day older. What happens when two trav- schoolmaster, Mr. Lundy. eling Americans wander on the town dur- Stage effects for the various scenes var- ing its one day, and how they share in ied from good to tremendously effective. The the lives (and, of course, loves) of the setting for the Brigadoon wedding, the townspeople make up the context of the lighting for the funeral scene and some play. shadow play during Harry's pursual were With the plot loosely woven through song most outstanding. and dance routines, the burden fell upon The total effect was one of color, beauty the musical principals and the chorus to and sincerity of purpose which makes the keep the show moving. Some truly excellent Student Players' Brigadoon one of the best numbers by the songsters and dancers were of the year's productions. the outstanding feature of the production. -Donna Hendleman DORIS FLEESON' Adlalas Party Chairmian? "Why, Yes -In Fact, I've Been Ready For 20 Years"! \, 1 \,/ / Up M / G .,., . JJ '''" j t t ---= ettePJ TO THE EDITOR 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 editors. :J'iv~I ' . _ ; _ 1 , J 1 arr. N l1Atld PlAdS Ak*ss vim WwAojf aw Poor. I ON THE WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND WITH DREW PEARSON I =7Tm WASHINGTON-It's an ironic twist of fate that the first Supreme Court vacancy President Eisenhower will have to fill will prob- ably be that of an ardent New Dealer, Justice Felix Frankfurter. Day after tomorrow, Frankfurter has the right to retire on full salary, having then reached the age of 70. However, a strange thing has happened to Justice Frankfurter. Though he's accused by Republican critics of being an architect of the New Deal and the man who's inspired the Acheson policies, actu- ally he's become a strong Eisenhower man. Gradually he's drifted away from the Truman Administration, now has few friends left high up in government except the Sec- retary of State. Meanwhile, some of his old friends, such as Jack McCloy, former high commissioner for Germany, and Kenneth Royall, former Secretary of War, have become Ike's strongest backers. And with McCloy slated high on the list to be Secretary of State, Frankfurter may end up being just as close to the State Department under the Eisenhower Administration as during the Truman Ad- ministration. BATTLING HST THE MAYFLOWER management isn't talking, but the mysterious new apartment it's fitting up is for the ex-President of the United States. Harry Truman will occupy it until he can find a house in old-fashioned Georgetown and until he comes back from his trip around the world. This means the ex-President is going to be a potential thorn in the side of the Eisenhower Administration for some time to come. SECRETARY OF STATE?? HOSEWHO HAVE talked to the President-elect about cabinet posts come away with the distinct impression that he is not going to appoint John Foster Dulles as Secretary of State, and that this all- important post is more likely to go to Paul Hoffman, the Marshall Plan administrator, or John J. McCloy, former high commissioner to Germany. Both are extremely able, with competent know-how in foreign affairs. While Dulles also has a rich foreign-affairs background, Eis- enhower doesn't seem quite comfortable with him. Their rela- tionship is similar to that of Truman and Jimmie Byrnes, who was so aggressive and had so much know-how that he sometimes overshadowed his boss. Paul Hoffman, on the other hand, has been taken back into the full favor of the Eisenhower smile. For a time Hoffman was on the outs. One of the original Ike-rooters and chairman of the Citizens for Eisenhower committee, Hoffman soured a bit when the General embraced McCarthy and all the other isolationists. But toward the end he flew back from California and came out strong for Eisenhower. Jack McCloy probably has the best of all backgrounds to be Se- cretary of State. He served as Assistant Secretary of War under FDR, then head of the world bank, then took over the tough job of administering Germany, knows his European onions thoroughly. (Copyright, 1952, by the Bell Syndicate) Meisel's Letter ... To the Editor: ALTHOUGH it was addressed to Governor Stevenson, I take the liberty of replying to Profes- sor James Meisel's open letter. Governor Stevenson has a mis- sion only in so far as his affirma- tion that "the people are wise" constitutes a positive and total commitment to the democratic process. Without the assumption that his avowal was in truth a credo, we should have no choice but to view his campaign as a mad exercise in disassociating means from ends. It follows that no useful aim is served by laying his defeat to some species of brutalized mass- man, rather than to a well-inten- tioned electorate - perhaps mis- taken, perhaps warranted in its decision. The degree to which he allows for this latter contingen- cy is the real measure of a liber- al. Nostalgic for a more aristo- cratic era, Professor Meisel finds martyrdom for Stevenson in an "age of sub-articulate men." But the cost of romanticism is the distortion of fact, and so Profes- sor Meisel invokes "the untapped energies of the young, tired of the old phrases and the old deals"- energies which have indeed been profitably tapped these past three months, for it was among the young, responding mightily to his "old phrases," that Eisenhower found his greatest trength. The 26 million votes which Ste- venson received do not attest to such an age. Neither do those he did not: Governor Dewey is no "sub-articulate" mass-creature, nor is Paul Hoffman, nor the for- mer Mrs. Stevenson, nor the edi- torial directors of the New York Times, nor Henry- Cabot Lodge, nor Professor Pollock. Not with angry words shall we convince Stevenson of our need, as men of good will, for his continued lead- ership. Our people did not knowingly vote for "legal fascism," and that this, regardless, is to be their lot remains to be seen. Their votes can be more significantly under- stood in terms of traditional prag- matic values: of trial-and-error procedure, of meeting pervasive problems with a variety of possible remedies, discarding those which appear fruitless for others yet un- tried. If in this process they have erred, they are not by virtue of their error beasts. The greater tragedy lies in the liberal intellectual's sudden dis- enchantment with the democrat- ic dream: after twenty years in power, it took but one defeat. Yet the liberal cause, which Governor Stevenson must truly lead, can prevail again once the intellectu- al rediscovers his place among the people, responsive to their doubts as well as their hopes, bridling his chronic bent to remake them in his own image, ever aware that he must serve their designs, and not they his. -Ernest Lilienstein .* On the Senate .. . To the Editor: jN HIS PIECE "The Congress t Ike Faces" which appeared in Friday's Michigan Daily Mr. Mark Reader writes: "William E. Jen- ner will control the all-important Rules and Administration Com- mittee in the Senate. The com- mittee is the dominant group which reports legislation to the floor of the chamber and deter- mines the rules that will govern Congressional (sic) action in the future." While it is true that pri- marily because of the seniority system Mr. Jenner will be chair- man of the Senate committee on Rules and Administration, it is not the case that this committee is in the Senate, as opposed to the House, a particularly powerful one. For example in the first ses- sion of the 82nd Congress I find that Mr. Hayden, the Committee's chairman, spoke for his commit- tee on only a few occasions. Once he reminded the Senate about the deadline on insertions in the Rec- ord and again he referred to the sub-committee on Privileges and Elections, an important sub-com- mittee which looked into the Maryland and Ohio elections of 1950 and the Benton effort to un- seat Mr. McCarthy-an ouster, by the way, which the sub-committee may not entertain too seriously in the 83rd congress. But to assert that "this committee determines "the type of legislation to be con- sidered by the Republican Con- gress (Senate)" is a misapprehen- sion. The most authoritative re- cent work on Congress, "Congres- sional Procedure" by Floyd Rid- dick, does not even list the Sen- ate Rules Committee in the index, though it does have many refer- ences to the House Rules Commit- tee. Other recent works on Con- Wing of the Capitol and of the Senate Office Building. It super- vises the arrangement of rooms for the use of Senators. .It assigns committee rooms, has general ap- proval of the heating and venti- lating of the Senate Wing, and the control of all matters connected with the Senate restaurant, even to regulating the price of its vi- ands. Aside from these extraneous tasks, Senator Hoar, long a mem- ber of this committee, declared that it 'had not, in general, much to do'." An older work by Lauros Mc- Conachie, Congressional Commit- tees, published around the turn of the century remarks: "Its (the Senate's) Committee on Rules, be- yond looking after janitors and the restaurant is a nonentity; it is, to repeat a favorite figure of radical congressmen, little more than a graveyard for. proposed parliamentary reformed." This does, I believe, clarify the record concerning the duties and significance of the Senate Com- mittee on Rules and Administra- tion. -Geoge Peek, Jr. * * * Please, God... To the Editor: 'M SO STUPID. It grieves me deeply to find this out. By vot- ing as I did, in the last election I have become associated with that great, ignorant mass of humanity, the majority of the American vot- ing public. Shame on me. If I ever vote again (the right should be denied me for my head has not been candled as gradeA) it will not be for a person who speaks in generalities, shuns the truth, and above all who is not a gradu- ate of one of our better Eastern schools. Please God, save us from this ogre who is our president-elect and help me to rise from the depths below the gutter to which I have sunk. -Bill McIntosh '53 * * * Memorial .. . To the Editor: IN THE PROCESS of altering the concrete apron. at the foot of the General Library steps last summer, one of the oldest and deepest traditions of Michigan was unavoidably destroyed-the yellow and blue U-M design, across which thousands of stu- dents passed each day. Around this emblem, honoraries initiated their neophytes, freshmen assem- bled in orientation groups, and Michigan men evaluated the cur- rent group of passing coeds. After the removal of the maize and blue bricks, students, alumni, faculty members and University officials alike expressed a com- mon desire to see the emblem re- placed. Thus the Senior Board of the Class of 1953 has voted to re- place a plaque on the "Diag" as a class memorial to the Universi- ty. The success of this project de- pends upon the members of the Senior Class of 1953. The design to be incorporated into the plaque must come from the Senior Class. Literary, Engineering, Music, Bus- iness Administration, Architecture -seniors from any college of our university may see their creation, monumented in bronze or granite, become an integral part of Mich- igan tradition.The rules govern- ing these designs have been print- ed previously in The Daily; any information concerning these rules may be obtained by telephoning 2-4624. Each and every senior should take an active interest in this project. The memorial will be our memorial to the future students of Michigan. -Thad D. Epps Donald D. White Co-chairmen, Gift Committee 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 Barnes Connable........... City Editor Cal Samra............Editorial Director Zander Hollander......Feature Editor Sid Klaus.......Associate City Editor Harland Britz......... Associate Editor Donna Hendleman. Associate Editor Ed Whipple...........Sports Editor John Jenks...Associate Sports Editor Dick Sewell..Associate Sports Editor Lorraine Butler........Wowen'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 qi fi mental to student, and University interests. in the long run, -Virginia Voss j1 By CRAWFORD YOUNG Daily Managing Editor Less than a week remains till the fall Stu- dent Legislature elections will be held. Yet little more than a ripple of excitement has been created around campus. The irony of the situation lies in the fact that SL now needs a demonstration of support from the student body perhaps more than ever before. Beleaguered legislators have watched the prestige painstakingly built on the success of such long-term projects as the Thanks- giving holiday weekend crumble under the impact of a series of unfavorable admin- istration decisions and a shortage of ef- fective personnel. The veto of small SL tui- tion allocation request after much larger grants had been given the Union, League and athletic department, and the rejection of the legislature's approach to the frater- nity bias question were two serious slaps from which the group has not yet recovered. Be this as it may, there is no gainsaying the fact that SL's efforts have been consis- tently constructive and it has been unflag- ging in its attempt to effectively and accur- ately represent studen opinion and serve the student body. This is not to say the organization has not taken some rather ridi- culous actions; but an examination of the statute books of any democratic community will reveal its share of inanities. It is unfair to generalize from occasional .absurdities in characterizing SL. There has been no obvious crisis situation to stimulate interest immediately preceding this election, as there has been the past two. But rather the crisis is a more subtle one-- the fate of SL itself. Without the solid backing of the student body in the elec- tion, the vultures which have for some time been circling above may swoop down with cries of "Reorganization!"-and precipitate a hasty and unwise realignment of campus DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN 11 .5 .4 W ASHINGTON -- Influential Democrats are urging Gov. Adlai Stevenson to take over as national chairman of the party fol- lowing General Eisenhower's inauguration January 20 next. President Truman will leave Washington for Independence immediately after his successor takes the oath of office. His later plans have not jelled. He wants to travel abroad. His departure will leave a great vacuum in the field of democratic policy and pro- paganda. It is the contemplation of that vacuum which led to the unusual proposal that the defeated candidate for President should assume the nati6nal chairmanship. Democrats making this proposal start with the premise that Governor Stevenson's voice, so inspiring and so lucid, should not Sen. Warren Austin-as head of the U.S. mission to the United Nations, General Eis- enhower should name a Democrat, with Ste- venson being the obvious choice. But an in- ternational post of that sort, even if the General were agreeable, would also preclude political activity. The news centers of this country-indeed, of the world-are New York and Washing- ton; few men can attain national promi- nence who do not have ready access to their headlines. Should Mr. Stevenson return to the private practice of law in Chicago he would be out of the main stream of news. Stevenson admirers pushing the party chairmanship idea believe that, with all his eloquence, a defeated presidential no- minee out of any office and out of the political arena would be soon out of mind, (Continued from Page 1) TTA," Thus., Nov. 13, 7:30 p.m., 3003 Chemistry Building. Events Today Michigan Crib, pro-law society, will meet at 8 p.m. in the Hussey Room of the League. Professor William A. Leslie, who teaches English Constitutional History, will speak on "Preparations for Law." All members and interested peo- ple are urged to attend. Student Affiliate, American Chemical Society. Meeting at 7:15, in 1300 Chem- istry Building. Prof. Willard will speak and show movies about Indians of the Southwest. There will be a short meeting to make arrangements for the coming Convention. Society for Peaceful Alternatives. Meeting at 7:30, Michigan Union. The Ford Foundation, movie "World Af- fairs Are Your Affairs" will be shown and there will be a discussion follow- ing it. The Modern Dance Club will meet to- night -at 7:30 in Barbour Gymnasium. Will the members and all other inter- ested in the club please attend. International Relations Club meet- ing at 7:30 in the Union. All inter- ested persons are welcome. U. of M. Sailing Club will hold its meeting in 311_W. Engineering at 7:30. Sophomore Cabaret Central Commit- tee. Meeting in the League at 4 p.m. Positions are still open on Finance, Publicity, and Refreshments. Those who are interested can sign up in the League at the Undergraduate Office. La P'tite Causette will meet today from 3:30 to 5 p.m. In the North Cafe- teria of the Michigan Union. La Sociedad Hispanica. Dr. Carlos Lo- pez Navayez, Director of Cultural Ex- tension of the University of Colombia, will give an informal talk in Room 3D of the Union this afternoon at 4 p.m. All interested invited. Coming Events Roger Williams Guild. Special "4th Square" Square dance, Fri., Nov. 14, at 8 p.m. The Congy Guild and our high school Baptist Youth Fellowship are our special guests. Leisure dress is cer- tainly in order. Wesley Foundation. Semiformal in the Wesley Lounge, Fri., Nov. 14, 8 p.m. Newman Club is presenting an I 'M Party Friday at 8 p.m. We will meet in the clubroom and from there proceed to the I M Building. Afterwards we will return to the Club for refreshments. Graduate Mixer Dance. Fri., Nov. 14, 9 to 12 p.m., Paul McDonough's Orches- tra. Admission charge. Hillel Sabbath Service Friday night at 7:45. Following services Rabbi