THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1951 r L' Affaire Braun , ii "Come In-Good To See You" MUSIC 'HE WEST QUAD Council's action in kicking off representative Bert Braun t week has added to the fears of many ad men that something rather fishy is ing on in the still new Inter-House Coun- The Quad Council's maneuver, which ill automatically cost Michigan House. 0 percent of its representation on the HC, was accompanied with charges that Vest Quadders were dissatisfied with the HC "because it had become so bogged own in parliamentary procedure that ery little was being accomplished." Braun has a record with members of Quad vernment of constantly opposing issues at are of interest to council leaders. He bed against seating, the representatives m the two East Quad women's houses d had the "audacity" to move for the im- achment of the West Quad president. lis followed a visit by the W Q president the Michigan House president a few eks ago with the request that Braun be ieved of his duties. The former AIM vice-president has claim- that he was removed because he voted o" too many times. He has charged that Lncil members who oppose the will of the ajority are considered as "disrupting the ganization" and are gradually eased into state of relative inactivity. Since West Quad council members have efused to give any explanation for their ctions or to comment on these charges, t would seem that Braun was dismissed solely because of his opposition. It is difficult to see how one representa- tive's vote can threaten the foundations of a council of 46. Apparently the difficulties lie elsewhere.. Whether Braun is being made a scapegoat is hard to tell. What is only too, apparent, however, is that this theoretically useful and powerful body is suffering from some sort of malady which unseating a house representative for such an untenable reason as ' opposing the majority can only make, worse. The ordinary way to remove opposition is through the electoral process-not purges. If members of Quad government feel Braun's actions are harmful, it is their duty to per- suade Michigan House of this. Then the men who are being represented can make their decision accordingly. As the Michigan House Council has unan- imously voted to reappoint Braun and ap- pears to feel he is satisfactorily representirg the views of the house, Braun evidently hAs' every right to take his seat on the IHC-. Perhaps tonight the West Quad Council and the IHC will pull themselves out of this mess, vote Braun back in, and then settle down to some more constructive ef- forts. For, when students begin to lose faith in a council they suspect of crushing the di- vergent views of their individual houses, the consequences could be disastrous to Quad government. -Mike Wolff tetteP4 TO THE EDITOR The Daily weigomes 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 net in good taste will be condensed, edited or withheld from publication at the discretion of the editors. 1 r- ; CURRENTr MQ'0 /It fi ,q the Orpheum.. UNDER THE PARIS SKY FLOWS THE SEINE, directed by Julien Duvivier. THIS NEW French film lives up to slmost all expectations. It makes use of the 'slice of life" design in covering the ac- tions of six or seven Parisiens for one day. The people, from diverse classes and profes- sions, are connected in some way in differ- ent portions of the story, so that the picture becomes closely integrated while preserving the episodic manner of treatment. Jean Brochard, memorable for his role as the priest in "God Needs Men," por- trays a man whose factory is on a "sit. down" strike on his twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. Since he cannot leave the plant, his whole family first tries to eat dinner with him there, and finaly goes home to await his arrival that night when the strike is to end. On his way home he is -shot by a policeman chasing a homi- cidal maniac (another of the major ac- tors), who has murdered still another of the stars, a young lady just arrived from the provinces. This is actually as close as the various lives come to one another. one of the finest roles is that of an im- poverished old woman whose only remaining solace is her garret full of cats. The woman resorts to begging to get the 64 francs for two quarts of milk;- for she refuses to eat herself until her cats are provided for. The role is played with such subtlety that there is not a bit of sentimentalism or melodrama in her portrayal. Another fine performance, although it does lapse occasionally into over-emotion- al staring, is that of the young sculptor who can't resist slashing the throat of any beautiful woman he happens to meet. He proves, however, that he is not wholly insane; for he meets a small run-away girl near the Seine and gently persuades her to return home. The other characters-the girl from the provinces, the medical student and his fian- cee, the schoolboy-are all convincingly done, and through their uniformly capable acting the picture sustains an atmosphere of suspense unbelievable for the nature of the story. The tight construction, counter- pointing the different emotional states of the episodes, and the almost technically per- fect photography, heighten the impact formed by the story itself. --Tom Arp I' ' FOUR SONATAS for viola and piano, by Biber, Finney, Honegger, and Mozart were featured, Sunday afternoons in the first faculty recital of the season. The Per- formers, Lydia and Robert Courte, again displayed the versatility and musicianship that makes them such a worthy addition to the University community. The difficulties of projecting the viola, because of its range half-way between the violin and cello yet without the individuality or same degree of flexibility of these two more famous rivals, were easily overcome by Courte's facile tech- nique and brilliant tone. Of particular interest were the two con- temporary works on the program, the Sonata in A minor by Finney, an early work, and the Sonata by Honegger. Both works are in the French tradition as far as their mood is concerned, and surpris- ingly enough the Finney, by virtue of a greater rhythmic and melodic subtlety, seems even more so than the Honegger, which,'of course, actually is French. Both works are rhapsodic with long melo- dic lines, providing ample vent for Courte's sustained tones, and both are lyric. Their difference lies in a classical, strict form in the Finney, and a more open, free and ro- mantic structure in the Honegger. This type of rich, sensuous music is Courte's specialty; hardly ever is a con- cert given by him without the inclusion of a modern French work. Above all this music brings out the best in the instru- ment, which is not too effective in highly rhythmic passages. And Courte's instru- ment was always singing with a lustrous vibrancy, a tone of extreme beauty and intensity. The final selection, the Mozart sonata, was a highly interesting novelty. It is com- monly accepted that all of Mozart's com- position is rooted in the opera, but in this sonata it is not the roots, of opera, rather opera itself. There was always the feeling that in a moment characters would appear and start singing. It was a delightful work, elegant in its simplicity, and sparkling in performance. -Donald Harris DORIS FLEESON. Ike's Cabinet Appointees WASHINGTON - General Eisenhower's first cabinet appointments-John Fos- ter Dulles, Secretary of State; Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense, and Gov. Douglas McKay of Oregon, Secretary of In- terior-definitely belong in the conciliation and conservatism category of his Adminis-. tration. They are immensely significant because, in the opinion of many people, these ap- pointees hold the top posts. The Attorney Generalship certainly crowds them closely and so does the Secretary of the Treasury appointment. Of late, however, what the Secretary of the Treasury does-indeed, must do-is lar- gely determined by the commitments the State and Defense Departments make and insist are necessary for the security of the country. The Treasury has had to find, the best way it could, the huge funds required by the Government. It could be that under an Eisenhower Ad- ministration the Secretary of the Treasury will be given greater latitude to insist upon what the country can afford. Eisenhower indicated as much during his campaign. The importance of State and Defense is obvious. West of the Mississippi, In- terior's jurisdiction is not as well realized. Interior administers vast properties, in-, cluding the great public power dams, tide- lands, and much coveted grazing area. All are the object of intense pressure by pri- vate interests. If the three Eisenhower secretaries-des- ignate are not on the suggested list handed to the President-elect by Senator Taft, at least the Senator has nothing to complain about. Governor McKay belongs to the Taft wing of the party in Oregon, Dulles has taken good care to clear with the Senator from Ohio, and Wilson is from the business community. Only one of the three is well known here. When Dulles takes over;-he will be dealing with a department he knows well and with many men and women with whom he has served amicably. He also has the advantage of experience and acquain- tance with the Senate, in which he ser- ved briefly by appointment of Governor Dewey. He represents recognition to New York though less to Governor Dewey personally than would have been the case several years ago. Business will be pleased; Dulles' law firm represents the Rockefellers and other big interests. What probably counted most was that the General knows him well and has worked with him in Europe. Wilson, president of General Motors, is the type of successful businessman, com- petent in large affairs, that General Eis- enhower admires. Many Army and Navy men do; they find such men easy to work wit h A mnri vy a++,a aivpD ON THEE WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-HOUND WITH DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON-Eisenhower's top advisers have hatched smart stra- tegy for dealing with Democrats in the Senate. Through it, they expect to control a majority of Southern Democrats in the Senate for at least two years, possibly longer. Their strategy is to play ball with the Southern Democrats and not attempt to build up the Republican Party in the deep South. Ike-advisers figure that if they butter-up men like George and Russell of Georgia, Eastland and Stennis of Mississippi, they will cooperate on Eisenhower's legislative program. However, they will employ a completely different strategy in the border states, plus Florida. For in these states-Kentucky, Tennessee, Maryland, and Oklahoma-Eisenhower either rolled up sizable mar-I gins or won. In these states, therefore, Republican strategy will be to. or- ganize locally as diligently as possible with the hope of making them definitely Republican in the next election. But in Virginia, where Eisenhower will seek to keep the favor of Senator Byrd's friends, and in the deep South, GOP strategists figure that Democratic senators think and vote pretty much as Republicans anyway, so the best strategy is to court their favor. * * * * MAC AND DWIGHT IT'S JUST leaked out that the only man who can talk turkey to General MacArthur and get away with it-General George Kenny -made an eleventh-hour plea to the proud MacArthur to let bygones be bygones and endorse his former military aide, Dwight Eisenhower, for President. But MacArthur shook his head, sat sullen and silent in his Waldorf Tower until the last election returns were in. Only a few insiders know about General Kenny's last-min- ute appeal, which .Je made three days before, the election. He was put up to it by New York's Governor Tom Dewey, who had already tried to win MacArthur over to the Eisenhower band- wagon through such GOP stalwarts as ex-President Herbert Hoover and House leader Joe Martin. Both had failed to heal the old rift between MacArthur and his onetime aide. However, the man who has always been able to tell off MacArthur and still make him like it, is the runt-sized, weatherbeaten Kenny, MacArthur's air commander in the South Pacific. So Dewey dis- patched the retired Air Force general to MacArthur's Waldorf Tower apartment to make a final appeal. "Boss," urged Kenny, "why w'on't you come out for Eisenhower?" MacArthur spoke grandiloquently of his obligation to his loyal followers who were still supporting him for President. "Those California radicals?" snorted Kenny. "If you string along with that gang, you couldn't be elected dog-catcher." The blunt-talking Air Force general argued, pleaded, and cajoled. "Look." he said, "it's only a five-minute walk from here to Eis- hower's suite at the Commodore." "And it's only a five-minute walk from the Commodore here," replied MacArthur. That ended the conversation. Probably the breach between the two men now never will be healed. (Copyright, 1952, by the Bell Syndicate) Red Anti-Semitism . .. Io the Editor: IN RE ROBERT Schor's letter of Nov. 22, I agree also that "The Affair Blum" contained in it a worthwhile message. Certainly none of us should ever become complacent in the belief that "it can't happen here"; it is no se- cret that there are Facist hate- groups and even a Fascist-orien- tated senator who regard Hitler's machinations with envy. Aside from the fact that the Rosenbergs and Blum are Jewish, I cannot, however, see any similar- ity between the Rosenberg case and the Blum affair which Mr. Schor implies to be of the same nature. Schor has been harping on the Rosenberg case for quite a while now; I wish he would pre- sent his "facts" or forever hold his peace. And while Schor is pre- paring his rebuttal, I wonder whether we might have his com- ment about the anti-Semitic purge trials in. Czechoslovakia in which Rudolf Slansky "confessed" to the court that he was a "Jewish capitalist" (Slansky was the Sec- retary General of the Czech Com- munist Party). Slansky said he was in touch with an "interna- tional Jewish conspiracy." As a memeber of this "conspiracy" Slansky confessed, "I deliberately shielded (the Zionist conspirators) by magnifying the danger of anti- Semitism." Altogether fourteen defendants have been named, of which eleven are Jews. Zionism has been an official indictment. Perhaps, Mr. Schor, Jews are used as scapegoats by any dicta- torial regime whether Communist or Fascist. -Leonard Sandweiss ', * * Rosenbergs ... To the Editor: THE SUPREME Court (with Justice Black dissenting) has just refused to review the last ap- peal of the Rosenbergs. Their exe- cution date has been set for the week of January 12. These hap- penings should make us stop to think. Many people in this country be- lieve that the Rosenbergs are in- nocent and thousands of those who have investigated the circum- stances surrounding the trial be- lieve that there is reasonable doubt concerning the guilt of the de- fendents. (The facts are available to those who are interested.) But for the purposes of this letter let us assume that these people are mistaken and that the Rosenbergs are guilty of what they have been convicted. The charge is that during 1944, the Rosenbergs transmitted m- formation "relating to the nation- al defense of the United States" to the Soviet Union. At that time the U.S.S.R. was our full-fledged ally in the war against the Japa- nese-Nazi Axis. Now compare the Rosenberg's death sentence to that of the four men in the Mulzahn case who gave vital secrets to the Germans in the Fall of 1941 and sentenced to 5-15 years. Look at Axis Sally and Tokio Rose who re- ceived ten years each. Even other "atom bomb spies" have received only prison terms for their "es- pionage." In fact, of the Green- glasses who, by their own testi- mony, are supposed to have col- laborated with the Rosenbergs, David received a fifteen year sentence and his wife was never brought to trial. Finally this is the first time in the history of our country that a civil court has imposed the death sentence for a charge of espionage. Evenhno person committingtrea- son has ever been sentenced to death by such a court. We should ask Truman to intervene in this case to stop the execution. -Steve Smale, Howard Wolfe, Luther Buchele, Arthur Da- vidson, Ed Klein, Paul Dor- mont, Jim Syfers McConnable .,.. To the Editor: THOUGH I AM in general agree- ment with Barnes Connable's Sunday editorial on the Young Progressives, I would like to take issue with him on certain particu- lars. First, it seems that Connable has developed a personal malice toward local partisans of the Marxist left, which if not to be condemned is at least superfluous Thus in connection with his re- cent remarks on "goon squads ir the outfield" at the Robeson ral- ly, and the congressional cam- paign of David Luce, I felt com- pelled to sympathize with the sub- sequent reactions of Luce ant Chandler Davis. His phraseolog3 in the former case is, in fact, rem. iniscent of the Chicago Tribune. In the present editorial he move; nn +fr +rp+h.P.. Vn _e onA ~with ref. I am disturbed at this connection, but it is nonetheless a connection. Finally, I object to the final par- agraph of the editorial, on se- mantic grounds. Connable seems to be saying that it is possible to equate Marxism with idealism. I believe it highly important to real- ize that Marxism is essentially ma- terialist, while the faith of the liberal is idealist. Within this dis- tinction are the basic grounds for liberal opposition to Marxism it- self, and by extension the red fascism of the Soviet Union. -Jack Danielson Opprobrium .. . To the Editor: IN THE LETTERS to the Editor (Nov. 18) appeared a vitriolic epistle in which my name was mentioned with numerous append- ents, none of them flattering, and which "was signed by one Sidney Epstein. His intellectual and emotional maturity is in full evidence and his love of humanity with color- ful epithets is in full blazonment. The value of a social enterprise is usually determined by its char- acteristic role in society. Here is a student with, I presume, at least five years of college schooling. Do we need five years of college to produce an individual with such tolerance of ideas and such deli- cacy of expression as was dis- played in his communication? I should like to remind Mr. Ep- stein that in the final analysis it is the general reader who will form mental judgments on our respective presentations and who will further decide which of the two of us is the more deserving of such colorful opprobrium. -Marc Laframboise G&S Thft ,.. To the Editor: T HE STEALING of our diag bill- board last Saturday night has somewhat incensed us cll and prompted us to draft the following in hopes that it may result in the sign being returned: "We of the Gilbert and Sullivan Society fully appreciated the fact that our diag billboard advertising "Yeomen of the Guard" was a good piece of work, and well we might, since it cost us $25 for ma- terial and certainly the equiva- lent in our own labor. But frankly, we didn't think it so good that anyone else would possibly want to carry it off; end when exactly that happened last Saturday night we were all a little taken aback. Hence, we humbly beg the mis- creants to reconsider, and return their booty to us c/o The Diag. -Incensed Yeomen -Stephen S. Anderson, Treasurer, Gilbert and Sullivan Society * * * The Compass.. . To the Editor: ONLY the sonorous bellow of the Michigan Marching Band, only the rugged grandeur of a Bach Tocata, only the sylvan quiet of the Little Shepherd, only the itchy scratches of the city editor's pad give us the strength to write this letter. We too,'Mr. Lodigani, are "for" many things. But we are "cer- tainly not for the ruthless dicta- torship of one man or even one party, certainly not for slave labor camps." But never the less, we re- gret the loss of the liberal Daily Compass. No longer fear this "devil mouthing scripture." Now lift thine countenance upward, and behold-The Daily News! -Shelly Estrin Ester Mark "NOTHING great in the world has been accomplished with- out passion."- Hegel Sixty-Third Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board n 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.......W..Wowen's Editor Mary Jane Mills, Assoc. Women's Editor Business Staff Al Green..............Business Manager Milt Goetz.......Advertising Manager s Diane Johnston.... Assoc. Business Mgr. Judy Loehnberg. Finance Manager *k MATTER OF FACT: Eisenhower & McCarthy By STEWART ALSOP ASHINGTON -- President-elect Eisen- hower is being urged, by Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge and other wise advisers, to seize the initiative on the Communist issue at the very outset of his administration. He is being advised- to appoint, as soon as pos- sible, a non-partisan commission modeled on the Canadian Royal Commission which broke the Canadian spy ring. This com- mission would have full access to the facts, would study these facts in secret and in detail, and would then issue a sober, non- political report on internal subversion to the President and the. country. One reason Eisenhower is being urged to take this course is that otherwise Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy and his imitators will themselves seize the initiative. Mc- Carthy's next step is rather obvious. For a couple of years, McCarthy has been loudly demanding the security files on government employees. He will now al- most inevitably take the line that Eisen- hower, as a good Republican, should ac- cede to this demand which was refused by President Truman. Eisenhower's choice, as between the pro- posed non-partisan commission and a Mc- Carthy field day with the files, is a matter of the utmost importance to the future of. the Eisenhower administration. To under- stand why, it is necessary to understand what these famous files really are. Any individual who has taken a govern- ment job, particularly in a sensitive agency, is security-checked in great detail by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and also in most cases by the Security Branch of his own agency or department. Security agents interview large numbers of people who have known him, or known something about him, in the past. These people are assured that their identities will be kept secret from the in- dividual under investigation. What they say is then repeated verbatim, and includ- ed in the "raw files," which are what Mc- Carthy waypts to get his hands on. Often, at some point in the investigation, the security agents collect information which is based on personal enmity, or sheer malice, or simple stupidity. In the raw files reports of radicalism or subversion turn out' to be utterly false. It is their job simply to report what they are told-as F.B.I. chief J. Edgar Hoover has often said, it is no business of the F.B.I. to interpret or assess what information it collects. Yet it is easy to see what use McCarthy and his imitators could make of material from the raw files. One can almost hear McCarthy-"I have in my hand an offi- cial report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation," and so on. He would use the raw files to "prove" what he has con- spicuously failed to prove heretofore-that the American government is crawling with spies. If McCarthy is given a free hand with the files, he will certainly have a stick with which to beat the dead horse of the Tru- man administration, but he will also under- mine the Eisenhower administration in the process. This is for three reasons. First, as Eisenhower has said, he wants and needs really able public servants in all echelons of the government. But, despite McCarthy's kind words about John Foster Dulles, good men are going to hesitate to serve in the State Department, for example, which is McCarthy's favorite target, when any per- sonal enemy or malicious tale-bearer can blacken their names in perfect safety, via McCarthy. Second, poliitcal use of the raw files will undermine internal security procedures. This is why J. Edgar Hoover has consis- tently opposed opening the files. Final- ly, the surrender to McCarthy of a vital executive prerogative in the matter of the files of the executive branch would be tak- en as a green light for McCarthy and all his imitators. The confidence of the coun- try in the integrity and loyalty of govern- ment servants, already badly shaken, would then soon be destroyed in the Mc- Carthy circus which would ensue. The non-partisan commission proposed by Lodge and others would be designed to re- store confidence in the government. It is not, of course, a new idea. The same thing was proposed to Truman, and Truman's rejection of the idea was a tremendous bo- nanza for McCarthy. Eisenhower is cer- tainl uwel wara that Mcarthy i sno mnre r DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN T (Continued from Page 2) Exhibits Exhibition of Japanese Maps, spon- sored by the Center for Japanese Studies and the Department of Geog- raphy, Central Galleries, Rackham Building, 9-12, 2-5, 8-9, Nov. 17 through 29, Events Today Conference on Higher Education. Dr. George Boas, Professor of Philosophy, The Johns Hopkins University, will give the opening address at the Conference on Higher Education, to be held at the Michigan Union on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 25-26. Professor Boas' topic is "Education-General and Special." The lecture will be givenin Room 3R, Michigan' Union, at 2:30 p.m., Tues., Nov. 25. Wesley Foundation. Turkey Roast. 8 p.m., Wesley Lounge. Christian Science Organization. Tes- timonial meeting, 7:30, Upper Room, Lane Hall, Motion Picture. Ten-minute film, "Fun with Bluegills," shown Mon. through Fri., 12:40 and 3 p.m., 4th floor, University Museums Building. Literary College Conference. Import- ant Steering Committee meeting, 4 The J-Hop .Committee will meet in Room 3M of the Union at 7 p.m. Student Legislature. Meeting tonight. in the Strauss Dining Room, East Quadrangle, promptly at 7:30. All fac- ulty and students are welcome. La Tertulia of La Sociedad Hispanica meets today 3:30-5:00 in the Rumpus Room of the League.. U. of M. Rifle Club will meet at 7:15 at the R.O.T.C. Rifle Range. The first shoulder-to-shoulder match of the sea- son with Ann Arbor Rifle Club will be fired. All who hope to fire in the Ohio State match be sure to attend. Deutscher Verein. Meeting, 3 Tap- pan Hall, 7:30 p.m. Program by gradu- ate students and teaching fellows. Political Science Graduate Round Ta- ble will hold its second meeting in the Rackham Amphitheater at 7:45 p.m. Morris Janowitz will speak on Recent Developments in Political Sociology. A social hour will follow. All interested persons invited. S.R.A. Electorate Meeting, Lane Hall, 7:30 p.m. New Folk Dance Workshop. Tips, techniques, and practices for those who want to call squares and teach folk dances. Tonight, Miss Betty Meyers: "Teaching Techniques."Everyone ih- vited to come and dance, Lane Hall, 7:30 p.m.