AGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1952 U ~The City Editor's SCRATCH PAD- By BARNES CONNABLE Daily City Editor SOMETHING has happened in the dor- mitories. It's not so much the food, nor the regula- tions. Students in residence halls have been complaining about almcst every aspect of dormitory living for years. This year, in addition to the perennial failings, there is a striking culmination of a worsening situation. The quality of student leadership in the quadrangles has taken an appalling nosedive. A small group of individuals, for some reason or other, have insisted on transplant- ing their prejudices and strange motivations into a series of narrow actions. Some of these have seeped into news print. Others, of less import, are going on everyday. Although quad governing bodies are not formally approved by the Student Affairs Committee, they exercise a strong influence on one segment of student affairs. And in practice their responsibility to the rank-and- file is virtually non-existent. If someone disagrees with the views of the red brick country club, he gets the 'blackball (the Braun affair). If a dis- senter publicizes charges against the group, attempts at censorship are made (the Perry affair). 'All this would seem to indicate some feel- ings of insecurity, some qualms about wheth- er a monopoly on truth has actually been acquired. Perhaps a little sober reflection is in order for these gentlemen. It is certainly not uncommon that extra- legal bodies should flex their biceps. But if they are of importance 'to the community, they should do so with an eye toward re- sponsibility. T HAPPENE some time ago, but it's still worthy of attention. The Michigan Alumnus (circ. 13,000) printed a full page inside cover ad entitled "A Message to 150,000 Michigan Alumni." Sponsor: Michigan Alumni for Eisenhower and Nixon. It occurred to us that an official publica- tion of the University of Michigan, which theoretically takes great pains to avoid airing of partisan opinion, is straying a bit from consistent actiot. FREEDOM of tie press, Steve Wilson's flamgsword," has been getting a drenching of late. And we don't have to look to dispatches from 'Argentina or Spain for the trend. It's happening on American campuses. The limitations gradually being placed on the collegiate press represent a very dis- heartening pattern. Judging from the atti- tudes behind the censorship moves, no col- lege paper can really be safe. Editor and Publisher, top-grade fourth estate trade magazine, concluded from a recent survey 'of' college administrations that things are just ducky. Unfortunately, they chose to employ a double 'standard in judging their fledgling brethren. For instance, the practice of relaying "ques- tionable copy" to a University public rela- tions office was passed over as a matter of responsible procedure. Regardless of E & P's conclusions, some sample responses to its questionnaire are of interest: "I believe in pretty full freedom for the student newspaper but .. . for purposes of promoting. accuracy and responsibility in journalism," news and editorial copy should be checked "at times" by the administration. -President Milton S. Eisenhower of Penn- sylvania State College. Our student paper "is produced in the laboratories of the School of Journalism and is supervised closely for all technical opera- tions. Moreover, one of the staff reads all the editorials and other matter to keep a weather eye on the general academic land- scape . ."-P. I. Reed ( director of journ- alism, University of West Virginia. "We believe in imposing the fewest re- strictions and controls . . . but the presi- dent's office has an obligation as a last resort, in protecting the institution, if it becomes necessary against the efforts of irresponsible campus journalism . ."-E. B. Lemon, Dean of Administration, Oregon State College. Couched in these high-sounding phras- ings are definite threats to a free press. Editor and Publisher would recognize them if these were Congressmen talking, not college officials. It is a very black picture. But here's one we liked, ,from President Robert Gordon Sproul of the University of' California: "It is good for students to carry full responsibility ... and the mistakes they make are not only effective educationally, but are less important than the administra- tion and the public think at the time they occur . .. After all, one of the basic free- doms we are all trying to protect is the freedom to criticize and complain-the free- dom to gripe." Yet even the California paper, you may recall, got in hot water with the Regents last year over the Communist issue. We couldn't sleep well if we attempted to defend all the alleged errors in judgment made during the past several years by a few college newspapers. There is some evi- dence of occasional irresponsibility. But the essential fact is the cause of such mistakes, not their mere existence. And that is the simple relationship be- tween paternalism at the top and de- BEHIND THE LINES * The Boredom Is Intolerable By CAL SAMRA trated and nervous, the campus is none- Daily Editorial Director theless unable to channel its latent ideal- THIS CAMPUS has a peculiar personality ism. This apathy is reflected in both the of its own, but, like all personalities, it i Student Legislature and, to a lesser extent, a changing, moving organism, inexplicable The Daily. With the exception of the andindfinble nhas its emotional cycles, elections, the lre politicalinfetv clubss have been, d indefinable. It bysteaens, large, iefctive d s. ,At a sometimes reaching a pitch of mad fervor, time when issues have taken on interna- Goaded on by a "cause," it plunges forward tional and crucial significance, it has be- frantically, mystically, spurred on by a sense come fashionable to be indifferent. of rational selfrighteousness. Then, sudden- What has happened in two years to a ly its youthful spirit sinks, prostrate before campus which once was bursting at the an insurmountable obstacle-no longer en- seams with every kind of activity? The ergetic but resigned, no longer idealistic but answers are not so simple. cynical, no longer courageous but deferen-, To a great degree, the blame lies with tial. the Administration. Its paternal mien has Two years ago, the campus was riding squelched much of the enthusiasm which on a crest. It was sensitive, even paranoic. was once a vital part of this University. Its There were "causes" to embrace then; dogmatic attitude on both the 'fraternity right and left there were causes. The bias clause issue and the Lecture Committee Slosson-Phillips debate . . . Birth of a has, in effect, relegated the Student Legis- Nation . . . World Federalism . . . Bias lature to an insensible, highly innocuous Clauses ... all thunderous issues. organization, forever soul-searching and on the defensive. It was a different campus then. SL up in Generally,however, the absence of sprite- arms . . . The Daily hammering out its ly thinking on campus is open to a broader pungent barbs . . . the young politicos all interpretation. The nation as a whole has in a frenzy .. . rallies and debates on the been caught in a tide towards conservatism diag . . . sturdy veterans passing effete and moderation, and this movement has Bohemians at the Union ... the YP's pam- just now made its impact on the University. phleteering militantly . . . a tolerant fresh- Conformity is now to be preferred to origin- man stopping for a moment to read a cock- ality. eyed appeal . . . a senior sniggering on the To criticize this natural process would side . . . refractory right-wingers duelling be comparable to complaining because with refractory left-wingers . .. the bom- the sun comes up every morning. But it bastic espousal of principles and "causes" should be recognized as something which the surreptitious Nefus Club carefully is not at all healthy or desirable. The planning its next move . . . cajoling and free development of the mind is a value argumentation . . . some say yes, others say which is peculiar to a democracy, and no . . .cautious liberals trying to glean a there is no reason why we should ignore bit of sanity out of a clashing, fermenting it through stupidity or timidity. campus . . . the public relations department In the end, this campus will have to trying to anticipate what would come next. Intend hscmswl aeto shake itself out of its doldrums. It is this In two years, things have changed con- writer's fond wish that something might siderably. The campus has lost its viril- soon be done around here. The boredom is ity. The issues are still with us. But frus- intolerable. + ART+ THE CHIEF attraction at the University piece in either gallery that I wouldn't cheer- Museum of Art is a showing of litho- fully give my eye teeth for. Words are, of graphs, including a feature display illus- course, inadequate to describe a Tamayo, a trating the process of hand lithography. Kandinsky, or a Masson, and the mere men- Hours are 9-5 all week, Sundays 2-5; the tion of practically any name among the ex- exhibit closes December 31st, so if you're hibited should be sufficient to attract a con- leaving Ann Arbor for the holidays you'd siderable audience. best hasten. Hardly less enticing is the bonus offer- Fifteen progress proofs of Jean Charlot's ing, in the North Gallery, of some thirty- "Sunday Dress" (South Gallery) illustrate odd "Drawings by Americans." Here too, the various steps necessary to complete a most of the contributors are contempor- color lithograph. In the far corners of the aries, and a few of them are represented same room are two cases, one containing in the adjoining rooms. The total effect an instruction book and the necessary im- of the museum's current bill-of-fare is plements to make such stones as are dis- pleasing indeed. played in the other. Between the two are * * * * eight panels of photographs of litho- A few final notworthy items: graphers at work, and the rest of the wall At the Forsythe Gallery, 1101 Martin space is given to finished plates. All of the place, the works of Carlos Lopez, chiefly lithographs are accompanied by the 'usual drawings, through December, Wednesdays pertinent information, plus notes on the and Thursdays, 10-5, or by appointment. specific methods and techniques used. It seems that nearly every important conPotters' Guild Christmas sale of hand- temorar seem stat hnea ever mprtanth. comade ceramics, in alley at rear of 337 temporary artist who has ever tried his Maynard, off Williams St., open week-days hand at lithography is represented here. 10-4 and 7-9, Saturdays 10-4 only. There is very little duplication of anyone's work in either the South or West Gallery, A modest showing (both in size and price) so the gallery-goer gets a really extensive and of lithographs and etchings, good, in the excellent sampling, both in black and white vicinity of the fireplace, Bob Marshall's Book and in color, of many different styles. Shop, store hours, through Christmas. Happy There is little point in dwelling long on a holidays. show as fine as this one; there is hardly a -Siegfried Feller VURRE$N4 MIVIEs/I 1 wi "Hear Ye, Hear Ye - Darmnit, Listen To Me!" () .' i i ( /f y etter4 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. ON THEI WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDI WITH DREW PEARSON Biting an Apple... DURING THE recent campaign. the Democrats shrieked that a Republican victory meant a sure, swift economic depression and bellowed about a return to 1932 days. Now that the election is safely over, the present Secre- tary of the Treasury has come for- ward to predict "permanent pros- perity for the U.S.," in a recent Chicago speech. Was that pre-election strategy really an honest method of cam- paigning, or was the party of the "intellectual" in fact indulging in a bit of plain, old, habitual, rabble- rousing. ?-J. B. Reid On the Democrats.. . A LETTER BY Mr. Willard Han- sen appeared in The Daily last week arguing thatneven though I disagreed with the majority fac- tion I should have remained in the Young Democrats, working for what I believed to be its improve- ment. His argument would have been valid up until 1936. Then, the two factions within the party, those favoring and opposing the New Deal philosophy, were ade- quately represented in party policy decisions. That year, however, the New Dealers made a tragic and in- excusable mistake. They eliminat- ed the 2/3 voting rule and substi- tuted majority rule in its place. From that time on, the danger was always present of the New Deal faction seizing control of the party and squelching its opposi- tion. Since 1948, they have made that danger become a reality. This year, the ADA, "brains" behind the New Deal, concocted a loyalty oath, pushed through their plat- form, nominated their candidates, and wrote the presidential cam- paign speeches. The minority fac- tion was given no other role than to vote for the candidates on elec- tion day. I found the same trend develop- ed in the Young Democrats that was present at the national level. The dominant left-wing faction, drunk with its new-found power, not only refused to cooperate with the minority but finally restricted the opposition to five minutes when it desired to speak. This, to me, is not just totalitarian. It shows the sheer hypocrisy of the members. They dare preach, with self-righteousness, the furthering of' minority rights while, at the first chance, they are ready to crush every minority in their own organization. Those who have bolted, as my- self, feel the party has passed the point where the present majority faction can be internally checked again. If their guess is -wrong and the 2/3 rule is reinstituted (though the time is quickly approaching when even the 2/3 rule will not protect the minority) the Indepen- dent Democrats are prepared to rejoin their party organization. Otherwise, they can only watch patiently buthregretfully while the Fair Dealers continue to purge or antagonize into bolting every di- vergent group within the party. ,-Bernie Backhaut * * * J-Hop Blues.. . THIS IS THE last straw! The University, unsatisfied with merely permitting J-Hop to de- teriorate i n t o "just another dance," now threatens to reduce it to a simple farce! This year, we are told, J-Hop will be held on one night only, instead of the tra- ditional two nights. In an effort to "explain" its action, the Uni- versity states that fewer and few- er couples are attending J-Hop and, because of that fact, it can- not afford to have a two-night dance. Has the thought ever oc- curred to University officials that more people would attend J-Hop if they were offered two top-rate bands. Last year Michigan State's J-Hop featured Ray Anthony. But who did we have for our J-Hop? Two "has-beens!" Adding insult to injury, the Uni- versity furthermore stated that on J-Hop Weekend, since the dance would be held on Friday night only, the Saturday night curfew would be 2 a.m. instead of 4 a.m. as before. Does the Univer- sity think its student body con- sists of a bunch of high-school adolescents? It goes without say- ing that a student body consist- ing of men and women eligible to fight in Korea are certainly able to take care of themselves proper- ly on a big weekend! We vehemently object to this unwarranted infringement o n what once was one of the most famous collegiate social events in the country! No wonder the stu- dent body has so little respect for the administration and its poli- cies! Yes, indeed, this is the last straw! -Ralph Wagner, '54 Wayne Johnston, '53 I WASHINGTON-Sen, Bob Taft of Ohio, who hit the ceiling when President-elect Eisenhower designated a Democrat, Martin Dur- kin, as Secretary of Labor, is due for another unpleasant surprise. Eisenhower advisers are quietly planning to sidetrack the controversial Taft-Hartley act and support a new labor-manage- ment bill more conciliatory to labor. However, the thing that will really send up Taft's blood pressure is that Ike's advisers, as a further gesture to labor, will endeavor to enact the new bill without Taft's name on it. The legislation will be sponsored by Congressman Sam McConnell, Pennsylvania Republican, who will be chairman of the House labor committee in the next Congress. McConnell comes from a wealthy Philadelphia suburb, but believes in being fair to labor and sponsored the Federal Mine Safety Act. - TAX SCANDALS - BIGGEST peeve of Harry Truman, as he is about to leave the, White House, is something he discusses only with close friends-the fact that he has had to take the rap for crooked internal revenue col- lectors who, he says, were "handed down to me" from pervious Demo- cratic administrations. "I didn't appoint any of those fellows who went sour, except one in New York, who was already in the bureau, and I got rid of him right away when I learned about his unfitness," Truman recently told an old friend. "I inherited all the others." Truman added that he wasn't blaming his old boss and predeces- sor, Franklin Roosevelt, who he said couldn't be expected to foresee that the collectors would turn crooked after he appointed them. "Those bad actors let both Roosevelt and me down," the President grumbled. "But what really burns me up is that I have had to take the brunt of the criticism for allegedly appointing low-caliber men to pub- lic office, when I didn't appoint them. "The Republicans also have accused me of .being easy on the Communists, when the truth is that I have prosecuted and put in jail more Communists than any President in history." Truman said he had been a "good soldier" in taking the brickbats of the last campaign and that he intended to remain silent after leaving the White House, rather than give his GOP critics "the satisfaction of thinking that I am trying to place the blame on someone else." Note-internal revenue irregularities were exposed in this column in great detail as early as 1949. Yet the President never moved in to clean up until about two years later. * * * * -- "MC CARTHYISM" DESPITE IKE - PRESIDENT-ELECT Eisenhower is already running into trouble with the McCarthy wing of his party. The McCarthyites have discovered that one of Ike's special advisers on government reorganization, Bernard L. Gladieux, formerly sat in judgment on Commerce Department loyalty cases. This automatically casts suspicion on him in McCarthy's book, because the Commerce Department passed on the loyalty of such alleged pro-Reds as William Remington and Michael Lee. Gladieux once served under Henry Wallace-another red mark against him to the McCarthyites. In the Commerce Department, Gladieux had the power to overrule the loyalty board's findings on appeal cases. He is now working with blueblood Nelson Rockefeller, on revamp- ing government bureaus. Loudest voice against Gladieux is that of McCarthy's GOP colleague, Sen. George Malone of Nevada. Malone has been whispering that Gladieux is a "protege of Henry Wallace." Malone doesn't seem to know it, but both Nelson Rockefeller and Milton Eisenhower were also friends of Henry Wallace; in fact, Milton worked under him in the Agriculture Department. It would appear that a change in administrations won't stop the guilt-by-association clamor. * * * * - WASHINGTON PIPELINE - MADAME Pandit has urged General Eisenhower to allow Chester Bowles to stay on as American ambassador to India. Madame Pandit reported that Bowles was the most popular ambassador ever sent to India and it would be a shame to recall him at this time.... Senator Nixon was the guest of Mexico's big real-estate man at Acapulco, Melchor Perusquia. Funny how Nixon loves real-estate men. . . . Congratulations to Louis Urow for his dissenting report against the whitewash of Lieut. Joe Shimon, the Washington cop who tapped telephone wires for Maine's Senator Brewster. Urow was the only member of the police board who called a spade a spade. . . Reporter magazine really exposes the wiretapping racket in its issue this week. * * * * - TITOISM IN CHINA? - IT'S A LONG SHOT, but one thing that might play into Eisenhower's hands in unsnarling the Korean embroglio is a report from central intelligence that there are signs of a split between Russia and Com- munist China. Apparently the split opened up as a result of the Indian _ _ A DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN 'i _1 ' At the Michigan . . PLYMOUTH ADVENTURE, with Spen- cer Tracy and Gene Tierney. FAILING TO produce a dramatic, unified movie, the producers of Plymouth Ad- venture were obviously content to try for historical accuracy. Even here, they have- n't succeeded too well, hampered by an ov- erpowering reverence for pilgrims and rocks and such. The subplot on which the picture hing- es progresses fitfully to a rather lame conclusion. Spencer Tracy, as the cyni- cal hard-drinking captain of the May- flower, tries throughout the voyage to force his attentions on the wife of a lead- ing Pilgrim. In this situation, Gene Tier- ney's only possible decision would appear to be perfectly clear-cut, and she does repulse the captain vigorously. Although she may have been despondent about the affair, her suicide seems motiveless and a little silly. To some extent, though, Tracy's talents offset the inadequate script. THERE IS something far more terrifying about the hydrogen bomb tha.i the fact that it has reduced the atomic bomb to a .22-calibre rifle alongside a large cannon. What is most terrifying about the hydro- gen bomb is its grotesque lack of impact The celebrated John Alden-Priscilla Mul- lins romance is given a lukewarm and un- distinguished performance by Van John- son and Dawn Addams. Johnson is able to, and does, speak for himself in the best American-boy fashion, while Miles Standish languishes as a mere soldier. Most of the scenes are done in the hum- drum square-rigger tradition that plagues both pirate and pilgrim movies. Among the exceptions is a storm sequence which con- veys something of the terror that voyagers packed below decks must have felt. The final shot, the Mayflower sailing into a per- fectly symetrical sunset, is more typical though. Beside the artistic incompetency, there is a gross misrepresentation of the Puri- tan and his cause. None of the severe, unattractive aspects which marked this sect in its early days are allowed to glim- mer through. Dissolving into a welter of enthusiasm toward the end, the picture advances this little group as a very foun- tainhead from which religious toleration and popular democracy flowed ready- made. There's not much left for a movie about the American Revolution to accom- plish. The accompanying cartoon is one of those little germs created by the avant-garde school of animators. Its calculated simplicity and (Continued from Page 2) Gamma Delta, Lutheran Student Club. Supper at 5:30 p.m. Program 6 p.m.: Christmas Candlelight Song Serv- ice in the Chapel. Westrminster Guild. Christmas sup- per at 5:45 p.m. with Roger Williams Guild, to be followed by carol singing and worship service. Evangelical and Reformed Student Guild. Informalmeeting at 7:30 p.m., Lane Hall, before going to the Carol Sing on the steps of the General Li- brary at 8:15. Roger Williams Guild. Begin a stu- dy of First King, 9:45 a.m. Meet in Guild House at 5:30 p.m. to go in a group to Presbyterian Church for sup- per and join the Westminster Guild in their evening program. Following this, we will join the Caroi Sing on the Library Steps, winding up the evening with Wassail at Lane Hall. Hillel. Brandeis Camp Institute alum- ni meeting 4 p.m., Hillel Building. Dis- cussion group. Newman Club. General meeting, 7:30 p.m. Guest speaker: Professor Wheeler. who will talk on "Christian Approach to Racial Problems." Canterbury Club. Annual Canterbury Club Christmas dinner and tree-trin- ming party will be held tonight at 6 p.m. UNESCO Council cultural meeting in the Recreation Room of the Interna- tional Center, 603 E. Madison St., at 8 p.m. Continued topic: "Racism in South Africa"-a symposium of South African foreign students moderatedby Professor Preston W. Slosson of the History Department. Refreshments fol- Ilowing. Graduate Outing Club will meet at 2 p.m. at the rear entrance of Rackham Building. Hiking and ice skating. Michigan Christian Fellowship. Rev. Challis, of St. Mark's Methodist Church in Detroit. will speak on "The Coming of Christ" at 4 p.m. in the Fireside Room, Lane Hali. Everyone welcome. Refreshments. Corning Events Political Science Round Table will be held on Tues., Dec. 16, in the Rackhiam Amphitheater at 7:45 p.m. Topic for discussion will be "Political Behavior Research in the Detroit Metropolitan Area." Participants will be Dr. Samuel J. Eldersveld, Dr.,Ronald Freedman, Mr. Sidney Belanoff, and Mr. Richard W. Dodge. A social hour will follow the program. All interested persons in- vited. Volunteer Naval Research Reserve Unit 9-3. On Mon., Dec. 15. 7:30 p.m., Deutscher Verein meeting, Tues., Dec. 16, at 7:30, in 3 Tappan Hall. Short Christmas program to be followed by caroling. Physical Therapy students. Meeting of all juniors who have declared their intention of concentrating on Physical Therapy,rues., Dec. 16, Room 4303, Univ. Hospital. It is urgent that you be present, but if impossible to attend, call Virginia Wilson, 31531-Ext. 337, and make arrangements for another ap- pointment. U. of M. Rifle Club will meet Tues., Dec. 16, at 7:15 at the R.O.T.C. Rifle Range. Motion Picture. Ten-minute film, "Animals in Winter," shown Mon. through Fri. at 10:30, 12:30, 3:00, and 4:00, 4thi floor, University Museums Building. La P'tite Causette will meet tomor- row from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the North Cafeteria of the Michigan Union. The Lutheran Student Association will hold their annual Christmas Carol- ing Party Tuesday night. The group will meet at the Center at 7:30 for car- oling and afterwards will return there to enjoy Mrs. Yoder's homemade Christ- mas cookies. Civil Liberties Committee meeting Tues., Dec. 16, 7:30, at the Union. Im- portant discussions and elections of officers for spring semester. Members and interested students are invited. Sixty-Third Yea? 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 ......Ed.City Editor Cal Samra........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 Sewell. Associate Sports Editor Lorraine Butler....... . Wowen's Editor Mary Jane Mills, Asaoc. Women's Editor Business Staff Al Green............. Business Manager Milt Goetz.......Advertising Manager Diane Johnston.... Assoc. Business Mgr. Judy Loehnberg ... Finance Manager 'Tom Treeger.fl. rultion Managzer