FOUfL THE MICHIGAN DAILY b ? A-J y.; ,_ t _ _ . i Phoenix Pro ect r- a e EVER SINCE a fateful August day in 1945, people around the world have heard echoes of an explosion at Hiroshima and have faced the new horizon of un- leashed atomic energy with fear and trep- idation. The general public has watched the subsequent research, test explosions and international squabbles over the bomb's control with increasing anxiety over the future of so much potentially destructive power. However, here at the University,. a great deal of progress is being made in convert- ing the atomic war-baby into a peace-lov- ing citizen. In a year-end report on the work of the Memorial Phoenix Project, di- rector Ralph A. Sawyer, dean of the Grad- uate School, disclosed some important strides in peaceful uses of atomic energy. Heading the list of new developments is the promise of a new way to kill trichinosis in Infected pork. Other developments in- cluded effective means of killing bacteria, thus aiding food preservation, drug sterili- zation and changing fermentation pro- cesses. New means of dealing with cancer, America's number two killer, have also x. been found. But the Phoenix Memorial does not stop with research in physical science fields, although most of its 54 projects are concentrated in this line. Approxi- mately $75,000 of the $140,000 already spent in peacetime atomic research has gone into such programs as the legal and publica administration aspects of atomic energy. In such ways, the project is filling a world-wide need-putting the atom to work for the benefit of mankind. All those who have aided these scientific pioneers through their contributions to the Phoenix Project have earned the thanks of not only the United States but also the entire world. -Diane Decker DREW PEARSON: Washington Merr y-Go-Round WASHINGTON-British sources close to Winston Churchill say that while his initial reason for coming to see Eisenhower was the dynamite-laden situation in Iran, the Prime Minister has become equally steamed up over reports of Eisenhower's proposed strategy in Korea. This strategy, as relayed to London by British observers, follows: . Send two divisions of Chiang Kai- Shek's troops to Korea from Formosa. 2. Blockade the China ports. 3. Turn over a certain number of Ameri- can naval vessels to South Korea 'and the Chinese Nationalists in order to form Ko- rean and Chinese navies, which in turn would harass the coast of China. 4. Lift the present ban against Chiang Kal-Shek's sending military expeditions to the Chinese mainland. 5. Possible use of atomic weapons in Korea. 6. Send three U.S. divisions to Japan, pre- sumably to prepare for a Korean offensive next spring. BRITISH OPPOSITION- THE FIRST five of these cut squarely across British policy in the past-not only the policy of the Labor Government, but of the Conservatives. In fact, ex-prime Minister Clement Attlee rushed across the Atlantic on a somewhat similar mission, when President Truman dropped an off- the-cuff remark about using the A-bomb in Korea. Churchill is reported by friends to be particularly upset over Ike's reported plan to use Chiang Kai-Shek's troops and also the reported plan to blockade the China coast. The British have long argued that Chinag Kai-Shek is completely discred. ited, that he can never stage a comeback, and that using his troops either in Ko- rea or on the Chinese mainland would be. like a red flag to the Chinese. It might, they argue, prolong the war indefinitely. The British also claim that any block- ade of the China coast would be tantmount to an act of war. If U.S. warships should blockade 'Russian-held Dairen, for instance, it might easily provoke war. Churchill's advisers say that since he and Eisenhower are old comrades from World War 'II during which they enjoyed an ex- tremely close relationship, Winston may tactfully suggest that the new President should not move merely for the sake of movement, but that his moves be carefully thought out so as not to alienate this coun- try's allies. (Copyright, 1952, by the Bell Syndicate) BO OKS RUMOR AND REFLECTION: By Bernard umes of his library, his major art treasures, Berenson. Simon & Schuster. and his photograph collection in nearby UTNFORTUNATELY, important critics of cellars. books (those writing for major reviews) Life as usual meant reading newspapers often accomplish the opposite of their ends from Germany, entertaining and being en- because of their means. Bernard Berenson's tertained; listening to radio broadcasts latest book, "Rumor and Reflection," met from Axis and Allied nations; reflecting on with an all too favorable reception at its v Jews and theirum roleart,ma in western genrcivilization, .ublication some weeks ago, and the result has not been happy. and many other things-none of which is Intending to praise the book because trivial. of its fineness, and by so doing introduce Once ,Berenson was in hiding, the tenor it to a large audience, the critics have of the diary changes. Unable to live ac- succeeded in doing to Berenson what T. cording to his custom, Berenson thought S. Eliot says has been done to Ben Jon- and wrote more on the actuality of the son: "To be 'uiversally accepted; to be war, as retreating German troops forti- damned by the praise that quenches all fied the countryside, and upon literature desire to read the book; to be afflicted by in particular, art in general; "Prometheus imputation of the virtues which excite Unbound" in the midst of aerial and ar- the least pleasure; and to be read only tillery bombardments; Goethe, Racine, by historians and antiquaries-this is the Shakespeare-these occupied his mind. most perfect conspiracy of approval." Berenson, capable of looking at a good Berenson has, for half a century, persist- deal of personal danger without loss of ed in intellectual circles as a reputation; resolve and dignity, wrote of the Allied regarded as perhaps the greatest art critic invasion of Italy: alive, relatively few persons have troubled "The Anglo-Americans have made a themselves to find out why he is accorded landing on the spot where Aeneas landed that reputation. That, would certainly seem three thousand years ago. According to last to be unfortunate. accounts they are already at Velletri and "Rumor and Reflection" is, according to have thus achieved, in a couple of days its arrangement, a diary of Berenson's war what it took the Trojan hero so long to years, opening on January 1, 1941, and end- accomplish. The terrain still sets the same ing after the Allied liberation of Italy in problems that it did of old." November 1944. Lithuanian by birth, Ameri- Others have written of the invasion dra- can by legal proceedings, and Harvard edu- matically, and well, but none has written cated, Berenson has lived forty years in with a greater sense of history. Italy. He and Mrs. Berenson decided to re- Speaking of his hiding, Berenson says: main in Italy despite the cajolery of the ;°. . . this year of sequestration seemed U.S. State Department, and the concern 'of already, while I was living it, and seems their friends. That, ostensibly, gave rise to more and more in retrospect, one of the this diary of Berenson's. most satisfactory of a life time. For many In his home, I Tatti, Berenson had a day I had been longing for leisure, for amassed all the materials essential to his freedom from workaday matters, and work. He says, "The library has only some from over-much society. All this and forty thousand items, but scarcely one more was granted me... " that, in the course of sixty years, has not "Rumor and Reflection" is not, and been acquired for quality of its content, should not be regarded as, a theory of crit- whether literary or scholarly." I Tatti icism, a philosophy of life, a codification of also houses his collection of photographs a life spent in scholarship and writing, or which "comprise a fair showing of the anything consciously preconceived and world's art in every phase," and his per- carefully executed. It is the commonplace sonal aggregation of "objet d'art." book of one of the extraordinary minds of Life for Berenson went according to long- three generations, our own and those of established custom so long as Mussolini re- our parents and grandparents. "Rumor and mained solvent in the Axis system. Once Reflection" may well be one of the most Mussolini was deposed, the Germans start- important single non-fiction books to come ed their "Jew-hunt" and their rape of Italy. from the war. One would do well to place Then Berenson, who is Jewish, went into it on his shelves and make not infrequent hiding with a neutral diplomat's family, incursions. and secreted some twenty thousand vol- --Russell Gregory MATTER OF FACT:. The Facts on the H-Bomb "Keep Working On Him-He Must Be Guilty Of Something" ik k s i FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION SCHEDULE University of Michigan COLLEGE OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND THE ARTS HORACE H. RACKHAM SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SCHOOL OF NATURAL RESOURCES SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH COLLEGE OF PHARMACY SCHOOL OF EDUCATION SCHOOL OF NURSING SCHOOL OF MUSIC January 19 - January '29, 1953 NOTE: For courses having both lectures and recitations, the time of class is the time of the first lecture period of the week; for courses having recitations only, the time of the class is the time of the first recitation period. Certain courses will be ex- amined at special periods as noted below the regular schedule. 12 o'clock classes, 4 o'clock classes, 5 o'clock classes and other "irregular" classes may use any examination period provided there is no conflict (or one with conflicts if the conflicts are ar- ranged for by the "irregular" classes). Each student should receive notification from his instructor as to the time and place of his examination. In the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, no date of examination may be changed without the consent of the Committee on Examina- iton Schedules. Time of Class Time of Examination (at 8 Wednesday, January 21 9-12 (at 9 Saturday, January 24 9-12 (at 10 Tuesday, January 27 9-12 MONDAY (at 11 Monday, January 19 9412 (at 1 Tuesday, January 20 2-5 (at 2 Thursday, January 29 9-12 (at 3 Thursday, January 22 2-5 tettePJ TO THE EDITOR The Daily welcomes communications from its readers on matters of general interest, and will publish all letters which are signed vy 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. TUESDAY (at (at (at (at (at (at (at 8 9 10 1i 1 2 3 Friday, January 23 Monday, January 26 Wednesday, January 28 Tuesday, January 20 Thursday, January 29 Thursday, January 22 Monday, January 19 9-12 9-12 9-12 9-12 2-5 9-12 2-5 South Africa . . To the Editor:j t WAS interested in a letterl which aneared in the Chicago1 too, but after reading several ar- ticles in The Daily lately on "the case of Bert Braun," I feel that it is high time for me to come to the defense of an old friend. These regular examination periods have precedence over any special period scheduled concurrently. Conflicts must be ar- ranged for by the instructor of the "special" class. SPECIAL PERIODS LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND THE ARTS i 1 1 I have just finished reading a Daily News, pertaining to Kenya copy of The Dial-a new West and the Mau Mau, signed by an Asiatic student, L. V. Naidoo, who n Quad ptblication. My first reac- is at present studying at the Uni- Lion was one of utter disgust. At versiy ofMichgan.this season of Christmas, when versity of Michigan' most people should be thinking of Mr. Naidoo, in his eloquent plea peace on earth, and good will for the Africans (black races) re- among men. the editors of The frained from intimating the role Dial devoted nearly , an issue played by theuAsiatics in Africa. to a ,vicious and unfounded at- Perhaps he could enlighten us on tack upon one of the finest stu- the subject, with particular ref- dentsuwho ever attended the Uni- erence to the activities of one versity of Michigan-Bert Braun. Daddoo, who is one of three Asi- The paper is so filled with lies and atics from South Africa listed un- smears of the Joe McCarthy var- der the 500 leading Communists iety, that I wondered to myself, in the Eastern Hemisphere (ex- "How could intelligent college stu- cluding the USSR) by a United dents stoop so low?" The answer, States Congressional Committee. of course, came to me when I read As far as South African affairs the editorial board which puts out are concerned, the All Indian The Dial. Congress Party incites to civil My defense of Bert Braun disobedience in South Africa and My fen oet Bran providessprings from an honest belief that provides funds for carryingdon he has worked long and hard in this campaign. From thenIndianh e i Chemistry 1, 3 English 1, 2 Psychology 31 English 112 Economics 51, 52, 53, 54 Great Books 1, Section 9 Sociology 51, 54, 60, 90 Political Science 1 French 1, 2, 11, 12, 31, 32 61, 62 Spanish 1, 2, 31, 32 Russian 1 German 1, 2, 31, 11 Zoology 1 Monday, January 19 Wednesday, January 2 Wednesday, January 2 Wednesday, January 2 Friday, January 23 Friday, January 23 Saturday, January 24 Saturday, January 24 Monday, January 26 21 21 21 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-5 Tuesday, January 27 Tuesday, January 27 Tuesday, January 27 Wednesday,,fJanuary 28 SPECIAL PERIODS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON-No American high offi- cial has the faintest doubt that the Kremlin now knows the salient facts about the American hydrogen bomb. At this very moment, beyond question, the Soviet strat- egists are recasting their war plans in the light of the existence of this weapon which blotted out an atoll. Equally certainly, they are also thinking of the next phase, which we should be thinking about too, when the Kremlin will have an H-bomb of its own. In these circumstances it is ludicrous --it is downright shocking-that the facts about the H-bomb are being concealed from the American people. They can be, and have been, ascertained by the same non-secret processes used by the Russian intelligence. And here they are. The first point to note is that all expec- tations, both official and unofficial, were surpassed by the last explosion at Eniwe- tok. It was fairly well-known that the orig- inal aim was to build a one megaton bomb -or in other words, a bomb fifty times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb, with an explosive power of one million tons of TNT. There were widespread doubts that even this aim could be attained, because of the undreamed of complexity of the technical problems involved. Prior to the Eniwetok test, the official word was passed that the object to be exploded was not going to be a bomb at all. It was going to be a mere "experimen- tal mechanism" deriving most of its pow- er from plutonium fusion, which is the power source of conventional atomic bombs. At best ,it was only going to dem- onstrate the capabilities of hydogen fu- sion, which is the quite different and in- finitely more terrible power source of hydrogen bombs, as well as the source of the sun's heat that maintains life on earth. All this cautious preliminary damping- down has now turned out to be utterly mis- leading. As things turned out, the primi- tive hydrogen bomb tested at Eniwetok had an explosive force of between three and five megatons. It was between one-hundred- and-fifty and two-hundred-and-fifty times more powerful than the bomb that fell on Hiroshima. It was the equivalent of be- tween three-million and five-million tons of TNT. There is no adequate way to visualize such an explosion, in which Faustian man reproduced the very of fire of life. But one can at least set down the probable effects on its target of a hydrogen bomb of this order. Let us strike an average, supposing that the bomb tested at Eniwetok had a force of four megatons. In that case, the effects on an urban target would be ap- proximately as follows, according to expert estimates: First, the bomb would send out lethal gamma rays, which would kill unprotect- ed living organisms over an area of ten square miles. But this would have no- importance, since all living things so near to ground zero would be burned or blast- ed to death in any case. Second, such a bomb would severely blast an area of 140 square miles, and moderately to severely blast an area of 20 square miles. In the area of severe blast, there would be total ruin. In the larger area of moderate- to-severe blast, destruction would be more capricious, with some structures totally ruined, others only moderately damaged, Third, the fireb all of the bomb would send out a heatfiash sufficientto igniteI combustible material, or to cause killing third degree burns on exposed skin, with- in an area of 300 square miles. Fourth, such a bomb would certainly start one or more firestorms. These are theI infernos of fire, which fan their own flames by creating their own draft, that civilized man first produced in Hamburg, and then in Hiroshima, in the last war. A fire storm destroys all living things in its path, by burning the oxygen in the air, and thus in effect strangling living organisms. The storm rages until the flames find no more fuel to feed them. Remember, further, that this bomb tested at Eniwetok was only a primitive first mod- el. After this test, we can no longer doubt that men can make what has been defined as "the absolute weapon"-the ten mega- ton bomb, with a force of 10 million tons of TNT. Bombs larger than this, in fact, can probably be built if there is use for them. Thus the Eniwetok explosion in No- vember radically changed the whole world} we live in, and the personal situations of every one of us. And that is why the peo- ple have a right to know about these devel- nnMV - r nlt - ~cr - o mn- t - -- 117a High Commissioner's Office in London we learn of the attempt from New Delhi to form a Third Political Party in South Africa! The question of the protection of Indian minorities in South Af- rica can hardly be discussed by India with any attempt at right- with no thought of the credit which he so richly deserves. It springs from the memories of Fri- day eveningsawhen almost single- handed, he ran a Little Club so that students would have a place to dance after the movies. It springs from respect for a friend Business Administration 22, Monday, January 19 122; 223a, 223b Business Administration 1 Tuesday, January 20 Business Administration 73, Wednesday, January'21 105, 143 Business Administration 13 Wednesday, January 21 (Econ. 173) Business Administration 255 Friday, January 23 Business Administration 162 Friday, January 23 7-10 P.M. 7-10 P.M. 2-5 7-10 P.M. 9-12 2-5 eous indignation. Hyderabad and who was never satisfied unless he, Kashmir are twin fingers of ac- was doing something for his cusation against India. Further, school. Muslims born in South Africa who are at present in India have even If the "big shots" of West Quad complained to the SouthAfrican and certain members of the IHC, Government of the seizure of complete 1/10th of the work that their properties under the Evac- Bert Braun has done, during their uee Property Ordinance. Certainly stay in Ann Arbor, they would be an interesting situation! doing more than this writer would From my own observations, it ever expect of them-judging is obvious that the Africans will them on their talents, view any attempt by Indians to It is my hope, that when the secure Lebensraum in Africa,: Board of Governors reviews the North or South, with a jaundiced case of Bert Braun, that it will eye. The African battle cry at review it in a spirit of fairness; the moment is "Africa for the Af- that it will obtain all the facts; ricans"; and, openly aided and that it will recognize that in the abetted by Communist influ- person of Bert Braun is symbolized ence and propaganda emanating the "ideal" Residence Hall leader. from Communist nests scattered -Gene Mossner, '52 throughout Africa, the future of that continent lies in the laps of the gods. [EGAL JARGON is to some ex-j --Rhoda Barry, South - tent a dead language. It is African student at The not spoken; it is not growing; it University of Illinois does not reflect the real facts of * community life and of the normal SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Courses not covered by this schedule as well as any neces- sary changes will be indicated on the School bulletin board. SCHOOL OF MUSIC Individual examinations by appbintment will be given for all applied music courses (individual instruction) elected for credit in any unit of the University. For time and place of examina- tions, see bulletin board in the School of Music. SCHOOL OF NATURAL RESOURCES Courses not covered by this schedule as well as any necessary changes will be indicated on the School bulletin board. SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Courses not covered by this schedule as well as any necessary changes will be indicated on the School bulletin board. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN College of Engineering SCHEDULE OF EXAMINATIONS January 19 to January 29, 1953 NOTE: For courses having both lectures and quizzes, the time of class is the time of the first lecture period of the week; for courses having quizzes only, the time of class is the time of the first quiz period. Certain courses will be examined at special periods as noted below the regular schedule. All cases of conflicts between as- signed examination periods must be reported for adjustment. See bulletin board outside of Room 3209 East Engineering Build- ing between January 5th and January 10th for instruction. To avoid misunderstandings and errors each student should receive notification from his instructor of the time and place of his ap- pearance in each course during the period January 19 to Jan- uary 29. No date of examination may be changed without the consent of the Classification Committee. Y 4 Acquittal . . To the Editor: JUST before going home for Christmas, I received a tele-I phone call from Richard Demmer, of the editorial board of the Mon- roe Street Jounral. He offered the following explanation for the edi- torial coincidence I wrote about in a previous letter. He said that his paper was em- t barking upon a long-range pro-E gram of revising and reprinting meritorious editorials, from lead- ing newspapers, on topics of gen- eral business and economic ' in- terest. The editorial on labor re- lations and labor legislation was to be the first. Mr. Demmer ex- t plained that the editorial was to be typed to copy the original, but that the typist to whom he gave: the task put at the bottom, notj interchange between articulate persons. -N. Y. Times Sixty-Third Year Edited and managed by students at 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 Sam ra.... ......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 CIINIEMA. Time of Class (at (at Oat MONDAY (at (at (at (at At the Orpheum . . CASQUE D'OR, with Simone Signoret and Serge Reggiani. yWITH THE exception of a few different faces and a foreign language this might have been any one of a number of American racket mnvies The story hv nmnne nnml typical tough doll, and which she plays with feeling and sensitivity. Serge Reggiani portrays the carpenter, a noble honest man who is forced to mur- der a man in a fight over Marie. As he is typically a good man with a streak of bad luck, so Claude Dauphin, the gangleader, is a standard unscrupulous villain. While 8 9 10 11 1 2 3 8 9 10 11 1 2 3 Time of Examination Wednesday, January 21 Saturday, January 24 Tuesday, January 27 Monday, January 19 Tuesday, January 20 Thursday, January 29 Thursday, January 22 Friday, January 23 Monday, January 26 Wednesday, January 28 Tuesday, January 20 Thursday, January 29 Thursday, January 22 Monday, January 19 f 9-12 9-12 9-12 9-12 2-5 9-12 2-5 9-12 9-12 9-12 9-12 2-5 9-12 2-5 the source, but Mr. Demmer's Lorraine Butler........ Wowen's Editor name. Mr. Demmer asserted that Mary Jane Mills, Assoc. Women's Editorj he was short of time, and so didB not read the copy and correct the Business Staff error. Al Green............Business Manager error. Milt Goetz........ Advertising Manager This explanation should serve Diane Johnston. . ..Assoc. Business Mgr. to acquit Mr. Demmer of any di- Judy Loehnberg .... Finance Manager r,,+ n,-.,i j cm -nt 1 asct nrA ein ra Tonm Treecer....Cirmulation Manager TUMSDAY (at (at (at (at (at (at (at r I II