PAGE FtJM THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, 'NOVEMBER 24, 1953 PAGE FOUR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1933 I I IT SEEMS TO ME By ALICE B. SILVER Associate Editorial Director ASIDE FROM a lunatic fringe which in- dulges in anonymous and slanderous telephone calls (I received one Sunday) there are many readers who sincerely do not understand why a small 'd' democrat is so interested in preserving constitutional rights and freedom for Communists. (eg: Congres- sional committees and the First and Fifth Amendments.) Certainly, these people argue, if the Communists were to take over this gov- ernment there would be nothing resem- bling civil liberties as we in America know it. A point well taken. The Communist of- ficially regards civil liberties as a necessary tool of bourgeois democracy which can be completely disregarded once history, with the help of some revolutionists, makes the inevitable step into the dictatorship of the proletariat. I have no delusions as to this fact. However, this in no way abrogates the ne- cessity to oppose all the McCarthys and all the Congressional committees which make Communists and subversives their political business. There are two basic assumptions that if accepted render the above position very ten- able. The first assumption is that no legis- lative arm of the government has the con- stitutional right to inquire into the polit- ical ideas of the citizenry. The very imporant correlary of this is that these committees are actually more inter- ested in attacking the liberal who is caught in between the two extremes of Communism and "McCarthyism" than the Communist Party member This is accomplished in two ways. First, persons are dragged before the committees who are known as anti-Communist liberals but who have perhaps voiced opinions which the committees deem too non-conformist to be ."safe." The first examples of this type individual which come to mind are Bishop Oxnam; James Weehsler and Owen Latti- more. These persons have been subjected to q public abuse and discredited with a taint of disloyalty. The second method is more subtle and therefore perhaps more dangerous. The - Congressional committees have set them- selves up as the official labelers of what ideas are subversive and dangerous. The principle is simple: if the Communist Party line happens to oppose segregation, the Smith Act, book burning, McCarthy, etc., then any citizen, no matter how loyal, who also opposes such things is suspected and by implication a "subversive." If we concede that the committees have a right to detect Communists and "subver- sives" then we must concede that these self- appointed upholders of "Americanism" also have the right to judge what is communistic and subversive. Many loyal American can not concede this point in good conscience. It is precisely for this reason that the small 'd' democrat is so concerned with civil liberties for all citizens and refuses to draw a line or have the com- mittees draw a line between what is "sub- versive" and what is not. Now, clearly, there are citizens whose aim It is to overthrow the democratic government of the United States. These people, if proven guilty in a court of law, are traitors and, in fact, subversives. The second basic assumption arises from this fact. It is not the duty of Con- gressional committees to detect traitors. This is a job for he FBI and other admin- istrative agencies who, incidentally, seem to be handling the situation quite well. It is the firm belief of many Americans, this writer among them, that Congressional committees are doing nothing constructive to fight Communism but are attacking the proglem in somewhat of a neurotic manner. Their methods produced a climate in which the liberal, not the Communist, must fight for his way of life and eventually for the life of democracy. Thanksgiv in Vacation AS THE LURE of home-cooked food and a four day Thanksgiving weekend tempts students, train and bus stations already are crowded and University residence halls are beginning to be shrouded in quiet. The cam- pus exodus has begun: the four day week- end becomes a five or six day weekend for many vacation-hungry students. A reminder is due those people planning to be absent from classes on Wednesday and Monday, however. It is by virtue of the Student Legislature's recommendation to the administration tlat we are having a Thanksgiving holiday at all. More im- portant, the four day week-end was grant- ed on a two year trial basis, of which this is the second experimental year. The con- ditions offered students, when the trial period began were: Friday and Saturday classes of Thanksgiving week would be omitted if classroom attendance was nor- mal on the preceding Wednesday and the following Monday. Faculty members are required to check and report attendance on those two days. On the basis of the information eiven by faculty members for Congratulations, MSC By ERIC VETTER Daily City Editor IT TOOK the faculty representatives of the Western Conference 12 hours to decide who to send to the Rose Bowl. Politics, hon- est opinion and indecision all were prevalent during the balloting. The final 6-4 count is history and to Michigan State College goes our congratulations for their nomination and a truly fine football team. The "long ballot," however, has mean- ing outside of the fact it sent MSC to Pasadena for the January 1 clash. It in- dicates clearly that more than football considerations are involved in selecting a team to represent the Big Ten. For with- out too much doubt, Michigan State has a better team than Illinois. Michigan State did not win the bid to the bowl on the first ballot because of their poor record in athletic subsidizations. The Spar- tan Foundation story and an NCAA proba- tion certainly did not win votes from other Conference, schools. An additional reason is the long and proud tradition of the Con- ference in sending their best and most re- spectable team to any non-Conference event. An indication of how far Michigan State has come since the first Spartan Foundation story is reflected in the fact that they are being sent to California. The Conference feels that MSC will truly rep- resent the nation's foremost athletic Con- ference. So, again Michigan State, accept our con- gratulations. We wish you success in the Rose Bowl. But remember, although your past is almost behind you, many will be looking at your future record in athletics off the field. " And Another Thing! -" - I DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN (Continued from Page 2) 4 411 MH. Dr. R. F. MdNaghton, Philoso- phy Department, will discuss general Development Laboratory. Graduates and partial recursive functions. with B.S. degrees may apply. Seminar in Complex variables will The Bowers Printing Ink Co. in Chi- meet Tues.. Nov. 24. at 3:30 p.m. in 3011 cago is interested in hiring a young Angel Hall. Professor A. J. Lohwater man with a chemical background to will speak on '"Behavior of a Bounded learn colorimatching and ink mak- Analytic Function Near an Essential ing in relation to printing ink. Singularity." The Standard Oil Co. (Indiana) has I an opening in the Chicago office of Doctoral Examination for Laurence their Crude Oil Coordination Dept. for Phillips Dowd, Economics; thesis: "Jap- a graduate with a sound background in anese Foreign Exchange Policy, 1930- economics, finance, andstatistics. The 1940,'5' Tues., Nov. 24, 4:30 p.m., 105 position deals with forecasting and Economics Bldg. Chairman, C. F. Re- economic or financial analyses. mer. The H. B. Sherman Manufacturing _____ Co., manufacturers of brass goods, in Battle Creek, Mich,, has a vacancy In ConC ce $1 their Engineering Dept. for a graduate mechanical engineer to assist with de- The Guard Republican Band of Paris, velopment work. Feb. graduates are Francois-Julien-Brun, Conductor, will invited to apply. give the third concert in the Extra Se- For further information about these ries provided by the University .Musical and other employment opportunities, Society, Mon., Nov. 30, at 8:30, in Hill contact the Bureau of Appointments, Auditorium. The program will include 3528 Administration Bldg., Ext. 371. Berlioz' "Roman Carnival" Overture; Weber's Recitative and Polonaise; Bi- (nzet's "L'Arlesienne Suite" No. 2; Liszt's s t t r 3 MASTTER OFFr A CT I By JOSEPH ALSOP SAIGON, Indo-China: His Majesty, Bao Dai, Emperor of Viet Nam, is a small, delicately made, deceptively soft looking man whose favorite diversion is stalking the more dangerous varieties of local big game. His conversation is polished, intelli- gent, but seldom enlightening; for every- thing he says is complexly conditioned by the complex political game he inter- minably plays with the French and with his own people. By extreme shrewdness, he has gradually transformed himself from a French puppet into the dominant polit- ical figure among the non-Communist Viet Namese. His dominance is now admitted even by those Viet Namese leaders who secretly disapprove of it. Having experienced poverty and exile be- fore he was installed as chief of the new Viet Namese state, he is now careful about money matters. For example, he draws a large annual income from the enormous gambling concessions in Saigon. He spends nearly half his time in France with his fam- ily. When he is here he lives withdrawn from the dusty government, in the small, cool, comically unreal little French resort towns in the mountains. He rules this country, but by remote control, in the manner the Con- fucianists indicated for the son of heaven more than 2,000 years ago. For the leader of a nation desperately menaced by Communist aggression, the Em- peror Bao Dai is certainly not very intim- ately engaged in the struggle. Yet he has conspicuous personal courage. He is almost universally admitted to possess about the best mind in Indo China. He provided the best rallying point available. He could play a great role if he would only engage him- self to the full; and now that the French have granted Viet Namese independence, Bao Dai can truly if he chooses without in- curring the charge of puppetry. This curious and puzzling man is a use- ful symbol of the central difficulty in this Indo Chinese war on which the world fu-j ture probably depends. There are a few Viet Namese leaders-the able Defense Minister Quat and Gov. Trii, the cour- ageous viceroy of the north-who behavej as chiefs of a nation at war. But in gen- eral, the present Viet Namese adminis- At Hill Auditorium . . Michigan Singers and Bach Choir, with so- loists. Maynard Klein, conductor. SOME VERY distinguished music was heard in Sunday night's concert. As is customary with concerts directed by Mr. Klein, music of several different periods was presented, and use was made of vocal groups of differing sizes. The Michigan Singers, a small group, began with a performance of the magnifi- cently beautiful Ave Verum Corpus by Jos- quin de Pres. The voices floated out over the auditorium, with wonderful clarity and balance. A full-voiced rendition of the Kyrie from the Missa Papae Marcelli of Palestrina followed. Then, a work by the extremely gifted pre-Bach composer, Hein- rich Schuetz, was performed with delight- ful rhythmic lilt. The work which fol- lowed, Sing Me the Men, by Holst, was less effective, probably because of the curious, quasi-orchestral use made of the chorus by the composer. The striking sonorities and driving rhythm of Ginastera's O Vos Omnes were very exciting. The first half of the program concluded with two move- ments of the Mass in E minor by Anton Bruckner. Then the Bach Choir sang the Cantata, Sleepers Wake, by Bach. Several factors made the performance slightly less success- ful than it might have been. For one thing, some of the orchestral portions are not par- ticularly effective when played on the organ. Of course, it is simply not possible to procure an orchestra whenever one would like it. Also, the bass line in the duets should have been reinforced with a cello or some other instrument. Finally, the choral parts seemed somewhat lacking in tension and consistency of line, although the performance was clean, well balanced, and effectively paced. The ex- cellent soloists were Charles Wingert, tenor; Joan Marie Dudd, soprano; Robert Kerns, baritone; Emil Raab, violin; and Lare Ward- rop, oboe. The organ and harpsichord parts were handled admirably by Marilyn Brown and Catherine Hutchins, respectively. tration of Prime Minister Tam resembles its emperor in not being fully engaged. This is no longer because of the inde- pendence issue which once bulked so large. One of the symptoms of non-engagement is the Viet Namese preference for discuss- ing legal details of the relation with France instead of talking about how to win the war. But the question Viet Namese now ask most often, and with real nervousness, is whether the French are likely to withdraw from Viet Nam entirely and to take their expeditionary corps with them. THE REAL trouble is that the Viet Na- mese people have not yet found them- selves as a nation, for many different rea- sons rooted in old and recent history. If they are to find themselves and save them- selves, the place where they will do so is in the new national army. In a considerable degree, the Viet Namese army is the key to the future of this war. The superficial facts about the army are simple enough, Recruiting and training began only about two years ago. The Chief of Staff is Gen. Hinh, the son of Premier Tam, who had a brilliant war record as a major in the French air force. Despite an extreme shortage of war hardened officer material and serious French mistakes in the early stages of the training program, the army has now grown to 200,000 men. This first contingent of 200,000 men is organized in fifty six regular battalions and fifty seven light or "pacification" battalions designed for mobility in the rice paddies. Another 100,000 men, providing nineteen more regular battalions and fifty seven light battalions, will be added under the present program during the next year. If all these Viet Namese troops were really up to their work, the Franco-Viet Namese forces would be more than sufficient to overwhelm the Communist forces of the Viet Minh. But in truth, the future value of the Viet Namese forces is the big question mark of the war here. There is no doubt at all that Viet Namese soldiers will fight with courage, tenacity and resource when properly trained and well led by their own people. In the Mouette operation, there was a smart, tough, purely Viet Namese regiment which Gen. Gilles and Col. De Castries, no easy critics, rated and used as the equal of a first class French professional outfit. Not long ago, for example, Gen. Hinh demanded to be allowed to take over the Bui Chu region of the Tonkin Delta as a purely Viet Namese sector with thirteen of his new light battalions. The experi- ment was opposed, not only by the French but even more violently by Gov. Trii and the Viet Namese Bishop of Bui Chu. Nonetheless Gen. Hinh got his way. The light battalions had hardly taken over when the Viet Minh sent Communist regu- lars against them. Although greatly superior in numbers, the light battalions were neith- er war hardened nor adequately trained. The majority defended themselves courageously. But they allowed themselves to be reduced to a state of siege by the far less numerous enemy. One or two battalions actually melt- ed away. The result was a disheartening setback in Bui Chu. The setback was all the more serious, because Gen. Navarre's whole war plan de- pends on the Viet Namese forces carrying out the crucial task of local pacification and detailed cleanup, which was precisely the mission of the light battalions in Bui Chu. It is another symptom, and a very serious symptom, of the non-engagement of the Viet Namese government that there is no agreement as yet, either between military and civil Viet Namese leaders, or between the neutral government and the provincial governors, as to how this vital job of paci- fication can best be done. Fortunately, a serious program now seems to be in the works. * * * * THE difficulties of fitting the Viet Namese army for this and other war tasks are truly staggering. Suitable officer cadres are harder and harder to find. The training sys- tem still leaves much to be desired. (Amerin. can officers are now to help, but only, one hopes, after spending enough time at the front to find out that this war is utterly unlike the Korean War.) Nonetheless, there are three great hopes. First and most. important, the Viet Na- mese soldiers fight hard and well for their ON THE WASHINGTON LIEBUY-GO-BOUND! WITH DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON-Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, the Methodist church leader who was banned from speaking in Los Angeles' leading aud- itorium, was received by President Eisenhower last week, during which the two men had a friendly conversation about golf. The Bishop inquired whether the President had had a chance to play his regular Wednesday afternoon golf game, to which Ike replied: "Yes, Bishop, and I want to thank you for your offer to pray I for a better score for me." Well, did my prayers do any good?" inquired the Bishop. "Frankly, on the first nine holes, no," said the President. "But on the second nine holes, the answer is definitely yes." -TVA FOR NEAR EAST- ERIC JOHNSTON, head of the motion picture industry, came back from the Near East the other day to report to President Eisen- hower on the toughest of all diplomatic jobs-building up long-range friendship between Israel and the Arab states. Johnston was asked by Eisenhower to go to the Near East as his special ambassador, officially to settle the question of Arab refugees, but actually to settle the broader and more basic problem of Arab-Israel friendship. What Johnston took with him was a comprehensive plan for impounding the River Jordan and using its waters for power and irrigation under a system similar to the Tennessee Valley. If this irrigation-power plan could be put across, he told the Arabs and Israelis, the Jordan valley could be made to bloom like a rose, and permanent peace and prosperity would prevail in the Near East. Arab refugees could be put to work on the project, thereby removing a difficult thorn in the side of Arab-Israeli relations. At present Arab refugees, some 875,000 of them, live on the border of Israel, fed by the United Nations and costing American taxpayers about $60,000,000 this year. All day idle refugees look across little white stone markers which designate the border and watch the new-found prosperity of Israel, some of it on farms they once owned. At night they frequently cross the border to steal sheep or goats. When they do, the Israels raid back, and under the old eye- for-an-eye and tooth-for-a-tooth doctrine, men are killed almost every night. Twenty were killed, Johnson reported to the White House, just during his brief stay in the Near East. *' ** * -JORDAN GUARDED- JOHNSTON reported that at first he was met with hostility from both sides. The Arab press claimed his mother and father were Jewish, that he had changed his name. The Israeli press published a cartoon of Johnston with a big knife seeking to carve up Israel. He was warned his life was in danger. Both sides guarded him day and night. However, the TVA plan for developing the Jordan River aroused definite interest. Drawn up by Charles T. Main of Char- lotte, N. C., under the auspices of TVA authorities, it calls for the cooperation of Israel with three Arab states-Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. The waters of the Jordan are to be impounded largely in Lebanon, with another dam at Lake Tiberias. From these two reservoirs, irriga- tion ditches would lead off into Syria, Israel and along the Jordan River. But since the river runs through four countries, the coopera- tion of all four is absolutely necessary. By the same token, Johnston argued, cooperation on this Jordan Valley Authority would lay the cornerstone for badly needed peace. "The American people have been spending $150,000,000 a year on this area," Johnston told Arab Prime Minister Fawzi Mulqui of Jordan. "And they're not going to do it much longer. If you don't go along with this project, you'll find yourself handling these refugees at a cost of $60,000,000 a year." "That's your problem," replied the Prime Minister. "You've sup- ported Israel which is responsible for making these refugees home- less." "No, it's not our problem," countered Johnston. "On the con- trary, it was you Arabs who refused to obey to stop fighting, there- by opening yourselves up to Israeli retaliation. "Don't make any mistake about future money from the United States," Johnston continued. "The carpenter in Keokuk or the farm- er near Omaha isn't interested in Arab refugees. And he isn't going to continue paying for them much longer. "On the other hand, if you put across this Jordan valley project, it will not only bloom as never before, but every refugee can be put to work." Johnston reported to Eisenhower that he hoped he had opened the door just a crack in Jordan, and just a crack in Israel. Bitterness over recent border incidents is intense. Both countries are a long way from being convinced. In Lebanon and Syria there is a little more openmindedness, and he hopes to get more favorable reactions when he goes back in February. i actres University Lecture, auspices of thee Geology and Mineralogy Journal Club.£ John G. Ferris, District Engineer of1 the Ground Water Branch, U.S. Ge-I ological survey, will give two lectures Tues., Nov. 24. The first wil be at 4t p.m., in 2504 Natural Science Building. on "Ground Water Geology." The sec-S ond lecture will be given at R p.m.,s in the Natural Science Auditorium,t on "Animal, vegetable, and the Univer- sal Mineral-Or, Water for Your Fu- ture. The latter lecture wii be open to the public. Zoology Lecture: Dr. F. J. W. ough- ton, Chairman of the Department of Colloid Science, Cambridge University, will speak on "Recent Work on the1 Kinetics of Hemoglobin and its Ap- plication to the Problem of Gas Ex-t change in the Human Lung," Tues.,s Nov. 24, 4:15 p.m., Rackham Amphi- theater. Lecture by Prof. Sydney Chapman,s auspices Departments of Astronomy,1 Aeronautical Engineering, Physics, and Geology. Tues., Nov. 24, 4:10 p.m., at the Observatory. Topic, The Aurora Po-l laris: Its Morphology. Academic Noticesr Fifth Sociology Colloquium. "The I.S.A. Looks Ahead," Professor Robert C. Angell, President of the Interna- tional Sociological Associationn 4 p.m., Wed., Nov, 25, East Conference Room, Rackham Building. Everyone is cordi- ally invited to attend. Logic Seminar. Tues., Nov. 24, 4 p.m., / ettei4 TO THEEDITOR The Daily welcomes communica- tions from its readers on matters of general interest, and will publish all letters which are signed by the wri- ter and in good taste, Letters e-t ceeding 300 words in length, defama- tory or libelous letters, and letters which for any reason are not in good taste will be condensed, edited orl withheld from, publication at the discretion of the editors. Bis Clause . ,. To The Editors: W E, TOO, favor the removal of bias clauses in all fraternities. We do not, however, favor the ( singling out ofna particularscollege( fraternity-one, which' has, as a matter of fact, an outstanding record at Michigan-for such an underhanded and cowardly attack.. If Frank Stanton quits Phi Delta Theta because he disapproves of the bias clause, and Joe Shlunk joins because he approves of the bias clause, it seems they must cancel one another out. Sure, Stanton is president of CBS, but Joe was a disc jockey his fresh- man year on the West Quad radio station, and, because Joe is a good boy, he, too, may someday be a president. That article, dear edi- tors, was vicious and struck below the belt. We only hope it isn't the first of a long string of articles designed to "blast" all the frater- nities on the Michigan campus. For this, Mr. Paul Ladas, would not only paint the fraternities black, but would paint your news- paper a very nauseous shade of yellow. -Jim McGarvey Ron West Nixon Tour WITH HIS arrival in Manila Vice President Nixon has reached an approximate half-way point on his extensive tour. What he has done and said thus far seem to justify the optimism that was expressed when he embarked on his travels. At that time the trip seemed to be a good idea. It seems even more so now. Mr. Nixon sasid at the outset that his function was that of fact- finding. He was availing himself of an opportunity to see at first- hand some of the world's trouble spots, especially those in the Far East. If this seems something of an unusual course in the "train- ing" of a Vice President, it is cer- tainly a sensible one. He needs all the information he can get and there is no better place to get it than on the ground and at the scene. Hungarian Rhapsody; Debussy's "Aft- ernoon of a Faun"; Strauss' "Till Eulen- spiegel's Merry Pranks"; and a group of Marches from the Revolution to the present day. Tickets are on sale at the offices of the University Musical Society in Bur ton Tower, at $3.00, $2.50. $2.00. analt $1.50; and will also be on sale on the night of the concert at the Hill Audi- torium box office after 7 o'clock. Events Today Political Science Round Table. Nov. 24 Rackham Amphitheater, 7:45 p.m. Prof. Roy C. Macridis, Northwestern University. will speak on "The Status and Prospects of Research in Compara- tive Governments." All interested per- sons are invited. Phi Lambda Upsilon, national chemi- ical honorary society, will hold its sec- ond meeting, 7:30 p.m., West Conference Room, Rackhanm. Mr. W. Weichlein, School of Music will speak at 8 on the structural element in music. The pub- lio is invited. Rereshments. Political Science Concentration Stu- dents coffee hour today at 4 .m, at the Michigan League, Episcopal Student Foundation. Tea from 4 to 6 at Canterbury House. All students invited. Tau Beta Pi. Meeting, 7:30 p.m. Union. Prof. W. C. Sadler will speak on aspects of law of interest to engineers. The talk will be preceded by a short business meeting and the taking of the 'Ensian picture. Kappa Phi. There will be a meeting at 5:30 at Mrs. Katz's home, 2011 Wash- tenaw. Meet at the church at 5:15 if you want transportation. Pledges and ac- tives are requested to be sure and come. Congregational-Discpiles Guild. 4:30- 6:00 p.m., tea at Guild House. S.R.A. Council meets at Lane Hall, 5:-15 p.m. Ensian picture wit be taken at- this time. Square and Folk Dancing. Fun for be- ginners and experts. Everyone welcome, Lane Hall, 7:30-10:00 p.m. Museum Movie. "Longhouse People" (Iroquois Indians-color), free movie shown at 3 p.m. daily, including Sat. and Sun. and at 12:30 Wed., 4 tai floor movieualcove Museums Building, Nov. 24-Dec. 1. Coming Events Episcopal Student Foundation. Stu- dent Breakfast following 7 a.m. ervice of Holy Communion, Wed., Nov. 25, at Canterbury House. Thanksgiving Breakfast. The S.R.A. traditional breakfast with songfest and Thanks message by Rev. William S. Baker will be held at Lang Hall Thurs., 9 a.m. All folk on campus cordially invited.Call reservation to NO-31511-- Ext. 2851. Small charge. Chess Club will meet Wed., Nov. 25, 7:30 p.m., Michigan Union. All chess players welcome. I IcIgu*RtI LI rt (; Sixty-Fourth Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. 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