,I P'AG, OUR r, , z r a 1 1 ..1' . rx x ,.. :it 1 +%.T t3.1 . .i' .c- . . JLs Y . ,. v ... «...w.a .. , a .rr.rw.+u auu.'..Aw+a.titi V.} V J J I I E .- Some Impressions Of Soviet Journalism (EDITOR'S NOTE: Recently we have been thumbing through some pro-Communist litera- ture being widely circulated throughout the European continent. With, the help of Peter Kalinke, an exchange student from Germany, the author attemptsgtosconvey some first Im- pressions of pro-Soviet press and magazines.) THE MOST lucid accounts of the East Ber- lin riots of the 17th of June were ad- vanced by the pro-Communistic publication "Junge Welt," and in so doing they came up with a new type of guilt-a guilt by shirt relation. In an attempt to clarify the "fuzzy thinking" about freedom, the article said, "What would you say if suddenly on the streets of Leipzig or another city of our Republic men in SS or Hitler uniforms would show up? Would you say, 'Oh, well, we have freedom and everyone can dress as wants to?" Certainly you wouldn't say that. "But what are the Texas shirts?." This refers to loud print sport shirts commonly associated with the State of Florida by Am- ericans. "On the 17th of June in Berlin, buildings, stands and automobiles were set on fire. Shop windows were broken and goods plun- dered. "The perpetrators who were captured wore Texas shirts," the article significantly points -out as its final evidence of an American- inspired plot. * THEN THERE are the stories of the glor- ious armies of the East with the Soviet army as the ideal. Take for instance the stories of Musat and Vaslea, two typical Army men. Glancing through a Bucharest paper of this year we stumbled on a smiling sol- dier with his hand resting fondly on the muzzle of a cannon. The cutlines under- neath the picture referred to the "be- loved" cannon. In the story it seems Musat, one of the better workers, wrote a book on tractors and was honored for this effort by the Secretary of the Party Organization des- cribed as "a magnificent fellow who missed nothing." As the story goes the secretary took Mu- sat aside one day and asked: "Do you love your tractor?" "Yes, I love it." "Do you love your fatherland?" "Yes, I love it." "If you love your fatherland you must de- fend its approaches. Do you understand this?" "I understand." The words of the secretary and the bril- liant wit which Musat displayed become more apparent as the story progresses. The author of the tale says Musat later spoke to a group of riflemen about "his method of aim" and all listened atten- tively. The author being somewhat of a moralist offers a moral to his story: "Imperialist enemies should protect them- selves in the face of our army in which such soldiers are developed as Private Gheroghe Musat." As for the soldier Vaslea, it is not enough that he can shoot well, he must learn to hate the enemy. This is just as important as a good aim," another ar- ticle claims. "On the rifle range," the tale goes on, "the commander was accustomed to say 'ev- ery time you aim, you must see the enemy who wants to attack our great land, the democratic popular brotherland, the great Soviet Union. Therefore, your hand must be directed by hate when you shoot'." Moral-"Valsea, it must be remarked, only took five cartridges but all five hit the bull's eye. "Woe, to the enemy who would be ex- posed to such fire." 'RUT THE STORIES of military glory of , the Soviet armies are distinctively fill- ed either with terms suggesting the chival- ristic nonsense which dominated stories of the Middle Ages or somehow bordering on the, American "true confessions" type of magazise. One title of a storoy will illustrate this latter point: "My Daughter-the Air Force Officer." (Rude Pravda. Sept. 5, 1953.) Although no defense of the abuses the American press and general communica- tions systems sometimes indulge in the pro-Russian press abuses its power con-, stantly. "Our writers and artists in their works must erase the evil faults and the sickly manifestations which still exist in the so- ciety and represent in positive artistic shapes, ways and formspeople of the new type, who are free of the boils and plague generated and produced by capitalism," thus spoke Georgi Malenkov. But what has apparently happened is that the Soviet press and literary efforts have usurped the mean and shoddy atti- tudes in the publications of the Western world and elevated them to a position of pure godliness. And the people of the new type being fed on the "new positive artis- tic shapes" have begun to rot our own civilization as well as the Russian. Lack of taste and puny exhibitions of artistic merit seem to know no national boundaries. The unfortunate thing about the situation is that in the Soviet Union, propaganda of the cheapest sort is the order of the day-every day without let up. -Mark Reader The GI Bill & the Dollar Bill THE KOREAN GI Bill of Rights, despite its careful preparation and fair provi- sions, will probably be unfairly changed when Congress convenes again. At the end of World War II, Congress scratched its head and sought a way to show the appreciation of a "grateful na- tion" to the veterans of that war for their participation in the victory. In addition, they wished to compensate in some way for the one to five years many men and. women gave up in the course of the war. The result was the "GI Bill of Rights," which included educational benefits for up to 36 months of schooling for qualified ex- servicemen. Millions of veterans pursued training under its provisions which later proved to be loosely worded and even more loosely enforced. The veteran was granted subsistence ranging upward from $80 a month, books and materials were fur- nished, and tuition up to several hundred dollars a semester was paid directly to the school of the veteran's choice. It was in the last two provisions that abuses and irregu- larities occurred. Ex-servicemen sometimes made a habit of getting the maximum allowance of ma- terials, then generously gave or cheaply peddled them to their friends. The tuition clause gave rise to even more deviations. Bogus and non-existent schools sprang up to collect the maximum tuition while the veteran cashed in the subsistence checks. The choice of schools and courses was al- most unlimited: dancing lessons, person- ality development courses and flying lessons were among those of questionable value which veterans could elect and receive the same payments as if they were attending a university or training for a craftsman's job in industry. After the rush for education under the Bill tapered off the errors in its adminis- tration were seen. When the Korean con- flict broke out, Congress passed a new benefits bill for veterans of the "police ac- tion" period. But this new bill (Public Law 550) is the result of study of the evils and malfunctions of its predecessor. Rep. Teague (D-Tex.) of the House Vet- erans Affairs Committee headed the, in- vestigations and supervised the drafting of the new bill. Educators were often con- sulted in the process. The bill provides for close Veterans Ad- ministration supervision of education and training; the veteran must decide on an ed- ucational objective and be approved for this goal before he can receive benefits. The. lump sum payments of $110 and up go di- rectly to the ex-serviceman to cover all his' expenses; tuition, room and board, and books and materials are paid out of this check according to individual needs. Further, dancing lessons and similar courses are not approved for benefits. Now there is a move to change the pre- sent bill. Rep. Springer (R-Ill.) is plan- ning-with effective support-to introduce a bill stipulating a return to the old tuition provisions when Congress meets again. The reason, it is reported, is that the privately- endowed institutions "aren't getting their share" of veterans, because full tuition isn't covered directly by the new bill. In the post-World War II period they enrolled 64 per cent of the veterans against 36 per cent for state-supported institutions. Since the flo~w of beneficiaries of the Korean Bill has started, the state schools have been getting about 53 per cent, according to recent esti- mates. It is puzzling and disheartening that the private schools should take such a dol- lar-dimmed view. From the nation's standpoint, the carefully prepared Korean Bill is the most economical and from the veteran's view it reasonably provides for the basic expenses of education. Chang- ing to the old way of paying the high tui- tions charged by many private schools is inequitable to those who study at insti- tutions of their own state and in addition is unfair to those veterans who undertake on-the-job training and receive a fixed substance no matter where they train. Congress in the case of the Korean GI Bill has shown their appreciation to eligible veterans with an equitable plan of benefits. Why revert to an earlier plan on the de- mands of a few money-hungry privately en- dowed schools? The bill, after all, is for the benefit of the veterans, not the colleges and universities. --Wally Eberhard Fair Trial A d Free Press "FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, properly cone is basic to our constitutional system. Safeguards for the fair administra- tion of criminal justice are enshrined in our Bill of Rights ..-. One of the demands of a democratic society is that the public should know what goes on in courts by being told by the press what happens there, to the end that the public may judge whether our system of criminal justice is fair and right. On the other hand, our society has set apart court and jury as the tribunal for determining guilt or innocence on the basis of evidence adduced in court, so far as it is humanly possible." T; n., a nn nt.Cnn m..f'n .nn _i "Look Out - Here Come Those Iron Doves Again" 11 fry - NTY ) t-- -.- I I tiettei'4TO THE EDITOR The Daily welcomes communications from its readers on matters .f general interest, and will publish allletters 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. -\- 1 7 ' { 4 *+ER g e. oc LYL & SACB.. . To the Editor: - Mr. Sharp indulged in a number of inaccurate statements in giving his case against the Sub- versive Activities Control Board hearings determining whether the L. Y. L. should register as a Com- munist-front organization. The Internal Security Act re- quires the Attorney-General to show that the L. Y. L. is substan- tially directed, dominated and controlled by the Communist Par- ty and primarily operated for the purpose of giving aid and sup- port to the Communist Party, a Communist foreign government, or the world Communist movement. In meeting these requirements the Attorney-General in his petition has charged that (1) the CP directed the activities of the L. Y. L. and has exercised direction over the formulation of the policies of the L. Y. L., alleging 10 differ- ent aspects of this direction; (2) from its inception the L. Y. L. has received support, financial and otherwise, from and at the direc- tion of the CP, alleging 10 differ- ent aspects of this support; (3) from its inception the L. Y. L. has been operated to give aid and support to the CP, citing 8 dif- ferent ways in which its funds, resources and personnel have been used to promote the objectives of the 6P; and (4) throughout its existence the L. Y. L. has never knowingly deviated from the views and policies of the CP, giv- ing 11 pronounced examples of this rigid adherence to the Party line, among which were: "(c) . . . supported and justified the position of the Communist Party in . . . urging the United States . . . to accept the . . . de- mands of the North Korean . . . and the Chinese Communsts on the issue of exchange of war pri- soners .. . "(f) .. . supported and justified the position of the CP in con- demning the trial . . . of Roosevelt Ward, Jr... . "(i) ... supported and justified the position, views and objectives of the CP in opposition to . . UMT .. . "(k)..supported and jus- tified the position of the CP with respect to the terms of peace for the settlement of the Korean con- flict." The intention of the Attorney- General in listing these L. Y. L. views was to show its fidelity to he Party line, not to pass on the merits of each individual view. Furthermore, the Internal Se- curity Act does not outlaw or abolish any Communist-front or- ganizations. It merely requires such groups to register and furnish records. If complying with the Act would tend to destroy the ef- fectiveness of the L. Y. L., the fault lies not with the necessity for secrecy in the operation and management of the L. Y. L. Mr. Sharp is slightly off-base. -George Mack i ON THE WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-OUNND WITH DREW PEA.RSON MATT ERo FFACT By STEWART ALSOP WASHINGTON-On De.c. 15, according to the present schedule, the National Se- curity Council must make a decision which will profoundly affect the world balance of power. For Dec. 15th is the final deadlinZ for deciding the level of defense spending for the next fiscal year. The decision involves, moreover, a cer- tain human drama, in the shape of a tug-of-war between the Damon and Pyth- ias of this Administration. In one corner is Secretary of the Treasury George Hum- phrey. In the other is Humphrey's close personal friend, Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson. The struggle is an object lesson in the way the office shapes the man, for when Wilson and Humphrey took office, their views were identical. Wilson was convinced that businesslike methods would make pos- sible heavy cut-backs in defense spending, and almost his first act was to throw the 144-group program of the Air Force into the waste basket. In the political row which ensued, Wilson firmly and publicly com- mitted himself to the support of whatever defense program the new Joint Chiefs of Staff might propose in their "new look" at American defenses. The Chiefs' new look went forward sub- sequently in the light of a new factor-the Soviet test of °a hydrogen weapon. This grim event was partly responsible for a National Security Council decision reached at a meeting on Oct. 6-to give the Nation- al Security priority over all other matters. On Oct. 13, the National Security Council was confronted with the disagreeable dol- lar-and-cents meaning of this decision, when the Joint Chiefs unveiled to the Coun- cil the results of their long-awaited new look. The Chiefs do not, of course, deal in money figures-they simply recommend "force levels." But William J. McNeill, able Defense Department comptroller, was present to interpret these force levels in- to money terms. McNeill estimated, on the basis of long experience, that it would cost in the neighborhood of $43,000,000,- 000 to maintain the force levels proposed by theoit Chefs Thus the $43,000,000,000 figure, taken to- gether with prospective tax cuts, forecast a huge deficit-perhaps well over $9,000,000,- 000. Humphrey did. not dispute the force levels proposed by the Chiefs-he has al- ways correctly maintained that it is not his business to make military judgments. But he did ask McNeill whether substantial sums might be saved by the strictest econ- omy in the non-combat and support areas. McNeill, himself a long time enemy of extravagance in these fields, replied that this was no doubt possible. There the matter rested, the dates for the final determination of the level of the Defense budget being put over to Dec. 15, the last possible deadline. Back in the Treasury, Humphrey con- tinued his study of the fiscal prospects, and what he found disturbed him more and more. Accordingly, at a press conference in November, he let it be known that he favor, ed a spending reduction of $6,000,000,000, of which at least $5,000,000,000 would have to come from defense. When Humphrey ex- pressed this view, he undoubtedly had in mind McNeill's statement at the Oct. 13, National Security Council meeting, that substantial savings in the non-combat areas were possible. But when Humphrey's views were pub- lished, there was consternation in the Pen- tagon, and paiticularly in the office of Humphrey's friend Wilson. Something like $2,000,000,000 or so might conceivably be squeezed out of current spending levels with- out reducing the force levels proposed by the Joint Chiefs. But a $5,000,000,000 re- duction would knock the Chiefs' new look, to which Wilson is so deeply and publicly committed, galley-west. It is a painful human dilemma. Either Wilson must go back on his comitments, which he has no intention of doing, or his friend Humphrey, who has a genuine moral hatred of deficit financing, must preside over what may turn out to be the greatest Treasury deficit in peace-time history. But it is a national dilemma also. And however much one may sympathize with WASHINGTON-Inside story of the McCarthy-Eisenhower contro- versy. is that the Wisconsin fire-eater had planned to come out in his last statement shooting from the hip with a devastating blast against John Foster Dulles and his law partner, Arthur Dean, now in Korea trying to negotiate peace. It was placid, roly-poly Len Hall, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, who finally went to McCarthy's office and per- suaded him to call off the dogs. Hall had to mingle threats with persuasion before McCarthy agreed. What Senator McCarthy had got hold of was the record of- Arthur Dean as vice-president of the Institute of Pacific Rela- tions. This is the group which published Amerasia and in which certain Communists infiltrated during the war. McCarthy was ready to publish certain records which according to some interpretations might have linked Dean with U.S. appease- ment toward Red China. He had prepared a ripsnorting statement blasting the Secretary of State and his law partner, now in Korea. When Len Hall heard about this, however, he went to see Mc- Carthy. At no time did he lose his temper. It was always Joe and Len. However, Len teld Joe that if he went ahead with his blast, he, Hall, and every Republican leader would issue statements against him. Hall argued that McCarthy's attacks on Eisenhower were merely helping the Democrats. He also promised that if McCarthy would tone down his statement, the Republican leaders would drop their battle against him. McCarthy agreed. He even submitted his greatly watered-down statement to Hall. Hall read it, and, while he didn't approve it, he said he didn't think it would offend the White House too much. Hall then went to the White House and reported to Ike. When he left he was confident he had arranged a truce. But he hadn't counted typed statement was so milk-toast that the Baltimore Sun corres- pondent Phil Potter asked: "Senator, could this be described as a perfumed note to the Administration?" That was before McCarthy added the kicker-which was verbal. He urged that the American people write letters to the White House urging that Ike change his foreign policy regarding China. And the White House, despite any reports to the contrary, just didn't appre- ciate this a bit. * * * * McCARTHY VS. EISENHOWER PRIOR TO THE Brownell blast at Truman in Chicago, the White House had not intended to fight McCarthy openly, but to take the ball away from him, thus push him out of the headlines ..,. White House aides claim that Attorney General Brownell's contro- versial Chicago speech on Harry Dexter White was not aimed at ex- President Truman but at Senator McCarthy. The Eisenhower Ad- ministration wanted to demonstrate that it could handle the Com- munist issue without any help from McCarthy . . . . Brownell's speech was carefully reviewed by presidential press secretary Jim Haggerty the morning before its delivery, but unfortunately, Hagerty didn't sense theimplications of the sentence reflecting on Truman's loy- alty. As a result, the speech backfired, and Brownell was forced to call on G-Man J. Edgar Hoover to bail him out . .. . Actually, the White House didn't want to rile Truman nor involve the FBI in poli- tics. The whole idea had been concocted as a master strategy to neu- tralize the irresponsible Senator from Wisconsin . . . . After Senator McCarthy's radio blast accusing the Eisenhower administration of "perfumed notes" diplomacy, Secretary of State Dulles was so furious that he interrupted President Eisenhower's Thanksgiving vacation with a phone call to Augusta .. .. when Ike returned to the White House, he- found not merely Dulles but his aides angry as hornets over McCarthy's challenge to the President's leadership. Hence, the double-barreled Dulles-Eisenhower blast at McCarthy. * * * * NO PAL WELKER IDAHO'S SENATOR Herman Welker, a rabid Republican, was mis- taken the other day for Minnesota's Senator Hubert Humphrey, a liberal Democrat. "Aren't you Senator Humphrey?" asked a lady tourist, stand- ing next to Welker on the senate elevator. "Lady," retorted Welker icily, "I don't look like Senator Hum- phrey, act like him, talk like him, or vote-like him. I am just as far from Senator Humphrey as the moon." * * * * WASHINGTON WHIRL PRESIDENT EISENHOWER'S statement that every American has the "right to meet his accuser face to face" was made off the cuff. Before delivering the speech, Ike told Jewish leaders: "I am not going to use a script. I want to speak straight from the heart" --. - in spite of its sincerity, the statement backfired in Washington, where more than 300 employees have been dismissed by the Eisen- hower Administration with no opportunity to face their accuser ... . Furthermore, government security officers admit privately that they have no intention of changing their procedure. They hope the public will forget what the President said . . . . This is another example of what propaganda chief C. G. Jackson calls "bad orchestration." He has been upset over the "different tunes" played by Administration spokesmen, who are supposed to be members of the same orchestra - --.for example, GOP National Chairman Leonard Hall said Com- munism would be an issue in the 1954 elections; President Eisenhower said it shouldn't be . . .. Attorney General Brownell declared that ex-President Truman knowingly promoted a Russian spy; Ike said it was "inconceivable" that Truman had knowingly promoted a spy (Continued from Page 2) p.m. on Wed., Dec. 9. in-101 West En- gineering Building. Refreshments will be served. Seminar in Complex Variables will meet Tues., Dec. 8, at 3:30 p.m. in 3011 Angell Hall. Doctor E. L. Griffin, Jr., will speak on Bounded Analytic Func- tions. Logic Seminar. Tues., Dec. 8, 4 p.m, 411 Mason Hall. Dr. J. R. Buchi will continue his discussion of "Church's Theory of Lambda Conversion." Concerts Stanley Quartet, Gilbert Ross and Emil Raab, violinists, Robert Courte, viola, Oliver Edel, cello, assisted by Marian Owen, piano, will be heard in the second and final concert of this semester at 8,30 p.m., Dec. 8, in the Rackham Lecture Hall. The program will open with Beethoven's Quartet in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4, followed by Ross Lee Finney's Quintet (1953); aft- er intermission the group will play Mo- zart's Quartet in B-flat major, K. 589. The concert will be open to the pub- lic without charge. Exhibits Museum of Art, Alumni Memorial Hall. A Half Century of Picasso, through Dec. 20. Open from 9 to 5 on weekdays; 2 to 5, Sundays. The public is invited. Events Today Foresters' Club meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m., 2054 N. S. Speaker will be H. Raymond Gregg, Assistant Chief Nat- uralist, U.S. Park Service. Topic of talk: "Target Tomorrow." All Natural Resources School students invited. Re- freshments. The Congregational - Disciples Guild. Tea at Guild House, 4:30-6:00 p.m. Young Republicans. Annual Meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m., League. Final Report of the President and Election of Officers. Attendance of all members urgently requested. La Tertulia of the Sociedad iispanica will meet today at 3:30 p.m. in the North Wing of the Union Cafeteria. All interested in informal Spanish conver- sation are urged -to attend. Faculty members will be present The Young Democrats will hold a for- um tonight in the League to which all interested students are invited. The forum will be on Progressive Education. There will be discussion from two mem- bers of the Education School and from the English Department of the LSA School. The student body will also be represented by Dorothy Myers. Don't forget this important forum held at the League, tonight at 7:30, Rehearsal Room. Hillel Foundation. Eight day of Han- ukkah-candle lighting, 7:30 p.m. 7:30- Class in Beginning Hebrew. Episcopal Student Foundation. Tea from 4 to 5:30 at Canterbury House followed by student-led Evening Pray- er in the Chapel of St. Michael and All Angels. All students invited. Square Dancing. Old and new dances, Swithadequate instruction. Everyone welcome. 7:30-10:00 p.m., Lane Hall. S.R.A. Council meets at Lane Hall, 5:15 p.m. Chapel on Wed., Dec. 9. The Service will begin at 5:10 and end at 5:30. All stu- dents are welcome. University Senate The regular fall meeting of the University Senate will be held on Mon., Dec. 14, at 4:15 p.m., in Auditorium A, Angell Hall. Social Work Supervisors' Institute. School of Social Work students who are in field work are invited to participate in the supervisors' institute mi The Role of the Evaluation at the Union on Wed., Dec. 9, starting at 9:15 a.m. with coffee. Episcopal Student Foundation: Stu- dent Breakfast following 7 am. service of Holy Communion, Wed., Dec.' 9 at Canterbury House. Seminar on "The Significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls." Presentation and discussion led by Prof. George E. Men- denhall, Lane Hall Library, Wed., Dec. 9, 8 p.m. American Society of Mechanical Engi- neers, I.A.S. Meeting Wed., Dec. 9, 7:30 p.m. at the Union. Mr. John Luecht, of Chrysler Guided Missile, will speak on "Long-Range Ballistic Missiles and Sattelities." Refreshments. Congregational-Disciples Guild. Dis- cussion Group at Guild House study series, "The Challenge of -Our Culture," 7 p.m., Wed., Dec. 9. Sigma Xi Lecture, Wed., Dec. 9, 8 p.m., Rackham Amphitheater. Prof. John Bardach willspeak on "Musk Ox Survey in the Arctic." Roger Williams Guild weekly tea, Wed., Dec. 9, 4:30-6:00. Will work on De- cember issue of "The Guilded Page." Chess Club of the U. of M. will meet Wed., Dec. 9, 7:30 p.m., Michigan Union. All chess players welcome. te 43i I } DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN f 1" / Sixty-Fourth Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Editorial Staff Harry Lunn............Managing Editor Eric Vetter...............City Editor Virginia Voss......... Editorial Director Mike Wolff........Associate City Editor Alice B. Silver..Assoc. Editorial Director Diane Decker......... Associate Editor Helene Simon...........Associate Editor Ivan Kaye.................Sports Editor Paul Greenberg. ... Assoc. sports Editor -Marilyn Campbell...Women's Editor Kathy Zeisler....Assoc. Women's Editor Don Campbell.......Head Photographer Business Staff Thomas Treeger.,....Business Manager William Kaufman Advertising Manager Harlean Hankin.. . Assoc. Business Mgr. WilliamSeiden.......Finance Manager James Sharp...Circulation Manager Coming Events Telephone NO 23-24-1 The Pre-Medical Society will meet on Thurs., Dec. 10, at 7:30 p.m., in Angell 1"