PAGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY .I. IJXwti7L.1 , Ill:t.l:lrljvL lVi L:jJ3 TODAY AND TOMORROW: In the Age of the Conference Table, a Neglect of Diplomacy ;I By WALTER LIPPMANN SOME TIME SOON the Western govern- ments will have to liberate themselves from the compulsion to go on trying to do business in a series of public conferences. Much more often than not their effect is to frustrate rather than to facilitate serious negotiation. Indeed it wold hard- ly be an exaggeration to say thatwhatever can be accomplished in the way of agree- ment at these meetings, could have been accomplished much more easily through normal diplomacy. Moreover, any ques- tion that cannot be resolved through nor- mal diplomacy will usually be made more insoluble by bringing it to one of these public, multi-lateral meetings. There is, as Bermuda has been showing, an inherent absurdity in holding confiden- tial talks behind barbed wire to keep away 200 correspondents who represent the press of the world. If the government leaders were 'communi- cating privately with one another, they could fail to agree but could go on trying to agree. But when they become involved in one of these public affairs, the fact that they have failed to agree on something or other dur- ing one confused and crowded weekend be- Comes, when it is broadcast to the world, very nearly the equivalent of a failure to be able ever to agree. The main reason why the governments go on holding these conferences-which everyone or almost everyone dreads-is that they are afraid of being misunder- stood if they do not hold them. They go to them as Presidents go to baseball games when they prefer golf. They go because the great public of man- kind, yearning for peace, has got it fixed in its mind that unless there is a public con- ference there can be no serious discussion and negotiation. What the people want is discussion and every kind of attempt to negotiate among the allies and with our ad- versaries. As long as the public conference is supposed to be the only way of having discussions and beginning to negotiate, there will be an overwhelming public demand in all countries for the calling of these con- ferences. The point is clearly illustrated in the pro- longed exchange of notes with the Soviet Union about a conference on Germany. The substantial fact is that none of the principal governments involved in such a conference can now agree to a settlement which unites Germany within defined fron- tiers. This is well known in London, Paris and Washington, in Bonn, Warsaw and Moscow. A public conference is, therefore, unsuitable and undesirable. It cannot agree though this is the real policy of all con- cerned-not to attempt to settle now. Under these circumstances the main problem becomes how not to incur the unpopularity of refusing to go to a con- ference. And after that the problem is how-when unhappily all have gone to the conference-they will be able to go home again without appearing to have broken off the negotiations. It is impossible not to go to Berlin to meet Molotov because we have felt con- strained to keep on saying that we wished to meet Molotov. And he, after speaking his real mind to his satellites and allies in the Communist world, found he could not af- ford the unpopularity of being the one who did not wish to go to the meeting that no- body in fact wants to go to. It would have been a bold move, not without risks of course, to have told Molo- tov that we very much wished to discuss and negotiate but that it would be bet- ter not to have a public meeting until we all felt satisfied as a result of confiden- tial discussions that we were going to ac- complish something useful by holding a public meeting. This would have been a novel procedure and it would have re- quired a careful and candid public ex- planation. But it might have cleared the air, and some time or other something of that sort will have to be done. For if agreements of any kind can be negotiated now with Moscow, there is no doubt that they can be negotiated more effectively through diplomatic channels. And if no agreements can now be negotia- ted, then it would be better not to raise false hopes, leaving the world more embit- tered than it was before. * * * A RETURN TO diplomacy, as against pub- lic meetings, is desirable in dealing with our Communist adversaries. It is, it seems to me, indispensable in dealing with our al- lies and friends. This applies most particul- larly to the crucial question of the rela- tions between France and Germany. They are now passing through a difficult, even a dangerous phase. Yet the prospect is by no means hopeless and it should not be be- yond the resources of good diplomacy to see France and Germany through their dif- ficulties. But the one sure way to ruin the whole prospect is to imadine that the issues can be settled by a "show-down." Britain and America can encourage and induce a Franco-German reconciliation. They can- not compel a reconciliation. They can do nothing but harm by making threats that cannot be carried out-as for' example, the threat to abandon France and to em- brace Germany instead. A show-down of that kind, even a serious threat of such a show-down, would be as disastrous for Adenauer as for the present democratic regime in France. For almost certainly it would produce a popular front government in France, and in Germany it would put the Bonn government at the mercy of the nationalists and the neo-Nazis. Because public conferences have to show quick results, they always increase the risk that the politicians attending them will at- tempt to get quick results by a show- down. Franco-German relations are at bottom quite promising, and could become very good indeed. An essential requirement is that they should be in the hands of men who are more concerned with the reconciliation than they are with the date on which E.D.C. is finally ratified. Our own diplomacy in dealing with France and Germany suffers from the idea that we are lobbyists who must get the papers ratified in order that we can then go back to Congress and lobby there for the appropriations. That will not work. It would be better to keep telling Paris and Bonn that our objective is a Franco-German partner- ship that they both have entered into willingly-and that we mean to stay with them both, abandoning neither of them, for as long as it may take to bring that great end about. In this way, by making clear our determi- nation not to leave them, not to lose pa- tience, not to kick over the table, we can by our presence and by the healing effects of a continual support that is not to be ques- tioned, prevent the catastrophe of an ir- refutable break between the French and the Germans. (Copyright, 1953, New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) Sorry, No Lines WITH THE permanent conversion of the dormitories to hold more students, the long troublesome problem of inadequate telephone facilities in the women's dorms has gone from bad to worse. With only one switchboard serving over 1,500 women, it is an almost impossible and extremely discouraging task to reach a party in one of the hill dormitories during the peak hours. Students wishing to call out must often wait twenty min- utes for the operator to answer. On fin- ally obtaining one. the student is often greeted with, "sorry, all our outside lines are busy," and a quick click of the re- ceiver. If she still has the desire to make her call, she must again wait a long period for an operator or go to a pay phone in the lobby. Overloaded facilities also cause fre- quent disconnections, crossing of wires so that all that can be obtained is another ex- tension in the same building and buzzing of the wrong rooms. Women's dorms seem to be much harder hit than men's dorms in these respects. Another often criticized problem of the system, discourteous operators, is more like- ly due to the fact that the harrassed switch- board workers don't have the time to be polite. On many floors, 20 or more people share one extension. Compared to average ser- vice, this equals a party line of six average size families. Even most rural phones are not so overburdened. If the dormitories have been converted to house more students, facilities should be in- creased accordingly. Two or three more ex- tensions on each floor would go a long way towards alleviating the strain. Plans should be made in the near future if the dormi- tories' policy of adequate service is to be continued. -Freddi Loewenberg [ QIPI.ERA At the Michigan .. . UP 'N' ATOM, presented by the Mimes LIKE THE heroine of a Mickey Spillane novel, this Union Opera comes at you in sections. Some of the sections are very funny; others would best be called functional: they function to make it a full-length show. Howard Nemorovski's book makes a. val- lant and often successful effort to weld together two violently dissimilar elements: the atom-bomb builders of Oak Ridge and the barefoot hill-billies of the environs. The potentialities of the situation, for wit- ty social comment or just plain belly- laughs, are only partially realized: per haps the scientists are too much like the hillbillies, or the hillbillies like the scien- tists. The only backwoodsy characteristic the show cones up with is the shot-gun wedding situation, a gimmick that was pretty well-worn before vaudeville gasped its last. However, though none of the char- acters is profoundly original, they do have a pretty good time together. The lyrics and music are, on the whole, a good deal sharper than the dialogue. The numbers "Oak Ridge," and "Live and Learn" were particularly good. Traditionally, the female impersonators of the show have a pretty narrow line to tread: they must be graceful enough to make the attempt worthwhile, and gauche enough to keep it all good clean fun. The female leads, and the singing and dancing choruses, did this admirably, and with a good deal of sparkle besides: their routines are never sluggish. Jimmie Lobaugh's performance as a kind of grande dame scientist is the outstanding individual part in the show, and he does it up handsomely. He has a Perle Mesta vital- ity and a professional way of getting the part across. Ron Poland, the comic female romantic lead shares this kind of profes- sional touch in his happier moments of put- ting across a Judy Canova type. The male leads, Bob Cutting and John Geralt, blend nicely as a background for these outstand- ing performances, and do their mugging with irrespressible boyish charm. One is disappointed with the second act -the first act promised something livelier. It had a hilarious scene involving liquor magnates, a character name of Mike Ram- mer, and a good deal of smoothness and dis- patch in getting the show under way. The second act tends to seem like a Russian vil- lage festival: everyone leaping about with- out much point. All in all, though, it's an entertaining show. -Bob Holloway -~ * tette'4 T THE DITO i t fi 4 -~j - e °r t .ZeteM' To TH E 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. Academic Freedom tion, Readers of The Daily will remember that this issue has not Committee . . . been conjured up by Mr. Lodor To the Editor: but has been a regular source of Ccomplaint of the foreign students. CADEMIC Freedom Week is ov- The Daily has previously publish- er. Some 600 students parti-. edeioilatce n etr cipated in the meetings and many ed editori ubearticl remindDettr more read, heard and discussed the International Student Organ- questions raised in these meetings. Kahn, a resolution was passed by But this is only a beginning. ization (the body representing the Since what happens to academic foreign students) not in the dis- freedom affects us all, it is im- tant past, asking Dr. Gale to re- portant that all of us at least sign on a certain issue. Moreover, have a basic understanding of ththehe president and other high of- issues involved. Very soon we will ficirs . e enapproachon be witnessing an investigation by ficials have been approached on the House Committee on Un-Am- the issue mentioned by Mr. Lodor. erican Activities right here in Mi- Dr. Kahn at best, could have chigan. The papers say some 75 come in contact with only a few people have been summoned. What out of the thousands of foreign are the facts about the cases? students that have gone through What will be our reaction to this this University. Dr. Kahn could committee? only have gathered a smattering The Academic Freedom Sub- of the problems concerning these Commission can continue to help students. This could hardly give bring the various viewpoints to him a comprehensive perspective the attention of the campus of the multifarious, divergent and through more forums, discussions, rather intricate problems which newsletters, etc. Delegates from the foreign students encounter. fourteen campus organizations His letter reminds us of a fable helped plan Academic Freedom in which a priest was showing a Week, but in order to expand our visitor the Temple of Diana. The influence, many more organiza- priest pointing at gifts and dona- tions must join the sub-commis- tions remarked that those gifts sion. Thursday we will discuss our were offered by people who prayed perspectives and plans for the on sinking ships and were saved. coming year. If your group is in- The visitor asked, "Where are the terested in joining the Academic gifts from those who prayed and Freedom Sub-Commission, come drowned?" to the meeting Thursday at 4 p.m. From whatever one gathers by in the Student Legislature build- talking privately to foreign stu- ing (512 S. State) Individual stu- dents, the concensus of opinion dents interested in helping with seems to be with Mr. Lodor's view. the plans are welcome to attend. Mr. Lodor, rather than being de- -Paula Levin, Chairman bunked as "loosely attacking the Academic Freedom j University's institutions" should Sub-Commission !be commended for his forthright, constructive and timely criticism of an important institution like International Center . . . theaInternational Center-criti- To the Editor:- cism which should help the ad- THE READERS of The Michigan ministration in formulating its Daily would agree that The future policy for the Center, and Daily has shown a sense of ma- in its choice of a suitable person ture judgement in the past in as director. publishing letters to the editor. -Jane Faily Dr. Kahn in his letter has stated . Vivian Mailman that Mr. Lodor's letter is a loose Jack Danielson attack on a University institu- Shirley Danielson (Continued from Page 2) Phi Delta Theta Phi Gamma Delta Phi Kappa Tau Phi Rho Sigma Phi Sigma Delta Phi Sigma Kappa Psi Omega Psi Upsilon Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sigma Chi Sigma Delta Tau Tau Kappa Epsilon Triangle Fraternity Trigon Zeta Beta Tau December 13, 1954 Arab Students Club Delta Theta Phi Geddes House Helen Newberry Phi Delta Phi (afternoon) Theta Xi (afternoon) December 12, 1953 East Quadrangle South Quadrangle West Quadrangle wig and Robe Ball Social Chairmen of student organiza- tions are reminded that the calendar is closed to student-sponsored activities for the seven days prior to the begin- ning of a final examination period. Final examinations for the present se- mester begin January 18. This means that no approvals may be given for events scheduled after January 10. So- cial Chairmen planning to register an event for the week-end of January 8, 9, and 10 are requested to submit appli- cations for approval to the Office of Student Affairs before leaving for the Christmas holidays if possible. Concerts University of Michigan Choir, May- nard Klein, Conductor, will present its annual Christmas Concert at 8:30 Thursday evening, Dec. 10, in Hill Au- ditorium. The Choir will open the pro- gram with Palestrina's Kyrie, from Missa Hodie Christus natus est. The Michi- gan Singers continue the concert with two excerpts by Schutz' Christmas Story; and the Choir, assisted by a Brass Ensemble conducted by Clifford Lillya, sing Gabrieli's In Eccesis, with soloists Perry Daniels, baritone, and Mary Ann Tinkham, soprano. The Mad- rigal Group, composed of six members of the Choir, will sing a group of Christmas carols..Following intermis- sion J. S. Bach's Magnificat will be per- formed by the Choir with a special or- chestra. Soloists in this work will in- clude Joan Marie Dudd and Gloria Soice, sopranos, Mary Ellen Boosa, con- tralto, Charles Wingert, tenor. The con- cert is open to the public without charge. Correction. The Opera Scenes pro- gram, previously announced for Mon- day and Tuesday, Dec. 14 and 15, in Fellowship Hall of the Baptist Church, will be given in Auditorium A, Angell Hall, on Monday and Wednesday eve- nings, Dec. 14 and 16. Academic Notices School of Education Makeup, Senior Personality Tests may be taken either on Fri., Dec. 11, at 3 p.m., in 1025 Angell Hal, or on Sat., Dec. 12, at 8:30 a.m. in Aud. B, Angell Hall. Seminar in Applied Mathematics will meet Thurs., Dec. 10, at 4 in 247 west Engineering. Speaker: Doctor Imanue Marx. Topic: On the Structure of Re- currence Relations." Mathematics Colloquium, Fri., Dec. 11, at 4:10 p.m., 3011 Angell Hall. Dr. Ed- win Weiss will speak on "Bounded Topological Rings." Tea and coffee at 3:45 in 3212 Angell Hall. Course 40, the Interdisciplinary Sem- inar in the Application of Mathematics to the Social Sciences, will meet on Thurs., Dec. 10, at 4 p.m., in 3409 Ma- son Hal. Professor James Tobin of the Economics Department, Yale Univers- ity, will speak on "Mathematical Models and Business Cycle Theory." The Department of Biological Chem- istry will hold a seminar in 319 West Medical Building at 4 p.m., on Fri., Dec. 11. The topic for discussion will be 'Some Aspects of the Induced Biosyn- thesis of Enzymes," conducted by Mr. H. B. Pahl. Doctoral Examination for Stanley Louis Berlnsky, Speech and Psycholo- gy; thesis: "A Comparison of Stutter- ers and Non-Stutterers in Four Condi- tions of Experimentally Induced An- xiety," Fri., Dec. 11, East Council Room, Rackham Building, at 10 a.m. Co-Chair- men, H. H. Bloomer and E. L. Kelly. Doctoral Examination for Buford Don ISmith, Chemical Engineering; thesis: "The Hydrogenation of Carbon Monox- ide and Carbon Dioxide on a Steel Cata- lyst," Fri., Dec. 11, 3201 East Engi- neering Building, at 3 p.m. Chairman, }R. R. White. Events Today son flall, Arthur M. Mizener Profes- sor of English at Cornell University, and author of The Far Side of Para- dise, a biography of . Scott Fitzgerald, will speak on "Nature and the Novel." All graduate students and faculty mem- bers of the English Department are in- vited to attend. The Pre-Medical Society, will meet on this evening at 7:30 p.m., in Angell Hall, Auditorium C. Dr. Robert Hodges, Assistant Resident in Rariology at 1 University Hospital, will be the speaker. Refreshments will be served after the program. Non-pre-medical students who are interested are also welcome, Hillel. 4 p.m.-Class in Jewish Holi- day Observances; 7:30-Class in Advanc- ed Hebrew; 8 p.m.-Music-Fr-All. Res- ervations for Kosher Dinner Friday. at 6 p.m. must be made by Thursday. The Congregational - Disciples Guild. Mid-week Meditation In Douglas Chap- el, 5:00-5:30 p.m. Freshman Discussion Group at Guild House, 7-8 p.m. Mathematics Club Christmas Party, this evening 8 p.m. For transporta- tion or further information call Mrs. Donald Darling, NO-3-4531 Christian Science Organization. Tes- timony meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m., Fireside Room, Lane Hall. All are wel- come. S.L. Academic Freedom Sub-Commis- sion meeting this afternoon, at 4 p.m. in the S.L. Bldg. (512 S. State). Evalua- tion of Academic Freedom Week and plans for the coming year. Baha'i Students' Discussion Group. Meeting at the League tonight at 8 p.m. Everyone is invited to participate in the informal discussion on the meth- od for establishing a just and udrable peace. Also on Sun., Dec. 13, 4 p.m., Mr. William Randolph Lacey will speak at the League on "Cycles in Materialism and Religion." Le Cercle FrancaLs. French Christmas Carols will be rehearsed today at 4 pm. in Rm. 3L of the Michigan Unip. Anyone interested in participating is welcome to attend! Graduate Record Concert. The weekly concert will not be held his week (to* day) because of the free Christm Concert by the University of Michigan Choir. La p'tite causette will meet thi afternoon from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. in; the wing of the north room of the Michigan Union cafeteria. This relaxed Informal atmosphere will do wOcder to improve your conversational French. All interested students are invited Kaffee Stunde of The Deutscher Ver- ein will meet today at 3:15 p.m. in the Union. Everyone is welcome. The Freshman Engineering Council will meet tonight at 7:30 p.m. in 1072 East Engineering Building. The public is invited. International Center Weekly Tea will be held today from 4:30 to 6 at the International Center, Coming Events Psychology Club. Dr. Kristofferson will discuss the work being carried on by our Psychology Department and will conduct us on a tour through the dif- ferent labs. All interested will meet in 2429 Mason Hall on Fri., Dec. 11, at 3:15. The Russky Kruzhok will hold its an- nual Russian Christmas Party at 8 p.m., Fri., Dec. 11, in the International Center. Russian singing, games, and refreshments. Students interested In Russian are warmly invited to attend. Episcopal student Foundation. Tea from 4 to 5:30 at Canterbury House, Fri., Dec. 11, followed by student-led Eve- ning Prayer in the Chapel of St. Mi- chael and All Angels. All students in- vited. Episcopal Student Foundation. Cal- terbury Club, Fri., Dec. 11, 7:30 p.m. at Canterbury House--a Tree Decorating Party! Roger Williams Guild. Annual Christ- mas Party Friday evening at the Guild House, 8 o'clock. "Say, That's An Idea" DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN }. 44 r S+ ART 1111 SAY THAT the Ann Arbor Art Asso- ciation's "Four Ann Arbor Artists" is memorable is to understate the case con- siderably. This organization has gotten up many fine shows in the past, and on this occasion they have outdone themselves. Work by J. T. Abernathy, Jack Garbutt, Chet Lamore, and Tom McClure (who has been treated- by a colleague) is on display on the Rackham mezzanine until Decem- ber 18th, hours from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily, Sundays excepted. THE PAINTERS MR. LAMORE must by now, if he has given it any thought, be getting tired of having eggs chucked at his large oils for no better reason than that they don't suit me. It has been suggested more than once that I specifically point out the flaws, if any, in a particular piece, and proceed from there to more general criticism. Such advice is volunteered in a friendly spirit, no doubt, but is nevertheless useless, as well as self- deceptive. I feel fairly certain that most painters realize that "objectivity" in a re- viewer is sham, or perhaps worse. Take Lamore's "Inferno Landscape, for example. I might remark that the con- struction shows a too strict adherence to plan, hence is too rigid, or flat, or immobile; that, for all its brilliant colors, the painting is too chilling. Possibly some- one exists who would believe that such remarks are objective, and take stock in them. Rut "too nuch" necessarily imnlies end, everyone must decide for himself whether an artist has anything to com- municate to him, and if so. whether this communication, on whatever level, is re- warding. For my part, I best appreciate Lamore's small oils, in which I almost always detect a trace of humor. Try Man and Image or Night Blooming Garden, two of his best. What puzzles me most about my own re- action to Lamore's oils is that, whether working on a large scale or small, his tech- nique is essentially the same, yet they ef- fect me so differently. Perhaps kis style doesn't lend itself well to magnification. Another point of variance is that most of his smaller subjects are representational, where- as his large ones usually are not. But this difference is in itself not significant, un- less to the artist. On the whole, Lamore's abstractions are what I would call "unromantic surrealism," if there can be such a thing. Surrealism depends for its effect largely on shock through incongruity (as in Dali), or eeri- ness (as in Tanguy and much of Chirico). In almost every case, perspective is utilized to help achieve the desired impact, and La- morehas chosen to dispense with the de- vice, preferring to work in planes, as do the cubists. It's distinctive, but doesn't arouse my sympathy. I feel uncomfortable before such a collosus as Flight because something seems to be missing-it just doesn't click. In his renresentational work. or when- ON THE WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-HOUND WITH DREW PEARSON i i I M ! fj, N - _) r 1 1~i~gzn ziF tP~t I Ct r rt WASHINGTON-White Houses advisers, previously split as to whether the President should crack back at Senator McCarthy, are now less divided. The McCarthy strategy of swamping the White House with telegrams h plus his charge that the White House was concealing Western Union figures, plus earlier McCarthy criticism,' has made even General "Slick" Persons realize that Ike can't appease McCarthye General Persons, with Vice-President Nixon, has been thet most persuasive of the Ike-advisers who believe the President e must get along with McCarthy, not oppose him. But now it's the belief of almost everyone who tries to counsel ant idealistic but politically inexperienced President that the Senator. from Wisconsin has used the Eisenhower Administration to build himself a rabid following which can't be dissipated overnight. In effect, the Administration has supplied the steppingstones by which the man who now defies it has risen to power. Here are some of the steppingstones the Administration has in- advertently handed ts chief Republican critic: STEPPINGSTONE NO. 1-Carbon copies of all Eisenhower Ad- ministration investigations are automatically given McCarthy. That was how .he knew the Army was probing 'the Signal Corps at Fort Monmouth, N.J. The Army had been working on this for months, and after McCarthy obtained copies of Army reports, it was a simple matter for him to call witnesses, usurp the headlines. STEPPINGSTONE NO. 2-Attorney General Brownell white- washed the Senate Investigating Committee's report on McCarthy; also let the statute of limitations expire on the Senate probe of The Department of Aeronautical En- gineering is sponsoring a seminar by Dr. H. E. Bailey on "Wing-Body Interfer- ence at Supersonic Speeds" to be held this afternoon at 4 p.m. in 1504 East Engineering Building. All inter- ested are cordially invited to attend. The English Journal Club will meet this evening at 8 p.m. in 2429 Ma- 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 Staf Harry Lunn............Managing Editor Eric Vetter.................City Editor Virginia Voss......... Editorial Director Mike Wolf........Associate City Editor Alice B. Silver..Assoc. 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