PAGE FOUR 'T'HE MICHIGAN DAILY WkLNESzDAY, lIWC;ii1i".,16, 1953 __ moon" TODAY AND TOMORROW: Brownell & McCarthy 4 By WALTER LIPPMAN PERHAPS because I was away from Wash- ington when it all began, it seemed to me in reading the record that the biggest puz- zle was why Mr. Brownell's attack on ex- President Truman turned so swiftly into Sen. McCarthy's attack on President Eisen- hower. Only eighteen days elapsed between Brownell's speech in Chicago and McCar- thy's broadcast. In that short time, and by a chain reaction, a Republican attack on the Democrats had become a quarrel within the Republican party. In less than three weeks after Brownell had charged the Dem- ocrats with being soft towards Communist spies, McCarthy was charging Eisenhower with being soft about trade with Commu- nist China. Looking for a solution to the mystery, we may begin by remembering that Eisen- hower was nominated against the oppo- sition of the isolationist right wing of the Party. Before he was nominated and dur- ing the election his political strength, which is very great, lay in a constituency which cuts across the old party lines. Ei- senhower was not a regular Republican. He was a national figure around whom there rallied Republicans, Independents, disaffected Democrats. They were a var- ied lot. But they had one great and binding conviction in common. They wish- ed in this age of peril to maintain and to continue a national and bi-partisan pol- icy of alliances, within NATO and the United Nations. Eisenhower could not have been nominat- ed without the backing of this broad con- stituency. And he is not able to govern without its support. This was proved in the last Congress. According to the Congres- sional Quarterly there were eighty-three roll calls on Eisenhower proposals. Of these fifty-eight could not have been won by the Administration without Democratic support. In the House twenty out of the thirty-one Eisenhower victories would have been im- possible without Democratic support. In the Senate thirty-eight roll calls out of forty- two were won by Eisenhower because he had Democratic support. The fact is that the Republican party has only the thinnest kind of nominal majority in Congress, and on the great issues of for- eign policy this majority is deeply and sharp- ly divided within itself. For a generation the Republican party has been divided within itself on the par. amount issues of isolationism and unilat- eralism vs. alliances and reciprocity. For at least twenty years the isolationist wing has never been strong enough to nominate and elect its own candidate for President. When at long last a Republican was elect- ed President, he was a man who did not belong to the isolationist right wing. For that reason Eisenhower cannot be a successful President unless he keeps the po- litical support which won him the nomina- tion. If he lets the isolationists take con- trol of his administration, he must inevita- bly alienate an indispensible part of his own political strength. His problem is how to govern in spite of the division of his party. For he cannot'hope to unite the party by converting the iso- lationists to his views. They have genuine and deep convictions. They may be wrong, but they have a reputable case, and they cannot be talked out of their views. The best that the President can do is to obtain their assent, to induce them to let him lead. This he can do, however, only if it is always man- ifest that the Eisenhower following is in- tact-that in the country and in the Con- gress he is so strong that he can carry his measures even against the opposition of the isolationist right wing. BEARING this in mind, we can, I think, see why Brownell's speech precipitated a political convulsion among the Republicans. Brownell used partisanship of a kind that threatens to make bi-partisanship on the great issues impossible. It has threatened to cut away from Eisenhower an indispensible part of his support. Without the Democrats and the Independents who like Ike and are bi-partisan in foreign affairs, the President would be left with only an uncertain minor- ity of regular Republicans behind him. Brownell, intending to hurt the Dem- ocrats, uncovered the right flank of the Eisenhower administration. Suddenly it appeared that Eisenhower, who is strong in his party only when he is stronger than his party, had been separated by Brow- nell's .extreme partisanship from the Ei- senhower bi-partisan constituency. At that moment he was open and vulnerable to McCarthy's offensive, which is a formid- able effort to seize control of the powers of the President, and to reverse the for- eign policy of the United States. A measure of how vulnerable Eisenhower had sudden- ly become can be had by noting that the Republican leader of the Senate, Mr. Knowland, gave his public support not to the President, whose leadership was chal- lenged, but to McCarthy. Why was the Brownell speech so damag- ing to Eisenhower's political position? Be- cause Brownell had carried partisanship be- yond the point of no return: he had aggra- vated a party contest into party warfare. He did that when he drew upon the secret files of the F.B.I. He is the steward there in a solemn trust. Those files have never be- fore been used as a stockpile of political am- munition in partisan politics. The use of this outlawed ammunition opened up the threatening prospect that the Eisenhower administration would attempt to win elec- tions and to keep itself in power by draw- ing its own selected material from the F.B.I. files; that it would use that material to ar- gue that the Democrats as such cannot be trusted on the issue of loyalty. Men do not, men cannot, and men will not collaborate when the political contest of the party is envenomed to the point where it becomes a war of political extermination. How can men of differing views and parties work together for national ends under the President's leadership if they must wonder whether his Attorney General might be planning to pick a bullet from the secret files and to shoot them in the back? I have always thought highly of Mr. Brownell. But what he did was a truly ter- rible thing to do. He planted the seeds of irreparable discord. The most charitable thing one can say is that he did not realize what he was doing. But the President real- ized what Brownell had done and he tried to undo it. Perhaps it was easier for him to realize the enormity of the damage. For, unlike Brownell, he knows the outer world, and has been in the Old World. There he has seen how great nations decline and fall when the people become irreconcilably di- vided among themselves, when politicians become enemies, when instead of trying to win elections by honest and open de- bate, they make schemes to destroy one another. In the democracies that are foundering, and there are many of them, the underly- ing bonds have been ruptured which hold men together through all their differences in one community. The parties deny the good faith and loyalty of the opposition. Par- tisanship is a license to outlaw and ruin political opponents. When such a rupture of faith and confidence has occurred, demo- cratic government and free institutions are no longer workable. (Copyright, 1953, New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) The Two-Year rLanguage Proposal AS YET, no action has been taken by the Regents or the University on a proposed language requirement change foi the Liter- ary College. The proposal, passed last spring by the faculty of the language department, calls for two years of a foreign language in- stead of the one year now required. The delay of any positive action seems to indicate that there is not sufficient reason to warrant doubling the required hours in this field. In the first two years the student faces an avalanche of requirements, many of which have nothing to do with his apti- tudes or interests. Requiring an additional year of a foreign language would, in many cases, crowd out other equally important subjects. It is a question of whether the individual's needs and interests are going to be considered, or the University is go- ing to raise its academic standards. A school that prides itself on the import- ance of 'every individual should not have trouble making this choice. One of the major reasons for studying a foreign language is the promotion of better understanding between countries, through the ability to read its literature and con- verse with its people. People who intend to go abroad or to study the literature of a foreign country need linguistical abilities, but a great many students will not do either of these until long after their college days, if at all, and by then they will have forgotten much of the language anyway. Unless a language is used frequently and with some enthusiasm, is it easily forgotten. It is just as easy to forget two years of a language as it is to forget one year if no effort is made to retain it. A student who is really interested in learn- ing and retaining a language will usually, continue to study it of his own accord. If first-year language classes are taught in a manner that will make them interesting to the students, requiring further study should be unnecessary. It is also unfair to hamper the progress of interested students by forcing everyone to struggle through a second-year course. Certainly no instructor can do his best while teaching a class in which many of the students are there by compulsion and without enthusiasm. A natural death in the unfinished business file seems to be the best thing that can hap- pen to this proposal.Bk -Barbara Rock ~CURRENT MOVIES ACt the ichigan.. Cole Porter's Kiss Me Kate, in 3-D, with Kathryn Grayson, Ann Miller, and How. ard Keel ALONG ABOUT the time Rodgers and Hammerstein won the critics' acclaim by stealing the Met's Ezio Pinza to play the lead in South Pacific, Cole Porter came out with Kiss Me Kate. Though it enjoyed a long run and received many plaudits, Kiss Me Kate was not received as the great American epic that South Pacific was term- ed. In reality it is a better show. The tire- some sentimentality of Hammerstein's book was replaced by the wit and vitality of Bella. and Samuel Spewack's adaptation of Shakes- peare's Taming of the Shrew. Cole Porter's songs were equally as tuneful as those of Rodgers. The 3-D movie of Kiss Me Kate still has Cole Porter's wonderful songs, the Spewack's clever lyrics and most of their book, but it lacks the vitality and effervescence of the Broadway production. 3-D added nothing to the film. The extra depth may be useful in jungle films, but it was superfluous here, particularly since the depth was not used as an integral part of the plot action, but merely for tricks. Every scene had someone throwing some- thing out at the audience, like a banana, tumbler, or pot. A Liza Kirk Ann Miller is not, and she couldn't give one bit the charm and per- sonality that Miss Kirk gave the role of Bianca in the Broadway production. Kath- ryn Grayson's voice had not the husky qual- ity to sing Kate's show-stopping song, "I Hate Men," nor had her acting the versa- tility to be a mean shrew and a loving maid- en. Her voice is one of those Deanna Dur- bin types, which are not verry pretty, The order of the songs was changed from the Broadway production, mainly to empha- size the sub-plot between Petruchio and Kate on stage as well as off stage. This put the love song at the beginning where it is use- less for any climax, and the witty "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" routine at the very end where it seems like an afterthought. There were some good things. Howard Keel, who played the male lead, brought the bravura and eloquence of a good Broad- way baritone to the film. His solos were won- derful. Keenan Wynn and James Whitmore, who played the two thugs who do the "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" routine, were funny in the best Damon Runyon tradition. Their tap-dancing duet was delightful. The color for the scenes in Padua was bright, and merry, giving a fine atmosphere of gaity. In general the film was paradoxical. It Endless Job >7 t t tp ! . .r ', : - Ff~~o - - ---- 4.1 4 ON THE WASHINGTON 9 MERRY-GO-ROUND WITH DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON - Those who have watched Henry Cabot Lodge sitting stern and dignified at the United Nations could never pic- ture him sitting cross-legged on the floor singing French boulevard songs. That was what happened at the apartment of French Ambas- sador Henri Hoppenot the other day, however, and the result was a new camaraderie between Lodge and other UN delegates. The U.S. envoy knew more songs and sang them in better French than the French envoy himself. tetteP4 TO THE EDITOR The Daily welcomes communications from its readers on matters of general interest, and will publish all letters which are signed by the writer and in good taste. Letters exceeding 300 words in length, defamatory or libelous letters, and letters which for any reason are not in good taste will be condensed, edited or withheld from publication at the discretion of the editors. Don't Riot ... To the Editor: O Robert Sassone, Robert Arm- buster, Clifton Ransom of West Quad From the current series of ar- ticles in the Daily on dormitory living, it would appear that the University administration sincere- ly feels that under present circum- stances nothing can be done to improve the food situation in Uni- versity housing units. So even if the food in the Quads is as bad as you say, don't riot. There are other living accommo- dations offered in Ann Arbor. Rooming houses, apartments and fraternities are available. And of course there are always co-ops where, if you don't like the cooking, you can at least always fire the dietician, tell the cook off, and show them how much better you can do yourself. ---Sue Messing Inter-cooperative Council Personnel Chairman The Michigan Man ... To the Editor: THE MAN who came to Michi- gan Work Hate Heavy Date Paper Late Inevitable Fate Gen. Marshall . . To the Editor: HOPE everyone who mnay have taken any stock in the charges of McCarthy and Jenner against General Marshall read the account in the papers of the anti-Marshall demonstration by the Norwegien Communists. The Communists know who are their friends-and' also who are their enemies. --Preston Slosson. THE REAL business of President Eisenhower's Administration and all Ameria now is the defense of freedom in 1954. The grand is- sue tendered by Mr. Brownell is whether proper measures were tak- en in 1945 and 1946. In Bermuda as in the White House, the Presi- dent tries desperately to maintain and defend European unity and the European Army. His party seems to be primarily concerned with whether Harry White (who is dead) should have been fired sev- en years ago. A shaky truce in Ko- rea has all but broken down, and the President has to brace the country to be ready for possible resumption of that war. The issue the Republican Party has raised is whether President Truman (out of office and not running for re- election) was too lax in his secur- ity policy in 1946, before, he in- tervened in Greece. . . . Republi- can Party leaders have apparently decreed that the next Congress is to be chosen on the basis of whether the Democratic Admin- istration a decade back mistakenly treated a handful of subversives as just sympathizers with our So- viet ally. -The Reporter Michigan State --Gordon Euker It began at a dinner given once a month by the president of the Security Council who holds office for one month only, and gives a party at the end of the month for his colleagues. Andrei Vishinsky was at this particular party, given in the Hoppe- not apartment, and he didn't look anywhere near as glum as usual. Lodge was also present, together with Sir Gladwyn Jebb of England, Charles Malik of Lebanon and Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary General of the United Nations. The informality began when Dag Hammarskjold walked into the living room found every chair occupied and sat down on the floor. His hostess, Madame Hloppenot joined him. "Let's sing something," said the Secretary General of the United Nations. "I feel like singing." "Good," encouraged Mie. Hoppenot, "You sing." "But I can only sing off key." "That would be charming," said the lady. "Then the rest of us can try to drown you out." Ambassador Lodge, also sitting cross-legged on the floor, came to the rescue. He broke forth with "Quatre Vingt Chasseurs." Mrs. Lodge joined him. The wife of the Colombian Ambassador sang in Spanish. A Yugoslav lady sang "Tam O Deleako." Amer- ican songs followed. In brief, the staid old Security Council, rent with wrangling over world problems, relaxed into a good old songfest. Delegates agreed they. hadn't had such a good time since the UN was formed in San Fran- cisco. i DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN (Continued from Page 2) f OP RA , ANGELL HALL AUDITORIUM Act 2 of Massenet's Manon, Act 3 of Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera, Act. 4 of Mozart's Marriage of Figaro; presented by the University Opera Class, Josef Blatt, di- rector, Nafe Katter, stage director, Joyce Noh, accompanist. MONDAY'S bill of three opera scenes, to be repeated this evening at 8:30 p.m. in Auditorium A, Angell Hall, were as suc- cessful end enjoyable as any of the opera department's more glamorous productions given in Lydia Mendelssohn theater. Though there were no sets or costumes, no orchestra or spotlights, such adornments were not missed as much as might be ex- pected. The musicianship and sincere artist- ry of performers, and devoted, traditional direction of Prof. Blatt, proved that in opera it is the singing that counts. When the music is projected as it should be, stage trappings take their proper place as gilding, adding the extra bit of theatricality, but not enhancing the music. Nor did lack of stage trappings detract from the acting. In fact it seems that lack of costumes and sets makes the singers rely more on their personal abilities at acting, with the result that the acting is better. The course of action in Monday's scenes was never in doubt, as all participating literally ian, were both vehicles for individual so- loists, Joan St. Denis Dudd in Manon and Robert Kerns in Ballo in Maschera. Un- doubtedly their portrayals were the bright- est spots on the program. Mrs. Dudd has a lovely voice, her French diction was su- perb and her acting captured the roman- tic character of Manon. Mr. Kerns has a rich baritone voice, in the Leonard War- ren tradition. He understood the theatrical style of Verdi magnificently. Jack King, who sang the tenor role of De Grieux in Manon, sang musically. His voice is not quite as finished as Mrs. Dudd or Mr. Kerns, but his acting and musician- ship were as convincing. Joan Rossi's sing- ing of Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera was sensitive, and her stage manner quite poised in view of the difficult melodramatic role in which she was cast. Paul Hickf ang sang Figaro in the Mozart with the comedy and gaity that the role de- mands. His acting splendidly compensated for the disadvantage in height he had since he was considerably taller than anyone else on stage, but perhaps the difference between his singing voice in the arias and speaking voice in recitatives was too startling. The rest of the singers, Andrew Broek- ema in the Verdi and Massenet, Dolores Lowry and Phyllis McFarland, respectively Susanna and the Countess in the Mozart, -BEHIND IKE'S A-POOL- NSIDE STORY of how President Eisenhower developed his dramatic appeal for an atomic energy pool is gradually leaking out. One phase of the story goes back some weeks to the Adminis- tration's decision to build an atomic reactor for civilian uses. Be- hind this anouncement was the fact that our chief sources of uran- ium, the Belgian Congo and South Africa, have long been irked that they are not in on atomic sercets. And the possibility has al- ways been latent that if not let in on atomic secrets they might cut off our uranium. The Belgians and South Africans are not particularly interested ir secret atomic weapons, but are tremendously interested in peacetime atomic energy. Both are deficit countries when it comes to coal anc oil, so that cheap atomic energy could revolutionize their industries, Last fall, therefore, when U.S. Intelligence picked up apparentl3 reliable reports that Russia was developing a peacetime reactor, the Eisenhower- Administration immediately decided to do the same. It was realized that the nation which1 made the most progress the fastest in this direction would have the bargaining power for the uranium supplies of the world. Simultaneously, Eisenhower learned that twelve European countries had decided three years ago to combine their resources to develop peacetime atomic energy. Already they have built a plant at Geneva, Switzerland, and are constructing an atom-smasher about a dozen times more powerful than anything in the United States. Cooperating countries in this atom pool include not only Belgium with its tremendous uranium resources, but England, France, Wesi Germany and the Communist government of Yugoslavia. Thus it became apparent to the President that the days when th United States could be the world's No. 1 atomic power would soon be over, if indeed they are not over already. The move for a world poo. of atomic energy under the United Nations was, therefore, the nexi step and a very natural one. -MERRY-GO-ROUND- EX-SENATOR Harry Darby, the Kansas Palomino horse breeder and one of the most popular men Kansas ever sent to the Senate, con- fides to friends: "Secretary Benson and Undersecretary True Morse are so high-and-mighty they can't understand the farm picture. Yet Ike believes them. Frank Carlson, who does understand the farm pic- ture, can't persuade him otherwise." ... At a meeting of the Democrat- ic State Committee in New York, more men showed up with private airplanes than since 1948. Most of the private airplane Democrats had earlier gone over to Eisenhower.. . . Johnny Cahill, who was given a big lift up the-ladder to his lush law practice by the New Deal, came back to the Democratic fold at the recent New York meeting. Most of his clients are Wall Street Republicans. ... Stanley Woodward, the ex- Ambassador to Canada and great friend of Mr. and Mrs. Truman, doesn't quite know whether to be congratulated or commiserated with over his election as treasurer of the Democratic National Committee. It's an even tougher job than ruling where diplomats and supreme court justices should sit at dinner, a job which he once had and which caused plenty of headaches. . . . Millard Tydings, the ex-Senator fronm! rvofi,1,ndA nnrgcns if getting out of the Senate agreed with him. His Project as Related to School Drop Outs," Wed., Dec. 16, East Council Room, Rackham Bldg., at 4 p.m. Co- Chairmen, P. A. Hunsicker and W. C. Morse. Doctoral Examination for Jacob J. Lamberts, Linguistics; thesis: "The Dialect of Cursor Mundi (Cotton MS Vespasian A III)," Thurs., Dec. 17, East Council Room, Rackham Bldg., at '2 p.m. Chairman, Hans Kurath. Concerts Opera Scenes Program Josef Blatt, Musical Director, and Nafe Katter, Stage Director, is to be given Monday and' Wednesday evenings, Dec. 14 and 16, in Auditorium A, Angell Hall (instead of Fellowship Hall of the Baptist Church, as previously announced). The program will include Act II from Massenet's "Manon," Act III from "Un Ballo in Maschera," by Verdi, and Act IV from 'The MarrV ge of Figaro" by Mozart. Performers include Jack King, Robert McGrath, Joan St.' Denis Dudd, Dolores Lowry, Mary Jo Kohl, Robert Kerns, Andrew Broekema, Joan Ross;, Paul Hickfang, Laura Smith, Mary Ann Tink- ham, Pricille Bickford, Laura Smith, Jeanne Carts, Mary Mattfeld, Phyllis McFarland, Ruth Orr, and Stella Per- alta. The accompanist will be Joyce Noh, The programs will begin at 8:30 each evening, and will be open to the general public without charge. Events Today Hillel. 3:30 p.m.-C'g.ss in Modern Is- rael. 8 p.m.-IZFA discussion. Sigma Alpha Eta is 'having a student- staff Christmas party tonight at 7:30 in the Women's League. All members and friends are invited to join in the fun. You won't want to miss it. Roger Williams Guild. Weekly Tea and Chat this afternoon, 4:30 to 6:00. SRA Cloth-a-Child Drive. There will be a packing party today from 3 to 5 p.m., Lane Hail. All help needed, A Christmas Vespers Service will be held this evening in the Student Chapel of the First Presbyterian Church. The service will begin at 5:10. Everyone is invited to attend. Chess Club of the U. of M. meets tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Michigan Union. All chess players welcome. A Caroling Party for all who attend- ed Freshman the Rendezvous will be held this evening at 7:30 p.m. Lane Hall. The Congregational-Disciples Guild. Discussion Group at Guild House, 8 p.m. S.L. Academic Freedom Sub-Com- mission meeting today at 5 p.m. in S.L. Bldg. (512 S. State) Important discus- sion. Plans for next semester. ULLR Ski Club will meet at 7:30 to- night in the Union. All members should be present. Alpha Phi Omega. Meeting tonight in Room 2K, Union at 7:30. Elections. All, actives please attend. Coffee and Tea Hour at the Lutheran StudentrAssociation, Hill Street at South Forest Avenue, from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Everyone welcome. Coming Events The Congregational-Disciples Guild. Breakfast Devotion-Discussion Group in Guild House Chapel, Thurs., Dec. 17, 7 a.m. Symphony (Toscanini). All graduate students welcome. International Center Weekly Tea will be held Thurs., Dec. 17, from 4:30 to Q at the International Center. Christian Science Organization. Tea- timony meeting Thurs., Dec. 17, at 7:30 p.m., Fireside Room, Lane Hall, All are welcome. The Kaffee Stunde of the Deutscher Verein will meet on Thurs., Dec. 17, at 3:15, in the Union. Prof. Raschen of the German Department will be there to lead informal conversation, which will improve your }Germanaremarkably. All welcome. Beacon. Christmas party, Fri., Dee. 18, Michigan League, 8 p.. The Political Science Round Table will meet on Thurs., Dec. 24, in the Rackham Amphitheater at 7:45 p.m. Professor Arthur W. Macmahon, of Co- lumbia University, will speak on "The Administration of Foreign Relations." AlI interested persons are invited. M.C.F. will go caroling Thursday from 7 to.8:30 p.m.; packhclothes for the S.R.A. "Clothe a Child Drive" for Korea from 8:30 to 9:30; and have re- freshments at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Gordon Van Wylen following the packing party. MIeet at Lane Hall. Le Cercle Francais. La p'tite causette will meet tomorrow afternoon from 3:30 to 4:00 p.m. only in the Michigan Union cafeteria. At 4:00 p.m., a film on Andre Gide will be shown in Rm. 3B of the Union. Everyone is welcomerI Kappa Phi. The Christmas program will be held Thurs., Dec. 17, at 5:15 at the Methodist church. 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