PAGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1953 r, WEDNESAY, SPTEMBE 23,9 J$t eetn4 ti' tle ] By ALICE B. SILVER Associate Editorial Director T HE DEBATE in the United Nations cen- tering around the composition of the Korean peace parley is a rather clear re- flection of the entire world picture. It is adepressing picture of a bi-polar world with the two super-powers, Russia and America allowing no alternative for the potential buffer states except that of a total commitment to one side or the other. The case in point at this time is India and other neutral Asiatic nations. By playing yes-man to Rhee in blocking India's par- ticipation on the Korea conference, the Unit- ed States has succeeded in antagonizing both European and Asian countries and in rendering the parley a more rigid verbal war than it might otherwise prove to be. However, the administration's point that the Korean question should be disposed of before a discussion of broader Asian ques- tions seems to be a valid one. But with the future of Korea so interlocked with the fu- ture of Asia this point does not seem to be reason enough to exclude Asiatic nations from the Korean conference. The concept of a roundtable discussion S with varied interests represented has oft- en proved in the past more productive than a strict two-sided conference. This is not to say of course that all Asi- atic nations ipso facto are neutral and should be included in the parley. It is to say that all Asiatic nations have a most vital stake in the outcome of the talks and their exclusion will mean to these nations that once again their interests are being ignored by the great powers. In addition such countries as India have often exerted a tempering influence on both the Communists and the United States. There is little doubt in this writer's mind that the Korean parley will reach an im- possible impasse unless there is represented at the conference an attitude, a philosophy, a pattern of thinking which is neither that of the U.S. or Russia but which will serve to cut the sharp corners of both and bring the two countries nearer to a compromise solution. Restricted' To Whom?0 AFTER SEVERAL years of leveling un- proved charges agaiist government em- ployees for releasing secret material to com- munists, Senator Joseph McCarthy has fallen victim to his own accusations. Without thinking of the electorate which he claims -in public-to be protecting from foreign spying, he released part of a classified Army document to the'press. Already several weeks have passed and no other 'McCarthy' has risen to condemn and blast him for his action. Not one powerful group has yet appeared to chal- lenge the Wisconsin Senator's belief that his own job-security is "above and beyond" the security of the nation. Although some sources have made effective attempts to keep McCarthy's name off the front pages, on the theory that even unfavorable news gains votes for him, the executive and legislative. branches of the government might have been expected to take serious action on the matter. But the fear-ridden executive offices have apparently been struck dumb by the Senator's release of classified information. As has often been the case with the Re- publican Senator, he made public only part of the document-a part lacking the com- prehensive conclusion contained at the end of the material. This conclusion evaluated and graded all the information in the docu- ment as to its veracity and reliability. Nat- urally, such an ommission would mislead and confuse all who might read the published portion, but this seems to have been the deliberate aim of the GOP Senator. Although "Restricted, Security Informa- tion" is the lowest classification stamped on official government documents, it is the precedent set by such a release which has caused most harm 'to the entire security classification system now in force in all executive branches of the government which handle material considered vital to our na- tional security. , If such information can be released to the press by a Senator, the minor officials in government, who formerly handled such material with great precautions, will natur- ally feel little cause in the future to con- tinue with their elaborate care. For they now realize that a Senator may, at any time, re- lease security information to newspapers freely and get no official punishment for such action. In over-anxious attempts to get into headlines of every newspaper in the coun- try with his own particular "hide-and- seek" game, the Republican Senator has stooped to endangering the lives of every individual in the United States. He clearly. revealed himself as one who aids the very people he publicly claims to be attacking, for there is little that communists would rather have than free access to classified government documents. The Senator from Wisconsin has begun to make such free access possible by the prece- Seniors, Be Seated "Ah Here She Comes, Now" "WHERE, OH where, are the staid old seniors?" is the pertinent question in a popular campus song. This year, there's a new retort: "They're all stuck on the ten- yard line." Many a hapless senior has been humming this tune since he picked up his football tickets Monday afternoon. The average senior, who has been work- ing his way toward the 50-yard line for six long semesters, is sitting right back where he was last year. He has one consolation, however: he will be among friends. With the exception of 812 luckier ones, most of the people who have been students here longest are sitting either low in sec- tions 24 and 25 or high in section 26. Now the Wolverine Club flashcard, or Block-M, section is a grand idea for bol- stering school spirit, but its best efforts will not be enough to raise the morale of a senior on the ten-yard line. In fact, the venerable senior will not be able even to see the Block- M perform. If the Wolverine Club really wants a 1,200 seat flashcard section, the logical place for it is in the end zone or on the corner, where it will still be visible to the interested-and also out of the way. The really enthusiastic students would still co- operate. Then those 1,200 choicer seats could be apportioned among seniors and graduate students. After six or more semes- ters here, they deserve something. It's pretty sad when school spirit gets in the way of school spirit. -Diane Decker j tt r' r I DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN MATTrffER OF FACT { yJSPHadSEWR LO 4=i- IRML-ocIC By JOSEPH ALSOP MANILA, P.I. - Rudyard Kipling dis- missed the little Englanders of his day with the line, "They nothing know of Eng- land who only England know." In a quite different way, America's involvement in the world is relentlessly producing a comparable situation. For who at home understands, for example, that America is now running a candidate in a critical election in a major Far Eastern nation? Certainly this correspondent had no such idea until he reached this amiable, steaming hot, agreeably gimcrack, irre- pressibly vital Philippine capital. But here in Manila it is clear at once that Ramon Magsaysay is the American choice against the incumbent President Elpidio Quirino. The evidence speaks with a loud voice. In considering this remarkable fact, one can at least begin by saying that for once in a way we need not be ashamed of our own side. Since the end of the war, the omni- present blackmail of the Communist threat has extorted American sympathy, or money, or military aid or in some cases all three, for some highly unappetizing politicians and political regimes. But in this case there is no need to be shamefaced. The aged, ailing, crafty and insatiable Quirino came into office in an election cele- brated for its frauds. With all his singular shrewdness and charm, he still represents almost every backward tendency in Philip- pine and Asiatic politics. He is surrounded by a clique whose rapacity has angered even tolerant Manila. If he is elected at all, he will win by the most ruthless use of his con- trol of the army and government machin- ery; for these are Quirino's only visible sup- ports in an aroused nation. Magsaysay, in contrast, crudely stands for the future that Asia may reasonably hope for, yet may so easily be cheated of .by the powerful collaboration of corrupt ruling elements and the always active Communists. The new man is not all that the old man is. The finesse, the disillusioned knowledge of the world, the surface polish that are so immediately striking in Quirino are not present in Magsaysay. You think when you meet him, "He has worked with his hands and he fought in the woods against the Japs," and you would still suspet these things if you did not already know them to be true. And you also think, "Surely this man is a bit uncomplicated, even maybe a bit naive for one who must thread the laby- rinths of Asiatic politics;" and this is prob- ably true too, and may one day prove a drawback. Yet this dark, vigorous, burning man is explosively courageous, angrily honest, and above all possessed of a vision of the future that has made him a hero of his people. To- day the Philippines are a poor land in which a very few ,enjoy great wealth. Yet this is also a land of immense, untapped riches, with a frontier in Mindanao, in Mindoro, in Palawan, thaholds almost the promise of the American frontier. The vision that Mag- saysay offers is a vision of national self-de- velopment, of hard working progress and a better life for the people. But this does not answer the question, how the United States came to have this candidate in the election of another na- tion all the way across the broad Pacific. The answer is at once simple and complex. Magsaysay comes of relatively humble people. He ran a bus line before the war. In wartime, he was the guerrilla leader of his province. When peace came, General Mac- Arthur named him Provincial Governor. He ran for Congress and was elected. In the period when the Communist hukbalahaps were still operating in the suburbs of Manila, his bravery, energy and determined anti- Communism attracted attention. In that dis- ordered time the Philippine government was living by American Aid, and American in- fluence was an important factor in making Magsaysay Minister of Defense. In all this effort, and even in developing his ideas, Magsaysay worked intimately with the American Embassy and military advisory group. The relationship was so happy that Quirino has even charged that Magsaysay's former America~n liaison officr. Col. Ed- had to be withdrawn, Quirino's supporters like speaker Perez, have continued to re- peat the charges. And the real attitude of the American government is discernible behind the correct facade, in such very simple facts as the failure of any Eisen- hower administration leader to see Pres- ident Quirino, the head of a friendly and allied state, during his recent three months in America for medical treatment. As a practical matter, therefore, Magsay- say is the American candidate in the Philip- pine election which will be decided next No- vember. He is universally regarded as such. He hardly denies it. The fact is vital, for it can produce the most far reaching effects upon the future in Asia. But tlese must be examined in another report. (Copyright, 1953, New York Herald Tribune, inC.) * * * * By STEWART ALSOP WASHINGTON - There is a simple, deep- ly significant reason why President Ei- senhower has courageously decided that it is time to trust the people with the hard facts of the national situation. The back- ground story of "Operation Candor-the ad- ,mirable plan for a series of candid reports to the nation by the President and Admin- istration leaders-goes back to mid-sum- mer. At this time a speech on the threat to this country of the growing Soviet air- atomic power had been prepared, on an experimental basis, for the President. Ei- senhower had been strongly urged to make a frank statement on this subject by some of his advisers-and he had been as strong- ly urged not to by others. Without making up his mind one way or the other, the President asked that such a speech be drafed for him, so that he could see how it would look on paper. He took the draft with him on his vaca- tion, and began working it over in long- hand, as is his custom, covering about a third of it with revisions and interlineations. But he still had not decided to go ahead with the speech. Then, on Aug. 12, came the news of the explosion of the Soviet hydrogen bomb. This event deeply moved and impressed the President. As detailed analyses of the air samples of the Soviet hydrogen test became available, moreover, he became more impressed by the terrible significance of the event. Here a certain caution is necessary, since certain secret technical matters are in- volved. Yet it can be said that these analyses had a simple, nontechnical meaning which was all too clear to the President. For they dispelled, once and for all, any lingering, notion that the Soviet physicists and wea- pons specialists were inferior imitators. They also exploded the hopeful theory that the Russians would never have made progress in the nuclear art had it not been for Fuchs, Pontecorvo, and the little band of traitors. The Soviet hydrogen test proved, in short, that the Soviet specialists are brilliant experimenters in their own right. The more he thought about these facts, the more Eisenhower became convinced that the people had a right to understand the danger which confronted the nation, and that he had a duty to help them understand. He sent the speech he had been writing back to the White House, with instructions to "carry on from there." Subsequently, he approved plans for extending "Operation Candor" into a whole series of reports on one aspect or another of the national peril, by other Administration leaders as well as himself. The series on "The Safety of the Republic" which has grown out of this Presidential de- cision is still strongly opposed by powerful quarters within the Administration. The op- position comes largely from the economizers, who fear that there will be a bad political reaction if the Administration cuts defense expenditures while the people are being told the truth. "Operation Candor" may therefore be fudged in the end, or even abandoned. But the facts which so deeply impressed the President remain. WASHINGTON -- Ike and his scouts have contacted about everyone on the labor front looking for a good man to take Martin Durkin's place as secretary of labor. Chief Scout is Vice-President Nixon, who used the opportunity to make a little political hay with certain labor people. Obviously you don't make enemies. when you call up a labor leader or a Congressman who's not been too enthusiastic about Nixon in the past and ask him how he would like to be secretary of labor. , Among those contacted have been Ray Le Haney, able head of the Teamsters Union in Los Angeles, and Congressman Sam McConnell of Philadelphia. Le Haney is secretary-treasurer of the AFL union label and service trades and a comer in labor ranks. But he's too forthright a labor man to be accepted into the Eisenhower cabinet, and Nixon must have known it. Congressman McConnell is a middle-of-the-road, fair-minded banker who would make an excellent secretary of labor, but whose exit from the House Labor Committee of which he is chairman be a bad blow to labor. If McConnell should leave Congress and the labor committee, he would be replaced by one of the most reactionary labor-haters in Congress, Ralph Gwinn of New York. Also on the House committee are such anti-labor men as Wint Smith of Kansas and Clare Hoffman of Michigan, so Speaker Joe Martin has given the quiet word that it would be bad for McConnell to vacate the chairmanship. It won't do labor much good, Martin figures, to draft a new Taft- Hartley Act, then have the new chairman of the labor committee pigeonhole it. Another man being pushed for the labor post is ex-Congress- man Gerald Landis of Indiana, an ex-coal miner. Though a Re- publican, Landis voted for labor on almost every measure before Congress; was the author of the federal mine inspection billand the industry-wide bargaining bill. He has the support of Senators Capehart and Jenner of Indiana, but some Ike advisers think he might be just as difficult to handle as Martin Durkin was. Note-Ike's tactics in selecting cabinet officers are just the oppo- site from Harry Truman's. Mr. Truman usually announced a succes- sor on the same day a cabinet member resigned, and as a result picked some beauts. Julius Krug, the man who replaced Harold Ickes,a was a precipitous choice and was later eased out. Eisenhower, on the other hand, has all sorts of names thrown at him before he makes a decision. (Copyright, 1953, by the Bell Syndicate) tiette,' 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. (Continued on Page 2) piications will be issued by the Insti- tute is October 15. Applications for Buenos Aires con- vention Awards for graduate study or research in Latin America during the 1954-55 academic year are now avail- able. Countries In which study grants are offered are Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua. Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. Grantees are chosen by the host government of each country from a panel presented by the United States Government. The United States Government pays travel costs and the host governments pay a maintenance allowance and tuition fees. Grants generally are for one academic year, but some may extend for twelve months. Interested students who hold an A.B. degree or who will receive such a de- gree by June, 1954, and who are pres- ently enrolled in the University of Michigan, should request application forms for a Buenos Aires Convention award at the office of the Graduate School. The closing date for receipt of application is October 31. Persons not enrolled in a college or university in the spring or fall of 1953 should direct inquiries and requests for applications to the Institute of In- ternational Education, U. S. Student Program, 1 East 67th Street, New York 21, New York. The last date on which applications will be issued by the In- stitute is October 15. Co-operative Boarding Applications are now being accepted. Three meals a day are provided at apprixomately $8 per week. Apply in person, or write Luther Buchele, 1017 Oakland, or phone 6872. Office hours, 1 to 5 p.m. Cooperative Housing Applications, are now being accepted for the spring and summer terms. Applicants are urged to visit our houses in order to determine their preferences. For invitations to a free introduction dinner apply to Lu- ther Buchele, 1017 Oakland, phone 6872, 1 to 5 p.m. Nakamura Cooperative House Patron- age Refund. Ex-members of Nakamura House who roomed or boarded there during the Spring term of 1953 are in- vited to collect their share of the sur- plus realized, by applying in person or by writing to The Accountant, Naka- mura Co-operative House, 807 South State Street. Tel. 2-3219.f Lectures 1953-54 Lecture Course presents a program of seven outstanding attrac- tions, including eminent statesmen, distinguished actors, and current writ- ers. The Course includes Hon. Chester Bowles, Oct. 15, "Our Best Hope for Peace in Asia;" Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Raymond Massey, and support- ing cast in "John Brown's Body," Oct. 30; Hon. Trygve Lie, Nov. 11, "How to Meet the Challenge of Our Times;, Hanson Baldwin, military editor N. Y. Times, Feb. 8, "Where Do We Go from Here?"; Mrs. Alan Kirk, Feb. 18, "Life In Moscow Today;" Hon. Herbert Brown- el, Jr., Mar. 2, "Our Internal Security;" Agnes Moorehead with Robert Gist in "Sorry, Wrong Number" and other dra- matic selections, Mar. 24 Season tickets are now on sale at Hill Auditorium box office, which is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except Sat. p.m. and Sun- day. Students are offered a special rate of $3.00 for second balcony tickets. Academic Notices Sports and Dance Instruction for Women. Women students who have completed their physical education re- quirement may register as electives in physical education classes through Fri., Sept. 25, in Barbour Gymnasium. There are Openings in Golf, Tennis, Swim- ming, and Modern Dance. Course 401, the Interdisciplinary Sem- inar on the Application of Mathematics to the Social Sciences, will meet on Thurs., Sept. 24, at 4 p.m., in 3409 Mason Hall. Professor Robert M. Thrall, Messrs. Robert Davis, BertramH aven, and William Hays will speak on "The 1953 Summer Institute in Mathe- matics." Anthropology 157, Evolution of Cul- ture, will meet in room 25 Angell Hall. Psychology 31. Time schedule changes: Lecture L-WF, 1 p.m., 2 Economics Bldg. Recitation L33-TuTh, 1 p.m., 2412 Mason Hall. Recitation M35-TuWThFr, 8 a.m., 5 Economics Building. All students who registered for Psychology 31, Section L34, should go instead to Section J29. The lecture is TuTh at 2 p.m. in 2402 Mason Hall and the recitation at 1 p.m. WF in 435 Mason Hall Sociology 51, Section 20 will meet Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 1 p.m. in 102 Economics Building instead of 324 Temporary Classroom Building. Sociology 60, Section 7 will meet in 417 Mason Hall on Tuesday and Thurs- day at 3 p.m. instead of Saturday from 9 to 11. Doctoral Examination for Willard Clayton Jordan, Physics; thesis: "A Study of the Gamma Transitions As- sociated with Various Short-Lived Neu- tron-Induced Radioactivities," Thurs., Sept. 24, East Council Room, Rackham Building, at 2 p.m. Chairman, J. M. Cork. Sociology-Psychology 62. New room as- signments for Sociology-Psychology 62 are as follows : Lecture-25 Angell Hall Recitation Section 1-2435 Mason Hall Section 2-2443 Mason Hall Section 3-2444 Mason Hall Section 4-2448 Mason Hall Section 5(now meeting T-Th 2) 2450 Mason Hall Section 6-25 Angeli Hall Concerts The University Musical Society an- nounces the following concert attrac- tions for Its Diamond Jubilee Season: CHORAL UNION SERIES (10 concerts) : Season Tickets: $16.00-$12.00-$10.00 Single Concerts $3.00-$2.50-$2-$1,50 EXTRA CONCERT SERIES (5 concerts) Erica Morini, Violnst.. October 12 Leon Pommers, Accompanist. Cleveland Orchestra.......November 8 George Szell, Conductor. Guard Republican Band of Paris.:... ...........November 30 Francois-Julien Brun, Conductor. Marian Anderson, Contralto January 10 Boston Pops Tour Orchestra..March 4 Arthur Fiedler, Conductor. Season Tickets: $8.00-$6,00-$5.00 Single Concerts: $3.00-$2.50-$2-$1.50 By purchasing season tickets a sub- stantial savings is made. Tickets now on sale at the offices of the University Musical Society in Bur- ton Memorial Tower. Events Today Michigan Student Branch of A.S.M.E. Meeting tonight at 7:15 in Room 3-S of the Union. The speaker will be Ralph E. Cross, Vice-President of the Cross Machine Tool Company in Detroit. Sub- ject: "High Production Machinery and Automation," Executive Committee, Lane Hall Pal Religious Symposium meets at Lane Hall, 7 p.m. Roger Williams Guild. Yoke Fellow- ship meets Thursday morning at 7 a.m. in the Prayer Room of the new addi- tion to the church. An inspirational period of group devotion followed by a breakfast. Through in time to get to your 8 o'clock classes. Roger Williams Guild, First Baptist Church. Wednesday afternoon tea in the Guild House. Drop in anytime be- tween 4:30 and 6:00 for a friendly chat and a snack to eat. Hawaii Club students wishing to sit together at football games should meet outside Waterman Gym Wed., Sept. 23, at noon, Pershing Rifles. There will be a short organizational meeting tonight for all active members at 1930 hours in the Pershing Rifles reading room at TCB. Uniforms wi not be worn. Please be prompt. Lutheran Student Association Tea and Coffee Hour at the Center, Hill and Forest Avenue, from 4:00 to 5:30 pn. All new students are welcome. Coming Events Women's Glee Club Tryouts will be held at 4 p.m. Thurs., Sept. 24, Tues., Sept. 29, and Thurs., Oct. 1, in Audi- torium D of Angell Hall. Qualifications Include some experience and an In- terest in good choral singing. Kappa Phi will have a meeting Thurs., Sept. 24, at 7:15 at the Methodist Church. All active members are re- quested to attend. U. of M Rifle Club will hold its first meeting of the year at 7:30 p.m., Thurs., Sept. 24, in Room 3-B, Michigan Union. Anyone interested in target shooting is invited. Previous experience is not necessary for membership. Past accom- plishments and the year's plans will be discussed. A.S.P.A. Coffee Hour. The first of the coffee hours will be held Fri., Sept. 25, at 4 p.m., in the Graduate Outing Club Room in the Basement of the Rack- ham Building. International Center Weekly Tea will be held Thursday afternoon from 4:30 to 6 at the International Center. ' All Graduate Students in Sociology are cordially invited to attend an "or- ientation" meeting with the Sociology faculty at 8 p.m., Thurs., Sept. 24, In the West ConferenceRoom of the Rackham Building, All Assembly Dormitory Council Reps. are required to attend an informal coffee hour today at 4 p.m. at the League, Christian Science Organization. Tes- timony meeting, 7:30 Thursday even- ing, Firside Room, Lane Hall. All are welcome. t~l1r Btg L. .f r d No Room for Students.. To the Editor: ONCE AGAIN student football tickets are being distributed by a mysterious and most inscrut- able system. Monday, .student tickets were distributed to group 4, seniors and graduate students with at least 7 semesters at the University of Michigan. If the seats issued to this group are at all indicative, freshmen may be hard-pressed to catch a glimpse of the gridiron on a hazy day. Group 4 tickets supposedly begin at the 50-yard line and work to- wards the end zone. Allowing for the Band and Block "M", a size- able number of choice seats are still available, but unfortunately to whom they are available re- mains a mystery. It is our contention that group 4 is not getting these choice seats or that they were distributed con- trary to the announced plan of the Athletic Administration. From 12:30 until 4:45 p.m. Monday, we and our associates were in a position to observe the distribution of these choice seats, most of them high in sections 23 cordance with the Athletic Admin- istration's announced plan. If the distribution in the morning matched that of the afternoon, in accordance with the plan, then a sizeable amount of choice tick- ets have not been accounted for, at least in the eyes of the unin- fluential seniors and grads. We would, therefore appreciate some enlightenment. It is almost unreasonable to us that in a sta- dium seating 97,000, students with 7, 8, 9, and even 10 semesters at this University can do no better than 15-yard line seats! It seems that the student spec- tator is no more significant than a gold filling at Fort Knox. This is adequately illustrated by the consideration afforded him in the distribution of football tickets. --Marvin Dubrinsky, '56L Robert Rosenman, '56L YR Reasons . . . To the Editor: THE Democratic National Chair- man has indicated that the policy of his party will be rebuild- ing "on Southern foundations," which should disillusion those who thought the Democratic Party F t ,f i Sixty-Fourth Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the aftthority 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 PaulGreenberg.... Assoc. Sports Editor Marilyn Campbell..Women's Editor Kathy Zeisler..,Assoc. Women's Editor Business Staff Thomas Treeger...,.Business Manager William Kaufman Advertising Manager Harlean Hankin... Assoc. Business Mgr. 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