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THE ltlICIU16AX DAILY
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1'7, 1954
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The Hawaii-
A laska
Dilemma
By WALTER LIPPMANN
IT IS NOT an agreeable task to argue at
this late date that before statehood is
granted to Hawaii and Alaska, Congress and
the country should re-examine the issues
very carefully. High hopes and great expec-
tations have been raised in Hawaii. Yet we
must remember that the granting of state-
hood is an irrevocable act. Once done it
cannot be undone. Statehood cannot be re-
pealed and a state cannot secede. Congress
is, therefore, faced now ith the kind of de-
cision which must not be made except with
fullest deliberation.
Now the admission of outlying territor-
ies to statehood would mean a radical
change in the structure of the Union
and of our external relations. If such a
change is to be made, it should be done
when the people of this country are listen-
ing and have their eyes open. They are not
listening now and in the uproar of the
McCarthy crisis, which is really a grave
Constitutional crisis, they could not hear
if they wanted to listen.
As I read the record, the crucial question
was raised in the House of Representatives
last July by Mr. Farrington, the able and
highly respected delegate from Hawaii. In
an eloquent and moving peroration he said:
"Either we become a state or we enter per-
manently into a colonial status. This is
what continuation of the territorial status in
its present or modified form means, and
nothing else. The issue clearly is one of
statehood or colonialism. Proposals that we
be permitted to elect our own Governor; that
we be given a larger measure of local self-
government and possibly an increase in our
representation in the national government,
are nothing but attempts to disguise an un-
willingness to grant the people of Hawaii
their full rights as American citizens. They
are colonialisms and, so far as I am con-
cerned, I want nothing of them."
Mr. Farrington's thesis is that no people
living under the American flag have or can
have their full rights unless they are grant-
ed statehood. Anything but statehood is,
said Mr. Farrington in the same speech, to
assign a large group of American citizens
"permanently to an inferior position."
In putting it that way he has posed the
fundemental question which has never, I be-
lieve, been explained properly to our people
or adequately debated in Congress. Is it true
that under American principles there are
two and only two choices: that of inferiority
and a condition of colonialism and that of
equality as a state of the Union?
If that Is the dilemma, which we are
acknowledging by voting statehood for
Hawaii and Alaska, what about the oth-
er outlying territories under the Ameri-
can flag? What do we have to offer as a
goal towards which they can work, for
which to develop their powers, to which to
educate themselves? What do we propose
to the people of Guam, the Virgin Islands,
perhaps of our trusteeships in the Mari-
annas, the Marshalls, the Carolines? Are
they to be told that unless they achieve
statehood, which they have no hope of
achieving, they must remain "permanent-
ly" in "an inferior position?" Is Congress
going to declare that there is no way to
have full freedom and a lasting associa-
tion with the United States except as a
state?
Before we impale ourselves on the horns
of this dilemma-colonialism or statehood
-let us re-examine the question.
* * * *
MUCH has been made of the promise of
statehood in the party platforms. But
anyone who takes the trouble to read what
the party platforms have said about state-
hood for Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico
in the past twenty years will come away con-
firmed in the belief that neither party has
ever seriously put its mind on the question.
The platform on which President Eisen-
hower ran in 1952 advocated "immediate
statehood for Hawaii; statehood for Alas-
ka under an equitable enabling act; even-
tual statehood for Puerto Rico." As a
measure of how little the authors of the
platform have done their homework, we.
may note that in the previous March the
people of Puerto Rico had ratified by a
popular vote a new constitution, mak-
ing Puerto Rico not a state but a free com-
monwealth associated with the United
States,
In 1940 the Democrats were in favor of
statehood for Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto
Rico; the Republicans were saying, on the
other hand, that statehood was the logical
aspiration for Puerto Rico, while to Hawaii
they were saying no more than that it was
entitled to the fullest measure of home rule.
The point of it all is that at one time or
another, both parties-the Republicans as
late as the Eisenhower campaign of 1952--
have been in favor of statehood not only for
Hawaii and Alaska but also for Puerto Rico.
Yet in fact we have seen the working out of
a quite different relationship with Puerto
Rico. It is, therefore, not true that the only
choices are permanent inferiority in a co-
lonial condition or statehood. There is no
such ugly dilemma. The Congress can, as
Sens. Fulbright, Monroney, and others are
now proposing, work out a Consvitutional
status for Hawaii and Alaska which avoids
the Farrington dilemma of statehood versus
colonialism.
A Steering Committee That Steers
MAYBE THE trouble with apathetic cam-
pus organizations can be traced to a
simple failure of the groups to live up to
.heir means.
A case in point: the Literary College
Steering Committee, which for several se-
mesters had become entrenched in a posi-
tion so limited that it could do little but set
up plans for the college's occasional stu-
dent-faculty conferences.
Recently put under virtual "new man-
agement," however, the Steering Commit-
tee has devoted several meetings to an
extensive re-evaluation of its function.
Members concluded that as a Steering
Committee their purpose is to steer-in
the direction of "better educational meth-
ods for the college."
Among the several concrete improvements
advocated by the committee is that of add-
ing "reading periods" to as many L.S.&A.
courses as would be able to use them. At
present the group is in the process of feel-
ing this idea out, and getting the impres-
sions of students and faculty alike to such
a program. Reactions have been favorable.
A reading period, the committee explains,
is an interval in a semester course during
which no class meetings are conducted. Stu-
dents are sent off instead on intensive indi-
vidual reading projects. Periodically, they
report to instructors on their progress, for
advice and opinions.
Operating under such a schedule, stu-
dents could be expected to develop some
of the characteristics now found sadly
lacking in many cases: initiative, indepen-
dent thinking and primarily a feeling of
individual accomplishment.
As some of those questioned have pointed
out, there might be disadvantages to these
reading periods-classes would have to re-
linquish a feeling of interaction, and cer-
tainly not all students could be depended
upon to carry out such a concentrated pro-
gram without more incentive.
But at the Universities of Detroit and New
York, among other reading periods have
been attempted with apparent success. Fa-
culties there report that the innovation is a
valuable addition to the educational process.
On this campus, too, the idea has been
tried, though on a very small scale. Cour-
ses in psychology and political science in
particular have given the device a chance,
and students concerned seem to be well
satisfied.:
A greater effort here to experiment with
reading periods couldn't cause much dis-
ruption of the more traditional educational
methods, but it would inevitably show just
how well such a program might be received
if it become a regular University method. Its
failures could be pointed out and eliminated,
its advantages nurtured and developed to
the benefit of the entire college's policies.
The University in general might well un-
dertake a dual responsibility: first, enthu-
siastically supporting rejuvenated and for-
ward-looking groups such as the Literary
College Steering Committee, taking their
interest as a manifestation of student con-
cern over existing room for improvement;
and, at the same time, giving fair trials to
new methods. The reading period idea,
showing real promise of broadening and bet-
tering the learning process, is well worth
consideration.k
-Jane Howard
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DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN
ON THE
WASHINGTON
MERRY-GO-ROUND
WITH DREW PEARSON
+ ART+
MANY OF YOU have doubtless seen at
least one reproduction of Roualt's "Old
King;" it is deservedly one of his most
popular paintings. Through March 28th,
you may see the original, in the University
Museum of Art's current Roualt-Beckmann
exhibition.
As the informatory placard notes, Geor-
ges Roualt is our most prolific print-
maker. He has turned out lithographs,
color aquatints and etchings, almost with-
out number, most of them as illustrations
for the fine, limited editions gotten out
by the publishing firm of Ambrose Vol-
lard. Many of them have since been re-
published, at least in part, in cheaper,
editions, throughout the western world.
Roualt's characteristics have become by
now so famuiliar as to need no further des-
cription. Judging by his entries in this show,
and by what is readily available in book
form, Roault has a decided preference for
"religious" treatment and subjects. An
aquatint, "Christ on the Cross with Dis-
ciples" is a typical, if rather obvious ex-
ample. But even in his non-religious sub-
jects, such as "The Old King" or "Pierette,,
his only oils in the show, exude the same
feeling of serene piety that has become as-
sociated with Roualt's name.
Much of this effect is the natural out-
come of the technique Roualt has chosen
and perfected, and style and content can
hardly be considered separate entities in
his work. His sensitive use of color heigh-
tens further the warmth and depth of his
creations. However bright his pigments,
or striking his contrasts, he blends the
various elements into a soft and quietly
beautiful composition.
Max Beckmann appeals to me consider-
ably less than Roault, but the point is only
significant as an admission of prejudice
that should be taken into account in weigh-
ing the rest of these remarks. At one time I
felt very much drawn to Beckmann, and if
my liking for him has decreased, my res-
pect for his capabilities has not.
Part Hof the reason for any artist's appeal
rests on his ability to communicate, and
once contact is established, on how import-
ant his revelation seems at a particular time.
I'm losing contact with Beckmann, I'm
afraid, and with the other German expres-
sionists of the same tendency, such as Geor-
ge Grosz. Unfortunately, I can't tell you why.
Roault and Klee, two of my favorite
painters, "distort" reality as much as
Beckmann, although in a different way,
but I don't find them in the least ob-
jectionable. I could complain that in his
awesome "Carnival Triptych" Bechmann's
forms are too elongated, too angular, or
even too ugly. But such judgments have
validity only for myself, and anyone will
notice that I am seizing upon superficial-
ities to try to justify'a position that wants
no defense. His colors are cold, but not
more so than three years ago, and their
flatness is necessary to the thesis he
wants to expound, and therefore quite
appropriate.
In a sense, every artist is a critic, of so-
ciety, of life either on a small or large
scale. My personal feeling is that Beck-
mann's message has lost-and will continue
to lose-its power, because his is essentially
a destructive criticism, or at least a negative
one. Roault is as critical, but less obvi-
ously so, and is constructive and positive.
To me, this difference is important, but
judge for yourself.
-Siegfried Feller
WASHINGTON-Here are some questions which investigating Sen-
ators may want to ask Messrs. McCarthy, Cohn, Adams, et al,
in the current attempt to get to the bottom of the Schine incident.
Also here are some of the possible answers.
Quesion: Why did Senator McCarthy seriously believe that
the Army should fear 27-year-old Roy Cohn? What was there
that a 27-year-old lawyer could do to an organization that has
never been defeated? Why did McCarthy suggest to the Army
that it faced a long-range fight with Cohn, if it didn't transfer
Pvt. Schine to New York? It's possible McCarthy thought Cohn
could throw these influences against the Army, or else he thought
the Army could be frightened into thinking so.
Answer: Cohn was on intimate terms with Walter Winchell, and
was the pipeline by which McCarthy got Winchell's support and fed
Winchell items. Cohn also has contacts with right-wing columnist
George Sokolsky and newspaper executive Dick Berlin, who formerly
employed Dr. J. B. Matthews, the McCarthy committee counsel who
was dropped aftier he alleged the Protestant clergy was riddled with
Communists.
Question: Did Roy Cohn flex his muscles for Walter Winchell by
calling James Wechsler, editor of the New York Post before the Mc-
Carthy committee after Wechsler printed a series of articles on'
Winchell.
Answer: Wechsler is the only leading editor ever called before
the McCarthy committee. In newspaper circles this crackdown
was considered a Cohn move to curry favor with Winchell.
Question: Is McCarthy 'afraid of Roy Cohn? Why did McCarthy
tell the Army to show no favoritism to Schine when Cohn was ab-
sent, then reverse himself in Cohn's presence? Why did McCarthy
make it clear to the Army he didn't want Cohn to know he considered
Schine a pest? ,
COHN KNEW BURIED BODIES
ANSWER: Cohn knew all the secrets of the McCarthy investigation.
He knew all the bodies buried by the McCarthy committee. He
also knew the personal problems, had sat in on at least one confer-
ence where McCarthy debated what he should do about the Las Vegas
Sun and extraordinary allegations it published regarding his personal
life which cannot be repeated here. In brief Cohn knew about all
there was to know about McCarthy.
EUROPEAN JUNKET
QUESTION: Why the persistent attachment of Cohn for Schine?
Why was he almost savage in his demands that Schine be trans-
ferred back to New York?
Answer: The two have been inseparable friends for some time.
Schine is 26 years old, had had no important experience as
an investigator, served with the McCarthy committee without
salary. Cohn liked to have him around, took him to Europe on a
trip that would have been comic had it not so disrupted U.S. re-
lations. Reported the Frankfurt Abendpost: During the Cohn-
Schine probe of Communism in Bonn "the event occurred which is
still the main topic of conversations. At 2:30 Mr. Schine announ-
ced he had put on the wrong trousers. A driver was sent to the
hotel to pick up the right ones. Mr. Schine put them on, then
discovered his notebook was missing. He rushed back to the
hotel with Mr. Cohn to look for it.
"In the hotel lobby it was observed that Mr. Schine batted Mr.
Cohn over the head with a rolled-up magazine. Then both disap-
peared into Mr. Schine's room for five minutes. Later the chamber-
maid found ash trays and their contents strewn about the room. The
furniture was completely overturned."
After lunch the two investigators missed the regular plane and
took a special plane to Frankfurt. Cost: $300.
WHY DRAFTED?
(QUESTION: Since every American diplomat reported on the ac-
tivities of Cohn and Schine, why were they continued on the
McCarthy committee? Among other things, they felt an unpaid
hotel bill in Paris of $175, though they were in Paris only 16 hours.
They ran up this bill by registering at the Crillon, then going to a
second hotel without registering out of the Crillon. The American
embassy paid the bill.
Answer: For months, both the Eisenhower Administration
and Republican Senators have either been afraid or unwilling to
tangle with McCarthy, even to make suggestions regarding his
staff.
Question: What are the facts regarding McCarthy's letter to the
Army on Dec. 22 complaining that Schine never would have been
drafted had not "Pearson started screaming about his case."
Answer: On Dec. 22, the same day of McCarthy's letter to the
Army, this writer told how Schine was getting so many special favors
at Fort Dix that Gen. Cornelius Ryan complained about it.
Earlier, on July 17, this writer gave a detailed account of
Schine's various physical examinations and his draft deferments.
This column, which was distributed to newspapers in advance,
came to the immediate attention.of the McCarthy office with the
result that Mr. Roy Cohn demanded hat the column be killed.
It was not killed. But that same day, July 15, it is now revealed by
the Army record, McCarthy approached the Army to get a direct
commission for Schine since he might be drafted.
If McCarthy refers to the column as "screaming," then I plead
guilty.
What I called attention to was that Schine graduated from Har-
vard at the close of the war, got a draft-exempt job in the Army
Transport Service, later became an executive of his father's Ambassa-
(Continued from Page 2) the general public. Mr. McCreary is a
- - -- pupil of Robert Noehren,
SUMMER EMPLOYMENT:
1The weekly Bureau of Appointments'.
summer placement meeting wille heldExhibitions
today at the Michigan Union, Room
3-A, from 1 to 5 p.m. for all students Clements Library. Old Japanese bo-
interested intcamp, resort, business or tanical books: a loan exhibitio nom
industrial positions this summer. tanical books: a loan exhibition com-
memorating the 100th anniversary of
"The Seventeenth Century" - Two Japan's first treaty with the United
lecture-demonstrations on Baroque Art States. On display until April.
Forms: 'Baroque Art," wed., Mar. 17, by Events Toda
Harold Wethey, Professor of Fine Arts,
Auditorium B, Angell Hall, 4:15 p.m.; Psychology Club. Dr. Withey will
"Baroque Music," Wed., Mar. 24, by speak on "Problems of Opinion Re-
Theodore Heger, Assistant Professor of search" this evening at 7:30 at the
Music Literature, Auditorium B, Angell Women's League. This meeting will be
Hall, 4:15 p.m. Sponsored by English of special interest to the members who
172 (Mr. Huntley) and History 149 (Mr. are working on the Club's evaluation
Wilcox). Public cordially invited, project.
University Lecture, auspices of the Pershing Rifles. All Pershing Riflemen
Department of Botany, "Twelve Years report to T.C.B. at 1925 hours in inl-
In the Northwest Amazon," Dr. Richard form. Bring gym shoes. Pledges study
Evans Schultes, U.S. Department of manual of arms. Due to the drill meet,
Agriculture, Wed., Mar. 17, 4:15 p.m., promptness is requested,
Rackham Amphitheater.
Lutheran Student Association. There
* will be the Wednesday Evening Lenten
A cadlemic Notices tc2J"- En
:Aca emi Notces Service at 7:30 at the Lutheran Student
Women's Physical Education Classes. Center, Hill St. and Forest Avenue. Ser-
All classes in the Women's Physical Ed- mon will be by Pastor Henry O. Yoder,
ucation Program will have the oppor- on "Pilate, a Compromising Politician."
tunity of a swim in the new pool on
Wednesday and Thursday of this week Le Cerce Francals will meet this
at the reular class hour. Swimmers are evening at 8 p.m. in the Michigan
asked to furnish caps and a non-wool League. Mr. C. G. Christofides, of the
suit. A limited number of suits will be French Department, will speak on
avalable at the pool. "Modern French Painting" with the aid
of a group of slides he has prepared.
Preliminary Instruction-Water Safe- Dancing, singing, and refreshments will
ty Instructors' Course. All those plan- complete the program. All interested are
ning to take this course must attend a invited. Members are urged to attendi
preliminary session. The last opportu-
nity will be this Fri., Mar. 19, at 7:30 American Society for Public Admin-
p.m. at the Tappan Junior High Swim- istration Social Seminar. You are in-
ming Pool. Sign up at Red Cross Head- vited to a special Social Seminar this
quarters, Nickels Arcade. All candidates evening at 7:30 p.m. in the West Con-
must be 1S years of age and hold a cur- ference Room of the Rackham Building.
rent Senior Life Saving Certificate. Our guest for the evening will be br.
Henry Reining, Jr., Dean, School of
Recreational Leadership Class-Wom- Public Administration, University of
en's Required Physical Education. Class Southern California.
will meet at the Women's Swimming
Pool on Fri., Mar. 19, at 3 p.m. Bring a Wesleyan Guild. Lenten matin wor-
non-wool suit and a cap. A limited ship, today, 7:30-7:50 a.m., in the
number of suits will be available at chapel. Mid-week refresher tea, 4-5:30
the pool, this afternoon, Plan to come
Women's Swimming Pool. Recreation- Museum Movie. "Horsemen of the
al swimming for upperclass women is Pampa," free movie shown at 3 p.m.
scheduled for this week as follows; daily IncludingSat. and Sun. and at
Wednesday 4:15-5:30 12:30 Wed, 4th floor movie alcove, Mu-
Friday 4:15-5:30 seums Building, Mar. 16-22.
Saturday 10-12; 2-5:30
Sunday 3-5TegationalDcip Gui.
Please sign up ahead of time for Discussion Group at Guild House to-
these swims at the desk at the Women's night at 7 p.m.
Athletic Building. Swimmers must show
I.D. cards and are asked to furnisp caps Episcopal Student Foundation. Silent
and a non-wool suit. A limited inumber Luncheon for students and faculty
of suits will be available at the pool, members, Canterbury House, 12:10 p.m.
today.
Seminar in Applied Mathematics will
meet Thurs., Mar. 18, at 4 in 247 West Episcopal StudentFoundation.,Btu-
Engineering. Speaker: Professor C. L. dent-Faculty led Evensong, Chapel of
Dolph. Topic: The estimation of solu- St. Michael and All Angels, 5:15 p.m.
tions of elliptical boundary value prob- today.
lems by the method of Treftz and Ray- Inter-Arts Union. Tryouts for a one.
leigh-Ritz,.ne-rsUin rot o oe
act fantasy to be presented by the In-
Course 402, the Interdisciplinary Sem- Arts Union early in May will be held
Inar in the Application of Mathematics today (Wednesday) and tomorrow
to the Social Sciences, will meet on (Thursday), from 7 to 9 p.m. in Audi-
Thurs., Mar. 18, at 4 p.m., in 3409 Ma- torium D, Angell Hal. Anyone inter-
son Hall. Mr. Stefan vail of the Eco- ested in acting or technical assistance
nomics Department will speak on "Sell- Invited.
ing Behavior under Uncertainty."
Geometry Seminar. Wed., Mar. 17, 7 Coming Events
p.m., 3001 Angell Hall. Prof. N. H. Kui- Chemical Engineering Seminar. The
per will speak on "The Principle of graduate seminar and coffee hour will
Triality." he held at 4 p.m. tomorrow in 3205
East Engineering Building. Prof. Don-
Topology Seminar will meet Wed., ad Katz will discuss the role of the
Mar. 17, at 11 a.m., 3017 Angell Hall. engineer In the proposed American-
Dr. G. Livesay will continue the series Louisiana natural-gas pipe line.
of talks on Faisceaux.
La p'tite causette will meet tomor-
row afternoon from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. in
Concertsthe wing of the Michigan Union Cafe-
Concert. Myra Hess, British pianist teria. Anyone wishing to speak French,
of world-wide renown, will give the 10th and only French, is cordially invited!
and last concert in the Choral Union etcrVrinKfeSud wl
Series this season, Wednesdayrevening Deutscher Verein-Kaffee Stunde will
Mar. 17, at 8:30 in Hill Auditorium, meet on Thursday at 3:15 in Union
Dame Myra will play the following pro- taproom. Dr. A. Weinkauf of the Ger-
gram: Bach's Fantasia in C minor; man Department will be present. All
and his French Suite, No. 5 inG major; interested in speaking German in an in-
Beethoven Sonata, Op. 111; Haydn So- formal atmosphere are urged to attend.
nata No. 7 in D major; and the Schu-
mann Etudes symphoniques, Op. 13. dEpiscpalyStudent Foundation. Stu-
TcEtusreavalable at the Offices dent-Faculty led Evensong, Chapel o
of theUniversity Musical Society in St. Michael and All Angels, 5:15 p.m.,
Burton Tower daily; and will also be Thurs., Mar. 18.
on sale on the evening of the concert The International Tea onsored b
at 7?o'clock in the Hill Auditorium box The International ea, snsored by
office, the International Center and the In-
ternational Students' Association, will
Student Recital. John McCreary, or- be held Thurs., Mar. 18. from 4:30 to 6
ganist, will present a program at 8:30 o'clock, third Floor, Rackham Build-
Thursday evening,tMar. 18 in Hill Au- ing. Thie Filipino group will present the
ditorium, in partial fulfillment of the ntoor show, which will consist of their
requirements for the degree of Bachelor native songs and dances.
of Music. It will include works by Cou- CrsinSineOgnzto.Ta
pern, Le Grand, Bach, Franck, Mes- Christian Science Organization. Tes
siaen, and Reger, and will be open to timony meeting Thurs., at 7:30 p.m.,
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+ MUSIC +
Rackham Auditorium *
Oxford String Quartet: Elizabeth Walker,
Adon Foster, violins; Joseph Bein, viola;
Elizabeth Potteiger, cello; with Richard
Chamberlain, tenor.
Haydn: Quartet in D major, Op. 20, No. 4;
Herbert Elwell: "Blue Symphony," Five
Songs for Voice and String Quartet;
Beethoven: Quartet in E-flat major, Op.
74 ("The Harp").
A VISIT LAST NIGHT from the Oxford
String Quartet, in residence at Miami
University of Ohio, provided the occasion
for the first performance here of a large
work by Herbert Elwell, the composer and
music critic of the Cleveland Plain Dealer,
and the first appearance in Ann Arbor of
another University string-quartet-in-resi-
dence, showing a trend gathering greater
significance each year.
Elwell's "Blue Symphony" is a vast un-
dertaking since the text by the late John
Gould Fletcher is lengthy, and more im-
portant, without much variety in meter or
mood. This of course doesn't hamper the
poem, but a text which is so long and un-
changing presents a. considerable musical
problem. Elwell met it by lyricism of a sim-
ple, nature in the vocal line and a string
quartet accompaniment which tried to un-
derline the subtle changes of meaning in
the text. While the vocal line sustained the
poem's continuity of tone, the string quar-
tet provided pungent interjections for dra-
But the poem, on quick perusal, seems
non-dramatic, immediately causing an
initial shortcoming; as this detracted from
the meaning of the dramatic interjections.
Likewise by giving this role to the string
quartet, the work didn't seem to proceed
to any climax nor did the harmonic
rhythm want to contribute to the beauty
of a phrase. A more graceful arch both
expressively and structurally would have
made the piece more successful, but much
credit must be given Elwell for the at-
tempt which was not as unsuccessful as
this short paragraph might indicate.
There was a naturalness of expression
which was quite communicative.
The Oxford Quartet performed the work
sympathetically, as did Richard Chamber-
lain in the solo role. The Quartet played
the Haydn and Beethoven with fervor and
admiration. Their technique was commend-
able; their interpretations plausible and
convincing. The concert again emphasized
the magnificent contribution our Universities
are making by sponsoring string quartets.
Such an evening is most worth while.
-Donald Harris
THE ADMINISTRATION of President Eis-
enhower is only a year old, and hence no
irrevocable conclusions can be formed of its
courses. But thus far the President appears
to have taken to heart the Republican criti-
cism of bipartisanship as practiced by his
predecessors, and has resolved not to justify
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TO THE EDITOR A idt13nltnatilg
Wesley Wells ...
To the Editor:
THE PEOPLE in this region and
students here in particular
have had little chance to learn
about the case of Wesley Wells.
Wesley Wells, a Negro convicted
about twenty-five years ago for
car-theft, is confined to Califor-
nia's San Quentin Prison. On April
9 he is to die by virtue of an ob-
scure section of the California
Penal code. His offense is that he
threw a cuspidor at a prison
guard, injuring him slightly. The
guard reported back to work in a
week.
The prison trial of Wells for his
"assault" was marked with irre-
gularities. For example, medical
and psychiatric testimony on
Well's behalf was not admitted.
At the time the cuspidor was
thrown, both the prisondoctor
and the prison psychiatrist had
concluded that Wells was suffer-
ing from a "state of tension." All
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