PAE !FUR TIDE MICHIGAN DAILY FRMDAT, FEB~RUARY 12, 195H rn a i I" Hag~~ flete By HARRY LUNN Daily Managing Editor "CURRENT negotiations between The Daily and the Joint Judiciary Council are one phase of the continual battle for freedom of information engaged in by this newspa- per. This struggle is not unique with The Daily, every newspaper must contend with individuals and organizations determined to cover up mistakes and embarrasing stories, but many times members of the campus community and alumni attempt to infer that The Daily must avoid stories tend- ing to embarass the University. Because we are linked to the University, these individuals have the erroneous impres- ion that we are functioning as a public re- lations organ for the University. The Daily follows neither this policy nor a policy of deliberately causing embarassment to the University, but instead pursues a course of covering and printing all news items except those which are libelous or in bad taste. The Daily has never been sensationalist in its policies; suicides are handled under strict rules and sex incidents or violent crimes are covered with the utmost dis- cretion. Therefore, we are not sympathet- ic to charges that a policy of printing pen- alties and violations on group incidents handled by the Judiciary is sensationalist. The Daily's present policy of publishing information on group cases only after each group has exhausted its opportunities for appeal is itself a compromise position. It would be entirely within proper newspaper practice to publish details of raids and vio- lations as soon as we learned of them. In this light, the request that the Council co- operate by releasing the name, fine, violation and decision on each group case as it is pros- ecuted is a reasonable affirmation of. pres-, ent compromise policy. Any so-called "compromise" that reduces the amount of information available to the campus any further is unacceptable to The Daily editors. IITHOUT particular fanfare, the local Veterans of Foreign Wars chapter re- fused to implement the unwise policy of its national organization by rejecting a request to set up a local committee to investigate "subversive elements." There is no reason for a national or- ganization of this type to set up its own investigation system. The field is han- dled quite adequately by state and federal agencies which use professionally trained men to gather information. VFW novices are not trained and there is no guarantee that their judgment would be at all factual or dispassionate. Indeed, the VFW plan is the most danger- ous method of attacking the Communist problem since it contributes to the hysteria generated by irresponsible elements on the Congressional investigating committees. The local VFW should be commended for its forthright stand and recognition that Communist investigations should be the re- sponsibility of existing governmental agen- cies., IT SEEMS TO ME: Ike's Honesty a nd GOP Oratory "It Seems To Be Stopped Up Somewhere" XettePJ TO THE EDITOR The Daily welcomes communicationsfrom 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 wil be condensed, edited or withheld from publication at the discretion of the editors. By ALICE B. SILVER Associate Editorial Director WHAT Eisenhower lacks in political acu- men he compensates for with sincere political honesty. This has become a cliche. But it is a most important fact about the President, especial- ly as regards today's political party pro- cess. Factions of the GOP have, within the last four months, engaged in a vicious campaign to equate Democratic rule with disloyal rule, and, in effect, to subvert the political party structure. The attack was begun in November by Attorney General Brownell with the Harry Dexter White case and the subsequent Tru- man subpoena., Gov. Dewey picked up the ball in his De- cember Hartford speech in which he charg- ed the Democrats with bungling the U.S. into the Korean war without the courage or ca- pacity to fight or end it effectively. The third speech of this nature was by the Assistant to the President, Sherman Adams. Last week he told the Republican National Committee that the Democrats-"political sadists"-are spreading a 'fear deal' and trying to talk the country into a depression. In the meantime the Administration has refused to break down the number of those dismissed from the government as security risks with the intention of showing that the Democratic administration was ripe with hundreds of subversives. This week, with the aid of the Republican National Committee, GOP Congressmen continued the intemperate attack during the Lincoln Day speeches throughout the na- tion. (McCarthy's contribution has been a series of speeches entitled "Twenty Years of Treason.") This might be winning politics but it is 'A0F not democratic politics. Fortunately Eisen- hower is more concerned with the latter. When the White case broke, the President said publicly it was absurd to call Truman disloyal and he disapproved of the subpoena. He also said at this time that he hoped in- ternal Communism would not be the major 1954 campaign issue. Wednesday, Eisenhower again took a stand against extreme partisanship politics. In brief, the President told reporters this is not time for such bitter political attacks, his program needed Democrat support, and "is foolish to call all of another group treasonous to the U.S." As the President said he cannot stop the attacks except when they come from his executive 'family.' But given Eisenhower's national popular- ity, he can counter the detrimental effects of the current 'Democrats-equals-disloyalty' propaganda. Obviously, he is motivated in this direc- tion. But he must make himself heard over the roar of the demogagues. There are more effective ways of reach- ing the public than through press confer- ences. If the President is truly concerned with keeping the system intact, and I think he is, he might well utilize the power of radio and TV to convey to the public his reasonable approach to party politics. In addition to the practical consideration that he needs Democratic support, the Pres- ident has to make the point more sharply that the attacks are completely out of line with the proper functioning of the party system. The GOP oratory of the last four months has been in the spirit of sheer political demagoguery. President Eisenhower must convince the American people that this is the case. ZT + paintings is much less than good, nor much more, either-no laurels and few opinions. In nearly every instance, color and composi- tion are competently-even strikingly-han- dled, and whether you prefer Margo's re- straint or Hofmann's gusto will depend largely on your frame of mind at the time you see them. On the whole, the show is mildly impressive, and would be more so ex- cept for the disquiting self-consciousness bred by defiant or affected execution. Where the painters' labors are successful, it is des- pite the gimmicks rather than because of them. Of the sculptors, I have less to say. They affect the same sort of approach, purpose- ly leaving their metal surfaces unfinished, or even adding lumps to accentuate the "natural" crudities. I'm not one of the Svery few who understand these works, I fear, and it's all rather sad. Tucked away at one end of the same room, and running concurrently, is an un- pretentious little collection of African sculp- tures and utensils from the Segy Galleries and our own Museum of Anthropology. Even out of their cultural context, these speci- mens are very pleasing, and are much more inviting to my tactile and visual senses than their sophisticated gallery-mates. Foir another yeek or so, in the South Gal- lery, prints by Emil Weddige's students will be on view and for sale. It is gratifying to note the quality of the work turned out by our fellows in the School of Design, and it might be a good thing to feature student and faculty work more frequently. There is certainly enough talent in the school for three or four scheduled shows per year, and it's a pity it doesn't get the attention it de- serves. Let's agitate. -Siegfried Feller DAILY OFFICIAL .BULLETIN "THE EMBELLISHED Surface," circulated by the MMA, currently has top billing at the University Museum of Art, and will remain on display in the West Gallery of AMH for the rest of the month. Since nearly all painters seek to embellish their surfaces, it might be more apt to describe these works as encrusted. Most of the contributors are extremists of the bas-relief-in-pigments school, and the others introduce matter not usually associated with painting into their pictures; none has contented himself with brush work alone. Enrico Donati has seen fit to add rayon plastic to the surface of his Moonscape, giving his large canvas a fuzzy texture. Textural effects, of course, can be obtain- ed by brush work alone, whether for real- ism (Harnett, et al), or for visual and tactile effects in themselves. As a shocker, -the thing doesn't come within a mile of the fur-lined tea set executed by Oppenheim some years ago, and probably isn't meant to. Still, as a picture, Donati's doesn't suf- fer by comparison with the others. Obsid- ian Doctors by Reynal is interesting, at least momentarily; not that the distinc- tion is important, but this stone-scape be- longs rather to the domain of the lapid- ary than the painter. Some of the special effects are rather la- bored, particularly in Keinbush's collage of roofing materials; the title shows consider- ably iore imagination than the construc- tion. Among the collages, the most notable is Masson's Street Singer, in which he uses cleverly such materials as insect wings, a scrap of sheet music, a leaf, and colored paper. The two dadaists, Schwitters and Baader, are still amusingly vitriolic after all these years, but their collages are painful, and can't wear very well. With the exceptions noted, none of the CURRENT MOVIESl At the Michigan... CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LA- GOON, with Richard Carlson. SAVED FROM THE disastrous Campus Drug Store fire yesterday, the Michigan Theater, with the aid of a great deal of water, came up with a few disasters of its own, all unnatural, all make-believe, but clearly perpetrated by an actor in a fish costume known as The Gill Man. The acts of violence committed are of the conventional sort that happen to nosy scientists and assorted safari per- sonnel who pry into the lair of crotchety monsters by now quite familiar in "sci- ence fiction" films. As ,usual, they added up to a predictable, unexceptional movie which was not as boring as some of its predecessors, but still pulp. It was far below the standard set by "The Thing," the vegetable-monster film of a few years ago. The plot involves a group of fossil-seek-, iNg icthyologists who journey to uncharted reaches of the Amazon and come upon a refugee from the Devonian Age who is both amphibious and homicidal. The remainder of the story describes the fight between the visiting explorers and the host monster. Unfortunately, however, the monster's ex- pression remains continually thoughtful and his inclinations heterosexual, so he never manages to seem either inhuman or particularly frightening. The advertise- ments for the film are rather modestly aware of this shortcoming: they bill the creature as something "supposed to scare you," eertainy a forthright enough state- ment of intentions. The more recognizably human mem- 'Lav. _*flcknn - - - c ..e. rrr__ w- _rne (Continued from Page 3) PERSONNEL REQUESTS- The Seventh U.S. Civil Service Region has announced an examination for fill- ing Clerk positions in the Federal Ser- vice. No previous experience is required of applicants. The Board of U. S. Civil Service Exam- iners for the Dept. of Agriculture is offering an examination to qualify un- dergraduates for appointments as Stu- dent Trainees in the fields of Soil Con- servation, Soil Science, or Agricultural Engineering. The examination is re- stricted to those students who will not have completed their full curriculum by June 30, 1954. The deadline for accept- ing applications is March 3, 1954. The Wisconsin State Service has an- nounced an examination for the posi- tion of Accountant III in the Dept. of State Audit. Qualifications include a: degree with an accounting major plus 4 years of experience in the professional auditing work. The deadline for filing application for this exam, which is open to non-residents, is Feb. 25, 1954. For additional information concern- ing these and other employment op- portunities, contact the Bureau of Ap- pointments, 3528 Administration Bldg., Ext. 371. Lectures University Lecture. Professor Meyer Fortes of Cambridge University will deliver a University Lecture on "Ritual Symbolism and Social Organization" on Fri., Feb. 12, at 4:10 p.m. in Auditorium A of Angell Hal. The speaker is com- ing to Michigan under the joint spon- sorship of the Departments of Sociol- ogy and Anthropology. He is the author of several books on the social anthro- pology of one of the tribes in the hinterland of the Gold Coast. Lecture entitled. 'Environment Pro and Con," by Sybil Moholy-Nagy, Mon., Feb. 15, Auditorium A, Angell Hall, 4:15 p.m., College of Architecture and De- sign. Public is cordially invited. Academic Notices Seminar in Potential Theory. Organ- izational meeting Fri., Feb. 12, at 12 noon, 270 West Engineering Building, Seminar in Mathematical Statistics. Organizational meeting for those in- terested will be on Fri., Feb. 12, in 3020 Angell Hall, at 12 noon. The Department of Biological Chem- istry will hold its first seminar of the second semester in 319 West Medical Building at 10:15 a.m., Sat., Feb. 13. Dr. Joseph J. Pfiffner of the Research Department, Parke, Davis, and Com- pany, will speak on "Pigments of the vitamin B-12 Group." All who wish to attend are cordially invited to join the group for an informal cup of coffee at 10 before the seminar. (Coffee in Room 311). Doctoral Examination for Rodger Da- vid Mitchell, Zoology; thesis: "Anatomy, Life History, and Evolution of the Mites Parasitising Fresh Water Mussels," Fri., Feb. 12, 2089 Natural Science Bldg., at 1:30 p.m. Chairman, H. van der Schalie. Health Lectures. As a part of the health education program of the Uni- versity Health Service, a series of six lectures will be given as per the fol- lowing schedule. They will be given at 4 p.m. and repeated at 7:30 p.m. in the Health Service Lecture Room. No. 1-Tuesday, February 16 No. 2-Thursday, February 18 No. 3-Tuesday, February 23 No. 4-Thursday, February 25 No. 5-Tuesday, March 2 No. 6-Thursday, March 4 These lectures are designed particu- larly for students who are new to the campus, but are open to all-espec- ially to those who did not attend the required lectures. They are comprehen- sive summaries, particularly of basic questions related to personal health of importance to students Lecture titles will be announced later. The University Extension Service an- nounces openings in the following classes: (Regs'tration for these classes may be made in 164 School ofBusi- ness Administration, on Monroe St.. 6:30-9:30 p.m., or in 4501 Administra- tion Building, 8:00-5:00 through the day.) Electronic Circuits and Controls. Pro- vides additional material for students who have taken courses in Industrial Electronics of Television Circuits in previous semesters, Subjects covered are: design of amplifiers, advanced con- trol and regulating circuits, servos, and computer circuits. Laboratory exer- cises. Open to anyone with previous background in electronics. Sixteen weeks. $18. Instructor Kenneth A. Stone In- SecretarialProcedures, For employed secretaries and office stenographic em- ployees. Reviews such matters as the elements of an employable personality, work hapits, the scope of secretarial work, telephone etiquette, filing pro- cedures, preparing business itineraries, and general office procedures. Twelve weeks. $15. Instructor, Irene Place, Assistant Pro- fessor of Secretarial Practice. Mon., Feb. 8, 7 p.m., 176 Business Ad. ministration Bldg. Concerts Student Recital. Helen Poterala, pian- ist, will present a program in partial fulfillment of the- requirements for the degree of Master of Music at 8:30 Mon- day evening.sFeb. 15, in the Rackham Assembly Hall. It will include works by Bach, Finney, Schubert, and Chopin, and will be open to the general public without charge. Miss Poteala has been a pupil of Joseph Brinkman. Exhibitions Museum of Art, Alumni Memorial Hall. African Sculptures, through Feb. 28; The Embellished Surface, through Mar. 1; Student Printmakers Exhibition, through Feb. 17. Open 9 to 5 on week- days; 2 to 5 on Sundays. The public is invited. Events Today Anthropology Club. There will be a SPECIAL MEETING of the Anthro- pology Club this evening at 7:45 p.m. in the West Conference Room at the Rackham Building. The Guest Speaker will be DR. MEYER FORTES who will speak on "Recent Develop- ments in African Ethnography." EV- ERYONE IS INVITED. The Regular meeting of the Anthro- pology Club will be held on Feb. 16, at 7:45 p.m. in the EAST Conference Room of the Rackham Building. DR. E. R. SERVICE will speak on "Facts and Theories in Ethnology." Refreshments will be served. Coffee Hour, Lane Hall today, 4:15- 6:00 p.m. Selected readings from the life of Abraham Lincoln featured. Ev- eryone invited. Lutheran Student .Center. There'll be a party at the Lutheran Student Cen- ter tonight at 8 p.m. New students are especially welcome. Episcopal Student Foundation. Can. terbury Club, 7:30 p.m. this evening at Canterbury House. Professor Roma A. King, Jr. will lead a discussion o recordings of Eliot's "Murder in th Cathedral." Episcopal Student Foundation. Tea from 4 to 5:30 at Canterbury House this afternoon. All students invited. Gilbert and Sullivan Society. Tryouts for "Thespis" and "The Sorcerer" i the League tonight from 7-9; Satur day 2 p.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday 2 p.m.-1 prm4. Everyone urged to come. Newman Club. New Student Dan e will be held this evening from 9-2 at the Father Richard Center. Music for dancing will be provided by a well- known campus orchestra. Refreshments and entertainment will be provided b the Newmanites. All new students ae urged to come and get acquainted wit the Newman Club and its members. Psychology Club. Old members-Thene will be a meeting to discuss plans fo this semester today at 3:15 in 242 Mason Hall. This meeting is important please attend. Hillel Week-end Activities: Friday 6 p.m.-Kosher Dinner. 7 :45-Evenin IServices. Saturday; 9 a.m.-Communty Se vices. Sunday: 10:30 a.m.-Hillel Studen Council Meeting. 5 p.m.-Hillel Chorus 6 p.m.-Sunday Evening Supper Clu featuring a buffet style dinner wit dancing to Paul Brodie and his band Next Week at Hillel: Monday: Hillel zapoppin-Tryouts for Independent Wo men group at the League between 3- p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday: Hilleizapoppn-Tryouts fo Independent Women at the Leagu (same as Monday) Inter-Guild Council meets at Presby terian Church, 4 p.m. Roger Williams Guild. Weekly party this evening at 8 o'clock, in th Guild House. An added attraction wi be the showing of slides portraying som interesting Japanese customs. Lincoln's Day, 1954 ... To the Editor: FEBRUARY is the month in which all America pauses for a day1 to commemorate the birthday of one of her greatest Presidents, Ab- raham Lincoln. The Republican Party, in particular, has for many years honored the memory of the Great Emancipator by holding Lincoln Day Dinners throughout the nation, The custom is being carried out again this year, but there is a new twist to the speeches this year. Senator Jbseph McCarthy, with the full sanctioning of the Repb- lican National Committee, has been sent on his way through the land with, a series of speeches en- titled "Twenty Years of Treason." He gave one of these speeches in our state the other day. In it, he said that Democrats are "traitors" and "betrayers" in our midst. By allowing this demagogue to continue, the GOP has demon- strated that it will stoop to any depth to win votes-even to the extent of branding one-half the nation as traitors. They are busy now spreading the seeds of dis- sension, unrest, suspicion and. fear. Some of us were disappointed when Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected President of this land, but we believe that basically he was a good man; an honest man; a sin- cere, dedicated man. Many of us still believe this. We reject the idea that the man in the White House, who only a few days ago sent his memorial wreath to the grave of him who sleeps in the Rose Gar- den in Hyde Park, New York, coigd subscribe to the philosophy that whoever disagrees with McCarthy is a traitor. But when will the President speak outto defend one half the nation against these charges? He is President of all the people, is he not? He has stated that hewill not deal in personalities, but McCar- thy is more than a personality, he is a force which could split the na- tion, when we need most to stand united. Let the Kansas farm boy whose courage and leadership led this country to victory over tyranny in World War II, and whose nation honored him by making him their President and spokesman, assert himself, now, before it is too late. -Gene Mossner Class of 1952 * * * Dygert's Symptoms. ... To the Editor: JIM DYGERT was on his way to writing a good editorial yester- day but he muffed it. One can't really blame him. He is suffering the same effects as most who have succumbed to the disease present- ly enveloping the United States. A quote from his recent editorial re- veals one of the symptoms: "These men" (the 21 who stayed) "either gave in to Communism after a long ordeal of physical and mental tor- ture or went over to the Reds in anticipation of the treatment they would otherwise be forced to en- dure." Doesn't this sound sympto- matic? If it doesn't, you've prob- ably got the disease too. This di- sease manifests itself by causing large numbers of people to believ s a statement simply after having been exposed to it long enough. The implication of this quota- tion is that there is no reason able, rational road to Communism e The severity of the epidemic i 2 evidenced by the fact that almos everyone, nowadays, accepts thi s without question. Now this quote y statement is not necessarily true e On an ideological basis, given a acertain degree of free choice, some intelligent people will choose e Communism. Neither torture no: r insanity nor "brain-washing" is 9 a necessary prerequisite. The soon- er we realize this, the more dem- ocratically and effectively will we be able not only to rid ourselves of g this disease, but to counter what ever danger Communism offers against our chosen way of life. t The fact that an intelligent ed- . itorial-writer is oblivious to the forces working in our country which make us accept ideas with- - out questioning them (let alone - refuting them) is alarming. Sim- 5 ilarly, I have watched the Daily r change from a once healthy news- e paper to one which has fallen vic- tim to this disease, in the cours of five years. I "would like to see - those persons connected with the Daily, who are still healthy an , alert, make themselves heard. e -Victor Bloom e Liberalism and SDA.. - To The Editor: IT IS CERTAINLY an unfortun- ate situation when taxpayers find their elected representatives concerning themselves with as trivial and comparatively insig- nificant legislation such as Sen. Harry F. Hittle's proposed change in the name of Michigan State College, when other more import- ant business of state is at hand. May we remind Sen. Hittle that the educational situation in that institution demands more atten- tion than merely a preoccupation with a simple change of name. If the students of Michigan State College really want to ap- pear as a top university, may we suggest they attempt to raise their educational standards. If they had any initiative at all be- fitting college students, they would make something of their own name and not attempt to adopt another. -Robert Q. McBride Larry Schwartz I A al prosperity, our national secur- ity, and our ideal rf fair economic opportunity for all." In both of our national political parties the vocal liberals are an ineffectual minority. The chilly attitude which the leaders of the Democratic Party, the supposedly more liberal of the two parties, have recently taken toward the Americans for Democratic Action is significant of the way the polit- ical picture is taking shape. A po- litical party is a power mechanism. It is responsive to the will of or- ganized groups of voters, who hold the key to political power in America. Illiberal attitudes in leg- islative bodies are a reflection of the fact that liberals through the nation are too poorly organized or not sufficiently numerous. The challenge to organize and to edu- cate is clear. On our University campus, also, there is little to please the propo- nent of dynamic, enlightened, avant-garde liberalism. Student government is ineffectual and in a state of disrepute. Original cul- tural enterprises are not being suf- ficiently encouraged. There is at tragic dearth of interest in con- temporary events of either a po- litical or a more broadly intellec- tual nature. Controversy is gen- erally shunned. What is needed is not another institution or set of rituals, an- other political 'club' or committee. What the situation calls for is a movement, a vortex. It is the in- tention of the local chapter of the Students for Democratic Action to use its facilities to give rise to such a movement. Any such enterprise will, of course, need the support of the University's forward looking, liberal population. A preliminary meeting of the SDA will be held in the Union at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, February 17. I hope many people will give con- siderable thought to the contents of this letter and come to our meeting effervescing with stimu- lating ideas. -David J. Kornbluh President, SDA * * * Al. S. C... 4. jr . .; 1, 'Y, .. . J r' i r, ON THE Washington Merry-Go-Round with DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON -- Inside reason for the request for an FBI report on ex-Gov. Earl Warren of California before he is con- firmed as Chief Justice is complaints inspir- ed by the ex-Attorney General of California, Fred Howser, and opposition by Sen. Jim Eastland of Mississippi, who is afraid War- ren will vote for ending segregation in schools below the Mason-Dixon line. All of this is why Senate judiciary chair- man "Wild Bill" Langer of North Dako- ta has bluntly notified the Justice Depart- ment that his committee will hold up War- ren's confirmation until it gets a full FBI report on him. Meanwhile, Langer has sent his own in- vestigators to the West Coast to check into 97 complaints that the Judiciary Committee has received against the distingished anr1 It was at the prodding of Senator East- land that Langer requested an FBI report several weeks ago. When it failed to arrive, Langer phoned Deputy Attorney General Bill Rogers and repeated his demand. "But Earl Warren is one of the most dis- tinguished men in this country. He has been elected governor of his state three times," protested Rogers. "Well, he's going to be treated just like everyone else who comes before our commit- tee," snorted the North Dakotan. Langer then made it clear that Warren won't be confirmed to the nation's highest judicial post until an FBI investigation has been made. Chief source of the complaints against Warren. Camfnnmiea.'p-A++nmnvrIpnnAI Sixty-Fourth Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Editorial Staff' Harry Lunn............Managing Editor Eric Vetter..................City Editor Virginia Voss..... .Editorial Director Mike Wolff......Associate City Editor Alice B. Silver..Assoc. Editorial Director Diane D. AuWerter.....Associate Editor Helene Simon..........Associate Editor Ivan Kaye...........Sports Editor Paul Greenberg... . Assoc. Sports Editor Marilyn Campbell......Women's Editor Kathy Zeisler....Assoc. 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