PAGE FOUR THE HiciiiGAN ioAtjilw #J UE6,I)A Y, A-eRtL, 13, 1954 PAGE FOUR ThE 3ii~Aki~Ai~ iA1AiiA~ On the Brink of Entanglement TODAY AND TOMORROW: The Indo-Chinese Emergency "They're Still Out here" REPUBLICAN foreign moving toward the foreign entanglement. policy may well be brink of a major Although "massive retaliation," Wash- ington's newest catch-word to describe possible future action in areas such as Indo-China, implies a certain degree of protection to American interests abroad, it also implies an extremely dangerous de- gree of American involvement. Already the United States is openly aiding the Vietnam government in Indo-China with millions of dollars and hundreds of vol- unteer technicians-but any "massive" at- tempt to oust the Communists from Indo- China would obviously involve the send- ing of troops as well as technicians, and the use of new high-powered weapons, as well as obsolete World War II equipment. Even If the United States does -decide to send its present generation of youth to fight Asian Communists, it is doubtful that we could persuade many other countries to join in with us. With strong French Com- munist and right-wing pressuring, the French are already considering pulling up their roots in Indo-China and setting up a provisional government there. Even many middle-of-the-road French people realize their country cannot continue indefinitely pouring millions of dollars into Indo-China while their domestic economy hovers dan- gerously near a collapse point. And Asian nations are not likely tosent military aid to help out future American and French forces in Indo-China either, partly because they realize the struggle is largely one of nationalism versus colonial- ism as well as Communism versus non-Com- munism. Many Asian countries are in a po- sition to fear Chinese Communist intrusion into their own countries and do not dare hasten such a future attack. Others sin- cerely question their right to support any government scorned by the majority of its own people. Unfortunately, under the domination of the French, Indo-China has largely been un- ableto develop any strong, pro-Western na- tional leaders who would fight simultaneous- ly for independence and against Commu- nism. Yet the only visible solution-short of attempting a full-scale third world war, re- plete with atomic weapons and hydrogen bombs, _which would probably end in the stale-mate of another Korea-is todurge the French to set up an independent government in Indo-China. Such a plan, long recom- mended by some American diplomats, would have the advantage of drawing some nation- alist support from the Communist move- ment and would also require the rapid de- velopment of pro-Western leaders in the country. The United States probably would not have to use its dollar-pressure to obtain such a program in Indo-China as the French are already bordering on such a decision. Furthermore, it could continue economic aid to the country in the future without the ethical stigma of helping maintain a government that is actively re- pudiated by the people it attempts to gov- ern. As long as there is such a chance for peace in Indo-China, it seems reckless for the United States to rush into full-scale war there, especially now that the hydrogen bomb is readily available. With the know- ledge of its powerful destructive force, we should rather attempt to prevent any war which could lead so easily to a major world entanglement. -Dorothy Myers University nA Ve e App ropriations THE LEGISLATURE did an unusual thing in surpassing the Governor's recom- mendation on the University's current oper- ations budget for next year by a little more than a million dollars. Considering that the added problem of a last minute pay raise for all state em- ployees by the Civil Service Commission had upset the legislators considerably, the Lansing lawmakers are especially to be commended for being so considerate of the University's operating needs. Of course the probability that 'taxes will bring in more revenue than the governor origi- nally expected made it easier for the Leg- islature to provide a two-and-a-quarterj million dollar boost over last year. The one slightly sad thing is that the Legislature found it necessary to whittle away a little of the capital outlay request made by the Governor. The Governor had already axed the University's request of $14,337,200 down to $2,500,000. The University can't take care of the big increase in enrollment anticipated in the next few years with its present facilities- at least not without sacrificing high-grade education. But facilities can't be expanded overnight. As University officials have repeatedly pointed out, the University cannot afford to mark time in its building program now. But there is nothing left to do now except By WALTER LIPPMANN AN AIR OF emergency about Indo-China has developed in Washington and we are bound to ask whether that is because things have recently taken a turn for the worse. Probably but not certainly, so far as I know, the answer to that question is this: There is a fear in high quarters, particular- ly in the Pentagon, that owing to what may happen at Dienbienphu the French will to resist may fall so low that the Laiel gov- ernment will not be able to negotiate ef- fectively at Geneva. Dienbienphu, we must remember, is about 180 miles from the port of Haiphong. It is surrounded by the Viet Minh army. It lies in country which has no roads over which a modern army could move to relieve it. What roads there are run through country which is controlled by the guerrila bands. The only way to the be- leaguered French Union force is by air lift, and when the rainy season sets in around the first of May the situation will be very difficult and Col. de Castries may not be able to hold out. The plight of Dienbienphu, which has been made sharply visible by the heroic resistance of the elite troops under Col. de Castries, marks the failure of the Na- varre Plan, adopted last year, for win- ning the war. These French Union troops were placed in this remote, inaccessible, and to the Viet Minh most tempting, place in order to lure the Viet Minh general in- to committing his main forces in an or- ganized battle. I have heard the strate- gical idea of Dienbienphu described by a Frenchman as tethering a goat in the jungle as bait for a tiger. The theory and the promise of the Na- varre Plan, which we have backed, was that in a pitched battle the organized Commun- ist divisions could be decimated. Then the French Union forces would be the only or- ganized military forces in Indo-China and their prestige 'would be such that the na- tive population would rally to them. After that the mopping up of the guerilla bands could be carried out by the native troops which the French are training and we are equipping. The demonstrated failure of the Navarre Plan on the eve of the Geneva conference has produced the air of emergency in Wash- ington. For the French have no other plans for winning the war. Neither have we. Without a plan for carrying on the war to some kind of successful conclusion, the ne- gotiating strength of the French and of the Western allies is dangerously low. The problem is how to repair the dam- aged position. Last Thursday a good deal of light was thrown on the nature of the problem by the speeches of Sen. Ken- nedy and Sen. Knowland. "It is time," said Sen. Kennedy, "for us to face the stark reality of the difficult situation be- fore us without the false hopes which predictions of military victory and as- surances of complete independence have given us in the past." Then, with Sen. Knowland agreeing, he went on to say that "the hard truth of the matter is, first, that without the wholehearted support of the peoples of the Associated States, without a reliable and crusading native army with a dependable officer corps, a military victory, even with Amer- ican support, in that area is difficult if not impossible, of achievement; and, sec- ond, that the support of the people of that area cannot be obtained without a change in the contractual relationships which presently exist between the Associ- ated States and the French Union." This was also the conclusion of the sub- committee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee headed by Rep. Judd, which re- ported in January that "until political in- dependence has been achieved, an effect- ive fighting force from the Associated States cannot be expected." THE PRACTICAL QUESTION is how and how soon, assuming that the French were prepared to give an absolute promise Df independence at a fixed date, the gap could be bridged between being a depend- ent colony and an independent state. Even if the country were not torn by a civil war, the Viet Nam would still lack every neces- sary element for its life and its survival as an independent state: the political organs and the personnel for the conduct of public and financial and cultural affairs. The fac; of the matter is that the native peoples have not been prepared, as were for ex- ample the people of India or of the Philip- pines, for self-government and indepen- dence. A firm promise of independence would no doubt improve the psychological condition, it is an essential element of any solution, But we must not once again delude our- selves over this, as we have so many times before in regard to Indo-China, by sup- posing that the promise of independence will have a magical result, that it will con- jure up out of the jungles a mass movement eager and willing to conquer the Viet Minh. After the first promise of independence i given, we must envisage a long interregnum. Ten years would not be too long a time in which to develop the minimum essential in- stitutions, to train the personnel and to a(- quire the habits of a free state-one with' sufficient authority and confidence of its own to maintain itself against the pressure of the simpler kind of government which the Communist dictatorship imposes. Sen. Kennedy's speech, which ought to be widely read, has an impressive but depres- sing review of the false hopes that have been held out to us in the past three years. One of the worst of the consequences of this self-deception is that there has been no genuine political preparation in Paris, in Washington, or in Indo-China for the even.. tual negotiation which is now upon us. Yet I do not know of any serious person invol- ved in this business who has really believed, once he has said what was officially ex- pected of him, that the civil war in Indo- China could be ended in any other way than by negotiation. But the false publi promises that it would soon be ended by a military decision have served as an excuse and as pretext for doing nothing serious in a political way to make plans and to make preparations for this negotiation. Because of that sudden demonstration of the failure of the Navarre Plan com- bined with the lack of any other plan- military or diplomatic or both-has left a vacuum in this very critical area of the globe. That is why there is an air of emergency in Washington,. and a belated attempt to improvise some sort of politi- cal position on which to stand at Geneva. I would not like to end this article leav- ing the impression that a negotiating posi- tion cannot be developed by France, Great Britain and the United States. I believe it can be and even that it will be-now that the realities are no longer so deeply hidden as they have been by official propaganda. (Copyright, 1954, New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) APIiL , "" _ter. ;., '/ lyd.° < -. { . C e x r $ (a ~ il DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN I c I I i J a F I 7 y l ,, a: , i ' 71 cURREts'NT7 mQVs WASHINGTON-Republican ranks are not happy over a deal put+ across between the Teamsters Union in Detroit and Postmaster General Summerfield to call off an investigation of labor racketeering in the Detroit area. In return for quashing the probe, the Teamsters Union in Detroit is to support Sen. Homer Ferguson, Republican, for re-election. Though publication of the facts is certain to bring ringing denials, this deal was what was behind the speech made on the floor of the House of Representatives last week by Congressman Clare Hoffman of Michigan when he said that his subcom- mittee on labor racketeering and welfare funds "had but barely entered upon its investigations when, apparently for political reasons, it was liquidated." It was the same Summerfield-Teamsters deal which also was be- hind the statement made by Congressman Wint Smith of Kansas, after a brief hearing last November, that the investigation of De- troit labor racketeering was being called off because of "pressure." "Where does the pressure come from?" Smith was asked. "From so high," Smith told newsmen, looking at the ceiling, "that I can't even discuss it." Members of the committee staff, however, said it came directly from GOP House leader Charley Halleck of Indiana. Halleck in turn was acting as a result of the Summerfield-Ferguson deal with the Teamsters. Here is the inside story of what happened. TEAMSTERS OBJECT LAST JUNE, Congressman Hoffman, chairman of the Government Operations Committee, held a preliminary probe of the Team- sters Union in and around Detroit, where it looked into alleged pres- sure on the juke box employers to make Union pay-offs to Teamsters locals; also pressure on automatic car-wash employers to make pay- offs. This brought protests from Jim Hoffa, head of the Teamsters Union in Detroit. Following this, on July 15, the Government Operations Com. mittee voted to side-track its chairman, cantankerous Clare Hoff- man. This vote was not inspired by the labor matter in Detroit so much as by the fact that Hoffman is difficult to get along with and was conducting the committee's affairs as if he were its sole member. But Hoffman, blocked by his own committee, made an end run by getting the House Labor Committee, of which he is also a member, to probe the Detroit Teamsters. So a subcommittee, including Hoff- man, Smith of Kansas, and Landrum of Georgia, continued the De- troit probe, using information gathered by the staff of the Govern- ment Operations Committee. 12 TEAMSTERS INDICTED MEANWHTLE, HOWEVER, Teamster head Hoffa and Bert Brennon,' his right-hand man, got in touch with Postmaster General Sivn- merfield, former GOP National Committeeman for Michigan and the; man who had run the Republican Party in that state.: After that the Detroit probe was called off. After that also, the Teamsters, usually strong for the Democrats, leaked word that they are supporting Republican Homer Ferguson for the Senate.+ Meanwhile, a county grand jury sparked by the initial Hoffman investigation in Detroit has indicted 12 leading Teamsters, including William F. Buffalino, head of the juke box local; Mike Nicoletti, head of local 247 in Detroit, and David J. Keating, head of local 614 in Pontiac. Dave Beck, national head of the Teamsters, has now sus- pended all of the 12 except for Buffalino, and has named Hoffa as trustee for the locals involved. " Meanwhile also, a subcommittee of the Government Operations Committee has been probing labor practices in Minneapolis and other areas-but has been careful since last November to avoid Detroit. A WOMAN MOLDED HISTORY WHEN JOSEPH PATRICK TUMULTY, former secretary to Wood- dow Wilson, died the other day I couldn't help remembering a rainy night many years ago when another man was dying and Joe stood out in the rain until four in the morning. He stood outside be- cause his old chief was dying and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson would not let Joe in. And at the funeral, uninvited, Joe followed with the Negro serv- ants in the rear." Behind that incident is not merely a story of human emotions but of a clash which, if avoided, might have saved the peace of the world. For, had Mrs. Wilson and Joe Tumulty .pulled together In- stead of apart, had Mrs. Wilson not shut her husband offhfrom the Senate during the tragic debate over the League of Nations and the Versailles Treaty, they might have been ratified and the entire world might have been different. The two people who loved Wilson most, his second wife and his secretary, have lived in Washington during the years since then, yet have never spoken to each other. Tumulty, whose only love was Wilson, wanted him to wait until after the 1916 Presidential election campaign to marry Mrs. Edith Galt. When Wilson finally decided otherwise, Tumulty said: "I'm sorry you're going to do that, Governor. I was very fond of Mrs. Wilson" "I told Edith you'd say that," replied Wilson. "Well, that's a nice way to get me started with her," shot back Tumulty, and from that day the second Mrs. Wilson was in open conflict with her husband's secretary. Gradually they drifted further apart, so that when the League of (Continued from Page 2) for positions as salaried Group Field Representatives throughout the country. Students wishing to schedule ap- pointments to see this company may contact the Bureau of Appointments, 3528 Administration Bldg., Ext. 371. Lectures University Lecture, auspices of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, "The Life of Slavic Folk- lore in America," Svatava Pirkova- Jackobsen, Lecturer in Slavic Langu- ages and Literatures and Comparative Folklore, Harvard University, Tues., April 13, 4:15, west Conference Room, Rackhani Building. University Lecture, auspices of the Department of Neurology, "Muscular Dystrophy," Dr. John N. Walton, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, Tues., April 13, 4 p.m., University Hospital Amphitheater. Lecture Series, Susanne K. Langer will give three lectures under the title "Piv- otal Concepts in Philosophy of Art." They are as follows: Tues., April 13-Expressiveness Thurs., April 15-Creation Thurs., April 22-Living Form The series is under the auspices of the Department of Philosophy and will be held in Kellogg Auditorium begin- ning at 8 p.m. University Lecture, auspices Michi- igan Section of the American Chemi- cal Society, "Chemical Applications of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies," Dr. Richard A. Ogg, Jr., Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University, Wed., April 14, 8 p.m., 1300 Chemistry Build- ing. Dr. Ogg will also address the Chem- ical Physics Seminar on the same day at 4:10 p.m., 2308 Chemistry Building. He will talk on "Nuclear Magnetic Re- sonance." University Lecture. Joaquin Nin-Cu- mell, Professor of Music and Chairman of the Department of Music on the Ber- keley campus, University of California, will lecture on "Spanish Keyboard Mu- sic of the XvIth, XVIIth, and XVIIIth Centuries," wed., April 14 at 4:15. The lecture is scheduled as a part of the annual School of Music Honors Assem- bly, and all music students and facul- ty are urged to attend. Academic Notices The Seminar on Hilbert Spaces will not meet Tues., April 13. The next meeting will be Tues., April 20, at 7:15 p.m. in 247 west Engineering. Geometry Seminar, Wed., April 14, 7 p.m., 3001 Angell Hall. Mr. J. H. Walter will speak on "Automorphisms of the Projective Unitary Groups." TO THEEDITOR The Daily welcomes communica- tions from its readers on matters of general interest, and will publish all letters which are signed by the wri- ter and in good taste. Letters ex- ceeding 300 words in length, defama- tory 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. H ome Gardening. Four classroom lee- tu es, covering spring and summer work, will be followed by four classes con- ducted in selected gardens, available through the courtesy of their owners. Lecture topics will include lawns, an- nual flowers and vegetables, shrubs, and perennials. Outdoor classes will em- phasize identification and use of orna- mental and utility plants; landscape delign, successful cultural practices exemplified in the gardens chosen for study, Student problems may be pre- sented for class discussion. Eight weeks. $8.00. Registration may be made dur- ing the half hour preceding the class in the room where the class is being held. Instructor, Ruth Mosher Place, Lec- turer in Gardening. wed., Apr. 14, 7:30 p.m., 176 School of Business Admilnis- tration, on Monroe Street Doctoral Examination for Martin Weiss, Geology; thesis: "Ostracods of the Family Hollinidae from the Middle Devonian Formations of Michigan and Adjacent Areas," Tues., April 13. Russell Seminar Room, Natural Science Build- ing, at 3 p.m. Chairman, R. v. Kesling. Doctoral Examination for Dewey George Force, Jr., Education; thesis: "A Comparison of Physically Handi- capped Children and Normal Children in the Same Elementary School Classes with Reference to Social Status and Self-Perceived Status," wed., April 14, East Council Room, Rackham Bldg., at 4 p.m. Chairman, I. H. Anderson. Concerts University Symphony Orchestra, Jlo- sef Blatt, Conductor, will be heard in a concert at 8:30 Wednesday evening. April 14, in Hill Auditorium. The pro- gram will open with "Till Eulenspie- gel's Merry Pranks," by Richard Strauss, followed by Debussy's Nocturnes, Nua- ges, Fetes, and Sirenes, in which the orchestra will be assisted by members of the Michigan Singers, Maynard Klein, Conductor. After intermission the group will play Beethoven's Pastorale Symphony (No. 6, in F major). The concert will be open to the general public without charge, Events Today Varsity Debate. Thde will be no Var- sity Debate meeting today. The next" meeting will be held on April 20. Mathematics Club Meeting, tonight at 8 p.m., in West Conference Room, Rackham Building. Professor T. H. Hildebrandt will speak on "Systems of Stieltje's Differential Equations." Episcopal Student Foundation. Stu- dent-Faculty led Evensong, Chapel of St. Michael and All Angels, 5:15 p.m. Generation fiction staff will meet to- night at 7:15 in the Student Publica- tions Building for discussion of man- uscripts. The Congregational-Disciples Guild. Tea at Guild House, 4:30-6:00 p.m. S.R.A. Council meets at Lane Hall, 5:15 p.m. Committee on Religion in the Cur- riculum (SRA and SL) today at 4:15, Lane Hall Conference Room. Interested people are welcome. Square and Folk Dancing. Special in- struction for beginners early in the eve- ning. Everyone welcome. Tonight, 7:30- 10:00, Lane Hall. Coming Events r(,, r At the State ... NEW FACES THE LATEST Cinemascope effort, New Faces, is a screen adaption of Leonard Sillman's stage revue of'the same name film- ed with the original cast. Actually, little adaption has been done, and the show re- mains much as it was. The major addition is a love story, used to string together the comedy skits and songs. It proves to be a detraction, and is, unfortunately, very in- volved and extremely dull. In the comedy line New Faces really excels. Ronny Graham is excellent in the "Death of a Salesman" parody and as an African lecturer. Equally delightful is Alice Ghostley who stops the show with her cleverly Iyriced "Boston Beguine." As long as it sticks to comedy, New Faces is suc- cessful; in other fields it is hardly more than mediocre. Producer Sillman, responsible for the dis- covery of such personalities as Imogene Coca and Henry Fonda, has assembled a youthful and often talented cast. Perhaps the most well known is Eartha Kitt. Miss Kitt has achieved popularity through her many song recordings, several of which have been added to the film. Through six songs (in French, Turkish, and English), Eartha writhes and coos her way in the briefest costumes possible. Her main commodity is sex, and she sells it well, particularly in the "Monotonous" number. But next to, Graham and Miss Ghostley she comes off second best. Chief male vocalist is Robert Clary, a pint-sized Frenchman whose forte is the Borden" dance, Barstow's efforts are of the type that one can readily find on television. Poor planning is apparent in the camera work here, for often the feet of the per- formers are out of range and fail to appear upon the screen; also, spins have the ten- dency to look like just another blur on the huge screen. It will take other musicals to determine the possibilities and limitations of the dance on the Cinemascope screen. Camera work is poor in many other respects. As must be expected with Cine- mascope, the huge screen necessitates a somewhat static, single camera angle. But too often the heads of the performers are lost, and more than once the entire pic- ture blurs. Cinemascope will need much work before it can achieve the clear vision of "old-time" 2-D movies. New Faces is a musical that deserves credit chiefly because it is an experiment-an ex- periment in directly filming a stage show. The financial advantages of this are appar- ent, and New Faces will help determine the future policy of major studios in that field. .It is mainly for this somewhat historical reason, as well as for the several outstand- ing comedy sketches, that the film is worth seeing, As a footnote, it might be said that the Twentieth-Century-Fox newsreel at the State confirms a previous belief-namely that this studio is using the newsreel as an advertising medium. Plugs for three of its latest films, have been worked into the "World News" section by Fox. This should prove to be disturbing to those who look for news at a newsreel. -Ernest Theodossin Due Respect ..., To the Editor: IN THE PAST month, criticism: has been directed against the, Board of Regents of the Univer- sity of Michigan concerning two topics.f First, the "driving ban." The' Regents have been referred to in The Daily as being "Janus-faced" and "hypocrytical" because of their lack of action on the driv- ing ban. This implies that the students are justified in seeking' elimination of the ban. Does the student body always act in a logi- cal manner and can we assume that in the present instance the student body is acting in a dis- interested capacity? Consider the poll The Daily took onthe "18 year old's should vote." The majority of the nega- tive votes came from the students above 21. If the students above; 21 are prejudiced, the students under 21 are probably prejudiced also. Since the students have been biasedin other matters, I see no reason to conclude that this time their motives are lily-white. In- deed, there have been no sound reasons advanced why the stu- dents should drive; they simply want to drive. In short, I believe that the stu- dents position on the "driving ban" does not permit the assump- tion of a self-righteous air and the branding of dissenters as "Janus-faced" or "hypdcritical." Incidentally, I can see an im- portant reason why driving regu- lations should not be relaxed. Al- ready the "U" is losing some aca- demic conventions to MSC be- cause of the parking problems for delegates. For every academic conference that migrates from the "U," the students lose the privi- lege of attendance. Secondly, let us consider the MPA desire to open "Board Ses- sions" to the press. I can think of no useful pur- pose that will be served by mak- ing "Board of Regents Sessions" open to the public. As a possible applicant to the Board of Re- f J Premiere Production of Eugene Hoch- man's 1953 Hopwood Award winning play, Veranda onwthe Highway, will be presented by the Department of Speecl, at 8 p.m., in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, Thurs., Fri., and Sat., April 22, 23, and 24. Tickets will go on sale at the Lydia Mendelssohn Box Office Mon., April 19, for $120 - 90c - 60c. A special student rate of 50c will be in effect opening night, Xi Chapter of Pi Lambda Theta will hold its spring Invitational Tea on Wed.. Apr. 14, at 8, in the West Conference Room of the Rackham Building. Thir- ty-seven women from various depart- ments on campus have been Livited. The Congregational- Disciples Guild. Discussion Group at Guild House, Wet., Apr. 14, 7 p.m. I q. e.b t Ai Episcopal Student Foundation. Stu- dent Breakfast at Canterbury House-' following 7 a.m. service of Holy Com- munion, Wed., April 14. Museum Movies. 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