, ,,.' PAGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY" FRIDAY, APRIL 39, 1954' ?AGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, APRIL 3l~, 1954~ Thoughts on Bias Clauses DREW PEARSON: 1 Point of Order .. . REFORE a non-affiliated or affiliated in- dividual or group, takes pot shots at the frdternity bias clause, an element, of tact, and the ability to be rational must come into evidence. A fraternity is a group of men, who are living in a house, and like any family, the people who compose the organization feel that they have jurisdiction over what takes place in their home. The bias clause, even though on paper it opposes all democratic ideas, is some- thing that the men of the fraternity have through the years voted to become part of the family rules. A well mannered person doesn't tell some- one who he or she should invite to dinner at his home. This is the business of the fam- ily, and those on. the outside haven't any authority to forcefully suggest to someone what policy their home should follow. Too often, un-affiliated persons take it upon themselves to decide what the attitude of every fraternity on ,campus should be, in, regard to restrictive clauses. These people don't have any foundation for their opin- ions or accusations, toward certain fraternal problems. Many times the clause is the result of x religious belief, rather than cold, hard intolerance. Every fraternity that has ay bias clause has a reason for having one, and in many cases the motive is quite sound. Unafiliated persons and organizations fail to take this into consideration, and are just as discriminating as the most narrow clause, because they leap before they look. This is as undemocratic as any clause could be, and while this bad feeling of independents toward the clause is admir- able, it can get out of hand. This is a problem that can only be settled by the fraternity itself. Fraternity men are just as American as anybody, andto infer differently is complet- ly erroneous. We are not endorsing the bias clause, but the objection here is against people who try to administrate in other per- sons' hones. -William Stone After 90 Years ... "A S I WOULD not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of difference, is no democra- cy." These are the words of Abraham L.n- coln in which he expressed the feeliig that led to a divided Union that went to war to reconcile such differences. "The world will little note nor long re- member what we say here, but it can never be forgotten what they did here," Lincoln said at Gettysburg. Never? Now, ninety years later, it seems to be all but forgotten. The men who gave their lives at Gettysburg, Antietam, Bull Run, Fredericksburg, or in the Wilderness campaigns have indeed, if not forgotten, been ignored. In the South decendants of those whom the Union soldiers fought to free are still riding in the rear of the buses. Railroad cars are still being constructed with separate compartments for white and black. Ku Klux Klan activities have been surpressed but news of their presence on the scene is to this day leaking from the towns of the South. This nation, although perhaps the freest on earth, is still reeking with prejudice. Skin differentiations are but one phase of it. They are the greatest because they are more prev- elant and obvious. But religious differences are made issues of, as well as nationality. On this campus arguments have been carried on in all fields of the problem. Restaurants have been approached on the subject of their patronage and whether or not they have been carrying on discrim- inatory practices. The international Cen- ter, which should stand as an example of how differences can be reconciled has be- come another subject of controversy and rumors of discrimination have emanated from those halls in the last month. The most often referred to discrimina- tory weapon, however, is the fraternity bias clause. It has been fought both ways for years, and lately some limited progress has been made. This fall a few fraternity lifted their biased limitations on membership. The progress has been limited, but it has been evident. The most opposition to removal of the clause comes from the "impracticality" of such a move. It is argued that nothing would be accomplished, but informal restrictions would still be voiced. That argument is an excuse, a stall for attempts to postone what seems inevi- table. It is a curtain for opponents of re- moval to hide behind, disguised as "prac- tical, not Idealistic liberals." Such an argu- ment is not so practical itself. It has not been giving a trial of any kind to removal and is, in actuallity postponing such a trial. The removal of the clause seems inevitable, for this reason. Many fraternities have par- ticipated in removal already. On several campuses, local non-discriminatory fraterni- ties have been established. On other cam- puses pressure is being applied by univeri- ty administrations. The move today is for removal, not for holding on to this remnant of irrationality. The words of Lincoln were applied to the black and white relationship and the re- sulting prejudice. They are words that can be applied to any discrimination, however. Possibly the President wrote them to be that way. At any rate, let us not for- get those words, "As I would not be a slave...." Are any of us justified in keeping any- one from membership in any American or- ganization which professes democracy-the type Mr. Lincoln referred to, on the basis of biological or religious factors? -Lew Hamburger Washington Merry-Go-Round WASHINGTON - French censOrship has blacked out the truth, but Gen. Henri Navarre, the French commander, has liter- ally been throwing away planes and para- troopers over Cemmunist-ringed Dienbien-. phu. Reports have filtered back to the Pen- tagon that airlift planes have announced their position to Red antiaircraft batteries below. For some unaccountable reason, the pilots have. been reporting their exact altitude and relaying flight istructions in plain French without bothering to use code. All the"Red antiaircraft gunners need is a radio to get a bearing on the planes. 'Ihe result has been appallingly accurate anti- aircraft fire over Dienbienphu. Over one- third of the parachuting reinforcements have been lost before they got a chance to go into action. U.S. military observers urged the French to withdraw from Dienbienphu in the first place because it was too exposed. They also report that General Navarre failed to pour in enough supplies and medicine to sustain the besieged jungle fortress. Finally they suggested sending a relief column overland to rescue the embattled defenders, but Navarre dispatched such a small force that it was ambushed and had to retreat. Irony is that Dienbienphu was erected as a trap to bait the Reds. The French figured that by enticing the Reds to attack the impregnable fortress of Dienbienphu they could entrap and massacre a large segment of the Vietminh army. This was the sole purpose of the fort. Strategical- ly, it isn't important. However, the tragic battle to defend it is influencing the peace of the world. * * * * Wi -MILK GOES BACK TO COWS- SECRETARY of Agriculture Benson is working on a new program whereby America's dairy cows may soon be eating the same milk they gave. In an effort to unload some of the 589,- 00,000 pounds of dried milk now stored in government warehouses, Secretary Ben- son has decided to sell a portion of it to processors of animal and poultry feed. The price set by the Agriculture Depart- ment is a mere 312 to 4 cents a pound-only a fraction of what the milk cost the tax- payers. However, this cut-rate sale of dried milk should act as a stimulant to the feed industry and will probably lower the farm- ers' feed bills a bit. Actually the dried milk unloading scheme is another way to "solve" the ag- ricultural surplus problem without re- sorting to the Brannan plan. Under ex- Agriculture Secretary Brannan's plan, the taxpayers would get the benefit of low- er milk prices resulting from the sur- plus. But 'under this latest maneuver it's the cows, poultry, pigs and cattle, not hu- man beings, that will consume the dried milk. Agricultural economists 'also expect the new program to be a financial boost for the nation's feed manufacturers. They will be able to add cheap milk to their feed in place of other, more expensive proteins. Note-the two men who operate the na- tion's price-support program have been very close to the feed business. Top man is James A. McConnell, Administrator of the Com- modity Stabilization Service, former execu- tive vice-president of the Grange-League Federation Exchange of Ithaca, N.Y., one of the world's largest mixers and distributors of livestock feed. McConnell's deputy is Wal- ter C. Berger, who was President of the American Feed Manufacturer Association, (Copyright, 1954, by the Bell Syndicate) Area Of Agreement -" J j1ette, 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. Yes, Our Society . . ed a certain amount of reactionary antagonism. If the gallery feeling To the Editor: at the Committee hearings is of AT IS CLEAR that Mr. Shaffer thispre-bi sd nattre and if this has misinterpreted my letter. feelin biecomes electric and Per- a Perhaps this was because of my ments the entire attitude of the difficulty with the language. I hope events. s has transpired in past he will understand this letter. investigational hearings, I feel But perhaps I am too generous that the proper function of Con- to Mr. Shaffer. I have seen writ- gressman Clardy's group will be WAR ers of his caliber before, pulling perverted. s quotations out of context and dis- The Student Legislature of the c tu-A torting them to fit their own pur- University of Michigan believes it i- ' " poses. His tactic is the old propa- especially desirable at this time to ganda standby of fascists and com- affirm that the maintenance of munists-playing on the reader's academic freedom is of import- emotions rather than appealing to ance both to the educational com- his reason. munity and to society as a whole. - Yes, I did speak of our society. This stand was explicitly stated in And by "our society" I was and am the Culture and Education Com- referring to a non-totalitarian so- mittees policy last year. This was ciety where leadership is provided the stand of your Student Gov- by the freely elected representa- ernment. tives of the people rather than by Thus, I deem it particularly nec- a Hitler or Stalin. I am referring essary for all those conscientious TODAY AND TOMORROW: to a society where the word "de- members of the student body who mocracy" has the meaning gen- are conceivably able, to be in East erally understood by the peoples Lansing on May 10. The presence of the Western world, including of students at this hearing of a the West Germans. student, students who have not I emphatically do not refer to a come with partisan aims in mind, By WALTER LIPPMANN society where the word "democ- but rather to see their rights as THE WESTERN position at Geneva has been weakened during the! racy" has the meaning understood American citizens upheld, will be past week, and the immediate and critical business is to repair the by the Comintern, Politburo, and of national significance, damage. What new development has there been which has affected for Mr. Shaffer (Mr. Shaffer, I under- -David Levy, Member of the worse our calculations? stand, some years ago acknowledg- Culture and Education There has been no unforseen and unexpected military develop- ed membership in the Communist Committee Student Leg- ment. It was known a week ago that Gen. de Castries and his Party and has never disavowed islature heroic garrison at Dienbienphu are fighting against fearful odds. that affiliation). It was known then that in the Red River delta the big perimeter, Behind the "democracy" in the which the French Union forces hold, is infiltrated to a dangerous Iron Curtain countries is the whip Love Call degree. It had been known, too, for many weeks, ever since the of the MVD and the concentration To the Editor: visit of Mr. Pleven and Gen. Ely to Indo-China, that the allegiance camps. America is, for the mother- land of Mr. Shaffer's ideology, rul- Last Monday night about 11:45 of the Viet Namese army cannot be counted upon surely if it is ed by a clique of imperialistic, I heard some men singing as they severely tested in the hard battle. fascistic, degenerate Wall Street walked on Church street towards bankers, which somehow includes the Delta Gamma Sorority house. Our effort at Geneva had been designed to prevent this bad, President Eisenhower. I assume that this love call, which but not entirely lost, military position from turning into a diplo- If Mr. Shaffer has any doubt could be heard a block away, ,% matic and political collapse. Mr. Dulles was working under hope- concerning which kind of democ- used to tell the girls that the men lessly dificult political conditions here in Washington and at a time racy is preferred by the people of of Sigma Chi aro coming. This when American opinion had not yet begun to be informed about the the Iron Curtain countries, I would article is not directed toward any true position in Indo-China. call his attention to the June 17 particular fraternity, but concerns Mr. Dulles' policy was to organize a united front which was to riots in East Berlin, when the peo- serenading and those select indi- mean, in effect, that though the battle at Dienbienphu was lost, ple of my homeland made it clear viduals who feel that it is their this would not mean that the war was lost. The bringing up of what they had learned from two duty to yell from quad windows. this reserve strength was to show that Ho Chi Minh cannot obtain a totalitarian systems. are assumed to have left your high complete victory and the uncontested mastery of Indo-China. Proving I would also refer Mr. Shaffer toe school attitudes behind and that this would strengthen the negotiating power of the Western nations the unending flood of escapees o l de in a ta from all the Iron Curtain coun- yo will develop into a mature and at Geneva. tries. If Mr Shaffer prefers the sensible person. Apparently there What has happened, then, in the past week to impair this Comintern variety of democracy to are a few "quadders" who have fundamentally sound calculation? The appeal made by the French Com, I for one would e very hap- not grown up. A sterling example government for immediate intervention in the battle of Dien- py to contribute one dollar toward is the disgusting habit of explod- bienphu. This subjected American, and British policy as well, to paying his passage to Moscow. ingrfire-crakers inthe qha an impossible test. The policy was designed to save, not Dien- In regard to Mr. Shaffer's refer- "courts. Parallel to this is the bienphu but, the non-Communist position in Southeast Asia. ence to my national background, shouting aofcrudeand obsene re The French appeal, which may have had some encouragement I would like to remind him that as they serenade the sorority girls. from American sources, has put London and Washington in the all Russians are not Communists, One of the troubles lies in the painful and dangerous position of refusing to come to the aid of neither were all Germans Nazis. fact that the fraternities occa- a hard-pressed ally, and of having made, therefore, a gigantic If he had sent his letter to me, fhta bluff which has been called, instead of to The Daily, I would sionally do more an jus seren- There is no denying that almost every high official from President not have troubled to answer it. It dect atcal and other remars Eisenhower down has been talking too big, has allowed more to be is a waste of time to argue with a a lack of consideration on the part inferred than was intended, and that thbre has been an element of robot. But since it is being print- of the fraternities. Sometimes a bluff in their statements. Therefore we must not be surprised that ed in the campus newspaper, I feel fraernity overdoes the singing, and the desperate politicians in Paris were misled into believing that we an obligation to point out the dan- all suffer including the girls who were on the point of entering the war. I do not know whether the gerous distortion in even this puny must shiver in the cold of the French government had been told fully and clearly what our real po- specimen of a Communist style night. sition was, whether they had been reminded that under the Constitu- plemic The trite defense for such noises { ~---PeterKalink The ,t rnt defene fo ruch lnis i 13 MUSIC At Hill Auditorium ... PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA, Eugene Ormandy, Conductor: Lily Pons, Soprano THE OPENING concert of the sixty-first annual May Festival gave promise of a. successful' series of concerts this weekend. The orchestra displayed precision of attack, extreme sensitivity of phrasing, and dynamic contrasts that were almost too slick. Two Beethoven works were played: the Overture to Egmont, and the Seventh Symphony. It seemed somehow that neither of these com- positions was given a thoroughly worked-out conception-both of them seemed merely to fall into beautifully tailored sections. Re- sphighi's The Pines of Rome was the only fully realized work that the orchestra played. Miss Pons' contributions were projected extremely well. In her singing there was an occasional tendency to flat and a lack of control of the chest tones. However, the ease with which her high tones came and the feather-like facility of her coloratura completely overrode the faults. Her selec- tions were, Lo! Here the Gentle Lark by Bishop, Vocalise by Rachmaninoff, Chere nult by Bachelet and "Cara nome" from Rigoletto by Verdi. For her encore she sang Les Filles de Cadix by Delibes. The Overture was an exciting experience, with the finale taken at a faster tempo than usual. The first movement of the symphony was marked by beautiful ensemble playing and a great deal of intensity which was achieved without loss of control. The wood- winds were careless at .times with their phrasing. This fault was corrected in the second movement which was the best per- formed of the work. The third movement lacked the brightness it should have, but the contrasting sections showed the beautiful phrasing of-which the orchestra is capable. The Pines of Rome performance was a brilliant success for both Mr. Ormandy and the orchestra. In this work the ensemble was at its best. Each phrase was carefully con- sidered and in spite of the fact that all the stops were pulled at the ending each line was still heard. -Fred- Coulter RATIFICATION OF the European Defense Community is not logically conditional on the Saar settlement. They are quite dif- ferent questions, except as both are related to the movement for European unity. A "Eur- opean" solution of the status of the Saar, like a European Army, would be a long step in that direction. This is the reason men of European mind, in France and Germany, would like to see one issue dealt with in the context of the other. The common army, surely a revolutionary link between historic enemies, could get off to a better start if the most conspicious source of friction were removed. The French and Germans are about to resume their frequently interrupted nego- tiations on the Saar. Since the French have announced that agreement must preceed ratification of E.D.C., these discussions may be prolonged as an excuse for further post- niorr Anicn'ncf. + (1nni.nr n' s+, +- -1nn , n C CUR Ws~'TOVE' tion we could not intervene suddenly, and that we were not as a * matter of fact in a military posture to intervene immediately in what r l g might become a wide and prolonged war., Be that as it may, a policy designed to discount the consequences To the Editor: of Dienbienphu haq been made to look like a mere, bluff because it ON MONDAY, May 10 when My- cannot save Dienbienphu. This is very damaging to the Western po- ron Sharpe is called before the sition in the negotiations at Geneva. For at bottom Britain and Clardy Committee in East Lansing America are not bluffing about the decision not to surrender South- there will be, once again, a far east Asia to the Communist orbit. The damage done by the appeal greater ^question at hand than the and by our own loose talk is that it may cause the Communist pow- Committee hearing itself. The es- ers and the uncommitted Asian countries to equate the non-interven- sence of this question is whether tion at Dienbienphu with non-resistance in Southeast Asia.t h or not Mr. Sharpe will be given This bad stumble at the threshhold of the conference might the just privileges his American cause the Communist powers to raise the price and to propose im- citizenship and the Bill of Rights possible terms for an armistice. To repair the damage it will entitle him to. Both Republican be necessary for the Western powers to agree on the terms of an ndzeocrastets recog- nize, of course, the vital import- armistice which they could accept, which in the opinion of respon- apce of these privileges and theirI sible but uncommitted Asian opinion, the Chinese and the Viet non-partisan reponsibility to up- Minh ought to accept. hold them. Unfortunately it is almost impossible, owing to the political sit- It is current hearsay in Ann Ar- uation in Washington, for Secretary Dulles to participate in this bor that the American Legion of effort. Congress has deprived him of the means to negotiate. He can East Lansing has planned to make no concessions to the Viet Minh or to Red China; at the same "pack" the gallery at the Clardy time he is allowed to talk of military intervention in the war only hearings on May 10. I think it if first he can show that there is a coalition of powers all prepared to may be said that the American intervene too, and prepared to share with us the military effort and Legion has, in the past, exhibited the casualties. a decidedly partisan attitude to- (Copyright 1954, New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) i wards such hearings and present- [DML Y OFFICIALBULTN $ I I ;i I a I as come from the quad resiaences is that the fraternities interfere with the "quadders" study efforts. First of all the effort is sometimes very small, and second is the fact that after four hours of television and bull-sessions 15 or 20 minutes more will not greatly hinder the (conscientious?) attempt to study. For those who have had their noses in the books all evening, the break would probably do them good. What is overlooked is the fact that the "quadders" make as much noise as the singers. Serenading is an old and ac- cepted custom and when a fine group of singers such as the men of Sigma Chi sing to the sorority girls, the least that can be ex- pected of the quad men is to be quiet. --Charles S. Reed III C;. - N Architecture A uditorium LAURA, starring Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews and Clifton Webb LAURA may be approaching middle age but it is still one of the better suspense stories with as hero, one of the most popular Ameri- can phenomena-the quiet police detective. What the film lacks in moments of great acting and tasteful subtlety, it makes up in intricacies of plot. If I remember correctly, back in the days when this film was issued, the advertise- ments urged viewers not to reveal the end- ing to their friends and assuming every- one has managed to keep the secret, to these many years, I shall attempt to sum- I didua lLiberty The danger to our country is not repre- sented by McCarthy or by any potential or would-be dictator. In fact, these days, Joe McCarthy seems to be pushed.aside just as Oppenheimer was pushed aside. The danger to our country is of a tyranny without a tyrant - an ever-mounting, impersonal, thoughtless oppression. There is no "Mein Kampf" lying around ready to be translated ii +n ... TY .11f hn anfc nra nii 1' +l n li hnh marie the plot with this -one accepted limitation. This is a story of a tough and somewhat moody member of the local police depart- ment-Dana Andrews who fiddles with a pocket size game of skill (jiggling a sealed box trying to maneuver ball bearings into designated holes) whenever his job arouses internal tension. His job is to find the mur- derer of Laura Hunt, a "real fine lady" as a number of the minor characters in the film are wont to remind him, Joining the quest at various stages are Clifton Webb at his most Clifton Webbish as the too-possessive Pygmalian; Vincent Price, more Southern and less diabolical than in recent films and Judith Anderson as a pathetic lady who writes checks. Unfortunately a fine detective story falls prey to the demands of box-office necessity and one too many love interests are intro- duced. Admittedly it would be a shame to waste the talents of an attractive young man like Andrews when wandering about in the same film is a charming, fragile (yes, frag- ile despite an awesome efficiency as a career girl) and very lovely heroine like Miss Tier- ney. 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