TSL MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 14, 1954 THE MICHIGAN DAILY~IHURSDAY. OCTOBER 14. 1954 AT, REGISTER AND BE MERRY: lappy Columbus Day -- Don't Drive, Drink, or Wear Shorts TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, was Columbus Day. While it passed quietly, almost forgotten in the busy stream of daily activity, it should not drift into yesteryear unnoticed-for the actions of the University administrators on Columbus Day were praiseworthy. In effect, the University acknowledged our right to celebrate. They did not send out special bulletins "reiterating old laws that have been frequently violated," issue new restrictions, or in any way impede our celebrations. No restrictions of any kind were placed on stu- dents who wished to celebrate the discovery of our country. Of course, all celebrating had to be completed by 10:30, in accord with women's curfews-but that's alright-we're used to ending things early. It was even possible to celebrate Columbus Day in Bermuda shorts or blue jeans, if you didn't mind staying in bounds to do so. We couldn't drive anywhere to celebrate, but we didn't mind because, as the administration has re- peatedly pointed out, there's enough to do right here on campus. If we wanted to drink a toast to Columbus, we had to do it illegally but that didn't phase us. After a couple of years at Michigan, we were used to cele- brating illegally. Anyone with foresight enough to register it in advance, secure, the approval of the Studen~t Af- fairs Office, have at least two couples for chap- erones with one member of each couple more than 26 years old, and fill out a few simple forms, could have thrown a Columbus Day party. We couldn't have the impromptu, spontaneous type party other campuses enjoy but after all, there's a limit to everything-even celebrating. It was pretty quiet around here on Columbus Day. Just goes to show that students complain too much about nothing. Even when the benevolent dictators at the' top of the administerial hiarchy give us permission to celebrate-go out of their way to resist the tempta- tion to issue just one little restraining order, no one takes advantage of it, -Lee Marks Few Southerners Protest School Integration WHEN ONE SITS on a keg of dynamite, one must employ extreme caution if one is to get off of the keg with all of his parts intact. The police and Dr. John H. Fischer, Superin- tendent of Baltimore Public Schools did just that last week when rioting flared and demonstrations protested the Board's integration plan for Ne- groes in the schools. When asked if the riots were as bad as the re- ports had made them seem he replied that they could have been much worse, and the stories spread were "extremely exaggerated." As the demonstrations were quelled, the super- intendent said in retrospect that the upsurge of trouble was probably the result of incitement on the part of a few, since the first four weeks of school had passed without incident and gave no sign of impending trouble. He noted that there had been no trouble until after several of the residents of Southwest Bal- timore had made a trip to Milford, Delaware, scene of the first serious demonstrations in the Atlantic Seaboard area. Fischer said that he did not know for certain whether the trip was made simply to observe the situation, or to gain some insight as to how to incite similar disorder in the larger community. Whatever the trippers' intentions were, they brought upon their return an outbreak of discon- tent. Trouble began brewing on Thursday, Sept., 30. Before school opened that morning several mo- thers appeared at an elementary school, in the Southwest sector of the city, bearing signs protest- ing the integration policy. During the day incitement spread and rumors that students would strike on Friday were circu- lated. Friday morning brought the rumors to life as a quarter of the students from the city's Southern High School congregated on streetcorners partici- pating in name-calling, instead of attending classes. There was, however, no physical violence until the school was dismissed for the day. Then what had been feared for two days struck-a fourteen year-old Negro boy was hit in the face by a mad. Tension mounted and it appeared that serious riot- ing might be beginning. But the police force put an end to all such worries as they arrested the as- sailant, and fined him $100. At the same time four other ringleaders were arrested and fined. This, said Fischer, was the crucial spot where police prevented the dynamite in the keg from ex- ploding. Monday morning one of the finest demonstra- tions of democratic sincerity in quite some time took place on the campus of one of the city's high schools, the Baltimore City College. Students gathered from two of the city's other ' high schools were approaching the City College campus when the school's Student President rallied the school in the front of the building and said that no one would be kept from joining the mob, but that the traditions of the school were not founded on such activity. His appeal was unani- mously accepted by the student body which, ex- cept for fifteen boys of the 2,000, returned to class- es. That afternoon the police and the school board took two actions which effectively ended serious threats. The first of these was the announcement that the police would now enforce the previously dormant law which made it illegal to disturb a school in session. This, is may be recalled is sim* ilar to the law under which Bryant Bowles, self- appointed President of the National Association for the Advancement of White People, was arrested in Delaware. The second act which was to be enforced was the Truancy Act which states that any student over sixteen years of age who is "excessively absent without cause" must be dropped from school. On examination of the week's activities it would seem that Fischer's claim that the issue was "extremely exaggerated" could not be cor- rect. However, there are several factors which lend weight to his statement. To begin with, the trouble came from schools with a very small number of Negroes in attendance. In the elementary school in which the trouble broke out there were only twelve Negroes in a school of 600 students. The city of Baltimore has a total of 170 public' schools. Of that number only twenty had even a slight rumbling of discontent. To extend the argu- ment, the time covered by the rioting was one week, thus far only one-fifth of the school session. Incidental is the fact that all of the disturbance took place after the now-infamous instigator Bowl- es had established himself and his not-so-stable machine. It appears that most, or at least many of the members of the NAAWP minority are down- right ignorant. One of them is reported to have asked an officer to spell the word segregation for him to put on a sign he was displaying. Another was caught "bor- rowing" contributions from a hat passed at one of the organization's mass meetings. It appears that the only trouble has come from a small group o finstigators. Although the South is not entirely integrated or pleased with the decision of the Supreme Court by any means, most South- erners of average intelligence are accepting pro-' gress without much fuss. -Lew Hamburger DREW PEARSON: Washington Merry-Go- Round WASHINGTON. - The only man who was definitely promised the Presidency of the U.S. by Franklin Roosevelt, died in the apartment of his secretary the other day. He died a somewhat embittered man. If the promise made to Justice Robert H. Jackson had been car- ried out, the history of the United States might have been far dif- ferent. In the first place, Roose- velt would have run for only two terms, not four. Second, our con- duct of the war might have been different. Finally, Thomas E. Dewey would not have been gov- ernor of New York today. And it will be a paradoxical twist of fate if Dewey now takes the Supreme Court seat of the man who would have been governor of New York in his stead. It was in May 1937 that FDR called in Bob Jackson, then a cru- sading young assistant attorney general, and said: "Bob, I want you to sit in this chair." The plan to put him in that chair was carefully worked out. Jackson, whose home was in Jamestown, N.Y., was to become governor of New York in 1938. From this springboard and with New York's strong delegation be- hind him, plus the backing of FDR, he was to be elected presi- dent in 1940. Jackson Vs. Mellon Jackson at that time was the most lustrous legal star in the New Deal crown. Also he was the least controversial. Chosen for the in- conspicuous post of counsel of in- ternal revenue, he had picked up the Andrew W. Mellon income-tax case where a Pittsburgh grand jury dropped it and waged a court battle against the' former secre- tary of the treasury that ended with Mellon donating his paintings, plus the National Gallery of Art, to the nation's Capital. After that, Jackson turned round and brought an antitrust action against Mellon's Aluminum Corporation.! Paradoxically, the Mellons be- came more liberal in later years, while Jackson became more con- servative. And as Bob Jackson died, the Mellon's Aluminum Com- pany was sponsoring liber alcmo- mentator Edward R. Murrow while Dick Mellon was building the famed golden triangle for the city of Pittsburgh. Bob Jackson was in on some of Roosevelt's mostimportant eco- nomic strategy, such as the Hold- ing Corporation Act, though he never felt the fusillade of big busi- ness opposition as did brain-trust- ers Ben Cohen and Tom Corcoran. Without opposition, he stepped from the Justice Department's tax division to the antitrust division to be solicitor general. But when Roosevelt proposed him as governor of New York, he ran into his first road block-in the person of likable and at that time loyal Jim Farley. But Farley too wanted to be governor of New York. Jackson's Opposition Behind Jm Farley and against Bob Jackson was the full weight of Tammany; also Ed Flynn, boss of the Bronx, who, after Jackson's speech attacking monopolies, emit- ted a proverbial Bronx cheer. Ex- ploded Flynn: "It's the worst ama- teur hour I've ever listened to." So, as a compromise, Herbert Lehman ran again for governor of New York, to be succeeded later by an up-and-coming young Re- publican named Dewey, then un- der 40. And Roosevelt, with war engulfing Europe in 1939, decided to break all American historical precedents and run for a third term. Bob Jackson, then not embit- tered, became attorney general, and, in 1941, associate justice of the Supreme Court. Before taking the court appointment, however, he asked Roosevelt specifically if it would interfere with another pledge FDR had made him, that he would become chief justice of the United States. FDR reaffirmed that pledge. Roosevelt had promised Jackson the chief justiceship when plans to make him president fizzled; though later, when Charles Evans Hughes retired, Roosevelt yielded to friends and decided it was wiser to appoint Harlan Fiske Stone, Re- publican, an older man, as chief justice. The understanding was, however, that Jackson would suc- ceed Stone. Second Disappointment Jackson was at Nuremburg, Ger- many, in charge of the American prosecution of Nazi war criminals when Chief Justice Stone died, and it was then that he began to get bitter. For Truman, not bound by FDR's pledges, appointed his old friend, Fred Vinson, not Jackson, as chief justice of the United States. To Bob Jackson, who had taken the Nuremburg job not because he wanted to, but because he thought it his duty, this was the last straw. And being human, he appeared to 'Enlightened' Coed.., To the Editors: THANK YOU, Mr. Dawson, for saying something I have been afraid to say because I am a girl. It seems there is an unwritten code of ethics that, women must stand together against their com- mon foe, "Man." However, I agree with youaentirely. Bermuda shortsare hideous, but this in- tensified by long socks of count- less varying hues! I like shorts too! In hot weather they're swell to keep cool in. But why try to keep warm in Bermudas and long socks? I must be a complete non-con- formist, because I also dislike men's hair-cuts on girls! How are you poor men ever going to know whether or not to ask for our tele- phone number? I like wavy hair with my ears covered, even if it does mean taking more care of it! It's worth the time! I must not be the only one who feels this way! and yet I have been led to believe by many of my ear- nest friends that I am not among the "enlightened." Maybe so. I'd like to hear some more male opin- ions. Personally, I value them highly ! -Beverly Houghton, '56 * * * Nazi Parallel .. . To The Editor: . . etler3 to i/ eCaitor .. "This Could Be Very Interesting" PREOW 44 d 9 ! }~i #2r \ %.v% - .,,- * 1i AMM~fh'J PC a -- W-- 04? 4^ Interpreting The News By J. M. ROBERTS, JR. Associated Press News Analyst Have you noticed how long it has been since this column started out with the statement that "Rus- sia has done it again." The reference was to the many heavy-handed ways in which the Kremlin's policies and actions forged the free world into a de- fensive entity. Things like the Czech coup and the Korean War. Every time the Democratic coali- tion seemed about to fall apart the Russians would do something to force it back together. Recently the Communists have been playing an entirely different and much smarter game, For instance, their cries of im- perialism against the West and es- pecially the United States have al ways been accompanied by a hol- low sound even in the ears of the most ignorant, because you could go back for five days or five hundred years to show Rus- sia's imperialism clearly on the record. Latvians, Estonians, Ro- manians, Hungarians, Lithuanians, # Czechs, Poles, Albanians, Bulgar- ians, Germans, Chinese, Ukrain- ians, Austrians, and members of the other "adopted" within the boundaries of the Soviet Union it- self, testified to it from every free forum.' Now Russia, having solidified her working arrangements with the satellites to the point where she doesn't have to worry much about their breaking away, having substituted trade "agreements" for the business infiltration meth- ods adopted right after the war, and perhaps herself being in less dire need, of taking their produc- tion, is making sounds more like a partner than a ruthlessboss. The biggest noise thus far has been made by her agreement to withdraw her troops from Port Ar- # thur and adopt a new econmic aid program for Red China. This may have several mean- ings. One, probably, is to assuage natural Chinese reaction against foreign occupation, a recio ' which did much to lead to commu- nist successes in the 40s because A of the rights claimed by Western powers. Another has a profound affect on the'rest of Asia as the Reds pursue their propaganda line that Formosa, which they promise to "liberate," is actually under Amer- ican occupation. Now they are in a better position to be heard. THE CEASE-FIRE in Indochina,, that was arranged last July in Geneva throws new light on Soviet foreign policy. This is the second armistice agreement con- cluded since Stalin's death in March 1953. Toward the end of the Stalin era, the flames of war seared the fringes of Asia and threatened to spread. Now a year and a half after Stalin's death there is no ground war -The Reporter i his own country, for political rea- sons, and a warning signal for America as to where the road of THE EDITORIAL in The Daily McCarthyism is taking us. v of a number of days ago cor- - Etta Gluckstein rectly indicated a similarity in the case of Prof. Nickerson with that of Dr. Urey. There is, how- Block 'M' Success.. ever, more to be said regarding ! these two cases. To the Editor: Both men are being deprived of WOULD JUST LIKE to con- functioning as scientists because gratulate the members of the of political questions regarding Block M section who have done their competency and ability as such an excellent job so far this scientists. Their potential contri- year. They have handled the new bution as scientists is thereby be- instruction cards very well which ing sacrificed to the drive for con- has meant that the new flip de- form ity. This is a loss to all of us signs have been executed with good nd a waste of human resources precision. The older designs have The manifestations of this situ- also been performed well and it ation are very frightening when seems that the designs, color, and one stops to realize their similari- section itself have lived up to ev- ty with Hitler Germany. There, ery expectation. The Block M is too, eminent scientists w e r eja growing tradition at Michiganj judged by political criteria. Many and will provoke little criticism I' of these men had to leave Ger- am sure from one who has wit- many as political refugees. Other nessed it in action this year. nations took them in and benefit- May I offer a few suggestions to ted by their work. the members of the section. First Prof. Nickerson has left the of all, the flips could be a little United States and taken a position quicker and the cards must be held at a medical -college in Canada. in place better. Also, please keep He was not threatened by death the aisles bordering the section or prison, a situation which our ac- clear so that the ushers can move tive opposition to .McCarthyism quickly and easily when it is time can prevent, but loss of livelihood to pass out the cards. Please re- is no small problem. member also to wear your Block It is to Canada's credit that her M button, for no one will be ad-' doors were open to a scientist mitted to the section without one. forced to pursue his work outside Remember too to crouch over your cards when the "ready" signal' goes up. The section this year is certainly a marked improvement over the past years, and, can be perfect with a little more experi- ence and concentration. Keep up the good work! -Harriett Thorne, '56 Publicity Chairman, Block M CYL Foundling .. . To the Editor: T HIS IS TO announce to all in- terested parties the formation of a Capitalist Youth League. This organization, which will formally oppose creeping socialism, crawl- ing socialism, floating socialism, trotting socialism, and other forms of socialism, i.e.: social security, internal security, internal af- faires, and the like, has not yet been recognized by the Office of Student Affairs. Interested stu- dents are advised to contact the club's officers, who may be reached at home. This organization, an offshoot of The Foundling Sons of the Daughters of the American Revo- lution, will not be intimidated! Join today. -Dave Kessell, exec. chmn. J.W. Malcolm, member-at large L.H. Scott, large member DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN fh$ (Continued from Page 2) * CU R R EN T PAOIES * At Architecture Auditorium CAPTAIN HORATIO HORNBLOWER, with Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo THIS FILM'S entertaining moments come when people begin blasting away at one another With cannons; as long as there are cannons blast- ing, which, admittedly, is most of the time, one can enjoy oneself. But when the deafening roar stops, the plot intrudes and things get to be rather waterlogged. The producers have tried too zealously to be true to the book. They have taken as much of its lengthy plot as humanly possible and turned it to celluloid. But, even though they made the film very long (two hours, exactly) to squeeze in more plot, they failed, as, unfortunately, so many have failed before them, to make the re- sult coherent. Hornblower battles the French, Spanish, Central Americans, the Dutch, and sometimes all at once. And we are never quite sure why. The result is a confusing mish-mosh of sub-plot overlapping sub-plot, countless bat- tles, and innumerable cannons for punctuation. It also has its silly side. Hornblower (Peck) has a mission 'in the Pacific to deliver guns to some Mayo) on the way. He also gets brand new masts somewhere in the mid-Pacific, how, we don't know; one moment, broken masts, the next, sailing tri- umphantly and unscarred into the sunset. This is relatively unimportant. Now, Hornblower has the rather distressing habit of going "Harrumph" whenever things get inter- esting. This from Gregory Peck is silly enough, but/ it becomes a term of endearment between himself and the lady. They harrumph affectionately at each other all the way back to England. They are, by this time, getting along swimmingly. This becomes quite clear when, after much footage in which he calls her "Your Ladyship," she smiles meltingly and says "Why don't you call me Lady Barbara? Or better yet, Harrumph?" But they part in England, she to marry an admiral; he to return to what the Rear Admiral calls "the confounded war." There is much, much more of this. Hornblower goes off to fight the French for an hour, com- plete with cannon and harrumph, but we have a sneaky suspicion that he and Lady Barbara will get together again. Their respective spouses con- veniently die, and at the end, we leave them hold- ing hands in the garden, harrumphing gently to each other, As I say, the cannons are this film's saving vir- f4ti mT ha is -.f t nii ir nawnt r nlrl -rr ivtl M.A. Language Examination in His- tory Fri., Oct. 22, 4:15-5:15 p.m., 429 Mason Hall. Sign list in History Office. Can bring a dictionary. Seminar in Mathematical Statistics: Thurs., Oct. 14, at 4:00 p.m., in Room 3201 Angell Hall. Mr. D. E. Lamphier will discuss Chapter III in Cochran's "Sampling Techniques." Logic Seminar - Fri., Oct. 15, 4:00 pim, in 443 Mason Hall. J. 0. Brooks and W. B. Woolfe will speak on "Trans- finite Recursion." Topology Seminar (390)-Change in hour and topic. The new time is Thurs., 4:00 p.m., Room 3010 Angell Hall. The new topic is fiber bundles (Steenrod's book). First meeting Oct. 14. The first meeting of the Political Science Round Table will be held today at 7:45 p.m. in the Rackham Amphi- theater. The program will feature a panel discussion on the subject "Pub- lic Administration in the Philippines." Participating will be Prof. Ferrel Heady, Prof. Amos H. Hawley, Theodore E. Drews, and John H. Romani. All of the panel members have recently re- turned from the Philippines where they helped to establish an Institute of Pub- lic Administration at the University of the Philippines in Manila. All interested persons invited. Concerts The Societa Corelli, fourteen Italian instrumentalists (an organization sim- ilar to the Virtuosi di Roma) will make its Ann Arbor debut in the Choral Un- ion Concert Series Fri., Oct. 15, at 8:30 p.m., in Hill Auditorium. They will play the following program: Corelli's Con- certo Grosso, Op. 6, No. 1; Arie An- tiche by Vinci; Introductions, Aria and Presto by Marcello; Concerto Grosso "L'Estro 'Armonico" by Vivaldi; Sara- banda, Giga and Badinerie by Corelli; and Sonata a Quattro by Rossini. A limited number of tickets are available at the offices of the University Musical Society, at Burton Memorial, Tower; and will also be on sale after 7:00 p.m. on the night of the concert in Hill Auditorium. Carillon Recital. Percival Price, Uni- versity Carillonneur, will continue his series of fall recitals at 7:15 p.m. Thurs., from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. in the wing of the Michigan Union cafeteria. Ici on n'y parle que francais. Everyone is wel- come. Student Players announces a general meeting for all those interested in any phase of theatre. Plans for the Decem- ber production of "The Lady's Not Fdr Burning," by Christopher Fry, will be discussed and 1tryouts announced. New members cordially invited. The meet- ing will be Thurs., Oct. 14, at 8:00 p.m., in the Michigan League. First Laboratory Playbill presented by the Department of Speech for the 1954- 55 season will be presented at 8:00 p.m., Thurs. and Fri., Oct. 28 and 29, in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Included on the bill are two scenes from Clare Boothe's TherWomen; Percival Wilde's Over The Teacups and Tennessee Wil- liams' Lord Byron's Love Letter. All seats are reserved at 30c each. Tickets will go on sale at the Lydia Mendel- ssohn Theatre Box Office Mon., Oct. 25. Hillel: Thurs., 8:00 p.m., Musicale. Beethoven Overture--Leonora, Beetho- ven 5th symphony. Alpha Phi Omega: There will be a meeting on Thurs., Oct. 14, at 7:30 p.m. at our office in Lane Hall. All members are requested to attend. NAACP: The NAACP will hold its weekly meeting in Auditorium "C," An- gell Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Thurs., Oct. 14. Featured will be a dramatic reading of I Am Free" with Tom Hendricks and Paul Herlinger. All are invited. International Center Tea.. Thurs., Oct. 14, 4:304:00 p.m. in Rackham Building." Lane Hall. Freshman Discussion Group. Topic: "Immortality -concern for the present or for the future life?" All freshmen welcome. Lane Hall, Thurs., '7:15 p.m. Vespers will be held at 5:00 p.m. in the Presbyterian student center chapel. The Congregational-Disciples Guild: 5:05-5:30 p.m. Mid-week meditation in Douglas Chapel. The Baha'i Student Group will open a series of weekly discussions tonight at 8:00 in the League with an introductory program discussing the basic tenets, aimn and methods of the Baha'i World Sailing Club -Interclub r a c in g planned for this weekend. P r o f. L. A. Baler will be guest speaker at to- night's meeting, 7:30 p.m., 311 W. En- gineering. This will be the last chance to pay dues. Michigan Crib: There will be a brief informal business meeting of the Crib Thurs. at 7:30 p.m. in the south cafe- teria of the Union. The meeting of the Young Democrats tonight will feature a talk by Prof. Ward on the Formosan Situation fol- lowed by group discussion., 7:30 p.m., 3R-S Union. All interested are urged to attend. Sigma Rho Tau-There will be an or- ganizational meeting for all engineers, architects, and technologists interested in public speaking in room 3-S of the Michigan Union tonight. The meeting will last from '7:00 - 8:15 p.m. Kaffeestunde. The German Club cof- fee hour will be held this afternoon at 3:15 in the basement of the Union. ComingEvents Hillel: Fri., 7:00 p.m. Israeli Dancing and singing. 8:00-Friday evening serv- ices followed by a talk on the subject: "The 300th Anniversary of the Jews coming to America." Synchronized Swimming Clinic. The Department of Physical Education for Women announces a Synchronized Swimming Clinic to be conducted by Beulah Gundling Sat., Oct. 16 from 10:00-12:00 a.m. and 2:00-5:00 p.m. The clinic will be held at the Wom- en's Swimming Pool. All swimming en- thusiasts are invited. The Unitarian Student Group will sponsor a square and social dance on Fri., Oct. 15, 8:00 p.m., at 2761 S. State. The dance is informal (blue jeans, etc.). Stag or drag. Students needing trans- portation should meet at Lane Hall or Alice Lloyd Hall at 7:45 p.m. If there is any difficulty in getting transporta- tion ,call Carl Mailey, NO 3-2192. Wesleyan Guild Party (Fri.) at 8:00 p.m. Come dressed in old clothes and bring a flashlight for a hobo party. Enisconal Student -Foundation. Can- will be guest. Gamma Delta will be tho Guild-host, S.R.A. Saturday Lunch Discussion, Lane Hall, 12:00 p.m. Dr. Francis S. Onderdonk will give illustrated talk on "Happiness ... The Emerging Science." Reservations needed; call NO 3-1511, ext. 2851. iat M y Sixty-Fifth Year Edited and managed by students of,, the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Editorial Staff Eugene Hartwig.......Managing- Editor Dorothy Myers......... 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