THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY. MAY 2. 1955 THEIIIIIMICHIGAN DAILY lTTIIIIIIIIII . || | ||| || ||V - JJLJA7JL L$ AVAA"X L Op it7 0 EDITOR'S NOTE By GENE HARTWIG OI NE BIG DIFFICULTY with this whole busi- Daily Managing Editor ness of student participation lies in how STUDENT AFFAIRS Committee last week had much and what kind. an answer for the prophets of gloom who see Some argue that "student participation in Uni- student government hopelessly crippled should versity affairs" ought to limit itself to organiz- SL fail before Student Government Council ing and regulating strictly student activities comes into being. It was a good answer, as far and leave hands off the knotty problems of Uni- as it'went. versity policy where disagreement often leads to embarrassment and disunity in the college The five-point SAC resolution endorsed "the community. basic idea of student participation in affairs of Others more correctly maintain that Univer- the University." It went on to emphasize the sity policy should be a synthesis of the opinions University's responsibility for creating oppor- and recommendations of many groups including tunities for participation as part of the total edu- student government. cational experience of the student. By this view student participation is partici- hresolution could have gone n to point pation in the larger community government and out that University's further responsibility to he areas open for its consideration and recom- outtat Uconiverst'sfurentherpreonsibility o mendation are the affairs of the community as seriously consider student opinions and recom- a whole including driving bans, housing, faculty mendations in its policy determination, dismissals, as well as recognizing the chess Two ideas, both fundamental to the concept club and organizing a pep rally. of student government are implicit in the SAC T IS on the question of degree of participation resolution. First, that student participation in that administration and student government University affairs is of sufficient importance in in the past often come to a parting of the ways. a student's educational experience to be posi- Commendable as it may be to endorse the idea tively encouraged by the University. And Sec- of student participation in University affairs, the ond, that the University has the responsibility crucial question is how much participation is to develop and encourage channels for the the University willing to recognize as impor- tant to the total educational experience of the The SAC statement rightly holds no brief for student. those who gloomily point out that student re- Student Government Council purports to offer sponsibility for developing better student gov- a better solution to this problem of effective ernment ends if SL dies or plans for SGC go on participation than we have now or are likely to the rocks because of an inconclusive vote in the get considering natural limitations of University Dec. 8-9 elections. As in all communities re- life. sponsibility for working out an effective gov- It remains for the student body, after study- ernment will remain; and an answer will have ing the plan during the next week, to decide to be found-if student government is really a whether the problem has been effectively solved vital part of the educational experience. by SGC and then vote accordingly. CURRENT MOVIES At the Michigan... MAN WITH A MILLION with Gregory Peck HIS IS the kind of movie that looks awfully good in the Coming Attractions. Produced by J. Arthur Rank, from a story by Mark Twain. Unfortunately, the picture has little of the distinctive British comic inspiration in it; and Twain is represented by not much more than a plot. It is skillfully handled enough to be amusing most of the time, but there is nothing much to distinguish the movie from a hundred other period-piece comedies. The plot is a familiar one, if somewhat more contrived than most. Take an Individualistic American, put him down without a half-penny In London, provide him with a couple of pluto- crats who will furnish him with a million- pound note in order to decide a bet, and there you have it. The comic ironies between how people act when they think you're a pauper and when they think you're a millionaire al- most produce themselves. The scene in which the raggedy Individualist orders a big meal in a restaurant and then floors the fidgety proprietor with his big banknote, or in which an obsequious hotel manager, on the lookout for him, takes in a genuine tramp, are pretty stock stuff in this kind of movie. What keeps these weakly conceived scenes amusing is the better-than-average acting. Gregory Peck, with his gangling, Lincolnesque frame and his tolerant smile has a consistent and interesting pose throughout. His lady fair, played by Jane Griffiths, seems quite in- telligent and pleasant. Peck's bodyguard is very fine too; a mute circus strong-man with bulg- ing eyes and an ungainly walk, he might have just stepped out of a UPA cartoon. There is a host of good character actors stung through the picture; most outstanding is Wilfrid Hyde White, the one with the horsey teeth, who does her usual funny trilling and simpering act. What the picture needs to make it more than just another comedy is a sense of the pathetic. The best of Twain has this element Sixty-Fifth Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. 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ASSOCIATED PRESS Member ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or otherwise credited to this newspaper. All rights or republication of all other matters herein are also re- served. Ertrd at the no stOffpieat Ann Abr. uMie"'nan --when Huck Finn runs away from Pap, for instance; so does an occasional movie, like The Man in the White Suit. But when, in this movie, Peck is discredited as a million- aire and all his friends leave him, it isn't pathetic at all. It's just a plot device and he's too independent to care anyway. Lacking the sense of the pathetic, Man With a Million is nevertheless a respectable member of a well-established class of movies, the well- made superficial comedy. It's passing funny within certain narrow limits. -Bob Holloway * , * At the State ... DESIREE, with Marlon Brando, Jean Sim- mons, Merle Oberon, and Michael Rennie. IF ONE can disregard the gross historical in- accuracies presented in this costume epic, Desiree emerges as a fairly pleasant, though somewhat routine, 110 minutes of entertain- ment. It is obvious that the producers had noth- ing more in mind than creating some standard escapist material. But enough care and atten- tion has been given to settings and costumes to make Desiree more than mediocre. Napoleon Bonaparte (Marlon Brando) be- comes engaged to a silk merchant's daughter, Desiree (Jean Simmons). When he goes to Paris, Napoleon meets the illustrious Josephine (Merle Oberon) and marries her for political advancement. Jilted Desiree, no girl to weep forever, marries one of her ex-boyfriend's gen- erals, Bernadotte (Michael Rennie). Napoleon does become emperor and Berna- dotte is appointed King of Sweden. These are historical facts; and the script does not try to elaborate or embellish. But it does ask that we believe that each time Napoleon has a major emotional or political crisis (divorce from Josephine, defeat in Russia, surrender at Wa- terloo), Desiree is right there to comfort the ruler by teaching him to waltz or by giving out with soothing bits of homespun philosophy. FOX HAS lavished a great deal of money on costumes and decor. The endless rounds of soirees, balls, coronations, and court functions make colorful, pleasant viewing. Further, the CinemaScope screen is used to advantage in panoramic shots of palaces and landscapes. Throughout the film there is a humorous outlook on the court protocol which the "nou- veau riche" are forced to follow. The cororna- tion rehearsal, when Napoleon is confronted by three whimpering sisters who want to be princesses, is delightful. Other sequences where Desiree attempts to adjust to Swedish court life are equally funny. Battle scenes, probably for economy measure, are avoided throughout the film. Instead, sym- bolic representations (falling snow, fire, etc.) are used to designate defeats and victories. MARLON BRANDO as Napoleon is as ade- quate as the script allows. One may censure Brando for his gesturing and posturing in the Jay Robinson-Caligula tradition, but his per- formance is, on the whole, restrained and con- trolled. It is really something to hear Brando speaking in a slight British accent; but his per- formance is not the magnificent one which Brando fans might expect. Jean Simmons as Desiree presents a warm, Intimate portrait of a not-too-bright village girl forced into the role of a princess, a world of high society and politics. Miss Simmons has an appealing personality, but she fails to sug- gest the maturity of the elder Desiree. This is partly her fault and partly the fault of Screen- play Writer Daniel Taradash who puts some- what juvenile words into her mouth. DREW PEARSON: Strange Pro-Joe Tac tics WASHINGTON - If the Senate ever investigates how the so-called "Ten Million Americans" are mo- bilizing McCarthy petitions-which it probably' won't-some interest- ing extracurricular methods would turn up. In order to see how these signa- tures against censuring McCarthy are being collected, a representa- tive of this column dropped in on one of the hottest Joe-must-stay centers just outside Boston. The atmosphere smacked somewhat of a football rally with undertones of the Nazi-Communist fear technique in the background. In Newton, Mass., a loudspeak- er in the home of Francis Mona- han, prominent local lawyer, at 1045 Center Street, blared forth invitations to passers-by to come in and sign up. From listening to the loudspeaker it appeared that the petitions were against commu- nism rather than for McCarthy. McCarthy Headquarters In Boston, McCarthy headquar- ters are located at the Bradford Hotel, where four or five ladies of middle age and fervent disposition were handing out McCarthy litera- ture, chiefly copies of a Chicago Tribune story lauding McCarthy written by Willard Edwards, his most devoted journalistic booster. The reprints usually sell for $1 for six or $25 per thousand, but the Citizens for McCarthy were hand- ing them out lavishly. They were also handing out pe- titions to anyone who would help circulate them. "How are these signatures au- thenticated?" The ladies w e r e asked. "Don't they have to be no- tarized?" "No," was the reply. "We do that. You just send them in. We do the rest." "What happens if we s i g n t w i c e?" McCarthy committee members were asked. This question was met with a blank stare and a shrug. "I don't know," was the final answer. "You're not supposed to." Citzens Against McCarthy These usually pleasant ladies can be just the opposite on occasion. Down the hall from McCarthy's headquarters on the fifth floor of the Bradford Hotel is the studio of station WVDA where Sherman Fel- ler, disc jockey, holds forth over the airways. Mr. Feller is a gen- tleman with a sense of humor plus more courage than may be good for him in an atmosphere charged with pro-McCarthy tension. When Mr. Feller saw a "Citizens for Mc- Carthy" sign on e. door near his studio, he prompuy put a sign over his own door which read: "Citizens against McCarthy." A few minutes later, the sign was torn down. So Feller took to the airways to express his views on McCarthy. A barrage of mail followed, most of it violent and unprintable. "My phone calls have gone up 150 per cent since I got in on this McCarthy kick," he says. "The people who are against him don't bother to call me as much as the people who are for him. But when they do, they're at least civil. The others just call up and cuss me out. "I took some of my mail in to McCarthy's headquarters to show the ladies how vicious their friends could be," continued Feller. "The ladies at Joe's headquarters had seemed rather nice and I thought they ought to know about the mail. But when I got in there, they swarmed around me as if I were a monster. I just had to leave. I was scared." The ladies at McCarthy's head- quarters told a somewhat different story. "That Sherman Feller's a terri- ble man," they said. "He came in here the other day and accosted some of the ladies. We think we have a right to our own opinions, and he shouldn't attack us for them. He's obviously just a Com- munist sympathizer." By the next day, Robert J. Sulli- van, professor of biology at Mer- rimac College, one of Joe's most ardent rooters, was telling people that Feller had come into McCar- thy headquarters and tried to beat some of the women up. McCarthy's Ride Joe McCarthy was so sick that the Senate suspended for 10 days but he was not too sick to slip out of Bethesda Naval Hospital on Nov 25 to take a ride down Connecticut Avenue and spend the evening with friends. McCarthy was spotted at 6:50 P.M. in a big black Cadillac, with W i s co n s i n Congressional li- cense plates, between Albemarle and Ellicott Streets on Connecticut Avenue, driving toward Washing- ton. His wife, Jean, was at the wheel, and an unidentified man, possibly a bodyguard-for McCar- thy never moves without one-was in the back seat. A news inquiry at the naval hos- OSU PAPER'S VIEW: 'The Lantern' Shines On .Post-Game Mess (EDITOR'S NOTE: The following editorial appeared in The Ohio State Lantern of November 23. We received a copy of it in the mail accompanied by this note: "We imagined that you might be interested in the editorial ... ..we thought that you might like to know that there were some of us who were concerned. Sincerely yours, Allen C. Franks, Ag III and John T. Busch, Arts IV.") Little remains to be added to what has already been said about Saturday's game. We understand that approximately 140,000 words were transmitted over the Western Union wires to newspapers throughout the nation. Somewhere in that mess should have been an apology to the Michigan Band. It should have been worded something to the effect that Ohio State is sorry for the actions of some of its more enthusiastic "fans." These fans found it convenient to forget about codes of con- duct, good sportsmanship and common courtesy in their frantic rush to secure a hunk of iron after the game. In their search for a token of the day's victory, they seemed to think it necessary to perform a "snake dance" through the ranks of the Michigan Band which was performing on the field. We think the name of the dance is very appropriate. Only a snake would think of such unsportsmanlike conduct. After having witnessed one of the best displays of good sportsman- ship ever seen in Ohio Stadium by a football team which never con- ducted itself in a more gentlemanly manner, these snake dance fans forgot it all in a frantic mob scramble to "celebrate." Ohio State's band wasn't subjected to this humility. It was only the visiting band that suffered. Only the visiting band. After having trekked all the way from Ann Arbor to help make Saturday's game a better show, they had to witness something like that. They had to perform despite the jostling rudeness of some of their hosts.. We are sure that they took some. very nice impressions of Ohio State and its hospitality back to Michigan with them. In connection with this we would like to thank the cheerleaders who had the presence of mind to find the best route for these fans to take through the Michigan formation. We doff our hats to these exceptional people. We are sure that if they are sent to the Rose Bowl they will be fine representatives for Ohio State. Perhaps they will lead a similar snake dance in Pasadena. They could trample right over all the floats and maybe through the queen and her court. Michigan had some pretty good cheerleaders. We noticed that they could do back-flips. All we finally saw our cheerleaders do was clap their hands, lead a pitiful snake dance and do a below average job of coordinating yelling. INTERPRETING THE NEWS: N-ewsv Formosa Treaty A Warning to Reds / ~~<2Vr Xx (~II I. li (fl 'i "What Was It We Came Pack For?" (Continued from Page 2) Representatives from the following will be at the Bureau of Appointments: Tues., Nov. 30 Sutherland Paper Co., Kalamazoo, Mich.-June men in BusAd and Econ. for Sales. " Michigan Bell Telephone-Feb. women in Lit. & Languages, Psych. & Soc., BusAd., Educ., Science & Math., and Arts for Management Training Pro- gram. Thurs., Dec. 2- Boy Scouts of America, Chicago, Ill. -Interviewing for various parts of the country, Feb. & June men in BusAd and LS&A for Executive positions. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio-Interviewing for various districts, BusAd & LS&A men for work in Sales, Credit Dept., Field Sales Accounting, and Retread Shop Management. Students wishing to 'make appoint- ments with any of the above should contact the Bureau of Appointments, 3528 Admin. Bldg., Ext. 371. Also con- tact the Bureau for the following in- terview on Dec. 2: PERSONNEL REQUESTS: A local firm needs a man for its en- gineering lab. A high school degree is enough, but the man must have some mechanical aptitude and be able to work in a research lab. Dept. of Health, Educ., & Welfare, Nat'l. Microbiological Institute, Rocky Mt. Lab., Hamilton, Mont., has two po- sitions open for Research Assistants in Bacteriology GS-5. Y.M.C.A., Chicago, Ill1-will hold its Annual Interpretation and Recruiting Luncheon for both men and women rues., Dec. 28. Dept. of Personnel, City of New York, announces an exam for Superintendent of Construction (Buildings), grade 4. Requirements include 6 yrs. practical experience, including 3 yrs. as Supt. of Construction. Engrg. education can be substituted for up to 3 yrs. of ex- perience., For further information contact the Bureau of Appointments, Ext. 371, 3528 Ad. Bldg. Students are reminded that applications for the JMA exam will nob be accepted afterTues., Nov. 30. Academic Notices Lit. School Steering Committee will meet today at 4:00 p'm. in Dean Rob- ertson's office. English 149 tPlaywriting) will meet promptly at 6:55 p.m. for the reading of a long play, Mathematics Colloquium Tues., Nov. 30, at 4:10 p.m., Room 3011 A.H. Prof. W. Kaplan will speak on "Approxima- tion by Entire Functions." Botanical Seminar in Room 1139 Nat ural Science Building Wed., Dec. 1 at 4:15 p.m. Prof. William C. Steere, Stan- ford University and National Science Foundation, will speak on "Cytologi- cal Studies on Mosses" Lantern slies, refreshments. Geometry Seminar Wed., Dec. 1. 7:00 p.m., in 3001 Angell Ball. Mr. Smoke will continue his discussion of alge- braic geometry. Concerts The University Musical Society will present Handel's "Messiah" Sat., Dec. 4 at 8:30 p.m. and Sun., Dec. 5, at 2:30 p.m., in Hill Auditorium. University Choral Union, Musical Society Orches- tra, Alice Lungershausen, harpischord- ist; Lucine Amara, soprano; Lillian Chookasian, contralto; Charles Curtis, tenor; and Donald Gramm, bass; Les- ter McCoy, conductor. Tickets (75c and 50c) will be on sale until 12:00m. Dec. 4 in Burton Tower, and at Hill Audi- torium box office one hour before each concert. Exhibitions Museum of Art. Plastic and Graphic Expressions by Modern Sculptors, through Nov. 30; French Textiles, 1685- 1800, through Jan. 2; Whistler Prints, through Jan. 2. Alumni Memorial Hall. Open 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. weekdays, 2:00- 5:00 p.m. Sundays. Events Today La Sociedad Hispanica - Tickets go on sale today in the Romance Language Building. for the arroz con plo dinner, to be held Sun. at 6:00 p.m. at.Lane Han. Tickets are 75c for members, $1.25 for non-members. Episcopal Student Foundation. Stu- dent-conducted Evensong at 5:15 p.m., Tues., Nov. 30, in the Chapel of St. Michael and All Angels. Common Sense Party will elect to- night at its meeting in the Union at 7:15 p.m. MENC, student chapter meeting. Five performances of popular music, and discussion: "Should Popular Music Be Used in School Music Teaching?" Mich- igan League, 8:30 p.m. Square Dancing tonight at Lane Hall. 7:30-10:00 p.m. SRA Council meets this afternoon at 5:00 p.m. in the Fireside Room, Lane -all. The Congregational-Disciples Guild: 4:30-5:45 p.m., tea at the Guild House, Corecreational Badminton Club will meet at 8:00 p.m. in Barbour Gym. Bring your own shuttlecocks. Lane Hall Seminar--The Rev. J. F. Peter, University of Queenland, Aus- tralia, will lead a discussion on, "The Mission of the Church." 8:00 p.m., LaneHall Library. Open to faculty and students. Coming Events The Common Sense Party will pre- sent a series of public service radio programs designed to inform interested students of the present state of stu- dent government at the University and of the future possibilities of "better" government, at 5:15-5:30 p.m. from the Quad station WCBN, Mon., Dec. 6 through Fri., Dec. 3; Mon., Nov. 29 through Fri., Dec. 6 thru Wed., Dec. 8. Students interested in taking part In the broadcasts should contact Lucille Kurian at NO 24401; 413 Chicago House. Episcopal Student Foundation. Stu- dent Breakfast at Canterbury House, Wed., Dec. 1, after the 7:00 a.m. Holy Communion. Student-Faculty Tea from 4:00 to 5:15 p.m.. Wed., Dec. 1, at Can- terbury House. Student-conducted Ev- ensong at 5:15 p.m., Wed., Dec. 1, in the Chapel of St. Michael and All Angels. Linguistics Club will meet Wed., Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the East Conference Room of the Rackham Building. Miss Eva Siversten will speak on "Pitch in Kiowa" and Prof. Gordon E. Peter- son on "The Perception of Language." Society of Medical Technologists will hold a business meeting in the Rumpus Room of the League Wed., Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. All members must be pres- ent. If you cannot attend, phone 2- 6576. SRA Workcamp will be held in Ypsi- lanti this week-end-Fri. afternoon to Sun. noon. Only six vacancies are re- maining-make your reservation with a $2.00 deposit at Lane Hall. The Congregational-Disciples Guild: Wed., 7:00 p.m., Discussion group at Guild House. Undergraduate Zoology Club. "Polio- myelitis, Its Epidemiology (ecology) and Prevention" by Dr. Robert F. Korns, deputy director of the Poliomyelits Vaccine Evaluation Program. 3126 Nat- ural Science, 7:00 p.m., Wed. Last open meeting of the semester. Sociedad Hispanica members have been invited to the Latin-American Fi- esta Fri., Dec. 3, at the Newman Club. Dancing, floor-show, and refreshments. 8:30 p.m. Mahatma Gandhi: Twentieth Century Prophet," a full-length documentary film. Sponsors: the India Student Asso- ciation, the Fellowship of Reconcilia- tion, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and the Young Friends' Fellowship. Fri., Dec. 3, 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. Michigan Union Ballroom. No admission charge. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN I LETTERS TO THE EDITOR By J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press News Analyst THE NEW Formosan defense treaty now being worked out by the United States and the Chi- nese Nationalists fits into the Eis- enhower-Dulles policy announced some time ago of letting the Red bloc know in advance, when it be- gins pressure on a particular front, what the American reaction will be. The United States already is committed by gentlemen's agree- ment to defend Formosa. This has been announced policy ever since the 7th Fleet was thrown between the Nationalist redoubt and the mainland when Red China inter- vened in the Korean War. THAT WAS done primarily to prevent any, action . which would add Formosa to the Ameri- can defense burden at that time. The policy has been referred to repeatedly since Peiping stepped up its propaganda campaign of promises to capture Formosa. The treaty now being worked out serves to formalize the notice to Red China that the policy still stands. It will also free Chinese forces and their sympathizers. It will serve notice that, regard- less of differences of opinion be- tween Britain and the United States, the United States will not back down. APARTICULAR point is being made of the fact that while the United States is ready to com- mit itself to the defense of For- mosa and the Pescadores, it is not yet announcing what it will do about other Nationalist-held off- shore islands. Some of them pre- sumably will be defended as part of the Formosan defenses, some not. The United States learned in connection with Korea that to lim- it her field of action publicly is to invite trouble. Censure Call To the Editor: THIS LETTER is meant for those students who have placed themselves by word or deed in the anti-McCarthy camp. There is a petition called "Ten Million Am- ericans for McCarthy" being cir- culated which is calculated to scare wavering senators from vot- ing for the censure of the difficult man from Wisconsin. This peti- tion stands to influence an appall- ingly large number of senators from voting their convictions as previously expressed in caucus, and into voting for either a weakened "compromise" motion or none at all. A national movement of stu- dents , has been organized to show senators that if they do vote for censure they will have public sup- port. If individual senators find no support for censure from the pub- lic they will have good cause to believe that the American people either don't care or are passion- ately loyal to McCarthy. Common sense tells us that if senators sense this they will be loath to dig their own political graves by voting against censure no matter what their personal convictions are. Political analysts are already predicting that Senator McCarthy will not be censured because of the pressure of public opinion up- on senators who would prefer to retain their senatorial seats if not slip of paper, then in effect you say that your beliefs are not worth saving. -Ken Bronson, '58L Band Booters ... To the Editor: I AM AN Ohio State University alumna but I wasn't very proud of the fact when I saw the way your fine band was treated. Mi- chigan played a fine game-the band was excellent--and it's most unfortunate that sd many OSU boosters had to forget their man- ners (or sense) and add insult to injury. Please accept these apolo- gies on behalf of myself and the many other OSU people who I'm sure were as disgusted as I at the exhibition after the game. -Elizabeth Kos, OSU '52 * * * Lawyers' Humor ... To the Editor: ANYMORE mugs that want to write funny letters about Steve Jelin, they're going to get a punch in the snoot. --George Fuller, '56L J.T. Prendergast, '56L THE UN of San Francisco was designed to evolve, in the more or less distant future, into a world government of some sort. But shortly after San Francisco, the western democracies came to WHAT THEY'RE SAYING S HAT IS obstructing and con- fusing the evolution of the eastern European Communist Par- ties is that the Governments they fore, the Communist rulers view with mixed feelings the infectious reformist ferment from Moscow. This accounts for the paradox that