71 TUE MICUMIN DAILY 1'.EUDAY, DEVIEMBER 10,1054 r kUJ)ArY DECEMBER 10.+19V G ODAY AND TOMORROW: By WALTE McCarthyism Strains 'Bonds of Affection' ER LIPPMANN this grave matter of life and death the Senator was not speaking for, he was speaking against, ~resident had to address the Administration. Having to disagree with iences on the subject of Sen. Knowland publicly, the President had to prisoners of war in Red weaken his own position in dealing with Pek- .d first of all to speak to ing and Moscow. He had to show more of his abroad-to our adversar- hand than it was necessary or desirable to king, to our allies in Lon- show. LAST WEEK the P two separate aud the eleven American Chinese hands. He ha the diverse audience ies in Moscow and Pel don, Paris, Ottawa and in the rest of NATO, to the uncommitted governments in New Delhi and in large areas of Asia and of Africa. Here he was preparing to use the resources of a worldwide diplomacy to obtain the release of the prisoners. But at the same time he had to turn around and explain to the American pub- lic why he would not do what Sen. Knowland was publicly advising him to do. The Senator's advice was to blockade China ad to break off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. Lest the whole free world think that Sen. Knowland .was talking for the United States government, the President had to make an elaborate reply to Sen. Knowland. I Both of the President's conversations were, of course, heard all over the world. But the one that made the loudest noise was the Pre- sident's reply to Mr. Knowland. As the re- sult, what came out of Washington was a pro- clamation to the world-including Peking and Moscow-not of what we do mean to do by diplomacy, but of what we do not mean to do by ultimatum and guns. The net effect was to neutralize what the President was saying to Peking and to the other capitols. In order to go along with the Senator and off the deep end into war, the President had to come very near to giving the other side an assurance that the United States would not act at all but would only talk. ALL OF THIS was a flagrant disservice to the American cause. In compelling the President to reject publicly a specific proposal for action, Sen. Knowland caused the Presi- dent to give the embarrassing impression that he did not intend to act at all. This impaired seriously the diplomatic bargaining position of the United States. Before the President had gotten any response from the other side and from our allies he was driven into the position where he had to say precisely what he would not do. This can only have encouraged the adven- turers in Peking who mean to take the biggest calculated risks. It can only have made the uncommitted nations believe that the United States is torn within itself by a struggle with a war party. It will only have confirmed the feeling, which is already prevalent among our allies, that Washington is so divided that it cannot be depended upon to follow an even course of action. R. KNOWtAND'S attempt to drive from the back seat was an indefensible invasion of the President's constitutional power to conduct foreign affairs. For If the President is to con- duct them, he must have the sole right to speak for the United States government. And that right is bound to mean that he must be the sole and final judge of when to say what the government will do and of when to say what the government will not do. He must not be pushed and jostled into making declarations of government policy just because a Senator prefers to talk publicly rather than to confer and to argue privately. Coming from the leader pf the Administra- tion party in the Senate, Mr. Knowland's call for a blockade, which is an act of war, was not the mere expression of one more personal opin- ion in the general free 'expression of opinions in our democratic society. Because of Sen. Knowland's official position, the President wa put immediately into a public dilemma. In any orderly government Sen. Knowland would be the spokesman of the Administration. Yet i SEN. KNOWLAND is apparently under the impression that there is a choice before us between action and inaction, between an ulti- matum backed by acts of war and mere futile paper protests. This is, I submit, a misunder- standing of the real situation. As of this mo- ment, the United States government does not have the power to decide for itself to impose a blockade of China. The maritime rights of a great many nations-allied, neutral, and ad- verse-would at once be involved in such a blockade. It is inconceivable that all these na- tions would acquiesce in a unilateral Ameri- can decision to intercept their ships. Thus, if we took Sen. Knowland's advice and issued the ultimatum to China, we would be com- mitting ourselves to use American naval force against the ships of perhaps twenty nations. Can anyone in his right mind think that the Chinese would then release the prisoners? By holding on to them they would have, in addi- tion to the prisoners, the delightful prospect of the United States embroiled with all of its allies. Yet, as I was saying previously, it is a dis- service to the United States to have to disavow the idea of a blockade. The right position, which Sen. Knowland is needlessly spoiling, is to seek the release of the prisoners by bring- ing the dispute before some kind of interna- tional tribual. Our efforts to do that will either be successful in that they result in the release of the prisoners, or, if the Chinese re- fuse; they will help to align many nations, in- cluding it may well be, some of the uncommit- ted nations. Only when and only after there is such an alignment, could a measure like block- ade have any chance of being made effective have a right to be treated as a serious and ma- ture proposal. THE NOTION that the choice before us is between a war-like ultimate and nothing at all leaves out the overriding reality of the situation. This is that the East-West struggle is for the allegiance of the peoples living all around Eurasia from Japan to Morocco. The Knowland policy of ultimatum would arouse only hostility in the uncommitted world. It would, I believe, be opposed even among our closest allies. On the other hand, if we resort to the machinery of peaceable settlement -. which is the alternative to the Knowland pro- posal-we are sure to find wide and powerful support among our allies and in the uncom- mitted nations. Our willingness to take our case to some kind of impartial tribunal will be the most convincing kind of evidence that we truly believe our case is a good one. The peoples of the world are standing in awe and in anxiety between the giant military pow- ers. The way to win their confidence and res- pect is not by an ultimatum. For they would regard that as a sentence of death for them- selves. The way to win their confidence and respect' is by an exhibition of loyalty to the' in- stitutions set up to settle issues without going to war. The unarmed and undefended peoples of the world are acutely aware of their own weakness and their own helplessness in case of war. As never before, therefore, they are profoundly interested in the rule that law is the defense of the weak. It is for the United States, a giant power itself, to seize the opportuniy of prov- ing its faith in the principle that law is the de- fense of all the nations. (Copyright, 1954, New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) "It BreasMy Heart To See Those Sad Little Tykes" 4 r r srA .f", Nla lot.' L ETE RS TOTHE EDI TO0R At Architecture Aud.. .. BRANDY FOR THE PARSON is an enjoyable English com- edy; though it does not have the uproarious scenes of, say, Alec Guinness pictures, there are lots of laughs on the heels of a plaus- ible plot. Vacationing on a boat, Kenneth More and Jean Lodge crash into and sink the boat of James Don- ald. Unfortunately, this gentle- man was on his way to France to pick up some cargo. It doesn't take long for More to be convinc- ed that he should pick up the cargo; and it isn't long until the kegs are found to contain brandy. STILL the helpful young couple, they help Donald bring the contraband into shore, slipping past customs. A slip along the way brings a custom's officer in pursuit, and from this point on, the film is one of narrow es- cape. Once the plot has been unfold- ed, after a rather long and heavy beginning, the picture beconies more and more amusing. While the literal cops-and-robbers theme is an ancient one, it is handled in this film in a fresh and original manner: in this case, it's a pack of circus-trained ponies who sud- denly become pack-horses. THE adventures and misadven- tures of the group, (they've picked up another somewhere, a very funny sort of grown-up Lord Fauntleroy) as they march along on old Roman roads-the Appian way-makes for a better than average film, once the choppy be- ginning is over, The leads are all convincing in their roles, especially the pretty Miss Lodge and Donald who gives a winning characterization, of the smuggler-behind-the-scene- of-the-crime. Britain's John Addison has also written a good musical background score, with many musical "jokes" bantered about. WHILE A bottle of brandy does end up in a parson's hand, it has no connection with the pic- ture's title. This comes from a Kipling poem about using pack horses to bring "brandy for the parson." -Harry Strauss CURRENT MOVIES Intl. Center .,. To the Editor: AS A grant-holder and visiting scholar I should not like to take a side in the election cam- paign, but I feel responsible to say a word in favor of your actual.In- ternational Center on campus. Three Germans at least could demonstrate what the members of its staff had done for them: Herr Oberstudienrat Reisige, from a teachers' training college in Reck- linghausen, Germany, expressed what wonderful help and advice he got through his one week stay at Ann Araor from Mr Sigur; to him he attributed the richness and far- range of impressions h took home and which made him leave this University rather reluctantly. I witnessed the help given by Mrs. Mead to a young German whom I, in her place would have sent to the Det:',,t German Couns l, whereas she with just lvab'" pa- tience found out who could help her. I do not know the names of ali those who make me feel at home in the Center. Still in Ger- many I was rant by them pmph-- lets to show me my beginning way, and once taken there by the chair- man of AAUW, they found out the very shortest way to handle preliminaries; I can at any time call asking valuable advice from Mr. Klinger, assistant Counselor of foreign students, Mr. Rasheed Musiby, Mr. Herman Raju. The International Center doe not sep- arate us at all from American stu- dents. Knowing very well the In- ternaional Center of my Goth- ingen University town I should be sad t h i n k i n g that anybody thought it wise to abolish the Cen- ter which I see working efficiently and devotedly. You should see what a platform it is for finding out socially talented people as the committee of the European Club, the cradle of which so to speak stood 306 E. Madison. American students are very welcome at the meetings organized at Rackham Bldg. by "Tony" Walwork who does a wonderful job as a presi- dent of the European Club. -Ida Hakemeyer * * * SGC Reporting . ,. To the Editor: THE AMERICAN free press has always stood for the right of a newspaper to print its own edi- torial opinions, regardless of exter- nal pressures, The Michigan Daily has long justified and defended it- self on the basis of this right. This is as it should be; and I have al- ways stood by The Daily, through criticism of its individual reporters by President Hatcher, through ru- mored administration efforts to clamp a faculty advisor on The Daily, and through irrational cen- sure of Daily rights because of disagreement with Daily opinions. However, as the administration constantly and rightly reminds stu- dents, with rights come' responsi- bilities. In its coverage of the Tuesday night forum on "SGC: Yes or No," The Daily, Mr. Lee Marks, and whoever "cut" the coverage be- cause of space limitations, violat- ed their journalistic responsibili- ties. Regardless of any Daily opin- ion, that newspaper had a respon- sibility to present both sides of the debate as they were presented by the debaters. Certainly every news- paper has the right of selectivity concerning what it prints. But se- lectivity implies fairness and equal- ity, it in no way implies "out of context" reporting or complete omission of one view point. The Daily's reporting was biased toward the Pro-SGC side. It stated almost none of the arguments that the Anti-SGC side gave, arguments accidental, necessary, or purpose- ful, was an inexcusable breach of journalistic responsibility. --Steve Jelin * * * LYL Stand -. - To the Editor: r LYL'S AD expressed what many students felt about the SL-SGC controversy. If SL is defeated, it will not be because LYL spoke out, but because many liberals fell vic- tim to the barrage of administra- tion propaganda and failed to give leadership in time. Leah Marks' letter asserting that most students would vote for SGC because LYL took a stand against SGC says, in effect, that our sup- port hurts the cause of independ- ent student government. The im- plicit advice to LYL is to keep quiet. Liberals make a serious mistake when they take this position. They retreat before McCarthyism by failing to fight openly and cour- ageously against the concept of judging ideas by labels. If liberalsjdognot fight for the concept of judging ideas on their merits, do not defend ideas they agree with, and do not expose re- peatedly and tirelessly the great danger emanating from the propo- nents of smear tactics, the liber- als will pay for their want of cour- age by falling victim to labels themselves. To stand by idly when the League, or any organization, is run down in order to discredit its ideas-and even to grumble at the League because it has the "au- dacity" to refuse to be counted out-such an approach can only encourage McCarthyism to be bolder, to apply its tactics more widely, to heap abuse on the lib- erals, and to confuse every issue by red-baiting. In our efforts to preserve a free atmosphere on the campus and a student voice in University affairs, the LYL, the liberals and the stu- dents as a whole, should not be di- verted by friction among ourselves. The students' quarrel is with the forces which want the administra- tion to act as a policeman. The stu- dents' business is to put counter- pressure on the administration to keep it from submitting to the pressures of conformity. If we have differences of opinion, let us discuss them. If we agree, let us work together. -Mike Sharpe * * ,, SC Ad.. To the Editor: [S THE DAILY playing politics with SGC? On page five of Wednesday's Daily was the fol- lowing item: "Vote 'Yes' SGC." That was all. Nowhere did it say "Paid Political Advertisement." Nowhere was the source men- tioned. An ad against the SGC (like (LYL's in the same issue) got pub- lished as a "Paid Political Adver- tisement." Was the pro-SGC an- nouncement paid for? If so, why not say so. If not, does The Daily give free advertisingto only the supporters of SGC? Or was this a piece of news? The Daily owes its readers a full explanation. -Paul Dormont (EDITOR'S NOTE:, Theadre- ferred to was a paid political ad- vertisement. This fact was inad- vertently omittd. ) S* N~ickged A gain . To the Editor: IN REFERENCE to the question of Messrs. Cornfeld, Braun, and Goldberg as to whether Santa Claus exists. Yes, there is still a Santa Claus. It just got control of the 84th Congress last month. -Phil Emhnrv !1[6 DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN (Continued from Page 2) g) climbing fence of University sta- dium previous to game: One stu- dent fined $5.00, fine suspended in view of court costs of $11.85, re- quired to write letter of apology to Ticket Manager, and warned. Violation of University regulations per- taining to possession and/or con- sumption of intoxicants on Universi- ty property: One student fined $10.00, fine suspended in view of court fine and costs of $16.85; one student fined $15.00, fine suspended in view of court costs of $16.85. a) and possessing intoxicants in ve- hicle: One student fined $20.00, fine suspended in view of court costs of $21.25 and warned. b) and drunk and disorderly conduct: Two students fined $20.00, $15.00 of which is to be suspended in view of $16.85 in court costs. Supplying false information on Univer- sity records: One student given one week-end of social probation. For falsification of signatures on chap- erone cards: One organization se- verely warned; one organization warned. Violation of University driving regula- tions: One student fined $30.00 and warned (second violation). a) and driving after drinking and damaging and/or defacing road signs: One student fined $45.00, $10.00 of which was suspended in view of court costs of $11.00 and warned severely. b) and driving after drinking: One student fined $30.00, $15.00 of which was suspended in view of court fine and costs. c) and reckless driving: One student fined $25.00, $15.00 of which was suspended in view of court fine and costs of $31.85. PERSONNEL INTERVIEWS: Representatives from the following will interview at Engineering: Mon., Dec. 13 Carter Oil Co., Research Dept., Tulsa, Okla.-B.S. & M.S. In Mech. E., Ad- vanced degrees in Physics, Physical Chemists, and Chem. E for Research related to, Petroleum Products. Nat'l. Cash Register Co., Dayton, Ohio-BS in Mech., Elect., Metal., Chem. E., and Physics for Product Re- search and Development, Plant and Production Engineering. Mon., Tues., & Wed., Dec. 13. 14, 15 Proctor & Gamble Co., Cincinnat, Ohio-B.S. & M.S. in Civil, Mech., Ind., Elect., Chem. E., E. Mechanics, Math., Physics, & Chemistry, also BusAd. ma- jors for Research and Development, En- gineering and Manufacturing. Tues., Dec. 14 Devoe & Raynolds Co., Inc., Louis- ville, Ky.-A.M. ONLY-B.S. & M.S. in Chem, E. for Product Development. American Brake Shoe Co., New York 17, N.Y.-B.S. in Mech. E., and E. Me- chanics, B.S. & M.S. in Ind., Metal. E., and Chem. E. for Sales, Production, En- gineering, Research, and Staff, Alegheny-Ludlum Steel Corp., Pitts- burgh, Penn.-B.S. in Civil, Elect., Id., Mech., Chem. E., Engrg. Mech., B.S. & M.S. in Metal. E. and any Engr. in- terested in Sales for Research and De- v e lo p m e n t, Production, Industrial, Plant, and Maintenance Engrg., and Sales Engrg. Also BusAd for accounting. Wed., Dec. 15 Penberthy Injector Co., Detroit, Mich. --B.S. in Mech. E., or other programs interested for Sales Engrg. Wed. & Thurs., Dec. 15 & 16 Union Carbide & Carbon Corp., Car- bide & Carbon' Chem. Co., Atomic En- ergy Installations, Oak Ridge, Tenn.- All levels of Metal., Mech., Chem. E., Engrg. Mech., Engrg. Math., Engrg. Physics. some Civil, Elect., & Ind. E. for Development, Design, Production. Plant Eng., Main Finance, and Re- search. Thurs., Dec. 16 Kimberly-Clark Corp., Neenah, Wisc. --B.S. Civil, Elect., Ind., Mech., Chem, E for Design, Research, and Develop mnent. New York Air Brake Co., Watertown Div., Watertown, N.Y.-B.S. & M.S. in Mech. & Ind. E. for Engineering in the Fields of Research, Design, & De- velopment. Students wishing to make appoint- nents with any of the above should contact the Engineering Placement Of- fice, Ext. 2182, Room 248. Tues., Dec. 14 at the Bureau of Ap- pointments A representative from the U.S. De- partment of State will interview at the Bureau of Appointments on Tues., Dec. 14, for men with languages to work as Investigators on overseas assignments. This involves liaison with foreign offi- time requirement for wife's citizen- ship); college graduation preferred or equivalent experience. These are temporary positions run- ning from April 1955 to December '56. Students wishing to make appoint- ments with the above should contact -the Bureau of Appointments, room 3528 Admin. Bldg., Ext. 371. PERSONNEL REQUEST: A Protestant Church in Ann Arbor has an openingufora secretary. Must be a good typist; possibly have to do some dictaphone work. No shorthand required. Will need to do some book- keeping. Forfurther information con- tact the Bureau of Appointments, Ext. 371, 3528 Admin. Bldg. Academic Notices Biological Chemistry Seminar: Dr. Edna B. Kearney of the Edsel B. Ford Institute for Medical Research, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, will speak on "Succinic Dehydrogenase," Room 319, West Medical Building, Fri., Dec. 10, at 4:00 p.m. Logic Seminar will meet Fri., Dec. 10 at 4:00 p.m. in 443 Mason Hall. Dr. Buchi will continue his talk: "Some Remarks on Godel's Completeness The- orem for the First Order Function Calculus." Doctoral Examination for J. wade VanValkenburg. Jr., Chemistry; thesis: "Factors that Influence the Magnitude of the Contact Angle," Fri., Dec. 10, 1565 Chemistry Bldg., at 2:00 p.m. Co- Chairmen, F. E. Bartell and L. C. An- derson. Astronomical Colloquium. Sat., Dec. 11, 2:00 p.m., at the McMath-Hulbert Observatory (near Pontiac): Report on the Vacuum Spectrography by the Mc- Math-Hulbert staff members. Doctoral Examination for O. Lee Rigsby, Musicology; thesis: "The Sa- cred Music of Elzear Genet," Sat., Dec. 11, 808 Burton Memorial Tower, 10:00 a.m. Chairman: H. T. David. Doctoral Examination for Abraham Levitsky, Psychology; thesis: "AStudy of the Defense Mechanism of Intellec- tualization." Sat., Dec. 11, 7611 Haven Hall, at 8:30 a.m. Chairman, E. S. Bor- din. Doctoral Examination for Karl Daw- son Wood, Aeronautical Engineering; thesis: "Aerodynamic Design of Heli- copters," Sat., Dec. 11, 1077 East Engi- neering Bldg., at 9:00 a.m. Chairman, W. C. Nelson. Concerts Stanley Quartet Concert, Fifth pro- gram in the Beethoven Cycle series, will be presented at 3:30 p.m. Sun., Dec. 12, in ltackham Lecture Hall. Gil- bert Ross and Emil Raab, violins, Rob- ert Courte, viola, and Oliver Edel, cel- 10. Quartet in G major, Op. 18, No. 2, Quartet in P major, Op. 59, No. 1, and Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op. 131. Public admitted without charge. Student Recital. William Weber, pi- anist, will be heard in recital at 8:30 p.m. Mon., Dec. 13, in .Lydia Mendel- ssohn Theater. Presented in partial ful- filiment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Music degree, the pro- gram will include compositions by Bee- thoven. Mozart, Chopin, and Debussy,. and will be open to the general pub- lic. Mr. Weber is a pupil of John Kol- len. Events Today Dream Girl, Elmer Rice's Broadway comedy hit, will be presented tonight at 8:00 p.m. in Lydia Mendelssohn The- atre. This production, under the direc- tion of Elmer Rice, is presented under the auspices of the Department of Speech with the co-operation of the Department of English. Tickets- are available at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre Box Office. Mineralogy-Geology Journal .Club. "The Relation of Clay Mineralogy to Geology." Haydn Murray, Professor of Geology, Indiana University. Fri., Dec. 10, 4:00 p.m., 2054 Natural Science Building. Lane Hall Coffee Hour, 4:15-6:00 p.m. Fri. Westminster is the Guild host. Newman Club Christmas Party Fri., Dec. 10, from 9:00-12:00 p.m. at the Father Richard Center. Paul Brodie and his orchestra, refreshments, a visit DREW PEARSON 'Star' Case Won't Be Dropped WASHINGTON- When the Kan- sas City Star and" its publisher, Roy - Roberts, were indicted crim- inally during the closing days of the Truman administration, almost everyone in politics figured this was one indictment which wouldn't last long when the Eisenhower administration took over. For it was big, burly Roy Rob- erts who was among the first to urge Ike for president, and who advised with him during the pre- convention draft-Ike campaign. Furthermore, Roberts, though un- der indictment, has been a fre- quent caller at the White House, has been frequently invited to the intimate stag dinners the Presi- dent gives to a chosen few. However, two years have now passed and not only has the in- dictment against the publisher of the Kansas City Star not been dropped, but the Justice Depart- ment plans to begin prosecution early next year. Thereby hangs a significant story, The man now in charge of the Justice Department's antitrust dfvision, Stanley Barnes, a'Cali- fornia Republican of the Chief Jus- tice Earl Warren school of politi- cal thinking, has turned out to be one of the most forthright mem- bers of the Eisenhower adminis- tration. He has also turned out to be just as tough on big business and on monopoly as any member of the Roosevelt-Truman adminis- tration, even perhaps including famed trust-buster Thurman Ar- nold. It's significant that Judge Barnes, a former California state judge, is not playing any political favorites. A close study of the case has convinced him that it was by no means a political indictment brought as a result of rivalry be- tween Harry Truman and Roy Roberts; but rather a bona fide case involving freedom of the press and the right of people in Kansas City to advertise where they please, not where Roy Rob- erts wanted them to advertise. So he's proceeding with the pro- secution, White House advisers aren't pub- lishing it, but they have been busy on a new security program which will head off the Democratic probe of the so-called "numbers game." This is the game in which Vice President Nixon, Attorney General Brownell, and other GOP cam- paign speakers have claimed Re- publicans cleaned out Democratic security risks which menaced the government. The Democrats deny this. And to prove their case, Sen. Olin Johnston of South Carolina, chair- man-to-be of the Civil Service Committee, plans a sweeping probe of Republican firings. He be- lieves he can prove that one-half the security risks were hired by Republicans, To head off this probe, Eisen- hower has referred the whole problem to the National Security Council . which has already pre- pared top secret report No. 5437-1 which will not be made public for some time. However, it can be revealed that the report recom- mends giving a far better break to security risks, plus a standard- ized procedure for all government agencies, instead of the hit-and- miss divergent systems of firing personnel. White House advisers are even considering a plan to help the ac- cused pay the cost of defending himself, or else making the cost of defense cheaper. (Copyright, 1954, The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) 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...........City Editor Jon Sobeloff.......Editorial Director Pat. Roelofs ....'Associate City Editor Becky 'Conrad..........Associate Editor Nan Swinehart.......Associate Editor Dave Livingston........ Sports Editor Hanley Gurwin ...Assoc. Sports Editor Warren Wertheimer .... .. 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Christopher Fry's verse knowledge and often appea is very uneven, sometimes rising to great laughter, overdone emotiona heights of beauty, at other times just so much times a failure to enuncia rhetoric nonsense. Poet Fry is more interested many of his lines. Next t in how something should be said than in what suffers even more. The rem; is being said. have very little to do, but with polish and poise. During the Hungarian revolution of 1848-9, Austrian Countess Rosmarin Ostenburg (Ka- DARK GOES IN for a g tharine Cornell), a lovely lady who gives Thurs- cal attempts at holdin day evening salon parties, rescues her ex-son- is the comic-relief team (Do in-law, Richard .Gettner (Tyrone Power), a Williams, William Podmore Hungarian deserter. Gettner is a cowardly man as well carry a sign, "We ar who lacks the moral discipline to stand up for laugh." There is also a gran his convictions. The action, which occurs on down which players strut in the Countess' estate, revolves about the in- tion; and Miss Cornell des trusion of the young man into the lives-of the play her death scene (it tak Countess' family and friends. Gettner's ex- act). Another difficulty is1 wife, the Countess' daughter (Marian Winters), be postured while one actorg is distressed to see the deserter; the Countess' verse speech. son (Paul Roebling) hates Gettner; a Hun- However, no tricks can garian officer (Arnold Moss) is hunting the +th n .k .i fs iry hnrain'. G i' ranges through the e waits beside her Luers. narkable picture of she is present, she great ease and s a lack of stage ars uneasy. Forced 1 scenes, and some- ate clearly destroy o Miss Cornell, he nainder of the cast they do that little reat many theatri- g attention. There onald Harron, John ), who might just e here to make you nd staircase up and n the classic tradi- scends haltingly to es most of the third that players must goes through a long obscure the fact Pxnprinre--_in m, v .