PAGE rOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY oyrk"MAVF lKjlrAvr4" a OSAWSI PAG FURTH ltIWTa1V fasTaJ a SUNDJAY, MARCH 6, 195 I EDITOR'S NOTE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYq YY YYYYYYY Y By GENE HARTWIG Daily Managing Editor FOR MORE than a week a sizeable portion of the news columns and Letters section of this paper have been embroiled in the Berlin Philharmonic affair. Admittedly some inter- esting questions are raised by the appearance of this group, some of whose members are al- leged to have been members of the Nazi Party during the war. There are ethical questions in- volving art and politics which it is good for the campus to be confronted with and discuss from time to time. Man is a complex of many emotions and cap- abilities. He can lend himself to policies which drag the human race to the depths of a Nazi or Communist program. He can likewise give his life that others may live, heal the sick, create beauty and forgive. Forgiving does not imply forgetting. If we forgive the brutalities of the German nation in the last war, we need not forget nor blind our eyes to the fact that man in any age can stoop to such levels. We can not win the war again by boycotting a German orchestra or pianist. Such actions serve only to reopen wounds the causes of which will always remain an ugly page in the history books. Fortunately for the moral health of this na- tion most Americans can forgive and putting aside their hate still listen to and enjoy the timeless, hateless music of a great orchestra. * * * * IT WAS gratifying to read last week that there is at least one judicial group on campus that is not afraid to have its activities report- ed in the paper. As a result The Daily was able to report action taken by the Interfra- ternity Council executive committee in fining Sigma Phi Epsilon $25 for a pledge stunt that violated IFC rules. This is particularly encouraging coming from IFC and serves to further illustrate the absurd- ity of the blanket-of-secrecy policy followed by Joint Judiciary Council. STUDENT Government Council elections a little more than a week away yet this writ er has still to hear any serious discussion frox the candidates of problems that will be facin the newly elected group. There is lots of tal about how much more responsible and respect able SGC will be than Student Legislature, bu little in the way of concrete suggestion as t how the council expects to fulfill its obligatia to represent student opinion. One obvious possibility has been overlooke in the plan itself where provision is made f an all-campus forum to discuss issues. Th could prove a medium for excellent grass root representation of student opinion. The forum might become a regular monthl feature on campus with some current issue sue as the driving ban, the University calendar, o women's hours established as the subject fo the meetings. The SGC president would preside and a pan el of informed students and faculty argue th issue at stake. Following this questions coul could be heard and motions entertained fron the floor which if passed by the forum woul be placed on the SGC agenda for considera tion. The success of such forums would depen on controversial nature of the issues to be dis cussed and the willingness of the student bod to assume a responsible interest in what is go ing on on campus. Candidates should also be giving their at tention to the organization of SGC. Some o the immediate questions are what sort of com mittee structure is the new group to have an how are groups such as Cinema Guild and th Book Exchange to be related to SOC. Offic seekers would also do well to consider th question of whether SGC should join the Na tional Student Association. A little less general ization and more specific proposals from th candidates would go a long way to better pre pare the campus to vote intelligently Marcy 15 and 16. re Fills the Bill... t- To the Editor: m F THERE'S anything I like, it's 1g culture. The Daily Sunday Lk Magazine is filling unmet needs. In terms of its content, it merits Lt- support and encouragement.. ut -R. L. Kramer to . . * n A* * * )'Reviewing Asset ... To the Editor: d WHAT IS needed to lure Bob or Holloway to attend more plays is and movies so that he may write ts more reviews? Of all The Daily reviewers, he seems to be the fair- \ est. He comments on the import- ly ant points. He stays away from the h stupid absurdities that the other r reviewers seem to think enhance r their reviews. Holloway is an asset to The Daily that is too often left out. -Harriet Davis, '57 e d Rent Hike.. . n To the Editor: d THE PROPOSED $50 room raise has stirred up quite some dust, d and it is difficult to see clearly :- what is "goin' on." y I though Mr. Levy and the ad- - ministration brought the matter before the IHC so that we could offer the administration solutions - to this problem. We sent them not f one suggestion; we solved no prob- - lem; we let down the administra- d tion along with our yelping con- ie stituents. My constituents "yelped" some e sugestions that might challenge e "inevitability." These are food (not - "green cheese") for thought. - 1.) An essential thing in con- e tract law is consideration for your - money. We get no consideration; i students in '58 or '60 get it. Hire a lawyer! 2.) Does the athletic fund have - a spare buck? 3.) The State Legislature should lend us the money, give it to us, or limit enrollment. 4.) We could save money by having less waste in the dining halls, less staff men and less maid and janitor service. Let's cut cor- ners here and spend the savings t on the room and board raise. h 5.) The 6,000 dorm residents . should have their parents write a e letter to the State Legislature. f What a pressure group to deal - with! r Ofcourse, these suggestions are a open to criticism, but not to "It just isn't done" and "It wouldn't work." e And, Mr. Levy, I'll hop on the a bandwagon and quote you. You e stated that you would change your mind on the IHC stand if you knew e that literature had already been a printed with the "raised" room e rates included, before you had been heard at the Board of Gov- ernor's meeting. They're off the press, Stan. - *-Jim Elsman, '58 t IHC Representative from Scott House *S * * e Air Quotes ... To the Editor: THE charge I tried to demon- strate at Thursday's Student Legislature meeting is a serious one. Because of this, and because of the fact that none of my evi- dence was quoted in the news story about the meeting, I should liketo give some sample of my evi- dence. It is in the form of quotations from The Tragedy of Silesia, a "That's Not the Way We Plan to Celebrate It, William" ~ M r NAYfQNs N ERsaR YEAR 18 - Ate E t ,r4r: 7w "f#4.A4TV.. V.UV Dubious Democratic Tax Cut Efforts Follow GOP Example THE ANNUAL American ritual, debate over taxes, has begun in earnest, and listen to them.'holler. Democrats in Congress propose to reduce in- dividual income taxes by $20 for each taxpayer and dependent. The House attached the cut to an Administration bill extending some corpor- ate and excise taxes which are scheduled to expire April 1. The combined bill was sent to the Senate, and there the finance committee re- jected all attempts at compromise and cut tie cuts completely. Presumably the full Senate will also reject the cuts. House and Senate conferees will then battle it out and try to reach a compromise. REPUBLICAN objections revolve around two points, other than that they didn't think of it first. They feel that with the budget still unbalanced a tax cut is not justified. But what really irks them is the House's grouping of the tax cut with the Administration's bill. It means the President cannot veto the income tax cut of $2.1 billion without costing the Ad- ministration the $2.8, brlion in expiring cor- poration taxes, a net loss of $700 million and an awful lot of voters. Any tax cut Congress agrees upon must therefore be signed by the President, and this after all the trouble the Republicans went to to find a man they could elect to the White House. This is where the hollering comes in. "Blackjacking operation" is the way Con- gressman Halleck describes it. Secretary Hum- phrey calls it "irresponsible." Representative Reed says the move is "dishonest" and amounts to "propaganda and trickery." Congressman Scott of Philadelphia says. Democrats in his town pay $1 each for votes and wonders why the price has gone up to $20. Other Republi- cans also oppose the tax cuts as inflationary. THE RIGHTEOUS clamor would sound much better if the Republicans hadn't been in office a while and established a record of their own. With a considerable budget deficit, las year they reduced taxes by some $3 billion, with a heavy emphasis on relief to corporations Individuals receiving income from corporate dividends were handed $300 million in relie alone. As for attaching the cuts to the Ad ministraton's tax bill, House Majority Leader McCormack recalls last year's action on an Administration supported bill to extend excise taxes. Republicans in Congress "made" the President "take close to a $1 billion reduction in excise taxes, and they tagged it on to the bill extending the expiring tax law." In his new role as Economic Philosopher, the President had this to say about tax cuts: "When we talk about decreasing revenues at a tirn when the Government, in spite of every saving we have been able to make, is still spending somewhat more than it takes in, we are reach- ing some kind of heights in fiscal irrespon- sibility." One could not hope for a more exact description of what the Republicans did last year. That's one of the troubles with general- izations-the shoe sometimes fits the wrong foot. THIS IS probably not the time for tax re- ductions, especially after government reve- nues have been so greatly cut already. The money could be well spent on increasing our military or civil defenses or on attempting to save Asia from Communism, and Democratic efforts might be better directed if they aimed at larger appropriations in those fields. But surely this is not the time for righteous indig- nation about tactics so often employed by those who now decry them. Republicans charge the Democrats with playing politics by giving every person $20 in tax relief. Out of the present controversy a couple of long-needed definitions become clear, and they will serve for the duration of Repub- lican power: "politics" is giving the voters what they want; "statesmanship" is giving only busi- ness what it wants. -Pete Eckstein book which until my charges weri aired, was thought to come fron the Free University of Berlin Some of the quotes, which are eye- witness accounts by Silesians i 1945-46 are as follows: "We had to see the Russiar commissary, Captain Eppstein, a Jew from Moscow ..." "As most Poles are by natur lazy, they made the Germans wor for them . .." "The Poles have treated Silesi and the Silesians a thousand time worse than ever any German, ever the members of the Nazi SS units treated the Poles." "I always had the feeling tha the Russians were inhuman ... "Eighteen esteemed and respect ed landowners, all of them decen living men, whose names were found on a list of National Social ist (Nazi) Party members, wer arrested and taken to a camp ir Upper Silesia. . ." "The Polish Jews in Reichen- bach were a great source of trou ble . .. They soon took possession of all the shops and charged wha they pleased. In fact, very soon Reichenbach began to be referred to as 'Jewtown.' The Jews under mined the last trace of any morale there had still been, and mischie between the Russians and the Poles, with the result that the Germans were the poor victims." "Every Russian soldier swore to kill at least a hundred Germans 'because, as they alleged, the Ger- man soldiers had murdered their fathers, mothers and children." The question that I feel this evidence raises is, "Should the Student Legislature give $1,500 to the Free University of Berlin Fund without even a study, if the senti- ments of this book reflect the thinking of many people at this University?" -Paul Dormont CP Absurdities .. To the Editor: CONGRATULATIONS and many thanks to Mr. Gene Hartwig for his splendid editorial com- ments in The Daily of February 22nd concerning LYL's anti-UMT pamphleteering. Not often enough do we see the absurd contradic- tions of the Communist Party line exposed in print and hardly ever in so calm yet effective a manner. Unfortunately Mr. Hartwig's contribution stands as almost the solitary opposition to LYL's steady stream of propaganda this semes- ter. In these columns, only on the Berlin Philharmonic issue has their position been exposed for the shallow, self-seeking fraud that it is. While light and heavy read- ing in real gone movie reviews, spinach a la worm, etc., is always welcome, some time of the avid letter writers might well be de- voted to combating the anti- United States ranting seen all too often in these and other columns of The Daily. United States policies at home and abroad are a legitimate sub- ject for discussion but LYL'scat- titude that it is a foregone con- clusion that our policies are al- wa-ys inimical to peace and the pursuit of happiness can only gen- erate the opposing attitude that LYL is always on the wrong side of the fence. Miss Judy Gregory, '56, is requested to take note, as well as to please heed Mr. Bob Bard's advice of several days ago. With respect to the latter she could learn a lot of United States economic history rather painless- ly if she will take the time to look over the 1955 issues of Fortune to date. Wiim . U Israel resulted from the ar- rangement for the colonization of Palestine by international Zion- ists. Claiming humanitarian feel- ngs for the 400,000 European dis- placed Jews in 1947, the West, together with terrorist Zionists, has caused the dispossession of over a million Palestinian Christ- ians and Moslem Arabs who are now destitute refugees. For six and a half years this mass of humanity has been rotting in tents, shacks and caves in the hills of the Holy Land. The United Nations has resolved that these refugees should be al- lowed to go back to their homes and that only those among them who do not wish to do so should be paid appropriate compensation for their lost property and posses- sions. Israel, however, has -per- sistently refused to abide by these UN resolutions. The UN has re- peatedly resolved that Jerusalem be internationalized. Israel flag- rantly answered by moving its Government offices into Jerusa- lem. Moreover, she has annexed in excess of its alloted area by the UN partition resolution, much of the space left to Palestinian Arabs. In further aggression Is- rael consistently violated the UN truce and armistice borderlines to expand its territory. Furthermore, it is a matter of record, attested to by the Jewish Newsletter in this country, that the so-calledrbastion of Democracy in the Middle East discriminates against its Arab mi- nority residents, legally considers them second class citizens and in- flicts upon them administrative and economic hardships in an ef- fort to drive them out of their country. It is also a matter of rec- ord that certain elements in Is- rael make no secret of their ex- pansion plans and define their future borders as extending from the Euphrates to the Nile. Egypt has always looked upon the UN as the intermediary for settlement of peace. Egyptians look hopefully towards the Unit- ed States, they need a full measure of the sympathy, understanding and patience of the acknowleged leader of the Western powers. -Salah El-Dareer * * * Hypocrisy *. . To the Editor: IN REGARD to the emotional let- ters protesting the appearance of the Berlin orchestra it seems that the writers are as intolerant and animal-like as the Nazis themselves. Furthermore it is not surprising that these letters come from liberal sources, for it is these groups that rant so shrilly about freedom of speech, justice, tolerance, etc., each time a Com- munist or sympathizer is banned. The liberals are finally exposed in their naked hypocrisy. One Mr. Sirota actually ad- mitted his intolerance, and belief in collective guilt. According to Mr. Sirota, "personal identifica- tion carries with it personal re- sponsibility for the action of the group." If this be true then every Communist, past or present, and everyone who has, in the slightest degree, ever been friendly with Communists or Communist causes must bear with the Commuists the full responsibility for the slaughter and enslavement of bil- lions of human beings. (Unless one assumes that killing Jews is worse than killing non-Jews). And this includes one heck of a lot of lib- erals. -U. Ulianov ,* * * Assembly .. . To the Editor: WE, the undersigned feel that The Daily should do a series of interpretive articles on Assem- bly Association. We were quite surprised at the Assembly Work- shop last week to discover that most people know that it exists, but they do not realize what it does. Since it is the representa- tive body of the 3,000 independent women on campus, we feel this situation should be corrected. -Mrs. Gladys Hall Vorys, direc- tor Adelia Cheever House; Mrs. Marjorie McCoy, director Stockwell Hall; Mrs. Lillian H. Wondernassoc. director Tyler House and 12 others. Turnabout . . To the Editor: I AM a Palestinian Arab and I shan't go to hear the Berlin Philharmonic. You see, the Nazis took it out on the Jews and the Zionists took it out on us, Pales- tinian Arabs. Besides, I can't afford the ticket. -Michael Marmura * * * Kudoes.. .. To the Editor: H AVING just viewed the Sunday Magazine section of the Feb. 27 Daily, I must express my ad- miration and appreciation toward The Daily's venture into the mag- azine business. As an alumna of long standing, I'd say keep up the good work. -Harriet C. Conrad, (Mrs. W. E.) '21 DREW PEARSON U.S. Selling Factories Cheap WASHINGTON-It has been ig- nored in the Congressional hoopla over pay raises and tax cuts, but the nation's rubber ty- coons are quietly waiting for ano- ther type of windfall from Uncle Sam-all wrapped up and ready for delivery in exactly 21 days. The prize is 11 synthetic rubber plants, built by the government at tremendous expense during World War II, but now about to be sold to private industry for a song. For some time the rubber com- panies have cast a covetous eye on these profitable plants owned by the taxpayers. But now they won't have to wait much longer--due to a quirk of law and the anxiety of the Eisenhower Administration to "get the government out of busi- ness." In exactly three weeks - on March 27 - tile synthetic plants will be sold at bargain prices to a group of private companies un- less Congress intervenes to stop the transaction in the next 21 days. Strangest aspect of the deal is that a great majority of Sena- ors and Representatives, busily cccupied wh the tax and pay- raise battles, are completely un- aware of what is going on. However, here are the facts '1he rubber producing facilities disposal commission, appointed by President Eisenhower to sell the government's synthetic rubber plants, sent a letter to Congress on January 2 outlining the bill of sale to Firestone, Goodyear, U.S. Rubber Co. (subEidiary of General Motors), Goodrich, Shell Oil, Phil. lips Petroleum, and others. Profits for U.S.A. UNDER THE law, the deal goes through 60 days later, or on March 27, unless either House of Congress adopts a disapproving re- solution before the deadline. The proposed sale price for the 11 syn- thetic plants-about $260,000,000 -is far out of line with either their original cost or their current worth. These factories made a profit of $73,000,000 for Uncle Sam a year ago. And with the Communists now in virtual control of Indo- China and inciting rapidly down toward the vital rubber areas of Southeast Asia, many military men feel this is no time for the gov- ernment to abandon its rubber fac- tories. Incidentally, not one single small business concern is among the pre- ferred purchasers selected by the rubber producing facilities dis- posal commission to take over these plants. Besides, the big rub- ber companies, the list includes Sears, Roebuck; Texas Oil, Arm- strong Rubber, Anaconda Copper, Endicott Johnson, and the Ameri- can subsidiary of Dunlop Tires, Ltd., of Great Britain. Behind Bamboo Curtain THE SWEDISH government, which has an embassy in Pei- ping, believes Russia has lost near- ly all control over Red China's policies. Dictator Mao Tse-Tung, an old-line Communist revolu- tionary, is even reported to view the new Russian government headed by Marshal Bulganin as something of a joke. Watch out, therefore, for ano- ther personal visit by Nikita Krushchev to Peiping to talk with Mao Tse-Tung. Furthermore, re- gardless of the tremendous short- age of goods in Russia, it's likely that Khrushchev will promise large quantities of arms and ma- chinery to Red China. Berge's "'Jail" Record WITNESSES WHO appear be- fore Congressional committees to help friends sometimes find themselves on the Senatorial fry- ing pan, too. This is what happen- ed to Wendell Berge, former chief of the Justice Department's Anti- Trust Division, when he came to the rescue of John Marshall Har- lan during the latter's closed-door confirmation grilling. Harlan had been attorney for the far-flung Du Pont interests when they were sued by the Jus- tice Department for violation of the Anti-Trust Act. Berge, who helped prosecute the Du Ponts, praised Harlan's work as attorney for Du Ponts. But Sen. Bill Langer of North Dakota, arch- foe of big business, promptly pin- ned his ears baick. "It's my recollection that you never convicted a single person," Langer, challenged Berge, refer- ring to Berge's career as Chief of the Antitrust Division. "We got lots of convictions," disagreed Berge. "Give us the name of one single person you put in jail," challenged the North Dakota Senator. "We didn't put anyone in jail," admitted Berge. "The Antitrust laws are not primarily designed to put people in jail ... I don't *j C ;" ol 4P CURRENT MOVIES .. . . At the Michigan... WALT DISNEY has once again captured a part of nature on the screen. In his second full-length True Life Adventure, following The Living Desert, he has not deviated far from the earlier work except in subjects. The subject matter remains the same. The Vanishing Prairie shows the animals native to the large central plain of our Mid- West. The camera eye has concentrated on cap- turing the birds and animals that are disap- pearing from the area, THE PICTURE is fully a documentary giving, thusly. a rather external view of things. There are some poignant moments, notably in the scene showing the birth of a buffalo ared the call's first, shaky movements. Another of the best scenes shows a mountain lion stalking a deer to feed her young. The steps and swift action while the lion cubs watch in the distance is superbly caught. As before, Disney sometimes speeds up the camera for comedy-with-music effects, or slows is up to emphasize the grace of birds aloft or animals on the run. Ducks sliding on ice after alighting do so to Wagner's Ride of the Valky- ries and mountain sheep battle to the Anvil Chorus. The most outstanding feature of the picture is the color. Whether the scene is depicting land or water, flying birds or burrowing prairie dogs, the color adds much to the richness of the country. ON THE all-Disney program, is a too-long short tersely titled Stormy the Thorough- bred with an Inferiority Complex. While again the color and scenes of the Kentucky bluegrass and the California hills where the story un- folds, are excellent, the narrative here is in- 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...........Cty Editor Jon Sobeloff........Editorial Director Pat Roelofs ....Associate City Editor Becky Conrad........Associate Editor Nan Swinehart.......Associate Editor David 'Livingston.. .Sports Editor Hanley Gurwin ... .Assoc. Spc- fs Editor Warren Wertheimer ......-.--.-.--Associate Sports Editor Roz Shimovitz........Women's Editor Janet Smith Associate Women's Editor John Hirtzel......Chief Photographer Business Stafff Lois Pollak...........Business Manager Phil Brunskill, Assoc. Business Manager Bill Wise .........Advertising Manager Mary Jean Monkoski Finance Manager Telephone NO 23-24-1 Member x (Continued from Page 2) partment of Geography, will discuss "The Sacrament of the Ministry." Cof- fee Hour at Canterbury House follow- ing the 8:00 p.m. Evensong Sun., March 6. Hillel: Chorus Rehearsal Sun., Mar. 6, 4:30 p.m. in main chapel. Supper Club., Sun., Mar. 6, 6:00 p.m. followed by record dance. Religious Committee is sponsoring a group to study the five books of Moses Sun. after supper club. The Graduate Outing Club will meet at 2:00 p.m. Sun., Mar. 6. Wear old clothes. Enter at the northwest corner of the Rackham Building. Wesleyan Guild. Sun., March 6. 9:30 a.m. Discussion "Paradoxes of the Chris- tian Faith;" 5:30 p.m. Fellowship Sup- per; 6:45 p.m. Worship Service and Program. Dr. William Baker will speak on, "What is the Place of Jesus Christ in Salvation?" Lutheran Student Association Sunday, 7:00 p.m. Dr. Harlyn n. Halvorsen of the Department of Bacteriology will speak on "The Recent Discoveries in Biological Science and Their Impact on Christian Thought." Corner of Hill St. and Forest Ave. Westminster Student Fellowship - sponsored Bible Seminar in Room 217 of ' the Presbyterian Student Center, 10:45 a.m., Sun., March 6. Discussion on Matthew 18. Westminster Student Fellowship Guild Meeting, 6:45 p.m. Sun., March 6, Lounge of the Presby- terian Student Center. Unitarian Student Group. The outing scheduled for Sun. afternoon, Mar. 6, has been cancelled. Unitarian Student (Ti will mpf fim Marc R at DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Sailing Club. Work party to repair boats Sun., Mar. 6, 2:00 p.m. Michigan Christian Fellowship: "The Relationship Between the Passover and Easter," will be discussed at 3:30 p.m., Lane Hall. Coming Events Lane Hall Folk Dance Group will meet Mon., Mar. 7, 7:30-10:00 p.m: in recre- ation room. Instruction for every dance, and beginners are welcome. Generation: Meeting for the entire staff to discuss next issue, Mon., March 7, 7:00 p.m., Generation office, Student Publications Building. All members requested to attend. Hillel. Mon., March 7 is Purim. Me- gillah Reading 7:00 p.m. Gilbert & Sullivan. Rehearsal for principals only Mon., Mar. 7 in the League at 7:00 p.m. La Petite Causette will meet Mon., Mar. 7 from 3:30-5:00 p.m. in the left room of the Union cafeteria. Ici on ne parle que le francais. venez tous jouer au Scrabble en francais. Deutscher Verein. Program Tues., Mar. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in Room 3R of the Union. Movies, a comedy skit, real Ger- man cake and coffee. The Film Forum on International Education will feature a film on the teaching of controversial issues-"Free- dom to Learn." Sponsored by the Na- tional Education Association, 4:15 p.m. In Aud. A, Angell Hall, Tues., Mar. 8. Hillel. Tues., 8:00 p.m. Mrs. Raphael Tourover, Washington Representative o Hm adasa ,.nil s ea "on,mer.icn A J } I