PAGE SIX THE MCHIGAN DAIL'Y' WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 13 PAGE SIX TUE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1955 PON" TURNS INTERVIEWEE: Murrow Talks on Polio, World Affairs G&S Society The tables were turned on in- terviewer Edward R. Murrow yes- terday, as he answered questions on world affairs, gesturing fre- quently with an omnipresent cig- arette. In Ann Arbor to cover the Salk vaccine story, the reporter com- mented variously on baseball, aca- demic freedom and the Fifth Amendment. He expressed excite- ment over the new vaccine. Murrow, one of the few remain- ing 'personal' journalists, consid- ered the Salk story to be among "the best pieces of news" he has covered. He noted the coincidence of baseball season's opening day and the announcement of the vaccine's success. Good-bye to Wheel Chairs "Now more kids will be able to go out and play baseball, instead of being confined to a wheel- chair," he said. Murrow expressed strong feel- ings .on the question of academic freedom, with an analogy. "Just as scientists had to study the dis- ease of polio to develop the vac- cine," he said, "so too must stu- dents have the opportunity to ex- amine communism to fight it." He doesn't believe, however, that a member of the Communist Party should be allowed to teach. Communist investigations and the Fifth Amendment also came into Murrow's sphere of discussion. "The Fifth Amendment is de- signed to save people's necks," he said, "not their reputations." Mur- row called anonymous informa- tion "the most vicious aspect of Communist investigations, and cited the Matusow case as an ex- ample. No Chance to Cross-Examine "Wherever Communist accusa- tions are made, one must first an- swer the question 'who suspects' and then 'what is the evidence'," Talk To Consider Creditor's Rights Rosemary Scott, practicing at- torney, will address the Student Bar Association at 7 p.m. tomor- row in Rm. 120, Hutchins Hall, on "Execution, Attachment and Garnishment." Miss Scott, '46L, will cover these three remedies at law available to creditors in collecting debts.. Besides private practice, Miss Scott has done research work for Judge Thomas F. McAllister of the sixth circuit, United States Court of Appeals. The lecture is open to the pub- lic. 4 __ _ _ _> EDWARD R. MURROW ... Salk vaccine, baseball, and trout Murrow said. "The weakness of told Sen. McCar the Fifth Amendment is that a that he could ma man doesn't have opportunity to "Senatorial imi cross-examine or make reply to thing, even thoug an accusation." Murrow added." thy in advance ke a reply." miunity is a good gh it is abused," It is important Referring to his battle last year with Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.), Murrow remarked on the danger of using monopolized opportunity to display opinion. "Since radio and television pre- sumably hold no editorial policy," he said, "I wanted to be fair, and for senators and congressmen to speak without constant awareness of civic action." Although the threat of McCar- thyism seems remote today, Mur- row said he wasn't sure if the lull was permanent. Nation's Morale Improved "The morale of the nation seems to have improved," he said. "We aren't a country which suspects and convicts on unverified evi- dence. Nor are we to be terrorized by one man." The conversation turned to the recent war scare. "I don't sense a feeling of resignation on the part of the public to war," Murrow said. "We must remember, how- ever, the prospect of an agreement takes time. The American people want decisions. But they must be prepared to face the possibility of never finding definite solutions to some of our problems." Murrow pointed to a need for "quiet diplomacy." Propaganda and publicity only add to nation- al fear, he said. "We must remem- ber that where there is power, re- straint is necessary. "I think the President's re- straint on the questions of the Chinese blockade, the American fliers, and his flexible defense po- sition in the last two months was admirable," Murrow stated. Big Four Meeting Would Help 'As to the world situation, Mur- row contends the basic problem is in "dealing with Asia and Africa more understandingly than we have been doing. Secondly, we must develop the ability to main- tain a working and respectable coalition with the free world." Murrow feels a Big Four con- ference could be a great help at the present moment, but that problems can be solved only if a definite agenda is drawn up in ad- vance. "The question of reunifying Germany, of course, would be the basic problem of the conference," the commentator declared. Murrow pointed to a comment by David Lowe, a British cartoon- ist, as best summing up the atti- tude.of Europeans toward Ameri- cans. "Americans are going to deter- mine the fashion style of the fu- ture," Lowe said. "Are we going to wear our heads on, or off?" SDX Journalists To Meet Today Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalistic fraternity, will hold a spring rushing meeting at 7:30 p.m. today in the journalism department conference room, sec- ond floor Mason Hall. Art Gallagher, editor of the Ann Arbor News, will be guest speaker. All male students of second semes- ter sophomore standing or higher interested in journalism as a pro- fession are invited to attend this meeting. Join for Members }Production "Is it injudicious to marry a mortal?" No, say the winged chorus in the Gilbert and Sullivan Society's production of "Iolanthe." In the operetta, the British House of Lords falls in love with Phyllis,'a shepherdess and a ward of the court, Deter- mined that she will marry one of them, the Lords re shocked to dis- cover that her "heart is given" to another. The other, Strephon,. is the son of a mortal and a fairy. One day, Phyllis and the Peers find Strephon talking to his moth- er Iolanthe who ,because,,she Is a fairy, has eternal youth and looks like "a maid of 17." Phyllis, deciding Strephon is faithless, informs him that she will marry "the richest and the rankiest of the Peers." Strephon is unable to convince anyone that Iolanthe is his mot4- er, so, he calls the Fairy Queen and all of the fairies to his aid. This winged band, in turn, puts Strephon in the House of Lords, giving him magic powers to put through any bill he chooses. To add to the confusion, the Lord Chancellor reveals his love for Phyllis though it doesn't seem proper "to give my own consent to my own marriage with my own ward." Work Together Confusion may reign in the G&S Society's productions, but in or- der to present a good performance all of the members must and do work smoothly together. Stage crew, production workers, directors and members of the .cast work hand in hand throughout everp operatic production. Heading the production crew is Dave Morgan, '56, who oversees the set building, painting, makeup, and stage work. The scenery Is 4 designed by Al Seter, '57, who In turn supervises the painting of them. John Montgomery, '57E, supervises the building of sets and manages the back-stage work during the productions. Richard Booth,.'57, does all of the publicity work for the presentations. Since the Society has no permanent location for their production work, they have been forced to move from building to building.,They began building sets in the basement of the old journalism building but "had to give way to progress" when it was torn down to make room for the new Union wing. Obstacles Overcome Their next work shop was the basement of the rifle range. There, the production, workers encountered other obstacles preventing i.ll- time work. They could only work when the army wasn't having tar. get practice because the danger- of ricocheting bullets was constant. Finally, the basement was condemned as a fire trap. The staff was forced to move to their present location in the attic of Lane Hall, The Society still uses the rifle range basement for storing the scenery. The G&S Society was first originated in 1946 by a group of eight students who wanted to do the operettas themselves, and felt there was a definite need for it on campus. The first production, however, . was never shown. The members ended up with a chorus of three, the costumes didn't show up and rehearsals were failures. They didn't give up, however. In 1947, the Society assembled a group and put on the first Gil- bert and Sullivan show of the Society, the "Mikado." Since thit time, there have been two shows a semester with an occasional double bill in a semester. "Iolanthe" will be presented today through Saturday in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theater. The cast will then travel to Detroit where th* production will be shown April 23, in the Rackham Building. SET PAINTING IS DONE BY STUDENTS /" New Local Ballet Company To Present Premiere Friday The premiere of "The Golden Deer" ballet, written by Donald Harris, Grad., will be presented by a newly-formed professional bal- let company in Ann Arbor, Fri- day through Sunday at Dance Fair. Also included in the Dramatic Arts Center program will be a "pas de deux" from "Copelia," by Delibes; two dances from India; dances to music by Scarlatti and Handel and to several poems and songs. The dance company includes Geraldine Miller, choreographer for "The Golden Deer," who has studied under both Jose Limon and Martha Graham, and Dorris Taylor, formerly of the San Fran- cisco Ballet. Other members of the company include Barbara Mills and Lou MeKush, who has studied under Sylvia Hamer. Guest artists Rob- in Squier and Marvin Carpenter have both worked under Martha Graham. The Ann Arbor Civic Orchestra, under the direction of Orien Dal- ley of the music school, will play for the ballet. Sieglinde Onder- donk will accompany the other numbers on the program. Evening performances begin at 8 p.m. Friday and 7:30 p.m. Sat- urday. Two Sunday matinees'will take place at 2 and 4 p.m. Tickets are available at the DAC box office at