bAlultDA.V, AIIICLL 30, U56 T "E "E MlCUIGAIN ta AAJL V P AGE FOUR A SHORT DISCUSSION: Of Fancies, Flowers, and Finals Not the Right Kind of Spring SPRING AT the University isn't the Spring of . the romantic cliches. It isn't the Spring of the baseball season and it isn't the Spring of eternal hope. It is an ending, rather than a fresh begin- ning. It's the time when students begin to worry. They worry about finals, then their thoughts shift to room payments and con- tracts and summer jobs. If they're seniors they begin to wonder-what next? Four college years have come rapidly to a close; friends and room- mates must say goodbye and face the more serious world of job-relations. Oh, yes, on the surface Spring is the same in Ann Arbor. Radios blare ball games to stu- dents sunning their winter-pale bodies on the newly green grass. Robins hop around and trees send forth chartreuse buds. Lilac bushes try to burst into bloom. Yes, the signs are all here. But look more closely at the seemingly care- free students. The radio is ignored. Textbooks instead of home-runs fill their thoughts. Bridge games are clouded over by the realization that the players should be studying. HERE ARE arb parties, but they are sort of oases in a desert of worry and planning. Always there is the shadow of making money last the semester, wondering if you'll get along with next year's roommate and wondering if finals and finances will be kind enough to allow a next semester. The robins will lay their eggs; the lilaeg bloom fresh and fragrant. None of this will be altered. It's Spring, all right. But it's not the right kind of Spring. -Lou Sauer Time Enough For Efficiency IT'S AWFULLY DULL around here. We've got four whole weeks to assimilate the contents of five or six courses apiece-four weeks which, oddly, are studded with a few other obligations and engagements here and there. Time to kill. And even if things weren't quite so placid-even if the path to the library weren't quite so well-worn-we could still, for- tunately, bank on the entire length of Friday, May 27, which is our own special "study 'pe- riod'." 0UR FRIENDS who go to other colleges tell us that they get a whole week for a study period. But that's too much time. Even a week- end, too, would be much too generous an al- lotment. The point, of course, is to get this mess out of the way soon, so the seniors can graduate. It would be too bad to lengthen the schedule by three days or so-under which cir- cumstances some of us might even have an en- tire free day sometime during the exam sched- ule. It would never do to allot extra days during the schedule for us to look back over what we've been taught. That might allow us time to think and to assimilate. And that just wouldn't do. Isn't it fun to be so efficient? --Jane Howard New Books at the Library Kohn, Hans-The Mind of Modern Russia. New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press, 1955. La Barre, Weston-The Human Animal. Chi- cago, University of Chicago Press, 1955. Marquand, John P.-Sincerely, Willis Wade. Boston, Little, Brown, 1955. Spender, Stephen-Collected Poems. New York, Random House, 1955. "Pass, Friend" 'DEFENSE PEPT-K NEWS &A Oob ^-- t v Al l' 1 )i LSTTRST THEED T4. LE TTERS 7TO TlHE EDIT"OR AT THE STATE- 'Man Called Peter' Falls Short of Spiritual Aim "4 MAN CALLED PETER" is, in many ways, Sunday morning in Cinemascope and Technicolor. It traces the life of Peter Marshall (Richard Todd), who rose from Scottish immigrant to chaplain of the United States Senate. Marshall came to the United States to become a minister, de- DAILY OFFICIAL 13ULLE TIN (Continued from Page 2) .4 Tl'ODAY AND TOMORROW By WALTER LIPPMANN N THE LIGHT of what has been said and done in Bandung and Washington these past few days, it is impossible to doubt that the Robertson Radford mission to Formosa had to do with ironing out the differences between Taipeh and Washington. In his press conference on Tuesday Secre- tary Dulles confirmed this inference, saying that "there has been some difference of view- point between the Chinese Nationalists and ourselves with respect to that matter"-that is to say a cease-fire-and that while "Secretary Robertson and Admiral Radford did not go out there with the idea of exerting any coercive pressures upon the Chinese Nationalists," they did go "to sit down together as allies, as part- ners, to discuss the situation that is develop- ing." Now while they were sitting down together in Formosa there developed the flat contradic- tion between the position taken by the State Department on Saturday and that taken by Secretary Dulles on Tuesday. On Saturday the Department had said that we "would insist on free China participating as an equal in any discussions" concerning the Formosa area. On Tuesday the Secretary said that the pre- sence of the Chinese Nationalists would not be indispensable "as far as concerns a cease fire which Involved the possible interests of the United States." This bobble cannot have made life easy for Secretary Robertson, who was staying with the Chiang Kai-sheks. But as the accomplished diplomat that he is, we may perhaps suppose that he explained to Chiang that while we were willing to negotiate a cease-fire without his presence, we would keep him fully informed and would consult him before we agreed to anything. That would be the most that we could offer to Chiang under the policy stated by Mr. Dulles on Tuesday. It would also be the least that we could honorably do for him. It does not alter the fact that we have declared our willingness to make a cease-fire in the Formosa region without his consent. OUR IMMEDIATE problem in Formosa is how-without his consenting to the cease- fire which he has publicly rejected-Chiang can be persuaded to cease firing. The United Sixty-Fi fth 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................Associate Sports Editor Warren Wertheimer............Associate Sports Editor Roz Shlimovitz........................Women's Editor Janet Smitn................Associate Women's Editor John Hirtzel .......................Chief Photographer Business Staff Lois Pollak..........................Business Manager Phil Brunskill.............Associate Business Manager Bill Wise.........................Advertising Manager Mary Jean Monkoski................Finance Manager Telephone NO 23241 States is not firing in the Formosa region, and when we discuss a cease-fire we are talking not about our forces but about Chiang's forces and the Communist forces. If the United States is to negotiate a cease- fire for the two Chinese antagonists, we must on our side of the bargain be able to say that Chiang will in fact cease firing. Now the more public the negotiation with Peiping, the more formal the agreements we ask for, the more embarrassing it will be for Chiang. For while we can almost certainly in- duce him to give orders to his armed forces to stop firing or at a minimum not to hit any- thing if they do fire, we are asking something very difficult of him if he is supposed to give public and formal consent to a cease-fire. That consent would be a virtual renunciation of his hopes of returning to the mainland, and it would be tantamount to a recognition that the Red regime is the de facto government of mainland China. It may be said that though this pill is bit- ter, it has been an essential part of US. pol. icy for a considerable time, and it might as well be swallowed now as later. The pill will have to be swallowed but there is no reason why we should be in a hurry about it. We can let the facts and the events work their way. Our treaty with Chiang for the defense of Formosa registers the American decision not to assist him in a campaign of restoration. This decision would have been accepted and more or less taken for granted by this time had not everything been confused by the man- euver which entangled the President in the off-shore islands. The defense of the off-shore islands might have forced the President to let himself be drawn into that general war to overthrow Red China which it has always been his policy to avoid. FHERE IS, however, a considerable difference between our saying these things and our asking Chiang to say them too. He should not be hurried if we can help it. If it can be done, we should try to put off until after there is in fact a cessation of the firing the formal dis- cussion of the future of Formosa. It may be Chou will not assent to confiden- tial discussions, a tacit cease-fire and a tacit moratorium on the Formosa problem. But we might try for it, and there is so much sense in it that we could count on much support. Senator Knowland might well ask himself whether this course is not in Chiang's interest as well as in the interest of the United Stats and of the peace of the world. I say this be- cause if we are forced now to deal with the long term problem of Formosa, the contradic- tions and confusions of our political and legal relations with Chiang's government will rise to plague us. They are improvisations resulting as much from the pressures of American domestic poli- tics as from the necessities and realities of our interests in East Asia. Thus, for example, we recognize Chiang's government as the govern- ment of China and yet we have not recognized that Formosa, where he is, has been legally ceded back to China. Chiang is juridically sov- ereign where he does not rule and he is not sovereign where he does. The future of For- mosa is juridically a matter in which the Al- lied and associated powers all have their re- serve rights. Issues of this sort some how or other must be dealt with in any final formal settlement. Yet they are in the light of the urgent practical nrohlems of our day almost metaphysical in Law Addition. . To the Editor: MY QUALIFICATIONS as a judge of building design are probably poor, since I must con- fess to a reactionary attachment to such things as the present Union cafeteria and even (from certain angles) the Romance Languages Building, but nevertheless I can- not think of the new addition to the Law Quadrangle as anything other than an architectural pro- fanity. Despite my unlearned po- sition, I tend to consider the taste of the designers as being equal to that of those people who would put ketchup on filet mignon or even eat spaghetti with chocolate milk. The University student natural- ly takes pride in the few excep- tions from the rule of architectural dullness and motleyism present on this campus, so that when the .most pleasing of these exceptions has its theme altered from a sym- bolization of accumulated wisdom to an advertisement for the Alum- inum Company of America, an ex- pression of protest is in order. It surprises me that the powers-that- be have approved this feature. The building is becoming an anachron- istic absurdity comparable to a Greek tragedy with a spaceman hero. I don't know how much agree- ment this protest will find, but this letter at least will fulfill the demands of my personal consci- ence. But this obligation fulfilled will still not ease me of the neces- siy to grind nMy teeth and increase my pace when passing the corner of Monroe and Tappan. -Gordon L. Black * * * UN Study.. . To the Editor: THE International Committee of the Wesleyan Guild sponsored a study group on the UN over a six-week period. These are the conclusions we came to on two vital, current issues namely U.S. contribution to the UN Technical Assistance Program and Charter Revision. Recently the United States has regretably tended to become un- ilateral in its decision-making in certain areas thus by-passing the UN. As an example, we regret the recent reluctance of Congress to appropriate the eight million dol- lars requested by the President for UN Technical Assistance. In com- parison to the need, this figure is low, yet Congress hesitated. This sort of action points up our seem- ing lack of faith and support of the UN. In regard to a Charter Revision Conference, we feel that at this time there is not a great deal of opportunity to accomplish major charter revisions and there is some danger in any attempt. It is more apt to widen the split between East and West. It is better, we feel, to work with problems as the UN is set up now rather than run the risk of breaking into two more separate power blocks. There is now more power in the General Assembly and it has been able to break stalemates arising in the Security Council. This process of evolution under the present char- ter shows potentiality in the Gen- eral Assembly and is something in which to put our confidence. -Marilyn Cortright * * * Co-op Store ... To the Editor: AS A STRONG believer in the L cooperative movement I wish to take issue with Prof. Stevens when he states his reasons for the closing of the Co-op store as "prosperity and political climate of conformity you find around, here these days. People don't have to save money so closely any more." The only bearing "climate of conformity" could have on people in relation to the cooperative movement would be their reluc- tance to join such a group. But a static membership level, as in the case of the Ann Arbor Co-op should in no way affect its earn- ing power. The Co-op doesn't live off its members but depends on its competitive ability to attract customers like any other store. The question to be answered is why did the Co-op store do a $2,- 000 a week business while a store across the street does a $20,000 a week business. The answer, I think, is poor management, a common ill of many co-op stores. No amount of co-op philosophy can turn high priced mediocre quality 'food into something the consumer wants. I personally feel happy that the store has finally closed. As an ex- amplehto students of what the co- op movement is that store was a disgrace. This is perhaps a callous view but the only one possible if the movement is ever to grow. -Andrew Whinston termined that this was God's plan inward and outward experiences. He was first pastor of a church in a small Georgia town, then shepherd of a large, indifferent flock in. Atlanta. His compelling, off-beat sermons soon made him very popular there. It was in Atlanta that he met his wife, Catherine (Jean Peter), a senior at Agnes Scott College. After they werehmarried, he took a ministry at the New York Ave- nue Church in Washington. First meeting with rebuff, he soon won over his congregation. * * * HIS WIFE contracted tubercu- losis and was for many months an invalid. When she finally recover- ed, he was stricken with coronary thrombosis in the pulpit and just barely pulled through. He accept- ed the office of Senate chaplain against his wife's wishes and died of thrombosis while still a young man. The picture has its defects, among them the limitations of the screen itself. Its aim was to por- tray the spiritual life of a spiritual man, but it fails sadly. The greatest thing about Peter Marshall was his intensely person- al relationship with God, his hu- manization of Christ, yet the scenes of his spiritual experiences fall far short of the mark. They reach out, trying to grasp the In- tangible, but He isn't there, and He. should be. The main complaint of the view- ing public will no doubt be Peter's sermons. However, worse and longer ser- mons have been made, and they do serve to emphasize Marshall's attitude toward God. * * * TODD AND Miss Peters are pro- ficient in front of the camera, and they do very well with sterile ma- terial. They try hard to express something, but their lines say nothing. Todd almost achieves his goal in the scene where he trips in the fog and just avoids falling into a deep morass, but the limits of the medium stymie him. .So what should have been a rich account of a man's intimately hu- man relationship with God turns out to be all-too-human. It sells itself for a mess of pottage and makes too much a play for the soap opera devotees. Best Scene: Marshall's prayer opening the Senate session. -Tammy Morrison for him. The plot deals with his INTERPRETING: lNeed China 'S it-Down' By J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press News Analyst One of the most important fac- tors to be kept in mind in con- nectionlwith any negotiations with Red China is the effect of a sep- arate peace with her on relations with Russia. For six years, now, numerous competent observers of Chinese affairs have clung to the idea, against many contradictions, that one day natural forces by which Russia and China tend to repulse each other will begin to get in their licks. * * * SECRETARY Dulles referred Tuesday to indications that Pei-, ping sometimes seems to be act- ing independently. He also refer- red to the difference between rais- ing hopes of peaceful settlements before all the nations at the Ban- dung conference, which would ex- pect the Reds to follow up, and mere peace offensives over the Peiping radio. The Secretary made it clear the United States was taking Chou En- lai's statement more seriously than indicated by its initial reactions Saturday, ,despite the cold water thrown by the Chinese Premier's later statement that he had no intention of giving up on plans to "liberate" Formosa. * * * IN THE FIRST place, even if Chou merely wants to explore his chances of getting Formosa with- out a fight, it is obvious that Asia expects the United States to dem- onstrate its goodwill by negotiat- ing. There is a deep suspicion that the Chinese Reds have no more intention of abandoning their poli- cy of expansion than has Russia. But even a temporary "sit down" produced by the fear that they have gone as far as they can now without risking a dangerous war, would have a profound effect on the whole program of inter- national communism. General Elementary Supervisor. Youngstown, Ohio-Physical Educa- ion-Assistant Director. Lakeview, Oregon - Teacher Needs: H.S. Commercial, including typing, bookkeeping and shorthand; Girl's Physical Education-Health (7th & 8th); Freshman English-Spanish-Journalism (if possible). For additional information contact the Bureau of Appointments, 3528 Ad- ministration Building, NO 3-1511, Ext. 489, Lectures The Henry Russel Lecture will be de- livered by Dean George Granger Brown, Wed., May 4, at 4:15 p.m., in the Am- phitheater of the Rackham Building. Academic Notices Doctoral Preliminary Examinations for Students in Education will be held May 26. 27, and 28. Students who anticipate taking these examinations must file their names with the Chairman of Ad- visers to Graduate Students, 4019 Uni- versity High School, not later than May 1. Psychology 40 Exam has been post- poned until Fri., May 6. Biological Chemistry Seminar. "Some Problems on Vitamin D and the Mech- anism of Calcification," under the d. rection of Dr. A. A. Christman, Room 319, West Medical Building, Sat., Apr. 30, 10:00 a.m. Doctoral Examination for Donald Ar- thur Taylor, Business Administration; thesis: "The Economic and Social Sig- nificance of Certification Marks," Sat., April 30, 734 School of Business Admini- stration, at 9:00 a.m. Chairman, D. M. Philp&. Doctoral Examination for Robert Paul Boynton, Political Science; Thesis: "The Political Philosophy of George San- tayana," Mon., May 2, 4th floor Con- ference Room, Haven Hall, at 1:00 p.m. Chairman, Frank Grace. Doctoral .Examination for Edward John Kormondy, Zoology; thesis: "Studies on the Life History, Morphol- ogy and Ecology of the Genus Tetra- goneuria in Michigan (Odonata: Libel- lulidae)," Mon., May 2, 2089 Natural Sci. ence Bldg., at 2:00 p.m. Chairman, T. H. Hubbell. Concerts Student Recital. Jon Petersen, pian- st, 8:30 p.m. Sat., April 30, Auditorium A, Angell Hall, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Music degree; program: Frescobaldi, Schumann, Debussy, and Finney, open to the public. Mr. Petersen is a pupil of Helen Titus. Events Today The Clugstone Inheritance, a new play by James Harvey '53, will be pre- sented by the Department of Speech through the co-operation of the Department of English Sat., April 30, at 8:00 p.m. in Lydia Mendels- sohn Theatre. All seats are reserved at $1.20 - 90c - 60c. Tickets on sale at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre 'box office, open 10:00 a.m, to 8:00 p.m. Hawaii Club Luau honoring seniors at 6:00 p.m. Sat., April 30 at Lane Hall. Wear your (aloha shirts, muu muus, etc.) Hawaiian outfit. Dancing. Newman Club annual Spring Dance Sat., April 30, from 8:30-12:00 p.m. at the Father Richard Center. The Blue Notes will provide orchestra music for the dance. Admission: $1 per couple. Hillel. Sat, morning services. 9:00 a.m. Hillel. Sat., April 30, 8:30 p.m. Israeli Cabaret Night. Israeli entertainment and refreshments. Israeli and American social dancing in cabaret atmosphere. Admission $1.00 per couple. Proceeds to go to Jewish National Fund. Call NO 3- 4129 for reservations. Russian dance group will meet at 3:00 p.m. at International Center. Stump Speaker's Society of Sigma Rho Tau will hold final debate practice on the issue: Resolved: The automobile manufacturers should adopt a guarn- teed annual wage. 2084 East Engineering at 10:00 a.m. All interested engineers, architects, and technologists invited. Coming Events Hillel. Sun., May 1. Hillel grad group presents a wienie roast on the banks of the Huron. Stag or drag. Senior wom- en welcome. Meet at Hillel at 7:15 p.m. Cost: Members 65c, non-members 85c. Call NO 3-4129 for reservations. Lutheran Student Association. Sun., May 1, 7:00 p.m. Picnic, leaving the Center at 5:00 p.m. The Rev. Richard Knudsen of Good Shepherd Lutheran. Church, Detroit, will talk on "The In- ter-Racial Church." Students of West- ern Michigan College at Kalamazoo and wayne University will be guests. Center on Hill St. and Forest Ave. Unitarian Student Group will meet Sun., May 1 at 7:30 p.m. at the church for d record session. You are invited to bring your favorite records, classical and popular, and listen to them on a Hi-Fi set, Refreshments. Transporta- tion from Lane Hall at 7:15 p.m. Annual Spring Dance Concert, pre- sented by Modern Dance Club and Choreographers' Workshop. Sun., May 1, 8:00 p.m. Pattengili Auditorium, Ann Arbor High School. Tickets $.75.. Hillel. Sun., May 1, 6:00 p.m. Supper Club. Congregational - Disciples Guild. Sun., May 1, 6:00 p.m., exchange supper meeting at the Evangelical and Re- formed Church, 423 South Fourth Ave- nue. Mr. and Mrs. Boehm will speak on their experiences in Alaska. .. t M a 'I I DREW PEARSON: Democrats Lash Dulles Over Yalta Leaks WASHINGTON-Full story has- n't been told of the lacing Secretary of State Dulles received over the Yalta disclosures. And, if he got his way, it never would be. Dulles just plain won't give his permission to release the secret transcript of what he told the Sen- ate Foreign Relations Committee about Yalta. Ironically, this puts him in a predicament not unlike that of Sir Winston Churchill, who objected to releasing the Yalta papers in the first place. Dulles admitted in the trans- cript, this column can reveal, that the decision to release the Yalta papers ,was made before the Bri- tish approval arrived. Minnesota's razor-tongued Sen. Hubert Hum- phrey drew this confession from Dulles after painstakingly going over the time sequence with him. x * * "DO YOU CALL that the best STARTING FROM SCRATCH: Expect West German A rmy in 3 Years way to build relations between Bri- tain and the United States?" de- manded Humphrey. He suggested that "we need Britain" even more than we need Formosa. When Dulles repeatedly argued that Churchill. had withdrawn his objections to the Yalta release, Humphrey read Churchill's speech before the House of Commons apologizing for the American re- lease and promising that it would- n't happen again. "Does this sound like an irri- tated man talking, or one full of love and respect?" demanded the Minnesota Senator. ARKANSAS' CRAFTY Sen. Bill Fulbright, peering through spec- tacles low on his nose, asked Dul- les why he had picked out the Yalta papers to be released ahead of all other wartime conferences. Dulles pointed out that Congress in 1951 had voted a special appro- priation for publishing the Yalta papers. He interpreted it as Con- gress' intention that the Yalta pa- pers should be given priority. Asked point-blank what mis- takes were made at Yalta, Dulles claimed loftily he didn't care to get embroiled in partisan politics. "The way this whole Yalta mat- ter has been handled has resulted in partisanship," snorted Montana Democrat Mike Mansfield. * * KENTUCKY'S venerable Sen. Alben Barkley, the ex-Veep, point- ed out that President Eisenhower had disassociated himself from the Yalta release, and demanded to know how it could be that the President wasn't informed. Dulles replied that he consider- ed the Yalta release an adminis- trative detail that the President shouldn't be'bothered about. Few matters in foreign policy had arisen since the Eisenhower ,E By GEORGE BOULTWOOD Associated Press Writer BONN, Germany-German and Allied military experts calcu- late it will take at least three years to make West German arm- ed forces ready for combat. Some German sources think that, for political reasons, it may take until 1960. The three main factors affect- ing the speed of rearmament are: 1. The Germans have to start from scratch to create modern forces for the atom age. There's a serious shortage of qualified young officers and noncoms. 2. A mass of legislation is re- quired to legalize the raising of armed forces. be necessary to implement the Paris treaties in Germany. The first will be a "volunteer law" to establish a 150,000-man cadre for the armed forces. A con- scription law will be needed to en- able 350,000 men to be called up for 18 months training and then kept on reserve. A new democratic military code is to replace the strict Prussian- style regulations of the past. PARLIAMENT MUST decide the question of who is to be com- mander in chief, which is sure to stir controversy. Parliamentary sources doubt this process can becompleted much before the end of this year. That means the first recruits %ln rl ha taT ^1 in . .Ca xin i training, these divisions will be ready to take on strength through the draft. Initial air force training, espe- cially of pilots, is expected to be carried out in American and Bri- tish establishments. The service commanders as well as the commander in chief have yet to be named. The leaders cho- sen, the cadre trained, the forces will be ready for the draft. The day when the summonses go out to the nation's young men is also subject to political influ- ence. * * * FEDERAL ELECTIONS are due in September, 1957. Political ob- servers believe the government would not risk its election chances iA