PAE FOUR
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1955
A LOT OF MONEY:
Giving Away Students' $5,000
Should Be Planned in Open
DURING the past few weeks Student Legis-
lature has been preparing to distribute ap-
proximately $5000 accumulated in its treasury
during the past eight years. Unfortunately the
means employed by the Legislature thus far
for planning the distribution have been ex-
tremely questionable.
Almost all the arrangements have been car-
ried on in secret committee or cabinet ses-
sions. Twice Legislature leaders have seen fit
to bring the problem before an open cabinet
meeting, regularly attended and reported by
The Daily.
The first time the 7-member cabinet free-
ly discussed their finances until suddenly it
remembered a Daily reporter was there. It
then attempted to get the discussion up to
that point put oft the record. Since the dis-
cussion had been noted before the off-the-rec-
ord request The Daily printed the finance in-
formation Jan. 12.
YESTERDAY finances were again brought
before the Open Cabinet for free discussion.
This time SL President Ned Simon made an
immediate off-the-record request. After the
writer hesitated in accepting the limitation Si-
mon said simply he would close the meeting:
The writer then left the supposed "open" cab-
inet meeting, without noting any of the dis-
cussion.
The Student Legislature will discuss and like-
ly pass motions dealing with finances at their
meeting this week or next. Students deserve
to know something of the deliberations lead-
ing to distribution of a sum totaling $5000.
SL should have no questionable ulterior motives
when disposing of a treasury this large.
--Dave Baad
LIGHTS OUT IN THE SOUTH:
Emancipator's Birthday No Bar
To Business as Usual
A N ARTICLE in yesterday's New York Times
tells of a situation in Miami, Florida, in
which Negroes were requested to leave a din-
ner celebrating Lincoln's birthday. The hotel
owner threatened to put out the lights if the
25 Negroes present did not leave. The news
dispatch goes on to say that about 150 of the
guests joined the Negroes in a protest walkout.
Although the Civil War has been over for
ninety years, the South seems unable to grasp
the reality of that fact. During the 17th and
18th centuries it was a popular belief of the
white man that the Negro was his inferior.
However, today we like to consider ourselves
above that type of bigoted thinking. There is
little discrimination in most of the countries
of Europe and in this country equality of all
peoples is a fact according to the Constitution.
It is a pity that it is not a fact in practice too.
THE ABOVE article is a sad commentary on
life in this country, despite the fact that
150 of the 400 present walked out with the Ne-
groes. We, who pride ourselves in our high
standard of living and low degree of illiteracy,
are faced with the unhappy problem of the
South, for that area seems, in truth, to be liv-
ing somewhat out of touch with modern re-
alities.
How can we expect other nations of the
world to choose Democracy, rather than Com-
munism, when in our own nation we have such
a glaring example of un-democratic principles?
We attempt to show the peoples of Asia and
Africa that our way, and not that of the Com-
munists, will give them equality and freedom,
yet a large number in our population adhere to
standards of a century ago. Does it not seem
a paradox that on the one hand we make
idealistic statements which, according to our
constitution are true, while on the other hand
practices in the South contradict all that our,
diplomats say? Such inconsistencies make us
ridiculous to the rest of the world.
-Louise Tyor
New Books at the Library
Thirkell, Angela-What Did it Mean? New
York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1954.
Van Doren, Mark-Selected Poems, New
York, Henry Holt and Company, 1954.
Whyte Law, Lancelot-Accent on Form, New
York, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1954.
Pick, Robert-The Escape of Socrates, New
York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1954.
Smith, F. G. Walton & Henry Chapin-The
Sun, The Sea, and Tomorrow, 1954.
DREW PEARSON:
The Press
And Joe:
A Play
WASHINGTON - Here a r e
some scenes in and around and
pertaining to the Senate of the
United States which tell their own
story. The first, a prologue, given
in reverse chronological order.
PROLOGUE-Outside the Sen-
ate Foreign Relations Com-
mittee room. Time 1955. Report-
ers are waiting the end of a com-
mittee meeting to interview Sen-
ators on the Far East. TV camer-
as are set up, ready to catch and
record the Senators as they exit.
Enter the junior Senator from
Wisconsin, not from the com-
mittee room because he is not a
member. He ambles past the cam-
eras, having been tipped off in
advance that they are waiting.
Under his arm is a large sheaf
of mimeographed press state-
ments.
Pausing, Joe hands out some of
these statements. Bored newsmen
look at them, evince no enthusi-
asm.
"Would you like me to read
part of these for you?" suggests
McCarthy to the TV men.
There are no takers. The TV
cameras are waiting for more
newsworthy Senators. Joe smiles.
"OK," he says and ambles off,
press statements under arm. He
knows when he's not news any-
more. i
SCENE 1-The time goes back
to the week of Lincoln's birth-
day, 1950. The place: Wheeling,
W. Va. McCarthy, recording a ra-
dio broadcast to win votes on the
occasion of the great emancipa-
tor's anniversary says: "I have
here in my hand a list of 205 ...
a list of names that were made
known to the Secretary of State
as being members of the Commu-
nist Party and who nevertheless
are still working and shaping pol-
icy in the state department."
Next day, different place, speak-
ing in Salt Lake City, McCarthy
says there are 57 known Com-
munists in the State Department.
Back in Washington, McCarthy
changes his figure to 81 known
Communists in the State De-
partment.
SCENE 2-Place, the Senate and
State Departments. Secretary
of State Dean Acheson advises
that Joe's wild statements be ig-
nored. The American public has
more sense than to fall for such
a wild charge, he tells the White
House and friendly Senators.
But Acheson reckoned without
certain GOP publishers; also
without certain Senators. For
months they had been looking
for a popular, catch-all, sure-fire
political issue. This might be it.
Suddenly the small three-para-
graph items about the Senator
from Wisconsin that appeared in
obscure parts of the papers were
blown up. Capitol Hill newsmen
were instructed to send more copy
on McCarthy. The drive to fan up
the McCarthy charges was on.
A Senate committee was ap-
pointed. After prolonged, much
publicized hearings, it brought in
a majority report. None of the 81
alleged Communists in the State
Department were Communists,
said the majority.
SCENE 3-One year later. Lin-
coln Day speeches again
warmed political audiences. Wash-
ington marked time. Not much
news. The senate was almost emp-
ty.
Senator Kilgore of West Vir-
ginia rose and recalled that, ex-
actly one year before, his col-
league from Wisconsin had made
a speech in West Virginia charg-
ing that there were 205 card-
carrying Communists in the State
Department. Now, said Kilgore,
one year later, not one Commu-
nist had been uncovered.
Republican Senators rose to Mc-
Carthy's defense, demanded that
Kilgore be made to take his seat
for criticizing another Senator. It
was a news-worthy free-for-all
when no Washington news was
breaking.
Next Morning: No news in the
New York and Washington pa-
pers. Not a single solitary line.
When a Senator criticizes another
Senator and is asked to take his
seat, normally it's news, but not
in this case when it came to
puncturing the myth of McCarthy.
The Washington Star later that
afternoon gave the story adequate
coverage. The United Press car-
ried four paragraphs. Most other
papers ignored the story.
So the McCarthy legend grew.
It was a good story-and good
politics.
SCENE 4-We are now back to
1955 Senator Olin Johnston of
South Carolina, new chairman of
the Civil Service Committee,
writes a letter to the State De-
nrtmentas king how many of the
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
"Atomic Energy? Sure. Just A Minute Now -
.a
Stag Hint .. .
To the Editor:
I FIND I must relinquish the du-
bious distinction of having gone
stag to J-Hop. If anyone is curious
as to who my date was, I suggest
they find out who escorted this
Wendy Warbasse.
-Harold Johnson
* *k *
Chambers Music , .
To the Editor:
WILL WHITTAKER Chambers
prove to be another Harvey
Matusow?
-Bernie Backhaut
China Policy . ..
To the Editor:
1 HE EISENHOWER Administra-
tion's policy towards China
does not serve the interests of
world peace.The dangerous For-
mosan situation confirms this
fact.
Rather than recognizing the ac-
tual government of 600,000,000
Chinese, the Administration con-
tinues to support at its expense
Chiang's puppet regime, which, in
the words of former State Secre-
tary Acheson, "had lost popular
support" in the 1948-49 civil war.
Rather than permitting the res-
toration of Formosa to China,
which the United States agreed to
do in the Cairo and Potsdam dec-
larations, the intervention of the
Administration alone keeps For-
mosa severed from China.
DAILY-OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Rather than recognizing the
right of nations to self-determina-
tion, the Administration has in-
tervened in the Chinese civil war
to perpetuate the rule of the most
hated man in China, Chiang Kai-
shek.
The consequence of this policy
of intervention has placed the
United States in a position which
is committed to nothing short of
aggression.
(a) The Congressional resolu-
tion giving Eisenhower power to
launch war against China if the
troop movements of the Chinese
government do not meet his (Ei-
senhower's) approval. In Senator
Flanders' expression, "Put in
plain English, this is preventive
war."
(b) The Mutual Assistance Pact
with Chinag, which makes the
United States the "ally" of an in-
terest which is pledged to over-
throw the Chinese government.
Both these maneuvers arrogant-
ly commit the United States to
telling the Chinese people how to
run. their internal affairs. But the
days of imperialism in China are
over. American policy has and will
continue to run into a stone wall
until:
1) The actual government of
China is recognized.
2) Formosa is restored to China.
3) China is admitted to the UN.
Any other course is full of the
danger of war, and against the
interest of both the Chinese and
American people.
-Mike Sharpe,
Labor Youth League
(Continued from Page 2)
For those interested in teaching in
the state of New Mexico, the Bureau
has information available regarding
teaching positions. For more informa-
tion contact the Bureau of Appoint-
ments, 3528 Administration Building,
NO 3-1511, Ext. 489.
SUMMER PLACEMENT
Camp Tanuga, Kalkaska, Michigan,
will interview in Room 3G of the Mich-
igan Union Thurs., Feb. 17, from 8:45
a.m. to 4:45 p.m. They need camp
counselors, craft counselors, a doctor
and a nurse. For firther information
contact the Bureau of Appointments,
Ext.d2614, Room 3528, Administration
Building.
BUMMER PLACEMENT
The Summer Placement Division of
the Bureau of Appointments will hold
a meeting Thurs., Feb. 17 at the Michi-
gan Union in Room 3B from 1:00 - 5:00
p.m. At this time all present summer
job opportunities listed for 1955 will be
presented.
SUMMER PLACEMENT
PERSONNEL REQUESTS
The Belfry Players, Inc., Williams
Bay, Wisconsin, has openings for 3
resident actors from June 12 to Sept.
11. Provision is made for their room
and board but it is necessary to have
sufficient funds for personal expenses.
All applications must reach the Pro-
duction manager by March 15.
Cook County Hospital, Social Serv-
ice Department, Chicago,Illinois, needs
summer substitute social workers who
have completed their first year of grad-
uate training. The salary is $245 per
month. Candidates should apply before
April 15.
The Henry Ford Museum & Green-
field Village, Dearborn, Michigan needs
women guides to direct visitors through
Greenfield Village and explain the his-
torical exhibits. Guides will be paid
for the training period. The salary is
$48 per week for a 40 hour week.
The Kellogg Company, Battle Creek,
Michigan has opportunities for sum-
mer work for Freshman, Sophomore
and Junior students of the Business
Administration, Industrial Engineering,
Mechanical Engineering, Electrical En-
gineering, Chemical Engineering and
Economic schools. Applications should
be sent in before March 1.
Rex Terrace, on Elk Lake, Alden
Michigan needs cooks, preferably from
sorority or fraternity houses, and offers
$75 per week salary; salad girls at $20
per week; office help, either sex, at $25
per week; and a hostess for the din-
ing room with some waitress experi-
ence. All positions provide salary plus
room and board.
Riverside Hotel, Ogunquite, Maine,
has openings for a housekeeper and an
assistant housekeeper, 2 chamber-
maids, and 10 waitresses. Salary ranges
from $50 to $100 per month plus room,
board and tips. Season begins June 28
and lasts to Sept. 10.
Roarding Brook Inn, Harbor Springs,
Michigan has openings for 10 waitresses.
Salary is $50 per month plus room,
board and tips. Season is from June 15
to Sept. 10.
For further information inquire at
the Bureau of Appointments Summer
Placement meeting at the Michigan
Union, Room 3B from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Thurs., Feb. 17.
PERSONNEL REQUESTS
U.S. Civil Service Commission an-
nounces exams for Technical Editors
and Writers GS-5 through GS-15 open
to men who have had experience, edu-
cation, or a combination of both in
technical writing or editoring.
Exams are also being given for Stu-
dent Trainees for Engineering Positions
and Chemistry Positions for duty in Il-
linois, Michigan, Wisconsin.
Exam was announced for Auditor
GS-5 for duty with the Dept. of De-
fense. Open to men with Accounting
education and/or experience.
Exams for Statisticians in the Bu-
reau of Census. Applicants must have
appropriate Statistical background.
Michigan Civil Service announces ex-
ams for Student Engineering Aide B
and Public Health Lab. Physician Vi.
Student Engr. Aides should be enroll-
ed in college in courses leading to
degree in Engrg. or acceptance for spe-
cial highway surveying course con-
ducted at Camp Davis, Wyo. There is
also a Student Engr. Summer Program,
Co-op Program, and Special High
School Graduate Program. The Lab.
Physician must have a license to prac-
tice in Michigan, three years of exper-
ience in public health lab work.
ADVANCE STUDY OPPORTUNITIES
Internat'l Ladies Garment Workers'
Training Institute, N.Y., N.Y., is now
enrolling students for 1955-5 sessions.
All students satisfactorily completing
the year's sessions are guaranteed posi-
tions with the union. This is open to
both men and women between 21 and
Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Mass.,
announces a summer course in Pub-
lishing Procedures-June 22 to Aug. 2
-open to both men and women inter-
ested in book and magazine publish-
ing.
Radcliffe College also announces the
Management Training Program-Sept.
23, 1955 to June 13, 1956-open to wom-
en with a degree from an accredited
college. A number of fellowships cov-
ering the cost of tuition are available.:
For further information on any of
the above, contact the Bureau of Ap-
pointments 3528 Admin. Bldg., Ext 371.
PERSONNEL INTERVIEWS
Representatives from the following
will interview at the Bureau of Ap-
pointment:
Thurs., Feb. 17
Elgin Nat'l Watch Co., Elgin, Ill.-
(a.m. only)-B.A. men in BusAd, Lit.,
or Science for Sales Training Program
and Supervisory and Engrg. Training
Program.
General Electric will interview men
for a Business Training Program for
positions in plants throughout country.
Fri. Feb. 18
Gen'l Elect., Employee Rel. Service
Section - At the Bureau - Men with
backgrounds in Indus. Rel., Personnel
Admin., Psych., and Law for positions
in various plants throughout country
for Employee and Plant Community
Relations.
For appointments contact the Bu-
reau of Appointments, Ext. 371, 3528
Admin. Bldg.
tering a cooperative program with one
of the following companies:
General Electric
Allis Chalmers
Detroit Edison
Michigan Bell Telephone
Radio Corporation of America
Chrysler Corporation
Consumers Power Company
please contact Prof. John J. Carey,
Room 2519 East Engineering Building
as soon as possible.
Make-up Examinations in History will
be given Sat., Feb. 26, 9:00 a.m.-12:00
m., 1433 Mason Hall. See your instructor
for permission and then sign list in
History Office.
The Extension Service announces
that there are still openings in the
following classes to be held Tues. eve-
ning, Feb. 15:
Elementary Engineering Drawing (En-
gineering Drawing 1). 7:00 p.m. 445
West Engineering Building. 16 weeks.
$27.00. Prof. Philip O. Potts, Instruc-
tor
Descriptive G e o m e t r y (Engineering
Drawing 2) 7:00 p.m. 445 West Engi-
gineering Building. 16 weeks. $27.00.
Prof. Philip O. Potts, Instructor
Oil Painting 7:30 p.m. 415 Architec-
ture. 16 weeks. $20.00. Prof. Frede Vi-
dar, Instructor
The Recorder and Its Music 7:30 p.m.
435 Mason Hall. 16 weeks. $18.00. Prof.
William H. Stubbins, Instructor
Registration for these courses may be
made in Room 4501 of the Administra-
tion Building on State Street during
University office hours, or in Room 164
of the School of Business Administra-
tion on Monroe Street, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Mon. through Thurs. of this week.
Mathematics Colloquium. Tues., Feb.
15, at 4:10 p.m., in Room 3011 A.H. Prof.
D. A. Darling will speak on "The Er-
godic Limit Theorems in Dissipative
systems."
Engineers: Seminar Meetings on "Hu-
man Relations for Engineers" will be
conducted this semester for all engi-
neering students interested. First meet-
ing Wed., Feb. 16, at 4:00 p.m. in Room
311 West Engineering will be key lec-
ture which should be attended in or-
der to benefit from following meet-
ings. Five additional meetings will be
held at same time and place on suc-
ceeding Wednesdays, Feb. 23 and March
2, 9, 16, and 23.
Sociology Colloquium: Harold L.
Wilensky, assistant professor of soci-
ology, will speak on "Captive Profes-
sionals: The New Staff Experts in La-
bor Unions" at 4:00 p.m. Wed., Feb. 16,
in the East Conference Room of the
Rackham Building. Open to the public.
Geometry Seminar will meet Wed.,
Feb. 16, at 7:00 p.m. in 3001 A.H. Duane
Deal will speak on "Quadratic Depend-
ence of Points."
Engineering Mechanics Seminar. Prof.
Ernest F. Brater will speak on "Wae
Problems in the Lakes Hydauli eLab-
oratory" at 4:00 p.m., Wed., Feb. 16
in Room 101, West Engineering Build-
ing.
Concerts
Band Concert Cancelled. The con-
cert by the University of Michigan
Symphony Band, William D. Revelli,
Conductor, previously announced for
Tues., Feb. 15, in Hill Auditorium, has
been postponed until Sun., March 27,
4:15 p.m.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions, Museum of Art, Alumni
Memorial Hal:
Fantastic Landscape, Michigan Wa-
ter Color Society, Mexican Arts and
Crafts, through March 6.
Hours: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. weekdays,
2:00-5:00 p.m. Sundays. The public is
invited.
Events Today
Deutscher Verein's first program of
the new semester will be held in Room
3KLM of the Union at 7:30 p.m. Tues.,
Feb. 15. The program will include two
German newsreels, a film on Hamburg,
German singing, and derglichen mehr.
Anthropology Club Meeting, Dr. H.
R. Crane, Prof. of Physics, will speak
on "The Methods and Limitations of
Radiocarbon Dating." Tues., Feb. 15,
7:30 p.m., Rackham Building.
The Congregational - Disciples Guild.
4:30-5:45 p.m., tea at the Guild House.
La Sociedad Hispanica will meet Tues.
Feb. 15 at 8:00p.m. in the League. Mrs.
Triolo will give a piano concert of
Spanish music, Mr. DeCicco will show
slides on Spain. and Sue McLaughlin
will tell about "A Student's Life in
Spain." Dancing and refreshments.
Vengan
Lutheran Student Association Tues.,
7:15 p.m. Study of Augustine, first of a
series on great leaders of the Christian
Church. Over at 8:15 p.m. At the Cen-
ter, corner Hill St. and Forest Ave.
Sigma Rho Tau will: meet tonight in
Room 3-B of the Michigan Union. Or-
ganiz0,tional meeting planning semes-
ter activities. Impromptus. Members
are urged to attend.
Coming Events
Westminster S t u d e n t Fellowship-
Sponsored Monthly Family Night
Church Dinner at the Presbyterian
Church Thurs., Feb. 17, at8:00 p.m.
Proceeds will help purchase a movie
projector for a Presbyterian Boys'
School in Korea. Call NO-88421 or NO
2-4466 for reservations by Tues., Feb.
15, 5:00 p.m.
Hillel. Reservations for Fri. evening
dinner must be made and paid for at
Hillelany evening from 7:00-10:00 p.m.
before Thurs.
Research Club. Wed.. Feb. 16, at 8:00
p.m. in Rackham Amphitheater.
Two papers will be presented:
Volney H. Jones (Anthropology).
"Current Research in American Ethno-
botany";
Albert H. Marckwardt (English).
"Verbal Elegance and Prudery in
American English: their Social Back-
r.
Two Viewpoints, Both
For Spring Rushing
SPRING RUSHING is here again. From an in-
dependent's point of view, this has many
connotations.. Contrasting with fall rushing,
probably the majority of independents would
prefer the spring system.
When a freshman or transfer student goes
fraternity during his first semester on campus,
he frequently has an unclear idea of what fra-
ternity or dormitory life can offer him. By
rushing immediately after his arrival, he eas-
ily gets many false ideas about the relative ad-
vantages of one method of living contrasted
with the other. Hopping immediately into ,a
fraternity may prove disastrous for the indi-
vidual for many reasons. He may have a false
idea of the house: at best he has received only
a superficial glance at the advantages and
disadvantages involved in belonging to a fra-
ternity.
BY LOOKING around during the open rush-
ing session and following uip with visits to
various fraternities during the spring rushing
session, the future fraternity member can get
a much better idea of what given fraternities
can offer him. Actives become individuals to
him, not just faces without names. At the same
time the actives have time at their leisure to
get to know the men interested in joining their
group. If the interested student takes the
opportunity to come to individual houses be-
tween rushing seasons, he will be better pre-
pared to know what he wants when spring
rushing season rolls around.
W AT of the consequences to quadrangles
of men who pledge fraternities and still
have nearly a year or a semester to live in the
quadrangle, part of the Michigan House Plan
and yet not part of it? Frequently these men
take a very cynical view of residence hall gov-
ernment and opportunities, refusing to take
part in them. After all, their interest lies else-
where. House affairs are not for them, they
feel, and they concentrate their activities
around their fraternity. Yet this attitude works
both ways. Houses within the quadrangle may
refuse to elect to office a fraternity pledge who
may well do a fine job. Old-time quadrangle
residents feel the future fraternity member
will not do a good job because of his other
ties. In this opinion they frequently are wrong,
thus depriving themselves of the services of a
member of their own living unit.
By now, many of the men rushing houses
have had sufficient time on campus to evaluate
the relative merits of the two ways of living.
If they now decide to rush a fraternity, it will
be for a reason better than "well, my brother
FRATERNITY RUSHING--the root of many
a campus evil-is again in progress, and
again under the critical scrutiny of fraternity
members and rushees alike.
The errors of the system: the superficiality
and the amount of pure providence which gain
for a fraternity its future blood, are extremely
open to criticism and revision.
In the prsent system a rushee visits many
houses on the first Sunday and Monday of
the period, and after that time narrows his
concentration to a few houses.
He then returns to these few for smokers
and luncheons.
THIS PRACTICE continues through the sec-
ond week. The whole rushing process of in-
troductions, further meetings, and finally, the
selection of a pledge class by a fraternity, takes
a total of two weeks, not a complete fourteen
days, at the most.
The mistakes that can and have been made
in this system are many and of no mean pro-
portion. Often a boy decides that a fraternity
which he has been only slightly familiar with,
is the best for him,
Chances are that he will be perfectly happy
with his choice and never regret it, but the
fact remains that his successful choice was due
in a great amount to chance.
SUPERFICIAL discussions, at least, are un-
deniably necessary to get to know aspects
of a boy's character. This necessity in itself,
speaks for an extension of the present system.
It is impossible for a member to meet and know
even superficially the many rushees
It seems to me that both the fraternity and
rushee would benefit from a longer period in
which to know each other. The fraternities
at Michigan are relatively good in comparison
to those at other schools, so I have been told.
That is no reason to scorn at revision.
Schools such as Duke University, for in-
stance, hold spring rushing only: contending
that it takes a semester for a boy to become
acclimated to the school and his choices in
fraternities. It does not appear a bad idea,
and a semester wait might possibly reduce the
superficialities of the present system, for many
boys and fraternities would already be ac-
quainted and the necessity to spend the rush-
ing time in these introductions would be elim-
inated.
The present open rushing system, a step in
the right direction, allows a man more time
to choose, but is of little use to the man who
INTERPRETING THE NEWS
By J. M. ROBERTS
THE attention attracted abroad
by the suggestion that Presi-
dent Eisenhower pursue his old
friendship with Marshal Zhukov
is in some ways a measure of the
world's state of mind.
Zhukov, you will recall, com-
manded the Russians at the cap-
ture of Berlin, became friendly
0
with Eisenhower, and was instru-
mental in the American command-
er's visit to Moscow. They have
repeatedly expressed regard for
each other.
Now Zhukov, as new minister
of defense, has become an im-
portant figure in the Russian hie-
rarchy with which the world is
having so much trouble. The Pres-
ident indicated he would consid-
er renewing an invitation, issued
long ago, for Zhukov to visit the
United States.
SUCH foreign press comment as
I have seen is all in favor of
it, particularly in Britain. Having
heard that there are bombs, a few
of which might be capable of mak-
ing the world uninhabitable, and
thinking of the target offered by
their tight little isle, the British
constantly grasp at any straw
which gives the slightest prom-
ise of easing tensions.
The Russians have assumed the
attitude that there would be noth-
ing sensational about such a vis-
it. "Why not?" asked their am-
bassador to Washington, Georgi
Zarubin, fresh from the sensation-
al Supreme Soviet meeting last
week, and after Zhukov had said
he would like it, but perhaps not
right now.
N'OW ZHUKOV is not the man
with whom Eisenhower could
negotiate any lessening of inter-
national tensions. There is quite
a strong possibility that his new
job is primarily to frighten the
Germans, to whom he is a mortal
terror, out of the rearmament
which the Kremlin already _ has
been telling them will mean a
new war.
For Zhukov to go traipsing off
on an errand of sweetness and
light right now might undo the
propaganda value which his su-
periors expect to get from his ap-
pointment.
,
* 4
f,
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 Sobeloffi...... 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
.r..r.e r Associate Sports Editor
Roz Shlimovitz.....Women's Editor
Janet Smith .Associate Woren's Editor
John Hirtzel......Chief Photographer
Business Staff
Lois Pollak ........Business Manager
Phil Brunskill, Assoc. Business Manager
Bill Wise.-.....Advertising Manager
Mary Jean Monkoski Finance Manaizer
Telephone NO 23-24-I
I-
4
r:
t