Sixty-Sixth Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIvERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG. * ANN ARBOR, MICH. * Phone NO 2-3241 "You Don't Have Any Seniority In This Club" A Opinions Are Free, uth Will revaW' MOZART OPERA: Magic Flute Enchants A udienc e with Magic THE MAGIC FLUTE fille the Mendelssohn Theatre with its utterly bewitching strains. This magic however was not merely Mozart's music, but an alchemy of Conductor Blatt's exacting- yet judicious pacing, the young and refreshing voices of the performers, the clean, limpid playing of the orchestra, all of which generated a lively pro- duction. In the overture, for example, the rigor of the tempo and the warm, molten tones of the brasses made the section following the fugue most exciting. From the moment the three ladies entered the stage, Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. 4{ )NESDAY, MARCH 7, 1956 NIGHT EDITOR: MARY ANN THOMAS No Harm Inviting All Shades Of Opinion Here MUCH TALK and much theory were turned into concrete action by Inter-House Coun- cil last week. Its decision to sponsor a series of panel discussions on controversial issues was an. essential first step toward stimulating stu- dent thinking on important national, world and local issues. Monthly discussion sessions might be a drop in the bucket and will likely make little inroad into the apathetic acceptance attitude preva- lent at the University. But the initiative had to come from some place. IHC is to be highly commended for moving into this area. With an audience nucleus in the Quadrangles IHC's panel discussions should be well attended. Although the three panels this spring will be held in each of the Quadrangles there is no- reason why the programs shouldn't attract large gatherings from other housing groups. If IHC can select some real controversial topics for these opening programs, the accompanying suc- cess might inspire other campus groups to turn into reality ideas for stimulating discussion. Recent attacks on intellectual complacency have already sparked some initial action from other groups. Student Government Council's Education and Welfare Committee is beginning consideration of panel sessions similar to IHC's. But another idea has exciting possibilities. There is movement underway to form a com- mittee specifically designed to invite contro- versial personalities to the University to speak. The group, presently in the embryonic stage, may soon ask SGC for recognition. T HE PROPOSED organization admits invita- tions would not exclude men with Marxist leanings, men associated with groups presently on the Attorney General's subversive activities list. Although many students, contacted to join the group, may turn down invitation to mem- bership on the basis that the group is designed to propagandize thinking they are far out of sympathy with, few say the group would prove detrimental to the University. Whether you agree with extreme left-wing thinking or not there is need for expression for all viewpoints on this campus. Since the young Progressives left and the Young Democrats have been financially weak, there has been a notic- able de-emphasis in presentation of the ex- tremist school of thought. It can do no more than challenge foundations of more middle-of- the-rad thught. Of course its speakers would have to be passed by the Lecture Committeq. But if spon- sored by a responsible, recognized student group and designed to stimulate thinking on the day's crucial issues there could be little harm in in- viting representatives of all shades of opinion. The extremes get people stimulated. The University needs stimulation beyond the daily gossip of the college coffee shops. Inter-House Council is on the right track, but by themselves the panels' benefits will be at most negligible. The committee for inviting speakers is an im- portant addition and deserves strong encour- agement., --DAVE BAAD, Managing Editor it was evident that this was to be semble singing-and this was de- monstrated throughout the opera. THE CROWN for the evening went to Miss Kronlokkgen, not only because she was Pamina and looked as lovely and regal as a Wedge- wood figure, but because she used her warm and lovely voice with telling effect. She sang effortlessly with musicianly control. The role of Sarastro is one of the hardest to fill because it re- quires an extreme vocal range with phenomenally low notes: but Mr. Patterson more than ably filled the need. He has a full and easy voice which is sumptuously rich in the middle register, and he sang easily and faultelessly. His phras- ing in the aria "O Isis and Osiris" was exemplary and moving, while his scenes with Miss Kronlokken when they both sang with great eloquenc ewere some of the high points of the evening. * * * MISS BICKFORD who sang Astrafiamante d i s c h a r g e d the cruelly difficult coloratura pass- ages with great honor. But more, she managed to invest the role with a semblance of sinister in- tent, albeit it was youthful evil. Mention should be made of Mr. Brandzel who sang Papageno. He has a wonderful comic talent, well suited to this child of nature, and his enunciation was exemplary. Miss Blomquist who sang Papa- gena, all too briefly, only made one wish to hear her lovely voice in a larger role. CONSISTENCY is the last thing one expects from the Magic Flute, although the production was con- sistently enthusiastic. It is easiest to take the libretto of this opera as an elaborate fairy tale and dis- regard its rococo encrustations of ethico-masonic symbolism. THE ATTEMPTS at ballet were unfortunate, since the stage is too small, the finale scenes overcrowd- ed with ceremonial personages, and the music ponderous and un- suited to dancing. This is, altogether, a splendid production of an unusual opera, and anyone unable to obtain tickets to attend schould contem-. plate a crime to secure one. It may be for art; but it IS certainly for pleasure. -A. Tsugawa a I performance with top-notch en- f-+E1'B,Lo *K. WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND: Nixon, Ike Met in Georgia4 By DREW PEARSON Southern Solution- Law Enforcement DAILY OFflICIAL BULLETIN THEE is an increasingly popular conception that violation of the law-if it is sufficiently widespread-cannot and should not be attacked with law enforcement means. Mob violence held sway at the University of Alabama and the equivalent of mob violence- wholesale disregard for the Supreme Law of the land-deters forceful support of the Consti- tution and of Supreme Court rulings all over the nation. It is argued that there cannot be legislation against prejudice nor can force eliminate it. This is true in the immediate sense. Persons opinions cannot be changed overnight. But discussion and conciliation are no more likely to work toward lessening the prejudice of avowed bigots than is force. In fact, there is much evidence that only positive action can, even in the long run, alter the prejudices of men. F WE ARE TRULY interested in justice, there can be no waiting for changes in attitudes before injustice is destroyed. Our immediate aim should not be to end prejudice. THIS CAN WAIT! But we cannot delay in ending what can be stopped right now -discrimination. Must we wait for everyone to want equal rights for all before we safe- guard those rights? Discrimination can be quickly destroyed. Federal enforcement of federal law as dictated in the Constitution and through the Supreme Court could immediately assure integrated pub- lic education integrated interstate transporta- tion, and integrated federal housing. This would not require mass deployment of federal troops. The Federal Bureau of Investi- gation could undoubtedly do the job by ar- resting for contempt of court those authorities who have worked to nullify the rulings of the Supreme Court. Opposition to extension of civil rights will not lead to violence, or even subterfuge, if it is realized that such action is punishable and cannot gain any success. PREJUDICE will still exist, but lessening of discrimination is the best solution to that problem. Rather than biracial councils, whose liberal members' views are not accepted by the rest of the people, actual experiences of dealing with minorities on an equal basis in forcefully desegregated institutions will be a means of breaking down the prejudice of all people. Dis- cussion councils do no harm, but it is foolish to rely only on them to solve the problem. Much more can be accomplished in a shorter time by action that restructures the situation to elimi- nate any bases for prejudice. If bias has no reinforcement in reality, it will die. Studies of integration in public housing and in the armed forces have shown conclusively that prejudiced attitudes of individuals are re- placed by reason when actual situations of equality exist. The success of these attempts at destroying prejudice through first destroying the even greater evil of discrimination can point to only one path of action in the present situation- strict, unequivocal, immediate federal enforce' ment of the law. --DICK CRAMER IT ESCAPED newsmen who cov- ered the President's golfing so- journ in Thomasville, Georgia, but Vice President Nixon paid Ike a secret visit there. The visit is significant not be- cause he was able to elude news- men but because he discussed with Eisenhower the question of in- cluding his own name as his choice for Vice President when he, Ike, made his historic announcement. The President, however, explain- ed that he had better stick to one subject at a time, and that the main subject was his own an- nouncement. He was friendly and sympa- thetic, but nevertheless negative. THIS NEGATION is given two different interpretations. By those friendly to Nixon it's pointed out that it's much better to postpone putting his name on the ticket until late in the campaign, there- by giving the Democrats less time to shoot at him. By those opposing Nixon it's pointed out that Eisenhower, while friendly and fond of Dick, is cold-blooded about practical politics and wants to have the best possible vote-getter as his running mate. He has already said that his health will be an issue; therefore he knows that the man who might have to succeed him will also be an issue. * * ,* SEN. WAYNE MORSE of Ore- gon shipped a trailer load of his prize English Red Devon cattle down to the Louisiana State Cattle show at Baton Rouge the other day and prepared to follow them by plane later. Hearing about his proposed trip, Louisiana State Uni- versity professors invited him to make an address as part of the student lecture series. Morse ac- cepted, agreed to speak on March 4, be entertained at Pleasant Hall 6n the LSU campus. But on March 2, Senator Morse made a speech in Washington op- posing Senator Eastland of Mis- sissippi as head of the Senate Judi- ciary Committee on the ground that he had attacked the Supreme Court as treasonous after the Court abolished segregation. Some hours later, Morse received a phone call from Professor J. W. Kistler, in charge of the LSU stu- dent lecture series, canceling the Morse speaking engagement for March 4 on "orders of the Dean of Liberal Arts." "We have also canceled your reservation at Pleasant Hall on the campus," Professor Kistler said, "and made a reservation at the Hotel Heidelberg instead." Morse flew to Baton Rouge any- way, mingled with his cattle in the cattle pavilion on the LSU campus, did not mingle with LSU students or professors of Liberal Arts. * * * SEN. LYNDON JOHNSON'S deft maneuvering for a bipartisan com- mittee has certainly managed to hamstring the investigation of big- time lobbying and big-time cam- paign contributions. Here is what happened at the secret session of the Senate select committee in Vice President Nix- on's office whe'n it deadlocked over investigating the gas-oil lobby and campaign contributions. Sen. Styles Bridges of New Hampshire, who has been carry- ing the ball vigorously for theRe- publicans, did most of the talk- ing. He was the backstage opera- tor who moved, along with John- son, to require 50-50 GOP member- ship on the committee. At the secret organization meeting Bridges laid down a fiat decree that the Republicans wanted control of the staff and counsel in return for giving the Democrats the chair- manship. But he also stipulated that the chairman would not have the usual power to issue subpoenas and call meetings. * , , BRIDGES ISSUED this utima- turn in such dictatorial, take-it- or-leave-it language that the Dem- ocrats said they were ready to walk out. Whereupon Bridges relaxed a bit. He showgd his hand some- what, indicated he was afraid of Tennessee's Sen. Albert Gore as chairman. Gore was head of the Elections Committee which started to investigate but was circumvent- ed by Johuson, Bridges and Know- land. So Bridges proposed that Sen. John McClellan of Arkansas be the committee chairman. McClellan, an alleged Democrat, has voted more with Republicans on crucial issues than with Democrats, so Bridges knew that as chairman he would lean away from any pene- trating probe of the oil-gas lobby. (Copyright 1956, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) INTERPRETING THE NEWS: Big 3' Tugging & Hauling, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Mart ydo Awakens North, By 3.,M. ROBERTS Associated Press News Analyst BRITAIN and the United States are moving quickly to relieve strains on Big Three uni- ty mentioned Friday by French Foreign Minis- ter Pineau. First, the three countries are conferring again on the Middle East, where a surprisingly strong anti-British reaction in Jordan and a new border incident between Israel and Syria have produced open talk of the possibility of an im- mediate war. Secondly, Anthony Eden has invited French Premier Mollet for a weekend conference over Anglo-French relations. Mollet issued a state- ment Saturday, in the course of an interview, which was obviously designed to soften Pineau's criticism of Anglo-American policy, or what he called lack of policy. The incident looks very much like another of those occasions when France, feeling her inter- ests ignored, makes a fuss in order to call at- tention to herself. Pineau knows that Britain and the United States are working on policy not only for the Middle East, but for the whole world in the face of the new Russian emphasis on economic warfare. He knows that Britain is anxious for a United Khrushchev next month, as well as when he and Mollet go to Moscow a little later. Against that background, he would like to bargain for greater British support of France in Algeria. Part of his speech indicated suspicion of American motives in Viet Nam and British motives in Algeria. Mollet merely said he hoped the two big allies would give France greater moral support on Algeria. He denied France was moving away from her North Atlantic allies. 0 BRITAIN and the United States, however, the situation in the Middle East was far more pressing than anything else at the mom- ent. Pineau, by his timing, got only leftover at- tention. The Jordanian situation left Britain without a friend south of the Baghdad pact states, and opened the way for full cooperation between Jordan, Syria and Egypt, the major antagon- ists of Israel. There was open talk among foreign diplomats in the Middle East that Israel might launch a "preventive" war before the Arabs could make full use of the arms being sent them from the Communist sphere. France still feels that Britain did her dirt TWO'S COMPANY: Too Much Variety EDITH ATWATER and Albert Dekker tried an interesting ex- periment last night-one that It would do well nQt to try very often. Taking a snatch from one author, a bit from another and patching them together with the spare jokes of a third certainly gives variety, but does not make for a smooth performance. Despite some good offerings, the evening resembled a fairly bad attempt to combine soap opera and after-dinner speeches into two hours of light entertainment. From the caliber of the reading it was evident that both perform- ers could have done a competent job in a standard Broadway ploy, but the strain of switching from broken garters to Macbeth was too much for actors as well as audi- ence. ALBERT DEKKER was the strong member of the team. With considerable stage presence and an ability to work his voice to full advantage, he made the tran- sitions somewhat less painful. His old days in the horror films came through nicely in his reading of Poe's "Tell-Tale Heart," which was an effective ending to the first half of the program. Unfortunately Miss Atwater did not come up to her companion's performance. Her voice had a tendency to sound disturbingly harsh, and her interpretation was often simply disturbing, particu- larly her Lady Macbeth. However, she did make a fine witch (with all apologies to the lady) in Robert Frost's "The Witch of Coos," one of the better overall readings. * * * THE PROGRAM ENDED with a sketch from Thurber-"The Mac- beth Murder Mystery," A short, concise number it indicated the type of thing that might have proved more successful. Instead of attempting to present "scenes from the world's greatest literature," the pair might have limited them- I'- THE Daily Official Bulletin is an official publication of the University of Michigan for which the Michigan Daily assumes no editorial responsi- bility. Notices should be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to Room 3553 Administration Building before 2 p.m. the day preceding publication. Notices for the Sunday edition must be in by 2 p.m. Friday. WEDNESDAY; MARCH 7, 195 VOL. LXVIH, NO. 20 General Notices Women students planning to attend the 1956 summer session may apply for housing at the Office of the Dean of Women beginning at noon today. Ac- commodations for graduates and uder- graduates will be available in residence halls, league houses, sororities (for non- members as well as members), and co- operative houses. .Meeting for all members and prospee- tive members of the Society for the Advancement of Management (S.A.M.) Thurs., March 8, 4:00 p.m., Room 225, West Engineering. Academic Notices Students who failed to take the final examination in German Courses during the fall semester must register with the Secretary, 108 Tappan Hall, by Wed., March 7, for the make-up examination to be held Friday, 3:00 p.m., March 9. Interdepartmental Seminar on Applied Meteorology, Thurs., March 8, 4 p.m, Room 4041 Natural Science Bldg. Prof. Samuel A. Graham will speak on "Forest Microclimates and Insect Populations." Organic Chemistroy Seminar. 7:30 p. n., Room 1300 Chemistry Building. C. J. Verbanic will ,speak on "Solvent and Steric Effects on Hyperconjugation." Physical- Analytical- Inorganic Chem. istry Seminar. 7:30 p.m., Room 3005 Chemistry Building. Prof. R. K. Mc- Alpine will speak on "The Autooxidation of Iodine in Alkaline Solution." Events Today The Magic Flute presented by the Department of Speech and the School of Music at 8:00 p.m. tonight in the Lydia Mendessohn Theatre. Tickets on sale at the Lydia Mendelsohn Theatre box office from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m.- $1.75, $1.40, $1.00, with the spcal stu- dent rate of 75c in effect tonight. Free Films. Museums Building, 4th floor Exhibit Hall. "Life in a Drop of Water" and "The Prairie," March 6-12. Daily at 3:00 and 4:00 p.m., including Sat. and Sun., with an extra showing Wed. at 12:30. Placement Notices George Baker, Director of Personnel for the Detroit Public Schools, will hold a meeting in Room 4508 Administration Building at 4:15 p.m. on Thurs., March S. He will talk about teaching oppor- tunities in Detroit and answer ques- tions. SUMMER PLACEMENT: Meeting of the Summer Placement Service in Room 3G, Michigan Union, Thurs., March 8, from 1 to 4:45 p.m. Anyone interested in summer employ- ment is welcome. Jobs range from all types of business to camps and resorts. SUMMER PLACEMENT INTERVIEWS: Wed., March 7: Mr. Stephen Baumann, Director, Camp Conestoga, Leonidas, Mich., will inter- view for male and female Counselors, Michigan Union, Room 3K, 9-5. Wed., Thurs., March 7, 8: Mr. Ken Smith, Camp Charlevoix, Charlevoix, Mich., will interview for male and female Counselors, Michigan Union, Room 104. Call the Bureau of Appointments for appointments, 3528 Administration Bldg., Ext. 2814. Representatives from the following will be at the Michigan Union, Room 3G, 1 to 4:45 p.m.: Thurs., March 8: Richard Molby, Jr., Assistant Director of camping, Detroit Boy Scout Coun- cil, will interview for Counselors. Arnet Cole, Ann Arbor YMCA Camp, will interview for Counselors. Ronald Thompson, Chief Ta-Kee-Ko- Mo Day Camp, Ann Arbor, will inter- view men and women counselors, Martin Gold, Camp Farband, Chelsea, Mich., will interview for male and fe- male counselors. Terry Adderle, Russell Kelly Office Service, Detroit, will interview women for Typists, Stenographers, General Of- fice Clerks to work in offices of De.. troit firms for the stammer. Sidney Weiner, Div. Supervisor, The Easterling Co., Ann Arbor, will inter- view for Salesmen. Mrs. H. Gross, Ann Arbor, YWCA, will interview for women Counselors. PERSONNEL INTERVIEWS: Representatives from the following will be at the Engrg. School: Mon., Tues., March 12, 13: North American Aviation, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif.-all levels in Aero., Che. E., Civil, Elec., Math., Mech., Metal., Naval and Marine, and Physics for Re- search, Devel., and Design. U.S. citizens. Bell Aircraft Corp., Buffalo, N. Y.- all levelsin Aero., Che.E., Civil, Elect., Instru., Materials, Math., Mech., Eng. Mecblh.. Ph ot an an Scine'fr. 'nim a. I .. '-4 4 .r ; 1 ~V A 'Practical Integration' * To the Editor: AS A FORMER 9-year resident of the South, I would like to add my "two-cents" to the segre- gation issue. We Northerners must remember that Southerners have erroneously learned, by constant exposure to tradition and actual practice, that the Negro is not only inferior, but, if made "equal," is a threat to the moral, social, and economic safety of the Whites. The White Southerners fall into three groups: (1) those who blind- ly abhor the Negro, (2) those who say, "I know I'm wrong, but I can't help being prejudiced," and (3) those who want to endsegre- gation., It is to this last group that we should direct our help and en- couragement. We should educate the second group to the Negroes' potential to be a greater economic, educational, and social asset-to the South and to the nation. I disagree with Mr. Frymer's in- ference (Mar. 4) that martyrdom should not be a means to the end. er he'll work to be proud of his1 South. Let us not turn this problem into a screaming morality play with ourselves as the Forces of Good; we did our moral duty in the Supreme Court. From now on we should concentrate first in those areas ripe for integration, second- arily in the others. As practical, educated people, familiar with the relationship of learning and be- havior, we should remember that the White Southerner is as much a victim of his own thinking as isj the Negro. -Muriel Schostak, '57 Referee's Fault? ... To the Editor: IN A BASKETBALL game be- tween two college teams, stu- dents usually come to the con- clusion that it was bad refereeing that made their team lose the game. They think this generally because of their natural prejudice, but the students at the University of Michigan did not boo the refs Kramer was on the foul line, look- ing for a three point play by mak- ing his first shot good and hoping for a rebound on the second shot. After pausing for a second or two before tossing his first shtt the referee's voice was clearly audible in the silence of the field house commanding Kramer to hurry up and shoot. In what rule book does it say that the referee has the right to command a player to hur- ry his shot after only a few seconds on the foul line and especially at such a crucial moment? There can be no doubt that Michigan was the superior team on the oor. Their magnificent de- fense and great playmaking would have given them a victory, if it weren't for the unfair refereeing of the incompetent officials. -Dave Weisberg, '59 Cliff Tonjes, '59 Ralph Owings, '59 Express Thanks . * To the Editor: THE FAMILY of Alice Bogdonoff Silver wants to express to the 'y (, .4' A I