Sixty-Sixth Year LDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THlE UNIVRSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG. * ANN ARBOR, MIcH. * Phone NO 2-3 241 SeHo, Ave-What's New?' When Opinlons Are tree, Truth Will Prevail" Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1956 NIGHT EDITOR: TAMMY MORRISON ' ' '" w1M. s ' " " -r.r1 _ti Ys x a . . i. C,. . t i ? 5 , ,. °; ;- t .tom _ , p t , S '.- eC + . ; Qfz . ^ , - E §i f t . Student Government Council Needs More Student Contact LACK OF communication between the Stu- dent Government Council and the students it represents is one of the most difficult prob- lems SGC has yet to solve. How this can most effectively be done was discussed recently at the Student-Faculty-Administration confer- ence sponsored by the Union in cooperation with SGC. The question of representation was put to the council members present. How, it was asked, can SGC claii$ to represent student opinion to the administration, when members of SGC have slight, if any, contact with the student constituents? One SGC member countered with the fact that he conducts a personal survey on any question where he is in doubt on what students would think of the particular proposal. THIS PERSONAL survey technique is not enough. In fact, as Dean of Men Walter B. Rea pointed out, this is precisely the method that the University has used for years when it wantedto consult with the student body. It should be pointed out that tiis method will no longer suffice for a University this size, whether employed by the administration or SGC. A personal survey amounts to -a small sample of opinion which in no way can be considered as representative of a sizeable fac- tion of student opinion. A new system for expression of the students views is long overdue. Letters to the editor, as on the deferred rushing issue are not enough. The Student-Faculty-Administration, Confer- ence was a step in the right direction for in- creased student participation in the affairs of SGC. SEVERAL EXCELLENT suggestions evolved in the friendly give-and-take discussion with University officials, but time limitations necessarily negated the possibility of drawing up detailed plans: Properly this is an SGC problem that must be solved in the near future if it is to truly reprsent student opinion. More precisely, Student Government Coun- cil's problem of communication is not only getting student opinion but it must also inform to as to guide student opinion. As Dean of Women Deborah Bacon pointed out, in any democracy a large number of people are apa- thetic.. But there are those in the student body who just don't know. This element of the student body has been neglected heretofore. Yet, in some more direct way they should take an interest in SGC. This can only come about if SGC takes an interest in them. THE STRUGGLING speakers guild founded recently by SGC as an attempt to inform the' students needs encouragement. It is a direct contact' system whereby speakers from SGC will come into housing groups to give a talk on the activities of SGC and answer ques- tions. The speakers project should be expanded. The quadrangles should be included and the spueakers should visit fraternity and sorority housing groups more often. This is not the only answer to the problem, but is the best expedient in view at the present time. Student Government Council should im- prove it or work out a better solution. -JERRY DeMAAGD j "--- " k , b ,= ' f+l. s } , r ; , rt" u ' *a -;' ' , r .c .c - a ti _. x s ..x :rf +.t"E'max - e- ,irr -r.td sa -- WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND: International Showmanshp By DREW PEAR.SON LETERS to the EDITOR Disconnected Thinking To the Editor: H AD I NOT dedicated myself but a short time ago to ex- posing what I feel to be shallow- principled positions, I would feel no compulsign to answer the letter of Miss Gregory (May 13). Herthinking is typical of many college students. It is thinking which I'm afraid would cause (or perhaps is causing) us to yield to the growth of a state of some to- talitarian nature, allowing us no conception of its growth nor of the implications of the growth be- cause the thinking would suggest a complete action on the basis of only one aspect of man. She would apparently have us reach a decis- ion about some political or social order on the basis of the economic aspect of man. The thinking is a type which I call disconnected because it tries to separate man's knowledge from the man and tries to apply the knowledge as a thing apart from the man and his other character- istics. The thinking results largely, I feel, from several attitudes in our society. One is the attitude that one has to be a specialist in order to com- pete successfully in our society. Another is the attitude that the problems of the world will be solved by taking care of our own and our fellow's economic needs. And the last is the attitude that the only way to discover truth is by doing a thing to see if it is true. As a result of this thinking, Miss Gregory complains that Prof. Boulding met the "generalities" of Dr. Sweezy with "nebulous and unscientific statements" a b o u t' original sin and the like. She, so far as her letter reveals to me, fails to recognize, as Prof. Boulding does, thateconomic problems are problems only in that they con- cern human beings. In meeting these problems, one must necessarily, along with eco- nomic truths, consider religious, psychological, political, and soc- iologcial truths. For man is a, working combination of all, his problems not being solved from the standpoint of one or the other, but from the standpoint of all. I hesitate to write this letter in that I have impinged Miss Gre- gory's thinking and beliefs by calling her a disconnected thinker and a shallow-principled believer. I must admit first that I may have misnomered that which I saw in her letter. Secondly, I must admit of my own .disconnected thinking and shallow-principled beliefs which I sometimes find myself proposing. But we are college students; our ideas are still quite flexible: and when we find our fellows holding a seemingly untenable position, we should face it frankly, reach some understanding, and grow as a re- sult of the experience. -Richard Lafuze '58L Proud Records ... To the Editor: IN LAST Sunday's Daily, Assist- ant Dean of Men John Bingley stated that "every male honorary on this campus has a blast each year." This is a broad generaliza- tion. As president and past presi- dent of Eta Kappa Nu (Electrical Engineering Honorary) we can state that our organization has not had a "blast" for the past two years and to our knowledge has never had one. We are sure that we are not the only male honorary on campus that was offended by Dean Bingley. In our opinion he should be more specific when mak- ing statements to this effect. Most male honoraries are proud of their records on campus and do not care to be slandered in this way. --Richard S. Maslowski, '56 David C. Thomas, Grad.. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN ''' Police Cooperation IN REFERENCE to the constantly recurring bicycle difficulties in Ann Arbor, one can- not overlook the -fact that the Ann Arbor Police Department has been cooperative in handling its part of the problem. In addition to being courteous, the police department has been most lenient as regards issuance of tickets and impounding of bicycles which are im- properly equipped. City regulations implicitly state that all bi- cycles must be licensed before they can be ridden on other than private property. These regulations also require all bicycles to be equipped with, lights. when ridden at night. Al- though a great number, of students ride un- licensed, unlighted bikes, the local police de- partment has not been as strict as it might have been. As a special service, Ann Arbor police en- abled students to purchase licenses at the University's Administration Building. The police department has given the students more leeway than was necessary. Final date for registering bicycles was changed in order to give students more time to purchase licenses and lights. E POLICE department maintains that licenses are an easy means of identifica- tion. Unlicensed bicycles, when reported stolen, are hard to identify, as students usually do not keep a record of the serial number on their bicycles. As an average of five or six bicycles arereported stolen each day, and as the police department picks up several abandoned bi- cycles each day, the problem of identification of these bicycles is an ever-present responsibil- ity. Rather than immediately impound all im- properly equipped and/or unlicensed bicycles, the police department has issued warning tickets. At the same time, the Ann Arbor Police Department and the City Clerk's Office have urged students to comply with the law. As a result of this urging, arnd that of Stu- dent Government Council's Campus Affairs Committee's education campaign, 5,895 bicycle licenses have been issued since April 16. MAY 21 has been set as the date on which local police will impound all bicycles which do not comply with existing regulations. If, on May 21, students complain about the harsh- ness of it all, they should stop for a moment and consider the past leniency of the Ann Arbor Police Department. -RENE GNAM Quad Residents Supply Entertainment SOUTH QUAD residents can be guaranteed entertainment almost every night of the week. It might be an honorary tapping, the setting off of a string of fire-crackers, or even someone playing an amplified electric guitar. However, residents usually supply the enter- tainment themselves. Starting with, say, a long wolf howl from one of the windows. This immediately draws attention to the possibilities presented by open windows, and in no time at all quad residents are aiming derisive re- marks at West Quad, West Quad has to stand on its honor, and immediately answers back, This continues for sometime, with such events as three part sing- fing and clever rhymes. Much enjoyment i' derived from this.L Rough luck for the guys who have to study or sleep. -DICK TAUB THE WHITE HOUSE isn't miss- ing a'trick these days in the field of international showman- ship In addition to the proposed visit of Marshal Zhukov to Wash- ington shortly before elections next fall, the scheduling of the Presidents of the American Re- publics Conference in Panama was one of the shrewdest pieces of in- ternational political diplomacy seen in some time. It was so carefully and quietly worked out that not even most Latin American diplomats in Washington had any idea Presi- dent Eisenhower would fly to Pan- ama June 25 for a meeting of Pan American Presidents. Usually there is a lot of hem- ming, hawing, and diplomatic red tape before such a top-level meet- ing. But in this case only the Pres- ident of Panama and a few strate- gists around the White House knew what was in the works. EVERYTHING was well greased in advance. On May 2, the Pan American Union passed a resol- ution commemorating the 130th anniversary of the first Pan Am- erican Conference called by Simon Bolivar. It decided that Pan Am- erican ambassadors should meet in Panama June 22. The White House, however, had the presidential meeting all plan- ned out in advance. Approximately 48 hours later, invitations were be- ing issued by the President of Pan- ama to the Presidents of the Am- erican Republics. President Arias had been told in advance to issue the invitations and had been told Eisenhower would accept, as he did-immediately. The President of little Panama would never have invited the Pres- idents of such potent South Am- erican nations as Brazil, Argen- tina and Chile without weeks of previous sounding out-unless he knew Eisenhower was coming. But he also knew that if Ike accepted, every other president would accept, } too. Asked who inspired the confer- ence, President Arias replied with a knowing smile:, "The idea was thought up by Simon/Bolivar in 1826." WITH NATO RAPIDLY weak- ening and our diplomatic ship of. state in Europe leaking at the seams this writer would like to suggest that the Panama meeting of presidents might set a new land- mark for closer ' cooperation be- tween the United States and Latin America. What some of our top diplomats haven't realized in the past is that every time the United States builds up Africa with foreign aid it hurts our immediate neighbors in Latin America, Thus, the more coffee is pro- duced in Africa, the more Brazil and other coffee countries suffer. The more cocoa is produced in Africa, the more Ecuador suffers. Tropical Africa and parts of Asia arethe big competitors of tropical South America. On the other hand, few areas in the world have such a com- pletely dovetailing economy as tropical Latin America and indust- rial North America. Without deserting our real friends in Europe, maybe we had better begin building up our old friends below the Rio Grande. ** * RICHARD STENGEL, now run- ning for the Senate in Illinois against GOP Sen. Everett Dirksen, is a cousin of Casey Stengel of the New York Yankees . . . One man who was glad Vice President Nixon was given the go-ahead sign ,by Ike for renomination- is Joe Glazer, the political minstrel tof Akron, Ohio. His record, "The Ballad of Richard Nixon," has been selling like hotcakes. Glaz- er's now branched out with rec- ords on "The Giveaway Boys," "The Dixon-Yates Song," and "Love That Team." .. . Ed Barrett, new Dean of the Columbia School of Journalism, is the man who pioneered more ef- fective propaganda for the U.S.A. than anyone in recent years. Bar- rett was Assistant Secretary of State in charge of the Voice of America and one of the few State Department officials willing to permit'this writer and the Cusade for Freedom to start sending bal- loons behind the Iron Curtain ... Charlie Willis, ex-White House aide, tried to persuade FCC Com- missioner Rosel Hyde to get the Firestone Hour reinstatedawhen NBC chucked it off in favor of Sid Caesar. Willis was pulling wires for his father-in-law, Harvey Firestone. Firestone, however, de- served consideration, for his pro- gram had been on the air 22 years with classical music. Commissioner Hyde refused to intervene and Willis got sore. ** * WHILE PRESIDENT Eisehow- er had been conscientiously hold- ing press conferences once a week, and while Secretary of State Dul- les holds press conferences every week that he is in Washington, Attorney General Brownell has not held a single press conference since last October. "The Attorney General will hold press conferences when requested by the press," his information spokesman at first alibied. However, repeated requests of Brownell's office for a press con- ference have got nowhere. Finally the information spokesman changed his tune. "I guess the conference will be called when Mr. Brownell calls one," is the alibi now given., Note-Maybe Brownell is afraid he will'be heckled about using an Immigration Service airplane to fly from Houston to Governor Shiver's ranch on a purely political meeting. (copyright 1956, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) (Continued from Page 2) University Leture: Prof. Burton Dre... ben of the Department of Philosophy, University of Chicago, will lecture on "Another Look at the Frege - Russell Reduction of Mathematics" on Fri., May 18 at 4:15 p.m. in Angell- Hall Aud. C. Open to the public. Auspices of the Department of Philosophy. Amuerican Society for Public Admin- istration. Social Seminar - Matt Luk- ens. Final social seminar for the 1955- 56 academic year of the Michigan Chap- ter of the A.S.P.A. Fri., May 18, at 8 p.m., in the West Conference Room of the Rackham Building. The speaker will be Matthias E. Lukens, President of the A.S.P.A., and Assistant Executive Director of the New York Pork Author ity. His informal talk will touch on both of these fields. Astronomy Department Visitor's Night Fri., May 18, 8 p.m., Room 2003 Angel ll. M FredT. Haddock will talk on "Radio waves from the Sun and Space., After the talk the Student Observa- tory on the fifth floor of Angell Hall will be open for inspection and for telescopic observation of the Moon, Jup- iter and Saturn. Children welcomed, but must be accompaled by adults. Concerts Scenes from Opera, presented by School of Music opera class, 8:30 p.n, Fri., May 18, in Aud. A, Angell Hall. Scenes from wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg, Smetana's Bartrd Bride, Gounod's Faust, Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier, with student soloists. Open to the general public without charge. Student Recital: Fern Law, soprano recital at 8:30 p.m. Sat., May 19, iin Aud. A, Angell Hall, in partial fulfill- mnent of the requirements for th, Bachelor of Music degree. A pupl of Harold Haugh, Miss Law will sing com- positions by Handel, Bach, MoArt Gounod, and a group of English songs. Open to the general public. Student Recital: James Miller, tenor, will present a program in lieu of a thesis for the Master of Music degree, at 4:15 p.m., Sun., May 20, in MAd, A, Angel! Hall. A pupil of Thelma Lewis, Miller will sing compositions by Scarlatti, Busatti, Handel, Beethoven, Franck, Hahn, Head, and warlock. Ope to the general public without charge. Student Recital: Hildred Kronokken, soprano, recital at 8:30 p.m., Sun., May 20, In And. A, Angel Hal, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Music degree. Miss Kronio- ken studies voice with Harold augh, and her recital will be open to the public. Academic Notices Psychology Colloquium: Dr. 0aar Rogers, of the University of Chicago, will discuss "The Necessary and Suffi- cient Conditions for Therapeutic Per- sonality Change," on Fri., May 18, At 4:15 p.m. Aud. B, Angell Hall. Astronomical Colloquium. Fri., May 18, 4:15 p.m., The Observatory. Dr. 0, Righini of the Arcetri Observatory, Italy, will speak on 'Solar Research at the Arcetri Observatory." Doctoral Examination for James A. Kokoris, Economics; thesis: "The Eco nomic and Financial Development of Okayama Prefecture, Japan," Fri., May 18, 105 Economics Building, at 4:0 p.m. Chairman, C. F. Remer. Doctoral Examinaiton for George Emil Riday, Education; thesis: "A Com- parative Study of the Counseling Meth- ods Employed by the Graduates of Andover Newton Theological School and Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fri., May 18, 4019 University Hgh School, at 4:00 p.m. Chairman, H:C. Koch. Doctoral Examination for Dolores Darlene Saunders Dundee, Zoology; thesis: "Aspects of the Biology of Pomatiopsis lapidaria (Say) (Molusco: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)," Fri., May 18, 2089 Natural Science Building, at 9:00 a.m. Chairman, H. van der Scalle. Doctoral Examination for Marian Em- ily white, Anthropology; thesis: " o. quois Culture History in the Niagara Frontier Area of/INew York State," Fri., May 18, Room 4017, Museum Building, at 11:00 a.m. Chairman, J. B. Griffin. Doctoral Examination for James Henri Howard, Anthropology; thesis: "The, Ponca Tribe," Fri., May 18, 4017 Mu- seums Bldg., at 4:00 p.m. Chairman, V. H. Jones. Doctoral Examination for Robert Lloyd Stephenson, Anthropology; thesis: "Ac- cokeek: A Middle Atlantic Seaboard Culture Sequence," Fri., May 18, Room 4017, Museums Building, at' :00 p.m. Chairman ,J. B. Griffin. sDoctorial Examination for William Howe Rueckert English Languageand Literature; thesis: "The Rhetoric of Rebirth:' A Study of the Literary Theory and Critical Practice of Kenneth Burke", Sat., May 19, west Council Room, Rackham Bldg., at 10:00 a.m. Chairman, N. E. Nelson. Doctoral Examination for Orville La- vern McCurdy, Chemistry; thesis: "The Structure of Alstoniline Oxide and the Synthesis of Several Analogs of Al- stoniline," Sat., May 19, 3003 Chem- istry Bldg., at 10:00 a.m. Chairman, R. C. Elderfield. Doctorial Examination for Joseph Courtney McCully, Mathematics; thesis: "The Operational Calculus of the La- guerre Transform", Sat., May 19, 247 West Engineering Bldg., at 9:00 a.m. Chairman, R. v. Churchill. Doctorial Examination for Avedis Kri kor Sanjian, Near Eastern Studies; thesis: "The Sanjak of Alexandretta (Hatay): A Study in Franco - Turco - Syria Relations", Sat., May 19, East Council Room, Rackham Building, at 9:30 a.m. Chairman, 0. F. Hourani. Doctorial Examination for Harold Aus- tin McNitt, Philosophy; Thesis: "John net frnerati + 7 iK...a l4.. T b 4 I r tC tC .,e 'C 4,, INTERPRETING THE NEWS: Soekarno's First U.S. Visit By J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press News Analyst INDONESIA'S President Soekarno, although this is his first visit, is probably better known in the United States than any other chief of an underveloped nation except Nehru of India and Rhee of South Korea. Editorial Staff \ DAVE BAAD, Managing Editor MURRY FRYMER JIM DYGERT Editorial Director City Editor DEBRA DURCHSLAG ........,....... Magazine Editor DAVID KAPLAN ,. . .................. Feature Editor JANE HOWARD ...,................... Associate Editor LOUISE TYOR .............. Associate Editor PHIL DOUGLIS ...,, .....~...... Sports Editor ALAN EISENBLRG .......,... Associate Sports Editor .JACK HORWITZ .....,. ,.. Associate Sports Editor MARY HELLWHALER >........ s. Women's Editor ELAINE EDMONDS ....... Associate Women's Editor JOHN HIRTZEL ..,...... ..... Chief Photographer Busine'ss Staff DICK AI4STROM .................. Business Manager BOB ILGENFRITZ ..... Associate Business Manager Soekarno, like the other two, has been the leader of his country's fight for independence for 30 years. He was almost as familiar with Dutch jails as 'Nehru was with British, HIS FEELINGS about the Dutch are very strong, and are likely to extend themselves to anyone who associates with the Dutch. That is why he has been supicious and fear- ful of the United States, despite the important influence of this country on the final indepen- dance agreement. Soekarno and a vast pro- portion of informed Indonesians felt American economic aid to the Netherlands after the war had prolonged the Dutch ability to hold on in the islands. After independence, 'Indonesia was afraid of America. Some American promoters displayed a strong desire for exploitation, Indonesians were not prepared merely to substitute Ameri- can control of their e.conomic interests for the British-Dutch hegemony, American economic aid was refused, THERE SEEMS to be a slightly better atmos- phere now, which Secretary Dulles is anx- ious to nurture through the Soekarno visip. ESPIONAGE: Berlin wiretap Definitely American Job (EDITORS NOTE: David Learned is a University student studying under an exchange program at the Univer- sity of Free Berlin.) By DAVID LEARNED AlmOSTEVERYONE in Ameri- ca has probably by now read something of the wire-tapping tunnel here in Berlin. On discov- ery, it was immediately, of course, attributed to American espionage agencies in Berlin, and much prop- aganda was made of it. This tun- nel has somewhat unfortunately a future in propaganda, too: The thing is, it is actually an American job, in your writers' humble opinion, and the Com- munists are making propagand- istic hay out of it. Before I go any farther, I should offer some proof for the first part of this state- ment; the second part is self evi- dent. First. a thee a stend of the have left, by any stretch of the" imagination. THE TUNNEL itself is expertly built with arching steel plates. The room where recordings were made looks perhaps like the lay concep- tion of an equipment room of an electronic computer or a telephone company laboratory. There are about fifteen yards along one wall of electronic equipment. Of course the room is moisture proof and served with conditioned air from an air conditioning in- stallation, Homart plastic pipes leading to and from it for water, to be sure, and a Honeywell power switch switching the installation's power. This room is built right in the tunnel at its eastern end. The rest of the equipment is American, with the exception of some English equipment. The tan itself Bell Telenhone AS ONE RUSSIAN officer was reported to have said, "There are cheaper and better ways." It's plain that there are cheaper ways for the Communists to make suc- cessful propaganda than to build a thoroughly American wire-tap tunnel and make it look like an American job under the given geo- graphical circumstances there pre- senting themselves. This tunnel was built to last, and obviously with no intentions of having it discovered. The fact that General Dasher couldn't get assurance from all American ag- iencies in Berlin that they hadn't done the job and then deny it, but had to send to Washington for an explanation instead is only too indicative that it's American. That in itself was a great prop- aganda piece in East Germany. The West Berlin papers have all being against the reunification of Germany. This is unfortunate. Incident- ally, it was encouraging to see the youth of East Berlin call "Pro- fessor" Gerhart Eisler recently in an East Berlin "Youth Forum" meeting on his claim that there are no spies or agents of the Ger- man Democratic Republic in West Germany. Many East Berliners and East Germans probably have this tunneling story figured for what it's worth, however. Although espionage is illegal, it seems to be here to stay wheth- er partially discovered by this power or that, or not. But what also is illegal, one couldn't say more or less, is the allowing the review of German troops in the four-power city of Berlin. , * :' * THIS OCCURED, this time in full bloom, the day after the tun- nel was onened for insnection On " I