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 Say, What Ever Happened To That Crusade, Anyhow?" Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. This must be noted in all reprints. NOVEMBER 1, 1955 NIGHT EDITOR: MARY ANN THOMAS EDITOR'S NOTE: What's Good for General Motors, NrotfGood for 'U' Band UNFORTUNATELY the University's march- is no doubt the band provides excellent adver- ing band slipped another notch Saturday tising-just like a good ball club helps its on the ladder of universal admiration. Its broadcast sponsor. But this sort of thing gets show praising President Eisenhower was con- into a type of commercialism which shouldn't troversial and its motivation caused questions. be representative of an independent, educa- But disgust over Saturday's Flint show per- tional institution. meated throughout the stadium. In the past the band has given General Mo- POSSIBLY the solution is to have the Univer- tors a little free advertising during its half- sity pay the band's expenses. If the Uni- time shows in deserved appreciation for spon- versity can't pay then maybe the football team soring the musicians' road trips with the foot- should. travel alone. The University is proud ball team. Nobody objected when the band's to have its band march on foreign fields but rocket took off down the field on one or two if it means reciprocal agreements then it occasions during the season. It was in fact would be better if they be between the Univer- amusing and all in good fun. sity and the band. But a whole show built around the sponsor Even if the show had been for Michigan seems to overstep the bounds. The University -football fans only criticism would be in order. admittedly has one of the finest marching But what made it more embarrassing was that bands in the country. Many will say the finest. it happened to be the show between halfs of Prof. Revelli, of course deserves great credit the one Michigan game being televised across for producing this representative of the Uni- the country which all meant even more ad- versity. vertising for the band's sponsor and even more But now the students are beginning to won- people to conclude a close relationship between der if it's really their band. Its performance certain big business interests and the Uni- Saturday makes 'it look like an advertising versity of Michigan. medium-and not for the University. -DAVE BAAD, Maybe the band is getting too good. There Daily Managing Editor LETTERS to the EDITOR Ode...- To the Editor: THE FOLLOWING may have some bearing on a subject re- cently discussed in your columns. It is a fragment recently unearth- ed at a tin can site of the ancient crome plate culture. Scholars set the date at approximately 500 A.E. and believe that it was part of their liturgy since forgotten or un- recognizeably transformed: "Purge of the Heretic" Leader: Don your Bermudas and darkest rep ties; Come hear of the Devil in hu- man guise. Before this altar, he sinned mal- iciously; - He looked at our father most suspiciously. People: This was blasphemy, none will deny it; We today, must solemnly de- cry it. Leader: In the first century of our father's reign. Lived this heretic, Tom Kelly by name. He sinned but once, but his sin was great; He spoke lightly of the head of the State. People: This was blasphemy, none will deny it; We today, must solemnly de- cry it. Leader: He spoke of his death in very bad taste; Said that his body would not go to waste. In this he was right, but he was sinning. When he said that we would set it spinning. People: This was blasphemy, none will deny it; We today, must solemnly de- cry it. Leader: His life was short, end- ing in tragedy; Our father still stands in up- right majesty. The remainder of the text is represented by almost undeciph- erable fragments but evidence would indicate that the heretic met with an untimely end. The words "burning" and "stake" re- curr several times. Hoping that this document may be of some help in your discussion, I remain yours in E. -Charles A. McAlear, '57 'Rank Commercialism' To The Editor: UPON GAZING from the window of a Mason Hall classroom Friday afternoon, I saw a crowd of students congregated in the middle of the Diag gawking at a new Continental-for the uninit- iated, a $10,000 car now being pro- duced for the "luxury" market. The same Ann Arbor automobile dealer for three days has had parked in the middle of the Diag another 1956 car under the thin disguise of advertising the Home- coming Dance. Now the Contin- ental was parked next to it with- out even a Homecoming Dance sign on the sides. R a n k commercialism, that's what it is! To top it off, as the car was driven away down the Diag, the driver disturbed .nearby classes by constantly honking his horn. --Joe Berger, Grad. I INTERPRETING THE NEWS: Molotov-Man in Shadows WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND: e AnDreWs .ROsigatio --DY DREW PEARSON By WILLIAM L. RYAN AP Foreign News Analyst V M. MOLOTOV'S tantalizing remark to an Associated Press correspondent the other night opens up a broad new field of specula- tion on the very eve of the all-important con- ference of the four-power foreign ministers at Geneva. Molotov was asked whether his involved and obscure confession of an error in ideology re- cently meant he was going to resign. He re- plied he would "give the answer to that ques- tion in Geneva and from Geneva." That was all the Soviet foreign minister, wearing an un- accustomed affable smile, had to say. But, coming from any man in the Kremlin, such a statement was a mouthful. It left the rest of the world on tenterhooks. This question must now be uppermost in the minds of the men who must meet Molotov face to face this week: is the Soviet foreign minister coming to Geneva a discredited man? If this is so, it is entirely possible that the way al- ready is prepared for the Soviet Union to to backtrack from any agreement, expressed or implied, that might be reached at that all important "acid test" conference. MOLOTOV appears to stand in the position now of a pawn on a chessboard, to be sacrificed if the sacrifice is necessary to further the long-term strategy, or to be saved if the developing game permits it. That is, if it should be necessary in the future, it is quite conceivable that the Soviet Union could re- pudiate anything Molotov said or did at Geneva. If that should not turn out to be necessary from the Kremlin's tactical standpoint, then Molotov could be allowed to continue in his limbo for a long time to come. Either way you loop" at it, this would appear to be a dandy little arrangement for the Soviet Union. In any event, the fact hat Molotov arrives in Geneva a man in the shadows, his future ,questionable, can hardly lead to any maturing of a feeling of mutual confidence for which the Kremlin has been so passionately appeal- ing these past six months. One way or the other, it seems obvious enough that the Kremlin is attempting to confuse the West on this issue, among others. } THERE may be more than meets the eye behind the resignation of T. Coleman Andrews as Com- missioner of Internal Revenue to become chairman of the American Fidelity and Casualty Co. in his home town, Richmond, Va. Not only does it involve another possible conflict of interest, but Mr. Andrews seems a long way from telling the truth when on October 10 he wrote his boss, Sec- retary of the Treasury Humphrey that other than checking with the chief conusel of the Internal Rev- enue Service "I have not gotten into the case at all." For the truth is tfiat Commis- sioner Andrews actually summoned Kenneth McElroy, special agent in charge of the case, from Richmond to confer with him on the case. He also conferred with George Bowles, alert Insurance Commis- sioner for the State of Virginia, about the case. He also held conferences in the Internal Reve- nue Bureau regarding the case. Finally he demanded a report from the Enforcement Division of In- ternal Revenue as to why the case had not been prosecuted. * * * IT'S INTERESTING that Com- missioner Andrews' interest in the case was very much in favor of prosecuting the company which he is about to head, that he almost put the company out of business. As a result of this tax case, the Markel family, which controlled American Fidelity and Casualty, has been partially shunted to the side and new blue-chip directors now have a majority vote on the board even though they control little or no stock. Someone meanwhile tipped off the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion in Washington, regarding the firm's financial affairs, with the result that it was almost barred fro mwriting insurance for truck- ing and bus lines. American Fidel- ity and Casualty is the largest insurer of bus and truck lines in the nation. COMMISSIONER Andrews' neg- ative activity regarding the firm which he will now head was so vigorous that some observers won- dered whether he was not carving out a future niche for himself. My own news-checks convince me that this was not the case. The new directors of the firm ap- proached him to take the job; he did not approach them. Finally, the retiring tax com- missioner may have trouble with the law which provides a criminal penalty if a former government employee represents persons with "claims against the government" within two years after leaving the government, if he handled the matter while in government. The American Fidelity and Cas- ualty case is one of the more important ones now before the tax court involving fraud. A jeop- ardy assessment-which is imposed only in case of fraud-has been placed against the company and Associated Markel interests and this, plus interest and back taxes, totals $5,782,698.38. The tax years involved are from 1944 through 1948. * * * THE CASE began when tax agents found that a hospital ex- pense of around $10,000 for the son of Lewis Markel, stricken with polio, had been charged off as a business expense against Markel Service, agent for American Fidel- ity. At that time, the late Sam Markel, grandfather of the boy, was head of the company and also head of its agent, Markel Serv- ices. The case, then considered rela- tively minor, was listed for tax court adjudication. However, the more tax-bird-dog McElroy began looking into the case, the more interesting it became. For he found that the company had not given him its full records. This discovery occurred when the Mar- kels handed him some files by mistake and he was unable to reconcile them with his previous figures taken from another set of books previously given him. It further developed that the Markels had overpaid their taxes. The files withheld from McElroy were not for cheating on taxes, but because the conpany had suffered heavy insurance losses, and it was feared these losses, if known, would affect its future status in insuring truck and bus lines. * * * THESE LOSSES have now been recouped and the company is in sound financial condition. However, it was this tax situa- tion which put the company in a hazardous position with the Vir- ginia Insurance Commissioner, with the Illinois Insurance Com- mission, and with the Interstate Commerce Commission in Wash- ington. Since the company had probably overpaid its taxes, however, the Enforcement Division of Internal Revenue felt justified in not re- commending penal action. This was the negative position of Rich- ard Schwartz, counsel of the En- forcement Division and one of the toughest prosecutors in Internal Revenue, when Andrews asked why there had been no prosecution. However, the company may face trouble with the Securities and Exchange Commission for failure to show all its records. For, in floating stocks or bonds under the Truth-in-Securities Act. a com- pony must tell the truth, which the Markels did not do when they registered an issue with the SEC two years ago. (Copyright, 1955, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN 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. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1955 VOL. LXVII, NO. 32 General Notices President and Mrs. Hatcher will hold open house for students at their home Wed., Nov. 2, from 4:00 to d:00 p.m. Regents' Meeting: Fri., Nov. 1. Com- munIcations for consideration at this meeting must be in the President's hands by Nov. 10. First Laboratory Playbil will be pre- sented by the Department of Speech at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Nov. 3 and 4, In the Lydia Mendelssohn The- atre. All seats are reserved at 35c each. Tickets are on sale at the Lydia Men- delssohn Theatre box office 10 a.m. un- til 5 p.m. Fellowships to the University of Ceylon are being offered by the Fulbright Pro- gram. There are two fellowships cover- ing tuition, board and double room for the academic year beginning June, 1956. Unmarried graduate students under 35 years of age are eligible. If a married candidate were accepted it would be on the condition that he go without de- pendents. Fields of study suggested are Sociology, Economics, Geography and History of Ceylon; the language of Poll, History, Art, Architecture, Indian Phi- osophy and History, and Indo Aryan Linguistics. The deadline is Dec. 15. Application forms and further infor- mation may be obtained from the Insti- tute of International Education, 1 East 67th Street, New York 21, N. Y. Two Teaching Assistantships to the University of Caldas in Columbia are being offered to American graduate students for the academic year Jan. 3 to Oct. 5, 1956. Both men and women are eligible. Grantees are required to assist the Department of Languages of the University in the $eachng of Eng- lish for not more than 15 hours a week. Assistantships are intended for future teachers of Spanish and preference will be given to candidates with this career in mind. Eligibility includes United States Citizenship, Bachelor's degree by date of departure, and Proficiency in the Spanish language. Applications from the U.S. Student Department, Institute of International Education, 1 East 67th Street, New York 21, N. Y. Deadline is December 1, 1955. The National Science Foundation is offering fellowships for the 1956-57 year in the mathematical, physical, medical, biological, engineering, and other sciences, including anthropology, psychology, geography, certain inter- disciplinary fields, and fields of con- vergence between the natural and social sciences. First year fellowships are available to college seniors who apply now and will hold the award for the first year of their graduate study. Ap- plications must be received by the Foundation by Jan. 3. 1956. Preliminary application cards, and further informa- tion may be obtained in the Office of theGraduate School, or by writing to the Fellowship Office, National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Ave., N.W. Washington 25, D. C. Lectures Society of the Sigma Xi and Museum of Paleontology. The Ermine Cowes Case Memorial Lecture by Dr. Alfred.S. Romer, Director, Museum of Compara- tive Zoology, Harvar4 University. "Red Beds, Fossils, and Vertebrate Evolution." 8:00 p.m., Wed., Nov. 2, Rackhami Amphitheatre. Wed., Nov. 2, 8:00 p.m., East Confer- ence Room, Rackham Building. Car Johnson, Washtenaw County Adminis- trator, will conduct the first of this season's series of social seminars of the American Society for Public Ad- ministration. Topic: "The Present and Future Policies and Problems of a Country Administrator." ,concerts Stanley Quartet, 8:30 this evening, Rackham Lecture.Hall; compositions by Mozart, Finney and Debussy. Open to the general public without charge. Academic Notices Architecture and Design students may not drop courses without record after 5:00 p.m., Fri., Nov. 4. Architecture and Design students who have incompletes incurred last semester must'remove them by Fri., Nov. 4. U.S. History 49 midterm, Thurs., Nov. 3, 9:00 a.m. Mr. Laurie's sections (2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 13, 15) Natural Science Aud. Mr. Solvick's sections (9, 14, 16) 25 Angell Hall. Mr. Eggert's sections (1 and 6) 2054 Natural Science Bldg. Mr. Eggert's sections (7, 11, 12, 17) 231 An- gell Hall. The Names of Those Who Passed the language examination for the M.A. in history are posted in the office of the Department of History, Room 3601, Haven Hall. Graduate Record Examination: Ap- plication blanks for the Nov. 19 admin- istration of the Graduate Record Ex- amination are availableat 110 Rackham Building. This examination will be administered at the University of De- troit. Application blanks are due in Princeton, N. J. not later than Nov. 4,. 1955. Mathematics Colloquium: Tues., Nov. 1, at 4:10 p.m., in Room 3011 A.H. Prof. J. G. Wendel will speak on "Abstract Applications of Measure Convolutions." Tea and coffee served at 3:45 in 3212 A.H. Sociology Student-Faculty Coffee Hour for students and faculty in Sociology and Social Psychology Wed., Nov. 2 at 4:00 p.m. Botanical Seminar. Murray F. Buell, I INTHISCORnNE-R <:> : etting Used To A Reality I T HERE wasn't a murmur in Rackham Audi- torium yesterday as President Hatcher told the congregated faculty members about the growing size of the University. Expansion and growth are truly the "state of the University" and everyone realizes as Presi- dent. Hatcher said, "This is it; this is not a crisis operation, we are not going to return to anything; this is the way the University will operate." There was further silence when President Hatcher said, "there's no virtue in mere size." And you could have heard a pin drop when the President added: "the quality of work at the University now is as good as ever in its history." This is not to imply that the faculty was expected to break into applause at these re- marks. But there was something ominous about the silence. The men and women who have devoted their lives to a belief, to an idealistic dream perhaps (whatever a teacher thinks of education), were getting accustomed to something.' IF THEIR classes held fifty today, it would hold 100 tomorrow. If they lectured to 200 students in expansive lecture halls now, they would soon see new, larger lecture halls built. But, if you believe in education it takes time to get used to facts like these. You have to get used to seeing faces in a mass instead of stick- ing out individually, inquiring, debating, ac- cepting and refusing. President Hatcher perhaps sensed this as he explained the need of education for all, that double enrollment meant double opportunity. But does it mean education, real education where the professor can understand his stu- dent, meet him on neutral grounds in a desire to have one mind shape the other. "The quality of work is now as good as ever." Will it be twice as good when there are twice as many? But that's not important now. This is the Way it would be, and there was nothing to say. No wonder there wasn't a murmer. IT'S STRANGE how one year you can brag to the home folks about the University's best band anywhere, and then the next year not say a word. Perhaps its good business sense on the part of the Michigan band to "plug" its big business benefactor. Business and the commercial world are nice, practical things, but what happened to the LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibier Editorial Stafff Dave Baad .......................;. Managing Editor Jim Dygert.............................. City Editor Murry Frymer ......... Editorial Director Debra Durchsia g ............ Magazine Editor David Kaplan ................. Feature Editor Jane Howard ........................ Associate Editor Louise Tyor....... Associate Editor Phil Douglis........... .. ............... . Sports Editor Alan Eisenberg ................Associate Sports Editor Jack Horwitz ...........,..Associate Sports Editor Mary Helithaler ..................... Women's Editor Elaine Edmcnds.............Associate Women's Editor John Hirtzel .................... Chief Photographer Business Staff Dick Alstrom ....................... Business Manager Bob Ilgenfritz.............Associate Business Manager Ken Rogat .............. ........Advertising Manager Marty Weisbard. .............................. Finance I' By HAL BOYLE Associated Press Writer TENNESSEE Williams, who once wrote purely from hunger, has become one of .the golden boys of the American writing scene. He has been so successful that his friends have given him a new nickname: "Tennessee Millions." At 41 the prolific author has turned out nine full-length plays, a volume of verse, two volumes of short stories, and a collection of a dozen shorter plays called "Twenty-Seven Wagons Full of Cotton." He has completed for Paramount Pictures a film script of "The Rose Tattoo," starring Burt Lancaster and Anna Magnani-it is the third of his dramas he has adapted for the movies-and his "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" is a top Broadway hit. * * * MOST SUCCESSFUL people credit their rise to hard work. Williams feelsrthat his own fame came, in large measure, from the revolt stirred in him by his dis- covery of poverty and what it did to people. Born in the Episcopal Rectory of his grandfather in Columbus, Miss. he moved at the age of 12 to St. Louis, where his father worked as A. clacmnan fnr n ernp firm 'rhp TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE: Crumbs to Millions For Tennessee TENNESSEE WILLIAMS .; . bitter education ' IF I had been born to this situation I might not have resented it deeply. But it was forced upon my consciousness at the most sen- sitive age of childhood." The shock resulted in a rebellion and a social consciousness which Williams feels still marks most of his writing. But the shock paid off well.