Sixty-Sixth Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THz UNIVERsrrY OF MICHIGAN _ UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG. * ANN ARBOR, MICH. * Phone NO 2-3241 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 5, 1955 NIGHT EDITOR: GAIL GOLDSTEIN Policemen Want To Remain, But "Gotta Live, Too" O MENTION that townships are rarely faced underpaid. Often they have worked up to 50 with a critical lack of a police force would hour weeks, with no pay for overtime. be a masterpiece in understatenient. Enkemanni himself declared the situation However, yesterday Ann Arbor was forced to "absurd." face that problem-37 of 45 patrolmen and The city must face reality. The cost of detectives handed in their resignations to Chief living in Ann Arbor is the highest in the nation. Casper M. Enkemann. They will beacome ef- These men, working overtime, and expected to fectver November 18. take chances with their lives to protect the city and its citizenry, are receiving consider- The resignations, policemen emphasized, were ably less pay than average laborers. not to be taken as threats to the city council, but were merely actions of necessity. The T E city is notorious for spending "no money letter of resignation clearly stated that all the except for education." As noble as this men would prefer staying on the force, but may seem, the present need is critical, and the were not able to make ends meet on their money must come from somewhere, even if some present salary, or the one recommended by laws make Inter-departmental transfer of the budget committee, funds difficult. The committee's recommendations were sub- The police, doubtlessly deserve a raise. They stantially lower than the ones the police com- deserve to live as any citizen lives, but the mission advised. occupation pays too little for their necessities. Still, they would like to stay on the force. THE city now is faced with the prospect of No one can guess whether or not the council T eitn owguardedisyfacmeagredawih tp ro tyofwill approve any extension of present police being guarded by 23 men, a great majority pay Monday night. Or will the police carry lieutenants, captains, and the chief himself, their plans through, and resign the 18th, the who would all return to "pounding beats" day before 97,000 football fans will jam the again. Michigan stadium, streaming traffic across The prospect is not a bright one for the city roads for miles? to see, but the prospect of continuing to work The only certain thing is that the situation under present salaries is even less appealing Is critical, and as one officer summarized, to the resigning men. "We've gotta live too." For weeks they have been overworked and -.LEW HAMBURGER TODAY AND TOMORROW: Mideast Reappraisal By WALTER LIPPMANN "Tell Us More About This" !i I - II AT THE ORPHEUM: '.interlude' Tasteful Des pite Advertising "1L ICIT INTERLUDE," despite its title and the advertising it has received, is a delicately wrought piece of motion picture craftsman- ship. The conflict is that of "The Red Shoes"-a career as a leading ballerina versus love, but the story line is quite different. It deals with an aging ballerina (Mary Britt), Maria, whose three loves are revealed through a series of well-done flashbacks skillfully interwoven with present action. -* - THE SUMMER she was fifteen, Maria fell in love with Hendrik (Alf Kellin), a young student. Their love was an idyll brought to a tragic end by Hendrik's accidental death. Emotionally devastated, 4 U . i =A . , , p/S 9S ER v W i T Mtg. r ' I~* ~$~44IiiT~A -.rrc.* LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Ex-Editor Asks Less Band 'Talk' ATHOUGH it has been known since June that Egypt was talking with the Soviets, the deal itself has in fact proved to be a surprise with which Britain and the United States are un- prepared to deal. What has surprised us is not so much the purchase of arms as the sudden appearance of the Soviet Union as a great power in the Middle East. This is a part of the world which the Russian empire, Czarist or Communist, hs never before been able to enter. After all that has been done to "contain" the Soviet Union by the series of pacts set up on its southern flank, the Soviet Union has jumped right over the whole containing structure and has landed behind it, has landed at the stra- tegic center of the Mediterranean and the Middle East. She has entered Egypt just as the British are leaving it. THE heavy 'arms shipments to Egypt have undoubtedly aggravated the danger of an Egyptian-Israeli war. But there is no reason to think that the Soviet Union wants such a war, or that it could afford to let such a war happen. For no matter what Mr. MacMillan and Mr. Dulles think it expedient to say now about a guarantee, the fact of the matter is that Brit- ain and the United States, and indeed the great majority of the United Nations, simply could not stand by and let Egypt and its allies, armed by the Soviet Union, crush Israel. The Western powers have no choice about inter- vening to stop such an aggression. The Soviet Union would then be faced with the necessity of deciding whether to abandon its new ally, Egypt, or to risk an incalculable conflict with the West. The real problem is not this threatened war, which the great powers must and which they can prevent. The real problem is that the Soviet Union is by way of acquiring a diplo- matic base in Egypt. The political effect of the arms shipments is to buy the influence of the Egyptian army, which controls the Egypt- ian government. Beyond the arms deal lies the project-not as yet consummated it would appear-of massive Soviet economic assistance to build the great dams on the Nile River. If this project goes through, there will be no doubt at all that Egypt has been drawn into. the Soviet orbit. Editorial Staff Dave Baad ........................... Managing Editor Jim Dygert................................. city Editor Murry Frymer ............... Editorial Director Debra Durchslag ..................... 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 Hellthaler ..................... Women's Editor Elaine Edmonds...........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 WHETHER we like it or not-and of course we do not like it--the Soviet Union will now be present and participating on equal terms in the diplomacy of the Middle East. She has very strong cards. She is able to incite and .support nationalist passions which are pre- dominantly anti-Western. She has a reserve of obsolescent arms with which to win over the local army leaders. She is ready to take the agricultural surpluses of these primitive economies in payment on easy terms for in- dustrial equipment. And being herself the shining example of an under-developed country which has devel- oped itself quickly, she knows how to talk the language of the politicians, the intellec- tuals and the technicians of the under-devel- oped nations. What is about to happen in Egypt should cause us to make an agonizing reappraisal of our own policy. For the Soviet incursion into Egypt may prove to be a set-back for the in- fluence of the West second only to what hap- pened on the mainland of China few years ago. THE agonizing reappraisal can begin, it seems to me, by noting that the Soviet Union has landed in =Egypt just as Mr. Dulles and Mr. MacMillan were completing their pacts to contain the Soviet Union. These pacts run from Yugoslavia through Greece to'Turkey and from Turkey and Iraq through Iran to Pakis- tan. In the last analysis these pacts are based on the notion that the Red Army will try to march out of its own territory in order to in- vade and occupy and Bolshevize its nearest neighbors. The pacts are defensive military arrangements designed to hold back, to "con- tain," the supposed march of the Red infantry. We have now seen that the Soviet Union is not contained by such pacts because it moves forward not by marching its army but by carefully conceived political and economic and ideological campaigns. The containing pacts do not stop the Soviets, and when countries like Iran are included in these pacts, the effects is to provoke, or at least to give pretext to, Soviet reprisal. Why has Mr. Dulles rushed around the world making these pacts? Because, I venture to say, he is unwilling to ask and unable to get from Congress the money to conduct the kind of realistic diplomacy which the Soviets are con- ducting in Egypt and elsewhere. The pacts do little good. But they make the headlines. And they cost little money. The money they cost is the kind of money that Congress, when no one leads it to greater wisdom,-is most willing to appropriate. WE MUST not fool ourselves. The under-de- veloped countries, among which Egypt is a key country, are determined to develop them- selves. There is the Western way to develop a country and there is the Communist way. The Western way requires the investment, with no great prospect of a quick or large return, of big capital funds. The Communist way is to use force and is less humane. But for that very reason it is cheaper. Nevertheless, it to requires capital funds. But the Soviet Union can trade these funds against the agricultural surpluses of cotton and rice (EDITOR'S NOTE: Mr. Hartwig was Managing Editor of The Daily during the '54-'55 academic year.) IAM beginning to wonder who is digeperforming at half- time-the University of Michigan Marching Band or the young man who stands at the microphone on the sidelines carefully reading the week's tribute to this or that per- son or institution. There was a time when the band could rely on its own talents to keep the crowd from heading for the popcorn vendor between halves, but now someone has dis- covered that the stadium has a loudspeaker system plus a captive audience of anywhere from 70,000 to 97,000 spectators. The net re- sult has been to overload the script of the young man with the well- modulated voice until even the venerable "Laudes Atque Carmina" cannot be heard behind the over- powering voice of the loudspeak- er. There are some of us who still think the band can hold the crowd, with its excellent but seldom seen dance routines and march man- euvers, minus the well-rehearsed observations of the announcer. -Eugene Hartwig, '58L Please !. To the Editor: GEE Mr. Revelli I liked your band today. They were really up for the game, played their fin- est. But somehow it just wasn't like it used to be. They belonged to somebody else. Please, Mr. Re- velli, won't you ask Harlow to give them back to us? g-Robert B. Webster, 57L Confusing Schools ... To the Editor: THE "Test Tube Life. . " ar- ticle in Saturday's Daily was the last straw. My wrath has been brought to the writing point. THE cardinal rule in journal- ism is "get the facts, and get them right." In this article you have waited until your fifth paragraph before you mention the source of the research discussed. There you refer only to "the California school." Thence on page five you begin your paragraph "USC cre- ates new virus" and again you re- fer to "the California university's virus lab." The American College Diction- ary lists California as possessing 10 universities and 115 colleges. Your reference to "the California school" and "the California uni- versity" are therefore quite vague. Your allusion to USC is just plain wrong. Dr. Stanley heads the vi- rus lab at The University of Cali- fornia. The confusion of the two would be considered by a Cal man (which I am not) as far more in- vidious than any confusion of the two state universities in Michigan. Adjacent to this article on the front page is the article "Big Four . . ." which ends, "The dra- matic highlight of the west's se- curity bid was a provision to al- function of any newspaper is to present the facts accurately, and in such a way that the paper does not become a giant game of hide- and-seek. May I suggest that if the finances are that tight, you drop about half your features and hire some competent proofreaders. The result would be a paper much more a credit to the University, and to its editor. -Noel de Nevers, Grad. 'Grim Humor'... To the Editor: PAUL H. Johnson wrote a stir- ring red, white, and blue let- ter about Reds in "Show Biz," slapping singer Seeger and wreck- er Robeson, and starring as hero, benevolent Bernard (guts) Baruch. Mr. Johnson is a man of strong convictions, and nothing a Com- munist, a "dupe," or an ignora- mus like myself could say, would have any effect whatever upon his opinions. Why then get excited about "Red" propaganda? Aren't other people as strong minded as Mr. Johnson or as sold on "free" en- terprise as millionaire Baruch? Since we all tend to be antag- onistic toward the arrogance of self-righteousness, Mr. Johnson's reaction was normal as far as it went. Yet a question worth pon- dering in connection with so-call- ed un-American Activities Com- mittee hearings is who was arro- gant in the beginning? Who is qualified todetermine what is un- American anyway? Just where are the true-blue, 100%, red-blooded God-fearing so and so's to be found? Doesn't even the defini- tion of heresy depend upon an individual's concept of God? Possibly our sense of humor is being sacrificed before the altar of a fickle god called self-esteem. And the pathological hatred of some folks for "you-know-whats" may be explainable on the basis of psychological projection. Guilt complex - scapegoat - wham. Grim humor, what? -R. F. Burlingame Milan, Michigan Middle East Policy... To the Editor: IN an editorial on Thursday, Mr. Dygert suggested that the West ship arms to Israel as a policy to maintain the balance of power and to combat the Red's current policy of selling arms to the Arabs. I find it necessary to correct whatever wrong impression such a sugges- tion might give. Mr. Dygert said "The Reds are aware of the tensions in the Middle East, and foresee much more profit in exploiting them than in alleviating them." I agree completely with Dygert on that. However, I want to remind him that the West is responsible for giving the Communists the chance to win favor in the area, by follow- ing a one-sided and partial policy favoring Israel in the Middle East. By such a policy the West is forc- ing 50 million Arabs into the hands of the Communists against their will. Because of the constant Is- raeli threat (supported by the West) the Arabs will find it neces- sary to extend their hands for arms to anyone who will sell to them in order to defend them- selves and maintain their dignity. If the Western Powers are really sincere about easing the tension in the Middle East, they should oblige Israel to comply with the UN resolutions on Palestine. This involves: The repatriation of the Arab refugees and compensation for those who do not want to re- turn, the internationalization of Jerusalem, and an enforcement of the original boundaries set by the partition resolution. This besides a cessation of the Israeli agres- sion against the Arab countries. These alone may ease the ten- sion in the Middle East, and pre- vent the Soviets from gaining fur- ther popularity in that area. I put it very emphatically that if the West adopts a policy of shipping arms to Israel, the result will be a disastrous arms race in the area and ever-increasing Com- munist influence in the Middle East. --Khalid Al-Shawl, Grad. Maria turned to the licentious man who had loved her mother, but soon grew to hate him. For a long time she devoted her- self to her dancing until she met David (Birger Malmsten), and was reawakened to love. All the scenes build up to her final choice between career and love. Miss Britt's acting is a constant joy to watch. It is terribly diffi- cult to believe that the same woman is playing the part of the gamin-like adolescent temptress and the tired, joyless artist of 13 years later. Her characterization is superb. s " e KJELLIN IS excellent as her young lover and Malmsten is very good as the maturing influence on her life. But from the beginning, the stage belongs to Miss Britt and she is well aware of how to use it. Photographic effects are well done, particularly during the tran- sitions between scenes. And for once, black and white seems to enhance rather than detract from a film. It is harsh and glaring when the scenes demand it, but at other times soft and almost ethereal. It istoo bad that the Royal Opera Ballet of Stockholm was~un- able to show of f its wealth of tal- ents a little more fully, but the "pas de deux" from "Swan Lake" was very well done indeed. SUBTITLES ARE for the most part well done, although occas- ionally the transposed lines sound a little silly. "Illicit Interlude" is on a par with another Swedish export, "One Summer of Happiness" for its fine sensibilities and good taste in ex- ploring the problems of love. -Tammy Morrison AT THE STATE: 'Brunettes' Rather Poor "GENTLEMEN Marry Brunettes" is a very unusual musical com- edy because no one in the cast can sing or act. Jane Russell and Jeanne Crain are cast as a sister act, Conny and Bonny (yet) who make their for- tunes in gay Paris along with other unfortunates. The plot is so slight and ridiculous that it need not be gone into at length. It is enough to know that Jane is a girl who can't say "No" to a marriage pro- posal and suddenly she finds her- self a man (Scott Brady) who doesn't propose. Alan Young is also present to pair off with Miss Crain and Rudy Vallee plays him- self, which is as gloomy a job as can be found for the aged lad. The songs are mostly good ones, with great hunks of Rodgers and Hart thrown in, but unfortunately, the cast prefers to toy with the phrasing of the lyrics, the rhythm, the melody and the idea. Having the smallest amount of talent im- aginable, it Is no wonder that things turn out as they do. Mr. Vallee, who is supposed to be a professional at the chanteur busi- ness, sings as if he has no glands, but after all he is getting pretty old. And why not? SCOTT BRADY, no Gene Kelly type himself, plays a shrewd and penniless agent who rooms with Alan Young, an all-around idiot. They get the girls and lose them and get them and lose them and I'm afraid the whole thing gets a bit boring. In the interests of accuracy, it is necessary to point out that the film has flashbacks abounding which show the careers of Jane and Jeanne's mother and aunt who had a sister act in the twenties. They were known as "Mitzi and something," mostly likely "Mitzi and her Wonder Dog" but the name is of little consequence. They were blond. They are played also by Russell and Crain. This is what is known as spreading it thin, especially since they have enough of a trial handling the Conny and Bonny roles. There is a finale in which "Ain't Misbehavin'" is sung in an Afri- can ballet at a night club in Monte Carlo. All one can do is to cry into his popcorn. - * « THE ONE bright spot in the film (or two if you want to be techni- cal) is that Miss Crain and Miss Russell wear little and look well in it. They are hanrsomelv nt tn- Weekend Movie Guide ILLICIT INTERLUDE, at Or- pheum, with Royal Stockholm Opera Ballet, see review today. GENTLEMEN MARRY BRUN- ETTES, at State, with Jane Rus- sell, Jeanne Crain; "no one in cast who can sing or act." PHENIX CITY STORY, at Mich- igan; "not as risque as viciously blood-soaked." SECRET OF CONVICT LAKE, at Cinema Guild, with Glenn Ford, Gene Tierney, begins tonight. SUMMERTIME, at Michigan tomorrow, with Kathryn Hepburn; see review tomorrow. DISTANT JOURNEY, at Rack- ham Ampitheatre (Gothic Films), Jewish family under Nazi occupa- tion, 8 p.m. Monday. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN 4 r THE Daiiy Official Bulletin is an official publication of the University of Michigan for which the Michigan Daily assumes no editorial reponsi- 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. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1955 VOL. LXVII, NO. 36 General Notices Veterans who expect to receive edu- cation and training allowance under Public Law 550 (Korea G. I. Bill) must fill in. VA Form 7-199&, Monthly Cer- tification, in the Office ofVeterans' Affairs, 555 Administration Building, between 8:30 a.m. Tues., Nov. 1 and 3:30 p.m. Mon., Nov. 7. Chest Clinic. The Michigan Depart- ment of Health will have a mobile X-Ray unit available from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 9, 10 and 14, and from 8:30 to 4:00 p.m. on Nov. '15 for staff members of the University who wish to have a chest X-Ray. This service is free. The mobile unit will be parked in the rear of the Student Health Service. Staff members will register in Room No. 58 of the Health Service Bldg. Women's Research Club will meet Mon., Nov. 7, at 8:00 p.m. In the West Lecture Room, Rackham Building. Miss Grace Louise Wood, Department of Anthropology, will speak on "Effects of Modern Civilization on the Tiruray ot the Philippines." Concerts Cleveland Orchestra will be heard in the third concert in the Choral Union Series, Sun., Nov. 6, at 8:30 p.m. in Hill Auditorium, under George Szell, conductor. Limited number of tickets available at the offices of the University Musical Society in Burton Tower. Tick- ets will also be on sale at the Hill Auditorium box office the night of the concert after 7:00. Academic Notices Astronomical Colloquium. Sat., Nov. 52:00 p.m., the McMath-Hulbert Ob- servatory, Lake Angelus, Michigan. Dr. Leo Goldberg will speak on "Recent Results with a Solar vacuum Spectro- graph." Doctoral Examination for Rudi Siong Bwee Ong, Mechanical Engineering; thesis: "On the Interaction of a Chap- man-Jouguet Detonation Wave with a Wedge," Mon., Nov. 7, 246 West Engi- neering Bldg., at 3:00 p.m. Chairma, G. J. VanWylen. Events Today Free Films, Museums Bldg., 4th floor exhibit hail. "Rice and Health" and "Life in the Forest," Nov. 1-7. Daily at 3:00 and 4:00 p.m., including Sat. and Sun., with extra showing Wed. at 12:30. Placement Notices PERSONNEL REQUESTS: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institu- tion, Woods Hole, Mass., has openings for women to work as Research Assist- ants in Underwater Acoustics, Under- water Wave Analysis, and Meteorology. Requires a good background in Physics and Mathematics. Du-Wel Metal Products, Inc.-Bangor, Michigan, has an opening in the Esti- mating Department involving some cost control work. An engineering degree would be helpful, but is not required. Minnesota Civil Service announces an opening for Public Health Engineer II. All citizens of U.S. are eligible. would like someone who has experience in professional sanitary engineering work, with a degree in civil, chem., or mech. (" LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick BibIe,' I c..r . ,, , ° t , , frl .,.._ t, 1 ;' , 'f ' I