~bg Ar4tgan Bally 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 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. "They Can't FDo That to UO AT THE $TATE: Eileen' Has ..... DAILY " d , +' 1 ik i (G.. .fit :" i . , 'Moments' OFFICIAL BULLETIN 3 LY, DECEMBER 6, 1955 NIGHT EDITOR: MARY LEE DINGLER Stereotypers' Union Shows Apathy in Settling Strike ["ODAY, five days since the start of the stereo- typer strike in Detroit, residents of the utomobile city are still without their daily ewspapers. While circumstances are still cloudy sur- >unding the dispute between AFL local num4 er nine and the publishers of the three papers ffected, it is becoming increasiigly more pparent that the union is apathetic about nding the strike - indeed, its demands and le reasons for the strike seem to have little istification. By its repeated refusal to continue working hile negotiations are underway and the ex- ggerated demands presented, the union has )nsiderably reduced the chances of any public ipport for its strike against the Free Press, imes and News. Basically the union has two demands - Work performed on any newspaper published ter than the day following the work must be erformed at an overtime rate, even when this ork is done during regular shift hours of the ,ereotyper. 2) Stereotyping work involved in processing >lor plates must be done by men hired speci- cally for color work or by present stereotypers b overtime rates. If special crews are hired, hey must be paid no less than a full eight ours' pay no matter how few hours they work. XJHILE these demands have been denied by the local's George Robinson, they are the %me demands stated in the Detroit Reporter, iblished by the, same newswriters union which as announced itself in favor of the striking ereotypers. Since the union has not stated; ecifically what itt demands are, and since ie Newspaper Guild has come out in support the union,.It seems reasonable to assume 'at these are the actual demands of the nion. Of the two demands, demand number one is the more difficult to justify. To be paid in excess of a normal day's pay even though work takes no more than the legal eight hours is in essence subsidation. Now there is nothing wrong with subsidation if the party to be subsidized is in an unequal financial position relative to the rest of the economy. But the $7000 average income of the stereotyper can hardly be said to place him in any financial straits conipared with his fellow workers in other fields. THE second demand introduces to the Ameri- can newspaper industry the infamous feath- erbedding practices of the musicians' unions. In spite of the publishers' offers to conduct a study of the work load, in spite of their ex- pressed desire to prevent overwork on the part, of any employee and to call for no more than a normal day's work, the union has turned down any study and insisted in imposing upon the publishers demands for artificial and arbi- trary overtime. If the union members really are being over- worked in producing the color plates as the local claims, why should they veto a sincere offer by the three papers to conduct a study of the alleged claim? Were the union to replace its two demands with one calling for am outright gift or bonus, it would be no more unreasonable in its dispute with the publishers. The union has even refused to work during any negotiations, even though the publishers have guaranteed that any terms of settlement would be retroactive to last Thursday, the date of contract expiration. This questionable position of the union coupled with their unjustifiable demands points to a definite apathy on the part of the union toward settling the strike. This is not what could be called conducive to public sympathy. --DICK SNYDER WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND- Hassyle Over DixonYatesPE. . By DREW P'EARSON Color Line Hurting Football? [N GEORGIA football is going to be a white man's game. Georgia Tech and the Uni- 'ersity of Georgia will not 'be allowed to play eams with Negroes on their squads in the peach' state. Why play football then, as a white man's ame? For football's value rests in the extent o which it acts as a common denominator. People closely connected with athletics, for hie most part, know the value of the game is n its expression of the American ideal of .ealthy competition. But in Georgia it's going to be a white man's ame. FOR some, football is a sport because it is a test of skill, physical and mental. For oth- rs, it is a sport because it knows no criteria ave that of ability. Abe Sapperstein, owner-coach of the world- eknown Harlem Globetrotters, hasnmain- ained time and again that the greatness of thletics lies in its ability to act as an equalizer 1 socia., relations. His team has toured the orld, over 40 nations have witnessed its bas- etball antics, and the players have served as good will" ambassadors where diplomats, if eceived at all, are welcomed in an arctic-type tmosphere. But in Georgia football's going to be a white man's game. The value of the move is evasive, the motivation crystal-clear. Nothing is to be equal amid the peaches. The same hands that pick the fruit are forbidden to chase footballs or compete with their fellow citizens. For re- gardless of the law, Georgians see only white when rights are on the line. OST athletes like to think they abide by a set of codes peculiarly their own.. It doesn't encompass the omission of an athlete from competition because his skin is darker, or his language incomprehensible, as with foreigners -- even Georgian athletes attest to both points. If this is a generalization, Governor Griffin had best look for opponents for his Georgia Peaches, for competition should be hard to come across - especially outside the South. This brings the point home." Should a team forbidden to play against Negroes in its homo state be allowed to play out-of-state? And will Michigan play Georgia as scheduled Oc- tober 5, 1957, or find its athletes 'adverse to such participation. It appears, overall, that the peach is rotting, and the stench penetrating north. -LEW HAMBURGER j LENGTHY backstage hassle has been taking place between two top Eisenhower appointees ov- er whether to pay Dixon-Yates approximately $5,500,000 for their alleged out - of - pocket expenses when the government canceled the Dixon-Yates contract. Admiral. Lewis Strauss, chair- man of the Atomic Energy Com- mission, ex-partner in the Kuhn- Loeb banking firm, wanted it paid. A former White House secretary to Herbert Hoover, the man who really sold the Ike Administra- tion on Dixon-Yates, Strauss had rammed the contract through Even when his bwn AEC voted against it. However, Controller General Jo- seph Campbell, another Ike-ap- pointee, said no. * * * STRAUSS and Campbell haggled for some time. But the man who handled Columbia University's fin- ances under "Professor" Ike in New York stood pat, even though he had once voted for the Dixon- Yates contract when he was a member of the Atomic Energy Commission. Campbell's refusal to budge was why Admiral Strauss came out and said publicly that the government would not compensate Dixon- Yates. In the back of the Controller General's mind is the possibility that two criminal conspiracy cases may lurk in the background of the Dixon-Yates deal. * * * NO. 1 is the suppression of a rival bid against Dixon-Yates. Wal- ter von Tresckow of the Hanover National Bank attempted to bid. However, when he tried to get the prominent engineering firm of Gibbs and Hill to work up plans for him, he got word from Gibbs and Hill that pressure had been brought to bear and they could not cooperate. Suppression of competition in making government bids is against the law.. No. 2 is the way Adolphe Wen- zell's presence inside the Budget Bureau was covered up. Wenzell was working for the first Boston Corp., which was to do the Dixon- Yates financing. Yet he was also called 'by budget director Hughes to work inside the Budget Bureau in advising the government. This was possibly a more flag- rant conflict of interest than that of Air Secretary Talbott or Build- ings Administrator Peter Strobel, both of whom resigned. WENZELL'S presence inside the Budget Bureau was concealed in the most flagrant manner. When I got wind of it in the summer of 1954, inqueries at the Budget Bureau brought only 'a runaround. I then. suggested to- Senator Hill of Alabama that he, query the Budget Bureau offi - cially. He did so and got a bald, bare-faced lie. (Copyright, 1955, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.)y "MY SISTER EMETE"' is one of those musical divertisements that has "moments." The "mo- ments" come primarily because of Robert Fosse's choreography, which is deft, witty and in the best Hollywood musical tradition. That the "moments" do not come more often can be attributed to Director Richard Quine's passive handling of comedy sequences. "Eileen" is a series of observa- tions about Greenwich Village life among the "art" set which revolve around the story of two sisters from Ohio, Eileen (Janet Leigh), who can't keep men away, and Ruth (Betty Garrett) who can't get a man. This is the fourth time around for the material (previous- ly, a Broadway play and musical and a Hollywood comedy), but it is still fresh and interesting. However "Eileen" is a fairly sketchy business with almost no plot, and it requires a compelling comic directorial touch to make it come alive; unfortunately, the film is played as musical melodrama. Miss Garrett has very little to do and her madcap comedy talents are almost completely ignored. Jack Lemmon as her sometimes suitor has even less to do, and his one humorous turn, a seduction scene, is too similar to his work in "Phffft" and "It Should Happen To You" to be funny. Miss Leigh, who has been studying singing and dancing, has improved consider- ably since, her previous musical as- signments, but her abilities are not sufficient to carry a film. What does make "Eileen" worth seeing, though, are the clever dance patterns Performer-Choreo- grapher Robert Fosse has provided. There is a brilliant "challenge"' dance he does with Tommy Rall that exhibits some of the best tap and acrobatic work seen in recent films. There is also an ingenious dixieland number and the delight- ful Conga finale that at times comes'too close to capturing the comic essence of an animated car toon. As he demonstrated on Broadway in "Pajama Game," Posse has that remarkable ability of taking commonplace dance situ- ations and evolving them into ex- traordinarily clever routines. -Ernest Theodossin LETTERS to the EDITOR Strikebreakers? (EDITOR'S NOTE: In epanding Daily circulation and coverage to De- troit last Friday, there was no attempt on the part of this newspaper.to act as strikebreaker. It was hoped that, at least on a small scale, The Daily could till the vacuum of information left by the three Detroit newspapers. Since then, the Detroit Newspaper Guild, openly sympathetic with the Stereotypers Union, has taken up the break with a Guild newspaper, "The Detroit Reporter." All put of town newspapers have increased delivery to Detroit, while radioeand television have increased news broadcasts. The attempt by these agencies, as well as The Daily, is to service the city of Detroit with news, not in any way to walkout.) To the Editor: SCABS- On the eve of the pending merg- er between the AFL and the CIO we wish to commend the DAILY for their stand on the recent news- paper strike in Detroit. Seldom in the annals of collegiate publi- cation has a newspaper so daring- ly come forward to champion the principles of free-enterprise on which our economy was founded. In shipping the DAILY to De- troit under the guise of dissemi- nating news the editors have struck a new high in their en- deavor to restore the United States to a free economy, unhampered by big unions. The remarkable perception of the DAILY LEAD- ERS in taking steps to break the strike in its infancy appears to be a strong reassertion of the DAILY'S support of the laissez faire policy on which our great nation was built. -C. Alfred Nelson, L'56 H. Herman Moldenhauer, L'56; C. Friedon Wittenstront, L'56 D. Warren Swanson, L'56 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, DECEMBER 6, 1955 VOL. LXVII, NO. 57 General Notices Late Permission: Because of the Christmas Formals, all women students will have a 1:30 late permission on Sat., Dec. 10. Women's residences will be open until 1:25 a.m. Late Permission: All women students will have, a 11:00 pm. late permission on Wed, and Thurs., Dec. 14 and 1s. women's residences will be open until 10:55 p.m. Social Chairmen are notified that Women's Judiciary has authorized 11 p-m. late permission for women stu- dents on Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 14, 15. Post-caroling, or other Christ- mas parties may be scheduled on these nights in accordance with this an- nouncement and should be registered in the Office of Student Affairs, 1020 Administration Building on or before Friday, Dec. 9, 1955. Chaperons may be a qualified single chaperon or married couple. Conference on Higher Education. Dec. 6-7. Theme of the conference: "The Dual System of Higher Education," Tues., Dec. 6, Racham Amphitheater, 2:00 p.m.: Address by President Hatcher: "Backgrounds of the Dual System in Michigan" Panel Discussion: "The Roles of the Public, the Catholic and the Protestant-Related Institutions of Higher Education in Michigan." Tues., Dec. 6, Michigan League Ballroom, 7:45 p.m.: "The Dual System of Higher Education," address by Arthur , Coons, President, Occidental College. Wed., Dec. 7, Rackham Amphitheater, 9:30 a.m. Symposium: "How the Dual System Functions in Ohio"-President Howard Bevis of Ohio State and Presi- dent Terry Wickham of Heidelberg College. Lectures Douglass Cater, Washington editor for The Reporter, third University Lecture in Journalism Tues., Dec. 6, 3:00 pi.m., Angeli Hall, Aud. C. "A New Look at the Power of the Press." University Lecture, auspices of the Department of Fine Arts, by Dr. Diego Angulo Inlguez, on "Three Masterpiece of Velaquez" (The Weavers, Las Meni- nas, and The Surrender of Breda). Rackham Amphitheater, Dec. 6, at 4:'1 p.m. Department of Near Eastern Studies, Dr. Aziz 'S. Atiya, President of the Coptic Institute in Cairo, Egypt and visiting professor this year, "From Bible Lands: St. Catherine's Monastery and the Mt. Sinai Expedition," Wed., Dec. 7, Aud. B, Angell Hall at 4:00 p.m. This lecture, originally scheduled for Dec, 8, has been changed. Concerts Stanley Quartet, Gilbert Ross an Emil Raab, violins, Robert Court, viola, Oliver Edel, cello, with Clyde Thompson, double bass, works by Hay- dn, Leslie Bassett, and Brahms, at 8:30 p.m. tonight, Rackham Lecture Hall. Open to the public without charge,. Academic Notices School of Business Administration Students from other Schools and Col- leges intending to apply for admission for the spring semester, 1956, should secure application forms in Room 150, School of Business Administration, and return as soon as possible. Applications for Engineering Research institute Fellowships to be awarded for the spring semester 1955-1956 are now being accepted in the office of the Graduate School. The stipend is $1,000 per semester. Application forms re available from the Graduate School. Only applicants who have been em- ployed.by the Institute for at least one year on at least a half-time basi are eligible. Applications and supporting material are due in the office of the Graduate School not later than 4:00 p.m., Fri., Jan. 6, 1956. Seminar in Chemical Physics. Tues., Dec. 6, 4:10 p.m. Room 2308 Chemistry Building. Prof. M. Tamres will speak on "Computer for Solving Secular Equa- tions. " Mathematics Colloquium. Tues., Dec. 6, at 4:10 p.m. in Room 3011 Angell Hall. Dr. F. W. Gehring will speak on "The Converse of Fatou's Theorem." Coffee and tea at 3:45 in 3212 A.H. Sociology Colloquium: Theodore Schwartz will speak on, "A Study in Rapid Culture Change in Melanesia," (Continued on Page 8) -( ' I 4 4 r. . 4 TWO DAYS - TWO PLAYS: 'It's Sort of Frightening' For Brown -0 INTERPRETING THE NEWS Reds on Propaganda Splurge By WILLIAM L. CYAN AP Foreign News Analyst [N THE midst of the gentle, non-drinking Buddhist Burmese, Nikita S. Khrushchev de- ivered himself of a tirade against the West in eneral. The fact that he was in a veneratedBuddhist hrine made no difference to the Communist oss-bent on winning friends and influencing eople. To the Burmese present, he must have ppeared boorish. But apparently Khrushchev idn't care, and that lack of respect for the. eelings of his hosts is a significant aspect of is Asian tour. There can be little doubt that Khrushchev nd his entourage, both worried and annoyed eaders in India, too. But Khrushchev is inter- sted first of all in his impact on the broad lasses of these countries at the moment, and aat impact surely was there. The Soviet visitors, to the dismay of Indian aders, used the country to make unbridled ttacks on the West, and to announce they had mighty hell-bomb and were ready to use it if he United States ever contemplated tangling ith the Soviet Union in a war. KHRUSHCHEV AND his flock know what they are about, however. Apparently they o not consider their attitude in the Asian ountries a mistake, but on the contrary feel hat some such show is called for. There are several sides to the Khrushchev- tries that the Soviet Union is cutting a wide swath in the Orient. The broad masses of Burmese and Indians were not witnesses to the lapse of courtesy on the part of the Soviet leaders. They were, however, witness to the lavish welcomes given Khrushchev and Bulganin, and to the degree of popular frenzy which accompanied their visit, for example, to Calcutta, which is a hotbed of Indian communism. It bespoke Soviet power, and that is what Khrushchev wants to demon- strate. Thus the Khrushchev junket to Asia, as well as being a fishing expedition for allies and influence, is in the nature of a threat against the Western world. It is enough of a threat to cause grave concern in the West, too. The Soviet visitors' attitude demonstrates quite-unmistabably to the nations of Europe that Moscow can-and might-in the twinkling of an eye turn over from its outward policy of reasonable softness to its former harsh Stalinist policy. THE RUSSIANS on this trip have told the world: 1. The Soviet Union is not afraid of the United States-it is just as strong and powerful and now has an equally powerful nuclear weapon. Thus the United States had better watch its step. 2. The Soviet Union is the friend of op- pressed peoples and the foe of colonialism, but By DAVID NEWMAN Daily Drama Staff Writer RUSSELL A. BROWN comes close to being a human dynamo. As the co-author of "Film Flam," this year's Union Opera, as well as the author and star of "The Worlds of Tommy Albright," the Hopwood Award winning play opening this week as a Speech Department pro- duction, he is a portrait of activ- ity; busy, creative, and excited. The Vassar, Michigan speech major, is only slightly awed by his various simultaneous debuts in Ann Arbor productions. "It's sort of frightening, coming all at once," he said with a smile. "Sometimes, going- from one re- hearsal to another, I stop and say to myself, 'To think I started all this.' But of course, it is all very exciting. The two productions are so dissimilar that they tend to balance themselves in my mind." THE YOUNG actor-playwright describes "Film Flam" as a par- ody on Hollywood, concerning a famous directress named Milly B. CeCecile who is filming a spectac- ular production called "The Ten Amendments." The plot, says Brown, carries itself to "logical, rather ridiculous extreme.". The opera was written with two other students, seniors Bill Rus- sell and Chuck Reynolds, all of whom have great interest in the field of show business. Brown's plans upon graduation are not definite yet, but he expressed the feeling that he would go into the area of legitimate theatre, "bothj acting and writing." In addition to the scripting, the talented senior handled about half of the lyrics of the songs. Already described as "experimental" by director Fred Evans, the opera --Daily-Dick Gaskill RUSSELL BROWN . .. "to think I started all this!" scribed it as "the story of an ado- lescent of today in conflict with his family, his friends, and his society." The inspiration for the play came from life. "It was suggested by increasingly numerous news- paper accounts of the past four and five years of teen-agers vio- lence and social rebellion. How- ever, "he pointed out emphati- cally," the play itself is totally fic- tion. No representation of actual persons or events is intended." Brown expressed himself freely on the state of the modern theatre, a field of which he is increasingly becoming a part. His own work is not cast in the concept of Chekho- vian drama. "I have a strong feeling against the type of play in which nothing happens for two and a half hours and no change is shown in the Since he is playing the lead role in his play, the theatrical jack-of- all-trades will not be able to see the Opera until the Detroit per- formance during Christmas vaca- tion, where he will also play one of the roles, substituting for a cast, member who is going to be married that night. Brown seems to have the amaz- ing facility of finding time for everything he wants to do and still appearing relaxed and cheer- ful. "When it is all over," he said quietly with a wistful stare, "I'm going to start attending classes again. I plan to renew acquaint- ances with my professors, who will. probably see me walk into class and ask, 'Who are you?' And then there are writing projects I have to attend to when I get the time." * * C THE COMPLETE Brown is a marvel. Added to the serious play- wright and the spoofing satirist is Brown, the professional magician. This seems almost necessary, since his abilities and variety of talents are touched with some sort of magical touch. To be able to do all these things all at once is quite a stunt in itself. He performed an original levitation trick at the past Varsity Night, and it now seems only anti-climatic to add that he invented the feat of presdidigitation himself. Brown is also the member of the marching band, 'the "godfather" of the puppet mascot, and a young man who has the patronage and interest of famed playwright El- mer Rice. Rice, who was here on campus last year, is now handling "The Worlds of Tommy Albright" and has submitted it to a Broad- way agent. _t J '4 -Sk .17 FTFIZ,.W"