Sixty-Seventh; 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 "Nice Little Kitty" "When Opinions Are Free Trutb 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. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1956 NIGHT EDITOR: CAROL PRINS Quadrangle Food Riot: Undesirable but Warranted *0- SUNDAY NIGHT'S food riot by West and South Quadrangle residents was warranted. Jointly, almost spontaneously, sponsored by West and South Quad residents, the riots was mainly an expression of contempt for quad- rangle food. After demonstrations at the two quads, some three to four hundred rioters con- verged on Madison Street between the two quads. It was just a short run to East Quad- rangle, but caused no damage. Then, approximately 150 rioters raced each other to the residence of University President Harlan Hatcher to draw the matter to the president's attention. Stopped and pleaded with by Dean Rea, the mob soon disbanded. Mob action may not be the most desirable method of expressing opinions, but in these days of world-wide strife, it certainly appears to be an effective method for gaining recog- nition. Q UADRANGLE food is naturally not up to standards irrationally imposed by Uni- versity students. It is next to impossible to prepare the same quality food for several thousand as prepared for an individual family. Nevertheless, students do understand this sit- uation. Sunday night's riot was more specific in nature. Quad students rebelled at what a few dozen students thought was moldy food served at supper, Sunday. Whether or not this was true is hard to determine but is important as a symptom of the situation., Essentially, major problems are these: quad- rangle residents spend several minutes at noon and evening meals waiting to receive their food via cafeteria-style lines; this food is often cold, meats being the prime example; certain foods are served in insufficient portions; Jew- ish students are not offered substitutes for pork; lettuce in'salads is often dried out,; cof- fee does not taste as it should no matter how hard one tries to convinve oneself it does; in general poor meals are often served. Major example of a poor meal was the noon meal on football's Homecoming Saturday. At- tended by guests more than any other single meal, it was expected that the kitchens would prepare a decent menu. Instead, diners at the quads received a slice of cheese, a slice of non- descript hash-like meat, and a bowl of what normally does not pass for soup. This type of meal does not impress visitors. It is not uncommon for students, when par- ents and friends visit the University to prefer to dine at a local restaurant rather than per- mit their guests to eat dorm food. QUADRANGLE residents are entirely justi- . fied in their oft-voiced complaints over dormitory food. But these complaints are sel- dom heard by proper authorities, and when heard are "refered to astudy committee" for- ever. Sunday night's food riot was more a good than an evil, serving to bring the situation to the fore. As a screaming South Quadder yelled, "Guess we woke the administration up this time." Food problems can not be passed over by platitudes frequently issued by University ad- ministrators. Riots do not contribute to Uni- versity prestige, but it cannot be denied that this riot brought problems to a point where they must be solved. It is good to note that Dean Rea and West Quadrangle Resident Director Jack Hale both promised rioters they would "look into your complaints and see if we can straighten things out." They've got a big job. We hope they're suc- cessful. -RENE GNAM 040 r xaa 4 t °%~ :< r r . : . , . , - ... _ . { t' "94 -MO WAS*4104-4'rNP'OSTC- LETTERS to the EDITOR Letters to the Editor must be signed and limited to 300 words. The Daily reserves the right to edit or with- hold any letter. An Appeal .. To The Editor: n -a few days the Qalens will hold their annual tag days in Ann Arbor. I'd like to tell you why I think everyone should buy a tag. The Galen tag day sup- ports many of the activities of the University Hospital schoo I have three sons who have hemo- philia and in the past eight years have been in the hospital over 90 times. Without the school their hospital stays would have been very unhappy times, instead of pleasant and cheerful. Every day is special at Uni- versity hospital childrens' wards.. There's never a holiday, a birth- day or special occasion without a party. Christmas is very special with all the decorations, trees and parties. Even the stockings are filled on Christmas morning. It's not all parties either, there's school in the morning so each child can keep up with his class,. there are movies, stories, super- vised activities and free play, and work shops for older children Every day children are taken to the ninth floor for these activi- ties. They go on foot, in wheel chairs or in beds. Once there, tears are forgotten and smiles and laughter appear. Those who can't go to the ninth floor aren't forgotten either. As often as pos- sible the same activities are car- ried on in the children's rooms. The school teachers, known to most of the children as "the Play Ladies" go up and down the halls with a special cart filled with toys, games and special projects for each day. An outsider going down the hall might wonder if he were in a play school instead of a, hospital because everyone seems so happy and busy. Every child who enters the hospital re- gardless of race, color or creed and no matter whether he stays only a day or two or for months is a part of these activities. So when you are asked on De- cember seventh or eighth to buy a Galens tag, think for a mo- ment that maybe someday may- be your child or grandchild, or .a relative or friend may spend some time in University Hospital and receive some benefit from the tag you buy. -Mrs. Harold Jahnke Same Time & Place.. .. To The Editor: The Daily missed a fine op- portunity Friday evening to print one of its standard reviews. We are wondering how the Speech Department Playbill, "The In- fernal Machine," was going to be presented simultaneously with "Is Violence a Path to Peace" in Auditorium A, Angell Hall at 8:00 that evening. Whilewe were ex- ceedingly sorrowful that we miss- ed the usual review, we were delighted with the precision and accuracy of reporting these two events to be scheduled at the same time and place. To you and your staff, Merry Christmas. -John Makowski, '59 -Stanley Rock, '59 -James O. Caswell, '59 Academic Notices Junior Engineers: Technical work ex- perience in a choice of 21 foreign coun- tries is available during summer vaca- tion through the Institute $of Inter- national Education. If interested, ob- tain detailed information and applica- tion blanks from the Engineering Placement Office, Room 347, West En- gineering Building. To Instructors of Engineering Fresh- men: Eleven week grades for all E~no gineering Freshmen are due in the Sec- retary's Office, 283 West Engineering Building on Wed., Dec. 5, 1956. February Teacher's Certificate Candi- dates: The teachers oath will be ad- ministered to all February candidates for the Teacher's Certificate during the month of December in 1437 UES. The office will be open from 8 to 12 a.m. and 1:30 to 4:30 .m. The teacher's oath is a requirement for the teach- er's certificate. Astronomical Colloquium. Tues., Deo. 4, 4:15 p.m., The Observatory. Dr. Alan Barrett of the Radio Astronomy Branch of the Naval Research Laboratory will speak on "Solid-state and Gaseous Masers as Possible Radio Wave Ampli- fiers for Astronomy." Operations Research Seminar: 0. West Churchman, Case Institute of Techno- logy; will lecture on "Coat Accounting and Operations Research" on Wed., Dec. 5. Coffee hour at 3:30 in Room 243 West Engineering Building and sem- inar in Room 229, West Engineering at 4:00 p.m. All faculty mempers wel- come. 4 . DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN (Continued from Page 3) theater: "The Polyphonic Magnifica"4 Before 1600." Open to the general pub- lic. Concerts Stanley Quartet, Gilbert Ross and Emil Raab, violins, Robert Courte, vi- ola, and Oliver Edel, cello, assisted by Clyde Thompson, double bass, will per- form the second program of the first semester series at 8:30 this evening in the Rackham Lecture Hall. Haydn's ) Quartet in G major, Op. 7$. No. 1; Mail- haud's Quintet No, 2 (1952), commis- sioned by the University of Michigan and dedicated to the Stanley Quartet and Clyde Thompson; and Brahms' Quartet in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2. General public admitted without V charge. WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND: Investigating VirginIs lands By DREW PEARSON .1 forum on Sigma Kappa 17i TONIGHT, much of the haze of rumor and' emotion which has surrounded the Sigma Kappa issue for the past few months should be dispelled. Sigmha Kappa has been chosen by SGC as the topic .for its first and long-awaited forum. President Bill Adams will give a resume of facts in the case and answer any questions pertaining to fact. Stndents, on the other hand, will be aisle to debate 'the issue at length, and SGC members will be in the audience to hear their opinons.1 In scheduling the forum with such a topic and at such a time, SGC is fulfulling one of' its major and heretofore neglected functions, that of giving students a chance to express themselves on major issues facing the Coun- cil. But it is also fulfilling another, and per- haps more important, function; that of pro- viding clear, factual explanations of those issues. Unfortunately, in the flurry of emotionalism that is sure to surround tonight's forum, this will probably be forgotten. The usual affiliate- non-affiliate campus will be intent on being heard, not ion listening. No MATTER which way the Council decides tomorrow, one group or another will be hurt. But the hurt may be less if both pro and con sides listen carefully and judge the case on a purely factual basis, as the Council should. Something so important as the future of one of the campus sororities and even more important because it is symptomatic of the problem of affiliated discrimination in general shouldd not, even must not, be decided on the basis of rumor and emotion. We hope students who attend the forum will bear this in mind and that, by their conduct, they will set the pace for tomorrow's Council meeting. -TAMMY MORRISON T HE SUN smiles warmly these days in the Virgin Islands. The azure beaches have great allure. That, perhaps, is why two con- gressmen have been batting each other over the head via Western Union, arguing which should in- vestigate the Virgin Islands.. Fi- nally they decided that both would investigate. Tiny though fascinatinfg, the Virgin Islands actually don't need much; if any, investigating. But Congressman Earl Chudhoff, Dem- ocrat of Philadelphia, who has a good record, got the idea that now would be a fine time to hold hear- ings ni the semi-tropics for his subcommittee on government op- erations. Chudhoff 'is chairman of a committee dealing with the In- terior Deparment which super- vises the Virgin Islands, and has been doing a fine job probing giveaways. However, he decided he would give his staff, himself, and other members of his committee a gliveaway vacation in the Carib- bean. It developed, however, that Con- gressman Leo O'Brien, Democrat of Albany, N.Y., who is chairman of the House Territories Subcom- mittee wtih jurisdiction over the Virgin Islands, already had made plans to hold hearings in those pleasant isles. HE KNEW that Chudhoff had held one-man hearings in the Virgin Islands, with himself as the sole member, just a year be- fore, yet had failed to publish a report. Therefore, O'Brien rea- soned that a new investigation by Chudhoff would lead to no addi- tional report and was in fact a vacation boondoggle. So the Democrat from Albany fired a hot telegram to the Demo- crat from Philadelphia charging him with overstepping his- juris- diction, and wanting to know what was the big idea. Chudhoff promptly fired back this telegraphic broadside: "Was amazed and insulted when I received your telegram of No- vember 15. "It appears to me that in all decency before allowing a tele- gram of the type sent out evident- ly by a member of your staff you would make sure of itscontents.I tried to give your subcommittee every possible courtesy and on No- vember 14 had a conference - . in order that there would be no conflict or duplication of juris- diction. * * * "I RESENT your implication of bias of my subcommittee. Con- gressman Engle had personally commended myself and the sub- committee and its staff for its work. A copy of the commenda- tion is in my file. "Finally, I believe it would have been a courteous thing to do to have had you call me on the tele- phone personally here in Phila- delphia, and I am sure we would have been able to work out any differences that might exist be- tween the two subcomi ittees. (My) subcommittee . . . will start hearings in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands on December 3, 1956. If you feel your subcommittee would be embarrassed by our presence, you may feel free to cancel or postpone your visit." That looked like a pretty tough ultimatum. But Congressman O'Brien was not easily deterred. Finally California's Clair Engle, chairman of the Full House In- terior Committee, stepped in as referee. He first phoned Chudhoff and urged him to postpone his hearing. Chudhoff flatly refused. ** * THEN ENGLE suggested that the Chudhoff Committee join the O'Brien Committee in joint hear- ings. Engle said he knew O'Brien was sorry and promised to get him to call Chudoff. The Pennsylvan- ian finally agreed to this. Peace- maker Engle then called O'Brien and told him it looked bad for congressmen to be quarreling. He persuaded O'Brien to phone Chud- off and patch up the feud. Result: The two subcommittees are now holding joint hearings. Prior to the actual hearings on December 3, however, four em- ployees of the Government Oper- ations Committee left for. the Vir- gin Islands on November 22 to lay groundwork - or you might say, establish a "beachhead." (Copyright 1956 by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) Sociology Undergraduate Forum: Dr. Evelyn Duvall of Chicago, Illinois, will speak on "Planning for a Successful Marriage" in the Rackham Lecture Hall, Wed., Dec. 5, at 7:00 p.m. Publi# invited. Events Today Science Research Club December meeting will be held in the Rackham Amphitheatre at 7:30 p.m. on Tues., Dec. 4. Program: "Treponemal Test In Syphilis Diagnosis," Albert H. Wheeler -Dermatology and Syphilology: "Tis- sue Culture: Large Scale Production of Animal Cell Population,"' Donald J. Merchant -Bacteriology. Introduction of new members. Dues for 1956-57 accepted after 7:10 p.m. Placement N 'oties - Revision of Refugee Act CONGRESSIONAL leaders who less than a month ago pledged themselves to expedient cooperation with the Eisenhower Administra- tion now have a chance to prove the sincerity of their promises. More than 20,000 unquestionably valiant Hungarian refugees are seeking a new home in the United States. President Eisenhower has slashed and disregarded the red tape of the Refugee Relief Act of 1953 in an attempt to swiftly admit and settle these thousands. His action still awaits the necessary authorization of, Congress. In the past Mr. Eisenhower has asked Con- gress repeatedly for revision of the act, only to have his recommendations referred and re- referred into blind committee channels. The trouble with the refugee law, as it now stands, lies not so much, in the insufficiency of immi- gration quotas, but with the complex of tech- nicalities involved in admitting the individual refugee. Editorial Staff RICHARD SNYDER, Editor RICHARD HALLORAN NLEE MARKS Editorial Director, City Editor GAIL GOLDSTEIN.................Personnel Director ERNEST THEODOSSIN..............Magazine Editor JANET REARICK . ....Associate Editorial Director MARY ANN THOMAS....:...........Features Editor DAVID GREY. ...................Sports Editor RICHARD CRAMER.............Associate Sports Editor STEPHEN HEILPERN..........Associate Sports Editor VIRGINIA ROBERTSON......... ...Women's Editor JANE FOWLER...........Associate Women's Editor ARLINE LEWIS.............. Women's Feature Editor JOHN HIRTZEL.................. Chief Photographer Business Staff DAVID SILVER, Business Manager MILTON GOLDSTEIN....Associate Business Manager WILLIAM PUSOR............... Adertising Manager CHARLES WILSON.................Finance Manager PATRICIA LAMBERIS............. Accounts Managter For instance, each refugee is required to have an individual sponsor in the United States, and each must be able to show evidence of his, activities during the past two years. With thou- sands hurriedly fleeing their homeland, such restrictions }cannot easily be satisfied. 1HE REFUGEE Relief Act expires in less than four weeks. Under its present condi- tions, the United States cannot possibly admit all the Hungarians seeking asylum here. When Congress meets again next month, it will have an opportunity] to demonstrate its professed spirit of cooperative effort by quickly adopting the recommendations of the Presi- dent in order that we may easily accept these refugees who have gained the sympathies of so many Americans. -DALE McGHEE New Books at the Library Butcher, Margaret Just-The Negro in Am- erlcan Culture, Based on materials left by Alain Locke; NY, Knopf, 1956. Cleary, Jon-Justin Bayard; NY, Morrow, 1956. Condon, Eddie and Gehman, Richard, eds.- Edie Concon's Treasury of Jazz; NY, Dial Press 1956. Curtis, Jean-Louis-The Side of the Angels; NY, Putnam's, 1956. Huxley, Aldous-Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Other Essays; NY, Harper's 1956. Kubeck, James-The Glaendar Epic; NY, Putnam's, 1956. "Miss Read" - Village School; Boston, Houghton, Mifflin, 1956. Moraes, Frank-Jawaharlal Nehru; NY, Macmillan, 1956. Morris, Wright-The Field of Vision; NY, Harcourt, Brace, 1956. Reverzy, Jean-The Crossing; NY, Pantheon Books, 1956. Rowans.Virminia-The Losing: CounleNY. NEW CRIME ON THE SHELF: British Guiana to Black Market: Murder Thomas Walsh: THE DARK WIN- DOW: Little, Brown. THERE is nothing phoney in Thomas Walsh's crime novels. His two earlier titles, "Nightmare in Manhattan" and "The Night Watch", were acclaimed by critics as masterpieces of restrained re- alism drawn within the limita- tions of the detective story. Walsh captures the reader's sympathies early in this new book by offering a detective who is no superman, no Lothario, no resilient human punching bag. Ray Cassidy is, in fact, a man who wonders if he has any courage left in him, after having caught a slug in a gun battle. As house detective in a hotel where a refugee Bishop from behind the Iron Curtain is lodged, Cassidy finds murder and with it the fresh challenge of violence in- troduced by a group of criminals who enter the scene intent on ap- propriating the quarter of mil- lion dollar fund that has been sub- scribed by fellow exiles for the Bishop. The whole case (which suggests a true life parallel) is tied up with an exciting chase scene which punctuates an unu- sually good detective novel. Jack Webb: THE BAD BLONDE, Rinehart. CRIMEWRITER Webb, who, in- cidentally, has no relation to TV's Friday, brings back in this viewer noted - on rough count - at least ten errors in spelling and punctuation of the Spanish that was supposed to color up the scene. This laxness, however, appears as nothing next to the more serious crime of sadly mistranslating along the way one of the most lyrical poems in Spanish litera- ture. J. J. Marie: GIDEON'S WEEK, Harpers. THIS reviewer was highly en- thusiastic over the first Gid- eon book, "Gideon's Day"; so, it is indeed a pleasure to see the good inspector of Scotland Yard back and in top form. The appealing human warmth of the unspectac- ular but shrewd and well-trained detective is again a major factor in the success the book achieves over ground travelled by so many Scotland Yard men we just don't care to remember. They were fic- tional. but George Gideon comes to life - a middle-aged detective with a daughter who has a tie-in of sorts with a case he is inves- tigating. A prison-break and the stabbing of a young girl occupy most of Gideon's Week, and it's exciting business all the way. We hopefully await "Gideon's Month." Ellery Queen: I N S P E C T OR QUEEN'S OWN CASE, Simon & Schuster. ciety when he finds himself on the brink of another, though now "un- official" case. The evil that Richard Queen stumbles across on his Connecti- cut vacation calls out to more than the bloodhound instinct in him, for one of the'persons deeply involved in the murder investiga- tion is a fortyish, attractive regis- tered nurse by the name of Jessie Sherwood. A late-blossoming ro- mance grows between the two, and the retired inspector soon finds that he has to protect the woman he loves from the murderer's strike. We say without reservation that this is the best Ellery Queen novel in five years. George Harmon Coxe: MAN ON A ROPE, Knopf. THE colorful backdrop of Brit- ish Guiana about which George Harmon Coxe writes so well, serves as the scene for this new novel of diamonds and danger. Barry Dawson, whose role in the dia- mond transaction seemed innocent enough at the outset, soon realizes that he is situated at the center of a deadly intrigue being spun about the cool one hundred thous- and dollars worth of liquid gems. In British Guiana as in the world over, girls and gangsters are about the same. So all the elements of a 'good, fast-paced Coxe novel are here - adroitly managed as al- mystery behind it all is a devilish- ly clever one. People of the pub- lishing world populate the story- writers, agents, publishers, with a critic or two thrown in. The back- ground for murder, therefore, is quite enticing; and really all that mars an unusually good whodunit is the writing. Author McCloy has e. widely influential book critic in her tale write singularly 'inept reviews, highlighted in one spot by a reference to an author's "principal protagonist". Further, in the narrative itself, we learn of a femal character that "her in- tuition was quite sensitive";and we are told in another instance that "Basil's eyes were musing." Over the years we have come to expect better of Helen McCloy. Brett Halliday: HEADS YOU LOSE, Dodd, Mead. 1HIS Mike Shayne novel was originally published in 1943 un- der the already quaint-sounding title of "Blood on the Black Mar- ket". It is reprinted today, we are told, for the benefit of the large audience of Shayne fans who have been wondering for some dozen years now about what ever hap- pened to Mike's first wife, Phyl- lis. Under the new title, "Heads You Lose", this is the account of the first case Mike Shayne took after Phyllis died in childbirth. The following schools have vacancies on their teaching staffs for February,. 1957. BOUND BROOK, NEW JERSEY- High School Business Education; High School Social Studies. CO PLEY,aOIO--2nd Grade; Ele- mentary Art; Girls Physical Education. -Administration Building, NO 3-1511. Ext. 489. Junior High Art; Vocal Music-Strings. DUNDEE, MICHIGAN-3rd Grade, EDWARDSBURG, MICHIGAN.-Ele- mentary (4th Grade, 6th or 7th dradek General Science-Biology. GROSSE POINTE, MICHIGAN-High School Latin-French. LAKE GENEVA, WISCONSIN-(Nor- thwestern Military and Naval Academy) Mathematics. NEWARK, OHIO-2nd Grade; voca- tional Home Economics; Slow Learners. SIOUX CITY, IOWA-Dramatics. SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN-Kindergar- ten. TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN-First Grade. WILTON, CONNECT]ICUT-All Ele-, mentary Grades: English; Science; Science-Math; Girls' Physical Educa- tion. UTICA, MICHIGAN - Elementary Speech Correction; Shop; Math; Coun- selor. For additional information contact the bureau of Appointments, 3528 Ad- ministration Bldg., Ext. 371. Personnel Interviews: Representatives from the following will be at the Bureau of Appointments: Thurs., Dec. 6 Aetna Casualty & Surety Co., work any one of 38 locations throughout U.S. -men with any degree for Field Rep- resentative Training. This is a sal- aried sales position affording opportu- nity for advancement to Sales Manager positions. U.S. Rubber Co., work throughout U.S. - men with degrees in LS&A, B.B.A. or M.B.A. for Manufacturing Production, Supervision and Control, Industrial Engrg., Industrial Rel., Pur- chasing and Central Labs., Sales and Administration, Distribution, Dealer and Industrial Sales. Thurs. & Fri., Dec. 6 & 7 U.S. Bureau of the Budget - men with graduate training or seniors in, Law, BusAd., and Economics to work as Fiscal Economists, Budget Exam- iners, or in Legislative analysis and ov e rnme n tOrganizational work. These positions are in one of the Bu- reau's five branches: Military, Interna- tional, Commerce and Finance, Labor and Welfare, and Resources and Civil Works. For appointments contact the Bureau of Appointments, 3528 Admin. Bldg., Ext. 371. Personnel Requests: Russell Kelly Office Service, Detroit, Mich., is lootking for girls to work as Sr. Typists, and Stenographers during Christmas and Easter vacations as well as during the summer. Sr. Typists must type at 55 w.p.m. net and be able to i .