,' cl4 £ic14au Uadj 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 "I'd Like To See Some Overalls"y "When Opinions Are Free Truth Will Prevail" Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1956 NIGHT EDITOR: DONNA HANSON Eisenhower-Nehru Talks Underline. Red China Question THE GHOST of a long-standing American ing things over with Christian Pineau, or that mistake will be hovering over part of the we determine our policy toward France after Eisenhower-Nehru talks this week. conferences with Anthony Eden is facetious. The hopeful prediction that the problem of Why, then, should the President be expected to Thehpeu rdtinha hprbm f Communist China might be partially solved learn a great deal from Mr. Nehru because of a simple visit of Premier Chou En-lai to India. during the meeting seems unlikely to come America is eagerly waiting to hear what the true. And if little progress is made much of the c iseaerto sa-butoersett t fault will lie with this country. Chinese have to say-but we refuse to talk to them ourselves The United States State Department and This "withdrawal," leading to a sort of vol- the American press have been hailing the ap- untary unawareness can have little but bad proach of the meeting for days. Reports from effects. The President and Mr. Nehru cannot Bombay,.Istanbul, Geneva, Paris, and finally, discuss China, they can only discuss the Indian London were wired to this country whenever impression of the Chinese. the Indian Prime Minister made a new com- This situation, in which the U.S. has placed ment on the possible success of the talks. Each itself at a notable political disadvantage, is dispatch touched off a re-appraisal of the not in itself sufficient to demand recognition probable agenda. By the time the talk opened of the Red Chinese government. But when yesterday, a list of subjects had crystalized, weighing the pros and cons of future recogni- and Red China was near the top. tion it lays heavily on the side of the pros. Why? Are the two leaders going to recon- sider their diplomatic, impressions of Red THE UNITED STATES cannot make valid Chinese policy? Are they planning on adjudg- judgements of any nation without main- ing the motives of the Peiping leaders? It taining direct relations with that nation's lead- would be hard to say yes, as Mr. Nehru is the ers, be they legally or illegally in office. only one of the two who has had official President Eisenhower and Prime Minister contact with the Chinese Comiunist leaders. Nehru cannot improve on the Red China prob- lem as long as India is required to supply all O SUGGEST that the United States analyze of the diplomatic background. the actions of the United Kingdom by talk- -ALLAN STILLWAON ristmas Projects Admirable MANY CHRISTMAS-SPONSORED projects the organization than a generous "gift." And have unfortunately, and in some cases even admitted is the probability that listed unjustifiably, resulted in negative impressions down among the secondary motives may be one in the student body. with a tinge of public relations. Case in point at present, and typical for this Still, accepting all these postulations is not time of year, the Christmas programs staged tantamount to saying the prime motive of under the auspices of League, Union, and student groups in putting on charitable projects Inter-Fraternity Council. To those not affili- is a utilitarian one. ated with these organizations, such actions The best case student organizations can may be interpreted as strictly utilitarian, present in their defense would probably in- TheL ea clude a comparison of the time and money heLeague and Union combine twice yearly, spent to the publicity gained. once at Christmas and again at Easter, to pre- sent benefit talent shows to patients at Univer- HUNDREDS OF HOURS are spent annually sity Hospital and other hospitals in the Ann 1 Arbor area. IFC opens the doors of almost all by the Union and League officials gathering its fraternities to 2,000localgradcampus talent, organizing and presenting shows itsfrteniie to2,00loalgrade-school boys that are staged one Saturday afternoon be- and girls for games, parties and presents.htaesae n audyatronb- fore Christmas or Easter. The small amount of From some of our more cynical students are publicity and prestige gained certainly is not heard condemnations because they suppose justified by efforts expended. these actions are not based on admirable Fraternities open their doors, and to a motives; that they are "publicity stunts" de- surprising extent, their pocketbooks, for their signed to advance the prestige of the student Christmas "kiddie" parties. Again, the public organizations. relations advancement is certainly not worth the capital outlay. GRANTED that such traditional projects as If there is a selfish motive involved it is "kiddie parties" lose through the years the nothing more than the happiness one derives spontaneous flavor of benevolence inherent at from making others happy. To this extent the their inception. Also accepted is the fact that aforementioned student' projects are certainly in the planning stages the project may appear useful. designed to be more a duty or obligation of -WILLIAM HANEY Eden Rationalizes 1 r. 'M r' t . z LIgoo V - y o . AT THE STATE The Opposite Sex': Intermediate WHATEVER THE POWER of lair Boothe Luce's "The Women," the current musical remake is about as potent as a wet cookie. Retitled "The Opposite Sex" and rescripted by Fay and. Michael Kanin, it suffers considerably from the disease known as directiorfal indetermin- ism. Apparently Director David Miller was uncertain of what he was doing, for "The Opposite Sex" emerges as: 1) a sentimental romance I 4 3 .4 ct49i7+ T? W L SA4vN6rv POST 4. WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND: The Near East Oil Reserve: By DREW PEARSON THERE can be no argument about the importance of Near Eastern oil to the United States. The present proven reserves of the Near East has a life of 100 years. In contrast, the proven reserves of the United States have a life of 12 to 13 years. Of the free world's crude oil reserves, 71 per cent is located in the Near East. In barrels that's 126 billion out of a total reserve of 178 billion. Most of this is future oil. The United States, with only 17 per cent of the free world's oil reserves, consumes 60 per cent. What the Soviet bloc wants, of course, is the future oil of the Near East. This is the chief, if not the sole reason for pouring arms into Egypt-so many arms that the supply discovered by the Israeli army in the Sinai desert probably amounted to a future base for either the Red Army or Russian "volunteers." * * * WITHOUT minimizing the im- portance of Near East oil, the question is whether oil companies, oil officials, and State Department officials interested in oil should dominate and direct American for- eign policy. Also, should we put oil ahead of our traditional allies, France and Britain. Yesterday this column described the oil affiliations of Herbert Hoover, Jr., the charming, some- times naive Undersecretary of State whose firm has worked for most of the big oil companies. He has made many of the recent deci- sions which carried American-pol- icy to a new low in Western Eu- rope. The man who will replace Hoover, Gov. Christian Herter of Massachusetts, also has oil con- nections. His wife, Mary Caroline Pratt, belongs to the Pratt oil fam- ily and inherited millions. The Pratts are affiliated with Stan- dard Oil of New Jersey which owns 30 per cent of the Arabian- American Oil Company (ARAM- CO). * * * JOHN FOSTER DULLE'S law firm, it should be noted, repre- sents Standard Oil of New Jersey. Loy Henderson, Deputy Under- secretary for the Near East, once received an air cooler as a gift from the Washington lobbyist of ARAMCO. Let's take a further look at how American big oil influenced or dominated American policy in re- cent weeks. First, part of the Russian arms sold and bartered to Egypt was paid for, indirectly, by American oil. Nasser swapped cotton for part of his Soviet arms, but part was paid for in cash. And to get the cash he put the bite on his 'fellow Arab, King Saud' in Saudi Arabia, who in turn put the bite on Arabian-American oil. They advanced oil royalties to the amount of around $200 million. Thus Standard of N.J., Socony Mobil, Standard of Calif., and the Texas Co., all bitter haters of communism, were indirectly help- ing to import communist arms into Egypt. They were afraid not to ante up when King Saud demand- ed cash. * * * LATER, after the Suez storm broke, Syria, a virtual Soviet satel- lite, put the bite on ARAMCO for oil. Again this was done through King Saud who relayed the "re- quest" to ARAMCO. Before mak- ing the "request" the Syrians carefully mined ARAMCO's pipe- line passing through Syrian terri- tory and threatened to blow it up unless they were allowed to tap the line for their own needs. Nervously ARAMCO agreed. In other words, the Rockefeller fam- ily, whic hdominates ARAMCO, is now in the position of helping supply oil for the Russian tanks, trucks, and MIG's that were rush- ed to Syria and which have been threatening both Israel and Iraq. Much more important was the pledge which the Arabs exacted from ARAMCO th'at no oil would be sold to the British and French. It was in return for this pledge that the Arabs refrained from blowing up ARAMCO's pipeline. It is still pumping oil and has continued to do so all during the Suez crisis on the -condition that not one drop would fall into French and British hands, ,* *- * THIS IS believed to be a potent, if not controlling reason, why both Hoover and Dulles leaned over backward against giving oil to the British and French. For oil can- not be compartmentalized. (Copyright 1956 by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) about marital problems; 2) a song-and-dance revue; and 3) a weak diatribe on the viciousness of females. Kay Hilliard (June Allyson) loses her bedroom privileges with hubby Steve (Leslie Nielsen) through the scheming of a testy chorus girl (John Collins) and a shrewish gossip (Delores Grey). Writer-friend Amanda (Ann Sheridan), one of those women who knows men from the objective point-of-view, advises Kay to fight back with spunk and a tight gown. Needless to say. Kay learns quick- ly. But the introduction of men into Mrs. Luce's script deadens the surgical bite like dental cotton. * * * 1 IN THE musical department, Miss Allyson, absent for some time from Terpsichorean chores, is sur- prising lithe in her two dancing turns. However, her numbers are staged by Robert Sidney with utter banality. In addition, there is a bannana-bongo bit, "Dere's Yellow Gold On Da Trees," and a new addition to the teen-age "hit par- ade," "Rock and Roll Tumble- weed." Miss Allyson. sings with her not- ablyshoarse voice and Harry James, Dick Shawn and Jeff Rich- ards are on hand to supply musical accompaniment. The difficulty, however, is that' the music i more of an inspiration than an addition. The major performers work hard, but Director Miller keeps them from moving consistently in any single direction. One of the major difficulties is that "The Opposite Sex" never seems to make up its mind about morality, wheth- er to be prudishly suggestive, flam- boyantly promiscuous or dull. * * * TWO hyper-handsome MGM starlings, Neilson and Richards, are given an opportunity to dis- play their virility. And Sandy Descher, by far the cinema world's most repulsive child star, gives an- other portrait of a youngster with the vision of Aristotle, the deduc- tive powers of Acquinas and the heart of Heloise. On the whole, "The Opposite Sex" is a great waste, failing to use its performers and script to advantage. -Ernest Theodossin AT THE MICHIGAN: Hitchcock ,Success ALFRED Hitchcock, the modern master of suspense, has been around a long time. Although he is usually thought of today only in terms of his recent flood of techni- color thrillers, "Rebecca," the movie at the Michigan, is one of his early triumphs and shows all the earmarks of fine direction that have since made his name a household synonym for success. The screenplay, of course, is partially responsible for the qual- ity of the film. A Robert E. Sher- wod adaptation-of the best-selling novel by Daphne DuMaurier, the script moves quickly from an ordi- nary beginning to an effective, if slightly over-dramatic end. "Rebecca," as most of the novel- reading public must know, is the story of a naive young girl who is swept off her feet by a dashing British aristocrat, Max DeWinter, while acting as a domestic com- panion to an obnoxious society woman at Monte Carlo. Apparent- ly entranced by her fresh young innocence, DeWinter marries the girl and carries her back to Man- derly, his huge and gloomy estate in Cornwall. AT MANDERLY, however, the new Mrs. DeWinter finds that, despite her husband's wishes, she is not the real mistress of the house at all. Everywhere she turns, she is confronted by the memory of Rebecca, DeWinter's first wife. The ghost of the past seems to haunt every aspect of her new life, Upset by the influence of Re- becca, and by Mrs. Danvers, a predatory female housekeeper, the second Mrs. DeWinter is on the verge of suicide, when a shipwreck throws a' new light on both the death and the character of the mysterious Rebecca. Max conse- quently becomes involved in a murder charge at the insistence of someccousin of his first wife. I can't say very much more about the plot without ruining the surprise ending, - -e . , .* - * DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN The Daily Official Bulletin is an of- ficial publication of the University of Michigan for which the Michigan Daily assumes no editorial responsibility. No- tices should be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to Room 3553 Administration Building before 2 p.m. the day preced- Ing publication. Notices for Sunday Daily due at 2:00 p.m. Friday. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1956 VOL. LXVII, NO, 71 General Notices Regent's Meeting: Fri., Jan. 2. Com munications for consideration at this meeting must be in the President's hands not later than Jan. 16. Women's hours for the week before Christmas vacation: Dec. 19, regular 10:30 night. Thurs., Dec. 20, 11 o'lock p.m. Friday, Dec. 21, regular 12:30 night. Automatic late permissions can be taken as usual on Wed, night. Health Service Clinic will close at 4:00 p.m. on Tues., Dec. 18, except for emer- genies. SGC: Student Activities Scholarship Board. Petitioning open for three po- sitions on the Student Activities Schol- arship Board through Dec. 19. Petition forms available 1020 Administration Bldg., Mrs. Callahan. Institute of Internation Education has announced foreign study grants avail- able for the year 1957-58. Awards will be granted to the following countries: Austria, Brazil, Ceylon, Cuba, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Iran, Israel, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland, Students may apply for Fulbright Travel Grants (travel only in conjunction with some of these awards. Further information about these grants may be obtained in the Office of the Graduate School. Orientation leaders for the spring se- mester are now being selected. Only experienced men should sign up from 2-5 \p.m. this week in the student of- fices of the Mihigan Union. Groups will be coed and meals will be provided those men chosen. Lectures Dr. R. G. Bickford, assoc. prof. of physiology, University of Minnesota, and consultant in electroencephalo- graphy at Mayo Clinic, will present a University Lecture at 8:00 p.m UTe., Dec. 1, in the NPI Amphitheater, Un- versity Hospital. "Behavioral Changes Produced by Depth Stimulation of the Human Brain." Sponsored by the De- partment of Psychiatry." Robert Ahier, United Press sports cor- respondent from France, will speak at 4:1' today, Aud. B, Angell Hall, on the topic, "The Challenge of Communism in the Churches of Europe." Operations Research Seminar: Prof. Harry Goode, will lecture on "The Ap- plication of the System Design Process to Business Problems," on Wed., ec.. 19, Coffee hour at 3:30 in room 243, West Engineering Building and semi- nar in Room 229, West Engineering at 4:00. All faculty members are welcome. Concerts Student Recital: Michael Avharian, Jr., violinist, will perform works by Vitali, Bach, Beethoven, and Ravel, at 8:30 p.m., Tues., Dec. 18, in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Nelita True will accompany him. Avsharian is a pupil of Gilbert Ross. This recital is in par- tial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Music and is open to the public. Annual Christmas Concert by Uni- versity of Michigan Choir, Maynard Klein, director, 8:30 p.m. Wed. even- ing, Dec. 19, in Hill Auditorium. Mid- night Mass (for Christmas) by. Char- pentier, and Bach's Magnificat; solo- ists: Bette Claire Grotegut, soprano, Kathleen Rush, soprano, June Tows, soprano, Mary Mattfeld, contralto,. Don- aid Nelson, tenor, John Cantrel, bass, and Willis Patterson, bass, with Charles Schaefer, organist. Open to the general public without charge. .planshathese tstoKpeeBektt Noon Showing, Wed., Dec. 19, 12:30 p.m. Audio-Visual Auditorium, 4051 Administration Building. "Children of Germany," "Life in Mountains (Switz erland)," "Scandinavian Lands: Nor- way, Sweden, Denmark." Academic Notices Mathematics Colloquium: Tues., Dec., 18, at 4:10 p.m. in 3011 A. H. Freder- ick Bagemihl of the University of Notre Damewill speak "On a Theorem of Lin- delof." Chemistry-Pharmacy Building Christ- mas Party. Wed., Dec. 19, 7:30 p.m., Rooms 1300 and 1400. Doctoral Examination for Dell Spen- cer Wright, Political Science; thesis: "The Prestige of the Public Service in a Metropolitan Community," Tues., Dec. 18, 4609 Haven Hall, at 1:30 p.m. Chair- man, Ferrel Heady, Doctoral Examination for Gertrude Evelyn Dole, Anthropology; thesis: "The Development of Patterns of Kinship Nomenclature", Wed., Dec. 19, 1406 Ma- son Hal, at 3:30 p.m. Chairman, L. A. White. PIME MINISTER EDEN'S statement that a United Nations force would never had entered the Middle East but for British and French action, is little more than a means of rationalizing aggression. From the time Egypt's President Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal on July 26, Britain has advocated the use of force to regain control of the canal, and has been unwilling to settle the issue under UN authority. The Egyptian- Israeli crisis offered the British an opportunity to elude this authority and settle matters by their own means. The UN' calls for the settlement of arguments by peaceful means rather than through the use of force. England and France were denying the purposes of the UN when they tried to protect the Suez Canal and to separate Israeli and Egyptian forces on their own. It is actions such as this that have made the UN ineffective. Moreover, Britain has accomplished nothing. The Egyptian-Israeli crisis is not yet resolved; there is still conflict between Egyptian, UN, and British forces; control of the Suez Canal has not yet been settled; the canal itself is blocked, preventing all trade. All these prob- lems will ultimately have to be settled in the UN. Why couldn't they have been brought there in the beginning? IT IS VERY POSSIBLE that there would have been no need for UN forces to enter the con- fighting between Israel and Egypt, asking all flict. If England and France had not vetoed the U.S. proposal calling for an immediate end to UN members to refrain from using force, the crisis might have been settled then, as Israel had agreed to bow to a UN ultimatum if Egypt also agreed. When Eden claims Russia would have se- cured another satellite in the Middle East if Britain had not intervened, he is overlooking the fact that just as the UN took reprisal steps against French and British aggression, so they would have taken similar steps against Russian aggression. It's a little like saying if there hadn't been a traffic accident on a corner there would never have been a light put on that corner; therefore, bt's a good thing there was a traffic accident. UN intervention was a proper and necessary action, but that does not mean that the British and French aggression which caused this action was either proper or necesary. -MARGARET MOORE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: a A frica, an Religion INTERPRETING THE NEWS: Emerging From Quarrel Impressive List .. To the Editor: V7ERNON NAHRGANG is to be commended on his interest in 1 playreading in Ann Arbor (Dec. 11), however, his attention should be called to the fact that a play- reading group consisting of Uni- versity students, staff, faculty, and anyone else interested, has been functioning very actively since last year. This group, the Ann Ar- bor Playreading Group, reads us- ing props, costumes appropriate lighting, etc., at the Dramatic Arts Center and all performances are open td the public free of charge. The group has done some quite professional acting in an impres- sive list of plays including "The Devil's Disciple," "Waiting for Lefty," "The Exiles," and this fall - "Arms and the Man," "Tea- house of the August Moon," and a bill of three one acts, includ- ing "Hello, Out There." In Janu- ary three more one acts from the following will be given; Shaw's "Saint Joan," "Caesar and Cleo- patra," and "Salome." It might also be pointed out to Mr. Nahrgang that there have been posters on campus preceding all performances, and there has usually been a small item in the Daily announeing the nlav and weapon in his hand stood alone in protest of the severe injustice and oppression practiced on the native African millions and other Asian settlers in South Africa. He was Mahatma Gandhi. And it was South Africa where his experiment with truth was initiated and the novel way of passive resistance was discovered. Things have changed much since then. India along with many countries re- gained its independence, but the medieval oppression in South Africa remained as such, rather, multiplied several times. The sole voice of independent India has been heard from time to time expressing her grave con-- cern over the situation. It is a pity that the countries which talk so much about freedom and justice elsewhere are surprisingly silent in this case. The barest human rights have been denied the Africans, the na- tives of the land, and to Pakistanis, Indians, and other Asiatic settlers. Fresh news of arrests of hundreds of European, African and Indian freedom fighters has been reported on the charge of subversive activi- ties. As a lame excuse. the govern- ment, which is not a democratic brand the South African govern- ment as an enemy of freedom and democracy. Communism is not the only threat remaining that must be fought by the freedom-loving multitude of the world. There yet exist other reactionary inhuman institutions to jeopardize democ- racy. Shashanka S. Mitra Religious Respect... To the Editor: [ON'T know will this (sic) hurt George Lea. Guess not. Hurts us though. His "The Shortest Story Never Sold" (Pace Maga- zine, this month) is a Saroyan- like satire on the Crucifixion Story. Very funny! Don't know if Mi. Lea is saying something pro- found or if this is one story Gar- goyle had the decency to refuse. We take.no affront, religiously, to a questioning of Biblical detail. But we are deeply embarrassed for Mr. Lea in his flippant ap- proach to that which forms the basis of life for half the world- Christianity. Makes no difference what Mr. Lea's faith is or what he's trying to prove: his affected style must be shocking to anyone who respects the religious beliefs By WILLIAM L. RYAN AP Foreign News Analyst THE THREE Western powers, emerging from a family quarrel, are struggling to get their relations back on the former cordial basis. The United States, whether it likes it or not, now is undisputed boss of the partner- ship. There is a .realization here and in London that the United States, however reluctant it might be to shoulder new responsibilities, is the only country which can enforce peace in +V .m - - , r THIS DOUBTLESS will mean sacrifices for Americans. But it is going to mean some- thing more. It indicates that the voice of the United States must become stronger and make plain to the Soviet Union and the Communist world just where the line between war and peace lies. The United States probably will have to drop the fiction of "peaceful coexistence" as it emerged under the aegis of the now spectral Geneva spirit. Obviously, if there is to be peaceful co-existence, it will be up to the Russians to do the coexisting.