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 2-3242 Say, What If She Doesn't W ant Her Honor Protected:" Wben Opinions Are Free Trutb Wtil Preval" Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. x . }i Y . '.5 .. QQ . ยข 4 , / ,i rric:- SUNDAY, JANUARY 6,1957' NIGHT EDITOR: TAMMY MORRISON Rejection of Filibuster Proposal Not Discouraging r .r~j y J "P/ SOVIET TAINING: very Enineer isn't IBuck Rogers EVERY SO OFTEN, it is mentioned by some public'spirited citizen that the Soviets are annually producing two, three or four times as many "engineers" as we are. This statement is usually then followed by the almost inevitable conclusion that unless we mend our ways, Molotov will be dictating peace terms from the White House ruins. Exactly whether the conclusion follows logically from the initial statement is not quite clear. It is true that the Soviets are training more technicians than the United States, and that they have provided scien- tists with high salaries and special privileges. Of course, this means that there will be more incentive for Russian students to enroll in science and engineering courses-just as American students think longingly of careers in advertising, television, and football. BUT SOMEHOW, even with our inferior numbers of engineers and scientists, we manage to stay reasonably ahead of the Russians in many THE SENATE'S rejection Friday of a proposal to curb filibuster tactics is not as discourag- ing as it might seem. Regardless of the ideals involved in im- mediate procurement of civil rights guaran- tees for all Americans, the 55-38 vote against a motion which would have established the first legislative step toward these ideals represents a considerable gain over the 70-21 vote four years ago against a similar motion. The most encouraging factor in the Senate deliberations was Mr. Nixon's unexpected sup- port of anti-filibuster proponents. In his opin- ion, the contention that the rules of the pre- vious sessions could be rejected by majority vote was a correct one. A LTHOUGH past practice of the Senate has been to continue operating rules from one session to the next, the Vice-President upheld "the right of a current majority of the Senate at the beginning of a new Congress to adopt its own rules" unrestricted "by rules adopted by the Senate in a previous Congress." Answering the parliamentary inquiry of Minnesota's Senator Humphrey, Mr. Nixon de- clared unconstitutional a section of the 1949 rule allowing endless filibustering. Section Three of the filibuster rule specifies that rule changes are also subject to the clos- ure which requires a two-thirds vote of the entire Senate to end debate. This provision has meant that not only effective civil rights legislation has become an impossibility, but also that any proposal to make rules more favorable for such legislation can be blocked in the same way. Pointing out the conflict of this provision with the Constitutional right of each house to determine the rules of its proceedings, the Vice-President said, "This constitutional right is lodged in the membership of the Senate and it may be exercised by a majority of the Sen- ate at any time." s NFORTUNATELY, Mr. Nixon's decision, with absence of a majority for change in rules, could not be tested. But it is encouraging to find that for the first time, a presiding officer of the Senate has ruled on the question and has done so in a strong, comprehensive man- Pei, The decision probably will have little effect on the present Congress, but coupled with an apparent increase in filibuster opponents, the picture for future civil rights legislation ap- pears much brighter. At least the term "moderation" may be tak- ing on a different meaning than mere post- ponement of long overdue guarantees for the nation's minorities. -RICHARD SNYDER Editor 4#90* Tw1 L4sf srofp4e. P a C WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND: Chairman Hall and Cabinet . Pressure, Not Complacency By DREW PEARSON THAT ALL IS NOT WELL within the Soviet FIGHTING a winning Cold War will take orbit today is almost undeniable. planning, coordination, and consistency, ele- The Hungarian rebellion, Polish uprisings, ments which have been notably absent from reports of student unrest in Russia, shifts i American foreign policy in recent years. If Soviet government personnel, summoning of we're going to survive without an all-out war, East German puppets to Moscow conferences, American diplomacy will have to sharpen up. the hurriedly requested visit of Communist -RICHARD HALLORAN Chinese Premier Chou En-lai for Kremlin con- Editorial Director sultations-all indicate a growing apprehen- sion within the Communist world. Hungarian Refu ee Riot In the non-Comnunist world, this is no time for wishful thinking or complacency. It is not Unjustified Display a time to ease up but rather one to keep pres- - sure on the Soviet sphere firmly and contin-1A THQUSAND Hungarian refugees in Metz, ually. France, rioted Friday to protest what they World Communism will not fall apart over- said were delays in admitting them to the night but the Western nations and their allies United States and Canada. can turn the tide of the Cold War which has The rioters smashed tables, chairs and win- been going against us for the past ten years dows in the camp where they have been living with clever, imaginative, forthright political since December 7th. They have refused all warfare. offers of employment in France, insisting that they be shipped immediately across the Atlan- CONSTANT PRESSURE should be applied to tic. the sore spots to prevent them from healing, Though their motives may be genuine, their pouring salt into the wounds, being alert to actions are unjustified. take advantage of any new weaknesses which Most of the nations of the Free World sym- may appear. If a disintegration process is going pathize wholeheartedly with the plight of these on, the United States should exploit every op- dispossessed people, and have made sincere portunity to further it. and concerted effortts to help them. To be rewarded with a display of ingrati- Political, economic, pyschological, diplomatic tude rathe disapointing. pressures must be applied with restraint and te is raer sapp oig. defat th discernment, however. Forcing a wounded bear achieve their ends by violent demonstrations. into a corner can be dangerous., Should he Not all of the 125,000 eccapees fromt Hungary become trigger-happy, a big war could be easily can be accommodated in the United States and kicked off when it could have been prevented Canada. by out-smarting instead of forcing the hand It is unlikely that those few who have of the opposition. shown themselves potential troublemakers will While America must wage a daring Cold be given priority over many thousands of pa- War campaign, doing so indiscriminately, hap- tient and peaceful fellows when it comes to hazardly, without a deft touch can only end filling the American and Canadian quotas, in an explosion. -EDWARD GERULDSEN Dua Opportunity in Aid Offer DESPITE press reports that GOP National Chairman Len Hall would like to be named Postmast- er General, he really has his eye on another Cabinet post. He has confided to friends that he would rather be Secretary of Commerce Main difficulty is that the present Secretary, Sinclair Weeks, doesn't want to leave. Like the man who came to dinner, Weeks ac- ,cepted the post supposedly for a year, then stayed on for the full term. Henso enjoys being a Gov- ernment big-shot that he now wants to remain for another term. But the men around Ike are looking for a polite way to kick him out. Whether Len Hall can get the job may also depend on what Congress does about the Nicaro, 'uba, Nickel scandal. A House Gov- ernment Operations Subcommit- tee, headed by Texas Congressman Jack Brooks, uncovered evidence that Hall had solicited political contributions in return for rec- ommending the Frederick Snare Company for a government con- tract to expand the Nicaro Nickel Plant. Contributions so solicited are against the law. Hall ducked out on the hearings on the grounds that -he was too busy running the Republican electionbcampaign. He said he would be eager to testify right after the election. It is now two months after the election, and Hall has shown no disposition to bring up the subject again. x * THE PRESIDENT was deadly serious, however, when he talked about Civil Rights and schools. "No American, certainly in these times. should be denied the funda- mental rights granted to all our citizens," he said. "If local or State' governments do not properly safe- guard his right to vote and pro- tect him from violence, it is duty of the Federal Govern to do so." "The House passed four Rights safeguards, embodie the Brownell Program, in the session of Congress," spoke House leader Joe Martin ofr sachusetts, "and I think we do it again." "Unfortunately, our rules in Senate make passage morec cult," intoned stern-voiced Knowland of California, the ate GOP leader who al sounds like he is talking from bottom of a rain barrel. He a that if the issue comes to a he thought the Senate would enact a Civil Rights measure. Martin and Knowland also they would do their best for other bill which the Presiden cluded in the broad categora "Civil Rights" - namely, "Home Rule" measure to en chise the voteless citizens o District of Columbia. ". " * BUT BOTH LEADERS predi "possible trouble" for the P dent's school construction gram, which will be aimed ch at relieving school shortage "congested" metropolitan are School legislation always counters rough weather in gress, partly because of reli controversy and the oppositio some Catholics. Lately this been compounded by the bitt sue over school legislation. "Well, I am hopeful thatI gress can work it out," dec Eisenhower. "The Federalt ernment must help those p in areas which cannot rais money locally for school n Many states have excellent s systems, but this is something rises above local indifference the good of the country, boy and girl should have the s the portunity for an adequate educa- ment tion." * * * Civil THE PUBLIC didn't know it, d in and not even most of the congress- last men attending the New Year's e up Day session with Eisenhower knew Mas- it, but Speaker Sam Rayburn can proved himself the one man in America who was able to make n the the President rearrange his sched- diffi- ule. Bill What happened was that. the Sen- White House Conference with hways congressional leaders originally dded was proposed for mid-December. vote When he learned this, Speaker also Rayburn, living with his sister in Bonham, Texas, sent a polite but said firm word that he would not be r an- present. It's his custom to spend t in- Christmas at home, and he simply y of was not going to Washington be- the fore Christmas, then shoot back fran- to Texas for Christmas. f the Once before he had flown to Washington in December for a special meeting with the President, icted then gone back to Texas for resi- Christmas-all at his own expense. pro- When he got to Washington, Sam hiefly found himself attending a drowsy es in meeting with John Foster Dulles, eas. not the emergency meeting with en- Eisenhower, at which his presence Con- was demanded. gious So this time the speaker simply on of sent word he would not be present. has It was after this that the White er is- House promptly changed the date to January 1 and fixed the time Con- for 10 a.m. lared At this point Mr. Sam sent word Gov- that he would not be present at 10 eople a.m. His sister, Mrs. Bartlett, e the doesn't like to fly. Neither does needs. Sam. Their train was not due un- chool til after 10 a.m. that Again the White House bowed. For The meeting was changed to 2 every p.m. e op- (Copyright 1957 by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) fields of research, though not in all areas. Admittedly there has been no significant attempt to operate our scientific potential at anything near capacity; doubtless many qualified men are lost to science because of the lure of other, more promising opportunities. To change this situation, how- ever, would involve far more than an act of Congress, or a Presiden- tial directive. It would require subtle change in the goals of pre- college students. * * * UNQUESTIONABLY, a society placing a high financial and social value upon its scientists and engi- neer will have more aspiring scien- tists and engineers; and a society which places high financial and social rewards upon successful contestants on quiz programs will have more aspiring contestants. It's simply a matter of deciding where to place the values. Most men who choose careers in science and engineering probably realize that they will probably never earn the salaries they could as advertising copywriters, TV en- tertainers, Wall Street lawyers, lobbyists, or business tycoons. Nor do they choose careers in science and engineering so that we can have more scientists and engi- neers than the Russians; any more than families have telephones in- stalled so that we can have more telephones than the Russians. Men choose careers in science and engineering because, I should hope, they have suitable aptitudes and interests; and think that they can make a reasonably good living doing this work. ,* * * IT IS TRUE that higher sal- aries, a more liberal program of scholarships and fellowships, a subtle counter-propaganda pro- gram to tell the public that all scientists are not necessarily mad, nor all engineers Buck Rogers, would help considerably. But this change is evidently 'not forthcom- ing, at least not yet The first step which would quickly improve the overall pic- ture, if our goal is to attract more and more people into engineering careers, would be the raising of standards and salaries of grade and high school teachers. Also a general tightening of the pre-col- lege curriculum would help; with more emphasis on English and math courses. which are the basic ingredients of scientific training. But even this rather obvious step must await more basic chang- es in society's needs. Presently, the main need seems to be for enter- tainment. If the main need should ever become knowledge, there will be no shortage of either scientists or engineers, -David Kessel Stock Market Tlhe turn of the year brought the stock market its third succes- sive weekly rise. It was the best advance of the past three weeks although it was far from epoch-making. 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. Sunday, January 6, 1957 VOL. LXVIII, NO. 76 General Notices Plans for Midyear Graduation Exer- cises, Saturday, Jan. 26, 1957, 2:00 p.r. Time of Assembly - 1:00 p.m. (escept noted). Places of Assembly: Members of the Faculties at 1:15 p.m in Room 2054, second floor, Natural Science Building, where they may robe. Regents, Ex-Regents, Deans, and oth' er Administrative Officials at 1:15 pm. in the Botany Seminar Room 1139, Natural Science Building where they may robe. Students of the various schools and colleges in Natural Science Building as follows: Section' A - Literature, Science and the Arts - front part of auditorium, west section. Education - front part of auditorium, center section. Business Administration - front part of Audi- torium, east section. Section B - GraduatE - rear part of auditorium with doctors at west end. Section C - Engineering - Rooms 2071 and 2082. Architecture - Room 2033. Law - Room 2033 (behind Arch.) Pharmacy - Room 2033 (behind Law.) Dental - Room 2033 (behind Phar- Music - Room 2004 (behind Natural macy), Natural Resources-Room 20Q4. Res.) Public Health - Room 2004 (be- hind Music) Social Work - Room 2004 behind Public Health). March into Hill Auditorium - 1:40 p.m. Academic Dress. Student Driving Regulations will b lifted between the first and - seconc semesters, from 5 p.m., Wed., Jan. 16 1957 to 8 a.m., Thurs., Feb. 7, 1957. Al student driving permit holders are re. minded that new automobile liens( plate numbers are to be reported tc the Office of Student Affairs within t days after being changed. Midyear Graduation Exercises January 26, 1957 To be held at 2:00 p.m. in HillAudi- torium. Exercises will conclude about 4 p.rp., Reception for graduates and their relatives and friends in the Michigan League Ballroom at 4:00 p.m. Please enter League at west entrance. Tickets: Three to each prospective graduate, to be distributed from Mon- day, January 14, to 1:00 p.m. Satr- day, January 26, at Cashier's office, first floor lobby ' of Administration Building. Academic Costume: Can be rented at Moe Sport Shop, 711 North Uni- versity Avenue, Ann Arbor. Orders should be placed immediately. Assembly for Graduates: At 1:00 p.m. in Natural Science Auditorium. Mar- shals will direct graduates to proper stations. Graduation Announcements, Invita- tions, etc.: Inquire at Office of Student Affairs, Programs: To be distributed at Hill Auditorium. Doctoral and professional degree can- didates who attend the graduation ex- ercises are entitled to receive a hood. Those receiving a doctoral degree oth- er than Doctor of Philosophy may ex- change the Ph.D. hood given them dur- ing the ceremony for the appropriate degree hood immediately after the ceremony, In the rear of Natural Sci- ence Auditorium. Lectures Clement Attlee tomorrow night. Earl Clement Attlee, postwar Prime Minister f Great Britain, will be presented by the Lecture Course tomorrow 8 :3 p.m., in Hill Auditorium. He will di p.m., in Hill Auditorium. He will dis- cuss "The World Scene." Tickets will be on sale tomorrow 10 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. in the Auditorium box office. SProf. Robert S. Lopez, Dept. of His- tory, Yale University, will deliver a public lecture on "East and West in the early Middle Ages-Economic Re- Cations and Influences," Mon., Jan. .7, 1:15 p.m., Aud. B, Angell Hall; co- sponsored by the Depts. of History and Near Eastern Studies. University Lecture: Sponsored by the Department of EnglishaLanguage and Literature. Prof. Ronald S. Crane, emeritus distinguished professor, Uni- versity of Chicago, "Crtiicism as Re- search." Tues.,. Jan. 8, Aud. A, Angell Hall. 4:10 pm. University Lecture, Sponsored by the Department of Botany. Dr. C. Robinow, University of western Ontario, will speak on "The Problem of the Nu- cleus in Bacteria." Tues., Jan. 8, West Conference Room, Rackham Building, 4:15. p.m. '4 kI .4 4' (, . , 1# UNIVERSITY'S offer of scholarship assistance to Hungarian students desiring an education in the United States is a commendable one. Four Hungarians have applied for these scholarships and the University Scholarship Committee will probably decide tomorrow who the recipients will be. Some snags remain to be ironed out. Main- tenance offers to Hungarians coming from Editorial Staff RICHARD SNYDER Editor RICHARD HALLORAN A LEE MARKS Editorial Director City Editor GAlL 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 HTRTZEL...... .... Chief Photographer Business Staf! DAVID SILVER. Business Manager MILTON GOLDSTEIN Associate Business Manager WILLIAM PUSAE IAdertsing Manager CHARLES WILSON .. ....... Finance Manager Ann Arbor townspeople and religious groups contain specifications as to sex and religious preference. Unfortunately the four present scholarship applicants do not fit the prefer- ences specified. AN UNUSUAL opportunity is being offered the University community by the proposed en- rollment of these Hungarians. It is both an opportunity to benefit from the experience of these young rebel leaders, and an oppor- tunity to spread good will throughout the world. It would be unfortunate if this chance were denied the University community because of religion or sex stipulations. Perhaps those of- fering maintenance aid would extend benefits to include those applying for admission or possibly other Ann Arbor groups would offer aid to these students. A letter to James M. Davis. director of the International Center, from William Kitchen, executive of World University Service, pointed out that many offers to Hungarians had been extended by United States colleges and uni- versities. Not a few of these offere were from small liberal arts colleges. But many Hungarian students desire a technological or medical edu- cation. This university offers excellent instruc- tion in both of these fields, facilities which should be used to every advantage. TALKING ON TELEVISION: Television Ushers In The New Year By LARRY EINHORN Daily Television Writer And so the curtain falls on the year 1956 and television plays its usual important role of usher- ing out the old year and wel- coming in the new year. How this phenomenon took place in the, couple thousand years before tele- vision is a mystery, for it doesn't seem possible that it could happen without television. In the first place, what would the end of the year be without the story of Mr. Scrooge. This year television really outdid it- self by presenting about five dif- ferent versions of this story some in color, some with music. some narrated and that old movie ver- sion that pops up every year at this time. Then there were the football games. Blue, East Grey. West. North. South and every other di- rectior, and color. Aluminulh. Rose. Gator, Cotton-pickin' and Sugar bowls, not to mention the you just couldn't celebrate the coming of the New Year properly unless you owned one of his sponsor's electric clocks. for that was the only way you could ac- curately tell how many seconds there were until midnight on De- cember 31. By far the best program over the entire holiday season was last Monday night's edition of a new quiz program called "Can Do." The reason it was so good was be- cause it was the final "Can Do" program, at least temporarily. This was definitely the worst of the new quiz program and it lasted for only a month. However, there were a few high- lights on television over the holi- day season. On Christmas Eve "Studio One" presented a satire of "Person To Person" on which Robert Q. Lewis, as the interview- er, visited the typical American home on the night before Christ- mas. Everything went wrong at the household of the interviewees andr, it ma ,igpfnr 'a . v',j~l~ht ual dramatic format to present a musical offering of New Years Eve songs which were geared to appeal to every musical taste from rock and roll to the classics. It achieved this goal beautifully and should be of personal satisfaction to Montgomery, since this was his first attempt at a show of this nature. Last Saturday night Art Carney took over for the vacationing Jac- kie Gleason and once again proved that he is on of television's most versatile performers. The highlight of that show was Carney's im- personation of Jimmy Durante assisted by Sammy Davis Jr., another pretty versatile performer, . who danced and sung like Eddie Jackson wishes he could. At the same time on the "Perry Como Show" Red Buttons was mking his television "comeback" and he possessed some of the charm that made him the television sensa- tion a few years back. !-T I LLN n* * c r3b The first Sunday Ed Sullivan "headlined" three dog acts (the four-legged type) and Steve "headlined" three dog acts (the two-legged type). Last Sunday the publicity for both shows was overpowering. Sullivan had the Look television awards, which meant all the, big television personalities would be there to say "thank you." Of course the list of personalities was staggering, but they did no- thing. At least it was expected, since it was billed as an awards program. * * * BUT ALLEN was a'little sneak- er. NBC plugged the Allen show all week, pointing up the fact that Rita Hayworth and Groucho Marx, two performers very rarely seen as guest stars, would appear with "the biggest array of top stars ever seen on television." What NBC and Allen did not say was that they would all ap- pear on a poor-quality flim of a 4 *;<