,, i The Campaign Portrait Gk Alrhigan fall 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 "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. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1957 NIGHT EDITOR: JAMES ELSMAN The 'Maroon' and Freedom: What About the College Press? INVESTIGATION: Cops and Robbers Story Unfolding Tuesday By The Associated Press WHAT PROMISES to be the biggest cops-and-robbers story in years is about to unfold in Washington. The Senate is starting an all-out investigation of alleged racket- eering in labor and industry. The hearings get under way Tuesday and may run a year or more. Before it ends the probe could shake some of the nation's labor unions to their roots. If advance charges are made to stick, they could spell prison terms for some of the men long reputed to be milking union members and employers of millions of dollars. The staff of Sen. McClellan (D-Ark), chairman of the special Sen- ate committee established to handle the rackets inquiry, says it al- THE CHICAGO MAROON'S "gag" issue hoax was a clever trick with serious implications. A few students were aroused enough to attend a non-existent rally; some college newspapers were disturbed enough to make it an editorial issue. Perhaps part of the present student gen- eration, though not overly careful in checking its facts, is also not subject to much-touted "apathy" about freedom. The college press today is not in particularly good shape as far as editorial freedom is con- cerned. Some papers are put out under the guiding light of a journalism department; others are subject to the whims of faculty "ad- visers." Two years ago, The Daily Texan got into a wrangle with its state legislature. Now The Texan has a faculty censor. Recently The Daily Kansan tried to get rid of a ruling forbidding it to take political stands. It didn't succeed. The blame for such lack of freedom can be laid at two doors-that of university admin- istration too scared, or too subject to outside pressures, to want it otherwise and that of student newspapers too short-sighted to care. or too irresponsible to merit editorial freedom. A STUDENT NEWSPAPER does not operate under the same conditions as a privately- owned, self-supporting one. A student news- paper has no inhereint right to freedom in its editorial policy. It exists at the pleasure of a university or college; the students who put it out are subject to institution regulations. Any student newspaper with editorial freedom has that freedom because the university believes in its primarily educational value. And, trite though it may sound, freedom can- not exist without responsibility. Many student newspapers are not respons- ible. Cases of innaccurate reporting or state- ments verging on libel are not uncommon. But editorial responsibility goes even further than devotion to accurate reporting-it demands constant awareness of an obligation to provide readers with truth, truth unobtainable with- out freedom. And many student newspapers which strive incessantly for accurate reporting never give a thought to the incongruity of a faculty censor, no matter how beneficent, standing by. Such newspapers are fulfilling only half their re- sponsibility. Other newspapers, such as those which re- ported and editorialized upon the Maroon in- cident, are very concerned with responsibility to freedom, but not equally concerned with responsibility to accuracy. O OBTAIN and maintain editorial freedom, student newspapers must operate in a uni- versity atmosphere permeated with firm belief in the educational value of liberty. And they themselves must believe in liberty enough to make it a vital, dynamic part of everything they publish. -TAMMY MORRISON CITY TRANSPORTATION: AA Faces Bus Crisis Expulsions StillE nexplaine WHILE NO ONE denies the University's right to remove men from the Residence Halls, it seems reasonable to demand that this right be exercised judiciously and fairly. The three South Quadrangle expulsions, still to be satisfactorily explained, raise questions as to whether the Residence Hall Conference Committee recognizes its responsibilities as well as it does its rights. The only charge made against the expelled residents is that they "contributed to the exag- gerated reporting" of the December food riot. Certainly, if the three men are guilty of this charge, the administration not only has suffi- cient grounds for removing them from the Quadrangle, but also for expelling them from school. BUT IT HAS not yet been proven-and it is doubtful if it can or will be-that these students were directly or even indirectly respon- sible for the exaggerated newspaper accounts of the incident. Apparently, the only evidence the University has against the men is that their names appeared in Detroit newspaper articles about the food riot. Exaggerated accounts in at least one Detroit newspaper suggest the University has a better case against the Ann Arbor Police Department than against the three Quadrangle residents. Most of the overblown reports of the riot were attributed to city police. Also, the three expelled men deny having made the comments attributed to them in the papers. Moreover, none of them were given a chance to explain their conduct to the Uni- versity. None of them were confronted with the specific charges which led to their removal from the Residence Halls. QOUTH QUADRANGLE COUNCIL and all other "proper channels" should insist upon a satisfactory explanation of the expulsions and protect other men in the Residence Halls from similar action in the future by demanding judi- cious and fair action by the University. -RICHARD SNYDER Editor By THOMAS BLUES Daily Staff Writer ON APRIL 6 the present city transportation s y s t e m will cease service. By that time Ann Arbor must come up with a new bus system or go'without. Since 1947 Greyhound Co., which has a franchise on the city trans- portation system, has been losing money. The problem is typical of many transportation systems in towns of this size. More people have cars. Operating costs have, gone up. Even with each of the estimated 1700 passengers paying 15 cents fare the bus company cannotbreak even. Greyhound decided to pull out when their franchise expired last August but Mayor Brown con- -vinced the company to operate through April 6, the city partially rnaking up the losses. There are three possibilities which would allow transportation in Ann Arbor to' continue beyond - the date of Greyhound's with- drawal. Pending the outcome of the April 1 eleoion the city may go into the bus business itself. Under state law the voters must approve such a move. On the April 1 ballot will be a proposed $150,000 bond issue which, if passed, will finance bus purchasing and cost of re- lating facilities. Also on the ballot will be a one fourth mill increase proposal over and above the city limit of seven and one half mills authorized for the operation of the system. This would pay for bus operations. * * * CITY ADMINISTRATOR Guy C. Larcom says that if the voters want a city owned and operated system, "we will run it." But, if the citizens use the same judg- ment they exhibitied in voting on the Capital Improvements Plan a city bus system is doomed to fail before it begins. Another possibility is another company setting up business. Last week Larcom received a telegram from Morris Rox of the Washing- ton, D. C. Transit Company. Rox seems interested in looking over the city for such a purpose. Lar- com is arranging a meeting be- tween the company and city of- ficials for early March. Of course, this is not to be counted on ser- iously yet. The deal has not even gotten to the talking stage. A third alternative is perhaps the best one offered and may go a long way to clearing up the problem. A group of 12 men led by local attorney John W. Rae have organized the Ann Arbor Transit Co. These same twelve men will operate the line including driving the buses This system will cut down a great deal of overhead ex- penses. The corporation is relying on a source from whom they plan to purchase 12 buses at the cost of an estimated $60,000. They will pay for the buses at the rate of $45 per day. HERE IS the catch. They want to be guaranteed that daily pay- ment. Therefore, they want the city to make up any difference be- tween 15% of the day's gross pas- senger fare and $45. According to a recent survey approximately 1,700 passengers ride the present line each day. By charging 25c fare the city would have to pay only if the number of passengers fell below 1,200. If more than 1,200 ride the buses each day the city will not have to pay a dime to the corporation. The remaining 85% of the gross receipts will pay operating costs and the salaries of the owner-op- erators. Only one fly is in the ointment. The president of the bus supply firm is in Cuba. The board of dir- ectors claim they cannot act until they hear from him. The deal is up in the air until the corporation is definitely able to depend on the buses on the 45 dollar a day basis. Here is the crux of the matter. Each member of the corporation has put up $100 to begin operations but no 'more can be done until they hear from the supplier. * * * THOSE ARE the possibilities for transportation service in Ann Ar-I bor. For years the city has been searching for a company to come to Ann Arbor. None have taken any interest. In the event the voters do not go along with a city owned com- pany the best deal in the long run may well be the 12 man corpora- tion. Their proposed routes cover the city adequately and regularly. Theii service would have to be ex- cellent since the drive'rs would de- pend on the public directly for their income. If present break- down with the supplier can be ironed out, it may be well for the city to seriously consider this new corporation as an answer to a long standing transportation prob- lem. LETTERS to the EDITOR Thanks . . . To the Editors : ON BEHALF of the Washtenaw County Republican Committee I'd like to express appreciation for the splendid cooperation of your staff who recently covered Governor McKeldin's visit and the Lincoln Day Dinner. Eight years ago I was working on my college newspaper. I'm still young enough to appreciate their enthusiasm and interest and they.did a fine ;ob. -Mrs. Bettie Magee Chairman Lincoln Day Dinner ready has uncovered signs of wide- spread fraud, corruption and ex- tortion. The committee is reported to be investigating the circumstances surrounding at least four gangster style slayings with labor connec- tions. The probers are also hunting for any evidence that will show rackets in various cities to be tied together and directed by a few individuals bent on corrupting labor and business for their own profit. THE OPENING hearings Tues- day will bear on alleged links be- tween some Teamsters Union of- ficials and racketeers dealing in gambling and prostitution in Port- land, Ore. A score dE witnesses have been called for this phase of the hearings, which were requested by the Portland City Council. The giant teamsters organiza- tion-the country's largest union with a claimed 1%/2 million mem- bers-will get a lot of the com- mittee's attention. Investigators have been digging into the truck- ing union's affairs in a number of cities. McClennan said Thursday some of the records he aimed to sub- poena from the Seattle files of the teamsters "have been destroyed." Later, McClellan's committee re- ported other teamster records are missing, this time from Portland, Ore. Samuel Bassett, a teamsters lawyer, said the Seattle records were "inadvertantly destroyed" in 1953 or 1954 when the basement of the union headquarters was be- ing cleared out on fire department orders. He said the committee knew this and was giving a false impression about their disappear- ance. Robert F. Kennedy, committee counsel, said he wondered wheth-1 er Bassett would have the same explanation as to the Portland records. * * * PREVIOUSLY, four teamsters officials - including Vice Presi- dents Einar Mohn, Washington, and Frank Brewster, Seattle- were cited for contempt of Con- gress. They refused to answer questions before an earlier com- mittee, also headed by McClellan, contending that group lacked authority to investigate union af- fairs. Dave Beck, Teamsters Union president said to be a millionaire or close to it, failed to appear vol- untarily before the earlier Mc- Clellan group, claiming illness. Beck is now on his third trip to Europe in as many months, but has promised to return in time to testify. All Beck's personal financial records back to 1950 have been requested by McClellan's commit- tee. Beck said recently in Europe that while he'd made "a helluva lot of money" he had no objection to senators looking over his af- fairs - "so long as they do it legally and without trying to play politics in and concert with what my attorneys advise me." While some labor union leaders may seem reluctant to cooperate, others have indicated they wel- come congressional help in rid- ding labor's ranks of corruption and wrongdoing. [AILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN The Daily Official Bulletin is an official publication for which the Michigan Daily assumes no editorial responsibility. Notices should be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to Room 3553 Administration Building, before 2 p.m. the day preceding publication. Notices for Sunday Daily due at 2:00 p.m. Friday. VOL. LXVII, No. 100 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1957 General Notices General Undergraduate Scholarship application forms are available at t Scholarship Division of the Office of Student Affairs, 2018 student Activi ties Building. Deadline for making ap- plication is March 1, 1957. Choral Union members are reminded to pick up their courtesy passes admit- ting to the Cincinnati Symphony Or- chestra concert on the day of the per- formance, Tues., Feb. 26, between 9:00 and 11:30 a.m., and 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., at the offices of the University Musical Society in Burton Memorial Tower. Lectures University Lectures. Auspices of the Department of Fine Arts. By Prof. A. D. Trendall, Australian National Uni- versity, on Tues., Feb. 26, in Room , Angell Hal - subject, "Comedy and ' Vase P'ainting;" and on Wed., Feb. 27, in Aud. B, Angell Hall-subject, "The Classical Background to Western Art." sigma XI announces a lecture by the National Sigma Xi Lecturer, Dr. Rich- ard J. Russell, professor of geography and dean of the Graduate School, Louisiana State University, on "In- stability of Sea Level," Wed., Feb. 27, 8:00 p.m. Rackham Assembly Hall. Pub- lic Invited. Refreshments. University Lecture in Journalism. Carl E. Lindstrom, executive editor of The Hartford (Connecticut) Times, will speak on "The Scientific Approach in Journalism" in the Rackham Amphi- theater at 3:00 p.m. Mon., Feb. 25. Dr. Ralph Bunche Lecture Postponed. Dr. Bunche, Under Secretary of the UN, is on a special mission to the Mid- die East and unable to fill his engage- menthere tomorrow evening. He will appear at Hill Auditorium Sunday, March 31, at 4:30 p.m. undet the auspi- ces of the University Lecture Course. Concerts The Cincinnati Symphony Orches- tra, Thor Johnson, conductor, will give the ninth concert in the current Choral Union Series Tues., Feb. 26 at 8:30 p.m. in Hill Auditorium. Mayme~Miller, Pianist from Chicago, will be soloist. A limited number of tickets is avail- able at the offices of the University Musical Society, Burton Memorial Tow- er, and will also be on sale after 7:00 ,on the night of the performance in the Hill Auditorium box office. Academic Notices Schools of Business Administration, Education, Music,,"Natural Resources and Public Health. Students who re- ceived marks of I, X or 'no reports' at the end of their last semester or sum- mer session of attendance, will receive a grade of "E" in the course or courses, unless this work Is ma~de up. Students wishing an extensicn of time beyond the date of March 6 in order to make up this work, should file a petition, addressedsto the appropriate official of their School, with Room 1513, Ad- ministration Building, where it will be transmitted. All Teacher's Certificate Candidates: Please fill out the application for the teacher's certificate if you hav not already done so, and return it Immed- ately to the Recorder's Office in the Scl ool of Education, 1437 Univesity Elementary School. Classes in fencing for men, beginning and intermediate, will be organized at 4:30 p.m. Mon. and Tues., Feb. 25 and 26, in the Boxing Room of the Intra mural Bldg. Protective equipment and weapons will be supplied. Call NO 2- 2400 for further information. Playwriting (English 150) class meet- ing for Tues., Feb. 26 will be at 7:00 p.m. sharp (i.e., 6:55) in 1429 Mason Hall. Mathematics Colloquium. Tues., Feb. 19 at 4:10 p.m. in Room 3011, Angell Hall. Prof. Oscar Wesler will speak on "Topology, Group Theory and Statis- tics." Tea and coffee at 3:45 in Room 3212, Angeli Hall. sis Likert, director of the Institute for Social Research, will lecture on "Op- erations Research in Human Behavior" on Wed., Feb. 27. Coffee Hour at 3:30 in Room 243, West Engineering Build- ing and seminar in Room 229, West Engineering at 4:00 p.m. All faculty members are welcome. Placement Notices Beginning with Tues., February 26, the following schools will be at the Bureau of Appointments to interview forteachers for the 1957-58 school year. Tues., Feb. 26 Bakersfield, California (Kern County) -English; Girls Physical Education; Home Economics; Math; Social Stud- ies; Business Education; Science; In- dustrial Arts; Librarian. Grand Rapids, Michigan - Elemen- tary; Junior High; Math; Science; In- dustrial Arts; Home Economics. Wed., Feb. 27 :, I L x ;s. DAC Troubles } ANOThER PETAL has wilted in that most delicate of flowers, Ann Arbor theater. After three years of professional production, the Dramatic Arts Center is closing. The reason: "The decision was made necessary because of inability to find a new location . . ." DAC' Board President Richard J. Mann explained. Those who hae attended near-empty-audi- torium pr-"' "cs in Masonic Temple can think of P on: the DAC has failed to attract cist oners, and without an audience no theater, good or poor, can survive. One can blame poor attendance on many groups, from unsympathetic criticism to lethar- gic local citizens. The fault, however, is really' the DAC's, as a look at its history will indicate. ITS FIRST YEAR was lively and interesting; its second year had high spots; this season has been dull and unimaginative. 'The DAC cannot provide theatrical artists as polished and talented as those easily available on televi- sion, in the movies-or even during occasional trips to New York and Detroit. If it is to attract customers, it must have, to begin, excellent plays. Works like "Captain Carvallo," "The Country Girl" and "Inheritors" are hardly "ex- cellent"; it would take the most brilliant per- Editorial Staff RICHARD SNYDER, Editor RICHARD HALLORAN LEE MARKS Editorial Director City Editor GAIL GOLDSTEIN .. ........... Personnel Director ERNEST THECDOSSIN............. 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.........s.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 ... Assocaite Business Manager WILLIAM PUSCH .............. Advertising Manager formers available in America and Europe to do anything decent with "Inheritors." The idea of supporting local professional theater so we can have live theater is admittedly a noble sentiment; but it is the responsibility of the theater to provide stimulating evenings. By selecting plays either banal or unsuitable to an arena theater, the DAC is unlikely to be inspir- ing. F OR ITS FINAL production the DAC is doing "Medea." Why this play, difficult enough in a. proscenium theater, should ever be shifted to the round is a question I cannot hope to answer. Whatever the DAC accomplishes, it has put itself under unnecessary hardships in doing Greek tragedy. Further, the DAC has given us the most intimate theater endurable and has shouted and screamed at us while reading plays anything but intimate. In an atmosphere natural for reconstruction of an Elizabethan stage, it has completelysignored Shakespeare and his con- temporaries. If one examines the few DAC triumphs (like "No Exit" or "Pygmallion" or "A Phoenix Too Frequent") he will see they have been exciting plays and plays appropriate to the Masonic Temple auditorium. When a theater cannot compete with speech department playbills for interest, it ought to examine its purposes and presentations. -ERNEST THEODOSSIN New Books at the Library Bassing, Eileen-Home Before Dark; N.Y., Random, 1957. Baum, Vicki - Written on Water; N.Y., Doubleday, 1957. Coates, Robert M. - The Hour After Westerly and Other Stories; N.Y., Harcourt Brace, 1956-7. Coon, Carleton S. - The Seven Caves; N.Y., 1956. Davies, A. Powell - The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls; N.Y., New American Library, 1956. Jonas, Carl - Our Revels Now Are Ended; N.Y., Norton, 1957. Meyer, Leonard B. - Emotions and Meaning in Muic; Chicagn TTniv of Chicago Press. 1956. >4. TALKING ON TELEVISION: NBC Lost in Its Handling of This 'Find' By LARRY EINHORN Daily Television Writer ERNIE KOVACS has been on tel- evision for a good number of years. He has appeared lacally in New York. Last summer he was the star of his own hour-long net- work television program. More recently he was the Mon- day and Tuesday night replace- ment for Steve Allen on the old "Tonight". A month ago he "tried out" his own show as the last half hour of the Jerry Lewis spectac- ular. After all these years Kovacs is still "trying out" programs for NBC, his employer. NBC was sat- isfied with his "tryout" a month ago, and has decided to keep him under wraps for the remainder of this season and then "introduce" him next season billed as "the comedy find of 1958." Last Saturday night Kovacs was nominated for an Emmy in the category titled "Best comedian in a continuina nerformance on a ERNIE KOVACS may go down as the first person in television history to enter a new season billed as the "find" of that new season while on his mantle at home will rest the industry's highest award for achievement in the field for last season, the same find in which he is billed as a "find" for the next season. The National Broadcasting Com- pany may not be able to figure out what was said in the preceeding sentence, but they should be able to figure out that Kovacs&Is ready anytime to begin a regular net- work program, and doesn't need any introduction to his many fans who have been watching and en- joying him on television for quite a while. Kovacs, incidently, provided the only bright spot in the otherwise dull ninety minutes of Emmy nom- inations last Saturday. His satire of one of television's most oft- times seen commercials demon- strated his cleverness in bc "h writ- BUT EACH YEAR they seem to find a less entertaining method of presenting their award. They have just about any television talent to choose from for entertainers. They have the budget of any specta- cular. And they have a big audience. (Last week's show received a high- er rating than almost the com- bined rating of all of the regular CBS and ABC Saturday night competition. I guess that they just feel that if they put on a real sloppy pro- gram for all of these millions of viewers it will make the regular television programs seem better. It's all a matter of relativity or something. * * * ONE CHAMPION dethroned an- other last Monday night. Charles Van Doren and "Twenty One" scored a higher rating than the competing "I Love Lucy." This is the first time since October 15, ..n t - 1.. .... - ..- - __,J_ from Holland who made money for the government. Since he was the last contestant and there wasn't too much time left in the program, John Daly informed the panel that they had three minutes in which to discover the occupation of Mr. X. Mr. X immediately and very naturally looked at his watch. No one paid any attention to this action, but the question in my mind is whether Mr. X just wanted to see what time it was or if he was in his own way timing the panel to make sure that they didn't get over three minutes. * * * ONE OF television's biggest sponsors should be chastised for use of language over the airways. There are children listening and watching television, and this type of language should not be per- mitted to be spoken, for it may corrupt their future educational aptitudes. 4 i 4 ,.