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 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. FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1957 NIGHT EDITOR: EDWARD GERULDSEN University Pays Its Share Operating Costs Of Municipal A RECENT furor rose over the possibility that supports, admittedly indirect, which the Uni- students may not be counted as part of Ann versity provides for the city. Arbor in the 1960 census, thus depriving the In all probability, neither Parke, Davis nor city of approximately $350,000 each year. City Bendix would have located in Ann Arbor were officials, contemplating the loss, may well be it not for the University. Secondly, the appella- thinking of turning to the University for more tion "campus town" is indicative of how much money to cover municipal expenses. the State Street shopping district is dependant With the rising cost of education, which soon on student support. Finally, it is entirely stu- translates into fee raises for students, the Uni- dent demand that has raised rents to an ab- versity should firmly resist such moves. The normally high level, with ensuing high profit evidence shows that the University community to the community. carries its share of the load now. The University currently pays for water, fire COUPLED with this is the fact that the Uni- and police protection. Of these, the charge for versity provides a good part of its own po- water is undoubtedly justified. The cost to lice protection and, although it may seem pi- the University of $115,000 for police and fire cayune, the University encompasses a compar- protection seems reasonable on the surface for atively small area and has comparatively mod- certainly real services are provided. ern brick buildings, both of which make the job of fire prevention easier. The University ON WHAT grounds can the University defend more than pays for what it gets here. against more requests from the city? 'First, Certainly, the city of Ann Arbor should not although it may be hardly cricket to say so, the expect the University to up its contributions. University needs the money more, as evidenced For that matter, when the amount of money by recent talk of a tuition rise, than does the dropped here by students and faculty is con- city, with its admittedly low tax rate. sidered, maybe the University should ask for The city would not consider this a valid rea- a downward readjustment. son. The reasons, however, are the financial -LANE VANERSLICE Byrd's Annual Complaint AS IF TO CONFIRM Harry Truman's thesis Roosevelt's, he complained about Harry Tru-. that there are too many Byrds in Congress, man's, and he'll complain about Dwight Eisen- Harry Byrd of Virginia recently went through hower's next three. his annual ritual of presenting his own budget message to the Senate. BUT THERE'S no reason why Twentieth Cen- Byrd, and a number of his Republican allies, tury America shouldn't listen respectfully ae anxious that the federal government's to his outbursts and then go calmly about its budget be slashed; this year by 6/2 billion business as the most powerful and prosperous dollars. The President, who has himself talked nation in the world. on occasion like substantial government spend- -PETER ECKSTEIN ing represented a one-way road to ruin, strong- ly defends his budget against "severe" cuts, Ode to the North W ind: all the time holding on to his curious position that there may be areas where fat can be found. Ann Arbor Springtime It is difficult for a layman to evaluate the merits of this or that appropriation. But while DREARY WEATHER... midsemester exams the Eisenhower budget is the largest in history, . ,. . snowing outside ... couldn't get in to so is the nation's economy and so are its world hear e.e. cummings . . . have to wear mittens responsibilities, again ... forgot to vote ... left my boots home The latter require more expenditures than . . . raising tuition fee and maybe housing ... ever and the former can afford more, whatever slipped and fell on ice yesterday. gloomy prophesies Sen. Byrd may care to make. Achoo (sniff) Got a goad ...health service SURELY the most vulnerable part of the mobbed . . . rather stay in bed . . . ka-choo - Eisenhower budget - foreign aid appropria- close the widow . . . bad Daily review .. . tions - should not be cut substantially during stopped snowing? . . . oh, it's raining . . . this period of instability among the nations professors are grouchy . . . same old food ... of the non-Communist world. cars splashing mud . . . paper to do over vaca- The ubiquitous tendency to cut economic tion ... need money. aid should be resisted, although the Eisenhower Fqrgot roommate's brithday . . . saw a robin Administration has yet to demonstrate the -nope, a sparrow . .. can't fly kites . . . face imagination required to resell foreign aid to chapped from wind . . . softball game cancelled an increasingly hostile Congress. . . . A-choo-gesundheit . . . thank you. This won't be the last budget which dis- Spring has come to Ann Arbor. satisfies Byrd. He complained about Franklin -DONNA HANSON INTERPRETING THE NEWS: Complex Communist Gyration The Helicopter Era 'e S 4 A# W - Ilk CIVIC THEATRE: 'MeChant Too Faithful 'M rh n'ToTo Shakespeare's Intent THE ANN ARBOR CIVIC THEATRE opened last night with a "Mer- chant of Venice" that suffered mainly from being too faithful to Shakespeare's intent. The play as it is written is ambiguous-Shylock becomes less the money-grabbing, revenge-seeking stereotype and more a human being twisted by continual rejection. It seems doubtful that Shakespeare meant to have this happen-the tone of the rest of the play forbids it. But happen it does, and to cut out the ambiguity is to rob "Merchant" of much of its delight. The "my daughter, my ducats" speech is dispensed with except for SGC SIDELIGHTS: Dog, Laughter, Notes Run Meeting By VERNON NAHGANG Daily Staff Writer "THIS IS the epitome of 'Mickey Mouse'," Maynard Goldman said Wednesday, and it was." Student Government Council's sandbox was lively with members' laughter and note- and candy- passing. There was even a black dog who came visiting for the evening and stayed through the meeting, romping with Council members. Under consideration at the time was a $30,000 proposal that the Council set up a cultural and edu- cational delegation to visit South- east Asia during the summer of next year. Perhaps the size of expenses in- volved and the general seriousness of the motion were just too great the responsibilities for the students on SGC to handle. In any case, the Council played with the motion for a while, ask- ing semi-serious questions, get- ting non-serious answers, and de- ciding the proposal had not been deeply enough considered before oc during the meeting. "If the Council isn't ready now to consider this in the serious vein of a student government of the University, it never will be," one of the more determined members said. Council members still were not sure. The group finally decided, on thje second tabling motion, to push the work off until next week, mak- ing it apparent the Council was not "ready". * * * MEMBERS' Time at the meet- ing heard the usual weekly gripe from members about this sort of procedure. It never fails-the Council has a good time at meetings (after all, the members are only human) and then some member has to criti- cize what went on, hitting the laughter, inattention and note- passing. it's like the overweight woman trying to diet who says, "Tee-hee, I know I shouldn't be (giggle) do- ing this," as she dips into a ba- nana split. * * * THE PROPOSAL to send a cul- tural and educational delegation to Southeast Asia is designed, ac- cording to rationale for the mo- tion, "to be an educational experi- ence for both the delegation and the University as a whole." Suggested procedure was to set up a steering committee that would "formulate all policy and be responsible for the mechanical ar- rangements as well as the selec- tion of the delegation. "They would also procure the funds." Anne Woodard, '57, who made the proposal, said her group had originally planned to send the delegation to Africa until it was learned UCLA was sending a sim- ilar group there. Council members seemed con- fused about the motion and com- plained they should have had more notice of the motion before it was brought to the Council. It had not been on the agenda. Suggested make-up of such a delegation was four students and five faculty and administration members. Miss Woodard indicated one of the persons going would have to know the languages well enough to speak for the group. * * * GOLDMAN came through Wed- nesday with a report on the North Campus Bus Problem, requested by a former Council member. No recommendations were made in the two-page review of the problem of getting grade school children transported to school from their North Campus homes. The main problem, according to the report, was one of traffic. Mo- thers driving their children to school enter Plymouth Road from a dirt road while nothing slackens the 65 mp.h. speed of highway traffic. The report notes: "Many of the mothers have reported 'close calls' in the way of car collisions and the loss of control in driving." The report also notes: "The State Police said, they would do nothing until the accident record warranted it." * * * SGC DECIDED to send a dele- gation to a mock United Nations Assembly at the University of Wis- consin for next weekend. Maynard Goldman, Ron Gregg, Tom Kano, Nelson Sherburne, Ronald Shorr and Anne Woodard will make the trip as United States delegates. SGC also unanimously approved a motion stating student opinion was adverse to next year's calen- dar scheduling a return to school in January on a Friday. The University Calendar Com- mittee, by means of a subcommit- tee, is presently investigating the situation and possibilities for some sort of "trade". LETTERS to the EDITOR Reduce Athletic Fee? To the Editor: SINCE the university will pro- bably raise tuition this fall; AND SINCE the athletic depart- ment enjoyed a surplus of more than a half million dollars (561,- 171) last year-(of which a small portion was attributable to student fees); WHY NOT reduce athletic fees for U. of M. students and help them financially in a little way? -Murray Melbin, Grad. a resume by Solano, which paints the Jew's torture as comic histri- onics instead of the first indication of his more humane side. Further, the audience is asked to adopt Eli- zabethan ethics in the trial scene and believe that Shylock is getting his just deserts. Actually, we feel that, even though Shylock's de- mands were barbarous, Christian "justice" is no better. "Give me leave to go from hence; I am not well . . ."produces pity, not the scorn it elicits from the actors. THE CIVIC THEATRE tries hard to play down Shylock's sym- pathetic side, but, because of Shakespeare's lines, doesn't suc- ceed. The attempt is also thwarted by Leslie Whitaker, who occasion- ally transcends his avowed inter- pretation and plays the part with a curious mixture of pure villainy and deep sensitivity. Aside from the unsatisfying in- terpretation, acting was the pro- duction's major fault. Some of it was excellent; some of it was very poor indeed. Whitaker was top- notch throughout, bringing scope, believability and great depth to 'the Jew. Launcelqt Gobbo (Al Phillips) was a wonderfully funny fellow, becoming perhaps almost too Puckish in his postures, but having full command of the en- tire stage with a sweeping en- trance. AsnOld Gobbo, A. B. Crandall created in a few brief appearances a warm-hearted portrayal of an essentially foolish, but likeable, character. Ruth Livingston's Portia was entirely within the limited scope set by director Ted Heusel; somehow, even when the lines and the silly business with the rings belie her, we believe that she is nothing but a good, virtuous, in- telligent and loving woman. Dur- ing the trial, her performance was particularly convincing-she gent- ly, graciously gives Shylock every chance to change his mind, and when the time for justice has come, she tempers her cruel de- cisions with a kind of soft-spoken warmth that, to the audience, re- moves part of the sting. * * * HELGA HOOVER brought off Nerissa very well, and Mary Ann Stevenson's Jessica is lovely, in- nocent and endearing. By putting the young men into the playboy context, complete with dinner jackets, cigars, canes and Hathaway shirt-eyepatches Heu- sel produces a believable aura. However, they somewhat ne- gated this effect by not living up to what their lines demanded of them. Russell MacDonald (An- tonio), Russell Aiuto (Bassanio), Charles Chadwick (Solano) and Doug Chapman (Lorenzo) always seemed on theverge of doinghvery well indeed, but restrained them- selves. Tom Leith (Gratiano) and John Rae (Salerio) were far too bombastic. All of these men, ex- cept Antonio and -3assanio, are essentially not brilliant. Their charm lies in their abandoned boy- ishness, and without it, they have no charm. On the other hand, MacDonald and Aiuto, never seemed quite upset enough to be convincing, although it was Aiuto who, through comic reaction, al- most succeeded in saving the oth- erwise-uncomfortable last scene. Within the limits of its re- sources, the Civic Theatre did, on the whole, a fairly creditable job with Shakespeare. -Tammy Morrison ARCH. AUD.: '.Hucksters' A Burlesque IN THE HUCKSTERS the Motion Picture Industry takes a slam at the Advertising Industry and de- cides to fight fire with fire. The public has been educated to accept this type of film with the same res- ignation that they tolerate slogans and jingles. Leaving no more to the imagi- nation than a Lifebuoy soap com- mercial, it is an extended burles- que of advertising techniques and people, punctuated with a story. As you can imagine, the bur- lesque of something that is already burlesque is pretty rough going. Clark Gable, hardened, slick and egocentric, applies for a position with an advertising agency. He disports himself with such a win- some churlishness that by the next day he is dictating policy to the president (Adolph Menjou), an apoplectic buffoon who would seem incapable of managing a country store. Hesoon clashes with the com- pany's major client (Sydney Greenstreet), a crass, despotic, slob, surrounded by sheep who say "check" instead of "yes." He main- tains a deferential defiance, amounting to little more than not jumping as quickly as the rest, and refusing to say check, but sufficient to preserve his self re- spect. THIS STATUS quo is then wor- ried interminably (Deborah Kerr and Ava Gardner are on hand recreationally) until, in the clos- ing minutes, as if suddenly aware of a deadline, Clark's cynical ac- ceptance converts to revulsion. He tells the crass, despotic slob that he is a crass, despotic slob, and the sheep that they are sheep. Deborah tells him that he's noble; to go, and ply his trade in a digni- fied manner, and live happily. Gable, completely self-possessed (who else would have him), was distinguished only by his silly, smug smile. Deborah was delicate, dignified and insipid, and every- one is familiar with Ava Gardner's talent. If you like this bunch, and don't really care what they're up to, you'll like "The Hucksters." -Charles Ewell DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN (Continued from Page 3) Nat'l Electric Col Co., Columbus, Ohio, needs a graduate Engr., between 30 and 35 years old, with a degree in Elect. E. For further information contact the Bureau of Appointments, 3528 Admin. Bldg., ext. 3371. The following schools have listed va- cancies on their teaching staffs with the Bureau of Appointments for the 1957-58 school year. They will not be in Jo interview at this time. Allen Park, Michigan - Business Ed- ucation. Almont, Michigan - Band; Commer- cial; 7th Grade. Ballston Spa, New York - Grade 5 or 6; Exceptional Children (Low Ability); Elementary Librarian; Guidance Coun- selor (woman); Psychologist/Guidanc Counselor; Art;; Nurse/Teacher; Math/ Physcis or General Science; English. Bel Air, Maryland - All elementary; Speech Therapists; Junior High Core; Senior High Agriculture; Commercial; Art; Industrial Arts; General Math; French/Latin; English; Girls Physical Education; Boys Physical Education; Chem/Physics; Social Studies. Bound Brook, New Jersey - English, Elkton, Michigan -- English/Latin. Evergreen Park, Illinois -- German/ English; Spanish/Library or Spanish/ German or English/Library; Psychol- ogy/Sociology/Counseling; Fine Arts/ Crafts; Drafting/Crafts/Science; Busi- ness Education/Math or Math/Science; or Business Education/Drafting/Crafts. Glen Arbor, Michigan - (Leelanau Schools) Science/Math; Social Studies. Jackson ,Michigan (East Jackson Schools) - Early Elementary; Music; Junior High English; Senior High Shop; Commercial Education; Home Econom- ics. Le Mars, Iowa - Kindergarten; 5th grade; English. Muskegon, Michigan (G u st a f so n School District) - Elementary (kinder- garten, 1st, 6th, 8th). Ontonagon, Michigan - Elementary (1st, 2nd, 5th); Girls Physical Educa- tion (7, 8, 9,); Junior High English; Se- nior High Social Studies. Plymouth, Michigan - All elemen- tarv. .nior High hMath/Science Grls I x I By J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press News Analyst THE GYRATIONS through which commu- nism is going have seldom been better ex- eriplified than now, in the complexity of rela- tions between Yugoslavia and the Moscow bloc. Wednesday in Moscow Premier Bulganin of Russia and Premier Kadar of Hungary made remarks indicataing they planned to try former Premier Imre Nagy for his part in last fall's Hungarian revolution. They arraigned Presi- dent Tito of Yugoslavia as a virtual "defendant in absentia." Yesterday Yugoslav and French Communists, after a conference in Belgrade, announced they would support the Kadar government. This fits the French party line without trou- ble. The French Communists follow the Mos- cow line, though perhaps more Stalinist in their outlook than the Khrushchev group. ITO AND THE Yugoslav Communists, on the other hand, oppose the very thing to Editorial Staff RICHARD SNYDER, Editor RICHARD HALLORAN LEE 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 JANE FOWLER and ARLINE LEWIS .........Women's Co-Editors JOHN HIRTZEL................ Chief Photographer Business Staff DAVID SILVER, Business Manager AMTONrT0T Cn'r .T1, A . R,-, - to which Kadar was agreeing during his Mos- cow visit-that Hungarian ties with the Krem- lin should be tighter than ever, and that there should be a Moscow-style purge in Hungary. After a year of coddling by Russia, Tito em- phasized his independence last fall by saying that of course Yugoslavia had, by her very atti- tude toward Moscow, influenced the events in Hungary and Poland. Since then the Russians have been talking about his as though he were no Communist at all. They accuse him of actively promoting the revolutions. The reconciliation which Khrush- chev had sought came apart with a bang. Poland and Yugoslavia are now great dis- senters to the Russian line that Moscow is the capital of international communism and its dictates must be obeyed by Communists everywhere. Foreign observers in Belgrade are reported to feel that Thursday's agreement between the French and Yugoslav Communists is, so far as the Yugoslavs are concerned a token move to maintain a position that communism is still best for the people despite differences in ap- plication. IT SEEMS MORE LIKELY, however, that Tito is considering Yugoslavia's need to do busi- ness with the Soviet bloc. He may also be clinging to such benefits as formal relataions with the Eastern bloc pro- vide him in his bargaining with the West. New Books at the Library Bibby, Goeffrey - The Testimony of the Spade; N.Y., Alfred A. Knopf; 1956. Billington, Ray Allen - The Far Western Frontier, 1830-1860; N.Y., Harper, 1956. Botkin. B. A. ed. - New York City Folklore; N.Y., Random House, 1956. . Catton, Bruce-This Hallowed Ground; N.Y., THE STATE OF ISRAEL: In Every Arab Heart Storms Hatred for Zion (Editor's Note: The following is the last of three articles on Israel. To- day's article points out the current tensions in the new nation.) By WILLIAM L. RYAN Associated Press Foreign News Analyst AS BRITAIN'S League of Na- tions mandate in Palestine neared its end, outlines of the Jewish state were visible. Zionists had their own underground army. Impatience for the day was ex- pressed in the appearance of ter- rorist groups to harass the British and hasten their departure. Terror spread in Palestine. Britain tossed the problem to the United Nations. In November 1947, the UN voted to partition Palestine into Jewish and Arab states linked in economic union, with the shrine cities of Jerusalem and Bethlehem under UN trus- teeship. It named a commission . - - . - - - . . raeli terrorists assassinated him. The UN then sent an American, Dr. Ralph Bunche. Early in 1949, mediation efforts brought an armistice. By then Is- rael had driven through all the Negeb Desert except a small coast- al strip near Gaza, held by Egyp- tians. Israelis held a large section of Palestine. * * *' ISRAEL emerged a nation of 8,000 square miles, about as big as New Jersey. From its territory 875,000 Arabs fled, to become refu- gees in surrounding Arab coun- tries. Under Israel's "law of return," any Jew who chooses is entitled to immigrate. Theoretically this means any of the world's 12 mil- lion Jews. Practically, only a frac- tion wanted to leave their present homes. But by 1956 a flood of immi- claim more desert land, or her economic problems will be enor- mous. But neighbor Syria, armed by the Russians, fights any attempt to divert Jordan River waters, * * * IN A monumental nine-year ef- fort, Israel has brought desert areas to flower, built thriving, healthy settlements, established industries. But she is far from self- sufficient, never much removed from crisis. She leans heavily on American friends, whose dollars process, transport and settle destitute im- migrants. For this work the goal of the United Jewish Appeal is 105 mil- lion dollars in addition to an em- ergency 100-million-dollar fund because of the Israeli-Egyptian crisis. Israel's budget has depended on hn rlo nl iv +I,- ~ _ T ; --A 04-.-- WHAT HAPPENS to Israel now? In the Holy Land recently an Arab leader told me: "In every Arab breast there is a storm of hatred for Zionists." While the Middle East is thus in ferment, new crises will come. The peace is bound to be broken. As one Arab diplomat put it, "Our hatred will last forever" and Arabs will wait 25 years, if necessary, for "re- venge." Israel needs decades of peace to develop into the self-sustaining nation she hopes to be. The Arabs need decades of peace, too. Moderate statesmen, both in Is- rael and the Arab countries, say this is the only solution: Persuade the Arabs to accept generous out- side help to build their internal economies and lift themselves from centuries of poverty and backwardness. -2 L d.. . ._-- ._._ ._ - - A I Ll