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 "Because I Said So - That's Why" "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. THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1957 NIGHT EDITOR: CAROL PRINS Student Relations Committee Aids Development Council t :. " ' ,_ ', 4 _,yl,_. t' v t ; e+ t I HUNTER'S AID? Automatic Dog Finder New Scientific Gadget By HAL BOYLE Associated Press Feature Writer SCIENCE has come up with all sorts of gadgets-including depth- finders and radar-to help fishermen locate their finny prey. But it has kind of neglected the fisherman's fellow hobbyist, the hunter. Steve Lavoie, an electronics engineer whose pastime is tracking IMPENDING LEGISLATURE SLASHES in the University's budget requests for next year have stressed the necessity of extra-Legislature funds to meet some of the University's less im- mediate, though still important needs. While student fees take care of some of the operating expenses, they represent a relatively small amount and fail to cover many of the special projects which suffer also due to lack of State appropriations. To meet needs which are not met by Legisla- ture funds or student fees, the Development Council of the University was established five years ago. THE COUNCIL seeks; through soliciting gifts, grants and bequests from alumni and friends of the University, to finance programs which would otherwise go unimplemented. To promote the Development Council on the student level, the Student Relations Committee was organized three years ago. This year the Committee is attempting to car- ry out its broad task by presenting to the Coun- cil's University Needs Committee a list of stu- dent needs which the Council should consider in its budget for the coming year. During the week, presidents of housing units and many campus organizations received let- ters from the Student Relations Committee calling for their suggestions on the Council program itself and recommendations on areas of student need which the Council might con- sider. WHILE THE COUNCIL program at present is T handicapped by limited funds, it is an- nually becoming more successful in its program. Also, it is possible that important student needs are being slighted merely because they have not been brought to the attention of the Council. Not all needs can be met immediately, but it is possible that areas not currently being cov- ered should receive priority in the Council's budget. Students should take advantage of the oppor- tunity to present their suggestions to the Stu- dent Relations Committee and become ac- quainted with the Development Council pro- gram. -RICHARD SNYDER Editor Concern for Housing? "T TNIVERSITY concern and emphasis will not be on the roofs over the. heads of our students but on educational facilities."-President H'arlan Hatcher, Nov. 8, 1956. E -LrJNS/- c ,>a WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND: Simmerings Since Bermuda By DREW PEAR SON <" UTNTILTHE ANNUAL September squeeze be- comes a hard reality, unconcern for student housing flourishes throughout the rest of the year. Long content to let students fend for them- selves, the University has shown an increasing interest in student housing and the number of those living in University housing has -bulged considerably since Mosher-Jordan, the first residence hall built under the self-liquidating program, opened in 1930. And when a fire broke out in a boarding house, killing two persons, worry began cen- tering on the state of off campus housing. As a result, a permanent committee was es- tablished to study the problems of student housing and to advise the Vice-President for Student Affairs on coordination of Universi- ty policies. But without a sense of real and pressing "con- cern and emphasis," the committee has been allowed to languish this year without a single meeting for all its members. In part, this may stem from the very nature of the duties outlined for the committee. When established at the last meeting of SGC's pre- decessors, the old Student Affairs Committee, the housing group, was given a list of eight problems to consider. Six of them, concerned with improving in- down big game in odd corners of the He's working on something really new for ardent woodsmen - an automatic dog finder. Steve is head of Lavoie Labora- tories here, a firm that has devel- oped a number of electronic instru- ments for the government's highly secret defense missile program. His idea for a radio dog locator came to him or. a recent hunting trip to Colombia during which two cattle-killing jaguars were bagged. Specially trained dogs-valued at $500 to $1,000 each-are used to track down the big elusive South American tiger, as the jaguar is often railed. A CORNERED jaguar, unless the hunters arrive quickly, may am- bush and kill or maim a pack of 7 to 10 of these valuable dogs. Some- times an injured dog will crawl off and become lost in the jungle. Steven's radio aid to hunting is quite simple. It consists of a three- pound radio sending set attached to the dog's back, and a slightly heavier receiving set carried by the guide. "A dog can carry such a set all day in the jungle," said Steve. Our only problem is to put on an antenna that won't get him tang- led in the brush. But even if it does we can quickly locate him and set him free. "We'll be able to know where the pack is at all times," he added, "and can tell by the sound of the dogs' barking how close the pack is to its prey." DOES THE automatic dog loca- tor have any nonhunting uses? "Well," said Steve, smiling, "it could be used by a wife to keep track of her wandering husband- that is, if she could get him to agree to wear the sending set." Lavoie hopes to use the new equipment, still in the designing stage, for a hunt soon for a legen- dary big cat called the onza in the mountains of Mexico. New Books at Library Kennedy, Margaret - The Wild Man; NY, Rinehart, 1956. Krutch, Joseph W. - The Great Chain of Life; Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1956. Lapp, Ralph E. - Atoms and People; NY, Harper, 1957. McCartney, Hazel Severson - In The Gray Rain; NY, Harper, 1957. Peare, Catherine Ownes-Wil- liam Penn; Phil., NY, Lippincott, 1957. Pearson, Hasketh -Beerbohm Tree; NY, Harper, 1957. Randall, J. G. -7Mr. Lincoln; NY, Dodd, Mead, 1957. Rueber, Johannes - Bach and the Heavenly Choir; Cleveland and NY, World Publ. Co., 1957. Sakai, Saburo - Samurai!; NY, Dutton, 1957. Schramm, Wilhelm von - Con- spiracy Among Generals; NY, Scribner's, 1957. West, Rebecca - The Fountain Overflows; NY, Viking, 1956. West, Jessamyn - To See the Dream; NY, Harcourt, Brace, 1957. Wylie, I.A.R.-The Undefeated; NY, Random, 1957. world, aims to correct that lack. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN The Daily Official Bulletin is an official publication of the University of Michigan for which the Michigan Daily assumes no editorial responsi- bility. Notices should be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to Room 3553 Adminstration Building, before 2 p.m. the day preceding publication. Notices for Sunday Daily due at 2:00 p.m. Friday. THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 195 VOL. LXVII, NO. 133 General Notices Blue Cross Group Hospitaliation, Medicaland Surgical Service Programs for staff members will be open from Ap- ril 1 thru April 24, 1957, for new ap- plications and changes in contracts now in effect. Staff members who wish to include surgical and medical services should make such changes in the Per- sonnel Office, Room 1020, Admin. Bldg. New applications and changes will be effective June 5, with the first payroll deduction on May 31. After April 24, no new applications or changes can be accepted until October, 1957. The annual business meeting of the University of Michigan Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa will be held at 4:00 p.m. Thurs., April 4 in Room 451, Mason all. Committee reports will be presented and election of new members and offi- cers will take place. All members of the chapter are urged to attend. All men wishing to try out for the Freshman golf team are to report to Rod Grambeau at the Intramural Build- ing at 4:30 p.m. on either wednesday, April 3, or Thursday, April 4. Veterans who expect to receive edu- cation and training allowance under Public Law 550 (Korea GI. Bill) must fill in VA Form VB 7-1996a, Monthly' Certification, in the Office of veterans' Affairs, 555 Administration Building, between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. by ri., April 5. The General Library will observe the the following schedule during the spring recess: Open: Sat., April 6, 8 a.m.-12m. Mon.-Fri., April 8-12, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed: Noon, Sat., Apr. 6-Sun., Apr. 7. Sat., Apr 13. Sun., April 14. Beginning Mon., April 8, the Division- al Libraries will be open on shortened vacation schedules on the days that the General Library is open. The Medi- cal Library, however, will observe the hours of opening of the regular session. Schedules will be posted on the door of each divisional library. Infromaton as to hours of opening may be obtained by calling University Ext. 652. During Spring Vacation the Health Service General Clinic will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon each day except Sundays (11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon) Other services when necessary are avail- able by appointment. The Thursday "polio" shot clinic will not be conducted during the vacation period but will be resumed Thurs., Ap- ril 18. Thurs., April 4, 15th Annual Confer- ence of the National Committee on Ar Education. All sessions in the Rackham Building. General Session. "Education and the Imagination." George Boas, (Continued on Page 8) I spection and cooperation with the city, have seen considerable progress through steady day to day work by administration officials. Yet much remains undone in developing awareness among students about the safety and sanitation standards that should exist. And in the more vital area of places to live, the increasing enrollment to which the ad- ministration has committed itself, little di- rected and representative advice is coming from student-faculty-administration committee. To reflect the opinions of all concerned, meet- ings are essential. However, members have let distressing inertia stand in the way of thor- ough and joint discussions. Furthermore, the advisory and study com- mittee on housing needs more than meetings. After two years of existence, an evaluation of its present position is necessary. With many of the committee's goals nearing completion, de- spite the lack of meetings, a refocusing on the remaining problems of education and enroll- ment should start. . With others lacking in initiative, SGC has already made the first movement forward into student housing problems. It could lengthen its strides by prodding the housing committee towards the meetings and evaluation it needs. --MICHAEL KRAFT A THINGS ARE simmering a bit more silently in the Near East since the Bermuda Conference, but they are still simmering danger- ously. Three developments point to danger: Development No. 1-The Ameri- can Embassy in Jerusalem has warned the State Department that Prime Minister Ben-Gurion is deadly serious about going to war against Egypt the minute Nasser shows the first sign of starting his border raids again. Ben-Gurion and his entire cabi- net are convinced both Eisenhower and John Foster Dulles welshed on their promise that Egypt would not return to the Gaza Strip. Development No. 2 - Dulle's statement last week that transit through the Gulf of Aqaba should be submitted to the World Court, further convinced the Israelis that they had been double-crossed. His statement brought Israeli Minister Shiloah down to the State Depart- ment to remind Dulles that earlier he had said Israel had every right to pass through this narrow water- way. The protection of U.S. Naval vessels was even discussed. Dulles's later proposal of putting the ques- tion before the World Court would take a year or more of argument. Development No. 3 - Premier Mollet has promised the Israelis protection of the French Air Force if they decide to attack Nasser again. PREMIER Mollet is so burned up over the double-cross given to Israel that he has vowed never to trust any agreement with Eis- p enhower as long as John Foster Dulles remains Secretary of State. It was Mollet who, while visiting in Washington last February, was largely responsible for persuading the Israelis to ,ull out of the Gaza Strip. Eisenhower at that time had personally promised that the United States would get tough if Nasser moved to return; and Mrs. Golda Meir's speech outlining the terms of Israeli withdrawal was personally read by both Mol- let and Dulles before delivery. The terms were that "civil administra- tive control" of the Gaza Strip would remain in the hands of the UN. Israel has the toughest, most determined army in the Near East. But it has lacked air power. With French air power backing it up' American diplomats know that no Arab army or combination of Arab armies could long stand up against it. They are even more afraid of what Russia might do, however, in case war broke in the Near East. Note - At Bermuda, British Prime Minister Macmillan urged the President to adopt a tough policy toward Nasser. Ike refused. At one point Macmillan asked how much more proof was needed that Nasser was a power-mad fanatic. Eisenhower replied that more was needed than was then available. * * * SECRETARY of State Dulles is technically correct when he claims no secret deals were made at the Bermuda Conference. Inside fact is, however, that President Eisen- hower initialed nine secret memos spelling out general policy agree- ments. Some memos actually were noth- ing but agreements to disagree. For example, the British expressed their determination to increase trade with Communist China, de- spite American objection. On the other hand, the United States vetoed a British request to lift our blockade of the Chinese port of Amoy opposite Formosa, so the British could trade. Other memos dealt with the Middle East, guided missiles, atom- ic tests, British arms reductions, and German reunification. Most interesting fact about the memos was that the British de- manded they be written and ini- tialed because they recalled how other agreements had been for- gotten about or denied by Dulles. They also remembered how Mrs. Meir, the Israeli Foreign Minister, had submitted her UN speech to Dulles in advance and received his complete OK, only to have him renege on certain parts of it later. They also remembered how Eisen- hower had sent a personal letter to Premier Ben-Gurion reassuring him on the terms of withdrawal from Gaza. So at Bermuda the British re- quested that Eisenhower read the memos personally and sign them. At first, this was refused. How- ever, when the British insisted, Ike finally initialed, but did not sign the memos. Prime Minister Mac- millan also initialed them. (Copyright 1957 by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) Honors Program Director PROF. ROBERT ANGELL'S appointment as Director of the Honors Program is the first step of the literary college's proposed Honors Council towards actuality. The selection of Prof. Angell as head of the executive committee to get the Council under way by next fall is a wise choice. His awareness of the academic and personal needs of the un- dergraduate and his previous administrative experience as former chairman of the soci- ology department and former director of na- tional and international groups justify his ap- pointment. The problems ahead of the future executive committee to broaden the academic opportuni- ties of the "good" student will not be easy ones to solve. Two major jobs before the group will be to establish a counseling system to handle the varied curricula programs of individual students and to arrange with departments more honors courses, tutorial and special sec- tions than are presently operating. THE COMMITTEE will also have to consider that the faculty will need time for reorganiz- ing courses for the honors student. The newly proposed program will undoubtedly also require a faculty member to spend more time with his students. Eventually, both faculty and counseling staffs will be enlarged to accommodate the specific needs of the "superior" student. Thus, the fi- nancial aspect of acquiring bigger staffs is an- other problem which the honors committee must consider. Inasmuch as the problems ahead are com- plicated and will take time and energy to solve, the literary colfege's selection of Prof. Angell as Program Director is a most encouraging and positive move toward meeting the academic needs of the "superior" student in our growing university. -SHIRLEY CROOG LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: SGC Message Passing Story, Indian's Letter Draw Comment INTERPRETING THE NEWS: I-IRecurring Suez Factors By J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press News Analyst QECRETARY DULLES may have put his " finger on something which will be a recur- ring factor in negotiations for a Suez Canal settlement. He points out that the latest Egyptian sug- gestions are unacceptable only because of a few phrases which might be due to a poor choice of language. The language may also have been deliberate. President Nasser says the canal question can be settled when the Israeli question is settled. That can be read to mean he intends to hold out for an over-all agreement. NASSER has seen the effect of international pressure on Israel in connection with last fall's "defensive invasion" when the immediate interests of the Western Powers were suhmerred He may believe the West to be so interested in the canal question that more pressure will be put on Israel to settle again, if he can just evade and hold out long enough. Nasser demands that Israel be put behind a clearly defined demarcation line, since she has ignored the original UN-defined boundaries, with guarantees from the major powers that any expansionist move will be scotched. He also demands that Israel admit responsi- bility for the Arab refugees from Palestine, ei- ther permitting them to return to their former homes or recompensing them. Both of these demands are in line with United Nations resolutions. Nasser, having acted without ethics in the Suez case, and hav- ing adopted a Hitlerian program of expansion for himself, now tries to invoke the aid of the angels. Message Drama . . To the Editor: SUNDAY MORNING we sat down at breakfast to read the morning newspapers. The paper wasn't there yet however, and we had to read The Michigan Daily. Immedi- ately our eyes came to rest upon the article entitled, "SGC Message Passing Drama." It seems as though The Daily was making a valiant effort to print something worthwhile and so had sent one of their aspiring young reporters to write an Edi- torial or whatever it is they call articles on the front of The Daily. This reporter was unable to find anything constructive to write about-this is not unusal for The Daily. While on this mission she attended a Student Government Council meeting where she "snit- ched" some personal notes, from the ashtrays, and hurried back to The Daily Hangout. Again The Daily had succeeded, the editor had found another tri- via' topic to write about. Of course, this was exactly what they were looking for and commended the reporter very highly. They then carefully picked out the notes which they thought would be most fitting (extreme) for a front page feature story in The Michigan celled our subscriptions to The Daily? Care to join us? -Sue Christiansen, '59LS&A --Sandy Lovre, '59LS&A Indian Arrogance? . . To the Editor: "WE ARE obliged to reach the conclusion that the Indian case must be woefully weak or it would not be presented with such a maximum of arrogant words, such a minimum of goodwill and such meager search for a rightful solution." These words from a New York Times editorial on January 28, 1957 best answer the letter written by Thomas S. David. The letter is not merely against Pakistan. It is an attack on United States foreign policy. Americans are advised to be "cautious and wary in their relations with Paki- stan." As if their alliance with Pakistan was a calamity, they are warned of the "great price" they will have to pay 'nless they fol- lowed Indian's advice on How To Run America's Foreign Policy. The warning, aptly enough, comes from those who have con- sistently sided with the Reds in and outside the United Nations. Pakistan's offer of No War Pact and Negotiations-Meditation-Arbi- -an--et .J.. ~ ers feel sure Pakistan has no ag- gressive intentions towards any of its neighbors. The truth is Indians know well that Pakistan wants friendly rela- tions with them. But they fear that Pakistanis friendship with the West will undermine their own efforts to become the self-styled leaders of Afro-Asia in order to play one side against the other and receive aid from both sides. This became clear at the Ban- dung Conference when the Indians and Chinese opposed only Western colonialism while Pakistan, Iraq, Ceylon, Turkey, and the Philip- pines insisted on opposing colon- ialism "in all of its shapes and formgs," much to the dismay of the Communists and Ne (hr)utral- ists. Mr. David's whole letter is based on the assumption that "strange" articles were written to "hoodwink the good-natured and unsuspect- ing American people." As a person long associated with Americans, I do not share Mr. David's pessimism about the American people. I believe they are intelligent enough to manage their own affairs without being told by the Com- munists or Ne (hr) utralists on what to read, what to believe, whom to befriend, and, above all, how to run their foreign policy. -Mohammed Azhar Ali Khan The following should clearly show how the YR's have not been completely truthful in their state- nents. YR's contention: The campus visit of the Republican Regents candidates was not reported by the Daily while the campus visit of the Democratic Regents candi- dates was reported by the Daily. Fact: In the March 22 issue of the Daily there was a ten line an- nouncement of the Republican candidates visit to the campus while in the March 26 issue of the Daily there was an eleven line ar- ticle on the Democratic candi- dates visit There also was a full page coverage of the qualifica- tions, platforms, and pictures of both the Republican and Demo- cratic Regents candidates. YR's contention: The Young Democrats organizational meeting was covered by a "substantial" story and a "picture." Fact: The "substantial" story consisted of an eleven line an- nouncement. Also after a careful search of the Daily in which this announcement appeared, I have yet to find the picture the YR's claim accompanied the article. Ac- tually the only reason we had an article in the Daily was because our Publicity Chairman was on- the-ball. It's too bad that the Young Re- narrow, distortive, and, in com- parison with the rest of his review, ambivalent, incongruous, and as "ineffective" the scene he criticizes so unjustly. Due praise is awarded the prin- cipals for their performance, the grand effecth of the building ca- tharsis, and Peter Wexler's imagi- native costumes and sets; but in a short, emotion-packed scene, that merely fulfills its purpose, an epic flaw is found. And for this, the play needs "saving." Mr. Nahrgang admits that every- one did an excellent job, but the play was a failure, For some minor errors, Aristotle might say "King Lear" is a failure, too; but when viewed in toto, it emerges as the greatest tragedy in the English language. The "Daily" criticism of "The Burning Ground" is likewise unjustified. -Philip H. Berns,'59 Silver Article . .. To the Editor: MAY I congratulate, Allan Silver for his excellent article in the Sunday magazine "Mystery and Measurement." His discussion of the differences between religion and science, pre- determinism and causality, and the function and contribution of , -.i ni m.r..qn i- .i +1 1.