"You Got Elected, Didn't You?" 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 LETTERS to the EDITOR DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN "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. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1957 NIGHT EDITOR: TAMMY MORRISON Varsity Athletes Should Not Serve On Intercollegiate Athletic Board +r , ,a Vfst u s . iii----- I Politicians N SIX WEEKS students will elect representa- tives to the Board in Control of Intercollegi- ate Athletics. If the usual pattern is followed, several big-name varsity athletes will vie for" the student posts where two football players now sit. There are compelling reasons for not per- mitting varsity athletes to run for the Board. As long as varsity athletes are eligible to serve on the Board they will be elected, because their names are so well-known. Constantly in the public eye, athletes have a vote-getting power no other student can match. And be- cause the chances of a non-athlete being elected are so slim, candidates for the position will continue to be primarily varsity players. ONE CONSEQUENCE of permitting athletes to run, then, is that it in effect denies rep- resentation to the 22,000 students who are spec- tator , not participants. This is unfortunate because as a group varsity athletes, have attitudes toward Board policies that differ from non-athletes. Sitting on the Board, they represent the feelings and views of a special interest group. Another important objection is that their unique relationship to the Board renders im- probable an objective view of many Board policies-those established to deemphasize ath- letics 'or curb financial aid. -The Board is entrusted, for example, with ensuring proper use of courtesy tickets, many. of which are now scalped. It is charged with keeping financial aid to athletes within reason- able limits, athletics in proportion to academic life, and intramural and varsity athletics in balance. In all these problems the varsity athlete is not a disinterested4spectator-he has a vested interest. BECAUSE THEY DEPEND on the athletic administration in many ways, varsity ath- letes will be more reluctant than other students* to criticize administration policies. Assuming complete integrity and sincerity on the part of both, it-is nonetheless likely that there will be an emotional disposition to go along with the administration on many issues where the better interests of the University would be served by thoughtful opposition. Arguments often invoked by those who favor permitting varsity athletes to run for the Board are: 1) It would be unfair to deny them an oppor- tunity to serve since they are University stu- dents. 2) They know the most about athletics and are logical choices for the Board. 3) They are apt to have the greatest interest. TAE DECISION to participate in varsity athletics is a free and voluntary one. It entails almost obvious advantages and disad- vantages, as does every activity. The important point is that any student capable of playing varsity ball can weigh the values for himself. As long as this is true, prohibiting varsity athletes from serving on the Board is not unfair-it simply creates aother value to be weighed. The principle of denying representation on policy boards to those with vested interests ,is widely followed. Professors, for example, can not serve on the Board of Regents. Technical ability to perform well on a playing field does not entail ability to determine sound athletic policy. Participating in sports and de- ciding policy require different skills and there is no reason to assume a correlation between the two. As for interest the same argument holds. An athletes interest in sports is different than a spectators but this does not mean that it is greater, AN ANOLOGY can be drawn between the Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics and the Board in Control of Student Publica- tions, which does not permit publications mem- bers to serve. Present practice of the Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics denies representation to the study body and prevents full questioning of Board policies from within the Board. We think it would be to the mutual advan- tage of the student body and the Board in Con- trol of Intercollegiate Athletics if varsity ath- letes were not permitted to serve on the Board. We urge a change in Board and Regent rules to accomplish this. -LEE MARKS City Editor 'Town Talks' a Success; Means, Not End, Cited THE SECOND SERIES of Town Talks on Foreign Policy opened this week and was witness to an intelligent community eager to gain fresh insight into the country's problems. The first Town Talks, held last spring under the sponsorship of the local Citizens Committee on Foreign Affairs, were a welcome contrast in our age of adult apathy. From hundreds of local residents,'professors and housewives, pro- fessionals and novices, were advanced well- informed, considered observations concerning Red China, divided Germany, arms to Israel and foreign aid. This year, the League of Women Voters and the Adult Education department of the Ann Arbor public schools have joined the Citizens Committee in planning an even more timely program. On the remaining Wednesday of February the meaning of the Hungarian revolution, In- dian neutralism, and U.S. military strategy will be considered. Discussion small groups will pose. new ques- tions and draw conclusions. The conclusions themselves are not as im- portant as the means by which they are drawn. At Town Talks, no one has an axe to grind, party'considerations are left behind, and few flags fly. The contributing professors, the sponsoring groups, and the citizens of the community deserve congratulations and solid support for their efforts to help form "a sound and wise foreign policy." ---ALLAN STILLWAGON i + i . " =t ''. t ,' 'Z. t N ,,,. f - . y a T. , y ;, J, - r 2y. y' , u - x : , ,_,_ ::, 3 £.P .f Q t9S'7 1$G £ /Es4fAIS'rOpA) PST "of 0 0 TODAY AND TOMORROW: Intervention in Aigeria Opposed To the Editor: AFTER READING the article entitled "The Political Scene" in the Daily Magazine, Feb. 7, I received the impression that it left a distorted view of politicians which requires an answer. One would never grasp the fact from this article that politicians are the members of a profession which determines what benefits the citizens of a community do or do not enjoy. As, implied from the article, they also live in a highly competi- tive atmosphere in which power is the key element of their think- ing. But power is only a tool, and a tool to be used either to build a house or to tear it down. Human beings are the users, with all the drives, beneficial or non-beneficial, that carry them in many diverse directions and into complexes in which good and bad take many different shades of meaning. The politicians most people as- sociate with the word 'politician' are the ones who put themselves in front of a great emotional surge of the citizenry and exciting or being excited by the people's emo- tions they become either famous or notorious, whichever side of the fence the observer is on; while they ride roughshod over all c6m- mon sense. However, the great majority of politicians which should be identi- fied with the word 'politician in people's minds, are the great ma- jority of this peculiar breed who work from a position less latent with publicity and who use the tools of power and compromise, attack and retreat; sometimes cajoling, sometimes listening pa- tiently, with purposes both of ad- vancing themselves in their pro- fession and advencing ideas which they think are worthwhile. This article says nothing of these men, and I think they ought to be mentioned along with the bad apples which are in every barrel. -George F. Kareh, Jr., '59L Study Ban . , To the Editor: READ with interest the report that the ban on studying in the cafeterias and snack-bar of the Michigan Union will be strictly enforced beginning next term. This however represents a solution (be it hoped) of only one facet of the broaded problem of etiquette in the cafeterias, and I would like here to bring to your attention two others that constitute at least minor annoyances and embarrass- ment to many people. These are: It is or is it not "good form" to preempt booths and tables by placing books or coats on them while one is waiting in line for service? If a customer is in line for coffee only may he legitimately pass ahead of those waiting for more extensive refreshment? It seems to me that there is much disagreeient or misunder- standing in the community re- garding these proprieties, and thus' that a declaration of policy by the Union Board of Directors would clarify the situation; such a dec- laration in your pages might well be supplemented by strategically placed notices. -James G. Wendel Reviewers A short meeting for all're- viewers will be held in the Conference Room, Student Pub- lications Building, at 7 p.m. Monday. Those who have previ- ously reviewed for The Daily and newcomers are asked to attend. By WALTER LIPPMANN THE UNITED STATES is with good reason opposing the move- ment to have the United Nations intervene in the Algerian disord- ers. The good reason which is, I hasten to say, not the avowed of- ficial reason, is that the situation in the General Assembly is such that public peace making by means of open resolutions is for all prac- tical purposes impossible. The alignment of the blocs in the Assembly does not now per- mit the United Nations to exert an even-handed pressure where there is an issue between West and East. If, therefore, the General As- sembly were to take over the Al- gerian problem, the net effect would almost certainly be to en- courage the Algerian Arabs '-to be irreconcilable and to refuse those compromises which will be neces- sary if there is to be a peaceable settlement. Far from promoting peace, the United Nations would almost certainly find itself pro- moting disorder. In my recent article, I cited the voting strength of the various blocs among whom combinations must be made to produce the two- thirds majority whichis needed for an important resolution. The basic situation may be summarized in this fashion: that it takes fifty- two votes to pass a resolution, that it takes twenty-seven votes to veto a resolution, and 'that while nei- ther the Easterners nor the West- erners command amajority, each has a veto. Thus, when there is a major is- sue, be it over Hungary, Suez, Ga- za, Aquaba, Kashmir or, for that matter Algeria, the two vetoes are enugh to stop the General Assem- bly from acting at all. This dead- lock can be broken only if cer- tain of the great powers - on the Western side the the Eastern side or India, switch Nnited States, on , the Soviet Union sides. * * * THIS IS what happened in the' Egyptian affair when the United States voted on the same side as did the Soviet Union and India. There was no stalemate and the U.N. took effective action to com- pel the withdrawal of Britain, France and Israel from Egypt. But there has been no correspond- ing switching of sides, as there needed to be, to apply equal pres- sure to Egypt. There has, of course, been no equal pressure about Hungary and none about Kashmir. If Algeria were taken up by the U.N., the whole pressure would be on France, and none on the Arab Na- tionalists. The fact of the matter is that the veto is always applied one way and it is not always applied the other way. For that reason the General Assembly is proving itself to be incapable of carrying out the prime purpose of the United Nations, which is to promote the peaceable settlement of conflicts. This situation is so bad, so pro- vocative of disorder and so dan- gerous to the peace that it would be intolerable were nothing being done about it. Something has to be done about it, and what is be- ing done is to try to work out in private understandings what could never be avowed or put to a vote in the General Assembly. This is illustrated by the Israeli- Egyptian deadlock over whether Israel shall or shall not right the wrongs she has committed with- out assurances that Egypt will right the wrongs that she has committed. * * *, THE PRESSURE on Israel to withdraw without any public as- surances would make no sense, would indeed be grossly unujust, were it not accompanied by pri- vate assurances that Egypt will not in fact again blockade the Gulf of Aqaba and will not again use Gaza as a base for guerilla war. If there were no good reason to believe that Egypt will in fact concede what she will not in prin- ciple concede, the President, Mr. YDulles, and Mr. Hammarskjold would in morals and in equity be in no position to apply pressure to Israel. It is sometimes said that the action of the U.N. in Egypt is in fact directed to the restoration of the status quo ante, and that that was so bad that it must not be re- stored. That is not, as I under- stand it, a correct description of whait is going on in New York. What the Secretary General is trying to do is to restore .not the status quo ante in fact. For both sides violated the armistice and he does not wish to restore the violations. What he is trying to restore is the status quo ante in law - that is to say the rules of the armistice. A new agreement to observe the old armistice would, if it werere- spected, solve all the important points now at issue between Egypt and Israel. The old agree- ment has the peculiar merit that every party to the conflict has al- ready signed it. The question is whether this old vehicle can again be put on the road. The answer to that question is that this can conceivably be done - given a supreme exercise of private diplomacy, not only on the part of the heavily laden Mr. Hammarskjold, but also by the President, and not only in Cairo and Jerusalem and New York but also, it may be, in Moscow. 1957 New York Herald Tribune (Continued from Page 3) Museum of Art, Alumni Memorial Hall. American Paintings from the Uni- versity of Nebraska Art Galleries, Feb. 10 - Mar. 10 Hours: 9 a.m - 5 p.m. weekdays, 2-5 p.m. on Sundays. The public is invited. General Undergraduate Scholarship application forms may be obtained at' the Scholarship Office, 113 Adinistra= tion Building Basement. Applicants may be enrolled in any of the under- graduate units of the University and should have financial need and an academic average of "B" or better. Ap- plications must be completed by March 1, 1957. Tryouts for the 3rd Experimental Playbill presented by the Department of Speech will be held at 7 p.m. Mon., Feb. 11, Room 252, Temporary Class- room Building. Lectures University Lecture in Journalism. §)ouglass Cater, Washington corres- pondent of The Reporter magazine, will speak on "The Role of the Pres in the Conduct of Government" Mon, Feb. 11 at 3 p.m. In the Rackham Am- phitheatre. Concerts Student Recal by Emerson Head, trumpet, assistedby Virginia Catanese, piano and harpsichord, and Einore Crampton, violin, 4:15 this afternoon, in Aud. A, Angell Hall. Head I a tpu- pil of Clifford Lilly, and his -recital will be open to the general public. Faculty Recital by Ava Comi Case, associate professor of piano in the School of Music, 8:30 this evening, in Lydia Mendelssohn' Theatre. Brahms' Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 31, No. 1, and Debussy's Trois Etudes and Beethoven's Sonata in F minor, Op. 57. General public admitted with- out charge. Student Recital: Lawson Jones, pian- ist, will perform works by Bach, Beet- hoven and Chopin at 8:30 p.m. Mon. Feb. 11. in the Rackham Assembly Hall in partial fulfillment of the require- ments for the degree of Doctor of M- sical Arts. Open to the general public. Chamber Music Festival: The Quar- tetto Italiano, composed of Paolo Bor- ciani and Elisa Pegreffi, violin; Piero Farulli, viola; and Franco Rossi, cellist; will perform In the three concerts of. the 17th annual Chamber Music Fes- tival in Rackham Lecture (Hall play. ing all numbers from memory. Tickets are on sale at the offices of the Uni versity Musical Society, Burton Me- morial Tower and will also be on sale in the lobby of the Rackham Build- ing one hour preceding the beginning of each performance. Academic Notices The Extension Service announees the fonlowin classes to be held in Ann Ar-= bor beginning Tues., Feb. 12: INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT 7:30 p.m. 229 West Engineering Building Fifteen weeks. $22.00 - PSYC1tOLOGY of ADJUSTMENT 7:30 7:30 p.m. (Psychology 51, two hours of nder. graduate credit) r 171 School Of Business Administration Fifteen weeks. $22.00 THE RECORDER AND ITS MUIC 7:30 p.m. Intermediate Course 435 Mason Hall Fifteen weeks. $22.00 WATER COLOR AND GOUACHE PAINTING 7:30 p.m. 415 College of Architecture Fifteen weeks. $22.00 Registration for these classes may be made in Room 4501 of the Administra- tion Building on South State Stree during University office hours and on Saturday morning, Feb. 16, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, also in Room 164 of the School of Business Administration, Corner of Monroe and Tappan; from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Mon., through Thur., the week of Feb. 11. Sports and Dance Instruction-Wom- en Students: women students who have completed their physical educa- tion requirement may register for classes electively in Barbour Gymna- sium on Mon., Feb. 11 8 a.m. to 12 noon. Instruction is available in swim- ming, diving, Red Cross Water Course ming diving, Red Cross Water Safety Instructors course, fencing, modern and social dance, and riding. Mathematics Club: Tues., Feb. 12, at 8:00 p.m. in the West Conference Room, Rackham Building. Dr. B. A. Galler will speak on .:Cross Section Theorem." Instrumentation Engineering Semi- nar: Research in the Fundamentals of Automobile Stability and Control will be presented by Joseph Bidwell and Robert Kohr of the Engineering Me- chanics Department, General Motors Research Staff. Tues., Feb. 12, at 4:30 p.m. in Room 1042, East Engineering B1lilding. Organizational Meeting for the Part II Actuarial Review Class Tues., Feb. 12, at 4:10 p.m. In Room 3010, Angell Hall. Operations Research Seminar: Roger R. Crane, Touche, Niven; Bailey and Smart (Detroit), will lecture on "A Model for a Company Operation" 9n Wed., Feb. 13. Coffee hour at 3:30 in Room 243, West Engineering Building and seminar in Room 229 West Engin- eering Buiding at 4:00 p.m. All facul. ty members are welcome. Placement Notices Beginning with Tues., Feb. 12 the following schools will have represen- tatives at the Bureau of Appointments o interview teachers for the 1957-58 school year. Tues., Feb. 12 Grandville, Michigan - Elementary; Elementary Music; Junior and Senior High Art/minor. Mt. Eden, California - Elementary (K-8) ond semester dues of $1.50 will be col- lected at this time. Mt. Clemens, Michigan (L'Anse Creuse School) - Elementary; English; Shop; ( f {; 4 ,, 0 Economic Sanctions Against Israel 4 MBASSADOR Abdul Monem Rifa'i of Jor- dan, a leader of the 27-nation Afro=Asian bloc in the United Nations, has called for new, more effective measures to force final and total Israeli withdrawal from Egypt. Some members of the group, particularly the Arab nations, are pushing for tight economic, financial, and military restrictions on Israel. Despite six UN resolutions demanding with- drawal, Israel stands firm in its determination to hold out for "adequate guarantees" that Israeli shipping interests in the Gulf of Aqaba will not be subject to Egyptian interference, and that Egypt will not be left free to resume raids on Israel from the Gaza Strip. THE MOST DISTURBING fact pointed up by the deadlock is the impotence of the United Nations-its inability, or at least fail- ure, to take any positive, decisive action. 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 EIEILPERN ........Associate Sports Editor VIRGINIA ROBERTSON......... 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 Associate Business Manager WILLIAM PUSRI............Advertising Manager CHARLES WIL.SON ......... inance anage Desperate pleas from the UN to Israel and Egypt to "kiss and make up," strongly worded, oft-repeated censure resolutions against Israel, and feverish efforts by the UN's top diplomat, Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold, have proven utterly ineffective. They have served only to demonstrate the futility, in this situa- tion, of words without action or threat of action. Israel remains stubborn and defiant in the face of scolding from almost the entire world. Egypt seems equally determined to remain surly and dictatorial. THE UN POLICE force cannot presently oc- cupy Egyptian territory without Egyptian approval. And Egypt shows no inclination to give that approval except when it will serve her own ends. She allowed the UN force to help extricate her from the Anglo-French occupa- tion, but is unlikely to allow its interference in any hostile activities toward Israel. This is one of the bases of Israeli's fears and her consequent demand for protective guar- antees. Her position is understandable. Peaceful negotiation is always the- most de- sirable mode of attack on international prob- lems. When such negotiation, however, has been proven futile, the time has ,arrived for the institution of more drastic measures. Thus, the only course of action with any promise of success now open to the UN seems to be outright arbitration. IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN its prestige and effectiveness, the UN should back up its demands for Israeli withdrawal from Egypt by the institution of economic sanctions against her. At the same time, Israeli demands for protec- tive guarantees can be at least partially satis- fied by a sincere and forceful warning to Egypt to keep hands off Israel shipping and to confine TALKING ON TELEVISION: America After Dark' May Become Brighter. '4 By LARDyY EINHORN Daily Television Writer WELL, I might as well get my' two-cents worth in about the new "Tonight" - "America After Dark" - as NBC likes to call it. Probably never in the history of television has one program drawn such adverse criticism from the people and press as this new pro- gram, seen in the old Steve Allen time slot. It's sort of a combination of "Wide, Wide World", "Monitor", "Today", and Confidential Maga- zine. Jack Lescoulie is host at 'New York and anchor man for a group of roving columnists wh¢ work out of Chicago, New York and Los Angeles, but who are apt to appear anyplace that the "NBC live television cameras" (Lescoulie's favorite phrase) will go. Much adverse criticism came after the opening show, on which Jayne Mansfield, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Dean Martin made some com- ments which would never have cleared the censors had they been THE SHOW has now been on for two full weeks. Slowly but surely the kinks are being ironed out, even though, as is expected on a show which has multiple ori- gins, technical difficulties are still evident. But this type of trouble is seen on "Wide Wide World" and "Person to Person", two oth- er remote programs, and has not letracted from their popularity. The program itself has tremen- dous potentialities for utilizing the assets of television to a de- gree which has not been reached previously. Besides going to night clubs and theatres to talk to show business personalities and other forms of presenting live enter- tainment, NBC has stated that it will have the entire facilities of all its affiliated stations available for any news story or special event which might take place while the show is in progress. This situation has come up only once since the show began, the night of the airline disaster near the East River in New York. Live DESPITE the reviews, the show is seemingly in no danger of be- ing cancelled. This is due to NBC's constant effort to present live late-night-time television. The low ratings don't matter too much. Even the popular Allen "Tonight" program was losing out -to the current batch of the good movies which have been recently released for television. In most of the major and even minor television markets (except, obviously Detroit, which still hasn't jumped on the good movie bandwagon) these flicks are scor- for the late hours. The second cousin to the To- night show, "Today", started out in much the same way. It was at first not very well received, pri- marily because televiewers were not accustomed to that type of program in the early hours. Simi- larly, televiewers are not accus- tomed to this type of program during the late hours. It will take at least a few more months for the program to get organized and for viewers to accept it. the average television interviewer. A good example of offbeat en- tertainment was seen last Thurs- day night when the cast, producer and writer of a new Broadway show gathered at a New York res- taurant after their first perfor- mance to await the reviews. When they came in, they were read by Hy Gardner as the assembled group listened. This is a some- what a built-up affair, but it made for an enjoyable few min- utes. As you can see, I have spent most of the time describing the good points of the new "Tonight". Enough has been said in the past two weeks about the" negative points of the show. If I had re- viewed the show after the first night my reaction probably would have been the same as all the oth- ers who so emphatically panned it. But after the first two weeks, there is some hope as the show begins to take shape. * * 4 THIS SHOW is not one which will appeal to all at every moment.