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DAY, MARCH 2,1958
NIGHT EDITOR:' LANE VANDER SLICE
The Soroity Game:
Sport for Gamblers
'r
FOUR TROUBLED YEARS
The Kohler Strike -
It Seems Interminable
KOHLER, Wis. WP)-The UAW's long strike against the Kohler Co.,
perhaps no nearer and possibly much farther from settlement now than
when it began nearly four years ago, has a virtually uninterrupted
record for producing discontent, disorder and disunity.
The fact that members of the Senate Rackets Investigating Com-
mittee argued for two days this week over which side in the dispute
should be heard first fits snugly into the pattern.
Many attempts have been, made to mend the breach between the
big plumbing fixtures firm and Walter P. Reuther's United Auto Work-
ers Union, but none has met with even token success. Three prominent
clergymen last year tried to effect
peace where so many others failed,
but they also withdrew in failure.
UAW Local 833 pulled about 3,-
000 workers out of the huge plant OrFICLAL
in this onetime model industrial
community on April 5, 1954, to en-
force demands for higher wages
and union security.
The union's original demands The Daily Official Bulletin is an
seemingly are of secondary in- official publication of the Univer-
port to both sides now. In fact, sity of Michigan for which the
principals no longer seem able to Michigan Daily assumes no edi-
torial responsibility. Notices should
agree even on points of their dis- be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to
agreement.Room 3519 Administration Build-
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R THE LAST four weeks, perhaps no one
word has evoked stronger responses on cam-
pus than "rushing."
The women's rushing period formally ends
today. But its effect on women directly and in-
directly concerned will not wear off so easily.
We feel that only one who has experienced
both sides of this issue can appreciate its
scope. Rushing is best described by a series of
antonyms; it is at once deceiving and enlight-
ening, frustrating and rewarding, pleasing and
painful. In an evening the enigma of rushing
can artfully transform one distasteful person-
ality into the most socially acceptable, can
lift the veil on integrity and strength' of
character in another person. In five minutes
it can bring happiness to one person, disap-
pointment to her equal.
Like other impleasant aspects of life, rush-
ing needs a special approach. You've got to
keep a certain distance if you're to come
through unscathed. Yet, one may ask, how
can you attach objectivity to a process which
tears emotions, strips away pride and smashes
egoes?
Obviously you can't. If you're at all in-
volved with rushing, you're bounid to get dis-
illusioned to greater or lesser degree. Whether
you're on the inside or outside, it's unavoid-
able.
It's easy to condemn rushing, label it un-
fair, detrimental and a blight on the very
sorority system it seeks to build. But when
you censure something, your argument is in
vain unless you offer a substitute plan. So far
no one has thought of a, better way to effect
the transition from independent to affiliate.
We have been no more successful.
NtO SORORITY WOMAN can honestly apolo-
kize for rushing. She can only try to ex-
plain it. For she realizes that her selection of
the new members to perpetuate her group must
be based mainly on surface values, that this
rushing situation, then, can not help but breed
iniquity. The only optimistic note she can in-
ject is a pledge to conduct rushing on a high
ethical plane, to satisfy herself that she has
been as fair as possible in her every action.
Thus the elevation or debasement of this
weak system lies within the hands of each of
its participants. We wonder sometimes if each
is aware of her responsiblity.
We would like to remind those who played
the' game and lost that they took a chance
when they signed up to rush. It was prob-
ably not their first gamble. It will not be
their last. They should treat ,it as such.
And to the new pledges who join the fold
today: When rushing rolls around next year
we hope that you'll still be able to look beyond
your snug, secure existence, and remember
how it felt to rush from the other side.
-ROSE PERLBERG
Activities Editor
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WASHINGTON MERRY- GO-ROUND:
THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS:
The Decline of the Classes
TIME WAS when the University was the scene
of a very un-Marxian class warfare andI
class consciousness. The U. of M. Daily of
1900-01 describes the efforts of the freshman1
to hold a class banquet in the face of upper-
class opposition, with the toastmaster hiding
out the day before for fear of being kidnapped;
the "junior lits" and the "senior laws" com-
peted for the best booths at the Junior-Hop,
which The Daily called "the most brilliant ever
given"; the senior laws invited President Mc-
Kinley to their new graduation exercises and
banquet, "a precedent which is destined to be-
come one of the leading events in University
life"; a coed interrupted a senior-freshman
basketball game by crying over the quality of
the playing; the senior lits defied the adminis-
tration by flying their banner from the top of
the Varsity flag pole "while the campus patrol-
man> was wandering liesurely about with no
care but that of his monthly pay day"; the
underclassment submitted to faculty pressures
and gave up periodic "scalping bees" after
mothers complained about the condition of the
heads of their sophomore sons who, while lying
in wait to clip the hair of the freshman class
president, found themselves surrounded by
mysteriously-alterted freshmen "who took cap-
tive the waiting sophomores and sent' them
home shorn of their locks."
.1-IS WEEK there were numerous reminders
that this once vigorous tradition of class
consciousness and rivalry is sick, and in fact
much of the week's activity consisted in arti-
ficial remedies to1attempt to keep alive this
aspect of "the tradition that is Michigan."
The senior class is having its difficulties try-
ing to keep alive the tradition of presenting
some sort of gift or memorial to the Uni-
versity. Several other schools have attempted to
modernize this hoary tradition by using the
senior class gift as a pump-primer to elicit
alumni contributions for faculty salaries. But
the class of '58 has chosen to keep in the deco-
rative vein which dates back to the boulders
of Civil War days, modernizing only in the
nature of the decoration-a futuristic piece
of sculpture. The current efforts of the class
are mainly to supplement low collections of
"senior due " so as to approach the sizeable
figure required.
When it appearesd this week that not enough
people werepetitioning for class offices to fill
each one of them, the SGC voted to extend the
petitioning deadline so as to lure more juniors.
Class officers are rapidly becoming as unfunc-
' tional as class gifts, but as a result of the SGC
action there appears to be a greater possibility
that no office will be unfilled for lack of a can-
didate.
The major shot in the arm to class traditions
came when the SGC, having already voted not
to underwrite the 1958 J-Hop, learned that
there was no one else around to pay off its
approximately $2,100 debt. SGC will not only
assume responsibility for making up the deficit
over the coming years but will take full control
of J-Hop finances. Together with the decision
to include two SGC members on the interview-
ing board which will select next year's J-Hop
committee, Wednesday represented a near-
complete destruction of any notions of junior
class control over the dance. In fact, it is
possible for next year's committee to be selected
entirely by persons not members of next year's
junior class.
argued that many of the other class activities
really aren't worth the effort.
But outsiders really shouldn't worry about
the amount of effort others may be spending
futilely. There are, after all, some values in
class officers and class gifts, especially in plan-
ning graduatigns and alumni reunions. And all
this class activity, while somewhat sickly when.
,compared with the vigorous rivalry of old, does
provide what this campus is in most need of-
niches for individuals who might otherwise
be lost in the swirl and the shuffle of a hope-
lessly large and complex campus. And while
the University is much too big for the class
of 1958 or of 1959 to have any real cohesiveness
or meaning for all their members, preserving
the vestiges of the days when classes did have
meaning to all can be a great service to those
few individuals who choose to cling to them,
and therefore to the University of which they
are a part.
-PETER ECKSTEIN
Editor
Soy
WASHINGTON - Isaac Stern,
famed American violinist, was
getting a rubdown in Tbilisi in
the Caucasus on his last concert
tour of Russia. Stern speaks Rus-
sian, though with a slight accent,
and the masseur was puzzled re-
garding his nationality.
"Are you French?" he asked.
"No."
"Are you German, Czech, Pol-
ish?"
"No," replied Stern, "I'm Ameri-
can." }
Abruptly, the masseur stopped.
"We don't want war!" he ex-
claimed.
He said it with conviction and
as if he was convinced the United
States of America wanted war with
Russia and wanted it soon.
THIS CONFIRMS the impres-
sion which various senators and
other United States observers have
brought back from Russia, namely
that the Russian people definitely
want peace. They are so sold on
peace that it's believed the Krem-
lin would have difficulty starting
a war without considerable ad-
vance propaganda.
Violinist Stern believes that the
United States has a great oppor-
tunity to win the friendship of the
Russian people through the new
people-to-people cultural exchange
just signed between Russia and
the United States.
He found there was tremendous
interest in American music. Tour-
ing Russia from Finland to Baku,
he gave 21.concerts in 27 days, had
tremendous crowds. Twenty-two
thousand people tried to get into
his concert at Leningrad, though
the seating capacity was 4,000.
Fifteen hundred people waited two
hours outside to cheer him as he
departed.
Stern reported that Moscow has
three opera houses, three sym.-
phonies, and only 50 motion pic-
ture theaters, in contrast to the
Capital of the United States, which
has no opera house, only two legit-
imate theaters, and about 100 mo-
tion picture theaters.
Lunching in Washington with.
Sen. Hubert Humphrey of Minne-
sota, Stern said: "The best chance
we have for meeting Russia, short
of battle, is to open up all pro-
fessional fields to the Russian peo-
ple. We should exchange culture
and art, not just on a casual hap-
penstance, but with a definite pro-
gram.",
* * *
WASHINGTON PIPELINE -
Max Rabb, White House aide and
secretary of the Cabinet, has an
eye on a vice-presidency of NBC
when veteran NBC Washington
representative "Scoop" Russell re-
tires. Russell came to Washington
as public relations expert under
Secretary of Agriculture Henry C.
Wallace, (father of Henry A.) in
the Hoover administration, has
been a fixture in Washington ever
since. He's about to reach the re-
tirement age... .
Elder Statesman Speaker Sam
Rayburn, who has blown hot and
cold on the investigation of influ-
iet People Want Peace
By DREW PEARSON
ence peddling inside independent
federal agencies, has now told
Congressman Harris of Arkansas
there must be a full and complete
investigation. The reputation of
the Hpuse of Representatives is at
stake, Rayburn warns. The investi-
gation must go forward. Harris is
now doing a good job... .
Vice-President Nixon has begged
the National Security Council to
rush approval of a moon rocket....
Nixon has been given the assign-
ment of persuading Congress to
renew the Reciprocal Trade Act,
* * *
THE ALIEN property lobby in
Washington, which wants Ameri-
cans to pay $150,000,000 to reim-
burse Germans for war - seized
property, is going torhavera tough
time explaining the fact that Ger-
man taxpayers are about to get a
tax cut of half a billion dollars.
Konrad Adenauer's government
is pledged to reimburse its citizens
for the lost property out of its
own revenues - in exchange for
Allied agreement to waive repara-
tions charges arising out of the
war. But to date Adenauer has not
honored this pledge.
Meanwhile, Germany's economy
and export trade have been boom-
ing; so the Finance Ministry has
proposed exempting an additional
3,000,000 German citizens from
paying income tax beginning this
year. This will raise the number of
Germans who pay no tax to 15,-
000,000.
(Copyright 1958 by Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
THE MAJOR obstruction to in-
dustrial peace in this neat, well,
scrubbed community at present
appears to be a union demand that
striking workers be reinstated.
The firm maintains that would
be out of the question. Kohler re-
sumed production 60 days after
the strike began' with new work-
ers and nonstrikers. Many of these
men, it says, would have to be dis-
missed to make room for rein-
stated strikers.
Last year the National Labor
Relations Board conducted hear-
ings in nearby Sheboygan on 16
charges of unfair labor practices
againstbthecompany. The hear-
ings, before NLRB Examiner
George Downing, lasted 112 days.
In the fall of last year, Downing
found that the firm had prolonged
the strike by a series of unfair
labor practices. He recommended
that virtualjy all rank-and-file
strikers whose jobs had not been
filled by June 1, 1954, be reinstated
upon application or when the
strike ends.
Downing further ruled that
Kohler had lawfully discharged 13
members of the union's strike
committee for their direction of
mass picketing in the early, more
violent days of the dispute and 30
other strikers for serious strike
misconduct.
* * *
REUTHEI then offered to end
the strike if Herbert V. Kohler,
aging president and third member
of his family to rule the industrial
dynasty, would accept Downing's
recommendations as a basis for
settlement. Kohler-rejected Reuth-
er's offer, saying it was condi-
tioned "upon the Kohler Co. waiv-
ing its right. to- appeal from the
report and recommendations of
the trial examiner." The stalemate
remains.
The international union says it
has poured more than eight mil-
lion dollars in strike benefits alone
into the community. For more
than a year now these benefits
have been sharply curtailed as has
been the number of men still ac-
tively engaged in strike work.
The Kohler Co. claims it is get-
ting "our share of the business"
despite a nationwide boycott
against its sinks, tubs, showers,
lavatories and fixtures by the un-
ion. The union disputes this.
Losses to ,strikers and store-
keepers in the area probably run
into the millions of dollars,. too.
The cost in heartbreak and grief
cannot possibly be measured.
i bfoe2 p.m te ay peedng
publication. Notices for Sunday
Daily due at 2:00 p.m. Friday.
SUNDAY, MARCH t, 1958
VOL LXVIII, NOO. 107
General Notices
All students who expect education
and training allowance under Public
Law 550 (Korea 0.1. Bill) or Public
Law 634 (Orphans' Bill) must get in-
structors' signatures at last class meet-
ings in February on Dean's Monthly
Certification form and turn the com
pleted form in to Dean's office by 5:00
p.m., Mon., March 3.
Students who expect to receive edu-
cation and training allowance under
Public Law 550 (Korea G.. Bill) or
Public Law 634 (Orphans' Bill) must
fill in Monthly Certification for the
veterans Administration in the Office
of veterans' Affairs, 555 Admin. Bldg.,
between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. by
Thurs., March. 6.
Hopwood Awards: Petitons to the.
Hopwood Committee must be In the
Hopwood Room (1006 Angell Hall) by
Mon., March ,3.
Science Research Club, March meet-
ing will be held in the Rackham 'Am-
phitheatre at 7:30 p.m. on Tues., March
4. Program: "Problems of Reef Fish
Biology," John Bardach, Fisheries and
"Elementary Particles," Donald Glaser,
Physics. Dues for 1957-58 accepted aft-
er 7:10 p.m.
President and Mrs. Hatcher will holl
open house for students'at their home,
We4., March 5, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Dr. Hilary L. Seal will speak to the
Actuarial Club at 4:00 p.ma.; Mon.,
March 3 in Room 3201 Angell Hall on
the topic of Select Mortality. Coffee at
3:30 in Room 3212.
Lectures
Readings by Members of the English
Department. Asst. Prof. Alexander W
Allison will read "Poets on Woman-
kind" on Wed., March 5, at 4:10 pm.,
in Aud. A. Angell Hall. All interested
persons invited.
University Lecture in Journalism. Ed-
gar Snow, author and froeign corre-
spondent will speak on "China and Its
Impact on the World." Mon., March 3,,
3:00 p.nm, In Rackham Amphitheatre.
Break the News, the last number on
the Lecture Course series, will begiven
Mon. at 8:30 p.m. In Hill Auditorium.
An unrehearsed panel show featuring
U.S. Senator Paul H. Douglas, Demo-
crat of Illinois, and three top corre-
spondents will seek to develop a front-
page story in the questioning of Sen.
Douglas on world and national prob-
lems, followed by question and an-
swer period. Tickets on sale at the
auditorium b9x office Monday 10-8:30.
Concerts
Stanley Quartet, Gilbert Ros, first
violin, Gustave Rosseels, second violin,
Robert Courte, viola, and Oliver Edel,
cello, will perform the first program
in the Spring Series at 8:30 p.M. Tue.,
March 4 in Rackham Lecture Hall.
The program will include Haydn'.
Quartet in E flat Major, Op. 33, No. 2,
Webern's Five Movements for String
Quartet, Op. 5, and Brahms "Quartet
in B flat Major, Op. 7. General pub-
lic will be admitted without charge.
Notices
Dr. George D. Stoddard, Dean, School
of Education, New York University, will
meet with the Interdepartmental Sem-
inar on College Teaching on Mon.,
March 3, lecturing on "The Ability and
Personality of the Learner." Lecture:
4:00 p.m. Aud. C, Angell Hall. Discus-
sion: 7:30 p.m., Room 30, Michigan
Union. Meetings open to teaching fel
lows and faculty of the University. This
is the second meeting in a series of
four.
The Philosophy 31b (Mr. Copi's leo-
ture) make-up examination will be
given on Wed., March 5 at 1:00 p.m.
in Room 228 Angell Hal
Instrumentation Engineering Seminar
will be held on Tues., March 4 at 4:00
p.m. in room 1508 E. Engineering Bldg.
Professor Donald T. Greenwood will
speak on "TheSolution of Partial Dif-
ferential Equations by Passive Net-
work Analog Computers."
Placement 'Notices
Beginning with Mon., March 3, the
following schools will have representa-
tives at the Bureau of Appointments
to interview for the 1958-1959 school
year.
Mon., March 3
Petersburg, Mich.
Tues., March 4
Garden City, Mich. - Speech, Edu-
cable Mentally Handicapped; Visiting
Teacher; Sr. High English; Sr. High
Social Studies; Jr. High Librarian;, In-
(iady); Jr. High Math/Science.
Albion, Mich. - Home Ec.; Girls Phy-
sical Ed; Boys Physical Ed; Reading
(7th); Social Studies (7th & 8th); All
Elementary; Jr. High General Science;
Sr. High English.
Novi, Mich. - Elementary.
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The Problem
Of Censorship
T HE MATTER OF CENSORSHIP, whether
it involves newspapers, books, magazines or
movies, has long been a subject of considerable
controversy.
Certain self-appointed "guardians of the
public morality" have at times set themselves
up to dictate to their less discriminating fellows
concerning that which they may or may not
read or see. Most of these people are probably
sincere; some of them, namely mothers who
worry about their children's moral atmosphere,
undoubtedly are sincere.
The immediate case-cancellation of "Time
of Desire" at the Campus Theatre this week-is
insignificant in itself. The movie may actually
be as unwholesome as one Butterfield Theatres
Inc. vice-president fpparently feels it is.
The important point, however, is not that
we have been prevented from seeing "Time of
Desire" locally, but that this incident is just
one more symptom of a current widespread
trend toward censorship of public reading and
entertainment.
That the local incident was the decision of
the vice-president of the theatre chain, and
not the result of any "anti-obscenity" cam-
paign is heartening. It is, however, rather diffi-
cult to believe that any theatre management
would cancel a potentially very profitable movie
engagement without the application of some
considerable external pressure. The Butterfield
management nevertheless denies that the deci-
sion was prompted by any such pressure.
THIS PROTEST is not intended to advocate
any reckless abandonment of all standards
of public decency, but merely to suggest that
the general adult population-including Uni-
versity students-should not be denied the
privilege of entertainment outside the range
of subjects or treatments suitable or healthy
for children.
The best way,.we believe, to protect children
from the questionable influences of "adult"
entertainment is simply to exclude them-to
remove the children from the influence rather
than take the influence from the child;en, and
everyone else as well.
This can be accomplished either by setting
a minimum age for admittance to questionable
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:
Red Propaganda, U' Basketball Discussed
Bitter Truth . .
To The Editor:
MR. ERHARD LIPPMANN may
find the East German article
on the American recession some-
thing to laugh at, and so may
many insensitive, ignorant, or
more fortunate people.
I personally find nothing to
laugh at: except for the fact that
we have not quite gotten to the
stage where millions are begging
for food, the picture and analysis
of the present economic crisis are
quite accurate. It is more than
ever a tragic paradox that there
is want in a land of prosperity, to
quote an old cliche.
It is true that people have lined
up for food; it is true that the
administration has done virtually
nothing to alleviate the problem;
it is true that the cost of a reces-
sion in terms of unbought goods
and lowered purchasing power is
staggering, never mind the cost in
human suffering; and it is as true
today as when Marx uttered it 100
years ago, that capitalism suffers
from the inherent contradiction of
increasing productivity and limited
purchasing power.
Granted that this article is part
of the vast propaganda program of
the Communists that discusses
each phase -or event of American
life in an isolated and negative
fashion, but, at least in this par-
ticular instance, that does not
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this article are substantiated by
actual events, that the Commu-
nists are probably very happy over
our economic dilemma, and that
much of the rest of the world has
not the information or under-
standing for assessing the entire
situation make real creative think-
ing and constructive action im-
perative. It does not mean a re-
treat into smugness and arrogance.
--(Mrs.) Judy Perloe
Basketballt . .
To The Editor:
HAVE JUST READ Al Jones'
article about the MSU-Michigan
basketball game in The Daily of
Wednesday, February 19th.
I note that Bill Perigo says "our
defense couldn't handle them." He
further states that "we were sur-
prised by the zone they used" and
also "they forced our guards to
shoot from the outside."
Well, now, what did he expect:
MSU to do, allow the guards to
go in for lay-ups? Or did he think
that they should have informed
him before the game as to what to
expect? Even though Michigan
wasn't told what was coming, a
good coach should be able to ad-
just his team to cope with any
style.
Perigo also says "apparently the
switching of men mixed up the
players and they didn't always get
the right man." This, it seems to
ma isArf uly " rsrirh _sm a
team is only going through the
motions hoping the season will
soon end.
It takes more to coach a winning
team than to throw out a ball in
Yost Field House every afternoon
and have half court scrimmage or
to shoot free throws for thirty
minutes.
Michigan got off to a pretty
good start in the Conference this
year but it must have been purely
accidental. The record is now four
and five. The final will probably
be four and ten.
It is time that something be
done about the basketball situa-
tion at Ann Arbor. "M" teams in
all other sports finish at or near
the top of the Conference. It has
been in the second division every
year under Perigo and will con-
tinue that way until he is replaced.
Every sports-minded student is
fed up with the basketball situa-
tion. If the students all know the
score why doesn't the Athletic
Department? If it does know why
don't they do something about it?
-James G. Simpson
Suggestion .,.
To The Editor:
A THOUGHT after enjoying the
performance of the Budapest
Quartet: Is it necessary, in each
concert to interrupt the first piece
after the first or second movement
to let late-comers be seated? I
fivi f .upi_ rl fam ofia . , Tho
Maybe a few more benches should
be provided there. I suggest that
the policy be announced before-
hand; it is possible that this might
reduce the, at present quite large,
number of late-comers.j
-Prof. Hans Samelson
Department of Mathematics
Spirit ,
To The Editor:
RE JEAN HARTWIG'S editorial
of February 27: "Undergradu-
ate Library Symbol of University
Spirit"-Why don't they put books
in the Yost Field House to get some
of that "Big M" spirit at the bas-
ketball games?
-Frank Starkweather, 60
Nomination . .
To The Editor:
NOMINATE the Dean of Men
as "Man of the (academic)
Year" for his suggestion, as re-
ported in The Daily of Feb. 25,
that selling beer in the Union to
students of legal age "might not
be a bad idea. Masterful under-
statement.
I'm sure a majority of students
of (or fast approaching) legal age
would consider it a splendid no-
tion. Let us hope that they will be
as vociferous in their support of
the idea as the "drys" doubtless
will be in opposition.
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