Sixty-Eighth Year r 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 "Do I Hear Somebody Call 'Emergency'? hen, Opinions Are Free Troth will Prevail" AT LYDIA MENDELSSOHN: Unpracticed Acting Spoils 'Janus' Chances, LIKE MANY MEDIOCRE comedies, "Janus" depends on clever act- ing, excellent characterization and well-paced delivery of lines for its success, The Ann Arbor Civic Theatre production which opened last night, however, offers none of these. The story of a woman who vacations from her husband two months of the year in order to live and write novels with another man, "Janus" itorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This mus t be noted in all reprints. Y, MARCH 7, 1958 NIGHT EDITOR: DAVID TARN U.S. Pampers France In North Africa T' A RECENT DEBATE on the "Algerian question in" Paris, three members of the ench Government planned to expound diverse ints of view. However, when the first speaker gan by suggesting that Algeria be given lependent status within the Empire, the >wd became so riotous the meeting could go further. Cries of "traitor" could be heard ove the general uproar, but that was all that .s understandable. ' Clearly the Algerian situation is a touchy and otional issue in France. The mercurial enchmen are not making too many attempts be rational. [his has been typical of a governmental uation which is made tenuous by the intense Jividualism and hot temper which is sup- sed to typify tle French. As long as this attitude' pertained to purely internal situation, observers could click eir tongues, shake their heads, and then not terribly concerned. But when the action has :h great international ramifications as the gerlan situation, the problem calls for con- erably more worry. Enough has been made of the threat to stern security and what little there is left Western policy, brought about by Algeria. some ways the situation is much like our n Little Rock problem. It directly concerns ;reat many people we would like to win and -d on our side. Most of the peoples of Asia, the Near East, d Africa come under the former category. d all these people have either won freedom m foreign rule recently, or are struggling to just that now. And they have another com- n bond because they are dark-skinned. Algeria certainly provides the Soviet with mendous propaganda gains through infor- tion which hardly has to be distorted. Iowever, the French claim that Algeria is internal problem, much like our Little Rock sco, and perhaps they are justified in pro- iting external intervention or mediation in. s area. UT WHEN the problem overflows the bor- ders of Algeria, it becomes a matter of international concern, and a matter over which the French cannot shrug off world interest. And, of course, this is precisely the situation in Tunisia. Prime Minister Bourguiba is one of the few Arab leaders 'in the world who is not only completely committed to the West, but who is also committed to the Western way. Certainly, he has fewer demagogic and auto- cratic intentions than some of his Eastern neighbors. Yet, the French are doing their best to rid him of these predispositions. If ever any coun- try could be actually driven into the arms of extremism, it looks like it might be Tunisia. And driven is the papropriate word-Bourguiba, is being flailed. Further, the countries of the East which are now uncommitted will not gain very much faith in the West after eyeing the Tunisian situation. What makes. the whole problem even more. complex is that the whole situation looks like adead end. Bourguiba, who has the national- istic feeling typical of the area, is not going to cease helping the Algerians-his brothers-- and the French will continue to view Bourguiba as a meddler in their own internal affairs. The French seem really eager to fight this problem to the very end. And eager, despite' the fact their ecnoomy which is bankrupt any- way, and is bolstered by U.S. dollars, is being further hampered by their problems in Algeria. IT SEEMS HERE, that in this situation it will take more than the "good offices" of the United States to resolve the problem. Good offices don't usually seem too effective when both sides are unwilling to relinquish anything. The United States would look very good, however, and. contribute strongly to.a solution to the whole North African problem, by, in this case, siding with Tunisia, and insisting that France leave Bourguiba alone. At this point protection of Bourguiba's sov- ereign rights are inflinitely more valuable to United States policy than the continued pam- pering of an already spoiled and often detri- mental ally. -RICHARD TAUB / "IN 01I958 T#t +AsAAJAJT5J por.. WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND: yThe Role of the Press By DREW PEARSON State's' Ostrich Complex' THE "OSTRICH COMPLE2 " currently afflict- ing the State Department was allowed to remain indisturbed when the North Korean government voluntarily returned the two, American airmen it was holding captive. The return of the flyers was, of course, fortunate. The effect on the State Department, however, was completely negative. Not only did It, not force the State Department to pull their heads out of the ground. and face the world as it is, but it actually made matters.worse by convincing state of the effectiveness of tiptoe- ing around the standard diplomatic channels. Having successfully skirted the issue of recog- nition in this case, the net result is that this country is farther than ever from making one of the most necessary changes facing American; foreign policy today-the recognition of Com- munist China, also not accredited by the United States. For yes, Virginia, there is a Red China. And there will be a Red China even though the United States government refuses to see it. THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S Berkelian theory that what is not perceived does not exist must be grimly amusing to the American GI's who "policed' Korea. These men, above all, have good reason to recognize the failure of this theory, for it was applied with disastrous results during' the conflict in Korea. When Communist Chinese troops crossed the Yalu River in November of 1950, smashing Gen. Douglas MacArthur's bland assurance that "our boys will be home by Christmas," their actions .aught everyone in America completely off guard. Granted, Gen. MacArthur should have letected their.presence from the intelligence reports he was receiving daily. On the other hand, MacArthur had simply fallen prey to ais own conviction the Chinese would never enter the war, and he interpreted the reports accordingly. Moving hundreds of thousands of nen with their necessary supplies across a country the size of China is not an easy task. It Is, in fact, nearly impossible for this to be accomplished in complete secrecy under the yes of even a casual observer. China's entry into the Korean War came as a complete surprise simply because there was not a single American observer in the entire :ountry at' that time. The general's refusal to 'ace reality cost this country two years of war ind thousands of American lives. This intolerable situation continues to exist. State Department reasons for continued res usal to recognize the Red Chinese regime grow weaker as time passes. One purported reason, hat the Communists, having gained control' f the country by force, are therefore not egally entitled to govern, is ludicrous on the ace of it, particularly to a government giving substantial aid to the dictatorships of Spain and Yugoslavia. Further, the government we hope to put in its place would be every bit as illegal,, since each group represents merely a warring faction, not a popular government. The basic factor in America's continued withholding of recognition is our alliance with Nationalist leader Generalissimo Chiang Kai- Chek. And this alliance grows daily more and more useless, to the point where it has become a burden rather than additional strength. THAT CHIANG will return to the mainland in the near future is a futile hope, the more so since permitting him to try might bring on the very World War III we so dread.. That his troops might in some eventuality be of aid to us has become a foolish notion. Ill-fed, undermanned, equipped, if at all, with American weapons, badly trained and generally lacking the incentive to fight, Chiang's army is hardly worth the cost. Further, the very fact that we fear recog- nizinig the Communists would lose us the Nationalists is a perfect case of the tail wag- ging the dog. A return to realism in this matter would do much to help this country properly assess the nature of world currents and undercurrents. Our blind spot in international politics takes in 650 million people and the largest country in what is at present the most vital area of the world. Until we can view each individual pact, our View of the whole will remain completely dis- torted. -SUSAN HOLTZER An Opportunity For the Faculty ON JANUARY 13, 1956, The Daily carried a front page Senior Editorial criticizing the University faculty for not fulfilling its role "as, the leader of intellectual thought and discus- sion in the University community." The editorial continued: ". ..there is ques- tion whether they (the faculty) are providing leadership and stimulation in the areas of con- troversial thinking . . . the vast majority has refused to express opinion publicly onthe vital issues of the present day." Most of the faculty agreed they. had it coming.. One suspects these criticisms are not a valid today. Rather, we think a larger problem is that faculty members have little means to convey to the community their opinions on the crucial issues of the day and of all times, especially since the restricted nature of class- room learning is what it is. Thus. The Daily will begin soon to interview THE EXIT of Commissioner Richard Mack from the Federal Communications Commission brings up the question of why congressional committees fre- quently don't want to investigate until prodded into it by the press. In the case of Mack and the FCC, the Harris committee simply did not want to investigate, was planning to hold a phony, punch- pulling philosophical investigation, and even voted to fire it counsel-- until public opinion, aroused by the press, became too potent.. This question of' congressional hesitation is deep-rooted and basic. It goes to the issue of why an alert press is important. In case after case, congressional com- mittees have not acted until goad- ed by the press. It was Charley Bartlett of the Chattanooga Times who forced the McClellan com- mittee to bring out the Harold Talbott conflict of interest after he exposed the fact that the Sen- ate committee was sitting on it. * * * IT WAS Eddie Folliard of the Washington Post who dug up the Jack Porter Letter on the Texas natural gas lobby fund. It was the old New York World which broke the Teapot Dome] scandal that led to the famed Senate investigation in the Hard- ing administration. It was the New York Herald Tribune that broke the story of the five-per- centers during the Truman admin- istration. The life of the digging news- paperman is not always easy. He gets called names from both sides of the political fence. Sometimes the digging takes days and weeks, plus plenty of expense. But it is a vitally important function of the press, and is one reason why the press is given a speeial free- dom under the Constitution. In the Commissioner Mack case, most people thought that dis- gruntled Dr. Beinard Schwartz was leaking to this column. It was the other way around. As early as last August, Jack Anderson, my alert junior partner, went- to Miami and interviewed Thurman Whiteside. This was before Dr. Schwartz got started in Washing- ton. Anderson also talked to Com- missioner Mack and got an admis- sion from him that he had re- ceived money from Whiteside. This was published January 17. When we tipped off Dr. Schwartz, Mack was interviewed with a wire re- corder and gave damaging admis- sions which have now led to his resignation. * * * ONE TROUBLE with congres- sional committees is that too many congressment are out to protect their friends. Too many had in- tervened at the FCC, It's also the trouble with the Justice Depart- ment. The Attorney General has become a political officeholder. The justice department, despite an army of G-men, did not move to convict four kickbacking congress- men until after exposes in this column. One reason is that the -Justice Department has to get appropriations from congressmen. It doesn't like to tangle with Congress. The Justice Department has never moved in on some of the conflict-of-interest cases turned up by the press in this administra- tion, though there was one prose- cution under the Truman admin- istration. It should be the job of the Justice Department to catch these conflicts, not entirely the job of the press. It should have been the job of the FBI to report on the background of Commissioner Mack before he was appointed. This column reported his pro-utility connections on May 27, 1955, be- fore he took office. This is a re- sponsibility of the press, but not its responsibility alone. However, the Justice Depart- ment and the FBI frequently don't like to go against the choice of the White House-and this is true of both the Republicans and the Democrats. * , * ACTUALLY the party in power has little to do with honesty. Both Republicans and Democrats claim to be honest men. Or they claim the opposite party. is made up of dishonest men. However, Harry Truman willknock the daylights out of you orally if you step on the toes of his influence-wielding military aide; and the Republicans will maneuver and manipulate to cancel your column if you expose corruption in high GOP places. Maybe some of us are too zeal- ous. But the point to be remem- bered is that if we want good government we must have honest government. And the strength of our government depends on public confidence in the moral integrity of our officials. (Copyright 1958 by Bell Syndicate, Inc.} offers a few laughs and an evening a competent all-round job of at- ing could make "Janus" any more than it is. P Where the acting most notice- ably falls down in the local pro- duction is in the two character parts. William Taylor and Bette De Main are given wonderful per- sonages in the roles of the per- snickity Mr. Harper and the old maid Miss Addy. Both are dressed carefully for their parts, given the necessary and suitable props to carry, and bestowed with telling lines to read. But read their lines is all they do, except for an occasional stumble. Neither actor shows evidence of having worked over his or her part in any attempt to create and por- tray the individual character. Rather, the audience must Imagine its own details and' then be disillusioned when a careless movement of the Internal Reve- nue Service agent or the spinster lady destroys the encouraged imaginings. BUT TAYLOR and Miss De Main are not alone in their sig- nificant inability to play their parts well. Russ Aiuto as Denny Rousseau, the schoolteacher who spends his vacation months writ- ing novels with a married woman, gives the impression of having de- cided that his own personality in some way fits that of the person he portrays, andatherefore that no matter how he read his lines, they would be in character. The result, unfortunately, is not what was expected. Denny comes out a short-winded, bumb- ling fellow who stammers at times and appears markedly out of place at others. As the wayward wife Jessica, Phyllis Wright adds little more than a pleasing countenance to the performance. About her the jplay centers, however, for the tri- angular relationship is discovered by all In the first act and the rest of the comedy seems to be con- cerned with income tax problems raised by the discovery of the double life and with Jessica's de- cision on how she will live the rest of her life. Jessica manages to resolve both these problems by play's end, but only after Mrs. Wright attempts to resolve the character she por- trays. ROBERT LOGAN as Gil, Jessi- ca's well-to-do but previously un- suspecting husband, proves most successful at creating his charac- ter. He alone approaches, not without flaw, the sorely needed vitality and delivery which would at least have made "Janus" fun. Only the sixth actor, Dick Cut- ting as the secretary of the Navy, is beyond criticism - he curious- ly appears only in the curtain call. Bob Cottingham designed the set, a pink and blue affair that a l t e r n a t e s with actual and painted-on objects, creating an unusual effect that is little more than functional. * * * BUT IF the play is dull in parts, the third act picks up a little, if only to set the audience back down again. What had been ac- curate and attractive costuming turns to the garish with Mrs. Wright's summer dress, an un- fortunate letdown. Yet there is a final, pleasant touch in a very short scene which . follows the third act curtain - for which those who have already purchased tickets and can't get out of going today or Saturday should be cautioned: Save your "applause" until the third act is really over. ' -Vernon Nahrgang Opportunities Unlimited (FROM the Congressional Rec- orJan. 11) Mr. Goldwater of Arizona: Mr. President,. a few days ago I received a very inter- esting letter from a constituent in Arizona ... I should like to read it . . "Dear Mr. Senator: My friend Bordeaux over in Pima County received a $1,000 check from the Government this year for not rais- ing 50 hogs. So I am going into the not-raising-hog-business next year. What I want to know is, in your opinion, what is the best kind of. farm not to raise hogs on and the best kind of hogs not to raise? The hardest work in this business is going to be keeping an inven- tory of how many hogs I haven't of second-rate entertainment. Only DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN (Continued from Page 3) Fraternity Council, Greek Week Ball, 9-1, League. May 3, Women's Physical Education Club, "Play Day," 9 a.m.- 4 p.m., WAB, Palmer Field, women's Pool. Appropriated $120 to send delega. tion to University of Indiana for Mock United Nations Assembly. Tabled consideration of Honors ys. tem until next week. Amended motion adopted at meeting of Feb. 26 to provide that the J-Hop Committee be chosen by an Interview- ing and Nominating Committee com- posed of four members of the out-going J-Hop Committee (to be appointed by the J-Hop Committee chairman and the SGC Executive Committee with the approval of the Council) and the J-Hop Committee chairman who shall act as chairman of the Interviewing and Nominating Committee. Coffee Hour for all students inter- ested. 4:15 p.m. Fri., Mar. 7, Lane Hall. Sponsored by the Office of Religious Affairs. June Graduates may now place their orders for caps and gowns at Moe's Sport Shop on North University, Summer Housing Applications for graduate and undergraduate women's housing will be accepted from'women now registered on campus', beginning at noon, Mon., Mar. 10, at the Office of the Dean of women on the first floor of the Student Activities Building. Ap- plications will be accepted for residence Late Permission: Women students who attended the Chicago Symphony con- cert at Hill Auditorium, Sun. evening, Mar. 2 had late permission until 11:20 Lectures \Thomas M. Cooley Lectures: Philip, C.' Jessup, Hamilton Fish professor of International Law and Diplomacy, Co- lumbia University, will speak on: "Problems and Prospects." 4:15 p.m, March 7, Room 100 Hutchins Hall, Annual Industrial Relations Cner- ence meeets Mar. 7 in Rakham Bldg. General topic: "Public Issues and Prac- tical Problems in Labor and Industrial Relations," Program sionsa at 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 pam. Concerts Student Recital: Robert Blasch, stu- dent of organ with Marilyn Mason Brown, will present a recital at 8:30 Sun., evening, Mar. 9, in Hill Auditor- ium. The program, which will be pre- sented in partial fulfillment of the re- quirements for the degree of Bacheloi MORE MORE MORE of Music, will include compositions by Buxtehude, Pachelbel, Bach, Franck and Messiaen. Open to the general public. Student Recital: Ruth Keraus, stu- dent of oboe, with Florian Mueller, will present a recital at 4:15 p.m., Sun., Mar. 9 in Aud. A, Angell Hall, in par- tial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music, Wind Instruments. She will be assisted by Marguerite Long, piano and harpsi- chord, and by Kay LaDouceur, oboe and Kenneth Holm, English horn. The program will include compositions by Telemann, Haydn, Salowski and Beet- hoven. Open to the general public, Academic Notices Interdepartmental Seminar on Ap- plied Meteorology: Engineering. Fri., March 7, 3:30 p.m., 5500 E. Engineering Bldg. Prof. W. H. Wagner, Jr., will speak on "Atmospheric Pollution by Aeroallergens: The-Ragweeds and their Pollens." Philosophy 31 (Dr. Cartwright's lec- ture), final examination make-up, at., 9-12 a.m., Mar. 8, Rm. 2016 Angell Hall. Seminar on Computer Programming- "The Inner Structure of the Fortran Translater," by R.M. Graham, on Fri., Mar. 7 at 4 p.m. in room 3010 Angell Hall. Placement Notices The following school systems have listed teaching vacancies with the Bureau of Appointments for the 198- 1959 school year. They will not be here to interview at this time. Arlington Heights, Ill. - Elementary; Elementary vocal Music; Jr. H.S. Eng- lish/Social Studies; Science; Mathe- matics; Girls Physical Education; In- dustrial Arts. Avon Lake, Ohio (Lorain County) -- Elementary; Elementary Music/Art; Elementary Music; H.S. Mathematics; English; Social Science; Science (Gen- eral); Speech/Hearing; School Librari- an; Coordinator for elementary physical education. Bellevue, Ohio - Elementary;Voca- tional Home Economics; H.S. English; Vocal Music; Social Science. Buffalo, N.Y. -- (Cleveland Hill Schools) - Jr. H.S. English; Science; Music; Sr. H.S. English; Mathematics; Social Studies; Science; Music; Nurse. Copley, Ohio -- (For April) -- Ele- mentary English. (For Sept.)- Ele- mentary; Art; English; Home Econom.- ics. Hancock, Mich. -- Girls Physical Edu- cation; Mathematics/Commercial; Eng. lish/Social Studies; Librarian: Hartiand, Wis. (Arrowhead H.S.) - Speech; English/French, Spanish, Ger- man, or Latin; Girls Physical Educa- tion; Mathematics/Physics; Industrial Arts. For any additional information, eon- tact the Bureau of Appointments, 3528 Administration Building, NO 3-1511, Ext. 489. Personnel Interviews: - Representatives from the following- will be interviewing at the Bureau of A V- CONCERNING SGC: The Council's Many Committees By JOHN WEICHER Daily Staff Writer COMMITTEE performance was pointed up in a routine Student Government Council meeting Wednesday. The International Center Study Committee presented a terse re- port on the functions of the Cen- ter, with recommendations to en- large both the Center and its staff, and suggesting a further study. The report, though brief, was excellent, setting forth facts in the body from which the recom- mendations were drawn. However, the committee spent almost a year compiling the information. This over-lengthy time was nec- essary, as Jean Scruggs pointed out Wednesday, because the mem- bers of the committee were almost completely unfamiliar with the Center before starting work on the committee, and had to spend a great deal of time simply learning the fundamentals. *' * * ONLY THE CHAIRMAN, Brenda Ackerman, had any knowledge of the Center; as Miss Scruggs said at' the meeting. "Without Brenna. bers to go around. In addition, seven of these members, the ex- officios, also have heavy duties in their own organizations. Three others serve as chairmen of stand- ing committees-Dan Belin for Student Activities, Miss Scruggs for National and International Af- fairs, and Ron Gregg for Educa- tion and Student Welfare. Subtracting further the four officers who have a fairly heavy load of their own, the Council is left with four members with most of their "free" time really free, and one of those (Carol Holland) is brand new to SGC, having been appointed two weeks ago, while anothler (Bert Getz) is secretary of Inter-Fraternity Council. The net result:, only Nelson Sherbrune and Lois Wurster have had full opportunity to work on special committees. * * * - THIS PROBLEM might be al- leviated by channeling more work through the standing committees, with members of the Administra- tive Wing doing some of the work Council members now try to do. The trouble here is that the wing itself ha 0 te nrrmnnn li 4v But in another three weeks Miss Scruggs will retire from SGC and probably a new committee chair- man will be appointed. If a Coun- cil member, he will need a few weeks to get a working knowledge of the committee; by then, the semester will be over. The subcommittees working on the projects, of course, can keep working through a change of ad- ministration; perhaps they will. Subcommittees also have changes in personnel, however. A new in- flux of wing tryouts is expected, or at least hoped for, at next week's massy meeting. These try- outs will need at least as long as the new SGC members to get oriented. * * * MISS SCRUGGS has suggested that individual students working on highly specific projects replace the present system of special com- mittees. This would end the back- ground problem, but it has draw- backs of its own. For one, SGC would tend to lose touch with what its committees of one are doing (if anything), and a more bureaucratic setup MmA11 na lia ~nnrt nn.a blc i i