r dIN441-gatt Batt, Sixty-EighthYear EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG. * ANN 4RBOR, MICH. * Phone NO 2-3241 "Okay-You'll Be On Radio Tracking, You'll Be On Moonwatch, And You'll Be On Lost-And-Found Ads" "When Opinions Are Free Truth Will Prevail" Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily ex press the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This gnus t be noted in all reprints. TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1958 NIGHT EDITOR: MICHAEL KRAFT A time of Examination For United States Capitalism MODIFIED FREE ENTERPRISE economics try is comparatively very high, there are supris- are on trial in America, ing inequalities of income. The bottom third of The current recession, with a concurrent the income earners are little better off than waste of resources and hardship on human they were 20 years ago. Because capital is not lives, has and will bring the nature of our eco- widely owned, many do not benefit from times nomic system into question by both Americans of prosperity, beyond their wages. Capital, and the many foreigners who are seeking a aided at times by monopoly positions in in- political-economic path. If a common belief dustry, has made some "excessive" profit with- ever circulates that recessions and depressions in the last few years. The economic problem are indeed chronic features of capitalism then resulting when too few people make a lot of we can expect a greater sympathy for socialism money is that they tend to save their money than now exists in the United States or abroad. beyond what can be invested, thus taking fuel If this sentiment translates itself into political from a self-generating economy. Schemes such evolution or revolutior, then the peculiar free- as lower taxes for low incomergroups, profit dom of men from government we have achieved sharing or wider capital ownership (as the in the United States will have been that much Administration's Arthur Larson said, ... where more restricted. everyone owns enough capital so no -one is The short run problem is to reverse the dependent on his daily toil.") can be suggested. downward trend of the economy and move E toward capacity output and greater employ- SEONDLY, PRICES must be kept within ment. When people are out of work it is little consumer's means. Inflation is what you good to increase their unemployment benefits run into if you run from recession. Thus far and still leave a productive factor like labor we have depended on the free market to deter- idle. mine prices, but this has failed to restrain such Demand must be created; this is the root of monopoly interests as the steel companies from the problem. It must be created soon; the raising prices, even though they were making spiraling effect of recessions can get out of a fair profit. We think there is such a thing as hand. It is folly for the President to wait for a "fair" profit, and, under the circumstances, the March economic figures, which will be re- we think the federal government must neces- leased in April, if the economy is still acceler- sarily step in and define what is "fair." ating in recession as most unofficial indicators Ii addition, while considering the problem of indicate today. The best way to provide for insufficient demand, it might be asked what increased and quick demand is through a tax effect would a disarmament agreement have cut, which exercises an immediate effect. And on an economy which spends $40 billion a year this cut should favor the individual taxpayer, on defense? We should prepare now to. meet who, as the President says, will ultimately de- such a situation should a disarmament agree- mand the goods that will accelerate upward ment be negotiated. activity. Government spending as a solution This is all said inthe interest of keeping our both puts the government in an area where it economy as free and productive as possible for best restrain itself, and, as the President pro- the benefit of all, under the existing circum- poses it, comes too little and too late, stances. It is no feat that our system may reach higher peaks of output than forms of socialism,. A LONGER RUN QUESTION, as it appears if socialism can produce a higher average to a layman in these matters, is why can product over a period of time, plus insuring not our economy sustain over a long period a stable employment. high consumer demand-that basic - stimulus This is a stiff challenge to the maladies of of, economic activity? This question has not our economy, maladies we feel sure need not be received due consideration. chronic. It ,is a challenge which a great, re- For the consumer to spend he must have sourceful nation can face with honesty. enough money and prices must be within his -JAMES ELSMAN JR. means. While the average income in this coun. Editorial Director State University Competition AT THE STATE: 'Paths of Glory' Examines War A WAR PICTURE can best be defined as a film wherein the place of war in a human society is called into question, a film in which the relation of war to man's moral, ethical and religious codes of life. is discussed and perhaps evaluated. Combat scenes, therefore, are not essential to the nature of a war picture-indeed, the overlong "Battle Cry" kept fighting to a mini- mum-although these combat scenes often prove the most effective way of presenting the case against war, as most of those who saw "All Quiet on the Western Front" will probably agree. "Paths of Glory," now on view locally, does not depend on action scenes to present its examination of war and Man, but only to build up the factual material on which the case is based. The actual battle operation is emotionally and intentionally brief. Also of import is the particular setting of "Paths of Glory," the Maginot Line in France of 1916. For the evolution of war in Western "A N LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: The Preservation of Rights HE UNIVERSITY'S INTEREST in establish- ing a branch at Grand Rapids presents an interesting question: To what extent does com- petition among public educational institutions lend itself to benefiting the public interest? A good part of the answer may be found in Grand Rapids. Both the University and Michigan State Uni- versity want to move into that city. Last week the State Board of Agriculture, MSU's gov- erning body, approved the future use of its 100- acre Graham Agricultural Experiment Station, just west of Grand Rapids, as a site for a branch college. On the other hand, the University's Board of Regents began the wheels turning last May for eventual purchase of Calvin College in that city in corder to establish a medical school. And last Thursday President Harlan Hatcher said the University will continue to work closely with the Grand Rapids Board of Education and other interested organizations in developing an education program to meet the needs of the Western Michigan area. The plans of the two schools appear to differ widley, one interested in medicine, the other in home economics, agriculture, teacher train- ing and so on. But by tie time all is said and done we are led to believe both schools will be pursuing either four year or two year (junior- senior level) branches devoted to liberal arts and engineering. This interest in Grand Rapids further re- flects the growing interest of state educators in developing new branch colleges in lieu of enlarging the already crowded university cen- ters. The University has an operating branch in Flint; Michigan State is building a branch in Oakland County as is the University in Dearborn, both of which will serve South- eastern Michigan. D AS OTHER AREAS of the state grow the major universities will be seeking to further extend their educational facilities. But there are problems: Will this growth be hap- hazard and competitive at the expense of the state? Will there be two branches in Grand Rapids duplicating efforts? Will the universities try to slash each others throats in, for example, Saginaw, Battle Creek and other cities. And what will happen when Wayne State University grows a little more and is able to step into the fray? That these questions are not being com- pletely ignored is evidenced by the several studies of Michigan's edtcational needs being done. One, initiated by the Legislature, is sur- veying all' higher education in the state. An- other, directed by Dr. Albert C. Furstenberg, dean of the medical school, is studying only medical education facilities. When these studies are completed will come the acid test of Michigan's educators, for then we will see if the interests of the state or the interests of their respective institutions are paramount. Eventually, it seems absolutely essential that the major officials from the three main uni- versities, and, perhaps, from the smaller col- leges, in Michigan sit down and map out a unified, cooperative plan to meet the future needs of higher education in this state. And if this cooperative planning has not begun al- ready it should by the time the current studies of education are completed. -DAVID TARR Restrictions . . To the Editor: MISS HOLTZER, in her edi- torial entitled "How Free is Free?" contends that movements such as McCarthyism or legisla- tion such as the Smith Act, which attempt to restrict Communism, are impediments to the rights guaranteed by the Constitution. And she concludes that since the basis of our democracy is majority rule, the majority should be free to choose Communism if they so desire -- implying that the free- doms of our Constitution may be used by Communists to destroy the government. Since the basis for controversy is preservation of rights, let's de- termine what these rights are and how man comes by them in pres- ent-day societies. Before men joined under established orders, if that is within the grasp of the imagination, they were perfectly free, in theory. But they found that in practice individual freedom wasoften lost to the strong by the weak. And they realized that sacrificing some of their rights to some type of social organization which would protect them was better than los- ing all. So groups of fellow suffer- ers formed communities. Since the citizens of these various com- munities had equally consented to form them, they all had equal rights. And each had to agree to the measures of government; unani- mous approval was required for virtually everything. Knowing this is virtually impossible when more than one person is involved, each community found its own solution. One set up a dictator- ship, one a monarchy, one an oli- garchy, one a republic until there were almost as many forms of gov- ernment as there were commu- nities. This was the legacy of the citizens to the future. From that time on, persons born into the community did not have the right to choose how they would live. Rather, they had the right only to concur to what al- ready was. This was how governments came to differ. And though (ac- cording to my assumption) they all had granted to their citizens the same rights in the beginning, governments even began to di- verge here. Some people grew dis- satisfied at what they deemed oppression, refused to concur, and revolted. That's how the United States came to be founded; and it's largely this same reasoning that is followed in the Declaration of Independence. This d o c u m e n t voiced the opinion that men had a right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." And inrec- ognition of these rights, a gov- ernment was set up in which the majority could determine how these rights would be maintained. This is the crucial distinction that must be made. The Consti- tution was set up to protect cer- tain rights. And within the frame- work which it ordained, the ma- jority could act to maintain, not to destroy, that which the Consti- tution protected. The present Communist threat seen in this light can only be con- demned. The acts of Congress to restrict subversive activity are the acts of the majority. They have to be, or they couldn't be made law. And society is not withhold- ing rights from anyone. It is only using the prerogative which the first individuals used, to surrender some modicum of freedom to safe- guard justice and order. Just as the public criminal loses, all the rights of citizenship for undermining the order of society, so the Communist who would completely overthrow the present order whether by majority or mi- nority action should be condemned and rightfully so. --Jerry Manning, '60 A Need ... To the Editor: . IT IS INDEED heartening that SGC has recommended an in- crease in the staff of the Inter- national Center. The University of Michigan has one of the high- est numbers of foreign students in this land. More than 85 nation- alities are represented. The Inter- national Center staff does an ex- cellent job in helping interna- tional students make the most of their stay here, in terms of their own good, that of their countries, and that of Americans. But, considering the 1600 or so foreign students enrolled at the University, the staff is woefully inadequate numerically. Indeed, many of them often work deep into the night. Adding to the In- ternational Center staff would be very worthwhile, I think. -Mohammed Azhar All Khan civilization is one from duty and professionalism to an intense pa- triotism. Where the lords of the middle ages went off for so many weeks a year in the service of their king, and the armies of the 15th through the 18th centuries were made up of hired soldiers and pub- licity and title seekers, the troops. of today are composed of men with no choice but to fight for their country. "PATHS OF GLORY" finds its place in World War I, when patri- otism was beginning to be fed to the lower ranks, but when the commanders were still practical men. And here "Paths of Glory" makes its plea for an explanation of the place of sentimentalism- inherent in man-in the concept of war. There are powerful scenes in "Paths of Glory," and for these alone, rather than anything the picture has to say in toto, this war film has its moments. A court martial scene in a grand hall, with voices echoing throughout, lacks imagination in content but enjoys admirable staging. The execution scene, with the undying expecta-- tion of reprieve from the firing squad, is emotionally intense. * * * THE BRIEF resolution of the film's scanty sub-plots is unex- pected, welcome and all the more believable. After all, what more can a man say to a comrade whom he has placed before the 'firing squad for no better reason than his own selfishness, other than, "I'm sorry." Kirk Douglas is the colonel in "Paths of Glory" whose idealism, patriotism or, if you prefer, senti- mentalism, leads him to a better understanding of war-ahd man. Appreciably, although the set- ting is France, the audience is not tortured with "monsiers" and "ouis" and "bonjours" and all the other grade-school French that Hollywood usually throws into such a film to get the "atmos- phere" across. -Vernon Nahrgang AT THE MICHIGAN: Unfulfilled Potential STARTING from a Hit-Parade version of a revival meeting and immediately proceeding to a tent-preacher view of the enter- tainment world, "Sing, Boy, Sing," paints both sides of the fene very black. Since its appearance as an hour-length television play al- most a year ago, "Sing, Boy, Sing" has changed name, same plot, and certain members of the cast. In the shuffle, Edmond O'Brien be- came the hard-boiled, money- minded agent, the role that gives the film some much needed depth. A debate rages through the film, between a degenerate devil's advocate, the spineless press agent, and a perverted preacher who tells his grandson, a rock and roll idol, "That's not what God made you for - to lead them to the gates of Hell." The prize in the debate is the boy, to mold in the winner's own image. As played by Tommy Sands, the prize hardly seems worth the ef- fort. Sands is appropriately alter- nately awed and ashamed of his success gained through an ability to bring shrieks from otherwise civilized girls. ** * PARTIALLY due to the lines given him and partially because Sands is better at throbbing a song than acting, the character he creates fails to be what the audience knows he must be. In a role somewhat familiar to him, Edmond O'Brien is the de- generate agent, a man who can bicker on a movie contract while a man dies, who knows the re- ligion that is beat in with a belt buckle. He is the symbol of the depravity of show business, which ain't no business for a prayin' man. Grandpa, who is less a charac- ter than an influence, is the self- taught minister who believes that everything is sin except bible- reading, and condemns in his grandson the very talent that his tent-meeting religion has spawned in him, a highly emotionalistic DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN The Daily Official Bulletin is an official publication of the Univer- sity of Michigan for which the Michigan Dailyassumes no edi- torial responsibility. Notices should be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to Room 3519 Administration Build- ing, before 2 p.m. the day preceding publication. Notices for Sunday Daily due at 2:00 p.m. Friday. TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1958 VOL. LXVIII, NO. 114 General Notices The Michigan Chapter of the Society of the Sigma Xi announces the Dinner for Initiates to be held in the Ballroom, Mich. League, 6:15 p.m., Wed., Mar. 12. Dinner to be followed by Sigma Xi Na- tional Lecture, "The World of Fine Particles" by Dr. John Turkevich, Pro- fessor of Chemistry, Princeton Univer- sity. Lecture at 8:00 p.m. in Rackham Lecture Hall and is open to the public. College of Arcihtecture and Design freshman five-week grades are due on Thurs., March 13. Please send them t 207 Arch. Bldg. Disciplinary action in cases of stu- dent misconduct: At meetings held on Feb. 6, 10, 20, 26 and 27, cases involving 34 students were heard by the Joint Judiciary Council. In all cases the ac- tion was approved by the Sub-Commit- tee on Discipline. 1. violation of the University driving regulations: (a) For failing to register automobile, one student was fined $40.00 with $15.00 suspended; one student was fined $35.00; one student fined $25.00; one student was fined $30.00; two students fined $25.00 with $10.00 sus- pended; two students were fined $15.00 with -$10.00 suspended and one student was fined $10.00. (b) For driving without authoriza- tion, one student was fined $40.00 with $15.00 suspended; one student was fined $35.00 with $25.00 suspend- ed; one student was fined $35.00 with $20.00 suspended; one student fined $15.00 with $10.00 suspended; and three students were fined $10.00. (c) For misusing special commuting permit one student was given a writ- ten warning. (d) For unauthorized lending of an automobile, one student was fined $25.00 and for unauthorized borrow- ing of an automobile one student wa. fined $20.00. 2. Conduct unbecoming students in that state laws and city ordinances re- lating to the purchase, sale and use of intoxicants were violated: (a) Pleaded guilty, in Municipal Court, to the charge of being mi- nors in possession of intoxicants in a motor vehicle. Two students were fined $10.00 and four students were fined $10.00 with $5.00 suspended each. (b) Wilfully loaned University identi- fication card to another student in order that he might purchase intoxi- cants at a local tavern. One student fined $10.00. (c) Drank, as a minor, in student quarters and pleaded guilty, in Muni- cipal Cort, to the charge of being a drunk and disorderly person. One student fined $25.00 with $10.00sus- pended. (d) Drank, as a minor, in. student quarters and pleaded guilty, In Mu- nicipal Court, to the charge of fur- nishing intoxicants to a minor. One student fined $15.00 with $10.00 sus- pended. (e) Pleaded guilty; in Municipal Court, 'to assault. One student fined $25.00 for conduct unbecoming a stu- dent in that he pleaded guilty to this charge. Lectures "Religion and the Social Sciences," by Prof. Kenneth E. Boulding, depart- ment of Economics, Aud. A, 4:15 p.m., Tues., March 11. Sponsored by the Of- fice of Religious Affairs and the LS&A Committee on Studies in Religion. Dept. of Naval Architecture and Ma- rine Engineering. Seminar on "The Use of Aluminum in Ship's Structures." Speaker: Mr. David MacIntyre, Head, Marine Sales Development Division of Aluminum Company of America. Wed., March 12, 4:00 p.m., Room 437 W. En- gine. Departments of the College of Engineering welcome. Concerts University Choir and Orchestra, un- der the direction of Maynard Klein, will present Felix Mendelssohn's oratorio, The Elijah, Wed., March 12 at 8:30 p.m. in Hill Auditorium. Soloists will be Frances Greer, soprano; Arene Solle- berger, contralto; Richard Miller, tenor; Philip Duey, bass, and the program will be open to the general public without charge. Composers' Forum will be held Friday evening, March 14. in Auditorium A of Angell Hall, instead of Wednesday, March 12, as incorrectly listed on back of January 12 program. Academic Notices Operations Research Semtnar: D. 8. McArthur, Head of the Operations Re- search Section, Esso Research and En- gineering Company, Linden, N.J., will lecture on "Strategy in Research," on Wed., March 12. Coffee hour will be held in Room 243 W. Engine., at 3:30 and seminar at 4:00 in Room 229 W. Engine. All faculty members are wel- cme.. -I' t- :4 L THE CULTURE BIT: Metamorphosis at WCBN By DAVID NEWMAN I, INTERPRETING THE NEWS: The Solid Gold Soviets' By J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press Foreign News Analyst T HE SOVIET UNION and the United States are agreed that one issue might be profit- ably discussed at a summit meeting, and this is one on which the Russian propagandists have worked assiduously for years. It is increased trade. Russia has pressed so hard for it that any American who expresses favor for it is likely to be tagged a fellow traveler. J. Edgar Hoover, in his new book on "Communism in the United States," lists it as such a tag. However, that is not the attitude in Europe, which has applied constant pressure with some limited success on the United States to sanc- between the Western countries and the Soviet bloc. Cold war pressure increased after.Soviet refusal to join, or to allow her satellites to join, in the general recovery movement. The Western countries reluctantly accepted the partial American boycott but continued to seek ease- ments. Insofar as barter goes, the Soviet Union has little to tempt Europe, either. But she does have one thing all the European nations, except per- haps West Germany, vitally need. That is money. If she proved willing to go into her gold hoard to meet an unfavorable trade bal- ance with Europe, those nations would be greatly aided in their dealings with the dollar countries. HIS IS sort of sneaky, but we would like to know if a return visit to South Quad can be classi- fied under "You Can't Go Home Again." Actually, they told us four years ago that it was our home away from home. So maybe we mean "You Can't Go Home Away From Home Again." Now, we have since lived in other homes away from our home away from home, so maybe . . . well, any- way ... perhaps we'd better start over. We paid a visit to South Quad yesterday, hardly wallowing in nostalgia, as we heard they re- modeled quad station WCBN. Back in freshman days we had this jazz record show on WCBN.' It was then known as The Station Nobody Ever Heard Of. Most radios couldn't (or wouldn't) receive it. But we thought it was a very big deal, being on the radio, and we wrote home about it. * * * ALL TOO CLEARLY we recall our first show. Neatly cueing up some very cool records, we sat be- hind the mike and chatted in a phony voice to the unseen audi- receive you at East Quad," he said. Fighting back the tears, we kept playing records and talking for five more minutes. Then the South Quad program director (an honorary title, at the time) strode into the meagre studio. "You're not sending out to South Quad," he announced. "Transmitter's busted. We had been talking to our- selves for almost an hour, in a phony voice, yet. Ha-ha, we laughed, inwardly writhing. We played the last record for our own benefit. It happened to be The Blues. And so it went in those days- sometimes we went over the air, more often not. After awhile, we grew to enjoy the devil-may-care attitude of the station. We jab- bered blithely in the big empty studio, chuckling at our own comments. It was kicks. BUT WCBN in South Quad is no longer kicks. We found out yesterday that it has grown like a young hippo. It has forty large watts and is heard clearly in the quads, on The Hill, and, oddly enough, in Food Service. control room, almost finished. It is a very impressive structure, complete with soundproofing and tape machines and such. The amazing part of it is that the en- tire room was paid for and built by staff members.of WCBN. The station is also instituting a training program, and last night Detroit's Buck Matthews (WJR) spoke at a staff meeting. "We do our best to satisfy the likes of all the students," said Starr. We have a balanced schedule of classics, rock and roll, pops and jazz. Some people still say they hear nothing. but rock and roll, but they tune in at the wrong times." "We are trying more and more," added confrere Meno, "to emphasize the educational value of the station. We have discus- sions and forums-in other words, not only training the guys on the station, but letting the other stu- dents communicate with each other." * * * STARR RUNS his own show under the name of Stan Irwin. We desired to know what a typical show is like, and he told us about his. "It's on Friday nights from midnight to one. For the first ~A 4