Sixty-Eighth Year - EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN "When Opinions Are Free UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Truth Will Prevail" STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG. * ANN ARBOR, MICH. * Phone NO 2-3241 Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. RIDAY, MARCH 28, 1958 NIGHT EDITOR: RICHARD TAUB In Election's Wake, The Shame of Dishonesty "Okay, But How About A Little Less Starchness?" v-co OF - f a4- 9/ INTERPRETING THE NEWS Soviet Collectivism Out; Khrushchev Takes Over By J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press News Analyst COLLECTIVE GOVERNMENT in Soviet Russia, handed a serious blow by the purges of last June, has now gone completely out the window. Khrushchev, one of its principal public proponents, may make some gestures in trying to save its face for a time, but totalitarianism has produced its inevitable dictator. Khrushchev's assumption of complete power in the Stalin pattern is merely a formalization of what has been the fact for months. It is not expected to have any basic effect on Soviet posture toward the rest of the world. Internally, Khrushchev is not likely to adopt the Stalin system of rule by terror. DIMfY He has displayed little tendency to emphasize Communist theory as OFFICIAL Stalin did. Indeed, his latest changes in the Soviet agricultural BULLETIN system are seen abroad as a move away from communism. He seems to be realizing that too close appli- The Daily Official Bulletin is an cation of Communist theory is not official publication of the Univer- compatible with the evolvement ofsity of Michigan for which the a modern industrial stateMichigan Daily assumes no edi- aoria mn r ponsibility Notices should THE CAMPUS ELECTIONS are over, but their odiferous aftermath remains to re- mind us that all was not cricket in the conduct of the elections themselves and to create doubt concerning the validity of some elections. Several flagrant instances of ballot box stuff- ing were discovered during the count. In one instance 30 numerically consecutive ballots were all marked for the same persons, punched with the same puncher and niarked with the same "X". Seven of these were thrown out by the Joint Judiciary Council after the count- ing of the election was stopped for several minutes.. In another instance 70 ballots were voided. In still another, 420 ballots were voided, a great many of which were for stuffing, accord- ing to the election official in charge of this counting table. And in yet another election, about 25 ballots were found marked for the same person and folded all together. If this many ballots were found to be invalid how many more were stuffed and not dis- covered? It wouldn't take an excess of intelli- gence to avoid the pitfalls of the obvious stuff- ing that was discovered by ballot counters. A record number of ballots were cast on the first day of balloting, but we wonder how many people participated. THE DIFFICULTY LIES in the operation of the polling places. Several witnesses have reported outright stuffing of the boxes by the poll watchers and others have reported poll watchers who campaigned for their candidates while handing out ballots. We suggest a revision in the conduct of the two-day voting period. First, we suggest a de- crease in the number of polling places. Large tables in the Engineering Arch, on the Diag, in front of Angell Hall and the Union would suffice. Since a great number of the other places currently being used are not open for business during a large part of the time this would not significantly affect the availability of polls. The four places named above are located so as to catch nearly everyone on campus during a two-day period. This decrease in the number of polling places would enable the elections committee to have at least one responsible observer on duty at all times. The increased concentration of personnel that would result could be entirely used to handle the voters in an orderly and regular manner. Election count night invariably results in two emotions, happiness for the winners, and sadness for the losers, but last count night resulted in a third-disgust. -RALPH LANGER 1" , .. s 4' A ~{- ! 409z -ww sfnl cN d'sX The Leftwingers Come and Go Speaking of Evolution Slow WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND: Boosting Public Confidence By DREW PEARSON Q UIETLY, John Gates slipped into Ann Arbor and quietly he departed, with only the Ann Arbor's police's "routine questioning" of two lit- erature-distributing Young Socialists providing anything resembling an incident. Beneath Gates' speech showing his continued condemnation of capitalism and advocacy of socialism, there lies a warning far more qmi- nous than fiery words. Although it may have been far from his intentions, the utterances of Gates served to support an impression given by Norman Thomas' talk last month. The words may not have fulfilled their speakers' hopes of moving the audiences to following the socialist beacon for a better society. More realistically, the ora- tory did provide illumination for the road Americans are already traveling, whether they like it or not. For in actuality, laissez faire is dead. Ameri- can "free enterprise" is limited. In varying degrees, the governmental control advocated by the communists and socialists has already tied this country to the radicals' policies despite our professed opposition to them, thus con- firming the fears of those conservatives who oppose socialism in any form and the liberals Restrictions on child labor, pensions, social guise. GATES PREDICTS America will evolve fur- ther towards socialism,'and in his rejection of the "disintegrated" Communist party he sees the need for an American radical move- ment "neither infatuated with the socialist countries nor hysterically hostile to everything about them." Norman Thomas, who has been connected with such a movement for decades, points to the fact that many of its objectives have already been, granted by the two major political parties. Restriction on child labor, pensions, social security, unemployment insurance, collective bargaining for unions and public control over utilities have all become an accepted part of the American political and economic structure. The socialists may claim they fostered them, the liberals may say the measures were de- manded by the times and the conservatives may assert they "crept up," but few would do away with them. As a faculty member pointed out while discussing the New Deal, those who once were the loudest in their opposition to government intervention in the economy are among the most forceful in their demands that the gov- ernments take firm steps to combat the current recession. Obvious to all except themselves, the con- servatives are fighting a losing battle against the tide for greater government intervention into society. Immediately possible is federal aid to educa- tion, then perhaps "socialized medicine." Even- tually, Congress may enact the federal controls over big business which Gates and Thomas argue as the solution to the ills of our economy. Editorial Staff PETER ECKSTEIN. Editor JAMES ELSMAN, JR. VERNON NAERGANG Editorial Director City Editor DONNA HANSON............... Personnel Director CAROL PRINS...................Magazine Editor EDWARD GERULDSEN .. Associate Editorial Director BY DOING THIS, Gates, says, production will be geared to needs, not the desire for profit by a few. Everybody would be on the same economic level, with enough for everyone flowing from a planned economy of abundance. Menial labor will not be looked down upon and no one will have to work more than perhaps a half-hour a day (or was it per week). In the two months since Gates left the Communist Party, he has lost little of the idealism that led him to join it 27 years ago. Apparently, he also has lost little of the self-deception that allowed him to accept for so many years the myth of Soviet infallibility. As desirable and worthwhile as the goals may appear in theory, and as achievable as they might be through a more highly mechanized economy, his image of a future society seems to be just another brand of Utopia. For even the Russians have found it necessary to create a system of incentives in the form of "workers' heroes" to encourage greater, productive effort, even though it is for the good of the state. Gates himself points out the risks. "Political democracy does not come automatically with the transfer of production from private to public control. Power can be abused; tyrannies can arise in planned societies, and eternal vigi- lance is the price of liberty for socialism too. To fulfill its promise, a socialistic society de- mands political democracy on a level higher than anything which exists in the most ad- vanced capitalistic countries," he wrote in Evolution of an American Communist. Granting the claim that socialism needs a higher form of democracy in order to flourish properly, it is not possible to assume that socialism is, as Gates claims, the best frame- work for preserving democracy. On the contrary, for it is a close step from state control of production to state control over the education necessary to provide for the needs of the economy. Our shortage of engi- neers and scientists often is blamed on the insufficient numbers of students entering the field voluntarily. The Russians have no such problem. Gates also wrote, "A business society can hardly inspire either young people or their teachers to the truth which the scientific age demands." But once the government decides which interpretation of the "truth" should inspire education, the society treads danger- ously close to a state imposed system of values. Even if the state is the people, as the socialists hope, bureaucrats have an amazing ability to drown the peoples' voice in the rumblings of government machinery. From here, it takes the most determined efforts and most sensi- tive perception of threats to civil liberties to stave off state control of thought and regi- mentation of thinking along lines "good for the state as a whole." THE PRICE OF LIBERTY in any economy is eternal vigilance, but this requires an ability to keep the necessary clear sight needed from being blinded by utopian ideals. Gates says the American Communist Party suffered from not being able to see the faults of Russia be- cause of dazzlement by its accomplishments. Socialism suffers similarly because the bright- ness of the idealized better society dims the ability to maintain vigilance against threats to any liberal dissent which may question the society. It becomes all too easy to let the ends justify the means. To assume the problems of a nation or world will be more easily solved in one type of econ- omy as opposed to another reminds one of WASHINGTON - The President believes the business slump can be cured by bringing business leaders in for a series of White House dinners, just as he buttered up congressmen at private inti- mate breakfasts and luncheons in the past. He plans to turn on the old Eisenhower charm, per- suade businessmen to help re- store public confidence. He also believes that what it takes to cure the slumping economy is to per- suade the public to start shopping again. Though Ike made some auto buyers hold off buying by talk- ing about tax cuts, he may be right on the above points because: 1) There is a lot of money in the banks. People have been watching their savings accounts, worried about the future. 2) There's been a semi-sitdown strike among some big business leaders, especially in the steel in- dustry. More than anything else, they want a tax cut and believe if they hold out long enough they can panic Congress into such a cut. * * *r THE AIR FORCE'S big bomber boss, Lieut. Gen. Tom Power, had so much trouble getting a routine speech cleared through the Pen- tagon the other day that his press aide, Col. A.A. Arnhym, sent him the following memo: "In view of the difficulties en- countered in obtaining clearance for your talk next week, we have requested headquarters USAF to secure authorization for you to substitute, if necessary, the fol- lowing statement: "Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard To get her poor dog a bone. But when she got there, the cup- board was bare, And so her poor dog got none." "Ik regret to advise you that we could not get this statement cleared, although we pointed out that it was quoted verbatim from a collection of similar nonpolitical pronouncements published origin- ally by one John Newberry in 1760 and should, therefore, be consid- ered compromised and known to the Soviet government. "The specific objections on the part of the various agencies with which the proposed statement was coordinated," continued the memo, are as follows: "Headquarters USAF: 'Pending investigation of the author's back- ground and sources of informa- tion, the Air Staff considers the proposed statement classified in accordance with AFR 205-1 as it reflects directly upon the war- making potential of this country.' i * * * "DEPARTMENT of Defense: 'An inadvertent reference to ca- nine animals made by former Sec- retary of Defense Charles Wilson in the course of an interview re- sulted in very unfavorable press reaction. For this reason, the pro- posed statement cannot be auth- orized unless all references to ca- nine animals are deleted from the text.' "Atomic Energy Commission: 'It is obvious that said statement is a thinly veiled reference to the effects of nuclear explosions on edible foods. Particularly objec- tionable is the facetious use of the term 'Old Mother Hubbard.' As Mount Hubbard is located near the Alaska-Yukon border, the proposed statement could be in- terpreted to indicate that an atomic installation is planned at that strategically located site.' "State Department: 'The pro- posed statement reflects unfavor- ably upon our current economic situation and could, therefore, raise serious doubts in the minds of our allies as to our capability of meeting existing obligations for foreign aid.' "Headquarters USAF, in trans- mitting these comments, suggest- ed a modified version of the pro- posed statement which represents an acceptable compromise. The USAF version reads as follows: 'I have been authorized to announce that an elderly lady, desirous of implementing applicable regula- tions for the feeding of household pets, failed to contact the super- market at the appropriate time and, as a result, experienced cer- tain logistic deficiencies the exact nature of which is classified. " ASSISTANT President Sherman Adams has developed cold feet regarding the Eric Johnston pro- gram to sell foreign aid, has or- dered Johnston to confine his ef- forts to civic rallies and ladies' luncheons. He must keep away from Capitol Hill. Originally, the President had requested Johnston to help sell the foreign aid program to- Congress and actually gave him White House funds to stage a big rally featuring Harry Truman, Adlai Stevenson, Vice-President Nixon, and Ike himself, to boost foreign aid. This, however, aroused Con- gressman Passman of Louisiana, cantankerous chairman of.- the House Appropriations Subcom- mittee on Foreign Aid. He notified the White House that lie didn't want Johnston's group meddling on Capitol Hill, which caused cautious Sherman Adams to back away. He instructed Johnston not to go near Congress. Probable re- sults: A big cut in the foreign aid appropriation that Ike wants so badly. (Copyright 1958 by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) * * * EXTERNALLY, however, Khrushchev's latest statements re- iterate his emphasis on Russian economic hegemony over the world, and the extension by that means of whatever form com- munism takes in the Soviet. Khrushchev's chief efforts in foreign affairs have been directed against American bases abroad, NATO, the Middle East, and a challenge to Anglo-American pre- dominance in world business. As a part of this, he has sought to convince the neutrals that the Soviet way is the road to peace. He can now be expected to make new and sensational propaganda moves in this campaign. The real top man will now step into deal- ings with President Eisenhower and other world leaders who sensed the unimportance of the puppet .Bulganin. * * BY STEPPING formally into the front seat, Khrushchev is taking risks he has probably calculated carefully. His associates in the Soviet hierarchy have been down- graded, though not to the extent that Molotov, Malenkov, Shepilov and Kaganovich were downgraded last June. There is now a formal central figure on which dissidence can be focused, not only by the disap- pointed political figures but by dissatisfied elements among the people. The only way Stalin found to meet a similar situation was to rally support for "Mother Russia" against the rest of the world which he always depicted as about to attack her. The paranoiac Stalin suffered from hallucinations which lent a certain air of sincerity to this pose, even though his own aggres- sive actions were the cause of world resentment against the Soviet Union. Khrushchev, better balanced, may not put so much verve into it, therefore he may be the more dangerous man. 'fanaticism' DR. HARRISON S. Brown, pro- fessor of geochemistry at the California Institute of Technology, is very busy promoting what he calls a sane nuclear policy, in the way of which stands Dr. Edward Teller. The trouble with Teller, Dr. Brown told an audience at the University of Minnesota recently, is that he has a "deep-rooted hatred of the Soviet Union which borders on the fanatic. From this hatred there stems a belief that no agreement with the Soviet ,Union can be trusted and that in our modern technical. age no in- spection system can be relied up- on." Sheer fanaticism. -National Review be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to Room3519 Administration Build- ing, before 2 p.m. the day preceding publication. Notices for Sunday Daily due at 2:00 p.m. Friday. FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1958 VOL. LXVIII, NO. 129 General Notices Automobile Regulations Spring Re- cess. The automobile regulations will be lifted at 5 p.m. Fri., April 4, and will become effective again at 8:00 a.m. Mon., April 14, Office of the Dean of Men. Square Dance: at Barbour Gym, Sat., March 29, 8:30 p.m. Refreshments and folk-singing. Admission free. Everyone welcome. Sponsored by the Inter-Co- operative Council. Agenda, Student Govergment Coun- cil, March 28. Minutes of previous meeting. Officer reports.: President -- Election results; Exec. vice Pres., - Counsel re- lated to tabled motion, League consti- tution, interim action; Admin. Vice Pres.; Treasurer. Membership restrictions committee, Standing Committees: Education and Student Welfare - Exam file; Student Activities Committee - NAACP pro- gram, April 17, Union, 8 p.m. Old B us in esas, Human Relational Tabled motion. Constituents time. Members time. Announcements. Adjournment. Lectures Psychology Colloquium: Dr. Seymour B. Sarason, Yale University. "Studies in the Anxieties of Children." Fri., March 28, 4:15 p.m., Aud. B, Angeli Hall. Astronomy D e p a r t m e n t Visitor Night. Fri., March 28, 8:30 p.m. Rm. 2003 Angell Hal. Prof. William Liller will speak on "Artificial Satellites." After the lecture the Student Observa- tory on the fifth floor of Angell Hall will/ be open for inspection and for telescopic observations of the moon and a double star. Children welcomed, but must be accompanied by adults. Gallery Program: The Book Fair for Children and young People. East Gal- lery, Mezzauie Floor, Rackham Build- ing. Fri., March 28. "Breaking Into Print", by Miss Frances Wright and "Storytelling" by Mrs. Mary Ann Ste- venson at 4:15 p.m. "Illustrators of Children's Books" by Mr. Robert Igle- hart at 7:00 p.m. Gallery 'Program: The Book Fair for Children and Young People. East Gal- lery, Mezzanine Floor, Rackham Bldg. Sat., March 29, Films: "Red Carpet," "Mike Mulligan," Audubon and "The Birds of America." showings: 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Parents invited to bring their children. i lV V CONCERNING SGC: Upsets Mark Student Government Elections By JOHN WEICHER Daily Staff Writer T HAS BEEN traditionally an axiom of Student Government Council elections that "incum- bents always win." But Wednesday night came close to seeing a startling reversal of form, as Ron Gregg and Lois. Wurster, two of the three incum- bents in the race, wound up in a tight duel for the lash open posi- tion on the Council. Miss Wurster won out on the 17th ballot, and Gregg, who last spring came in third in a field of 13 candidates, finished ninth in 18. In fact, not until Bruce Mc- Ritchie was dropped on the 14th ballot, was it entirely certain that both Gregg and Miss Wurster would not lose. When Dick Odgers was dropped and his 383 votes re- distributed, McRitchie stood only 46 votes behind Gregg and 45 be- hind Miss Wurster. * * * has offered several proposals in the field of education, including the course evaluation booklet, and most recently sought approval of a trial honor system plan in the literary college. If the students are not interest- ed in such projects, then Gregg deserved to lose, and has been wasting his time and the Council's with his efforts. But if Chrysler's explanation is correct, "student apathy" is a far bigger problem than anyone has realized. It is a sad commentary on the student body, both those who voted and those who didn't. Voters generally seemed to have a change of heart. 'Not only did the incumbents have their troubles, but two former losers having another go at it were elected handily. Jo Hardee and Mort Wise, who finished eighth and seventh last fall (out of 11 candidates), took third and fourth Wednesday. From the first ballot, both ap- peared certain of election. for election. Carol Holland who was named to the Council last month, failed to win membership "on her own." Only Dan Belin has been able to win election after ap- pointment this year. The electorate also turned down Phil Zook in his second bid for election. Zook, who lost last spring and served as elections director last fall, finished far back. He was one of the candidates expressing the strongest opinions on Sigma Kappa. Zook called for the national to reinstate the Cor- nell and Tufts chapters to prove removal of discriminatory policies. Perhaps significantly, the two other candidates taking similar stands on the issue were also beaten. Paul Kampner finished 14th; Steve Bailie made the best showing of the trio, lasting until the 10th ballot, and coming in 12th. . * * * AT THE SAME TIME, however, two of the candidates who said they would not vote to expel the of course, is Miss Wurster, a mem- ber of Sigma Kappa, who for the second consecutive election "just made it." Miss Wurster, however, has set higher standards for the national to meet than did many of her fellow candidates. It will be interesting to see how the six new members vote on the issue when it comes up in Septem- ber. Perhaps the most remarkable victory was that of Fred Merrill, who, came to the University only last fall as a transfer student from Michigan State University. Despite being relatively new to the campus, however, he drew 364 first place votes, enough to make his eventual election more than likely, and gradually moved up, gaining more rapidly toward the end and passing Seasonwein as both were elected. * * * SEASONWEIN, also a newcom- er to the campus, and the only freshman running, also surprised most observers with his strong University Lectdre by Prof. Henry Guerlac, "The Origins of Modern Sci- ence in the 16th and 17th Centuries," Fri., March 28, 4:15 p.m., Aud. C, Angell .Hall. Trinitarianism and Unitarianism will be informally discussed by the Rev. Edward Rothhand the Rev. Edward Redman at the coffee hour sponsored by the Office of Religious Affairs 4:15 p.m., Fri., March 28, Lane Hall. Concerts Student Recital: Lenore Sherman, violinist, will present a recital in par- tial fulfillment of the requirements for the degreeaof Master of Music in Aud. A, Angell Hall on Fri., Mar. 28 at 8:30 p.m. Miss Sherman studies violin with Gilbert Ross, and her recital will be open to the general public. Student Recital: Kathleen Emmons Course, flutist, will present a recital on Sun., March 30 at 8:30 p.m. in Aud. A, Angell Hall. Her program, which is presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bache- lor of Music, will include compositions by Bach, Bacon, Ferguson, Griffes, Nielsen and Haydn. Miss Course studies flute with Nelson Hauenstein. Open to the general public. University Symphony Band, conduct- ed by William D. Revelli, will present a concert on Sun., March 30,. at 4:00 p.m., with Robert Hause, trombone, and Arthur Hegvik, saxophone, as so- loists. The concert, which will be held in Hill Auditorium, will include com- positions by Berlioz; Bendel, Schu- mann, Cowell, Schuman, Grofe, Wil- liams, Whitney, and Respighi. Open to the general public without charge. Academic Notices Interdepartmental Seminar on Ap- plied Meteorology: Engineering. Fri., March 28, 3:30 p.m., 5500 E. Engrg. Bldg. Harry L. Hamilton, Jr., will speak on "Cooling Tower Design and Perform- ance as Influenced by Climate" - Chairman: Prof. Floyd N. Cahoon. Professional Qualification Test: Na- tional Security Agency. Candidates tak- ing the Professional Qualification Test on March 29 are requested to report to Rm. 141 Bus. Adm. Bldg. at 8:45 a.m. Medical College Admission Test: Ap- plication blanks for the May 11, 1958 /-.