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AT THE CAMPUS:
Reptile Steals Show;
People, Plot Flop
YES, IT'S TRUE. There really is "An Alligator Named Daisy." She's
coy, toothsome, packed with personality and most probably the best
"actress" in the entire movie now showing at the Campus.
The theme is an old one, with a slightly different twist. Two
curvaceous women and a rather homely alligator vie for the affections
of one man. It takes the man, Donald Sinden, four-fifths of the movie
to deeide who the lucky "female" should be-something, by the way,
that could be guessed by any intelligent viewer after only five minutes
of the movie had elapsed.
The situation runs thusly: Peter Weston, a frustrated musician,
*
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NIGHT EDITOR: JOHN WEICHER
Faculty Pay Raises
Must be Provided
.
'ACH YEAR the University goes to the State
Legislature with a budget request for the
>ming year. And each year recently the re-
lest has been reduced.
It appears safe to assume that the initial
idget proposal of both the University and the
egislature is intended as a position from which
ch can bargain with the other. Undoubtedly
e University has no hope of receiving the
ven million dollar hike in operating funds it
ked. Quite probably the Senate Appropria-
ons Committee does not think it can get away
Lth cutting the eight million dollars from this
quest as it has recommended. The question,
ten, is where will the two groups meet?
The commotion raised by University offi-
als over the proposed appropriation, a million
>llars under this year's allotment figure, in-
cates such a large cut was not anticipated.
niversity administrators have reacted by out-
ning at least a half-dozen areas where pro-
ams and activities will be either stopped or
tarded. Their protest was topped last week
7 a public hearing with the Appropriations
ommittee, a hearing that gave some indica-.
ons of the complexity of the problem.
The Committee was at least willing to hear
ie University's case without apparent anti-
athy. But the administrators and the legis-
tors seemed to approach the meeting on dif--
rent levels. University President Harlan
atcher did a decent job of presenting the
se for not reducing the budget so drastically,
nd his explanation would be most understand-
le to educators. Indeed, even most students
uld appreciate it. But there is some dotbt if
ie points the president made ever got across
most of the Committee.
HE LEGISLATORS on this committee are
practical men who feel they must deal with
many dollars per so many students. The edu-
tors apparently feel they must deal on a
ss restricted basis, taking into account such
tangibles as research projects and service
'ograms to the state and the somewhat clear-
problems of increasing costs and rising wage
=nands. In private talks between legislators
d University officials, of which there have
en a number this spring, there may be bet-
r understanding of each others' problems, but
the public hearing, at least, such was not
dicated.
Undoubtedly there are Committee members
who understand the problems and intricacies
of preparing a university budget and are sym-
pathetic to its cause. But in fairness to the
Committee it must be said that these men also
are faced with the extremely dire financial
position of Michigan. The University is but
one of numerous state institutions, agencies
and departments asking for more money -
money that is just not available.
If no increase in money is forthcoming then
the University, if administration officials are
to be believed, will indeed suffer extreme hard-
ships. The opening of Dearborn could be de-
layed and the programs at Flint might even be
slightly curtailed; to stop research programs
that are already in progress would be folly; lim-
iting enrollments would be unfortunate but
will not really solve any problems since the
tidal wave of war babies is yet to be faced and
must be in the near future.
BUT THE ISSUE of faculty salaries is one
problem, and possibly the only one, that
the legislators and educators cannot afford to
disregard. It can hardly be challenged that the
value of any educational institution is only
what its faculty makes it. As President Hatch-
er told the Committee during the hearing, all
the fine facilities of the University are worth-
less if there are not competent personnel to use
them.
University officials have said faculty pay has
lost ground to increasing cost of living and
higher tax levels. They have warned that oth-
er schools are "raiding" the University's teach-
ing staff with offers of higher pay, department
chairmanships and deanships. Frequently the
loss of just one key man in a department will
strip that department of its vitality and its
drive. While there may be other talented men
in the department one is often the sparkplug
that makes the difference between a good and
an excellent department.
Further, there is the next to impossible task
of regaining men that have been forced to leave
the University because of low salaries.
If the Legislature does nothing more, and it
may be so prevented by Michigan's financial
problems, we hope it will at least be able to
appropriate a more satisfactory amount of
money than is currently planned so necessary
improvements can be made in faculty salaries.
-DAVID TARR
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND:
Senaltr's Special deliver
By DREW PEARSON
WASHINGTON - The public
doesn't know it, but Postmast-
er General Summerfield has an
interesting way of treating certain
pet senators regarding the de-
livery of mail. A secret order has
just been revealed regarding the
delivery of the Baltimore Sun to
Sen. Glenn Beall, Maryland Re=-
publican.
Like a lot of other people in
these days when Mr. Summerfield
has slowed down their mail de-
livery, Senator Beall squawked.
But, unlike other people, he got
results. Senator Beall likes to have
his Baltimore Sun delivered so he
can read it early. And when it
didn't arrive regularly and
promptly, the Post Office Depart-
ment issued an order officially
titled, "Delay of Baltimore Sun to
Senator Glenn Beall of Mary-
land."
* * *
THE SECRET Post Office order
specifies that the specially labeled
Baltimore Sun is to be put in the
officialdpouch at 3:05 a.m. and is
to be delivered at 5:15 a.m. tied
to a package of first class letter
mail. If it misses this mail, it is
then to be delivered by special de-
livery messenger, a charge for
which the average taxpayer pays
30 cents..
A "daily watch" is even to be
posted to keep an eye open for
the Senator's morning newspaper,
If you don't believe the lengths
to which Mr. Summerfield will go
to please a senator, here is the
secret text of the order:
"A serious complaint has been
received from the office of Sena-
tor Beall of Maryland relative to
the many delayed deliveries of his
copies of his state edition of the
Baltimore Sun.
"The Baltimore Post Office has
arranged to place this single-
wrapped brown paper, yellow-
labeled copy in the official pouch
due at 3:05 a.m. (E.S.T.) A daily
watch until further notice will be
maintained for this paper and the
watch must be continued each day
until the paper is found. If it is
in time for the 5:15 a.m. dispatch,
it must be tied to a package of
letter mail. If received after that
time, it will be turned over to the
special delivery section for imme-
diate delivery."
FCC COMMISSIONERS have
tried to brush off the "loans" of
color TV sets from the Radio Cor-
poration of America, but a close
scrutiny of secret congressional
reports indicatesrthat these sets
ran into quite a bit of money. The
average citizen would sure appre-
ciate a similar loan for his par-
lor.
The records show that on Jan.
3, 1957, RCA sent through "pur-
chase order No. OS-949" for seven
21-inch color TV receivers "part of
total price of # $9,844.90." These
went to the seven Federal Com-
munications Commissioners.
Approximately two months
later, Feb. 27, 1957, RCA Service
Company sent through invoice
"No. 23/923928 to Radio Corpora-
tion of America covering month-
ly preventative maintenance serv-
ice . . . for Jan. 1, 1957 to Dec. 31,
1957 - total amount $8,683.90."
Later, on April 11, 1957, RCA
sent through "requisition No. OS-
204 ordering 10 models at total
amount of $5,662.93," to "replace
sets at the following locations:
Bartley, MacZonnoughey, Dorfer,
Hyde, Lee, Mack." Though RCA
misspelled McConnaughey's and
Doerfer's names, this referred to
six of the commissioners.
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ON THE SAME DATE, another
order was put through, replacing
RCA color TV sets for the com-
missioners.
A succession of orders flowed
from RCA every couple of months
to make sure that the commis-
sionefs all had color TV sets of
the latest type and in perfect or-
der. The list of FC personnel
shows that all the commissioners
had both color and black-and-
white sets, while Commissioner
Lee was especially favored with a
hi-fidelity set in addition. Ex-
Commissioner Mack got both a
color ~receiver and black-and-
white receiver, a hi-fidelity and a
phonograph.
(Copyright 1958 by Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
Lecture Committee, SGC
Commended for Gates Visit
is bequeathed an alligator by an old
pet-until she threatened the
solidarity of his home. Peter was
not an alligator-lover and tried to
give the lizard the old heave-ho.
Unfortunately, or fortunately, as
the case may be, he was caught in
the act by a young lady named
Morah O'Shannon who loved any
and all animals. Thus, the two
were brought together by the
-gator, much to the chagrin of
Peter's fiancee, Venessa Colerbrook
(Diana Dors).
NOW THE PROBLEM is, Peter
has overcome his disgust over
Daisy and has actually proferred
affection toward the alligator. So,
if Venessa wants Peter, she has
to take Daisy too. From this point
on, the so-called plot becomes
much too complicated, insane and
ridiculous to waste any more space
on it, other than to say Venessa's
rich father sponsors an alligator!
beauty contest so alligators would
be popular and Sir Colerbrook
could appease his spoiled daugh-E
ter. Needless to say, the contest'
was fixed.
Realizing this movie is supposed
to be a British comedy, and there-'
fore rather ridiculous, I would still
venture to say, it isn't worth the
time and money to see it-espe-
cially when there are two Academy
Award winners in town.
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NO OUTSTANDING acting abil-
ities were manifest in this film,
with the possible exception of
Daisy herself, who did a splendid
job with facial expressions. Diana
Dors was able to show what ability
she had through her rather low
cut, tight-fitting evening gowns.
It was too bad she had to speak
lines, though.
Donald Sinden was a good
straight man for Daisy, but that's
about all. And finally Jean Car-
son, who played the Irish. animal
lover can warble a tune fairly
adequately, and in my humble
opinion should stick to just that.
-Donna Hanson
LETTERS
to the A
EDITOR
Elections . .
To the Editor:
THE SYSTEM of student govern-
ment has what I would call
not a very good reputation on this
campus. Let me give one of the
reasons why by expounding on the
recent election.
It wasn't bad enough to see
"stuffed balloting charged" on the
front page of March 27th issue of
The Daily, but when on the elec-
tion days I saw people "manning"
the polls offering suggestions to
individuals as to how to vote, I
became rather unhappy with the
methods of student elections.
I also saw at several polls, lay-
ing on and tacked to the poll
tables, several posters for SGC
candidates. This surely doesn't
add to the prestige of Student
Government. I hope that this situ-
ation can be changed for the sake
of fair elections in the future.
Better watch out for Ted Bomb,
maybe he's stuffing next year's
ballot box right now.
-Irwin Starr, '61
Geography . .
To the Editor:
WHILE one would not expect a
Daily reviewer to be or to be-
come an expert in all fields of
learning beyond theatrical criti-
cism, perhaps it is not too much
to ask that he keep within cer-
tain bounds of accuracy in dis-
cussing the subject matter of
films under discussion.
Mr. Nahrgang said in Satur-
day's paper that "a battalion of
British soldiers, prisoners of the
Japanese in Ceylon in 1943, is told
it must connect Bangkok with
Rangoon by constructing a rail-
way bridge across the River Kwai
" This is very interesting, since:
1) While a railroad between
Rangoon and Bangkok was in
fact built by the Japanese in 1944,
Ceylon, which is 750 miles away
from either city and separated
from both by the waters of the
bay of Bengal, would'be a rather
poor vantage point indeed, and
2) While Ceylon, due to its stra-
tegic location, has been the object
of numerous invasions, ranging
from the Khymers in the 12th cen-
tury to the Moslems under Koala
in the 16th century, it was never
Salt who had owned Daisy as a
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TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1958
VOL. LXVIII, NO. 132
General Notices
President and Mrs. Hatcher wil hold
open house for students at their home
Mkd., April 2, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Faculty, College of Literature, Science
and the Arts: Midsemester reports are
due wed., April 2, for those students
whose standing at midsemester is "D"
Report cards have been distributed to
all departmental offices. Green cards
are provided for reporting freshmen
and sophomores and white cards for
juniors and seniors. The reports for
freshmqn and sophomores should be
sent to the Freshman-Sophomore Coun-
seors Office. 1210 Angell Hall; those
for juniors and seniors to the Junior-
Senior Counselors Office, 1213 Angell
Hall. Students not registered in this
College but who elected L.S.&A. courses
should be reported to the school or col-
lege in which they are registered. Addi-
tional cardsmay3be obtained in 1210
Angell Hall or 1213 Angell Hall.
"Atoms for Peace" Exhibition: The
Exhibit Museum: Schedule of Open
Hours: Daily - 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.;
Sundays -2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.; Even-
ing hours as follows: Sat., March 29,
Students' night, 7-10; Thurs., April 3,
University Faculty night, 7-10; Sat.,
April 5, University Employees' night,,
7-10.
Phi Beta Kappa: Annual business
meeting, Wed., April 2, 4:15 p.m., Rm.
451 Mason Hall. Election of officers and
new members.
Students who expect to receive edu-
cation and training allowance under
Public Law 550 (Korea 0.. Bill) or
Public Law 634 (Orphan's 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 Friday, April 4.
Lectures
American Society for Public Admini.
stration: Social Seminar. "Budget Prob-
lems in Urban Places: Views from City
Hall." Dr. Lyle C. Fritch, First Deputy
City Administrator, New York City.
Tues., Apr. 1, 8:00 p.m., E. Conference
Rm., Rackham Bldg.
Lecture sponsored by the Mentali
Health Research Institute. Dr. Frank
Beach; Sterling Professor of Psycholo-
gy, Yale Uuniversity, "Toward a Com-
parative Science of Behavior." Tues.,
April 1, 3:00 p.m., Children's Psychia-
tric Hospital, Auditorium.
Science Research Club. The April
meeting will be held in the Rackham
Amphitheatre at 7:30 p.m. on Tues.,
Apr. 1. Program: Cancer Chemotherapy
A. Burgess vial, Surgery; Land Loco-
motion, Animals to Machines, M.. G.
Becker, Technical Director, Land Lo-
comotion Research Laboratory, Detroit
Arsenal, and invited lecturer in Land
Locomotion-Dept. or Mech. and Ind.
Engineering.
University lectures in Journalism: Dr.
Henry Steele Commager, noted his-
torian will speak on "The Press and
Education." Rackham Amphitheatre, 3
p.m. Tuesday, Apr. 1. Public is cordially
invited.
Mathematics Colloquium will meet
Tuesday, Apr. 1, in Rm. 3011 Angell
Hall at 4:10 p.m. Prof. D. J. Lewis of.
the Univ. of Notre Dame will speak on
"Zeros of Cubic and Quintic Forms."
Refreshments: 3:45 in 3212 Angell Hall,
Roy B. Canfield Memorial Lecture:
"Respiratory Emergencies in the New-
born." Dr. Willis J. Potts, Prof. of
Surgery, Northwestern Univ. and Sur-
geon-in-chief, Children's Memorial Hos-
pital, Chicago. Wed., Apr. 2, 8:00 p.m.,
Hospital Amphitheatre.
Concerts
Stanley Quartet: The second program
of the Spring Series will be presented
by the Stanley Quartet, Gilbert Ross,
first violin, Gustave Rosseels, second
violinfi Robert Courte, viola, and Oliver
Edel, cello, at 8:30 p.m. Tues. April 1.
The recital will be played in Rackham
Lecture Hall, and in addition to com-
positions by Haydn and Beethoven, the
first performance in. Ann Arbor of
Kirchner's "Quartet No. 2 (1958) will
be included in the program. This quar-
tet was commissioned by the Univer-
sity ahd dedicated to the Stanley Quar-
tet. Open to the general public.
Vienna on Parade will be presented
in Hill Aud. as the last concert of this
season's Choral Union Series, on Wed.,
Apr. 2, at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale
at the University Musical Society dur-
ing regular office hours; and will be
on sale at the Hill Aud. box office af-
ter 7 p.m. Wed., preceding the concert.
There will be a "Hi-Fi Concert" in
the Union Music Lounge Wed., Apr. 2,
frm 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. The selections
that will be played are: Tchaikovsky's
6th Symphony (Pathetique); Bartok's
Concerto for Orchestra; Mozar 41st
Symphony (Jupiter).
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STUDENT GOVERNMENT COUNCIL is to be
commended for bringing former Daily
Worker Editor John Gates to campus.
And the Lecture Committee also should get
plaudits for finally realizing that a University's
job is not to shelter people from ideas, but
rather to expose these people to ideas.
It is hoped that Gates' visit will set a prece-
dent for other stimulating and controversial
speakers at the University.
Gates' talk was certainly illuminating. He
pointed up, for instance, the tremendous grip
communism can get on men's minds. For in-
stance, Gates himself has quit the party and
now sees himself as a democratic socialist. Yet,
when pushed far enough it is quite apparent
that his argument is with the Communist{
party, not with communism as a philosophy.
His belief in all people working for everybody
else, for a society with complete equality of
economic distribution, is quite close to Marxian
concepts of socialism.
He also pointed up the ideological flip-flops
members of the American Communist party
have been forced to take, as the Soviet Com-
munist party changes its mind, even though
some American Communists might have doubt-
ed the validity of changing the party line.
Certainly, the knowledge of these things
presented by a person who is involved with
them is considerably more valuable than any
sterile text-book, with the instructor con-
tinually pointing out where the writer went
wrong.
GATES ALSO TOLD his audience that he was
concerned with civil rights and with some
of the ill effects of inequality of distribution of
wealth. These concerns are not seditious. Other
people have them too. Enough so that the
United States has a Supreme Court whose deci-
sions have been aimed recently at defending
civil rights; and we have unemployment insur-
ance, social security, minimum wage laws, and
a great many other things American leaders,
have seen fit to introduce.
And Gates' description of a society where
there is a two hour 'work day, no want and
people not trying to cut out anybody else sounds
quite nice, if unrealistic and perhaps rather
dull.
But all people have their own Utopias, and
it has been man's striving for these very things
which has made him something more than an
animal.
We did not agree with what Gates had to say.
But we did have the opportunity to analyze his
opinions, to examine opinions which were often
antithetical to ours. This is the kind of oppor-
tunity a university should offer.
We would hope that SGC would continue to
present programs of this type, and that the Lec-
ture Committee would even go so far as to
encourage it.
-RICHARD TAUB
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THE CULTURE BIT:
The Broadway Scene
By DAVID NEWMAN
1r
INTERPRETING THE NEWS:
Unilateral Propagandism
N THE SPRING, the college stu-
dent's fancy lightly turns to
thoughts of Fort Lauderdale or
New York City. These towns seem
to bear the brunt of Michigan va-
cationers.
Well, you know about Fort
Lauderdale (or hasn't Mother told
you yet?) If you're going, you
probably know why you're going,
sly dog. And this is a family-type
column, anyway.
New York City, however, offers
at least a more diverse set of rec-
reations. Palm trees and mass
orgies are not in the curriculum,
but culture (bless it!) rides again,
And so we find this an opportune
time to review the current theatri-
cal scene on Broadway for the
benefit of those heading east with
lots of money and no tickets as
yet.
ye.* * *
FIRST OF ALL, tickets will be
hard to get. Easter Week is rough
on the unsuspecting playgoer. You
will probably have to employ the
services of a broker. But theatrical
brokers are good and honest men.
We have an uncle who is a theatri-
cal broker, see.
The season on Broadway has
been exceptionally good, with a
large number of important and/or
entertaining productions still on
the boards. The off-Broadway cir-
cuit is even more active this year,
partly due to the rapid turnover
-tA ,n,.+I7 rbit othee ase with
Gwen Verdon. Miss Verdon leaves
the New Girl cast this week,
though, and we venture to predict
that it's just a matter of weeks
until the show drops out of sight.
Oddly enough, Lil Abner, the
supercharged Dogpatch blast, has
shown remarkable staying power
in spite of adverse reviews. Hav-
ing seen this, we would guess the
bevy of healthy chorus girls and
the antics of Stubby Kaye are
responsible for the long run. We
mean, really healthy chorus girls!
There is also another holdover
item you may have heard about,
a little piece called My Fair Lady.
Concerning availability of tickets
for this one, we quote an apt New
York expression: "You should live
so long."
* * *
AS OF THIS writing, thirteen
new plays are before the lights.
Angry Young Man John Osborne
has come up. with two winners-
the virulent Look Back in Anger
and the not-as-good play, The
Entertainer: The latter finds its
saving grace in Laurence Olivier,
who scored one of the personal
triumphs of the season.
For those who like charm and
gloss, Helen Hayes and Susan
Strasberg dispense bucketsfull in
Time Remembered. For those who
like honesty in their plays, Morton
Wishengrad's The Rope Dancers
should not be missed. We found it
ter, according to New York scribes,
is the current Who Was That
Lady? a farce about a college pro-
fessor caught kissing a coed.
Sounds like a farce.
Tyrone Power and Faye Emer-
son and battling poor notices in a
revival of Shaw's Back 'to Methu-
selah (should be easy to get tickets
to this one).* A stranger offering
is William Gibson's two-charac-
ter play, Two For The Seasaw, in
which a young lady named Anne
Bancroft gives a slightly phenome-
nal performance.
The best of the plays, and the
hardest to see, are Look Home-
ward, Angel, the Thomas Wolfe
dramatization, Sunrise at Campo-
bello, Dore Schary's inspiring
treatment of F.D.R's early days,
and William Inge's gentle piece,
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs.
If you can get in to these, you're
good.
* *
TWO SMASH-HIT musicals and
two lesser smash-hit musicals
round out the Broadware fare.
West Side Story is only great--
excitement and dancing and music
of a sort never before seen on
Broadway. For a less tremulous
evening there is The Music Man,
a bouncy ball of Americana,
which may be sold out for twenty
years by now. No doubt the "76
Trombones" are solid gold. Lena
Horne aficionados will appreciate
Tn.m.in n enhnw, whic ,.aecr. 1-
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By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
THE SOVIET UNION has suspended atomic
tests until she wishes to resume them.
A series of Siberian tests has just been com-
pleted. Technical operations can now continue
for some time without delay while the propa-
ganda mills operate at top speed.
By the time the Soviet Union needs more
tests, the United States and France, with tests
of their own, will have provided the excuse
which Gromyko said she would take to resume.
This is far from a ban on tests such as the
West has suggested.
Grmoyko says "The opponents of banning
tests fear that this will bring an end to the
production of nuclear weapons." The truth is,
they know it won't. That's why they proposed
A GROUP of scientists from non-atomic
countries, meeting in Switzerland, has just!
Issued new reassurances on this. Radiation in
the United States, described as the "hottest"
spot of all, is still reported far below danger
levels.
The reds also have with them those who
would avoid atomic war at any cost, such as
Bertrand Russell, who says he'd rather be con-
quered by the Communists.
They know, then, that even this hollow ges-
ture will do them some propaganda good.
The United States was ready with its reply
that if the Kremlin is interested in more than
tinkling brass, concrete measures await imple-
mentation through the United Nations.
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