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AY, APRIL 4, 1958
NIGHT EDITOR: LANE VANDERSLICE
Fraternity Presidents Assembly
Compromises Expansion Policy
"As I Was Saying We're Not Going To Lose Our Shirt"
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FROM MIXED MOTIVES:
Free World Invests
In Human Welfare
(EDITOR'S NOTE: The following article is a reprint from an editorial
page of the New York Times.)
AREPORT from the United Nations shows that the free world in the
last two-year period has extended about five and a half billion dol-
lars in aid to the less privileged countries. The United States has con-
tributed more than half of this sum. Other major donors have been
France, Great Britain, Australia, Canada and the Netherlands.
Accurate information on what the Communist world has done is
not available. A State Department estimate is that a billion and a
half dollars has been "promised" in this period and that commitments,
usually on a loan bass, have been met. The comparison is not exact,
however, since the fiee world fig-
ure refers to sums actually ex-
pended, not "promised." DAILY
There is no profit, however, in
making propaganda comparisons. OFFICIAL
What is important is that the free
and relatively prosperous states BULLETIN
have assumed an obligation to as-
sist those that are less fortunate
on a scale that could not previous- (continued from Page 2)
ly have been imagined. The idea
IN DENYING Tau Epsilon Phi permission
Tuesday to form a colony at the University,
the Fraternity Presidents Assembly made a
poor decision and, seriously compromised its
expansion policy. If the fraternity system is to
expand with projected enrollments, this fra-
ternity should have been admitted; its denial
sets a dangerous precedent by allowing the
interests of a small group block action of the
whole.
The objection to granting permission came
from the wishes of the seven predominantly
Jewish houses who want to preserve the status
quo and be- able to maintain their own "selec-
tivity." Their main objection centered around
the belief that there are not and will not be
enough extra Jewish men in the coming few
years to support an eighth predominantly-.
Jewish house.
TEP were to rush next spring, as the mo-\
tion would have allowed, the predominantly
Jewish houses now on campus would have had
to go through the minor inconvenience of re-
vising and improving rushing procedures. Any
new group, such as TEP, coming into the fra-
ternity system has to buck fraternities with es-
tablished reputations and sounder financial
systems. These houses are already here and
have settled themselves, whereas a new fra-
ternity has no secure foundation other than the
time and energy its members are willing to
put into it.
A new house will work hard to get the men
it needs and this in turn will force the fra-
ternities already here to improve their rush-
ing or be ready to settle for second-best men.
Such self-improvement will ultimately be a
great benefit to the system as a whole.
T HERE ARE already enough men to form
another fraternity wiMi predominantly Jew-
ish membership. According to figures present-
ed at the IFC's Executive Committee meeting
March 27, the average predominantly Jewish
fraternity has 55 to 56 actives,-while the aver-
age house can hold only 36 men; in addition,
none Of the houses has fewer actives than it
can accommodate.
If out-state enrollment drops next fall, there
is a possibility that the addition of another
predominantly Jewish fraternity would hurt
those already on campus; however, the motion
presented to the fraternity presidents required
the Executive Committee'to give final approval
to the colony in the fall. The committee would
be able to decide on the basis of out-state en-
rollment whether there would be enough Jew-
ish men on campus to make a new colony
feasible.
THE MOST distressing thing about the de-
cision was the fact that a small number of
speakers were able to talk down the motion
in the face of this evidence. Consequently, the
presidents took the most conservative position
possible - denying TI permission to colon-
ize. The fraternity system is in the midst of
an expanding University; they must be ready
to expand with it. This conservative policy will
ultimately bring nothing but trouble to the fra-
ternitie.s
In the words of Lou Kolb, IFC's executive
vice-president, "Gentlemen, we must move for-j
ward with the University. If we stand still while
everything else goes forward, we will, in fact,
be moving backwards."
--PHILIP MUNCK
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f > <By DREW PEARSON
Administration Fumbles Strategy
J HN FOSTER DULLES proved Tuesday that
he is the biggest diplomatic liability this
country - ad, perhaps, any country - ever
possessed.
Unwilling to resist putting his foot in his
mouth when the opportunity arose, Dulles
made magnificent propaganda by labeling the
Soviet's unilateral nuclear test ban as "propa-
ganda" and pointing out that the United States
considered such a move two weeks ago but re-
jected it as "basically unsound." Unfortunate-
ly, the propaganda Dulles made was all on the
side of the Russians.
Considering that he really is our Secretary of
State, Dulles was indeed magnanimous in per-
forming his service to the Russians. He told
reporters, "We deliberately accepted this
propaganda thrust."
DULLES was unwilling - probably because
of his ow n well-known modesty - to re-
veal which advisers aided President Eisen-
lower in reaching his decision not to halt U.S.
weapons tests. Senator Hubert Humphrey (D-
Minn.) told the Senate it apparently was Dulles
who advised the'President against beating Rus-
ia to the punch.
In the face of the Russian gesture, Dulles
continues to squawk what appears to be his
ole answer to all Russian moves: no inspec-
;ion, no deal. Meanwhile, nations such as Japan
Praise the Soviet gesture, no doubt because it
o favorably compares with this country's stale
liploinacy.
Even more frightening than Dulles' propa-
;anda ineptitude is the possibility that he has
'umbled away one of our few chances to ease
he cold war. True, the Russian move may only
iave been propaganda. The fact remains: as-
ute diplomacy could have forded the Russians
to stand by their proposal or brand themselves
liars.
IF DULLES and the President had taken the
Russian offer at face value, the Russians
would be under pressure to live up to their
promises. As things stand now, the Soviet
Union is not committed to continue its test-
halt.
Inspection, while perhaps desirable, is not
necessary to the detection of atomic tests. This
was proved time and again when - thanks to
seismograph recordings and other long dis-
tance scientific; observations - the United
States announced Soviet nuclear explosions be-
fore the Russians did in the most recent Com-
munist test series. The Dulles emphasis on in-
spection seems feeble in light of this fact.
IN ADDITION to the propaganda defeat and
loss of a chance to break the cold-war dead-
lock, Dulles-Eisenhower unwillingness to stop
tests bilaterally with the Russians is a strate-
gic blunder. This country now enjoys a slight
lead over the Russians in the field of nuclear
weapons. Thus -- from a purely self-interested
point of view - we stand only to gain from a
test cessation. Dulles-Eisenhower stupidity has
made it possible for the Russians to end U.S.
domination in the atomic weapons field, if they
so desire, merely by moving ahead with test
and production at a rapid rate.
From almost every conceivable point of view,
an "about face" in U.S. handling of the Rus-
sian test-halt proposal is needed.
Because Dulles undoubtedly is as bad at
facing-about as he is at facing the facts, this
"about-face" must begin with removal of Mr.
Dulles as this country's highest-ranking, so-
called diplomat.
-LEWIS COBURN
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Drew Pearson's
column today takes the form of a
letter to his eldest grandson, Drew
Arnold, in California.)
Dear Drew,
IT IS NOW the first of April and
some of the snow we had two
weeks ago is still unmelted in the
shadow of the house at the farm.
The snow was so heavy it broke
all the electric lines. Many people
in this part of Maryland and Vir-
ginia had no heat or water for
days, and it made us realize how
dependent we have all become on
modern conveniences and how
helpless we would be in case of an
atomic-bomb attack.
At the farm, it was the cows
which suffered most. When the
electricity went off we couldn't
run the milking machines and the
cows objected to being milked by
hand. They kicked over the buck-
et and kicked Mr. Taylor. They
just didn't want to have anything
but a machine milking them. You
wouldn't think that a cow would
get so mechanized, but they have.
* * *
OF COURSE, when the elec-
tricity gave out the water pump
stopped and we had no water. We
drove the cows to the pond to
drink, and the rest of us walked
down to the spring to get water.
The oil burners also stopped, and
some people had to shiver in their
homes for almost a week.
When I was your age and vis-
ited my grandfather's farm in
Kansas, we didn't have electri-
city or running water or bath-
rooms. We pumped water out of
the well by hand and we had old-
fashioned outhouses. Heavy snow
didn't make any difference to us.
Later, in Swarthmore, Pa., our
family lived in an old house where
Benjamin West, the first Ameri-
can artist, was born, and we
didn't have electricity either. We
used kerosene lamps. Now, your
grand-daddy is not quite as old
as this sounds. But the point is
that we have made a lot of prog-
ress in the last 50 years and none
of us wants to go back to kerosene
lamps and outside privies.
However, what a lot of people
around Washington began to re-
alize during that last big snow
was that we will have to go back
to this if we ever get into a war.
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YOU KNOW from readiig his-
tory at school that the United
States has never been attacked on
its own continental soil for more
than a hundred years - since the
British landed in Washington in
1814. When we had to fight wars,
we have fought them abroad. We
haven't known what it was to
have our houses blown up, our
electricity cut and water turned
off.
If there is ever atomic war,
however, these things will all hap-
pen -- right here at home.
This is not a very happy
thought to be thinking about at
Easter time. But it is much bet-
ter to think about it than be un-
prepared. And one trouble with
some of our leaders in govern-
ment is that they have been go-
ing around with their heads in
the clouds saying we had nothing
to worry about from Russia, that
Russia is a nation of peasants.
However, they are smart people
and also, I believe, peace-loving
people. I am sure the little boys
of Russia don't hate you any more
than you hate them.
And if we just get better ac-
quainted with each other, we don't
have to hate or be suspicious of
each other. People who know each
other and like each other don't
fight one another.
Recently, the Russians have
been surprisingly good about let-'
ting people, into their country.
They used to have what we called
an "iron curtain" to keep people
out. But now they seem anxious
and willing to get acquainted with
us. When a friend of mine went to
Moscow, he said he couldn't buy
a meal for himself on the train
because so many Russians wanted
to entertain him and make him
feel at home.
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GETTING acquainted with
people who are a long way off and
speak a different language isn't
easy. But it's easier than fighting
a war. And what all of us have
to realize is that either we work
at peace hard - very hard - or
else we are going, to have our
water and electricity shut off,
with crowded hospitals also shut
off, in the worst war in history.
Russia will face the same shutoffs
and the same bombings, but they
don't have so much electricity and
so many people depending on
modern conveniences as we do.
Well, that's a lot for a small boy
to think about. But Easter time,
when we are paying homage to
Him who taught us peace on
earth, good will to men, is the
time to think about the things He
stood for, instead of spending too
much time thinking about new
clothes.
or investment in numan welfare
has become a fixture in patterns
of world behavior when it reaches
sums such as these. The extent of
"aid" is significant.
* * *
SEVERAL reasons have been
advanced .for taking such a
course. The most loudly asserted
is that it is necessary to combat
the Communist menace by attack-
ing hunger, misery, disease and
unhappiness, because these can
provide the soil in which Com-
munist propaganda thrives.
More important by far is that
those who are sensitive to human
need and are able to do something
to meet it have an obligation im-
posed by their very well-being. Be-
yond that is the realization that
all of us will prosper as we make
various parts of our world com-
munity more prosperous. Thus
the motives are a mixture of fear,
good morals and the desire for
gain.
None of those motives is wrong
in itself and the combination may
well be productive.
LETTERS
to the
EDITOR
One Silent Man . . *
To the Editor:
A MILLION men,
silently at work,
Were lifting up the flag
to the moon,
Yielding to its weight,
and kneeling on
The ground to praise
the glory of its name
One silent man,
standing near the flag,
Where the boys in blue,
the green, and black
Go peddling by,
with tanks on the walk,
Planes in the air,
roaring overhead.
One silent man,
kneeling on the flag,
The lifted flag,
waving to the moon,
The trembling flag,
shaking in the blast,
A cushion for
the penitent one.
One silent. man,
kneeling on the flag,
A million angry men
shake their fist,
Raise their voice to
this impudent one;
They'd lifted on glorious-
heights, this flag,
Crumpled 'neath the
knees of penitence
(Dedicated to Prof. Kenneth Bould-
ing and other silent penitent ones.)
--Richard Lafuze, '58L
Parade . .
To the Editor:
O N WHAT basis does The Daily
choose its reviewers? In the
past, it has generally been on
matters of opinion that I dis-
agreed with them. The review of
"Vienna on Parade," however, re-
veals such abysmal ignorance that,
as an old grad, I am dismayed.
To begin with, Miss Branson
evidently did not bother to read
thek title of the concert, or else
does not know what "On Parade"
means. May I refer her to Wel:-
ster's Collegiate Dictionary, where
she will find that the only parade
one couldrbe "on" is "a public
walk, square, or promenade."
The Sunday concerts I used to
hear played 'in Europe in such
places, usually by military bands,
were very much like Wednesday's
concert. To feel the lack of Bee-
thoven or Mahler at such a con-
cert is like expecting to hear a
Dixieland Band play Hindemith.
If Miss Branson heard nothing
by Schubert, to whom does she
ascribe his Marche Militare (in-
cluded in the Servus Wien pot-
pourri)?
What "original accompaniment
did Herr Jancik omit from "The
Harry Lime Theme?" (That, by
the way, is the correct title.) Per-
haps she has never heard a re-
cording of Karas himself playing
Ball, May 2, 1958, to apply to this
dance only. This action was taken as
an exception in view of special circum-
stances with the understanding that
this in no way establishes a precedent
for similar grants.
Accepted the League constitution.
Accepted the Student Book Exchange
report with the deletion of a recom-
mendation calling for an appropriation
of $2000 from the Council to purchase
selected elementary books from stu-
dents for resale through the exchange.
subject to the approval of the Board
of Regents.
Concerts
Good Friday Concert: Gustav Mah-
ler's Second Symphony (The Resurrec-
tion Symphony) for large orchestra,
chorus, and soloists, will be presented
by the University Symphony Orchestra
and Choir, under the direction of Josef
Blatt, on Good Friday, Apr. 4, at 3:30
p.m. at Hill Auditorium. This is the
first performance of this work in An
Arbor. Public is invited to attend.
Academic Notices
Interdepartmental Seminar on Ap-
plied Meteorology: Engineering. Fri.,
April 4, 3:30 p.m., 5500 E. Engrg. Bldg.
Dr. James A. McLean will speak on "At-
mospherIc Pollution by Aeroallergens:
Medical Aspects."
Law School Admission Test: Appi-
cation blanks for the Law School Ad-
mission Test to be held April 19 are
available at 122 Rackham Bldg. Appli-
cations for this test must be received
in Princeton, N.J. on April 5 1958.
Preliminary Ph.D. Examinations in
Mathematics: Will be given April 23,
1958. All persons interested in taking
Math. Prelim's should sign up in the
Mathematics Departmental Office, 3220
Angell Hall.
Anatomy Seminar: Dr. George Nace,
Dept. of Zoology, on "Antigens and
Morphogenesis in the Amphibiam,"
Mon., April 14, 4:00 p.m., Room 2501 E.
Med. Bldg. Coffee will be served one-
half hour before each seminar In Rm.
3502 E. Med. Bldg.
The Logic Seminar of the Dept. of
Mathematics presents a special lecture
by Prof. Ernst P Specker, Swiss Federal
School of Technology and Cornell Uni-
versity. "Complete Extensions of Arith
metic." Fri., April 4, 3:10 p.m., 2010
Angell Hall. Refreshments: 2:45 p.m.,
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Placement Notices
Personnel Interviews:
Representatives from the following
will be at the Bureau of Appointments:
Wed., April 16
Bank of America, San Francisco, Cal.
Location of work - State of California
which includes 604 branches serving
over 350 cities and towns. Overseas
Branches - London, Manila, Tokyo,
Yokohama, Kobe, Osaka, Bangkok,
Guam. Bank of America (International)
-New York, Dusseldorf, Singapore,
Paris, Beirut, and Guatemala. Repre.
sentative offices - New York, Washing-
ton, ,D.C., Mexico City, Milan, Paris,
Zurich, New Delhi, Havana, Rio De Ja-
neiro, and Beirut. Men with B.A. in
Liberal Arts especially Economics.
B.BA. for 1) Commercial 2) Trust and
3) International Training Programs.
The method of training is formalized
on-the-job in their branches and ad-
ministrative departments under the
supervision of the Staff Training Sec-
tion of their Personnel Relations De-
partment. The length of such formal
training is two/years, with an addition-
al three years of planned experience
under the direction of the Staff Train-
ing Section. Their programs are de-
signed to acquaint the trainee with the
broad general field of branch banking
before any specialization is attempted.
Opportunities lead toward Lending,
Branch Operations, Trust, Internation-
al Banking, Methods, Accounting, Per-
sonnel Relations, Appraisal and other
fields. At the conclusion of training,
the trainee is assigned to a position at
officer level in ther Bank.
Employers Mutuals of Wausau, Wau-
sau, Wis. Location of work - Wausau,
Wis. 1) Men with B.A. in Liberal Arts,
or B.B.A. for Underwriting Trainees.
Men will spend from 2-6 months in a
training program in Wausau then
transfer to any of their sixteen branch-
es throughout the country. 2) Women
with B.A. In Mathematics, B.B.A. with
Accounting Major, or any degree with
an accounting minor for Audit Depart-
ment. 3) Women with any degree with
bookkeeping or accounts receivable ex-
perience for Audit Department.
For appointments, contact the Bu-
reau of Appointments, 3528 Admin.
Bldg., ext. 3371.
Personnel Requests:
St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital, Ann Ar-
bor, Mich. needs a young woman to
work at their main desk full time. Must
type and file medical records. Age: 25.
Youngstown Steel Car Corporation,
Niles, Ohio has anopening in their
engineering department for a person
with M.E. training and some speciali-
zation in stress analysis. Recent'gradu-
ate may qualifr
Denver Reseach Institute, University
of Denver, Colo. has positions available
for two Mechanical Engineers to do ap-
plied research and project supervision.
Age; 27 to 45 and Ph.D. or M.S. plus
suitable analytical experience. Also
there is a position opening up for a
Public Relations man with soie sci-
ence or engineering background wh
can write technical information, for
lay consumption and also is a good
photographer.
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Lots of love,
Your grandfather
(Copyright 1958 by Bell Syndicate,
Inc.)
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ed Press News Analyst supplies in four years. Under one guise or an-
AGO, the United States other, including military aid, the program has
inprecedented program to help continued and the figure now is approaching 50
help themselves against coe- billions and has touched more than 40 coun-
nomic chaos, tries.
country tried to do so much Although chaos has been prevented, econo--
mic troubles still persist despite a vast measure
riginally envisioned shipment of recovery. ,
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ported.
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sponsible will never be known, since the Amef-
ican contribution has been so involved with
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By JOHN WEICHER
Daily Staff Writer
A LANDMARK was passed by
Student Government Council
Wednesday.
Joe Collins and Ron Shorr, re-
tiring president and executive vice-
president respectively, said their
farewells to the Council. Shorr's
term expired at last week's elec-
tion, and Collins, elected last fall
for a year, resigned his position
before the election.
The pair was the last remaining
members of the Council who also
served on the old Student Legisla-
ture. They, thus, were the only
links between SGC and its prede-
cessor,, and also the only persons
whose SGC careers spanned the
history of the Council.
Six ex-officio members who were
freshmen when SL breathed its
last remained on SGC when Col-
lins and Shorr stepped down. How-
ever, within a month, all these
will be replaced, leaving only one
member -David Kessel-- whose
memory goes back to the days
before SGOC.
THE COUNCIL, which now will
be striking out "on its own," thus
that first Council three years ago,
also differs in other ways.
It now has the better part of a
wing of the Student Activities
Building - a clean well-lighted
place, in sharp contrast to the
little war-surplus quonset hut in
which it first drew breath.
SGC also has a history, albeit
a short one; three years ago it
had the exciting experience of
starting from scratch, with little
more than a list of functions for
guidance.
Now it has done things: it has
dealt with Sigma Kappa; it has
instituted spring rush; it has
fought for the lowering of the
driving age to 21, it has changed
the way of choosing the J-Hop
central committee. SGC has a
little tradition to guide it.
The Council, however, is un-
aware of its traditions, Collins
said in his "swan song" Wednes-
day. Shorr also noted a lack of
basic knowledge of precedents and
past action on the part of Council
members.
THIS WEAKNESS is, of course,
serious. It is perhaps a natural
result of the Council's growth: as
member of the Council would de-
vote a similar amount of time to
any project. Attitudes have
changed, he said; not as many
people are willing to work on pro-
jects on the present Council as on
previous Councils.
If true, the fault must lie as
much with the leadership of SGC
as with the members, and Collins
must bear a share of the blame.
But it is true that much of the
leadership of the recent Council
came from the executive com-
mittee and thehex-officio members.
The body of the elected Council
members generally has not pulled
its own weight. And as a resyllt,
noted by Shorr, faith in SGC and
its individual members on the part
of the student body has lessened.
The committee structure, Collins
said, has broken down somewhat
in the past year. Here again, the
leadership must take some of the
blame. No one has "gotten after"
the committees which have let
down. Committees are called to
account very seldom, unless they
are working on something impor-
tant and pressing.
* * *
INTERFRATERNITY Council
President Rob Trost, who also re-
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