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URDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1958

NIGHT EDITOR: DAVID TARR


New Approaches
To Old Problem of Peace

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IRRESISTIBLE FORCE:
U.S. Must Help Channel
Arab Nationalism
By WILLIAM L. RYAN
Associated Press Foreign News Analyst
FEDERATION of Iran and Jordan probably means that eventually
-and possibly before too long-Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt will
be the master of 40 million Arabs in the Middle East.
American policy, if it is to get anywhere at all in the area, must
soon make up its mind to live with this probability and plan for it.
Nasser is well aware of the potentialities in the current situation.
His undisputed mastery over Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Yemen and Egypt
depends upon the withdrawal of Iraq from the Baghdad Pact, and that

V

V ISITORS with a wide variety of views on
the world paused in Ann Arbor during the
past week but their basic concern narrowed to
one problem-the present relation of the United
States with the rest of* the world.
The initial incongruity of linking the military
approach, represented by Sixth Army com-
mander Major General Theodore S. Riggs, and
a condemnation of the arms race as preached
by Socialist Norman Thomas disappears upon
recognition that both merely represent two
divergent approaches to the same problem.
Standing between the extremes were the
participants in Monday night's Lecture Series
presentation, Sen. Thruston Morton (R-Ky.)
and Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-Minn.).
Despite differences in approach, attitude and
willingness to change, the statements of the
visitors and the response of their listeners indi-
cates a common concern, a growing concern
by this country's citizens about their foreign
policy.
To be sure, much of this worry is Sputnik
nspired, and justifiably so. Yet the thoughts
now directed towards foreign policy should not
be disregarded because of the obviousness of
heir motives.

UNFORTUNATELY, observation of State De-
partment attitudes leads to a growing feel-
ing that not only is our approach to space
lagging behind the Russians, but our attitudes
are even farther beind our science.
The willingness to try new scientific ideas,
things that were "Buck Rogerish" only a few
years ago, is not matched by a willingness to
try new diplomatic approaches. Jet plane
thinking cannot keep pace with rocket age
realities.
Signs of stiffness in handling relations with
the rest of the world are apparent in the almost
reflex-like rejection of disarmament, the long
expected resignation or firing of disarmament
adviser Harold E. Stassen, the insistence on
safeguards of "inspection" of a country as large
as Russia, and adherence to demands that
Russia agree to certain conditions as a pre-
requisite to negotiation.
While the sincerity of the Soviet Union de-
mands continual scrutiny, our approach to the
cold war equally demands a look for the fresh-
ness and imagination needed to find new and
perhaps more effective approaches to world
peace.
--MICHAEL KRAFT

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The Gullies of Learning

WASINGTON MER1{Y-GU-RUID

DURING REGISTRATION for the present
semester, a student was told by a counselor
not to take a humanities course "because it
only covers work you've had before. Take some-
thing different."
The work in question happened to include
some of the greatest literature of Western
civilization; it is highly unlikely that studying
the works again would have been without
benefit. In any case, the student was greatly
interested in continuint study of this literature,
but was not permitted to do so by a faculty
member.
This is in direct violation of one of the
cardinal tenets of modern scholarship, which
often concerns itself with intensive study of a
relatively narrow subject. Many faculty mem-
bers devote their lives to the study of one such
gully of learning; a glance at the titles of
doctoral dissertations will indicate that such
"narrow, but deep" study is essential to gradu-
ate students and future professors. Why then
should an undergraduate not be permitted to
take a "repetitious" course?
This repeated study is also an unquestioned
assumption of the humanities departments. "A
work of literature (or philosophy, or music, or
art) is never exhausted. Something fresh can
always be discovered in it." Thus speak the
professors in numerous classes. In introductory
courses, the student is often told, "We could

go into this much further, but we have to
cover more ground." This may be true in such
classes, where a general introduction is valu-
able. However, an interested student should
have the chance to go further, and courses are
therefore often provided for such students.
Then a counselor steps in and says not to take
the course because the student "had" the
material before.
WHY OFFER Shakespeare's Complete Works,
when English 50 "covers the same mater-
ial?" Why teach Tudor, Stuart, and Hanoverian
England, when History 41 and 42 are offered?
Why bother with ornithology or protozoology
at all?
"Shallow but wide" learning has an important
place, to be sure; this is the rationale behind
distribution requirements. To a chemistry ma-
jor, a good general grasp of economic principles
may be sufficient. Further, a wide acquaintance
among the fields of knowledge may better serve
some students than intensive analysis of one
small segment. But surely by the close of
college, the student can judge for himself which
is better for him.
The "anti-intellectual" attitude is probably
not widespread among the academic counselors,
but even its appearance in isolated situations
is cause for alarm. Let us hope it does not
continue.
-JOHN WEICHER

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Morse Preaches, Fights
By DREW PEARSON

WAYNE MORSE of Oregon is
one of the most versatile.
toughest scrappers in the Senate
of the United States. One day last
week he got up, shaved, ate no
breakfast, appeared on the Dave
Garroway TV show, then attended
a Senate prayer breakfast, at
which he preached a sermon,
"Peace Through Disarmament."
Quoting from Matthew V'
"Blessed are the peace makers;"
Isaiah II and Micah IV, "Beat
their swords into plowshares;"
and from Matthew XXVI:52,
"Then Jesus said unto him, put
up again thy sword into its place,
for all they who take the sword
shall perish with the sword,',,
Morse told his Senate colleagues
that Asia feared the United States
as much as it feared Russia.
"We are not convincing the
world that we are peaceful," Morse
said.
"THAT was a remarkable ser-
mon," commented Senator Dwor-
shak of Idaho, "for one of the
toughest fighters I know."
Finishing the prayer breakfast,
the senator from Oregon went
back to his office. Waiting for him
on the telephone was Speaker
Sam Rayburn.
"I understand you have some
stolen documents of ours," said the
speaker, half-kidding.
"I don't know that the descrip-
tion 'stolen' is correct, but I do
have some documents," replied
Morse.
He referred to the fact that the
previous midnight he had come to
his door in pajamas and dressing
gown to receive several cartons of
confidential files from the House
Subcommittee on Legislative Over-
sight, brought to him by the fired
counsel, Dr. Bernard Schwartz.

"I will send the U.S. Marshal
for them," said the Speaker.
"Under this Administration, you
better send the Army," replied
Morse. The Speaker roared.
They arranged that Morse would
be at his apartment to deliver the
documents at 12:30 p.m. The
apartment lobby when he arrived
seemed full of photographers and
congressmen, including Chairman
Oren Harris of Arkansas and John
Flynt of Georgia. They shook
hands. Photographers asked Morse
if he would carry out the docu-
ments so they could take a pic-
ture of him.
"I couldn't carry them. They are
too heavy."
Congressman Harris asked
newsmen to retire so he could talk
privately with the senator from
Oregon. He told Morse how the
man who had first proposed the
investigation was Speaker Ray-
burn and how he, Harris, had had
a conference with the Speaker
that very morning.
* * *
"THE COUNTRY is all stirred
up." said the congressman from
Arkansas, who hitherto has
dragged his feet against a probe,
"but I am going to give them an
investigation such as they have
never seen before. I don't care if
it's the executive branch of the
government or the Congress. We
are going to investigate. We are
really going to bring out the
facts."
"Yes," chimed in Flynt of Geor-
gia. "We have eight ex-district at-
torneys, and we know how to in-
vestigate."
The two congressmen didn't say
so, but it was obvious they had in
mind the fact that Morse had al-
ready announced he would intro-
duce a resolution to push a special
Senate investigation of influence

peddling and finagling inside the
independent agencies if the House
committee fell down, as ex-counsel
Schwartz has charged'it is doing.
Morse did not volunteer that
-he would withdraw his investiga-
tion. He said: "I am sorry Mrs.
Morse isn't here. I can't even of-
fer you some coffee. I hope I can
receive you more sociably on other
business in the future."
Harris was inquisitive as to the
exact time Morse received the se-
cret documents.
"About 11:45 p.m., Morse re-
plied.
Harris looked disappointed. He
knew this was before, not after,
Dr. Schwartz had been served with
a subpoena to produce his docu-
ments. Therefore Schwartz could
not be found in contempt of Con-
gress.
"How could Schwartz handle all
these papers?" Harris asked.
"He didn't. He didn't have any-
thing in his hands. Two newspa-
permen carried the documents for
him."
BACKSTAGE with the diplo-
mats - The new Venezuelan gov-
ernment has been cool in its first
contacts with the American Em-
bassy . . . Russia has promised Red
China to install six giant missile
bases on the Chinese coast within
easy firing range of Formosa. (We
are still obligated to go to war in
defense of Formosa in case of at-
tack.)
It's now a crime in Russia for
an artist to paint a portrait of
any living Kremlin leader. This
strange new decree is supposed to
stop another Stalin from over-
glorifying himself. Khrushchev
claims that if one Red leader has
more portraits of himself than an-
other, it: may lead to friction in-
side the Kremlin.
(Copyright 1958 by Bell Syndicate, Inc.)

seems to be in the cards. If and
when Iraq withdraws from. that
alliance, a full reconciliation be-
tween Iraq and Egypt can only be
a matter of time.
The fever of Middle East Arab
nationalism forced in a brief period
of a few weeks events which many
had said would take years to
develop. There are two federations
in the Arab East now.
One is the Iraqi-Jordan merger
which, though a loose federation,
tends to appease the nationalist
appetite for Arab brotherhood.
The other aims at being a firm
union under a single government
-the United Arab Republic of
Egypt and Syria. The latter forced
the former into being in rapid
time.
!But the Iraqi-Jordan federation
will be plunged into chaos unless
it offers additional appeasement
to the, nationalist appetite. The
nationalists far outnumber their
opponents in the Arab East.
* * *
THEY ARE unlikely to be satis-
fied in Jordan with a federation
still linked to an alliance which
nationalists associate with imper-
ialism and colonialism.
King Hussein, pressed more than
ever now will be exerting his own
pressure against his fellow Hashe-
mites in Iraq for an end to the
physical tie with Britain.
Iraq's regime itself will also be
under severe strain. The impetus
which the Syria-Egyptian union
and the Iraqi-Jordan federation
lend to the iationalist cause of
unity is bound to build a fire under
the British-sponsored Iraqi regime.
Unless it bows to the demand, it
is in for serious trouble. Once it
does bow, Arab nationalism will
tend to push more and more to-
ward Nasser's embrace.
THIS IS NOT necessarily bad.
There are some hopeful aspects
to it. For one thing, there is hope
that some Arab stability will re-
sult. In the turbulent Middle East,
that would be all to the good.
If American policy attempts to
counter and fight this nationalism
now, it will generate more explo-
sions in the Arab East.
There is nothing inherently bad
in Arab nationalism. It is a force,
at any rate, which cannot be
stopped. The best American policy
can hope for is that it will channel
itself into constructive paths.
The United States could assist
such a process. It could make a
friendly gesture toward Arab na-
tionalism. Such a gesture would
electrify many an Arab in the area.
who fervently wants to remain the
friend+ of the United States.
For Washington to do otherwise
would be to invite eventual calam-
ity for the West in the Middle
East.
Consolation,
PAKISTAN raised diplomatic
eyebrows by' putting its money
on horsy playboy Aly Khan as its
permanent delegate to the United
Nations.
Aly's appointment struck some
as a consolation prize for his fail-
ure to succeed his father as the
top (Aga) Khan. A citizen of Iran,
he promisd to take an "active in-
terest" in his new job.
--Time

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TODAY AND TOMORROW:
To Grasp the Nettle
By WALTER LIPPMANN

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THE".,PRIME MINISTER, M. Gaillard has
accepted full responsibility on behalf of the
French government for the bombing of the
Tunisian border town. He expressed regret that
civilians were killed. But he insisted that the
bombing was an act of "legitimate defense,"
and that his government "does not recognize,
culpability in this affair."
This closes the door to what might have
been a way out of the affair-namely to disavow
the violence caused by the local commanders,
and to give assurances that their actions will
not be repeated.
Had this door not been closed, there would
have been some hope--not too much hope
but 'some-that the French-Tunisian conflict
could have been limited to local actions along
the border, with the two governments in Paris
and Tunis not immediately and directly in-
volved. There is not much hope of that now,
and we have a conflict between France and
Tunisia which is spreading to all the critical
points-such as the naval base at Bizerte-
where their national interests meet.
Editorial Staff
PETER ECKSTEIN, Edftor
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Editorial Director City Editor
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This makes our own position very difficult
indeed. For we are caught in a bad squeeze.
France is our oldest ally and it is now the
keystone of our strategic position in Europe.
Tunisia is a new friend. But it is of all the
Arab countries the most genuinely interested in
remaining within the Western world. If we
cannot find a way to work harmoniously with
Tunisia under the government of M. Bourguiba,
the prospects are dark indeed of a good rela-
tionship between North Africa and the Western
world.
Our policy, as Mr. Dulles described it in his
press conference on Tuesday, is in substance to
muddle through, and to pray that neither side
will ask us to take a decisive position. Mr.
Dulles is hard pressed and entitled to play for
time.\It is understandable that he should hope
that he can in North Africa continue to muddle
through.
FOR THE alternative to muddling through
is difficult and dangerous, considering the
temper which now exists in Paris and in the
Arab world. But it looks very much as if the
difficult course, though dangerous, may never-
theless be safer than the policy of muddling
through a conflict which is becoming so bitter
and so irreconcilable. The alternative course
would be to take the line that the Algerian
war is a danger to the peace of the world, and
that all suitable diplomatic measures must be
taken to mediate and to compose the Algerian
war.
This will be a very unpopular position in
many quarters in France for the United States
to take. But, as the North African conflict
spreads, will it really be possible for this
country to remain strictly neutral and unin-
volved? M. Gaillard's goverhnent is heading
into great trouble, and as the conflict deepens
and spreads, it will seem more and more in-
tolerable that a professed ally like the United
Statesould naloeh a nrafaesd neutral in the



LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:
Daily Movie Review Stirs Up a Storm

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You're Welcome ..,
To the Editor:
GREATLY appreciate that you
have informed me of the motion
picture "Sayonara" in today's
(Wednesday's) Daily.
I earnestly hope that you will
introduce and criticize each or
some outstanding movies that are
shown in Ann Arbor. That will
help us understand them better or
give us some information before
we go to see them. Thank you.
-Sutesaburo Kohmoto, Grad.
Gastronornics . .
To the Editor:
THE exceedingly immature ap-
proach of your critic to the film
"Sayonara" has tempted me to
offer some comment.
Although she found an inter-
racial love theme as being "a little
too hard to swallow," a modest
amount of research on the subject
might have further impaired her
digestive capacity.
A chec1r nof vtstit npr+ninino

when depicted in "Yank Go Home"
terms reflects an intellectual un-
dernou;ishment as regards things
Far Eastern.
I recommend that your reviewer
be encouraged to indulge herself
in some of the excellent courses
that the University offers in the
field of Far Eastern studies. I trust
that the fare offered will not be
"too hard to swallow."
--Don Shore, Grad.
Center for Japanese Studies
Really? . .
To the Editor:
NCE AGAIN The Daily has
proudly upheld its long tradi-
tion of assinine movie reviews.
Beverly Gross' insensitive man-
handling of one of the year's most
beautiful motion pictures, "Say-
onara," illustrates quite well The
Daily's rather juvenile reviewing
system.
What Miss Gross had expected
from the picture is not exactly
clear, but Dr. Freud could prob-
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"Sayonara" was captivated by the
natural quality of the story and
dialogue (especially Brando's "in-
articulate drawl"). Miss Gross' re-
view completely missed the real
warmth and substance of the pic-
ture.
I think The Daily's reviewers
would be much closer to the heart
of things if they abandoned the
attitude of fashionable skepticism,
and devoted their energies to ap-*
preciating instead of depreciating.
Their work would be much more
enjoyable, both for themselves and
for their readers.
--Hugh Witemeyer, '61
Devised * *.
To the Editor:
IN REGARD to my letter which
was published in The Daily of
Feb. 8, I would like to straighten
up a few points:
First, I had no idea that the
letter would be published so long
after the article upon which it is
based appeared in The Daily (Jan.
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thought that, perhaps this would
be an excellent opportunity to test
the article, to see if it were really
true that American sudents are
notoriously disinterested in any
problems other than their own.
From this point on, the ideas set
forth in my letter were deliberately
concocted to get as many "rises"
out of as many people as possible
and yet not try to appear too
obvious. I think if the letter is
examined closely, this can be seen:
(Note: "black and white poli-
tics," "giddy patriotism" and "stu-
dent governments" for the politi-
cally minded - a sure irritant;
"carrying crosses for all mankind"
for the religiously inclined;
"straight road" for the liberal arts
student; the school which I attend
to give it all that crass, pecuniary
aura, etc.)
Yet, even with all the "incen-
tives" provided to disprove myself
and at the same time the article,
it appears that the article's impli-
cations are all too correct. With
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