"I Think We've Managed To Save His Face" .1) Iat4 ''ppnhln, ,p l. Sixty-Eighth Year |- EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN one Are Free UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS ill Prevail" STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG. * ANN ARBOR, MICH. * Phone NO 2-3241 printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. Aradull 20, 1957 NIGHT EDITOR: MICHAEL KRAFT Union Incompetence Costs Students Money "TEANNE EAGELS" is the chronicle of a great actress who mi d well have been a character from an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel ra er than a person from real life. Miss Eagels was a child of the twenties. Her rise to the first r of Broadway actresses was sensational even in an era accustor to the .sensational. Her most famous role was as Sadie Thompsor "Rain," and her interpretation set a lasting standard for the p But if her rise was sensational, her descent was even more so. T Since her life was a tragedy and Ren ewers since 'the Greeks wrote tragedies, Producer George Sidney decided There will be a meeting that "Jeanne ,Eagels" must be The Daily Review Staff at done up as a Gre'tragedy. p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, in t ee Student Publications Build The oodis ombe, he ate Anyone interested in revie" theme omnipresent,.(and'in the ing for the Daily or in drawl case of Jeannes' walking under a editorial cartoons is invited ladder, even trite). O r aes attend abound to warn Jeanne of her doom. And Jeanne, walks dream- ily to her death in a heavy black gown. DAMP IOOL YEAR is barely one day old, eady one of the largest campus stu- tizations has fumbled the ball on two gest annual projects. Few student igs on this campus have the poten- as important. to the -student finan- >es the Union-operated Student Book And seldom does the Student Gov-, ;ouncil delegate anything as big as run student charter flight to Europe. ,use of poor organization, inadequate ient peresonnel, and a complete lack t and planning, both student-spon- acts have earned classification among fallures of the organization. Not only failed to achieve their goals of satis- student's needs and saving him ey have actually and acutely placed y burdeans upon him and resulted of literally thousands of dollars. cally, the Union-sponsored flight to ieh was scheduled to leave New York and return Sept. 4th, would save nt at least one-hundred dollars and :k, dependable trans-Atlantic trans- In reality however, Michigan stu- d up paying fifty dollars more than. ron other colleges, and receiving a h was certainly not quick, and any- dependable. WOULD hold Union officials re- ble if bad weather had delayed the -of the craft, or if some unforeseen had necessitated an 'additional 30 paid over and above the $310', for contract originally called. But bad as not the cause of the three days he plane, and Union flight leaders receiving free round-trip passage ndle such a'situation were not. even ity of Amsterdam in time to attempt charter, company to its contract. rely possible the situation in Anister- eyond the control of the flight lead- nion officials insist there is a "good some of the thirty dollars will bet But even if the Union weregiven the the doubt in both; instances, they be held to answer for the lack of )n and planning which made these possible. essity'of tacking on the extra charge e been completely eliminated had the t a waiting list of persons to fill ns, a practice which has always 11 on Michigan charter flights in the e-day delay, the lack of communica- en flight leaders and students, and a smaller problems could have been ed by adequate organization at the by the Union simply consulting per- were -familiar with the problems of ghts when such persons were avail.- able during the planning of the flight last spring. But none of these things were thought of then, and the result was that 114 students and tiniversity personnel were forced to spend an extra three1 days in Amsterdam at their own expense for reasons which they were never able to find out. And when the plane finally took off, most of the passengers had already lost the money they had invested in hotel reservations in New York and in connecting transportation from New York. Others had to send costly telegrams to employers and parents or forfeit jobs waiting for them. WHILE the CHARTER flight imposed great difficulties on a relatively small number of students, the Student BookExchange is pre- sently imposing smaller ones on a greater per- centage of the student body. When the SBX was run entirely by the old Student Legislature and more recently by SGC it was designed for, and once managed to fur- nish text books to students at lower prices than local book stores, while at the same time en- abling a student to sell his old books at a better price than that offered at the book stores.. But when the doors opened at SBX this semester there were fewer books on the shelves than at anytime in recent years, meaning fewer students received good prices for their old books and that fewer, students would save money on books this year. SBX officials have aadmitted the low stock of books and the sparse number of students coming to the Ex- change are ill fruits of a lack of advertising and organization when the book exchange directors were appointed by the Union last spring. . TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES are not the sole reason for SBX's failure to fulfill its obliga- tions to the University students. Equally im- portant a. factor is the poor treatment many. stIdents have been receiving from some of the SBX personnel. Many are the students who have stalked out of the Exchange feeling they have been insulted. Such rude treatment of students by fellow., students, cannot be con- doned in any student .organization. Last year many of the student groups pointed. with pride to the gains they claimed to be making in the area of closer affiliation with,' and more co-operation from, faculty and ad- . ministrative groups. But any advancement in this field is superfluous if these organizations cannot learn how to handle and help their own student body; the sole reason for their existence in the first place. A student organiza- tion without the ability to help the students is about as preposterous as a Student Book Ex- change without books or a charter flight that doesn't fly. -WILLIAM HANEY Features Editor WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND: t ~U.S. Wins Greek Frientds- NO ATTEPMPT is made to place the heroine in the setting of the tOenties in any meaningful fash- ion. Nor can one appreciate from the movie her true greatness as an actress. Instead a one-dimen- sional study of Miss Eagels' emo- tional life is presented. To carry out this purpose the picture becomes a successionof camera closeups of the principals. Two hours of these closeups make' the picture increasingly dull. Miss Novak plays the lead role with her usual short range of fa- cial m'obility - a kind of plain- tive, unhinged dreaminess-which may be just what the role re- quires. Jeff Chandler plays a composite of two or more men in Miss Eagels' life, which may ac- count for a certain disjointedness in his role. { BETWEEN them, they manage' to escape the overtone of tragedy long enough to play 'a really poignant love scene against a de- serted carnival background early in the picture. Agnes Moorehead appears as a grande dame of, the theatre, a role which does not call into play her 'abundant acting skills. The s4ccess of the Lillian Roth biography may have inspired the exhumation of Jeanne Eagels. The all-out promotion of this movie even involved Miss Novak's suspension by her studio. But the formula did not work, the pro- duct is at times artificial, increas- ingly dull and overly long. -Paul Mott By DREW.: PEARSON OFFICIAL BULL EIN ATHENS -- Keeping the alle- giance of strategic countries in this part of the world is a con- stant struggle between the de- structive effect of John Foster Dulles' boor-boos and the con- structive work of people-to-people= friendship. In this key country of Greece, however, we seem to, be winning the battle-thanks to three factors: 1. The American colleges in Greece whose alumni have or- ganized against the Kremlin. 2. The basic good sense of the Greek people who differentiate between American good inten- tions and official faux pas. 3. A cultural program engin- eered by Dr. Duncan Emrich of the United States Information Service which outcultured Mos- cow's frantic bid to undercut us in the Balkans. S* * * WHEN THE FAMED Moscow Ballet arrived in Athens, it was not a howling success. Its ballet dancers were guarded by a stony- faced Kremlin chaperone who did not permit them to mingle with a single Greek. This is not the way to win friends in Athens. In competition, and playing al- ternate afternoons and even-. ings in the same theatre, was Dizzy Gillespie's jazz - orchestra. It, too was no howling success; and the inebriated behavior of some musicians won no friends among Athenian women. So the battle of the ballet vs. Gillespie was a draw, except that the Rus- .sian dancers were fascinated with the Negro jazz players. The American Ballet Theatre, on the other hand, was a tremen- dous success; while the Minne- apolis Symphony Orchestra, play- ing in the 2,000-year-old Theatre of Herod of Athens alongside the Acropolis, was fofced to play more encores than any orchestra in Athens.. Latest contest between com- munist and free-world entertain- ment occurred between the Mos- cow circus and an American-pro- duced skating pageant called "Holiday on Ice." "Holiday on Ice" outdrew the Moscow circus, partly because it was American, partly because it was staged to raise money for the four American colleges in Greece and the alumni of these colleges were out hustling tickets. Until this year, their alumni had never ,been' organized. Nor had the Greek shipowners been mobilized on' the side. of people- to-people friendship. However, when Dr. Emrich suggested to John Goulandris, owner'of the SS Olympic and SS Queen Frederika, that he stage a party aboard ship for the alumni of the four Ameri- can colleges, this began a potent alumni organization which beats the hard corps of communists sent from Moscow. tions of famous American books, with the result that Walt Whit- man has become a best seller in Greece, together with. Charles Lindbergh's "The Spirit of St. Louis" and Stephen Crane's "The Red Badge of Courage." The books, which sell for only six drachmas. (18 cents). brought screams of anguish from the communist newspaper Avghi. Em- rich, complained Avghi, "has penetrated every facet of Greece." It takes more than money jtoc build a firm friendship between any peoples. Money is necessary to keep a nation alive and to fi- nance its army. But mere money without personal frjmndship can cause bitterness. Various factors have helped build friendship in Greece; such as the annual examinations held by the University of Michigan for ability to use the' English lan- guage. This is taken by thousands; of young Greeks and has helped to make English the second lan- guage of the land. To work in a modern Greek business establish- ment where English is important, an applicant usually has to pass the University of Michigan test.. * * * FOUR MEMBERS of the Greek cabinet were picked by the State Department-before they entered the cabinet-as potential leaders an given "leader grants" to tour the United States. This 'is an all- expense-paid invitation to visit. the United States issued by the State Department to editors, mayors, members of parliaments, 'authors, doctors and professors of various countries throughout the world. (Copyright 1957 by Beil Syndicate Inc.) Asian Flu, The Daily Official bulletin is # official publication of the 'Univwe city of Michigan for which tI Michigan Daily assumes no ed torial responsibility. Notices shou be Sent in TYPEWRITTEN form -t Room 3519 Administration Build ing, before 2 p m. the day preei publication. Notices for unc Daily due at 2:00 p.m. Friday. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1957 VOL. LXVIII, No. 3 'General Notices " Closed Social Events (for memi and invited guests only) sponored student organizations must be 1ei tered in the Office ,of Student Affe Application forms may be secured the Office of Student! Affairs. lieqW for approval must be submitted t'i office no later than noon of the T day before the event is' schedled list of_ approved social events :Will! published in the Daily Official Eu tin on Thursday of each week. In planning social programs fo° semester, social chairmen are rein that the calendar i.cosed s~ved prior to the beginning of final exa nations. For the present sEmester, aminations begin Jan. 17. Rules Governing participation non-athletic extracurricular activil Any regularly enrolled student eligible to participate in non-athl extracurricular activtes provided is noton academic discipline. Responsibility Responsibility for observance of eligibility statement, is plaed,dire uponthe student. In case of doub status; students should inquire at Office of Student Affairs. Participa in an extracurricular activity in yi tion of the requiremlents may aWb a student to disciplnary action. Restrictons In interpretation of the above e bility statement, the following area cifically forbidden to participate extra-curricuar/activities indicated a) Student on academie discipl i.e., notification, warning, probat action pending, as determined by faculty of the college in which. student is enrolled. Academic D pdine also includes tie tern "i Counseling" as used by the Sel of Music and the School of Edi tio; . b) Part-time and special stud carrying less than twelve hours.' Activities The eligibility requirements musi met by students participatingIn a activities as. are listed below. The is not exhaustive but is intended indicate the kinds of extracurri' activities fr participation in wI eligibility is necessary. a) Participation in public perto ances which are sponsored by dent organizations and which quire group rehearsals. Exam Union Opera, Junior Gri'o , P productionsOf the Gilbert and E livan Society, Student Players Inter-Arts Union;. performances Arts chorale and the Glee Club b) Participation , in public perfe aoces which are sponsored by -14enic courses and which req group rehearsals, for those par pants Who are not enrlld In sponsorin georse for credit. amples: Ensemble 45, 46 (Orchesl Ensembles 47, 48 (Bands), Ensen 0, 50 (Choir), Voice 11, 12, 155, (Opera Workshop). c) Staff members of student pt cations, Examples: Daily, Garg Michiganensian, Techni, Gen tion. d) Officers and chairmen of st ing committees in student organ tions, including house grous. Includes positions in house gr such as social, athletic, rushing, sonnel, pledge training and pub] tion chairmen, house managers stewards. e) Class officers or candidates such office. (Continued on Page 5) TODAY AND TOMORROW: I'Cold War in Hot Lands I By WALTER LIPPMANN E COLD WAR in the Middle East is being arried on in a special:sign language, in a of code, which hides what is going on until s been translated and deciphered. The real 'gle is for power and.influence inside the governments, and at the moment inside governments of Syria and Jordan. The ruling classes, of course, understand this well, as do the authorities in Moscow and hington, in London arid in Paris. But they ot espeak plainly. Arab opinion will not ac- a frank statement that any Arab countries he stakes of the competition for influence ze great powers; and that for the time be- he Russians are ahead in this competition yria while we are ahead in Jordan.' order to hide the reality and yet to be to tall about what they are doing, all governments concerned have resorted to ame device. They are transposing what tually going on-an internal struggle for r-into the conventional international lan- e of extrenal aggression and resistance to o, when Russia sends arms to Syria, she that Turkey, incited and armed by the d States, is preparing to attack Syria. a we send arms to Jordan, we say that be- Editorial Staff PETER ECKSTEIN, Editor MES ELSMAN, JR. VERNON NAHRGANG Iditorial Director City Editor 'A HANSON ..................ersonnel Director DIY MORRISON ...............Magazine Editor RD GERULDSEN ...Associate Editorial Director AM HANEY ...........f.........Features Editor PERLBLRG .................Activities Editor L PRINS ....*......Associate Personnel Director 3 BAAD..........., .....Sports Editor E BENNETT .'...........Associate Sports Editor HILLYER . .............Associate Sports Editor LES CURTISS .............Chief Photographer cause Syria is being armed, the defense of Jor- dan must be strengthened. In fact, there is no reason at all to think that Russia is sending arms to Syria in order to mount a military aggression against Jordan or anyone else. Nor is there any doubt that the last thing we want is that Turkey and Jordan should do anything so foolish as to -attack Syria, and thus to set the whole Middle East aflame. Even if they were planning an indirect military aggression, the Russians can have no illusions about thesmilitary prowess of Syria, which is not far from zero. Nor can we have any illusions about the prowess of Jordan, plus or minus some guns and some tanks. Moscow and Washington know perfectly well that neither is getting readyfor the overt aggression which they accuse each other of. What they are ac- tually doing is to wage a cold war. * * * W HAT THEN is the sense and purpose of the arms shipments? They are consigned to the military men who control the armies which control the governments. The young King's government in Jordan rests squarely on the loyalty of the Bedouin levies, as against the suspicion and hostility of the Palestinian Arabs. What influence we have in Jordan has to be nourished by keeping the King's officers and troops convinced that they can look- to us for money and for arms. Likewise, the Soviets armed Syria, a country which since it achieved its independence has rarely for long been anything but a military dictatorship. Syrian politics is made up of the rivalry and the intrigues of groups of army officers, not averse to cutting each other's throats in a struggle to control the dictator- ship. But using the code language, Moscow is describing the operation as the defense of Syria's independence against Turkish and American aggression. * * * THE COLD WAR in the Middle East 's ob- scure, intermittent, and indecisive. Nearly * * . FURTHERMORE, it doesn't cost Congress any money. F Emrich has found various ways of promoting friendship despite the penny-pinchers in Congress. He arranged. with Alkemos Grat- sos, another shipowner, to let 24 Greek students work their way to, the United States every year to study in American universities. He has also arranged with Pfeifer- and Simon in New York for the publication of pocket edi-, O MOST of us the very name of the disease Asian flu, has a mysterious, unknown and awful ring. 'Actually, the name is mislead- ing, the New England Journal of Medicine points out. The bug that causes the. mild disease 'now spreading from country to coun- try has been well studied and de- termined to be a varient of in- fluenza" A virus. Many of the waves of influenza that have oc- curred throughout the world in recent years have been caused by A virus varients. Let us all keep a' cool head about Asian in f luen za as the. statistics on the spread and the virulence of the disease begin to accumulate. For 'one thing, let us be sure that the 1957 type of A influenza virus is innocuous, a$ early returns show, and that an- tibiotics can indeed control the complications that may. develop. Let us not forget-that serious epi- demics of flu have been predicted by flu .specialists for many years. now and that the disaster of forty years ago is well remembered- remembered both by the general public and the medical profession. Meanwhile, we can all be proud of the early iscovery of the new type A virus in Asia, quick devel- opment of a vaccine against it,' and extensive medical record- keeping of the spread of the di-, sease-all are e4.idence of man's improved ability to.cope with vir- us diseases. Of these, influenza has usually been one of the mild- est. v -New York Times INTERPRETING THE NEWS- Missile Warfare, UN Discussed., By J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press News Analyst= Dulles Replies THE UNITED STATES is now firing all barrels in the propa- ganda war. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles has replied to the Russian threat of intercontinental missile warfare with the statement that the United States also knows how to use outer space for destructive purposes. In addition, , he warns that smaller allies around the Russian perimeter will soon have tactical atomic weapons so that they will not have to rely entirely on Ameri- ca's ability for massive retaliation to deter either atomic or conven- tional war. * * * THESE WEAPONS, Dulles says, will be "clean" enough so they can be used safely to repel invasion without endangering territory not actually involved in the fighting. They will be weapons which democratic nations will not hesi- tate to use. Thus an aggressor will not be optimism" line frequently express- ed by American officials in the last few years. Some people are reading Dulles' article on the military situation in the magazine Foreign Affairs as a partial retreat from the massive retaliation policy. It seems more likely that some- thing has been added, something which might reduce the inevitabil- ity of general atomic warfare in case of aggression. Something which might offer a limited de- fensive alternative, but which still holds massive retaliation in, re- serve. UN Problems . . AN ATMAOSPHERE of apology has settled around the United Nations before the General As- sembly can even get started. There has been explanation after explanation of why the organiza- tion cannot make peace. cannot enforce its rulings, yet remains a necessity if there is to be any approach to world order, pects of settling the cold war or escaping the fear of hot war. The United States will not make any new friends, and may lose' some old ones in the debate over admission of Red China to mem- bership. The trouble of course is that there is only a truce in the un- declared war over Korea, that Red China still imprisons Ameri- can nationals and carries the UN tag of aggressor,,and that Nation- alist China is still America's baby. HAVING CONDEMNED Russia and her puppet regime in Hun- gary, the Credentials Committee will have before it the question of the Hungarian delegation's right to sit. 'Since Wan Waithayakon will not report on his efforts to ameliorate the condition of the people of Hungary until the session is far gone, the credentials matter is largely academic. At any rate, to oust the Hun- garians while the Russian insti- gators of Hungary's troubles sit tight would be ironic. Yet, in spite of all this stale- mate on concrete action, the moral LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS. by Pick sibler -I e0 ~ 1(1: 116 41.