FAGE TWO THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1944 ;Firthalt BattF Fifty-Fourth Year KEEP MOVING: Is Democracy Attainable? Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Controi of Student Publications. Editoriil Staff Jane Farrant Betty Ann Koffman Stan Wallace Hank Mantho Managing Editor Editorial Director , . . City Editor . , . Sports Editor I By ANN FAGAN GINGER ONE of the main points about dem- ocracy is the belief that if enough people believe in something, that thing can come to be. That is, if enough people are against something, that thing can be destroyed. That if enough people work together, they can change the world. And if, as Americans grow up, go through school and college and work and marriage and politics . . . and discover that even if enough people believe in something, even if enough people work for that thing, still there'll be no changes: then you get defeatism, belief in nothing, or belief in a dictator who can make changes. You get the end of belief in the power of the people, and the beginning of belief in supermen. Often the very men who rule, the very ones who are defeating the will of the majority, say that what they do is for the good of the people. That the people are incapable of manag- ing for themselves, that they aren't' mature enough, adult enough, edu- cated enough, temperate ertbugh, worldly-wise enough, to run things. Whereas they, the few, are "the rich, the wise and the good," and they know all the a'nswers. "It's all for your own good," they tell us. Even supposing that the immedi- ate result, in each case, is more beneficial to the majority than it would have been had the majority followed its own wishes-even then the minority is wrong, because their actions breed in the majority the belief that they, the people, are incapable of running their own affairs. And this results, in the long run, in the growth of des- pots-of which we have seen a good number in ancient and mod- ern history, and a rather great number in our own life times, from local officials to Huey Longs and monopoly-cartel kings. Maybe we should grow up defeat- ists. Maybe we should learn, from the moment of our births, that we can not run our lives as we wish ... that we have no control over them at all. That there are a few wise men who will take care of us, for our own good. That democracy is an ideal, but it will never succeed, because you can't change human nature, which at present divides mien into the 95% and the 5%: 95% stupid, in need of leadership, 5% capable, in need of followers. Perhaps we should give up the ideas that the basis of all govern- ment rests in the people's will, and that all men are created equal, and therefore deserve equal opportunity. BUT if we do. the next choice for our society is not: should we con- tinue democracy or should we slide into fascism. The choice is then only between various possible dictators. This is not the kind of future we relish, nor even one we could toler- ate. And if Hitler Germany has taught us nothing else, it should Business Staff Lee Amer Business Manager Telephone 23-24-1 REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAI. ADVERTIiZ.iG SY National Advertising Service, Inc. Co~ege Pablishers Representative 4-0 MAiSON AVE. NEW YORK. N. 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This is the newest addition to a blacklist which in- cludes such books as Beard's "Republic" and Catherine Bowen's biography of the late Justice Holmes and such magazines as Harper's, The Nation, and The New Republic. Among those publications presumably free of "propaganda" and judged healthy for the consumption of our fighting men are The Sat- urday Evening Post, Collier's, Time, and The American. No one can deny that these maga- zines contain articles and editorials of politi- cal significance. The main contrast to those banned is that those permitted are not at all liberal and are distinctly anti-Administra- tion. If discrimination is to be based on such a dis- tinction, it should be condemned by every think- ing American. It parallels all too closely the German burning of books in the early part of the Nazi regime. Servicemen, judged- capable of participating in this year's crucial election, should have the same right as do civilians in forming their opin- ions. Every available means of learning the issues and the stands which candidates take should be placed at their disposal. If they are to vote, they must be permitted to vote intelli- gently. -Betty Roth DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Reaping the Whirlwind + DRAMA A PITCH of genuine hilarity was struck now and then in last night's production of "Fresh Fields." The Lydia Mendelssohn rang with more spontaneous laughter than has been elicited in either of the other two comedies produced this season-and all that with some reason. The. chief ingredient of this farce is incon- gruity. Crudeness and gentility are contrasted by' mixing in one drawing room (which some- how fails to produce the necessary palatial effect) representatives of upper class England and middle class Australia. Lady Lilian Bedworthy and Lady Mary Crabbe are impecunious noblewomen forced to raise money by plebian methods. Lady Lilian writes a lovelorn column. Lady Mary, her sister, being more realistic, rents the second floor of their home to friends of her deceased husband. Com- plications ensue. They are neatly handled by the Michigan Repertory Players. For a first night the lines were' unusually pointed, the number of slips negligible. Blanche Holpar's last appearance for the sum- mer was her best. She shone brightly, not to say gaudily, in a role that called for just those qualities. From Herod to Mrs. Pidgeon in one week is no easy transition. But, it is a pleasing one. Lucy Barton's superb costuming helped, as it has in every play, to create an indispensakle sense of reality that might otherwise be lack- ing. I do not know who is responsible for casting, WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND: GOP Blocks Reconversion Bill but he reserves a bouquet. Everyone looked his part from George E. Mills, brawny Tom Lar- comb, to fragile Jean Westerman's Lady Etrome. Mardy McKeever had a difficult role as Una Pidgeon-one which, it seems to me, she handled with much more polish in the third act than in the second when a certain unnaturalness could be detected. Lady Lilian is an interesting character, and Mary Jordon's interpretation of her vies for top acting honors. Maida Ruth Steinberg as Lady Mary, properly deflates her sister over the breakfast table, and in cross discussions that are productive of some laughs. She acts with com- petence throughout. The presence of males, even in minor roles, is welcome. Byron Pershing, who did well iXL "The Learned Ladies" but, by oversight, was not mentioned in this column, does well ip "Fresh Fields" and is hereby mentioned. Mr. Ivor Novello, who wrote the play, m:tt be quite a democrat. At least he makes his aristocrat behave in implausibly democratic fashion. Thus Tim Crabbe, Dan Mullin, son ,of Lady Mary Crabbe, marries Una Pidegeon, daughter of an Australian hotel-keeper. Haughty prissy Lady Lilian Bedworthy marries rough and ready Tom Larcomb, "colonial cad" extra- ordinary. The financial straits of British gen- try have not broken class barriers to that extent. Not that "Fresh Fields" is full of sociological implications. It is not. However, it is good entertainment. -Bernard Rosenberg ing on roll calls on a dozen minor points. Dis- couraged by the staccato of Kilgore's "Ayes," South Dakota's Gurney at one point started to propose an amendment, then shrugged his shoulders, saying: "Oh, what's the use?" Clayton's Contribution to FDR Staunch Democrat Armistead Brooks of Texas has been busy raising money for the Roose- velt campaign. Himself in the cotton compres- sor business, he approached big cotton broker Will Clayton, also of Texas, now attached to the White House as chief aide to War Mobilizer Byrnes. Clayton lists himself as a Democrat, but contributed $7,500 to the Liberty League to defeat Roosevelt during the Landon campaign, also contributed small amounts to the South- ern Committee to Uphold the Constitution, which was bitterly anti-Roosevelt. When approached recently for $10,000 to re- elect Roosevelt, Clayton told Armistead Brooks in some detail how broke he was after paying over a million dollars income tax. After listens ing for some time, Brooks sympathetically re- plied: "Goodness, Will, I didn't realize you were so hard up. I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll loan you $10,000 and I won't even take your note. You can pay me back any time." Whereupon Clayton made his donation-$10,- 000; $5,000 for himself and $5,000 for Mrs. Clay- ton. (Copyright, 1944, United Features Syndicate) THURSDAY, AUG. 10, 1944 VOL. LIV No. 27-S All notices for The Daily Official Bul- letin are to be sent to the Office of the Summer session, in typewritten form by 3:30 p. in. of the day preceding its publication, except on Saturday when the notices should be submitted by 11:30 a. m. Nottces There is a very urgent need for more Dailies for the men in service. Please send all copies after they have been read to Mrs. Buchanan in the University Museum. Victory Gardeners at the Botani- cal Garden: Thieves have begun a- gain to take advantage of the fact that victory gardeners must trust to the honesty of their fellow men; that they must make this war effort outside their regular working hours and cannot constantly keep an eye on their gardens. Produce has been stolen. The sheriff is now patrolling our garden area. Will all gardenersI please aid by investigating promptly any suspicious occurrence or behav- ior, by reporting losses to Mr. Roszel, Mr. Gustafson or Mrs. Blanchard, and by passing to them any idea about means oftpreventing further 'plundering? Victory gardeners are also asked to be on the alert to detect whoever it is who has recently been starting fires at the Garden. F. C. Blanchard Students, Summer Term, College of Literature, Science and the Arts: Courses dropped after Saturday, Aug. 12, by students other than freshmen will be recorded with the grade of E. Freshmen (students with less than 24 hours of credit) may drop courses without penalty through the eighth week, upon the recommendation- of their academic counselors. Exceptions to these regulations may be made only because of extra- ordinary circumstances, such as seri- out illness. E. A. Walter The Wayne County Board of Health is looking for a Health edu- cator, preferably an unmarried man with experience in venereal disease control. Work chiefly in suburban areas, with some evening worlt. See the Bureau for further details. University Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information Civilian Freshmen in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts may obtain their five-week progress reports in the Academic Counselors' Office, 108 Mason Hall, from 8:30 to 12 a.m. and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. according to the following schedule: Surnames beginning A through K, Thursday, Aug. 10. Surnames beginning L through Z, Friday, Aug. 11. Chairman, Academic Counselors Arthur Van Duren Chairman, Academic Counselors Lectures Today: Mr. Shih Chia Chu of the Library of Congress Oriental Section will present his .last in a series of lectures on Chinese Civilization. The title of his lecture will be "China Today and Tomorrow," 4:10 p.m., Rackham Amphitheatre. The public is cordially invited, admission free. Thursday, Aug. 10: Professor Nic- olas Slonimsky of Cornell University will present a lecture recital with demonstrations on the piano, on "Soviet Russian Music" at 8:30 p.m., Rackham Lecture Hall. The public is cordially invited to attend free of charge. This week, daily through Friday, Aug. 11: Professor Charles B. Shaw, Librarian, Swarthmore College, is presenting a series of illustrated lec- tures on contemporary typography, "Seeing Things in Print." The lec- tures are held each evening at 8:15 p.m., in the Rackham Amphitheatre. Everyone is invited to attend. Friday evening, Aug. 11, at 8 in 1 the Assembly Hall of the Rackham SBuilding, Mr. Nicolas Slonimsky will meet students informally to discuss and illustrate the music of Soviet Russian composers. Students who wish to ask questions or engage in discussion are invited to attend. Academic Notices Language Examination for the M.A. Degree in History: Candidates who intend to take this examination on Friday, Aug. 11, at 4 p.m. in Rm. C, Haven H!all, should sign up in the History Office. Concerts The Regular Thursday Evening Record Concert will be held in the Men's Lounge of the Graduate School at 7:45 p.m. this evening. The program will feature the 38th Symphony of Mozart, Beethoven's 4th Piano Concerto, and the Persian Dances and Coronation Scene by Moussorgsky. All graduate students and servicemen are welcome. On Sunday evening, Aug. 20, the University of Michigan Concert Band, conducted by Professor Wil- liam D. Revelli, School of Music, will present an outdoor concert. Time and place to be announced. On Tuesday evening, Aug. 22, the School of Music will present a recital of string quartet music. Please note that this date has been substituted for Monday evening, Aug. 14, as has been previously stated. The program will be under the direction of Mr. Gilbert Ross, a member of the fac- ulty. The performers are members of Mr. Ross's String Quartet Class. The recital will be given in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre at 8:30 pm. Exhibitions General Library, Main Lobby. In- cunabula. Museums Building: "What the Ser- viceman May See in the Pacific Area." (Animal Exhibits). Rackham Galleries: Original water colors by Soviet children (50 pic- tures), and Reproduction of Book have taught us this: that NO ONE -worker, priest, merchant, peas- ant, banker, teacher, scientist, manufacturer, intellectual, thief, even hangman, and the dictator himself-NO ONE can live well under dctatorship, and many can- not live at all. NO ONE profits, in the long run, from government based on rule by a few over the many. It is only when the many are in control that ANY ONE can prosper. And, strangely enough, when the many are in control, you needn't worry about changing human na- ture. Let men be as full of self- interest as you will, when the ma- jority are in control, their actions will be in the self-interest of the ma- jority. Citizens develop philosophies, at- titudes toward what happens. They learn from books, from friends, from experiences. They decide quite ear- ly in their lives whether it is worth while believing in majority rule, whether it is better to govern them- selves or to let others run their lives, whether it is worth fighting for the future. WE students are also citizens. And we too are learning from books, from friends, from experiences. And we are trying to find the right answers. But we are sometimes assigned the wrong books: books which say there is no answer but the 'ivory tower or the hermitage. And we sometimes meet the wrong people, both teachers and students, who say there is nothing which is worth getting excited about. And more than either of these, we are being shown, in almost every instance involving basic freedoms (of speech, and press, and Masembly), or involving control of situations by those concerned and not by those above. We are being shown that democracy is not a good idea, "although we really wish It were, but people are tdo young, they might be Influenced, they don't understand the world and Its ways." If we don't know now, then we will have to find out. But why must we wait till we leave Ann Arbor? Four years is more than enough to change students from plus to minus attitudes on social values. We intend to remain positive, and we think it is more than time that the university encourage positive- ness: in books, in friends, in experi- ences. The least valuable contribu- tion a state university can make to the society which supports it is the graduation of a single citizen who says: "It doesn't matter." Michigan Historical Cllections: 160 Rackham Building. The Growth f the University of Michigan. In Pictures. Events Today "Fresh Fields," comedy by Novello, is being presented by the Michigan Repertory Players of the Department of Speech tonight through Saturday evenings, in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Tickets on sale in the thea- tre box office. Box office hours: Monday and Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., for the balance of the week, 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tonight at the USO: Something new has been added! Buckus night, or stunt night, or what have you night, at the USO. All the crazy riotous games we could think of crowded into one night. No place for academics, but plenty of room for just plain fun. Post Card Pictures: Camera artists club taking pictures of you, for free, of course, every Thursday evening, 8:30-9:30. On a postal card'for mail- ing. French Club: The sixth meeting of the Club will take place today, Thursday, Aug. 10, at 8 p.m. in the Michigan League. Mme. Sarah May- cock, Grad., will talk on "Souvenirs pittoresques d'une etudiante ameri- caine en France." Group singing and social hour. All students of the Summer Session and the Summer Term as well as all servicemen are cordially invited to the weekly meet- ings of the French Club which are free of charge. A Tea-Dance will be held at the International Center today from 4 to 5:30 p.m., in place of the regular Thursday afternoon tea. Although there will not be special tables for the various language groups-Socie- dad Hispanica, French group and Russian group-all members of these groups are invited to attend the tea- dance. All other students, faculty and townspeople are also cordially invited. Pi Lambda Theta members will have a supper meeting on Thursday, Aug. 10, in the Russian Tea Room at the Michigan League. The time is 5:30 p.m. and Dr. Marguerite Hall By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON, Aug. 9-While Governor Dewey has been so effectively harping on delays in reconversion plans, his Republican col- leagues, in the secrecy of the Senate Military Affairs Committee, were conducting a behind- the-scenes filibuster against certain phases of reconversion. They were gunning for the Kil- gore-Murray bill, which provides high unem- ployment compensation for labor. Leader of the opposition was Vermont's astute, capable Senator Warren Austin, who, with sup- port from GOP colleagues Chan Gurney of South Dakota and Chapman Revercomb of West Vir- ginia, went over the bill with a fine-tooth comb. Austin's chief strategy was to try to sepa- rate the reconversion bill into two parts, one dealing with labor compensation, the other with disposal of surplus property. Most of his colleagues thought, he meant merely to divide the bill for purposes of discussion inside the committee. However, Senator Harley Kilgore of West Virginia saw the move as a means of splitting the bill, so that the part dealing with surplus property, which business wants, could be passed with Republican support, leaving labor compensation, which business doesn't want, to be stalled without Republican sup- port. Kilgore, accordingly, spiked the move. Austin also opposed plans for the production- employment-public board, created by the bill, to get information from Federal agencies. It is wrote that the War Department opposed giving information to such a board. Proxies Work Both Ways Republican members then picked on a $12,000 salary allotted to a deputy administrator created by the bill and reduced it to $10,000. They thought that Senator Kilgore had his West Virginia friend, former Assistant Secretary of War Louis Johnson, in mind for the job. After about two days of examining details of the bill, Senator Austin finally called for a roll call, apparently confident that the Repub- licans could defeat the bill in committee. On the surface, it looked as if he was right. Only five Democrats were present-Reynolds of North Carolina, Hill of Alabama, Johnson of Colorado, Kilgore and Murray. Against them were three Republicans, plus four Republican proxies which Austin held in his pocket. The Vermont Senator smiled confidently as the roll was called. But he nearly popped out of his chair when Senator Kilgore produced proxies for five absent Democrats. "How do you like your proxies?" quipped Kil- gore. "Sitting or on the wing?" The vote was 10-7 in favor of the bill. How- ever, Austin dragged out the afternoon, insist- BARNABY "Appendicitis and Asthma. Take I Dr. Caligaris Pill No. 82A every By Crockett Johnson But they started getting- out these almanacs and- f haven't a thing to say any longer! 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