THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1944 I, " ..; 'K :.}Y rya aK --N-. ' KEEP MOVING: Program for Racial Understanding 1 (' .r. A S .. Y . F h z _ , F 5' _ -.'j Jane. Farrant . . . Managing Editor Betty Ann Koffman Editorial Director Stan Wallace . . . . City Editor Hank Mantho . . . . . Sports Editor Business Stafff By ANN FAGAN GINGER THE UNIVERSITY summer session is to be congratulated for the comprehensive picture of Soviet Rus- sia which it is presenting to the cam- pus this summer, in the form of photographic exhibits, lectures, clas- ses -in Russian history and the Rus- sian language, and now an evening of Russian songs Sunday, Aug. 6. A particularly excellent movie in the series being given at the Rack- ham Building is "The Childhood of Maxim Gorky," to be shown August 11 and 12. In view of the different make-up of the student body during the sum- mer, the smaller enrollment and the subsequent greater chance for the student-teacher contact and student discussion, the idea of emphasizing one aspect of the world each summer is very worthwhile. Teachers, men and women who have been away from an acadenic atmosphere for several years, and students, all expect to get a spurt og mental activity dur- ing the summer which will last them for the rest of the year, and for sev- eral years to come. Since quite a number of Negro students come to Ann Arbor each summer to continue work on master's and doctor's degrees, and since the students as a whole are more mature than those in attend- ance during the winter months, it might be very fitting for the Uni- versity next summer to stress the role of the Negro people in the life of America. Such a program could be carried out in the same exten- sive way that the various aspects of the Soviet Union are being em- phasized this summer. Perhaps Play Production could start of the Session with "Uncle Tom's Cabin," and "Native Son." For movies, the University could bring back some of the many docu- mentaries. such as Humphrey Bo- gart in "Black Legion" revealing sources of anti-Negro feeling, as well as "The Negro Soldier," an Army film which has been highly recom- mended by inter-racial groups. Rich- ard Wright could give a series of lec- tures on modern American literature emphasizing the contributions of the Negro people, and Bob Hayden might read and discuss some of his poetry before Professor William's American Lit. Class. The Inter-Racial Associa- tion, too, would have a large social and educational function to fulfill in this program. TUSKEGEE Institute or Fiske Uni- versity or Wilberforce College could well provide a history professor who could take the American history we all know and fit into it such figures as Crispus Attucks, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey, and Wm. E. B. Du- Bois. Discussions could be arranged on the post-war employment of this tenth of the nation, or the methods Lee Amer Business Manager Telephone 23-24-1 REPRESENTED POR NATIONAL ADVERT1311G AY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 420MADIGO A AVE. NEW YORK, N. Y. cHIckaO " BOSTON " COS ANGELas - SAN FRANCISCO Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or otherwise credited in this newspaper. All rights of re- publication of all other matters herein also reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second-class mail matter. Subscriptions during the regular school year by car- rier, $4.50, by mail, $5.25. Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1943-44 NIGHT EDITOR: DORIS PETERSON Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN, Beginning to Fly to Pieces Democrats Misinterpret History IN BETWEEN the successful and sickening attempts of Senator Sam Jackson to mock the wishes of the delegates to the recent Demo- cratic meeting, the convention speakers had a field day criticizing the 12 Republican years following the last war. They felt that what had happened in the 'twenties would be excellent stuff to throw in the faces of the voters of the 'forties. They tended to blame a world economic up- heaval in 1930 on ten years of Republican administration. Yet they do not and will not blame the present even greater economic up- heaval on ten years of Democratic admini- stration. "This war could not have been Hitler Just a Symbo l S THE WAR nears its end and strife among the leaders of Germany grows in volume, the American people receive with joy the news of the recent attempt on Hitler's life and on those of certain of his faithful staff members. Sorry we were that the bomb planted by the disgruntl- ed Colonel Count von Stauffenberg did not fulfill its deadly mission but resulted only in doing slight damage to Hitler and slightly more to some of his lieutenants. In a sense, we should be glad that the bomb did not kill Hitler. Too many Americans, who have not experienced contact with the Nazis, put the whole blame for the war and its resultant hardships on the shoulders of one man, Adolph Hitler, the German feuhrer. Fuehrer means leader in English, and accord- ing to the Webster International Dictionary, leader means "a person or animal (take your choice) that goes before to guide or show the way; one who precedes and is followed by others in conduct, opinion or undertaking." Adolph Hitler occupies such a position in Ger- many today. Hitler leads and the people follow "in conduct" (witness the revelations of the 'Kharkov trial), "opinion" (witness anti-religious and anti-democratic campaigns) and "in under. taking" (witness the war against almost the whole of Europe and the Americas, plus the ruthless extermination of Poles, Jews, Rus- sians. Czechs and other civilian populations). Because the people follow, they must share some responsibility for their actions as a nation, just as individuals in daily life the world over must accept responsibility for what they say and do. NOT ENOUGH people, particularly in this country, realize the important role the people of Germany play in the prosecution of the war and are wont to put the entire responsibility for their actions on one man. We forget that the German people also are making a 'war effort' as are we in the factories and in our daily acts as Ameiicans. It follows in the minds of some not too analytical but more emotionally governed citi- zes that when this one man, Hitler, is done with, the world will once again, almost auto- matically, run smoothly, the German people becoming once again jolly, beer-loving mem- bers of the family of nations. But, and it seems that many of us do not. realize this, the world is full of men who are waiting for another war. Many of these men make their homes in Prussia and spend their hours reviewing parades and dreaming of future military campaigns. These men, who helped avoided," shouted Mrs. Charles Dillon last Thursday night. Present day analytical hind- sight indicates that neither catastrophe could have been avoided once the causes for each had passed the stopping point with nothing done to check them. The Democrats refuse to be consistent on such points, when their inconsistency may pull in the votes of one or two Casper Milquetoasts. But they had their greatest fun tossing about the World Disarmament Pact of 1921. "What a laugh," they said. "The funniest thing we ever saw. Imagine the Republicans not real- izing in 1921 that this country would be plunged into another war 20 years later. Why, such a lack of foreknowledge by the Republicans is the stupidest thing we ever heard of." And on and on they ranted, never bothering to temper their emotionalism with fact. UNFORTUNATELY perhaps, the whole nation -including the Republicans--was sick of war in 1921, and in the years following. When the leading states of the world agreed in writ- ing to the 5-5-3 and lesser limitations, everyone -and this includes the present-day Democrats -felt that a large step towards our goal of per- manent peace had been taken. Very few people, no matter what their political views, even con- sidered the possibility of another major war. ' The United States is ever-willing to believe the other fellow honorable when he gives his word. We respect our own commitments and see no reason why others should not do the same. Because we pledged ourselves to reduce our own naval tonnage, we did so and felt proud in doing it. For the Democrats to criticize in retrospect an action which the whole world once approved, and then to use that criticism as a campaign issue, is an implausible vote-trap, and no credit to their own processes of logic. T HE AIMS of the present administration are precisely the same as were the nation's aims in 1921, if we may believe the terms of the Atlantic Charter. The first step is the total dis- armament of the Axis, and later "practical measures" for reducing. our own armaments. This is exactly what the people asked for and got 20 years ago. Yet when the Democrats pledge this they are broad, humanitarian, peace- loving, visionary; while because the Republi- cans once did do so, they are stupid, stubborn, and reactionary. In the words of -Mrs: Helen Gahagan (Number-two-liability-to the-Demo- cratic-party) Douglas, "Double talk!" In their search for campaign isues, the con- vention speakers probed too far back to find something of political expediency. The Demo- crats supposedly are standing on their record. Their leader tells us this will not be a "political campaign in the ordinary sense." No, Mr. President, it will not be ordinary, as long as your campaigners delve into 20-year-old history (a history which your administrations are supposed to have wiped out), read only half. the facts, coat them with a trumped-up ration- alism, and then try to sell them to a half-com- prehending public. -Lee Landy I'D RATHER BE RIGHT: The Nominee By SAMUEL GRAFTON NEW YORK, July 26-Wallace and Truman fought each other bitterly for the vice-presi- dential nomination in Chicago, but the odd thing is that if there had been no Wallace, there would have been no Truman. The conserva- tive wing of the Democratic party would have nominated some quite undistinguished brother. The moment Wallace began to make a fight of it, it became obvious that no clunk would do, and so one of Wallace's accomplishments at the con- vention was to raise the level at which the oppo- sition had to operate= in order to beat him. Some of the results were amusing. . As could easily be seen from the press gallery, the con- servative, or anti-New Deal, Democrats put so much brain-sweat into their fight for Sen- ator Truman, that you might have imagined they were nominating one of Mr. Roosevelt's worst enemies. Mr. Truman is hardly that. The conservative Democrats found, after ac- cepting the fight against Wallace as a token fight against the president, that they could win that fight only by nominating one of the Presi- dent's friends. This they did, claiming a glor- ious victory. "i They have thrust upon Mr. Roosevelt some- one who is entirely acceptable to him; they have compelled him, by brute force, to take the man whom he is willing to take. The heavy, pachydermatous strategy which went into this enterprise was worthy of a much worse cause. THE PICTURE was clearest in the hubbub that went on in the New York delegation on the floor, where observers watched Mr. Farley and some of his friends putting the pro-Wallace delegates through the wringer, jockeying them out of position, out-smarting them, all for the sake of triumphantly nominating a friend of the, President. Anti-labor elements in the Democratic party worked like fury to put over a candidate who is entirely acceptable to labor. Great forces were locked in battle in the Democratic party last week, and we can judge the strength of the liberal forces in that party, not only by whether they won or lost, but also by the level 'at which the ultimate compromise" was pitched, and it was pitched high, from the liberal point of view. WALLACE'S moral fervor failed to blitz the convention, but there was at least a touch of the Wallace idea, and more than a touch of the Roosevelt idea, in the candidate who was used to beat him. It tells us something about the relation of forces within the Democratic party, when anti-Rooseveltians in it find that only Roosevelt can stop Roosevelt; when the only workable method for rebuking him is arrogantly and nastily to give him what he wants. Almost every element in the party was repre- sented in the final compromise, and some of us who were there shall never forget how even the "regular" Texas delegation, hating Roosevelt, rose in its wrath to defeat liberalism by defiantly casting its vote for the liberal Senator from Missouri. (Copyright. 1944,. New York Post Syndicate) THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1944 VOL. LIV No. 17-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. m. of the day preceding its publication, except on saturday when the notices should be submitted by 11:30 a. m. Notices Tryouts for the chorus of "The Chocolate Soldier" will be held today from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Lydia Men- delssohn Theatre. All singers are urged to attend. Mentor Reports: Reports on stand- ings of all Civilian Engineering fresh- men and Navy, Terms I through IV, will be expected from faculty mem- bers during the 5th week and again during the 10th week of the semester. These two reports will be due about Aug. 5 and Sept. 9. Report blanks will be furnished by campus mail. Please refer routine questions to Muriel Dersnah, Office of the Dean (Extension 575), who will handle the reports; otherwise, call A. D. Moore, Head Mentor, Extension 2136. Candidates for the Teacher's Cer- tificate for August and October: Please call at the office of the School of Education, 1437 University Ele- mentary School today between 1:30 and 4:30 to take the Teacher's Oath. This is a requirement for the certifi- cate. Lectures Today: Lecture-"Trends in Com- munity Education," Howard Y. Mc- Clusky, Professor of Educational Psy- chology, Mental Measurements, and Statistics. (UHS auditorium) 11 a.m. Today: "Bringing in Federal Sup- port of Education by the Front Door." S. M. Brownell, Professor of Educa- tion, Yale University, 2 p.m., Uni- versity High School Auditorium. Today: Professor Shih Chia Chu will give his weekly lecture on Chi- nese Civilization at 4:10 p.m., Rack- ham Amphitheatre. The title of this week's lecture will be "Cultural Rela- tions Between China and the West." Friday, July 28: Lecture-"Critical Problems in School Finance," Lee M. Thurston, Professor of Educational Administration, University of Pitts- burgh. (UHS auditorium) 11 a.m. Friday, July 28: Dr. Ernest J. Sim- mons, Director of the Intensive Study of Contemporary Russian Civiliza- tion being held at Cornell University this summer, will lecture on "Soviet Russian Literature" at 4:10 p.m., Rackham Amphitheatre. Aug. 1: Professor Preston W. Slos- son. "Interpreting the News." 4:10 p.m., Rackham Amphitheatre. Aug. 3: Professor Shih Chia Chu will not lecture on this date, but will lecture, as previously scheduled, on Aug. 10. Academic Notices' Make-up examinations in History will be given on Friday, July 28, from1 3-5 in Rm. C, Haven Hall. Visual Education Class and All Students Enrolled in the School of 1 Education: Film topics for today and tomorrow are as follows: (Held in Kellogg Dental Institute Auditorium.) Thursday, July 27, 2-3: Give Me Liberty (2 reel), Remember the Maine. 3-4: Old Hickory (2 reel), Westard Movement. Friday, July 28, 2-3: Declaration of Independence (2 reel), Developent of Transportation. 3-4: Development of Communications, Discovery and Ex- ploration, Social Security. Graduate Students in English who are planning to take the preliminary, examinations for the Ph.D. should see Professor Norman Nelson before Fri- day, July 28. Concerts Faculty Recital: The School of Music wishes to announce that the third and final program in a series of sonata recitals will be presented on Thursday evening, July 27, at 8:30, in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. The recital series has been devoted to the music of Mozart and Beethoven, and is presented by faculty members, Mabel Ross Rhead, pianist, and Gil- bert Ross, violinist. The public is cordially invited to attend without charge. Carillon Recital: On Sunday, July 30, at 3 p.m., Percival Price will pre- sent a carillon recital which will in- clude original carillon arrangements of folk songs, as well as piano pieces by Schumann and Couperin. All Russian Choral Evensong: First Methodist Church Choir, conducted by Professor Harain Van Deursen, School of Music. Soloists, Bonnie Ruth Van Deursen, Soprano, and Harriet Porter, Contralto; &rganist, Irene Applin Bice. Sunday, Aug. 6, 8:30 p.m., First Methodist Church. The public is cordially invited to attend. - Exhibitions Exhibitions, College of Architec- ture and Design: "Look at your Neighborhood"; circulated by Museum of Modern Art; consisting of drawings, photo- graphs, and plans illustrating hap- hazard building and need for good play. Ground floor cases, Architec- ture Building. Student work continued on dis- planning. South end of downstairs corridor, Architecture Building. Open daily, 9 to 5, through July 30, except on Sunday. The public is invited. >f breaking down the patterns of Negro segregation and discrimina- ion: economically, politically, legal- ly, and socially. South American and West Indian Negroes who come to campus here are taken back by the lack of decency and understanding they meet with on the part of the ma- jority of students, as well as in restaurants, barber shops and rooming houses. Even those stu- dents who believe in "tolerance" have difficulty in treating them as friends or even as equals. Negroes from the southern states are not so surprised, but they are no less disturbed and disgusted and wor- ried at the length of time it takes educated people to put into prac- tice the things they learn in an- thropology, psychology, sociology and other science courses. The solution is not. to condition people into accepting the unpleasant and often impossible situations they are forced into-this can lead only to furthering a slave-psychology which is inconsistent with a demo- cratic political system. The only final answer is to change these conditions and their causes from the very roots: and that means changing our atti- tudes and some of the mores of white society, which make Christian- ity and the brotherhood of man and comradeship and equality the im- possible theories of dreamers. The program the University is con- ducting this summer in regard to the Soviet Union would have been unthinkable even ten years ago, when Roosevelt first recognized the Soviet government. And the program we are proposing for next summer, while it might be considered "inadvisable" now, can still be realized in 1945, because things are moving today, (al- though not as fast as the Red Army men on the Russian Front)-and they are liable to Keep Moving be- yond our expectations. of Fisheries Reearch, Michigan De- partment of Conservation. Events Today The Annual Summer 'Education Conference is being held this week. The theme of the Conference is "What Is Ahead in Education." A series of public lectures is being given and roundtables are being conducted by staff members. Exhibits of instruc- tional materials will be provided by representative publishers. The pro- gram of activities for the Summer Education Conference week is pub- lished in a special bulletin, copies of which may be secured from the offices of the School of Education. French Tea today at 4 p.m. in the International Center. Sociedad Hispanica: Meet. a :t p.m. today in the International Cen- ter of the Union for tea and nforma conversation in Spanish. Phi Delta Kappa Fellowship Dinner will be held tonight at 6:30 in the Michigan Union Cafeteria private dining room. Russian Tea at 4 o'clock, in the International Center today. All inter- ested in speaking Russian are cor- dially invited. French Club: The fourth meeting of the Club will take place today, Thursday, July 27, at 8 p.m. in the Michigan League. On the program: General Discussion of important questions of the day; 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. Special Message: The man in uni- form is not the only person the USO is here to serve. Wives and families of servicemen are heartily welcomed. All the facilities of the club are for them too. Servicemen's wives, here in Ann Arbor, are planning their own club with headquarters in the USO. Let's get together on it! "Happy Birthday!" What's a birth- day without a birthday cake? Why, no birthday at all. Put your name and birth date in the birthday book at the USO, and when the day rolls round, you'll have a cake like mother used to make. You may not get much, when the fellows see how good it is- but why not get in on this unique service anyhow? The Regular Thursday Evening Record Concert wll be held in the Men's Lounge of the Graduate School at 7:45 p.m. Our machine has been fixed and we will give last week's program which we could not play: the Divertimento of Mozart, The Wayfaring Stranger by Ives Burl, the Surprise Symphony of Haydn and Enesco's Roumanian Rhapsody. Graduates and servicemen are wel- come. Pi LamnaTheta initiation and in- formal dinner will be eld at the Michigan Leagu,,e at 4:30 p~m. on Clements books. Library: Associationj BARNABY1 Is your Fairy Godfather still sailing the toy botf All work an By Crockett Johnson - '1 i ' ._.._- - Rackham Galleries: "People of the Minorities in the U.S.S.R." (this week only), photographic exhibit circu- lated by the National Council of American - Soviet Friendship, New York. Open daily except Sunday, 2-5 and 7-10 p.m. d no play, Jane, makes r Of course there's a treasure! What makes you say such a thing, m'boy? Leprechauns can't sit over a treasure that's under water. .I