__HE MICHIGAN DAILY ' WEDNESDAY, nUt Y 25, 1949 y Mir Igat Yati Fifty-Fifth Year I'D RATHER BE RIGHT: G.O.P. Evades Real Issues 1 4 S-t" r i AU w*I Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board of Control of Student Publications. The Summer Daily is pub- lished every day during the week except Monday and Tuesday. Editorhil Staff Ray Dixon Margaret Farmer |etty Roth B111 Mullendore D1e Strickland S . . Managing ditor . . . . Associate Editor S. . . .Associate Editor * . . . Sports Editor Business Staff Business Manager Telephone 23-24-1 Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for re-publication 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, 1945-46 vs _ _._ NIGHT EDITOR: PATRICIA CAMERON Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. BY SAMUEL GRAFTON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY would have to be made of stone not to be worried by the popu- larity of President Truman. One Washington observor reportsuthat the minority party has al- ready worked out a program for defeating Mr. Truman in 1948. The plan is for the G. 0. P. to win control of the House of Representatives in 1946 by campaigning on strictly local and re- gional issues. Then, with the House in its pock- et, the party could start a series of investigations, concerning Pearl Harbor, war contracts, "secret" diplomacy, the business life of Elliott Roosevelt, etc., and accumulate enough material to ride in, in 1948. But the plan seems a little complicated, and, offhand, one would say that the author of it, whoever he is, has been spending too much time alone. How to defeat President Truman is a neat professional problem, which the Republican party is bound to try to solve; but these clever and intricate plans suffer from a common fail- ing. There is no bread in them, nor butter, either. They don't tell anybody how to make a living. This kind of political virtuosity is pretty well old-fashioned in a day in which labor has vast organizations, whose leaders will be at seme pains to find out, and to tell their followings, quite flatly and unemotionally, how the candidates stand on basic social and ec- onomic questions. Yet there is never any pause in the search for off-the-center issues, of the kind in which the. music goes round and round. One such was House Republican leader Joe ,Martin's recent demand for a constitutional amendment limiting Presi- dents to two terms. He came out one morning, shouting for this reform, kind of startling most of us, who had been thinking of other matters. It is a perfect issue of its kind, big in scale, but empty of content; it makes for talk, but doesn't cost anybody a penny, either way it goes. Mr. Martin followed with a demand that the United States ask all the other nations of the world to give up compulsory military train- ing after the war, whereupon we would be spared the necessity of adopting it for our- selves. This, too, is sort of off-center shoot- ing; it finesses the need for taking a stand on compulsory military training per se. Perhaps the whole world ought to give up compulsory military training; but it isn't going to, and everybody knows it, and Mr. Martin knows it, too; and the net of it all was that at the end of his explanation Mr. Martin found that he had been addressing an audience consisting entire- ly of himself. T SEEMS TO ME that another attempt to manufacture an unreal issue can be found in the heavy attacks against the "silence" of the early days of the Potsdam Conference. The high-minded cry of freedom of the press was called in to do service here, and I am not referring to that; but to the bitter suggestions that President Truman was bartering away the lives of millions in secret diplomacy. President Truman is obviously not much of a barterer- away of human lives; sometimes a whole day passes without his having bartered away a single life, and nothing in his record indi- cates that he would enjoy coming out of the conference with an agreement hateful to Con- gress and the country. There has been some muttering that the gag on news from Potsdam indicates that the con- ferees were merely having a good social time, and not doing any work. This kind of off-center political pounding is, again, empty of content, It does not indicate what the conference ought to do, or ought not to do, but throws a cloud over the whole thing: it goes far to assure a bad reception for anything the conference might come out with. But tactics of this kind are not likely to de- feat Mr. Truman; they are too ephemeral and light-minded. A good deal of the current op- position to Mr. Truman is like a dance of the fireflies, in which the participants create just enough of a glow to be visible, without cast- ing much light on their surroundings. (Copyright, 1945, New York Post Syndicate) MERRY-GO-ROUND: Big- Three Agree By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON - The Big Three have now made two important decisions regarding peace plans for Europe, according to uncensored diplomatic dispatches cabled to Washington. In- stead of one big over-all peace parley, they pro- pose dividing the European peace problem into two parts: (1) A separate peace conference for Italy; (2) A separate peace conference for the Bal- kans and the satellite states, Bulgaria, Roumania, Yugoslavia, Hungary and Fin- land. After these two peace conferences are held, the plan is to stage a third and final peace con- ference for the entire world. This, however, would not take place until after Japan has been defeated. It is understood that both President Truman and Marshal Stalin found themselves in com- plete agreement regarding the importance of an early peace conference to settle Italian problems, but that Churchill was 'not too en- thusiastic. The Italian peace, conference will include the'United States, Great Britain, Rus- sia, France,, Greece, Yugoslavia and Albania. It is not entirely definite whether Ethiopia will also participate. Ethiopia, the first victim of aggression in the prelude to World War II, is still occupied by British troops. The idea of a second peace conference, per- taining to the Balkans and other smaller Euro- pean powers, results from a Fproposal made by Marshal Stalin last May when he sent identical telegrams to Churchill and Truman regarding the recognition of Bulgaria, Roumania and Fin- land. At that time, Truman suggested that the whole matter wait until the Big Three could dis- cuss the matter, although he did not object to the immediate recognition of Finland. Churchill telegraphed Stalin that he also felt the entire question should wait until the Big Three meet- ing. However, the problem of ironing out all the details of permanent peace among these smaller countries of Europe is so complicated that it cannot be worked out at Potsdam; so it seems wiser to refer the matter to an entirely separate peace conference. (Copyright, 1945. Bell Syndicate) CURRENT] MOVIES By BOB GOLDMAN WE WERE more than just surprised to discover that there are two good -movies this week, one each at the State and Michigan. At the Michigane "Without Love" Spencer Tracy, and Katherine Hep- burn team in this movie and the re- sult is 90 minutes of good, solid en- tertainment. Even the story has an only slightly tarnished theme. Tracy portrays a scientist, com- missioned by the government to de- velop a stratosphere oxygen appa- ratus. He ends up in the basement of Katie's house and while neither of them claim to be in love with each other--they get married. Tracy is working under the somewhat erro- neous impression that their relation- ship can be continued onea high and exclusively scientific plane, It all ends happily of course,L ut not before Keenan Wynn, Lucille Ball, who started in movies wearing relatively little, and Felix Bressart, turn in fine performances. Wynn ap- pears intoxicated in a couple of scenes which brought the house down. At the State "The Clock" It's a story about a soldier and a girl who, after knowing each other for a little more than a day, decide to marry and do. Of course, it might be argued that this sort of theme may have dire sociological implications, and it may, but almost anything, construed in varied lights may have dire sociological implications and ef- fects. Both Robert Walker and Judy Gar- land performed convincingly, but we still have trouble imagining Walker shaving-often. Miss Garland does not sing in the picture. This could be considered a departure from her usual roles. She does well without an orchestra be- hind her. Keenan Wynn is in "The Clock" too, and again plays a drunk. It's a little difficult to determine in which of the two movies the performance is more effective. James Gleason is also in the cast and is still a fine character actor. War Aims LET'S NOT FORGET that we are fighting for peace and for the welfare of mankind. We're not fight- ing for conquest. There's not one piece of territory or one thing of a monetary nature that we want out of this war. We want peace and pros- perity for the world as a whole. We want to see the time come when we can do the things in peace that we have been able to do in war. --President Harry S. Truman as quoted in the New York Times Publication in the Daily Official Bul- letin is constructive notice to all mem- bers of the University. Notices for the Bulletin should be sent in typewritten form to the Summer Session office, Angell Hail, by 2:30 p. m. or the day preceding publication (10:30 a. im. Sat- urdays). CENTRAL WAR TIME USED IN THE DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1945 VOL. LV., No. 16S Notices Beta Eta Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority sponsors a summer dance at Smith Catering Service Fri- day evening, July 27, 1945. Music by the Sophisticated Five. Tickets may be purchased from members of the chapter. French Club: Professor Julio Payro from Buenos Aires and visiting pro- fessor in the Department of Fine Arts, will give an illustrated lecture in French on the French painter Paul Gauguin on Thursday, July 26 at 8 p.m. (EWT), 7 p.m. (CWT), in room D, Alumni Memorial Hall. After the lecture the members of the club will gather in the grill room of the Michigan League for a social hour. All those interested are cordially in- vited to hear the lecture of Professor Julio Payro. LaSociedad meets each Tuesday and Wednesday at 4 p.m. (EWT) in the International Center for a coke hour and on Thursday at the same time for tea. LaSociedad Hispanica: The Wed- nesday night meeting of LaSociedad will take place at 8 p.m. (EWT) July 25, in Room 316 of the Michigan Union. Dr. Munoz will give a lecture entitled, "Neuva Guatamala." Identification Cards are now avail- able for the Summer Term in Room 2, University Hall. Linguistic Institute Luncheon Con- ference. Thursday, July 26. Lunch- eon at 11 a. m. CWT (12 noon EWT), League Ballroom. Conference at 12 noon CWT (1 p. m. EWT) A B C Room, Michigan League. "Were the Moods Tenses?" Prof. E. Adelaide Hahn, head of the department of Latin and Greek, Hunter College. Audience discussion will follow the paper. Linguistic Institute. Introduction to Linguistic Science. "Analogical Creation of New Linguistic Patterns." Dr. Franklin Edgerton, professor of Sanskrit. 6 p. m. CWT (7 p. m. EWT), Thursday, July 26, Rackham Amphi- theatre. Classical Music Program: Under the joint sponsorship of the All- Nations Club and the International Center, a program of recorded clas- sical music will be presented at the DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Starvation THE UNITED' STATES is probably the only country which has been better fed since the war than before it. Although some people may }niss their favorite dishes, nobody in this country is starving because of the war and more have gained than have lost relative to food distribu- tion. The contrast formed by conditions in other countries should lead to deeper thought on the part of those who have been complaining loud- ly of shortages here. This deeper thought might bring not only sympathy for those in war-devastated lands but an awakening to the connection between starvation in Europe to- day and the condition of the world tomorrow. The same hunger which is the direct cause of the present high mortality rate in Europe ma1 be the indirect cause for an even higher mor- tality rate through a war fifteen years hence. A hungry man cannot think on a high level; he cannot choose his leaders wisely and foresight- edly, according to their ideas and intentions and their ability to carry out these ideas and inten- tions. He only knows that those who feed him are his friends, that those who do not, care little for him. That is a principal reason why Hitler found it easy to ascend. to power in 1932 -- be- cause he understood that food baskets are more convincing to a starving. population than ration- al arguments concerning abstract ideas of free- dom., I bring this example up now because of its connection with some revealing figures pub- lished by the United States Department of Agriculture. Before the war, according to these figures, the average Frenchman and Belgian consumed 2,970 calories daily. During the Ger- man occupation the figure descended to 2,230. Allied liberation has pulled it down to 1,900, while in some cities the legal ration is as low as 500 calories. For Yugoslavia and Greece, the figures are even lower, their average in- habitants consuming a daily diet of 1,900 and 700 calories respectively. Nutritionists regard a daily consumption of 2,650 calories as the average minimum requirement for health. Even before the war had ended the incidence of cerebrospinal menengitis, poliomyelitis, dys- entery', diphtheria and other diseases of the body and brain had doubled in twelve European coun- tries. In the present uncertain and disorgan- ized transition period we may expect epidemics to become even more widespread, as was the case after the last war. Many of the twenty or thirty million displaced persons in Europe have start- ed their long, fatiguing treks back to their home- lands, carrying with them and spreading on the way any disease germs which they may have picked up while slaves in Germany or German- ocupied, territory. 1dWe in the United States do not fully realize the devastation of war - partially because such horrors as starvation cannot be fully un- derstood without being experienced. But it is to be hoped that we can at least understand it to the point where we will refrain from com-- plaining when we hear of food being shipped to Europe, and, in fact, will urge that more food be sent. It is to be hoped that we can un- derstand the problem enough to save the world from further devastation in another more ter- ible world-wide war. -Myra Sacks Confusion Two theatres in town gave a midnight show- ing of Ernie Pyle's picture Saturday night. The dean's office granted 2 a. m. permission. Many LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Readers Urge SOIC To Adopt Tsing Hua, Strasbourg Alsace-Lorrline U. To the Editor:' HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING with great inter- est the series of Letters to the Editor and other articles which have been appearing in the Daily in connection with the adoption of a foreign university. It would seem that the writers of these letters all have made very good points in favor of the various schools for whom they have written, but there has been considerable lack of mention of certain practical matters. As yet I have seen no figures on the sizes of the various universities or as to the comparative damage done - in terms of censorship of intellectual freedom and other immaterial factors as well as the destruction of libraries and buildings. Another very important part of the problem which seems to have been ignored is the prac- tical aspects involved in establishing relations directly with the student bodies in these schools. Granting that there is a strong need for strengthening Russian-American friend- ship; granting that the University of Warsaw has been one of the hardest hit schools in Europe; it still remains as an incontrovertible fact that it has so far been impossible for any j BARNABY There's Pop! On the tither sie .,He came to meet Aunt Minerva's train, too- He's on the wrong platform- ' and, look! Here's the train! t~i Y t American organization to take any relief into either of these schools. By contrast, the Uni- versity of Strasbourg is in the territory recent- ly occupied by the American armies and there has been assurance from the World Student Service Fund Offices that they are in a posi- tion to quickly establish student-to-student relutions with this University. I believe that an article will soon appear tell- ing in greater detail of the many good reasons for adopting Strasbourg. I have seen some of this material and it has convinced me thatStras- bourg has as good a claim as I have yet seen for our adoption. I sincerely wish that the election of a University had been set a few weeks later, so as to give us more chance for investigating the various foreign universities more fully, but under the present circumstances I urge the members of the student body to weigh heavily the fact that is is possible to establish immediate contacts directly with the student body of the University of Strasbourg, and that the adoption of this university would not be tied up in inter- national red-tape, hindering inter-student rela- tionships. -Bruce Edwards The Case for China To the Editor: - THE Student Organization for In- ternational Cooperation deserves high praise for its proposed scheme to adopt one foreign university, to which it will extend material and spiritual aid during the period of rehabilitation of that university. Let- ters appearing in your column recent- ly are helping the students here to a wise choice in the coming selection of the school they most wish to help. It is folly to suggest that any one foreign university is more deserv- ing of help than all others; for no one institution can lay claim to a greater share of suffering and ad- verse condition than that experi- enced by schools both in Europe and Asia, and only one university will be chosen. Her;ein I draw a picture of a Chinese university, whose eight years of history since the Japanese invaded North China in July 1937, reads like an adven- turous tale, but - whose present is made bearable by a brighter future. Tsing Hua University, up to 1937, boasted of one of the best physical plants among Chinese universities; its library, for instance, was compar- able to that of the University of Michigan. When the Japanese struck in the summer of 1937, the university authorities, through the newspap- ers, notified the students that they should make their own way to Chang- sha, Junan Province, 2,000 miles away; the school could guarantee nothing. And yet, many of the stu- dents, at a time when transportation facilities had either been disrupted or made exteremely difficult, found their way to Changsha. Here the school carried on for a year under constant Japanese air attacks. In the autumn of 1938, professors and students once again started a migration, this time to Kunming, 1,000 miles away. The school has survived to the present day as one of the three units comprising the Nat onal Southwest Associated Uni- The students eat poorly, milk and meat being completely absent from their diet. Books are few and well- worn. Many a time, it seems that when all else fails, the grim determi- nation of professors and students make possible the continued exist- ence of thV school. Students have been known to study at night under street lamps, in order to save the expense of buying oil. Paper for note-taking is scarce; that which is available is rough and coarse. The science laboratories are ill equipped; chem- icals are lacking; the aparatus sometimes lies idle for want of spare partst Through it all, they suffer, knowing that hard as life is, it is but temporary. The Chinese absorbs the fun of livinx heni there k4 funin hiinLo' By Crockett Johnson It's a freight train, Mr. O'Malley. Maybe WE'RE on the wrong side- Eh? Nonsense. I'll call him over as soon as all these cars whiz by ... 11, 12, 13, 74,15- E E R E R PR ('p6 f 14,1.N spp M n A passer in on the nger train came other track- -47, 48, 4-.-:- Well, we'll cross over and investigate as soon as-52, 53, 54- - Mi ~tnerva!.. I'm so glad. vn'r here That train! And people demanding my 1'ufograph. I was, er, glad to see there was no crowd of the depot- No. But we celebrities get used to such nuisances. Not that I expected to see anyone with banners! But- 92, 93, 94-This freight train! How disappointed your aunt will be if we i