]'AGE TWO r THE MICHIGAN DAILY -FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1947 1 FRIDAY, AUGUST 8,1941 FiftySv ent Year Fifty-Seventh Year LUSH LABOR LAWS: Thieves in Unions BILL MAULDIN Edited and managed by students of the Uni- versity of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Editorial Staff Managing Editors ... John Campbell, Clyde Recht kssociate Editor .................... Eunice Mint Sports Editor ..................... Archie Parsons Business Staff ' _eneral Manager................ Edwin Schneider Advertising Manager..........William Rohrbach Circulation Manager.................Melvin Tick Telephone 23-24-1 Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to tie use for re-publication of all news dispatches redited to it or otherwise credited in this news- .aper. All rights of republication of all other .natters herein also reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michi- gan, as second class mail matter. .Subscription during the regular school year by carrier, $5.00, by mail, $6.00. Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1946-47 Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. NIGHT EDITOR: LIDA DAILES Indonesia LAST THURSDAY there appeared in the columns of the Daily an editorial on the Indonesian situation by this writer which was strenuously objected to by a local wom- an. She claimed that it presented only the Republican side. The objection was well- founded; and in view of recent enlighten- ment, the Dutch side now deserves our sympathetic consideration. Mainly through the efforts of the Dutch delegate to the UN, Dr. Eelco Van Kleffens, who has been quietly explaining his coun- try's position during the past two weeks, the Dutch have been able to erase the op- pressor's tag which seemed fair enough at first thought.. Dr. Van Kleffens has publicized some facts about Indonesian-Dutch relations not well known to most of us. He has, for instance, reported that the Indone- sians continue to hold some 10,000 Dutch hostages, including women and children, that sniping and general disorder prevail- ed even after the Linggadjati pact; that the Republican President Sukarno cooper- ated with the Japanese; that the Dutch have only two divisions of Europeans in the Indies; and that the Indonesians are by no means even a loosely united nation. The "unity" problem appears to be of the greatest interest to us now that the UN has entered the dispute. Although editorial writers in this country have known that the Indonesians have quarrelled among them- selves for a long time, most of them have not recognized the extent of the disunity. If Dr. Van Kleffens, Netherlands official publications, the woman who objected to last week's editoral and even the Indone- sians themselves can be believed, there is no representation of the responsible In- donesian element desiring complete inde- pendence from the Netherlands. Some Dutch go further than that: they claim there is no responsible element among the entire Indonesian "government." Netherlanders offer the following proof of the previous assertations in "The Nether- lands," by Hendrik Riemans: " , in the course of an exhaustive in- quiry into the aspirations of the people that was made by a committee on political re- form, instituted on September 14, 1940, by the governor general, more than 500 hear- ings were held, and every school of political opinion had the chance to declare itself: Though all wanted more autonomy, all de- sired the maintenance of ties with the Neth- erlands." * And from an Indonesian publication, "Merdeka": "We want to declare with great joy that the Netherlands proposals constitute clear acknowledgement of the right of the In- donesian people to determine their own fate and independence . . . we, therefore have a common basis ... (for negotiations)." A short time later, Republican Presi- dent Sukarno denied "the common basis." Tren his former Premier, Sutan Sharir, was reported in agreement with "the com- mon basis." Evidently the "sovereign state" that the UN may deal with will be hard to find. What hurts the Dutch most of all, more than an over-sympathetic view of the Re- publican cause (for they claim they are the most sympathetic of all) is the tendency of neonle to forget the halcyon days when By VICTOR RIESEL THERE ARE MEN who hold lush labor jobs but should be thrown out today be- cause they've associated with crooks and never opened their usually garrulous mouths while the thieves used their unions to make dirty money. One of these unions actually paid its vice- president $33,000 a year while he looted em- ployers who had to deal with the outfit or go out of business. I talk of free-fisted Joe Fay, who though now in prison still is vice-president of the International Union of Operating Engi- neers-without whose permission you couldn't dig a man-sized tunnel or hoist a pound of bricks anywhere in the U.S. Fay slugged other union leaders when the whim struck him. He lived gayly in those huge Atlantic City hotels. Bellhops jumped at the local turf club when he walked in, for he was free with a buck. And why not? He extorted $700,000 from Eastern contract- ors and charged well over $200,000 to call off a strike. His underworld connections would frighten even a Warner Bros. crime script writer. * * * * Finally this common thief was caught and sentenced to eight and a half years in - jail, where he is now. But his union hasn't thrown him out of , office. And if his fellow officers have cut off his $660-a-week salary, it's a high" priority secret. Call his office and you get something like this: "He ain't here. He's out of town. Naw he won't be back until the end of the week." Meanwhile, in Washington, his fellow na- tional officers are meeting secretly this week "on the Fay situation." What's all the hidden parleying about? Fay's a con- victed crook. He should have been pitched out of office automatically. Instead, his col- leagues try to hush-hush his jailing and give the impression he's on holiday some place. They tolerated him for 15 years. their chance to redeem themselves. up publicly so everyone will know the dumping of a big-time crook. Now's Speak about MUSIC A LONG STANDING belief that "singers can't act and actors can't sing," and its corollary that an opera cannot, therefore, excel both musically and dramatically, was thoroughly disproved last night by the Michigan Repertory Players' production of Georges Bizet's Carmen.' From Carolyn Street Austin, who was from the start a most convincing and pas-s sionately provocative Carmen, through the timid, loyal Micaela, sung by Maryjane Al-- bright, to the peasant chorus, it was obvious that character interpretations and music were fully understood. Nor were the male leads any less ade- quate. Norris Greer, as the corporal Don Jose, although a trifle stiff at first, was all one could want from a jealous and subsequently betrayed lover. However it was Escamillo, the toreador, played by Laurence McKenna, who lured the audience, as well as Carmen, away fron the unhappy Don Jose. The popular Tor'- eador Song, powerfully presented, was too strong an argument in favor of the dashing- ly costumed bull-fighter. With an unusually and gratifyingly strong string section, the University Or- chestra, under the direction of Prof. Wayne Dunlap, lent the proper Bizet col- . or to the opera, and generally provided a quite satisfactory background, neither too prominent nor too weak. Sets and costuming, though, for the mos part, unelaborate, were completely adequate and fitting to scenes and characters.'' Altogether, the performance was well handled from production, musical and dra- matic viewpoints. Sincere acting and fine music talent combined to produce a Carmen palatable to the most finick opera taste. -Naomi Stern on the Islands, and how much they love the country. Now Dr. Van Kleffans and Netherlands like the Ann Arbor woman have mostly memories. They know how complex a problem faces the Dutch in Indonesia. They know we don't know how serious the problem is; they see our lack of interest and knowledge. So they won't bother us with the unhappy tale of the past few years in the Indies; all they claim is that they are now doing their duty in Indo - nesia as they have for over a hundred years. Despite Dutch assertations that the prob- lem is not one for the UN (and technically they are right), both sides present a case: one understands that there must be a strong But no. Many of the union leaders who could clean house and thus say to the pub- lic, "Look, this is what we're doing," are sitting around beating their gums over the raw deal Congress handed them in the Taft- Hartley law. Virtually all labor outfits and their lawyers are either defying the law or working on gimmicks to by-pass it. Why not call in public relations men, not lawyers, and do something to show the people that the unsavory unions, which are giving all labor an odorous reputation, can cleanse themselves? How about those unions, for example, which won't let you work in an industry because you're not a union member- and yet won't let you join. Outfits like the Mail Advertisers' Union or that Motion Picture Machine Operators' local in Pennsylvania which do not admit anyone but the sons of members. I know of an- other movie machine union which takes a $1,000 initiation fee and where you must be a blood relative of a member to get in. These outfits have been protesting bit- terly against the Taft-Hartley ban on closed shops. I say the law was wrong in pro- hibiting the closed shop. But I also say the unions which force employers to hire, only their members (through the closed shop) and then close their membership books should be broken into by the govern- ment. * * * * And why don't the unions clean house of vicious internal feuds? Just look at the National Maritime Un- ion. There many of the officers are try- ing to destroy their own president's repu- tation. Several of these NMU officials have columns in the union's newspaper, The Pilot. What happens? Their per- sonal columns are filled with attacks on "brother" officers. Meanwhile money for all this precious newsprint comes out of the sailors' pockets. If it all doesn't stop soon, labor will learn the high price of suicide. (Copyright 1947, New York Post Corporation) CINEMAJ At Hill Auditorium . .* Captain Tempest, Carla Candiana, Ad- riano Rimoldi, Italian Dialogue, English Subtitles. IN THE melodramatic escapades of a wo- man who masquerades as a warrior, vin- tage 1570, Capitano Tempesta seems to at- tempt a Wicked Lady with a historical back- ground. And with about the same success. The plot deals with the Venetian struggle against the infidel on the island of Cyprus and with the equally violent war which the Ottoman Turks wage against them, also in- fidels, by Mohammedan standards. A serious difficulty, and one with which the film does not succeed in coping, is the problem of effective subtitles. The transla- tion of any foreign language motion picture for an English-speaking audience is ticklish work. But when serious titles produce un- toward laughter, failure is obvious. As a'film on its own merits, Captain Tem- pest is neither better nor worse than the average American historical epic. As a com- mentary on the progress-of the motion pic- ture industry abroad, it shows that stand- ards in Italy are not yet equal to those in other European nations. -Beverly Dippel THE BROADENING HORIZONS of Euro- pean thinking are illustrated in the pro- posal at the Geneva Trade Conference to adjust the projected world trade charter in such a way as to promote Europe's economic integration through customs unions, which have often proved to be the precursors of political unification. Such unification has long been the goal of many of Europe's ablest statesmen. But while that concept has not been able thus far to overcome the barriers of a passionate nationalism which is both the product and the producer of Europe's many wars, a solid basis for it is being creat- ed by the economic necessities of a continent devastated by its last great conflict. The new move is the direct outcome of the Marshall Plan, which first brought six- teen European nations together to plan for their common recovery on the basis of mutual self-help and thus forced them to consider at least Western Europe as an eco- nomic whole. That even this seemingly ob- vious procedure still faces many obstacles is shown by the French and British attitudes in the matter of including Germany in the reconstruction program. But the Geneva Trade Conference deals with wider and longer-range objectives and may therefore be able to pave the way for fundamental developments beyond the fears and hopes that raise the difficulties of today. -The New York Times S7( w..-,.,, , iti io//// /J////1/%///,%lH/ f //O///Ji///a/ii//aim//iioniiiioi a iiaiiiirii oiaiiiiiyiii o .a,,,,,,,M _ a auati.' a3a Copry.1447 by LUnted Feature. Syd$icae, Inc -All rights reserved "That dame would do anything to get her name in print." DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Publication in The Daily Official Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University. Notices for the Bulletin should be sent in typewritten form to the office of the Summer Session, room 1213 Angell Hall, by 3:00 p.m. on the day pre- ceding publication (11:00 a.m. Sat- urdays). FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1947 VOL. LVII, No. 32S Notices Examination for U n i v e r s i t y Credit. All' students who desire credit for work done in the sum- mer session will be required to take examinations at the close of the session. The examination schedule for the schools and col- leges on the eight-week basis is as follows: (Thursday, August 14 and Friday, August 15.) Hour of Recitation Time of Exam 8 Thursday, 8-10 9 Friday, 8-10 10 Thursday, 2-4 11 Friday, 2-4 1 Thursday, 4-6 2 Thursday 10-12 3 Friday, 10-12 All other hours Friday, 4-6 Any deviation from the above schedule may be made only by mi tual agreement between stu- dent and instructor, and with the approval of the Examination Schedule Committee. Attention August Graduates: College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, School of Education, School of Music, School of Pub- lic Health: Students are advised not to request grades of I or X in August. When such grades are absolutely imperative, the work must be made up in time to allow your instructor to report the make-up grade not later than 11 a.m., August 23. Grades received after that time may defer the stu- dent's graduation until a later date. Note: This is a correction of the date listed in The Daily August 6, and 7. German Departmental Library Books are due in the departmental office by August 8 regardless of a later due date stamped in the book. To all students having Library books: 1. Students having in their pos- session books borrowed from the General Library or its branches are notified that such books are due Monday, August 11. 2. Students having special need for certain books between August 11 and August 15 may retain such books for that period by renew- ing them at the Charging Desk. 3. The names of all students who have not cleared their records at the Library rby Wednesday, August 13 will be sent to the Cash- ier's Office and their credits and grades will be witheld until such time as said records are cleared in compliance with the regula- tions of the Regents. Colleges of Literature, Science, and the Arts, and Architecture and Design; Schools of Education, F o r e s t r y, Music, and Public Health: Summer Session students wishing a transcript of this sum- mer's work only should file a re- quest in Room 4, U.H., several days before leaving Ann Arbor. Failure to file this request before the end of the session will result in a needless delay of several days. Edward G. Groesbeck Assistant Registrar Recommendations for Depart- mental Honors: Teaching depart- ments wishing to recommend ten- tative August graduates from the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, and the School of Edu- cation for departmental honors should recommend such students in a letter, sent to the Registrar's Office, Room 4, University Hall, by 11 a.m., August 23. Note: This is a coi ection of the date listed in The Daily August 6, and 7. Housing for Men Students, Post1 Summer Session: Men interested in rooms in the Residence Halls for the Post-Session, Aug. 18- Sept. 12 are required to leave their names at the Information Desk, Room 2, University Hall, on or before Friday, August 8. No meals1 will be served. Doctoral Examination fori Thomas Alton Bickerstaff, Math- ematics; thesis: "Certain Order Probabilities in Non-Parametric Sampling," Friday, August 8, at 2 . p.m. in the East Alcove, Rackham Chairman, C. C. Craig. Ralph A. Sawyer Doctoral Examination for Low- ell Ray Perkins, Chemistry; thesis: "The Preparation of Tteraphenyl- phosphonium Chloride and Tetra- phenylstibonium C h 1 o r i d e and Their Application to Analytical Chemistry," Friday, August 8, at 2 p.m. in the West Alcove, Rack- ham. Chairman, H. H. Willard. Ralph A. Sawyer Doctoral Examination for Mar- vin Lewist Vest, Mathematics; thesis "Birational Space Trans- formations Associated with Con- gruences of Lines," Friday, August 8, at 3:15 p.m. in the West Coun- cil Room, Rackham. Chairman, R. M. Thrall. Ralph A. Sawyer Doctoral Examination for James Louis Jarrett, Jr., Philoso- phy: thesis: "The Cognitive Value of Poetry," Friday, August 8, at 3:30 p.m. in Room 205, Mason Hall. Chairman, D. H. Parker. Ralph A. Sawyer Doctoral Examination for Ber- nadine Agnes Bujila, Romance Language: French; thesis: "A critical Edition of Rutebeuf's Vie Sainte Marie L'Egyptianne, Fri- day, August 8, at 4 p.m. in the East Council Room, Rackham. Chairman, E. B. Ham. Ralph A. Sawyer Doctoral Examination for John Hans Biel, Pharmaceutical Chem- istry; thesis: "Anti Spasmodics X. Analogs of Acetylcholine." Saturday, August 9, at 9 a.m. in the East Alcove, Rackham. Chair- man, F. F. Blicke. Ralph A. Sawyer Doctoral Examination for Vad- en Willis Miles, Education; thesis, ples and Experiments Desirable "A Determination of the Princi- for a High-School Course of Inte- grated Physical Science," Satur- day, August 9, at 9 a.m. in the West Alcove, Rackham. Chair- man, F. D. Curtis. Ralph A. Sawyer Approved social events for this 4// 4,,. / iC 0 ro t 1 - j ;,,,,. week: August 8, Graduate Student Council, Intercooperative Council; August 9, Lambda Chi Alpha, Sig-1 ma Alpha Epsilon. -- University: of Michigan General Library; Schedule of Hours after Summer7 Session 1947:, The General Library will close1 at 6 p.m. daily from Friday, Aug-1 ust 15 to Saturday, September 20.1 The Graduate Reading Rooms and the First Floor Study Hall will be closed during this period. The1 Basement Study Hall will be open] from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily except Saturday when it will be closed at noon. The Rare Book Room will be open from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 10 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturday. All departments of the Library, will be closed on September 1, Labor Day. Divisional Libraries, with the exception of those listed below, will close Friday afternoon, Aug- ust 15, and will reopen Monday, September 15 on a short schedule (10 a.m. to 12 noon, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.). Regular schedules approx- imating those in force during the second semester of the academic year will be resumed in all branch- es of the Library on Monday, Sep- tember 22. Bureau of Government. Open August 18-September 20-Monday through Friday 8:30-12; 1-4:30; Saturday 8:30-12:30. Detroit Branch: Closed August 18-August 27; Open August 28- September 20; Monday through Friday 10-1; 2-6; Saturday 10-12. East Engineering: Open August 18-September 20; Monday through Friday 10-12; 2-5; Saturday 10- 12. Engineering: Open August 18- September 20; Monday through Friday 10-12; 2-5; Saturday 10- 12. Hospital Open August 15-Aug- ust 23; Monday through Friday 8-12; 1-5; Saturday 8-12; Closed August 25-September 13; Open September 15-September 20; Mon- day through Friday 8-12; 1-5; Saturday 812. Physics: Open August 18-Sep- tember120 'Monday through Sat- urday 10-12. Transportation: Open August 18-September 20; Monday through Friday 8-12; 1:30-4:30; Saturday 8-12. Vocational Guidance: Opens August 18-September 20; Monday through Friday 1:30-5:30; Satur- day 9-12. Teacher Placement: BoysR epub1ic, Farmington, Michigan, is in need of a Recrea- tion and Physical Education Di- rector. For further information, call at the Bureau of Appoint- ments. Visitor's Night will be held at the Obesrvatory Friday, August 8, beginning at 8:30 p.m. Jupiter, clusters and nebulae will be shown. If the evening is cloudy or nearly cloudy the Observatory will not be open. Children must be accompanied by adults. Wesleyan Guild Notice: A per- sonal consecration service will be held on Sunday, August 10th, out at Barton Hills. Transportation will be provided, leaving the First Methodist Church at 5 p.m. Res- ervations can be made by calling 6881 before Friday. Lectures Professor Hunter Rouse, Direct- or of the Institute of Hydraulic Research, State University of Iowa, will lecture on Mechanics of Sediment Transportation, Friday, August 8 at 4 p.m. in Room 445 West Engineering, and on Satur- day, August 9, at 10 a.m. in Room 445 he will talk on Vortex Motion and Fluid Turbulence. This lec- ture will be illustrated by motion pictures. Dr. Nelson T. Johnson, Secre- tary General to the Far Eastern Commission and formerly Amer- ican Minister to Australia and Minister and Ambassador to Chi na, will lecture on "The Respon- sibilities of the United States as a World Power," Friday, August 8, at 8:10 p.m., Rackham Lecture! Hall. This is the concluding lec- ture in the Summer Session Lec- ture Series, "The United States in World Affairs." The public is in- vited. Professor Joshua Whatmough of Harvard University will lecture on "Man and His Language" at the eighth luncheon conference of the Linguistic Institute at 1:00 Tuesday August twelfth in room 308 Michigan Union. The lec- ture will be preceded by a lunch- eon at 12:10 in the Anderson Room. Both luncheon and lec- ture will be .open to members of the Linguistic Institute and the Linguistic Society. P r o f e s s o r Whatmough is Professor of Com- parative Philology at Harvard University, and is well known for his many contributions to Celtic and Indo-European philology and to general linguistics. Professor Joshua Whatmough will deliver the second of two lec- tures to the Linguistic Institute at 7:30 Wednesday, August 13 in the Amphitheatre of the Rackham Building. His subject will be "De- scriptive Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, and Area Linguistics, with Specal Reference to the Da- lects of Ancient Caul." The lec- ture will be open to the Public. Professor Whatmough's lecture will concern itself with the impli- cations of some of the newer methods in the investigation of language. The concluding lecture of the series offered by the Linguistic Institute will be offered by Pro- fessor Hans Kurath of the Uni- versity of Michigan. The address will be given Thurs., Aug. 14 at 7:30 in the Amphitheatre of the Rackham Building and will be open to the public. The subject will be "Linguistic Geography and Its Relations to Other Fields of Research." Professor Kurath, now the director of the Middle English Dictionary, and of the Linguistic Institute, is well qualified to talk on Linguistic Geography, since he is also the editor of the Linguis- tic Atlas of the United States which has published over three hundred maps of the dialect areas of New England and is planning publication for the Middle and South Atlantic States. Concerts Student Recital: The Chamber Music Class, under the direction of Oliver~ Edel, will present a pro- gram Monday afternoon, August 11, 4:15 p.m, in the Rackham As- sembly Hall. The concert will in- clude works from Pergloesi to ex- tremely modern compositions. The public is cordially invited . Faculty Concert Series: Mr.Lee Pattison, Pianist, will present the final Monday evening concert, August 11, 8:30 p.m., in the Rack- ham Lecture Hall. The all-Bee- thoven program will include Son- ata, Op. 10, No. 1, Sonata, Op. 10, No. 3, Rondo in G, Op. 51, No. 2, Polanaise, Op. 89, and Sonata, Op. 101. The concert is open to the general public. Student Recital: Kenneth Snapp, Cornetist, will present a program Tuesday afternoon, Aug- ust 12, 4:15 p.m., in the Rackham Assembly Hall. Mr. Snapp wil be assisted by Carolyn Weaver, Pi- anist, and The Brass Choir. The recital will include compositions by Senee, Thofe, Bohme, Gaubert, Bach and Brandt. Mr. Snapp, a student of Haskell Sexton, will present this program in partial fulfillment of the re- quirements for the Master of Music Degree in Music Education, and is open to the general public. Student Recital: R.obert Noe- ren, Organist, will present a pro- gram Tuesday evening, August 12, 8:30 p.m., in Hill Auditorium. The program, presented in partial ful- fillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Music, will include Part Three of The Greater Catechism from the Clar- ierubung by Johann Sebastian Bach. Because of the length and difficulty of this composition, it is rarely performed. This per- formance will mark the first com- plete performance in Ann Arbor, and will give music lovers an op- portunity to hear one of Bach's most monumental contrapuntal works. The program is open to the public. Exhibitions Photographs of Summer Fungi of Michigan, Rotunda Museums Building. July and August. The Museum of Art: Elements of Design, and What is Modern Painting? Alumni Memorial Hall; daily, except Monday, 10-12 and 2-5; Sundays, 2-5. The public is cordially invited. Museum of Archaeology. Cur- rent Exhibit, "Life in a Roman Town in Egypt from 30 B.C. to 400 A.D." Tuesday through Fri- day, 9-12, 2-5; Saturday, 9-12; Friday evening, 7:30-9:30; Sun- day 3-5. Exhibit of American Photo- graphy, Daily. July 28 to August 8, Ground Floor, Exhibition Hall, Architecture Building. Exhibit of the Washtenaw His- torical Society display continues until beginniny of the fall semes- ter in the Rackham Exhibition Gallery. Events Today Phi Kappa Phi: Summer initi- ation and luncheon today (Aug. 8), 12:30 p.m., room 101 Michi- gan Union. Warren R. Good will be the speaker. Meetings of the University of Michigan Section of the American (Continued on Page 4) Chemical Society will be held on August 7 and August 8, 1947, at 4:15 p.m. in the Rackham Am- phitheatre. Dr. L. E. Sutton, Uni- versity of Oxford, England, will speak Aug. 7 on "The rHat sf 4i J vI i 'i Vj i BARNABY... y I