1 WEDNESDAY, JULY 7~ TTh48 ~ THE MICHIGAN DAILY Democratic Dilemma E DITORIAL WRITERS all over the coun- try have coined a new cliche-they are calling the coming Philadelphia convention the Democrat's dilemma, and judging from the frantic nation-wide spoutings of that party, the Democrats are obligingly con- forming to the sneering implications of the phrase. While Harry Truman grins confidently and predicts a victory on the first ballot, the "'1We can't stand Truman" factions are hopefully preparing his political Ides of March. Men who formerly had sense, are acting desperately-the last we heard from the Eisenhower faction was the torchlight parade it was sponsoring with big signs pro- claiming "We marched for you, now you run for us." If Ike refuses to run, Douglas hopefuls foresee that the Eisenhower delegates will back the Supreme Court Justice. And if the Philadelphia Democrats find that they can't swallow the New Deal policies that Douglas is to represent, others have been proposing Senator Barkley, And so on down the line, the Democrats hope to swing votes for can- didates other than Truman. What dominates the Democratic party is a well-founded fear that the Republi- Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views -of the writers only. NIGHT EDITOR: FREDRICA WINTERS cans will win the election. Their last ditch fight has all the earmarks of a death- struggle. What was a new hope for mil- lions of little people in the thirties, has turned into an ugly, disillusioning battle for power. The Republican Party platform and can- didate has not radically changed to make the GOP a New Hope. The record of the 80th Congress is not the testimony of sanc- timony that the Republicans have por- trayed it. What then makes the Republicans so confident of a victory in the fall? The most obvious answer that comes to mind, is spit in Democratic ranks. But there is a more meaningul and horrifying explana- tion. The Democrats are repudiating the Philosophy of the New Deal because they are afraid. Many of them have always dis- liked the New Deal, but they supported it because it was on the winning side. But for the others, the fear that has entered into every phase of political life has entered their minds and hearts and vindicatively swept out their old liberalism. Fear-ridden Democrats will never win the fall election. All the last-minute can- didates cannot overcome the machine-like tactics of the GOP wtih its well-worn promises dressed up in new clothing. What the Democratic Party needs now is a new honesty and sincerity and a restoration of that old faith. But they rejected that old faith in 1944 when they rejected Henry Wallace as a vice- presidential candidate. -Lida Dailes Grteece T oday By PHIL DAWSON A THENS, June 30 (Delayed)-As ECA brings the U. S. and Europe closer to- gether, American foreign news reporting will need to be thoroughly overhauled. This prediction is based on the observa- tion that U. S. newsmen here haven't put into their columns the information Ameri- cans need to evaluate our foreign aid pro- gram The major wire services are preoccupied with the routine military operations of the Greek Army. They also follow executions of people convicted of murder. When a fanatic threw a bomb at Christos Ladas, Minister of .Justice, our newsmen pounced on the story. Again, when George Polk's body was washed ashore at Salonika a furore arose that is still going on. UJ. S. newspapers did a magnificent job of covering World War II. Their reporters are expert at describing mass and ndi- vidual murder. In Greece today, however, killing is neither a normal nor a usual vo- cation. Emphasis on it neglects aspects of Greek life that touch American aims more closely. It's true that there's a civil war in the mountains, and it's being fought with Amer- ican equipment; it's also true that there have been needless and violent deaths here. The civil war is Greece's immediate prob- lem; until the fighting is reduced to a few small areas elections are obviously impossi- ble. But that isn't the whole story. In order to understand the civil war and the long-range problems that caused it, Americans need to know less about how many people were killed oay before yesterday. Instead they need to know the an- swers to qestio"s" like these: y isn't the Greek standard of living as high as ours? Why is the middle class, which us- ually has a stabilizing influence, practi- cally non-existent here? Does this lack of moderate-income groups have something to do with the weakness of the Liberal Party? What do the Greek people hope for, and what is the American program doing about their hopes? Those questions are worth trying to an- swer, but I haven't seen any U. S. news re- port that threw them a passing glance. I have seen a lot of charges that Greece is a totalitarian state. What are the govern- mental procedures that prove it? Our news- men are pretty free and easy with adjec- tives, but rather miserly with the facts. Having gone through the endless business of getting a police permit to travel, I know the Greek government has some disagree- able features. And certainly intelligent criti- cism could strike some shrewd blows for a more democratic government here. But the criticism U. S. newspapers have contributed is misdirected. By concentrat- ing on murder and war, they fail to give the American public the most essential in- formation. To get the facts, one has to step out of the detective-story atmosphere. Solutions to long-range political and economic problems aren't sensational. The American people aren't sending $4 billion to Europe just for the excitement, and the U. S. press ought to tell them what they're getting for the money. IN A JAM Letters to the Fditor.. Thxe Daily accords its readers the privilege of submitting letters for publication in this column. Subject to space limitations, the general pol- icy is to publish in the order in which they are received all letters bearing the writer's signature and address. Letters exceeding 300 words, repeti- tious letters and letters of a defama- tory character or such letters which for any other reason are not in good taste will not be published. The editors reserve the privilege of con- densing letters, * * * Angdel Lecture To the Editor: , -DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN I'D RATHER BE RIGHT: Black- MarketBrt By SAMUEL GRAFTON H ARRY RAN INTO BERT near Radio City, for the first time in more than half a year. "Drink?" said Bert, and they turned in for a beer. Harry noticed that Bert was wearing the same gray suit as last fall, with the long- double-breasted coat, hooked with one button somewhere down near the knees. It you hadn't known it was sharp, you'd have thought it was funny. "Still have your apartment, Harry?" asked Bert. "Why, Bert?" asked Harry, though he knew why. "I got a fellow who'll give you two fifty to give it up, and I think I could persuade your landlord. I wouldn't even take a per- centage from you, I'd get it from the other ide" Harry laughed. Same old Black Market Bert, as always. Harry remembered him vividly, in his muddy soldier suit, as king of the cigarette deals. It had seemed sort of funny, then, in France, but that had been a long time ago. "How you been doing, Bert?" he asked, really wanting to know. "I been hanging around New York since the war." said Bert. "I help people buy things that are hard to get. You work your way into the middle of a deal, somehow, and you make a couple of hundred for your- self. It was good for a while. But now!" He made a face; it was an almost babyish disgusted gesture. "You'd be surprised how few things are really short now," he said angrily. "Why don't you look for something else?" "Oh, my old man wants me to go back to Ohio and work for him. I don't want to, not enough in it. I almost decided to go last week, though. Had my bag packed, and then changed my mind." "Like it here that much, huh?" asked Harry, "No, it wasn't that," said Bert. He laughed. "It's kind of funny, I guess. You know where I live." "No.,,' Over on the east side. Near where they want to build those United Nations build- ings, you know. I've watched them work- ing there, lots of times, it's a big deal. Well, I had my bag packed to go back to Ohio, my ticket bought, Pulllman, and was going to give up my room to somebody I know. Then I pick up this paper and read where Congress hasn't given them the money for these United Nations buildings, Sixty-five million, you know" "I know, said Harry. "Well," said Bert, with a funny, half-shy smile, "I decided to stay. I know it doesn't really mean anything, Congress was just too busy, or something, and I don't expect it to be war or anything like that. But, hell, if they don't even build those buildings, it looks like things aren't going to settle down and be so quiet. And if everything stays kind of stirred up, and not normal, I can find me some deals." "So you're going to stay," said Harry, looking at Bert unbelievingly. "Yeh." Bert smiled again. "Hey, Harry, you don't think I'm just grabbing at a straw, do you?" (Copyright, 1948, New York Post Corp.) Publications in The Daily Official Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University. Notices for the Bulletin should be sent in type- written form to the Office of the sum- mer Session, Room 1213 Angel haill, uy 3:00 p.m. on the day preceding publi- cation (1;00 pm . saturday-i) Notices WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1948 VOL. LVIII, No. 179 Accounting Achievement Test: Results of the test given to stu- dents in Business Administration 12 (Economics 72) during the spring semester may be picked up in Room 108 Tappan hall July 6 through July 10. The second Fresh Air Carp Clinic will be held Fri., July 9, 1948. Discussions begin at 8 p.m. in the Main Lodge of the Fresh Air Camp located on Patterson Lake. Any University students in- terested in problems of individual and group therapy are invited to attend. The discussant will be Dr. J. N. P. Struthers, Director of the Huron Valley Children's Center, Ypsilanti. Approved Social Events for the coming week-end: July 9, Stockwell Hall July 10, Delta Tau Delta, Phi Kappa Psi, Intercooperative Coun- cii, Sigma Alpha Eiysilon Recognized Student Organiza- tions active during the summer term 1948 are-as follows: American Veterans Committee, Le Cercle Francais, Chinese Stu- dents' Club, Christian Science Or- ganization, Flying Club, Inter-co- operative Council, Inter-racial As- sociation, Michigan Christian Fel- lowship, National Lawyers' Guild, Roger Williams Guild, Student Legislature, Unitarian Student Groups, United Nations Council for Students, Wallace Progressives, Young Democrats Club, Young Re- publicans, Sailing Club. Lectures Linguistic Institute Luncheon Conference. . Lecture, "M oller n English Pronouns: Definition, De- scription" by Dr. A. A. Hill, Profes- sor of English and English Phil- ology, Univ. of Virginia. Wed., July 7, Union Building. Luncheon, An- derson Room, 12:10; Lecture, Room 308, 1:00. On July 7 at 8 p.m., Dr. Welchj will speak "On the Maturation' of the Erythrocyte," at 8 p.m. in the Rackham Amphitheatre. On July 8 at 2 p.m., Dr. Welch will speak on "Studies of the Folio Acid and Related Substances." This lecture will be in the Rack- ham Amphitheatre. Professor Nicholas Arseniev of St. Vladimir Orthodox Seminary in New York City will lecture on Thurs., Jrzly 8, 4 p.m., Kellogg Au- ditorium, under the auspices of the Committee on Russian Stud- ies, on the subject of "Russian Culture in the Nineteenth Cen-, tury." Iinguistic Institute Forum Lee- ture. "Tlhe Present Status of Indo- European Linguistics," by Dr. George S. Lane, Professor of Lin- guistics, University of North Caro- lina. Thurs., July 8, 7:30, Rack- ham Amphitheatre. Events Today Pi Lambda Theta and Phi Delta, Kappa groups will hold a joint" meeting, Wed., July 7 at 7 p.m. in the East Conference Room of the Rackham Building. Dr. DouglastD. Blocksma of the University of Chi- cago, will speak about "Parochial Education." Refreshments will be served. All members are invited.' Student Legislature: There will be a meeting of the Student Legis- lature at 7:30 tonight in room 308 of the Michigan Union. Flying Club - Open meeting Wed., July 7, 7:30 p.m., 1042 East Engineering Building. All students and members of the faculty are invited. The first Summer Session meet- ing of the American Veterans Committee will be held this eve- ning at 7:30, Room 305, .Union. Guest speaker will be Nancy Bailey Rickert, Director of Occu- pational Therapy for the Veterans Rehabilitation Center, University Hospital, who will talk on "Emo- tional Wounds." Group discussion on the purposes of AVC. Refresh- ments. All student and faculty veterans and their friends are in- vited. The Spanish Gonversation Group will meet at 4 p.m. today in the League Cafeteria, and at the In- ternational Center tomorrow. Na- tive speakers as well as students of Spanish are cordailly invited. La p'tite causette meets each Tues. and Wed., 3:30, Grill Room of the Michigan League. The French Club will hold- its third meeting Wed., July 8, 8 p.m., Terrace Room of the Michigan Union. Professor Francis Gravit, of the Romance Language Depart- ment, will speak on "Main Street ou Montmartre." Group singing of French songs, games, social hour. All those interested to hear or speak French are cordially invited to join. The Pi Lambda Theta and Phi Delta Kappa groups will hold a joint meeting today at 7 p.m. in the East Conference Room of the Rackham Building. Dr. Douglas D. Blocksma of the University of Chi- cago, will speak of "Parochial Ed- ('RAIG WILON'S write-up of " -Prof. Angell's speech on "Ma- jor Problems of Readjustment" did1 not give the speaker's viewpoint adequately. This is particularlyt true in the second heading read- ing, "Question's Justification of 'Tremendous' Spending for Re-I covery by United States." This implies that Prof. Angell is against the outlay of money for this pur- pose but he certainly made it clear that he was very much in favor1 of it. Prof. Angell did say it was a" gamble as Senator Vandenberg has also said but this doesn't mean that they are against it. They both realize that the West- ern European economy may col- lapse and the reasons why were given in the write-up. Prof. Angell is convinced that' without outside aid, which neces-' sarily must come in the main from the United States, the Western European economy will collapse and the result would be a grave security threat to the United States and probably war. That is the reason why he is in favor of aid to Western Europe. The cost of the aid program, he said, would be under two per cent of our national income and infinite- ly cheaper than a war. These conclusions were left out of the write-up, giving it a false twist, probably unintentionally. -Ralph L. Christensen, * * * 'Of Thee I Sing' To the Editor: HE THEATRE department is to be congratulated on its re- vival of "Of Thee I Sing" for it is time this operetta took its place with suchmasterpieces as "Trial by Jury" and Mozart's "Costi fan Tutti." The production was spir- ited and significant-what a de- light to see young Americans pro- ducing a great American musical play! While criticism would be pointless, I think there would be value in giving some thought to the exact qualities of this work. "Of Thee I Sing" is satirical and in many respects the satire is as timeless as it is in "Trial by Jury." The Sinatra "fever" has given point to the "platform of love" idea; it comes off better today than it did originally. The Amer- ican habit of poking fun, good- humoredly, at his government and his own personal failings is per- haps more refreshing today than in 1932, and the significance is not lost. But it is not satire that gives greatness to this work; it is the genius of Gershwin that keeps this play eternally fresh. A pro- duction that asks the satire to carry .the play rather than the music will fall short. In no other American musical work for the stage is there to be found such an affluence of beau- tiful melodies, such a perfection of style. As in Mozart, inspira- tion follows inspiration and the climax is reached without con- science effort. The style is so com- ucation." Refreshments will be served. All members are invited. Radio Programs 4:30 p.m. WUOM Stump the Student 5:15 p.m., WUOM Spanish Club 5:45 p.m. WUOM Russia and Its Culture Coming Events U. of M. Sailing Club: Meeting of all regular and summer mem- bers, 7:00 p.m. Thurs., .July 8, Michigan Union. Dues must be paid at this time. pletely Gershwin's tlat he can indulge in sly caricature of other musical styles as he does in Dev- ereoux's plaint in the Debussy idiom and the Scottish cadence in the "Blighted" waltz tWhy did the chorus sing "die" and not "dee"'?) and the fun at the ex- pense of English folk-sung in "Trumpeter, Blow Your Horn." In only .one respet is tlhis work in- ferior; it's orchestration. Gershwin did not orchestrate the work. The original orchestration was for a large theatre orcliestra and, as I recall, excellent, but the small or- chestration furnished by the pub- lishers is a pitiful handicap. It brings out none of the music's subtleties and does little to help the singers project either the text or the melody. The revival last week was ad- mirable, but I hope the theatre department will produce this op- eretta again sometime, putting more emphasis on the musical qualities of the work. In doing so they will not cut the exuberant dance that follows "Love Is Sweeping the Country" nor the lilting sequence that starts the second act, and surely it will not be necessary in this day and age to ruin poetry, music and point by expurgating, "She's the illegiti- mate daughter of the illegitimate sone of the illegitimate nephew of Napoleon." Better leave out the song than ruin it. -Ross Lee Finney. The belated consent of the Soviet Union to a conference of the Danubian nations on naviga- tion of the river may be a sign of a more conciliatory attitude. If the shift has occurred because the Communists now control the votes of a majority of the conferees- Russia insists that Austria, which it does not control, be denied a vote-the inference that it indi- cates a change in line is not weak- ened but strengthened. Such a change, if it is a fact, is probably due to the calculation that Com- munist penetration has for the present gone about as far as it can go. Events in Berlin do not neces- sarily upset this interpretation. The Soviet authorities continue to harass the Westernbpowers with traffic obstructions, but they now explain carefully that the obstruc- tions are practical necessities not intended to annoy. . e ^{ Fi fty-Eighth Year A Current Movies I > + MUSIC + 1I Ism OJNDAYjEVENING the second in the current series of Faculty Concerts was presented at Rackham Lecture Hall, in the form of a piano recital by Webster Aitken. Mr. Aitken was warmly received, both lit- erally and figuratively, by an audience that filled about two-thirds of the auditorium. In short, it was very warm and humid inside Rackham. Lecture Hall, air-conditioning or no. Thus, all comments on this.recital should be viewed with a realization of the physical handicaps imposed upon the performer. Wet hands, and a sticky or slippery keyboard, are some of the very definite obstacles that con- fronted Mr. Aitken in this piano recital. The program presented was interesting in itself, in that it afforded a comparison of two extremes of usage of the same musical form, that of the Theme and Variations. The first work performed, Aaron Copland's Piano Variations, represented one contemporary radical usage of the form. In it, the prin- ciple of variation is carried down to the minutest internal 'details. In the main, thne interest and variation is produced by fre- quent rhythmic and metrical changes. On first hearing, this intransigeance tends to promote a feeling of irritating jumpiness, or "cat on the keyboard" aimlessness. Variation of timbre, alternate skips of register, har- monic condensation of melody, and a har- monic scheme based arbitrarily on the in- tervals of the theme, are other characteris- tics of this early experimental Copland work. completion" that characterized much of con- temporary short story literature. After the intermission, the recital con- cluded with a performance of Beethoven's Variations on a Waltz of Diabelli, Op. 120. The 33 variations in this work represent one of the greatest lengths to which the form has been taken. All in all, they are a mon- ument to the great craft and imagination of Beethoven's genius. Unfortunately, from the point of enjoyment, it seems altogether too much of a good thing. Lacking the drama of the sonata-form, the work seems to crave ending long before its alloted time is up. Then again, one can't help noting the ab- surdity inherent in the construction of such a towering edifice upon a pea of a founda- tion. In the face of Beethoven's evident seri- ousness, other than in one or two of the variations, viz., that of Mozart, the work re- sults in embarrassment for the listener. In this work, Mr. Aitken tended to play each of the variations on the basis of its own musical merit. A lack of stress upon the feature derived from the theme, tended to detract from the unity of the work, and obscure its logic. While "distortion" is us- ually to be avoided, it would seem that this is one form that justifies and requires such a practice. All in all, Mr. Aitken displayed a compe- tent technique. His Beethoven left little to be desired in the way of intensity and force. At times, however, these were produced at the cost of clarity and tone. Too frequent ifo f r~f h.,tn~ r o. ii, 1'hiier y hm r, Va Atl theSate.. . I REMEMBER MAMA, with Irene Dunne. N THE DELUGE of family stories that have appeared in the last decade or so, "I Remember Mama" has outlived most to bring its humor and warmth to both stage and screen. The story of a Norwegian family living in San Francsico around the turn of the century is sold in a series of sketches and episodes in the life of the family, re- volving around Mama-wise, practical, un- selfish Mama. Kathryn, the oldest daughter, who aspires to be a writer, perches in her attic study overlooking the Bay, and writes of what she knows the most about: Mama and the bank-account, counting out the money on Saturday nights; noisy, whiskey loving Uncle Chris; Irene Dunne puts her whole heart into the part of Mama, and Phillip Dorn, Oscar Homolka and Barbara Bel Geddes are all commendable as Papa, Uncle Chris and the authoress, respectively. The whole thing is very well done, and a happy combination of lots of laughs, excellent acting, and a few tears for the sentimental. -Gloria IHujiter. * , * At th e M7schigae... SILVER RIVER, with Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan and Thomas Mitchell. W ARNER BROTHERS have done things . to "Silver River" that would make Tom Mix turn over in his grave. They've brought culture to the West. Errol Flynn, our hero, plays a gambler and silver tycoon, who got. to the West via Harvard's back door. He also prefers milk to whiskey, quotes Shake- speare and makes much use of a good old Western colloquialism - "sanctimonious." Even kisses Ann Sheridan instead of his horse. Is nothing sacred? For a couple of reels this film looked promising, but then it degenerated into one of those high-finance-among-the-silver- tycoons shindigs, ticker-tape and all, and Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Editorial Staff Lida Dailes..........Managing Editor Kenneth Lowe.........Associate Editor Joseph R. Walsh, Jr. ....Sports Editor Business Sta f Robert James .......Business Manager Harry Berg......Advertising Manager Ernest Mayerfeld .Circulation 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. AlY rights of re-publication of all other matters herein are also reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second-class mail matter. Subscription during the regular school year by carrier $5.00, by mall, $6.00. Member Associated Collegiate Press 1947-48 x ° Are we going to wait here for Mr. O'Masltey, omy Fairy Go~dfeather, to retch up with us, Pap.? Don't be .- _ i,; ,Son> Cushlcimochree! Thought they'd NEVER stop! C~] Cl ck the ajl, ra®. We'fl get a bif in the diner- tt C ,, Sao t ' : c ' Okay. r i 9. U,5. ie 9 H1-1mm. Doors C, . l .4 .. __ __ _ _ 7:b 'a?7 y lisp 7rtc -pc: Fm. L:i'. v.. ?..rj. u 5 F pn. 'p i e aP is ti - l ic n cK moer . .