_THE MICHIGAN DAILY (Editor's Note is written by Co-Managing Editor Craig Wilson.) T SEEMS STRANGE to find Senator Taft and former Vice-President Henry Wallace sharing the same bed with me, but that seems to be the case in our opposition to the proposed Atlantic Pact. The proposed treaty would set up an in- visible American Empire based on each member taking "such action as it deems necessary" to "restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area." Of course, the United States is the only nation with the power to take any sort of effective action. And that action may be taken in case of invasion or physical unrest-where there is lively controversy between the ideologies. The treaty pledges us to support present regimes against any force that threatens their security, i.e.: security of the Atlantic area and the U.S. We have already seen that philosophy of defending hopeless dynasties cost us billions in useless subsidization. And the prospect is that we will continue, under the Atlantic Pact to spend money-not for reconstruction and improvement, but for* maintenance and patchwork on systems that have proven themselves incapable of ful- filling the needs of their peoples. The Pact also openly sanctions arning of Western Europe against attack from the East-an attack that is daily being recognized as not much of a menaoe any- more. But we are to expend our resources for useless weapons and forget the things we really need: highways, development of na- tural resources, education, health programs and inter-cultural development. Without these, our system shall become weak andI crumble away. And then we will be vulnerable from within to those who will Justifiably feel that the democratic way of life has failed to sustain them on the ever- rising standard they have earned. Then from within, will come the attack that Rus- sia hopes will carry us to Communism. And for that matter, who will be in the front ranks fighting for Communism? Those who are denied the product of their labors today and as long as the philosophy of supreme security from everything is con- tinued-you and I. Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. NIGHT EDITOR: PAUL BRENTLINGER C IINIEMA HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY, with Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp, Sara Allgood, and if you look carefully, you can see Barry Fltzgerald in three different roles. Directed by John Ford. T HE ART CINEMA people did well to bring this Academy Winner back to town. This epic has everything for every- body. There are speeches and there is silence, there is action and there are scenes of quiet dreaminess. There are tears and laughter, joys and sorrows. There is sym- pathetic young minister and there is an old minister who preaches hellfire and brime- stone. There is enough social and economic con- sciousness to satisfy the co-sponsoring Young Progressives, who should enjoy the somewhat caricatured portrayals of the dod- dering old capitalist and the dandified young capitalist, who own the mine and like to cut the miners' wages. Even Life magazine is aroused enough to speak of the tough situation at the "grim collieries during a strike against starvation wages." And the singing of "God Save the Queen" should warm the heart of many a conservative. When seeing the movie, we must nk forget that it was filmed just prior to Amer- ica's entry into the shooting war, at a period when many who supported our of- ficial neutrality policy still admired the courage and stamina of the English people, who carried the whole burden of the war for 11 years after the fall of France. In that sense, "How Green Was My Val- ley," "M'rs. Miniver" and the long list that following during the next years are propa- ganda pictures. They try to -make us see the "better qualities" of the Britishers, the vitality of the English as well as the non- English components of the United Kingdom. But the film, being a true work of art, has survived any immediate aims it may have had, and is today as enjoyable as ever. About the best thing in the picture is its authentic flavor and its expert direction. We feel as if we were really living in 19th C'Panhir Wale .John Fnrd has made expert (4if ted Peh by b. s. brown, co-managing editor "You Can See We're On A Higher Level This Year" s ~uy ERCL MAC pty rt L Letters to the Editor EDITOR'S NOTE: Today's column was written by HOMER SWANDER, Managing Editor of the Daily in 1943.) MR. BROWN has kindly loaned me his column today so that I may wrestle for a moment or two with that greatest monster of them all: Should Communists be allowed to teach (i.e., "contaminate") the young people of America? I am motivated by a strong impression that an increasingly large number of lib- erals-even student liberals-are objecting to a ban against Communist teachers only because such a ban would occasionally be used against the more outspoken members of the non-Communist left. Justified though this objection may be, it completely by- passes the real heart of the problem. The more immediate and more impor- tant issue concerns the Communists them- selves, the admittedly orthodox party-lin- ers, and our relation to them. It boils down to just this.: Have we allowed the - pressure of the cold war so to weaken our faith in freedom that we no longer dare expose ourselves to the most controversial and even most dangerous ideas of our time? If the recent NEA meeting is any indica- tion, the majority of American teachers, following the lead of university presidents Conant and Eisenhower, now openly sub- scribe to the theory that the duty of educa- tors is to protect the student from alien or dangerous philosophies, to insulate him, to let him hear only what is "good" for him. They are now hellbent on doing. overtly what they have long tried to do more subtly: Create us all in their own intellectual image. They insist upon making our ideological choices for us out of a fear that if left alone we will not meekly follow along the careful path they have so lovingly marked out for us. They will not trust us with our own choices, our own minds, our own lives. They are, in other words, afraid not of the Communists, but of you and me. This may strike you as a strange out- look for men and women who call them- selves teachers. Yet it is not, I think, so strange as that of the students who are echoing (or at least not protesting) the hyperpatriotic incantations of their elders. I confess I cannot understand the sort of spiritual illness which impels any of us to turn to the Conant-Eisenhower image and say, in effect, "Father, let us rest in your wisdom. In this hour of trouble, we need your strength and your protection. Let us not climb the mountain by ourselves; for confronted by the Devil with a textbook in his hand, we would lose our souls and all. Save us, O father, save us!" These are strange gods, indeed! Only an appalling lack of faith in ourselves and a twisted idea of. education could make us so willingly kneel to the censor. Actually, there can be no education with- out danger. Training, yes, but no education. For true education implies a constant broad- ening of the horizons, a constant experi- menting with the new and retesting of the old, a constant, exciting danger that at any moment one may learn some new thing- even some new Marxian thing-which will change the whole image of the universe. It is precisely this danger, this excitement which makes freedom-and education in a free society-worth preserving. Intellectual calm and ideological safety are not the vir- tues of democracy; it takes strong souls to weather democratic seas. Strong teachers and strong students-we need them both, and today we have too few of either. How many, for instance, understand so thoroughly the meaning of education and rejoice so profoundly in the free ex- change of ideas that they would feel fan- tastically uneducated for our time had they never come into close personal con- tact with at least a single first-class Com- munist mind? If I may be allowed, now, to reverse the proper order, I should like to conclude with what might well be our text for the day- and for many days to come. "I would not," said Henry David Thoreau, "have any one adopt my mode of living on any account; for beside that before he has fairly learned it I may have found out another for myself, I desire that there may be as many different persons in the world as possible; but I would have each one be very careful to find out and pursue his own way, and not his father's or his mother's or his neighbor's instead." The 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. * "s Union Heave Ho... To the Editor: IN ANSWER to mitted by the and Suffness in the letter sub- Misses Hagelin last Saturday's t . r} '. _ }f J I 4- . . R "; }V -} y. f2 t..bcK D ww .+n' /.laMSrea t'oa^ s+ Daily, in which they state that they were given the old "heave ho" from the Union, we would like to go- on record as having given a hearty "Well Done!" to the "strapping young gentleman" who ejected them forcibly from the male students' only remaining sanctuary on campus. Surely these two innocent young things knew full well the sacreligious nature of their encroachment upon our rights. We strongly suspect that these young ladies are trouble- makers and tradition-breakers, who "are attempting to strip the University of all school spirit. This must not happen! Therefore, to insure man's sanc- tity on campus in the future, we submit the following suggestions: (1) All women entering the Union (by the side door, by all means) must present ID cards or be re- fused entry. (2) Any woman ap- prehended entering the front doors of the Union should be severely f i n e d. (Five dollars should be sufficient to break this disrespectful practice.) (3) If the above two suggestions are found to be inefficient in checking this dangerous invasion of man's ex- alted position on campus, we move that women be forever bar- red from enjoying the privileges of the Union, so generously grant- ed Union members. Really. girls, you should use a little common sense. Why spoil a good thing for your sister stu- dents? Rules and regulations were made to be obeyed, and you will find that true all through life. Colleges instituted these rules, however "silly and stupid" they may seem to you, to prepare you to meet life, upon graduation. Obviously you have not benefited from this aspect of college life as yet. It is sincerely hoped that you charming ladies still have two or three years of college to com- plete, so that these principles of obedience may be properly install- ed in you before your entry into the world. Prior to reading your irreverent letter, we were rather sympathe- tic to some of the complaints voic- ed by the women students. How- ever, it is now opparent that the University realized more fully than we the necessity of strict supervision of the feminine ele- ment in the school. It is evident that your immature attitude must be curbed. A bas les femmes! -Richard J. Wall Dexter P. Gresh DREW PEARSON ON - he WASHINGTON MERRYGO"ROUIND ti- A ("6 RENTil MO)VI s j At the Michigan ... THE STORY of Lady Windermere's fan has been told and retold on the stage and radio, as well as in the original version by Oscar Wilde. The Hollywood interpretation, somehow falls short of its predecessors, however. A mother's sacrifices for her children is always good for tear-jerking, even tender, movie-which this was in spots. The main trouble was that so much time was spent needlessly with scenes of an 80- year old Madelaine Carroll prancing after an 80-year old George Sanders that we, began to wonder where the plot was. The use of the flash-back technique bogged the movie down so effectively that even in Sander's big scene in which he offers his, life to the woman he loves," the gentleman beside us let loose with a gusty yawn. Madelaine Carroll turned in a top-notch performance in, thank goodness, a role that suited her age. As the mysterious Mrs. Er- lynne who gives up her chance for accept, ance into society for the sake of Lady Win- dermere, Miss Carroll was as lovely and9 charming as ever. For once Jeanne Crain, as Lady Winder-' mere, made us forget that she was ever look- ing for an apartment. She has now been permitted to enter the ranks of full-grown adulthood. If she knew how well being an adult looked on her, she would never go back to being Peggie, Margie, or the other characters she played. George Sanders portrayed a human being for once, and Richard Green and Martita' Hunt were ; their usual screen selves-all adding the right flavor to the characteriza- tions. All in all, "The Fan" is quite an enjoyable film, once scenes stop being wasted. The snap and crackle that Oscar Wilde had in his original version are not obvious, so we advise that you best forget that he had anything to do with the movie before you see it. Also included in the bill of fare: An inter- esting short feature on heart trouble, an- other short feature that combined Jan Si- belius' "Swan of Tuonela" tone poem with views of snowy mountain tops which would have been better to have left uncombined, and a so-called cartoon which you might just as well miss. -Arlynn Rosen. * * * At the State... EL PASO: with John Payne, Gail Rus- sell, Sterling Hayden, George "Gabby" title on the marquee. But you've made the mistake, unless you go for blazing guns be- cause that's what's coming. John Payne, as the handsome, dashing captain who has just returned from fight- ing the Civil War, offers to go to Texas on some legal business for his grandfather. Discovering the corruptness of the west and an old prewar girl friend, Payne, as Clay Fletcher, transforms from a mild eastern lawyer and soldier to a fearless cowboy fighting for the rights of El Paso's- citizens. The plot is the picture. It winds and twists, comes up for a breath of air and then sinks to the level of a not too hardy: "Hiooh Silver . . Payne's acting follows the plot. He's con- vincing until he tries to offer some advice about law and justice. It's like ham and cheese with Payne haming, up a few cheesy scenes! The cast tried hard and the plot moved quickly. Together, they succeed in bluntly knocking the audience over the head with the idea that laws must be administered in the courts, not down the sight of a gun barrel! Gail Russell plays the love interest. But this is strictly a "he-man" show with almost no mush. Miss Russell, with relatively few lines, seems to be thrown in along with the Texas prairie. Like all westerns, El Paso has some scenes that will keep you on the edge of your seat, such as following a running gun battle across the prairie. This is a picture that people sit through till the end, enjoying life and the air-condi- tioning, and then . walk out talking about the weather. -Herb Kravitz Fifty-Ninth Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Editorial Staff B. S. Brown.................Co-Managing Editor Craig wilson................Co-Managing Editor M L Lin . . - norts Editor WASHINGTON-Early this week Congressman Paul Shafer, Republican, of Battle Creek, Mich., publicly urged that Gen. Harry Vaughan, military aide to the White House, be suspended. He charged that Vaughan was justj as guilty as two other suspended generals who had unwarranted contacts with "5 per cent lobby- ists" A few hours after making this statement, Congressman Shafer got a phone call from a White House spokesman demanding that he "lay off." Shafer was reminded that unless he "piped down" on the Vaughan charges, he could expect no "favors" in his district from the White House. Some even nastier, though in- direct, threats were made to Sha- fer, coupled with a more friendly reminder that Shafer, Truman and Vaughan had once traveled to Fort Sill, Okla., together when Truman was chairman of the Senate War Investigation Committee, and that Shafer had taken some nice pic- tures of Truman firing World War I artillery. Whether this combination of White House cajolery and threats had any effect on Shafer is not known. But it is known that he shut up like a clam, declined to elaborate to the press on his charges against General Vaughan. * * * VAUGHAN AND S.O.B. It is a safe prediction that simi- lar threats and pressure will be brought against the Senate sub- committee now investigating "five percenter" James Hunt and his connections with Harry Vaughan. For whoever pries into the life of the President's jovial military aide is certain to be either privately pressured or publicly called an S.O.B. Nevertheless, here are some unhealthy facts which Senate probers and the Army Depart- ment might scrutinize carefully. First, there was excellent reason why generals Waitt and Feldman played close to Vaughan's friend, five per-center James Hunt. For General Vaughan had demonstrat- ed how he went to bat for his friends who got rebuffed by- Army generals. He could and did influ- ence their promotions and demo- tions. * * * VAUGHAN DEMOTES GENERAL LEE Shortly after the war, Brig.-Gen. William L. Lee of the air forces was demoted to the rank of Colon- el when he got into an altercation with Harry Vaughan's pal, John Maragon, the Kansas City ex- bootblack. Maragon, who supplies liquor to the White House and is frequently seen riding in a White House car, had obtained a special permit to go to Greece by way of Italy at a time when few foreign travelers were allowed in war zones. And, in front of the Hotel Hassler in Rome, Maragon, who always carries a picture of him- self and President Truman, in- tervened in a dispute between an Italian bus driver and Gen- eral Lee. During the altercation, the General applied the flat of his hand to Maragon's face. It was 4 a.m. Washington time when this happened. But Maragon was able to get the White House on the phone, appealed to his friend, General Vaughan, and shortly thereafter General Lee was reduced to the rank of colonel, reprimanded under the 104th ar- ticle of war, and ordered back to the United States by air priority. This incident was no secret in- side the Army. Outside the Army it was published in this column more than two years ago. Gen- erals read, and after that the gen- erals were careful how they treat- ed any friend of rollicking Harry Vaughan. "Five per-center" Hunt, they knew, was so close a friend that Vaughan once took him to a White House garden party where he instructed the bandleader to play one of Hunt's musical com- positions. A "5 PER CENT" BIG SHOT Probably even more important than Vaughan's contacts with five percenter Hunt have been his con- tacts with the above-mentioned John Maragon. The chief differ- ence between Hunt and Maragon is that the latter doesn'f stop at five per cent. His percentage runs from five to fifty. Maragon first became a five- to-fifty per-center when his old friend, Harry Truman, became Vice President of the United States and he, Maragon, began to work for David Bennett, the perfume importer. Bennett operated a luxurious yacht in the Potomac, on which MIaragon conducted lobbying cruis- es, and Vaughan was a more fre- quent yachtsman. Bennett's lobbying objective was to reduce the excise taxes on per- fumery and, immediately after the war, to import French perfumes at a time when they were hard to get. To this end, Maragon took one trip to France, expedited through his friend Vaughan. He also showed up-believe it or not- in Potsdam for the Big Three conference, along with Stalin, Churchill and Truman. Housing was so scarce in Pots- dam at that time that Mrs. Jim- mie Byrnes and Mrs. Truman stayed at home, while many Con- ference advisers were forced to re- main in Paris and give advice over the long-distance telephone. Yet Maragon, thanks to his friendship with Harry Vaughan, turned up at the most important diplomatic conference since the war. When he left, he carried a pocketful of diamonds, presum- ably bought on the black mar- ket. Maragon also staged a Wash- ington perfume party which caus- ed considerable notoriety. Shortly after the war, when perfume was scarce, he brought a consignment of French varieties in on a TWA constellation and rounded up a group of Washington socialites, in- cluding wives of the "Little Cab- inet," to wait at the airport for the plane's arrival. Bottles were passed outto the ladies present. Eventually, and perhaps because of the publicity, Bennettsgave up John Maragon as his Washington lobbyist and transferred his wire- pulling to James Hunt. (Copyright, 1949, by Trhe Bell Syndicate. Inc.) DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN All notices for the Daily Official Bulletin are to be sent to the Office of the Summer Session in typewritten form by 3:30 p.m. of the day preced- ing its publication, except on Satur- day when the notices should be sub- mitted by 11:30 a.m., Room 3510 Ad- ministration Building. FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1949 VOL. LIX, No. 23S Notices There will be no Fresh Air Camp Clinic this week. The Pacific Mutual Life Insur- qnce Co. of Los Angeles, Calif., will have two representatives here Wednesday, July 27, to interview qualified candidates interested in group insurance. For further in- formation and appointments, call at the office of the Bureau -of Ap- pointments, 3528 Administration Bldg. The Ceco Steel Products Corp. of Chicago, Ill., has sales openings for men with training in civil, architectural, mechanical and in- dustrial engineering. For further information and applicatio'ns, stop at the office of the Bureau of Appointments, 3528 Admin. Bldg. Lectures Speech Conference. Lectures: "Physical Analysis of Voice Qual- ity," Dr' Earl D. Schubert, 9:00 a.m.; "The Radio Writer Today," Lou Hazam, 1:30 p.m.; "Trends in Contemporary Stage Design," Pro- fessor Oren Parker, 2:45 p.m., Rackham Amphitheatre. Lecture:"Guidance in the Small School. System." Stewart C. Hul- lander. Lecturer in Vocational Ed- ucation. 3:00 p.m., auditorium, University High School. Lecture: "Performance of Thin Compression Plates as Compon- ents of Structural Members." George Winter, Chairman, De- partment of Structural Enigineer- ing, Cornell University. 4:00 p.m., Rm. 445, West Eng. Bldg. The Department of Engineering Mechanics will present George Winter, head of Department of Structural Engineering, Cornell University in two special lectures. The first lecture entitled "Per- formance of 'Thin Compression Plates as Components of Struc- tural Members" will be given Fri- day, July 22 at 4:00 p.m.; the second, "Stability of Structural Framework" will be Saturday, July 23 at 11:00 a.m. Both lectures will be held in Rm. 445, West Engineer- ing Bldg. All who are interested are invited. Academic Notices Doctoral Preliminary Examina- tions for Students in Education: Preliminary examinations for doc- i toral applicants in education will be held August 15, 16, 17. All stu- dents who anticipate taking these examinations must file- their names and fields of specialization with the chairman of the Com- mittee on Graduate Studies in Ed- ucation, Rm. 4012, University High School, not later than Aug. 1. Doctoral Examination for Elden Leslie Brigham, Education; thesis: "The Relative Effectiveness of In- cidental Guidance and a Program of Intensified Educational and Vo- cational Guidance on the Adjust- ment and Vocational Success of a Class of Flint, Michigan, High School Students Five Years after the Graduation of the Class," Fri- day, July 22, East Conference Rm., Rackham Bldg., at 2:00 p.m. Chairman, H. C. Koch. Concerts Organ Recital by Percival Price, University Carillonneur, Wed., July 20, 7:15 p.m.; Friday, July 22, 7:15 p.m. - Sullivan: Selections from The Mikado. "Come a train of little ladies." "Braid the raven hair." Madrigal. Chopin-Preludes 4, 6, 7, and 15. Price-Variations for large car- illon on a chime tune by Sibelius. Southern, Airs-Nobody knows the trouble I've seen; Suzanna's Sunday shoes; Lonesome Valley; the New Year jubilee. Change in time for Carillon con- certs. Carillon concerts will be held on Monday, Wednesday and Fri- day from 7:15 to 8 o'clock. The Rackham Roof roof off the West Terrace will be open to those who wish to hear the concerts to best advantage. Student Recital: Cohleen Jen- sen, student of voice with Philip Duey, will present a program at 8:00 p.m., Friday in the Hussey Room of the Michigan League, in partial fulfillment of the requjre- ments for the degree of Bachelor of Music. Her program will in- clude compositions by Purcell, Dowland, Handel, Mozart, Ravel. Poulenc, Schubert, Delius, Rimsky- Korsakov, and Bernstein. This re- cital is open to the public. Exhibitions Rackham Galleries, east gallery. Paintings by Willard MacGregor, Visiting Professor of Piano, School of Music (July 8-August 5.) - Architecture Building: Exhibit of student work in design and in city planing. (June 9-August 13). University Museums Bldg., ro- tunda. Life around the Mexican volcano Paricutin. Museum of Archaeology: An- tiquities of the Mediterranean area. Clements Library. Unique Can- adiana: A selection of fifteen Ca- nadian rarities in the Clements Library. (June 20-Aug. 19). General Library: main lobby cases. Contributions of the Ancient (Continued on Page 3) A I i BARNABY Thof net? I found, it last night... Peopleare so careless. Leaving If you isisf we'll stroll over I!