GE TWOMHN- pmmwm Congress FOR THE THIRD consecutive year, the National Student Association Committee of the Student Legislature is planning to ;ubmit a bid fqr the site of the annual Na, tional Student Congress. The congresses are composed of represen- tatives from 29 member NSA schools in the country as well as observers from non-mem- ber schools. Counting educators, members of the press, and members of the administra- tion staff, about 700 people take part in each congress. i The congresses are August on the campus ber school each year. held of a at the end of different mem- For the congress of 1948, the local NSA Committee obtained the approval of the University Administration and submitted the bid to the national NSA officers. The University of Wisconsin won approval for the congress site, however. The local committee then began looking toward the congress of 1949. This time the University's sanction could not be obtained. Renovation of campus buildings is being carried on and Secretary of the Univer- sity Herbert G. Watkins told the com- mittee that a UN group had asked for use of campus facilities first. So the committee is trying again-for the congress of 1950. Student Legislature has approved the move, and the final go-ahead sign to submit a bid rests with the executive committee of the University. National NSA officers have visited the University and Ann Arbor is their first choice for the congress site. They were impressed, as the rest of the 700 congress people would be, by the Rack- ham Building, the Administration Building, the Publications Building, and the other sights on the imposing campus. Hundreds of students and educators and newspaper people would be able to see at close range what we have besides a foot- ball team. Our student government and our dormi- tory system are just two of the many things we justly can be proud of. The local NSA Committee and the Mich- igan Region of NSA have long been leaders In the organization. The committee as well as the University should continue to be leaders by having the opportunity to be host to representatives of the student body of the United States. --Arlynn Rosen. Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. NIGHT EDITOR: DON SIGMAN + CINEMA + At Architect. Auditorium is an active member of the Communist opposition. He is eventually arrested and PROFESSOR MAMLOCK. Based on the tortured, but has phenomenal success in play by Friedrich Wolf. escaping and being reunited with his fiancee. The old man, meantime, had to suffer 1HE FBI need not worry about this one. the vicissitudes of life. After being hounded There are lots of Communists in this from his clinic by a former student of his, picture, but they are being kept too busy he is suddenly recalled to perform a deli- by the Gestapo to worry about the estab- cate operation on one of the Party bigwigs lishment of a Soviet Socialist Republic in who would rather be cured by a Jew than America. killed by National Socialistic medicine. The film deals with the political awaken- The situation is reminiscent of Remarque's ing of a gentle Jewish surgeon who sees his "Arch of Triumph," where a refugee doctor life ruined by the coming of the New Order. is called in on the case of a xenophobic He represents the section of the intellectual French official who wants to deport re- bourgeoisie that considers politics a dirty fugee doctors who practice their profession business and concerns itself with the "bet- without legal sanction. ter things" of life, such as literature and the Professor Mamlock, while recovering arts, intellectual pursuits, and the love of from a suicide attempt, realizes that one nature and humanity. must fight evil, and after being inspired by Dimitrov's courage and defiance at the As a decorated veteran of the Western Reichstag trial, goes bravely to his death Front, he belittles the dangers that threat- with an anti-fascist speech on his lips, en him after Hitler's Assumption of Pow- Tit o mot fsi lb p oliticalistr er on Jan. 30, 1933. He is beloved in his This, to most of us, will be political history clinic, for his personality as well as for seen from an unusual angle. Call it Russian his surgery, and Hitler's rise to power at propaganda. It is certainly propaganda, and a worthy successor to the early triumphs by first means simply an increase of what Sergei Eisenstein. Its vivid technique, plot he calls "political surgery." and acting make it a formidable pcture. "Political surgery" is revealed to be the Some of the propaganda will appeal to science of dealing with the healing of cuts Russians only, but there is much else that and bruises inflicted by butcher knives and can be accepted regardless of our orienta- beer bottles in the course of political dis- tion, just as the political novels of Malraux, cussion. Silone, Koestler and Ehrenburg are accept- The Professor's son is still young enough able as works of art. to want to change the world, however, and -John Neufeld 0 .1 1I T14RIFT ., Notices -0 x6 - # 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, AUGUST 5, 1949 VOL. LIX, No. 33S t Fine Deal for Fine America DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Library Hours After the Sum- mer Session. The General Library will be closed at 6 p.m. daily be- ginning August 12. Evening service will be resumed on September 26. The library will be closed for repairs from August 27 through September 5; and on all Saturdays from August 20 through Septem- ber 17. It will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday ex- cept for the times noted above. The Divisional Libraries will be closed August 15 through Sep- tember 17 with the exception of Bureau of Government, Engineer- ing, East Engineering, Mathema- tics-Economics, and Physics, which will be open on shortened sched- ules. Information as to hours will be posted on library doors or may be obtained by calling University Extension 653. Requests for ma- terial from the closed libraries will be taken care of at the Circulation Desk in the General Library. Ph~iadelphi Evening Buleth DREW PEARSON ON SWASHINGTON MERRY-60OROUND All Lockers in the Sports Building must out and refund called day, August 12th. Attention August Intramural be cleaned for by Fri-. Graduates: NUNJRRENIMT MOV IES 11 [ Looking Back1 35 YEARS AGO: The head of the University hospital and the dean of the music school wrote from the British Isles saying that most Univer- sity personnel were safe in Europe. Only serious trouble was the great difficulty in getting English money changed into Amer- ican so they could get home. 25 YEARS AGO: Joseph Conrad, known for his abundant stories of the sea and sailors, died at his home in England at the age of 67. 20 YEARS AGO: The School of Music, for 50 years a sep- arate institution in Ann Arbor,'will become an official. part of the University in Sep- tember. Another endurance air flight was made, but this time by a woman, who in France stayed aloft for 26 hours and 46 minutes- alone. 10 YEARS AGO: Fred Snite, Jr., who has lived in an iron lung for three years, married a pretty brunette whorhad cheeredrand comforted him in his battle to shake off the paralysis that hit him in the spring of 1936. * * 5 YEARS AGO: American troops flashed across France to take Brest in a minor battle, while other Allies were clinging on St. Nazaire and Nantes. The story was not so bright in cas- ualties, though, for the Allies lost 115,665 in killed, wounded and missing since the invasion of the continent June 6. 1 YEAR AGO: The Metropolitan Opera Company re- luctantly closed its doors after 50 consecu- tive years of opera seasons. They claimed that the shutdown came when negotiation:: with all 12 unions connected with the Opera Company failed. -From the Pages of The Daily. At the State: BEAUTIFUL BLONDE FROM BASHFUL BEND, with Betty Grable, Olga San Juan, Cesar Romero, and Rudy Vallee. WELL, BETTY GRABLE is back-her legs as shapely and her voice as mellow as ever. The suggestion that Hollywood's gla- mour girls don't really have to act is also as potent as it ever was. Somehow, after seeing this movie, I'm beginning to wonder if Miss Grable is seriously considering mo- deling underwear as a new occupation. The plot of this most uncharming fantasy centers about Freddie Jones, (you guessed it-Betty Grable), a glamorous gun girl of the rippin' roarin' bammin' slammin' West, and her amazing penchant for shooting Judge Alfalfa O'Toole, played by Porter Hall, in what zoology students would term the dorsal posterior portion of his anatomy. This is funny the first time, but when it becomes habitual, it also becomes repeti- tious even in techicolor. Indeed, repetition seems to have been the main thought in the minds of the makers of this movie. Evidently, the theory is, if at first you don't make 'em laugh, try, try, again. And, about the only thing that I could detect, resembling acting, was a series of raucous vocal emissions. Their range begins with the soprano screams of Betty Grable, upon discovering that her boy friend, played by Cesar Romero, has betrayed her for a Frenchwoman, named Roulette. Further on down the scale, are the howls of poor Judge Alfalfa, each time FreddJ. does her stuff. Olga San Juan, who plays the part of Freddie's Indian girl friend, says "Ugh," babbles in Spanish, and once in a while murmurs a few sentences in English. Anyhow, she's pretty. Equally futile, was the cartoon, Farm Fool- ery. Hollywood's producers ought to knox - 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 Edtor 4,erle Levin...Sports Editor Marilyn Jones .....................Women's Editor Bess Young ..............................Librarian Business Staff Robert C. James .................Business Manager Dee Nelson .................. Advertising Manager Ethel Ann Morrison ..........Circulation Manager James McStocker................Finance Manager Telephone 23-24-1 Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or otherwise credited to this newpaper. Al] rights of republication of all other matters herein are also reserved. Entered at the Post Offi eat Ann Arbor, Michi- gan as secod-class mail matter. one thing by now-comedies and commun- ity sings are like oil and water. They just don't mix. If you're beginning to get disgusted about mdvies being the main thing to do in Ann Arbor, don't let it get you down. In eight days you'll be home. -Alice Platt. * * At the Michigan: JOHNNY ALLEGRO, with George Raft, Nina Foch and George MacReady. A FANTASTIC PLOT, physical action at intervals and dead-pan George Raft are the ingredients of this run-of-the-mill melodrama. Raft plays the role of a reformed gang- ster with a hero's war record who runs a florist's shop. He gets involved with lithe- some Nina Foch and her petulant, power- crazy husband, played by John MacReady, who is dumping a lot of foreign-made Amer- ican currency into the economic stream via the racetracks. Raft, who has been pressed into service of the Treasury Department because of his unsavory past, is taken to an island off the coast of Florida where MacReady lives in Jacobean splendor among his big game trophies, classical records and bows and arrows. He hates guns, looking on them as dirty and noisy. The climax of the picture is a chase in which Robin Hood MacReady attempts to make Raft a moving target for his archery. It's a silly picture full of bad dialogue and listless acting except for the action se- quences, which are fairly diverting. The one good thing on the long, unin- teresting program is the current edition of The March of Time, which is concerned with the present state of the nation's car- toon. This is interesting. But the cartoon falls way short of the usual Bugs Bunny and Walt Disney pro- ductions. By the way, where is Bugs Bunny? -Jim Castlereagh LAST WEEK two Senate committees faced the same question: Should they pub- licize unproved accusations that had been made before them in secret sessions? One committee decided yes. The other de- cided no. The group that decided yes was a Senate Judiciary subcommittee. It quoted a myster- ious "Witness 8" to the effect that the Sec- retariat of the United Nations is being "ter- rorized" by Communists. The group that decided no was the Senate committee investigating the "five-percenter" racket in Washington. This committee with- held parts of Colonel James V. Hunt's diary, which mentioned names. The names in- cluded those of some members of Congres Our law-makers' devotion to the principle that a man is innocent until proved guilty and has the right to confront his accuser is inspiring. Inspiring, that is, when the reputations of Congressmen are at stake. -St. Louis Star-Times. AND WHAT is a kiss, when all is done? A promise given under seal-a vow Taken before the shrine of a memory- A signature acknowledged-a rosy dot j Over the i of loving. -Rostand. WASHINGTON - Gen. Harry Vaughan, the President's jov- ial, back-slapping, poker-playing military aide, holds the official title of "coordinator of veterans affairs." As such he is supposed to help veterans. But yesterday this column showed how, when the Tanforan Race Track in California violated building regulations aimed to speed veterans' housing, General Vaughan used his influence not to help the veterans, but to help the race track. His known influ- ence was brought to bear in the fall of 1947. Here is what happened. Af- ter Guy Standifer and other Tanforan officials were jailed in California for violating hous- ing regulations, Eugene Mori, new president of the race track, called on the office of the hous- ing expediter in Washington in October, 1947. With him came the fabulous Greek friend of General Vaughan's John Maragon, who had accom- panied President Truman to Pots- dam, caused the demotion of an Air Force General, once held a White House pass and a special White House parking reservation. This is the same Maragon who has demanded that this columnist be called before a Senate in- vestigating committee. Needless to say I should be happy to appear. Mori and Maragon informed the housing expediter's office that the Tanforan track was now under new ownership, though how they offei'ed any proof remains a mys- tery, since the wartime owner, Joe Reinfeld, never was known to the public. Reinfeld, one of the big- gest rum-runners of prohibition days, wasnthe chief secret owner, and his name only leaked out on January 15, 1949, when he was sued in Federal Court. Fifteen months earlier, however, -in October, 1947-Eugene Mori had told government officials that he was Tanforan's new owner. GENERAL VAUGHAN INTERVENES It was at about this point that General Vaughan first intervened. Apparently he didn't like the way the housing expediter treated his bosom pal, Maragon, for he com- plained about it to his other pal, lobbyist James Hunt, and a few days later Hunt showed up at thej housing expediter's office alone. Hunt told housing officials that his friends from the Tan- foran track hadn't been treated courteously. He also warned that housing chief Frank Creedon could not afford to get in wrong with his "friends," though he did not identify who those friends were. Housing officials blew up, said there had been no lack of cour- tesy and did not change the in- junction which banned the use of building materials by Tanforan. * * * HUNT AND MARAGON WERE RIVALS The lobbying talks dragged on. Hunt and Maragon vied with each other to see who could do the most for Tanforan. At one point, lobbyist Hunt complained to hous- ing officials that he was being pestered by Maragon, that Mara- gon telephoned at all hours of the day and night, even insulted Mrs. Hunt. At another time Maragon phoned Jack O'Brien of the hous- ing expediter's office, said he was "Drew Pearson" and demanded to knornw natwa sing "nH on and interested in Tanforan, argued that the track's ownership had changed, and that the govern- ment's policy was to grant build- ing permits to clean up fire hazards. Tighe Woods had then been in office only six days, and the in- fluence of the White House was potent. He sent a memo to the Justice Department stating that the in- junction against Tanforan could be lifted. Simultaneously Tanforan submitted notices from the oblig- ing city of San Bruno claiming that the race track wasa fire and health hazard unless cleaned up So, at long last, the ban on Tan- foran was lifted-chiefly on Gen- eral Vaughan's plea that its own- ership had changed. As of this week, however, Justice Department officials, when que- ried, said they had no evidence that the ownership of the race track had really changed. Therefore, it may still be that Joe Reinfeld, who once ran the biggest fleet of rum boats off the Jersey Coast and who was once indicted for the murder of a prohibition agent, is still the real owner of Tanforan and the man who really profited from General Vaughan's lobby- ing against the veterans. It is true that track President Guy Standifer was out, having gone to jail; and that Eugene Mori was the new president. But according to a federal court dep- osition published by the Newark Star-Ledger on Jan. 15, 1949, Reinfeld was the chief owner of the track. . MARAGON'S INCOME TAX It now looks as if John Mara- gon was in serious trouble over both his income tax and perjury. Senate investigators have now es- tablished the fact that the lobby- ist who long had thb inside run of the White House maintained a secret bank account in the Na- tional Bank of Commerce in San Antonio in 1945 and 1946. Approx- imately $40,000 was deposited there. Despite this, Maragon in- formed the Senate Investigating Committee that he had only a small income in 1945, '46 and '47 and he failed to reveal his San Antonio Bank account. All this was sworn to under oath. Astute William Rogers, counsel of the committee, produced a copy of Maragon's 1945 income-tax re- turn and asked whether it was a correct copy. "That is right," nodded Mara- gon. "And that shows," pointed out Rogers, "that your total income for that year was $7,740. Is that right?" "That is right," agreed Mara- gon. "It shows," continued Rogers, $1,740 from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and $6,000 from the Albert Verley Company, Chicago, Illinois... . "Now I show you your in- come-tax return-a copy of it- for 1946. It shows $6,000 from the Albert Verley Company and $1,889 from the U.S. State De- partment. Is that a correct copy of your 1946 income return?" "Than's right," Maragon ad- mitted. "I show you a copy of your re- turn for 1947," Rogers went on, "which shows a total income of $4,860-$4,200 from Charles M. Tngrsoll and $66O interest on B. College of Literature, Science and the Arts, School of Education, School of Music, School of Public Health: Students are advised not to request grades of I or X in Au- gust. When such grades are abso- lutely 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., Au- gust 18, Grades received after that time may defer the student's grad- uation until a later date. The U.S. Civil Service Commis- sion announces an examination for the position of internal rev- enue agent for Michgan and Wis- consin. Applications will be re- ceived not later than August 19, 1949. For further information, call at the Office of the Bureau of Appointments, 3528 Admin. Bldg. Recommendations for Depart- mental Honors: Teaching depart- ments wishing to recomment 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 1513 Administration Building by 11 a.m., August 18. Refresher Course in String Teaching, Michigan League Ball- room. Program: 9, Forum on Be- ginning Violin Class Teaching, Louis Wersen, Anthony Whitmire, David Mattern, Emil Raab. 11, Re- cital by the Stanley Quartet. 12, Luncheon at the Michigan Union (by reservation only). 2, What the String Specialist Should Know About Wind Instruments, William Stubbips. 3, Orchestra Techniques, Louis Wersen. 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 8. 2. Students having special need for certain books between August 8 and 11 may retain such books for that period by renewing them at the Charging Desk. 3. The names of all students who have not cleared their records of the Libary by Friday, August 12 will be sent to the Cashier's Office and their credits and grades will be withheld until such time as said records are cleared in com- pliance with the regulations of the Regents. The Annual Masters Breakfast' will be held Sunday, August 7, at 9:00 a.m., in the Michigan League Ballroom. If you are fulfilling the requirements this summer for the master's degree and have not re- ceived your invitation and ticket, please call at 3510 Administration Building before noon on Friday, August 5. Lectures The Department of Engineering Mechanics presents Lydik S. Ja- cobsen, Chairman, Department of Mathematical Engineering, Stan- ford University, in two special lec- tures. The first, "Impulsive Hy- drodynamics of a Fluid Inside a Cylindrical Tank and Outside a Cylindrical Pier," will be held Fri- day, Aug. 5, at 4:00 p.m.; the second, "Dynamic Loads on Beam Bridges" will be Saturday, August 6, at 11:00 a.m. Both lectures will be held in Room 445, West Engi- neering Building. All who are in- terested are invited. Hall, University of Manchester, England, 4:15 p.m., today, Kellogg Auditorium. Summer Law Institute on Legal Problems of World Trade. Opening session, 8:00 p.m. today, Rm. 150, Hutchins Hal. Gilbert H. Mon- tagu, member of the New York Bar, presiding. Lecture: "The Proper Law of Commercial Con- tracts in the English Legal Sys- tem," Ronald H. Gravesen, Uni- versity of London, England. Academic Notices Doctoral Examination for Mayer Jerison, Mathematics; thesis: "The of Bounded Maps into a Banach Space," Friday. August 5, East Conference Room, Rackham Bldg., at 3:00 p.m. Chairman, S. B. Myers. ____ Concerts Carillon Recital: Percival Price, University Carillonneur, will pre- sent a program on Wednesday and Friday, August 3 and .5 at 7:15 p.m. His program will include se- lections by Van den Gheyn, the Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven, 8 Polish Folk Songs, and a selection of Saint-Saens. The Rackham ter- race is open for those who would like to listen to the program. Student Recital: Newton Gra- ham, Student of cello with Oliver Edel, will present a program at 8:00 p.m., Friday, August 5 at the Kellogg Auditorium, in par- tial fulfillment of the require- ments for the degree of Bachelor of Music. His program will include compositions by Boccherini, Brahms, Faure, Debussy, Saint- Saens, and Granados, and is open to the public. Student Recital: Kathryn Bush, graduate student of piano with Jo- seph Brinkman, will give a recital on Friday, August 5 at 4:15 p.m. in the Rackham Assembly Hall. This concert was previously sched- uled for July 25th but was post- poned to the above date. Her program, which is given in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music, will include compositions by Bach, Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Pro- kofieff. 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 planning. (June 9-August 13). 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 Mediterranean World of Western Culture. Events Today Canterbury Club, 218 N. Division St. 4-6 p.m. Tea and Open House for all students and their friends. Baptist and Methodist students will have a joint swimming party tonight at Silver Lake. They will meet at the Wesleyan Guild at 5:15. There is a hot dog roast scheduled to follow the swimming party. All Methodist and Baptist students and their friends are cor- dially invited. The Sociedad Iispanica and the Cerele Francais are to meet joint- ly this evening, August 5, at 8 o'clock, in the Assembly Hall of the Rackham Building (3rd floor.) This final meeting of the sum- mer session will take the form of a social evening, and will include music, entertainment and danc- ing. Refreshments are to be served. Everyone is cordially invited. Classical Studies: The final coffee-hour of the Session will be held on Friday, August 5, at 4:00 p.m. in the West Conference Rm. of the Rackham Building. Profes- sor Dunlap will speak. La Boheme, one of the world's most renowned and beloved operas, at Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre to- night at eight. Presented by the Department of Speech in conjunc- tion with the School of Music, the opera will continue to run Satur- day and Monday evenings. Tickets on sale at the Mendelssohn The- ater box office from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mich. Hostel Club Square Dance. Every Saturday night from 8:00 to 11:00 at Women's Athletic Building. Refreshments and inter- mission entertainment. Everyone welcome. Sociedad Hispanica: Members are cordially invited to a Fiesta: BARNABY I Whoever or whatever created the disturbance- There certain!v aren't any signs of it now. 1 Barnoby believes in this silly creature- ( -__________ No, That's just Look ovt! Yov're- a friend of Mr.Lo , t