WE nNF.SDAY, 3UNT 28,A15
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
An Editorial.,..
MRS. MARY C. BROMAGE, who will
shortly leave the office of the Dean
of Women, has earned a large and impor-
tant place both in the operations and in the
feelings of the campus community. The
University's acceptance of her resignation
as associate dean, effective Friday, brings a
t.oss that will be doubly difficult to repair.
To all those who have had occasion to
use her office, the departure of Mrs.
Bromage's remarkable, executive ability
will be especially noticeable. And a list
of the improvements in personnel and
procedure which she carried out with the
approval of the late Dean Alice C. Lloyd
would be long and impressive.
But it is one thing to believe that an ad-
ministrative official has made a correct and
expedient decision. It is quite another to be-
come aware that a busy executive is also a
fellow human who is honestly working in
your interest; and this too is an experience
that many hundreds of students had in
their dealings with Mrs. Bromage.
To all these students her resignation
means the departure of a friend. For in
spite of the many trying features of her
job, Mrs. Bromage's sympathy for stu-
dents' ideas, and her regard for them as
individuals, won her the warm respect
of those who came to know her best.
Thus it is a matter of deep regret to us
that she is not to remain in the University.
But we are glad at least to have an oppor-
tunity to express publicly our admiration
for the distinguished way in which she has
carried out the duties of her office.
-The Editor
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ON THE
Washington Merry- Go Round
WITH DREW PEARSON
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Blackwash
THE AMERASIA case has now been stu-
died by two grand juries and two con-
gressional committees. It has been canvas-
sed from every conceivable angle; and those
who wished to flog new life into this dead
horse have been accorded every reasonable
opportunity to do so. Pretty soon, we think,
the country had better forget about it and
pass on to more pressing current problems.
Senators Hickenlooper and McCarthy seem
determined to indict somebody for some-
thing, no matter how many grand juries
find no substance to their suspicions.
We have no wish (as witness our plea
for a non-partisan commission on the
national security) to see anyone white-
washed in connection with the case.
Neither do we wish to see anyone black-
washed for the mere satisfaction of the
sensation seekers.
A grand jury of the United States Dis-
trict Court for the District of Columbia first
investigated the case in June, 1945. It in-
dicted three of the six individuals charged
before it. Of the 20 grand jurors, no more
than 14-at least 12 are required to hand
down an indictment-voted to indict any of
these three. Fewer than six voted to indict
any of the remaining three.
A subcommittee of the House Judiciary
Committee studied the case, including the
proceedings before the grand jury, and re-
ported in October, 1948. A majority of the
subcommittee declared:
"No criminal intent on the part of the
subject parties was ever established, and
there was no evidence that any of the
documents or copies was ever put to any
use harmful to the war effort. A study
of the evidence made it clear that neither
espionage nor spying could be proved.
The cases were ably presented before the
grand jury . . . After a most painstaking
study, we certify that there is no evi-
dence, nor hint, justifying adverse criti-
cism of either grand jury, any prosecuting
attorney, FBI, judicial, or other official."
Last week, a grand jury in New York
reported on the case. It, too, gave Govern-
ment officials a clean bill of health in their
handling of the ancient matter.
A Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
now has the case under consideraten. If
it, too, concludes that the requirements of
justice were fulfilled faithfully, the dead
bones had better be buried, though we doubt
whether they will be buried till at least No-
vember. However, somewhere there must be
an end to the assumption that men are
guilty until proved innocent.
-The Washington Post
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"AND NOW, ABOUT NEXT WEEK'S ASSIGNMENT"
DAILY OFFICIAL ULETN
*(SKALOOSA, IOWA-I have been visit-
ing out here in the Middle West, away
from the bureaucrats, the McCarthyites and
the wire tappers, where I had the honor of
helping dedicate t e great lighting system
that illuminates the granite faces of Wash-
ington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Teddy
Roosevelt on Mount Rushmore.
Thinking about these heroes and what
they would have done in this present age
of fear, I couldn't help wondering whether
we today are exercising all the pioneer-
ing resourcefulness which they showed in
founding this country.
Today we face the same kind of political
wilderness behind the Iron Curtain and
some of us seem content merely to worry
about our personal problems while the
world balances on a razor's edge between
salvation and ruin.
We have become great specialists in
material things. We can build any wea-
pon, a rocket plane carrying us to anoth-
er continent, perhaps to another planet.
But we do not seem able to build perma-
nent peace.
With casual cold-bloodedness we deal with
the people abroad on a "how-cheap-can-we-
buy-you" basis. We think we can purchase
Europe or Asia with guns and airplanes,
wbeat and steel, forgetting that the hand-
shake counts more than the handout, that
the smile is worth more than silver.
* * *
- ONE WORLD -
What we don't seem to realize, however,
is since the scientists have made us neigh-
bors to the rest of the world, we must be-
Igin thinking in germs #f one wrld.
The woirld today is one world in scien-
tific fact, and we must begin to think of
it as such in political fact.
I am sure that if Washington, Jefferson
and Lincoln were alive today, they would
throw their great pioneering spirit info
working for new goals.
When they first wrote our Constitution,'
the skeptics told them that a federal un-
ion was imposible. The colonies were
miles apart, not only in distance, but in
language, in customs, and in creeds. All
they had was a common need for sur-
vival.
But Washington and Jefferson overcame
those obstacles to form a federal Constitu-
tion that has become the greatest in the
world.
Five years ago when I went to San Fran-
cisco to watch the diplomats form the Uni-
ted Nations, we thought we were taking a
great step forward. But at that time, we did
not know about the atomic bomb. And to-
day, the United Nations, bogged down by
vetoes, paralyzed in this age of fear, is just
as out of date as the cavalry and infantry
of Washington's army.
The present generation has one great
thing in common with the founding fa-
thers-an urgent need for survival. And
just as they fought to establish American
domocracy, we have got to fight to estab-
lish a world democracy-world brother-
hood.
If we hold up the ideal of world brother-
hood and sell it hard enough, we can pene-
trate the Iron Curtain. But it will take
just as revolutionary a brand of salesman-
ship as that used by the founding fathers,
Editorials published in The Michigan Daily
are written by members of The Daily staff
and represent the views of the writers only.
including the goal of world government.
If we are realistic today, we face the dis-
ccuragng fact that democracy i, in danger
o; being lost by default.
Faced with this situation, I doubt if
Washington or Jefferson would rely sole-
ly on arms and things material. They
would put all their pioneering resource-
fulness, which conquered the wilderness,
repelled foreign invaders and amalga-
mated thirteen widely-separated colonies,
into ending this Age of Fear.
Jefferson would probably write a bill of
rights for the world. Washington, despite
his "farewell message," would begin to get
behind the Iron Curtain with the ideals and
ideas necessary to a lasting peace. Lincoln
and Teddy Roosevelt would make a bold
attempt to bring about a change, even if
they risked iaili.ri". For each ka :w tnat it
was possible to a complish the impossible.
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GUBERNATORIAL MERRY-GO-ROUND
BACKSTAGE WITH THE GOVERNORS
-Governor Dewey made an off-the-
record prediction at White Sulphur Springs
that Governor Lausche (Taft's friend) was
sure to be re-elected governor of Ohio.
When the election committee was deciding
who should be on the committee of five
te steer the Governor's Conference next
year, it was pointed out that Lausche's
term expired this year. "Put him on any-
way," said Dewey, "He's sure to win."
Gov. "Big Jim" Folsom of Alabama caus-
ed colleagues to suspect he wanted to be am-
bassador to the Court of St. James by ask-
ing Secretary Acheson how much salary
was received by present Ambassador Lou
Douglas. "Shouldn't the ambassador be
paid enough so the son of any American
can hold that job?" asked Big Jim.
Broad-gauged Governor Warren of
California chided his fellow Republicans,
especially cantankerous Bracken Lee of
Utah, about turning up their noses at
federal funds. "We all like to talk about
running things ourselves," suggested War-
ren, "but what would we do without fed-
eral funds for good roads and a lot of
other things. You and I know perfectly
well we can't finance those projects en-
tirely ourselves."
After Secretary Acheson finished speak-
ing, blunt, gruff Governor Jim Duff of
Pennsylvania, a Republican progressive, told
State Department officials: "I'm old enough
so I don't care about my political future. If
you have any trouble with McCarthy in
Pennsylvania, call on me. I'll help you."
In a private talk with Acheson, Dewey
was equally sympathetic about McCarthy-
ism. So was Gov. Bonner of Montana, Dem-
ocrat. "In my state," he said, "we have
McCarthy's number. We think the State
Department is doing a good job."
Republican governors who asked Acheson
helpful questions during the off-record quiz
were Dewey, Warren and Driscoll of New
Jersey. When the questions got off base,
Dewey kept reminding colleagues that
Acheson was trying to tell them chiefly
about the dangers facing the world.
Acheson's backstage diagnosis of the
world boiled down to this: The situation
is critical but not hopeless-provided we
go ahead with a positive program. If we
abandon what we're doing, the situation
is lost.'.
New Hampshire's GOP Governor Sher-
man Adams backed up the man in charge
of the State Department's loyalty program
-Republican Conrad Snow, also from New
Hampshire.
(Copyright, 1950, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
THOMAS L. STOKES:
Eisenhower Campaign
WASHINGTON-The "draft Eisenhower" campaign is on again
to pressure the famed general and current president of Columbia
University into becoming a candidate for the 1952 Republican Presi-
dential nomination.
It is beginning earlier than the pre-1948 efforts, first then by
Republicans, which was spiked by General Ike in his famous letter
of renunciation in January, 1948, six months before the party con-
vention; later by some Democrats, strahigely of the New Deal and
labor persuasion, who were sure President Truman couldn't be re-
elected. He stopped that one, too, very decisively.
The re-barn draft movement among Republicans is, ndeed,
a tribute to the general, and well-deserved. But, without any re-
flection on him and with no reference to his capabilities in a
political role so unfamiliar to him, this new attempt to make
him a candidate is, in a sense, disturbing, both as is relates to
our political system, and to our people.
The new Republican "draft Eisenhower" campaign could be
taken as a confession that the party lacks either a program or an
available candidate with sufficient popular appeal and has to go
beyond its professional ranks and pick an attractive person without
a political record of any sort an~d rely on him, alone, to charm the
voters. Issues would be submerged in a personality.
* * * *
T COULD be taken that way and yet, despite the party's misfor-
tunes inthe last few years, there is no reason for any such con-
fession. The Democratic party has had long periods of out-of-office
drought. The Republican party is still a lively and numerous party,
and it has candidates aplenty in its own ranks, and possibly could
find new and fresh ones with a little searching. After all, Franklin
D. Roosevelt didn't appear mieh of a figure to many Democrats before
he got into the White House, and look at the different attitude now
in the Democratic party toward Harry Truman.
While we have had a number of Presidents who had tours of
duty in military service in our frequent wars, some with dashing ex-
ploits to give them fame that helped elect them, most of them had
spent the better part of their lives in civilian pursuits and gathering
political experience. We have really had only two professional-sol-
dier Presidents - Zachary Tayor, who died after an unsuccessful
year in office, and Ulysses S. Grant whose administration as Presi-
dent clouded his great career as a general.
** * *
OUR HISTORY has demonstrated that men with political ex-
perience make the best Presidents. For, as General Eisenhower,
himself, has said: "Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated
and, in its true sense, a noble one." And he added, in his letter 'of
January 22, 1948, to Leonard V. Finder, publisher of the Manchester
(N.H.) Evening Leader, in which he refused to be a candidate for the
1948 Republican nomination:
'In the American scene I see no dearth of men fitted by
training, talent, and integrity for national leadership. On the
other hand, nothing in the international or domestic situation
especially qualifies for the most important office in the world
a man whose adult years have been spent in the country's mili-
tary forces. At least, that is true in my case."
Here is repeated what was said over two years ago when Demo-
crats were angling for the general. In times like these, it is a tempta-
tion for people to look for a savior or deliverer, and a military figure
fits the mirage. But problems are not so easily solved. hey are poli-
tical problems that require political experience, with its give-and-take,
its compromises, and its knowledge of people. It is no time for a
military man in the White House.
(Copyright 1950, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
Exploiting Fear of Communists
A vivid illustration of the abuse which can be made of the current
anti-Red drive occurred before a committee of the Louisiana legisla-
ture last week. The committee had called before it David Stern, pub--
lisher of the New Orleans Item, to see whether he should be punished
for contempt because of an editorial critical of the members of the
legislature. Authority for the ,threat was found in a drastic never-
before-used section of the state constitution.
The senators were questioning Mr. Stern and his editor, Clayton
Fritchie, concerning who was responsible for the offending editorial.
Both assumed responsibility. Both stood their grounds on the freedom
of the press. Senator C. E. Barnham of Ruston, La., broke into the
hearing. "Have you ever been or are you now a member of the Com-
munist party?" he asked Mr. Stern.
Here was a naked statement of the assumption that many people
merely imply: the assumption that everybody who criticizes you is a
Communist. Here was an obvious use of a tactic that is usually more
subtle: the attempt to silence criticism, not by answering objections.
but by smearing the critic. -Star Times
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MUSIC
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A TWO- PIANO recital by Ava Comin
Chase and Mary Fishburne initiated
last night the summer series of faculty re-
citals. The difficulties vxhich hamper the
performers of two-piano music are many:
the limited literature, the necessity to play
tasteless arrangements, and the problem of
making two instruments of orchestral cap-
abilities conform to the demands of a cham-
ber music style. These last demands were
ably met by the performers, whose careful
ensemble work showed a high order of tech-
nical skill. The other difficulties were less
successfully met; one got the uncomfortable
feeling in the Chopin Rondo (arranged by
Lee Pattison) and the Rachmaninoff Ro-
mance that the only justifaction for two
pianos was that one piano was capable of
only half the total volume of sound. But
this perhaps is only prejudice; this reviewer
doesn't care for Rachmaninoff and likes his
Chopin unadulterated.
Bach's C Minor Concerto and Brahms'
Variations on a Theme by Haydn were
the large works on the program. The ap-
proach to Bach was sensitive and lyrical,
but to one who likes Bach played percus-
sively and with the parts cleanly separat-
ed, the excessive legato and the resultant
sweet tone robbed the nerformance of vi-
tality and clear outlines. A lack of force
was more evident in the Brahms, al-
though here the performers were com-
peting with the memory of the more fa-
miliar orchestra version of the Variations,
and any two piano version would neces-
sarily sound diminished. Yet the total ex-
perience of hearing the Variations in
black and white is no less exciting than
hearing the orchestral version - which,
I suppose, is a comment on Brahms' abil-
ity as an orchestrator.
The other large work was the Alice in
Wonderland Suite by Simmons - program
music set in the classic dance forms of Pas-
sacaglia, Sarabande, Minuet and Gigue with
the modern additions of Cake-Walk and
Reel. Despite the obvious assistance of Bach
and DeBussy, the composer was unable to
catch the fine intellectuality of the former,
or the romantic feeling of the latter. Nor
could this be thought "modern music" in
any sense even though a certain amount of
dissonance and rhythmic irregularity ap-
peared. On the credit side, it should be said
Simmons' music is witty and possesses an
immediate appeal. The playing of the suite
was spirited and brilliant, and showed the
performers to their full pianistic advantage.
-Harvey Gross
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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 3510 Admin-
the day preceding publication (11:00
istration Building, by 3:00 p.m. on
a.m. Saturdays).
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1950
VOL. LX, No. 103
Notices
University Choir will meet at 4
p.m., Monday through Thursday,
in the Choral Room, 2nd floor
Ann Arbor High School, State
and Huron Streets; open to all
qualified students in University.
Conducted by Henry Veld.
Judiciary Council announces the
following closing hours for under-
graduate women in the Summer
Session:
Sunday through Thursday, 11
p.m.
Friday and Saturday, 12:30
a.m.
For special permissions, see the
pamphlet, "House Rules and Reg-
ulations," published by the Ju-
diciary Council and available at
the League and Dean of Women's
Office.
Graduate women need to make
special arrangements with their
residence directors to be out of
their houses after the following
hours:
Sunday through Thursday, 12
midnight.
Friday and Saturday, 12:39
a .m.
Women Students: A few vacan-
cies still remain for the extremely
low cost rooming and boarding
or boarding alone in cooperatives.
Contact Nina Kessler, 1102 Oak-
land, 2-4914 (preferably by mail).
Student Organizations planning
to be active during the summer
session must register in the Of-
fice of Student Affairs not later
than July 7. Forms for regis-
tration are available in the Of-
fice of Student Affairs, Room
1020 Administration Building.
Eligibility. .Officers of student
organizations and staff members
of student publications should se-
cure immediately a Certificate of
Eligibility. Certificates will be is-
sued to qualified students in Room
1020 Administration Building. Ap-
plicants will be required to show
grade records.
Art Reprint Collection: All stu-
dents registered for the Sunmner
Session, '50, at the University are
eligible to rent framed prints
from the Student Art Reprint
Library. The library has 725
framed prints in its collection.
These pictures are now on exhibit
in the North and South Galleries,
Museum of Art. Students may se-
lect and sign for their prints Mon-
day through Wednesday, June 26-
28, at the North Gallery of the
Museum. The assigned prints will
be distributed to the students on
Friday, June 30. Students are re-
minded to bring current Univer-
sity identification and the rental
fee of 35 cents with them when
signing for a picture.
Sports Instruction. Instruction
in the following activities is be-
ing offered to both men and
women students: Square Dance,
Modern Dance, Riding, Tennis.
Classes for women only are of-
fered in Golf, Swimming, Posture,
Figure and Carriage. Register at
Barbour Gymnasium, Office 15,
this week.
Recreational Swimming, Women
Students: There will be recrea-
tional swimming at the Union
Pool every Tuesday and Thurs-
day evening at 8:15 p.m.
Lectures
Linguistic Institute. Professor
Hans. Kurath. 1 p.m., Michigan
Union.
American College Public Rela-
tions Association dinner. Speaker:
Dr. George D. Stoddard, President
of the University of Illinois. 6:30
p.m., Michigan Union.
Institute on the Law and Labor-
Management Relations. Subject:
The Voluntary Arbitration of La-
bor Disputes. Sessions at 9:00 a.m.,
2:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m., 100 Hutchins
Hall.
Concerts
Car'illon Recital by Percival
Price, University Carillonneur, 7:15
Thursday evening, June 29, Baird
Carillon in Burton Memorial Tow-
er. Program: Three harpsichord
pieces by Couperin, Sonata for 47
bells by Professor Price; and
Waltz, and Lullaby, by Brahms.
Concerts
Student Recital: Charles Fish-
er, student of piano with Joseph
Brinkman, will be heard in recital
at 8:30 Thursday evening, July 6,
in the Rackham Assembly Hall.
His program will include composi-
tions by Beethoven, Brahms, Cho-
pin, Prokofieff, and Bach, and will
be open to the public. It is pre-
sented in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the Bachelor of
Music degree.
Events Today
U. of M. Hostel Club: Swim and
cookout at Silver Lake. Meet at
Lane-Hall. Cars leave at 4:00, 5:30,
and 6:00. Discussion of summer
plans after the swim. New mem-
bers are especially invited.
Institute on Living in Later
Years, June 28.30: Students and
faculty of the Summer Session are
eligible to attend without charge
the session of the third annual In-
stitute on Living in the Later
Years, June 28-30. The Institute
will be held in the Rackham Build-
ing and will include lectures and
discussions on mental health, phy-
sical care, and education for an
aging population. P,egistration for
the opening session begins at 9:30
a.m. Wednesday, June 28 in the
foyer of the Rackham Building.
University Community Center:
8 p.m. Church Social Committee.
Willow ,Village.
University of Michigan Flying
Club: First summer meeting 7:30
p.m. Wednesday, Room 1213 East
Engineering. Meeting open to ev-
eryone. Faculty members and stu-
dents interested are invited to join.
Coming Events
There will be a meeting of all
the brothers of Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity 'on Thursday evening
June 29 at the Union. Room 3-B
at 7:30 p.m.
University of Michigan Sailing
Club: Open meeting, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday. Room 311 West Engine.
Every one welcome.
There will be a meeting of the
Young Democrats, Thursday June
29, at the Union. 7:30 p.m. Start-
ing plans for campaign.
Summer Session French Club:
First meeting, Thursday June 29,
at 8 p.m., in the Michigan Lea-
gue. Elections of officers; games;
popular French songs. All stu-
dents and Faculty members in-
terested are cordially invited to
join. No fees.
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SATIRE AT ITS BEST is Director Richard
Whorf's "Champagne for Caesar." This
picture is good enough to restore one's faith
in Hollywood.
Jabbing a jeering finger at the currently
popular giveaway shows, it is laid in the fa.
bulous city of Hollywood. Vincent Price is. a
soap tycoon who sponsors an inane quiz
show, "Masquerade for Money," with Art
by not knowing his social security number,
it is almost pathetic.
The surprising twist of this picture is that
it is thoroughly credible in its ludicrousness1
It never once tips the delicate balance be-
tween good satire and bad taste.
Colman as Bottomley reads everything and
remembers everything. From Einstein's
Space-Time Continuum theory to the first
animal in the Encyclopedia Brittanica, his
BARNABY
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Getting the highway put
through this side of town-
Past your father's door--
Yes. And the brain work! Trigonometry-
Long division-All those figures to add-
And the politicians I've had to influence-
The Wilsons want to come over,
too. To discuss the highway- Wil