PAGE TWO THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1951 A Black Year in Sports TrHE YEAR 1951 will go down in history of sports as a black and bitter year. The reasons are obvious. The big basket. ball scandal, which has spread among more and more colleges as the days go by, coup- led with the West Point cribbing affair have dealt a death blow to amateurism, which was already on a pair of wavering legs. There were those who believed in the honesty and integrity of collegiate athle- ties, even though stories of proselyting and payment to players have always been rampant. But the twin tornadoes of materialistic gain and mass infringement upon honor must of necessity end the myth of amateur- Iam among the college athletic teams of this country. The most recent incident, in which some 90 Cadets at the Military Academy were ex- pelled for cheating on examinations, is un- usual only in its scope. Included in the 90 is a large number of football players from Red Blaik's always-powerful eleven. *a * * FOOTB ALL PLAYERS are sometimes de- tected cheating on exams and dealt with individually at various colleges. But to have almost an entire team disciplined in this way helps to illustrate the true nature of college athletics. The crux of the matter is the value sys- tem by which college athletes have come to INTERPRETING THE NEWS: Eisenhower Situationt By J. M. ROBERTS, JR. Associated Press News Analyst THERE SEEMS to be an increasing num- ber of spots in New York and Wash- ington where you can get odds that Gen. Eisenhower is a willing if passive candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination next year. President Truman has made it plain that Eisenhower is under no obligation not to run. Some competent observers think that Sen. Taft's concentration and belief in the strength of the Middle West has left the way clear in the East for Eisenhower's po- pularity and the Dewey-supported Eisen- hower campaign there. Some of.these observers also think that M Eisenhower is finally deterred by his European job and his disinclination for political conflict, Governor Dewey will be prepared to offer as an Eastern substitute. Ever since Dewey set off on his Far East- ern vacation the cynical have been grin- ningly asking where Taft will go on his "get even" trip. The evidence is that Taft was pretty well satisfied. with the Vandenberg-for-foreign- affairs and Taft-for-domestic setup which obtained for a time. But whether Taft would passively permit anyone else to step into even a part of the late Sen. Vanden- berg's shoes is another question. You may as well assume that he won't. PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S public equanam- ity about the Eisenhower subject, his very willingness to discuss it, has created a great deal of speculation. Some even theor- ize: that the President, a strong believer in the practicalities of Party organization, might prefer to meet a knight on a white horse rather than a natural candidate of the Republican state and city machines. These are the ones who assume that Tru- man will be the Democratic nominee. The ideas that Eisenhower might be the Demo- cratic choice in event of Truman's abdica- tion, or that some sort of coalition ticket might be arranged in the face of all the traditional arragements for selection of a President of the United States, are now be., Ing bypassed. Nearly all I have talked to agree on one thing. If Eisenhower is a candidate, any- one else is going to be on ticklish grounds. The old argument about the "military mind," and American fear of it in govern- ment, will be there, with disagreement over whether the "military mind" cliche truly applies to Eisenhower. Within the Republican Party, of course, is the politicians' fear of a non-organization man. Party career men fear any irregularity which might develop in appointments and lack of attention to a party organization which has been subjected to a gradual mal- nutrition for. nearly 20 years. That's practi- cal politics, and a fear which nobody ex- presses in connection with Taft. ERE IS ALSO the objection, and the most public one, that Eisenhower is not skilled in political management, despite his recognized organizational ability, that hig great successes were in a time of emergency when he had the backing of some of the world's most knowledgeable men. They will say that Eisenhower would bs no less confused than anyone else on such a matter as economic controls, and that his1 experience cannot be a substitute for prac- tical knowledge of political and economic possibilities. These arguments against Eisenhower can be presented in dignified and measur- ed terms. It would be up to Eisenhower to discount their validity. Taft is capable of conducting a "stop Eis- enhower" campaign on this dignified plane. live. The object of the game of football, or basketball, or hockey or whatever it may be is to win, and at all costs. This philosophy can be distorted. The will to win and to achieve glory and publicity may become the will to achieve success in a material way-to get the very most out of one's individual ability. From being a smart player to becoming a smart businessman is a fairly easy step if the discipline of honesty is not stritcly imposed by the group and by coaches. Moral values seem no longer to matter to the college athlete-at least where tempta- tion has presented itself. Bradley College, for instance, withdrew from the National Invitational basketball tournament after the New York bribery scandal was uncovered. But the Bradley players turned out to be as weak in the face of temptation as those of City College and LIU and so on ad infinitum. THE BRIBERY which has shown itself to be present in basketball is not limited to that sport. A thorough investigation of college football could reveal more of the same kind of well-executed game-throwing which marked the cage scandals. The possible revelations might strike near- er home than the fans of this area could believe possible-for the extent of the moral disintegration in college athletics is aston- ishing. The answer to the problem is not a simple one. Before a return to sportsman- ship could be achieved, a return of moral values throughout the American scene would be necessary. But some headway could be made by doing what some have demanded these many years. It is not easy to de-emphasize college athletics after such a vast network of stadia, radio and television commitments, and plump athletic scholarships has been built up. Nevertheless, a slowdown is mandatory or college sports will descend into a morass of sub-rosa deals and counter-deals. It is to be hoped that the ruling fathers of the NCAA and the various conferences will take cognizance of what is a very seri- ous situation. Further scandal might mean a death-blow for all college sports. -George Flint DORIS FLEESON: Defense Back-Biting WASHINGTON--Momentarily Chairman Vinson of the House Armed Services Committee will reveal what he is prepared to buy out of the immense defense showcase with which the Joint Chiefs of Staff have been wrestling. A recent sudden outbreak of demands in Congress and elsewhere for 150 air groups had tipped off the old hands around here that another bitter battle over apportion- ment of the defense dollar was raging along the Potomac. In 1948 the Army sided with the Air Force against the Navy; this year Army and Navy have been ganging up on what they virtuously contend is Air Force megalomania. A good guess is that Mr. Vinson hopes by a few well-chosen ultimata now to stave off some such public airing of ser- vice differences as he was compelled to conduct in 1948. In any case, he will soon reveal his sup- port for 138 combat air groups. This is a substantial increase over the 95 now author- ized, and not too much below Air Force demands. They would constitute the bulk of 163 air wings to include all types of aircraft. The Navy sweetener for this large dose will be two big new aircraft carriers, one to be built at Bremerton, another at New York. Construction is already going forward on one. * * * THE NAVY may not be so happy to learn that Uncle Carl's heart still belongs to the Marines. It does appear that he is com- promising somewhat with the counterattack on his cherished plan to make the Marine Corps an "always ready" force of 400,000 fighting men. The Marines now number about 200,000. Mr. Vinson is toying with a figure of 300,000, plus air wings for four divisions. Incidentally the Marines' own Air Force is one of the most skilled, most effective, and best-equipped combat groups in the defense establishment. The public generally thinks of Marines on the beachhead; it is not so well aware that they are also powerful me- dicine in the air. t The Army has assurances that Mr. Vin- son will support its further expansion to any reasonable number of "high-type of- ficers and fighting men." He frankly thinks they ought to expand about 300,- 000 more right now. Mr. Vinson is not the last word in what the Defense Department will get, of course, but he is pretty close to it. He denies that Admirals run his errands and Generals emp- ty his wastebaskets but it is a fact that, when he has a cold, the brass sneezes. This being the case, it is also of interest that Vinson firmly supports Army Secre- tary Paces' decision to dismiss 90 West Point cadets for violating the honor sys- tem of the Academy. His committee. he MATTER OF FACT By JOSEPH and STEWART ALSOP THE ODDS ON CEASE-FIRE WASHINGTON-Whether or not there is to be a third World War in the near future is very likely to depend on whether or not a cease-fire is negotiated in Korea, And it is interesting that no less a man than Russia's Yacov Malik has been asked wheth- er there will be a cease-fire, and has ans- wered the question with an apparent show of conviction. The place was United Nations headquar- ters in New York, and the questioner was Israeli Ambassador Abba Eban. Malik snap- ped out his answer all in one breath: "'Of course there will be a cease-fire. What effect do you think this will have on American rearmament?" It is unwise, no doubt, to take any remark by a Soviet diplomat at face value. Yet it is at least true that Malik's answer pre- cisely fits the majority expert view of So- viet motives and intentions. This view is that the Soviets do in fact want a cease- fire badly, because a cease-fire is the es- sential prelude to the adoption of new So- viet tactics. No one doubts that the immediate aim of Soviet policy, as Malik's remark sug- gests, is drastically to slow down Ameri- can rearmament, concurrently breaking up the NATO alliance, or reducing it to a shadow without substance. This has, of course, been the Soviet aim for a long time. But the Kremlin has tried to accomplish this aim by threats and shows of force, which have had precisely the op- posite effect from that intended. Now there is considerable evidence that the Kremlin intends, for a change, to test the effects on the West of carefully administered doses of soporifics. It is considered particularly significant, for example, that an entirely new Soviet line towards Western industrialists seems to be forming. Recently both the French and Italian equivalents of the National Associa- tion of Manufacturers have been quietly ap- proached by Communist intermediaries. The great opportunities of profit in peaceful trade with the Soviets, and the firm credit standing of the Soviet Union, have been em- phasized. THERE HAVE been suggestions that dele- gations of French and Italian capital- ists would be welcomed to the Soviet Union to see for themselves how profitable trade with the Soviet bloc could be. And there have been hints that the Federation of Bri- tish Industries and the N.A.M. itself are also soon to be approached. This is significant if only because it is, of course, article number one of Soviet doc- trine that all power in the West is in the hands of the capitalists. The place to start a really serious effort to lull the West to sleep is therefore with the capitalists. But the essential prelude to any such attempt is, obviously, an end to the war in Korea, which first awakened the West from its slumber. If this analysis is correct, a Korean cease-fire is on balance distinctly prob- able. It is the Kremlin which holds the whip hand, despite the signs of Chinese independence in other matters which were recently reported in this space, for the Chinese cannot fight on without Rus- sian supplies. And the concessions already made support the view that the Kremlin wants a cease-fire, and will pay a price to get it. Yet it must be said that there is a minority among the best informed officials which holds another, far more ominous view. In this view, the Malik proposal was es- sentially a means of buying useful time. If the West would accept the sort of armistice which would make possible a bloodless Com- munist conquest of Korea, all well and good. If not, then the time of negotiation could be used to prepare for a final, overwhelming Chinese Communist offensive. Chinese Gen. Peng Teh-huai's threat to use heavy reinforcements of planes and artillery-which could only come from Russia-to "crush the aggressive imperial- ists," supports this ominous view. So does the great prominence given to this threat in the Soviet press. So does the hitherto unreported organization of strong Chinese paratroop forces in Manchuria. Paratroops are not, after all, organized for defensive purposes; they are best used for the sud- den, surprise blow. Secretary of Defense George Marshall-- no doubt remembering Pearl Harbor - is known to be especially fearful of such a surprise blow, in Korea or elsewhere, while the truce talks are in progress. Marshalt takes particularly seriously the loud warn- ings that the Soviets and Chinese Commun- ists "will not tolerate" the signing of the Japanese peace treaty. But the disquiet of Marshall and others who share his fears is apparently based es- sentially on instinct, rather than any spe- cial, secret information. And those who have most often been right in the past are still convinced that the odds are about three-to-two in favor of a cease-fire, simply because the Kremlin, for the.reason implied by Yacov Malik, really wants one. Mean- "All Right, Comrade Wise-Guy, Let's Go" DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN ON THE Washington Merry-Go-Round with DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON-Much of the waste of Chinese Nationalist war sup- plies could be avoided if the millions of dollars worth of muni- tions we have sent to Formosa were handed direct by the U. S. Gov- ernment and supervised by us. Instead, a peculiar system of middlemen is used, thereby permit- ting graft, rake-offs and comshaw to creep in. It's suspected that part of this is to help finance the China Lobby which at times has had powerful influence in the U. S. Senate. Just who is getting the rake- offs remains a mystery. Here is one illustration of how 2,956,170 gallons of aviation gasoline was ordered for the Chinese Air Force on Formosa, a purchase costing a cool million dollars. This order was placed on Jan. 1, 1950-not during the hectic war days when the State Department white paper tells of widespread graft in the Chinese Army. But though conditions were relatively peaceful in January, 1950, and the Korean war had not started, this huge quantity of gasoline was handled by the Chung Foo Company, a broker in Formosa. The Chinese Air Force procurement office in Washington was merely in- formed by cable that the 2,956,170-gallon order had been placed with this broker. This was peculiar on the face of it, because the Chinese Air Force had its own office in Washington for the specific purpose of buying these supplies. Another peculiar aspect was that the price was fixed as of September 1949-or 33.82 cents a gallon. This ac- tually was a higher price than the Chinese needed to pay, for, by January 1950, the price had dropped. ---SAN FRANCISCO GROCER - REGARDLESS of this, however, the Formosan government signed a finalcontract with the Chung Foo Company on Feb. 9, 1950, and the next day the Chinese Air Force in Washington Was ordered by cable to make a million dollars available at the Wells Fargo Bank in San Francisco to South China Enterprise, Inc. In other words the Chinese Air Force in Washington, having had nothing to do with the purchase of the gasoline, was instructed merely to pay for it. South China Enterprise Inc., was described as the American agent for the Chung Foo Company in Formosa. However, investiga- tion proved it was nothing more than a hole-in-the-wall grocery store in San Francisco's Chinatown. Patriotic Chinese, who did not want to see their country gypped, investigated further and found that the total assets of the grocery store were only a few hundred dollars. Yet it was supposed to handle a deal involving one million. Furthermore, the grocery-store proprietor, knowing nothing about gasoline, turned the deal over to another middleman named Alexander Lindenbaum, who then contracted to buy the gas from Cities Service. In other words, the Chinese Government could have bought the gas direct from Cities Service in the first place, instead of which it went through three middlemen-the broker in Formosa, the grocery store in San Francisco's Chinatown, and Alexander Lindenbaum. The man who placed the gasoline order was Gen. C. J. Chou, Chiang Kai-Shek's Chief of Staff, whose rank corresponds to that of General Bradley in the United States. In the end, the deal was stopped when it reached the ears of con- scientious Sen. William Knowland of California. - RUSSIAN DRIVING LICENSES - THERE is one interesting sidelight about the plan to make Russian diplomats in Washington take the same stiff auto-driven test that our diplomats are given in Moscow. American diplomats are almost forced to qualify as mechanics before getting a driver's license- which, of course, is for the purpose of making them use Russian chauffeurs in Moscow. What the American public doesn't know, however, is that Soviet diplomats figured two months ago that we might make them take the same kind of stiff test. So, two months ago, the Russian embassy hired several "learn-to-drive" experts to teach its staff all the technical details of auto repair. For weeks since then, the "learn-to-drive" cars arrived in front of the Soviet Embassy, picked up a Red diplomat and went careening down 16th street in another minor skirmish in the global cold war. - REDEDICATING THE DECLARATION - THE experience of two newspapers in widely separated parts of the country-New Orleans and Madison, Wis.-In having people re- fuse to sign the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, has started a campaign for a rededication of the Declaration. The Sertoma Club (Service to Mankind) of Richmond, Va., has contributed $500 to pay for copies of the Declaration of Independence to be hung in school rooms. Other Virginians, the state which gave the author of the Declaration to the nation, are promoting ways and means of rededicating the Declaration, among them August Dietz of the Dietz Press, who has undertaken to print copies of the Declara- tion at cost, suitable for framing. And in New York, Spyros Skouras, head of 20th Century-Fox, has undertaken to highlight the ideals and message of the Declaration of Independence by newsreel. (Copyright, 1951, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) The Daily Official Bulletin is an official publication of the University of Michigan for which the Michigan Daily assumes no editorial responsi- bility. Publication in it is construc- tive notice to all members of the Uni- versity. Notices should be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to Room 3510 Administration Bldg. at 3 p.m. on the day preceding publication. THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1951 VOL. LXI, No. 31-S Notices Recommendations for Departmental Honors: Teaching departments wish to recommend tentative August grad- uates from the College of Litera- ture, Science, and the Arts, and the School of Education for departmental honors should recommend such stu- dents in a letter to be sent to the Reg- istrar's Office, Room 1513 Administra- tion Building before August 23. Attention August Graduates: 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 August. When such grades are absolutely imperative, the work must be made up in time to al- low your instructor to report the make- up grade not later than i a.m., Aug- ust 23. Grades received after that time may defer the student's graduation un- til a later date. To all students having Library books: 1. Students having in their posses- sion books borrowed from the General Library or its branches are notified that such books are due Monday, Aug- ust 13. 2. Students having special need for certain books between August 13 and August 17 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 at the Library by Friday, August 17 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 compliance with the regu- lations of the Regents. Personnel Interviews: Friday, August 10- Lehigh Portland Cement Company, Cleveland, Ohio, will be interviewing men interested in sales or sales ,ad- ministration. Literary College & Bus- iness Administration students, as well as technical men are eligible. Their training program will begin approxi- mately September 1 and will continue for 6 to 8 months in Allentown, Penn- sylvania, then candidate will be placed in either sales or sales administration in one of their district offices. Tuesday, August 14- s International Business Machines Cor- poration will be interviewing Electrical and Mechanical Engineers all levels for Research and Production. These posi- tions will be in Endicott, New York. Please call at the Bureau of Appoint- ments, 3528 Administration Building for appointments. Personnel Requests: General Foods Corporation, Kanka- kee, Illinois, is in need of a Project Engineer. An Industrial or Mechanical Engineer will qualify. For further in- formation contact the Bureau of Ap- pointments, 3528 Administration Build- ing. Art Print Loan Collection: All prints must be returned August 13-15 to Room 555 Administration Building. Hours, -12. A fine of five cents per day will be charged for prints returned after August 15. Exhibit of student watercolors done under the supervision of Professor Carlos Lopez. It will be in the ex- hibition corridor of the Architecture Building from August 9 to September 15. Academic Notices Seminar in Mathematical Statistics: Thursday, August 9, at 4 p.m., in Room 3201 Angel Hall. Speakers will be: Messrs. P. C. Cox, R. W. Royston, and G. F. Lunger. Mathematics: Professor F. I. Maut- nor of Johns Hopkins University will give a talk on Induced Representations and Symmetric Homogeneous Spaces on Thursday, August 9, at 4:15 p.m. in Room 3011 Angell Hall. Doctoral Examination for Thelma Clark Gould, Pharmacology; thesis: "Studies on the In Vivo and In Vitro Metabolism of 5-Ethyl-5 (1-Methyl Butyl) - 2-Thiobarbituric Acid (Thio- pental)," Friday, August 10, Library, Pharmacology Bldg., at 1:30 p.m. Chair- man, F. E. Shideman. "Law School Admission Test: Candi- dates taking the Law School Admission Test, August 11, are requested to re- port to 140 Business Administration at 8:45 a.m. Saturday for the morning session. The afternoon session will be- gin at 1:45 p.m. Candidates are re- quired to be present at both sessions." Doctoral Examination for George Castor wallick, Physics; thesis: "A Study of Grain Size Effects in the Luminescence of Zinc Sulphide Phos- phors," Friday, August 10, 2038 Randall Lab., at 1:30 p.m. Chairman, Ernst Katz. Doctoral Examination for Kenneth Millar, English; thesis: "The Inward Our educational gains in the last half century have been con- spicuously identified with mater- ial progress. For these gains I have nothing but the highest praise, but they supply us with only one part of the equipment we need today. Education has en- abled men to do many things. Its preeminent task today is to en- able him to take his own measure -his own moral measure. -John E. W. Sterling Eye: A Revaluation of Coleridge's Psy- chological Criticism,' Friday, August 10, 3223 Angell Hall, at 3:00 p.m. Chair- man, C. D. Thorpe. Zoology Seminar: At 4:15 p.m., Room 2116 N.S. Carl W. Hallberg will speak on "Study of the Migration Routes to the Kidneys of Mammals followed by the Giant Kidney worm, Dioctophyma reuale (Goeze, 172), and the Pathology of Localization and Migration by the Parasite." and Abbas T. Naim will speak on "Life History of' Gigantobil- harzzia Huronensis (Najim, 1950), a Dermatitis Producing Bird Blood-fluke (Trematoda-schistomatidiae)." Lectures Today University Lecture, Department of Chemistry. Dr. Pd. A. Plattner, of the Organic - Chemistry Laboratory. Eid- genossische Technishe Hochschule, Zu- rich, Switzerland, will lecture on "The Azulenes," at 4:10 p.m., Thursday, August 9, In Room 1400. Chemistry Building. Coming Lectures Department of Astronomy. Visitors' Night, Friday, August 10, 8:30 p.m. Mr. Edwin W. Dennison will lecture on "Astronomical Distances." After the lecture in 3017 Angell Hall, the Stu- dents' Observatory on the fifth floor will be open for telescopic observation, if the sky is clear, or for inspection of the telescopes and planetarium, if the sky is cloudy. Children are welcomed but must be accompanied by adults This is the last in the summer series of Visitors' Nights. Concerts Student Recital: Paul Pankotan graduate student in the School of Mu sic, will present a piano recital in par tial fulfillment of the requirements fe the Master of Music degree, at 8:! Thursday evenng, August 9, in tk Rackham Lecture Hall. A pupili Benning Dexter, Mr. Pankotan w. play compositions by Beethoven, Bar: tok, Schumann, Poulenc, and Chopin The general public is invited. Carillon Recital by Percival Price University Carillonneur, 7:15 Thursday evening. August 9. The program wil include Fantasia by C.P.E. Bach, i group of ten miscellaneous songs, an victory Rhapsody A, by Professor Price Student Recital Cancelled: Jani Woodhull, soprano, whose recital hr been announced for Friday afternoo, August 10, in the Rackham Assemb Hall, has postponed her program. The new date will be announced later. Student Recital: Helep Korpela, stu- dent of piano with Helen Titus, will play compositions by Bach, Beethoven Villa-Lobos, and Chopin, at 8:30 Frda evening, August 10, in the Architecture Auditorium, in partial fulfillment o the requirements for the Bachelor o Music degree. The general public il invited. Events Today The French Club meets for the las time tonight, at 8:00 p.m. at the Mich. igan League. There will be a discus sion on the French universities lea4 by the four professors from Franc who are attending the English Langu, age Institute here. There will also bf old and modern French songs. Every body is welcome International Center weekly tea fo foreign students and their Americal frie.nds 4:30 to 6:00, International Cen ter. This Week: Thursday through Mon day, the Department of Speech In con junction with the School of Music, pre sents Oscar Straus' comic operetta, Th Chocolate Soldier. Thursday ~d Fri day performances are sold a how ever, a few tickets are available fo Saturday and Monday, August 11 at 13. All performances begin at 8 p.m in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Bo office open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., un til 8 p.m. days of performance. tI I. i i 4 . 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