f 4I PAGE TWO THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1951 ______________________________________ U CditfP' 11Thte "But We Can Make A Lot Of Noise So Much Cheaper" I INTERPRETING THE NEWS: By DAVE THOMAS T Econtinuing controversy over the dis- missal and subsequent suicide of Mal- colm H. Soule, former heod of the Medical School's bacteriology department, is unfor- tunate for all concerned. Charges and countercharges, none of them based upon adequate information, which have been filling the editorial and letters columns of some newspapers are not only damaging to the good name of the Univer- sity but are undoubtedly extremely painful to members of the Soule family. A certain amount of emotional sympa- thy and ill-considered protests on the part of the general public under such condi- tions is understandable, but to find one of the State's largest newspapers attacking the Regents' dismissal as "ruthless" and as being motivated by a desire for "sadis- tic satisfaction" is rather discouraging. The Detroit Free Press crys out daily against what it terms the increasing decay of morality in government. Apparently in the Soule case, this paper is willing to over- look teachnicalities like forgery in their eagerness to put th eblast on the Board of Regents. Now in some respects in which the entire business was handled does not reflect any particular credit on either the administra- tion or the Board of Regents, but as far as the Regent's general course of action is con- cerned, it is hard to see how they could have done otherwise. CONSIDER the Regents' position: They are a board of elected officials who are responsible for the honest admin- istration of public funds. They are pre- sented with a case in which a faculty mem- ber who has already been under suspicion a number of times for mishandling Uni- versity property and funds, cleanly admits that he has embezzeled public funds by forgery. They are informed that several newspa- pers have already gotten wind of the rea- son for Soule's resignation and that there is a good deal of talk among the faculty of the case. They know that the press will most certainly demand a full accounting of the case and if they try to allow Soule to quietly resign, they will be attacked for condoning the theft of public funds and giving special treatment to a person who has committed a criminal offense because of his position. As public officials could they, in such a situation, give the sort of benefit of elergy consideration to Soule which the public and some of the press now accord him merely because he was a scientist with a substantial record of achievement? They, of course, could not have forseen that Soule would take his own life because of his dismissal and as for the question of granting Soule a hearing before they acted, Soule knew that he would have been grant- ed a hearing by both the Regents and the faculty Senate had he requested it. Soule deliberately violated a position of public trust and regardless of his scientific reputation, it is difficult to see that the Re- gents had any alternative but to dismiss him. ~~d Fl + .4 WASHINGTON-That shiny new Cadillac presented by the Elks Club of Houston to Gen. MacArthur when he visited Texas still isn't paid for. The car cost $5,700 and the Elks, in their enthusiasm, figured the money would be easy to raise. So they pre- sented the car to MacArthur and figured on paying for it later. When the last appeal for funds was issued, however, MacArthur's popularity seemed to be on the wane and only $1,286 of the $5,700 was in the Elk's kitty. Here is the letter sent out by Phil Hamburger, chair- man of the MacArthur gift fund, Houston Lodge No. 151, BOP Elks: "You doubtless are familiar with the fact that during Gen. MacArthur's visit to Houston he received as a gift from the Elks and friends a black 7-passenger Cadillac sedan.. .. "The purchase of this car at a cost of $5,700.00 was undertaken by members of the Elks and friends, and at the present time we have only raised $1,286.00, and since we are in need of more funds the pur- pose of this letter is to afford you an op- portunity todbe listed as a contributor to the gift fund. "The ownership certificate to the car will be forwarded to Gen. MacArthur along with an appropriate scroll bearing the names of all contributors, and the list of names is being closed out when the amount of $5,- 700.00 is received." * * * -RYE SPECULATIONS- A LITTLE MORE information has leaked out regarding the huge speculation in rye, and the sudden reversal of the Agri- culture Department's ban on Canadian, rye. An offer of a million dollars was dangled before Ralph Trigg, formerly in charge of all rye purchases, if he would buy Canadian rye. Trigg said no. However, last spring, after Trigg got out, his policy was reversed and the U.S. Govern- ment bought up a large quantity of Cana- dian rye mixed with U.S. rye. It is now learned that two Senators pressured the Agriculture Department to bring about this change-Young of North Dakota and McCarthy of Wisconsin, both Republicans. Minnesota's two senators- Humphrey, Democrat, and Thye, Republi- can-sat in on one meeting regarding rye. However, they attended at the urging of McCarthy and did nothing more than put in an appearance. Sen. Young, who comes from a big rye- producing state, wanted to ban rye imports from Canada altogether. Since Canadian rye was already mixed with American rye in DORIS FLEESON: Donors Needed WASHINGTON - Where are the blood donors? Korea is about to take rank as one of America's costliest wars in terms of casual- ties relative to the forces engaged in the fighting. Yet the American people have so far shrugged off all appeals for blood to replace what their fighting men have so freely spilled for them. Korean requirements have swallowed up the World War II stockpile. For current needs and to replenish it, 200,000 pints of blood are needed monthly. What has been coming in is a trickle-35,000 pints a month. northwest grain elevators, however, Young agreed that the Government should buy this Canadian rye in order to reduce the surplus. By getting rid of the surplus and by banning future rye shipments from Can- ada, Young hoped to create a better mar- ket for American rye farmers. It was McCarthy, however, who con- stantly telephoned and heckled the Agri- culture Department to reverse the ban on buying Canadian rye. He not only called on Secretary of Agriculture Brannan, but was continually in the Agriculture De- partment's hair until it knuckled under and began buying Canadian rye. McCarthy's intense interest in Canadian rye is a puzzle. Furthermore, the million dol- lars dangled before Ralph Trigg and the multimillion-dollar corner on the rye mar- ket, cooked up by the big speculators, also remains a mystery. NOTE-McCarthy has not speculated in the commodity market under his own name since the 1947 Senate investigation of the commodity market. Previously McCarthy had speculated chiefly in butter. After the 1947 investigation, however, McCarthy struck up an interesting friendship with Ralph Moore, the speculating partner of former Sen. Thomas of Oklahoma. It is significant that Moore has been associated in the rye market with Dan Rice, one of the biggest speculators in Canadian rye. -COMMUNISTS THREATEN- SECRET CABLES from Kaesong indicate the Communists may be holding the threat of Russian submarine and air power over the heads of the American negotiators. At one point in the cease-fire talks, chief Communist delegate Nam Il hinted ominous- ly about "Russian submarine and air po- tential." This is reaveled in a secret summary of the August 2 talks, cabled to the Pentagon by Gen. Ridgway. The summary does not quote the negotiators directly, but summar- izes their discussion. Here is a paraphrase, taken from the secret summary: Adm. Turner Joy, the chief American dele- gate, made the point that the United Na- tions control the sea and air and that this should be taken into consideration in set- ting a cease-fire line. Gen. Nam Il replied with a 10-minute speech, setting forth his reasons why the truce line should be at the 38th Parallel. He argued, in effect: "This is where the conflict began, and this is where it should end." "Would you have, settled for the 38th Parallel when your armies were attacking around Pusan? Obviously not," retorted Ad- miral Joy. Then Gen. Nam I1 pointed out, in effect: "You overlook that Russia's submarine and air potential could be used against you." However, Admiral Joy took ."this implied threat in his stride, and shot back: "battle and intelligence reports indicate that Russia has not been as helpful as she might be and that she has not been as free with equip- ment as you would have liked." Then, answering a threat with a threat, Joy warned in effect: "Any intervention of new forces would spread the war immedi- ately." (Copyright, 1951, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) NY MKW CO 'l DA -L OFFCI Reds Strive To Save Face On Buffer Zone Squabble By J. M. ROBERTS, JR. Associated Press News Analyst THE PROSPECT that the latest halt in Korean truce negotiations will be followed by another step toward agreement seems to be at least fair. But the most delicate item on the agenda will still re- main. The first real step toward a cease fire came with Communist agreement to leave the matter of foreign troop withdrawal for later conferences at governmental levels rather than to try to settle it as a part of the military agreements. During the neutral zone violation squabble, which seemed Thursday to be working itself out through an exchange of un- pleasantries, the Peiping radio has been talking about the de- marcation line. The broadcasts are subject to the interpretation-although it must be to a considerable extent speculative-that the Communists will not insist on an allied withdrawal from important terrain, in some places considerably north of the 38th Parallel, merely for the purpose of restoring the pre-1950 political situation down to the last detail. * * * * HE COMMUNISTS seem to be trying to leave the impression throughout the Orient that the Allies are actually demanding an advance beyond present lines. Then, if an agreement is reached as of the present lines, the Communists will be in the position of having resisted Allied demands which actually were never made. The fact that the shooting will end with the Allies still in possession of some ground formerly administered by the North Korean puppet government will then be minimized. If this is a correct estimate of the Peiping tactic, the Allies will still have the ground, the heights from which to repel any possible future aggression, and the Communists will have been able to con. ceal from the home folks at least a part of the weakness of their -r V w i bargaining position. But even if this comes about, will have to be ironed out. a fundamental clash of practices 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. FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1951 VOL. LXI, No. 32-S Notices Recommendations for Departmental Honors: Teaching departments wish to recommend tentative August grad- uates from the College gofsLitera- ture, Science, and tle 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 11 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- uist 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- 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. The Fresh Air Camp Clinic will be Friday night, Aug. 10, 8:00 at the camp on Patterson Lake. Dr. Rabinovitch, Asst. Prof. of Psychiatry; in Charge of Children's Service, Neuropsychiatric In-N stitute, will be the speaker. Art Print Loan Collection: All printst must be returned August 13-15 to Roomr 555 Administration Building. Hours, 8-12. A fine of five cents, per day willt be charged for prints returned after1 August 15. Exhibit of student watercolors done under the supervision of Professor Carlos Lopez. It will be in the ex-1 hibition corridor of the Architecture Building from August 9 to September 15. Academic Notices; Doctoral Examination for Thelma1 Clark Gould, Pharmacology; thesis:£ "Studies on the In Vivo and In Vitro1 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-F port to 140 Business Administration at 8:45 a.m. Saturday for the morning session. The afternoon session will be-j gin at 1:45 p.m. Candidates are re-F 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, Ernst1 Katz. Doctoral Examination for Kenneth Millar, Englsh; thesis: "The inward 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. The results of the M. A. language ex- amination in history are now posted in the History Office, 217 South Quad. Seminar in Inorganic Chemistry. Dr. Simao Mathias, Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, will speak on "Structural Annalogies between an Electron Pair and an Oxide Ion," at 4:10 p.m., Fri- day, August 10th, in Room 3003, Chem- istry Building. Bureau of Appointments - General & Teaching Divisions-, All students who are registered with the. Bureau and who have accepted Sositions are requested to give this in- ormation to the Bureau (also any stu- dents who have obtained positions through interviews at the Bureau are requested to do the same). All registrants who are still available are requested to advise the Bureau where they will be after Summer School, whether in Ann. Arbor or else- where. Personnel Requests: The City of Pontiac is in need of Civil Engineers for field and office work. A city in northern Michigan (popu- lation 15,000) is in need of a city man- ager and a city engineer. American Brdach & Machine Com- pany, Ann Arbor, is in need of Electri- cal Engineers for work on machines in shop having to do with wiring, hy- draulic valves and switches, wiring and some plant engineering. The United States Civil Service Com- mission announces examinations for Underwriting Aide (grade GS-4), Con- struction Aide (grade GS-5), Appraiser Trainee (grade GS-5), and Mortgage Credit Aide (grade GS-5). These posi- tions are for thte Federal Housing Ad- ministration in Detroit. For further information please con- tact the Bureau of Appointments 3528 Administration Building. Lectures Today Department of Astronomy. Visitors' Night, 8:30 p.m. Mr. Edwin W. Dennison will lecture on "Astronomical Distanc- es." After the lecture in 3017 An- gell Hall, the Students' Observ- atory 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. Events Today This week: Thursday through Mon- day, the Department of Speech in con- j1unction with the School of Music, pre- sents Oscar Straus' comic operetta, The Chocolate Soldier. Thursday and Fri- day performances are sold, however, a few tickets are available for Saturday and Monday, August 11 and 13. All performances begin at 8 p.m. in the Lydia MendeIssohn Theatre. Box of- fice open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., until 8 p.m. days of performances. No Coffee Hour at Lane Hall. Roger williams Guild: 8:30, Final Party of the Summer. Moonlight swimming. Michigan (Ihrlstian Fellowship Bible Study, 7:30 p.m., Ephesians, Chapter 6, Upper Room, Lane Hall, Coming Lectures Linguistic Program. Tigner Holmes, Tuesday, August 14. Concerts Student Recital Cancelled: Janice Woodhull, soprano, whose recital has been announced for Friday aft rnoon, August 10, in the Rackham Pssembly Hall, has postponed her program. The new date will be announced later. Student Recital: Helen Korpela, stu- dent of piano with Helen Titus, will play compositions by Bach, Beethoven, Villa-Lobos, and Chopin, at 8:30 Friday evening, August 10, in the Architecture Auditorium, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Music degree. The general public is invited. University Summer Session Choir, Philip Duey, Conductor, assisted by a Brass Ensemble conducted by James Neilson, will present its annual con- cert at 4:15 Sunday afternoon, August 12, in Hill Auditorium. The choir will sing works by Bach, Eric Thiman, Ran- dall Thompson, and Brahms, including the latter's Liebeslieder, Op. 52. Mr. Neilson will conduct the Brass Ensem- ble in compositions by Coles, Ball, and Scotney. The general public is invited. Student Recital: George Gruenberg, student of piano with Joseph Brink- man, will play a recital in partial ful- fillment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Music degree, at 8:30 Sun- day evening, August 12, in the Archi- tecture Auditorium. It will include works by Mozart, Schumann, Bach, Rachmaninoff, Prokofieff, and Chopin, and will be open to the public. Student Recital: Robert Pearson, tenor, will be heard at 4:15 Monday afternoon, August 13, in the Rackham Assembly Hall, presenting a program in partial fulfillment of the require- ments for the Master of Music degree, It will include works by Purcell, Han- del, Mozart, Weber, Brahms, and Vaughan-Williams, and will be open tq the public. Student Recital: Elaine Brovan Rice, pianist, will present a program at 4:15 Tuesday afternoon, August 14, in'.the Rackham Assembly Hall, in partial ful- fillment of the requirements for the Master of Music degree. A pupil of Marian Owen, Mrs. Rice will play works by Bach, Beethoven, Medtner, and Cho- pin. The general public is invited. Student Recital: Ruth Lebendiger, pianist, will be heard at 8:30 Tuesday evening, August 14, in the Architecture, Auditorium, in a recital played in par- tial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Music .degree. She 1@, a pupil of John Kollen, and her pro- gram, including works by Haydn, Soar- latti, Beethoven, Samuel Barber and Chopin, will be open to the publie. Student Recital: Robert Dumm, pi- anist, will play his program at 4:15 Thursday afternoon, August 16, in the Rackham Assembly, in partial fulfill- ment of the requirements for the Mas- ter of Music degree. Previously an- nounced for August 6, the recital will be open to the public. Mr. Drumm is a pupil of John Kollen. :'kI ;t -4 $ I_ CINEMA i i :. D RAMA At Hill Auditorium .0. LIFEBOAT, with Tallulah Bankhead and John Hodiak. ASSEMBLING a group of diverse indivi- duals in a confined and dangerous en- vironment for an extended period of time has long been recognized as sure-fire ma- terial for any writer. When the writer is John Steinbeck, it would seem doubly likely that the "esults would be good. Unfortun- ately, however, for the most part, scenarist Steinbeck was as uninspired as Director Hitchcock in this little melodrama about the late war. Accordingly, the picture fails to achieve its great potential by a long way. Fundamentally, Alfred Hitchcock, mas- ter of the gimmick and the delicious thrill, is a little out of his element here. Since, by tie very nature of things, castaways in a lifeboat have been reduced to a near animal level, Hitebeock's ingenuity and self-conscious symbolism are more out of place here than they have been in a sup- sicharged high-society atmosphere. Consequently, even the grimmer aspects of the situation are minimized and somehow made incredible lby the master's touch. Steinbeck too makes the same sloppy mis- takes that he made in "Wayward Bus" where the mere creation of a similar situa- tion seemedj to have exhausted him before he had half developed its implications. The best things in the picture evolve around Walter Slezak's performance as the Nazi sub captain who joins the motley group in the boat. The gradual submis- sion of the others to his indomitable will is somehow suggestive of the psychologi- cal phenomenon of Munich. Their later rebellion against their oppressor is one of I I I i The situation is so serious that a spe- cial drive, soon to be kicked off by Secre- tary Marshall and Gen. Bradley, has been ordered by Deputy Secretary Lovett. Not daring to take chances with more of the present frightening apathy, however, an armed forces blood program will be in- cluded. Service personnel will be virtually dragooned on all military bases within the continental United States; civilian employees will be invited to participate. The American Red Cross will as usual act as the collecting station. It hardly seems necessary to describe at this point the miracles of lifesaving and surgery, on and off the battlefield, that are made possible by plentiful supplies of dried human-blood plasma. World War II ex- perience made it appear that the public understood this thoroughly. To the military, blood-plasma supplies are so important a war weapon, they will not, even in the present emergency, reveal many figures about the existing situation but still stamp them top secret. They profess to be puzzled at the Penta- gon about why such a bad job is being done with respect to so vital a matter. It appears at first glance to be another case where there is blame enough for all. * * * CONGRESS, which talks a big defense program all the time, was recently in- vited to shed its blood peaceably and com- fortably in the most accessible possible place -the Capitol. From the Senate, Robert Kerr of Oklahoma and Lyndon Johnson of Texas showed up, period. As Sen. Johnson THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER, present- ed by the Department of Speech and the School of Music at Lydia Mendelssohn Theater. CAST in the tradition of the Southern European operettas, "The Chocolate Soldier" has arrived on the boards at Lydia Mendelssohn as the farewell production of the summer season. It is a loud and color- ful show, well performed, musically appeal- ing, and comic in a broad Old World way that is particularly refreshing. Although composer Oscar Straus has not filled its two bulging acts with exactly mem- orable music, the songs are clever in the satiric bein of the libretto, and extremely well delivered. The book itself is a rather prolonged joke at the expense of the military, the "chocolate soldier" himself being a member of the Swiss Guard who has somehow blundered into the enemy camp and seeks protection from three obliging women who are members o fthe Bulgarian general's family. The Swiss's good-humored cow- ardice contrasts with the "heroic" pom- posity of the general and his major. Three fine female voices carry the first act which is laid in the bedroom of the general's daughter. Carol Neilson Wilder, who plays the daughter, shows herself the perfectly assured veteran of the genre with her expert performance. Vivien Mi- lan, as cousin Mascha, sings with warmth and brightness. Both her stage technique and her voice seem always to be improving. Marilyn Krimm, as Aurelia, is equally good in a part that might have been improved by making it more distinctive. In the title role, John Wiles acts with hi~o-h roodtlhumond i~ a voice that is large. 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