TWO THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1952 I__ __ __ ___ __ __ ___ __ __ ___ __ __ __ ___ __ __ ___ __ __ ___ __ __ ___ _---__ ,/ CditOv'4 Ite T, By LEONARD GREENBAUM The Trucks Act ... HE DECISION by the United States TCourt of Appeal upholding Michigan's Trucks Act was an unfortunate encourage- ment of the attempt to fight Communism through irrational and unqualified laws. As represented in most papers, the act is merely a registration law aimed at Communists-seemingly an eye-opener in order to place the Reds above the table where everyone can see them whenever they move. Actually, however, the bill is much more devious than that, and potontially endan- gers not Communists threatening to over- throw the government, but Americans sus- pected of being Communists (for some, any- one who didn't vote for Bob Taft). Under the act "Communist sympathizers" and members of "Communist front" organiza- tions must register with the State Police. The definition as to who falls into such cat- egories however, is neither specifically de- fined, nor is it specifically delegated to any one office for definition. The name of anyone who registers will be available to the public where indefinite criteria are easily transformed into general accusatiors and spontaneous action. And any state employee who is suspected by his boss or a superior of being a Communist can be fired. Also under the Bill, the Communist Party has been denied a place on the ballot, the constitutional means of effecting a change in government. Even the Socialist Workers Party, which is the avowed enemy of the CP, has been kicked oof the ballot by the action of one .man, the Secretary of State. The potential misuses of the act are num- erous and the possibility of its extension threatening to the basic concepts of democ- racy. In its present form the Trucks Act, to quote the dissenting Judge Theodore Le- vin, "would create a situation familiar in totalitarian countries-the stifling of free inquiry into political ideas. - - The decision upholding the Act is not yet final pending appeal to the United States Supreme Court. It is also possible for State courts to rule specific parts as unconstitu- tional when they are challenged in indi vidual cases. In the public mind, however, the case against the suspected Communist is that much stronger once enhanced by a judicial review. Dartmouth Theta Chi-.-. THOUGH THE UNIVERSITY'S Inter-fra- ternity Council and the president. of the local chapter of Theta Chi had nothing to say about their brothers up at Dartmouth, the Ivy Leaguers deserve a loud applause for bucking the racial discrimination fostered by their national organization. The Dartmouth chapter took the step that fraternities on this campus claim they cannot afford because of financial and other reasons. They gave up all ties with the national. For them there were few complications. They informed the national that they would no longer abide by the racial clause. The national informed the chapter that its charter was revoked. The fraternity is now in the process of being reorganized as a lo- cal. Financially they might be in for a few difficulties, but on the long forgotten ideal- istic front they shouldn't have any trouble at all. As for this campus, the anti-discrimina- tion movement following two vetoes by the University's presidents is still behind the times though it is getting up some sup- port from within the ranks of the fra- ternities themselves. Several houses suc- cessfully broke the religious barrier this past year, while others are seriously peti- tioning their nationals to abolish bias clauses. The current President of the In- ter-fraternity Council reportedly plans to push the "Acacia Proposal," the gradual educational plan to bring the remaining disinterested discriminators around to a more democratic outlook. Frankly, with the outside pressure of Stu- dent Legislature having been removed once and for all, the sincere people within the IFC are going to have an almost impossible job. The atmosphere on this campus, unlike that at Dartmouth, has been more for leav- ing things be than for changing them. The Ca*paign Speech. . THE NEED for a revised approach to poli- ticking is becoming increasingly evident as the local and national elections approach. In the attempt to win votes, candidates and their supporters (of both parties and on all levels) are resorting to the age old cliches, the meaningless charges and the empty promises. A flick of the radio switch, a glance at the newspapers, is enough to fill any vot- er with cries of "socialism," "communism," and "fascism." These are backed up with "clean out the crooks" and "Back to Mc- Kinley." On the positive side are the cries that "my man has- the experience and the record." "He owes nothing to anyone," and "moreover has the right combination of integrity, morality, honesty and pluck." For more specific examples, one need only look at the morning dispatches covering the campaigns of candidates in the State of Michigan. Rep. "Chuck," Potter aspiring to the United States Senate called the Federal Grants in Aid program the product of so- cialist philosophies, while another Senate candidate Clifford A. Prevost charged that "A small group of willful men backing Pot- ter is spending vast sums of money to elect a rubber stamp senator with Fascist views." Former Gov. Harry Kelly, speaking on behalf of Lt. Gov. William Vandenberg, said that "He is fully and honorably equipped ... and will end the fiscal chaos and con- fusion in Lansing." Fred M. Alger, another candidate for governor charged that hidden pressure groups, foremost among them the Michi- gan Temperance Foundation, are ma- nipulating !-hind the political scenes. "Letters clearly indicate," he said, "that this group expects co-operation from its pet candidate and that he might possibly be obligated to revive the horrors of pro- hibition." All this adds up to a clear picture for the voter. He can take his choice, but of what, he can not be exactly sure. Modern Man THE UNIVERSITY is to be commended for its outstanding summer program "Modern Views of Man and Society" which has proved an extremely worthwhile addi- tion to the summer curriculum. The pro- gram committee including the chairman, Prof. Richard C. Boys of the English de- partment, Prof. George A. Satter of the Psychology department and Prof.. Frank Grace of the political science department is to be complimented for the varied and interesting program. Nearly all of the speakers have been excellent and the special courses ar- ranged have proved successful. In addi- tion, the various extra exhibits and mu- sical programs all added insight into re- cent experiments and developments in art, literature and music. It is all too easy in this age of industrial emphasis to concentrate wholly on techni- cal education. But a University is more than a place to learn a better way of making a living. It must also put considerable em- phasis on the great philosophical concepts and the important moral codes by which man has sought to order his life and reach his destiny. In providing such a program as "Modern Views of Man and Society" the University has indeed shown its greatdinterest in the field of humanities and deserves thanks from the summer session students who have enjoyed a rich experience in participating in the program. -Harry Lunn DORIS FLEESON: A Clean House, WASHINGTON-Gov. Adlai Stevenson is being urged to exercise his traditional right to organize his own campaign in such a manner that it will proclaim his intention of cleaning house in Washington. Stevenson got out from under the Tru- man. label very neatly at Chicago, hard as his public indecision was on the nerves of his supporters. In the selection of Senator Sparkman for Vice-President he adver- tised his desire to conciliate North and South, liberal and conservative. He was still to face the corruption issue. His choice of political aides will speak louder than any words of his can possibly do about what a Stevenson administration can ac- complish in this field. One chance was missed when Senator Ke- 1auver, symbol of the battle of right against wrong, was passed over for veep. This was not necessarily a mistake for either Steven- son or Kefauver. It is still true that Senator Kefauver was widely approved over the country, as his primary successes prove. A substitute for the honesty issue which he represented in the minds of the people is urgently required by the Democrats. Other Democrats than Kefauver, of course, were active in fighting corruption in government-Senators Bill Fulbright and Mike Monroney for example, who were also considered for the vice presi- dency, and Rep. King. It so happens that Senator Sparkman's special interests were elsewhere-in foreign relations, the prob- lems of small business, and the economic picture. Governor Stevenson said at Chicago that he, simply was not prepared to. deal with campaign problems immediately. Hence his request to National Chairman Frank Mc- Kinney to remain temporarily. The candidate has no political obligations to McKinney. On the contrary the chairman joined with various senators and cabinet members, Jim Farley and Leslie Biffle, to put across Vice President Barkley. There is controversy also about McKin- ney's role in the credentials fight. Loyal- ist delegations from Texas and Mississippi think they had a commitment from Pres- ident Truman for support which the Chairman did not honor. McKinney, an Indianapolis banker, was brought hurriedly to Washington last year when William M. Boyle resigned after his role in some RFC matters was questioned. A long-time associate of the since-deposed Indiana national committeeman, Frank Mc- Hale, McKinney has been a political foe of Indiana's Gov. Henry Schricker. Governor Schricker was conominator of Governor Stevenson for president and has consented to run for the Senate against the Republican incumbent, William Jenner. It is understood here that Schricker wants McKinney replaced. His argument: No Democrat except himself has been elected in Indiana lately to important office nor did McHale-M- Kinney and company carry the state for the Democratic president since 1936. Therefore, McKinney can't be such a keen political operator. The fact is that Democratic headquarters here has not been strongly organized to help deserving Democrats but to repel the greedy and corrupt since James A. Farley managed it so superbly. Mr. Roosevelt was his own principal politicker after Farley left. Presi- dent Truman has been notably ill-served by a succession of chairmen whose major inter- ests either lay elsewhere or who were ailing. "What Next?" 40 *,UfS- Ulm, a LO PEV DAILY OFFICIAL.BULAETIN INTERPRETING THE NEWS: A Streamliner & the Truce Talks The Daily Official Bulletin ioyan official publication o 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 the1 University. Notices should be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to Room 3510 .Administration Building before 3 p.m. the day preceding publication (11 a.m. a.~ Saturday). Notices All applicants for the Doctorate who are planning to take the August prelim-t inary examinations in Education, to be held from 9:00 a.m.'to 12:00 N. August, 18, 19 and 20, 1952, will please notify the, Chairman of the Committee on Gradu-, ate Studies in Education, Room 4019C University High School, immediately.I Department of Astronomy. visitors' Night, Friday, August 1, 8:30 p.m. Dr. Freeman D. Miller will speak on "Fall-I Ing Through the Universe." After the illustrated lecture it 3017 Angell Hall, the Students' Obseratory on the fifthI floor will be open for telescopic ob- servation of a star cluster and a doble star, if the sky is clear, or for inspec- tion of the telescopes and planetarium, if the sky is cloudy. Children are wel- come, but must be accompanied by adults. Annual Masters Breakfast: MciganI Union Ballroom, 9 o'clock Sunday morning August 3. Invitations to be the guests of the University have been sent to studentswhose addresses are available. Students who are complet- ing work for the Master's Degree but who may not have received an invita- tion should call at the Summer Session Office, 3510 Administration Building. for tickets. A few tickets are available at $1.25 for friends of the students. Personnel Requests: The Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Nee- nah, Wisconsin, has a number of po- sitions to be filled: Trainees in cost accounting, industrial engineering, per- sonnel (male), manufacturing (pro- duction), sales. Also for design engi- neers, (mechanical, electrical, civil); Research Engineers (Chemical engi- neers-chemists) and Clerical positions. The Young Women's Christian Asso- ciation, Detroit, Michigan, has two openings on its staff for young wome, one for a person with a Bachelor's de- gree in Health Education the other for someone with her Master's degree. Work would be with young employed girls and young married women in the Detroit area. The Aro Equipment Corporation, Bry- an, Ohio, has a position in the organ- ization for office manager. Duties will be supervising an office force of ap- proximately 15 people. Some office ex- perience is required and a commercial teacher who desires to make a perma- nent change into business would be eligible. Full information on this po- sitlon may be had by coming to the Bureau of Appointments. The Industrial Relations Center of the University of Chicago has openings for several Conference Leadership Training Consultants. This work in- volves a training program, requires a Bachelor's degree, must be man, and requires both social and intellectual skill and flexibility. Training in socio- ogy, psychology, education, or group work business or industrial experience. and experience or training in mak- ing and writing up interviews and ob- servations are also helpful qualifica- tions. Bourns Laboratories, Riverside, Cali- fornia has a need for design and prod- uct engineers (ME or EE or Electron- ics). They prefer persons in engineer- ing honorary societies and can get military deferments for men, company manufactures airplane instruments. will pay expenses of moving out to coast. The Detroit Edison Company is cur- rently in need of a young women with a chemistry major or physics major with chemistry minor to be employed as a laboratory technician for its re- search laboratory. Montgomery Ward, Chicago, Illinois, is interested in hearing from returning servicemen or August graduates who would be available for employment in the following fields: Merchandise or Operating Trainees, Industrial Engi- neers, Accounting Trainees, and Ac- counting Trainees for women. The Firestone Tire & Rubber Com- pany, Akron, Ohio, has openings in the organization for retail salesmen, Office and credit men, and outside salesmen. They are interested in hear- ing from August men who would like to join the company. Application blanks are available at the Bureau of Appoint- ments. For additional information, details, application blanks, and interview ap- pointments come to the Bureau of Ap- pointments, or call extension 371. Concerts Student Recital. Phares Steiner, grad- uate student of organ with Robert Noehren, will present a program in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Music degree at 4:15 Friday afternoon, August 1, in Hill Au- ditorium. It will include compositions by Buxtehude, Bach, Vivaldi, Roger- Ducasse and Messiaen. The general public is invited. Summer Session Choir, Harold Decker. Conductor, will appear in a concert at 8:30 Friday evening, August 1, in Hill Auditorium, to which the public is in- vited. The first half of the program will include Three Psalms by Nor- mand Lockwood, Ave Maria by Jean Mouton, Be Glad Then America by Williams Billings; Czechoslovakian Folk Song arranged by Deems Taylor, Shep- herds' Song by Melville Smith, and The Bluebird and Jubilant Song by Norman Dello Jo. After intermission the choir will sing Bach's Cantata No. 4, Christ Lay in Death's Dark Prison. String Quartet Class, under the direc- tion of Robert Courte, will present a program in the Rackham Assembly Hall at 4:15 Monday afternoon, August 4. It will open with Vivaldi's L'Estro Armo- nico in A major, followed by Mozart's Quartet in D major, K. 575 Milhaud's Quartet No. 4, and Brahms uartet In A minor, Op. 51, No. 2. Students par- ticipating are Alfred Boyington, James Vandersall, Beatrix Lien and Yvonne Schilla, violinists Walter Evich and Daniel Barach, cellists; Charlotte Lew- is and George Webber, cellists. The general public Is invited. Student Recital: Jewell Foster, pi- anist, will be heard at 8:30 Monday eve- ning, August 4, in the Architecture Auditorium, in a program of works by Bach, Beethoven, Schumann and Ravel. Mr. Foster is a pupil of Mary Fishburne, and his program, played in partial fulfillment 'of the requirements for the Bachelor of Music degree, will be open to the public. Exhibitions Museum of Art, Selections from the Permanent Collection. General Library. Dictionaries. Museum of Archaeology. Ancient Egypt and Rome of the Empire. Museums Building. Rotunda exhibit. Some museum techniques. MichiganHistorical Collections, 160 Rackham Building. The changing Cam- pus. Clements Library. American books which have influenced the modern mind (through September 1). Architecture Building. Student work. Events Today Final Graduate Mixer Dance of sum- mer. Friday, August 1, 9-12 p.m. Music by Earle Pearson, refreshments served. Rackham Assembly Hall. Graduate stu- dents and their friends invited. Fresh Air Camp Clinic will be held at the camp on Patterson Lake, Fri- day, July 11, at 8:00 p.m. Dr. Rabiun- vitch, Assoc. Prof. of Psychiatry: in Charge of Children's Service, Neuro- psychiatric Institute, will be the dis- cussant. Motion Picture, Ausipcies of the Stu- dent Legislature Cinema Guild: Architecture Auditorium Admission SOc Frederic March, Veronica Lake in "I Married A Witch," Directed by Rene Clair, Also The Documentary Film Clas- sic, "The City," and Charlie Chaplin in "The vagabond." Complete shows start at 6:00, 7:15 and 9:30 p.m. Continuous showings. There will be an informal record dancerthis eveningin the League Ball- room. Dancing is from 9 p.m. to mid- night and the admission is free to stu- dents. Betsy Barbour Heat Wave, informal dance on Friday, August 1, 9 till 12 p.m. Guests and friends of Betsy Bar- bour invited. Jim Servis' Orchestra S.R.A. Punch Hour, Lane Hall, 4:15- 5:30 p.m. All students invited. Play, presented by the Department of of Speech. Second Threshold, by Philip Barry. 8:00 p.m., Lydia Mendelssohn Theater. IN ANY system of philosophy, ex- ponents of a more liberal balance between the reasoning and unrea- soning elements of a human per- sonality are indubitably thwarted. They pile logic upon logic in order to reach the Supreme Fulcrum, L..1 ..4 -U- .« .1, nom, 1 . . "I ON THE WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND /d WITH DREW PEARSON WHY SUMMERFIELD SWITCHED THOUGH THE Democrats probably got more publicity focused on their hectic backstage wire-pulling than the Republicans, some of the latter's deals are just coming to the surface. One of them, sure to be denied, sheds light on why Arthur Sum- merfield of Michigan, long a vigorous Taft supporter, switched over to Eisenhower. Summerfield, a Ch'evrolet dealer, was under pressure from General Motors to switch. But there was more to it than that -according to the story told by Summerfield's close friend, Congress. man Jesse Wolcott of Michigan. Wolcott says that during the GOP discussion over seating the Southern delegates, he got a frantic phone call from Summer. field to come to Chicago. immediately. Arriving in Chicago, Summerfield told him he was being pres- sured by Tom Coleman, GOP leader in Wisconsin and Taft's floor manager, to back Taft. He was also under pressure from Senator Ferguson and Congressman Schafer of Michigan, likewise vigorous Taft boosters. On the other hand, General Motors, for whom he operated a dealership, demanded 'that he support Eisenhower. JOB IN IKE'S CABINET THEREFORE, he asked Wolcott to act as a buffer-a sort of media- tor indeciding the seating of the Southern delegates. He also ;toldWolcott that, in return for supporting Ike, be had been promised the right to fill one spot in the Eisenhower cabinet, and he had chosen the Treasury Department. His choice for Secretary of the Treasury, he said, would be Congressman Wolcott. In relating this to friends, Wolcott has said that he did nt feel qualified to be Secretary of the Treasury, though he was glad to help Summerfield out, and did so. His help came when Summerfield, after listening to the Georgia delegates present their case, remarked that he wanted his friend Congressman Wolcott to pass on 'the merits of the mgatter. Whereupon Wolcott recommended a vote with the Eisenhower group. This helped to take the heat off Summerfield, also showed that at least one prom- inent Michigan Congressman was in Summerfield's corner. In the end, it will be recalled that Summerfield switched Michigan's big block of votes to Eisenhower, despite the fact that at the Michigan state convention he had worked to block Eisen- hower. Note-Summerfield has 'already been rewarded by appointment as GOP National Chairman. It will be interesting to see whether he gets the selection of a man for Secretary of the Treasury too. STEVENSON'S SONS WHILE GOVERNOR STEVENSON was hanging back on the Chicago draft, his sons were doing their best to push the draft. One day, youngest son John Fell Stevenson turned up at the draft-Stevenson headquarters at the Hilton Hotel wearing a "We need Adlai badly" button as big as a flying saucer. Immediately Dr. Walter Johnson, University of Chicago Professor who masterminded the draft, grabbed him by the arm, pulled him into a room, and told him that if he wanted to upset the draft this was the best way to do it. Young Stevenson departed. Shortly thereafter, second son Borden Stevenson with some young friends, arrived, all wearing Stevenson buttons. This time, Johnson took them to the back stairway of the hotel and walked them most of the way to the ground floor, for fear they would be seen by the press. "Can't we even come into the hotel?" asked one of the boy. "Only if you go to Harriman or Russell headquarters," replied Johnson. "And only if you take off those buttons." He knew that if the newspapers showed the Stevenson boys as part of the draft movement, eithef the public would think it was a phony draft, or the Governor would get mad and call the whole thing off. WAR PRISONERS THE ItSIDE STORY of the bogged-down Korean truce talks is that we have been impaled on our own figures-figures that we issued boastfully at the time we were capturing Communists and wanted to impress the enemy. We announced to the world last December, for Instance, that we held 20,699 Chinese. But now we have told the truce negotia- tors that all we can' turn back is 6,400. This is chiefly because the balance of the Chinese don't want to go back. With North Korean prisoners, however, some of our army people padded the figures by including some South Korean refugees with the North Korean prisoners. Now, having announced them, they are stuck with those figures. The Reds won't believe anything else. Though an impression got out through the press that we were only 9,000 prisoners apart in reaching an agreement, this is not exactly true. At the start of the talks, we estimated that about 101,000 pris- oners could be returned. After careful screening, however, we said only 72,000 could go back. Meanwhile, the Communists demanded the return of 116,000. Later we pushed our figure up to 85,000, while they brought their figure down to 110,000. That's as close as we have ever come. While the Reds' offer of 110,000 was only 9,000 more than our original estimate of 101,000, it is still 27,000 more than we are willing to return. That's exactly where the truce talks are today. Another full-dress session is scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 3. (Copyright, 1952, by The Bell Syndicate) a 4 +i 1 '{ I '1I By J. M. ROBERTS, JR. Associated Press News Analyst SIDELIGHT: A picture on the front page of the New York Times of a tug, fly- ing the U.S. flag, towing the brand new French liner Flandre into port after a pow- er :failure on her maiden voyage. Next col- umn, a headline, "French imply loss of In- dochina war if U.S. limits aid." Just below, a headline, "Churchill slows rearmament pace." Secretary Acheson said Congress just didn't supply the money for foreign aid. There are all sorts of temporary power failures, but nobody doubts the eventual ser- vicibility of the Flandre. CHINESE Nationalist sources on Formosa, which maintain liaison with anti-commun- ist forces on the mainland, reported even before the big raid of July 21 that stepped up allied bombing in Korea had a heavy military and psychological impact. But they don't seem to have had any great impact on the Communist truce negotiating team at Panmunjom. The Reds continue to stall around about words in the proposed agreement which were supposed to have been settled long ago. There is no sign of any compromise of the big war prisoner question. General Van Fleet, commander of the UN armies in the field, said there it "less chance for an armistice than ever before." Some other observers cling to the feeling of the last few weeks that, at last, the Communists might be intending to reach an agreement. But there seemed to be little more for them to go on than was the case a year ago. The recent disposition to rehash proves that the Reds consider even the so-called "agreed" points to be highly tentative. Van Fleet says they have disposed their armies so that they can "wait out the war." Since last November they have been able to avoid large scale fighting and still not retreat from either political or mili- tary positions. Van Fleet repeats that the best way for the Allies to win "is by pressure." The Air Force says the latest raid, preceded by re- peated warnings to civilians to evacuate, was a calculated effort to put on pressure at Panmunjom. There have been "leaks," correct or in- correct, that American forces in Korea now have atomic artillery with which to meet any possible new Communist ground offen- sive. There have been warnings that aerial assault on Allied ground forces would in- vite retaliation on Red Airbases in Man- churia. But there is doubt, in the event of a resumption of general fighting, of Allied ability to push to the Chinese border, the one position from which they would be able to force a settlement. I LL I Looking Back 15 YEARS AGO-1937 T HE SENATE passed a watered-down ser- ies of labor laws in which they refrained from setting specific "fair minimum" wages to replace the existing "non-oppressive" 40 cent an hour wage. A federal 'child labor bill was also defeated as was an anti-lynch- ing law. Overseas the Sino-Japanese War contin- ued as the Japanese bombed troop concen- trations 85 miles southwest of Peiping and claimed complete control of the Peiping- Teientsin area. 10 YEARS AGO-1942 WORLD WAR II fighting embraced four l t r ' f t Xettep4 TO THE EDITOR The Kingfish ... To The Editor: BEFORE writing editorials (July 30, 1952) concerning Louisiana politics it would be wise to get the correct information. In Peg Nimz's editorial, Senator Long is described as the "New South" and Governor Kennon as the "Old Guard." The truth is that the roles are exactly reversed. Governor Kennon, in January, 1952, defeated the old guard which was headed by Earl Long, then governor of Louisiana (see Life Magazine Feb. 1952). The old guard has been the Long Machine, which elected Senator Russell Long to office. In fact, Senator Long is the last of the old guard to remain in office. It is true, however, that Long I. I. 0,Iw .- -*: -. 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