TWO THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 195? TWO SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 195~ ______________________________ U _________________________________________________________________________ U U International Press IF NEWSPAPERS had more newsprint their first concern would be to present more international news. That is the unani- mous verdict given by a panel of five editors --Australian, British, Chilean, Dutch and Finnish-in the latest bulletin of the re- cently founded International Press Institute. Other editors would confirm that there is no 'lack of material on foreign affairs; it floods in, in the form of dispatches from corres- pondents and agencies, and of syndicated background articles, only to be mercilessly cut and often finally pushed out by home news. Editors are therefore discouraged from sending special correspondents to report on developments of great significance- for example, the rapid postwar evolution of ttopical Africa-which cannot be pre- sented in snippets. It means that foreign news is often printed in such condensed form as to be utterly incomprehensible ex- cept to a few initiates; and that whole regions-Latin America for one-are vir- tually ignored by the press in other coun- tries- because their affairs are less urgent than those of, say, Germany or the Far East. It is doubtful whether unlimited news- print would produce a foreign editor's utopia. Fuller foreign reporting would make many newspapers too heavy for the average reader unless balanced by more pure enter- tainment. The correspondent in Lagos, Lima or Labrador might see his dispatches at last used in full, but only a minority of devoted readers would get past the distractions of the feature pages, gossip columns and strip cartoons to read them. Experience in North America, which is not short of newsprint, tends to confirm this fear. To take in the foreign news content of a United States daily paper at breakfast or in the crowded bus is a feat of agility, concentration and aversion from fleshly delights. In that country of massive dailies people turn increasingly to weekly news magazines to keep themselves abreast of events. It has to be accepted that the most widely read newspapers owe their success to their deliberately popular style; give them extra newsprint and the extra pages would prob- ably yield to fashion notes, sensational reve- lations and humorous columnists-not to analyses of Jugoslavia's economic problems or of the strategic significance of Nepal. -The London Economist Wes t Germany LAST WEEK the President, in a small room in a Kansas City hotel, signed the agreements calling for the emergence of West Germany among the family of na- tions. He made no more fuss over signing the. historic documents than had the Senate in approving them after a purely pro forma debate a month ago. But events continue to indicate that our own official unanimity on German policy is not shared by our Western allies, who live some 3,000 miles closer to the initial battleground of the next war, if and when it comes. Just before Truman uncapped his pen in Kansas City, the British Parliament approved the same agreements, but only after prolonged debate and the break-up of a bi-partisanship in foreign policy which had lasted twelve years. The Labor Party, which had held a caucus on the subject on July 16, voted almost solidly in opposition. The caucus almost cost Clem- ent Attlee his party leadership; a Bevan motion calling for four-power talks and German elections before German rearma- ment was lost by only six votes. Even so, as a result of the caucus, the Laborites are today on record as demanding that Ger- man elections and rearmament of other Western powers should be given priority over German remilitarization. Two more parliaments must yet sign the agreements to bring them into effect: the French and West German. In both coun- tries the demand for an immediate four- power conference is even stronger than it is in Britain. And over and above the ques- tion of ratification is the practical question of implementation, involving a whole com- plex of political and military issues. Britain, for financial reasons, has for the second time slowed down its own rearmament plan; France is insisting that we pick up a bigger share of the check for its contribution to the West's defense. When the showdown comes, how far will either country permit "'est Germany to outstrip it in rearmament? -The Nation Red Propaganda N KEEPING with their practice in all in- ternational organizations, including the United Nations, the Soviets and their satel- lites have done their best to convert the Toronto conference of the Red Cross into a political arena for their propaganda war- fare. Despite international agreements to which they have subscribed, recognizing the Red Cross and its all-Swiss International Committee as an impartial humanitarian agency entrusted with certain functions and perogatives, they vilify that agency as an "imperialist tool." And though they continue to send delegations to its conferences to take DORIS FLEESON: Stevenson Picks His Men 44We ve Got Our Own High Hurdle Events" WASHINGTON - Last week Gov. Adlai Stevenson was clearing with Democratic circles here the name of his personal friend, Stephen Mitchell of Chicago, a lawyer and a Catholic, as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Governor Stevenson first mentioned Mitchell to friends immediately following the convention as the type of man he would like to see in the chairmanship. He said then that he realized Mitchell was not well known in the party and would have to work hard and fast to do the job of organization that must be done. The present Chairman, Frank McKinney, was scheduled to visit Springfield this week end. McKinney was understood to be will- ing, even eager, to remain. It was argued in his behalf at the White House and else- where that he would be more efficient than a newcomer since he has had six months to learn the ropes. Governor Stevenson, however, proposed to put his own brand on the coming campaign and so far as possible put in every headline job a Stevenson, rather than a Truman, ap- pointee. One of the tasks of the National Chairman of a party is to produce publicity, favorable if possible, of course. With the Governor hastening to tie up all his loose ends before coming to lunch at the White House next week, it was only common sense. Everything he does after that for a while will be considered as the fruit of presidential counsel. This was the hour to change the national committee leadership. Visitors to Springfield suggest that organ- ization is one of the prime needs of the Ste- venson campaign. The nominee has literally started from scratch and is buried at pres- ent under an avalanche of mail and callers. Meanwhile the great rank and file of the party within the states awaits his pleasure. Although they have been in power so long and in some respects have a well-defined chain of command, the Democrats are suf- fering from what Mr. Truman once defined in a memorable phrase-which got him into trouble on the Hill-as the ills of seniority and senility. With their Southern fences in good re- pair, Democrats have been turning to a quiet check of their problems in the pivotal states. They are finding what the confused first ballots at Chicago so clearly indicated --that the old organization is wearing out in a lot of places. In such states the big cities have regular- ly turned out vital Democratic majorities. With equal regularity the big-city bosses claimed the credit and cashed the political dividends. These days, however, Washington would be hard put to it to find a boss of the old legend capable of delivering a state or even a nice solid chunk of votes. Ed Flynn of the Bronx was too ill to at- tend the convention. Frank Hague is in- voluntarily retired. Jacob M. Arvey looks good in Chicago only because he had the creative imagination in 1948 to pick Adlai Stevenson to run for governor and Paul Douglas for senator, but he is, as the con- vention proved, only the tail of the kite. W. Stuart Symington has just made the President's alma mater, the Pendergast machine, look silly in the U.S. Senate pri- mary in Missouri. Governor Stevenson's chairman will have a tremendous job to do. The nominee also has, under present circumstances, a stag- gering task of self-salesmanship ahead of him. (Copyright, 1952, by the Bell Syndicate) 4 DAILY OFFICIAL BU INTERPRETING THE NEWS: Middle East Mix-Up By J. M. ROBERTS, JR. Associated Press News Analyst THE UNITED STATES idea of a Middle East command has run on the rocks of Arab opposition, the Arab states have or- ganized a group of their own and the Al- lies are conside'ring another. It may not be one of the world's most pressing situations, but it is one of the messiest. One reason the Arabs would have nothing to do with the original Allied plan is the po- sition of Israel. They atrribute the loss of Palestine to behind-the-scenes politics in the United States-a hypothesis more or less borne out by the diary of James Forrestal and fear any strengthening of Israel mili- tarily. On the reverse of the coin, the UiS. fears to arm the Arabs lest they attack Is- rael. That is going to be the greatest block which the New Egyptian Government and the New Arab Collective Security group will have to face in their appeal the U.S. for arms. As for Anglo-American plans, they have dropped back to organization of what will be little more than a planninggroup of non- Middle Eastern powers, a group which would include only Turkey among the Middle East- ern states. The other participants would be France, the U.S., Britain, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand, all vitally inter- ested in maintenance of the Suez Canal. The "home product" collective security pact has now been ratified by Iraq, Egypt, Syria and Jordan, putting it into effect, with Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Yemen still to ratify. It began when Egypt refused the Allied Middle East Command idea and demanded, instead, that the British get out of the Suez defense bases. And always there is the specter, as plans for Middle East defense flounder amid the distrust between Arab, Jew and Anglo-Saxon, of Iran as a base for a communist thrust at Suez, by-passing Turkey, the only real power in the whole area. MATTER OF FACT By JOSEPH and STEWART ALSOP 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 University. Notices should be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to Room 3510 Administration Building before 3 p.m. the day preceding publication (11 a.m. on Saturday). Notices Regents' Meeting: Friday, September 26. Communications for consideration at this meeting must be in the Presi- dent's hands not later than Septem- ber 18. Recommendations for Departmental Honors: Teaching departments wishing to recommend tentative August gradu- ates from the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, and the School of Education for departmental honors should recommend such students in a letter to he sent to the Registrar's Of- fice, Room 1513 Administration Building before August 2. Edward G. Groesbeck Assistant Registrar 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 allow your instructor to report the make-up grade not later than 11 a.m., August 21. Grades received after that time may defer the student's graduation until a later date. Edward G. Groesbeck Assistant Registrar All Applicants for the Doctorate who are planning to take the August pre- liminary examinations in education, to be held from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 N, Au- gust 18, 19, and 20, 1952, will please no- tify the chairman of the committee on graduate studies in education, room 4019 University High School, immedi- ately. Harlan C. Koch, Chairman Committee on Graduate Studies, School of Education School of Business Administration. Faculty meeting, Monday, August 11. 3:00 p.m. Room 268. Personnel Requests The Young Women's Christian Asso- ciation, Battle Creek, Michigan, is in need of people who are interested in Young Adult Activities. Would like to have applications from any young wom- en who are interested in work of this type in Battle Creek. The Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Company, Chicago, Illinois, is interest- in hearing from August graduates who would like working in underwriting, accounting, statistics, claims and sales. Application blanks are available at the Bureau of Appointments. The City of Kalamazoo, Michigan, has an opening in the City-County health Department for a college grad- uate with a major in one of the biolog- ical sciences or in chemistry to work as a Sanitarian. The Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, has an opening for a Trans- lator or Technical Analyst with back- ground in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering for Literature Searching, Abstracting, and Translating, partic- ularly German with a knowledge of French desirable, TheYankton College, Yankton, South Dakota, is looking for a public relations man who can also coach debate. The Young Women's Christian Asso- ciation, Tacoma, Washington, has three openings available September for young women who are qualified to do Healtn Education and Recreation work, direct Group work with Teen-Age and Young Adults, and assist the program director for work with Teen-Agers and Young Adults. The A & P Tea Company, Central Western Division, Detroit, Michigan is in need of a food chemist at its Terre Haute, Indiana Quaker Maid labora- tories. The Hinchman Company, Detroit, Michigan, has a vacancy for a young lady in its organization. Want a col- lege graduate who is skilled in typing and shorthand, and citizenship is re- quired. The Meyercord Company, Chicago, Illinois, is looking for a young man to learn the entire business. They want only recent graduates to apply, but state that the job has great possibili- ties and prefer someone who is serious about working up in the business. The Standard Oil Company, Chicago, Illinois, has an opening in the Market Section of the company. The position is that of Junior Market Analyst and speech Sounds." Eli Fisher Jorgensen, Professor of Linguistics, University of Copenhagen, 7:30 p.m., Rackham Am- phitheater. Wednesday, August 13 Linguistic Forum. "Structural Law or Accidental Gaps in Phonemic Distribu- tion: Closed circuit broadcasts of origi- nal student scripts. 3:00 p.m., 231- An- gell Hall. Modern Views of Man and Society. "Modern Viewvs of Man and Society-A Summary." Maurice Mandelbaum, Pro- fessor of Philosophy, Dartmouth Col- lege. 8:00 p.m., William L. Clements Li- brary. Thursday, August 14 Modern Views of Man and Society. "The Lively Arts and The Great Audi- ence," Gilbert Seldes, critic of radio, television, and the theater. 4:15 p.m., Rackham Lecture Hall. Academic Notices The Inter-University Seminar on So- cial Integration will hold a round table discussion regarding its activities in the East Conference Room of the Rack- ham Building on Tuesday the 12th of August, at 8:00 p.m. Graduate students in Sociology and staff members of the Sociology Department are invited to at- tend. Doctoral Examination for Orville Gayle Manion, Speech; thesis: "An Ap- plication of Readability Formulas to Oral Communication," Monday, Aug- ust 11, 3211 Angell Hall, at 2:15 p.m. Chairman, N. E. Miller. Doctoral Examination for Seymour Ginsburg, Mathematics; thesis: "Order Types and similarity Transformations," Tuesday, August 12, East Council Room, Rackham Bldg., at 1:30 p.m. Chairman, B. Dushnik. Doctoral Examination for Robert Mur- ray Suggitt, Chemistry; thesis: "Heat of Wetting of Copper, Graphite, and Silica Gel" Tuesday, August 12, 1565 Chemistry Bldg., at 3:00 p.m. Chairman, F. E. Bartell. Doctoral Examination for George Felt Osmun, Classical Studies: Greek an Latin; thesis: "Dialogue Technique in Menander," Wednesday, August 13, 2020 Angell Hall, at 10:00 a.m., Chairman, W. E. Blake. Doctoral Examination for Robert May- er Kloepper, Physics; thesis: "Angular and Direction -Polarization Correlation for Successive Gamma-Gamma and Beta-Gamma Transitions," Wednesday, August 13, 2038 Randall Lab., at 2:00 p.m. Chairman, M. L. Wiedenbeck. Doctoral Examination for Harold Orel, English; thesis: "The Russian Novel in Victorian England: 1831-1917," Wed- nesday, August 13, East Council Room, Rackham Building, at 2:00 p.m. Chair- man, K. Litzenberg. Concerts Student Recital: Grace Miller, pianist, will be heard at 8:30 Monday evening, August 11, in the Rackham Assembly Hall, presenting a program in lieu of a thesis for the degree of Master of Mu- sic in Music Education. It will include works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chanler, and Bartok, and will be open to the public. Mrs. Miller is studying with Benning Dexter. Student Recital: David Helm, student of piano with HeleneTitus, will pre- sent a program in lieu of a thesis in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music degree requirements at 4:15 Tues- day afternoon, August 12, in the Rack- ham Assembly Hall. It will include compositions by Haydn, Beethoven, Hin- demith and Chopin. The public is in- vited. WASHINGTON-It has now been four months since Charles E. Wilson, former head of General Electric, resigned from his job as Defense Mobilizer, yet President Truman has done nothing about replacing him. Meanwhile, the Defense Mobilization administration has been limping along with no active head. John Steelman, White House assistant tries to handle the job with his left hand, but Steel- man, with many other duties, obviously cannot spend much time at the back-breaking job of Defense Mobilizer. Truman's failure to appoint a top executive for this vital agency has done two things: 1)'It has made the mobilization picture far less important in the eyes of Congress and the public; 2) the delay has made it more dif- ficult for Truman to get a good man for the job. In other words, the job has been down-graded and top-calabre men are not going to take over at a time when the Truman ad- ministration is on the way out. Even though Truman is exiting, however, the next six months are crucial when it comes to produc- tion. The steel strike has made the production picture even worse, and it wasn't good before. NOTE-When Wilson first resigned, the President could have picked any one of several good men as his successor-Eric Johnston, former president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Ex-Gov. Ellis Arnall, the price administrator; or Manly Fleischmann, ex-head of the National Production Authority. At this late date, however, none would take the job. -BURYING THE NEWS- THERE'S MORE TO WRITING the Washington Merry-Go-Round than just digging up the news. Sometimes you have to -dig up the news-then bury it. Last week this column was probing reports that a 3,00-ton shipment of scrap iron was en route to Canada for illegal trans- shipment to Europe. The U.S. needs all the scrap iron it can get, and this reported illegal deal seemed worth some reportorial investigation. After finish- ing this investigation and unearthing the facts, a routine phone call was made to the Commerce Department. Twenty minutes later, 9, frantic phone call came back. "We hate to ask you," said the worried commerce official, "but will you please kill that story? We want to set a trap and catch these fellows." What happened was that Secretary of Commerce Sawyer also' had been working on the case. So, at 11 a.m. one day last week, Commerce Department agents swooped down on the suspected companies-Schiavone- Bonomo Corp. of Jersey City and the Gallie Corp. of New York. Simultaneously, Canadian agents called on the International Iron and Metal Co. of Hamilton, Ont. Documents relating to the big scrap-iron shipment were seized and the scrap is being held at the Canadian port of Sorel-under government guard. If the documents reveal evidence of conspiracy to evade the ex- port laws, there will be criminal prosecution. So the story buried last week can now be unburied. * * * * --DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE-- CREDIT THE AKRON, OHIO Bar Association with distributing 45,- 000 copies of the Declaration of Independence in order to offset ignorance of the Declaration. Allen T. Simmons of WADC sparked the campaign. . . . Also credit the Madison County Abstract and Title Company with circulating 18,000 copies in Madison, Ind... . Likewise the Bank of America on the West Coast circulated several thousand copies; while the Sertoma Clubs cooperating with Gus Dietz, the patriotic Richmond, Va., printer, has helped to put out almost a million copies. .. . If the New Orleans Item and the Madison Wis., Capital Times today asked people to sign a petition embodying the essential wording of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, undoubtedly many more would be familiar with these great cornerstones of our liberties. One year ago, most of those asked to sign, refused. * * * * -WASHINGTON PIPELINE JAKE ARVEY, the Chicago political boss who led the draft-Stevenson drive,'has gone to Hollywood, allegedly for a rest. However,'his old partner, Paul Ziffron, simultaneously staged a drive against Kefauver control of the Democratic organziation in California. He failed. .. . Hollywood is putting up some big money for Eisenhower this time. Joe Schenck, movie mogul who went to jail for income-tax evasion. is one of the Ike contributors. . . . Apologies to Senator Capehart of Indiana for listing him as flying to Europe on an Air Force plane. The Air Force officially listed Capehart as taking a plane, but the Senator changed his mind, went by boat. . .. There may be two Kefauv- ers in the next Congress. Charles C. Kefauver, cousin of the Senator, is running as a Republican for the House of Representatives for the seat of GOP Massachusetts Congressman Chris Herter. . . . Tennessee cousin Estes has wished his cousin well, even though the latter is a Republican.. . . There is a lot of anti-McKinney sentiment inside the Democratic National Committee staff-particularly from the vice- chairman, Mrs. India Edwards. * 4. * * -FLYING SAUCERS-- "FLYING SAUCERS" letters pouring in on the Civil Aeronautics Ad- ministration and other agencies indicate that the American peo- ple have matured considerably since Orson Wells almost panicked the nation with his "Men from Mars" scarecast some years ago. This may be due to the many . I. ;- ,, 2 ;r 4 '1' WASHINGTON-The way both major par- ties are sniffing nervously at the civil rights issue provides the least edifying spec- tacle of this campaign. The candidates have got to decide soon just how badly they need the Negro vote, and just how far they will go to get it. President Truman himself has often said privately that the Negroes gave him the margin of victory in 1948, by voting for him in sufficient numbers to provide his slim majorities in Illinois, Ohio and California. According to the Negro lead- ers, Negroes feel even more deeply about the civil rights issue this year than in 1948, and more of them will go to the polls than ever before. There are more than 3,000,- 000 in the key Northern states which could go either way, including more than half a million in New York, more than a third of a million in Illinois and Pennsyl- vania, and well over 200,000 each in Ohio, Michigan, California and Maryland. The way Dwight D. Eisenhower and Adlai E. Stevenson deal with the civil right issue could obviously determine the outcome of a close election. Eisenhower's pre-convention campaign manager, Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge, and his allies are trying to persuade Eisen- hower to reverse himself on the issue. Al- though Eisenhower has flatly said that he opposes compulsory Federal fair employ- ment legislation, the Lodge group is will- ing to risk a public flipflop by their candi- date, because they think it will pay off in November. LODGE AND HIS ALLIES are clearly much more worried than they were in the pre- convention period, when there was talk of an Eisenhower sweep which would carry Southern Democratic states like Texas. An Eisenhower switch on civil rights would knock out his chances of winning Southern electoral votes. But Lodge now considers it But after what he has already said on the subject, it will not be easy for Eisenhower to reverse himself. Eisenhower's running mate, Sen. Richard Nixon, moreover, has repeatedly voted with the Southerners on civil rights issues. He has opposed cloture, and on the Senate's la- bor sub-committee which was considering the Humphrey-Ives fair employment bill, Nixon joined Sen. Lister Hill of Alabama in, opposing the bill. Thus, the Republican Vice- Presidential candidate would have to do a public flipflop too. The curious fact is that Stevenson's prob- lem is easier than Eisenhower's, despite the presence of Sparkman on the ticket. For the time being, Stevenson has played down the civil rights issue. Meanwhile, many Southern leaders, like Sen. Richard Russell of Georgia, Sen. A. Willis Robertson of Virginia, Gov. Hugh L. White of Mississippi, and the last into the fold, Gov. James F. Byrnes of South Carolina, are declaring for Stevenson. Ste- venson electors will appear on the ballots in these and other Southern states. * * * WITH THE SOUTH thus tidied up, Ste- venson will then be in a position to make a speech firmly favoring Federal civil rights legislation, and interpreting the Democratic civil rights plank as stronger than the 1948 plank. This is the strategy which some of those close to him are urging Stevenson td adopt. It would have been easier for Ste- venson to do so effectively, if the "liberals" at the Chicago convention had not gone a trifle mad. They made a funny issue of the seating of the Virginia and Louisiana dele- gations, talked about Stevenson as a "North- ern Dixiecrat," and pictured Sparkman as a sort of Simon Legree. Since it is no secret that Stevenson en- couraged the nomination of Sparkman whom he admires for his generally liberal record, this public spasm of the liberals in Chicago certainly complicates his problem. Student Recital: James Vandersall, violinist, will present a program in par- tial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Music degree, at 8:30 Tuesday evening, August 12, in the Rackham Assembly Hall. He will play ompositions by Tartini, Sibelips and Saint-Saens. Mr. 'Vandersall studies with Gilbert Ross. Student Recital: Roland Samber, pi- anist, will be heard at 4:15 Wednesday afternoon, August 13, in the Rackham Assembly Hall, playing a program in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Music degree. It will include works by Bach, Beethoven, Cho- pin, Granados, Ravel, and Copland, and will be open to the public. Mr. Samber is a pupil of Benning Dexter. Student Recital: Carol Tannenbaum, pianist, will be heard at 8:30 Wednesday less-provocative radio and tele- vision programs, as well as pub- lished articles on "Outer Space," plus intelligent news reporting, which has handled the flying- saucer stories with objective candor. Most editors long ago have scrapped the idea that the public is too dumb to be given all the facts. At any rate, the CAA has re- ceived no panic letters. Most of the mail is either scientific or re- ligious. A Kilgore, Tex., man wrote that the phenomena are due to our splitting of the atom. "The atomic charges are now coming back together again (in the form of flying saucers) ," he concluded. An Oklahoma City man com- pared the strange sky lights to "ignis fatuus" (foolish fire) caused by gas explosions over marshes,I while a skeptical lady from Van' Wert, Ohio, is convinced that what a lot of people mistake for flying saucers are airplane beacons. A Morgantown, W. Va., wom- an is certain, however, that the lights are a spiritual portent of the "coming of Chirst." She wrote the CAA: "The mystery can be cleared up by turning to St. Luke. chanter 21. verse 11, 01, 4 r , :ffit.f4tgMlt Daloly A 5' Sixty-Second Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. EDITORIAL STAFF Leonard Greenbaum Managing Editor Ivan Kaye and Bob Margolin "-- wmen'sEditor Nan Reganall........... 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