TWO T HE MICHIGAN DAILY DORIS FLEESON: Stevenson Gets Picked CHICAGO-Gov. Adlai Stevenson built a better mousetrap and the Democrats are trampling him in their rush to clear a path to his door. Stevenson seems destined to make po- litical history by achieving presidential nomination strictly on his own terms. It appears that he will be the object of a genuine draft on a very early ballot. He has made no commitments to any person, state, or voting bloc. He hasn't even con- sulted the omniscient-or are they?-col- umnists. He is under no obligation to the incumbent president of his own party. Even his floor leader is being forced to volunteer his services. The politicos are plaintive and bewildered by turns. They are still confident he can catch General Eisenhower in his mousetrap, which is con- solation enough. The Governor has accomplished this without loss of dignity and with even an occasional joke at his own expense. That he will be a "strong" president if elected is hardly open to doubt. All the speculation about vice president is whistling in the dark. Governor Steven- son will be in a position, it seems, to make his choice in that matter too. He can go East, South or West from his sweetly central position in the heart of the great Midwest. All the aspirants for second place can only stand and wait, hoping they will be allowed to serve. The contrast between the situation here now and two weeks ago could hardly be more complete. General Eisenhower is a man of stature. He will run his own show when he mas- ters it. But, new to politics, he was ob- viously in the hands of his managers here. They fought a good fight for him, capital- izing fully on a moral issue the Taft forces handed them. They also, in a pro- cess of addition and subtraction, chose his vice president, Sen. Richard Nixon. In this convention, a stubborn man, wise in the ways of politics after four 4years at the helm of a great pivotal state, has per- formed "operation solo" and seems about to get away with it. The American people for their part can look forward to a campaign between two men who have no vested interest in the mis- takes of the past which they will feel bound to defend. Democrats felt reassured today when they looked at the vast hall as astutely decorated with the legends of their ac- complishments. Very few however are inclined to minimize the corruption issue and the stale winds out of Washington. They hope and believe the nomination of Stevenson will minimize these weaknesses. The temperate Stevenson influence be- came apparent early. New Dealers respond- ed by softening the rules changes they were demanding on the question of contested delegates. The Southerners were accepting such changes in part in a manner very dif- ferent from their early intransigence. As for other candidates, backers of Aver- ell Harriman and Sen. Robert Kerr admitted their wheels were spinning. Sen. Estes Ke- fauver hasn't given up, nor is he admitting that he may be making a show of strength in order to get second place on the ticket. (Copyright, 1952, by the Bell Syndicate) MATTER OF FACT By JOSEPH and STEWART ALSOP CHICAGO-Whatever happens to Averell Harriman at this convention, it is at least worth noting that his last-minute Presidential candidacy has become a re- markable phenomenon in American politics. First there is the transformation of the candidate himself. Harriman did not desire to run, preferring to support Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois; He was originally of- fered the New York delegation because Paul Fitzpatrick and the other New York lead- ers had nowhere else to store their dele- gates. He had been a great official, but he was a rank amateur in practical politics. He had the handicap of his wealth. And he was only barely able to make a coherent speech. Yet in a few short months, without any- one as yet noticing it very much, Harri- man has transformed both himself and his candidacy by sheer courage and grim de- termination. The politicians here still underrate Harriman because they have not seen him in action. But he has always had a way of learning by doing, and he has now learned to be a curiously effective cam paigner. "Gee-Ain't He Terrific!" ....K DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN E + MUSIC+ THE SECOND CONCERT by the Stanley forte or their desire. At any rate their per- Quartet again showed the musical in- formances can not be called delicate or ventiveness of the group and the high ar- frail. tistic calibre of their programs. Opening This energetic and vigorous quality was with the familiar "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik," clearly demonstrated in tlhe Beethoven, Serenade in G, by Mozart, they achieved a and also in the Bartok first quartet which high level of preformance which was main- concluded the program. The work of Bar- talned throughout the whole concert. tok's'surely evidences the romantic tradi- Ths particular Mozart, a work of utmost tion from which he was to turn away, but Ths artcula Moarta wrk o utost it also contains the motor rhythm and in- lyric simplicity, exemplifies the crystal- tensity of expression which he would pur- lized classic structure of which Mozart suein later works. Both the Beethoven was the acknowledged master. The in- and Bartok interpretations were dynamic, terpretation, however, was a change from and as such both attentively conveyed the the usual, but certainly a not unwelcome respective meanings of the two works. change. The performing medium was a I have never heard the Stanley play music string quintet rather than a string orches- of the latter half of the 19th century (the- tra, and there was emphasis on individ- greater and more illustrious part of quartet uality of line instead of a cohesion or literature is not from this period anyway), oneness in ensemble. Thus the work be- nor have I heard them perform much music gre orerhybust andrie.Ipossesusdaned of more placid and less dramatic nature. graterhyhissmimriestoss wenedre But if all their performances are imbued tality which is sometimes lest when there with the same vitality and energy, from is too much emphasis on a perfection or which springs the source of the musical unity of parts. instinct, then they certainly will fulfill the The second work, Beethoven's opus 95, performer's role in the "musical experience" is an experimental work, bringing the gap with the discriminating and sensitive in- between the composer's so-called second and sight it demands. third periods. Nonetheless it is neither weak structurally nor dissatisfying emotively. It A SMALL BUT extraordinarily enthusias- is an intense, dynamic Beethoven exploiting tic audience witnessed last night a pro- greater contrasts between the lyric and dra- gram of saxophone solos by Dwight Dailey. matic than he had done before, and weav- The saxophone, a recent addition to the ing a still more virtuostic and compact family of musical instruments, possesses quartet texture. Here the Stanley showed neither the versatility and consistency of unity of ensemble; the drama that was Bee- tone of its older, tried and true relatives, thoven's intention was given real substance, nor has it their wealth of literature, as was I feel that the quartet is at its best when shown by last night's use of transcriptions. it can display its vigor. They are a group Although performed well, the main interest of extreme energy and drive, and though of the recital lay in the novelty of the they are capable of subtle nuance, as in the medium, rather than the music which was Milhaud of two weeks ago, this type of un- for the most part second rate. dynamic music seems neither to be their Donald Harris DRAMA On the stump, he still stumbles. But he has acquired a remarkable knack of convey- ing passionate sincerity and strong emo- tion, which very few other politicians have. s e" PRESIDENT TRUMAN is credited with the remark that "You can't make a bare- foot boy out of Ave'rell," but the sincerity and emotion Harriman achieves can still be singularly effective. His people here have a recording of a speech he made in Colorado which they play to doubters. Even the re- cording was good enough to change the view of Sen. Hubert Humphrey, no mean plat- form speaker and a not insignificant per- sonage at this convention, that Harriman would never catch the popular imagination in an electoral campaign.' Besides achieving this odd style that alternates Franklin Roosevelt's organ tones and his own hesitant honesty, Harriman has also managed to inspire a remarkable loyalty and devotion in his little band of supporters. The whole Harriman show looks like a youth movement, which is odd in itself in the rather tired Democratic party.0 The older liberal Democrats are still hop- ing for Adlai Stevenson. But Harriman has attr cted to himself an extraordinarily high proportion, if not of the ripe wisdom, of at least the genuine faith and idealism in his party. Whether or not you agree with the views prevalent in Harriman headquarters, it is a rather cheering place to be, if only as proof that idealism still fluorishes in odd corners of our political life, and that there are some people left who are not against cynics or hopeful payrollers. Perhaps this is because Harriman, the richest man in public life, seems to be about the last Democrat who really believes in the New and Fair Deals. **. . THEN, TOO, there is great interest, again whether you approve of it or not, in the underlying Harriman strategy. This strategy is based upon a simple copputation. A check of the elections from 1932 onward shows that the whole Southern electoral vote could have gone to the Republicans every time except 1948, and the Democratic party would still have won every time by majorities ranging from 133 electoral -'otes in 1936 to 39 electoral votes in 1944. Further- more if the Wallace Progressives had not drawn votes from the Democrats in New York and other Northern States, the Dem- ocrats could have lost the whole South and still won even in 1948. Since Harriman and his supporters ar- gue that the Democratic future depends apon a clear progressivism, a firm rejec- tion of all compromises with the Southern conservatives. And it must be said that the arguments sound convincing when you hear Harriman, pale, rather gaunt, yet full of vigor, expounding his thesis in his low-voiced, intense way. Harriman's trouble is, meanwhile, that he has got to convince this convention, which will take a lot of doing. His favorite anec- dote these days is a quotation from Wood- row Wilson. According to Harriman, Wil- son once remarked that there were always more liberals than conservatives, but that the liberals marched to their objectives alone and apart, so that the conservatives, who al- ways stuck together, were generally able to pick off the liberals one by one. In the present case, Harriman's chances= would look much better if, for example, he could form a combination with Sen. Estes Kefauver. Sen. Humphrey has sought to arrange just such a combination. But Kefauver, after his hard fight, was not willing to consider second place; and neither was Harriman. Thus all the Harri- man leaders are now awaiting the word of the President. Truman encouraged the Harriman candidacy. He has more than once stated to Harriman that he meant to support him. If the President is faith- ful to his moral obligation, Harriman will have Truman's support. But again the trouble ia that the exnert 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 Department of Astronomy, Visitors' Night, Friday, July 25, 8:30 p.m. Dr. Leo Goldberg will speak on "The Milky Way." After the illustrated lecture in 3017 Angell Hall, The Students' Ob- servatory on the fifth floor will be open for telescopic observation of a star clus- ter and 'a double star, if the sky is clear, or for inspection of the telescopes and planetarium, if the sky is cloudy. Chil- dren are welcomed, but must be ac- companied by adults. The Fresh Air Camp Clinic will be held at the camp on Patterson Lake, Friday, July 11, at 8:00 p.m. Dr. Rab- inovitch, Assoc. Prof.., of Psychiatry: in charge of Children's Service, Neuro- psychiatric Institute, will be the dis- cussant. The Summer School council in con- nection with the Women's League is holding duplicate bridge sessions every Thursday evening from 7:30 p.m. on Try to bring your own partner. The room will be posted in the League. North Michigan College of Education, Marquette: Alumni and friends, league cafeteria-Saturday, 5:00 p.m. Watch League Bulletin for room assignments for evenings get-together. The Artist's Viewpoint including "The City" (Museum of Modern Art), paint- ings from the Whitney Museum of American Art and works from the Per- manent Collection. Museum of Art Galleries, Alumni Memorial Hall. Week- days, 9-5, Sundays, 2-5. The public is welcome. 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The New York Stat Civil Service Commission has announced examina- tions open to the public to be held on September 27, 1952, for the following positions: Librarian, senior and as- sistant Architecture and Engineering, six different positions; Stenography and Clerical Work, four different positions; Physical Education, Recreation .Super- visor and Recreation Instructor, and Assistant Recreation Instructor and Senior Occupational Therapist (Mental Hygiene); Job Training Representative; Land and Claims Adjuster; and other miscellaneous jobs. The George F. "Alger Company, De- troit, Michigan, has an immediate need for an accountant. This is a large truck- ing concern and the work would be in the comptroller's office. Require- ments are business administration and accounting background, and company wants tn oni a nr.nn not nnm.. 5 p.m., West Conference room, Rackham Building. Conference on Housing the Aging. The Problem. 10:00 a.m. Rackham Am- phitheater. Living Arrangements for Older People. Groups A and B. 1:30 p.m., Rackham Amphitheater and As- sembly Hall. Lecture on Problems of Hydrodynam- ic Stability. Professor C. C. Lin of the Massachusetts Institute of Technolo- gy will lecture at 4 o'clock p.m., July 24, in Room 1504 of East Engineering Building. Physics Colloquim. East Conference Room, Rackham Bldg. Professor Harold H. Nielsen will give two lectures on "Infrared Spectra and the Structure of Molecules," the first on Thursday, July 24, at 7:30 p.m., and the second on Monday July 28 at 7:30 p.m. Academic Notices Orientation Seminar: Thursday, July 24, at 3 p.m., in Room 3001. A.H. Miss LaSalle will speak on "Quarterions as Rotations." Seminar in Mathematical Statistics: Thursday, July 24, at 4 p.m., in Room 3201 Angell Hall. Mr. Royston will be the speaker. Concerts The University Summer Session Band will be joined by the Cass Tech High SchoolB ond in the presentation of a joint outdoor concert "On The Mall" (the steps of the Rackham Building) on Thursday, July 24, at 7:30 p.m. In addition to Dr. Wm. D. Reveui, regu- lar conductor of the Summer Session Band, there will be three guest con- ductors: Mr. Paul Yoder, Mr. James Neilson,eand Mr. Harry Beglan. The combined bands will also be acompa- nied by Prof. Percival Price on the carillon in three numbers. In case of rain the concert will be presented on the same evening at 8:30 instead of 7:30 P.M. in Hill Auditorium. The highlights of the program are: "Funiculi Funicula" ........ by Denza "Slavonic Rhapsody No. 1" ... -. ......... .. by Friedma.nn "Newsreel"...........by W. Schuman "Marcho Scherzo'....... by D. Moore "The Great Gate of Kiev" from Pictures at an Exibition - .-.s....by Moussorgsky "The Coronation Scene from Boris Godounow .. by Moussorgsky "The Bells of St. Mary's" . by Adams The Cass Technical High School Band will present a concert as a feature of the Band Conductors' Workshop on Thursday, July 24, at 3:00 p.m. in Hill Auditorium. Mr. Harry Gegian will con- duct the band in the following num- bers: "Perpetuum Mobile"....... by Bohm "Moreau Symponique" . . by Guilmant a Trombone solo "Stepping Out" from An American Week-Ead ............. by Morrissey "Three Trumpeters" .... by Agostini a Trumpet trio "Nocturne" from Two American Sketches .............. by Grissile "Etude for Clarinet".........by Rose "A Manx Overture" ........ by Wood "Andrea Chner" Excerpts .............by Giordano Marches: "Colossus of Columbia" ........... by Alexander and "Emblem of Unity .. by Richards Thursday, July 24 Band Conductors Workshop. Morning sessions, Hill Auditorium. "The Foot- ball Band," Frank Piersol, Iowa State College, and Jack Lee, University of Michigan, 8:00 a.m.; "The Ear and Mu- sic," Earle L. Kent, C. G. Conn, Ltd.. 9:30 a.m.; "How to Record Your Band Under School Auditorium Conditions," Eugene Carrington, Allied Radio Cor- poration, 10:30 a.m. Arranging for the School Band, 1:00 p.m. Hill Auditorium. Student Recital: Paul Willwerth, cor- netist, will present a recital in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Music degree at 3:00 Fri- day afternoon, July 25, in Hill Audi- torium. A pupil of Clifford Lilya, Mr. Willwerth will play compositions by Pllss, Jean Jean, Chapuis, Montbrun,, Katz, and Handel. The general public is invited. Student Recital: Elizabeth Woldt, violist, will present a program in par- tial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Music degree at 8:30 Friday evening, July 25, in the Architecture Auditorium. A pupil of Robert Courte, Miss Woldt will play compositions by Mozart, Telemann, Hindemith, and Milhaud. Her recital will be open to the public. THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1952 ii ON THE { WASHEINGTON ME1IRLY-GO-HOUNb WITH DREW PEARSON CHICAGO-The inside story of Adlai Stevenson's tortuous trail toward the Democratic presidential nomination can now b told for the first time. Inside fact is that Stevenson stayed in the background, for two basic reasons: He wanted an absolutely free hand, did not want to be the handpicked stooge of the big city bosses. He did not and does not want to be Truman's man. His private opinion is that Truman is a political albatross around any Demo- crat's neck. That was why the Illinois Governor grimly fought off the en- treaties of Illinois political boss Jake Arvey, that he announce his candidacy. Such a move, he knew, would have made Arvey the big wheel of any Stevenson-for-president drive. He also gently rebuffed all pressure from the White House, deliberately scorned a White House blessing. During a series of conferences with a White House adviser two months ago, Stevenson laid down five basic conditions under which he would consider running. They were aimed to discourage Truman, as follows: 1-That he, Stevenson, have the right to name his own campaign manager. 2-That he have the right to name his own chairman of the Democratic National Committee. 3-That the Democratic platform be cleared with him before presentation to the convention. 4-That President Truman agree to campaign only when- ever and wherever Stevenson wanted him to. 5-That President Truman agree to clear all speeches during the campaign with Stevenson in advance of delivery. Stevenson also asked that he have the power to pass on his own vice-presidential running mate. He also wanted the White House emissary to be very careful not to consult with Jake Arvey on any of the above. HARRY GETS SORE WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMAN heard Stevenson's conditions, he hit the ceiling. Stevenson's attitude, he exploded was a personal affront, particularly when it came to clearing presidential speeches with a candidate. "I'm President," Truman said, "and I owe that fact to no one, including Adlai Stevenson. I'm not going to clear my speeches with a living soul. "What's more," Truman added, "I'll speak whele I darned well want to speak and when I want to speak. I fought the '48 campaign out alone and I can fight this one out alone too if I have to." As a result of Truman's reaction, Stevenson climbed back into his shell,'refused to commit himself further on the nomina- tion. As a result, also, Truman put Stevenson in the same dog- house that Truman already erected to hold another leading Dem- ocratic -candidate-Sen. Estes Kefauver. Stevenson's stirring speech to the opening of the Democratic convention brought his candidacy to life with a bang. It will be inter- esting to see whether the President and his cronies now gang up on Stevenson the way they have on Kefauver. LABOR LEADERS END BARKLEY HOPES THE MOST PATHETIC meeting of the entire Democratic conven- tion occurred not in a smoke-filled room but in Room 709 of the Blackstone Hotel during a breakfast between Vice President Alben Barkley and eight Labor leaders. The meeting was called by friendly mutual agreement and was attended by Walter Reuther, head of the United Auto Work- ers, George Harrison, head of the AFL Railway Clerks, Cy Ander- son of Railway Labor's Political League and Jack Kroll, head of the CIO Political Action Committee. Barkley came without an aide or assistant. He said he wanted to talk to the Labor leaders alone. At the start of the breakfast, the Vice President made a long and empassioned plea for Labor support. He told of his long record of fighting liberal causes, how he had always championed Labor. He reviewed his own voting record on civil rights and social legislation. The Labor leaders listened carefully but before he finished they knew they would have to tell him they could not support him. They couldn't break the old man's heart by telling him the truth-that, at 74, he was too old, that he couldn't be elected. They tried to let him down gently. Kroll pointed out that Barkley was getting into the race at a very late date and much of Labor's support was already pledged to Harri- man or Kefauver. Furthermore, he said that labor could not take some of the personalities who had climbed aboard the Barkley band- wagon. He specifically mentioned Jim Farley, though the Labor lea- ers also had in mind reports that General Motors was secretly pushing Barkley with the idea that he would be one Democrat who would insure an easy Eisenhower victory. The Labor men knew that Barkley's record was good, and they admired it. Bt t they also knew that no man of 74 could win, and they were determined that a Democrat be nominated with a chance to win. Later, Reuther put it to Barkley as gently as possible. "Mr. Vice President," he said, "we have nothing against you. We admire you andar efor you personally. But the trouble is that you're being used." As the meeteing broke up, they could see that the old man's eyes began to fill with tears. After years of battling for the party, years of working for New Deal legislation in congress, after hundreds of speeches he made at Jackson Day . *1 4 I A 4 4 At Lydia Mendelssohn . . WINTERSET, by Maxwell Anderson. Pre- sented by the Department of Speech. PROBABLY the most impressive artistic by-product of the Sacco-Vanzetti Case, this play remains the single successful at- tempt in American drama to cast contem- porary tragedy in classic terms and in poetic form. With it Anderson corroborates the Greek conclusion that drama is to be found in the single, sensitive man's struggle against the indifferent forces which shape his life. Grafted onto this, in the Anderson play, is an Elizabethan reassurance that man, at least before he is infected by the vices of this world, has some virtue to him. Even as he goes down, the tragic hero finds victory by persisting in his resistance. Man, in Win- terset, is noble only in his youth. After that he must either die or conform. The poetry of Winterset is often beau- tiful. Its construction is simple and spare, and its characters move rigidly but log- ically in their places with that pattern of inevitability which is the mark of tragedy. In its production of Winterset, the Speech Department meets with, at best, only indif- ferent success. This is mostly because of a monotonous mediocrity of performance: only ftf![A.C n ....C .oa - 4--_ the articulate and disenchanted Mio Ro- magna, Donald Kleckner once in a while achieves poetry but is more often merely histrionic. As Trock Estrella, Ted Heusel is curt and ominous. The best sustained per- formance is that of Dan Mullin, the Elwood P. Dowd of two weeks ago. Mr. Mullin does the mad Judge Gaunt with a kind of de- tached unreality that invests his maunder- ings about the function of the law with gen- uine satire. The remainder of the cast, however, moves as in'a grade-B thriller, without conviction or consciousness. And as an unfortunate result, the audience often re- ceives as 'comic relief' scenes which are far from that. It is as though this entire production of Winterset were being treated as one deals with a period piece: as an exercise in 'drama', without importance or immediacy, and with only a kind of historical interest. It has a great deal more of substance to it than that. -W. J. Hampton AMVERICANS who look forward each sum- mer to a prolonged feast of native corn can rejoice that this year the season has been extended by the length of two con- ventions. dinners throughout the country, Alben Barkley had hoped that his great ambition to be President of the United States might be ful- filled. But now it appeared dashed to pieces just on the brink of victory. * * * INSIDE ADLAI GOVERNOR Stevenson's son, Borden Stevenson, has been secretly working to draft his fath- er. Borden is at the "draft Stev- enson" headquarters run by a group or University of Chicago professors at the Conrad Hilton Hotel-Washington Lawyer George Ball flew to Chicago just before the convention opened with a round-robin plea to the Illinois governor from a number of Stev- enson's former colleagues in the New Deal . . . The University of Chicago volunteer "draft Steven- son" team spent less than $7,000 stirring up their drive. 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