I PAGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY AUGUST 5, 1953 'WEAK SQUEEK NEAL': Political Expert Returns to University .... ... ... ... ... ... ..* Congress' Attainments Appraised (Continued from Page 1) __. _._. . ]IC TU E NEWS y I By FRAN SHELDON . "Weak Squeek Neal" has re- turned. * Ex-Michigamua, ex-Daily editor, ex-newspaper reporter, ex-State Department man, ex- . . . Prof. Fred Warner Neal, visiting lectur- er in the political science depart- ment has again retired to his "iv- ory tower," the University. * , * THE EASTERN European ex- pert claims that now, after nearly 20 years out of college he is in almost the same position that he held during his University career -"always in need of money and always in need of sleep." Admitting that he "spent too much of his time in extra-cur- ricular activities," he called them "a waste of time in many cases." "Although it is true that these activities are of some help to the student," it is the firm belief of Prof. Neal that they tend to "dis- tract students too much from the real point of attending a Univer- sity-the pursuit of knowledge." For this reason he said his own very active extra-curricular career was "overdone." MUNCHING A cheeseburger the "easily amused" professor explain- ed that these activities can easily "become an end in themselves and cause students to lose perspective." Too much stress he said is placed on the value such activi- ties have for the graduate. Ac- tually, any such value he called comparatively small. Following his graduation from the University, Prof. Neal embark- ed on a "long and dishonorable career in the field of journalism." Beginning with the Trans-Radio Press, continuing with the Oma- ha Heraldand the United Press, the writer was a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal at the outbreak of World War II. * * * "INCIDENTALLY, you split your infinitives terribly in a story the other day," he broke in. "When I was on the Daily . ." "During the War I was put into theNavy Air Corps-until they found out I couldn't fly. After that I was sent to Russia and Siberia to do liaison work." He stayed there until the end of the war. Self-named "professional errand boy for the State Department," Prof. Neal was in charge of or- ganizing the Voice of America broadcasts to Russia. "I didn't ask for this job," he explained "I was given it. The Voice is falling on dead ears in the Soviet Union. It is ridiculous and ineffectual. * * * "IN IRON CURTAIN countries the radio is tightly controlled and most people don't have radios any- how. In the main the only people who have radios and thus ca hear our broadcasts are the Com- munists. And in Western Europe very few listen. Why should they? They have programs of their own. Would we listen to a French broadcast of similar nature?" Born in Northville, Mich., Prof. Neal is currently on leave from the University of Colo- rado where he has spent the last two years. He has studied at Harvard as well as here on campus. Sorry that he ruined his chances for being Phi Beta Kappa by "once getting a 'D' in a course" the political expert was a Ful- -Daily-Lon Qui PROF. FRED WARNER NEAL .. : easily amused * * * * bright scholar at the University of Paris in 1950-51. * * * NOW DOING some graduate work at the University, Prof. Neal is reported to be having some dif- ficulty in remembering details in a history course. "I got a B in the last test," he admitted. Terming himself "essentially an idealist," Prof. Neal tends toward a "new isolationism." He feels that it would be better "to do nothing than what we are doing now" in our foreign po- licy. Calling it "interventionism from an isolationist point of view," he said our present policy suffers' from a "false orientation to West-I ern Europe, an area which for a brief span of time was pretty dom- inant." * * ** INSOFAR AS Western Europe is concerned, popular morale is so bad, he said, that "people won't fight, and our so-far unsuccessful attempts at rearmament of West- ern Europe are only accentuating *. * * * the conditions that make morale bad." For this reason he believes the best way to combat Communism in Western Europe would be to "drop the armament program this month, this week, today- at two o'clock." In our foreign policy he points out that we tend to ignore the ba- sic fact that "there is little about Communist ideology that is ap- pealing to masses of people. But the Communists are smart-they propose the things the people want." "THE MASSES of the people are not political. The sole aim of the Chinese peasant, for example, is to obtain rice and land. They really want this, and this can cause a revolutionary situation. "The Communists cannot create such a situation," he said. "They can only take advantage of it where one exists. Our best bet is to go in and be radicaller than hell; to outyell the Communists. That's the way to beat them." And Eisenhower will certainly have a tough time getting a re- newal of the excess profits tax, he added. "Unless they find a way to cut fat instead of muscle in slashing expenitures they will have to retain the tax structure as it is, or revise the structure completely - an embarrassing step in an election year, he com- mented. "Biggest issues are still to come," both Prof. Taylor and Prof. Grace agreed. "They have postponed most important legislature - not only taxes, but the whole farm program and reciprocal trade agreements as well, Prof. Grace added. Anoth- er big issue Prof. Taylor pointed out, is the question of power proj- ects and the Niagera Falls devel- opment. * * * PROF. BRETTON finds Con- gress' problem is that of the ma- jority party attempting to orga- nize itself to meet the responsibil- ities of government. "The death of Sen. Taft has dealt a serious blow to that organization," he said. There were all indications he was to be successful," he added. November, 1954, will be early enough to make an estimate of Re- publican performance - both of the Administration and Congress, according to Prof. Bretton. The first six months of the new Ad- ministration have been compara- tively successful, he said. An honest struggle to fulfill campaign pledges has been made, as far as has been humanly and politically possible," he said. M~SC' Confab Mleets on Kid's Recreations EAST LANSING- (P) -Police should not be required to conduct recreational programs for young- sters, a conference on problems of juvenile delinquency agreed here yesterday. The Michigan State College con- ference was jointly sponsored by the U.S. Children's Bureau and the International Association of Chiefs of Police. Police are not skilled in the field of recreation and should allow other agencies with train- ed supervisors to take over such projects, delegates said. Delegates explained all police officers handling a major share of juvenile problems should have training comparable to that given police who specialize in traffic work. The conference agreed there should be a uniform code to po- tect youngsters in trouble from undesirable newspaper publi- city. At present, delegates said, the responsibility for protecting the youngsters varies from state to state between state law, the courts and newspaper ethics. Ordinance Allows City Aid for Elms In order to help alleviate the peril of the Dutch Elm disease now threatening Ann Arbor's trees, the City Council has auth- orized the Park Department to treat or remove infected trees from private property. According to Alderman John S. Dobson, no voices have been rais- ed against the new ordinance which was passed Monday by a unanimous council vote. 'r T W O F A W N S A N D A D E A R - Sharon Hoover plays in Sanford, Fla., with two .fawns which town's zoo keeper says are doubly rare since mother gave birth to similar set a year ago. FLOWERY GEMS*-' To add to milady's charm, the floral motif in diamonds is car. ried out with water lily "appli- qued" onto skin, rose-shaped ring and "ivy" bracelet. :t 'I 'I ,;. ENVOY TO BRAZIL -James S. Kemper, of Chicago, former treasurer of Republican National Committee, has been nominated by PresidentsEisen- hower as Ambassador to Brazil. Calendar of Events REM I N D E R OF NATURE'S MI GKH T-- A youngster gazesatshuge, half-buried rock, part of earthquake and landslide which shattered town of Murchison, N., Z., some 23 years agog EVENTS TODAY PROF. ERIC HAMP of the Uni- versity of Chicago will speak on "What are the Limits of Compon- netial Analysis" at 12:10 p.m. in the dining room of the League before the Linguistics Luncheon Meeting, Drug Store Owner Dies Known to many University stu- dents frequenting Alexander Drug Store on North University St., John Byron Alexander, co-owner of the store died yesterday at St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital after a week's illness. Born fifty-one years ago in Illi- nois, Alexander graduated from the Ferris Institute of Pharmacy and came to Ann Arbor soon af- ter in 1927. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the First Me- thodist Church with the Rev. Dwight S. Large officiating. THE SPEECH ASSEMBLY will feature Prof. Claribel Baird of the speech department in a program of readings about "Shaw's Wo- men" at 3 p.m. in Rackham Am- phitheater. The program will also honor graduates of the department. PROF. George Bergmann of the State University of Iowa philosophy department w i 1 speak on "The Logic of Psy- chology" at 4 p.m. in Angell Hall, Auditorium D. "ASPECTOS CULTURALES de la region catalana" will be dis- cussed in Spanish before the So- ,iedad Hispanica by Dr. Jose Vilor- Bonet of the medical school at the University of Barcelone, Spain at 8 p.m. in the East Conference Rm. of the Rackham Bldg. * * * VERENA STELPS, Grad., will give a piano recital at 8:30 p.m. in Rackham Assembly Hall. Miss Stelps will play works of Bach, Beethoven, Ravel, and Brahms. Admission is open to the public without charge. Y PAPER OUTFIT-- Skirt and matching hat worn by model are made of woven twisted, paper yarn chemically- treated fabric which can be cleaned with a damp cloth. NATIONAL POLIO FOUNDATION: T H E Y ' R E 0 F F ! '-- Excitement of a race start is evidenced by taut strain of a dozen maiden two-year-olds breaking from the starting gate at Garden State Park, near Camden, N. J., Visitors View Respiratory Center at 'U' I lospital Respiratory equipment, p r o - grams for rehabilitation of polio victims and methods in handling the respiratory problems at the University Hospital are currently under close observation by repre- sentatives of the National Foun- dation for Infantile Paralysis. Dr. Kenneth Landauer, assist- ant manager of the National Foundation is taking a group of representatives from the Founda- tion and science writers on a tour of four of the nations ten respir- atory centers. * * * BOSTON WAS the first stop, University Hospitals on the itin- erary yesterday and today. and from here the group will go to Los Angeles and Houston, Texas. 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