PAGE TWO THE MICHIGAN DAILY SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1953 I _______________________________________________________ I I The Tax Squabble AN unprecedented parliamentary move to force through a continuation of the ex- cess profits tax until December of this year has been termed be Representative Daniel Reed of New York, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, as destructive of "the very foundations of our represen- tative system of government." In a move of desperation the President and his congressional leaders were forced to go over Reed's head and ask the Rules Com- mittee to approve a compromise bill extend- ing the tax, introduced by Rep. Sadlak of Conn. This procedure has never been used before in a revenue bill. It was the New Yorker's steadfast refusal to allow the issue to be voted. on by the elect- ed representatives of the people which has brought about the present crisis. tee Chairman Leo Allen Ever since Eisenhower in his State of the Union Message first declared that balancing the. budget would have to come before tax cuts it has become clear that the budget could not possibly be balanced this year or next, if increases in the temporary corpora- tion excess profits and personal income taxes were allowed to expire by the end of this month. One by one some of the most conserva- tive of the Republican Congressional lead- ers, Senators Taft and Bridges, Rep. Charles Halleck and finally Rules Com- mittee Chairman Leo Allen have gone along with this view. Their position grad- ually changed from, one of hoping to end personal income tax increases (scheduled I U J E ENrT to expire on Dec. 31) along with excess profits taxes on June 30, to a decision to extend both taxes to the end of the year. But Reed in the interests of "Representa- tional government" and because "I know I am right" has refused to allow even a pre- liminary discussion of the excess profits tax extension in his committee. He has at the same time refused to listen to all arguments against his own bill for early expiration of income taxes. The Rules committee at its meeting Thursday voted to kill his bill. But while the situation at the present time looks like a major virtory for Eisen- hower, one of the few he has achieved since the opening of this session of con- gress it is doubtful whether the setting up of so drastic a precedent will meet with house approval. Congressman are justifi- ably reluctant to give the already over- powerful Rules Committee the ability to disregard a position taken by any one of the other standing committees. It is regretable that Reed has placed his colleagues in such a prediciment, by refus- ing to yield to pressures from Republican Leaders and two pelsonal appeals from the President. Many congressmen may find themselves voting against a bill whose neces- sity they clearly see. It is paradoxical that Reed, who stead- fastly refused to let other members of the house express their opinion on the tax issue through a vote, should now be joining many of them in objecting to a parliamentary move which it can be argued obstructs "our representative system of government." -Phyllis Lipsky MAOVIES The hero of the Allied Artists is once more Richard Carlson, who seems to have involved himself in a number of these stereoscopic ventures lately. As a whole, he is not a very good actor, even under the best circumstances. Veronica Hurst moves nicely down the dank staircases and handles a British accent with some aplomb. The production has been "designed" and direct- ed by William Cameron Menzies, a man whose talents all seem to lie in the ar- rangement of decor and assorted castle entrapments. Even then, however, his hor- ror is somewhat anemic; at least, thefright- wigs and inflated circus-parade faces of his werewolves are not precisely original gim- micks in the transmission of terror. Totally apart from the consideration of this movie, it has been revealed that the public pays a higher admission fee to see the stereoscopic film not for any enlarge- ment of profit to the immediate exhibitor, but because of the expense of providing the polaroid glasses with which the pic- tures are viewed. The resultant squeeze, operating on the exhibitorsuand inevit- ably on the patrons means, of course, that unless the 3-D picture gets better fast, it Is only a matter of time before the opera- tion collapses under its own weight. The polaroid abuses, block-booking, other de- structive consequences of the national dis- tributional monopolies are mainly respon- sible for the poor selection of movies at the commercial houses lately. The public can only hope that it is dark- est before the dawn, and that the 3-D "wide screen" revolution scheduled for fall will save things before the price squeezes smother everything. -Bill Wiegand A Defense of Miss Snead WOULD LIKE to defend Miss Snead. Miss Snead is a teacher. She teaches grade school arithmetic and geogrophy, high school English, history and civics courses. She gives the students the what of Julius Caesor and a list of Latin verbs; she teach- es children to pledge allegiance to the flag. Now, many of us in college find that there is more to the world than a combination of whats. There is a thinking attitude that is so important to learn and which is sadly slighted on the secondary education level. We find in a matter of a few years just what should have been taught us in grade and high school, and we criticize Miss Snead for her failure to make us think. By making this criticism of our pre- vious education, we are suddenly finding ourselves capable of analyzing things, of finding out more than just lists of facts and information without reasons behind them, but we are not willing to give Miss Snead the credit for any of our suddenly discovered knowledge. But this newly found ability has a background; Miss Snead has accomplished something, des- pite her shortcomings. The failure of a sound basic education at the high school and grade school level seems not to lie entirely with the Miss Sneads whereever they may be. The teacher is a represenattive of the community, and she has a responsibility to the community which puts pressure on her to teach a cer- tain way, even to teach certain things. Dis- torted history, blind patriotism, these are admittedly a part of secondary education today, but because of a bit less academic freedom today than some years back, Miss Snead's community decides that a particu- lar interpretation of history is most suitable for innocent youngsters in her classes. Con- stant probing by Congressional investiga- tions scare Miss Snead more than they do even college students. Inadequate libraries cannot be attri- buted to the "unthinking, uncaring mind" of Miss Snead, for her local Board of Edu- cation decides book-buying policy, and investigations committees decide book- burning policy. The shell education received in high school needs deeper analysis than putting the bur- den of poorly educated pupils on Miss Snead. She certainly seems to be making an efort. Instead, the social system surrounding the educational system would merit the sugges- gested examination. -Pat Roelofs DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN I U.S. Population Continues Rapid Growth, Survey Says ' 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 preceeding publication (be- fore 11 a.m. on Saturday). SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1953 Vol. LXII, No. 5S Notices English Department Graduate Pre- t the Michigan.. .. THE MAZE, with Richard Carlson IT HAS SEEMED for quite a few months now that the quality of the three-dimen- sional movie had nowhere to go but up. Allied Artists, an outfit of uncertain lineage, however, has crossed up the law of averages and proved that an extra. dimension still continues the best bet for assuring extra boredom. Hard as it is to believe, "The Maze" is probably the worst of the 3-D moviies so far. Dressed as a Gothic tale of terror, it trails its dismal way through the halls and avenues of a Scottish castle inhabited by a mysterious "something" that clanks its chains in an upstairs room after dark- ness falls. The identiy of the monster is apparently well-known to the erstwhile master of the manor and his two faith- ful lackeys; but this trio is dumbfounded Into grim silence when anybody brings up the subject. Among the curious are the fiancee of the young master and her old aunt. They are locked in their rooms at night, told that they must positively not look in "the maze," where the nosy cleaning woman vanished, and other such. In the best traditions of Gothic heroines, however, their persistence is eventually rewarded with a healthy encounter with the monster who seems considerably more frightened of them than he was of the cleaning woman. Without revealing the sacrosanct denouement, it can be re- ported that the curse of Craven Castle turns out to be considerably less trying than all the specious mugging of the people concerned might have led one to believe. Architecture Auditorium SEVEN SINNERS, with Marlene Diet- rich, John Wayne, Broderick Crawford, Mischa Auer. THE PRODUCERS seem to have been con- tent to leave "The Seven Sinners" a minor picture, though there is much to it that might have helped to make it a major one. Aside from the spectacular and really exciting brawling, and the antics and in- volvements of the right and left hand men Surrounding Marlene, that is, Broderick Crawford and Mischa Auer, there is the eternal Dietrich herself, as an ace. Here too she is an angel of sin, an open-eyed and mascaraed beauty who knows how to move every limb and muscle to secure the most luxuriously feminine effects, and who has been around and knows the score, yet who remains carefree, uncynical, and aris- tocratic. Despite the excellent supports and some mighty fine moments, the audience is more than likely to sympathize with flus- tered and complaining Billy Gilbert, who is always a step or so behind his emotions, and who good naturedly but bewilderedly tries to find out who is boss, and never knows. He noses the important question near the beginning-is Dietrich the siren night club singer "too much?" Can she and the United States Navy live together? The producers don't seem to be sure, and this may leave the audience taking a different vew frowmes. Yftterpl'etih9 the lk' :1 -EMA or ill is exceedingly great, and that men must take careful heed of her, and pro- nounce quarantines on her, though they really mean on thmeselves; and if it takes the full authority of the Navy to prevent a beautiful woman from capturing its out- standing officers (though one, John Wayne, grows up slightly in the process) -then it is indeed unfortunate that the Navy be cast in the role of a priggish counselor who represents the interests of the proud mothers and their plain daugh- ters-thus having its masculinity wholly apronstringed, away from Woman, and to the small minded women. John Wayne, who represents the Navy, is an American style, broadshouldered, smil- ing, "quiet man." He is not inadequate for the part, moreover, and his strength and courtesy equip him for becoming either the perfect husband for the lucky female, or else the perfect fighter, competent but clean, in a showdown for the honor of his country and corps. And yet in the film something goes wrong; the characters are too good for the code, and the ending has to be manipulated. He must become a mir- acle man to escape the clutches both of love and of death, so that he can keep faith with his admiral ancestors. Oscar Homolka, the villain, gives him a run for his money, though. And the flame lit by Marlene, attracting most of the mosquitoes of the south Pacific, cannot be quenched so easily. A picture By J. M. ROBERTS JR. Associated Press News Analyst FRANCE has chosen a wealthy manufac- turer to get her out of the mire of tax timidity and over spending and to represent her at the Bermuda conference. French sources in the United States ad- mitted yesterday that it was regrettable that France should be represented at this moment by a premier who is virtually un- known in international affairs. They pointed out, however, that though most of his government connections have been minor, he has been a member of Par- liament for more than 20 years and is not inexperienced. Amercian observers, too, were quick to note that Joseph Laniel has been closely as- sociated with Foreign Minister George Bi- dault for many years, and that Bidault was expected to succeed himself in the new Cab- inet. This was accepted as a token of con- tinuity in foreign policy, as was Laniel's out- line of his plans before the Assembly which. gave him a nice majority in approving him for the task of creating a new cabinet. Laniel was vague, but did mention ratifi- cation of the European defense treaties as part of his program. However, he still pre- dicates it on a solution of the Saar dispute, with Germany and closer ties between Brit- ain and the new army of unity. Foreign, policy, however, was not upper- most in the minds of the French Parlia- ment. Laniel's job is to stop the downward glide of the franc, present an acceptable tax program in a country where no tax program is ever acceptable for very long, and bring government expenditures near- er into line with revenue. Under the constitution, another Cabinet crisis will result in dissolution of Parliament and an election. That would put many mem- bers in danger of their jobs. And it would further disturb the economic situation. Peace and Mobilization T ALK of an irresistable "demobilization" movement in the event of a Korean truce similar to the "bring the boys home" move- ment at the end of the second world war comes at a time when the Office of Defense Mobilization is reorganizing and stripping down its bureau for the task of providing the industrial economy with both the tools and the plans for waging a potential World War III. One high ranking Pentagon official has predicted that the sentiment for "bringing the boys home" will overwhelm the Penta- liminary Examinations. The examina- tions will be given this summer in the following order: The Beginnings to 1550, July 18; 1550-1750, July 22; 1750- 1950, July 25; American Literature, July 29. All persons planning to take any of the examinations should notify the Secretary of the Graduate Commit- tee, R. C. Boys, 2622 Haven Hall, as soon as possible. Saturday, July 4, is an official holiday. Classes will be held as usual on Friday, July 3. Tryouts for Tales of Hoffman: This afternoon, from 2 to 4 o'clock, in Bar- bour Gymnasium Dance Room, there will be tryouts for girl dancers for the Speech Department-Music School pro- duction of "Tales of Hoffman" to be presented August 6, 7, 8, and 10. Some previous training is necessary. Bring practice clothes. Chorus for "Tales of Hoffman," first meeting, 7 p.m., (Monday, June 29), Room 214 Hill Auditorium. All interest- ed students are welcome. Season tickets for the Department of Speech summer plays are available at the Lydia Mendelssohn box officedai- ly from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. The sum- mer play schedule includes THE MAD- WOMAN OF CHAILLOT, July 1-4; KNICKERBOCKER HOLIDAY, July 8- 11; THE COUNTRY GIRL, July 22-25; PYGMALION, July 29-August 1; and THE TALES OF HOFFMANN, produced with the-School of Music, August 6, 7, 8, and 10. Season tickets are $6.00- $4.74-$3.25. Tickets for individual per- formances go on sale June 29. All per- formances are at 8:00 p.m. The League offers lessons in bridge from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. every Tuesday until July 29. The fee will be $3.00sa REGISTRATION OF SOCIAL EVENTS Social events sponsored by student organizations at which both men and women are to be present must be ap- proved by the Dean of Students. Appli- cation forms and a copy of regulations governing these events may be secured in the Office of Student Affairs, 1020 Administration Building. Requests for approval must be submited to that of-. flee no later than noon of the Mon- day before the event is scheduled. A list of approved social events will be published in the Daily Official Bulletin on Thursday of each week. Exchange and Guest Dinners may be held in organized student residences (operating a dining room) between 5:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. for weekday dinners and between 1 pm. and 3 p.m. for Sunday dinners. These events must be an- nounced to the Office of Student Af- fairs at least one day in advance of the scheduled date. Guest chaperons are not required. Calling Hours for Women in Men's Residences. In University Men's Resi- dence Halls, daily between 3 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.; Nelson International House, Fri- day, 8 p.m.-12 p.m.; Saturday 2:30 p.m.- 5:30 p.m. and from 8 p.m.-12 p.m.; Sun- day, 1 p.m.-10:30 p.m. This privilege ap- plies only to casual calls and not to planned parties. Women callers in men's residences are restricted to the main floor of the residence. Lectures Conference of American and Canadian Slavicists today, 9:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m., 7:30 p.m., East Conference Room, Rackham Building. Conference on Functions of a Com- plex Variable, 10:00 a.m. today Mr. C. Loewner will talk on "Semi-groups of Conformal Mappings." At 11:15 Mr. W. Kaplan will talk on "Curve-families and Reimann Surfaces" and at 11:45 Mr. C. J. Titus will talk on "Combinatorial Conditions that a Closed Curve be the Image of the Boundary of the Disk under a Light Inferior Mapping." West Conference Room, Rackham Bldg. On Monday, June 29, Mr. L. Sario will speak on "Some Extremal Problems on Riemann Surfaces," at 10:00 a.m. and at 11:15 Mr. P. Rosembloom will speak on "Polynominals in the Com- plex Domain. I. Distribution of Values." West Conference Room, Rackham Building. Monday, June 29. Symposium on X- Ray Diffraction. Dr. P. P. Ewald of the Arnn ,..,-- A nl ..nn -n -,- Tn --22.-- .rill of Physics, George Washington Uni- versity, will speak on "Evolution of Stars and Galaxies" at 2:00 p.m., June 29, in room 1400 Chemistry Building. Monday, June 29, 4:00 p.m. Auditor- ium B, Angell Hall. Conference of Eng- lish Teachers. The Place of Visual Arts in the Classroom will be the topic of Thelm McCandles, Associatiop Profes- sor of English, Michigan State Normal College. Dr. Robert S. C. Levens, Professor of Classics, Oxfor University, will lecture at 4:15 p.m. M ay, June 29. in Audi- torium A, An Hall.H is topic will be "Plato and Aristotle as Critics." Academic Notices Graduate Students expecting to re- ceive the master's degree in August, 1953, must file a diploma application with the Recorder of the Graduate School by Monday, June 29. A student will not be recommended for a degree unless he has filed formal application in the office of the Graduate School. Meeting for Students in Business Ed- ucation: West Conference Room, Rack- ham Building, Monday June 29, 7 to 9. Come and meet the faculty and fellow teachers. Social get-together for summer ses- sion students interested in Industrial Education, Tuesday evening June 30, at 8 p.m. in the West Conference Room of the Rackham Building. Concerts Student Recital. James Berry, pianist, will be heard in a recital at 8:30 Mon- day evening, June 29, in the Rackham Assembly Hall. It will include works by Respighi, Mozart, Chopin, and Shu- bert and will open to the general pub- lic. It is being played in partial fulfill- ment of the requirements for the de- gree of Master of Music. Mr. Berry is a pupil of Joseph Brinkman. Faculty Concert. Emil Raab, violinist, and Benning Dexter, pianist, of t1e School of Music faculty, will be heard at 8:30 Tuesday evening, June 30, in the Rackham Lecture Hall. Their pro- gram will include Beethoven's Sonata in G, Op. 96. Stravinsky's Duo Concert- ant, and Faure's Sonata in A, Op. 13. It will be open to the general public without charge. Student Recital. Nancy Wright, stu- dent of piano with Joseph Brinkman, will play a recital in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music at 8:30 Wednesday eve- ning, July 1, in the Rackham Assembly Hall. Her program will include works by Bach, Dello Joio and Chopin, and will be open to the public. Exhibitions Museum of Art. Museum collections. General Library. Best sellers of the twentieth century. Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. Gill- man Collection of Antiquities of Pales- tine. Museums Building, rotunda exhibit. Modern Mexican village ceramics. Michigan Historical Collections. Mich- igan, year-round vacation land. Clements Library. The good, the bad, the popular. Law Library. Elizabeth II and her empire. Architecture Building. Lithographs by students of the College of Architecture and Design. Events Today Motion Picture, auspices of the sL Cinema Guild. "Seven Sinners." 7:00 and 9:00 p.m., Architecture Auditorium. Reception for Foreign Students, aus- pices of the International Center. 8:00 p.m., Rackham Assembly Hall. Coming Events Sunday, June 28: Services in the Ann Arbor Churches. Presbyterian Summer Student . Fel- lowship meets at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, June 28, at the church for a picnic sup- per, followed by a discussion of The Christian Imperative expressed through church music, led by Professor James Wallace. sn d.A J ne 2- University Lutheran By WARREN BENNETT AP Newsfeatures Staff Writer THE POPULATION of the Uni- ted States has been growing 16 per cent faster in the last sev- eral years than in the decade bey. fore the 1950 census. This trend knocks into a cocked hat the dire predictions prevalent some years ago that America was heading for a stationary or even a declining population by about 1980. A new survey by the Census Bureau estimates the total U.S. population in July, 1952 at 156,- 981,000-an increase of 5,802,000 over April, 1950. That is an in- crease of 1.71 per cent a year, et4TO THE EDITOR Raps Wheat Bill .*. To the Editor: MS 1 25: viously States gift as an excellent step in American foreign policy. On the surface that is true; millions of the world's inhabitants will con- tinue to see Uncle Sam as Santa Claus despite the difference in whiskers and weight. But I would like to point out that for two rea- sons it is not only a shortsighted but also an unkind act. First of all there is the matter of its benefit to Pakistan. Cer- tainly it will help to relieve an evil-famine. But as such it stands in the same relation as pain re- lieving drugs do to a surgical op- eration. This gift of wheat will remove the symptoms of a na- tional disorder. But the disease of economic inability of Pakistan is not symptomatic-it is chronic. By removing the outward sign of Pakistan's basic weakness we are preventing the one important step which could solve the prob- lems of both India and Pakistan unification. If either is to survive without continual implementation from greater powers, then, cruel as it sounds, a major economic crisis must be permitted to give reformers the necessary tools for unification. In that sense then, the United States is not allevia- ting the situation, but prolonging it. In addition, it is bad for the United States. The Government bought that wheat because the farmers could not find a suitable market for it. By giving it away we are completely obliterating one great market; thus necessitating continued price support. If this affected only one area, it might be condoned. But such a move is likely to have world-wide econo- mic repercussions, not only on the wheat market but also on all re- lated markets. The end result of such action if continued could be disastrous for the world economy. In that sense, American altruism is fostering world depression. Thus I think Miss Greene will be able to see that the giving of wheat to Pakistan is not a "Ges- ture of help and good will" but rather a stupid and short-sighted action. GREENE'S article of June "Pakistan gets wheat" ob- considers this United compared with the annual in- crease of 1.47 per cent during the 1940's. The population shifts in the two and a quarter years covered by the survey show a marked geographic pattern. The ac- companying map shows that the west continues to be the fastest growing part of the nation and that the east south central states are slumping. But the Pacific states, which had the fastest growing rate dur- ing the. 1940's, have now yielded this distinction to the mountain states-particularly Arizona, Ne- vada and Colorado. Arizona is the fastest spurting state in the nation. Its population is expanding at the rate of 6.49 per cent a year. If it maintains its present pace, Arizona will double its population in 15 years. But as any statistician can tell you, figures can be very mislead- ing. One set of figures rarely gives the complete picture. And per- centage increase is only part of the story. During the survey period, little Arizona gained 110,000 people for an estimated total of 859,000. The biggest gain was chalked u by California - 804,000 - but against its 10,586,000 total in April, 1950, this amounts to a per centage increase of only 3.37. Although the Pacific states (California, Oregon and Wash ington) have recently been growing at a somewhat slower rate than in the 1940's, their population is still increasing at about twice the national rate of 1.47. Between 1940 and 195 this sector had the phenome- nal rate of 4.88 annually. Dur. ing the new survey, the increase was estimated at 2.96 per cent a year. California, with nearly 11,400,. 000 people by the middle of 1952, is now well entrenched as the sec- ond largest state in the Union. If present trends continue, it will be challenging New York for the lead by about 1970. New York picked up 349,000 for a total of 15,179,00. Not all the areas have been gaining population since the last census. Nine states had fewer residents in mid-1952 than in April 1950. Six are contiguous. They are West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas. The Deep South, in general, has been losing people to other sec- tions of the country. Of the three remaining states with slumping populations, two-Maine and Ver- mont-are in New England. The other is North Dakota which is losing residents at the rate of 1.41 per cent a year. From colonial times, American migration has been generally westward. That trend is still con- tinuing. Along with this there has been also a shift from rural to urban areas and more recently from metropolitan centers to sub- urban communities. SixtyThird Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Editorial Staff Harland Britz.........Managing Editor Dick Lewis......... Sports Editor Becky Conrad... ..........Night Editor Gayle Greene........ ...Night Editor Pat Roelofs.............Night Editor Fran Sheldon............Night Editor Business Staff Bob Miller...........Business Manager Dick Alstrom. Circulation Manager Dick Nyber.........Finance Manager r a ,. t2 - Ak, I ,,I unaay, dun u: uies y unra Chapel, 1511 Washtenaw: Service at -Whitney Sawyer, Grad. 10:30 with sermon by the Rev. Alfred __________________ Scheips, "As Ambitious, Yet Contend- ed." Gamma Delta, Lutheran Student Walt Disney's "Clock Cleaners." 8:00 Club: Supper-Program Sunday at 6:00, p.m., Sunday, June 28, Arcniteccure with Air Force Chaplain Theodore Auditorium. Kleinhans as speaker. Square Dancing Lessons at the Sunday, June 28: Michigan Christian League, Monday evening, June 29, 7:30 Fellowship, 4 p.m. Open to the public. to 9:00 p.m. Instructor, Mr. John Redd. Lane Hall. Everyone is invited. There is no chbarge. Hillel Foundation, Open House Sun- day, June 28. Dancing and refresh- La p'tite causette meets Montlay,. une ments. All students welcome. 29 from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. in the wing Sunday, June 28, at 8:00 p.m. The of the north room of the Michigan YT..;.-.-a..- 0 . ,-sf.-.. 4. - n -...- TTnion afetaeria. An, tst+dnt , Wanvil.