I PAGE TWO THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1953 _______________________________________________________ I I Iron Curtain Riots And Propaganda !k ~A A IN THE RECENT furor caused by upris- ings in five Communist satellite countries perhaps one significant factor has been over- looked. The propaganda appeal of these oc- curances is immense if one condsiders that they have been instigated and carried out by workers-the very people for whom the basic doctrines of Communism were con- structed. These people have reacted to the Communist regime alone, unsparked by the West. This fact becomes significant when one considers that the Communist Party when it assumed power in all these countries made a determined and concentrated effort to appeal to the laboring classes-the industrial workers and the farmers. In many of these countries powerful land- owning groups such as the Church were de- rived of their vast holdings and this land was given to the poorer citizens. Appeals Were also made to the factory workers to increase production in an ef- fort to aid their own national economy. To a war-torn Europe these appeals were powerful and convincing. The people re- sponded, but in the years that have passed since then, these satellite nations have come to realize that the party of the people is in reality nothing but a group dedicated to further the supremacy of the Soviet govern- ment at their expense. And for this reason they have revolted. Political theorists have been examining these uprisings in an effort to find some sig- nificant trends and indications. In the mul- tiplicity of explanations that have been offered, the proper exploitation of the prop- aganda furnished by these riots has been virtually overlooked. It seems obvious that the people in the five rioting nations have inadvertantly produced for the United States the most powerful propaganda weapon to date-one which can be used effectively in our re- lationships with even the most back- ward of the borderline countries. The principles of democracy and the dan- gers of Soviet Communism may be difficult for the uneducated peoples in the Asiatic fringe areas of Communism to understand, but they will have no difficulty in seeing that countries where this system is already in ef- fect are dissatisfied to the point of despara- tion. It will be easy for them to see how the same thing might happen to them. The United States has been handed a pow- erful propaganda weapon which can be em- ployed with relative ease. Propaganda cir- culated by word-of-mouth among the peo- ples in these fringe areas could have im- measurable effect on them. In this case there is no need for extensive and complex programs. An organized talk campaign initiated by the United States and then left to itself would prove a most ef- fective and efficient line of attack. -Fran Sheldon C J It MoviE L , AT LYDIA MENDELSSOHN Knickerbocker Holiday; book, Maxwell An- derson; music, Kurt Weill IN LINE WITH the University's Popular Arts Symposium, it is certainly fitting that the Speech Department has chosen a mu- sical comedy as part of their summer fare. If the musical comedy did not originate as an entertainment for a mass audience, to- day it has most emphatically reached this point. The Broadway influence has been, in the past two decades, greatly widened by the advent of the road show, televisio), movies, radio, and records, enabling it to reach a mass audience. On the other hand, economic considerations, the tremendously high cost of theatrical productions, have compelled it to reach such an audience. "Knickerbocker Holiday" is one of Broad- way's best. Its greatest virtue is its disdain of the sentimental. Many shows, such as "South Pacific" rely on too much audience involvement in a sentimental love story, but "Knickerbock Holiday" spoofs at love scenes. Not even the most unsophisticated in the audience could be taken in by them as a reality, only as part of the fun. It is a political and historical satire, full of good tunes, all bearing Weill's unmis- takable touch. The plot, dealing with life in early New Amsterdam, while not basi- cally too original, is nevertheless amus- ing in its digs at such things as the wom- an's role, government, and corruption. The ,production by the Speech Depart- ment made for an enjoyable evening. Direc- tor Halstead has paced it well giving an easy going though lively flow. The pacing was hindered somewhat how- ever in the staging of the numbers in which the chorus participated. When the stage was crowded, movement, naturally more contained, was too much so, and these scenes lost their life. An example of this was the number, "Nowhere to Go But Up"; the move- ments left to hands became amateurish, whereas movements using the whole body would have been much livelier. Real commendation must be given to An- thony Georgilas who played Pieter Stuy- vesant, a role made immensely difficult be- cause of the tradition of show business which has left the mark of Walter Huston in this role unmistakably upon us. Mr. Georgilas was able'to combine con- vincing theatrical mannerisms with his healthy stage presence. His singing of Sep- tember Song" had the husky tenderness of its tradition, though quite forgiveably without that extra bit of theatrical flavor which only an experienced trouper such as Huston could give. Elsewhere in the cast, William Taylor, Roosevelt, and Harold Radford, Tienhoven, were effectively humorous. William Zaka- riasen, Washington Irving, had good show- manship and a pleasing musical comedy voice. Carlaine Balduf, Tina, had a fine comedienne stage voice though her singing voice would not carry nearly enough. James Umphrey, Brom, unfortunately neither looked or acted the part of a romantic lead, and to compensate bordered too much on the ludicrous and boyish. As a whole the singing might have been better, but considering the conditions, prob- ably no trained voices, it came off pretty well. The sets were adequate, the use of scrim very effective in giving a Dutch atmosphere, but the main set a little bulky. The orchestra, un- der Paul Miller's direction, was efficient. -Donald Harris "Quick, Men - Get That Bible Off The Shelves" -- C, . DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN ON THE WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND WITH DREW PEARSON At the State... MAN ON A TIGHTROPE, wih Frederic March ELOQUENCE about man's-desire to be free has for years been the staple of Robert E. Sherwood's dramatic endeavors. Because he is a practiced rather than an instinctive craftsman, his work, though always com- petent, is usually predictable and occasionally dull. When his talents are combined, how- ever, with those such as are possessed by director Elia Kazan, Sherwood's ideas take on agvigor and spirit which make "Man on a Tightrope;" starring veteran actor, Fred* eric March, a sincere and well-done film about the threat of Communist authoritar- ianism. The story of the film is based on an ac- tual event: the escape of a small circus from behind the Iron Curtain of Czecho- slovakia into free Bavaria. The early events of the screen play are based on typical in- vasions of the state into the freedom of one circus owner's enterprise. His early efforts at. compromise (since he fancies himself "not a political man") are con- trasted with his ultimate resolution to crash the frontier into the Western zone of Germany. The eventual escape paral- lels the actual flight of the Circus Cernik troupe across the fortified border. Sherwood peoples his drama with a stock of conventional types, including the slattern- ly wife, the cowardly lion tamer and the mysterious horse trainer who falls in love with the owner's daughter. The conflicts be- tween these people are made much of at the start and resolved perhaps too quickly since the only real menace in the story is II the totalitarian state. The focus, as in Sher- wood's "There Shall Be No Night" is on the respectable, peace-loving father who learns that he must fight or lose his self-respect. The younger characters provide traditional harmonies of romance and fierce courage to complement the older man's toadying and wavering. But again and again it is not the script, but Kazan's sense of lyric realism that puts the film across. The circus' shoddy respecta- bility mirrored in the face of the joy-thirsty crowds is almost perfectly drawn. This is contrasted with the arid countryside loca- tions, always mutely expressive of the tor- menting poverty of spirit in the people. Even one of those swim-in-the-virgin-brook scenes is employed with fresh rhythm and striking naturalness. The acting in the film is very well di- rected. The performance of March here is oddly enough identical to what was re- quired in "Death of A Salesman" and what he failed to achieve there. Gloria Grahame, as the wife, easily handles a role that Sherwood only threatents to do things with. Terry Moore and Cameron Mitchell as the romantic pair succeed in short parts that Kazan does not neglect. Adolphe Menjou shows well as the imag- inative Communist, who loses out, per- haps symbolically, to his more regiment- ed brethren. The end of the film alone, although the suspense is high, sounds chords in succes- sion which are a little too familiar and not worthy of men who can do better-or of a studio (Fox) which seems alone to be hold- ing the line against infantilism. -Bill Wiegand MATTER OF FACT: Korean Truce Doesn't Mean Solution To World Problems in Far East WASHINGTON - Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Benson is accumu- lating surplus butter at the rate of 12,000,000 pounds a week. That's a lot of butter to be buying weekly, especially when you already have a quarter of a billion pounds on hand; so you can't blame the unenvied Mr. Benson for being one of the most harassed men in the cabinet. Furthermore, butter won't keep indefinitely. Eventually it becomes rancid. I don't like to be repetitious about this butter question, but I still think we are losing a good bet by not using some of our surplus wheat and butter to fight our battles behind the Iron Curtain. True, butter is a luxury. So also is the Voice of America- , though necessary to fight the Cold War. So also are the European posters and other instruments of psychological warfare with which we try to combat Communist propaganda. And if we have enough butter, and it's likely to spoil, there's no reason why we can't make it help fight the Cold War, too. What I refer to is the idea of sending a million loaves of bread9 and a few thousand pounds of butter to Berlin, preferably to EastI Berlin, in order to feed the people who have been battling Red tanks with sticks and stones. If the Russians won't let the bread and but-4 ter enter East Germany, then the American radio station in Berlin,I RIAS, can put them on the spot by blaring the fact behind the Iron1 Curtain.I --ELASTIC IRON CURTAIN- Furthermore,.all we have to do is put the bread and butter down in West Berlin and let the East Germans come and get it. Several thousand cross back and forth on the subway every day. I have crossed back and forth dozens of times. And it is not too difficult for food, packages, suitcases to be carried across the Iron Curtain, which in Berlin is largely imaginary. As a matter of fact many East Ber- liners shop regularly in West Berlin. The average American feels frustrated as to how he can help in the Cold War. Europe is a long way off, and there isn't much he can, do about it. However, if the Department of Agriculture could perhaps work out a system whereby Mr. John Q. Citizen could contribute about $2.21-the support price--for a bushel of wheat and about 70 cents for a pound of butter, and then if the U.S. government would deposit the equivalent in food in Berlin, a lot of our surplus might be used up. What's more important, we could, for the first time in history, begin to get some people-to-people friendship behind the Iron Curtain-much to the discomfiture of those in the Kremlin who don't want people-to-people friendship. Note-If this worked in East Germany, the effect on Poland,; Czechoslovakia, Hungary, would be electrifying. It might prove the spark of liberation we have been waiting for. SUPERCABINET AGENCY- Most people don't know much about the ultrascret National Secur- ity Council. However, it operates as a sort of supercabinet dealing with defense problems, and since President Eisenhower's inauguration, it has handed down 130 basic decisions, including "striking changes" in American policy toward the wars in Korea and Indo-China. Be- fore the end of the year it expects to reach a record 300 decision, that will lead this nation either to peace or war. Recently the Senate Appropriations Committee was given an of- ficial backstage peek at the nation's most powerful agency when President Eisenhower sent his special assistant on security council matters, Robert Cutler, to Capitol hill for a confidential briefing. Within the limits of security, this column can report what he told them. Minnesota's GOP Senator Ed Thye started it off by asking: "What is the nature of the questions that you study?" "One question that the council has been giving a great deal of attention to this winter," Cutler replied, "has been the basic over-all policy of the United States toward the wars in French Indo-China and Korea, reviewing the basic policy, seeing to what extent it should be modified. We held a great many hearings, had a great many council meetings and eventually we recommended to the council, and it was approved in May, a new basic policy paper which represents striking changes from what had previously been in effect." -GOODS TO RUSSIA?? The exact nature of these changes cannot be printed without tipping off the Russians. However, Cutler also told about an inter- nal U.S. battle over shipping goods behind the Iron Curtain. "As a matter of fact," he reported, "at the council meeting (June 25) we brought up a paper which represented a split that has been going on between two great elements in our government since the war. They could not agree on what our policy should be. In this case, ment," he stated. "If we are go- rather than make some less desir- ing to develop a program with ref- able compromise at a lower level erence to the security of our har- which would please nobody, we bors, we must receive at the plan- brought up to the council the ac- ning board level studies for the tual split, giving the pros and cons different departments and agen- of both sides." cies." The State Department, Cutler "You just could not rely on the explained, favored shipping non- Coast Guard alone?" asked Sen- strategic goods behind the Iron ator Carl Hayden, Arizona Dem- Curtain as long as the West got ocrat. the best of the trade. But the De- Cutler replied that it required fense Department objected to the an over-all, integrated program. loose definition of "strategic." And He went on to say that the Na- the Navy wanted to go so far as to tional Security Council was call- sink Polish ships carrying cargo ing in civilian experts for profes- tn PRd1 China .sinnn l vie .THwever the cost 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 3518 Administration Building before 3 p.m. the day preceeding publication (be- fore 11 a.m. on Saturday). THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1953 VOL. LXIII, No. 98 Notices Seniors: College of L. S. & A., and Schools of Education, Music, and Pub- lic Health: Tentative lists of seniors for August graduation have been posted on the Registrar's bulletin board in the first floor corridor, Administration Building. If your name is misspelled or the degree expected incorrect, please notify the Recorder at Registrar's win- dow number 1, 1513 Administration Building. Graduate Record Examination. Candi- dates taking the Graduate Record Ex- amination will please report to Room 2446 Mason Hall on Friday, July 10 at 1:45 p.m. to 5:45 and on Saturday, July 11, fi-om 8:45 to 12:45 and 1:45 to 5:15. "Earning Opportunities for Mature Workers," the University of Micigan Sixth Annual Conference on Aging, will be held July 8-10, Rackham Building. Students and facultyamay register for the conference without fee. The student sponsored social events listed below are approved for the com- ing week-end. Social chairmen are re- quested to file requests for approval for social activities in the Office of Stu- dent Affairs not later than 12 o'clock noon on the Monday prior to the event. July 10, 1953 Palmer-Hinsdale Houses July 11, 1953 Alpha Phi Alpha Angell-Klenstuck Houses Michigan Christian Fellowship Tyler House Lectures THURSDAY, JULY 9 Conference on Aging. Rackham Lec- ture Hall. Job Opportunities Today. Morning: 9:00 a.m., where Do Jobs Come From," Millard C. Faught, com- munity consultant and president, Faught Company, New York; 9:45 a.m., Rackham Amphitheater and Rackham Assembly Hall, concurrent work groups. Afternoon: 1:30 p.m., concurrent work- shops, Rackham Building. Evening: 8:00 p.m., Rackham Lecture Hall. "Making a Life and Making a Living," Martin Gumpert, M.D., Editor of Life-Time Living and New York geriatrician. Symposium on Astrophysics. 2:00 p.m., "The Origin of the Elements," George Gamow, George washington University: 3:30 p.m., "The Origin of the Solar System," Gerard P. Kuiper, University of Chicago. 1400 Chemistry Building. Radiation Biology Symposium. "Sched- ule of Radiosensitivities of the Mam- malian Fetus," Robert Rugh, Columbia University. 4:15 p.m., 1300 Chemistry Building. Linguistic Forum. "The Interpreta- tion of Naive Spelling," E. Bagby At- wood, Associate Professor of English, University of Texas. 7:30 p.m., Rackham Amphitheater. Dr. Martin Gumpert, Editor of "Life- time Living," will lecture on "Making a Life and Making a Living" at 8:00 p.m. in the Rackham Lecture Hall. The public is invited. Academic Notices Probability Seminar meets at 1:00 o'clock today in Room 3220 Angell Hall. Professor A. H. Copeland will speak on "A Distribution connected with vision." Geometry Seminar. 7:00 p.m. today. Room 3001 Angell Hall. Professor K. Leisenring will speak on "Projective Metrics." Seminar in Applied Mathematics will be held in Room 247 West Engineering Building, today, at 4 p.m. Topic: "The partial difference equations of mathe- matical physics by Courant Friedrichs and Lewy." Speaker, John Carr, W.R.R.C. M.A. Language Examination - Friday, July 10, 4-5 p.m., 3615 Haven Hall. Sign list in History Office. Can bring a dic- tionary. Make-up Examinations in History - Saturday. July 11, 9:00-12:00 a.m., 2407 Mason Hall. See your instructor for permission and then sign list in His- tory Office. Doctoral Examination for Walter Richard Tulecke, Botany; thesis: "Stu- dies in vitro on the Pollen of Ginkgo biloba,," Friday, July 10, 1139 Natural Science Bldg., at 9:00 am. Chairman, C. D. LaRue. Doctoral Examination for Louis Poin- dexter Brown, Education; thesis: "The Status of Guidance Services in Twenty- two Accredited Secondary Schools for Negroes in Virginia," Friday, July 10, 4019 University High School, at 2:00 p.m. Chairman, H. C. Koch. Concerts Carillon Concert, 7:15 Thursday eve- ning, July 9, by Percival Price, Univer- sity Carillonneur. The program is di- vided into four groups: transcriptions of instrumental works, transcriptions of vocal works, compositions for carillon, and arrangements of ballads. It will include music by Chopin, Benjamin Britten, Handel, Brahms, Mozart, Per- cival Price, and Stephen Foster. Special Choral Demonstrations (Sec- ond Series) by Marlowe Smith, East. man School of Music, and Director of Hig School Choirs, Rochester Public Schools, Friday, July 10, 10:00 a.m., and 3:00 p.m., and Saturday, July 11, 10:00 a.m., Auditorium A, Angell Hall Tech- nics of Choir Directors; Reaching Chor- al Literature. Individual conferances with Mr. Smith may be arranged by signing for appointments. A listing of available hours will be posted on the door of Room 708 Burton Tower, where appointments will be held. Exhibitins Clements Library. The good, the bad the popular. Law Library. Elizabeth II and her em- pire, Architecture Building. Michigan Chil- dren's Art Exhibition. Events Today Lydia Mendelssohn Box Office is open from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. today. Tickets for individual performances of the De- partment of Speech summer play se- ries are available: Knickerbocker Holi- day and The Tales of Hoffman, $1.50- $1.20-90c; The Country Girl and Pyg- malion, $1.20-90c-60c. Knickerbocker Holiday, the hilarious musical comedy by Maxwell Anderson and Kurt Weill, plays tonight in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre at 8 p.m. Choreography is created by Miss Es- ther Scholz of the Detroit public schools and guest instructor in the Women's Physical Education Department. Or- chestra and chorus are under the di- rection of Paul Miller, Grad., Music. The entire production is under the di- rection of Professor. William P. Hal- stead of the Department of Speech. University of Michigan Sailing Club will meet tonight at 7:30 in the Michi- gan Union, Room 3-R. Plans for Sat- urday afternoon racing will be dis- cussed. A shore school for anyone in- terested will follow the meeting. Michigan Christian Fellowship: Bi- ble Study on "The Nature and Person of Jesus Christ" at 7:30 today, Lane Hall. SL CINEMA GUILD, Summer Program. Showings at 7 and 9 p.m. Architecture Auditorium. Jeanne Craine-Linda Dar- nell-Kirk Douglas-Paul Douglas in "A Letter to Three Wives." Cartoon: "Hen House Hennery." Summer Session French Club. Meet. ing at 8:00 p.m. in the Michigan League. Professor Benjamin F. Bart, of the Ro- mance Language Department will speak on: "Un hiver $n France." French songs, gamies and a social hour. All students and Faculty members inter- ested are cordially invited. Hillel Foundation: "Music Calling" at 8 p.m. Classical music on the Hi-Fl System. Refreshments. All students wel- come. There will be a tea in the form of s garden party at the Madelon Pound House, 1024 Hill Street, from 4:30 to 5:30 this afternoon. Thursday Lunch Discussion at Lane Hall. Dr. Amiya Chakravarty, visiting professor from U. of Kansas and Cal- cutta will be resource person, talking on 'Modern India" 12:15 noon. Call res- ervations to 3-1511, Ext. 2851. Everyone welcome. Overseas Teachers, DA Civilians, peo- ple interested in government service overseas are invited to have dinner in the Michigan League Cafeteria today, going through the line from 5:30-:00 and meeting at a table marked Overseas Personnel. Telephone 3-1511 Ext. 360 for more information. Classical Studies Coffee Hour. 4:00 p.m., in the Museum of Archaeology. Students in the. Department and all others who are interested in the Clas- sics are cordially invited. Coming Events The graduate women at Alice Lloyd Hall invite graduate menstudents to an open house at the Hall on Friday, July 10, from 8 to 12 o'clock p.m. There will be dancing, games, and refresh- ments. The undergraduate women of Alice Lloyd Hall invite the undergraduate men students to a party to be held on Saturday, July 11, at Alice Lloyd Hall, from 8 until 12 o'clock p.m. There will be dancing, games, and refreshments. Department of Astronomy. Visitors' Night, Friday, July 10, 8:30 p.m. Dr. Hazel M. Losh will speak on "The Milky Way." After the illustrated lec- ture in 2003 Angell Hall, the Students' Observatory on the fifth floor will be open for telescopic observation of Sat- urn and a double star, If the sky is clear, or for inspection of the telescopes and planetarium, if the sky is cloudy. Children are welcomed, but must be accompanied by adults. Hillel Foundation. Friday Evening Services at 7:45 p.m. Saturday Morning Services at 9 a.m. Everyone welcome, Lane Hall Punch Hour, Friday 4:45 to 6:00 p.m. Everyone welcome. Lane Hall Tour. A small group will visit the Art Institute, Detroit Museum, andoth- er places of interest in Detroit Satur- day. Call extension 2851 for details and reservation. The third Fresh Air Camp Clinic w1ll be held Friday, July 10. Dr. Ralph Ra- binovitch will be the. psychiatrist. Students with a professional interest are welcome to attend.-Main Lodge, University of Michigan Fresh Air Camp, Patterson Lake, Eight o'clock. 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 Nyberg.. ......Finance Manager Jessica Tanner... Advertising Associate Bob Kovacs......Advertising Associate r t F / k M I I 1_ By JOSEPH ALSOP W ASHINGTON - The theory on which old Syngman Rhee has been operating comes in two parts. The first and most ob- vious is the straight nationalist part--Rhee's natural longing to unify his war-torn coun- try. The second part, less obvious but more important, is Rhee's estimate of the prob- able character of the Far Eastern situation after a Korean truce. In brief, Rhee has warned every Ameri- can representative from President Eisenhow- er on his Korean journey down to Assistant Secretary of State Walter Robertson in the last few days, that a truce in Korea will decide nothing. The aged but astute Rhee is confident that the worst kind of trouble will soon begin again, if not in Korea then else- where in the Far East, and he doubts wheth- er the free world will have the energy or the will to meet new Far Eastern challenges, once a Korean truce has been made on the unsatisfactory basis of the existing status quo. In this respect, at least, it must have been pretty hard for Robertson and the other ne- gotiators to argue successfully with Rhee Indo-China, particularly, is now causing a curious condition of paralyzed alarm in the inner circles of the Aemrican govern- ment. The situation has been visibly de- teriorating, both at Saigon and in Paris. The half forgotten struggle for this coun- try which is the real key to Southeast Asia, can well reach an ugly climax when the summer rains cease and the Indo- China fighting begins again in September. The training of native troops is going for- ward. On the surface, the position is not un- hopeful. But Gen. Navarre's forces are still concentrated in fortified areas in the Indo- China coastal plains. He does not have the men to spare to hold the back country-the kingdoms of Cambodia and mountain- ous Laos where the Communist enemy at- tacked at the close of the last fighting sea- son. * * * SUCH RELIABLE observers as Maj. Gen. C. L. Chennault, whose estimates of the Far Eastern situation are as worthy listening to as ever, are convinced that the Communist Viet Minh will again drive into Laos when the rainy season ends. The attack, this time, is to be more powerful and better prepared. The defenses of Laos are still weak. And in Cambodia, meanwhile, King Norodom Si- hanouk is leading what amounts to an open rebellion against French rule. In these circumstances, the French forces in Indo-China are plainly exposed to a severe set-back in Laos and perhaps in Cambodia Stewart Alsop has left for Europe to re- port directly from Berlin, Bonn, London, Paris and other cities during the next six weeks. In the meantime, Joseph Alsop will write from Washington. as well. Meanwhile, the situation in Paris equally plainly suggests that another severe set back may sharply effect French policy No one in this country paid much at- tention, except our nervous policy makers. Yet the thing that stood out of the French -facts are enough to indicate the trend of French thinking. The vital forces to change this trend seem to be lacking, moreover. The French would probably have decided to cut their losses in Indo-China long before this, if the local busi- ness interests-the Banque de L'Indo-Chine and the like-had not combined with the im- mensely rich North African colonists. All the influence of these powerful colonial groups has been used to block the men in the French Chamber who wish to abandon the Indo- Chinese struggle. But the development of the situation in Indo-China is increasingly tending to alie- nate these friends of the Indo-Chinese War. There is no end in sight in Indo-China, with- out the participation of Indo-Chinese troops on the largest scale. There can be no such participation unless Indo-Chinese national- ism is satisfied by a much more generous grant of independence. A victory that can only be won by the sacrifice of colonialism cannot be to the taste of the great French colonial interests. In short, this Indo-Chinese problem that Secretary of State John Foster Dulles se- lected six months ago as the most urgent and critical on his agenda has grown a great deal worse since then. Nor is Indo-China the only danger spot. In the Middle East, the Iranian government totters onwards towards bankruptcy and in Cairo the government of President Neguib has actually intimated to Washington that the Egyptian forces may make a desperate attack on the British base at Suez, unless the Bermuda meeting pro- duces a solution of the Anglo-Egyptian dis- nutel F rN i r