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TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1956 NIGHT EDITOR: LEE MARKS
Two Views on the Egtian Crisis
-Nasser and the West
AT THE MICHIGAN:
'Somebody' Sure Must
'Like' Mr. Graziano
"SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME" is the latest in a series of
Hollywood gut-and-gutter biographies of famous personalities. in
this instance Rocky Graziano.
Like "I'll Cry Tomorrow" (Lillian Roth's rise and fall and rise),
"Somebody" suggests no message of meaning: it simply states the
facts, in sharply edited black-and-white images. And like Miss Roth's
story, Graziano's tale is told with what Hollywood calls "sincerity and
integrity," but what is better labelled as an emphasis on smut. Whether
this is entertaining depends upon how well one enjoys watching
individuals scrape the scum off themselves.
"SOMEBODY Up There" must like Mr. Graziano, for as he is
portrayed by actor Paul Newman and screenwriter Ernest Lehman, he
is a kind of low-order primate, whose strong point is definitely not
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NASSER'S SEIZURE of the Suez Canal was
only the first of many moves that can only
with one possible exception, spell loss to the
Western World. It now remains for the West
to play its rather weak cards correctly in the
hope that the one possibility might happen.
The most violent move Britain or France
can make would be armed intervention to
regain physical control of the canal. Undoubt-
edly, either country possesses the necessary
strength, but such action would give rise to
several odious side reactions.
First, France could ill afford the capital out-
lay necessary. It also faces the possibility of
alienating the newly won truce with her North
African colonies.
On the other hand, Britain could easily
overrun the Suez but again, it has important
reasons for not wanting to do so. British inter-
vention could only serve to unite the Arab
countries in a more violently anti-British bloc
than they are now. Actual outbreak of violence
in countries like Saudi Arabia could threaten
vital British installations there.
Intervention by either country would make a
martyr, of Nasser.
A PROPOSED alternative to armed interven-
tion is the establishment of an international
commission to govern the operation of the
final. Such a commission would probably
dlude the signatories of the Constantinople
Cohvention of 1888, guaranteeing the unre-
stpi&ted transit of merchant vessels through
the canal. This would include Russia.
The success of such a commission would be
dubious. The Egyptians would never agree to
it unless they were promised the lions share
of the canal's revenues. But under these terms,
Britain and France would never join. More-
over, Egypt would refuse to join unless the
Arab bloc plus the Communist Bloc constituted
a majority. Again, the other two would never
agree.
The key to unfolding the situation in the
West's favor lies in wise economic moves against
Egypt. Britain and France have already frozen
what amounts to half a billion dollars in Egyp-
tian credits. However, it must be realized that
if Egypt can successfully collect canal revenues
at the rates it proposes, it will remain ahead
in spite of the recent credit freezes.
On the other hand, revenues from the canal
will not be a panacea for all Egyptian financial
matters. Egypt must still import the vast
majority of the goods it needs for everyday
subsistence. Until now, these goods were largely
purchased from Britain and France with those
recently seized credits. It must now find itself
a new source of industrial goods as well as a
market for the cotton that constitutes its major
crop.
It is not unlikely that a few uninvolved Euro-
pean countries will take up some of the vacuum
left by France and England. Though these
countries have the ability to take up a part of
the slack, Egypt will still have to turn to
Communist nations for the greater portion of
its trade.
Most probably, as astute a politician as Nas-
ser did not make his move without realizing
that it would invilve extremely close ties with
the USSR. Just how close the Egyptian pre-
mier will dare to move remains to be seen.
It is in this ever increasing tie to the
East that lies both the hope and despair of the
West. If the economic pressure upon Egypt can
be made heavy enough, perhaps the Egyptian
government can be driven into the untenable
position of not wanting to lose its autonomy
to the Kremlin and not being able to keep its
economy going without doing so. Under these
conditions the Egyptian Government could be
forced to take a more pro-Western stand.
--DAVID GELFAND
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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND:
Ike Gave Stassen Go-A head
By DREW PEARSON
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-Nasser and the Neutrals
NAWSER'S r REGENT diplomatic entangle-
ments may serve as warning to other pro-
ponents of "neutralism" that in playing both
ends against the midde there is the risk of
being left, as Nasser was, high and dry.
Specifically, it may induce Tito and Nehru to
play less coy and delicate a game. It is unlikely
either will abandon "neutralism" but at least
the dangers of walking a tight rope, namely
falling off, have been emphasized.
Nasser was in an enviable position when both
East and West bid for the privilege of helping
him build the Aswan Dam. His attempt to
capitalize on the fears of both areas, however,
flopped when Dulles withdrew United States
support and Russian followed suit.
While future consequences of his Suez Canal
coup are largely a matter for speculation,
Nasser's diplomatic position now seems pre-
carious. He cannot back down without losing
the prestige he has spent two years building up.
With more than half the Suez Canal Co.'s
assets frozen in foreign countries, an arms
embargo on his military shipments from Britain,
and that country's freeze of the war debt to
Egypt, he does not appear to have scored
any significant economic victory.
IF HE ATTEMPTS to retaliate by raising canal
rates or preventing free passage he will
almost surely invite military action.
At any rate, his position as a leading neutral
with a lot of weight to swing is at stake, and
the stakes may be too high.
So far the seizure has appeared to be a con-
sequence of his failure to get help with the
Aswan Dam. At least he claims he was moti-
vated by the desire to build the dam.
His failure to get help is the result of
trying to get something for nothing, a usually
unsuccessful venture.
NASSER is not alone among the large neu-
trals in trying to play East against West.
Tito probably plays the game more frequently.
So far both Tito and Nehru have run the
diplomatic gamut without falling. But their
game is dangerous. Nasser's diplomatic flop
may cause them to reconsider.
-LEE MARKS
P RESIDENT EISENHOWER may
yield to pressure from the po-
litical harmony advisers around
him, but when he first talked to
Harold Stassen about Nixon, there
was no doubt whatsoever that he
knew expressly what Stassen was
doing.
He gave the ex-Governor of
Minnesota permission to announce
his anti-Nixon drive whenever he
wanted to, made it clear he ha
never believed in preventing the
Republican Convention from mak-
ing up its own mind on his Vice-
President running-mate, and told
Stassen he had a perfect right to
propose anyone he wished just as
long as he spoke as an individual,
not as a member of the "team."
Stassen was telling the absolute
truth when he said that Ei en-
hower would be pleased to have
Herter on the ticket. Ike thinks
highly of Governor Herter, also
realizes Nixon will be a drag on
the ticket. But the last thing Ike
wanted to do was take the lead in
dumping Nixon. He knew it would
infuriate the Taft Republicans.
* * *
THE MAN who was sorest about
Stassen's bombshell was Press Sec-
retary Jim Hagerty. Jim, who is
the most skillful public relations
man ever to guide the publicity
course of any President, had
helped to plan the Panama Trip to
show the American public that Ike
was well and vigorous.
However, Eisenhower himself
spoiled this by confiding that he
didn't have much strength, which
of course took top headlines.
Then just as the President was
homeward bound, Stassen dropped
his "Dump Dick" firecracker which
took all the headlines away from
Ike's Washington arrival. As he
landed at Washington airport, not
one question came from newsmen
about the Panama Conference.
* * *
S'ENATOR LYNDON Johnson,
Texas Democrat, has by no means
always agreed with Senator Wayne
Morse, the new Democrat from
Oregon. But he showed tact,
charm and humor in paying trib-
ute to Morse at a big $50-a-plate
luncheon held to raise money for
the Oregon Senator.
"I'd be willing to come to Oregon
to campaign either for him or
against him," s a i d Johnson,
"whichever would help him most.
"When Wayne was a Republi-
can," Johnson continued with a
sly grin, "he came to Texas to
campaign against me. He remind-
ed Texans that under the Consti-
tution they were entitled to two
representatives in the U.S. Senate,
but had none.
"'On* of your Senators, Price
Daniel', Wayne told them, 'repre-
sents the oil companies. The other
Senator, Lyndon Johnson,' Wayne
said, 'represents only himself.'"
Johnson went on to pay a sin-
cere tribute to Senator Morse and
his importance to the Democratic
Party.
THE QUESTION of duck-bait-
ing and duck-shooting always
makes the sparks fly in Congress,
and the closing days of the 84th
Congress were no exception. As the
House of Representatives swung
into a finish, GOP Congressmen
Gross of Iowa and Pillion of New
York made charges of malfeasance
against Albert Day, former Chief
of the Fish and Wildlife Service,
on the ground that he participated
in baiting duck blinds.
They were given a unique an-
swer by Democratic Congressman
Reuss of Wisconsin, who invited
them to repeat their charges oft
the floor of Congress where they
had no Congressional immunity.
Said Reuse: "This matter can
i'eadily be disposed of within five
minutes after the conclusion of
our remarks by the gentleman
from New York and the gentleman
from Iowa accompanying me to
the hallway opposite the Speaker's
office, where the privilege of Con-
gressional Immunity no longer ob-
tains, and in the presence of the
press, which I shall be delighted to
convene, let them repeat any
charges of criminality on the part
of Albert Day.
After the session adjourned,
Reuss stepped out to the hallway
opposite the Speaker's office and
waited for his two Republican col-
leagues.
Pillion and Gross did not show.
(Copyright 1956, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
conceptual thought: he learns
some of life's hard lessons (e.g.,
courage, humility, temperance
and honesty) only by having them
literally beaten into him.
Graziano began as a juvenile
delinquent, spent time in some of
the best reform schools, was draft-
ed into the army, attacked an offi-
cer, was dishonorably discharged
and sent to prison, where he
learned to fight. His rise to fame
in the boxing world was aided by
the faith and patience of his wife,
played by Pier Angeli. Everything,
however, apparently worked out
all right: in the last reel he de-
feats Tony Zale for the world's
m i d d le e i g ht championship,
proves worth his wife's love and
sets his long-suffering parents
right.
* * ,*
NEWMAN as Graziano and
Eileen Heckart as his mother act
with a great deal of enthusiasm
and those passionate, psychoanaly-
tically-derived mannerisms of the
Actor's Studio, which are all the
rage on Broadway and in Holly-
wood today. There are times,
when without the quietly sus-
tained performance of Miss An-
geli, the screen might have blown
up like an overheated bottle of
beer.
-Ernest Theodossin
LETTERS
to the
EDITOR
Good Edit . .
To the Editor:
THE lead editorial in the July
21 issue, "What they Can't
Take With Them, Republicans
Give Away," is one of the best I
have ever read in any newspaper.
It so hits the nail on the head as
to what is basically wrong with
the Republican Philosophy of Gov-
ernment-everything for the big
business boys, nothing for the little
fellow.
Eisenhower, this year will be
running on his record in office,
not on his record as a glamorous
General of the Army.
The true facts are that Eisen-
hower in his campaign speeches
promised to extend public power,
just as he promised the farmers
"not 90% of parity but 100". Once
he got into office surrounded by
his millionarie cabinet, it was a
different story.
Thanks to the young man who
wrote this editorial, I would surely
to shake his hand.
It is going to, take more than
Nixon and his dog Checkers to put
the "Great Crusade" over in 1956.
- William H. Merrill, '31 Ed.
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Lectures
Patterns of American Culture: Con-
tributions of the Negro. "The Economo
Position of the Negro since the 1930
Depression." Abram L. Harris, profes-
sor of economics, University of Chicago.
4:15 p.m. Tues., July 31, Aud. A, Angeli
Hall.
The "Music for Living" series of dem-
onstrations and lectures will continue
with "Creativity, the Spark In Music
Education" by Mary Tolbert of Ohio
State University, 3:00 p.m. today, in
Aud. A, Angell NMI.
The Soviets in World Affairs, auspices
of the Inter-Departmental Seminar in
Russian Studies. "The USSR and Com-
munist Movements in the Near East
William D. Schorger assistant profe-
sor of anthropology and of Near ast-
ern studies. 8:00 p.m., Tue., July 8,
West Conference Room, Rackham.
Linguist Forum Lecture, Rackham
Amphitheater, 7:30 p.m. Prof. E. Ade-
laide Hahn, Hunter College on "Por-
titive Appositive."
Lecture in Social Psychology. The
first of a series of four public lec-
tures on social psychology will be given
by Prof. Fred Strodtbeck, associated
with a research project at the Univer-
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30, at 4:00 p.m. in the Rackham Amphi-
theater. Title: "Factors Which Impede
the Growth of Social Psychology." Suc-
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Concerts
Stanley Quartet Concert. The third
and final program by the Stanley Quar-
ted for the summer session at 8:30
Tuesday evening, July 31 in the Rak-
ham Lecture Hall. For this program
the group will be joined by Louise
Rood, guest violist from Smith Col-
lege, in the Mozart Quintet in 0 m-
nor, K. 516, and Quintet in E-flat ma-
jor, K. 614. Open to the general public
without charge.
Student Recital Cancelled. Bonnie
Glasgow, mezzo-soprano, whose recital
has been announced for Wed. evening,
Aug. 1 in Aud. A, Angell Hall, ha "an-
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Classical Studies Tea: The Depart-
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the Rackham Building, at 4 p.m. Any-
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La Socledad Hispanica, Department of
Romance Languages, weekly meeting,
Wed., Aug. 1, at 7:45 p.m. in the As-
sembly Hall, Rackham Building. An-
thony Pasquariello, assistant professor
of Spanish and Italian who has just
returned from a year in Spain, will
speak in Spanish on "Espana: Ciudad
moderna, cudad de provincia, un con-
traste." his lecture will be illustrated
with slides. Open to the public.
Le. Circle Francais, last meeting
Thurs., Aug. 2, In the Vandenburg
Room of the Michigan League. A pro-
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Doctoral Examination for Althea
Helen whitney, Education; thesis: "The
Contribution of the Factors fo Experi-
ence and Individual Attention to the
Improvement of Motor Skills among
Elementary School Children of Tested
Low Motor Ability," Tues., July 31, East
Council Room, Rackham Building, at
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Doctoral Examination for Julia Bader
Leonard, Psychology; thesis: "A Study
of the Organization of Self-Percepts
through their Susceptibility to Change,"
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INTERPRETING THE NEWS:
Egypt's Daring Key Fact
SUMMER MUSIC, THEATRE:
Stratford Has Arrau, Jazz, Shakespeare, Films
1By 3. M. ROBERTS *
Associated Press News Analyst
O KEEP perspective on the Suez dispute
it must be kept in mind that the physical
position of the Allies now is not much different
from what it would have been in 1968 anyway.
The suggested physical solution, too, is about
what could have been expected if the original
agreement betwesen Egypt and the Suez com-
pany had been permitted to run its course.
It is for an international control board with
Egypt participating, as she has not since
Britain bought the Khedive's share of Suez
stock so long ago.
The suggestion for a control board is directed
at the matter of assuring that the canal will be
kept open to international trade-instead of
being used by one country as a lever in its in-
ternational policies.
Talk of the use of force in this corwiection is
premature until the Big Three have cast an
accurate account of their real interests.
THE MILITARY value of the canal is prac-
tically nil. During the last war it was out
Editorial Staff
LEE MARKS. Managing Editor
Night Editors
Dick Halloran, Donna Hanson. Arlene Liss.
of operation for long stretches. Like the British
military base at Singapore, it did not turn out
to be vital. In another war the canal might not
last a day.
The real value of the canal today, then, is in
shortening the route from the West to the
Persian Gulf oil depots and to Britain's Com-
monwealth associates in the East.
As long as it remains open, as Nasser has
promised, and as long as he does not seek to
impose prohibitive charges, as he might have
to do if he pursues his idea of making the
canal pay for the Aswan Dam, there is no
major effect on international trade or Western
access to oil.
IN THAT CASE, if Nasser keeps his promise
to pay the stockholders, the physical effect
of nationalization is negligible.
The real furore of the moment, then, despite
all the talk about keeping the canal open, is
political.
Britain and France are deeply insulted. They
know Nasser needs the canal income for the
dam, which he promised Egypt to build when
he thought he had the Western powers trapped
into paying for it.
But they also know that if he succeeds in
twisting the tails of the big powers it will add
greatly to his stature in the whole Middle East,
of which he hopes to gain unchallenged leader-
ship.
T. . .-....--1.
STRATFORD, Ontario, is about
five hours' distance by car from
Ann Arbor, driven at a scrupu-
lously law abiding pace. Being less
than 200 miles one can drive there
in half a day, and with good plan-
ning and stamina, attend the
afternoon and the evening's events.
The trip can be made with rela-
tively little expense. The play
tickets are priced from a dollar to
five dollars; the film tickets are
fifty cents, with the music tickets
ranging in between.
Overnight lodgings depends on
ones tastes too. I don't know what
the hotel rates are, but rooms in
private homes average three dol-
lars; and the YMCA has beds for
$1.25. So one can actually pick
and choose.
Meal costs can't help but be low.
Anyone who has travelled at all
knows that food in provincial
Canada is edible but untouched
by inspiration.
* * *
ASIDE from the Shakespeare
plays (sumptuously elegant, both
in delivery and costuming) there
is concurrently a jazz series, a
classical music festival, a film
series and an exhibition of theatre
designs.
Inge Borkh, the soprano who ap-
peared in Ann Arbor's May Festi-
val and her husband, Alexander
Welitsch, are scheduled for a num-
unusual films as Kamaradschaft;
Marcellino, Pan y Vino, (a Spanish
prize winning film); the new So-
viet film Romeo and Juliet with
Ulanova; The Life of Private Brov-
kin; the Japanese neo-realist film
The Living; and numerous short
subjects of high quality.
* * *
THIS accounts for the essentials,
except the assurance that Strat-
ford is a placid, cheerful town, un-
hurried and refreshingly devoid of
that commercialism that takes the
form of little banners, balloons
and bauble all marked "souvenirs"
which we cannot avoid on football
afternoons.
The Avon River meanders; there
are swans, canoes and swimming
pools; and for those who are able,
a bowling green, where the old-
sters of the town gently try their
skill and catch the culture mon-
gers hurry toward the Festival
Concert Hall.
Here in an afternoon recital at
the Festival Concert Hall, Claudio
Arrau performed two Mozart and
two Beethoven Sonatas.
Of the many contemporary pian-
ists, I find Mr. Arrau to be nearly
the most satisfying, for he com-
bines a high degree of technical
competence with intellectual in-
tegrity and honestly felt emo-
tions; and he plays the piano with
well controlled fireworks and tem-
of seeing that the veneer of sound,
often faultily constructed, is fre-
quently the padding for a vacuum.
This is true, at least in his ap-
proach to Mozart, Bethoven or
Bach, for Ruvinstein's perform-
ances of Chopin and Liszt are
dazzling.
In his heyday, Rubinstein's tech-
nique used to be diabolically elec-
trifying: today, his piano tone is
marmonial and chiselled. Mr.
Arrau's tone is warmer, more vi-
brant; yet in passage work, it is
clear and transparent. Where he
wants to, he can create hotly glow-
ing fortissimo tones; and yet bring
it down in scale and warmth to
suit Mozart.
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THIS description I think accur-
ately fits his performance of the
two Beethoven sonatas; of the
"Waldstein" (Op. 53) and the
"Apassionata" (Op. 57). Both were
expansively projtcted, extroverted
readings.
The Waldstein sonata can easily
turn into a display vehicle. Mr.
Arrau, fortunately, is a sensitive
musician, and a man of taste. His
Waldstein, while largely spanned
and moody, with sudden dynamic
bursts, was still honestly felt-and
its emotional correlate was con-
vincingly delivered on the key-
board.
The sonics, to use a metaphor,
There seemed to be some unau-
thorized retards in the slow move-
ments, and in the final movement,
the left hand seemed almost inar-
ticulate for the deep and hurried
rush of feeling. But in either case,
if these be faults, the results were
convincing and wholly romantic.
* * *
THESE SAME characterizations,
even more gloriously graced the
"Apassionata" sonata. This sonata
seems to be more substantial than
the "Waldstein"; but it still offers
a pianist occasion for brilliant dis-
play. Mr. Arrau was fully up to
this, but at all times the procedure
was rigorously controlled. Mr. Ar-
rau's conception of this work is
a grandiose one; yet the second
movement was the essence of quiet
intellection, limpid and cool. The
rest was all fire and manly tem-
per, reinforced by self respect,
making this "Apassionata" the
most impressive rendition I have
experienced.
The Beethoven works were pre-
ceded, each by a Mozart sonata
(K. 570 and 576), both rendered
with appropriate reserve and fin-
ish. The readings were virile and
sometimes eruptive. Thus, one
hesitates to call it delicate. In
both sonatas, the slow movements
were played romantically, fre-
quent with retards that one won-
dered about. (Not having the
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