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THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1957 NIGHT EDITOR: VERNON NAHRGANG
Placement Conference
Deserves Public Attention
THE UNIVERSITY summer session is fast The interest in the program on the part of
becoming a myriad of miscellaneous con- educators, then, is an active, working interest.
ferences - with the clear danger that one of
those conferences, like the Advance Placement BUT THERE should also be interest on the
English Conference this weekend, might be- part of the public, for, after all, it is the
come lost in the crowd. public which should be ultimately concerned
Certainly no other conference planned for with the public's education.
the summer has the meaning and importance Educators from across the nation will be
for higher education and advance courses for here for the weekend conference-workshop.
.better students than this one does. Their goal will be an even greater implementa-
The Advanced Placement Program itself is tion of the program, coupled with improve-
relatively new and, at least in Michigan and ment and amplification where necessary or
many other parts of the country, still in an possible.
experimental stage. In turn, the public should be watching for
The news that Ann Arbor High School has the results of this experiment in higher edu-
joined the program and will offer its select cation and the results of this weekend con-
students courses for advance study and credit ference. Attendance at tonight's two introduc-
beginning in the fall is very good news. tory talks would be highly desirable.
With Ann Arbor High and Cranbrook both One of the most essential ingredients in a
offering such courses, the opportunity for the conference of this nature is the interest, the
serious student is broadened - and the re- attention and the criticism of the public. It
sults of these experiments should have much should be forthcoming.
to do with the furthering of the Advanced -VERNON NAHRGANG
Placement Program in Michigan. Editor
Prurient'-Well, That's Life!
THE SUPREME COURT has laid down the els in dresses which, to quote the editors, "ex-
law again - this time on the subject of hibited not only plunging necklines but un-
obscenity. Justice Brennan, one of the newer even hemlines of the current mode," although
members of the court, spoke for the majority the latter were not apparent (and not missed).
in upholding the federal law against mailing At least one of these three, we would be so bold
obscene literature, as to suggest, was not only "material having a
Brennan went a step further than the law tendency to excite lustful thoughts' or induce
and undertook to himself define obscene ma- an "itching or longing," but was deliberately
terial as that "which deals with sex in a man- calculated and included in the issue to do just
ner appealing to prurient interest." that.
This sent us to our dictionary, as it had the Of course we're quite young yet and still
good Justice, and we both came up with the rather itchable, and the Court has only recent-
same definition of Prurient: "itching; longing; ly ruled that the general censrship of ma-
uneasy with desire or longing." That our def- terial not fit merely for the eyes of youngsters
inition was identical with the Justice's is tantamount to burning down the barn to
showed that we were both using the same dic- roast the pig. (The figure of speech, we hasten
tionary; this was gratifying, since we're ob- to add, was the courts.)
viously not reading the same magazines. But we're not that young, and while we
Just to be sure, we checked the latest issue would not be so presumptuous as to inquire
of the largest and most colorful of a series when Mr. Justice Brennan itches and when
of slicks published by one of the leading sup- he does not we would expect that he and per-
porters of the Administration which elected hadssn oterou pha ea er-
Mr. Brennan to the High Court. We got to aps several others of his colleagues are not
page four and immediately began to -itch: above an occasional one now and then, even
There was a full page movie ad depicting a over some of the pictures in America's "family
young lady in lingerie, herself exhibiting many magazines.
signs of "itching." It seemed almost unchival- So if prurience be our guide, the publishers
rous not to itch back a little. of this particular chain of magazines (if not
A few pages later there was another movie the backbone of the American way of life, at
ad this one with a little better clad but a little least one of its vertebrae) and many others
better looking center of attraction, and we may soon find themselves banned from the
itched some more. These wern't big itches, mails, and the newsealers of America may
you realize, but respectable ones, surely siz- find themselves with little left to purvey but
able enough to fit the definitions of Messrs, the Christian Science Monitor, perhaps not
Brennan and Webster. such a bad prospect at that.
E PAGED through ad after ad for cloth- THERE is one other aspect worth mentioning
ing, cigars, drugs, beer, chemicals and of Mr.'Justice Brennan's attempt to differ-
even thermos bottles, and just by chance -- entiate between "sex" and "obscenity", the
pure chance, mind you - each one made us latter dealing with sex "in a manner appealing
"itch" just a little. Then we hit a two-page to prurient interest." If sex is no longer to be
spread - a black and white shot of the rear allowed to provoke "itching, longong" or un-
view of a woman clad only in rayon "panties" easiness "with desire or longig," we would
on one side and a color shot of the rear view suggest that it might just as well be banned
of a scantily clad dancer in a Broadway musi- by the court at the next session rather than
cal. be allowed to wither and die for lack of pub-
And a few pages later there was a full page lic interest.
devoted to 21 - count 'em, 21 - fashion mod- -PETER ECKSTEIN
INTERPRETING THE NEWS:
Ike's American Economy
IN THE WATKINS Case the Su-
preme Court, with Chief Justice
Warren delivering the opinion of
the majority, has tried to set down
certain limits on the rights and
powers of Congressional investi-
gating committees.
We must, I think, describe the
opinion in this tentative way. For
the limitations are stated in gen-
eral terms, and no one can know
how they will in the future apply
specifically in concrete cases.
In practice, the application will
depend on how much each particu-
lar committee is willing to accept,
how much it is determined to
stretch, the limitations, and whe-
ther the court will be disposed to
construe the limitations strictly or
loosely.
However, we have in the Wat-
kins decision a powerful assertion
of a principle which will influence
the conduct of committees, the
attitude of witnesses, the actions
of the court, and the general pos-
ture of public opinion.
The p-incipie is that a witness,
who believes that his Constitu-
tional rights are being abused, may
appeal to the "ourts for protection.
The question now before the coun-
try is whether this principle is
constitutional and is in the public
interest.
Those who are opposed to the
decision must say that they do not
think that a witness should be
able to appeal from a Congres-
sional committee to the courts.
This is, in substance, what Mr.
Justice Clark, the lone dissenter,
seems to think-that for the courts
to intervene is a usurpation of
power, and that, as a matter of
fact, it _s not in the public interest
that the judiciary should "super-
vise" Congressional investigations.
MR. JUSTICE CLARK, who re-
gards the decision as "mischie-
vous," comes very near to saying
that Congressional committees are
a law unto themselves, and that
there should be no appeal from
them to the courts for the pro-
tection of the Constitutional rights
of the individual witnesses.
"Perhaps," he says, "the rules
of conducts placed upon the com-
mittees by the House admit of in-
dividual abuse and unfairness. But
that is none of our (i.e. the court's)
affair. So long as the object of
the legislative inquiry is legitimate
(!) and the questions proposed
are pertinent (!) thereto, it is not
for the court to interfere with the
committee's system of inquiry."
This is a masterpiece of confu-
sion. For it begs the question be-
fore the court. In the Watkins
case was there individual abuse
and urfairness because a partip-
lar phase of the inquiry was not
legitimate or because the questions
put to Watkins were not pertin-
ent?
It is not entirely clear what Jus-
tice Clark really thinks. But ap-
parently, it is that the court must
assume that what a committee
does is legitimate and that the
questions it puts are pertinent, and
that if they produce "individual
abuse and unfairness,' it is none
of the court's affair.
THE ULTIMATE ISSUE raised
by the Watkins case is not Con-
stitutional. It is, if we are quite
candid, whether in order to com-
bat the Communist movement,
which would if it could destroy the
American government and the
American social order, it is neces-
sary to encourage or to permit
Congressional committees to pro-
ceed outside the Constitution,
Can the Constitution be def end-
ed only by extra-Constitutional
means, or can it be defended with-
in its own terms? It has been on
the grounds that there was a des-
perate emergency that many sober
and conservative men have sup-
ported McCarthyism
The Watkins decision is ad-
dressed to this particular kind of
extra-Constitutional investigation,
of which the object is to outlaw
by exposure and pitiless publicity
all behavior which might assist,
might favor, might tolerate the
spread of Communist propaganda.
These investigations are not car-
ried on for the purpose of inform-
ing Congress how to make new
laws. Quite the contrary. It is
evident that laws prohibiting these
activities would be in open conflict
with the Constitution,
There being no legal way to sup-
press such activities as propagan-
da, infiltration, and fellow-travel-
ing, Congress with the support of
public opinion, has created com-
mittees which are designed, among
other things, to suppress by intimi-
dation what cannot be suppressed
by due process of law.
THE SUPREME Court has wait-
ed a long time--some ten years-
before it has intervened in what
as unconstitutional process, re-
sorted to on the grounds that fire
must be fought with fire, that the
end, which is to stop the spread
of Communism, justifies any
means.
p~v citroo
MADE Fv~om
AN tMAILS
By DREW PEARSON
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Washington
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AT THE CAMPUS:
Japanese Film: Eastern Western
ONE OF THE best movies of the
current crop of Asiatic and
European screen imports is the
film currently playing at the Cam-
pus. "The Magnificent Seven," a
produlct of Japan, exemplifies all
that is skillfully and carefully
wrought in these importations.
The plot, the acting, the back-
ground and the photography of
the film seem to have perfectly
molded to fit one another,
Unlike the recent trend in Holly-
wood, the necessary balance of
the elements is not upset by the
use of excess action, excess cheese-
cake, excess color or cinemascope.
A simple story, well filmed, "The
Magnificent Seven" proves that a
language barrier, whether sur-
mounted or not by often irritating
sub-titles, need not exist in the
communication of emotion or in
the evocation of human empathies.
* * *
JAPANESE films in recent years
have been characterized by a cer-
tain amount of isolated power or
abstraction.
Rather like the cool dignity of
plum tree paintings, they have
been, with few exceptions, com-
paratively pure examples of that
rare phenomenon, twentieth cen-
tury classicism. "The Magnificent
Seven," however, is an atypical
example of the trend.
Far from cool classicism, it ap-
proaches more closely the well-
made American Western than any
other familiar form of film,
Bandits and swordsmen leap
around the screen with the bois-
trous agility of energetic Holly-
wood extras, and the blood shed
by horses and men would without
a doubt satisfy the most blood-
thirsty of Saturday afternoon cow-
boys.
* * *
A GROUP of Samurai, or pro-
fessional swordsmen, are called
upon by the peasants of a rural
village to help defend the city
against the plundering of some
local bandits.
The men, seven of them, are
magnificent, as the title implies,
and they not only shape the
slumping farmers into competent
defenders of their land but suc-
ceed in eliminating the threat of
the bandits altogether.
After many skirmishes and
battles, the farmers return to
their fields and the soldiers, only
three at the end, start off for an-
other town.
The inevitability of war and the
compulsive heroism that forces
men to fight are here treated with
persuasive delicacy and force.
* * .
YET THE movie is more than a
blood and thunder tale of war;
it is as well a story of people.
The sub-plots are few and large-
ly undeveloped, but thty commun-
icate a feeling of the completeness
of this segment of life to the
viewer. An ignorant farmer who
has perhaps said three words in
the film dies at the end and his
murder affects us as much as that
of the most worshipped of the
swordsmen.
The careful touches of classic
skill and simplicity are not miss-
ing from this film, but are assimi-
lated with an essentially romantic
plot to form a successful fusion
of two traditions.
The acting is naturalistic and,
in fact, superb. The photography
effectively blends it, the plot, and
the beauties of the Japanese coun-
tryside into a triply impressive
whole. In particular, the shots of
a love scene in a hillside forest are
beautifully handled.
"The Magnificent Seven"is an-
other laudable Asiatic contribution
to the development of the motion
picture as a semi-serious art form.
-Jean Willough
WASHINGTON - This column
was the fir at to reveal that,
ex-congressman Franklin D.
Roosevelt Jr., had been hired by
Dictator Trujillo of the Dominican
Republic. It's only fair, therefore,
to report on other relatives of
those in high places who have
been playing footsie with the
Caesar of the Caribbean.
The list includes:
1. The son-in-law of John Fos-
ter Dulles, Robert Hinshaw,
2. The brother-in-law of Presi-
dent Eisenhower, Colonel Gordon
Moore.
3. The ex-assistant secretary of
state in charge in Latin American
affairs, Henr.y Holland.
The chief source of Dictator
Trujillo's wealth is the Dominican
sugar industry. He owns most of
the sugar mills in his country. It
was no accident, therefore, that
Congress last year increased the
quota of Dominican sugar ad- t
mitted to the United States. It
took this action despite opposing
pressure of beet sugar growers In
our Rocky Mountain states and
cane growers in Louisiana.
HERE IS part of the backstage
story of what happened:
In 1954, Dulles' son-in-law of-
fered to help Trujillo get his su-
gar quota increased. The dictator
then sent his personal plane, a
luxurious flying yacht, the "San
Cristobal," to fly Dulles' daugh-
ter, Mrs. Robert Hinshaw, her
husband, and children to the Do-
minican Republic.
For three months the Hinshaws
stayed at the beautiful seashore
Hotel Jaragua, running a bill of
no small proportions. Hinshaw
tried to promote several deals with
the dictator, finally overstayed
his welcome. Trujillo paid his bills.
Hinshaw, when queried by this
column as to why he had not
registered as a foreign agent, as
required if an American works for
or accepts funds to represent a
foreign government, said that he
did not do any work for Trujillo,
Informed that some people reg-
istered if they received expenses
from a foreign government, Hin-
shaw admitted that his expenses
were paid, but did not agree that
he should have registered.
* * *
UNDER THE Foreign Registra-
tion Act there is nothing wrong
about an American working for a
foreign government, but it speci-
fied that the American public has
a right to know when someone is
so working.
The law firm of Secretary of
State Dulles has been registered
in thepast as working for various
foreign governments; also the law
firm of ex-Secretary Dean Ache-
son. It is a criminal offense not
to register.
Note - The Justice Department
recently indicted John Frank, an
ex-FBI agent who wired Trujil-
lo's palace for sound, for failing
to register as a foreign agent.
ONE FORMER high official
who definitely helped put across
Trujillo's sugar quota increase is
able Henry Holland, former top
official in the State Department
for Latin American Affairs.
Holland scarcely got out of the
State Department when he headed
for the Dominican Republic. He
not only made several trips, but
got on the payroll of TruIlbo's 't
mining consultant, William Paw-
ley, the former ambassador to
Brazil.
It can be argued that Holland
gets his fees directly from Pawley
therefore doesn't have to register.
Likewise Franklin Roosevelt Jr.
might have argued that he got
his fees through Charles Patrick
Clark, lobbyist for both Franco
and Trujillo. However, Roosevel
registered.
(Copyright 1957 by Bell Syndicate Inc.)
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AT THE MICHIGAN:
Webb, Bugs Bunny Show Talents
By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
President Eisenhower suggested yesterday
that American labor should base its wage in-
crease demands on increased productivity and
that management should eschew price in-
creases except for business expansion.
That would strike at one of the most cher-
ished labor practices of recent years - the
principle of progressive increases.
But the President says it is one important
thing needed to stop the danger of inflation.
It's not just the "danger" of inflation this
country faces. Inflation is already here.
Two years ago the Washington economists
thought they had learned pretty well how to
keep the nation's economy on a stable basis.
This confidence was directed primarily to-
ward prevention of depressions, since there had
been no serious disruption after the Korean
War.
One of the chief reliances was control of the
supply of money through Federal Reserve
manipulation of interest rates. That was ex-
pected to control inflation too, if needed.
Editorial Staff
VERNON NAHRGANG, Editor
JOHN ELLYER ...................... Sports Editor
RENE GNAM ..............:..........Night Editor
Business Staff
Instead of depression, the inflation of the
war periods was resumed.
To meet it, labor has been demanding in-
creased wages year after year. Contracts were
made providing for raises keyed to the cost
of living.
Management passed the constantly increas-
ing costs along to consumers.
Nevertheless, most people have been doing
fine. But the labor pay envelope catches up
with increased living costs only sporadically.
The purchasing power of dividends, of farm
produce, of salaries, goes down so steadily
that people who have grown accustomed to
better living than enjoyed by their fathers are
seriously pinched.
Prosperity is great, but uncomfortAble.
There is grave question whether such a- com-
pleX situation can be solved by the President's
suggestion that most of it can be handled by
a conservative labor approach to increased
wages in manufacture, and a management
hold-down on prices not needed for plant ex-
pansion.
"Hard money" has not provided the answer,
although it has had some effect. Secretary
Humphrey says he thinks it will - in another
month or so - prove its effectiveness. Many
other economists are not as sure as they were
two years ago.
The President may not want to violate what
he considers fundamental principles of the
American economy, but he may yet have to
come around to greater controls than at pres-
ent.
Mo, , Rn n ke "t thop Libhr rv
ANYONE passing the Michigan
Theatre might suspect a dis-
gruntled employee was playing a
TV set too loud in the lobby. But
not so. It's Jack Webb and his
boys shouting their way through
"The D.I."
D.I. means Drill Instructor, a
sort of Marine-type teaching fel-
low who takes the new recruits
and explains all the secrets of the
organization, like how to take
apart a rifle and how to lose
weight.
The Marine Corps is supposed
to have cooperated in filming "The
D.I." and probably another chap-
ter of the Jack Webb Story will
not do them too much harm.
* * *
JACK WEBB, master of the
cliche, the snide remark, the quick
phrase, the cold stare, the signifi-
cant grunt, the impatient twitch,
and the hard answer has put to-
gether a series of grunts, twitches,
stares, remarks and answers and
produced another Mark VII affair.
Webb plays the role of a drill
instructor who turns boys into
men and vice versa. He is a dedi-
cated Marine who doesn't like
women,booze, gambling, or even
Dragnet. But eventually he learns
to like women.
Don Dubbins is the everpresent
misfit who is eventually salvaged
by Webb's treatment and becomes
a good Marine. This story has been
filmed many times before with dif-
ferent people in the parts, but the
difference here is Jack Webb.
Webb is like Jose Ferrer in "Cy-
rano." \Webb is on stage all the
time. If you look away from the
screen, there are big pictures of,
Webb all over the theatre. Even
the spiders in the basement are
spinning webbs for the occasion
(instead of ordinary webs).
After Webb shouts at Dubbins
for an hour, his inner ear bursts,
and he becomes a Man. Webb's
voice gives out and he retires with
some girl he found.
In brief: "The D.I." is good for
a few laughs and a aching head.
THE SHORT subjects immedi-
ately preceding "The D.I." (or
following it, depending on when
you come in) are curious.
The first deals with a little
Bavarian town with an unpro-
nounceable name which has a
festival every year because it at-
tracts tourists, and visiting cam-
eramen.
qstensibly though, the festival
commemorates the fall of the
village to the Swedish army in
1650. It's very colorful and will
turn your optic nerve into a tangle
of riotous impulses as the rods and
cones try to keep up with Techni-
color.
After all the excitement, the
simple life of Bugs Bunny is a
source of much relief to ears
weary from shouting Webb and
the charge of the Swedish army.
Coming Attractions: Rock Hud-
son in "Something of Value," the
best chronicle of the African situ-
ation since I Remember Mau Mau.
-David Kessel
Financial
Roundup
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LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
by Dick Bibier
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NEW YORK (/P)-An early ad-
vance was erased by the stock
market as volume dwindled to
the lightest in nearly three months.
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