THE DOLLAR AND DANIEL WEBSTER

To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

I am no advocate of Deans Office meddling in the affairs of undergraduate activities, but you will have to admit that if any of these activities deserves to be "investigated," it is the business of film showings. For some time now I have wondered just what relevance film showings have with the interests of, say, the Liberal Union, or the U.N. Council. Ivy Films would seem to be the only organization with a direct and legitimate interest in such showings.

I could understand it if someone were to tell me that the Liberal Union, in an effort to make the community liberal-conscious, was showing "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." I could understand it if the U.N. Council, in an effort to make the community "one-world" conscious, was showing "When Worlds Collide."

But now I read in Monday's CRIMSON that the film director of the Advocate decided to show "The Emperor Jones" because the film's controversial nature gave it "an excellent chance for financial success." Not a word about any consideration of artistic value, or entertainment value; only its value in cash to the Advocate. In the light of this, I see no reason why the Deans Office shouldn't have the right to inquire into the leasing of the University's auditoriums and other facilities to groups with purely money-making motives.

In face, in the whole picture I see only one glimmer of light. The Liberal Union has invited the public to come to an illustrated lecture on sex given by a Lampoon men. I don't think anyone could expect anything more liberal than that. Stephen O. Saxe '51