PAGE TWO- THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1967 PAGR TWO THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8,1967 1 0 1" '0 04 'MEDIOCRE ACTING': 'Naked Runner' No Challenge. Tio elevision-Oriented Taste Plant Employe Walkout Stops U' Construction Panel Recommends New Bank To Finance Educational Costs By PAUL GINGRAS Frank Sinatra's "Naked Run- ner" is custom made for the large inner-city movie house late shows; people go there with the intention of sleeping. In this film we have yet another example of mediocre acting aided by raindom directing turning a poor script into an utter waste of time. This movie is certainly not worth missing "I Spy" for; "The Monkeys" maybe. Although a synopsis of the plot might give the false impression of suspense and cleverness, fear not; there is absolutely nothing in "Naked" which will challenge one's television-conditioned taste and expectations. Also, for that matter, there is nothing which will entertain the viewer or justify his expenditure, of a buck-and-a- half. An agent with vital information has escaped from the British and is in the hands of the Russians. He must be killed "at any cost." 'What is required is a man who is unknown, not a regular agent. Who shall we. get? Frank Sinatra of course. You see Frank has deep seated guilt feelings about a cer- tain incident of his war career.; As is very explicitly stated by one of the characters, presumably a psychologist, we have here a prob- lem of "motivation and response." Ah hah! This is the "key to Sam+ Laker," as stated in the advertise- ments. Now we get to see how they "wound it up good and tight . and then turned him loose." Unfortunately, all that is wound up good and tight is the viewer's patience. Through what is intended to appear as a skilful use of Laker's guilt against himself, he is transformed from a mild-manner- ed furniture designer into an un- dercover agent with psychotic tendencies. He has been "arrested" in Ger- many by British agents posing as Germans and has been led to be- lieve that his son, who has been kidnapped by the "Germans,' will be killed if he does not kill Zen- gler" for the Germans - er Brit- ish, that is. At about this point the viewer begins to try to re- member why they couldn'ttuse a regular agent, and is frustrated. More complications arise. The British agents can't get the room opposite the room in which the prey is to spend the night. And so on. Anyway, it becomes neces- sary to tell Sinatra that his son has= been killed by his kidnap- pers. Just like the psychologist said, Sinatra has become "a mar- ienette" and his revenge is dir- ected against the man he thinks killed his boy, but really didn't. If that isn't enough, the supposed killer isn't going to be in the car1 that Sinatra is going to be firing at, it is going to be the agent who the British wanted Sinatra to kill in the first place. If this seems confusing, in the film it is much clearer due to the lullaby pacing of the action. A few good bits and pieces of photography haphazardly inserted fail to establish the proper mood and. become unsubtle gimmicks. In fact, the high point of the en- tire film is a scene in which Sin- atra is taken to the woods by a British agent posing as a Ger- man agent. Sinatra is ordered! out of the car and faces the cam- era. The pseudo-German raises his pistol and cocks it audibly. The sweat pours down Frank's face. Just as we are reminding ourselves that this is Sinatra's picture and he can't be killed yet, the German, David Nesbit, lowers his gun and says: "Not this time." With this as the high point, need one say more? (Continued from Page 1) The University has been con- tending that the delay in the PA 379 ease, which is being handled currently, is the reason for the lengthy wait. However, a spokes- man for the board said yesterday the SLMB is not specifically wait-s ing for any decision on that case. In a statement distributed to the workers at an emergency meeting called Wednesday after- noon to avert the walk-out, Uni- versity attorney William Lemmer blamed the delays on the assistant attorney general. Assistant Attorney General Leon Cohan called it a "self-serving statement." George Bourgon, of the labor relations division of the attorney general's office, added, "To blame the Assistant Attorney General for a 15-day delay while the judge must take 5 months to make a decision is clearly im- proper. The fault lies with the large load of work that the court must handle." Lemmer was unavailable last night for comment on either of these cases. Individual University employes affiliated with Local 1583, Amer- ican Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes have joined the walkout. University bus drivers, who are not unionized, continued working today. Arrangements made by the plant department made it possible for them to continue working without crossing picket lines. One or the bus drivers reported that there was "light harassment" by the picketers when buses passea by their posts. The picket lines stopped not only the construction workers but also all deliveries to the sites. All truck drivers, most of whom were union members, consented readily to picketers' requests that they not cross picket lines. contractor depended on that de- I livery.I Pickets at the Hoover Plant near the stadium would not allow plant workers to cross their lines, al- though they would allow profes- sional and administrative person- nel to pass. There were about a dozen tradesmen who would not strike but did not attempt to cross the picket lines. The skilled tradesmen have led by the Temporary Trades Council, (TTC) which they set up last year. According to its chairman, Robert Radtke, the TTC has met with University management since the first of the year" with no results. Picketing Schedules Radtke and TTC recording sec- retary David Farrington have been arranging picketing sched- ules for the men for today. They plan to continue picketing at all construction sites and at the Hoover plant. Both TTC leaders and Prebenda have emphasized the adamance of the workers this time. "The men decided to refuse to work if anyone is fired,'" according to Prebenda. He added that if the Univer- sity attempts to use an infundtion forcing them back to work that "they will resign en masse." The men have no strike fund but "they are so disgusted with work- ing for the University that they feel it is worth the risk they are taking." Lemmer, University personnel officer Russell Reister, his aide James Thiry and an additional unidentified man were seen driv- ing around campus to look at the picket areas. To avoid the discontinuation of bus services, the plant department is parking the buses as far as five miles away from the plant grounds and is fueling the buses at a private oil company in Ann Arbor. Bus drivers are reported to sym- pathize with the strikers but fear reprisals from their superiors if they try to help. Read' Daily Classifieds Ads. ORGANIZATION NOTICES .....w:~.. .~V.V~tfl.%W.V.W 4V.V.SV.W.W4.V. .44...' M a ..m: i WASHINGTON tiP) - A select White House panel yesterday rec- ommended establishment of a new federal bank to finance complete college education costs for any qualified student regardless of his own financial resources. Repayments on the proposed education loans would be stretch- ed over 30 or 40 years with bor- rowers paying off indebtedness in conjunction with annual federal income tax payments. To be considered for a loan, a student would pledge a small per- centage of his anticipated income for a 30-or 40-year period after graduation. The panel suggested a repay- ment schedule of 1 per cent of gross income over 30 years for each $3,000 borrowed. The recommendation was sub- mitted to government education officials for study by the Panel on Educational Innovation, a group of prominent American educators conducting research un- der the auspices of President Johnson's Science Advisory Com- mittee. The proposaldoes not carry White House endorsement and appears certain to stir new con- troversy on the subject of how to pay for a higher education. The recommendation drew im- mediate criticism from the Na- tionalAssociation of State Uni- versities and Land Grant Col- leges and from some independent education experts who charged it would create inflationary college pricing and life-long indebtedness for borrowers. On the other hand, the pro- posal is expected to find favorrin TONIGHT ORSON WELLES' The Magnificent Ambersons Welles' 1942 Academy Award Winner- ". ..a remarkably advanced film.,. which explores 'the American success story' in reverse." 7:00 & 9:05 A & D School ARCHITECTURE AUDITORIUM STILL ONLY 50c-" 330 Maynard Presents JIM KWESKIN and the JUG BAND FRI., SAT., SUN., Sept. 8, 9, and 10 Doors open 7:30 P.M. Seating 8:30 P.M. $2.00 with* goodies gratis For Information-665-0606 We regret the demise of our standard cing policy. This year admissions will vary with price of entertainment.I p 'p many private colleges and univer- sities where the search is on for ways to flatten big cost hurdles. Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology physicist Jerrold Zacha- rias, chairman of the panel, told a news conference the proposed bank might be called an "Educa- tional Opportunity Bank." It would be able to lend student borrowers enough money to cover tuition and subsistence costs at. any college or university for which they qualified for four years. A $15,000 loan was suggested by the panel as a four-year maxi- mum. "We're submitting this recom- mendation as an idea which needs to be shaped by public discussion," Zacharias said. "I believe it would afford a means for colleges and universities to avoid a hand-to- mounth existence while permit- ting qualified students to go to whatever colleges or universities they choose." The panel proposed the money for the funding should be bor- rowed at going government rates. USE OF THIS COLUMN FOR AN- NOUNCEMENTS is available to officially recognized and registered student orga- nizations only. Forms' are available in Rm. 1011 SAB.,, AFS Club meeting for old and new members on Sept. 10 from 7 to 8 p.m., in Room 3A Union. Baha'i Student Group plans informal discussion Fri., Sept, 8, at 8 p.m. at 520 Ashley. Call 662-3548 if you need transportation. All interested welcome. * * * U. of M. Chess Club is having an or- I ganizational meeting on Sept. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Union, 3rd floor, Room 3C. * * * La Sociedad Hispanica plans Una Ter- tulia, with coffee, conversation, His- panic music, on Mon., Sept. 11, 3-5 p.m., 3050 Frieze Bldg. Anyone interest- ed in practicing their Spanish invited, * * * Guild House is holding a luncheon on' Fri., Sept. 8, from 12-1 p.m., 802 Mon- roe. The speaker will be George White, "Poverty and Art: Understanding Polar- itles." Michigan Christian Fellowship has lecture on Sept. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the UGLI Multipurpose Room. Speaker will be Ted Ward on "Man: Super-Animal." I The strikers did not try to use force to keep trucks from pass- ing. 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