w~rmidligan Ba~l Seventy-Third Year EDrIED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS ,Where Opinions Ark Vr" STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG., ANN AiBO , MICH., PHONE NO 2-3241 Truth Will Prevail" Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. "You Know That Dirty Imperialist Warmonger, Harriman? Well, He's A Dirty Imperialist Peacemonger" 5. i LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Beethoven's Quartet Can Be Played Right )AY, AUGUST 2, 1963 NIGHT EDITOR: ANDREW ORLIN l Catholic Equivocaion Leads To Birth Control Hypocrisy' THE CONTROVERSY of Catholicism versus contraception was renewed a few weeks ago at Newman Club with the program "Moral and Medical Implications of Birth Control Pills." A talk regarding the function of oral con- traceptives and a general lesson in the human reproductive process was given by a physician. The floor was then opened to questions..Some of these proved to be genuinely interrogative, from Catholic students; others seemed to be asked by non-Catholic students and were baldly argumentative. Both raised valid points. Unless there exists a better justification for the Catholic stand on oral contraception than the one which was presented at Newman Club, It seems clear that all thinking people, Cath- olic and non-Catholic, must reject that stand as illogical and irrelevant to the problem at hand. F THE PILLS are used to increase fertility or to correct pathological disorders, they are "licit." But they may not be used to prevent conception or to cause sterility. But when someone in the audience asked what was the difference between causing tem- porary sterility with a pill and using the rhythm method to prevent conception, the "moral justification" argument in the rhythm method was brought up, Many of the .students in the audience, Catholic and non-Catholic, had been under the impression that the rhythm method was the only officially-sanctioned method of birth con- trol. They were surprised to hear that if a; couple uses the rhythm method because their minds are definitely and completely closed to the possibility of having more, or any, children, they may not use the rhythm method. If, however, their minds are such that they would rather not have children for a while, but are not definitely opposed to it, then they are mnorally justified in using rhythm. HIS SPURI6US DISTINCTION leaves most people with the choice of being either hypo- critical or nonsensical. Its content is this: rhythm and total abstinence are the only church-approved methods of birth control. You may use rhythm if you want children; yoi. may not use it if you don't want them. This would reduce the church approval on the rhythm method to that which is precisely its greatest fault: unreliability. Since the couple using it could not be positive that con- ception would not take place, they would not use it if their minds were "completely closed" to having children. A very weak spot in the fabric of the Catholic stand is the opinion of "competent theologians" quoted at Newman Club that the contraceptive pills may be used by a woman to correct irregularities so that she could use the rhythm method with effectiveness. It is very difficult for a reasonable person to see the difference between using the pills to regulation ovulation and then using the rhythm method; and using them to prevent ovulation altogether. Both are equally "artificial." THE CATHOLIC ARGUMENT is based on emotion only. It breaks down under any kind of an objective questioning. The only re- source left to the Church in logical argument it has torn down itself. If Church leaders be- lieve that prevention of conception were sin- ful, consistency demands that they forbid all methods of contraception. They should not recommend rhythm, or using pills to regulate ovulation, or even total abstinence. If it. is a sin to prevent conception becausei one is killing a potential human being, then the Catholic church should stick to its guns and demand that no contraceptive >methods whatever be used. By trying to steer a middle course to satisfy those who do not want to become pregnant every year, it has retreated into an untenable position. And it's not going to be a very effective one as long as there are Catholics like some of those present at Newman Club, who honestly and with a good intent question its validity. -RUTH HETMANSKI h FAIR HOUSING ORDINANCE: Measure Makes Little. Progress To the Editor: WITH REFERENCE to Mark Slobin's report of the Stanley Quartet's second summer concert which appeared in last week's Daily, I particularly noted Slobin's observation that he had not yet heard a performance of Beet- hoven's C-sharp minor quartet "which is altogether convincing." I should like to take this op- portunity to direct, Slobin's at- tetion to the efforts of the Buda- pest String Quartet (and in so doing it is not my intention to detract from the Stanley). For those, such as Slobin, who have never had the exciting experience of hearing the Budapest perform the Late Quartets I would suggest that an acquaintance with the Columbia recording of the com- plete Quartets would be very worthwhile. -Peter L. Wolff, '59 "Irma.. . To the Editor: CRITICISM of a critic may be as dangerous as kicking sleep- ing dogs. However, I would like to take axception to the review of "Irma" as well as the apparent role of your reviewers. I do not attempt to know the background of the theme, how good the play was or even the motivation of the original author. My competence does not extend to problems of transforming play ma- terial to screen material. However, from the reviewer's statements one may question his basis for com- ments about the portrayal of the characters. I, frankly, have never met a prudish Parisian policeman nor a Parisian prostitute, but it is quite possible that they would perform as given. Whether the en- actment is "convincing" is in part dependent on the viewer. As for Lemmon's role-anguish, my dear sir, may be that wonderfully dumb, slightly pained expression. As for Maclaine, how many shining pros- titutes are there? As for slapstick, jokes, and disjointedness-that is possibly the essence of life and its enjoyment. I question the wisdom and in this case the basis of such reviews. It is problematic as to what areas andto what extent one should be critical in his orientation to life. That one wishes to be intellectual is understandable. But narrow in- tellectualism is provincialism and this latter may be worse than un- thinking hedonism. Further, I hypothsize that an overcritical at- titude may be symptomatic of a serious sickness in our society keeping us from enjoyment of life itself. That I enjoyed the movie should be obvious. Whether it wins awards or represents "ideals" couldn't be of less concern. At any rate we may not be commenting on the same movie-I saw mine at the Michigan. -Donald L. Halsted MRA... To the Editor: IN THE DAILY editorial on Moral Re-Armament of July 18th Ruth Hetmanski expressed herself on one of the most important is- sues in the world today. Why do 17 African nations in- vite Moral Re-Armament to their countries and request the films, at a time when many Africans want all white men to leave? Why does Prime Minister Ikeda of Japan say, "MRA is working to create new men, new nations and a new world. May its philosophy take root and spread. I am determined to help in whatever way I can to further this purpose."? I believe The Daily editorial shows naivete on a vital issue. No one, for instance, who understands MRA would say, "Its aims are elusive" and then say, "It is an organiztion dedicated to remov- ing Communists, atheists, socialists and all who fail 'The Quiz for All' from government." It doesn't make sense. Also, the financial support does not come from "somebody very wealthy." I wish it did. Most of the money comes from ordinary people like my family, who give out of sacrifice, and do not stay "free of charge" at Mpckinac Is- land. Nor is there any "member- ship in MRA." It is a uniting ideology above class, color, or creed, open to all and barring none, that stands for change in all men-Communist, non-Communist and nuetralist. The issue is not "to remove" people or to be "against" them, but to learn the secret of chang- ing the motives and purposes men live by. The man or nation that learns to add this to the so-called realistic political and economic plans, holds the key to the future. How do we create the new type of man who can fashion the new society that works? The underl: ing moral issue of how a man lives, whether we like it or not, is be-' coming more and more the clue to the survival of the human race. What makes a person change? Only a direction and purpose that is big enough to give everything for. I suggest that the students who are sincerely concerned about world and national issues study the evidence in the many films, plays and books done by Moral Re- Armament and decide for your- selves. -Esther Sherry, Grd MUSICUM: aFare IN A CHARMING evening of Ren- aissance and Baroque music, the University's Colegium Mus- cum added sparkle to Ann Arbor's summer concert fare last night. Music for brass choir by Bux- tehude and Matthew Locke started the evening. The Locke, with its somber tones, sounded like a fore- shadowing of Purcell's funeral mu- sic for Queen Mary, and harked back to the early Baroque style of Gabrieli. Two Italian sixteenth-century villanellas (anonymous) followed, complete with crumhorn (that quasi-kazoo of the Renaissance), tambourine, viols, a recorder, and the fine tenor voice of Gary Glaze. Quite different was the next offer- ing, by none other than King Hen- ry VIII (would it be blasphemy to suggest the presence of a ghost- writer?), a flute fantasy with viols, played by Prof. Hauenstein on the baroque flute. * * * THIS INSTRUMENT, also used later in the program, combines the flexibility of the metal flute and the resonance sound of a mel- low recorder, and was handled skillfully by Prof. Hauenstein. After intermission two lovely Dowland sonks (Gary Glaze again) and a Veracini sonata (with Prof. Hauenstein) rounded out the eve- ning's entertainment. -Mark Slobin TODAY AND TOMORROW: .De Gaulle's Europe Vision ALTHOUGH, as expected, French President Charles de Gaulle will not himself sign the test ban, in his press conference Monday he gave it his blessing: "The Moscow agreement . - . which has been concluded, between the Anglo-Saxons and the Russians . . . appears satisfactory to us, and we even share in the Joy so eloquently expressed by President John F. Kennedy . . . concerning this event." The rest of the press conference was an explana- tion of why he can rejoice in an event in which he will not participate. The explanation began with an acknowledge- ment, more explicit than any previous one, that at the present time and for some years to come the peace of the world rests on the balance of nuclear power between the Soviet Union and the United States. That is why the Moscow agreement to stabilize the existing balance, of forces is an event in which every country, including France, is bound to rejoice. It is within the shelter of the USSR-United States nuclear truce that the general is con- ducting French policy. Given the nuclear truce, the critical question for him is how subsequent relations within the Western alliance and re- lations with the East are to be conducted. The burden of the general's remarks was that while the specific nuclear agreement could be made, indeed had to be made, by the "Anglo- Saxons" and the Russians, nothing else per- taining to the fu ure of Europe should be left to the British and the Americans to negotiate. The general, therefore, is opposed to a non- aggression pact and to anything else relating to accommodation or settlement in central Europe. pIS REJECTION of British and American leadership in European affairs arises from the general's experience with that leadership since the early days of World War II. The principal disqualification of the "Anglo- 3' i a faiIl Editorial Staff RONALD WILTON..................o-Editor PHILIP SUTIN ....... ...Co-Editor DAVE GOOD.................... Co-Sports Editor CHARLES TOWLE..................Co-Sports Editor RUTH HETMANSKI...................Night Editor ANDREW ORLIN ......... ..... Night Editor JEAN TENANDER ..................... Night Editor Valter Lippmnann Saxons" as leaders of Europe is-that, since they are not European, they do not understand Europe and cannot be relied upon to defend and promote European interests. The general, who has the memory of an elephant, has not forgiven or gorgotten the un- happy story of our relations with France dur- ing and after World War II. Although he ac- knowledges that the United States has pro- tected Western Europe since the end of the. war, and is, still for some years to come an indispensible protector of Western Europe, he is convinced that the time is approaching when the United States cannot be relied upon to provide adequate protection to Western Eur-. ope. On this crucial point, the convictions of de Gaulle and the assurances of Kennedy conflict.' When the President announced in Germany that the United States would risk its cities to defend European cities, the response of de Gaulle was that no American president can make a promise of that kind which will bind his successor. WE MUST REMEMBER that the general is not talking about 1963 or even about 1967. He is thinking about the 1970s and after, and surely he is justified in saying that Kennedy today can make no effective promise for that far in the future. Nevertheless, it is that some- what distant future which must concern a French statesman who is only doing his duty, by looking ahead. De Gaulle is not worrying about the Ken- nedy administration even if it goes into a second term. He is looking beyond Kennedy for several reasons. For one reason, at least 10 years will be needed to develop a respect- able French nuclear force, but that force must be worked on now. For another reason, France cannot blindly trust its future to the Ameri- can statesmen of the 1970s, because no French- man can possibly know what United States relations with Europe will be 10 years hence. FOR MY OWN PART, I can find no fault in the logic of the argument. There is, how- ever, a serious blank space in the olicy which goes with the argument. Supposing that it will take France 10 years to become an important nuclear power, what is, to happen to East-West relations during the 10-year interval? Does the West have to stand still, does t have to remain diplomatically immobilized, until France and the Europe she Lna s - ---n .. -.. armtI ay fa "Anan By PHILIP SUTIN Co-Editor BUFFETED by cross-pressures from all sides, the proposed fair housing ordinance has taken a wayward course this summer and has come to a point slightly be hind where it had started. There are encouraging notes- a tentative date has been set for a necessarysecond reading; real estate brokers have been included in the draft provisions, discrimina- tory advertising is banned. But, the enforcement provisions have been seriously weakened and Mayor Cecil O. Creal, basically opposed to the measure, is about to embark on more delaying tactics. The best draft ordinance was submitted June 24 as an amend- ment to the one passed on first reading March 11. The first one was wiped off the books at the last council meeting and a third, weak- er ordinance has passed first read- ing. GENERALLY, the third marks a retreat from the second, but a slight gain over the first version: CINEMA GUILD: Unaided-- Kelly "THE COUNTRY GIRL," taken from a play by Clifford Odets, will be at the Cinema Guild to- night and tomorrow. This is the 1954 movie for which Grace Kelly won her Oscar and the New York Film Critics' Award as the best actress of that year. She probably deserved the awards; surely she delivers a better performance in this film than do Bing Crosby or William Holden. Frank Elgin (Crosby), a down- at-the-heels singer, is given the chance to have the lead role in a musical to be directed by Bernie Dodd (William Holden). Dodd puts in the "plug" for Elgin against the arguments of the producer, who doesn't want to risk using an ex- alcoholic in the play. Afraid, how- ever, that Dodd will quit if Elgin isn't hired, the producer gives in. AND THIS is the corny, super- dramatic background - which seems to warn the viewer not to expect anything more than the upbeat happy ending: a crescendo of applause and a halo of rebirth for Frank Elgin. 'Tain't so. Despite the fancy word-fencing and the pouting over hurt pride and the predictable slap in the face to round it all off -despite these-there is a mo- ment when the story comes to life unexpectedly. At the apex of this climactic scene, which I won't reveal here, the use of close-ups (which had been held in reserve until now) adds to its effective- ness. The excitement lasts to the end, which I cannnot call happy. * E *p E'RACE KELLY internrets her COVERAGE. Federally-assisted housing has been dropped from the ordinance-a major loss. The ra- tionale is that President John F. Kennedy's order of last Novem- ber barring federal funds for dis- criminatory housing purposes makes this section no longer nec- essary. However, it is difficult for the federal government to enforce this provision, for, traditionally, anti- bias agencies are underfinanced and the scope of non-compliance is so great and so basic that en- forcement from Washington can only make a slight dent. Local pro- visions provide on-the-spot en- forcement and extend fair housing coverage to more people and resi- dents. On the positive side, rooming units, real estate brokers and sales- men and a "person" has been add- ed in the second draft and retain- ed in the third. While the number of multiple units still remains at. five, the contiguity provision, fur- ther restricting the ordinance's coverage, has been dropped. The addition of advertising to the second draft of the ordinance was aimed against one of the most blatant means of discrimination. EXEMPTIONS. Exemptions to the ordinance have been more re- fined through the three drafts. The March 11 version only barred coverage from tenants living in the same house as the owner. The sec- ond draft put a limit of six apart- ment units on the buildings to be exempted. The third draft retain- ed this provision. ENFORCEMENT. With an eye to court tests, enforcement provisions have been considerably refined in each draft, but considerably weak- ened in the third one. In'the first two, more definitively expressed in the second, the Human Rela- tions Commission would investi- gate the complaint, attempt con- ciliation, and then turn the case over to the city attorney for prose- cution, if necessary. Violation of the ordinance would be considered a misdemeanor, punishable by a $100 fine and/or 90 days in jail. The city attorney would also have power to seek an injunction to prevent any action that would nul- lify commission work-such as renting the housing-until the case is closed. However, these porvisions have been weakened in the third draft. The city attorney has explicit au- thority not to take legal action if he feels there is no case, power he only implicitly had in the previous drafts. This makes a psychological difference. More tangibly, the jail sentence has been removed and injunctions are limited to repeaters. The en- forcement provisions are also de- layed until six months after the ordinance goes into effect. DELAYING TACTICS of vari- ous sorts have been applied to the ordinance. At least three public hearings and months of private sessions with key community groups have been wiped out as two more public hearings have been MEANWHILE, Third Ward Re- publican Councilman Paul H. Johnson, an opponent of any fair housing measure, keeps turning in petitions seeking a potentially fa- tal public advisory vote on the or- dinance. The Human Relations Commission opposes this proposal for fear that the animosities en- gendered by an election campaign on the ordinance will destroy existing racial{ harmony in the city. On the other side, the Ann Ar- bor Fair Housing Association-Con- gress of Racial Equality is stepping up the intensity of their protest activities for the ordinance. There are more picketers appearing Mon- day nights in front of city hall and the group is contemplating strong- er measures. The churches have spoken out for the ordinance and so, in a mild indirect way, has the University. Unfortunately, the delayers and the defeaters have the upper hand. The city's bankers and realtors, generally opposed to the ordinance, have found a ready ear in city council fair housing committee private sessions. More than any group affected by the proposed ordinance, they have had a hand, in the deliberations. But, the new civil rights push and the persereverance of the or- dinance's supporters is partially overcoming the anti-ordinance in- fluence. Their continued pushing will probably yield an ordinance, but an almost meaningless one. NMI _;..N-, ;:°"t i'ce' 4 '!"k;~ti ':i1' t 5°L': C' !