SSeventy-Third Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS "Where Opinilons Are Free STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG., ANN ARBOR, MICH., PHONE NO 2-3241 Truth WI] Prevail" Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. TUESDAY, JULY 2,1963 NIGHT EDITOR: RUTH HETMANSKI /J// T .p, J f " , rr 1 ,'' e " 1 ' ; . i ; : f" ," 1. .. i . 5 .qa. 'r # ,5, ' Y TODAY AND TOMORROW: Puerto Rico Needs More Perfect Pact N 't Khrushchev Gets Taste Of His Own Medicine MOSCOW IS having a little trouble these days with her visiting Chinese friends. It seems that a number of Chinese diplo- mats have been handing out literature which has been uncomplimentary to Chairman Khrushchev. Taking a. forceful line against his Chinese "allies," Mr. Khrushchev has expelled five of these malefactors. It would seem that he is correct in his stand against persons who are so ungracious as to criticize a host in his own home. Undoubtedly, the Chinese do not feel the same way about what occurred in Moscow and will take offense at this action. Controversy COMMUNISTS and "others with anti-Ameri- can views" would be barred from speaking on state university campuses in Ohio under the terms of a bill recently passed 104-25 by the lower house of the Ohio legislature. The old and controversial issue-what to do about con- troversial speakers has come to the fore at other universities lately in forms ranging from university presidential decree to board of re- gents regulations. Whether the word comes from the president of the university or the state legislature, such decrees are an affront to not only the students at such institutions, but to the concept of a university. That concept, as we see it, is of an institution which protects the individual temporarily from the fickle trends of the out- side world and encourages him to explore all areas of thought. One of those areas of thought, whether it is attractive to legislators or not, is Com- munism. The exploration of its meaning-- including speeches by its propagators-should not be denied university students. We doubt that the legislators have any grounds for worrying about a Communist sub- verting university students. A speech by Daniel Rubin, editor of "The Communist Viewpoint," on the State University of Iowa campus two years ago drew a large audience. When the speech was over, however, there were more jeers than cheers. We are .certain that none- of the students who went into hear Rubin hating Communism came out liking it. We are also certain that many of them came away with a little clearer idea of why they hate it. There is a lesson in Iowa for you, Ohio legislators. It is embodied in one of the aphorisms of that "unsophisticated" animal, the Iowa farmer: "Let 'em have their say. We'll argue after- wards." -The Daily Iowan Khrushchev foreseeably views these attacks as actions worthy of Western nations and hence even as detestable. He has from time to time asked a number of American and other West- ern persons with diplomatic status to leave the country. Quite often, this has been in retalia- tion to the West's expulsion of some Soviet diplomat on charges of spying or attempted spying. In all of these cases it it quite. difficult to tell who is telling the truth and who is prevaricating. For even if one were to believe that all Soviet spies were stupid (which they certainly are not) the rate at which they attempt to unwittingly lure members of the FBI and the CIA into their service is too astounding. On the other hand, the frequency with which American foreign service members are de- clared personna non grata following American charges against Soviet diplomats is: equally astounding. BUT THE PROBLEM which has recently angered the Russian leader was not a case of spying. The Chinese started to distribute a letter which makes uncomplimentary attacks against Mr. Khrushchev. They were copies brought into the country for distribution with Russia. These copies merely pointed out the Chinese side of the present dispute between the two Communist countries. The Soviet government has had a difficult time in keeping out such literature. Every once in a while an American is stopped trying to enter Russia who is supposedly carry- ing stacks of anti-Communist literature or what appears to be even more dastardly to the Communist leaders, the Holy Bibles. However, the Soviets have a short memory and quite quickly step over all the propaganda that they produce in their public relations mills on Madison Ave, Moscow. With the amount of stuff they send via the diplomatic pouches, that has nothing to do with diplomacy, it is amazing that there is any room left over for dispatches. It was not the West .who started exporting mass amounts of propaganda to other coun- tries. Even Hitler had a basis for his propa- ganda machinery in another government fur- ther toward the East. The Communists even before they achieved power in Russia dished out the party line to the workers in other countries. In fact, when the Russians were sueing for peace in World, War I, it was one of the high ranking members of the peace delegation who, upon arriving at Brest-Litovsk, started throw- ing anti-German literature from the arriving train's window. So right now, Mr. Khrushchev is merely getting some of his own medicine and from his reactions he doesn't like its tas'te. -ANDREW ORLIN L WARM X% -./1 Z 4.ra,""t N c./ :w, :.rw . 7 C4IIESE FiORTUM COOKIUi By WALTER LIPPMANN IN THE ENDLESS series of prob- lems about which something needs to be done because some- thing has gone wrong, the.island of Puerto Rico is a shining excep- tion. Since 1898, when Spain ceded the island to the United States, the Puerto Ricans have been treat- ed with an enlightenment' and generosity which are unusual in the experience of colonies. This happened because the American people are deeply anti- colonial at heart and have never been willin'g to think of them- selves as the permanent owners and masters of colonies. In all of their dealings with dependent lands, however they have been acquired, thedAmerican people have always had as a positive °ob- ject of policy the preparation of the colony for freedom. In the case of Cuba and the. Philippines, the goal has been national in- dependence. In the case of con- tinental territories which were purchased or conquered; the goal has always been statehood. In the case of Hawaii and Alaska, it has also been statehood. In. the case of Puerto Rico, the goal has become a unique arrange- ment, dictated by the special con- ditions of race, language, cultural tradition, economic necessity and history, Until 1952, Puerto Rico was an American colony.: Since 1952, it has been, if we translate from the Spanish of its official title, a "free associated state." In American usage, Puerto Rico is not a state, it is not independent, it isaa commonwealth in an as- sociation with the United States, which rests upon a compact be- tween the Congress and the people of Puerto Rico. The Puerto Ricans are citizens of the United States, but, they do not vote in elections outside of Puerto Rico. They have a com- missioner who sits in the House of Representatives, but he does not vote. The Puerto Ricans are sub- ject to the draft, and the United States is responsible for the for- eign policy and defense of the is- land. But no taxes are collected for the benefit of the United States Treasury. Federal legislation, apart from tax legislation, may be, but need not be, applied to Puerto Rico. This includes federal grants- in-aid, though usually Congress does make them applicable. * * * THIS HYBRID has worked ex- tremely well. Indeed, under the leadership of Gov. Luis Munoz Marin, it is working brilliantly. It has only one serious defect. It is that the association does not have an invulnerable legal basis which all Puerto Ricans recognize and is also understood among their neighbors. There is, therefore, an increasing apprehension and doubt that the association might not last. On Dec. 3, 1962, the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico proposed to the United States Congress "the prompt settlement in a democratic manner" of the status of Puerto Rico. In response to this proposal, there is now a bill in Congress, introduced by Mr. Aspinall of Col- orado, which calls for a joint United States-Puerto Rico com- pact commission to draft "a com- pact of permanent union." If this new compact is authorized by Congress and is ratified by a ref- erendum of the Puerto Rican people, it will establish a union which neither country can uni- laterally dissolve. The Aspinall Bill provides that in the referendum the people- f Puerto Rico shall be given three. choices: the more perfect compact worked out by the commission, national independence and state- hood within the federal union. In fact, the real choice lies between the present compact with its de- fective base e and a moreprect compact. For, indppendenceT4 wile. theoretically conceivable,. old cause vastly more problems than it could solve. SINCE THE beginning of this century, Puerto Rico has evolved in association with the United States. To tear it loose now, to push it outside the United Stats' economy, to ask it to provide its own military defense and to en ter into world politics, would cause a convulsion if not a disaster. This is so well understood in Puerto Rico that the vote for in- dependence is negligible. There is, however, a growing demand in Puerto Rico for ad- mission to the Union as a state. It has the, backing of certain in- dustrialinterests, of some menbers of the Roman Catholic hierarcy, of the Puerto Rican Statehood Republican Party, and it appeals to a- certain sentiment ';ang many Puerto Ricans. But the fact of the matter is that the prospects of the United States Congress ad- mitting Puerto Rico as a state are virtually nil. For one thing, Puerto Rico would be entitled to two senators and six representatives, which would give it more voting power Ini thea House of Representatives than 23 of the existing states. It would out-vote, to pick at random, such states as Arizona, Arkansas Colo- rado, Kansas, Maine, New Haup- shire; it would have as many votes as Connecticut, Oklahoma and South Carolina. It is hard to imagine what con- sideration would induce the Con- gress to give such political power inside the United States to what Is in fact a foreign people speak- ing a foreign language aid living inder quite different social inh- stitutions. All that the agitation for statehood is likely to accom- plish is to generate bitter dis- appointment. That is to say, it would destroy a relationship which works exceedingly well in practice and is a high credit to both parties. * * * THE PERFECTING of the com- pact, which is the next business of both peoples, would in fact be begun by the passage of the As- pinall Bill. The nub of it is in the first sentence which says that the Congress "duly recognizing the inherent right and juridical' capacity of the people of -Puerto Rico to govern themselve ad to establish such relationships with the government of the United States as are freely agreed upon That declaration erases all the vestiges of the original colon- ial status of Puerto Rico, estab- lishes the independence of Puerto Rico and its capacity to enter into a compact with the United States. Once the perfected compact is authorized by the Congress and ratified in the Puerto Rican ref- erendum, a union which is as in- destructible as that of the states will have come into being. For it will rest upon a compact between the two peoples, each possessing "the inherent right and juridical capacity" to enter into such a compact. (c) 1963, The washington Post Co. COLORADO POLITICS: Democrats Lose State- Grip Kennedy Leaves Messages THERE WERE messages in President Ken- nedy's tremendous welcome in West Ger- many early this week.' The Iessages were to the American people, Nikita Khrushchev, Charles de Gaulle and the rest of the world. The most important message to come out of th excitement stirred by Kennedy is that the people of Western Europe hold great enthus- iasm for the United States as a leader of the Western world. The Western Germans seemed to indicate that their future lies in the hands of the United States. Their common defense is de-- pendent upon our military power. The American people should now be satisfied that we must continue to pour billions of dollars into maintaining our military might. The German enthusiasm should drive home the point that as we go so goes the free world. THE MESSAGE to Mr. Khrushchev indicated that the West is not as divided as the Communists obviously hope. The Russian lead- er must now realize that the United States has backing from the people of Western Europe and that overcoming this influence will not be as easy a task as it sometimes may seem. But the message must have been driven home the hardest in France. De Gaulle, who has been playing mid-twentieth century Na- poleon, has been served notice that he is not the leader he would like to be. The French president surely feels disappoint- Editorial Staff RONALD WILTON........................Co-Editor PHILIP SUTIN..................... Co-Editor DAVE GOOD ..................... Co-Sports Editor CHARLES TOWLE..................Co-Sports Editor RUTH HETMANSKI ..................... Night Editor JEAN TENANDER .....................Night Editor ment at the huge reception given to Kennedy As Kennedy came to Europe, De Gaulle's hope of a Europe led by himself suddenly flew the COOP. To the United States adversaries in the rest of the world, including the Red Chinese, the message must have been extremely clear. It poignantly stated that freedom Is exhilarating and that the people are enthusiastic about keeping it, even if they must depend upon the United States. T HE TURNOUT in West Berlin-over one million-pprticularly points out that even in a spot of freedom surrounded by Commun- ism and constantly under the fear of being consumed by the Red menace the type of free- dom adhered to by the United States is some- thing more than military might. We must hail President Kennedy upon his success in Europe. And to the critics who said he should have stayed home, we say with self- satisfaction: you were never more wrong. I -GARY SPURGEON The Daily Iowan Brotherhood BROTHERHOOD has always been preached as "Love thy neighbor." To attain brother- hood the time has come for us to turn from the emotional side of love to the more mature concept of understanding. Love can not be forced into people. As Eric Fromm states in "The Art of Loving," "love is an art." Like all arts it needs practice and time to flourish. , We can not tell a black man to love a white or vice versa simply be- cause they are neighbors. When we talk of civil rights and love we are not promoting intermarriage. We are speaking of allowing all people the rights and dignity that they deserve as human beings. We owe to al men the hnnst effort of trying to under- By MICHAEL HARRAH Daily Correspondent COLORADO SPRINGS -- The Centennial State has suddenly thrust itself into the limelight. Under the satisfactory but color- less leadership of Gov. Stephen McNichols, a Democrat, Colorado had been making slow but sure progress in the typical Democrat tradition-no achievements with- out more taxes. There wasn't really anything wrong with theMcNichols admin- istration when the voters saw fit to throw him out of office last November, but then there was the problem for McNichols' supporters that they were unable to put their finger on anything right. To challenge the top Democrat, Republicans put up a crack Colo- rado Springs attorney for the gov- ernor's post. A political newcomer, but a loyal Republican and strik- ingly handsome, John A. Love swept to an easy victory, carrying his ticket with him and sweeping the Democrats from power in the state legislature. * * * LIKE ALL political novices, however, Love ran the risk of get- ting some bad advice and not recognizing it for what it was. He campaigned on a tax cut plat- form, which is always popular, and he has kept that promise. Regret- ably, however, he may now en- counter some difficulty in paying the state's bills and have to tack on some new taxes again, but such are the fortunes of politics. Gov. Love and his administra- tion is as prominent and colorful, however, as his predecessor was retiring and colorless. One state Chamber of Commerce official has remarked privately that although McNichols was more skilled in the matter of politics than Gov. Love, "nobody knew about us. John Love has put Colorado back on the map." Well, perhaps it wasn't all Love's doing. He had a little assistance from the University of Colorado Board of Regents, who while cam- paigning managed to embroil themselves in a controversy over a guest piece written in the CU Student newspaper, ThenColorado Daily. THE CONTENT of that piece is not important, save that it libelled Sen. Barry Goldwater (RArizona), who promptly took exception to the whole matter and chided CU President Quigg Newton (since de- parted) for allowing such items to be printed. Newton apologized and tried to cover the matter over, while still taking a stand for free- dom of speech that might just as well have been left unsaid. This provided, the political- minded Regents with the out they had been seeking, and they im- mediately carried on a lengthy and somewhat assinine controversy in the press concerning the merits of President Newton, a Democrat and former Mayor of Denver. This all might have blown over, but the Colorado Daily didn't see fit to leave well enough alone. That organ had to go and print another piece from their friend, this one denouncing former Presi- dent Dwight D. Eisenhower. Now in Colorado, Ike is sacred. He va- cationed there, he fought a heart attack there. He loved the state and its people and they loved him. The challenging Republicans took up the defense of their;lead- er; Democrats started searching for half-hearted excuses. But it was all over but the shouting and the Democrats in November were buried in an avalanche of ill-will. * '* * TO SAY whether McNichols or Love has been the better governor would be difficult. Love is cer- tainly no worse than his predeces- sor and he enjoys a popular sup- port that McNichols did not. More- over he engineered the reappor- tionment of the state legislature, long overdue, which wiped out much of the vast over-representa- tion enjoyed by the rural areas in the house of representatives. Ad- roitly, he blamed the whole mess on the Democrats (who, as in- Michigan, hold many of the over- represented seats) and took credit for its rectification. Denver Demo- crats protested they had been working toward this end for years, but Love simply brushed them aside. So did the public and the press. But Love has not solved Colo- rado's basic political problem as yet, nor does, it seem too likely that he will. As in Michigan, many of the state's controversies square off geographically. In Colorado, the state is divided down the middle by a range of mountains, and almost obviously the eastern slope andsthe western slope forces battle it out, no matter what the issue. Love does not seem to have soothed these wounds, unlike his Michigan counterpart, Gov. Rom- ney, who has made noticeable pro- gress toward uniting Michigan's warring factions in certain areas. All this serves to shape the poli- tical character of Colorado. In 1960, the state stood steadfast with the GOP, giving Vice-Presi- dent Nixon a solid margin of vic- tory. Yet Gov. McNichols occupied the statehouse and his Democrat party controlled the Legislature. Today the Democrats are out and the Republicans are in. Yet this doesn't seem to be much of a weathervane for 1964. * * * UNLIKE South Dakota, senti- ments in Colorado are strong. Sen. Goldwater has a following which is reason. And here, as in South Dakota, the name of Sen. Thrus- ton B. Morton of Kentucky is wel- comed on all sides as "a good compromise." President Kennedy here is a dead duck. The good citizens of Colorado are mad at him, and if there's one thingthey can agree on, that's it. They're mad about everything from his foreign pol- icies to his farm programs. They're so mad, in fact, that the Presi- dent wouldn't even get the liberal GOP votes if Goldwater were nomin ted. The' conservative Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph flails away daily at the administration in Washington and the paper's mail indicates that the readers agree. The Denver Post, always quick to sense-a. straw in the wind, has not missed a recent oppor- tunity to take a poke at the Ken- nedy's. The consensus of those I spoke with, generally, is a dis- appointment in the President. They are generally unimpressed with "his bag of tricks" and wish he "wouldn't do everything with a political motive." Why so all this? The anti-Ken- nedy underground (ie, the John Birchers, YAF, etc.) is not par- ticularly strong here, yet many of their doctrines pervade the think- ing and remarks of Coloradoans. In 1964, Democrats will have everything to gain in Colorado and very little to lose. Politically, they hold virtually nothing. Vet- eran Rep. Wayne Aspinall (D- Colo) of the western slope and perennial Lt. Gov. Robert Knous are their lone officeholders of any import. Such an over- abundance of officeholders would seem to bode ill for the GOP, but strangely no one takes that posi- tion in Colorado. They concede that Gov. Love's tax problems could become thorny, but they see the governor leading his party through the briar patch smelling like a rose. Perhaps. Stranger. men than John A. Love have been modern- day pied pipers. AT THE CAMPUS: Sellers at His Best Is Something Else PETER SELLERS' "Wrong Arm of the Law" is at the Campus, to highlight Ann Arbor's Summer Festival of Mediocre Movies. It is quite annoyingly mediocre, too; not really innane enough for good slapstick, but certainly not clever enough for good satire. Instead, Boondoggle T HE AREA Redevelopment Act was sired by John Kennedy out of the West Virginia Primary. Billed as a panacea for depressed areas, it turned out to be just another boondoggle. The ARA built motels in areas where exist- ing motels were only 54 per cent full; last year it spent more than half its entire budget for public "Ha Ha Ha And Ho Ho Ho'" ( --- x'ii A it is the typical Sellers movie: a not quite predictable plot punc- tuated with a series of slapstick incidents (some terribly funny, most just mildly amusing), and a few comic lines tossed in for good measure (like, "Are you try- ing to bribe a police officer?" "No, I don't carry small change with me."). Sellers at his best is surreal and great. The "Running, Jumping, Standing-Still Film," for example, isolated just the bizzare sort of situations which make Sellers' dra- matic films bearable. Presented simply serially, with no need for a rationalizing continuity, the in- cidents stand as satirical monu- ments to the "experimental" film, and constitute, collectively, film comedy in its highest form. A movie like "Wrong Arm of the Law," on the other hand, is simply a diluted "Running Jumping" and by this very form is at bad ad- vantage. But "Wrong Arm" does not even measure up to the best in its own class, which are movies like "I'm All Right Jack," and which are not quite so contrived (in the dramatic parts) nor quite so lackluster (in the slapstick parts). Mostly so that you will be able ii f