kary 26, 1969 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three cry 26, '1969 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Paqe Three PN Sup cpZ SPOST +-TEHNE MORN DIAL 8-6416 ITECHNICOLOR, FRUSTRATION AND DESIRE Czech students battle Reality Jomamlus "u x i I I i I' -I m I/ Ie 4Kk IIitdaV I We ""THE LAST LAUGH" directed by the magnificent FRIEDRICH MURNAY A Monument of German Expressionism MON DAY, JAN. 27-7:30-9:30 AT THE ARK-1421 HILL By NICK JANKOWSKI a year ago and making its debut Smrkovsky, one of the eight mem- College Press service into politics Nov. 17. That day is bers of the Central Committee of PRAGUE (CPS) - There are remembered in Czechoslovakia as the Czechoslovak Communist Par- few similarites between the Czech' International Students Day-the ty and a "progressive," was not student movement and the Move-moment in history the Nazis closed invited to attend the meeting in mtuentmvAmena.thesMnovear-'the universities 29 years ago. In Kiev between the Committee and ment in America. There is no war 1968, that day was the inception the Russians. People felt a fore- have a draft, but it does not bother of a three-day national student boding in the air. them. Their educational system isstrikeItawas thbytCz fa The motivations for student ac- archaic, but no one seems to mind. political action by Czech students tion were clear; the methods were There are strong reasons for drop- intwentyyearsnot. Prague radicals opted for a ping out of Czech society, but no The reasons for the November mass demonstration through the one does. strike centered around frustra- streets of Prague, Bratislava, and The most immediate and sig- ' tion over the country's political other university towns. More con- nificant reason for these differ- situation and the desire of stu- servativd students hesitated about ences is the presence of the Rus- dents to do something about it. a demonstration because of the sians. The reality of that presence Six weeks before that day the warning issued by Dubcek and pervades every move, every action "Prague Radicals" began planning. fear of confrontation with the by Czechoslovaks. For some stu- Dissatisfaction with the Dubcek Czech police. They argued that dents it is cause for action. Most regime had been growing since with a blood bath, the government recently, it meant suicide by fire August. Students and the general would likely crumble and the Rus- for Jan Palach. For dthers, it is public were upset over the secret sians would inevitably step in with reason to remain quiet, to support meetings with the Russians, the their personal replacements. The "our leaders." The Czech student withholding of information on ne- Prague radicals accepted these movement vacillates between these gotiations, and the threat of in- objections against a demonstra- feelings. creased censorship in the press. tion. Their movement is young, born Others were disturbed t h a t Some neoole were dissatisfied I +..JVaaac: N--Vv IK4 wGlu Ul.o al olluu - - with DubcekA and Svoboda. At the time of the strike a minority stu- dent faction was pushing for a public denouncement of these men. The effort failed to rally much suppo-t for issuance of a )declaration, but it did clear the SATURDAY and SUNDAY wayfora later differentiation be- tween personalities and issues. Earlier this year, at the height' of the Smrkovsky controversy, Prague radicals concluded that he Directed by Francois Truffaut, 1964 was not worth a strike. But the issues underlying his removal were From the director of The 400 Blows, more important. These issues-the Shoot The Piano Player, Jules and Jim. clandestine maneuver to oust a Starring FRANCOISE DORLEAC governmental official and the un- "Truffaut was born to make films.'' announced agreements with the -Stanley Kauffman Russians over the management of 7:00 & 9:05 ARCHITECTURE the country-were clearly worth a 7:0& :575c ACIECUEfight. 662-8871 AUDITORIUM s it turned out, "on Jan. 13, Smrkovskyrvoluntarily accepted a lower level post, in deference to DAILY AT a progressive Slovak, Peter Colot- u- . DIAL ! ka, for the-position of chairman. JANUARY 26-8:00 P.M. dd(a9 Fte Graduates! Enjoy Yourselves! Meet someone! Meet everyone. FOLK ENTERTAINER 9 P.M.-JOHN SUNDELL Pizza-Music-Atmosphere Graduate Council of 7 -.M 7-9 P.M. G~umh~ 5-6290 l "The Best Suspense Western Since'High Noon" -Los Angeles Herald-Examiner H illel 1429 Hill 50c - __ _. . i b :T6ATE Info ,662-6264 HELD OVER 6th WEEK *- 0 0 The movement at that moment lost its vehicle for protest. But the fifteen-member student sui- cide ring became a new vehicle. I On Nov. 17, during the debate over the strike versus the demon- stration, Dubcek had made it quite clear-as clear as Mayor Daley of Chicago-that he would not tole- rate a demonstration. Czech troops and tanks were surrounding Prague in preparation for the demonstration and? for the vio- lence. A remarkable characteristic of the November strike was the rap- port it developed between students and the public, the professors, and the unions. Some of these coope- rative liaisons have grown into strong alliances. As the strike was churning mo- mentum, the "Action Committee" doing the organizing was tele- phoning all over the country, at- tempting to coordinate the event. When operators learned that the Action Committee was on the line they processed the call free of charge, wishing them the best of luck. On the second day of the strike a cooperative farmers as- Mark's Coffee House 605 E. William 769-1 593 D.C.M.A. Jazz Quartet SUNDAY AFTERNOON 3:30 $1.50 Downstairs GEN. LUDVIK SVgBODA sociation brought in 7000 eggs for the student strikers. Professors almost unanimously' backed the strike, at minimum through silent assension, but often through participation and leader- ship. The groovy ones conducted "anti-seminars." As expected, the medical school professors and the aging professors from other de- partments were reluctant to risk their positions and their "futures" through participation in such an affair. As for administrators, they do not exist as such in Czecho- slovak universities; professors di- vide up the tasks. Even without ideological fac- tions, there are clear differences in approach tactics. Ivan Reus, vice chairman of the student Youth Organization, is conserva- tive by Prague standards. He was opposed to a demonstration dur- ing November. He was opposed to a strike over Smrkovsky. And he stressed after Jan palach's immo- lation that he is opposed to open conflict with the government. Prague radicals, on the other, hand, initially argued for a mass Idemonstration in spite of govern- ment threats; they were not en-, thusiastic about Smrkovsky as a leader, but took strong issue with the procedure for his removal. Prague radicals have been active in the creation of an external pressure force to push for their demands; they are opposed to what they call the "unity of com- promise." Czechoslovakia is a small coun- try, too-smaller than Illinois in area. Smallness often produces egocentrism. Czechs thought of themselves as the "belly button of the world" between January and August. "They were the ones going to the moon," in Kavel Kovanda's .words. That centricity vanished after August. Now peo- ple,-especially students, are going through a period of reflection and a looking around. What tomorrow will bring de- pends on the strength and deter- mination of the' new student- worker-intellectual alliance, on the middle-of-the-road Czechoslo- vak government, on the pervading Russian Reality, and finally, on the students who have decided to die. Part of the problem is main- taining the momentum of the peo- ple, keeping them from returning to the apathy common before January 1968. Jan Palach re' energized the Czechs for the mo- ment. For how long.. . no one knows.. Second Class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104. Published daily Tuesday through Sunday morning University year. Sub- scription rates: $9.00 by carrier, $10.00 by mail. the news today b) ,The Associated Press and College Pres Service EXPANDED PEACE TALKS began yesterday in Paris, but U.S. proposals to immediately re-establish the de- militarized zone as a buffer between North and South Vietnam and to work toward agreement on the withdraw- al of foreign troops from South Vietnam were rejected by the Communist delegations. The National Liberation Front and North Vietnam de- manded that the Saigon government be replaced by a "peace government" which would negotiate in Paris for an over-all peace. They also stated they would accept no settlement in Vietnam that did not mean a decisive role for the NLF. An American spokesman said the first session was "just about what we expected it would be." While the language sometime sounded harsh, the atmosphere was one of courtesy, he said. The peace talks will resume Thursday. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CZECHOSLOVAKS turned out yesterday to watch the funeral procession of Jan Pal- ach, the student who set himself on fire Jan. 16 to pro- test the Soviet occupation of his homeland. Although government officials had fearei, the funeral would spark a new outburst of anti-Soviet demonstrations, there were no reports of incidents during 'the 'procession However, security forces were on full alert as polWemen, ap- parently under orders to remain inconspicuous, wer stationed on side streets and in back alleys. The funeral climaxed a week of tension that began Jan. 16 when Palach poured gasoline over himself 4In Wencelas Square and set himself on fire.He died last Sund~ay. Since then, more than half-dozen self--immolation at- tempts have been reported in Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Yugoslavia. HUNDREDS OF NEAPOLITAN STUDENTS rioted and Naples University was set afire yesterday as students staged angry 'protests against the Soviet Union to mark the funeral of Jan Palach, the Czech martyr4. "A Scores of students and police were injured when the anti- Soviet demonstration flared into clashes between rightists and leftists who fought with sticks, stones, cans of burning gasoline and Molotov cocktails. Several gasoline bombs ex- ploded inside university buildings driving teachers, students and administrators from the buildings in panic. ANGRY MOBS OF PAKISTANIS set fire to govern- ment buildings, buses and cars yesterday as violent dem- onstrations against the regime of President Mohammed Ayub,,Khan continued into their second day. Defying a government ban on demonstrations, rioters spread through downtown Karachi, ripping d o w n street lamps and signs, overturning government vehicles and setting buildings afire. Most of the demonstrators were students, angered by the jailing of opposition political leaders and a crackdown on stu- dent dissidents. NORTHERN IRELAND'S GOVERNMENT CRISIS stirred increasing bitterness yesterday as a powerful sec- tion of the'ruling Unionist party demanded 'it' resigna- tion of Prime Minister Terence O'Neill. O'Neill has come under pressure for his handling of the nation's civil rights campaign which since October has pro- duced repeated clashes between reformers and the pollee. O'Neill is opposed to the campaign's main objective-one- man, one-vote for local elections. ELECTORAL COLLEGE REFORM is needed, agree most Congressional leaders of both parties. But they remain divided over what changes should be made and whether any new system can be put into effect before the 1972 presidential election. Any alteration of the present system would require the approval of two-thirds of both houses and the ratification of a constitutional amendment by three-fourths of the states. Under the present system the candidate receiving the most popular votes in each state wins its entire electoral vote. Sen. Hugh Scott (R-Pa.) has proposed an amendment that would allocate electoral votes by congressional dis- tricts to the candidate who tops the popular balloting in each individual district. THE APOLLO 9 MISSION will be the key test of whe- ther the United States can successfully land men -on the moon, the flight commander, Col. James McDivitt, said yesterday. 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