I Seventy-Third Year EDITED AND MANAGED B STUDENTS OF THE UNYVERSrTY OP MICHIGAw UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBUCATIONS "Where OPWo' Pre s " STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG., ANN ARBOR, MIcm., PHONE NO 2-3241 , . . S # G ,_ . \ Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. r ,' , - -i I V A4 TODAY AND TOMORROW Race Conflict Needs Aid Of Local Governments ATURDAY, JULY 25, 1964 NIGHT EDITOR: MICHAEL HARRAH t : North Campus Settlement: Victory for Entire 'U' IA IN REACHING a tentative agreement Thursday over the North Campus park- ing situation with the administration, the North Campus protestors won a definite victory. They obtained all three conces- sions they had demanded since the out- set of their protest; a moratorium on new North Campus parking regulations, a further evaluation of parking conditions there, and a promise for free lots con- venient to the Phoenix Project. But the victory of the protestors was an effort in which no one, including the administration, need take the losing end. And the victory has been not just for them, but for anybody in the University who has an interest in maintaining com- munication and rapport between the ad- ministration and those who work with it. From the outset of their protest over three weeks ago, the protestors made their material complaint very clear. They were against the parking regulations which had gone into effect on North Cam- pus as part of the overall parking plan for the University community. Their objections, which were hotly ar- gued both ways, were based on differ- ences between the Central and North Campus parking situations. BUT THE REAL PROBLEM on North Campus was not at all the parking changes as such. The problem was that North Campus personnel felt the admin- istration either did not know of their troubles and opinions, or knew of them and didn't care. Many held the latter view. And many complained that the parking rules for their campus were passed with- out consulting them. Actually, the plans were submitted to the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs for ap- proval, and got it; but SACUA represents only faculty, and not other personnel who were also subject to some of the new fees. Another complaint was that the per- sonnel did not know of the approval of the regulations until three months after it happened, and only one month before the rules went into effect. Vice-President for Business and Finance Wilbur K. Pier- pont countered that SACUA had publish- ed rules approval in its monthly minutes. BUT AGAIN, SACUA sent its minutes only to faculty members, not to other campus personnel. Early in the protest, Rethinking S1 one observer noted that when such a sweeping rules change was planned, the University might have submitted a few paragraphs to The Daily as publication as a short news item, and thus better in- formed those working for it. The sug- gestion still stands. Others ventured that a plausible idea would have been to display notices of such a regulations change prominently on bul- letin boards in areas where they were to take effect. But none of this had been done, and the protestors flooded the lawn next to the Phoenix Project with cars, to draw at- tention and avoid parking in the now-ex- pensive lots. The steering committee of the protestors published an open letter asking for a moratorium and reconsidera- tion of parking plans. MANY THOUGHT IT mandatory that the University acknowledge the plead- ings of the protestors if it wished to avoid a complete demoralization of personnel on the campus. Though at first it made no moves, the administration finally com- plied with protestor requests for nego- tiations. Early last week, high adminis- tration officials met with North Campus academic heads to work out a solution. They apparently made a good start, since they reached a tentative settlement sat- isfactory to all within a week. But it was only that-a start. The pro- testors made it clear yesterday that their prime goal is to set up stable, per- manent and effective lines of communi- cation between North Campus and the ad- ministration, to insure that nothing like the recent battling ever has to happen again. It is quite apparent that the protestors the ready to go through the whole mess again If they feel that they are being mistreated or ignored, or if they think that the lines of communication are breaking down. THIS IS GOOD REASON for everybody affected -- all University administra- tors and personnel-to take advantage of the victory the protestors have gained for them in the struggles of the last month. If University administrators and person- nel set up and maintain lines of com- munication, they can forget (except as an ugly reminder) the recent inconveniences -which need never occur again. -ROBERT HIPPLER \ 4 . q , . .l ,t k^, , _._ .. _ , .. ...., . '4 . >, j. r. r 5 _}, :ILI >Z ;) 5 ;e / I By WALTER LIPPMANN ANYONE TRYING to look at the Harlem riots in the light of the official ideology adopted in the Cow Palace is bound, it seems to me, to quote Grover Cleveland. We are dealing not with a theory, but with a condition. There is no meaningful relation- ship between the Harlem facts and the Cow Palace theories. The rioting did not break out because the Goldwater platform is not sympathetic with the grievances of the Negroes. The rioting did not break out because a coalition of Republicans and Democrats have enacted the civil rights bill. The rioting did not break out because the budget is unbalanced or because the federal govern- ment has an enormously large bureaucracy or because the fed- eral government has usurped the powers of the states. AS-A POLICE PROBLEM, which it is in the first instance, the Harlem disorders are the respon- sibility of the New York City government and its police force., If they cannot cope with the dis- order, they can call for help upon the governor of New York and on the federal government. But fed-, eral and state intervention are bound to remain secondary. The main responsibility is and will always remain that of the mayor of New York. We must suppose, therefore, that when Sen- ator Goldwater inveighs against crime and declares that the streets must be made safer for law-abid- ing citizens, he is not suggesting that we establish in this country a national police force command- ed by the President. For of all imaginable kinds of centralized power and potential threats to local and individual freedom, a national police force would be the most blatant. If he were President, Senator Goldwater could do no more than President Johnson-is doing, which is to assist the mayor of New York City in his efforts to restore law and order. * * * WHEN WE LOOK beneath the immediate need, which is to stop the rioting, we are confronted most vividly with a condition- a condition of racial conflict- with which the Cow Palace ideol- ogy does not come to grips. The condition is that so many of the grievances which moreand more Negroes find unendurable are not redressed by the civil rights act itself and can be redressed only so slowly that the leadership of the moderate Negroes is threatened by the Negro extremists. The moder- ates are being told that in the face of injustice "moderation is no virtue." Senator Goldwater has shown a commendable distaste for identify- ing himself with the white back- lash.hButthe ideology of the Cow Palace would do nothing to allay and much to aggravate the racial conflict.between the grievances of the Negroes and the grievances of the whites. For the fact re- mains that the protest of the whites is against the redress of the grievances of the Negroes. FOR ONE THING, the platform is tailored to attract the votes of the white supremacists, and the immediate withdrawal of Gov. George Wallace from the Presiden- tial race is proof that the plat- formrwas accuratelytailored. The whole weight of the platform is to throw the onus of racial disorder on the Negroes and at the same time to donnothing, indeed to ob- struct doing anything much, to redress the grievances of the Ne- groes. For the indisputable truth of the matter is that in general through- out the country it would be im- possible to provide better houses, better schools and better jobs through the state and local gov- ernments alone. If we look at the facts and not at the theories,twe must see, I think, that the truth is more com- prehensive than the theories. Neither the elephant nor the don- key can walk far on his two right legs alone. The truth is that to deal with a great condition like the racial movement it is necessary to act at all the levels of govern- ment, from the precinct to the federal republic. Not only is it necessary to act at all levels, it is also necessary to act more energetically at all levels. (e), 1964, The Washington Post Co. rr. iLAD i '. PJ L V EYE J "b rt .SthTi,.. DACHAU TORTURES A Memorial to Suffering tates' Rights "RIGHTS" in the United States are sur- rounded by such well-conditioned de- fenses, that all one has to do to arou'se indignation is declare that his "rights" are being violated. Those people who do not leap immediately to his defense will at least feel a guilty twinge. The ultimate outcome of an unthink- ing, automatic defense of "rights" has been the issue of states' rights. States' rights are being advocated by Southerners who want to protect their way of life from change. That way of life includes diversions as innocuous as possum-hunting as well as pernicious activities such as preventing Negroes from voting. THE REPUBLICAN presidential nomi- nee is also a proponent of states' rights, mainly it seems, because the Con- stitution says that this is a good way to run the government, or more accurately, the governments in the United States. Barry Goldwater would say that since the delegation of certain powers to the states was good in the days of the little country schoolhouse, the self-sufficient pioneer, and legal slavery, it is still good enough now in the time of expensive edu- cation, extensive unemployment, and a civil rights revolution. He and other advocates of states' rights may believe that the Constitution is a sacred and perfect document, complete- ly valid in all times and all ages. But they are making themselves and their fellow citizens prisoners of the dogma that the states must handle certain prob- lems even when they are unable to do so or willing to ignore them. Some states, for evamnlai ore inahlt tn finanrng a ann dictatorship. But regardless of how power is distributed, it is unlikely that justice can be guaranteed at all times. The issue is whether giving the federal government a greater share of the power will increase the amount of injustice. It is not the amount of power, but the way in which it is exercised that limits rights. In the civil rights issue, a great deal of injustice is being perpetrated by the states. ANOTHER REASON proposed for pre- serving states' powers is that this is putting the government closer to the peo- ple where it can be more effective and responsive to their wishes. Certainly some issues are best handled at the local level. But are most states capable of and in- terested in clearing their slums and pro- viding medical care for those unable to afford it? The idea that the state governments are somehow closer to the people seems to be a confusion of geographical with poli- tital and psychological closeness. Can anyone seriously say the Mississippi Negro has a "close" relationship with his state government? The state does not look out for his interests; it does not even allow him to express-his interests by voting. Goldwater's statement in his accept- ance speech at the Republican conven- tion that "the ladder of liberty is based on decentralized power" contradicts real- ity. The advocates of states' rights are upholding a philosophy of government that is sometimes destructive of individ- ual rights, to say nothing of economic and educational progress in the country as a whole. THE BEST CHANCE for promoting in- By WILLIS C. BULLARD, Jr. Daily Correspondent MUNICH-One of the lesser known tourist attractions in Germany is located ten miles northwest of here on the outskirts of the little town of Dachau. There are no guided tours to this place. It is little publicized. Only a small sign in three lan- guages a kilometer away directs visitors to it. In English the sign says simply: concentration camp memorial. Still a surprisingly large number of visitors make it out to the for- mer Secret Service-managed camp Dachau where over 30,000 human beings were murdered between 1933 and 1945. Dachau was the first concentration camp opened by the Nazi regime but the suf- fering and dying that wept on at the camp was no worse than at many of the 250 other camps. As unbelievable as it may now seem, between two and one-half and four million died at the Ausch- witz (Poland) camp alone. THE VISITOR to Dachau today, in the 19th year after its liberation by American armed forces, sees a strange mixture of sights. Sev- eral mass graves in a peaceful setting today can hardly compare with the mountains of bodies and the thousands of sickly prisoners who greeted the American libera- tors. The crematorium, an uncom- pleted gas chamber, a box where human ashes were stored, a small museum, the rifle range where a mass execution of 6,000 Russian prisoners-of-war took place are all to be seen today. Alongside these memories of the past are reminders that life must continue, that people must adapt to new times as best they are able. The old camp barracks are in- habited by the desperately poor. These are expressionless people who watch strangers walk past on the way to see the crematorium and the museum. Several televi- sion attenae are attached to the roofs of these homes. THE U.S. ARMY which main- tains a camp next to Dachau uses one of the old concentration camp buildings. Before 1945, one of the uses of the building was as a torture chamber where prisoners were shot, whipped, and hung LETTERS Doubting Thomas from posts among other things. The U.S. Army also occupies the gatehouse, before 1945 the only entrance to the camp, which then bore the inscription "Work makes you free.- But these incongruous sights are scheduled for change. A group of the camp survivors, organized as the International Dachau Com- mittee, in close cooperation with the Bavarian state government have made plans to make Dachau a fitting memorial to those who died there. Already a Roman Catholic chapel, a cylindrical building shaped like a gigantic winepress and crowned with a metallic crown of thorns, has been com- pleted on the former camp in- spection grounds. Both Jewish DIALOGUE Pianists, Double i Concerto. E-flat for Two Pianos and Orchestra, K. 365 Allegro Andante Rondo; allegro Ii Variations on Theme of Haydn, Op. 56b III Second Suite, Op. 17 Introduction Valse Romance Tarentelle CHARLES FISHER and Eugene Bossart, duo-pianists, present- ed in Rackham Auditorium Thurs- day evening a program which was one of the most enjoyable even- ings of music in the past year. The program was opened with Mozart's Concerto in E-flat for Two Pianos and Orchestra. A fine chamber orchestra, made up of students from the School of Mu- sic, was conducted with taste and precision by Gilbert Ross of the School of Music faculty. Mozart wrote a large number of solo piano concertos besides this one for two pianos-certainly this concerto is one of his nicest. It has an arresting dialogue between the two instruments. Although Bossart and Fisher can play like a single artist, they enhanced this dialogue with their individual mu- sical ideas. THE BRAHM'S Variations on a Theme of Hayden followed. This masterpiece, more often heard in the orchestral version, is an ex- tremely difficult work, both mu- sically and technically. Indeed Bossart and Fisher almost made the pianos sound like an orches- tra with theiy many contrasts in tone, texture and dynamics. Es- pecially moving was the passa- caglia which concludes these varia- tions. Rachmaninoff's Second Suite followed intermission and allowed and Protestant religious memorials are also being planned. THE FORMER administration building, until recently owned and used by a textile company, will house the new museum which re- places the temporary one at the crematorium. Near the cremator- ium, a memorial statue has been erected to the memory of the camp victims. The first two barracks at the inspection grounds will be re- paired and made ready for visi- tors. All other barracks will be torn down and the area of the former camp will be fenced in. A question may be raised as to what all this will accomplish. The point is not to horrify for this is not possible without recreating the pre-1945 camp environment. The physical setting can never communicate to the visitor the sneer horror of what went on at the camp. The pure beastiality of one group of human beings in their actions towards another group are what mark this camp and all others like it as a place of in- famy. Even the gas chamber, which the Secret Service never put into operation as the result of three years of sabotage by the prisoner-laborers, does not shock the emotions as one might think. The same is true of the crena- torium and the camp as a whole. * * * BUT THE MEMORIAL should force many people to think deeply about the conditions which per- mitted such a period in history to take place and how a recurrence can be prevented. It is this ra- tional response rather than a lim- ited shock value that should be the result of a visit to Dachau Concentration Camp. It was the dying wish of many inmates of the camp that what went on in that time not be forgotten. From the efforts to create a better me- morial and from the already large number of visitors to the camp- Germans as well as tourists-it is likely that this wish will come true. At the State Theatre E HAVE become resigned, of late, to the fact that every Walt Disney movie will bear that inevitable Disney stamp, which is renowned for its good taate in en- tertainment, but not necessarily for its high quality. Yet, every now and then, even Disney can break out of the rut, and for the most part, he has done so in "The Moonspinners." Filmed in beautiful color, this is the story of Nicola Ferris (Hayley Mills) and her aunt (Joan Greenwood), who come to the island of Crete in search of folksongs. And eventually their travels take them to the hidden- away village of Agios Georgios where they discover that guests are patently unwelcome at the inn. THE INNKEEPER (Eli Wal- lach) seems deathly afraid of vis- itors and his sister (Irene Papas) seems deathly afraid of him. And everyone seems quite suspicious of the English youth Mark (Peter McEnery). I'll not destroy the plot by re- vealing it, for it is amazingly sus- penseful, based vaguely, on Mary Stewart's successful novel of the same name. In the film, Disney once again reveals that his studio is a master of the photographic art. The color is stunning, the shots are creative and imaginative, and the director has been clearly aware of what techniques the camera can achieve to heighten suspense. For in- stance, twosituationsesimply cry out for shock stereotypes. In the first, Miss Mills is searching for McEnery among the ancient stone caskets in the catacombs of a deserted church. One is abso- lutely certain that an eerie hand will suddenly shoot onto the screen, yet when it does the ef- feet is electrifying as it is handled so cleverly. * * * IN ANOTHER sequence, Wal- lach is searching in the labyrinth of an ancient Greek temple, drawing closer and closer to the screeching cats. One knows that a cat will suddenly spring out at him, but when it does the effect is quite startling. This is the combined craft of a 'master film director and film editor, and it demonstrates once again the Disney studios are masters of the art. Surprisingly, the acting in this film rises above the usual Disney norm of syrup and sugar; and un- til the very end (which is the usual Disney madhouse), the plot supports the fine performances of the players. * * * MISS MILLS is an increasingly competent young actress, and al- though she seems a bit precocious in this particular part, her native skill as a performer comes across in several scenes. Wallach, Miss Papas, and Miss Greenwood all turn in perform- ances which do them credit. But the standouts are from a new- comer and an old timer. A new face to Americans is British charmer Peter McEnery, whose Puckish good looks and winning personality cannot over- shadow his fine talent as an actor. Although put to a number of typ- ical Disney stunts (chases, acro- batics), he still delivers a good performance in the catacomb scene when he is injured and in the labyrinth scene when he is too tired to carry on. These se- quences could easily have been overdone, but McEnery carries them off beautifully. THE OTHER standout is Miss Pola Negri, a glamour girl of the silent film era, but not seen at all in recent years. She came out of retirement to create the exotic Madame Habib (this character is not in the novel), and until she is subiected to the ludicrous Dis- 'MOONSPINNERS' Disney Breakds Auay From Syrup and Suagar "You Still Hanging On?" . co 1g' 7 /J 1( I To the Editor: DO YOU LIBERALS really ex- pect us to believe there is such a person as Michael Harrah? "RP Dfin-a rTheCa A vainst {3f 4 w wM f I f j/ ri rfi J 1Z I1