CcUr Mird rgan Blal Seventy-Third Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICH1iGAN S,= y1FUNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBIACATION. "Where Opinions Are Free STUDENT PUBICATIONS BT Dc, ANN ARBOR, MRTT., PI-WNr 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 at reprints, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1964 NIGHT EDITOR: JEFFREY GOODMAN IRISH HILLS PLAYHOUSiH 'King Richard III' Opens Festival The North Campus Protest: Poor 'U'-Personnel Contact WELL, the North Campus protestors did it. They parked over 200 cars yes- terday morning on the vacant lot west of the Phoenix Project to protest the new North Campus parking regulations which went into effect yesterday. On the surface, the protest looks quite simple. There are about 900 parking spaces on North Campus. Before yester- day, all of them were free. Starting yes- terday, the University changed about 650 of them into "paid staff parking" spaces. Permits for them cost $25 a year. The University installed parking meters in about another 150 spaces. These cost 2 /2 cents an hour, or about $60 per person per year. Thus there are now only about 100 free spaces left on North Campus. THE PROTESTORS have a convincing argument as to why the parking reg- ulations which have been enforced on Central Campus since 1955 should not now go into effect on North Campus. Their argument has several main points: -There is no need for parking struc- tures on North Campus as there is on Central Campus. There is plenty of space for less expensive, ground-level lots. -There is no student traffic conges- tion problem -on North Campus as there was and is on Central Campus. Most of those using North Campus are those who work there; it was through the efforts of many of them that the parking lots were built in the first place. -Despite the large amount of space on North Campus, there are very few parking places besides those for which the University is starting to charge mon- ey. Central Campus has proportionately more free parking than North Campus. -Students who use North Campus re- search facilities cannot obtain the nec- essary parking permits, but still must commute over distances too long for walking. THUS THERE SEEM to be legitimate causes for concern on the part of the North Campus personnel. But their con- cern goes deeper than just the techni- calities of the parking regulations. As one leader said, "this is symptomatic of the treatnent the North Campus per- sonnel have been i'eceiving. People just resent it when decisions like the parking regulations are handed down from on high. There was no discussion with the people who are working out here. Word didn't filter down to us about these reg- ulations until a little less than a month ago; they were planned four months in advance." Vice-President for Business and Fi- nance Wilbur K. Pierpont has noted that the regulations were discussed in April in the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs. The plans were ap- proved by a subcommittee of the Ad- visory Committee. But the SACUA does not publish its minutes. Few faculty members except those on the prowl for such information heard of its actions. Perhaps if the committee had had the foresight to publish, or sub- New College THOUGH PLANNING on it is barely started, the residential college project looks even more exciting than when the idea was first proposed. Its founding fathers are launching an intensive study of various innovative attempts to im- prove education, and seem determined to take them seriously. The important thing now is that the college define its ideals as clearly as pos- sible-the statements of them so far have been rather nebulous - and determine specific ways in which they are con- vinced the goals can be implemented. For once the college is set up in a shiny, new, comfortable building with every- thing operating smoothly, its leaders will face the virtually irresistible temptation to be satisfied with the fact that the col- lege is functioning on a superficially suc- cessful level. Such complacency seems virtually uni- versal in higher education. Let's hope the residential college can remain per- petually dissatisfied with itself. 9 _-1 :-____ mit to The Daily, a couple of paragraphs on the changes, more North Campus per- sonnel would have noticed what was about to happen with their money. An addi- tional point is that only the North Cam- pus faculty, not students or other em- ployes, are represented on SACUA. PIERPONT FURTHER commented that notices of the regulations were sent out to all department heads, deans and project supervisors. But the fact remains that the vast majority of the North Campus personnel claim that they did not hear of the regulations until a month ago. Why not? To say that it was their fault is to beg the question. The fact is that Pierpont's message took about two months to get anywhere beyond the various people to whom he sent it. It was the University which was going to charge the personnel money; as- suming that the North Campus faculty is not completely devoid of knowledge and interest in the affairs of its campus, it was the duty of the University to inform them of the changes. Something is wrong when such a sweeping regulations change escapes the notice of so many people for so long a time. NORTH CAMPUS PERSONNEL express other reasons for dissatisfaction with University treatment. Last year the Uni- versity transferred its payroll operations to a new IBM system. In doing so, it changed pay days for North Campus per- sonnel from the 5th and 31st of a given month to just the 31st. As a result of this, one paycheck which was to be dat- ed the 5th was dated the 31st of the previous month. The result, claim the protestors, was that everybody had an entire quarter year's pay taxed at a higher rate than it would have been under the previous sys- tem. They estimate the total loss of money for North Campus employes at a staggering $200,000. As one North Campus employe com- mented, "the trouble about this and about the present problem is that the Univer- sity just told you the decision and that was it." Another employe, who mimeographed and circulated the case against the pay day switch, noted that "the arguments against the change, as widely as they were circulated, were apparently ignored." FRANCIS G. SHIEL, manager of serv- ice enterprises and in charge of the parking situation on North Campus, com- mented yesterday that "all the facts have been aired." All the facts have not been aired. The University refused com- ment yesterday on the arguments of the protestors that conditions on North Cam- pus are radically different than those on Central Campus, and that these differ- ences create serious doubt about the merit of extending the Central Campus park- ing scheme to North Campus., The North Campus protestors asked Pierpont a week ago for a two month moratorium on the regulations, a period in which they could discuss the wisdom and the effects of the regulations with him. Pierpont replied that plans would remain the same. NOW THE PROTESTORS have taken action. And in an open letter appear- ing on the front page of today's Daily, they again ask for a negotiation period. a time in which "all the facts can be aired." They have shortened their request to that for a one month moratorium. Whatdwill Pierpont, Shiel and the Uni- versity do? Whatever it is, it had betterl start with at least an acknowledgement of the protestors' pleas for negotiation. For if the University does not establish better contact with its North Campus em- ployes than it has now, more trouble is sure to come. -ROBERT HIPPLER Au Naturel rTHE UNIVERSITY has decided to tear down the Jefferson Apartment Bldg., that lonely-looking structure trapped be- tween the Student Activities Building and West Quadrangle. The building, which liiQPf- - are-amw hrnk n in + at 011r h "HE IRISH Hills Playhouse opened its third season Tuesday night in a Shakespeare Repertory Festival with "King Richard III". The heat was oppressive, the house was virtually empty and the perform- ance ran nearly four hours. This production desperately needs to be cut (about in half) and the pace needs to be picked up (by half again the speed it played on opening night); the group could then begin from this point. The production, under the direction of Larry Nathan Burns, fea- tured Victor Raider-Wexler in the extremely complex role of Richard. His characterization seemed to have been taken entirely from Richard's line "I am too childish, foolish for this world;" he was played as a young, pouting, head-hanging child, and not the villainous charmer which Shakespeare drew. He did not offer any inward feeling for Richard's physical de- formities; but rather, they seemed to be applied to the surface of his character and were easily forgotten in moments of intensity when he boldly used the crippled arm he'd been cradling against his body in previous scenes. Raider-Wexler had fine control of Shakespeare's phrasing and language, but did a great deal of unnecessary shouting of his speeches WITHOUT EXCEPTION the female leads, Judith Ann Holmes as Lady Anne, Brooke Maddux as the Duchess of York, Ann Rivers as Margaret, and Laura Seager as Elizabeth showed their youth and tack of experience. They moved as young girls in flat shoes; they spoke without age or maturity; and their substitute for physical energy was contracting in the middle with a kind of vocal intensity. This is not a substitute for honest motivation. Dr. Robert Cagle, resident director for the group turned in a mature performance as Lord Stanley as did Robert Jones in the role of Lord Hastings. But, by far, the outstanding actor of the production was George Wright as the Duke of Buckingham, whom he developed fully and controlled with the competency of a professional actor. The production was well costumed, and the technique of producing on a "Transpicuous" stage (like a miniature football stadium with the audience only in the end zones) is very effective. THE IRISH Hills Players have undertaken a noble enterprise with perhaps too lofty a fare, both for the area's summer cottage residents, and, more specifically, because they have a long way to go to attain their title: "Michigan's Largest Professional Resident Acting Compay. For no matter how they're costumed, high school apprentice actors do not compose a regal court nor a professional acting company. --Janet E. O'Brien TODAY AND TOMORROW Goldwater Federalism An Obstacle to justice OPENING ITS THIRD season of professional repertory theatre, the Irish Hills Shakespeare Fest presented Shakespeare's Richard III Tuesday. From left to right are: Robert Cagle, the group's r dent director as Lord Saunley, Phillip Piro, as the Marquess of Dorset and Victor Raider-Wexler Richard the Third. The play will run in repertory throughout the summer season. FILLER ONLY ival esi- as Newsrelsback Imagination By MICHA EL JIJLIA R LOPPED ON the beginning of every feature shown at the Michigan and State Theatres is that refuse of public events, the unwanted, unneeded conundrums of life. It is known as the news- reel: A Gov. Scranton may announce his candidacy for the office of President, which is only news to four-year olds in this age of avaricious television watchers and newspaper and news minazi avn readers. And nothing happe The face of an enthusiastic admirer is flashed on the screen. The camera quickly returns to the politician and sticks with him as though the fate of thew h orld depends on his every uiterance. And nothing hap- pens. Or someone receives an awi"rd while the harsh light cars heavy shadows on the wall in the back- ground and the recipient and friends stand stiffly at attention for the camera. And nothing hap- pens, OR AN ambssadorial cii emits some Victorian - dressed envoy from some distant and unprounce- able land (though not for that baritone?.. At the top of the steps waits, with an ambassadorial smile, the head of state. The two men hit it off with a handshake, step up to the nearby microphones, render unto themselves and their nations some rather presumptious thoughts and ultimately retire to to the black tie dinner held behind the French doors seen in the back- ground. And nothing happens. Or a horse race and several key plays from collegiate games of the past week are slipped in. And nothing happens. And there are several "news shorts," forgettable in the same vein as those in The Daily's "World News Roundup." And no- thing happens. And nothing ever happens while some soul steps in front of the camera for a brief second, or the camera shakes a little, and is never out of sharp focus. NEWSREELS have been with us for a long time. They were initiat- ed in France by Pathe and in 1910, they made their first appearance in the United States. The produc- tion of newsreels later reached tre- mendous proportions but has now dropped to a level where ther are only a few major sources of news for the theatre. Probably the most famous and popular example of the newsreel was not a newsreel at all. "The March of Time" was a re-enact- ment of current events that in- terested the general public. This was at a time when national year- ly attendance was measured in the tens of billions. For example, in 1937, 88 million admissions were sold in an average week. "The March of Time's" popularity was obviously based on memories- whether tragic or happy. * * * TODAY there is little interest in newsreels. They are succinctly boring--nothing happens. Tele- vision has shown the world how to be on top of the news in an interestingly visual and aural way. In the theatre, though, where is all the fine film footage of the caliber shown on "The Twentieth Century" or "CBS Reports"? What absolute lack of imagination would put the face of a politician on an elephantine screen, while he makes a vitally unnecessary speech or accepts some vitally un- important award? * * * THE PRODUCERS of newsreels have much to learn. The only excitement they ever generate on the screen is in the aftermath of tragedy when the "full ravages of man" or "nature" are eminently visible. One would think that there is nothing happening except a political speech, a political in- spection tour, a political award or an unpolitical tornado. Once in a. while, the "crisis panic" hits newsreel producers, as it does all newspapers, and coverage of the crisis is a little more sane and complete.* NEWSREELS would be improv- ed considerably if they would cover one facet of the weeks news in depth. By concentrating on one subject, a small staff of writers, editors and field cameramen- reporters could perform a service along the same lines as those per- formed by television. With imag- ination and energy, it would be possible to go beyond this, in the same way the cinema has gone far beyond situation comedies and weekly soap dramas that now plague the TV screen. Naturally, this is all wishful thinking and it is not expected that any changes will come about. People go to the movies to see a feature and anything else-shorts, cartoons and newsreels-is con- sidered free entertainment. They don't care about newsreels, but they will watch them because they strike a sympathetic chord-a note of recognition. An audience rec- ognizes what it already knows and is easily willing to sit through the same news again. IT SHOULD BE pointed out that the State and Michigan Theatres do not show the same newsreels. (The Campus Theatre as an "art" house shows no news- reels.) Several people have com- plained that the two theatres show the same news but with dif- ferent narration and with slight film editing changes. But the State Theatre uses Metro newsreels while the Michi- gan uses Universal. Either very similar thinking, editing and pho- tography, or collusion on the part of the producers could have creat- ed such similar coverage of a week's exents. The Ann Arbor theatres receive their features, shorts, cartoons and newsreels through the central Butterfield organization. The in- dividual theatres have little, if any, say on what they will receive. NATURALLY, the central But- terfield offices determine what they will distribute by what the features do in previous runs in other cities. The Michigan and State show the more popular Hollywood-made films, almost al- ways along with a preview, a news- reel, a short and cartoon to round out the show to two hours (or sometimes, in the case of an extra-long feature, three hours). Newsreels and concomitant shorts are meant to be fillers only, as the feature is the attraction to the movie goer and the profit to the theatre. By WALTER LIPPMANN SEN. BARRY GOLDWATER has always insisted as a matter of principle that he wants to divide the country sharply with a radi- cal difference between the two parties, He is not far from suc- ceeding. Though he is opposed by a ma- jority of the Republican voters, only a political miracle can now prevent him from capturing the control of the party. If he does capture the party, his avowed in- tention is to remake it into a radically new party operating un- der the old name. The kind of party he proposes to make pre- sents a grave threat not only to the regular Republicans, but to the whole nation. For the new Goldwater Party is being born in the midst of the na- tional crisis over Negro rights, and it is impossible to doubt that Sen- ator Goldwater intends to make his candidacy the rallying point of the white resistance. His man- ager, Denison Kitchel, denied this the other day. But Senator Gold- water's acts speak louder, and are meant to speak louder, than his words. * * * HE DOES NOT USE the racist appeal of Gov. George Wallace, and almost certainly he does not relish it. But his fundamental principle is that the federal gov- ernment in none of its branches, executive, legislative or judicial, may interfere with the governor of Mississippi when he is dealing with the Negroes. The white su- premacists could ask for nothing more than this from a candidate for President and from a national party. The nation, as a result, is con fronted with a very dangerous sit- uation. For if the Republicans nominate Senator Goldwater, the bipartisan coalition of Republi- cans and Democrats who have passed the civil rights bill would be split apart. The Republican Party would have chosen for Pres- ident a man who not only voted against the law, but declared that it was unconstitutional and that it is unenforceable except by the methods of a police state. The tragic consequence of such a capture of the Republican Party would be that Mr. Goldwater had made it incapable of cooperating sincerely in the observance and in the enforcement of this extraor- dinarily difficult piece of legisla- tion. Everyone who does not want to obey the law, every local offi- cial who does not want to enforce it, could fall back upon the Re- publican candidate for President for moral support. A LAW like the civil rights law requires the overwhelming sup- port of all the institutions, in- cluding the political parties, which stand for law and order. The ra- cial conflict is explosive, and there are white men and there are black men engaged in it who would stop at nothing, at no viol- ence to others and at no risk to themselves, rather than let the other side prevail. In such a sit- uation as that there cannot be a "choice." All those who wish a civilized solution of the conflict must be joined in a vast echoing chorus in support of the law. When the law has been duly enacted, there can be no "choice" as to whether it should be observed and enforced. If by some chance it should later be found unconstitutional, the law would cease to exist. Because a Goldwater candidacy puts a stamp of legitimacy upon passive resist- ance to the "unconstitutional" law, it is an imminent threat to the internal peace of the country. Beyond this but not far beyond it, acceptance of the Goldwater philosophy of federalism would be an insurmountable obstacle to a redress of the material grievances of the Negro people. They have begun to rise in protest against the slums where so many of them live, against the discrimination they suffer in employment because they are black or because, being black, they have not been trained for the opportunities which might be open to them. THERE IS, no doubt, an irre- ducible remnant that cannot be trained for useful employment. But it is evident that in large part Negroes are so poor because they are so badly educated, and they are so badly educated because their parents are so poor. The measures that may be able to break up this vicious circle cannot be carried out by the fed- eral government alone. It would be foolish to think so. But they can- not be carried out without the help of the federal government, and it would be foolish to deny it. GOLI)EN AMTY jos hie, r. hows ery oan BaSS ; HETHE YOU'RE a square or a folkster you'd better not miss out on a chance o see Josh White Jr. appearing nightly at the Golden Vanity. Backed by Kenny Hodges on his superb bass, Josh continually de- lights and amuses with his energetic entertainment, playing both six and 12 string with ease. Ironically enough, though Josh bears little resemblance to his famous father on most of his material, when he be- gins "Jerry" or "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" the patterned influence comes through. However, the younger White seems most at home with topical humor songs such as Shel Silverstein's "Next In Line for Liz" and Casey Anderson's "Sweet Sidney" (which Josh does as "Big Bad Bruce") Josh also capably handles the sweet, slow and plaintative pop numbers with a polish and grace that reminds one of Gene McDaniels. Such songs as "Miss Otis Regrets," "Sing a Rainbow" and "Every Night When the Sun Goes Ir," are eclet """"- - --" * * * * REGARING FOLK tes. Josh is closer aligned to Leon Bibb than the earthy Blues singers His voice is clear and mild and he uses it with drive and polsh. While desperately lacking fill-in patter between songs, and slightly distant at first, Josh tends to warm up as he moves on and seems most at ease after the first "set" is out of the way. His impromptu imitations of famous folksters (especially Bob Dy- Ian and Johnny Cash), if collected and connected, could add areatly to "See - Our Man Has An Anti-Poverty Campaign Too" 7,7 r rro ~p IC I