Mbr Aidlignt 3Baikj Seventy-Second Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Y UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS "Where Opinions Are Free STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG. * ANN ARBOR, 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. TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1962 NIGHT EDITOR: GERALD STORCH THE NEW CONSTITUTION: Convention Writes Civil Rights Clause (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second of a nine part series on the new state constitution.) By MARK BLUCHER "NO PERSON shall be discriminated against in the exercise of his (political and civil rights) because of religion, race, color, or national origin." This section of Article I is only one of the provisions in the new Constitution's Declaration of Rights article. It is said to be the strongest found in any state constitution. The provisions for Article I were drawn up by the Committee on Rights, Suffrage and Elections, chaired by Prof. James K. Pollock Eisenhower Gives Nation Odd Warnings on Defense ti WHAT IS ON former President Eisenhower's mind? For the second time in two years Eisen- hower has sounded cryptic warnings against the growth of the military. In his farewell address he said, "We must guard against the acquisi- tion of unwarranted influence . . . by the military industrial complex." Last week he filled in some detail declaring, "I must record my personal belief that substantial amounts in our current defense budget reflect un- justified fears, plus a reluctance in some quar- ters, to relinquish outmoded concepts. Ac- cordingly, I personally believe-with, I am sure, very little company in either party-that the defence budget should be substantially re- duced." President Eisenhower should know. After all, he spent over 40 years in the army during the time it was growing from the small de- fense arm of the United States to a mighty military machine. He was president when the army as well as the armed forces underwent a costly technical revolution and settled down to become a major fact of economic and political life. YET EISENHOWER refused to reveal pub- licly the bases of his fears nor spell them out in further detail. However, the trends of recent years make them clear. Hopefully, Eisenhower could elucidate them and start a trend that would roll back the military industrial complex to a realistic and safe level. Since World War II the military and in- dustry, first joined to each other by dire necessity, later less so, have created a great complex devoted to the weapons of war. Many areas of the country, including Michigan, have ccme to depend on the Defense Department for their prosperity. This has given the com- plex a great deal of political power which is mainly used for self-perpetuation. Occasionally, the complex expands further, preaching an extreme right-wing anti-Communism. The armed forces have become an important force in American economics and foreign policy. Their decisions in the economic areas can mean life or death for a region. The swing to missiles, for example has made California a prosperous state where an estimated one-quarter of Los Angeles workers are in some way connected with defense work. Or it can create a perman- ently depressed area, such as Michigan, whose share of defense contracts in the last 10 years dropped from 10 to three per cent, eliminating thousands of jobs forever. IN FOREIGN POLICY, military influence ruined the best post-World War II oppor- tunity for disarmament when it forced the United States to reverse a position the Rus- sians had agreed to and take up the "open- skies" proposal instead. It is still a strong strain in U. S. foreign policy, being dominant in South Viet Nam policy and less so con- cerning Formosa. Lastly, this military-industrial complex branches into politics where large defense con- tractors and military men frequently conduct seminars, lectures and "sabools" hewing to a stern anti-Communist, antt-liberal and anti- dissent line. Fortunately, thin practice seems to be waning among active military men as a result of the adverse publicity attached to it. However, many retired officers, having easily slipped into executive roles in defense in- dustries, still speak out. Thus the danger of the garrison state, com- mitted to war and final, if fatal, victory and to the suppression of civil liberties and civilian welfare to meet its goals, lurks. The voices of those sensing the danger have been weak and unheard to date. Civil disobedience at Newport News and student picketers in Washington has not shaken Congress, nor the public's blind faith in the Defense Department. Only a public figure of great stature like Eisenhower could begin to change the tide. -PHILIP ETTIN ©z , k ;rop Ct2/lNASG f PRAYER BAN: Court Ruling Not Antireligious New .Nation Risks Civil War T HIS WEEK, the tiny United Nations trust territory of Ruanda-Urundi is experiencing s first taste of freedom. Yesterday, July 1, as the date set for the territory's indepen- nce, and today experts from both East and Wst are uneasily guessing the fate of Africa's west nation. Actually composed of two separate countries, Rwanda, with.a Belgium-backed parliamentary )vernment, and Burundi, a kingdom, the pos- ility of civil war hangs heavily over the A .rican area. Two years ago, in the then rthern Kingdom of Rwanda, the majority the population, Bahutu tribesmen, revolted ainst the Watusi rulers. Bloodshed ensued, * ad the Bahutus, backed by Belgium, set up h ir own parliamentary government. Burundi remains under the rule of King vwambutsa IV, a Watusi, and the Bahutus .aLl retain their position of near serfdom id-r their willowy overlords. -OTH NATIONS are economically under- developed; there is no heavy industry, and- railroads are non-existent. In both Rwanda and Burundi, there are only 212 miles of paved r.ads. The wealth of the area is represented s lely by flocks and herds. Seventy-five per cent of the population is illiterate. The republic of Rwanda is constantly under threat of invasion from exiled Watusi tribes- men, who are busily forming their own guerrilla arfare units to re-establish Watusi rule. On the other hand, the kingdom of Burundi is under threat of a Bahutu revolt, similar to that which took place in Rwanda several years ago. According to Belgian sources, the Bahutu bajority party in Rwanda is definitely pro- Western. The former Watusi government was suported by the eastern bloc, and the Watusi xiles are at present being supported by the AR, Morocco, Casablanca, and the USSR. N BURUNDI, the Watusi party, known as the Uprona, is neutralist, but little is known about the political sympathies of the Bahutu majority. As of now, the Bahutu in Burundi are not organized into any clearly established political activity. However, it is reasonable to assume that their sympthies lie in the same direction as their Northern brothers'. If organized civil conflict does result, chances are that it will take place in Rwanda, between Editorial Staff FRED RTSSELL KRAMER .................. Co-Editor PETER STEINBERGER .................... Co-Editor AL JONES .............................. Sports Editor CYNTHIA NEU .......................... Night Editor GERALD STORCH ...................... Night Editor PHILIP SUTIN ...................... Night Editor DENISE WACKER ...................... Night Editor the Belgian-backed pro-Western Bahutu gov- ernment and the Watusi exiles. It is also very likely that the Bahutu government will be able to maintain it's stability against the forces of the Watusi, owing to the popular support it receives. Another question is: If civil war breaks out in Rwanda, will the Burundi government attempt to support their fellow Watusi 'tribe- men in their attempt to regain power? If the Burundi kingship does attempt to lend a hand, its action may foment revolt among the long surpressed Bahutus. At the worst, the situation could develop into another Congo. However, the conflict in Rwanda could cool off and the status quo be maintained. The United States is pursuing the best pos- sible policies towards the infant nations, which is one of neutrality between the two. The U. S. should not be too hasty to throw in support for either Rwanda or Burundi. Above all, until the warring factions in Rwanda come out in the open where they can be clearly dis- tinguished, we can do nothing else except sit and wait. -EARL POLE Dearborn, No! UNIVERSITY MALE juniors-to-be were re- cently greeted through the mails by a little brochure from the Dearborn Center, extolling the virtues of enrolling in its cooperative busi- ness program. The student would alternate semesters of attendance in school with "periods of compensated employment at selected work assignments."s The brochure sees need for competent busi- ness leadership, feels that future businessmen should be trained in the same manner as employees; and notes that "employers in the area have expressed their enthusiastic sup- port of the program." Laudable though these warm feelings may be, the internship setup at Dearborn does raise some critical questions. WHY SHOULD the University engage in a type of program that not only closely par- allels offerings at other state colleges, but also reduces it to a training ground for people out only to make money? Why are the brochures, whose cost in view of the more than 2,000 recipients must be more than a little, sent out after the sophomore year, after the student has already made his academic plans for the coming terms? Why are the brochures sent out at all, especially since no other department in the University finds it necessary to solicit students with printed commercials? THE ANSWER seems clear. The Dearborn Center has no business engaging in thinly- veiled begging, and probably will get none with its pamphlets. It does have the responsibility By ROBERT SELWA Daily Staff Writer AS ANTHONY Lewis has pointed out, the Supreme Court has never drawn any clear line be- tween church and state. And per- haps it can not. The issue is so broad and intricate that no single statement, no single case or even no series of cases can resolve it once and for. all. Nevertheless the Court must make decisions on issues within issues, and this is what it did earlier this week in its momentus decision on officially prescribed prayers in public schools. The essential points about the New York prayer involved in the case are these: it was drafted by state officials for general use in schools; it was read every day in classrooms by pupils and teach- ers together; students could be ex- cused from participating-but at the risk of being nonconformists; and it ivas incontestably religious in nature. It went like this: "Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon thee, and we beg thy blessings upon us, our parents, our teachers, and our country.", * * * THIS PRAYER is nondenomina- tional; the saying of it would not violate the rights of a Catholic or a Protestant or a Jew in par- ticular. It might be argued that' since the reciting of it was vol- untary no one's rights would be violated. But, as the Court pointed out, a teacher is a symbol of au- thority and respect, and pupils would feel obliged to join in the prayer simply because of this. In addition, they are a captive audi- ence. It is in these ways that the rights of the children of atheists or agnostics would be violated. .The prayer was sanctioned in two ways: the teacher led in its saying, and the state government drew it up for general use. It is this double sanction that makes the act providing for the prayer unconstitutional, for although it directs "the school district's prin- cipal to cause (the prayer) to be said aloud by each class in the presence of a teacher," this very action necessitates that the teach- er give the prayer sanction). The Court is not saying that a teacher cannot read to his classes from the Bible, and it does not seem to say a teacher cannot draw up his own prayer. The ele- ment of voluntary action enters here. If a teacher wishes to draw up a prayer, and if all the pupils and their parents wish to recite it, who is to stop them?-Hopefully, not the Supreme Court. THIS, IN EFFECT, is the prac- tice in many parochial schools. It would seem that, so long as the practice is completely voluntary and so long as it has the consent of all who are directly involved, it could be done just as well in pub- lic schools. Perhaps this is one of the an- swers for those Congressmen and churchmen who so vehemently criticize the Court's decision. The objection would then center solely on the government's role in the Justice Hugo Black, writing for the Court, centered his chief ob- jection in this way. He said: "The history of governmentally established religion, both in En- gland and in this country, showed that whenever government had allied itself with one partidular form of religion, the inevitable result had been that it had in- curred the hatred, disrespect and even contempt of those who held contrary beliefs. That same his- tory showed that many people had lost their respect for any re- ligion that had relied. upon the support of government to spread its faith." * * * AMERICA'S Founding Fathers, Justice Blacknoted, saw how per- secutions had received the sanc- tion of law both in England and in the colonies soon after the es- tablishment of official religions. "It was in large part to get com- pletely away from this sort of persecution that the founders wrote our Constitution and our Bill of Rights, with its prohibitions against any governmental estab- lishment of religion." To analyze this argument, we need examine the First Amend- ment mandate on religion and the Virginia Bill for Religious Liberty whicch is its father. The First Amendment provides that "Con- gress shall make no law respect- ing an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . ." This and other pro- visions of the Bill of Rights came about largely through the agitation of Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Virginia Bill. * * * . , IN HIS "Notes on Virginia" Jef- ferson noted that the Virginia Bill for ReligiousrLibertynproclaimed "it to be a truth, and a natural right, that the exercise of religion should be free." And in the Vir- ginia Bill he cited the Deity in providing the rationale for the separation of church and state. Jefferson stated, in the preamble, that "Almighty God hath created the mind free, and manifested His su- preme will that free it shall re- main by making it altogether in- susceptible of restraint; that all attempts to influence it by tem- poral punishments, or burdens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness ... to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical; . . . that our civil rights have no depend- ence on our religious opinions, any more than our opinions in physics or geometry; " It is here that we can note the application to the Supreme Court decision. Citizens pay taxes to support public schools; to compel atheists and agnostics to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions that they disbelieve and perhaps abhor is in Jefferson's words "sinful and tyrannical", and since a prayer is an expression of belief in God, the result is a type of tyranny. To avoid this type of tyranny, we ef- on account of his religious opin- ions or beliefs; but that all men shall be free to profess and by argument to maintain, their opin- ions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities." A prayer is a type of worship. For the government to promulgate a prayer in public schools is to infringe upon an individual's free- dom to profess and maintain his opinions in matters of religion. The infringement becomes the more obvious as the negativism of an individual toward religion and a Deity increases. This is not to deny the religious tradition of America. Nor is this to say that atheism is the right belief, or even that it should be taught in public schools. The meaning of the separation of church and state that we can de- duct from the Virginia Bill for Religious Liberties, the First Amendment and the Supreme Court decision is that neither re- ligion no ratheism shall be a part of the government's role in Ameri- ca's public schools. * * * JUSTICE Potter Stewart, the sole dissenter, is correct in his belief that there was no "official religion" established by the New York prayer. But there was estab- lished the concept of religious be- lief in general, and even a nebu- lous religion is antithetical to the idea of separation of church and state. Viewed in this way, this idea of separation would seem to be hos- tile to religion, but this is not ac- tually the case, as Justice Wil- liam O. Douglas notes in a con- curring opinion. He writes: "The First Amendment leaves the Government in a position not of hostility to religion but of neu- trality. The philosophy is that the atheist or agnostic-the nonbe- liever-is entitled to go his own way. The philosophy is that if Government interferes in matters spiritual, it will be a divisive force. The First Amendment teaches that a Government neutral in the field of religion better serves all rel- gious interests." In short, the idea of separation of church and state is not anti- religious; it is instead essential to the well-being of religion-and atheism-in a democratic society. -ROBERT SEIMWA Oppotny IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN part of the great American dream that no student should be deprived of the opportunity for education be- cause of economic poverty. This is the motive and basis for free pub- lic education. We believe that every human being is entitled to an equal op- portunity for the development of his potentialities, that economic differences ought not to operate to discriminate against him. The least we can do, we have decided, to insure equal opportuni- ty-which cannot be guaranteed absolutely because of many other (R-Ann Arbor) of the political science department. * * * A CIVIL RIGHTS Commission is established under section 29 of the legislative article and em- powered "by law to investigate alleged descrimination against any person.. in the enjoyment of the civil rights . . . and to secure the equal protection of such rights without discrimination." Although the civil rights pro- visions were praised by most dele- gates as a momentous step for- ward, most Democrats voted against the article on, the final vote. The Democratic members sub- mitted their own suggestions in a substitute constitution, which was rejected by the Republican dominated convention 100 to 43. They called for stronger lan- guage on civil rights and stronger authority for the commission. They said that "equality of poli- tical power being necessary to equality of right, thenpeople shall be entitled to proportionate repre- sentation in the Legislature." * * * DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS also wanted to extend the anti- discrimination section to prohibit discrimination because of sex, race, color, religion, or national origin in "housing employment, public accommodations, education, or in his enjoyment of any other of his civil rights, by the state or any political or civil subdivision, or any firm, corporation, institution, labor organization, or by any per- son." Great opposition also arose be- tween the two parties over the wording of search and seizure articles. The Republican document said that "persons, houses, papers and possessions of every person shall be secure from unreasonable searches and seizures . . . (but that) the provisions of this sec- tion shall not be construed to bar from evidence in any criminal proceeding any narcotic drug, firearm, bomb, explosive or any other dangerous weapon, seized by peace officer outside the curtilage of any dwelling house in this state." * * THE DEMOCRATS objected strenously to the latter part of this provision, which would allow as evidence anything seized during an illegal search conducted with- out a warrant. The Democratic provision states that "the right of the people to be secure in their effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated and no warrants shall issue but upon . . . particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized." During convention debate Negro delegates told of many incidents where they had been subjected to illegal searches after a crime wave in Detroit. Opponents of the "weapons" part of the search and seizure section pointedout that Michigan was the only one of the 50 states with such a constitutional provi- sion. But supporters quoted from a letter that Herbert Hoover had sent to the convention: "Our system of law enforcement machinery has been steadily un- dermined by legislative action and judicial machinery. "Our system of law enforcement came from the English common law. The British still need to make it work. We need to get tough." * * * SOME OF the major changes that were finally incorporated into the new document included: -Allowing the appeal of crim- inal convictions a matter of, in- dividual right, instead of leaving appeal right to the court's ap- proval. -Guaranteeing the right of just treatment at legislative and execu- tive hearings. -Deletion of a section relating to subversion. -Giving a much stricter and clearer definition of the circum- stances under which a person could be tried for treason. * * * SOME OF the most heated de- bate came over an amendment that would ban the controversial "Rule Nine." This rule, issued by the Cor- poration and Securities Commis- sion would cause a real estate operator to lose his license if he' WINTERREISE: U' Recital Wel1come SATURDAY evening, baritone Ralph Herbert, with pianist Eugene Bossart, devoted an en- tire recital to Schubert's Die Winterreise (The Winter Jour- ney). A full hearing of this, per- haps the greatest and surely the longest of the great German song cycles, is both rare and most welcome. The 24 songs make constant de- mands on the singer's technique, physical stamina, and emotional and intellectual energy. Herbert responded to all these demands spendidly, and Bossart's artistic playing fully matched him. The University may well be proud of counting such men on its faculty and the University community heartily grateful. An artist of Herbert's stature deserves the sharpest standards of criticism. It is regrettable that he made so little use of the true mezza voce, the soft lyric tones he has potentially at his command. The touches of these, as in Was- serflut (Torrent), made one wish he had had more confidence in their effect. * * * A FEW of the tempi might be debated; Rueckblick (Looking Backward) might have been taken more slowly. The overall interpre- tation seemed to suggest an older poet, partly because of the depth of the voice, than Mueller's poems call for. Having noted the flows for the sake of historical record, one must turn again to praise. Herbert gave far more than an impressive amount of voice to the songs. He gave a constant feeling of in- volvement. This goes beyond the intellectual understanding of the text and music. He moved the audience to feel with him the bursts of n e w experiences and emotions which each song dashes upon the poet. Even before singer and pianist stepped on stage, the balance of participation was suggested by the fully open lid of the piano. Con- tributing equally to Schubert's music, the skills of pianist and singer were equal to whatever blend of sound they chose. No help from a lowered piano lid was needed. Bossart's sure tone sailed as light and lyric as he wished it, and in the climaxes Herbert's voice rose to match the full vol- ume of sound. SPECIAL mention mus t be made of the concluding song of the cycle, Der Leiermann (The Organ-grinder). The poet, after the storms of pain and loss, senses an identity with an old organ grinder, a beggar. "Should I go with you?" he asks, "Do you wish to play for my songs?" Schubert's genius did full justice to this sur- prising and moving conclusion of Muller's poems, voice and piano part imbued with the tremendous impact of understatement. Her- bert, with Bossart, gave the ad- ience the full genius of this con- ception. It was a stunning close to one of the finest evenings of music I have heard in Ann Arbor. Thanks are due for the English translations provided in the pro- gram. C o m p l e t e translations would have been more welcome still, but this was far better than the customary absence of any clue as to what the songs are about. American audiences are essential- ly monolingual, and they should be helped rather than punished for it. -Ernest Kramer DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN The Daily Official Bulletin is an official publication of The Univer- sity of Michigan for which The Michigan Daily assumes no editorial responsibility. Notices should be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to Room 3564 Administration Building before 2 p.m., two days preceding publication. TUESDAY, JULY 3 General Noices Tickets available now for Peter Shaf- fer's award-winning drama, "Five Finger Exercises," to be presented Wed. thru Sat., July 11-14, 800 p.m. Trueblood Aud., Frieze Bldg., by the U-M Players, t I , I