* ~JI~MAtrdliau Bfatt~ Seventy-Sixth Year EDITED AND MANAGED BYS TUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN _ UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Where Opin-is AleFree 420 MAYNARD ST., ANN ARBOR, MICH. NEWS PHONE: 764-0552 Truth Winl Pmall -ROGER RAPOPORT In Defense Of The Multiversi ty -- J 0 Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1967 NIGHT EDITOR: PAT O'DONOHUE The Cease-Fire: La. Guerre est Finie? WITH THE PASSAGE of the UN cease- fire resolution, the world nervously awaits a cessation of the war in the Middle East. Assuming this soon becomes a reality, there will be several unre- solved questions that nevertheless will linger on. The first general problem concerns fu- ture relationships between the Middle East participants: namely how will the quick war affect the fates of the rulers of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, et al. And also what will be the terms of peace for Is- rael and the Arabs? The second is tangential, lying on the world propaganda battlefield: who came out with the upper hand, the Soviet Un- ion, or the United States? Israel as of this writing has inflicted serious losses on the Arab armies, and appears well on its way to an amazing lightning-like rout of the enemy. So, it is reasonable to assume that Israel will have some bargaining power at a future con- ference table. The Israelis will undoubt- edly demand formal recognition by the United Nations of its rights on the Gulf of Aqaba, so crucial to oil needs, as well as assurances from the Arabs that they will not repeat their blockade action in the future. In return; Israel will prob- ably withdraw from the Arab territory she now occupies (in the Gaza strip, in Jordan Jerusalem) without attempting to extend her borders, or to extend rule over hostile Arabs in those regions. THE REPERCUSSIONS in the Arab bloc may be far-reaching. The continued rule of Gamal Abdel Nasser may be in serious trouble, due to widespread disen- chantment over his failure to fulfill his jihad against the Israelis. With a forthcoming halt to open war- fare, Nasser will have suffered a massive loss of prestige in the eyes of his allies in the Arab world, who were led by this same man on two disastrous forays in the past against the state of Israel. In his short-lived war against Israel, Nasser's armies have been routed, to say the least, and even an Egyptian adherence to the cease-fire, which is justified as an act of good faith, cannot hide this fact. Egypt can assume the mantle of the innocent victim of Israeli "aggression," but this will not lessen her disgrace in the eyes of her citizens, who had been previously burdened by the haunting disgraces of 1947 and 1956, Residual hatred for the Is- raelis cannot be expected to abate in the near future. Aside from the question of Egypt, there remains uncertainty about the other Arab nations: especially Jordan and Saudi Arabia. These two are especially crucial because they have been the most pro- American of any of the Arab countries in the area. King Hussein, whose $200 million budget comes primarily from U.S. largess, as well as King Faisal, who has been built up as a progressive counter- force to Nasser, were forced to side with the latter, once again, due to anti-Israeli feelings among their subjects. There is every reason to believe that these acts of political expediency will not preclude the reestablishment of ties to the United States. Furthermore, the fact that neith- er was overthrown in favor of rabidly an- ti-American regimes is a moral victory for both the United States and Israel. The thought of the possible ascension of the leaders of the Palestine Liberation Or- ganization in Jordan had been a very dis- comforting one. AS IT TURNED OUT, the onlooking be- hemoths, U.S. and Russia, happily stay- ed out of the war. The Johnson admin- istration, for once appears to have played its cards right, and avoided another en- tanglement a la Vietnam. The Russians, who never were expected to directly in- tervene anyway probably failed to achieve the massive rebuke to the U.S. it had hop- ed for. Western observers had analyzed the Soviet aims as follows: * To hand the United States an over- whelming propaganda defeat. * To bring about the downfall of the previously mentioned pro-American gov- ernments in Saudi Arabia and Jordan. " Thereafter to obtain a good number of strategic navy and air bases in Arab countries indebted to Russia for its con- siderable military aid. *Possibly to get the United States entangled in another inextricable war, thereby exposing this country in two vi- tal areas of the world. r To keep the area embroiled for a long while to come. Israel was incidental to Russia's aims. Whether the tiny nation were annihilated or whether it eventually triumphed, its importance lay in focusing Arab hatred and in contributing to an embroiled mess. IT IS TOO EARLY to weigh the anti- American feelings that will survive the war. In Egypt, they can be expected to be considerable, although Cairo has never been close friends with Washington any- way. Ditto for Syria. The one point which all participants can agree upon: any present settlement will in no way lessen the anti-Israel stance of the Arab leaders, or guarantee peace in the region in the near future. -STEPHEN FIRSHEIN 4V x PAS p' G t Fill, ii 1467, The Resister 7 I r Wte xegme Letters to the Editor School Election I should like to thank you for your editorial urging the Univer- sity community to vote in the June 12 Ann Arbor School Board elec- tion. However, there were some inaccuracies in the editorial which, I think, should be corrected so that the voters might know pre- cisely what issue has been joined. This election is by no means a confrontation between the liber- als and the conservatives. You mentioned that one of the candi- dates (Clark Lewis) was an avow- ed member of the John Birch So- ciety. It must be made clear that the Birch Society is not a con- servative organization. It is a radical group which is attempt- ing, by infiltration and intimida- tion, to force this nation in a direction which has been foreign to our history. This is not the aim of the conservatives. THE ORGANIZATION which is backing Mrs. Craine, Mr. Good and Mr. Lee is composed of about 600 people, including conservatives and liberals. We formed because we felt that the school was in danger of being made a vehicle to express the anger of a small seg- ment of the community. We all felt that it was necessary to find candidates for the school board who, by virtue of their experience in community affairs, could suc- cessfully come to grips with the problems confronting the board, and by virtue of their demonstrat- ed concern with the education of Ann Arbor's youngsters could be relied on to act in the best inter- ests of the children. Mrs. Craine, Mr. Good and Mr. Lee do not take identical philo- sophic positions. As we stated in the May 3 issue of the Ann Arbor News, "among them, they repre- sent the many shades of opinion held by the center majority of Ann Arbor voters." We have confi- dence that they will not make de- cisions doctrinairely, but within the context of the times and the problems confronting them. --Mrs. Irvin W. Kay Chairman, Citizens for Craine, Good and Lee Bias After reading yesterday's lead editorial, I am really perplexed. How can a nationalism which forc- es almost one million people off their land be considered 'construc- tive," while one which seeks to reclaim this territory is described as "aggressive and destructive?" Your news and editorial cov- erage of the Middle Eastern sit- uation has been extremely biased toward Israel. While Nasser has a long way to go in improving Egypt's economy, significant prog- ress has been made in moderniz- ing its medieval economic and so- cial structure. True, Israelis have done a remarkable job in build- ing their nation, but they have done this (1) largely by importing well-trained Europeans and (2) by using vast sums of capital from both U.S. private and governmen- tal sources. Per capita aid to the entire Arab world (30 million peo- ple in Egypt alone) is almost one- sixth of the aid given to Israel's almost 3 million people. If you in- sist on making chauvanistic com- All letters must be typed, double-spaced and should be no longer than 300 words. All let- ters are subject to editing; those over 300 words will gen- erally be shortened. No unsign- ed letters will be printed. parisons in editorials attacking na- tionalism, let's give the other side a chance to really show what it can do. -Stan Morse, Grad Optimism Robert Vaughn (Daily, June 2) makes reference to the judgment of history on the United State's war in Vietnam. In spite of his dejected spirit, one can readily see that Mr. Vaughn is an optimist of the highest caliber. Only an optimist would presume to think that the people of the United States will afford them- selves the pleasure of allowing any future history. Unless bacterial slime, through some sort of ra- dioactive mutation, takes up the writing of history, there may be no inevitable judgment. If Mr. Vaughn's optimism is warranted, it is small relief. By the time history pauses to make its judgment, the maimed chil- dren will all have grown old and passed away, the dead soldiers will have been sucked from their stink- ing graves into the sap of vegeta- tion and the tears of wives and mothers will have long since evap- orated and rained upon the earth a thousand times over. CURIOUS TESTIMONY to cur- rent American temperament is the fact that we find cultural oppres- sion in Greece quite amusing, while identical oppression in Red China is met with horror and dis- dain. I do not contend that we yet welcome Fascism simply because it is not Communism, but our at- titudes tend to stink of that short- sightedness, and make of this once proudly revolutionary coun- try a bastion of reaction in the eyes of the world's oppressed. -Travis Charbeneau, Grad The following article written by Roger Rapoport appears in June's Atlantic Magazine, and is entitled "In Defense of the Multiversity." This is the first of two parts. For the past three years I have been eagerly swallowing and spouting a torrent of criticism against the bureaucratic, govern- ment - dominated, impersonalized tool of the American middle-class establishment, the multiversity. I have grown up in absurdity with Paul Goodman, who con- vinced me that "at present stu- dents are the major exploited class .. . in the United States." I have sensed the academic loneli- ness Mario Savio found at Berke- ley's "depersonalized unresponsive bureaucracy," where it is "im- possible usually to meet With any- one but secretaries." And I have eagerly quoted other student ac- tivists who contend that "the mul- tiversity is not an education cen- ter, but a highly efficient indus- try; it produces war machines, a few token 'peaceful' machines and enormous numbers of safe, high- ly skilled, and respectable auto- matons to meet the immediate needs of business and govern- ment." YET IN SPITE of all the draw- backs, I and many of my friends actually find ourselves enjoying rewarding and productive lives at the multiversity. What the critics fail to recognize is that the mul- tiversity works best for a certain kind of student-one who will rec- ognize and tap the extraordinary resources of a major university. For the multiversity can never really work for a student unless he is willing to exploit the school. En- couragingly, more and more stu- dents appear to be shunning the anti-multiversity cliches and are busy carving out meaningful cur- ricular and extracurricular lives for themselves. I do not want to minimize the fact that there is validity to the activist view of the school as a government-dominated dictator- ship ruled from the administra- tion building. It is not hard to see how one can grow to believe he is trapped into a system where edu- cation is the opiate of the student, who is only being groomed for a slot at Dow Chemical, where he will build a better napalm. Still, the multiversity can work for the student willing to bend his IBM card. For a university bureaucracy is surprisingly vul- nerable to enterprising students. In fact, any student willing to extend himself can walk all over the clumsy university establish- ment. Many bright and confident students make bigness work in their own interests. PRECISELY HOW does one go around the entrenchedeacademic system that one Berkeley Free Speech Movement leader describ- ed as "spiritual brutality inflict- ed by a faculty of well-meaning and nice men who give you 40 courses, 129 units, 1500 to 2000 impersonal lectures and over 300 over-sized discussions?" About the only prerequisites needed are a bit of determination and willing- ness to tangle with the multiver- sity establishment. Instead of list- ening to academic counselors, many students have learned how to scout around and find the best courses on their own. After all, the numerical prospects for stim- ulating instruction are reasonable when a student can choose among 3000 teachers offering thousands of courses. When one accidentally falls into the wrong course, the solution is simply to transfer out. For, example, I drbpped a fright- ful 100-student economics lecture in favor of a 15-man seminar with author Allan Seager last semester. All it took was a few minutes of paper work. i* i Faculty attention is largely a function of student initiative. An English teacher aptly summed up the situation in class here recent- ly when he complained, "No one ever comes up to the office to talk. I guess the students don't have the time-they're too busy pro- testing alienation and anomie." Even in those dreadful 600-stu- dent introductory lectures (every- one gets trapped into one no mat- ter how smart the thinks he is), I've found instructors surprising- ly available for conferences. They are usually willing to talk as long as you're willing to listen. THERE ARE other solutions to the academic deficiencies at the multiversity. Many students take independent-study courses, which amount to tutorials, where the student and professor work out the curriculum jointly. There are also mechanisms to reduce aca- demic pressure. For example, I'm taking two reading courses this summer so I can carry a reduced academic load in the fall. My teachers and I drew up a joint reading list. I'll get credit after taking an exam and submitting papers in the fall. Still the critics will argue con- vincingly that it makes no differ- ence how good the classes are- they're all plugged into the sys- tem. "The university is well struc- tured, well tooled to turn out people with the sharp edges worn off," claims Mario Savio. The view is that students are mere pro- grams to be shoved into the com- puter. The thinking is misleading, how- ever, because it assumes students are naive, ready and willing to be duped into the materialistic Amer- icana way by the university es- tablishment. It's the same argu- ment voiced by the House Un- American Activities Committee - naive students will be duped into Communism by mere exposure to it. OPINION The Daily has begun accept- ing articles from faculty, ad- ministration, and students on subjects of their choice. They are to be 600-904 words in length and should be submitted to the Editorial Director. #I #1 'A Sgt. Pepper s Band-... '.E..... ..::::::"."::n.: :::: :": s".v.. ..t. " :":"h, . m:."J:::: .::"."....... J.. rr n... J:.":SJ.:"J.W.1414': J:: C. ::.".:.:LV..,"rn::: X ::".": ". 1Y."".M."::" ". : .L"A :.:ti? '?? {L"::":'?::":'???::'??:J . .. 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Albert Hall, the site of the Beatles' last public appearance, seems to be the end. They've satisfied their motive-"I'd love to turn you on." The album cover at first glance appears to have everyone but the Beatles. They are there, though. Their hair is shorter, they've sprouted moustaches and their mod gear, electric guitars and elaborate drums are gone. Instead they seem to have mixed the moustached faces of Spanish pirates with Franco-Prussian War full dress military uniforms in Joseph Albers colors. THE RECORD and its cover are ample proof of the Beatles' decision to end their public appearances,-with record- ings the only definite thing in the fu- ture. In the foreground of the cover is a pile of freshly turned turf. Over it is a 1n1,v%1r+ of flreryar cnnlill 44R Q1 ,, " i greenery (which some local experts claim is pot), and an old trophy border the area watched over by small kewpy dolls. Are the Beatles burying themselves from the public in this most elaborate of graves? The large and bizarre group of mourners add to the unspoken state- ment of retirement. The old idealized Beatles-in the form of wax figures from Madame Tussaud's-are about the only thing left from the beginning days of "I Want To Hold Your Hand." The rest of the mourners share the common distinction of either being dead or past their glory, with the late Pope John in the background to make the de- mise of the Beatles a holy event. Sonny Liston looks on-probably re- membering his few minutes in the ring with the team of Cassius Clay and Mu- hammed Ali. Marlon Brando, the method actor who lost his method, sneers down in his motorcycle garb. Marilyn Mon- roe stares out-with the open mouth she insisted upon for photographs because it made her look better. AND DIRECTLY BEHIND Sgt. Pepper's group is Johnny Weissmuller. His head bowed, he moans over how people imitat- ed his adaptation of an old thing-Tar- zan. Edgar Allan Poe assures us that the suc- cess of the Beatles will continue to horri- fv the world after they are gone. Karl By IMAD KHADDURI Daily Guest Writer I would like to express, as an Arab student who spent six years in the U.S., my feelings on the grave events that took place in the Middle East in the past two days. The UN has just passed a cease- fire resolution that could very well stop all military action. On the other hand, it is unfortunate that the Security Council has chosen not to condemn the party that actually started this war. The Arab states have time and again de- clared their restraint in starting such a war. Israel did not make such a statement. Ample, though not official, evidence does indi- cate that Israel did perhaps start this war. Where does President Johnson stand now on his May 23rd statement, in which he strongly opposes and pledges to halt aggression by anyone in the Middle East; and the commit- ments of four U.S. Presidents to safeguard the integrity of all the states there? He interrupted the Security Council's proceedings for one minute to say that he was for peace in the Middle East. I am not imploring U.S. help. I only want to prove Nasser's point in asking the U.S. to be just in this issue; and the Arab's attitude to the U.S. peace offers and commit- ments. the sake of propaganda and in- ternational politics that they have strongly supported the Arabs in their cause. Let me point out that a major part of the blame for the continued hostility and war in the Middle East should be clearly rec- ognized to be the West's actions -whether in giving a piece of land it did not own to foreigners against the interests and rights of the inhabitants; or in trying to clear its conscience for persecut- ing the Jews by making the in- nocent pay for and carry the burden of the crimes of the West; or in trying to secure the Jewish vote and succumbing to Zionist pressure in avoiding to recognize and ignore the rights of the Arabs. These are some of the impres- sions that the people "over here" have of the Western world. Neith- er military aid nor food can oblit- erate these facts. Finally, I want to re-empha- size the Arabs' conviction in their determination to solve this prob- lem in the future. The following letter was writ- ten to the New York Times yes- terday and is a reply to an- other communication by Bar- bara W. Tuchman (in The Times, The Washington Post) which was reprinted in last Sat- urday's Daily.-Ed. American, not a Jewish issue," citing our dubious military role in Vietnam as a precedent. Fur- ther, "Israel represents the land and the nation which were the source of the Judeo-Christian tra- dition to which we and the other Western nations belong and which, presumably, we uphold. As such it seems to be obvious that its in- tegrity and security, not to say its survival, is a closer concern of ours than that of South Vietnam." AS ONE of thousands who have publicly opposed our military in- tervention in Vietnam, I am deep- ly concerned about the integrity, security and survival of that butchered "nation," which we have helped divide into North and South, Buddhist and Christian, Communist and "free," etc. I resent being told that I should be more concerned about Israel, a new nation whose controversial creation I opposed 20 years ago- and still oppose-as unnecessary and impractical for Jewish refu- gees, backward-looking in ideology and ethnic policy, and a sure source of international conflict. Far from liberating persecuted Jews, Israel has revived and per- petuated the primitive blunder of religious racialism. REJECTING Miss Tuchman's symbol, Israel, I deeply resent her attacks on symbols of a more modern, humanitarian character: * "Of Course, It's Not Entirely Perfect" aAT( N , .: R rON PRESIDEN"CIAt,. FWMCIN CAMPA G G P pPOSAL .4