PAGE TWO THE MICHIGAN DAllV 3TL'^7171,t1 G 11"f..f'ta L'!e}!SwH'ft'!%+YU r-wrw na rr .n ... . .... a . rrrrrrr re Laa~a WE!i :DNE DJAY, SEP!TEMBER 22, 1965 3 Shutdown of Dailies Brings Strange Quiet to New York REPLIES TO CRITICS: Sargent Shriver Much in Demand For Establishing New Agencies OPENING THIS WEEK . Ann Arbor Civic Theatre's Presentation of NEVER TOO LATE TRUEBLOOD AUDITORIUM THURSDAY, Sept. 23-SATURDAY, Sept. 25 r' By GEORGE W. CORNELL NEW YORK (W)-The situation had a strange muffling effect to many, as if the clamor of life had suddenly subsided, the pace slowed and the dimensions shrunk to neighborhood size.. "I feel lost," an executive said, "completely out of touch." Such were reactions to the clos ing of most newspaper outlets here, as if the local scene had become oddly muted and insulat- ed, without the stir of events-at- large. "It's sort of peaceful," a young secretary said. "I know it's not real, and that all'the fuss and happenings in the world are still going on, but without seeing the papers, it doesn't seem like it." Newsstands were mostly bare of headlines, as crowds shuffled to work for the day. Seven of the city's eight major dailies were shut down because of a strike against one of them, the New York Times. One afternoon daily, the New York Post. still was publishing. r .1 TODAY "A NEW CHINA POLICY" George A. White 12:00 Noon-Michigan League, Rm. 2 (4th of the weekly Wednesday noon luncheon book discussions sponsored by The University of Michigan Office of Religious Affairs.), ALL STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF WELCOME Next Wed., Sept. 29: The New Reformation speaker: Mr; DaVid L. The atmosphere-on the sub- ways, in the hotel lobbies, on park benches-was of something lack- ing, a missing link with everyday routine, a vague sense of being cut off from things. It also upset special sectors of society, the stock market investor trying to learn the day's quota- tions, the horse player anxious about track results. In this communications citadel, with its endless flow of news columns press agentry, celebrity stunts, cultural promotions -and advertising, it's simply not normal to get no word of doings of the moment. To try to fill the void, broad- casters have greatly expanded their news programs. WNBC-TV devoted an hour Sunday to "The New York Times" featuring top staff members reading their stories and columns. "You had to listen to the fash- ion and women's news and other stuff I don't read to get the rest of it," a suburbanite said. "I kept the set on all morning before I got any news." Radio station WINS even aired summaries of the Sunday comic strips. But to many working men, and the more industrious housewives, the day's schedule leaves scant chance for sitting down to radio or television until nightfall, and they ordinarily catch the day's news on the run. That meanswhile riding the train, at the lunchcounter, or in slack time at theeoffice desk or store, where it's easy to have a newspaper at hand but not elec- tronic equipment. And the absence of that ready news fare left an unfamiliar gap in the population's preoccupations. Eyes of subway riders wandered uncertainly, bereft of their usual refuge in the morning newsprint. Finding themselves staring at someone across the aisle, people would look uncomfortably. to the ceiling, to panel posters, or down At their feet. Others found substitute absorp- tion in books or magazines. You could spot even some dignified elders pursuing comic books and "authentic" romances, grabbed. from the denuded newsstands. To help keep newsstand dealers in business, the city license com- missioner issued emergency au- thorization for them to sell razor blades, shoe laces, tobacco and other small items if the shutdown continued beyond Thursday noon. There also were moves by some out-of-town newspapers to help fill the news gap. A trickle of bundled papers was beginning to reach a few city points from, out- lying communities. But New York, which ordinarily devours more than 4 million news- papers a day, still seems oddly silent without the thunder of its mighty press runs and the tidings of the times they speak. By W. B. RAGSDALE JR. WASHINGTON (R)-When you need a man to help create a new government agency, says Sargent Shriver, you should get a man who already has a job he doesn't want to leave.' You get the man excited about the new program, bring him to Washington, work him 12 to 16 hours a day in a crisis atmosphere, then, after a year or so, let him go back, to the easier pace of pri- vate business or a college campus. "With this kind of people, we don't need to worry about themC trying to tell us what we want to hear," Shriver says. "We find out right; awayi when something is wrong. They'd quit tomorrow if they, thought we were going to stay wrong." But that approach does make -1 T Viet Rall a- At er keley Berkeley, Calif., Sept. 21-UPI- The opening day of the fall term at the Berkeley campus bf the University of California produced a noon rally and some picketing. It appeared that U.S. policy to- ward Viet Nam has replhced the school administration as a stu- dent target. About 300 persons gathered yes- terday on thersteps of Sproul Hall, the university's administra- tion building, to hear spokesmen for the Viet Nam Day Committee urge the U.S. to pull out of South- east Asia.' The Committee promised a mass demonstration Oct. 16 both on campus and at the Oakland Army terminal, embarkation point for Viet Nam-bound troops. The fall semester of 1964 at Berkeley produced wild demon- strations and tumultuous noon ral- lies by students seeking increased political rights on campus. Their activities were climaxed by a. sit- in at Sproul Hall last Dec. 2-3 in which 773 demonstrators were ar- rested. The leaders have drawn stiff jail terms and fines for their ac- tion and nearly every participant has paid a fine. But the admin- istration since has liberalized campus rules to permit students almost unlimited free speech and to provide procedures for airing student grievances., for a heavy personnel turnover at the Office of Economic Opportun- ity, where Shriver directs Presi- dent Johnson's antipoverty cam- paign, just as it did in the Peace Corps which he organized and still heads. Six senior officials either have left in recent days or soon will' leave. At lower levels, there is a steady change as people go back to their regular jobs. Congressional and other critics say this turnover is a sign of poor organization, inefficiency, bad morale. "We had 150 per cent turnover in the first two years of the Peace Corps," saystShriver. "I'd rather have the best man avail- able for the job for a year or so than a less qualified person per- manently." He notes that the Peace Corps, in its early days, also had its critics who said it was a flop. Although there is a strong measure of idealism in the pro- grams he administers, Shriver is a tough realist who wants results, not moral victories. When questioned recently about a political power struggle center- ing around the antipoverty pro- gram in New York, he replied: "That's life. You can't run the program in a vacuum. You must deal with the realities as they are." Staff conferences are a bit like battlefields, insiders say. One veteran Shriver aide com- ments: "Shriver delights when the staff is at each 'other, people shouting at each other. He feels it is a good test of a man under pressure. You get at the real is- sues, find out how they really feel. "He often pits one staff mem- ber against another to bring into the open c6nflicting viewpoints." Some people are driven away by the crisis atmosphere, the tension and Shriver's supersalesman ap- proach, but most who work with him wind up as staunch admirers. One, who was a skeptic at first, comments: "He is a master at drawing the best out of a staff and has high standards. Shriver is quick to criticize, sparing with praise. I've never seen anybody, any- where, who could rouse so much enthusiasm for a job." , Nobody is hired at either agency for any responsible job without Shriver's okay. He often helps recruit the new. employes. His first assignment in government, was as a talent scout in the for- mation of the administration of the late President John F. Ken- nedy. Subordinates often find Shriver may know some details of their jobs better than they do. "He does his homework," says Mary Ann Orlando, Shriver's ad- ministrative aide who has been with him since 1948. He gets up about 6 a.m. During the school year, Shriver spends the early morning hours with his wife, the former Eunice Kennedy, sister of the late president, and their four children. The work dayabegins when he steps into his car for the drive in from his home in nearby Mary- land. "I get a good 40 minutes work done in the car," 'Shriver says. The day sometimes ends at midnight or later. Three days a week, Shriver goes to the office of Economic Oppor- tunity. The other two he is at the Peace Corps. Miss O r l a n d o switches with him. Otherwise, there are separate staffs. Normally, a staff conference is held at 9:30 a.m. After that, there is a procession of appointments, meetings, paper work, telephone calls and trips to Capitol Hill. Stories saying that Shriver is smiling all the time are just not true, Miss Orlando say. "Of course he doesn't smile all the time. Anybody who does is an idiot. He gets tired and irritable just like anyone else." Shriver, says Miss Orlando, al- ways has "thrown himself into everything. In the past, however, there were always periods when he could relax a bit and' recuper- ate. 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