Seventy-Sixth Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS The Green Berets' GIoe Returns Where Opinions Are Free. 420 MAYNARD ST. ANN APBOR, MICT. 'Truth Wll WlPreva4i}MYlR T, N pBoMei NEwS PHONE: 764-0552 Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1966 NIGHT EDITOR: CLARENCE FANTO Summer Program Has Limited Attraction SOON IT WILL BE TIME to pre-register for summer term, and students plan- ning to soak up some intellectual nourish- ment will find the course offerings slim, especially for the spring half of the term. There will be some beginning courses available in many departmerits, ,but soph- onores and juniors will find few interme- diate or advanced courses in the cata- logue. What are the reasons for this dearth of available courses in the summer? -Many students cannot afford to spend the summer in Ann Arbor either because. of financial need or because of the need for a change of pace from the often stul- tifying academic atmosphere and grueling pace of any university. -Many faculty members, engaged in research projects, writing books or trav- elling welcome the opportunity for a vaca- tion, especially during the summer months. The vision of four months spent in an academic grind accompanied by Ann Arbor's sticky climate probably repulses faculty members as well as many stu- dents. -Salaries for faculty members during the summer trimester are not commen- surate with fall and winter pay scales; there is ,a fractional 'reduction. In com- bination with the factors cited above, there seems little incentive for a profes- sor to spend the summer in an uncomfor- table environment with lower pay and little of the cultural life which makes the rest of the year more tolerable, and even enjoyable. BUT THE UNIVERSITY must convert its operation to a full trimester system, which means that the summer term must attain standing commensurate with the other trimesters. Obviously, one strong in- centive to attract more and better facul- ty to remain in Ann Arbor over the sum- mer would be a salary increase at least equal to pay received for other trimesters. Some of the problems will be solved if more intermediate and advanced courses can be offered ,thus attracting more up- perclassmen seeking to gain or make up credits. However, there are still some disad- vantages for the student in spending the summer here. For many, it will be a fi- nancial drain. For others, a full-time aca- demic career throughout the year is be- yond their interests or desires. The University thus faces a seemingly insoluble problem. in achieving equal standing in the eyes of both students and faculty for the summer trimester. ONE WAY to improve the situation might be to offer special incentives for students who remain during the summer. Perhaps an independent reading pro- gram, for credit, could be offered. The se- lection of worthwhile paperback books in Ann Arbor has vastly increased, thanks to the Centicore bookstore. In conjunc- tion with his departmental adviser, up- perclassmen might prepare reports based on a reasonable reading list which should bear some resemblance to the individual student's year-round course of study. Thus, a history major with a special interest in the Civil War might easily find 15 or 20 valuable primary source books which could serve as the basis for an ex- tended paper or even, in some cases, for a senior honors thesis. For this summer reading, the student would receive a rea- sonable number of credit hours. In order to attract the student to Ann Arbor, such independent reading pro- grams would have to be closely linked to discussion sections which would hope- fully be less formal and more free wheel- ing than the typical classroom situation. Such programs as described here are already being developed in some depart- ments. In an effort to solve the summer trimester problem, the University should take steps to set up such a program which could easily be adapted to the individual student's needs and desires. -CLARENCE FANTO By HARVEY WASSERMAN HEWAR IN Viet Nam has brought about death,Ndestruc- tion, and lately much debate. At last, however, it has produced a record album, one which should provide interesting and exciting listening for all patriotic Ameri- cans. Now selling like hotcakes at your corner dispensary is an al- bum recorded folk lore known as "Ballads of the Green Berets." The single forty-five from which the album title comes has already leaped to the top of many popular charts, and rightly is should. The album tells of the exploits of our special fighting forces in Viet Nam. In "~'I'm a Lucky One," the singer croons "Mah friendsaretall dead" to the background of mer- rily twanging guitars and the humming, in gay time, of back- ground singers. "Mah friends they all died for freedom's cause," he sings on the way to a merry fade out. At long last we've brought war to the point where we can compose rock dnd roll songs about it, It has been reported that the Highway Safety Department has recruited thirty-one traffic victims to compose songs due for release some time next August. CONSIDER THE noble senti- ment that the singer expresses when he croons "When I'm gone, I want my son to wear the green beret." At last we have put to music that noble tradition Ameri- cans have had in passing down their trades from father to son. There are, however, distressing rumors from Viet Nam that the North Vietnamese peasants are not, in fact, planning on passing down a fighting tradition but are rather training infiltrators in the art of farming. Perhaps a new song will be issued soon to brand this plot as the subversion of our culture it really is. On the album's cover is a pic- ture of the artist, Staff Sargeant Barry Sadler of the green berets. Bedecked in his beanie, and an open-collar khaki shirt which is laden with medals, Sgt. Sadler looks determinedly into the fore- boding battlefield which has pro- duced the inspiration for his bal- lads. Ruggedy handsome, Sadler looks like a combination of Elvis Presley, Dwight Eisenhower, and Roger Staubach. Boy Scouts, 4-H, and all-Americanism ring in the background. Accompanying the album to some radio stations is a govern- ment booklet sponsoring Green Beret try-outs. The corps is glori- fied beyond all doubt. Among the many advantages is that "By the time you finish the eight-week Special Forces demolitions course. you'll know all the answers, some of them classified, as to where's the best place to blow up an oil refinery? A rail yard? A foot bridge? A dam?" Sign up and be the first kid on your block to be taught how to ruin a country. IN THE ALBUM, such melodies as "Saigon" and "Troopers Lam- ent," which make a valiant effort at depicting how a lonely soldier finds solace in the country's larg- est living town, flow out from the plastic as only a singer from the classic Presley - Husky - Fabian school can make them flow. On one hand such a record is objectionable because it treats a very tragic situation in a distress- ingly off-hand manner. The songs it sings about the war are in the tune and tone of songs one would hear in everyday pop trash. The southern-mid-western twang, the easy rhythm, the forced rhyme are all part of songs obviously written by someone in Nashville or Tin Pan Alley or some other recording capital. No one would object to hearing the songs anyone would naturally sing in war time. "Over There" or "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again" are of the genre that one feels he can legitimately asso- ciate with a people expressing themselves in a real, if abnormal situation. BUT "GREEN BERETS" is con- trived and unnatural-an exploit- ation of public sentiment. Perhaps we could revive wars of days gone by with such old favorites as "The Battle of the Bulge Boogie," or maybe the "Bull Run Bounce" or even the naplam peasant polka. But if the effort is objectionable as art, it is even moreso as culture. In an article in yesterday's New York Times, a former Green Beret fighter criticized U.S.,policy in its training of those forces in what he termed "methods of torture to ex- tract information." Special Forces group is most noted for its ferocity and effectiveness as 'guerrilla fighters. The argument of whether or not such a fighting force is "neces- sary" in itself is here irrelevant. What is important is that such a fighting force, distinguished or not, should be glorified for com- mercial purposes. That such an effort should be so extremely suc- cessful in the process is a sad comment on the American state of mind. THE PUBLIC willing to spend money to sit through a crew of mediocre tunes merely because they deal with an army at war is the same public which listens every day to the casualty statistics and applauds them when deaths from the north are three and four times as great as those from the south. A' SGT. BARRY SADLER Not, of course, that one or two hundred men have died, but rather one or two hundred enemies. This, I suppose, comes with be- ing at war, but that a very ugly segment of that ugly struggle could be successfully popularized in such glib terms tells of a ra'-her macabre and dangerous sense of values. The makers of the "Green Beret" album could have at least supplied a casualty score card for those who take the album serious- ly and would like to sing along. Letters: Greed Motivates Local Bar Viet Nam Is Important, JT WAS WITH A SHOCK that comes only from the revelation of truth that I watched George Kennan deliver his testi- mony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today on television. Mr. Ken- nan, you are a scholar on Eastern Eu- rope, the Soviet Union, a respected author and an intellect of great stature. You are experienced in diplomacy and no doubt in the ways of the world. Yet today I watched you say, with a calmness and a blandness rarely seen, that the Vietnamese war is not our war, that Viet Nam is unimportant. Editorial Staff ROBERT JOHNSTON, Editor LAURENCE KIRSHBAUM, Managing Editor JUDITH FIELDS .......Personnel Director LAUREN BAR . .Associate Managing Editor, JUDITH WARREN .:....... Assistant Managing, Editor GAIL BLUMBERG ............... Magazine Editor TOM WEINBERG ............. Sports Editor LLOYD GRAFF .........Associate Sports Editor PETER SARASON .......... Contributing Editor NIGHT EDITORS: Robert Carney, Clarence Fanto, Mark Siiiingewnth, John Meted"t, Leonard Pratt, Harvey Wasserman, Bruce Wasserstein, Charlotte Wolter. DAY EDITORS: Babette Cohn, Michael Heffer, Merle Jacob, Robert Moore, Roger Rapoport, Dick Wing- field. ASSISTANT NIGHT EDITORS: Alice Bloch, Deborah Blum, Neal Bruss, Gall Jorgenson, Robert Kilvans, Laurence Medow, Nell Shister, Joyce Winslow. ASSISTANT DAY EDITORS: Richard Charin, Jane Dreyfuss, Susan Elan, Shirley Rosick, Robert Shiller, Alan valusek. SPORTS NIGHT EDITORS: Rick Feferman, Jim La- Sovage, Bob McFarland, Gil Samberg, Dale Sielaff, Rick Stern., Jim Tindall, Chuck Vetsner. Published daily Tuesday through Sunday morning. Business Staff CY WELLMAN, Business Manager ALAN GLUECKMAN ............ Advertising- Manager SUSAN CRAWFORD ....Associate Business Manager JOYCE FEINBERG ....,........ Finance Manager MANAGERS: Harry Bloch, Bruce Hillman, Marline Isuelthau, Jeffrey Leeds, Gail Levin, Susan Perl- stadt, Vic Ptasznik, Elizabeth Rhein, Ruth Segall, Viet Nam may be unimportant to you and it may be insignificant in the eyes of history. Its people may be poor and ig- norant. But Mr. Kennan, the fate of na- tions is wrapped up in that poor wretched country and certainly the lives and free- doms of these starving people are not un- important. Perhaps you are being "practical," Mr. Kennan, but we'must be able to live even with our practicality. There is a deep split in this nation over .Viet Nam. It is not unimportant to our boys dying there and certainly it is not unimportant to the 29 people who sat-in at the draft office; Unimportant, Mr. Ken- nan? IR. KENNAN, any war is our business. It is not so much the killing involved, nor the butchering; nor the destruction. alone, but rather the results of the war. Wars are a way of solving international problems and attaining nationalistic as- pirations in a way that is final and de- cisive. We cannot, as the most powerful nation on earth, allow major changes to take place in the international power structure without making sure that we are protected, in a sense being "practi- cal." Mr. Kennan, your attitude is dan- gerously close to those who said it was not our business in 1917, in 1941 and 1951. I realize that hindsight always makes prophets of us all, but doesn't one learn from history and historians? You mentioned that our policy should be to defend' the four-England, U.S., Ruhr Valley, Japan-of the five great in- dustrial centers in the world now tied to us politically, economically and social- ly, and in this policy, Viet Nam does not fit, SELF INTEREST will lead us only to de- struction as it has led others before us. To the Editor: WHILE NOT conversant with the semantic ramifications of the current Bar Association-OEO controversy, I would like to com- ment upon the allegations made by John Hathaway in the Feb. 5 Daily concerning the past and present role of the local bar in meeting the legal needs of the poor. The impression sought to be created by the letter is that the Washtenaw County attorney are motivated only by the highest of selfless considerations, devoted to helping the impoverished and pri- marily responsible for establishing the present legal aid clinic. I would submit that this picture is not painted with the brush of reality. On the contrary, it has been my understanding that the events of the past several years illustrate the real impelling mo- tivation of the bar to have been the preservation of the financial status quo, or, more succinctly, greed. Hathaway posits the conception that the present legal aid clinic is almost solely the creature of the efforts and interest of the bar, and that, prior to the clinic's inception, the local lawyers did an adequate job coping with the legal problems of the poor through each attorney's individual charit- able effort. Neither assumption represents the true state of facts. The clinic is the product of a con- tinuing effort by a small group of law students, led by Lucy Marsh, '66L, and was accomplished over the monumental initial in- difference and partial opposition of the local bar. The Michigan Supreme Court order allowing law students to practice to a 'limited extentwas pushed through the judiciary with the bulk of work necessary being done by the stu- dents. That the organized bar, with all its undoubted good in- tentions, had previously been un- able to provide any effective rem- edy to the ever-increasing legal problems of poverty is evident in the number of cases handled by legal aid in the first three months of its existence alone. THE BAR, which by its own fiat controls the Board of Trus- tees, has been and is now exercis- ing its power to defeat the asic purpose of the program: that the people who need but cannot af- ford legal services be helped by law students, who in turn benefit from the experience. Unrealistic financial eligibility standards for assistance have been imposed by the attorneys on the board. A single man earning only $50.00 per week is precluded from help be- cause he is considered overly pros- perous. Indeed, the clinic to date has been forced to reject almost as many cases as it has been able to accept. Financial assistance for the clinic from the bar has been inadequate: e.g., their contribu- tion this year was exceeded by that of the Lawyers Club, the latter funds deriving, of course, from the students themselves. The, underlying, rationale behind these and other instances of the local attorneys' shortsightedness is that the clinic shall not be allowed to participate in any activity which could conceivably result in , the loss of a fee to a practicing law- yer. It should be seen that the notion that the people seeking legal aid assistance could or would provide a lucrative source of rev- enue for local lawyers is patently absurd. The position of the bar in the present controversy-refusal even to discuss any measure which might dilute their absolute con- trol over the clinic (and inciden- tally, perhaps, publicize same)- is indicative of the "protect our- selves at any cost" attitude of the Washtenaw Bar. Aside from the financial desire to control the legal aid program, the bar has evinced a basic failure to recognize and understand the, real legal difficulties faced by the poor. Ordinary lawyers have but infrequent contact with those who cannot afford their services. There is simply insufficient money in- volved to warrant the same degree of interest in the poor client by the practicing lawyer as he re- ceives from the student. An illus- tration of this occurred recently in an Ann Arbor court when a member of LAS obtained an exon- eration of a student accused of shoplifting after the attorney ad- vising had recommended a guilty plea. The bar is presently thinking only in terms of the money or control it might lose; little con- sideration is given to the needs and personalities of the repre- sentative legal aid client. As long as the bar, in the person of Mr. Hathaway, continues to indulge itself in semantic obfuscation and sanctimonious self congratulation, no real progress toward a deeper understanding can be reached. It is unfortunate that the Law School has lacked the courage and/or initiative to establish the clinic on its own. The school's desire to avoid conflict with the bar is not surprising. However, it is now considering a proposal which would, by bailing the clinic out of its present debt, compound its original nonfeasance by re- lieving the local lawyer of the onus caused by their obstinacy in blocking the receipt of OEO funds. ONE CAN only hope that the bar may find the strength to reassess its assumptions and begin a period of real cooperation with the clinic. The Washtenaw County Bar Association has nothing to lose; the people of Washtenaw County have much to gain. -George C. Coggins, '66L Placement Listings To the Editor: H THE IRONY of it all. The Daily, eternally vigilant guar- dian of student civil liberties, has been instrumental in perpetrating a heinous crime against the Civil Rights Act of 1964. I refer you to the Daily Official Bulletin for Wednesday. Under the heading "Placement" one finds no less than four announce- ments of job openings which spe- cify that only men need bother to apply. Highly questionable in view of the fact that employers are no longer allowed to dis- criminate on he basis of race, creed, or sex, except when oneof these factors is critical for the performance of the job. But, look at the jobs: sales, security analy- sis, banking positions. This is an obvious case of illegal discrim- ination on the part of the com- pany which drafted the notice, the placement bureau which passed on the notice, and lastly, The Daily for printing the notice. THE SENIOR EDTORS should be forced to turn in their ACLU membership cards, and be given a dishonorable discharge from the New Left. Let's be more careful in the future. -Charles A. Adamek, '66 thought and interest. He must have long hair and a beard, so that he can justly represent the University to the citizens of the state, who add so much to the financing i.e. paying his salary. He must have no working knowledge of business planning and organ- ization, as this purely capitalist syndrome may align him too closely to the Regents. He would also have to have free insight into educational philosophy, as the years of study necessary to gain such a degree may cloud his awareness of student needs. After the new President is in office, we can all trust him, and work with him and certainly ac- cept him, because whether or not we voted for him wouldn't make' any difference at all. Naturally, if the Regents fail to see the obvious wisdom behind our thoughts, and appoint a President from the out- side, we must revolt and rebel and force his resignation, so that everybody in the world could be able to see how intelligent, how reasoning, and how informed all the University students are. Be- sides, we may get our pictures in Life magazine. -Craig Kirby, '66 T'Hooft and 'Sinners' To the Editor: N WEDNESDAY'S DAILY Paul Goodman quoted Visser t'Hooft, executive secretary of the World Council of Churches, as saying, "Don't talk morals to me, you're an American." Goodman implies that the comment referred to American actions in Viet Nam. If this is typical of Visser t'Hooft, I sincerely doubt that he should continue as executive secretary to the WCC. Cultural By JAMES SVARA collegiate Press Service RIO DE JANEIRO ,Brazil-Bra- zilians have never been prais- ed for their organizational tal- ents but their lack of organiza- tional ability played a part in the major cultural setback in Latin America during the past year. It took a normally quiet event like the,- Rio International Viol- in and Piano Competition to real- ly point up the problems. While international music competitions are usually very dignified affairs, this one often approached the far- cical. The event had been postponed from the drier month of August, to November, when the humidity and heat are so great that violins will not stay in tune for an en- tire performance. The e v e n t stretched out three and a half weeks instead of the planned two, and a third of the judges had to leave before the finals and left the Brazilian president of the jury with the power to cast the votes for the missing judges. Like buildings here which stand Assume that t'Hooft had both the ability and 'right to judge American actions in Viet Nam. Under this assumption the state- ment is still not justified, for t'Hooft first judges an individual by the actions of his government (pray that God is not so stern a judge!) and second, after judging, decides that the sinner cannot "talk morals" to him. If the general condemnation of all Americans for our national policy seems absurd, how much more so when the individual is Paul Goodman who disagrees pub- licly and at length with the policy for which he is being condemned. If the refusal to let the sinner "talk morals" seems doubtful, how much more so when we remember that St. Paul worked out his salvation "in fear and trembling, lest after giving advice to others I myself might not be found wanting." One doesn't have to equate the United States or Paul Goodman with St. Paul to see the point. If only the sinless could "talk morals" this planet would be singularly silent on moral issues. Finally, let us not make the mistake that t'Hooft has made. Let us not pronounce moral judg- ment on his statement to Good- man. Perhaps he had the best of intentions. We may, however, judge the nonmoral implications of his remark-that here is a rash man who, whatever his intentions tends to isolate the "sinners" who are guilty by association with their government. I therefore question t'Hooft's qualifications for his post not because he has done moral wrong, but because he has spoken rashly and imprudently. Such traits are not desirable in the executive secretary of the World Council of Churches. -James A. Martin, Grad o ld War bassy threatened a diplomatic in- cident. The three finalists in the violin competition were asked to give a concert without pay to raise mon- ey on the night before they had to compete in the finals. Then, because there had been no pub- licity, they played to a half-empty house. In addition to the disorganiza- tion, bribery and intrigue entered into the piano competition, accord- ing to reports from the partici- pants. They charged that the Rus- sians bought the piano prize, and that the Brazilians were forced to sell because of their financial straits. A French girl -the ac- knowledged favorite--played bril- liantly in the semi-finals but was awarded fifth place. The crowd protested so violently that the judges had to slip out the back door. The papers the next morn- ing gave the best coverage and the highest praise to the "fifth best performer. In the finals were two Russians and two Americans, who, in Cha- veton's opinion, "could not give 4 A I "Anybody Figure Out A Way Yet For A Soft Landing Down Here?" a. <