344 rictgatt Batty Seventy-Sixth Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSTTY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS FEIFFER 0 _ - - .,a ere Opinions Are Free, 420 MAYNARD ST., ANN ARBOR, MICH. Truth WIll Prevail, NEWs PHONE: 764-0552 SA7 Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily ex press the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. TURDAY, OCTOBER 29. 1966 NIGHT EDITOR: ROGER RAPOPORT YOU FEI KlAY ~s4 HETIk) 3 MOJTt4 OLL)Ee TI4Ak TEACH PAC ITK At(, If) THE t tGHOP 9. California Governorship: The Changeable Mr. Reagan ADD ZWILL AQt HaP HE 10 l F eK. ~APD TC HACR 10 ,566 -MfAT MUCH OF SR Vet. " /7 d i 7 f o ) ACH r I 1 cVImA (I ifJA! NJ~Piu \ A~0uT 80OY5. (U) THC C(Ty1 r~P 5TAY k I.IIGT A tH45Ic. AS THE NATION moves ever closer to November's Election Day, major daily newspapers and national newsmagazines are becoming more assertive and more definite in the tone of their near-unani- mous predictions of a California victory for candidate Ronald Reagan. His at- tempt to unseat Democratic two-term Governor Pat Brown has perhaps the greatest significance of any of this off- year's races for the various state huses. REAGAN, who has pointed his right- leaning arrow at the generally slow- moving and lackluster administration of the colorless Brown, has followed the path of all candidates for four-year terms up for grabs between presidential campaign years. He periodically asserts that he has no designs on higher office, no intention of leaving the governor's chair once firm- ly placed in that spot. While the tone of Reagan's statements des not differ from those of Michigan's George Romney this year, or those of loser Richard M. Nixon four years ago in his attempt to unseat Brown, a closer ear should be extended toward Mr. Rea- gan-one of the most querrilous of na- tionally-known politicians in this year's vote derby. Reagan's statements denying personal ambition to public office beyond the gov- ernorship, when one considers the incon- sistencies of his political career, cast a shadow over his fitness to lead Califor- nia. Too often Reagan has shown himself to be impetuous, impulsive and rash in following various political philosophies. His wildly vacillating political views of the past could very well be a forewarn- ing of his politcal futurei-"poltical" this time expressed in terms of action, rather than theory. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, actor-politician Reagan was a political horse of an en- tirely different stripe. From 1947 through 1952, he. was president of the decidedly liberal Screen Actors Guild, the same body that stood up for the "Blacklisted Ten" of the McCarthy Era. In 1950, he was a leading, highly-vo- cal opponent of Nixon's first-and suc- cessful-bid for the Senate, just as he had, but two years earlier, been a close confidante and partisan of then-Senator Helen Gahagan Douglas, whom Nixon himself had blasted as a Communist sym- pathizer in the heat of the late forties- early fifties witch hunts. Today, the remarkable gravitation Mr. Reagan has made to the opposite side of the political pole is evident. ALL THIS POINTS to, not what Reagan calls a previous misguidement and misconception, but a general personality self-indictment. It is one thing for a politician to slowly move from one side of the fence to the other (to wit: Sen. Wayne Morse started out as a Republican in his first Senate term, was re-elected as an independent, and proceeded to eventually lodge himself firmly within Democratic ranks. Even so, Morse's poli- teal viewpoint did not change nearly so much as did his political alignment. However, it is an entirely different matter for one to not only shft from assertively left to defiantly rght, but to be vocal, forward and definite in both- perhaps dangerously. Such flagrant bouncing from one side to the other indicates far too many holes in the model of a solid politician, a would-be governor. While Reagan decid- ed what he wants, it is all too possible his actions may be determined before his thoughts.. He may be too similar to what is dis- paragingly known as the "professional ac- tivist," that breed of the individual "so- cial conscience" that will pick up any cause and fight for it before weighing the relative merits of both sides of the situation. PERHAPS MORE seriously, Reagan may leave himself open to other's deci- sions and judgments, and follow them out of prior obligation, surface attractive- ness, or both. Such traits are deplorable enough in many American voters, but they would be disastrous in the governor of our largest state. It is hoped that the voters of Califor- nia are not in the mold of the Republican party's candidate. -DAN OKRENT AMPO4WIUU yES. THAT WEU(~ TASE eS.- EARN OT8ER. WS 06IAPMI 2()C __ MOT MEW C1i i Indonesia 's Chinese: A Purge Threatens i t By WALLACE IMMEN NO MATTER what Chairman Mao may say about capitalism and private ownership, through- out Southeast Asia it is the Chi- nese who are the most successful entrepreneurs. Most are despised in their adopted lands as schem- ing, unpatriotic and profit-moti- vated, but they are allowed tocon- duct business on a restricted bas- is. But in the case of the nation of Indonesia, an anti-Chinese feel- ing threatens to violently erupt in- to a bloody purge which could easily take the lives of three million Chinese inhabitants of this nation of islands. MOSLEM FACTIONS, repre- senting over half of the Indones- ian population, feel they must completely rid the country of 4hi- nese. Their deep-seated hatred has simmered for centuries and stems from the fact that Chinese busi- nessmen hold a virtual monopoly on trade in Indonesia. Chinese domination of private industry has been hated since it began in the 17th century during the period of Dutch rule. Chinese were allegedly given preferred rights to import by the Dutch and allowed to sell at high prices to the Indonesians who were then known as the Javanese). The Jay- anese were less ambitious and did not have enough influence. A large gap developed between their in- come and that of the Chinese. This is still the case today and one of the major causes of resent- ment in the rural villages. The average Indonesian earns only about five per cent of the income earned by the average Chinese. THROUGH BRIBERY and In- donesian front-men, however, the Chinese have managed to maintain ownership of 80 per cent of the private business of the country. They are protected in policy, but not in fact by legislation which is not enforced by the present gov- ernment. In fact, the government is se- verely restricting their rights and Chinese may no longer become Indonesian citizens. Many Chi- nese firms have been nationalized, currency exchange rates have been made high to limit profits and laws now forbid foreign concerns from doing business in rural areas where Chinese trading used to ex- cel. BUT THIS DOES not appease the Moslems, whose cry remains "drive them out, those who stay will be killed." And they are not kidding. The pattern for Moslem terror becamecestablishedafter an attempted coup on October 1 of last year failed to put the Com- munists in control. Militant Is- lamic organizations hate the Com- munists as much as they do the Chinese, and supported the army. The Moslem 'leaders then discov- ered that weapons were being smuggled into the country to wipe out anti-Communist leaders prior to another coup attempt. The official government, being led by Sukarno, rejected any mass retaliation against Communist conspirators, to keep on diplo- matic terms with China. Moslem organizations, however, began grouping support, including many youths. A few weeks later, they went on a rampage, combing the countryside by night, rounding up "known Communists." They drove their captives into isolated jun- gle locations where they were beaten to death. Most of the nation's Communist sympathizers were then either imprisoned or re- fused any employment. ESTIMATES of the massacre give figures as high as 400,000 to 600,000 active Communists kill- ed in a few weeks. Precise figures will never be available, though, as many of the bodies were- left in remote areas or buried in mass. Some of the leaders of the coup who were within the government, including Dr. Subandrio, Sukar- no's right hand man at the time, escaped death in the purge. Sub- andrio was recently sentenced to death by a military court for his part in aiding the Communist at- tempts. The military still main- tains wide support in the Moslem community. Other alleged conspir- ators are believed to have been re- cently executed without trial. Now the focus of this terror has become the Chinese popula- tion. IN DECEMBER, major violence began erupting when a group of Moslems demonstrated in front of the Chinese consulate in the city of Medan. When police fired a few shots into the crowd, the Moslems began attacking nearby Chinese with sticks and knives, ransacking stalls in the markets and beating pedestrians. In all, more than 200 Chinese were killed in these few minutes of violence. Shortly before, more than 10,- 000 homes and shops owned by Chinese and Celebes, the largest of the Indonesian islands had been burned and looted by Moslem terrorists. Smaller outbreaks of violence have been reported on most of the major islands in the Indonesian chain. These incidents show that the anti-Chinese feeling is a potent force in the country which will again become vicious if agitated. The tactics have already been es- tablished, and a purge effort could quickly result in the murder of every one of the three million Chinese in the country. FOR THE PRESENT, however, organized attempts to rid the country of Chinese have been lo- cal. Many campaigns have cen- tered on accusing influential Chi- nese of being Communists, insist- ing that they return to their Com- munist homeland.Forced evacua- tions of thousands of "the oppor- tunists" and their families from some districts into larger cities for deportation have recently been re- ported. While official statements insist they are not being forced to leave, many of the deportees are full Indonesian citizens who have never lived in China and don't know what they will do when they get there. Those interviewed re- cently by the New York Times say that they are being moved by Moslem groups and were allowed only three days notice. VERY LITTLE public concern for this situation has been ex- pressed as yet. The United States is concerned, but officials indicate that we do not want to get "in- volved" in such a "factional dis- pute." A representative of the U.S. Information Agency said recently that, if anything, the administra- tion is pleased with the Moslem defiance of the Communist take- over and Indonesia's turn toward neutralism. It does, however, "de- plore" the tactics employed to achieve this end. At least our government real- izes it has no right to directly in- terfere. Unfortunately, three mil- lion people are now seriously threatened for purely ethnic rea- sons, and there seems no control agency to protect them. America is, however, in a posi- tion to apply diplomatic pressure, but even here, there is a great difficulty in that Indonesia is in desperate need of aid. To keep thousands from starving to death in some rural areas, we have al- ready agreed to begin a massive aid program. A restriction of these programs, then may initiate even greater difficulties, and will not immediately quell the Moslems. IT MAY BE hoped, however, that our government will investi- gate means to apply pressure upon the Indonesian government to pro- tect these Chinese and enforce existing legislation which protects their rights. p1 Keeping the Files Confidential THE CREATION of an integrated stu- dent data file at the University is con- ceived as an efficiency measure. As such, it may be regarded as a boon to Univer- sity administrative offices; for, when im- plemented, it will eliminate a great deal of pnnecessary paperwork and much of the duplication of information which ex- ists now. University staff will be spared the task of creating paper files on every student, and students' records will be at the fing- ertips of those who need them legitimate- ly. The repetitious, time-consuming task of information gathering will be elimi- nated, so that those who are supposed to work with students will be able to direct more attention to that major task. HOWEVER, there are considerations other than efficiency involved in the implementation of the file, and these must be considered carefully by the Uni- versity Systems Committee before the file goes into actual operation. When infor- mation is consolidated, so that it becomes easily accesible to a large number of peo- ple, stringent safeguards must be impos- ed in order that the confidentiality of certain information be maintained. The present file system contains cer- tain annoying inefficiencies, but these nefficiencies can act to protect confiden- tiality simply because accessibility to in- formation is not easy. Ernest Zimmerman* of the Office of Academic Affairs feels that computeriza- tion and centralization of information will not affect its confidential nature, be- cause technical safeguards will be built into the machine in order to lock infor- mation to unauthorized persons. But technical safeguards are of no conse- quence unless those who use the file un- derstand exactly which information is public and which is not. THE INTERIM Committee on Student Records and Their Use, operating un- A- +I,. - A-W A s-A . A ..,n ,,- n " tion last May. The report recommends that information be divided into "pub- lic" and "private" categories, and speci- fies which types of information fall un- der these categories. This document is a step toward the clarification of disclos- ure policy. However, it is far from any finalized stage, and is not expected to be completed until the end of the academic year, at least. Since the compilation of the student records committee report, some incidents have occurred which indicate the need for even further clarifications regarding private information. The committee re- port assumed that the University would submit private information in response to a subpoena, but the Senate Assembly disclosure report concerning the relation between the University and the House Committee on Un-American Activities has questioned this assumption. Before the computerized file is imple- mented, the University will have to estab- lish a carefully considered and unambig- uous policy regarding the release of in- formation to such groups as HUAC. THE INTEGRATED student data file does not have to be a danger to the privacy and freedom of University stu- dents. If it is put into operation only after the lines separating public and pri- vate information, and authorized and un- authorized persons, have been clearly de- fined, then it will serve as a work-saving efficiency measure, as intended by the University Systems Committee. But it should not be put into even par- tial operation until these clarifications have been made. -SUE REDFERN No Comment ~~Department -I Letters:* Pershing Rifles March Again To the Editor: I'M WRITING this letter to dis- pel possible misinterpretation of ' the spectacle of the Pershing Rifles' Friday noon performance on the Diag. The performance, for the benefit of those who could not attend,consisted of the ritual harassment of new pledges. SEVERAL malcontents in the crowd witnessing the ceremony contended that the asinine em- barrassment and debasement of the initiates reflected unfavorably, upon the integrity of the Persh- ing Rifles. Nothing could be fur- ther from the truth! Since time immemorial, Persh- ing Rifles pledges have worn dir- ty clothes, cardboard signs, shiny blue helmets and blackface to classes and around campus. Why, those pledges, they're PROUD of the uniform of their outfit! What other bunch of guys on campus has such a unique and colorful uniform? AND AS FOR the initiation pro- cedure, I challenge you to come up with a better way of develop- ing team spirit! Those cadets, they LIKE all the stuff and nonsense: It gives them the feeling of be- longing to a heads up, A-1 red- blooded American team. And be- sides, it teaches them iron disci- pline. I mean, if you will unhesitating- ly fire imaginary rifles at imag- inary airplanes to protect your buddies from imaginary air raids while they're scrubbing the M on the Diag, just think of the way they'll someday be able to fire REAL rifles at REAL airplanes to "WTait ! Don't Hang That One - That's The Candidate" V '% i e a -A ~~ protect their buddies from REAL air raids while they're scrubbing the M on the Diag! Anyway, as the leader of the Beret-sporting tormenters assert- ed confidently, "Just wait until you get into the Army. They'll make you do a lot stupider stuff than this!" I can hardly wait. THE MORAL of the story is ob- vious. Next time you see the Persh- ing Rifles marching mechanical- ly by, eyes caged, chins tucked in, booted feet striking the ground in miraculous synchrony, remem- ber how the troops acquired their fierce pride in the worthy outfit. Maybe a little self-debasement, indignity, public embarrassment, and unquestioning obedience could cure your hubris too. -Sanford Fidell, Grad The Fund To the Editor: I WISH to express my sincere thanks for the kind words you said about me in the editorial column of Sunday's Daily. In all conscience, however, I must point out that they were mis- directed. Any successes the Resi- dential College program may have achieved are owing almost entire- ly to two committees which, to my great good fortune, have been composed of enthusiastic, dedicat- ed and hard-working faculty and students. Truly, all I did was to hang on to their coattails and pray. -B. D. Thuma Residential College To the Editor: UST A SUGGESTION. Why doesn't the University change the name of the Residential Col- lege to the Institute for Training Undergraduates for Automotive Research? Two goals would be accomplish- ed: 1. money would pour in from "interested industries" (GM's low- perfect empathy with all whom they interview, I was disappoint- ed that the recent account in The Daily of my interview with its editorial staff presented my can- didacy as a conventional "Peace Movement" effort undertaken out of pique with the Democratic par- ty because things didn't "go my way" in that party. The critique of current trends on the American political scene which my candidacy represents goes far beyond the program of peace organizations as such, and those engaged in my campaign cannot be adequately described by the old-fashioned term "peace workers." NO POLITICALLY mature adult with strong social concerns ever enters any organization simply to have things go his way, but rath- er to contribute to a creative proc- ess of dialogue, new thinking and positive social change. For myself, I have concluded that I could contribute to this dialogue more effectively as an in- dependent than within the Demo- cratic party. --Ehse Boulding Write-in Candidate for the Second Congressional Dist. Michigan Voice Statement To the Editor: VICE-PRESIDENT Cutler's re- cent statement to SGC, con- cerning student organizations, misrepresents several things. The most blatant is the. reason of any organization for not turning in membership lists to the adminis- tration. Cutler stated that the proposed SGC regulations encouraged secret and clandestine organizations and worked against the "open society" of the University. Cutler's part in the recent aministrati ioneisionn committee members were pub- lished in The Daily early in Sep- tember, and Voice had no objec- tion to submitting membership lists until the administration used the lists illegitimately and with- out consulting the students in- volved. Voice's position in this matter is expressed in, this statement pre- sented to SGC Thursday night, October 27: AS THE ORGANIZATION most affected by the recent adminis- tration decision to give HUAC a confidential membership list, Voice asks SGC to consider the following points as it takes its final stand concerning student or- ganizations and the question of membership listss: 1) For the purpose of estatb- lishing organizational responsi- bility within the University community, there are some pos- sible legitimate reasons for re- quiring one or more members' names from any organization - but until the University com- mits itself to using the names for these purposes and no oth- ers, there is only a difference of quantity between submitting the names of all members and sub- mitting two names. 2) The administration has not affirmed the rights of students to a say in the use of member- ship lists. 3) The administration has not shown any intentions of using such lists with adequate care for the political freedom of students. 4) Vice-President Cutler has recently been empowered to overrule any legitimate student government. Until students' right to decide matters affect- ing them is firmly established, there is no reason to believe in the good intentions of the ad- ministration in any of these matters. Cooperation with them in this situatinn is unnnation 4 4