Seventy-Sixth Year EDrTED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Worst(olo v-Reagan) PERSPECTIVES Tuesday's poogy, BV HARVEY WASSERMAN ere Opinions Are Free, 420 MAYNARD ST., ANN ARBOR, MICH. Truth Wiln Prevail NEws PHONE: 764-0552 Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This mus t be noted in all reprints. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1966 NIGHT EDITOR: ROBERT KLIVANS After the Battle- The Democrats Regroup HE SKY HAS FALLEN in on the Michi- gan Democratic Party. The Republicans succeeded in captur- ing by overwhelming margins, the gover- norship, which is a four-year term for the first time, a U.S. Senate seat and eight education posts. They only failed in win- ning, the races for attorney general and secretary of state, where they made seri- ous challenges to long-entrenched and well-known Democratic personalities. Democrats also lost five freshman con- gressmen, one in usually secure Flint, los- ing control of the state's Washington del- egation. Margins of victory for the Re- publican victors were sizable and may be very hard to overcome in future years. FURTHERMORE, they ousted five Demo- cratic state senators to take control of the Michigan Senate, which Democrats had obtained for the first time in the cen- tury in.1964. In addition, they succeeded in doing the impossible. They took 18 seats away from House Democrats leaving that body at a chaotic stalemate, 5555, to be re- solved in bitter fighting in January. In the races for positions on the state university governing boards, Republicans swept every position up for election. They even narrowly defeated such a top Demo- cratic vote getter as Warren Huff, chair- man of the Michigan State University Board of Trustees. Here at the University, effective Demo- cratic opposition on the Board of Re- gents was all but eliminated. The balance on the board will now be 7-1 in favor of the Republicans. PARTY OFFICIALS were totally unaware of just what election trends were tak- ing place until the returns were staring them in the face. They had no idea that Romney's personal popularity would be, such a potent vehicle in carrying Repub- lican candidates to victory. The defeat of G. Mennen Williams, the man who built the party machine in the 1950's, was envisioned, but no one dream- ed of the victory margin Sen. Robert Griffin would pile up, not even the Re- publicans. The magnitude of the Republican vic- tory may not be fully felt for a number of months. The Republican control of the state Legislature will have its profound- est effect in June when the state budget is approved. If the new majority balks at fiscal reform, austerity budgets, remi- niscent of past Republican legislatures, may be back in order. It may take some time for Democrats to regain their' lost power and damaged pride. In the 1968 election, neither the governorship, a U.S. Senate seat or the state Senate will be up for grabs. Only congressional and state house seats are up for election. However, it will be a presidential year, possibly in the home state of the Republican nominee. THE DEATH KNELL has definitely not tolled for this once all-powerful Dem- ocratic party, but a reassessment of its position and power is necessary immedi- ately. It can no longer sit on its laurels of past victories, as it does in Wayne County. Party organization in the Detroit area is in a state of total disarray with conflicts flaring up continually between the regular Democratic organization and the union controlled Committee on Poli- tical Education (COPE). Unity, planning and organization, vir- tues Democrats have been noticeably short on since Romney's entrance on the Michi- gan political scene, must be regained. When it dawns on Democratic party lead- ers that they are now a minority party, these prerequisites for continued success may be quickly accomplished. -MARK LEVIN FAMES A. RHODES carried the Ohio gubernatorial race with a 59 per cent majority Tuesday, marking him as a force to contend with at the 1968 Republican Na- tional Convention. Unfortunately, as the governor of the nation's sixth-largest state, Rhodes has been slighted by the press-neither his views nor his administration have been fully presented to the nation at large despite the fact that he has car- ried his state by percentage com- parable to or greater than those of Ronald Reagan, George Rom- ney, Mark Hatfield and Nelson Rockefeller. And it is a shame; because James Rhodes is a truly remark- able governor. As chief executive, he single-handedly put Ohio back 10 years. He cut back aid to edu- cation, used his position to support a speaker ban, reduced workmen's compensation benefits, emaciated old-age pensions, and declared to- mato juice the state drink of Ohio. BUT, AS HE HAS gleefully told the state for three and one-half years now, he did not raise taxes. What he did do to keep the state solvent? He floated bond issues. Unfortunately, at current rates, he failed to explain that the bonds cost the state twice as much as increased taxes. And he did bring industry to the state. Under Rhodes' leader- ship a significant increase in jobs has benefitted Ohio - as Rhodes himself stated, "civil disobedience and anti-social behavior sets in when work is not available." But while the Ohio job rate was soar- ing the average wage in Ohio went up less than any other in- dustrial state in the union. Which is rather understandable when you consider the governor's methods of recruitment. Last summer, as the main part of his "bring industry to Ohio" plan, Rhodes and a number of close statehouse associates travel- led to Europe "to look for busi- ness." When they came back, the Rhodes action team toured the U.S.-New York, Chicago, etc.-for more industry. All this has given Ohio the nation's most experienc- ed lieutenant governor next to Wil- liam Milliken. RHODES' political career start- ed in Columbus. After a question- able career at Ohio State, he es- tablished ties with the Columbus Dispatch, the only major newspa- per serving Franklin County's one million people. Soon he was mayor of Columbus, then state auditor, then, in 1962, governor of the state. As governor, Rhodes complete- ly decimated Ohio's painfully pro- gressing mental health program. Under Democrat Michael V. Di- Salle, whom Rhodes beat in '62, Ohio's horrendous mental health ,services began to creep up from the bottom of the nation's list. The new governor saw fit to cut back appropriations-the program is now in hopeless disarray, plung- ing to the bottom again. In a speech this May, however, Rhodes claimed that "Ohio leads the nation in mental health." No newspaper in Franklin County or in Hamilton County (Cincinnati Enquirer domain-well over one million people) questioned the as- sertion, despite the fact that jani- tors and maids in many under- staffed state institutions are go- ing without pay. SMALL WONDER Rhodes' op- ponent, Frasier Reams, Jr., found some difficulty in getting his pic- ture in Ohio papers. Small wonder, too, that while Rhodes used 40 state-paid speech- writers for his campaign, the to- tal state output to combat criti- cal Erie shore pollution was a 'glossy booklet. Rhodes has, however, proved himself a remarkably agile poli- tician. He has run the adminis- tration of the fifth-largest state in the union while refusing to publicly disclose state finance rec- ords. He has maneuvered his po- sition into one whereby reporters who ask him "objectionable" ques- tions find themselves removed for the statehouse beat by their edi- tors. And he has ably maintained the unflinching support of the largest money interests in Ohio. A POOR administrator, a man of shallow or no convictions, con- sistently willing to deceive the public through cooperative mass media, James Rhodes has manag- ed to be a worse governor than Frank Lausche is a senator-both as the embodiment of the Ohio political psyche and in terms of what he has done to the state. When the 1968 convention rolls around, Rhodes will align near or to the right of Richard Nixon, depending on the opportunity of the moment and on the Central and Southern Ohio financial in- tertsts that put and have kept him in office. He will be a mov- ing force and a possible candidate at that convention. WHEN NATIONAL politics is shaped by men of James A. Rhodes' caliber it is time to start worrying. Letters: Don't Stop Hoping for Peace To the Editor: RECENTLY, Pat O' D o n o h u e wrote an editorial in The Mich- igan Daily entitled Some Day. In it, she reviews a number of facts about the war in Viet Nam in- cluding Red China's newly devel- oped guided missile, North Viet Nam's Ho Chi Minh. approval of this, and Charles de Gaulle's be- lief that the United States should withdraw from the war. The letter was concluded with the following: "In the midst of all this, the voice of Big Brother was heard from afar - President Johnson expressed his belief that 'some day even Communist China and North Viet Nam will join our Pacific brotherhood - in - peace. We look forward to that day.' "Who's he trying to kid?" BUT IN WRITING this, O'Don- ohue has used a number of facts that are not substantial and, as a result, has arrived at a false conclusion. She has presented cri- ticism that is totally destructive rather than constructive in nature. She has belittled hopes for world peace. "So what?" should not be the answer to any peace proposal. The idea of peace is too -valuable to be tossed off with the flick of a careless pen. In her editorial, O'Donohue has tried to disillusion the reader. The details are selective and one-sided at best, in an attempt to scare people into accepting her sar- casms. She states that Red China has a guided missile containing a nuclear warhead. Fifteen years ago Russia was in the same position. Yet we have talked and argued, and as a result, we now have a nuclear test ban. Is it not possible to develop a similar treaty with Red China? She states that Ho Chi Minh has "hailed the test as a great contribution to the revolutionary struggle of the people of Viet Nam." The situation was similar in Korea 10 years ago. Yet the United Nations fought China to a standstill, and peace was eventu- ally secured. IS THIS NOT possible in Viet Nam? O'Donohue's statement con- cerning de Gaulle seems quite out of context. Exactly what does it have to do with atomic bombs and Ho Chi Minh? If we examine it anyway, we see that it is another incorrect fact. We are, in fact, fighting a war that is unpopular with many Americans and some of our allies, i r--r"ee err--"r-r-e i nsr r~------ The 'Lonely' Apartment PANHELLENIC ASSOCIATION passed a resolution two weeks ago recommend- ing that "sophomore hours be extended rather than completely eliminated" and that sophomores continue to be required to live either in dormitories or sorority houses. In justification of this resolution, Pan- hellenic argued that there were many drawbacks to granting apartment permis- sion to sophomore girls. They thought that social pressures, desire for independ- ence, etc. would force a majority of the sophomore girls into the isolated world of the apartment dweller. Ostensibly, for the student living in an apartment, op- portunities for meeting people and mak- ing friends is greatly decreased and life in general comparatively limited. yET, DESPITE Panhellenic's professed concern for the welfare of unsuspect- ing sophomore women, there is a better explanation for their opposition to sopho- more apartment permission. The sorority system on this campus has recently come under sharp criticism; it has had to re- structure its rush system to attract mem- bers. Obviously, if apartment permission were granted to sophomore women, the sorori- ties could be in serious trouble trying to bring them into the system. Panhellenic acknowledged this danger when discussing the resolution against sophomore apart- ment permission, and the needs of the system seem to have overriden the wishes of sophomore women in dorms. If one wished to make a truly valid argument against sophomore apartment r. .T Editorial Staff MARK fR. KILLINGSWORTH. Editor BRUCE WASSERSTEIN, Executive Editor CLARENCE FANTO HARVEY WASSERMAN Managing Editor Editorial Director LEONARD PRATT ........ Associate Managing Editor JOHN MEREDITH ........ Associate Managing Editor CHARLOTTE WOLTER .. Associate Editorial Director ROBERT CARNEY ...... Associate Editorial Director BABETTE COHN ............... Personnel Director ROBERT MOORE..................Magazine Editor CHARLES VETZER ...............sports Editor JAMES TINDALL ........... Associate Sports Editor JAMES LaSOVAGE......... Associate Sports Editor permission, it could be based on the fact that such a move would probably increase Ann Arbor rents even more. The attrac- tion of apartment living for sophomores would, in all likelihood, exhaust the Ann Arbor market. BUT EVEN on this basis and discounting Panhellenic's self - interested argu- ments, it is not reasonable to deny apart- ment permission to sophomore women. The University claims that it seeks to cultivate personal development and inde- pendence in its students. Yet, we have the old hypocrisies of regulation and reg- imentation, which extend beyond the dorm system but which are most evident there. Extension of hours is a fine idea-for freshmen. Maybe they, being new to the University, need some supervision, al- though this too can be questioned. And, if the aims of the dormitory system- giving students some measure of respon- sibility-were being met, there would be no question about whether or not sopho- more women are ready for apartment liv- ing. THEREFORE, when the time comes to make a decision on apartment per- mission for sophomores, those involved should not be influenced by interests like Panhellenic which ignore the wishes of those living in dormitories. And, they would also do well to re- member the adulthood and responsibility which they claim to be trying to promote. -KATHIE GLEBE Dearborn' s Tuesday heroes THE REAL HEROES of Tuesday's elec- tion are the 14,000 Dearborn residents who voted in favor of "cease-fire and withdrawal of U.S. troops from Viet Nam so the Vietnamese can settle their own problems." I almost choked when Walter Cronkite of CBS said "in the country's first Viet A {414' ,tU 4 -----" ---- I I p 'N 1 L 1 to prevent the forceful takeover of Viet Nam by other countries. We are not "bombarding little peo- ple," but are allowing Viet Nam to establish its own government peacefully. Two of the three arguments given by O'Donohue are not sub- stantial. One is not applicable. And these are the facts that she expects the reader to use to draw a conclusion. IT IS THE conclusion that 0'- Donohue reaches that we should be most concerned with, though. She has dismissed hope for a world peace and is attempting to disillusion the reader. She ignores the work of the United Nations in Cyprus, Israel and Suez. She for- gets to mention the first meeting between the United States and China in 20 years. This meeting, which was held last summer, was fruitless. But it was a meeting. Finally, she ignores the cultur- al exchange that has developed between the United States and Russia. She forgets that where communications are lacking, mis- understanding and conflict grow. And in a world such as ours, nu- clear Hell is too dear a price to pay for misunderstanding. While it is impractical that talk will bring peace tomorrow or next week, peace will come. Peace talks must not be sloughed off as O'- Donohue has done. THE NEED is for more support for peace talks and less statements against them. Peace is an active process that develops from actions, understanding being the key ac- tion. We must "care," or the world cannot endure. There is a need for talk about "brotherhoods- in-peace," cultural exchange and cooperation. If these needs are filled, the world will become a better place in which to live. And like President Johnson, I look forward to that day. --Peter Graff, '70 Bands Away! To the Editor: DOUG HELLER is wrong, wrong, wrong, if he believes that good marching and the quickstep are synonymous. In fact, the quick- step, as Mr. Heller calls it, is usually the worst kind of march- ing performed by high school and college bands. Since the Michigan Band in- novated the fast marching en- trance, bands all over the country have modified it to the most ridi- culous extremes. The first change was to make it faster and not pick up the feet as high. The Michigan Band always picks up their feet with thighs parallel to the ground, whether marching fast or slow! OTHER BANDS such as Michi- gan State have added a bounce step which usually looks unco- ordinated at such a fast tempo. Numerous other bands have turned it into a run which can hardly be called "marching." In answer to Mr. Heller's ques- tion, "how are you going to beat the quickstep performed all the time?" may I ask Mr. Heller to take a closer look on the next football Saturday. He will notice that the Michigan Band does not run, bounce, or make a fast shuf- fle on their pre-game entrance, but rather pick up their feet and march at a fast tempo. One of the Michigan Band firsts which Mr. Heller failed to men- tion was the innovation of dance routines performed by marching bands. Michigan's assistant con- ductor of bands, George Cavender, choreographed the "S t. L o u i s Blues which was the first dance routine performed by a marching band. -Thomas C. Morse Daily Forked Tongue To the Editor: THE DAILY has continually ex- pounded a philosophy of quality education at the lowest possible cost. Yet, when Leslie R. Schmier, Democratic candidate for the Wayne State University Board of Governors, advocates this same ob- jective as a goal for which Michi- gan universities should strive, his ideas are simply rejected by The Daily (Killingsworth Column, Nov. 1) as too idealistic. It seems to me that "The Daily speaks with forked tongue!" s-Ken Slaokin, Grad Bursley To the Editor: 'N THE 1965 and 1966 legislative sessions, State Senator Gilbert E. Bursley enthusiastically sup- ported increased state aid to local health departments which previ- ously were landequately supported. As a member of the Appropria- tions Committee, he was in a key position to see that the health needs of the people in Michigan were protected.. By his leadership for human concern, Senator Gilbert E. Burs- ley has served the people well. --George P. Sweda, M.D., MPH Director Muskegon County Health Department 0. 4 / btt 1966, The Register and Trbune Svndicas. - ftpW.NfLi~yS yN * ". .. Now, turn around and start walkin'. . . 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The prospectus of the Student Forum on International Order and World Peace, which held a confer- ence in Princeton last weekend to survey the dimensions of the prob- lem, outlines the student's inter- est thus : "WE, THE STUDENT genera- tion of today, must begin now to educate oursel'c~ves tonassume re.- There is, for example, China- making faster progress in the de- velopment of a nuclear striking force than anyone seems able to comprehend. (If the State De- partment bureaucrats would quit reading Top Secret counter-intel- ligence reports and look at the newspapers, they might realize, for example, that the Chinese syn- thesis of insulin last summer was a feat comparable in its own way to Russia's first Sputnik. Unfor- tunately it will take something more spectacular to affect our complacency this time.) OF COURSE there is no greater probability of China's using nu- clear weapons at any given time than there is of United States From the rest of the world's point of view, however, it would just be one or even a dozen more steps toward the realization of a state of nuclear war. (The radio announcement would read that a state of nuclear war had been de- clared. Imagine that announce- ment if you can.) So how do you talk about a great big, all-encompassing sub- ject like peace? How do you talk about it? And most important of all, what can you do about it? Here weowe an intellectual debt to a circle of hard-working thinkers, now labeled strategi ;s, that set out about 1950 to think about the "unthinkable," nuclear war, and not just worry about it. SLOWLY, systematically, sten- All of which gives us every rea- son to believe that peace, which, after all, is not too far removed conceptually from war, can be an- alyzed in the same manner; that it can be transferred from a uni- versally accepted and very badly defined value to a real world, in- stitutional reality. Students have a natural stake in all this, since it is going to be their world. They are the ones who, in 20 years, are going to be building the new world order - either amidst the shattered rem- nants of the old, or, somehow, in the midst of a rigid, outmoded set of presentday social institutions tied to the nation-state. UNLESS YOU are both a deter- eration of these weapons acceler- ates in the absence of effective controls. Under these circumstances, un- less you are over 60, you face a grim and scary future. Fortunately, or hopefully, to de- fine the problem thus is to begin to define what needs to be done to establish the limits of the prob- lem, to unlock rather than to fore- close the future. The very phrase "international order and worldpeace"rsuggests a redefinition of that very difficult concept, world peace, into the idea of world order, which in turn sug- gests the reordering of our insti- tutions so that such system mal- functions as international violence no longer occur. *