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)AY, NOVEMBER 11, 1966 NIGHT EDITOR: NEIL SHISTER

BroWn and iuebner:
An Encouraging Debut

TUESDAY'S ELECTION brings to the
University a pair of new Regents who
display considerable promise.
Mrs. Trudy Huebner and Robert Brown,
both Republicans, who were elected by
comfortable margins at the polls, have
shown a refreshing degree of objectivity
and independence which suggests their
eight years as Regents will be profitable
both for them and the University.
Both, for example, indicate a strong
concern for the impact of University
growth on students, faculty and the edu-
cational process. Both are interested in
the problem of rising tuition and in ways
to broaden educational opportunity based
on ability to learn, not ability to pay.
IN TWO CRUCIAL AREAS, Mrs. Hueb-
ner and Brown have been forthright and
explicit. First, both strongly endorse the
concept of collective bargaining at the
University. Mrs. Huebner said recently,
"It's impossible to avoid collective bar-
gaining ... Unions are entitled to their
fare share. Collective bargaining may be
difficult, it may be costly, but it's an Im-
portant process and we ought to have it."
Brown feels the same way, and says
that the major question at issue is not
whether unions should be able to repre-
sent University employes at all, but how
many unions should represent them.
Both seem to base their belief in col-
lective bargaining here on a philosophy,
as Mrs. Huebner expresses it, that bar-
gaining is "an important process" through
which the voice of University employes
can be heard.
THEIR ATTITUDE towards student par-
ticipation in University decisions is
equally encouraging--and seems to pro-
ceed from the same philosophy. Student
participation in decisions is, to quote Mrs.
Huebner again, "only fair-the democratic
way of the University." Both new Regents

endorse the idea of a student advisory
voice in University decisions from the de-
partmental level on up.
Indeed, both have even given qualified
endorsement to the idea of a student rep-,
resentative to the Regents themselves.
Such a proposal is simply the logical cul-
mination of the gradual acceptance of ad-
visory bodies at lower levels of the Uni-
versity:
But-save for the October breakfast
meeting between Voice members and Re-
gents Brablec, Briggs, Murphy and Soren-
son-the Regents have rarely had infor-
mal contact with students and never have
had any formal relationship with them.
IT IS PERHAPS unnecessary to repeat
again that people who will be affected
by decisions should help to make them,
that those who will be governed by rules
should help to write them. Yet progress
towards this goal - which, unfortunately,
is still only a goal-is at times appallingly
slow.
That is why it is refreshing to hear the
University's two new Regents give such
clear expressionsand forthright endorse-
ments of this goal in two relatively con-
troversial areas of University policy.
True, both Mrs. Huebner and Brown
need to study the University carefully, for,
new to the University and at times unin-
formed on the numerous crucial issues be-
fore it, they cannot yet hope to contribute
as much as they would like.
BUT ALREADY the insight and judgment
they possess has given an indication
that their tenure as Regents will be a
valuable one. That is as it should be, for
the University's problems, both now and in
the years to come, require the kind of
Regental wisdom in the future which some
Regents have not always exhibited in the
past.
--MARK R. KILLINGSWORTH
Editor

By AVIVA KEMPNER
MAYOR JEROME CAVANAGH
called Detroit the "city that
Ralph Nader made famous." The
crowd at the University of Detroit
Fieldhouse chuckled. Democratic
candidate for governor, Zolton
Ferency, kidded that all the rush-
ing was causing him to develop a
Kennedy hair-do. The audience
responded and laughed.
Democratic candidate for sena-
tor, G. Mennen Williams, started
praising the guest speaker. The
people got excited. Then Williams
finally said the magic words,
"Bobby Kennedy." And the Bobby-
soxers and party followers went
wild, and burst into a standing
ovation.
WITH GREAT effort Bobby
quieted them down, and began his
speech. Here was a man whose
name and personal charm had
made a mob out of the audience
during his entrance. Here was a
following who had come early for
his announced 11:30 arrival, and
waited anxiously for almost two
hours. Even though he did not de-
liver the important points of his
speech because of his late arrival,
the audience was electrified by the
presence of a Kennedy.
They enjoyed his wit. Bobby
said he wanted Williams elected
so another Democratic senator
would have less seniority that he.
Then he could turn around ,to
wave to someone. Bobby pretended
to forget Zolton's last name. He
explained how, unlike Ferency,
he had made his political gains
despite "an ordinary name."
THEY IDENTIFIED with his
political analysis, and waved signs

gan," and possibly gave- himself
more public exposure.
And the people were able to wit-
ness in living color a Kennedy
who reminded them of his broth-
er while offering a unique style
himself.
If asked why they had come.
most ofthem answered, "to see
Bobby Kennedy." See him they
did.
* * *
AFTER WITNESSING this po-
litical phenomena of emotional
display one cannot help wonder-
ing on what criteria candidates
are elected. Are political heroes
chosen on the basis of what News-
week labels "political magic" and
Time calls "appeal to youth?"
Some people probably came to
see Bobby because they respect
and agree with his ideas and past
actions. But the responses of the
crowd point out the importance of
"magic" and personal appeal.
These characteristics were also
evident in some of Tuesday's elec-
tions, notably in California and
Michigan.
The winners of those political
contests, and possible future presi-
dents, should not gain following
and votes because of their looks
and the emotional stigma their
name and past associations carry.
But political leaders should be
born out of their words and deeds.
WHETHER this rational distinc-
tion can be made by the intelli-
gent voter is questionable. In Hero
of Our Times, Mihail Lermontov
pointed out in his introduction,
"Suffice it that the disease has
been pointed out; goodness knows
how to cure it."

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like "Kennedy in '68" and "Ken-
nedy in '72." Bobby showed how
the Democratic party under his
brother and President Johnson
had worked to keep the promises
of 1960. But the Republicans, he
claimed, tried to prevent such a
happening. Yet Bobby declared,
"I am not satisfied," his definition
of the Democratic platform.
They respected his intelligence
and concern for world humanity.
Bobby quoted from Tennyson's
Ulysses, and Shaw, "why not," to
clarify his political philosophy. He
listed statistical evidence to show
the existence of national and' in-
ternational problems like illiteracy
and poverty.

THEY LOVED his personal style
and looks, because their average
age was in the mid-twenties.
(They had been entertained by a
rock'n'roll band before he ar-
rived.) Bobby pointed his finger
to emphasize his points. He spoke
in the familiar Boston accent, pro-
nouncing Africa in the Cuber tra-
dition. And, he even stuttered
once. He looked tanned and his
hair was long and lighter than
expected. He was the caricature of
himself, young and powerful.
They reacted enthusiastically
when he was finished. Many tried
to get a better look or a hand-
shake. With great difficulty Bob-
by left the building, since he was

pushed and pawed all the way. He
allowed more people to be thrilled
by standing on an awaiting car,
and shaking hands as he moved
slowly away. The lucky individu-
als who touched him could be
heard screaming in a way reminis-
cent of "Bye Bye Birdie."
EVERYONE was happy except,
perhaps the Republicans. The
Democrats had boosted their can-
didates. They had attracted al-
most a full house (for 6800 seats)
in spite of the poor advance pub-
licity in the Detroit papers. Bob-
by Kennedy successfully completed
his mission of helping Democrats
and repaying old debts. He also
5ay "why Democrats win in Michi-

The Proliferation Question at Geneva

By BOB MALIKIN
Daily Guest Writer
DURING THE last four years,
United States and Russian ne-
gotiators have been meeting at
Geneva, Switzerland, trying to
build on the foundation laid by
the Kennedy Test Ban Treaty of
1962.
These conferences, however, have
served only as a rostrum for each
country to scream pro forma de-
nunciation at one another, while
efforts to achieve disarmament
have thus far been largely futile.
THE UNITED STATES, to curb
the spread of the weapons has
suggested several plans. One meth-
od proposes a non-proliferation
treaty aimed specifically at stop-
ping the spread of nuclear arms.
The other plan would augment the
partial nuclear test ban treaty of
1962 by prohibiting testing under-
ground and in space.
So far, the U.S. has not brought
the Russians over to its way of
thinking. The Soviets claimthat
the first plan has a loophole by
which West Germany could get its
hands on Aberican nuclear wea-
pons, an unacceptable condition to
the Russians who still feel deep
distrust toward the Germans.
The New York Times on August
17 noted, "Aleksi A. Roshchin of
the Soviet Union asserted today
that the attempt to draft a treaty
to prevent the proliferation of

weapons had been rendered fruit-
less by the desire of the United
States to keep open the possibility
of West Germany's access to such
aims through the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization."
The question o! prohibiting test-
ing underground has also run into
difficulty because the Soviet Un-
ion rejects the United States' in-
sistence on international inspec-
tion, feeling that Russian secrets
would be endangered.
THINGS LOOKED quite prom-
ising in the early part of this
past August when Sweden pre-
sented a plan for easing the nu-
clear arms situation in the world.
This Swedish plan calling for
"verification by challenge or in-
vitation," offered a compromise
between the U.S. view that on-site
inspection is still needed, and the
Soviet Union's belief that modern
improvements of long-range mon-
itoring methods make it unneces-
sary for such inspection.
But as the Times pointed out,
under the Swedish plan "a nation
suspicious about a seismic dis-
turbance could challenge the other
side to prove it had not conducted
an underground ,test." While the
Johnson Administration gave this
plan much consideration, reluc-
tance in the Pentagon to stop un-
derground testing stood in the way
of its acceptance, even on a trial
basis.

WHAT SEEMED like a fairly
feasible alternative, fell to the
wayside due to military pressure.
A military viewpoint might run
along the line of a statement by
General J. P. McConnel, Chief of
Staff, U.S.A.F.: "The lessons of
the past twenty years have taught
us that we must not be misled by
the fallacy of the nuclear stale-
mate into the complacent and fa-
tal belief that we have won the
battle for strategic superiority."
This view supposes that by re-
ducing our armaments through an
eventual agreement, the balance
of power would be shifted against
us in favor of the Soviet Union,
or in favor of nations presently in
an infantile nuclear stage.
Indeed, as the protracted talks
continued, a growing list of coun-
tries-notably France and Red
China-joined or were about to
join the nuclear club. The result
of this "proliferation" has been a
heightened fear of atomic war
triggered by. countries not repre-
sented at the conference table.
THIS ANXIETY is exaggerated
and does not take into account
the technological intricacies of
developing a first rate nuclear ca-
pacity. The fact is, a country must
be prepared to spend anywhere
from $3 to $5-billion annually over
a long period of time for such
weapons.

As James Schlesinger, of the
Rand Corporation recently noted
in The Reporter magazine, "The
degree to which a nuclear force is
strategically useful and credible
is determined by its size and so-
phistication" and by the vulnera-
bility of the society it is designed
to protect. Such sums run well be-
yond what most nations have been
prepared to spend - including
some that are now members of
the nuclear club."
Red China, our most pressing
worry, has drawn headlines in re-
cent months with a series of atom-
ic explosions. She is; however, in
the early stages of nuclear de-
velopment and has a very limited
and primitive delivery system.
Meanwhile, France, intent on
developing her own "force de
frappe" as an answer to the NA-
TO multi-lateral force (MLF), re-
mains our ally in the long run.
The bomb, to France, is more of an
assertion and proof of her sover-
eignty in the face of NATO and
U.S. influence, than a threat to
world order.
U.S. PUBLIC officials, however,
have been quick to condemn any
nuclear spread and have exagger-
ated the consequences.
William C. Foster, Director of
the U.S. Arms Control and Dis-
armament Agency, said recently,
". . . our most urgent preoccupa-

tion is with preventing the fur-
ther spread of nuclear weapons.
Our feeling, of course, is that if
more countries go nuclear, we will
find ourselves in an extremely
perilous situation, with nuclear
weapons in so many and perhaps
such irresponsible hands that a
country could be attacked without
even knowing who the attacker
was."
But looking at the situation dis-
passionately, Schlesinger further
notes, "The effort to dissuade ad-
ditional states from acquiring nu-
clear capabilities, while good in
itself, is not likely to be wholly
successful. We should recognize
realistically that the long-run
problem is how to live with the
spread, with, minimal risk."
CAN THE United States expect
to prevent the spread of nuclear
weapons to the third world coun-
tries? Can we work out arrange-
ments suitable to both West Ger-
many and Russia? Has the Asian
war done irreparable damage to
hopes for disarmament in the
future?
These are but a few of the prob-
lems that must be resolved before
disarmament can really begin. The
important thing the American
public must realize is that the
nuclear problem is involving more
countries as time passes.

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Germany: The Nazis Again

LUDWIG ERHARD'S Christian Demo-
crats in West Germany are pinning
their, hopes to end the present govern-
ment crisis on Kurt Kiesinger and the
formation of a new coalition.
But opponents from the other two ma-
jor parties apparently hope to use their
numerical advantage to form a new coali-
tion which excludes the Christian Demo-
crats. They are trying to do it to the
strains of "Deutschland Uber Alles."
KIESINGER'S connection to the Nazi
party during the war has become an
issue in his suitability to succeed Erhard.
In Germany, political affiliation with the
Nazis during the war is considered espe-
cially bad public relations. Many politi-,
cians try to keep as silent as possible about
their past, even though they have nothing
to hide. Kiesinger has publicly refuted
charges that he had contact with Hitler
or was a contact man between high offi-
cials in his war'work with the propaganda'
ministry.
Kiesinger should be able to rally enough
support in the Bundestag to form a work-
ing coalition when Erhard officially re-
signs and the charges have had little ef-
fect politically. The furor they caused,
however, illuminate a growing concern
about current growth of organizations
which strangely resemble the party of
Hitler.
HISTORICALLY, there is a tendency for
German voters to go with the right in
times of political or economic unrest. And
so once again, a surge of the radical right
is becoming a factor in German politics.
Last week, an election in the state of
Hesse brought the question into focus as
almost 10 per cent of the seats in that
state were won by members of the new
National Democratic Party, which many
have labeled "neo-Nazi."
And indeed, marry of the party's trap-
pings are reminiscent of the days of the
charismatic paperhanger. Of the 18 mem-
bers on its central committee, 12 are ac-
cepted former Nazis, six of whom were
officers in the SS. In the two years since
it was founded as a party, it has gained
wide support, greater than 10 per cent in
many local elections under the leadership
of Fredrich Theilen, an ex-Panzer offi-
ce.

is decidedly anti-Semitic, especially cri-
tical of aid to Israel. The party's goals
have been simply outlined by Theilen as
"to end the humiliation of military occu-
pation, and thedivision of Germany."
BUT DESPITE the similarities in party
platform and appearance (they wear
no uniforms, but their official flag lacks
only a bent cross to be official Nazi issue),
the situation in Germany today is vastly
different from Germany in the time of
Hitler.
Germany has experienced the "eco-
nomic miracle," and the current prosper-
ity is far removed from the inflation of
the post World War I era. Besides, they
have extremely stringent laws to support
democratic organization and the present
political stance is decidedly liberal.
'But the National Democrats' win in
Hesse and an even bigger percentage ex-
pected in next week's important Bavarian,
elections are to be read as danger signals.
-WALLACE IMMEN
No iDParking
IN THEIR CONSIDERATION on new reg-
ulations for motorcycles, the City Coun-
cil should think about relaxing of the
present parking ordinance.
With some publicity, the city gave no-
tice last year that henceforth, motorcycles
must park like automobiles, i.e., with the
wheels within 12 inches of and parallel
to, the curb. The exception was in sec-
tions where angle parking was specifical-
ly designated.
IN THE COUNCIL'S review of regulations,
this too should be considered:
In both Honolulu and New York City,
similar ordinances caused much concern
to cyclists. In Hawaii, motorcycle clubs
appeared at Waikiki Beach early one Sun-
day morning, and parked their cycles law-
fully, parallel to the curb, and one to a
space. The police estimated a thousand
cycles. Every two hours, the cycles were
moved ahead one space, as per the law.
Automobiles coming to the beach had
no place to park. The mayor of Honolulu
permanently changed the ordinance, per-
mitting angle parking for cycles.
In Times Square, 30 cyclists parked ac-

Letters:

The

Way It Is at Tuskegee

To the Editor:
P R O F. ARNOLD KAUFMAN,
who spent last year teaching at
Tuskegee Institute, has been in-
terviewed several times, most re-
cently for the Michigan Journalist
and the Daily by Roger Rapoport,
apparently as the freshest source
of truth about Tuskegee available
at Michigan.
Now, although I deplore Kauf-
man's pontifical tone, and al-
though his view of the Tuskegee
student strikes me as regrettably
superficial, I'm sure that his in-
tentions are short of oracular, and
that his momentary prominence as
the University's authority on the
exchange program is none of his
doing.
Let me disclaim, at once, any
lust after such prominence my-
self. Tuskegee is far too complex
an institution for any rational ob-
server to venture more than a few
tentative impressions, and had
Kaufman been a bit more hesitant
about his, I might be a little more
hesitant about mine.
As it is, Rapoport's articl~e cre-
ates the impression that the truth
about Tuskegee can be told quick-
ly, and that it is unflattering.
That's not my impression at all.
ALTHOUGH I've been here for
only two months of my year's
leave of absence from the Uni-
versity, my relationship with the
Institute began in January of
1965, when the exchange program
was still pretty much in its plan-
ning stages. I'm teaching two
classes each semester and working
part-time in the administration, as
I do at Michigan. As a result, I've
had a chance to see Tuskegee in
its setting in a variety of perspect-

vagaries of Southern politics for
financial support of its nursery
school program.
In Montgomery, on business
there with two Tuskegee staff
members, I got a glimpse at the
Alabama Department of Educa-
tion of ways in which federal
money can be administered that I
never saw in all my years at Mi-
chigan. When Stokely Carmichael
spoke here, three of George Wal-
lace's boys were there with a tape
recorder; did George Romney
worry to that extent when Car-
michael spoke at Hill? And to
hear Carmichael address Negro
students, by the way, is probably
not the same as to hear him at
Michigan.
AND THEN there are my stu-
dents, who are teaching me at
least as much as I'm teaching
them. It's true that there aren't
many SDS types among the stu-
dents (although there seem to be

man enjoys my disagreement with'
members, .who are a bit confused
about what they are supposed to
teach); most of the SDS students
at Michigan'have generally had a
thorough elementary and secon-
dary education, whereas my im-
pression of my freshmen here is.
that very few people seem ever to
have paid any attention to them.
For many of the students here,
Tuskegee appears to be their first
and last chance. To criticize those
who make the most of it as "ma-
terialistic" istoo absurd for com-
ment, but it is irritating that
criticism of those who don't make
the most of it is supposed to be
platitudinous at best, Uncle-Tom-
mish at worst.
TUSKEGEE is not like Michigan,
a painfully obvious sort of thing
to say. And that's why, perhaps,
the two institutions have an ex-
change program, and why it's ex-

a few among the white faculty
citing to participate in it: we have
much to learn about and from our
differences. No one participant, of
course, will have quite the same
impression as the next, which is all
to the good, and I hope that Kauf-
him at least half as much as I do.
But for the sake of fairness,.as
well as for the sake of the ex-
change program-which means
those who are to come and learn-
it would be well to acknowledge
the possibility of thinking other-
wise.
FINALLY, a suggestion to The
Daily: how about sending roving
Roger Rapoport down here so that
he can see for himself? Or an ex-
change between The Daily and
Tuskegee's Campus Digest?
Or replacing Slippery Rock's
scores (do you get letters like this
from Slippery Rock?) with Tus-
kegee's? Tuskegee beat Morehouse
93-0, which should suggest some-
thing for the exchange program.
Rudolf B. Setimerl,
On leave from the Department
of English, College of Engin-
eering, and the Office of Re-
search Administration
Referendum
To the editor:
THE PROPOSED draft referen-
dum, as it is now written, will
fail to accomplish one of its most.
important goals. It will fail to
give any information that will in-
dicate the desirability of allow-
ing non-military service as a sub-
stitute for military service.
Although the referendum will
find out how students feel about

ing the manpower needs of the
armed forces.
WHAT IS needed is information
that will indicate the practicality
of alternative forms of service.
The draft referendum could pro-
vide this. It..could ask how many
men .would choose non-military
over military service, if they had
to choose one or the other. If it
turned out that most would choose
non-military service, the present
draft system' would be the only'
workable one. On the other hand,
if enough men would be willing
to go into the armed forces, the
draft could be changed signifi-
cantly.
Unless it provides this informa-
tion, the referendum is uselesss.
With that information, the refer-
endum could be very Important.
For example, the referendum
might show that a large majority
of men would prefer military ser-
vice over social work. This might
well be the case, especially if the
average American male feels that
social work is effeminate or that
avoiding military service is cow-
WHATEVER the results, the
referendum would be providing
useful information about the
practicality of alternative draft
systems.
-Joel A. Klein, '70
Operation Snow
Tothe Editor:
THE ATHLETIC Department
wishes to express sincere
thanks to those students of the
University, various organizations,
dormitories and fraternal groups,
as well as the Plant Department

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