'N U hr Ar~logu Vat Sevety-Fifth Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Where Opinions Are Free, 420 MAYNARD ST., ANN ARBOR, MICH. NEWS PHONE: 764-0552 Truth Will Prevail Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1965 NIGHT EDITOR: BARBARA SEYFRIED A Young Man's Fancy Cutler's SNCC Statement: Watershed for OSA By ROGER RAPOPORT Special To The Daily PARIS-It is unbelievable that the same city which boasts such artistic treasures as the Mona Lisa and Venus De Milo possesses the ugliest landmark in the world. The Eiffel Tower rises nearly 1,000 feet above Paris, and the hideous compost brown tinted structure is visible for miles. The overgrown oil derrick should have been torn down with the rest of the 19th century international exposition of which it was a part. But alas it stands to give the tourists something to waste their film on and would-be journalists leads for their stories. WHILE PARIS has a cold, ugly and dead landmark it also has warm, attractive, lively people. If anything about Paris can be called typical it is a young couple kissing each other in public. To say the least this astonishes many professional moralists. However, I have never seen a young couple kissing in a parked car, as is the custom in America. Many Americans appear shock- ed at the widespread public dis- play of affection here. But then I imagine the French would be shocked if they knew how many young Americans die from carbon monoxide asphixiation in parked American cars. SPEAKING OF DEATH, I simply must put in word here about Napoleon's tomb, visible every day of the week including Sundays at the Invalides. Actually, visiting the graves of fallen heroes has never been a favorite pastime for me. But I was walking back from the fascinating Rodin Museum, where the famous "Thinker" is situated, and the Invalides looked like an easy way to get out of the hot sun for a mere franc. The site was so astonishing even Jessica Mitford would not believe it. The tomb is situated inside a domed edifice that looks like a church at first glance. But in the middle is a huge circular pit some 20 feet deep and at least twice that wide. A huge marble catafaulque supports a casket that looks big enough for Na- poleon, his two wives, son, and horse to boot. I FOUND the Parisians them- selves to be far friendlier than they were reputed to be. They were very tolerant of a University of Michigan Romance Language De- partment French accent. (Inci- dentally I think it would be ad- visable for that institution to in- struct prospective French tourists about the crucial distinction be- tween salle de bain, toilette, pis- soir, and lavabo.) Amidst the beautiful spring days, one sunnier than the next, Paris is in a state of seige. The sand- blasters are systematically cleans- ing all buildings of generations of soot. The broad tree-lined avenues are so pleasant that one can al- most overlook the sidewalk urinals, and forget about all the soldiers running off to Pigally to spend their travelers checks on women of ill-repute. (On the way to France I met a man who told me his grandfather was recently pro- positioned. According to my acquaintance, his 84 year old grandfather replied, "No thank you, not tonight.") NICE-PRESIDENT for Student Affairs Richard L. Cutler a week ago issued a key statement praising the Student Non- Violent Coordinating Committee for its " contributions to campus and national life." The statement was important in that it was a significant advance in the recognition of Cutler's beliefs as to just what a student organization should be. And it was also important in that it ad- vanced the degree of the Office of Stu- dent Affairs' involvement with campus activities. Cutler has long been known as a firm Berkeley Criticism RED BAITING seems to be an obsession with the director of the FBI. After having already slandered Martin Luther King, he took on a new target in testi- mony released last week before the House Appropriations Committee. The fall demonstrations on the Berke- ley campus were cited by J. Edgar Hoover as an example of "a demonstration which, while not Communist originated or con- trolled, has been exploited by a few Com- munists for their own ends." In this instance, he remarked, "a few hundred students contain within their ranks a handful of Communists that mis- lead, confuse and bewilder a great many students to their own detriment. Hoover claimed, "Communist party leaders feel that based on what hap- pened at the campus of the University of California at Berkeley, they can ex- ploit similar student demonstrations to their own benefit in the future." MEANWHILE, University of California Regent Edward W. Carter rejected the liberal recommendations of the Byrne report, a study of the Berkeley crisis paid for by the regents. He said, "I doubt they (the regents) will treat most of its recommendations with great seriousness." Carter then called the man whom the regents authorized to write the report at a cost of $75,000, "a young, inexperienced guy, unaware of the pitfalls in a univer- sity administration." HOOVER SHOULD HAVE given up his life dictatorship over the FBI years ago because of his inability to draw the line between criminal offenses and civil liberties. What is more important is the realiza- tion that the establishment which wants to prevent outbreaks such as the riots at Berkeley and is worried about infiltra- .tion- of various "undesirable elements" into student movements is unwilling to change the basic conditions which brought about the disorders. INSTEAD OF TRYING to bring about useful reforms, people like Hoover and Carter merely shout "Reds, Reds, Reds..." -BRUCE WASSERSTEIN Second class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Mich. Published daily Tuesday through Saturday morning. supporter of the civil rights movement and has certainly been the high Univer- sity official most actively involved with rights work on this campus. And so, in the first sense, it is not surprising that his first such dramatically active state- ment was made on behalf of SNCC. Yet it must be emphasized that, Cut- ler's civil rights beliefs aside, it would have been impossible for him to make such a statement if he had not also be- lieved in "meaningful and significant ac- tivities outside the classroom" and their importance to education at the Univer- sity. Thus the statement clarifies Cut- ler's philosophy on the role of student activities in general on the campus. BUT THERE IS A SECOND sense in which the statement is important. Evi- dently Cutler has an underlying philoso- phy backing up his "meaningful and sig- nificant" philosophy-one of closer in- volvement of ,the OSA in campus activi- ties. For such a statement as this is not made on official whim; University offi- cials simply cannot go around issuing statements of their personal beliefs when- ever they wish. The statement must be taken to indicate Cutler's willingness to enter into closer official contact with student activities than the OSA has ever done in the past. What this means is that the OSA is evidently developing into another force which student activities must take into consideration. Cutler is clearly unwilling to recognize an organization and then sit back and let the students play. IN THIS LIGHT, the "meaningful and significant" clause acquires a new and vital importance for student activities. For if Cutler can publicly commend a particular student activity, there is no reason why he could not also publicly state his unfavorable opinion of other student activities or groups of activities. In other words, what Cutler has done with this statement, intentionally or not, is to create an extremely powerful weap- on for the OSA to use to defend and ex-. pand the "meaningful and significant" doctrine. At issue is not the likelihood of his issuing a condemnatory opinion of a par- ticular activity; clearly, he will do so if he thinks it is necessary. Rather, what is of importance is that the possibility exists for him to do so, and this possi- bility, which would have been safely ig- nored in the past, must now be taken into account by student activities. IN ESSENCE THEN, the SNCC statement marks a watershed for student activi- ties at the University. From the Greek system, through SGC, to Voice, they have been put on their notice: if they are not now "meaningful and significant," they must soon become so. For the OSA's chief has a new tool, the power of his own prestige backed by that of the administration of which he is a part. It is not by any means an absolute power, but it is an important one. And any student organization which cannot realistically demonstrate its value to the campus stands in danger of having the structures of this power applied to it. -LEONARD PRATT Turns 1 FRENCH FOOD is enough to drive a confirmed quaddie mad. Can you imagine going to the student restaurant Foyer Des Etudiants and feasting on great soup, huge salad, a choice of lamb, fish or veal, French bread, fresh vegetables; pastry, and your choice of pop, beer or wine for a mere 60 cents. It was theebest institutional food I have ever eaten. Every- thing was hot; fresh and tasty, and I hope the Quaddie cooks will put that in their mouths and chew on it. Paris is exciting of course, but I found the countryside equally fascinating. On a weekend trip to Normandy and Brittany I saw a land untouched 'by Howard John- son's, Holiday Inns, and the A&P. THE PEOPLE were unbelievably friendly, a bit poor perhaps, but happy. At the end of my journey across the country roads, and through small villages I reached the famed Mt. St. Michel. The former convent juts out conspicuously into the ocean on the northwest coast of France. After arriving inside the walls of the huge castle what greeted me? No less than a dozen gift shops featuring little ceramic monks with holes in their heads to serve as salt and pepper shakers. NO STORY about France would be complete without a word about the girls. They rival French food as this nation's primary attribute. The girls are all dressed as if they have just finished posing for Vogue. To spend a few minutes on Boulevard St. Michel watching the coeds on their way to class at the Sorbonne, is enough to make a young man's - fancy turn to thoughts of . . . well you know. o Paris A 4i TODAY AND TOMORROW: Power Strategies in Viet Nam By WALTER LIPPMANN In a recent press conference, the President said "as long as aggression continues, and as long as they bomb in South Viet Nam, and as long as they bomb our sportssarenas,and our theaters, and our embassies and kill our women and our children, and the Vietnamese soldiers . . . we think that we are justified in trying to slow down that operation and make them realize that it is very costly, and that their aggression should cease ... The moment that this aggression ceases, the destruc- tion of their bridges and their radar stations and the ammuni- tion that they use on our bodies will cease." If this were a full definition of our policy, the obvious proposal to make would be an unconditional cease-fire. Under a cease-fire, all the fighting would stop, including the bombing in the South and in the North, and could be resumed only if the other side violated the truce. There must then be a compel- ling reason why the President has not proposed a cease-fire, even though it fits exactly the purpose he declared at the press confer- ence on Tuesday. There is a com- pelling reason why the administra- tion has rejected the proposal for "unconditional discussions." THE COMPELLING reason is that a cease-fire would leave the Viet Cong with the upper hand- in the eventual negotiations with Saigon and Washington. It might even precipitate a deal in South Viet Nam between the Viet Cong and the peace party. The truth is that the President's advisers have a bigger purpose than the one defined in his. press conference. Their aim is to reverse WELL DIRECTED:- Exciting Performance Of Hamlet Offered At Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre KENNETH MIKE became Hamlet last night for the opening of the University production of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy. Though not consistently powerful, Mike's portrayal of the moody prince of Denmark was an outstanding dramatic achievement, marked by an agility, both mental and physical, which is rarely found even on the professional stage. Mike's talent was adequately balanced by fair performances by the other leading characters; while none were consistently brilliant, the supporting characters held up their roles and played effectively their more important scenes. Especially moving was the madness scene of Ophelia, played by Kathleen Thompson of the University Players. Miss Thompson's touching interpretation of the heroine's tragic demise was beautifully and gracefully executed. THE MINOR CHARACTERS, though lacking in talent, were usual- ly able to support the dramatic flow of the story due to excellent co- ordination on the part of Donald Harms, director and designer of this production. Presented as part of a study on Shakespearian drama which Harms is conducting, this production of "Hamlet" is clearly an experimental exercise, a new approach to Shakespeare and to the characterization of Hamlet himself. The script, which is a combination of the two orig- inal versions of Shakespeare's manuscripts, employs the less well known Quarto version of most of the familiar speeches-this revision adds freshness to the presentation, but does not succeed in improving it significantly; lines which the audience expects to recognize are lost because of their unfamiliarity. Another result of the revision is a slight alteration in the length of the production, which makes the last two acts less tedious and hence more exciting. THIS UNIQUE and well-played version of a fine play is more than entertaining; it is a moving and stimulating work of dramatic art, made so by the talented portrayal of Hamlet and the creative direction of Harms. -CAROL MEAD the existing balance of power in South Viet Nam before the nego- tiations for the eventual settle- ment begin. This is the crux of the situation today, and it has to be understood in order tonunderstand why there is no present prospect of bringing the war to an end or even of pre- venting it from becoming a wider war. The Viet Cong and Hanoi, who have the upper hand in South Viet Nam, will not negotiate unless their superiority is acknowledged -perhaps by a willingness on our - part todeal with thehNational SLiberation Front, which is the political arm of the Viet Cong. And our real aim is to fight on until our military position is as good or a littlerbetter than that of our adversaries. SO WE MUST ask ourselves this question: If the objective of our military effort is the limited one described by the President in his press conference, that we will cease bombing if they will cease bombing, is the thing to do to propose a cease-fire? Not only would this fit exactly the specifications stated by the President, but it would dispose of the whole controversy at home and abroad about stopping or in- terrupting unilaterally the Ameri- can bombing raids. Before we make up our minds about proposing a cease-fire now, we have to weigh the conse- quences. The fundamental choice is whether or not we must and can redress the balance of power in South Viet Nam before we cease fighting. If we do not redress the balance of power in South Viet Nam, the Hanoi government is likely to have a dominant in- fluence on the settlement. THE DIVISION of responsible opinion in this country today is between those, on the one hand, who think that with more bomb-. ing and with more American troops the predominance of the Viet Cong and of Hanoi can be overturned, and those, on the other hand, who think that if this can be done at all, it can be done only at a price which, measured by the American interests at stake, is exorbitant. There are those who resent, al- most apoplectically, the idea that we are not omnipotent every- where on the globe. But the sober majority of our people, the Presi- dent first among them, has no appetite for unending and un- limited war in the pursuit of the mirage of "victory." They want a decent and honor- able end to the war, decent in that the killing and burning stop, honorable in that we do not aban- don our clients and friends to the vengeance of their enemies. NEITHER SIDE has as yet adopted a credible and genuine negotiating position. This coun- try, at least, should do so. Our policy since February has been to attack, to make war upon, North Viet Nam in order to compel it to negotiate a settlement that we approve. Therefore, it matters a great deal that we adopt a nego- tiating position which we are able to defend clearly and openly. SINCE we cannot "win" the war and keep it won, there are, I believe, two great forces which we must and can rely on when even- tually we bargain out the terms of our leaving Saigon. They will help us preserve the independence of Viet Nam against Chinese con- quest. One of these forces is our own unchallenged supremacy at sea . RARE BARGAIN : A Great Short Film Plus, a Wild Comedy At the Cinema Guild N REVIEWING the mixed program being offered this weekend at Cinema Guild a reviewer should make a decision about which feature to focus upon. The two have only one thing in common-they're both great. But I can't ignore either so continuity be hanged. "The Red Balloon," which is justifiably well-known to Ann Arbor audiences, won a gold medal at Cannes Film Festival in 1956; it is also an Academy Award winner. Truly "Balloon" is one of the great short subjects. For anyone who needs to be convinced to see "Balloon," it only needs to be said that it has a wordless charm which all people can feel. Its "plot" centers around a huge red balloon who adopts a small boy. BALLOOON IS a beautiful, wild thing that follows the boy around the streets of Paris. The conductor on the bus won't let Balloon ride, so it dashes madly along behind and meets the boy when he gets off. The headmaster at the school punishes the boy because Balloon follows him into school after beating on the windows. Balloon then seeks its revenge on the headmaster and all other people who try to confine a free spirit. Everything in the movie is lovely: the feeling behind it; the run of the little boy; the music; the photography; and the other stars-"all the balloons of Paris." THERE IS simply no paragraph of transition which can possibly carry you from "The Red Balloon" to St. Trinian's. "Blue Murder At St. Trinian's" is pure madness. St. Trinian's is the world's most unlikely English girl's school. The girls (inmates?) have terrorized generations of headmis- tresses, turned the police into quavering cowards, almost destroyed international relations, and ulcerized the Ministry of Education through a series of hilarious movies. This particular one stars Terry Thomas, Alistair Sim and Joyce Grenfell. EITHER ONE of these movies alone is worth much more than the admission charge. But when you can get both a beautiful film and a wild, fantastic comedy for one thin 50-cent piece, there's simply no excuse for not going. -MALINDA BERRY 'NONE BUT THE BRAVE': Nobody Ever Wins- Except Sinatra At the State Theatre FRANK SINATRA directed it. Frank Sinatra produced it. And Frank Sinatra should confess that he stole the whole thing from a February, 1955 "War Comics." There's the square-jawed flight commander, Clint Walker, loom- ing above his men in stature, if not in acting ability. There's the green lieutenant, Tommy Sands, from some place south of the Mason-Dixon Line where everyone learns his drawl from an incompetent dialect coach. There's the Japanese commander, Tatsuya Mihashi, ex-journalist, and (it follows) brimming with the wisdom of a Bible-quoting (?) Confucius. But for all of his pacifist leanings, we can't forgive him for butchering the English language: "Our suppry rine is out." THE CHARACTERS are of little importance though. All the Japanese are killed. But on the American side, Clint Walker is spared to return .to the states to dwell, as our scenarist was tempted to write, in his own private hell of guilt . . . And Tommy Sands is also saved . . . to return to the states to make life hell for all parents of teenage girls. Oh, we almost forgot Frank. Yup, he's there too. But beware, Virginia, that gleam in his eye is not caused by the DT's. It's caused by visions of dollar signs floating before the old-crooner-turned- movie-magnate's eyes. 'Cause this film will make money. If you're an idealist, if you like "Gunsmoke," if you like blood and guts action, if you get a kick out of model planes attempting to ' ONE OF THE SPIRES of Notre Dame far surpasses the Eiffel Tower. *0 -4 FEIFFER 7511 UP MY ASMO HIM IF HE 5MJL %i 6 H6 MAE cUP REASO) 1/C UP MY SON ME~ A1-t5PTW HIOvIF YE. (- NE SAW'D YDS. VPT T EEL? rI $6 CALWt MOTHR WJ ASKED' HNf2 IF SK$11a iLI LOW,? H6. ze - - n-y- <2~ ( oJD D VR'- 16 S;TU VEP He. TW WAY, p I c. .