sueety-Fith Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS VIET NAM, LAOS, CAMBODIA: Monsoon May Affect Asian Future - - -, Where Opinions Are Free, 420 MAYNARD ST., ANN ARBOR, MIcH. Truth Will Prevail NEws PHONE: 764-0552 Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily ex press the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. DNESDAY, MAY 26, 1965 NIGHT EDITOR: BRUCE WASSERSTEIN Boxing-The Barbaric Sport Must Be Outlawed HE TUMBLED backward on the , - ropes, head bobbing, blood cover- ing his face. He grabbed blindly for the ropes and clung to them for a few seconds. The crowd began screaming, "his eye, his eye, get his eye." He fell off the ropes and onto the floor in an unconscious stupor. The referee be- gan counting and the crowd took up the chant-one-two-three. Four days later George Flores was dead. He was not yet 21. He left behind him an 18-year-old wife and a new-born child. The man who killed F'lores in the ring in front of thousands of fans said, "I killed a man with my fists. His name was George Flores. Neither one of us was 21 years old. After he died they told me it wasn't my fault, and that anyway, it was nothing new. It had happened before. It has happened since, and believe me, it will happen again." He was right. Countless deaths coupled with injuries ranging from perpetual HU AC Hearings- 'Un-American' ELEVEN PEOPLE were subpoenaed by the House Un-American Activities Committee to a hearing in Chicago yes- terday Included In the group of accused "subversives" is Dr. Jeremiah Stamler, research specialist with the Chicago Board of Health. This same individual was given an award Friday by Vice-President Hubert Humphrey for his contributions to medical journalism. This noted medical journalist then re- turned to his "beloved" city 'to face charges of subversive activities. The com- mittee he was appearing before has as its chairman Edwin E. Willis (D-Va) who represents a district where 20 to 30 per cent of the eligible Negro votes are not registered. It seems rather "Un-American" for in- dividuals who voted against the Civil Rights Act--i.e., Willis and some of his associates-to supoena a respected medi- cal expert for subversive activities when they should probably reflect first upon their own activities. HUAC even violates their own rules by releasing names and addresses of those being subpoenaed before the hearings take place. Its "Guide to Subversive Or- ganizations and Activities" includes hun- dreds of organizations that no longer exist. Further, the guide is not recog- nized by many federal agencies. WILLIS EVEN HAD a few words for the people of Chicago and Illinois. He said that having the hearings there should not be an affront to the city or state but "rather the hearings are a tribute to them, a recognition of the tremendous importance the enemies of this country, both here and abroad, attach to Illinois and its great city, Chicago." One would think an experienced politi- cian would use more discretion in making such a comment. It, sounds like a state- ment uttered by a Negro of his district who was denied an education. But, the veteran representative's com- ment deserved the response it received from a man present at the hearing. He rose to the occasion and interrupted the hearing, shouting, "As an American I cannot tolerate these Un-American pro- ceedings." The police ushered him out. MR. WILLIS-yes, you-maybe ushered out next. "Un-American" is becoming a better description of your committee than of your victims. Heart specialist Stamler may pin a "red" valentine on you, Willis. -SCOTT BLECH. JUDITH WARREN E....................Co-Editor ROBERT HIPPLER......................Co-Editor EDWARD HERSTEIN ...................Sports Editor headaches to total paralysis have since resulted from the "sport" of boxing. This is precisely why boxing should be out- lawed. Murder is banned ,and similarly so should boxing, for this sport is nothing more than slaughter enclosed in ropes. THE DEFENDERS of professional box- ing argue that boxing is a science which demands skill, strength, and dis- cipline. Boxing ,they say, provides one with a splendid opportunity for physical development, alertness, poise, confidence, sportsmanship and initiative. Statistically professional boxing is, they point out, far less dangerous than auto racing, college football and many other sports. If you ban boxing, they argue, why not ban football, auto racing and all sports?' These proponents of boxing overlook one major factor which is that profes- sional boxing is uniquely different from all other sports. It is the only sport whose primary objective is to achieve victory through battering and damaging one's opponent into helplessness and render- ing him incapable of continuing. In all other sports, the primary ob- jective is to cross a goal line, tip in a basket, or score a run. Injury is purely accidental. This is not the case with boxing. It is the only sport where inflicting brutal punishment to one's opponent constitutes the sport and the only sport in which the winner is rewarded because he has in- flicted more physical damage than he has received. AS SPORTS ILLUSTRATED magazine recently pointed out, "A puffed or cut eye, a lacerated cheek, a bleeding nose- these are signals for an intensified at- tack on the vulnerable area. When Jim- my Doyle died after being knocked out by Sugar Ray Robinson, Robinson was asked if he noticed that Doyle was in trouble. He is widely quoted as answer- ing: 'Getting him into trouble is my busi- ness'." As for the argument that football and basketball are more dangerous than box- ing, this is not true. Dr. Arthur H. Stein- haus, former chief of the division of physical education and health activities of'the United States office of education, pointed out that: "Professional boxing is 83 times more deadly than high school football and 50 times more deadly than college football." The most brutal aspect, by far, in box- ing is that of the tremendous amount of damage which is inflicted in nearly every fight. This is proven by the American Journal of the Medical Sciences which estimated that after five years of boxing, 60 per cent of the boxers will develop mental and emotional disturbances. It went on to say that "no head blow is taken with impunity and each knockout causes defi- nite and irreparable damage." STUDIES BY THE JOURNAL of Urology have concluded that acute kidney trauma occurs in 65 per cent to 89 per cent of boxers during a fight and is mani- fested by hemorrhaging. These findings are substantiated by the boxers themselves as Ben Skelton, sparring partner of Sonny Liston, report- ed that "Liston's left is so hard that for a week after being hit with it, I was tak- ing pills to kill the pain." Abe Simon, former world heavyweight contender, said, "Jarring of the brain, that's what causes the trouble. This is the trouble with every fighter. It's not a single punch; it's the constant jarring. The fighter is always soothed by the falsehood that he will be just as good as new after a short rest. He never is, and no fighter living today who has had 50 or more reasonably good fights can hon- estly make the claim." This is why professional boxing should be outlawed for it only fosters brutish impulses. Fighters do little more than satisfy the animalistic, blood-hungry drives in themselves and in the specta- tors. By LEONARD PRATT VIET CONG attacks against South Vietnamese and Ameri- can positions in South Viet Nam have markedly decreased during the last month. Presumably, this is in preparation for a major Viet Cong offensive in the South in order to place Hanoi and the Na- tional Liberation Front in a better bargaining position in the fall. +It has often been said that the coming battle, timed to take maxi- mum advantage of the summer's monsoon rains, will decide the question of which side, insurgent or American, will finally control Viet Nam. But it must be em- phasized that in all likelihood, the battle will decide not only the control of Viet Nam, but the con- trol of the entire Southeast Asian peninsula as well. This appears likely because of an important coincidence that has only just been confirmed. The co- incidence lies in the fact that through the last month's buildup of North Vietnamese troops in the South Laos, Viet ,Nam's neighbor to the west, has undergone a not- able relaxation of attacks from the Communist Pathet Lao. Normally, the Pathet Lao has begun a major offensive against the government of Prince Souvan- na Phouma in the last month be- fore the start of the rainy season, thus taking advantage of the gov- ernment troops' relative immobil- ity in the monsoon. But this year, there has been no offensive. AT FIRST, it seemed as if this could be written off as a delay caused by the bombing of pro- Communist areas by the Royal Laotian Air Force and of road links to supply bases in North Viet Nam by the United States Air Force. But the peninsula is now two weeks into the rainy season, and -Associated Press SOUTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS cross a jungle creek in search of Viet Cong guerrillas and mountain tribesmen during the current military operation. The fate of Southeast Asia may well depend on the coming monsoons that will greatly affect guerrilla warfare. defeat the Viet Cong-the mon- soon campaigns can easily be a turning point in the opposite direction. IN T1HE FIRST PLACE, the large scale defeat of the Com- munist forces will not take place. Even if this is not obvious to the world at large, it will certainly be obvious to the Communists; in such a case, America can expect nothing but an expansion of the war in Viet Nam. In addition, early August is ex- pected to bring a Laotian crisis which would be greatly aggrevated by a weak U.S. position in Viet Nam. Laotian King Savang Vatt- hana, in keeping with the Laotian constitution, has called for elec- tions to the National Assembly during June and July. This election is expected to up- set, one way or another, the coali- tion government set up in Geneva in 1962, thus precipitating a crisis among the Geneva powers, notably the U.S. and the Communist bloc. Government officials have spec- ulated that the Pathet Lao might take advantage of such a situa- tion to set up a separate govern- ment in the areas it controls and call upon Communist powers to recognize it. They would certainly obtain this recognition from China, at least. THUS the American position would be entirely reversed from what it might have been. Com- munist forces in the peninsula would clearly gain prestige and popular backing. Plus, recognition of a Communist government op- posing the Geneva government in Laos would split that nation as effectively as Viet Nam is now split. The Chinese would then have another war to encourage and Viet Nam would have begun all over again. In a very important sense, the test of America's policy of main- taining military power supremacy in the interest of promoting world peace is entering a crucial test stage. If successful-if the Viet Cong is defeated or held off with substantial losses-then the John- son administration will have jus- tified its intervention in Viet Nam with peace and, presumably, eco- nomic aid for the area. BUT IF IT FAILS, if the Viet Cong makes substantial over-all gains of any sort, then America would appear to have been doing nothing in Viet Nam but digging a deep grave for her foreign policy. # the expected Communist offensive is almost six weeks overdue, thus implying a more significant dis- ruption in the Pathet Lao forces. What appears to have happened is that North Vietnamese troops and Chinese advisors have been transferred in substantial num- bers to Viet Nam in preparation for a final showdown with the U.S. there. This greatly changes the complexion of a possible Ameri- can destruction of a Viet Cong offensive. Before, an American defeat of the Viet Cong would have been -" ' - (" ne Sems To Be Alive My V C I ~4i~j 0~k just that; a victory in Viet Nam only. But now a U.S. victory would be more than just a defeat of the Viet Cong; it would be a defeat of the great majority of the Communist troops in the Southeast Asian peninsula. MOST IMPORTANT, a large-- scale U.S. victory would be an immense setback to Chinese in- fluence in the area. Because in this case, the much-maligned "domino theory" would work to the advantage of the U.S., par- ticularly in the case of Cambodia. If the Communist forces in Laos and Viet Nam are badly defeated by the U.S., this will leave Thai- land as Cambodia's only neighbor with a viable Communist move- ment, and it is only a recently- organized political front, having as yet no guerrilla movement at- tached to it. \ Farther North, Burma has only a small Communist guerrilla movement, which has been well- contained for years. It is interesting to speculate about what such a development would do to Cambodia's allegience to Peking, based as it is on a belief of eventual Chinese superiority in the peninsula. At the very least, it could not but help in greatly strengthening Cambodia's doubts about eventual Chinese domina- tion. CHINA WOULD be unwilling to accept such a settlement, even for a short time. But on the other hand, it is difficult to see what China might be able to do about it. For Viet Nam is far from be- coming another Korea (an easy grab for a Chinese invasion), America is already in Viet Nam, ready to fight. Providing "volun- teers" is about as far as China could go. Yet even in this case, the paral- lel between Viet Nam and Korea is far from acceptable, as U.S. planes are in the process of de- stroying the roads by which such "volunteers" could get to the battle zones. Moreover, this as- suming that the North Vietnamese would be willing to cooperate with Chinese troops in the first place. Certainly it is impossible to en- tertain the notion that such a development would dramatically throw the Chinese influence out of the peninsula. But on the other hand, it is obvious thaet it offers the possibility of a serious setback to Chinese influence and a cor- responding increase in U.S. in-, fluence in the area. If the opposite possibility arises -if the U.S. does not decisively t. TODAY AND TOMORROW: Dollar Defense Successful 'D WA-94AI46TO" I'a tr' w I. Lindsay-Best Choice For Mayoral Nominee THE ANNOUNCEMENT that Rep. John V. Lindsay will be the Republican nominee for Mayor of New York City is welcome news on several counts. As The Nation has pointed out previously, the Republican Party would have invited a charge of irresponsible frivolity if it had failed to offer an acceptable, serious candidate in this year's election. The party has much too long neglected urban affairs, an oversight the more culpable because city politics have become virtually synony- mous with national politics, so large is the percentage of the population that resides in metropolitan areas. Now the party has fixed on one of the most attractive personali- ties in New York politics. Representative Lindsay has a good record, he is a formidable campaigner, and he has qualities which entitle him to high rating by the best standards of either party. His candidacy will strengthen the New York Republican Party, it will improve Gov. Rockefeller's prospects for re-election, and it should bring into being a genuine Republican organization in every neighborhood and precinct in New York City. THE LINDSAY CANDIDACY should also have a tonic effect on the Democratic Party, which in New York needs reinvigoration. Mayor Wagner, for all his merits, will benefit from the kind of criticism and goading he will now receive. Win or lose, Mr. Lindsay will emerge from the campaign a larger figure in the party and nationally than he is a present. The GOP is not notably rich in attractive, young figures and Lindsay is one of its stars. Up to now, however, he has been handicapped by the circum- stance that Gov. Rockefeller and Sen. Javits are senior figures in the party and neither of them is likely to retire in the near future. Nor would Mr. Lindsay probably want to run against Sen. Robert Kennedy. THE MAYORALTY, which is supposed to be a political dead end, is for him a way out of this impasse. If he should win, he would immediately be available for higher office, but even if he should By WALTER LIPPMANN THERE IS good reason to think that the President's program for the defense of the dollar, as laid down in his message of Feb. 6, is proving to be a notable suc- cess. The secretary of commerce is confident that the corporate pro- gram will be successful: "Without having any specific figures we are very much encouraged by the way in which the program is being received." Wedo know that bank loans abroad have been greatly reduced. The applications of the interest equalizationttax to bank loans, together with the voluntary co- operation of the banks, has cut down substantially the flow of dollars to Europe. There is objective evidence of this in the fact that before Presi- dent Johnson's message in Feb- ruary the 90-day rate for "Euro- dollars" (which means the dollars on deposit in banks overseas that are held and lent abroad) was 4.5 per cent. It is now 4.75 per cent. This means that in Europe dollars have become scarcer and dearer. The President's program for the defense of the dollar has been well conceived and carried out; the business and banking communities have shown a high degree of pub- lic understanding. The basis of the achievement is the extraor- dinary strength and flexibility of the American economy. IT HAS been expanding without inflation, and the surplus of our exports over imports has become very great indeed. It has been demonstrated to the world that the American deficit in the bal- ance of payments is not chronic and structural but controllable and, if we choose to make it so, transient. It is in the perspective of the American program that the Brit- ish problem and the British bud- get can usefully be seen. THE CHANCELLOR of the ex- chequer has had to bring in a budget which will appease the bankers and the speculators and the finance ministries on the con- tinent. To defend the pound ster- breathing spell or that anything has been done or is within the power of the British government to do which will solve the sterling problem soon. It does appear, however, that Britain is reasonably certain to be allowed to draw enough hard in- ternational money to weather its immediate difficulties and proceed with the structural adjustment of 'British industry. BUT WE must keep in mind the prediction made at the end of the President's message last February. He said then that our success in defending the, dollar would confront the rest of the world with the problem of find- ing sufficient international liquid- ity and bank reserves. The prob- lem is already presenting itself. The solution of this problem is by no means impossible, and, though there are important dif- ferences between the United Statesand France and some other continental countries, President Johnson's successful defense of the dollar has greatly improved the American bargaining position In the coming negotiations. HAVING demonstrated that we can defend the dollar by reducing our big but not necessary deficit in the balance of payments, hav- ing demonstrated also that the drying up of our deficits will create difficulties for the Europeans, we are in a strong position to argue for a reform of the international monetary system which will per- mit an expansion in world trade. (c),1965, The Washington Post Co. Journalism Must Help Restore Individuality F MASS SOCIETY is swallowing up the individual, why has not journalism in particular come to its rescue? The free press was established to articulate the yearnings of the individual. It was not written into the Constitution for the benefit of the million-circulation newspaper or the multi-million-circulation maga- zine, still less for the network that on occasion speaks to the nation. When the First Amendment was written, freedom of the press was a civil liberty of the individual, guaranteeing him the right to present his facts or his views to his fellow citizens by the use of a simple, hand-operated printing press. But the lone pamphleteer, the contributor to Common Sense or the Federalist Papers, to the Revolutionary and post-Revolutionary weeklies, has long since vanished. He has been swallowed up in the mass media. SOCIOLOGIST Elizabeth Noelle-Neumann had this to say a few years ago: "To many, the publishing world appears to be an independent, autonomous power that does not reproduce public opinions formed elsewhere, but manufactures them. "The press was once regarded as the decisive instrument for the liberation of the individual from absolute government, and nowadays, we are more inclined to ask ourselves how we can liberate the individual from the spiritual despotism of mass communication media." CLEARLYit is time for journalistic initiative. There is a vast amount of experimenting we could and should do. We should A Plt 0