THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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Cuban Debate Reaches Heated Climax
P.M. Monday through Friday, and Saturday 9:30 'Lii 11:30 AM.
By GORGE LEVIN
The panel discussion of "The
Impact of Events in Cuba on South
America" at the Newman Club
Sunday' night began as a report
by four international students
from Venezuela, Panama, Mexi-
co and Columbia and ended in a
vigorous debate between the pro-
Castro and anti-Castro elements
present.
The panel, moderated by Prof.
Edward Stasheff of the speech de-
partment, consisted of Senen
Semidey, '62E, of LaGuire, Vene-
zuela, Mrs. Priscilla Perkins,
Grad., of Panama City, Carlos
Garrocho - Sandovar, Grad, of
Mexico City, and Alberta Leon
Gard of Bogota, Colombia.
IFC Names
Ullrich Head,
Of Committee
John Ullrich, '62E, has been
named chairman of the Interfra-
ternity Council fraternity services
committee, IP President Jon
Trost, '61, announced.
Ullrich, a member of Phi Kap-
pa Psi, will fill the vacancy cre-
ated by the resignation of. Rich-
ard Nohl, '62, to run for Student
Government Council.,
Under the "ground rules" of the
discussion, each panelist first gave
a factual report of his country's
and government's opinion of the
Castro movement.
Venezuela Indifferent
Venezuela's government, which
is a constitutional 'democracy, is
indifferent to the Cuban move-
ment, Semidey said, but the peo-
ple have a pro-Castro attitude.
They are in favor of nationalizing
industry because "big business is
hoarding money because business
can't get the same profit" it did
under the past dictatorship.
Mrs. Perkins said that the Pan-
amanian people originally were
"sympathetic" towards Castro and
the Cuban movement, but because
of recent developments, their at-
titude has reversed. The govern-
ment shares this sentiment.
Mexico Sympathetic
Mexico, because of a similarity
between its own revolution and
"Cuba's,naturally is sympathetic
towards Cuba and the Cuban
movement, Garrocho - Sandovar
said. However, this is in regard
to the ideals of the revolution and
does not have anything to do with
Fidel Castro as a person.
Leon was very emphatic in say-
ing that Colombia is anti-Castro.
Originally there was sympathy for
the movement as a needed social
revolution, but this position has
been changed because of some
"tremendous mistakes." "Cruelty
and retaliation" are now the main
part of the revolution, Leon said.
Following the reports, Prof.
Stasheff opened the floor to com-
ment from the audience. He de-
scribed the discussion as being
almost evenly divided between the
two factions and heated and emo-
tional at times.
Listener Challenges
The first commentator chal-
lenged Garrocho-Sandova'r's state-
ment that Mexico has a majority
of pro-Cuban sentiment. He said
that the majority of businessmen
and people in Mexico City were
anti-Castro.
In the audience there were three
who had recently been in Cuba.
Two were anti-Castro.
One man, a refugee from Cuba,
said the "peasants used to make
a $1.50 a day, but now they only
make $.50 a day in cash and the
rest in 'paper.'",This paper must
be redeemed in a "people's store"
as was done with the company's
store 20 or 30 years ago.
Cuban Complains
A student who left Cuba only
three months ago complained that
his family "can hardly get any-
thing to eat." He also said that
NSA To Sponsor
Travel Meeting
The National Student Associa-
tion is holding a coffee hour for
those interested in touring Eu-
rope at 4:15 p.m. Thursday at the
Michigan League.
National representatives will
give an informal talk, former trav-
elers will relate their experiences
and refreshments will be served.
Among the trips to be planned
are a graduate study tour, a tour
featuring music and art festivals
and an economy tour.
having 95 per cent of Cuba's trade
with the Communist world is not
good. This is too much, he said.
An American who visited Cuba
answered these statements by
saying that the workers had in
the past seasonal employment
and high mortality rates, but now
food production has increased and
employment is stabilized. He ex-
plained the "people's store" sys-
tem. The stores buy the goods and
for a 10 per cent mark-up sell
them to the workers. Peasants
thus get the equivalent of $2.60
a day.
Semidey, who visited Cuba for
one month, said, "I do believe the
standard of living has gone up."
He added that he saw no such
"paper" in Havana.
A lady who had a Cuban fam-
ily living at her home reported
that they claimed the educated
people were being persecuted in
Cuba. These people are fighting
to get out of the country, she said.
To Discus
U.S. Voters
University radio station WUOM
will begin a five-part series on
"The American Voter" at 7:30
p.m. today.
Topics include "Myth and Real-
ity of American Politics" today;
"Issues, Politics and Government"
on Wednesday; "Why the Voter
Makes His Choice" on Thursday;
"The American Non-Voter" on
Friday; and "Foreign Policy and
Politics" on Saturday.
Profs. Donald Stokes and War-
ren Miller of the Survey Research
Center and Prof. Samuel Barnes
of the political science depart-
ment will participate in the dis-
cussions based on findings of the
Survey Research Center.
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