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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:
Crime Deserves Punishment:
SOUTHEAST ASIA:
France, China, Japan
Step into Power Vacuum
RCH 19, 1964
NIGHT EDITOR: ANDREW ORLIN
Henry Cabot Lodge:
It's Time for Realism
AIGON-BASED Henry Cabot
scored his write-in victory in
>shire, his supporters have be-
°asingly vocal in demanding his
n this summer and election in
a his victory is not to be ig-
forgotten, Lodge's supporters
him a favor by calming down
a close and serious look at the
volved in his primary victory
ial candidacy. All is not as rosy
IRTANT POINT is that though
vas not in New Hampshire, he
a full-scale political organiza-
or him-headed by his son
y Lodge money. They distrib-
hlet Lodge autobiographies, re-
sive Lodge press handouts, and
all of the other functions vi-
didate. Thus the victory did
me out of nowhere."
Lodge was indeed a "re-
ate." A long-time politician
ring Massachusetts, Lodge
added bonus of having a
that has been successfully
ational politics for the last
is very familiar in New Eng-
N rriIS LIGHT, it helps to look at the
performance of Richard Nixon in the
rimary. He totalled over 16,000 write-in
otes-about half as many as Lodge-
ith no political organization working for
im, with no advantages of a regional af-
iliation. Yet he only fell a few thousand
otes shy of candidates. Rockefeller and
'oldwater.
It is at least accurate to say that Nixon
with a political organization and a na-
.onwide forum-would have come much,
uch closer to Lodge than he did. I
link he would beat Lodge soundly under
uch conditions.
NDEED, when one thinks of what would
happen to Lodge in a truly competi-
ve and national situation, several things
ome quickly to mind.
First, Lodge is in an extremely awk-
'ard situation in Saigon. If United States
olicy prevails there, the Democratic ad-
Zinistration can, will, and should take the
redit. If the policy is less successful, the
dministration with its tremendous pub-
city can distribute the blame among its
iany members, or try to switch it to one
ian-Lodge.
His opponents, be they Republicans in
rimaries or Democrats in elections, will
o the latter if they are able. On the oth-
r hand, it will be very difficult for Lodge
o criticize the Democratic policy in Sai-
gon. He is intimately involved with the
decisions being made about Viet Nam,
and, more importantly, is identified in the
minds of most voters as the virtual em-
bodiment of our entire Viet Nam policy.
ANOTHER POINT to consider is that
Lodge is not an overwhelming cam-
paigner. He and Richard Nixon have been
privately blaming each other for the Re-
publican defeat in 1960. In truth, the
blame lies on both of them.
Several times during the campaign,
Lodge unwittingly contradicted state-
ments Nixon had previously made and
cleared with the Republicans. Several
times he appeared, even to the most loyal
of his followers, listless and apathetic.'
And several times he appeared just tired.
After all, in 1960 he was 57 years old.
Today he is 61, and quite old as non-in-
cumbent presidential candidates go. This
is another factor against him.
THESE POINTS indicate that Lodge is
perhaps not the saviour his backers
make him out to be. As the months wear
on, it is natural that his faults will be-
come more and more apparent. His back-
ers cannot forever hide them behind the
boisterous and festive facade they have'
used thus far.
What his backers should do is give
Lodge the courtesy of being taken seri-
ously. For example, they should not call
him, as they have, "the best campaigner
in the United States." He is not, and most
everybody knows it. Such a statement
only subjects both him and his backers
to ridicule.
Nor should his backers boast that they
are going to withdraw his name from
some of the laterdprimaries becausebhe
will "have it made" by then. Everybody
knows this also is not true. And even if
he were to have it made by then, what
good would this "better off than thou"
attitude do Lodge and his campaigners?
None.
John F. Kennedy won every primary he
entered, but did not use his first few
wins (indeed his first) as an excuse to be-
come a selective candidate. And it is in-
teresting that Barry Goldwater's last
words, before he was all but extinguished
as a serious presidential candidate by the
results of the New Hampshire primary,
were "I have it made."
HENRY CABOT LODGE is a popular and
gifted man, but he is not perfect. Only
when his supporters start to treat him
as a serious candidate instead of an im-
age to be worshipped will he have a last-
ing and significant chance for success in
his efforts.
--ROBERT HIPPLER
Faithful Mourn Loss: 'M', Vandals, (or Pratt)?
To the Editor:
IT IS FINE to talk about the
social and psychological causes
for a delinquent act, and per-
haps someday these factors will be
well enough understood to enable
this country to curb crime before
it is committed. But until that
day, a crime is still a crime. There
is still no excuse for the action
of the vandals who pried loose
the "M" from the Diag Sunday.
There are several reasons for it,
no doubt, but no excuses.
It is well known that the Uni-
versity affords a kind of shield
for its students, and, in many
respects, this is to be expected
and perhaps condoned. A stu-
dent should be free from certain
restrictions outside the University
in order to function at his best
within it.
** *
SOMEHOW, vandalism is not
the sort of extracurricular activity
to which this shield should be
applied. There are hundreds of
qualified students who are not ac-
cepted to the University each year.
Suspension of the "men" who act-
ed so drunkenly on the Diag might
make room for those more dedi-
cated to the pursuit of education.
Pranks are one thing; malicious
destruction is another. One-thou-
sand dollars worth of destruction
is no prank. It is a crime. And
crimes, despite any excuses or rea-
sons, must be punished. Failure to
punish the vandals-and punish
them to the same extent that any
vandal would be punished-would
be a miscarriage of justice and one
which would do little to enhance
the stature of the University in
the eyes of this town or its stu-
dents.
* *
WHEN THE GUILTY pair exe-
cuted their wanton act, they for-
feited their rights as students, for
the act itself was already a for-
feiture of their responsibilities as
students. Perhaps those who would
take their places, were the two
vandals suspended, would better
fulfill their responsibilities as stu-
dents on this campus.
No one would contend that plac-
ing a black mark forever on the
lives of these vandals would be
justice; Let the punishment fit the
crime, but at least let there be
punishment and equal justice for
all.
If it is sincerely felt that sus-
pension would be just such a
black mark, then perhaps the pun-
ishment could be meted out by
having the two students pay for
the damage out of their own pock-
ets by doing $1000 worth of work
for the University at University
wages.
-Robert B. Ellery.'65
Responsibility...
To the Editor:
SOMETHING is wrong at the
S Universitywhen two students
feel that it's funny to tear up
the "M" on the Diag and also
when The Daily speaks out asking
leniency for these men. Is this
thing that's wrong the same thing
that makes students feel it is O.K.
to cut pages out of library books,
or destroy lawns just to save a
few steps, or wilfully tear up the
Arb?
Student Government Council
and The Daily are always harp-
ing on more responsibility for the
students. Have you forgotten that
responsibility also demands that
those with it must accept it? Had
the Diag vandals done such an
act in Detroit they would have a
police record. They deserve one.
The University, by taking the case
from the city, has already saved
them from a record. They have
gotten more than they deserve
even now, and to let them off by
just paying for their damage would
what went wrong to cause these
men to even consider such q stunt.
* *k ,
DO THESE MEN feel that it is
a privilege to attend the Univer-
sity? Have they shown ,this by
respect to the University and its
property? Does the University owe
them anything? The answer to all
these questions is NO. They should
feel lucky if they are suspended.
By only suspending them the Uni-
versity will have done more for
them than they have done for the
University.
In this nuclear age we have to
learn to handle and consider the
consequences of the increased re-
sponsibilities that, we all have.
The type of men that would even
consider such a destructive act as
removing the "M" are not the
type that will be greatly "asham-
ed" by their actions. They should
not be allowed to remain on cam-
pus telling all of the great thing
they did and got away with.
J. Downs Herold, Spec.
'Adolescent' .. .
-Daily-Frank wing
TODAY AND TOMORROW:
Looking for the Issues
by Walter Lippmann
RESIDENT has no reason now to
y about himself as a performer on
his interview on Sunday night he
er at a loss for words or facts, or
amar and syntax, and he was im-
ly and shrewdly aware not only
neaning of the questions put to
.t of how his answers would be
y the great audience.
owed himself to be a very for-
political man, and before he had
he managed to occupy a very
al of the ground where the pre-
nt majority of the voters are to
d.
s most obviously true in domestic
Here he is making it extremely
for any of the Republican mod-
such as Nixon, Rockefeller and
n, to define an issue-except to
hat they can do all the things
hnson says he wants to do and
y can do them better.
s not a very good issue against a
it in office who has all the facts
.sposal and who has Mr. Johnson's
ice in the operation of the United
overnment.
i SENATOR DIRKSEN has just
the issue must be drawn in for-
this country is very much opposed. The
grand design in Europe, the Alliance for
Progress in this hemisphere, the contain-
ment of Red China, the war in Southeast
Asia, Cyprus, Zanzibar, Gabon and what-
not-in none of these places are we pre-
vailing or, as the juveniles put it, "win-
ning."
Theoretically, therefore, it should be
possible to make a great political issue
out of the failure of so many of our
policies abroad and to blame the Kenne-
dy-Johnson administration for the fail-
ure. But in actual practice two things
have to be given if the issue is to be
made politically effective in the presiden-
tial campaign.
One is that the mass of people will be-
lieve that Nixon or Scranton or Rocke-
feller know how to win victory all over the
world because they are so much brighter
or so much braver than Kennedy and
Johnson.
Goldwater and Rockefeller tried this
out in the New Hampshire primary, and
they were thoroughly defeated by a man
who is one of the principal administra-
tors of the Kennedy-Johnson policy in
the worst of all the trouble spots.
The other necessary ingredient in mak-
ing foreign policy a capital issue is that
To the Editor:
LEONARD PRATT'S editorial in
Wednesday's Daily urging len-
iency for the .two "M" thieves
whinesrwith adolescence and
screams distorted justice.
His assertion that most of "us"
would have done the same thing
"in a similar position . .. a com-
parable situation" wallows in an
ignorance of the prevailing ethical
climate of this University.
The discovery of a criminal
mandate in consequence of what
the average person might do is in-
supportable on either social or le-
gal grounds.
MANY STUDENTS on this cam-
pus have been apprehended in sim-
ilar "pranks"; they would be the
first to smile knowingly at the
criminal's meaningless "accept-
ance of the seriousness of his be-
havior," particularly in the face of
a verdict. Any who have passed
through the prankster stage will
testify that it would be much
shorter and less painful had their
first efforts met with real dis-
aster.
The University's policy in the
past, if anything, has consistently
erred on the side of leniency.
* *
MR. PRATT and The Daily
would do well to occasionally shed
their posture of the rebellious
child vs. administrative parent.
Your perspective would be greatly
enhanced.
-Dave Cook, Grad.
'Naive'. .
To the Editor:
DESPITE the pleasant, but
but naive, tone of freshman-
essayist Leonard Pratt's editorial
recommending leniency for Sat-
urday night's midnight cavaliers,
he has brought up some very im-
portant questions.
Each of us has, as Mr. Pratt
suggests, contributed in part to
the University budget marked "re-
pairs and replacements"-but you
and I have been fortunate to avoid
the widespread notoriety that sur-
rounds the Diag crime (in some
cases only because we may have
picked a less "noble" project).
* * *
THAT THE COUPLE were
drunk, a provincial malady, under-
scores their choice of attack on the
"M." It is so much easier to steal
(take) silverware from the quad
or cups from the MUG when we
think only of the size and anony-
mity of the University.
Of course, this does not make
the pair-or us, either, for that
matter-any the less culpable. But,
didn't someone once say: "Let
he who is guiltless cast the first
pulsion, or probation, or any of
the other parental spankings that
the University holds over the
heads of her children. I am sure
that if it desired, it could make
them sorry not only for this, but
sorry that they ever came to the
University.
But both have acted like gentle-
men in all that they have done
since their midnight excursion.
They do, as Mr. Pratt says, realize
the seriousness of their actions. It
is also true that they have re-
ceived attention that is rather un-
appreciated.
As Mr. Pratt suggests, they have
been punished alreadly and should
not have their education ruined by
one night of drinking. Let them
pay to repair or replace the "M";
then, after vacation and for years
to come, students can walk around
it as they hurry off to classes.
-Larry-Brilliant, '65
To the Editor:
LEONARD PRATT'S editorial
concerning the recent act of
vandalism on the Diag seems to
be a trifle. mixed up. He states
that the vandals did no-more than
any of us would have done in a
comparable situation. This is pure
hogwash. Surely Mr. Pratt does not
want to imply that vandalism is a
logical consequence of intoxica-
tion.
The problem involved is some-
what deeper than Mr. Pratt lets
on: namely, what to doabout a
mentality which considers the de-
liberate destruction of public
property a joke. This is no light
matter and should not be treated
as such. Our goal can be no less
than the utter eradication of such
an anti-social state of mind.
The only question is one of
means. Too severe punishment, as
Mr. Pratt suggests, would do no
good. It would, in fact, hinder the
achievement of our goal, since
it would instill in those who com-
mitted this crime a desire for re-
venge and might prevent them
from ever growing up to become
productive citizens. Too lenient a
punishment, however, would not
impress upon them the seriousness
of what they did.
I have no answer to this prob-
lem, which goes far beyond the
punishment of the two boys who
pried up the "M." That's a prob-
lem for those who are trained in
the field of corrective punishment.
I wish merely to call attention to
the gravity of this social malady
whereby a perverted pleasure is
derived from destruction.
-Carl Goldberg, Grad.
Bravo ...
To the Editor:
BRAVO for Leonard Pratt's edi-
torial "Diag Vandals Deserve
Lenient Treatment". I suggest
thatna special medal be coined and
given to Messieurs Varriano and
Toussaint for "job well done". I
also suggest that the whole stu-
dent body get drunk, steal crow-
bars and get busy dismantling the
whole University since to quote
Mr. Pratt: "Is it reasonable and
proper to punish these men who
have done NO MORE THAN
ANYONE ELSE MIGHT HAVE
DONE IN A SIMILAR POSI-
TIO N . .?" - -
-Dimitri Bushen, Grad.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: I do not feel
that at any time in mydeditorial I
suggested that the Diag vandals
should go unpunished or that their
actions were not of the most dis-
graceful nature to themselves and
to the University.
I would reply to my critics mere-
ly by saying that the act of
thoughtless abandon which caused
these two to behave as they did
has* been common to us all at one
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the
second in a series of three articles
analyzing the present situation in
Southeast Asia and the likely con-
sequences of that situation on Jap-
anese foreign policy. This article
discusses the new centers of
power.)
By WIL .i ,. . -, S
Daily Correspondent
INTERNATIONAL thought of the
future must recognize the awak-
ening continents of South Amer-
ica, Africa and Asia. This ar-
ticle is written in Asia and thus
will focus on Asian developments
in its discussion of the coming
years. The United Nations term
"Decade of Development" does not
justify the exclusion of the other
continents but recent diplomatic
activity sprung by General Charles
de Gaulle's high-handedness sug-
gests that for the moment, the
eyes of the world are turned East-
ward. The most striking question
is: what is going to happen, to
Red China?
Certain diplomatic and commer-
cial trends are obvious. There is
little question that most of the
ex-French colonial nations will
follow France's example and recog-
nize Communist China. Chou En-
lai's tour of the Afro-Asian coun-
tries has been timely in stimulat-
ing this trend.
Opinion within the Western bloc
is divided but from the mounting
tide of Chinese trade missions
from Europe, Canada and Japan
it is apparent that the United
States will soon be isolated in its
obstinance.
REGARDLESS of the United
States predicament other trends of
greater significance are taking
place in Asia. Political scientists
invented the term "power vacuum"
to depict the pre-World War II
Balkan situation. The term is be-
ing resurrected today by South-
east Asian specialists. United
States influence is ebbing, and
the nations of the British Com-
monwealth, except for trade and
the unobtrusive Colombo Plan, are
uninterested. India and Russia
are silent. Thus, of the great pow-
ere, only Communist China, France
and Japan remain.
It seems justified to discount the
development of significant inter-
nal power in Southeast Asia for
some years to come. The countries
generally have agricultural econo-
mies, are weak in mineral re-
sources for industry, and are weak
in rational organization to man-
age what potential they have.
** *
A STARTING POINT for gaug-
ing France's influence in the area
is to recall the interest of Asians
in de Gaulle's proposal of a neu-
tralized Viet Nam. India and Ma-
laysia among others were decided-
ly positive in their reaction. Per-
haps South Viet Nam voiced the
only vehement opposition.
France was in Southeast Asia
as a colonial power before the
British. Her control in the twen-
tieth century was limited to In-
do-China, but France as a source
of Western culture and education
was known to the elite throughout
the area.
The social structure of Indo-
China was developed on French
lines with her characteristic bu-
reaucratic and educational ys-
tem, and the people's citizenship
was French, Industries were de-
veloped to integrate with those
in France, and trade patterns cor-
responded to this bond. France was
also able to build a siznbl vol-
ume of trade with other Southeast
Asian countries.
* * *
IT IS NOW 10 years after Dien
Bien Phu and nine years after
France withdrew from Indo-China
but the fact that 30 per cent of
Southeast Asia's external trade
lies with France suggests that
France withdrew little more than
its army and civil service.
Asians generally view France's
past experience in the area as ben-
eficial and thus are receptive to
a renewal of her participation in
Asia's development. If Walter.
Lippmann's interpretation of de
Gaulle can be accepted, one may
rest assured that France will ac-
cept the invitation. De Gaulle's
motivation is, simple-to improve
France's prestige in the world. His
means will be a contribution of ii-
dependent thinking and an expan-
sion of foreign aid.
* * *
CHINA AND JAPAN are the
other countries to watch. Because
of their proximity to Southeast
Asia their future must be viewed
in a different light from France's.
This analysis has focused on two
concepts: a Gaullist Japan and
the Southeast Asian power vac-
uum. The latter is the more com-
prehensive determinant of Asia's
future and brings into a clear
focus China's role.
Historians reach back into the
past to point out the tributary
relationship of the Southeast As-
ian states to China, the central
kingdom. This is not entirely for-
gotten by Southeast Asians for in
many instances natives of these
nations can point to artifacts
in their everyday life and tell you
of its Chinese origin, date and
personality included. This is true
especially in Viet Nam, where the
Chinese type of government once
was present and where Mahayana
Buddhism is prevalent. The Chi-
nese influence is perpetuated to
a limited extent by the presence
of sizable Chinese minorities in
each of the countries.
* * *
MAO TSE-TUNG was welcomed
at the 1955 Bandung conference
which discussed Afro-Asian unity.
There have been many visits by
Chinese leaders since then, the last
being Chou En-la's tour of Burma
and Indonesia as a wind up of his
Afro-Asian tour. Chou made it
clear that China is an aspiring
nation with the Communist for-
mula and is anxious to make
friends with those nations who
will accept her without prejudice.
Three statements translated from
Chou's interview with Bernard
Tesselin, editor-in-chief of Agence
France Presse on Feb. reveal
this spirit:
On the United Nations-"China
has always supported the United
Nations Charter.
On trade-"The Chinese gov-
ernment has always been desirous
of developing its economic and
commercial relations with all
countries on the basis of equality
and reciprocal advantage by pro-
viding mutually the respective
needs."
On nuclear war-"The Chinese
people resolutely oppose nuclear
war just as do the French and
the other peoples of the entire
world."
This writer recognizes that
China is a nation that has ex-
perienced historical cycles culmin-
ating in expansionist policies and
that the world should be cau-
tious of the possibility of an up-
swing of such a cycle in the fu-
ture. The Marxist ideology of
world domination as preached
from Peking justifies such cau-
tion.
ON THE OTHER HAND, there
are friction factors in China's cy-
cle which all should also become
aware of. Traditional China was a
state which put the welfare of its
own people as its first target.
There is a long road ahead before
the Communist regime achieves
this goal.
Secondly, China is experiencing
a shift in leadership. The voice
of inflexible ideology and world
conquest, Mao Tse-tung is still the
most powerful figure in China. On
the other hand, aging Mao relin-
quished one of his official posts
in the Chinese government last
year.
t Thirdly, the future admission
of Communist China to the UN
will place pressures, on her to stop
belligerent behavior. Taking these
friction factors into consideration
it is possible to assume that coer-
cive expansionism will not be an
important element in China's for-
eign policy. Rather, China may
exert efforts to erase the suspi-
cion most nations feel towards her
and revive the warmer thoughts of
cultural bonds.
GARGOYLE
Simple, Like A, 1, C
THE SEEPING, everpresent mud unfreezes, the 'frost-bitten buds
burst in futile, fated attempts and the vanguard robin lies stiffly
on the cluttered Diai. Thus spring creeps into Ann Arbor on little
Rhinos feet. Ready to meet this foe, the ever-present, acned visage
of Gargoyle plops its preponderous weight on the campus once again,
Inspiring: 109'A
Hugh Holland's 1964 Gargoyle rrimer
is for Art work, of which there is little.
is for Bad, either end to the middle.
is for Clipits, overdone and not funny.
is for Dirty, a way to make money.
is for Effort, of which there's a lot.
is for Funny, of which it is not!
is for Gross, Gruesome and Gabby.
is for Humor, windfilled and flabby.
is for In Group (the whole Gargoyle Staff).
is for Jeers received 'stead of laughs.
is for Knocks, found midst the chaff.
is for Losers, Lacking and Licks.
is for McIntyre's strange ways to get kicks.
is for Nothing-all 24 pages.
is forOverd ne-Oeeand ra eoum.
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