T: AU1gUJn BatI SftW#*r-Third Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHmAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS "Where Oni nt Are ftee STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG., ANN ARBOR, MICH., PHONE 2o 2-324! Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or theeditorse. Tis must b enofed in al rehrin. INSPECTION AND CONTROL: Realism--Key to Arms Race AT TRUEBLOOD: Ann ArboT First Kyogen-At Its Best SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1964 NIGHT EDITOR: EDWARD HERSTEIN To Pledge or Not? Large Fraternity or Small? WHAT SHOULD a fraternity be? With rush beginning tomorrow, over 700 ushees will be considering this question as they seek a suitable house. And they nust realize that there are two philoso- hies of fraternity life present on this campus: o ne practiced by the larger houses and the other practiced by the smaller ones. When most fraternities were first formed, the bonds between the members were held to be the essence of the fra- ernity. This relationship still forms the asis for fraternity life. Each activity of he house is pervaded by this ideal of brotherhood and its maintenance is a najor task of the fraternity. Exact definition of the concept is dif- ficult, as it appears in a myriad of forms nd in many places. Generally though, .t can be described as a unity of spirit and purpose combined ' with strong friendships between the members. It can be seen in impromptu intra- house football games, in the singing of raditional songs, in bull sessions in the ;mall hours of the morning or in whoop- ng it up at a party. As well as exemplify-, ng brotherhood, these activities also serve to reinforce it and preserve it. Intra-house bonds are to a great extent naintained by the fact of living together. Because this necessitates close contact between members, each person can say hat he knows the rest of his brothers Open eetings ANN ARBOR'S Human Relations Com, mission in a few weeks will have a new director. If there are to be any subsequent changes in HRC policy, perhaps that which should have the highest priority is he initiation of "open meetings." Since the HRC's creation it has been he group's policy to close meetings to, he general public and the press. True, the HRC handles touchy prob- ems involving a touchy issue. This is per- paps enough reason to exclude the gen- eral public from the meetings. However, why doesn't the HRC follow he same policy as Ann Arbor's mayor does when City Council meets in working r closed session. That is, allow the press o attend and report only those happen- ngs which concern the public interest. Ann Arbor is probably one of the most active-for good or bad-northern cities n the area of civil rights for Negroes. Any suppression of significant develop- nents occurring at the HRC meetings could be damaging, if not disastrous. -R. HOLTON well. Also, a common interest in manage- ment of the house is a strong factor in giving the members a common purpose. UNFORTUNATELY, a good number of fraternities have abandoned this ideal of brotherhood. Many houses have adopt- ed the theory that those living in the house should be mainly sophomores with a few upperclassmen remaining to serve as officers. These houses have grown to enormous proportions (by previous fraternity standards), with some having ,member- ships close to 100. Some of them force their pledge classes to go through nam- ing sessions, when each pledge must name each member, in order that the pledges will at leastknow the names of their upperclass brothers. One member of a larger fraternity re- cently commented, "I went over to the house for breakfast the other day. It was a rather distressing experience. I only knew two-thirds of the people there." There is some question as to whether such an organization deserves the name of fraternity. MALLER HOUSES still remain on cam- pus. However, their position is made difficult because most rushes tend to look at the superficial aspects of the fraterni- ty rather than at the aspect of brother- hood, from which the most satisfaction of fraternity life is derived. The small house alone can satisfy this requirement for brotherhood. By keeping its membership small (some houses have a membership limit written into their constitutions), all members can live in the house until they graduate and thus firm, lasting ties can develop between members. Because of the nature of its size, mem- bers of a small house have more oppor- tunity to become house leaders, take on house responsibilities, participate in house athletics and have a strong voice in house affairs. Whereas a normally quiet individual might be lost in the shuffle at a larger fraternity with 90 members, he. might take an active part in house af- fairs among a group of 40. EACH RUSHEE must seriously consider what he wants from a fraternity be- fore pledging. If he wants to pledge a house merely because of its name or the number of men it has in campus activi- ties or other such criteria, perhaps one of the large houses is best for him. However, the far more valuable benefits of close friendships and a small, tightly- knit brotherhood can be obtained only in one of the smaller fraternities. -JOHN BRYANT By JEFFREY GOODMAN SOVIET United Nations diplomat Yuli Verontsov did little in his talk Thursday before the Disarm- ament Symposium except make painfully clear just why East and West haven't begun disarming. What it boils down to is the same old thing: inspection and control. The Russians are more than willing to allow almost unlimited control of the disarmament pro- cess through the use of teams which will see that. what's sup- posed to be destroyed actually is. Their plan also calls for demoli- tion of all nuclear missiles, pro- hibitions on the making of more and the dismantling of all foreign bases, and it appeals for destruc- tion of existing nuclear stockpiles. Listening to Verontsov one is almost convinced that it is really the United States that is the cul- prit and that the government ac- tually has been misleading us all this'time. Almost, that is, until one real- izes that when the Russians say they will destroy all their weapons, that means all the weapons they say they have. They will make no allowance for "verification of in- ventory"-inspection-by interna- tional or neutral teams. ONE ASTUTE member of the Rackham audience asked Veront- sov about this. The diplomat smiled."If you had that, you could inspect and then say, 'All right. Goodbye, disarmament. We've got what we wanted'." Both powers realize that the Russians are one up on us, since we don't know how many missiles they have or where the missiles are located, and they have most of that information about us. Even with unlimited control, if there were inadequate inspection-if we had to rely on Russia's own report of its inventory-it would be em- inently possible to cheat, simply by not reporting a few missiles. And in a missile-less world, a few become a lot. * * * THE IMPLICATIONS of this di- vergene of ideas on disarmament procedures are many and vital. The divergence points up the facts that both nations are far from trusting each other and that dis- armament will likely be a long way off. Periodic thaws, while im- portant, do not dispute these facts. The implications for policy are the most important, however. Just what should we be doing in this atmosphere of little trust and little agreement, big weapons and big words? The essential thing is maintain- ing our current chances of avoid- ing nuclear war and holding the line until such a time as disarma- ment can be realized. This means doing exactly what we're doing now. Present foreign and military policies recognize mutual distrust and current history-and thus we maintain a military force massive enough to deter major war and hopefully flexible enough to stop minor wars. Present policies also recognize psychology, military strategy and the need for eventual disarma- ment. To this end we practice and refine the gentle art of non-belli- gerence; we plan, according to de- fensedepartment recognition of our ability to "overkill," develop- ment of no new weapons systems; and we continue, both publicly and privately, to debate and an- alyze plans, effects and hopes for disarmament. SO AT THE same time we are seeking out viable solutions to two problems, the threat of nuclear war and the maintenance of our military strength. Many will argue that this stance of peace overtures and war prep- arations is contradictory. But this evaluation seems not only doubtful but also irrelevant as long as that stance is the only one consistent with reality. It would be foolish to go to eith- er extreme-to give up all hope of disarmament and hide behind a growing stockpile of ever more refined weapons, or td hope that the Russians will' automatically re- ciprocate if we disarm unilaterally. Those favoring militarism would perpetuate a psychological condi- tion and foster a military condi- tion in which all hope would van- ish. True, we must keep up our guard, but only that which is min- imally necessary. THOSE favoring unilateral ac- tion would endanger not only America's security but also our chances for being in a good bar- gaining position-not alone in the free world-when the time comes for disarming. True, there are a great many gradual yet significant initiatives we can and will take or have tak- en. We must never discontinue our efforts at Geneva. We can be bold in imagining and enacting such actions as wheat deals, coopera- tion in space, reduction or freez- ing of forces or of production of bombers, missiles and fissionable materials and banning the spread of nuclear weapons. But any uni- lateral action has its definable military limit Perhaps too often one feels that he must either condemn the gov- ernment for this or that or say nothing. While we can always hope for more action, on this is- sue of the cold war the direction of present governmental p o i c i e s should be praised for its logic and validity in the light of present conditions. MICHIGAN: 'Charade' NTChic [T'S NOT GREAT, its often trite, but, all in all, "Charade" is easily one of the most entertaining films of the year. With directional guns hitch - cocked, Stanley Donen has let go with a shatter-shot blast of mur- ders, mistaken identities and ro- mantic intrigue that overcomes the film's superficial moments and provides a highly successful spoof. But then, how can it fail? With music by Mancini, a fine support- ing cast including Walter Matthau as a chicken-munching CIA agent and James Coburn, the meanest mean guy in the world, and a wild confused plot, "Charade" is all winner. * * * THE GREATEST reason for "Charade's' success, however, lies in the hands of Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant. Miss Hepburn is the girl every man dreams of. The minute she appears on the screen, every male in the audience is hers, infatuated by her pixie charm and delightful innocence. But Cary is not to be taken for granted. When Miss Hepburn threatens to expose what she thinks is wrong with him, and Cary puzzled demands to know what, every female will whole-heartedly agree with her reply: "Nothing". "Charade" has many flaws, most of which belong to a rather far- fetched plot and an over-indul- gence in familiar stereotypes. But the color is excellent, the pace is maintained with great skill, the action exciting and the acting quite fine. Nothing about the film pretends to greatness but everything adds to high entertainment. "Cha- rade's" main purpose Is fun, the type of escape from reality that only a Hollywood film can provide. "Charade" is all fun. Whether you succeed in guess- ing the answer to the "Charade" or not, you will have spent a most amusing and delightful time in the enchanting company of Aud- rey Hepburn and Cary Grant. In, these murky days of the trimester, what more can you ask for? -Hugh Holland AN appreciative audience last night had the opportunity to enjoy for the first time in Ann Arbor, the Japanese comic drama, Kyogen. The acting was perfect in every wayhand the audience didn't fail to show its delight when, de- spite the house lights, it continued to clap for two minutes until the Nomura troupe came out to take a final bow. Three plays were presented; they represented the two dramati- cal forms encompassed in the term "Kyogen" (literally "mad words"). "Urinusubito" or "Melon Thief" and "Boshibari" or "Hands Tied to a Pole" are common- types of Kyogen. These are short one-act plays used as a comic interlude be- tween No plays in the standard No program of five plays presented in one day. No are stately, austere and highly restrained, whereas Kyogen are light, farcical and de- lightfully human. When the Kyo- gen are used as a comic relief be- tween the tragic No plays, the effect of each form is richly en- hanced. * * * "URINUSUBITO" had several delightful scenes in it. The ges- tures of the melon thief, and his extreme delight on bumping into melons while rolling through the fields at night, emphasized by his exaggerated and highly amusing speech forms, exhibited situation comedy at its best. On bumping into a scarecrow and taking it for the field's owner, there ensued a perfectly ridiculous scene of over- ly humble kowtows and exagger- atedly polite apologies. "Boshibari" contained a beau- tifully executed drunk scene which kept the audience constant- ly chuckling. The comedy revolved around the situation of a master who tied the hands of one servant to a pole and the other's hands behind his back in order to pre- vent them from entering his sake storehouse and drinking his sake. The ingenious servants manage, however, to do do just that.' In 'their drunken state they sing parody on the No type of singing. "Sambaso," representative of a distinct Kyogen genre, afforded the .audience an opportunity to witness beautiful inter-play and coordination between the No hay- ashi or musical accompaniment and the movements of the dancer. This type of Kyogen is by no means comic and is generally used as a further explanation of a particular No play or else as a religious celebratory interlude within a No play.. Last night afforded a unique insight into a very unique drama form. -Bonnie Bone AT CAMPUS THEATRE: s Ce a n o d r 'F o r Ru s a, C nm ' 'a LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: CORE Presents, Cases In Bias Charge JOINT JUDIC Youtt and Vi find themselves from their posit cessor in sight. Joint Judic are a seats-their ter: RONAL DAVID MARCUS' EditorialDirector 3ARBARA LAZARUS PHILIP SIJTIN . GAIL EVANS.... 4ARJORIE BRAHMS ILORIA BOWLES ... VALINDA BERRY ... DAVE GOOD ....... IM BERGER...... b1IKE BLOCK ....... BOB ZWINCK...... NIGHT EDITORS: Edward Herstein, I drew Orlin, Michae ASSISTANT NIGHT John Bryant, Robe Richard Mercer. B ANDREW CRA' PETER ARONSON ... .,EE JATHROS ...... !T7Zm TXIngTCV' JoRi Judie: People-less IARY Chairman Harry -as soon as they find competent people ce-Chairman Cathy Sipe to fill them. t on the verge of retiring Petitioning for the five positions is open through Monday, with interviewing ions with scarcely a suc- scheduled for Monday night. Interview- Three other. members of ing was postponed twice last semester also ready to give up their because of poor response. At last word, ms expired in December only a handful of petitions have been re- ceive4 and, understandably, the prospec- tive retirees from council are concerned. + + They are anxious to vacate their posts 4tgan L after a year on the job, but are not will- ing to do so until they have selected ditorial Staff qualified successors, and have educated D WILTON; Editor them in the workings of the council. GERALD STORCE City Editor YOUTT FEELS that the lack of response .Personnel Director last semester was due in great meas- ...National Concerns ;editor .. ....Associate City Editor ure, to the pressure of the final exam ..... Associate Editorial Director schedule. But the present shortage of pe- ............ontributing Editor titioners suggests that. many people are ...sports Editor .Associate Sports Editor unaware of either the functions of Joint ........Associate Sports Editor Judic or the qualifications necessary to .. Contributing Sports Editor H. Neil Berkson, Steven Haller, petition. Marilyn Koral, Louise Lind, An- A ten-member disciplinary body, the l Sattinger, Kenneth Winter. council is composed entirely of students EDITORS: Mary Lou Butcher, who hear cases involving infractions of ert Grody, Laurence Kirshbaum, University rules by other students and prescribe appropriate sanctions. Joint usiness Staff Judic has another significant function in .F.... Bus.Advertising Manager that it may propose and lobby for rule ..... Accounts Manager changes, and is quite successful to this . .ass cate Buiesana To the Editor: THIS LETTER concerns the picketing of Thompson's Res- taurant by the Congress of Racial Equality. CORE regards the charge of racial discrimination as a very serious accusation, and such a charge is never made without ex- tensive documented evidence. Fur- ther, CORE never demonstrates or publicizes the discrimination until negotiations have failed. The pres- ent demonstrations at Thompson's are based upon the following events (Notarized affidavits are on file with CORE): Case 1: On Monday, Oct. 14, a Negro woman with five years of waitress experience applied in per- son at Thompson's for a waitress job being advertised in the news- paper. She was told that nobody could interview her that day. A white girl was told by phone two hours later to come right down and be interviewed for the open position. Case 2: On Wednesday, Oct. 16, a telephone inquirer was told to have a prospective applicant come down and ask for the manager. The Negro applicant arrived and was told that the job was filled. On Friday, two days later, a white applicant with little experience applied and was told to report for work the following Monday. Case 3: On Saturday, CORE visited Thompson's with the Ne- gro applicant and, upon being told that no positions were open, pre- sented the manager with a letter frcm the white girl releasing her job and recommending the Negro applicant. The manager stated that he really didn't have the job open after all since he was going to close down a work shift. He hadn't informed the white girl because he had "forgotten to get her name and phone number." AFTER SEEING the evidence CORE had collected, the manager offered the'Negro applicant a job on the 3-6 a.m. shift. This was the shift which was being closed down within the week. In further negotiations, CORE repeatedly agreed week after week to post- pone its requests for hiring a Ne- gro pending a major business change at the restaurant, a change which three months later still has not taken place. Dec. 18 was fi- nally agreed upon as a deadline; but, in a final evasion attempt on that date, Thompson's hired a Negro, who had a full-time job elsewhere, to be used as a part- time waiter and busboy a few hours each week. Has there been discrimination at view of society which minimizes the individual responsibilities of the public and maximizes the im- portance of 'institutions.' During the early part of the century, the 'evil dollar' was the scapegoat for human foibles. Now free enterprise and its merchants are criticized, for pandering to a public demand.: If the public did not want these items, they would not be sold. The blame for such vulgar taste lies with the consumer, not the sup- plier. There are cases, in which the - supplier, through advertising,' creates the demand but even then the final decision rests with the consumer and his intelligence or stupidity must answer for his choice of products. The origin of demand for Ken- nedy mementos is a topic for psy- chologists, but the responsibility for such demand must always stay with the buyer (as long as con- sumption is voluntary). To imply otherwise is to invite totalitar- ianism. -Michael Hyman, '65 "Y YNAME IS IVAN" shows that the great cinematic tra- dition of Eisenstein has not been lost in the Soviet Union. However, the content and tone of the pic- ture reflect 45 years of use of the cinema almost solely as a vehicle for state propaganda. "Ivan," at the Campus Theatre, is a drama set in wartime, but the mood is unlike anything we are accustomed to seeing in war films, especially recent ones. Whereas in modern cinema the greatest, con- flict usually centers about the main characters, the enemy being seen as disembodied evil, or even sympathetically, the Germans in "Ivan" are felt and really hated as enemies. In one scene, Ivan stares at a wall on which a desperate plea for vengence has been scrawled by. prisoners, since shot, who had been imprisoned there when the enemy held the area. Ivan's eyes open wide in fear and hatred, we hear screams, curses, moans, shots, ,guttural German on the sound track. * * * YET, FOR the product of a film industry that has just begun to emerge from years of the most rigid government control, "Ivan" is very good. The time sequence and flashbacks are excellent, avoiding easy cliches, the camera work is almost uniformly superior. The exception is some of the shots in which the camera sees asvan "eye;"here, the effect is' over- done and often dizzying.- In contrast to the propagandi'- tic features of the film, the char- acters are presented with great warmth and feeling; no artificial- ity is seen in the friendship of the soldiers, in.awe of death. Having experienced the stiffness of Soviet art in 'general, it is a pleasant surprise to see the acting and direction in this film. Ivan, especially, was effectively played, and a real feeling of various as- pects of the Russian cfaracter came through. One can only hope that "Ivan" is a forerunner of better things. If Soviet directors are allowed more modern dramatic themes than World War II, and if the burden of 'direct state artistic con- trol is removed, we can expect a real emergence of original, modern cinema from the Soviet Union. -Andrew Sabersky CINEMA GUILD: Or Vadi m? "LfES LIASONS Dangereuses" is La fascinating film in that its director's avowed purpose is ful- filled in a different picture. by a different director. Roger Vadim, in a gratuitous prologue, announces that he has portrayed the "new woman" - the woman in revolt against the tra- ditional role of woman. Unfor- tunately, he hasn't. However, Francois Truffaut has in a film called "Jules and Jim" which the Cinema Guild will present in April. This "new woman" refuses to play the conventional female role in human relationships. She de- mands the free and aggressive role usually reserved exclusively for the male. ** * * JULIETTE, in "Les Liasons Dangereuses," has a most unusual pact with her husband Valmont: both are free to pursue extramari- tal love affairs; the only restric- tions are that they remain com- pletely honest with each other and that they never fall in love with any of their lovers. Juliette and Valmont travel their separate paths of amorality, finding sustenance in the pursuit of pleasure for its own sake. All goes well until Valmont falls deep- ly in love with another young wo- man. The pact thus broken, Juli- ette is free to act and she acts by destroying Valmont's affair. * * * ABSTRACTLY considered, this is all very interesting, but as a film it is neither convincing nor entertaining. The fault lies in both the construction of the plot and Vadim's creative exhaustion. The film does not embody and express Vadim's avowed theme be- cause Juliette is not made the cen- tral figure. She does not assume a dynamic role until very late, too late to be dramatically con- vincing. Furthermore, the conclu- sion, in which the principles get their respective comeuppances, is not convincingly constructed.. Ultimately it is the story of just one more lecherous male -- and a dull story it is. The film lacks a vigorous tempo and the characters do not manifest the exhilaration that they are supposed to be feel- ing. I 'I' ' 4i1