i It Seventy-Second Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN __ -UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD TN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS ir Opinions Are Free S~TUDENT PUBLICATIONs BLDG.* ANN ARBOR, MICH. * Phone NO 2-3241 'ruth Will Prevail" itorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. Meanwhile, Back At The Collective -- SIDELINE ON SGC: Council's OSA Stand Too Little, Too. Late :ARCH 9, 1962 NIGHT EDITOR: HARRY PERLSTADT Government Road to Space: Who Collects the Tolls.? SILL is being debated by the Senate's space ommittee that will bring the Space Age tly into the home and pocketbook of every m who owns a telephone. One would think he interests of gaining votes for them- s and good-will for the space-program the tors would be interested in making the icial bite as small as possible. But politi- s are obviously motivated by higher in- ts. e bill is concerned with operation of the nunication satellite network which will ably exist in a few years. These satellites, h are now in the orbital testing stage, relay ages from ground stations to anywhere arth. Three of them, orbiting at an al- e of 22,000 miles, can cover the entire . They will be the first commercial ben- of the space age, and could make trans- nic calls cheap enough for common use. ing a little further into the future they the potential to relay radio and television rams in the same manner, also at reduced They will bring about a "revolution" in nunications. e large communications industries, par- arly the American Telephone and Tele- h Co. have their own ideas as to who' Id benefit. They would like to see a com. imuncatio n pany set up whose stock could only be bought by existing communications carriers. This com- pany would control the satellites and the ground receiving stations, where the largest opportunity for financial profit would develop. The government would launch the satellites for them at cost. GOVERNMENT'S PLAN is better (that wasn't hard to do). It would set up a com- pany which would sell stock to existing com- munication carriers, other companies and the general public. The large carriers could not dominate the company. It would have a fed- erally appointed advisor and its contracts for ground stations in foreign countries would be negotiated by the State Department. As one government official said in defending the administration's bill, "it would be un- consceiiceable to turn over this monopoly to a limited group of participants." The rockets which will launch the satellites were developed by the government (out of tax money) as Intermediate and Intercontinental Range Bal- listic Missiles. The satellite prototypes were built and early tests conducted by the federal government. To make the carriers pay just for each launching is making them a gift of billions of dollars and man-hours. Furthermore, any development work that would have to be done on the satellites by the carriers would be made very easily merely by raising service, rates. Once the system is working they could be expected to charge the highest possible price for this service. THE ADMINISTRATION'S BILL is designed to correct some of these potential abuses. But it does not go far enough. An existing government agency or a new one should be set up to run the satellite network. The road to space was built by the govern- ment using public tax funds. Now the com- munication companies want to collect the tolls. Space is \not an area to be explointed by a small group of American companies. Ideally the system would be run by the United Nations, since men of all nationalities have contributed to its development in a process that is as long as history itself. If that is too idealistic, for the present, the system should at least benefit all the American people. The people's representatives in Washington have some funny ideas as to what is good for the public. Many Senators are backing the A.T.&T. proposal. A.T.&T. itself has a large lobby working in its behalf which includes a former Senator among its members. Just about the only important interest group left virtually unrepresnted is the people. -RONALD WILTON : ';;. t : - r.' .; 1 1 a _ M V. t ;; c . r S k. .. " tJrgbZ -xe{ actt-4r..lG I" wI pC t- im <. . EUROPEAN DATELINE: It's.Hard Learning French in Paris. .4 s* T *1' S !I By PHILIP SUTIN Daily Staff Writer ALTHOUGH Student Govern- ment Coucil has had strong reservations about the student's fitness to govern himself, it took' a stand for student rights and responsibility Wednesday night. Unfortunately, it is too late to be effective. In.January, the Council had an opportunity to take a strong, de- finitive stand. However, it rejected the Glick-Roberts motionand by inference declared that the stu- dent was nothing more than a laborer in a University "company town" who had to bargain with the administration for the rights he may enjoy. * * * THUS the legitimate influential agency for voicing strong student opinion lay m'ute. Faced with pressures ,stronger than those of the largely silent, but vitally af- fected, students, the Office of Stu- dent Affairs Study Committee pro- duced a report with a vague phi- losophy and attempted only to untangle the OSA structure with- out making any major reforms. Anything Student Government Council now says is ex post facto. The Reed Report, having been in- spected by the Regents, is now in the hands of Vice-President for Student Affairs James A. Lewis. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN The Daily Official Bulletin is an official publication of The Univer- sity of Michigan for which The Michigan Daily assumes no editorial responsibility. Notices should be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to Room 3564 Administration Building before '2 p.m., two days preceding publication. FRIDAY, MARCH 9 General Notices Urgent Notice to All Concert Ushers at Hill Auditorium: The final concert of the Extra Series of Choral Union Con- certs was to have been on Mon. March 12, with Lentyne Price as the artist. This concert' has been moved up to Friday, Mar. 9, with the artist changed to Eleanor Steber. Please note the change of date and artist and report at the usual time on Fri., Mar. 9. If you do not report as indicated, you will miss;y ourvchance to sign up for the May Festval. Staff Paid Parking Notice: In order to make rom for construction of the Thompson Street parking structure. it is necessary to vacate the parking lots on the west side of the 500 block of Thompson Street by"-March 12, 162. Ample staff paid parking space is available at the Thayer Street parking structure. The' Ilniversity of Michigan Blood Bank Association, in cooperation with the American Red Cross, will have its regular Blood Bank Clinic on March 28, 1962. The Clinic hours are 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and from 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. Any full-time or part-time reg- ularly employed staff member of the University interested in becoming a member or renewing his membership should contact the, Personnel Office, 1028 Administration Bldg., Extension 2834. Summer Housing Applications for graduate and undergraduate women will be ;accepted from women now reg- istered on campus beginning at noon, Mon., March 12, at the Office of the Dean of women, first floor, Student Activities Bldg. Applications wil be ac- cepted for residence halls and supple- mentary housing. Delta Delta Delta (local) Scholarship: Applicants: any current sophomore or junior women, full-time students, eigi- bility based on an over-all average of 2.8, citizenship and need. Application blanks available. at the Office of the Dean of Women, March 12-23. Summary of Action Taken by Student Government Council at its Meeting of (Continued on Page 5) Opinions about the report are set. All the Council can do is react In commenting on the report, the Council adopted a strongly worded philosophy advocating full student participation in determin- ing the extra-classroom conduct rules under which he lives. Noting that "the college is both life itself and preparation for future life," the Council urged that the Uni- versity attempt to instil social con- sciousness in its students and, at the same time, encourage Jdi- viduality and privacy. YET, Council's specific recom- mendations fall short of its high minded philosophical ideals. As a means of implementing the philosophy, a policy commission with wide powers directly respon- sole to the vice-president of stu- dent services (proposed name foi the vice-president for student a- fairs) was suggested. The commission, with four of its ten members as students, would have complete authority over rule making, hear grievences, formulate judiciary policy, and advise the Regents on personnel appoint- ments. The Regents would be the final authority. Union President Paul Carder at- tacked this plan on the narrow grounds of "administrability." No administrator would want to work under such conditions, he charged. UNFORTUNATELY, Carder and other Council members failed to grasp the significance and scope of extra-classroom administration. Unlike other University sectors, it is removed from academic con- cerns and has a quasi-governmen- tal function not found in most administrations. The University imposes a whole series of non- academic regulations 'determining when,, where, how and with whom a student may associate. This characteristic negates many standard practices of administra- tion, and calls for participation by the governed according to the democratic ethic of American so- ciety. But the current OSA is a benevelent dictatorship in which students have the right to protest policies and administration and little else. * * * THE ORIGINAL report by the structure committee' would give students full rights and represen- tation in determining the rules under which they live. Daily Editor John Roberts' subcommittee un- dermines the policy commission, since it is subject to the veto of the man who is supposed to carry out the policy. In essence, the real power remains in the vice- president's hands. He can refuse to carry out any of the policy commission's rules. In passing Roberts' motion, SOC compromised the ideals it set as a guide in criticizing the Reed Report. This watering down was continued throughout the rest of the committee reports. * * * THE RULES and regulations report urged elimination of sex distinction in judiciaries, but did not demand due process. The Council maintained compulsory freshmen housing, though it did ask to end required dormitory living for upperclass women. It isaunfortunate that Council threw, away its opportunity to seek effectively more student rights last January. The mild SGC re- action to the Reed Report, coming after it was written, is too little and too late. ERAL REGENTS have started an in- ormal policy of meeting with student ps to sample student opinion. e meetings will take place when the Re- s are in Ann Arbor each month for board ings. ds policy is to be commended. The Regents, live away from Ann Arbor, do not usually the opportunity to meet students very isively. : BOARD IS, of course, responsible to the >ters' of the state of Michigan for its ns. But it ought, to find out what the ersity itself-the teachers, students and inistrators-think. The Board sees the inistration as a matter of course, and often s with the University Senate Advisory mittee. t it does not see students as often. Stu s have ideas and problems, desires and ions, that the Regents ought to be familiar in order to oversee the University in the possible fashion. ie knowledge from the Regent-student ings will therefore be valuable. Now It's Our Turn ESIDENT KENNEDY very eloquently told he nation last week just why the United es will be "forced" to begin testing next 1. But he was careful (perhaps in deference he recently publicized "peace 'movement") ake it plain just how very "painful" a deci- it was-"very reluctantly" the president Ld just to make sure that the United States d be completely absolved of all moral blame ts "necessary" pollution of the atmosphere, nedy very "dramatically" (as the papers said) placed the burden on the. Soviets selves. The Russians started first, and they Oppo0rtunity JDENT GOVERNMENT COUNCIL has an- ounced the opening of the Sigma Nu case in time to provoke a lively, issue-oriented ig election. With a topic that interests al- every student for inspiration, a well-. med,- conscientious group of candidates I force the campus to consider all facets he discrimination issue and at the same revive dwindling interest in SGC. ith a wide field of candidates, to choose for the six open slots, the election could i about a whole new orientation toward pus problems, and student responsibility. have the opportunity to end American testing, at the Geneva talks. Tests will not be resumed, says Kennedy, if the Russians agree to an inspected nuclear ban -an inspection system which would preclude clandestine preparations for testing such as those which took place in the Soviet Union just prior to their test series. Thus, the president has said, the United States would never be caught by surprise again. To fulfill such a guar- antee would require a system of inspection so complex that it would involve thousands of agents in each country and would require the abdication of virtually all security measures by both sides. Kennedy knows that the Soviets will never agree to such a plan for the same reason that he would never commit the United States to such an agreement. If the President is sin- cere in proposing this as a necessary criterion for any future compact, he will have precluded any success at Geneva. All of the President's public statements have given evidence that, for a change, his words are not empty. He was asked at his Feb. 21 press conference why it wouldn't be just as satisfac- tory if both sides were to be publicly prepared for testing, ready to act if the other side should break a future moratorium. Said Kennedy: "We have to consider the effects upon our security by those (the Russian) tests." As Washington journalist I. F. Stone has pointed out, this translates into "since they had a' round, we have to have a round .too." By GLORIA BOWLES Daily Correspondent PARIS-"I want to learn to speak French." The young American who leaves the Big Ten or the Ivy League behind and comes here "to learn French" is embarking on a year of great adventure. There is fascina- tion and challenge in a student's pursuit for perfection of a foreign language. He will experience many emotions, ranging from profound discouragement to the greatest joy in the time of success. But if his personal limitations aren't enough, the young Ameri- can. arriving here finds built-in obstacles to learning French. The worst one is not easily dismissed- there are just too many Ameri- cans. An American who travels in Europe finally comes to the con- clusion that, no matter how hard he tries, he just can't avoid run- ning into his own countrymen. * * * A SERIOUS language student gets the habit of running in the opposite direction when he sees Americans. Two weeks ago I arrived at the Gare de Lyon in Paris, looking forward to a ski, trip to Chamonix with a group of Frenuch students. A knot of young people had gath- ered at the appointed meeting place. In the corner stood two young girls, unmistakably Ameri- can. We all looked at each other- no-one too happy to see each other -and said, almost in unison, "I really was hoping there wouldn't be any Americans on this trip." Needless to say, there were even more in Chamonix. SUCH AN ATTITUDE is not at all a question of lacking love of country. The student. trying to learn French just has to limit the all too tempting contacts with English speaking people or else defeat the fundamental purpose of a trip here. In Paris, there are numbers of American students sharing apart- ment with American friends. These students go to class together, eat lunch together, and discuss the opera together between acts . . . all in English. The American way of life is transplanted to Paris. There are scores of Americans who leave Paris without being able to do much more in French than ask for a cup of coffee. In fact, it's easy to spend a whole year in Paris without speaking a single word of French. Isolation from your native lan- guage and countrymen is essential to learning a foreign language, especially at the beginning. When you reach a certain proficiency, it is not so dangerous to talk to English speakers. WHEN THE American decides he wants to take his business of learning French seriously, he en- rolls at the Sorbonne or Alliance Francaise, and begins his search for Frenchmen. But the French are very difficult to meet. The most common com- plaint of the foreign student in Paris is: "Well, I love Paris,' and the theatre and my courses are pretty interesting, but I really would like to meet some French people!" can't be bothered with strangers. The mentality and character of the French also tends to make them inaccessible. The story of the 45-year-old Parisian who has never left France illustrates the point. "Why should I travel outside of France?" he asks. "Where would I go?" The traditional Frenchman is quite satisfied with his own life in France. He hasn't much desire to travel, and foreigners in his own city don't hold much interest for him. There are exceptions, of course, to the rule. The younger generation is more liberal in this regard, but even so you aren't readily taken in by a closely knit group of French students. AS A RESULT, the wise foreign To the Editor: KENNETH WINTER'S column on SGC demonstrates an ig- norance of fact, petulance of in- tent, and disregard for the fact that Daily interpretives are the student body's only ones when dealing with SGC. Specifically, the following are some of the more ill-considered portions of his column: 1) Mr. Winter mentions the "un- equal" division of subcommittees, both topically, and in terms of personnel. He should have realized that these divisions corresponded substantially to those of the re- port itself: that they were as near a rational division of labor as possible; that members' interest was the main determinant of ser- vice on a subcommittee. 2) He (Mr Winter) realizes that members were struggling to stay attentive Tuesday night, and that most failed. He should also realize that that is when the meet- ing adjourned, that members had spent great amounts of time on their subcommittees, and that they felt it imperative to attempt to get some work done before Wed- nesday's regular meeting. More- over, he implies that Moch's mo- tion to do away with an official Council opinion on the Reed re- port was a desirable one. Without exhorting him as to his citizen responsibilities, I merely wish that he would keep that in mind next time he or his colleagues throw gleeful barbs of "irresponsibility" at Council. That Council chose to continue is commendable, not oc- casion for childlike sarcasm. * * * 3) FINALLY, Mr. Winter seems to imply that the Styles commit- tee will not be able to draft a cohesive report. Did he expect a group of a dozen people to draft a report of a few thousand words? Or does he think it naive that they can do a good job? 4) In general, Mr. Winter's column, "Sideline on SGC" is a shallnw. vnical misinformed, pet- their newspaper and their general outlook, will not long stay that way if they insist on low-quality thinking, and writing. I expect more of them. -Bob Ross, '63 On Chastitie . To the Editor: F OR MYSELF and my colleagues, Messrs McNamara, Gaylord, Creeth, English, Allison and No- vak, may I publicly thank the members of the so-called Honors Seminar, English 480, who in- serted the, Personal Notice today (Mar. 8) describing the seminar as a "Workshoppe in Chastitie." They are to be congratulated on restoring to campus circulation a term ("Chastity," if I may repeat it) which according to my re- searches last appeared in the pages of the "Daily" on Sept. 12, 1911, as a misprint for "chastise."' The announced topic of the seminar must appear in these days to be so technical and archaic that a word of explanation may be welcomed. Perhaps an annotated list of the readings will elucidate. The list follows. "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" (or, who was that lady in theknight's bed- chamber?), Selections. from the "Morte d'Arthur" (or, the adultery of Guenevere and Lancelot), "The Miller's Tale" (not Henry's but Chaucer's; this, it must be con- fessed, points an unadorned moral), "The Faerie Queen," Book III (containing the Garden of Adonis and the Masque of Cupid), "The Knight of the Burning Pestle," (let the title suffice to characterize it), "Tom Jones," (or, the adventures of one night in a country inn), and "The Rape of the Lock" (let the title suffice). Clearly, if regrettably, it has prov- ed impossible to study one thing without the other. I must deny, however, the mis- taken implication in the term "Workshoppe." No contamination by nractical considerations is con- student takes a room with a French family as a paying guest,, or works in exchange for room. and board. Goal: to hear and speak the French language. Some- times this is the only opportunity. The average foreign student in Paris has an international circle of friends including, if he is lucky, four or five French acquaintances. But generally he consoles him- self with a few French friends, reading French newspapers, living in a lovely French apartment, go- ing to the theatre and Opera twice a week and to the movies even more frequently. None of this is very painful; in fact, it's a rather glamorous life. Tomorrow-Textbook vs. spoken language. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: SGC Reporters Show 'wiseGy ttds CIVIC THEATRE: 'Pajama Gme Deight ful PAJAMA GAME is not an "important musical play. It has neither the lush sensuality of Kismet nor the wit and sophistication of Pal Joey or My Fair Lady. It has no "message" like that of South Pacific or West Side Story. The score is not particularly distinguished (though two of its songs became popular), and the book is rather loosely put together, being constructed of a series of vignettes, more in the style of a review than a play. It is even a bit "dated." Yet it does afford an opportunity for a delightful evening of theatrical diversion, and that is just what the Civic Theater production which opened last night in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, is. I DIRECTOR "DUDE" STEPHENSON has assembled most of the musicaly comedy "veterans" of the town-and they are are very talented bunch. They give the entire production an air of polished professionalism, not frequently encountered in amateur efforts. Outstanding is David Smalley (Sid) whose rich, full voice is thoroughly'pleasing. What is more, he shows the animation and in- tensity which have previously been lacking in his portrayals on the Ann Arbor boards. It is a tribute. to Tom Jennings' talent and experience that he could manage to be so amusing as Hines in spite of a severely in- capacitating laryngitis. Sue Breckenridge (Babe) apparently always sounds like she has a sore throat, but somehow it doesn't matter that her voice leaves much to be desired. She displays an intense kind of concentration, a requisite for a convincing performance. * * * * THE RATHER LARGE chorus is well handled on the cramped "Lydia" stage (when, oh when, will there be an adequate stage for Ann Arbor?). The credit for this goes, of course, to the director and ko an+ An ern + r -l " ...nzzfn ...hc- cim- n n a, na n 'n 1.. an1.. 4 )RTUNATELY, petitioning has sed. Editorial Staff JOHN ROBERTS, Editor RMAN FAITH WE' for Editorial t already T'S THE OLD BATTLE of who hit first, and in this particular argument our case is not --P.G overly convincing in lieu of "necessary" Hiro- shima and the "necessary" Nevada proving grounds. Meanwhile the other people of the world will go on-while their genetic structure is being overhauled--poisoning their ears for alert sirens and glancing to the window for a flash of light while Pravda and The New York Times argue it out. iNSTEIN The President says we can forsake the "bal- Director anced deterrent even though we are at present el Director "ahead" (a balance in our favor). We can not ine Editor risk the remote possibility that without new rts Editor tests the balance will become equal (the only city Editor realistaic balanced deterrent) or the even re- al Director nrts Editor nroter possibility, that the balance will shift to rts Editor the favor of the Soviets." LIP SHE City Edit FARRELL...............Personn4 STUART..................Magaz EL BURNS...................Sp OLDEN.........Associate C RD OSTLING .Associate Editori ANDREWS... ...Associate Spn MARKS..Associate Spc