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URDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1961 NIGHT EDITOR: HARRY PERLSTADT
"ISuccess! We Got Another Old Lady Trying To Escape
While We Were Evicting Her From Her Home"
AT THE MICHIGAN:
The Woof
LITTLE THINGS mean a lot to "Romanoff \and Juliet." And one
big thing-the person of Peter Ustinov, parading in full dress as
the honorable President of Concordia, the remarkable nation of five
square miles which harbors the events of the film.
There will probably never be a dud if Ustinov is in it. His deft
handling of expression and motion is a delight to watch, and such
touches give more genuine humor to films than his lines do. Since
the direction and screenplay are
Ustinov's as well, he must bear AT
some of the blame for the faults THE CAMPUS
of the film. - - *
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Fraternities, Sororities.
Must Be Given. Deadline
EHE AUTUMN DEBATE on fraternity and
sorority membership information is fast be-
ining a Student Government Council tradi-
on.
Last year in early October John Feldkamp
itroduced a motion to require submission to
he Council of the parts of sorority and fra-
rnity constitutions which pertain to mem-
ership selection. It took the Council nearly
wo months to come to a decision on the issue,
ut the motion as it finplly emerged in De-
ember asked for much more- complete infor-
ation from the affiliates. No time limit was
A then.
At the first October meeting of this year,
esse McCorry, chairman of the committee on
embership in student organizations, urged
ie, Council to set a December time limit for
ling of information, since only a. portion of
ae sororities and fraternities have submitted
aything. One of the Council's top-of-the-head
iggestions was to wait until December and
ien start talking about a time limit.
There seems to be no good reason to pro-
'astinate until December;-.just as there seems
be no good reason for the procrastination
f the fraternities and sororities up to this
oint.
)ANHELLENIC President Susan Stillerman
claims the sorority t presidents haven't sub-
fitted the information because + f a "basic
)nfusion" about what'information they should
irn in. Yet the motion passed last Decem-
er states in the most complete terms possible
iat the required statement must list "all cur-
mt rules, regulations, policies, written or oral
greements, or any other written or unwritten
iteria which in any way affects the selection
members. Accompanying such ;shall be the
roup's interpretation of these provisions as
their ability to comply with the University
egulation on Membership."
The regulation is perfectly clear. Further-
ore, the members of the committee on mem-
ership and Vice-President Lewis have all
Unbecoming
T IS OBVIOUS that the sub-committee on
discipline, in clarifying its feelings on riots,
aids and demonstrations, is only trying to curb
anty ratids and other such pointless gather-
gs. But the subcommittee's statement on
us particular aspect of "conduct unbecoming
student" could have further implications if
is not carefully phrased; it could, under
Mme interpretations in the future, be taken as
limitation upon the right of students to or-
anize and demonstrate for some meaningful
id.
The committee then must be careful to draw
ie distinction between an organized, non-
olent political demonstration, for example,
nd a panty raid, which can be construed as
o more than a useless riot which the Univer-
ty has every reasonable right to curb. There
lust be a distinction between ends rather
ian a blanket condemnation of the means.
--D. MARCUS
been on campus ever since last December,
willing and anxious to answer questions on the
ruling and expedite the submission of informa-
tion.
The only possibilities for confusion lie in
contradictory information received from other
sources or in failure to use the available re-
sources to clear up the confusion. An under-
standable problem, however, has been the re-
fusal to cooperate of National Panhellenic As-
sociation, which represents all but one of the
sororities on campus. But in this matter.also
the University was willing to offer assistance
to the local groups.
INTER-FRATERNITY COUNCIL President
Robert Peterson blamed the fraternities'
failure to file information on "apathy or lack
of awareness ... of the urgency of the regula-
tion." This, too,, seems to be a rather flimsy
excuse. All organizations involved in the reg-
'ulation received letters in January explaining
the procedure. Later in the spring,,another let-
ter was sent to, all groups that had not yet
turned in statements. There has certainly been
discussion of the regulation, and its ixhplica-
tions throughout the University. Anyone >di-
rectly affected by this regulation, who didn't
know about it or didn't take any interest in
complying, certainly lies open to the charge of
irresponsibility.
Per Hanson hit closest to the real difficulty
in saying that many groups didn't file because
they are currently in violation of the Univer-
sity ruling. ,
Cerainly, the first response of a violating
group would be fear. This fear is legitimate in
the broad context of the group's status as a'
recognized student organization on this cam-
pus. It is not a reasonable fear when applied to
the submission of information concerning
membership practices to -the committee on
membership in student organizations. The com-
mittee has stated repeatedly that, it needs this
information before it can begin to consider the
status of violating groups.
SUBMISSION of the information, in itself,
does not mean an immediate suspension of
the group. It merely means that the commit-
tee will begin to work ,on the particular prob-
lem of the violating group, and can begin to
cooperate with the group on removal of the
membership restrictions.
On the other hand, refusal to submit infor-
mation is in itself a violation of the require-
ments for recognition as a student organiza-
tion at the University. John Feldkamp's inter-
pretation of ,the regulation last year was that
failure to submit information could be grounds
for loss of recognition.
At this point, neither possibility carries much
weight because there is no timerlimit on sub-,
mission of information. The only way to make
the regulation meaningful--and the only way
to make SGC's role as official recognizer of
student organizations meaningful-is to estab-
lish a time limit immediately, and stop the
procrastination.
-PAT GOLDEN
Associate City Editor
THE PLOT ;is nothing special--
its very reminiscent of last sea-
son's "The Mouse That Roared."
It's the saga of a little country
which loses its diplomatic virginity
by a quirk of fate on the floor of
the UN.
The main action centers on the
efforts of Russian and American
ambassadors to gain the favor of
Peter, the President, with wheat,
arms and liquor.
But there's more to it than that.
'As the title indicates, there is a
Hatfield-McCoy romance bit be-
tween the son of the, Russian
ambassador and the daughter of
the American ambassador. The
latter character, represented by
Sandra Dee, is left to adorn the
film here and there rather than
to contribute much to the action
or dialog. The sin of signing this
actress for the part is thus some-
what whitewashed.
* * *
THERE ARE so many little
laughs in the film that the effect
is one of gentle amusement rather
than hilarity. Thus, it is less funny
than "The Mouse," but more pleas-
ing.
Typical of the obvious gag lines
-which add little to the more
subtle touches of the lead actor
-are the American ambassador's
line "We'll give them everything
they want ... until they appre-
ciate the democratic way of life"
(or should I use a capital D?), and
the admission that Concordia's
national income comes chiefly
from printing stamps with defects.
' A plot which ends up pairing
off two couples so neatly, is always
trite, of course.
AND THERE ARE those little
disturbing things which may have
been introduced for humor. Like
a "poor country" with such lavish
surroundings (in ;color, yet) and
a blonde beauty of 19 from an
Ameican university who has never
been kissed.
Of the technical factors in the
production the music is the best-
handled.
Also on the bill is a ditty by
Walter Lantz which reviews every
stock gag and situation in the
history of cartoons.
But Sandra Dee was much more
nauseating.
-Richard Ostling
Moves
"THE RISKISHA-MAN," al-
though somewhat marred by
a poor job of sub-titling, is a film
of outstanding technical and ar-
tistic quality.
The story, set in he Japan of
the early ninteen hundreds, de-
picts the moving - struggle of a
laborer to overcome the heart-
breaking isolation imposed upon
him by the remnants of a caste-.
system.
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EVERYONE LOSES:
Reuther, Strikes Again
TOSHIRO MIFUNE plays the
title role of Matsu with excep-
tional energy and sensitivity. The
joy of being partially accepted
into the world to which his in-
tegrity and compassion entitle him
is gradually replaced by anguish
as Matsu becomes less and less
a part of that world.
Perhaps even more impressive
than Mifune's fine performance
is the magnificent photography
which marks the film from be-
ginning to end. Both color and
composition are handled with un-
usual skill. The exciting rituals
and pageants of Japan, of course,
offer a wealth of opportunity for
such artistry.
A claim of excessive senti nen-
tality might well be made against
the film were it not fir; the fact
that Mifune is in complete con-
trol of his characterization. What
could become maudlin in less cap-
able hands is genuinely moving in
his.
HIKEKO TAKAAJNE, portray-
ing the woman Matsu loves but
can never hope to posses, reflects
the strange mixture of budding
equality and ancient social stratif-
ication which alternately raises
and destroys her admirer's hopes
for happiness.
Striking techniques of photo-
graphy are employed to mirror,
in nature, the emotions and crises
of the characters. Traces of the
"pathetic fallicy" are evident, to
be sure, but are made largely in-
significant by the unity of mood
which is thereby achieved.
-Ralph Stingel
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By MICHAELHARRAH
Daily Staff Writer
UNITED AUTO WORKERS'
President Walter Reuther has
called his second idiotic strike in
less than a month and it's high
time that some check be devised to
stop these unnecessary hijiiks.
The current Ford strike was call-
ed for no better reason than to
back up a senseless threat. To be
certain, Walter Reuther had no
choice but to call a strike, but a
man in his position should be re-
sponsible enough not to make,
needless threats.
CONSIDER the facts:
Armed with a somewhat bizarre
contract with American Motors
(which was more political cam-
paign platform for George Romney
than a victory for labor), Reuther
went into "intensive" bargaining
with General Motors. GM was un-
impressed, but still in earnest. At
the very outset he threatened to
strike and set a specific deadline
-a deadline which even the fed-
eral mediation board found hard
to believe.
General Motors claimed it could
not possibly meet the deadline and
still make a good contract. Tough,
replied Reuther. A plea from Sec-
retary of Labor Arthur Goldberg
only got the strike deadline put
off-from the Friday before La-
bor Day to the Tuesday following.
That in itself makes one suspicious
that Reuther would have struck as
originally intended, had it not
been that he feared internal re-
percussions from employees losing
vacation pay.
* * * 1
SO HE STRUCK GM. The giant
auto corporation professed they
were progressing as fast as they
could. All economic issues were
settled. Only local disputes re-
mained-things which could not
be worked out until the economic
points were settled upon.
The federal mediation board,the
labor department and even the
President publicly took a dim view
of the strike. But the UAW struck
anyway. Perhaps they had to, in
order to keep face. But their heart
was not in it. Some of the major
locals refused to go out and still
others didn't stay out.
/"And when differences were
settled at last, Reuther was unable
to control several wild-cat strikes.
What it all amounted to was two
weeks of an ill-advised and quite
unpopular mess. One would think
Reuther would learn.. .
* * H
BUT HISTORY repeats itself at
Solidarity House. The new-and-
different AMC contract had little
effect at GM, so the GM contract,
which contained little more than
the old one, was a slap in the face
to the UAW boss.
He tackled Ford next. Impressed
with GCS's handling of the prob-
lem, Ford decided they had a few
rights and things to say in this
whole matter of new contracts
too. So they informed Reuther
they would have to negotiate his
offer, and Ruether informed them
of their strike date.
It was GM all over again' Gold-
berg pleading, Kennedy frowning,
the federal mediator proclaiming
the needlessness of a strike, Ford
"working as fast as we can," and
Reuther all the while preparing
for a strike.
Ford was struck early this week.
All the economic issues were set-
tled; only local grievences remain-
ed. Again there was no better rea-
son for the strike than Reuther's
vanity.
APPARENTLY, the UAW boss
does not learn from his own mis-
takes, or else he's power crazy.
Strikes were originally conceived
to force management to come to
terms. But when management (by
most everyone's standards) is do-
ing its best to reach agreement, is
a strike justified?
Let's put the shoe on the other
foot. If lock-outs were legal and
management didn't like the way
things were going, would they be
justified in locking out the work-
ers when the union was earnestly
trying to come to terms?
The answer in both cases is no.
There's but one difference: Man-
agement cannot stop work, even
when their complaint is well
taken; but unions can strike when-
ever it takes their fancy.
* * * -
NOW, HOWEVER, the UAW is
abusing this power. It wouldn't.
seem that they.should be allowed
to strike. whenever they feel like
it, for there's too much at stake.
In the past it was thought that
unions were reasonable enough to
Oppositi"on
"I WANT to tell you Socialists.. .
that I am entirely at variance
with you philosophy . .. Econom-
ically, you are unsound; socially,
you are wrong; and industrially,
you are an impossibility."
-Samuel Gompers
use the liberal powers of the strike
wisely, but in view of the UAW
actions plus continuing troubles
at such vital places as Cape Ca-
naveral, one can only conclude
that labor has lost it prospective
in the matter.
Just as management had to be
stopped from upsetting a locality
with a lock-out, so must labor now
be stopped from doing the same
thing with needless strikes.
One way of course to settle the
matter would be to pass legislation
requiring unions to apply to the
federal mediation board or the
National Labor relations board for
permission to strike. Then perhaps
the people' of the nation would
have some say in the matter. As
it is now, they alone are unheard.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:
Fire and Red Tape
-~~~ 'ietne
By HAR
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3-2-1-LEARN!
VEY MOLOTCH, Editorial Director
4 ARLY LAST WEEK I returned to Mason
Hall's language lab for the first time since
layed ,down my Politzer French workbook
vo years ago. With great dismay, I learned
at despite one vibrant Daily editorial and
ie almost revolutionary letter to the editor
manding its withdrawal, the time clock still
ood on the window sill.
I'm anti-time'clocks, mainly because I'm
nti-time. Time itself is a worthless entity, and
is absolutely ridiculous to set up mechanisns
measure it.
Of course the officials who -have set up
is system have done it probably not to
easure time, per se, but to use this measure-
ent-relative and worthless, though it may
,-in the name -of the great god education.
WILL LAY myself upon the altar of self-
sacrifice and let it be known that at least
r Harvey Molotch, the time-clock failed,
iserably for all concerned. How well -I re-
ember my sessions in the language lab. Twice
week I carefully placed a Henry Miller
,vel,' freshly smuggled into the U.S. by a
iend between the pages of my Politzer work-
>ok-it was then child's play to smuggle it
to the language lab. Soon I began looking
rward to my sessions in the lab, for I knew
at not only was I acquiring the longest
Led-in - punch card on the racks, but that
ere- was another passage of Henry Miller
aiting with the earphones.
No doubt, there are many of you out there
(esoterics, we'll call you) who will say that
the time clock brought me Henry Miller and
Henry Miller is art, and I learned, and I was
fulfilled. I won't debate the literary merits
of Henry Miller as I am still quite illiterate.
But during those hours as a freshman I know
I was not being fulfilled; I was not reading art
-I was waddling in FILTH, I knew it was
filth, and I kept reading precisely because it
was filth. I still have the book, and I'll show
anyone the underlined passages.
I never learned any French; I seldom even
turned on my earphones. I did, however, pick
up some fine English idomatic phrases from
the entourage of foreign students invariably
shouting around me-"I'11 see you, I'll see
you, I'll see you, I'll see you," ad infinitum.
Despite all this, I used to leave the lab
with a real feeling of satisfaction-I had
more than fulfilled my obligation; the lan-
guage lab and I were as one. I prayed to
God that myI instructor was not one of those.
who I heard never even checked the- time-
cards. I had worked so hard, and besides, after
a while, I began to feel that perhaps through
osmosis by such close proximity to French
tapes, I was actually learning.
I WASN'T LEARNING a thing. Last year I
was in France and couldn't speak a sen-
tence or understand a Frenchman's simple
directions. Yet the University of Michigan
To the Editor:
A STARTLING FACT was un-
covered at Alice Lloyd Hall
during Tuesday night's fire: al-
though the lever on the corridor,
fire alarm box was pullel as soon
as the fire was discovered, the
main gong did not go off to warn
the girls until after the arrival
of the firemen. The result was, of
course, chaos, with half the girls
running outside after hearing
shouts and screams of-"Fire!" with
the other half either insisting it
was a false alarm, or left sitting
in dazed confusion.
The delayed action of the main
fire gong was due to no mechani-
cal failure in the apparatus itself,
but rather to foolish planning on
the part of whoever set it up.
When the lever on the little cor-
ridor alarm is pulled, a signal is
sent directly to the fire station,
but the dorm-wide gong is not
touched off; instead, a signal is
triggered in the housemother's of-
fice, and if she happens to be in,
she immediately pulls the ,switch
for the main alarm, unless, of
course, she wishes to check for a
false alarm.
From Tuesday night's results, it
is obvious that the time taken out
for this red tape can cause mass
confusion and panic, and could
very well mean the difference be-
tween life and death, should the
fire be serious enough. Most uni-
versity women are mature enough
to be trusted with "live" fire
alarms in their living quarters and
if a false alarm did occur, wouldn't
that annoyance be worth the sav-
ing of time, panic and, possibly,
of lives later on?
-Jeannette Hoffman, '64
-Gretchen Groth, '64
Curtains . .
To the Editors:
WE ARE WRITING in angry
protest to the unreasonable
demand of Mr. L. A. Schaadt that
the cafe curtains hanging in our
room be removed.
First, we must point out that
dormitory rules pertaining to the
to be proven that the public makes
a habit of staring at residence halls
and making crucial observations
of each window. It is therefore
even more remote that someone
would stand outside, finger point-
ed, and scream, "Look their win-
dow is different from everybody
else's."
IN BROCHURES that women
residents receive, the philosophy
of dormitory living is expressed as
one trying to provide as home-
like an atmosphere as possible. We
know our curtains have achieved
'this.
However, from Mr. Schaadt's
point of view, the devices which
create this atmosphere must go.
In addition to the bright little cur-
tains, the colorful prints of mu-
seum paintings, which hide the
dirt, cracks and peeling paint of
our drab' gray walls, must now
go, too, because the use of mask-
ing tape is being put on the for-
bidden list. We can now use push
-pins only. Have you ever tried to
put 48 pushpins in a plaster wall?
We fully realize that we are
living in an institution-but we
prefer not to liken it to a convent
or a penitentiary. If the admins-
trators of this university are going
to devote valuable time to such
petty things as curtains and mask-
ing tape, rather than to the great-
er and more pertinent problems
existing on our campus, i.e. pro-
cess of registration, course im-
provements, faculty ,fire alarms,
etc., then, we can only say it will
eventually be curtains for the Uni-
versity of Michigan. -
-Shelly Ruth Stern, '64
-Linda Shulman, '64
Homecoming..
To the Editor:
BECAUSE of all the inquiries, I
would like to explain how the
Homecoming petitions were judg-
ed. The judging, which took place
Tuesday night, was out of the
hands of the Central Committee.
The Judges were Mike Balgley
from the Union, Allyn Thomp-
As far as any duplications
which were accepted, their ideas
were different enough to allow no
prejudice in the upcoming judging,
October 21.
As far as an intellectual 1mpli
cation, we have added an "intel-
lectual twist" to a rah-rah week-
end.
We never intended to do away
with the rah-rah aspect, only to
add something to it. We wanted
the foreign students to take part
in this all-American, traditional
weekend, and they are.
There is no apathy with this
year's Homecoming, and I hope
there will none in future Home-
comings, and I hope that future
Homecomings carry on with our
"intellectual twist." In conclu-
sion, I would like to state that the
views I stated are my own, and
do not necessarily reflect the
opinions of the Central Commit-
tee.
-Aaron Grossman, '63
Homecoming Displays
Co-chairnan
Elephants ..,
To the Editor:'
HAT IS WTONG with editorial
writer Harry Perlstadt? He
failed to see the really threatening
significance of the three elephants
being built for Homecoming. They
are obvious manifestations of the
(heaven forbid!) rising conserva-
tive movement on this campus!
-Patricia Wilson, '64
Vitality.
To the Editor:
IN ALL THE EXCITEMENT of
the impending retirement of
xDeborah Bacon as Dean of Wo-
men it is to be hoped that her
contribution and great dedication
to the University is not ignored.
Many will disagree with some of
her solutions for the multitude of
problems which confronted her
daily; but none can deny her
loyalty and keen spirit which she
brought to her office.~
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7
General Notices
ards for N.S.F. Fellowship programs.
Events Saturday
Faculty Recital: Percival Price, Uni-
versity Carillonneur, will present a re-
cital on Sat., Oct. 7 at 12 Noon at Bur-
ton Memorial Tower.
Placement
The following schools have listed
teaching vacancies for the school year
1961-1962.%