Great Debate Seventy-Third Yea, EDrrED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN .. UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS "Where opinions Are Free STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG., ANN ARBOR, MICH., PHONE NO 2-3241 Truth Will Prevail" Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. SUNDAY, MAY 12, 1963 ACTING NIGHT EDITOR: KENNETH WINTER NegosApyEconomics: Integration or Bust HE CRISIS is over in Birmingham-for the Probably they will decrease in severity as more moment, anyway. Negro and white leaders and more communities give way without a in this Alabama city have reached a tentative fight. agreement. If it is not broken, the agreement Why did rioting succeed where other forms is one of the most significant developments in of action have failed? race relations since 1954. Not since that year, when the Supreme Court ruled segregated THE ANSWER to this question would do schools unconstitutional, has a single action Karl Marx proud. It is simply economics. had greater possible implications. Businessmen in Birmingham realize that the The agreement calls for the release of Ne- image of a strife-torn city will do very little groes jailed during the' rioting of the past to encourage the growth of new enterprises or few weeks, desegregation of lunch counters and an influx of tourists, and both of these are rqst rooms, re-establishment of communica- vital to Birmingham's economic well-being. tions between Negroes and whites and an offer Furthermore, there is grave danger to per- of something like equal job opportunities to sonal property when rioting and fighting get Negroes. In turn, the Negroes will cease their out of hand. Also a strife-torn business district mob actions. is not the most conducive shopping area. This action is significant, not because of The businessmen are quick to put their what the Negroes won by it, but because of the economic well-being ahead of their convictions wsay in which they won. Sit-ins, Freedom on segregation. Of course they do appreciate Riders, voter registration drives, all have aimed the fact that they are being traitors to their at accomplishing desegregation; but in the past fellow citizens and that is why all but one of they all have failed where mass rioting here them chose to remain anonymous. This is not succeeded. to say that there is no personal distaste for violence or other such motive in the minds of T WILL NOT require genius on the part of these businessmen; but it may be seen that Negro leaders to realize the obvious con- they play a secondary role when we turn to elusion. There are go'ing to be a lot more riot's. view city officials who oppose the agreement. THESE PERSONS cannot nearly as easily cC S. ey t "'"betray the citizenry. They would soon be Re e out of jobs. It is in their economic interest to fight against any integration efforts. That is HAITIAN DICTATOR Francois Duvalier, a why the city officials keep claiming that they former University student, does not seem will not be bound by the agreement. to have learned very much from his stay in However, the city is only directly connected Ann Arbor. with one of the four parts of the agreement. Duvalier -reportedly a very nasty fellow- It can only block the section which promises apparently did not get the message about re- the release of jailed Negroes. But even here ligion, morality and knowledge being necessary there is very little chance that it will act. To for the conduct of good government. It also keep the Negroes in jail would be to resume seems that the University failed to educate the rioting, upset the businessmen and perhaps the whole man. bring in the federal government. This is even For ithirepotdthmore than the diehard-segregationists would For it is reported that Duvalier and his choose to face. henchmen have been rather autocratic int running Haiti. Duvalier has been leading the. way as Haiti has been making a valiant effort THE AGREEMENT will be upheld. The riot- Ing will spread to other cities, though it will diminish in violence. And, before too long, the SECOND THOUGHT, maybe be learned Negro will have taken a large step toward his ON Edue role as an American citizen. toomuch.-D.D.M. -EDWARD HERSTEIN UNDERSCORE: Malaysia: Bleak Future , t r USE OF' PRFESIDENTIAL pcaWE7R CITYSCOPE: Research ParkGrowth Benefits Area <: :"- " ,,,, I .,.s . . . -.- - * x :.;_ .,. ; =c -, ; , 4 ; i i a ".^G Uj i.:{ 'S fli'} e i ;4, A .: A$; y.. "t#,.3 i : '.