CUBAN INVASION: Who Makes Attack Possible? -. Seventy-First Year ____ - EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ions Are Free UNDER AUTHORITY ,OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS ill Prevail" STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG.* ANN ARBOR, MICH.Y* Phone NO 2-3241 als printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual-opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. (EDITOR'S NOTE: The authors of the following article are Venezue- lan students, currently enrolled in the University.) By FELSON CARRILLO and STEPHAN NUBE Daily Guest Writers W ITH A COMPLETE disregard for national freedom and sovereignity, an outside force has waged a large-scale land, sea and air invasion of Cuba. There is a current American opinion which asserts that this invasion is being organized and backed by Cubans who live outside of Cuba-specifi- cally in the United States and Guatemala. But as a result of hasty depar- tures from their homeland and the fact that Cuban law forbids citi- zens from leaving the island with national currency, most of the "refugees" reached their new havens in dire financial straits. Thus, ,the question immediately arises: who is providing the coun- ter-revolutionaries with their ob- vious financial backing? It is also common knowledge that the Cubans living In the U.S. (60 thousand in number or one per cent of the total Cuban popu- lation) are not united. They all share an unwavering intent to overthrow Fidel Castro and pos- APRIL 19, 1961 NIGHT EDITOR: JOHN ROBERTS University Secrecy Blocks Co 1uunication EVENTS late last week raised anew the' roblem of secrecy in the University. In cases, an elaborate explanation was of- to justify "the suppression of informa- nneither case did this justification offset ct that the public wasn't kept informed. FIRST EVENmT was the Senate fbrum, nvened to hear the President's Commis-; n Year Around Operation. The commis- eaded by Prof. William Haber, had held meetings but had until that time re- almost nothing to indicate the direction ature of its planning. The Senate meet- as called 'so that the commission could the faculty up to date'on its proceedings, 6t its reaction to the plans being consid- ars meeting, as all Senate meetings, was to, the public. Direct coverage by The as usual, was not allowed. Later in the' ig, members of the commission agreed on. fusely worded communique summarizing eetng-and making it seem like a Sat- luncheon. The Daily dutifully printed gue iiformnation supplied. that all members of the commission were ed . to Daily coverage of the meeting- the opposite was true of some. But in Geo of a long standing tradition based on aially long standing argument, the view- of this minority could gain no acceptance. traditional reaction runs something as ,: - owledge that their comments might be hed could restrain faculty members from ing in a frank and fruitful debate, par- i1y if/ Regental policy or administrative ice is-at issue. Admission of Daily report- uld leave the door open to misrepresenta- af the facts, distortion of the tone of the ng, sensationalism, or other such mani- Ions ,df journalistic irresponsibility. Fur- ore, the faculy has the right of anony- any time it chooses, the right to speak Lit fear of reprisal. lict In this whole argument is the feeling 6a. Senate meeting is a private affair of Iculty, and what goes on is nobody else's *SS. CONSEQUENCES of this practice and ttitude are clear. Most immediately, all its and many of the faculty members selves are left almost totally uninformed Le Senate's true feelings on a natter ing and affecting the whole academic unity. Even if students are subsequently ht into the confidence of the commission, Indeensile SOMETIMES difficult to understand the erals' viewpoint toward the United States i policy during the past year. These lib- claimu that the Administration should not admitted political refugees from Cuba and that we should have a hands-off atti- oii the current crisis there. ,is an unrealistic procedure to follow. It ertainy justifiable torallow the yictims of ime equally as despotic as the Batista trship to enter this country. If the United a had refused admittance to these refu- this action would undoubtedly be inter- : as a tacit sanctioning of Castro's clique. , United States mst not stand pat on ffairs in Cuba. We cannot tolerate a Com- st country 90 miles from our shore. The d States can influence the overthrow of o without finding it necessary to bring an equally tyrannical leader like Batista; , help relieve the suffering of the workers Lba without sacrificing the middle classes altar of expendibility would be a sad state of affairs for this ry to adopt a defensive orientation of T towar Cuba rather than a positive one. e United States is so weak that it must o the mouthings of a Cuban demagogue, it is in bad shape indeed, and the liberals share the blame for this condition. the United States to exercise official or icial tolerance of Castro, through denial [mission to refugees from him or by fail- o work for his downfall, is just as Inde- ble as supporting the government of Ba- himself. -G. STORCH Editorial Staff THOMAS HAYDEN, Editor NAN MARKEL JEAN SPENCER City Editor Editorial Director fETHi McELDOWNEY ....... Associate City Editor H DONER...................Frsonnel Director [AS KABAKER....................Magazine Editor iD APPLEBAJM .. Associate Editorial Director AS WITECKI................Sports Editor AEL GILLMAN......... .Associate Sports Editor the secrecy of the Senate session destroys any hope for communication on a basis of partner- ship among students, faculty and administra- tion. As a result the "community of scholars" -so idyllically sketched in University announce- ments is carved into three little universes, and "no trespassing" signs spring up everywhere. Moreover, the arguments advanced in defense of a closed Senate are specious. The Daily is far more likely to err in.reporting and inter- preting the facts when they are recited over the telephone than when they are gathered first hand. The nuances and tone of the, discussion, when no reporter is present, are things about which it is impossible to even speculate. And somehow the idea that the faculty must have a private retreat in which to voice its criticism of administrative and Regental poli- cies seems inconsistent with those high quali- ties of intellectual integrity and moral courage. which are rghtly espoused from the lectern. If there is criticism to, make, should it not be frank and open, so that it may be better eval- uated with greatr fairness to all? Doesn't keeping criticism under wraps actually heighten the resentment of the criticized and the fear of reprisal of the critic? Isn't dissent commu- nicated through the press and open forum more honest, more courageous and ultimately more effective than dissent communicated through the grapevine? THE SECOND secrecy-shrouded event was the latest development in the effot to effect a c1ange in women's regulations which would soften the present prohibition on visiting in men's apartments. The efforts have been un- derway for six months, and were reported for the first time only this Sunday. Last fall the Office of Student Affairs de- cided to correct the plainly outdated and ob- viously unheeded policy currently on the books. A committee consisting of the chairmen of= Women's Judiciary and Joint Judiciary, Asso- clate Dean of Men John Bingley, and Dean of Women Deborah Bacon studied the situation and recommended to Vice-President for Stu- dent Affairs James Lewis that all women be- yond first-semester freshmen be allowed in apartments during regular calling hours. Mr. Lewis took the recommendations under advisement and subsequently referred it to the Subcommittee on Student Discipline headed by Prof. John Reed. This group suggested sev- eral revisions of an unknown nature and F'ri- day returned the proposal to Mr. Lewis, who now must meet with the original committee to iron out group differences. The Daily was informed early of the action being taken on women's regulations and has been kept well-appraised as the situation has unfolded, but was asked not to print the news. The decision to publish was made when it be- came clear that the original ethical commit- ment of the Daily-to refrain from releasing information given in confidence-had been per- verted into an instrument for suppression of a legitimate 'news-story. The Daily thus shares some responsibility for the distressingly secre- tive atmosphere surrounding the action on this important matter. But what is truly amazing is the belief of the Office of Student Affairs that such secrecy is right and proper, and for pre-- cisely those reasons that seem to require the frankest possible public discussion. THE AREA under consideration, so the argu- ment runs, is a particularly sensitive one. Clearly the regulation as it now stands is hope- lessly outdated and unenforceable. Violations are frequent, but the regulation lumps into one class all types of violators. By modernizing the regulation, it will be possible to discriminate between those who are merely ignoring a bad rule and those actually doing wrong. But be- cause such an updating might be misinterpret- ed by some part of the community, it is im- portant no word of the revision leak out until it can be put in its final form. This argument is a peculiar mixture of ar- rogance and timidity. It assumes that the committee has the judgment and sophistication -not to mention the right-to define wrong- doing and thus sit as final arbiter on the mor- ality of several thousand University women. At the same time it illustrates the University's fear of being caught in public with its conservatism down. The University should take a little more pride in, and exert a great deal more effort toward, becoming a leader of - public opinion. And it is insulting to the concept of individual responsibility and dignity for any handful of persons, however well qualified, to secretly un- dertake such a project without the fullest pos- sible public discussion on the philosophy of women's regulations and their place in the edu- cational scheme. Waiting until a new rule is drawn, up to make it public allows no oppor- tunity for such discussion, and affords the per-' sons affected no chance to influence the final form of the regulation. T AM NOT PREPARED to claim that all secre- a cy is avoidable and unnecessary, although I TODAY AND TOMORROW: Khrushchev Predicts Cub an Landing (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first article in a series of three on an ex- clusive interview with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. The following dis- patch was issued April 14.) l By WALTERt LIPPMANN MR. KHRUSHCHEV SAID flatly, but not I thought with much pas- sion, that we were preparing a landing in Cuba, a landing not with American troops but with Cubans arned and supported by the United States. He said that if this happened, the Soviet Union would "oppose" the United States. His attitude towards Cuba is based on the dogma that a worldwide ,revolutionary movement is destined to bring the old colonial countries into the Communist orbit. Castro's revolution is inevitable and pre- determined. It was not made by the Soviet Union but by the history of Cuba, and the Soviet Union Is involved because Castro appealed for economic help when the United States tried to strangle the revolution with an embargo. I hope I was not misled in understanding him to mean that he would, oppose us by propaganda and diplomacy, and that he did not have in mind military intervention. I would in fact go a bit further, based not on what he said but on the general tone of his remarks, that in his book it is normal for a great power to undermine an unfriendly government within its own sphere of interest. He has been doing this himself in Laos and Iran and his feeling about the American support of subversion in Cuba is altogether different in quality from his feeling about the encouragement of resistance in the satellite states of Europe. Mr. Khrushchev thinks much more like Richelieu and Metternich than like Woodrow Wilson.\ s s* * * I HAD AN OVERALL impression that his primary interest is not in the cold war about the small and underdeveloped countries. The support of the revolutionary movement among these countries is for him an interesting, hopeful, agreeable opportunity, but it is not a vital interest in the sense that he would go to war about it. He is quite sure that he will win this cold war without military force because he is on the side of history, and because he has the military power to deter us from a serious military intervention. His primary concern is with the strong countries, especially with the United States, Germany and China. I could not ask him direct questions about China. But there is no doubt that in his calculations of world power, China is a major factor. I felt that he thought of China as a problem of the future, and that may be one of the reasons why for him the immediate and passionate questions have to do with Germany and disarmament. Mr. Khrushchev spoke of revolutionary movements among small nations-Laos, Cuba and Iran. But for him these three are merely examples of what he regards as a worldwide and historic revolutionary movement-akin to the change from feudalism to capitalism-which is surely destined to bring the old colonial countries into the Communist orbit. I could detect no doubt or reservation in his mind that this will surely happen, that there is no alternative, that while he will help this manifest destiny and while we will oppose it, the destiny would. be realized no matter what either of us, did. , , , , SPEAKING OF IRAN, which he did without my raising the sub- ject, he said that Iran had a very weak Communist party but that nevertheless the misery of the masses and the corruption of the govern- ment was surely producing a revolution. "You will assert," he said, "that the Shah has been overthrown by the Communists, and we shall be very glad-to have it thought in the world that all the progressive people in Iran recognize that we are the leaders of the progress of mankind.' Judging by the general tenor of what he said about Iran, it would be fair to conclude that he is not contemplating military intervention and occupation-"Iran is a poor country which is of no use to the Soviet Union"-but that he will do all he can by propaganda and inderect intervention to bring down the Shah. In his mind, Iran is the most immediate example of the in- evitable movement of history in which he believes so completely. He would not admit that we can divert this historic movement by cham- pioning liberal democratic reforms. Nothing that any of us can say can change his mind, which is that of a true believer, except a demon- stration in some country that we can promote deep democratic re- forms. sess a common ambition for power. Otherwise, there are no other similar thoughts in their minds.i There are 75 different anti-Castro groups in Miami and Lousiana. With anti-Castro sentiment so deeply split, a second query rises: who has formed the united and coordinated force that is presently attacking the sovereign soil of Cuba. * * * THE MEN WHO established this armed body are being trained in several camps established by an "unknown power" in the states of Florida and Louisiana. Amer- ica's most popular newspapers and magazines talk about the train- ing-camps in Florida-their exs- tance can not be denied. These same publications have also de- voted much attention to the "Cu- ban Revolutionary Council," an unlawful Cuban government oper- atrig in New York and formed y the merger of two originally op- posing factions. I "Time" magazine, in its March 13 edition states: "Despite bland official state- ments the U.S. has no attitude whatsoever toward the Revolu- tionary Council, the fact is that the U.S. helped bring the two spatting groups to the negotiation. table. Whatever aid -the exiles might get from the U.S. is some- thing elso no orie is talking about." AMERICAN PERIODICALS have also raised the plea of help for Cuban refugees. From the same edition of "Time," this concept of "help" becomes more clearly de- fined: "Despite reverses, the rebels still have hopes of defeating Castro in the hills. Some 500 armed men are left In the Escambray . . The primary need is for more and bet-- ter communications with the out- side. Instructors are needed to teach the rebels how to use ba- zookas, recoiess rifles. Demoli- tion experts are needed for special jobs such as blowing up brdges." Weresanti-Bastista, anti-Perez Jimenez, anti-Trujillo, anti-Peron, anti-Ordia or anti-Rojas Pinilla forces allowed to train their troops in America and use the U.S. as a base to organize an attack against the dictator of the day? The State department has de- cided to donate $1 million to the Cuban refugees in Florida because they could not support themselves, but, supposedly, could finance training camps and an armed force. Did the State department give a penny to impoverished Ven- ezuelan, Dominican, Columbian or .Argentinan refugees that were. exiled3n the U.S. during the long years of dictatorship in their countries? S* 0 AND THEN, there is the State department's White Paper which tells the world that Fidel double- crossed the ideals of the revolu- tion, that the people in Cuba are starving and are being lead toward Communism. Was there any White Paper is- sued during the 1950's when there were more than 10 dictators in Latin America. -Were there any medals or words of congratulation given to the progressive tyrants' of the time? Has there been any White Paper against.-the present dictators in Latin America or against Spain's Franco, a man who has killed more than one million Spaniards during his. 25 year tyranny? President Kennedy addressed Latin American ambassadors in a White House reception and launched his new 10 year aid pro- gram. He gave the ambassadors a. slogan: "Progresso si, tirania no." How can anyone talk about "Tirania no" in front of Somoza's, Strossner's' or Duvalier's ambas- sadors? How can Latin Americans be expected to trust the United States under these conditions? TV SPECTACLE: Academy Awards SpOtlight A chievement IE 1961 ACADEMY Awards were characterized by a number of good and bad points which have become typical of the annual presenta- tion: domination by a single studio-although not by a single film this time, inexplicable neglect of some outstanding talents and deserved recognition of others, an unending parade of brainless stars with flat jokes and the once-a-year chance to see and hear some of the great film-makers who never appear on the screen. United Artists, the firm which distributes (but does not produce) films of independent movie-makers, had a near-monopoly on feature film awards. At the same time, the honors were split up among a number of important pictures. This evenness was a welcome change from some past years when single spectacles like "Gigi," "Gone with the Wind," or "Ben-Hur" received almost all the honors by the sheer volume of their publicity and size of their budgets. s * GENERALLY MORE acceptable decisions than those made by the Academy come from smaller groups, such as the New York critics, each of which rewards a few outstanding achievement in fields which he is competent to Judge. The Academy Awards for act'ing -which this 'year went to Burt Lancaster, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov, and Shirley Jones-are usually the most meaningless, partly because, as emcee Bob Hope so rightly observed, "the Academy decides which actor and actress have the best press agents," but also because screen performances are almost entirely the work of the director, who by camera place- ment and movement, by reshoot- Ing scenes, by juxtaposing and contrasting shots in editing, fash- ions the, pictureas he wants it. This year was no exception, as the choices of Ustinov, Miss Jones and Lancaster were as much to the credit of their directors (Stan- ley Kubrick and Richard Brooks, respectively) as to their own skill. Miss Taylor was, of course, the sentimental favorite on the basis of a series of competent portrayals over the past few years and a well- publicized bout with near-fatal pneumonia. There were, however, some other dark horse favorites who didn't make it, the most notable case being the brilliant Alfred Hitch- cock, who was finally in line for an Oscar on his fifth nomination. But Psycho was admittedly not his best picture, and Hitch came away empty-handed. Fred Zin- nemann and his fine film "The Sundowners" (likewise Deborah Kerr, its. star) got no honors either. BILLY WILDER WAS right In being slightly sarcastic about the whole overinflated business of Academy Awards, but they do have their 'virtues too. This annual af- fair is the one time when great technicians and film-makers have their chance for public attention. Editors like Daniel Mandell, or directors like William Wyler, Rich- ard Brooks and Wilder have a brief moment in the spotlight af- ter working anonymously for 80 per cent of the filmgoing public in making pictures. Moreover, artistic endeavor of any sort should have some way of expressing recognition for out- standing achievement. This is so whether in the form of a list of ten best-selling books or an Oscar to the leading musical composer. ;y The Academy Awards have stim- ulated the creation of film festi- vals and various prizes all over Europe and Asia as well as other- parts of this continent.I While the selections for such prizes and Oscars are often de-- batable, the serious attempt 'to focus attention on the' best or most significant work that is being done in the cinematic art is' praiseworthy. And it happens that descendants of the original film awards, such as Venice and Can- nes, supplement the Academy by occasionally spotting a low-budget American sleeper, unnoticed by American critics, which eventually is given its deserved acclaim abroad.- -Steven Hill 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 3519 Administration Building, before 2 p.m., two days preceding pubication. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19 General Notices Seniors: Colege of L.S. & A., and Schools of Business Administration, Education, Music, and'-Public Health- Tentative lists of seniors for June graduation have been posted on the bulletin board in the first floor- lobby, Admin. Bldg. Any changes therefrom should be requested of the: Recorded at Office'of Registration and Records window Number A, 1513 Admin. Bldg. Undergraduate Women Students now on campus who do not have a housing commitment for the fall semester 1961, may apply for housing in- League Houses and Residence HIalla at the FESTIVAL: ," Finale HE FIRST FESTIVAL of Con- temporary Music ended last night on a pleasing note of nor- mality with performances by music school, faculty members of works by Stravinsky, Alvin Etler, Ingolf Dahl and Ross Lee Finney, comn- poser-in-residence at the Univer- sity. Stravinsky's "Serenade in A" (1925), elegantly played 'by Ben- ning Dexter, pianist, displayed the engaging and lyrical side of Stra- vinsky's musical personality - a side which is not very well-known. Alvin Elter's "Woodwind Quin- tet No. 2" (1957) was given a polished performance by Pros. Nelson Hauenstein, flute; Florian Mueller, obeo; Albert Luconi, clar-' inet; Louis Stout, rench horn; and. Lewis Cooper, bassoon. To judge by this piece, Elter deliberately makes his music pre- dictable, with the advantage that the music can then take surpris- ing turns-a modest and generally successful way of engaging the audience. FINNEY'S "CHROMATIC Fan- tasy In E" (1957) is a serious work, by no means calculated to' have its effect on first hearing. He obviously relishes the far- midable challenge of writing such a lengthy monologue. His music neveix succumbs to the simple ,and fatal defect of monotony. Edel's performance was very much in 'the' spirit of the com- position - introspective and ex- pressive. "A Quartet for Piano and' Strings" (1957) by Ingolf Dahl, played' with flair by Profs. Gus- Lave Rosseels. violin;'' Robert Courte,vio;lsOliver Ede, cllo; and Wallace Berry, piano provide a colorful end to the concert. The most conspicuous feature of the. work is its extensive exploration of varieties of- string sounds. The final concert, and indeed the Festival as a .whole, demon- - strated the normal and recogniz- able aspect of contemporary music rather than the radical and the experimental. It is a side of en- temporary music whose existence' the public has had trouble be- lieving in. - David Sutherland, to the EDITOR Invasion. .. To the Editor: AMERICAN INGENUITY is known and admired through- out the world. Challenged by the Soviet Union, we have met the challenge with a most miraculqu invention. This invention is instant revolution. We first unveiled it in Guatemala, and now perfected, it has appeared on the Cuban scene. For the first time in history, soldiers have been recruited from nowhere, trained in the fourth dimiension, equipped with landing craft and jet planes from out of thin air,-and delivered, packaged and wrapped on the Cuban coast-' line. The security of the United States is threatened, for if the CIA-has no knowledge of this affs&r, any- thing could happen without our knowing aboit it. The President of the United States should declare a state of natiofial emergency. Per haps right now we are being in- vaded. Preposterous? It certainly is. -Robert I. Rhodes, 'W3E Beholder's Eye ... To the Editor: IN A RECENT letter to the editor concerning women's dress stan- dards there appeared a statement which read, "Bermudas and slacks cannot effectively create a wom- anly appearance." Evidently said author has never been to the. Un- dergraduate Library and observed the' effect created by the extreme- ly womanly appearance of the Michigan women in slacks on the concentration capabilities of the average male student. One of the hazards of studying at the Under- graduate Library has traditionally been that it is rather difficult to i .1 A 1 . .1 "Politics Is Fascinating-Don't You Think?" - - - - - ~Ijr T' ImumOt f