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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:
Employes Protest UMSEU Picket
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3 JANUARY 1965
NIGHT EDITOR: JOHN BRYANT
Questions on the Future
Of the Two-Party System
OW VITAL is the two-party system
to American democracy? Can our sys-
a of government survive the disintegra-
n of one of our major parties? If the
iwers to these questions are negative,
ughtful Americans have reason to wor-.
'he future of the Republican Party is in
ibt, to put it mildly. The next' few
,rs bode increased rather than de-
ased intraparty conflict. Moderates are
olved that they will not allow the con-
vatives to again capture the presiden-
1 nomination without a fight and con-
vatives certainly are not going to con-
e the nomination peacefully.
'he selection of Ray Bliss as national
ty chairman indicates the degree of
.ty the GOP is able to achieve. Even
ugh all was supposed to appear sweet
I light the day that Goldwater an-
inced that Dean Burch would be re-.
ced, subsequent revelations indicate
t wlile the conservatives are willing
'he Academy
:ING AN "Oh, Horror of Horrors"
titude, officials at the Air Force
emy recently began an intensive in-
ration into alleged cheating on the
of the cadets.
date, four students have turned in
resignations under extremely un-;
conditions. Nobody has been told
aat degree they engaged in cheat-
r what evidence was found to indi-
such practices were widespread.
t despite the non-existence of sub-
ive news beyond the actual fact of
nvestigation, the story garnered top
in major newspapers.
AIR FORCE ACADEMY administra-
on has overreacted in the face 'of
cted intolerance on the part of oth-
They must have an unrealistically
opinion of themselves if they be-
such activities were not expected of
students to some extent.
ides being hypocritical, the investi-
n can only destroy any informal
sing processes the students may have
ed on their own. Finally, a whole-
investigation is no way to approach
which should be treated individ-
and in a calm manner.
e Air Force Academy should aban-
ts showcase of morality.
to accept Bliss as a replacement, they are
not about to unify behind him.
PEACE MAY EXIST on the surface, but.
beneath the fraticidal battles will con-
tinue..
Picture the situation until the 1968
Republican National Convention. The
moderates won't give up then like they
did in 1964. With the paucity of potential
conservative candidates the moderates
are even likely to win the nomination.
This certainly will not lessen the split
in GOP ranks. Open conflict will con-
tinue, unless by .some fluke the nominee
is able to beat the Democratic nominee-
probably President Johnson. The odds
somehow seem poor for such an upset.
A moderate defeat would set the con-
servatives off on another crusade, a
movement to capture the flag in 1972
when chances will be better to win the
presidency. If conservatives still have a
dominant position in the GOP this battle
will be carried out within/the party. If
not, what will happen?
BEFORE GOLDWATER was nominated,
there was rumbling about a third-par-
ty movement in various strong Goldwater
states. Having seen the. conservatives'
ability to mobilize their forces, who would
seriously question that they could form
a third party if they so desired? The pos-
sibility does exist and its potential effect
is terrifying.
Right now the Republican Party is
barely competitive with the Democrats.
How less competitive it would be if the
five million voters that Gallup says were
"hard-core" Goldwater supporters desert-
ed the GOP. The remaining Republicans
and the new Conservative' Party would
stand less chance of winning 'than did
Goldwater, much less.
In the event that the possibilities out-
lined, or some portion of them actually
occur, what would be the effect on Amer-
ican government? Would a second Era of
Good Feeling result? Would the minority
become so alienated from the system that
they would resort to violence? Possibili-
ties are limited only by one's imagina-
tion.
WHATEVER THE RESULT, it would be
tna drastic change from what Ameri-
cans are familiar with. Since the pres-
ent system has worked relatively well,
thinking Americans should turn their
thoughts and their efforts to preserving
it, unless they are willing to take the un-
certain consequences.
To the Editor:
AS EMPLOYES of Drake's Sand-
wich Shop, we are writing
this letter as a protest to the pro-
posed action of Mr. Bluestone and
his committee - their plan to
picket Drake's on Monday.
This action lacks legitimacy on
two points. First, when Mr. Blue-
stone contacted the few employes
he did, in order to discuss these
plans, we were assured that there"
would be no picketing.
He said that action would not
go beyond talking to the manager,
Mr. Tibbals, and "perhaps a boy-
cott." This was the only action to
which we agreed.
* * *
SECONDLY, this action-sup-
posedly being taken on behalf of
student employes at Drake's--does
not have their backing. The dis-
satisfaction did not arise from
this group, and a small percentage
knew of it.
By Ann Arbor standards our
wages are adequate and the bene-
fits are sufficient. We are allOwed
one-third off on anything we buy
in the store at any time. For em-
ployes of other establishments this
equals getting free meals only
when you are at work.
The group which intends to
picket neither works here nor ex-
presses the feelings of those who
do. Therefore, whatever signifi-
cance it may have, it is not an
expression of dissatisfaction con-
cerning 'wages among employes at
Drake's.
-Penny Gottlich, '67
Lydia Blanchard, '66
Suzanne Bishop, '65
Robert Rily, '65
To the Editor:
OBJECT to the University of
Michigan Student Employes
Union (representing nonemployes)
attempting to:
1) Harass one of the few res-
taurants where food tastes good;
2) Inflate the Ann Arbor dollar
-which, by the way, hurts stu-
dents whose income is from out-
side the community.-
I also note that The Daily re-
ports Drake's wages in the $1-
$1.25 per hour range as below the
Butterfield Theatre flat rate $1
(just changed from $.85) on the
same front page. Subtraction
error?
.-Robert L. Farrell, Grad
Rationale
To the Editor:
WE WOULD like to explain the
rationale for the UMSEU ac-
tion to be taken in reference to
Drake's Sandwich Shop on North
University. The tactics to be used
in this situation are unique for
the situation itself is unique.
As most students know, the
minimum wage in the state is now
$1.00 an hour. Drake's pays this
minimum wage and has for the
past tewlve years according to the
manager, Mr. Tibbals. This is pre-
cisely the problem. The cost of liv-
ing in Ann Arbor has risen some-
thing clase to 50 per cent in the
last twelve years, making one dol-
lar worth two-thirds of what it
usedt o be. Thus Drake's and other
Ann 'Arbor mercants who pay less
than the state minimum wage to-
day or meet the bare minimum are
giving students a real wage which
is far lower than wages in the
past.
* * *
THE UMSEU is not asking the
employes of Drake's to participate
in our picket line. We are not even
urging them to join our union.
They need their jobs even if they
pay little. If they were to Join our
union or our action, they might
lose those jobs.'
Some employes of Drake's may
be happy with one dollar an hour
and minimum fringe benefits. But
our union is more. concerned with
those students who are not happy
and most concerned with students
who apply for jobs at Drake's and
other establishments in the future.
If the dollar wage which is some-
what prevalent in Ann Arbor is
continued and the cost of living
goes up further, fewer and fewer
students of lesser financial means
will be able to attend the Univer-
sity. This is the real evil of the
dollar.
According to extensive surveys
of both' SOC and the UMSEU over
the past year, Drake's is an in-
ferior employer of students in Ann
Arbor compared with other .res-
taurants. Thus the UMSEU, after
careful consideration, has picked
Drake's for its action. Hopefully,
in the next few days, we may be
able to bring about a fair settle-
ment of the present situation.
-Barry Bluestone
President, UMSEU
Alan Jaffin, '66
--M. SATTINGER --CAL SKINNER, JR.
Doing Something About Learning
ROBERT J. LOESCHER'S history of art
course is already famous:t
-Among students in the course who
are glad they are in;
-Among students in the course who
wish they were out;
Dressered in
THE UNIVERSITY Housing Office has
a completely commendable plan for
refurnishing all the dorms with new
desks, dressers and chairs. The majority
of dorms have furniture that is in defi-
nite need of being replaced.
This semester Alice Crocker Lloyd was
the lucky dorm which received the long-
overdue furniture. While the new furni-
ture added immeasurably to the few sin-
gles and decreasing doubles, the housing
office's plan backfired in the triples.
The old dressers were small enough to
be stacked on one another, thus giving
the double converted into a triple more
free space. With the new dressers and
desks almost double the size of their old
counterparts, the rooms look more like a
showroom for a furniture store than a
home away from home.
PERHAPS IF SOME administrator in
the housing office had measured the
furniture and the rooms this ridiculous
overcrowding could have been avoided.
Life in a triple was tough enough.
-Among students out of the course
who wish they were in;
-Among students out of the course
who are glad they are out.
One can attribute such rapid renown
to the overwhelming ambition of the
professor to have the students learn, not
recite, art history.
The nature of the course, its revolu-
tionary assignment sheet that goes on
and on for seven pages of readings,-con-
struction projects and field trips, aside
from being helpful to the students can
be instructive to other professors. The
assignments are made with the assump-
tion that students are sincerely Thterest-
ed in learning and bored with merely
being taught. The assumption that the
teaching method is secondary to the
learning process shapes the goals of the
course.
MORE PROFESSORS should make the
assumptions Loescher makes. Instead
of belaboring the harsh reality that most
college students today don't give a damn
about learning, they might gear their pre-
lecture thoughts to the students that do
care.
Loescher assumed that those not inter-
ested in art history and those that do
not have the time to devote to it would
drop his course. He was right. Now he
can take for granted that the majority of
the students in his lecture hall are there
BERGMAN TRILOGY:
An Exhausting, Journey
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To S lene, iness
At the Campus Theatre
"A BERGMAN TRILOGY" is four and a half hours of uninterrupted
Bergman-a view of existence where vanything-anything-can
happen, for God is inscrutable and to our dimly seeing eyes more a
monstrous spider than some wishful dream of beauty.
The triology is an exhausting but moving journey through, loneli-
ness and emptiness; into a disturbing awareness of Bergman's vision
of our fearful and tormented, splintered being.
The three films in the trilogy are "Through A Glass Darkly,"
"Winter Light" and "The Silence." They are held togther not by any
continuation of plot or character, but by theme.
Taken individually, the first is the most successful because it
has the greatest range of nuance and interdependence among char-
acters, and dramatically is more interesting. However-the three taken
as a whole-the growing slowness and near-monotonus tone of "Winter
Dream" and "The Silence" fit well as the theme illustrates deeper
and deeper depths of the isolated human spirit.
"THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY" depicts the return to insanity
of a young woman. Her father is a writer who knows how to use words,
but not how to live or to love. Slipping farther and farther away, the
girl feels herself torn between two worlds: our own, and one more
angelic, whose inhabitants await the coming of God. This other world
she embraces-only to find God a crawling spider.
The second film, "Winter Dream," concerns a minister for whom
the ritual of the church has become simply ritual. He realizes that the
God he once preached was only his own naive dream grown from his
love for his wife. With his wife dead he feels no purpose in living
except "to be of use"-yet he cannot be even this; his ineffectual
words and empty counsel cannot even stop a parishoner from com-
mitting suicide.
In "The Silence" two sisters caught in an ambiguous relationship
with incestuous overtones and a small boy, the child of one of the
sisters, travel through a strange land whose writing and language are
incomprehensible.
THE ACTING in all the films is excellent. Ingrid Thulin, Gunnel
Lindblom, Gunnar Bjornstrand and Max von Sydow form the core
of Bergman's cast, and it is in his use of their abilities that much of
his greatness lies.
Everything that is included in a frame is meaningful to the action
taking place there. This is not to say, however, as is too often done,
that certain actions are necessarily "symbolic." Rather, it only suggests
or adds emphasis to some impression or mood Bergman is trying to
put across. To consider almost every object or action "symbolic" con-
fuses and obscures what is actually happening.
This is particularly true in "The Silence." It seems as if Bergman
deliberately included a wealth of misleading "symbols"-the tank, the
old man's pictures, the midgets-more for the sense of meaninglessness
they convey than for something of prime importance in themselves.
They do lend valid significance, but if attention is focussed only on
them, the more important matter of what actually is happening is
missed.
* * * .
WHAT ACTUALLY IS HAPPENING is not the silence of Goda-
this is a recognized fact-but the silence among human beings. The
characters in these films are concerned with God, but it is with each
other that they cannot communicate.
Concerning his trilogy Bergman has said: "What matters most
of all in life is being able to make that contact with another human
if you can take that first step toward communication, toward
Exec. Committee
Judy Klein, '66
Exec. Committee
George Stelnitz, '66
Vice-President
Hugh Granban, '66
Secretary-Theasurer
Politics
To the Editor:
T E MICHIGAN Region of the
United States National Stu-
dent Association is considering
setting up a Michigan Student
Legislature. One's natural reaction
to such a proposal is "Yes, we cer-
tainly needranother official organ
whereby students may express en-
lightened opinions to each other;
we don't have enough talking so-
cieties already."
This would be a just reaction if
the MSL were another talking so-
ciety, or simply a duplication of
something that already exists. But
this is not the case.
The MSL would fill at least two
existing needs. First, it would pro-
vide those students interested in
a public service career with a
background in state problems and
programs, and the operating
methods of 'state agencies. This is
currently available only to those
few who win legislative intern-
ships. Secondly, I nwould provide
practical experience in inter-
party conflict and negotiation.
* *
TODAY the student who joins
Young Republicans or Young
Democrats (or Young People's So-
cialist League or Young Americans
For Freedom) participates pri-
marily In intra-party conflict
within his organization.
By no means all students will be
interested in the MSL but those
who are politically active should
support it, as a useful tool in their
own political education.
-Lawrence Glazer
Chairman, Michigan Region
USNSA
evolution
To the Editor:
THE JAN. 20 EDITORIAL "SGC
Must Schedule A Movie Thea-
tre Sit-In," is disturbing and, I
feel, more than a little irresponsi-
ble.
I ami not sure just what you
want. Most readers would agree
that the recent price rise, and es-
pecially its timing, is unfortunate,
and that its economic necessity
and the management's good faith
are subjects for reasonable dis-
cussion.
The sit-in you advocate might
well be a not-so-subtle reminder
to the management that its eco-
nomic success depends upon the
good will of the community. And
again, it might not. Clearly the
best way to encourage a rescis-
sion of the price rise would be to
face the management with the
prospects of a loss of business, al-
though there is great danger-as
you recognize - that many stu-
dents do not feel strongly enough
about the matter to forego at-
tendance at an otherwise desirable
film.
* *
I AM NOT CONVINCED that a
price rescission is your aim. You
speak of a student sitting-in, say-
ing he "could feel his direct par-
ticipation." Is that the most im-
portant thing? If so, have you not
chosen a rather minor irritant for
your inspiration? Do you want
lower prices, or do you really want
demonstrations?
I would suggest that you want
the latter, for not only do you
poin't out the presence of a Life
photographer-surely irrelevant to
the question of prices in a chain
of Ann Arbor theatres-but you
contend rather hopefully that
"real demonstration might win
nationwide publicity."
There is plenty of room for
argument over the effects of the
Berkeley episode, but at least the
cause of its was a fairly sub-
stantial one. Do you really want
national publicity to be given to
student demonstrations in Ann'
Arbor directed against a small
chain of movie theatres. Is this
the tyranny against which Univer-
sity students must take a stand?
Is Ann Arbor's Mario Savio to
chain himself tothe theatre doors
on a cold winter's night merely to
keep the squares from paying too
muchnmoney to see "Mary
Poppins?"
* * *
BE MORE imaginative. And be
either more honest or more subtle.
If you want demonstrations, say
so. If you want them but don't
want: to say so, then at least dis-
semble a bit more effectively. As
it is, your editorial makes you look
jealous of your California col-
leagues, eager for a piece of the
action and anxious for an issue,
however trivial. But if you want
"nationwide publicity" of that
type, if you want to look like the
inexperienced and pathetic revo-
lutionaries your editorial makes
you out to be, then go ahead.
Berkeley at least went first class.
..-_ ,R_ Mern, , '6
-Hugh Holland
'INTOLERANCE':
Four Stories Present
A Study of Alienation
be forced to take courses outside
of their major areas; b) that the
faculty, recognizing this flaw in
the system, should kick the stu-
dent over the fence into a familiar
pasture.
If Mr. Vetzner wants his first
assumption to hold up, he must
take a vocational stand and op-
pose the concept of the liberal arts
college. He is thus caught between
vagueness of purpose and Babylon.
IF HE WANTS to defend the
second assumption, then the in-
structor becomes both immoral
and incompetent, fitting his mind'
to a barbarous motive. On this
point, Mr. Vetzner is caught- be-
tween a misapprehension of the
academic mind and an unstated
defense of corruption.
If, Mr. Vetzner is a science.
major, he should think seriously
of taking a few courses in t~e
humanities, starting with ethics,
I think. If he is a humanities stu-
dent, he should be pleased, in his
way, that he has fooled a few in-
structors.
Not knowing Mr. Vetzner, I do
not feel apologetic for my ven-
omous attack. It is an attitude I
am writing against.
-Howard ILWolf
Department of English
'MARY POPPINS':
Vaxn Dyke' s Versatilit
Lights Disney Success
At the Michigan Theatre
AS THE OLD JOKE goes, Walt Disney has done it again, this time
with "Mary Poppins."
"Mary Poppins" is charming, warm and fun. It has all the familiar
ingredients (dogs, cute little children, stereotyped adults, cartoons,
magic dancing and music) that make up the Disney Success formula.
And it is a success. The songs are pleasant and occasionally quite
good ("Just a Little Drop of Sugar," "Chim-chim-Chimney" are the
two best). The children are cute, the cartoons are cute and the dogs
are noisy. But the real key to the success of "Mary Poppins" lies else-
where.
* * * *
FOR THE FILM has flaws too. The cartoon sequences are often
stilted and by now,all too familiar (with the exception of the penguin-
dance scene). References to many people in the original books are in-
cluded. But the characters are left annoyingly undeveloped, i.e. the
Cory Sisters and their Gingerbread.
And then there are those embarrassing and deliberate Disney
attempts to manipulate emotions and bring out the tears. (The Bird-
Woman sequence is not only maudlin, it is obnoxious.)
Yet "Mary Poppins" seems destined to become one of the classic
children's films and perhaps rank along side of "The Wizard of Oz."
If so, it is not because of the magic hand of Walt Disney. It is because
of Dick Van Dyke.
* * * *
OF ALL THE actors in the film, Van Dyke is far and away the
finest, the most consistent and the most entertaining. True, Julie
Andrews is charming and all, but as the role is written, even Sandra
Dee would seem pleasing (which serves to illustrate just how demand-
ing the part is). Miss Andrews sings well and smiles eloquently, but
she isn't the stern and very memorable -Mary Poppins that Miss
Travers wrote about. That MaryPoppinswas eccentric; Julie Andrews
is only amusing.
Nor do the excellent performances of David Tomlinson, Glynis
Johns and that wonderful old comedian, Ed Wynn,\ add enough to the
film to explain its success.
The credit belongs to, Dick Van Dyke, who' dances and sings and
clowns with such skill and life that he infuses the whole film with an
energy that is amazing. Van Dkye's quick, infectuous smile lights up
the screen. His dancing is brilliant. In fact, the Chimney Sweep danc-
ing sequence is the highspot of the movie. Van Dyke's manipulation of
roles is dazzling (as the suprise credits at the movie's conclusion will
attest).
In short, even with irexcusable sloppiness in parts of the film
Dick Van Dyke's amazing performance makes "Mary Poppins" a
delightful and exciting film.
'Wozzeck'
To the Editor:
HAVE just come in disgust
from "Wozzeck." This moving
masterpiece was underlit, played
like the Gay Nineties, inaudible,
indistinct and ridiculously in con-
fiict with a trick lighting gadget
that foisted its "aleatory" non-
sense off as an asset to the
struggling work!
Professor Herbert is a gifted
singing actor and, given half a
chance, a splendid stager of opera.
But when he makes a mistake he
makes a Monster! I'm all for
experiment to free opera from its
old-fashioned corsets. But this
attempt was irritatingly botched
and did disservice to a great mod-
ern work which might have been
effective, done simply and un-
pretentiously, with an honest
effort to interpret the composer
and the originator, Buechner.
With Cohen's Little Wonder
left out it might have madea
semblance of sense, even this time
in the echoing Hill Aud. If that
busy box of random, chance ef-
fects is to illuminate the New
Opera of Tomorrow, I shall stay
out of the opera house!
-R. Dickenson
At the cinema Guild
AFLMOST 50 YEARS after its release, "Intolerance remains an
exciting and largely successful exploration of the power of film as
an art form.
D. W. Griffith, the director often referred to as the father of film
technique, has organized four different stories into a presentation that
captures an enduring feature of human, existence.
Although three of the stories concern the confrontation of dif-
ferent religious groups and the fourth has religious overtones, intoler-
ance is meant to embody a basic human trait of which religious intol-
erance is merely an example.
For Griffith, intolerance means the tendency of man to alienate
himself from his fellows whether the grounds be nationalist, religious or
social. Hence in his film, the Persians attack the Babylonians, the
Catholic Queen Catherine kills the Hugenots, and 20th century society
harrasses the young couple.
THE STORIES do not have a one to one correspondence; their
unification is justified only by the common human trait which they
reveal. Griffith's acute sense of appropriate action and detail main-
tains interest in each story and keeps each story distinct. Each be-
comes significant in itself, and more significant for being seen "simul-
taneously" with the other three.
In the story about the siege of Babylon, Griffith spices exciting
shots of fighting on the walls with provocative detail shots. For
example, the broad scope suddenly narrows to individual combat where
we see a man's head cut off.
Emotional involvement is provided in this story by focusing atten-
tion upon the Mountain Girl and her love for Balshazzar, the Babylon-
ian general. When Griffith takes a close-up of a rock, then shows the
Mountain Girl throwing it in battle, he produces excitement, thematic
illustration and emotional involvement all in one short sequence.
THE STORY of the young couple in the 20th century setting im-
pairs the quality of the film. Although intolerance in its broad defini-
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