gAi4dan Seventy-Third Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNVERSITY 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. Thin must be noted in all reprints. DAY, JANUARY 4, 1963 NIGHT EDITOR: DAVID MARCUS Two-Sided Speaker Policy: Strange Inconsistency FREEDOM OF speech at Michigan universi- ties has taken on a dual standard since the University has triggered a movement toward a state-wide policy: there are rules governing staff and students and there are regulations for outside speakers. Michigan State University swallowed the Michigan Coordinating Council for Public Higher Education's speaker policy at the last Board of Trustee's meeting. Wayne State Uni- versity is expected to adopt the policy shortly, and the other state-supported colleges will follow. There is no doubt that the new policy is better than the more restrictive regulations in force before. Prof. Samuel Estep's committee proposed the new speaker bylaw. However, it seems inconsistent that the University would forbid outside speakers to urge the audience to take action which is "prohibited by the rules of the University or which is illegal under federal or Michigan law," but not prohibit its own faculty and students from urging the very same actions. ANY VOCAL student can publicly urge the audience to overthrow the United States or Michigan governments by violence or other unlawful :neans at such functions as Hyde Park or organizational meetings in the Union, so long as he is willing to face civil conse- quences for his actions. Robert Ross has already demonstrated with impunity the student's freedom to advocate actions contrary to University regulations at Hyde Park this fall. Any faculty member can get access to the Mason Hall auditoriums and urge his audi- ence to subvert the regulations of the Uni- versity, state or the nation. A faculty organization can invite a Com- munist speaker or an advocate of civil dis- obedience to come to the University without any prior understanding whatsoever about University rules. I A ND THIS is as it should be. The University would not want or dare to infringe upon the rights of these more intimate University individuals. The danger of embarrassment from a stu- dent or faculty speech is probably minimal in the eyes of the University. Undoubtedly the university believes that civil authorities would be able to handle any breech of state or federal statutes by students or faculty. Also the Uni- versity can keep a tighter rein on the faculty hI that the background of the faculty member .s public record. The professor, like any other employe, is under pressure to conform to the norms of the institution. Bidgi the Gap PROF. WILLIAM M. CAVE, of the education school, finds in his research that class- nates should be allowed to help each other earn, and even learn more readily from their eers than from their elders. Here at the education school we study the iest way to teach students and then we teach Ws it was done in the Middle Ages-in the large ecture. This type of teaching, initiated when here was only one book for a class to learn rom, is probably the most sterile atmosphere onducive to peer interaction. ERE IS ANOTHER technological gap-this time between knowledge and action. When1 an we learn? r-C. D. laudits I PROGRAMS SUCH as yours are at once a practical demonstration of our determina- [on to achieve a peaceful world and valuable deans of approaching that goal," United Na-I ons Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson said. "Your consideration of this . . .- objective is oth gratifying and welcomed. I believe that ventually all nations must recognize that it in this direction that world peace and se-I Lrity shall ultimately be found," PresidentE ohn F. Kennedy commented.C 0TH OF THESE men were noting the ac-c complishments of the recent Internationals rms Control Symposium held at the Univer-a Editorial Staff MICHAEL OLINICK, Editor JDITH OPPENHEIM MICHAEL HARRAH E Editorial Director City Editor n ROL NE DOW.................Personnel Director JDIT?3 BLEIER ..............Associate City Editorn lED RUSSELL KRAMER .. Assoc. Editorial Directora YNTHIA NETT.. . . . . ,.,,........Co-Magazine Editora ARRY PERLSTADT.............Co-Magazine Editor )M WEBBER....................... ..Sports Editor WE ANIDREWS............Associate Sports Editor0 N WINKLEMAN ............ Associate Sports Editor Business Staff However, the professor must also be intel- lectually honest. One would expect that within the academic community, the faculty member would be free to criticize the status quo and even urge action to correct injustices where- ever they might exist. THE UNIVERSITY has no way of knowing what the student may wish to advocate or ,overturn. Can the University safely let the radical student or the "intellectually honest" professor, or a faculty group invite speaker incite an audience to storm the administration building in protest of a University regulation or to move on Lansing in an attempt to pres- sure the Legislature? Why should this type of action be condoned, if a recognized student or- ganization cannot sponsor an outside speaker on 'the very same subjects? The advocates of the speaker policy firmly maintain that there is a difference between allowing just anybody to use University facili- ties for a talk and the academic freedom ex- tended to the faculty member and student. The University is not and should not be a soap box for everyone wishing to voice his opinions. However the speakers whose freedoms are being curtailed by the speaker policy are not just strangers wandering into a University auditorium. They are the invited guests of student organizations, just as a guest of a faculty organization. Why should students have more limited opportunities to invite guests than the faculty? Another inconsistency arises under the speaker policy. The Rev. Martin Luther King publicly advocated civil disobedience as a form of action in some Southern states at a Uni- versity lecture. For some reason, the speakei. policy condones speeches inciting the audience to take action against the laws of other states but not the State of Michigan. PEOPLE speculate that the real reason for any form of speaker policy is to appease the tax-payer or the legislator. Can this be far from the truth when two such different stand- ards are applied to different types of University guests? It certainly appears that the policy is merely a facade to divert attention from the University as a stronghold of radical ideas. Perhaps the average tax-payer has not un- derstood the fact that although students are limited in the types of speeches they can sponsor the faculty is not, nor are the students and faculty themselves limited in subjects they can speak on. To be consistent the University should either muzzle faculty, faculty organizations, and stu- dents with the same limitations as are placed on outside speakers invited by students or should remove all such restrictions.; THE UNIVERSITY is caught between two strong forces: the sincere desire for a "spirit1 of free inquiry and timely discussion of a wide9 variety of issues" and the need to maintain a cautious ,public image. And the easiest way for the University to solve this dilemma was to pass a mildly restrictive policy on student in- vited speakers, which merely supplements exist- ing civil statutes.r The Regents will give final consideration tot the speaker bylaw later this month. Every indi- cation points to only mild stylistic changes inl the bylaw before the Regents give final and t permanent status to the bylaw. Hopefully, theyf will again consider the need and philosophy> behind such a speaker rule.t -GAIL EVANS 1 or Peacet sity and sponsored by the University and Ben- dix Systems Corp. The conference was distinguished not onlyI by the "famous" names who attended but fort its definition of aims and discussion of prob- lems. In an atmosphere of slow if any progress on disarmament at Geneva, men in industry, politics and education came together to view aspects of possible disarmament and arms control. This was a first of its kind. Yet it opened the door to future fruitful discussions of the same problems and held out a hope for solutions, The arms control symposium was not just a meeting of academic minds to consider an academic question. There were practical men here to discuss solutions which could be im- plemented and translated into United States foreign policy. OF COURSE, the conference did not solve all of the complex problems of'arms control. But by bringing together men who build arms, men who have the power to explode them and men who are concerned with the economic and social implications of both an arms race and disarmament, the meeting achieved much. The meeting of minds is always a beginning of solutions. This meeting was fortunate in having some of the best minds in the country- Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-Minn.), John R. McNauhtnn nf the defense donartment Wal- - 'fV ~~ u - I'-" 41 .01/ Y / 4 " r s t x FROM NEW YORK: Reaction to Lincoln Center TODAY AND TOMORROW: Congo Solution Lies with UN By MARK SLOBIN Daily Correspondent EVALUATING Lincoln Center as a force in the performing a::ts is an exercise in balancing opinions. Since the Center has just be- gun actual operation in only one of its many units, judgment has to be based primarily on predic- tion, straw-in-the-wind philoso- phizing, official publicity and statements, and on one's own in- tangible impressions of what will become of this major project. * * * TO BEGIN with, let us sum- marize what the Center, when finished in 196, will consist of, and how it will reach its final state, in terms ofrfinancing and planning. Lincoln Center is to be a joint enterprise of the Philhar- monic-Symphony Society of New York, already at the site, the Met- ropolitan Opera Association, the Juilliard School of Music the Lin- coln Repertory Company, the New York Public Library, and possibly the New York City Center of Mu- sic and Drama. This is an impressive listing; the groups involved are leaders in their fields of the performing arts in this country, and play major roles in the larger international sphere of activity. An attempt to combine these groups in some sort of working relationship must therefore be an important effort. And it is important. Even before most of the Center has even got- ten underway, communities all over this country and Canada have shown their great interest in the project by writing and con- ferring with Lincoln Center peo- ple. The idea of combining a large part, and in smaller cities, all, of the performing arts under one heading is a new concept, a con- cept that requires an interest on the part of all performing artists, and above all, on the part of the public. This is why Lincoln Cen- ter has aroused so much interest and controversy. * * * FROM THE very beginning, the Center has been a large-scale project, In all, $142.15 million will be required to complete the bud- get's needs. Of this total, only $28.8 million is lacking; it is clear that the project has aroused the interest of individuals and foun- dations. The size of the budget is a main reason for the importance of the Center; it is rare, in this country, that such large jums of money can be raised for the performing arts, and so one is interested in the disposition of this scarce com- modity. Of the money raised, over half has come from individuals, foundations, corporations, and a group labelled "others" in the of- ficial report, and of this group the individual and foundation gifts from the overwhelming ma- jority. Individual contributions have'been, on the average, $40,- 000 each, while the average foun- dation has given 10 times that amount. Government is involved to the extent of over $40 million; how- ever, most of this is for specific projects: New York state is build- ing its own theatre, New York City its own library, and the fed- eral government nas picked up the bill for miscellaneous items. Yet the involvement of government in a project involving the perform- ing arts is a vital part of the Center, increasing its importance still further. WHAT THEN is Lincoln Cen- ter to be? William Schuman, its president, has ,no doubts on this subject. In the official brochure for the project hq calls it "an in- comparable gift from the Present to the Future." In an interview with me he called it "the greatest thing that's happened to the per- forming arts in America." Others, however, do not share Schuman's enthusiasm; criticism has ranged from mild to bitter, and the Cen- ter has been called anything from "unimaginative" to "a mausoleum for the arts," or worse. But aside from mere words, what are the specific defects of this rap- idly materializing concept? Per- haps the most frequently heard criticism can be summed up in an article written recently in the New York Times by Ada Louise Huxtable: "There is no great hope that Lincoln Center will see the birth of new movements or be the source of the kind of creativity that takes place in back rooms or makeshift theaters - the brilliant minority spark that nourishes the growth and development of the arts . . .-It (the Center) will be a popular showcase of a broad-based orthodox culture." This is an understandable view- points, and it is unfortunate that the Center has failed to give the impression that it will live up to such an ideal. Whether it actually will or not is another question. * * * SCHUMAN feels that much of the criticism directed at the proj- ect is due to misinformation, and the rest to factors such as inabil- ity to accept something new and congenital nastiness; the Center's public relations staff could have done little to correct these last two items, but could perhaps have attacked the first more vigorous-j ly. Schuman was able to fill me in on only some of the projects in the works for Lincoln Center that have not been widely heralded. However, those he mentioned sound impressive: a chamber mu- sic organization "comparable to the Metropolitan for opera and the Philharmonic for symphony " a full-time repertory .theater to enable actors to work on many sorts of plays, including avante- garde, instead of running in just one for an extended period, a new $2.5 million drama center at the Juilliard, summer institutes for teachers in the performing arts (these last three are mentioned in the official brochure), and a large festival of all the arts in 1966, in- cluding works commissioned in all areas, to coincide with the com- pletion of the total Center project. Perhaps it is the large amount Philharmonic Hall received that is of publicity that the opening of responsible for the impression that Lincoln Center is to be a glitter- ing meeting place for the elite; everyone saw Jackie and Lenny, read about the fantastic prices for opening week seats, and heard about the Rolls-Royce traffic jam. At that particular stage in the fulfillment of the "incomparable gift," those whose dimes and dol- lars had been solicited to help that fulfillment began to wonder what share they were to have in the present or the future, of the proj- ect. As usual, time will tell. By WALTER LIPPMANN WTE KNOW from experience that in the Congo a settlement, which looks as if it were just around the corner, usually turns out to be a long way off. So it is with the United Nations police ac- tion which Tshombe or perhaps his subordinates provoked before the United Nations had completed the military buildup planned for January. Though the immediate result was an easy success in the capital of Katanga at Elisabeth- ville and at the big air base at Kamina, the most modern mining properties at Jadotville and Kol- wezi along the rail line to Portu- gliese Angola are still in the hands of European mercenary troops. The secession, therefore, is not yet defeated, and if Tshombe en- ters into new negotiations with the Central government at Leopold- ville, he may still be able to do what he has always done in the past, to evade andyprocrastinate. For Tshombe's objective is to avoid a settlement in the hope that the United Nations will go bankrupt, abandon the operation and resign itself to the secession of Katanga. * * * THE MINERAL wealth of the province of Katanga is very great. Colin Legum says that Katanga produces some eight per cent of the world's copper, 60 per cent of the uranium of the Western World, 73 per cent of the world's cobalt, 80 per cent of its industrial dia- monds as well as important quan- tities of gold, zinc, manganese and many other rare metals. Although Katanga has only 12 per cent of the population of the Congo, it produces 60 per cent of the reve- nues. The mining wealth of Ka- tanga is controlled in the main by Belgian and British interests, though there are some American shareholders. The central fact in the problem of the Congo is that, without the revenues from Katanga, the rest of the Congo is doomed to misery and backwardness and to the sav- agery that they will produce. The international significance of Katanga can best be appreciated by looking at the map which shows that the richest part of Ka- tanga borders on Northern Rho- desia and Portuguese Angola. If Katanga is able to secede, it will become a theater of struggle be, tween that 'region of Africa which is still under the control of white men and Black Africa which is now composed of independent states. * * * THESE ARE facts which have to be kept in mind when we think about the 'United Nations opera- tion and the backing of that oper- ation by the United States. In 1960, with the blessing of Presi- dent Eisenhower, the UnitedNa- tions under the leadership of Dag Hammarskjold made the hard and dangerous decision to intervene with United Nations troops drawn from countries which were not aligned with NATO, 'the Warsaw Pact or Red China. The Congo had been "liberated," in fact cast off, before any serious effort had been made to prepare the Congo- lese for self-government. The im- mediate result of this premature independence was chaos and mas- sacre. Who should restore order? Belgium, Britain, France and the United States? There is no doubt that the Soviet Union would have insisted on intervening also. So, although Lumumba's gov-' erinent appealed to President Eisenhower for military aid, we turned to the United Nations as the best hope of restoring order and of keeping the Congo from becoming a cockpit of the cold war. This initial task was carried out successfully. But it was at once plain that the Congo would fall into chaos unless a reason- ably strong government, using European technicians, was estab- lished. It was evident, however, that such a strong government was impossible if Katanga, with its riches, seceded from the Congo and in effect joined the White Rhodesians, the Portuguese and the South Africans. * * * IT IS TRUE that, in taking this position, we find ourselves some- what at odds with certain of our European allies. There is total dis- agreement with General De Gaulle, who has no use for the United Nations and would gladly see it dissolved. There is partial disagreement with Great Britain, the Conservative Party which has more specifically with a wing of great influence in the Macmillan government and is responsive to British financia interests in Ka- tanga and elsewhere in Africa. But we are not at odds with the Belgium of Mr. Spaak; indeed, we are in substantial agreement with it, and we know with what selfless courage Mr. Spaak is acting. It is painful to differ with allies. But, in my view, there is no tol- erable alternative to what Eisen- hower and Kennedy have done, which is to support the United Nations. We cannot afford to see the Congo in chaos. We do not want a Communist lodgement in the heart of Africa. We do not want to becometengaged ourselves with American troops. No doubt there have been mis- takes in the administration of the United Nations operation. But what else could we have done but wish it to succeed? (c) 1963, The Washington Post Co. FLICKS: A uthentic Phantom LIKE BANQUET speakers with introductions, The Phantom of the Opera needs no review but is going to get one (pretty obvious- ly) anyway. As everyone knows, Lon Chaney was the movies' mas- ter of makeup and except possibly for his Quasimodo in "The Hunch- back of Notre Dame," the "Phan- tom" was his greatest role. As everyone also knows, the plot of "The Phantom" concerns a hideous madman who lives in se- cret chambers bordering on the sewers beneath the Paris Opera House. He loves an understudy and systematically goes about sabotag- ing the Opera House and its stars, much to everyone's discomfort, in order to create an opening for his true love. Although she has never seen him, she promises all in re- turn. * * * WHILE THE ENDING isn't exactly secret (especially by now-- the movie was made about 1924) no synopsis can do it justice; there are things better left unsaid. The Cinema Guild has obtained a bad print, unfortunately, but with secret panels, torture cham- bers, sewer-gondolas, underwater breathing tubes, and title cards which run the gamut of type fonts and emotions (e.g. "No longer like a toad shall I secrete the venom of hatred iii these foul cellars!"), who needs a good print? There are several remade sound- color versions of this film but they are all unfaithful and (therefore). worse. This is the real thing, and it cannot be improved. There is simply no one who can hold off a hundred bloodthirsty Frenchmen with a single fist, except Lon Chaney. FOR SOME REASON, Cinema Guild muses decided that it was better to accompany the silent print with records of Liszt piano transcriptions of opera themes. Therefore, we are treated to Tris- tan while Faust is on the stage, and the rest covers the field from Don Juan (which matches up with the action) to Benvenuto Cellini (Berlioz) which is a laugh in it- self. 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