Ab£IcP anuDall. Seventy-Third Year EDrIED-AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Opinions Are Free STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG., ANN ARBOR, MICH., PHONE No 2-3241 li Will Prevail" >rials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in alp reprints. EUROPEAN COMMENTARY: Communism 's Strong Grip OCTOBER 25, 1963 NIGHT EDITOR: ANDREW ORLIN I leadership Vacuum Cripples Republicans ' By ERIC KELLER Daily Correspondent BASEL--To an unbiased onlook- er, it is astonishing that the Communist parties of Italy and France have been able, until re- cently, to stay as powerful as ever. Election after election, the Com- munists score about a quarter of all votes cast. Administration after administration, the Italian govern- ment fights out new attacks with the well-organized Communist body. Why have these groups been able to hold on through today, while after-war Communism in Germany and Switzerland, for in- stance, had soon been played out? At the bottom of Communism in these two countries, one finds a deeply-rooted misconception about the merits of Communism. The Communist voters have been told that it was only through the Communist party that they re- ceived wage raises, improved so- cial facilities and adequate pen- sion plans. The Communist voters completely ignore that the same social improvements have been ac- complished in completely or nearly non-Communist governed coun- tries such as the United States and Great Britain. IN DOING SO, the voters have become a victim of skillful Com- munist propaganda. This kind of propaganda appears highly na- tional in its goals and its scope, but has been proven to be steered from behind the Iron Curtain. It appeals to the taxpayer by work- ing for a greatly reduced or even eliminated military budget. It ad- vertises a peace and good-will program instead, and works for "the light future." Communists in France and Italy are so sure of their beliefs that they practically ignored the cruel subduing of the Hungarian Revo- [E REPUBLICAN PARTY is finding it iard going these days and it is slowly lizing why. The party presently has no to lead it in the coming presidential tion and, furthermore, no strong can- ates from which to choose. 'here are many lesser leaders in the publican Party but these men either k a strong, favorable national image or too radical to lead the party. governors George Romney and William anton could provide strong leadership they are not widely enough known. Justice HEN A BOMB killed four Negro chil- dren apd injured scores of others in mingham last month, there was wide- ead public shock. Even Alabama's seg- ationist governor, George Wallace, ap- ,red to be experiencing a belated guilt he offered a $10,000 reward for the abers. The result of this needless trage- presents an interesting comment on ithern style justice. tithin hours after the bombing inci- Lt, two men, known Klu Klux Klan mbers, were arrested and charged with crime. Later, a third was arrested. As urned out, the FBI had been watching men. Gov. Wallace was warned that a mature order for the arrests would, effect, ruin any chance that the men Lid be convicted of the church bombing., IE RESULT LAST WEEK: FBI men were saying "We told you so" as, with- sufficient evidence of the bombing, icers last week had to settle for a irge of illegally possessing dynamite. three were sentenced to serve 180 Vs in jail and pay fines of $100. How- r, they were released on bond pending eal to the county court. ,ertainly the life of no Klan member lid make up to the four sets of parents the murder of their children. And re is revealing irony in that the mur- ers were never named and sentenced. 3ut it is evidence of twisted Southern al ethics that the highest state official s arranged for men to abdicate the )t primitive of social responsibilities: t to kill another man. The "native sav- e" imagery conjured up at Klan sessions parently operates without regard to or. -MARILYN KORAL Sen. Barry Goldwater cannot unite his party since he leads only one faction of it. And former Vice-President Richard Nixon and Gov. Nelson Rockefeller must be ruled out as leaders because their national im- ages have been greatly damaged. IT IS INTERESTING to wonder whether President John F. Kennedy would be enjoying the high popularity the opinion polls show him to have, if there were strong leadership in the Republican ranks to oppose him. Even if many people believe Kennedy to be doing an inadequate job, there re- mains the fact that there is no one man to whom the Republican Party can turn and in whom it can put its confidence. Moreover, due to the strong popularity Kennedy has attained, the GOP would need a very strong leadership to defeat him. ALTHOUGH IT MAY be too late to have a presidential win in '64, the Republi- cans can still use the election year to plan for the next presidential campaign. The '64 election, furthermore, can be of immense importance to the GOP if it can establish its platforms and set policies which will carry the party through until the 1968 election. Then, the Republicans should be able to emerge with a new image. But in the meantime, the Republicans should not concentrate on such things as the proposed Rockefeller-Goldwater de- bates. The debates will only serve to fur- ther divide the party. AS FOR '64, the Republicans should de- cide to whom the very difficult task of leading the party will fall. This man does not necessarily have to be the one who will receive the GOP nomination in '64 but he must be someone who will be able to lead as well in '68 as he can in '64. With a leader chosen, the party can begin in '64 to re-form its policies and update them to conform with the times. 1N ANY EVENT; the Republicans should begin now to plan for the future. Re- building a political party is not a simple job nor can It be achieved overnight. It is a long and arduous task and requires, above all, unity and leadership.N The Republicans were once strong and they can be again-provided they fill the leadership vacuum now in their party. -JOHN WEILER LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: The Nation of Is am Not a 'Splinter Group' THE LIAISON: Nobody Showed U Gerald Storch, City Editor LANDOM COMMENTS about a slightly the committe confusing University: far by red tap( Wednesday afternoon at 3 p.m. in An- Last spring, 11 Hall, a group of professors and junior cil never got id senior students sat around twiddling list of studen eir thumbs at a counselling seminar. although it h his program has the laudable purpose of finally submi tempting to give underclassmen knowl- weeks ago, an gable, first-hand advice on what cours- Office of Aca and instructors are like in certain ma- any more tir rs: English, history, political science, members. onomics and sociology. The commi But nobody showed up. that some day to bring more Hopefully, the Literary College Steer- the campus.] g Committee, which planned the ill- th the past h ted seminar, will not become discourag- 'bignames,"] 1 and next time will make concerted for- bg nams, al and personal efforts to get a bigger dotonly sohm- rnout, Committee sh~ ensure the Ur MORE SPECTACULAR campus event Also, the C -the talk by Malcolm X Tuesday reviving hac ght-raises a question: whatever hap- of speeches ned to the Public Discussion Commit- around a give e? Supposed to get under way this fall, of Unfit? To the Editor: I WOULD LIKE to take excep- tions with several of the inac- curate charges raised in Peter Eisinger's letter regarding Minister Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam. Mr. Eisinger calls the Muslims "an extremist splinter group." In- deed it is extremist, but that charge is a comment on American society, not on the Muslims. It is extremist because it demands self- determination for black people in America and because it puts for- ward the program of separation. The Muslims know that the Boss' reforms will not liberate the American black man from his position as a subhuman, super- exploited beast of burden, and consequently it is forced to put forward 'what may be called a revolutionary program to survive.. The Nation is definitely not a "splinter group." The Muslims were produced from the ranks of the black masses and that is the language they speak. The so- called "mainstreams of the revo- lution" that Mr. Eisinger would have us believe the Muslims splin- tered from is nothing more than the petty-bourgeois element within the black revolution. Led by Uncle Tom, gradualists and white lib- erals, this tendency works for as- similation of black people into the anti-black machine, America. It is comparable to urging Jews in 1940 Germany to assimilate into the Nazi machine. The-Muslims reached their rev- olutionary conclusions, not by sitting above the black masses and passing comments on it, but because the Muslims are the most conscious element of the black masses. How then can it "twist the conclusions or basic aims of the revolutions?" It is the van- guard of this revolution, and it is to the Muslims which you should look to see the course of the revolution; and not to the white liberal or Uncle Tom reformers, who are nothing but apologists for racist America. * * * IS MALCOLM X a "race bigot?" Malcolm X is a black nationalist, not a "race bigot."He has merely come up with the only conclusion one could come up with after an analysis of racist America. Integration into the present so- ciety, as the facts show, is im- possible. ButhMalcolm X does not then say he wants, segregation. Segregation is white imposed dis- crimination against Negroes. Mal- colm X only puts forward the program of separation. And this program will not be imposed, but instead accepted by a majority of black people in America as they continue to see that equality and love between oppressed and op- pressor can never exist. -Peter Signorelli, '63 Gracious Living.-- To the Editor: HUNDRED and fifty girls wait restlessly for 15 minutes in the living room of their dormi- Faces MORE THAN the non-entity of its architecture, Michigan is made up of faces. The student be- hind the face has chosen Michigan for its infiniteness, its football team (now past tense), its engi- neering school or its reduced rates for state-residents He has not chosen it for its serenity, its com- pactness or its romance languages building. As a freshman he belongs to a mass of faces, but in four years he is expected to be less conglo- merate and more specific. His only security must come from his im- mediate contemporaries; though he may believe college-life to be broadening, he is actually nar- rowed. This is part of the system, C for the necessity is to find one's tory; finally the house mother emerges from her office, and they follow her down to the dining hall. Most go into the large dining room to take their assigned seats; others, unassigned, wait in the hall. "30 seats left!" yells the head waitress. Some of the girls enter to "fill in"; the rest, who would like to sit with their friends in the small dining room, continue to wait. "Five seats left!" yells the head waitress. There is tension in the air: the girls already in the dining room look at each other with exasperation, the head wait- ress looks at the girls in the hall with exasperation, they look at her with exasperation. - Suddenly a girl comes dashing down the stairs and starts to go into the dining room. "Where's your meal ticket?" demands the head waitress. "Oh . . I forgot it!" She is sent back up five flights of stairs to get it. The tension continues to mount. At last the girls in the hall are al- lowed to go into the small dining room (but they'll receive a re- primand from the house mother before the night is over.) A 150 pious voices chant: "We give thanks to Thee . AT ONE table, three nursing majors talk about urine samples; an English major sitting with them looks slightly ill. At another table, two English majors talk about incest in Faulkner; _a nurs- ing major sitting with them looks slightly ill. I am sitting at a table with six freshmen (I am a fill- in), five of whom are teasing the other one about her "steady." I feel slightly ill. Somebody from another table goes over to the house mother to ask to be excused. She is sent back to her place. She has a hunted look on her face; so do L The house mother finally rises and we file out of the dining room behind her. We all seem a little' more subdued-one might even say depressed-than we were be- fore all this began. * * * THIS IS gracious living. I have it to look forward to three times a week. Don't you envy me? By the way, there are 250 girls in my dorm. I can't see why the other 100 preferred not to eat. Cari you? -Barbara Adams, '66 lution in 1956. They are blinded by the exceeding friendliness that the Communist party shows to- ward its voters. * * * AS VOTERS go to the polls only every four years in France and Italy, most parties are little con- cerned about their voters between elections. But the Communist party has an interest in keeping the voting masses warmed up for the Communist cause. Realizing that the ordinary voter is usually unconcerned about political ques- tions, it has established such things as youth and sports clubs, women's leagues and information services, and thus was able to give the impression of being main- ly interested in human beings, rather than only in votes. Inside the governments, the Communist groups are little con- cerned about clear political ac- tions; they oppose all tax raises and demand more state employ- ment and higher wages for state employees. But they do not seem interested in'a true attempt to bring the balance of payments into the black. They accuse all other parties of being egoists and hungry for government money but seem to ignore that this is exactly the situation behind the Iron Curtain. THERE IS another aspect to the' popularity which Communist theories enjoy in France and Italy. The individual worker is often enthused about the ideological satisfaction which Marxism offers. It appears that he adheres to this ideology because it promises some- thing much more tangible than Christian interpretation of Heav- en. With the promised overthrow of government and the distribution of all wealth, Communism prom- ises a paradise on earth. The poor and uprooted working class of the war and after-war years found here the practical religion it need- ed; the moral and above-earthly teachings of Christian churches lost popularity because it obviously neither wanted nor was able to compete with such Communist promises. * * * BUT EVEN this ideology could have crumbled over the years had it not been for the strict organ- ization of the Communist parties. They have, until recently, been the best organized parties in France and Italy. The other par- ties were notoriously divided and split over and over again. Thus, it was relatively easy for the Com- munists to keep hold of power during the years since the war. Only the Gaullist party has been able to hold an even better or- ganized body against the Com- munists' power. Yet fighting the Communist party on only the political plat- form will never be totally suc- cessful due to the appealing Com- munist ideology. Therefore, there must be legislation which creates circumstances unfavorable to both Communist political and ideologi- cal theories. These circumstances can exist in a state in which the dominant group is a large middle class, instead of a populace clearly divided into working class and ruling class. Of course, no legislation has been able to produce this middle class immediately. But it appears that France and Italy should have relatively little trouble creating legislation which would reform their present tax structures to favor more of a decent middle class. Both countries are in a period of great industrial flourish- ing, which would even better help to establish an anti-Communist atmosphere. BINGO! Everyone wins with "The Pajama Game," this year's Soph Show. Opening last night at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, "The Pajama Game" is a bright, flashy musical comedy. Written by Richard Adler and Jerry 'Ross (of "Damn Yankees" fame), this musical boasts such well-known songs as "Hey There," "Hernando's Hideaway," "Steam Heat" and "Small Talk." Based on Richard Bissell's nov- el, "Seven and a Half Cents," "The Pajama Game" takes place in and around the Sleep Tite Pajama Factory in Cedar Bend, Iowa, and portrays the attempts of its work- ers to get a 7% cents pay-hike from their employer. * * * IN FACT, "Pajama Game" is the perfect choice for any campus mu- sical activity (which is basically what Soph Show is), because it gives a chance for all kinds of tal- ented students to do a little bit of everything and have fun doing it. The musical contains many color- ful characters, rather than just a chorus serving as wall-paper for two or three leads. Directors Di- ane Tickton and Julian Cook brought this out very well in their over-all casting and staging. Sandra Magee is tops as Babe, the head of the Grievance Com- mittee. She sings with a spunky, effortless style. James Tann as the factory superintendent, Sid Soro- kin, is extremely relaxed and pois- ed on stage and is thus a very believable romantic, lead opposite Miss Magee. * * * TERRY BANGS is beguiling as Hines, the time and study man who lives his life "by the clock." Deborah Packer brings marvelous gusto into her part as Mabel, the comic receptionist. She and Mr. Bangs are outstanding in the mu- sical soft-shoe number, "I'll Never Be Jealous Again." Susan Block, as the company president's secretary, is a fetch- ing eye-full for any front-office or back-room. She also adds spice to the dance numbers, especially "Steam\Heat" (which incidentally, is a fantastic opener for any mu- sical's second act). Miss Block is -Daily-James House PAJAMA FROLIC-Last night's opening performance of Soph Show featured a series of lively songs and spirited performances. Soph Show '63 A SparklingSuccess _ - _ .. I -- 1 .. t } most amusing in "Hernando's Hideaway." along with Mr. Tann. James Frederick is appropriate- ly all rubber-face and rubber-legs as the president of the union IQ- cal. Morleen Getz was a splended rebel-raiser as Poopsie and Bar- bara Shelly a good morale-boost- er as the plumpish Mae. THE CHOREOGRAPHY by Gin- ny Heyl and Susan Morrow was simple, but well-done in a high- kicking, high-jumping and groovy, style. The colors of the sets and costumes are colorfully vibrant. Most wonderful of all-the or- chestra, under the leadership of Richard Roznoy, was very well- controlled and balanced. Mr. Roz- noy brought out a beautiful blend of orchestra with soloists nd chorus, allowing all the voices to be heard when they should be and entertaining us with the amusing orchestrated score when no one was singing. * * * THESE LIVELY numbers, com- bined with the romantic ballads made almost every moment of this year's Soph Show presentation splendid entertainment. So hats- off to the Michigan. League and general co-chairmen Chuck Bur- son and Kathy George for mak- ing "Pajama Game" possible. --Richard Asch PREVIEW: Festival Of Dance rTHIS WEEKEND at Rackham Aud. the University Musical Society will present a three part Chamber Dance Festival. Marina Svetlova, internationally renowned prima ballerina, will present a program of classical ballet at 8:30 p.m. today. Svetlova received extensive training with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, after which she danced with the American Ballet Theatre and be- came prima ballerina and director of the 'Corps de Ballet of the Metropolitan Opera. Assisted by her dance ensemble, she will per- form such masterworks as Cho- pin's "Les Sylphides" and "Pas de Deux" from "The Nutcracker Suite" by Tchaikovsky s well as several pieces by De Falla and Granados. * * * SHANTA RAO is the mistress of all classical styles of Indian dance. With her company of dancers and musicians from South India, she will perform, tomorrow, works rep- resentative of three of these styles as well as examples of folk dance from the Andhra State and Mala- bar Coast. Shanta Rao preserved many of the dance forms of India as they were about to sink into oblivion; also she has uncovered two pre- viously unknown forms. As she was trained by the one remaining authority, or "master teacher," in each form, she is, in many cases, the leading authority on Indian dance. * * * THE FINAL PRESENTATION will be Sunday, by the Hungarian Ballet's "Bihari," with Nora Ko- vach and Istvan Rabovsky Their unique combination of native dances with classical ballet is performed by a company of se- lected dancers and instrumental- ists, knowledgable in the native folk culture. Kovack and Rabovsky were stars of the Budapest Opera Ballet and Leningrad Ballet until their highly publicized defection from Com- munist Hungary in 1953. In ad- dition, all of the other members of the comnanv are free Hungarian e has been vanquished so e. Student Government Coun- around to recommending a ts to sit on the committee had months to do so. SGC itted names a couple of ad one would hope that the demic Affairs doesn't waste ne in choosing the student ttee's purpose - assuming y it will start to function--is speakers like Malcolm X to The Union and Voice, which ave brought in most of the have limited funds and can uch. The Public Discussion ould take up the slack and niversity of a varied, educa- ating speaker program. ommittee ought to consider lenge-a now-defunct series and seminars organized en theme, such as the Chal- ert veloped Nations and the Higher Education. OTT was hanged in effigy night. can understand the sense of ch often encourages such doubtful whether the dum-' underneath the Engineering one any good. iers' aim was to express their ith Elliott's coaching "tal- ould have issued, a list of for believing so, If, as was hey gave their performance Editorial Staff RONALD WILTON, Editor VID MARCUS GERALD STORCH torial Director, City Editor BARA LAZARUS............ Personnel Director IP SUTIN.............'National Concerns Editor EVANS ... ..... . Associate City Editor JORIE BRAHMS ..... Associate Editorial Director RIA BOWLES.............. .. Magazine Editor ENDABBERRY............Contributing Editor E GOOD .......................Sports Editor E BLOCK..............Associate Sports Editor BERGER .................Associate Sports Editor Challenge of: BUMP ELLI Saturday n While one c boredom whi ventures, it is my dangling t Arch did anyc If the lynch displeasure w ents they sh their reasons most likely, t z m "ZZ J-.. ---