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Orpheus Emerges
As 'Fugitive Kind'
NNESSEE Williams' latest gift to the silver screen is a- wierd film
called "The Fugitive Kind." It is based upon his somewhat success-
ful drama "Orpheus Descending," which I saw two years ago during
its tryout run in Washington, D.C.
"Orpheus" was a rewrite job of one of Williams' first produced
win Prevail"
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URDAY, MAY 21, 1960 NIGHT EDITOR: PHILIP SHERMAN
Khrushchev Defers
Showdown on Berlin
REMIER KHRUSHCHEV told East Germans
last night that the critical problems be-
een their sector and West Berlin must again
rait another summit meeting of the Big Four,
ich he said will probably take place in six
eight months.
He said the Soviet Union was willing to mark
ne to maintain the status quo in the interests
world peace. "We shall do nothing to sharpen.
e international situation and bring it to the
irst times of the cold war."
Once again, the Soviet Premier has backed
wn from his frequent threats to turn over
East Germany the air and land corridors
rough communist Germany Into the Western
ne of Berlin.
In the latest threat Khrushchev warned the
est that unless they "cooperated" at the sum-
it meeting on disarmament and solution of
e Berlin dispute, he would carry out this
reat.
'HE SUMMIT meeting has collapsed due to
Khrushchev's maneuvering and he has
amed President Eisenhower for the failure.
hrushchev enlarged the U-2 spy plane in-
dent out of proportion, in order to make the
nited States appear to have poor intentions
far as peace was concerned.
Whether this piece of propaganda strategy
was successful for the Soviet leader is debatable.
What the summit break-up has shown is that
Khrushchev apparently is very reluctant to
relinquish control of Western corridors to Ber-
lin, no matter how many times he may try to
convince the East Germans that the day will
come soon.
Since 1948 when the Soviets kept a blockade
around West Berlin, necessitating the famed
Allied airlift, the Russians have used East Ger-
many as a wedge to force the West.to at least
listen to their demands. Attempts at obtaining
meaningful concessions from the West have
failed.
ALLIED LEADERS realize that it would be
disastrous to the West for Russia to hand
over the control to the East German govern-
ment. Such action would be serious enough for
the West to go to war over or at least wage
"policing action" of the Korean War variety
over West Berlin and West Germany. The Allies
cannot afford to give up Berlin and West Ger-
many to the- Communists. They are necessary
for the defense of free Europe and must be,
maintained as allies.
On the other hand, Khrushchev does not'
want to go to war either. He knows that if he
did relinquish his hold on East Germany and
the corridors were blocked, there would be open
conflict.
He does not want war. Yet, almost paradoxi-
cally, he can threaten the West with this action
to gain an ear for his demands because the
West does not want war either.
BUT THE East Germans cannot forever re-
main content while Khrushchev threatens
the West and promises them complete control
of Berlin and a reunited Germany under the
Communist flag. Signs of East German tensions
and expectations are present. The West must
hope that Moscow can keep them under control
to maintain the uneasy stalemate which exists.
The latest series of diplomatic events has
shown that both sides are sitting on a load of
dynamite in Germany., Each threatens the
other; neither wants to light the fuse. The world
can fairly well count on the reluctance of both.
What it must fear most is spontaneous com-
bustion.
-MICHAEL BURNS
plays, "Battle Of The Angels." He
something worth salvaging in this
time and effort to re-do it.
In the theatre, "Orpheus" was
and one half hours, but it was in
grim humor throughout and beau-
tifully etched smaller, characters.
TRANSFERRED to the screen,
Williams and screen writer Meade
Roberts have deleted all the hu-
mor and have chosen to concen-
trate on the three, principle char-
acters, to the virtual exclusion of
the others.
There is one exception to this-
they have expanded the role of
Anna Magnani's invalid husband
(Victor Jory) and this Is good,,
but they have reduced the role of
the sheriff's wife (Maureen. Stap-
leton) to almost nothing. In the'
play, she thought that she had a
vision of and r'elations with Christ
in the figure of Val (Marlon
Brando), a.wandering g u i tar
player.
* s *
Milkweed
PARAPHRASE a recent lecture-
Upon the depressing scene of the 1960
college campus bursts-The John Barton
Walgamot Society, a springtime weed
with a hopeful future.
In the desperate seriousness which
overcomes the college campus at times of
world crisis and final exams, Hopwood
winners who can mock the Hopwood lec-
tures, "disinterested grads" who can sat-
irize major traditional institutions( such
as the English department lecture, and
the Oxford critic) are badly needed, and'
highly successful.
So four and, one - half cheers for the
JBW's. May they continue to milk the.
sacred cows, and keep campus satire alive.
-FAITH WEINSTEIN
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND:
Mr. K Takes Stalin Line
By DREW PEARSON
Academicsin MSU ROTC
ICHIGAN STATE University has advanced
a new ROTC plan that will replace about
half of the purely tactical instruction with
icademics courses in a surprising move that
nay upset many military personnel.
Supporters of a strongly traditional college
nilitary program seemed to have won a major
rictory last month in the faculty-trustee dis-
pute at East Lansing. The Board of Trustees
>f MSU had voted 4-2 in April to continue the
wmpulsory ROTC requirement for freshmen
ind sophomores.
Under the new plan, ROTC cadets will elect
uch courses as political science, psychology,
nd communications instead of tactical and
ogistical courses. The classes will in general
je instructed by regular faculty members. In,
nilitary history, the emphasis will be placed
>n its evolution and implications in today's
world. Here it ,is expected that the faculty
ecturer will be assisted by ROTC recitation
leaders.
EXCEPT FOR a small degree of faculty hesi-
tancy, the reactions to the plan are en-
husiastic on the MSU campus. Provost Paul
Miller, speaking for the ROTC,'claimed that
,he program is based on the assumption that
hey can develop a better officer this way than
with entirely tactical courses. "Our aim," he
aid, "is to make it a first class academic pro-
ram."
A t'quite positive" response has been dem-
instrated by the student body. Miller said.
Whether or not this indicates an awakening
ntellectual undergraduate group at MSU, or
in intense dislike of the present ROTC system
ir even just a desire to change from the pos-.
dbly boring tactical courses, this reaction can't
,e regarded as too surprising.
'HE VERY LEAST the students will gain is
more hour credits from ROTC classes than
hey have received before. The tactical courses
usually. award one or two credits, where the
icademic ones, like here, are valued at three
md four. It Is this problems of credits that
worries the,. faculty.
Professor Ray Denny, president of the MSU
hapter of the American Association of Uni-
ersity Professors, said there was no objection
o the philosophy behind the ROTC plan from
he faculty but there were worries that it
night be asking to crowd more academic cred-
ts in a four-year sequence which is "already
*acked*"
1fr 1tftbn at
IN REACHING its decision to continue the
compulsory military program last month,
the Board of Trustees ignored a resolution of
the faculty senate that asked for a change to
a voluntary system. The, faculty demonstrated-
their deeply-felt' opinions in, as Prof. Denny
put it, "The only way we knew how to." They
brought up a motion in the senate to remove
all academic credit from ROTC courses. The.
motion, though it was. defeated, was a very
strong one and clearly expressed their views.
What were the causes of this seemingly
radical move by MSU? Provost Miller traces
it to a nation-wide trend over the past several
years to academize .the ROTC plan. This may
have grown out of the curriculum changes in'
stituted at West Point when a survey of its
graduates revealed a need for more social,
science and humanities instruction.
tHFE MSU COMMITTEE on the Future of
the University also accelerated the changes,
Miller reported. In a rather strong plea, the.
committee suggested curriculum reform in 4ll
departments. Incidentally, it also recommended-
a shifting to a voluntary ROTC program,
Faculty action concerning ROTC must cer-,
tainly also have been a factor in provoking
Ethe revamping. Although the 'trustees ,refused
to follow the advice- of the professors this year,
the faculty had no intention of forgetting the,
matter; Presumably, pressure would have been.
directed toward the trustees and ROTC heads
to drop the compulsory part of the program.
Sooner or later one side would crumble under
the force of the other, 'and past experience
indicates that faculty senates are strongly.
cohesive groups.
NOW THAT the men who direct ROTC at
MSU appear willing to drop some of the
military aspects to insure a more academic
training for their cadets, the faculty may
accept this without immediately pushing for
a voluntary program.
What ever the true motivations behind the-'
academizing of ROTC, the plan appears to be
a very good one. While a' competent officer
must possess certain technical skills and know-
eldge, he will be a better leader if he is aware
of the evolution of that knowledge and its
consequences today. Tactical information is
indeed important, but for a leader to direct
men's action and lives, he must also under-
stand the motivations and behavior of man.
Details of past campaigns and battles may be
immense aids to a military man, but exposure
to the ideas of the world's important thinkers
is needed to stimulate the thinking' that will
produce the originalities that will enable him
to gain his objective.
B ERII - In this city onthe
front line of the revived cold
war, the story is told of Stalin's
will and its advice to Premier
Khrushchev.
When Stalin died, so the story
goes, he left two letters for
Khrushchev, the first marked "to
be opened in case of emergency,"
and the second marked "to be
opened in case of extreme emer-
gency."
At' the 20th Communist Party.
Congress, Khrushchev faced an
emergency which he considered
important enough to open the
first Stalin letter. It read: "Blame
me-Stalin."
(This was the Congress-at which
Khrushchev deliverel the long
tirade excoriating Stalin for his
policy of terrorism.) .
During the Hungarian crisis,
Khrushchev faced extreme emer-
gency and opened the second let-
ter. It read: "Act like me-Stalin."
* * *
KHRUSHCHEV had broken so
much diplomatic crockery during
his bull-in-the-summit show at
Paris that he would have con-
tinued acting like Stalin in Ber-
lin, regardless. However, when you
consider what's at stake in Berlin
for Mr. K and for the Communist
world, you can understand why
he operates that way..
Walk past the Brandenburg
Gate across the invisible line that
separates West Berlin from East
Berlin and you begin to get the
picture. It used to be that East
Berlin was a desert of rocks and
rubble, twisted steel and signs
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VOL. LXX, No. 173
General Notices
Distribution of Diplomas: If the e-
ercises are held in the Stadium, dip-
lomas for all graduates except those of
the School of Dentistry, the Medical
School, and Flint College will be dis-
tributed from designated stations un.
der the east stands of the Stadium,
immediately after the exercises. The
diploma distribution stations are on
the level above the tunnel entrance. If
the weather is rainy and the exercises
must be held indoors, all diplomas ex-
cept those of the School of Dentistry,
the Medical School, and Flint College
will be distributed from the windows
of the Cashier's Office and the Office
of Registration and Records in the
lobby of the Ad. Build. Following the
ceremony, diplomas may be called for
until 9:00 p.m.
Commencement Instructions to Fac-
ulty Members: Convene at 4:15 p.m. In
the first floor lobby in the Ad. Bldg.
Buses will be provided in front of the
Bldg. on State St. to take you to the
Stadium or Yost Field House to join
the procession and to take the place
assigned to you on stage, as directed
by the marhals at the end of the ex-
reading "American bombers caused
this destruction."
* * *
BUT TODAY it isn't. Today
Stalinallee, the showplace of East
Berlin, is a 'relatively prosperous,
fairly attractive boulevard, with
modern shops, solid, Moscow-type
apartment houses, green parks'set.
with gardens of pansies and calen-
dulas. It isn't as prosperous as
West Berlin, but the change since
I last saw it is remarkable.
Going beyond Stalinalee, beyond
East Berlin, to East Germany the
progress is even more remarkable.
It shows why Khrushchev, to keep
his place as leader of the Com-
munist world, has to make an
issue of Berlin, why he was so
irate at Eisenhower and Adenauer
for insisting there could be no
change in the status of Berlin. ,
For East Germany today has
become the keystone of the Com-
munist economy.
Unlike West Germany whose
production is enriching its own
people, East Germany's production
is drained off by Russia. Without
East German production, Khrush-
chev's promises of a better life for
his people would go bankrupt.
* **
WHEN THE ALLIES, including
Russia, decided to carve up Ger-
many in order to destroy its ability
ever to make war again, the
industrial West was put under the
occupation of the United States,
France and England, the agricul-
tural East was put under"Russia.
For a time, the West Germans,
unable to eat their wrecked ma-
chinery and blackened factories,
were fed by the United States.
Now they have rebuilt their coun-
try into the most prosperous in
the world. ,Thety have accom-
plished one of the miracles of the
post-war period.
But the East Germans, not be-
cause of Communism, but because
of the extraordinary energy of the
German people, have also accom-
plished a miracle. Today their ma-
chine tools, precision instruments,
light machinery, are an impor-
tant key to Communist bloc in-
dustrialization. Today they are
Moscow's No. 1 trading partner.
SO IN SOME respects Mr. K.
is a political prisoner. He is under
want or else see them drift over
to the Chinese - Stalinist camp.
And the East German leaders are
inclined to be tough Stalinist fol-
lowers anyway.
Across the invisible line that
separates East and West Berlin,
however, is another group of Ger-
mans, capitalistic, pro-American,
also highly industrialized, far more
prosperous, who are also playing
for keeps. And the mere fact that
they are across an invisible line, a
constant haven for refugees, a
continuing threat to Communism,
is what makes the East Germans
needle Khrushchev into delivering
threatening speeches.
* * *
HE ABSOLUTELY must have
recognition of East Germany.
On his side of the line is a crack
East German army of 23 divisions,
a disciplined force of half a
million men. The West German
army eventually will be 12 divi-
sions. It has ordered $1,400,000,000
of military supplies from the
United States government, pay-
able in cash; has ordered another.
one billion from private American
contractors. But the West German
military system, still in embryo,
today could be wiped out in short
order by Communist forces-unless?
it gets help from the United
States.
Those in brief are some of the
reasons why Mr. K. holds the
whip hand in Germany and 'why,
with the break-up of the summit
conference, he is in a position to
crack the whip.
(Copyright 1960, by the Bell Syndicate)
THIS HYSTERICAL woman's
ravings provided the motivations
for her sadistic husband leading'
a mob against Val and having
him torn to shreds by a pack of
,viscious "nigger chasing" dogs.
In. the movie, there are afew
seconds of her. slobbering,. about
the- seemingly- omni-present' rain
and a few.'wails about her. "vis-
ion." Thereupon beer husband tells
Brando that he had better be out
of town by. sunrise or else. The
whole' episode would be vague and
hazy to anyone who did not know
the. original pla'y.,
The movie surpasses the play
as to the death of Val.
Instead of being ripped by dogs,
Val is forced by the water pres-
sure of fire hoses, wielded against
him by the sheriff and pals, into
a burning wine garden, the° fate
that had befallen Miss Magnani's
father years before.
"INTERESTING" is the word
to describe the overall impression
left by this picture. There is abso-
lutely no doubt as to the author-
ship, because as usual Williams
has oodles of dark frustration,
seething passion, and flights of
poetic prose.
However, "Fugitive does not
have the stark horror, that made
"Suddenly, ,,Last Summer" so
pathologically.-fascinating or the'
fleshly delights that made "Baby
Doll" such fun.
One interesting thing in this,
film .is that Miss Magnani's
speech, even despite, her heavy
Italianlacce t, is' on the' whole far
easier to understand than "Bran-
do's, with all his Method man-
nerisms.
Director Sidney Lumet employs
light and shadow in his black 4nd
white.photography for stunning
visual effects.
-Patrick Chester.
must have thought that there was
early failure in order to spend the
an extremely rambling,,diffuse two
some measure saved by' a spirit of
AT THE CAMPUS:
Vivid View
Of Euroe
T'S A PITY "Rosemary" could
not entertain the patrons of the.
Campus as nicely as Nadya Tiller,
playing the movie's title role, dis-.
tracted the business tycoons of
the Common Market. The movie
industry, even in corrupt Europe'.
is regretfully not that sophisti'
cated yet.
At any rate, since Rosemary was
a real person in a real situation,
her easy conquest over the' conti-
nent's 'fiancial giants indiates
that Britain has little to worry
about in the world of eommerce.
I-t seems that every time the
elite meet to discuss business,
they take the inevitable break
from their wives. The members
of the board display rare cam
raderie' even in pursuing the'i
favorite pastimes. Each climbs into.
his Rolls Royce, and with the
precision of a funeral procession
creeps to the Rialto for wine and
women.
ROSEMARY STOPS the entour-
age on the evening of her debut,
and climbs into the lead car. Un-'
happily for-her, she picks the only
man who cannot be seduced. This
'does not prevent her from climb-
ing to the top, but forces her into
loving him; which is the story's
tragic flaw.
A handsome but clever French-
man then appears .to conduct
business and meets Rosemary. He
is- even more " corrupt than the
rest. He does not try to win her-
he convinces her she should tape
her private conversations witht6p
businessmen and passthem to
him. With the information thus
acquired, the French can conduct
business with greater advantage.
ROSEMARY 'gets greedy,.how-
ever. Instead of turning' over the
tapes to her French friend, she,
keeps them for higher stakes;.
marriage, respectability and love.
These are producta sure to com-
pete-i n the prevailing market' f
hypocrisy ,and buffoonery, but ,the
price of marrying a trollop is too
dear for the offered merharidise.
While Rosemary was industry's
darling, she was quite welcome to
society's. favor. But now she is
grabbing at power not givento
her. This cannot be tolerated, not
even by the Frenchman. The circle
of business friends closes with
desperate loyalty, and the intruder
i delivered her-due.
ALWAYS in the background are
her vagabond friends, who oned
procured for a price, 'and now
remind her of her rise. At the end
they have sent another whore to
breathe thinner air, and begin
the vicious cycle again with fresh
material.
This leaves the viewer with' a
vivid cross section of the new
,Europe..:. hypocrites on top whor
have an'easy life, opportunists on
the bottom who' also have an easy
life, and the climbers selling body.
and soul in order find an easy life.
-Thomas Brien
'RAMBLERS' DELIGHTFUL:
Trio Strums,. ,n
In Improbable Concert
THREE HIGHLY improbable young men collided last .night in the.
Michigan 'Union ballroom, resulting in almost three hours of
delightful-and equally improbable-musical entertainment.
"The New Lost City Ramblers,"-Tom Paley, John Cohen, and
Mike Seeger, by name-plucked, picked, and strummed on a variety
of instruments (banjo, guitar, mandolin, autoharp), often:chiming in
with vocal accompaniment to a number of tunes drawn from the
musically fertile era of the 1930's.
Wearing inscrutable deadpans, they ran through such old-timey
ditties as "Battleship of Maine," "Darlin' Corey," and even some "real
pitiful" ones like "On the Banks -of the Ohio," and "Tom Dooley" of
which they sang the uncopyrighted version.
SHUNNING COLORFUL sport. shirts, the trio wore clothes of the
most sombre hue, ostensibly so they "wouldn't be mistaken for the
Kingston Trio."
However, there was no fear of this once they began to sing, for
even in their wildest moments, the Kingston Trio could not hope to
match the musical frenzy produced by a, fiddle, mandolin and banjo
working on "The Man Who Wrote 'Home, Sweet, Home' Never Was a
Married Man."
The combination of instruments varied throughout the evening,
with each member of the trio taking an opportunity for a solo stint,
in addition to interesting dual combinations.
They dispensed homely philosophy, such as "Beware, 0 Take Care,"
morality object lessons, such as "Frankie and Johnny" and "The Girl
I Left Behind," and a goodly share of the depression and post-depres-
sion political philosophy, in a trio of songs: "NRA Blues," "White
House Blues," and "Franklin D. Roosevelt's Back Again," the latter
written. In 1936 after his reelection.
Hoary, hairy jokes in a musical dialogue, set to the fast-fiddling
background of ."Arkansas Traveler," and a foot-stomping, all-out"
finale-"There Ain't No Bugs on Me"-rounded off one of the liveliest
musical evenings the cultural Mecca of the Midwest has seen in
years--probably since the 1930's
--Selma Sawaya'
'U
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To the Editor:
IN AN OTHERWISE most ac-
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Winnie the - Pooh mlastThursday
evening before members of the
Wolgamot 'Sodeity, Faith Dixon
Hunt misrepresents me' by writing
of Pooh's "endless and. futile
search for his own identity."I
was, I- think, more concerned to
stress Milne's theme of the._"re-
cherche du moi." I am, Sir,'yours
etc.,
-Reginald C. Ffines-Sotherby
Tremble College, Oxon.
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