q g4V'Ms*diigan Baily Eighty years of editorial freedom Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Maynord St., Ann Arbor, Mich News Phone: 764-0552 TC~rActaz-ff6 FPVR Rcrf! V 62OTIN Editorials printed in The Michigon Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in al reprints. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1971 NIGHT EDITOR: LYNN WEINER isdom of the peace march E1J1TR Ut {iTN- AID FDWR TO THE PA DO6Tf{NW U HE WL-FIW RQEAUCRAC'(I CG EA' UPt 1{6 A + w 1 PEOPLE FROM throughout Ann Arbor will be marching this afternoon to protest the invasion of Laos. Despite the temptation to shrug the event off as another in a long series of futile attempts to achieve governmental change, the po- tential of the march should not be ig- nored. In the past, anti-war rallies and marches have generally been character- ized by an abundance of rhetoric that while often exciting a crowd has little long-range benefit. The culmination in violence of so many marches supposedly designed to achieve social change has had the opposite, discouraging effect. The concern with meaningless slogans on the one hand, and destructive acts on the other, effectively prevented such events from achieving more modest, yet signi- ficant, change. A march such as the one planned for today can't be expected to change the direction of a President who has chosen to pursue military victory regardless of public opinion or military reality. In the light of the failure of past rallies and marches to force more than "Vietnamiza- tion" out of Nixon, hopes must be tem- pered with a realistic assessment of t h e march's practical potential. This is where the planning meeting Monday night was most successful. Those present moved in a most hope- ful direction when they achieved the consensus that any activity should not be a "one-shot" thing. Hopefully, t h'e march will provide more than just an out- let for the anger felt toward our govern- ment, but will channel the energies of frustration constructively. This means a broad-based effort unit- ing as many segments of the community as possible against the war. Unrealistic ideals of "worker-student alliances" and "unity of all peaples", while not forsaken, must be relegated to the background while an attempt is made to simply make more people involved. RUT MOST of all, the march will be promising simply by its existence af- ter the siege of apathy that has befallen most campuses. Dissent has been effec- tively stifled through fear and apathy - fear of more repressive reactions like Kent State, and apathy stemming from the feeling that demonstrations cannot achieve any progress. While planning on a non-violent march, those involved should not ignore non- violent civil disobedience as a means of bringing the issues of this war to a still- apathetic public. If planned thoroughly, this sort of tactic should not jeopardize their base of support. Finally, while some at Monday's Meet- ing were quick to advocate a student strike, it is fortunate that this question was tabled for later discussion. Even if such a strike received the support of many students, it would have no clear direction and would divide the local peace movement from students not wishing to close the University. -MARK DILLEN ( 1, Dist. Publishers-Hall Syndicate / -RIGHTJ ON! i.ANoK' YO. GIJ XMFJTM ILA~ O L CM5' uMcfESSION 0f 6A.D'w. 5II4 / F -.-, I // \\CIen iA u 4 Angela Da vis: Continuing the struggle Opening up war research THE AIR AND logistical support provid- ed by U.S. forces to the continuing in- vasion of Laos and Cambodia is another reminder of the crucial role American iilitary technology plays in waging war in Asia. And despite University administrators' attempt to keep the subject under wraps, scientists and engineers here are playing an essential part in developing the wea- pons systems that allow the United States to participate in such military adven- tures. Through their $10.4 million of Defense Department researchi, h a 1 f of which is classified, University researchers are de- veloping the technology needed to count-' er guerrilla insurrections - conflicts that don't have any frontlines. "In ground warfare the single m o s t serious deficiency is in our ability to find out where the enemy is," John Foster, di- rector of Defense Department research and engineering ,said in an interview last year. It is precisely this problem that campus war research is working on - advanced techniques to locate and track insurgent forces. WHILE MANY OF the exact details are classified, U.S. aircraft in Southeast Asia are now using infrared sensors to detect Communist forces at night and in poor weather, advanced radar techniques to track moving targets and map terrain, and sound and vibration sensors to locate troop movements. Infrared sensing was developed largely by University researchers at Willow Run Laboratories where they are now measur- ing the infrared characteristics of mili- tary targets. . Engineers at Willow Rin and the elec- trical engineering department's Radia- tion Laboratory are working on advanced radars for the Air Force after having de- veloped a side-looking radar for the mili- tary several years ago. Other researchers are working on measures to protect aircraft from attack and to reduce the vulnerability to detec- tion of airplanes and vehicles. THE REASON this work has been able able to continue, according to Michael Knox, a member of the committee which oversees classified research, is because of the "veil of secrecy" surrounding this ef- fort. After a furor over classified research in 1967, a faculty report adopted by the Re- gents states that the University will not agree to any contracts "which would re- strain its freedom to disclose the purpose and scope of the proposed research." The report continues that this "em- phasizes the need to malre public suffi- cient information regarding the intent and sphere of the proposed research in order that its appropriateness m a y be perceived by the entire University." The University, however, has not even followed its own policy in this regard. At present, the only information avail- able about a project is its title, principal investigator, sponsor and dollar-value. There is no publicly available listing of the "purpose and scope" of such research. History Prof. Gerhard Weinberg, Sen- ate Assembly chairman, brought his con- cern over this matter to the Committee on Classified Research last semester. The committee took action soon after on Weinberg's request that more information be made public, according to dental Prof. Gerald Charbeneau, chairman of the group. T HF PROPOSAL, however, for summar- ies of classified research projects now in effect is now being blocked by Vice President for Research A. Geoffrey Nor- man, a long-time apologist for classified research here who has consistently op- posed any meaningful restrictions on such work. Norman claims he would be willing to publish summaries of all research pro- jects were it not for the cost but refuses to "single out" classified projects. How- ever, the faculty has already voted to sin- gle them out by ordering a special com- mittee to review all classified proposals. Moreover, one can already g e t the re- sults of unclassified projects by asking for them. His other objections - that there are problems about the cost of printing such summaries, deciding to whom they should be distributed and w h a t their format should be - are easily resolved. At present researchers who wish to en- gage in classified research must prepare a form issued by the classified research committee that asks for a short summary of the project, its educational contribu- tions, the number of students involved, and the sponsor's objectives. THESE SUMMARIES have been, up to now, considered confidential by t h e University administration. It would, how- ever, be quite simple for Norman's office to reproduce a f e w copies of approved projects that anyone in t h e University community could examine. EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of two parts of an interview with Angela Davis reprinted by permission of Muhammad Speaks. which interviewed Davis in New York. The second part of the in- terview will be printed later this week. Muhammad Speaks Canvassers walked the streets of Harlem and asked Black people-men and women from a wide varietyaof occupations as well as students and unemployed-what would they ask Miss Davis if they could, or what troubled them about her case. The questions most frequently asked were presented to Angela Davis by her Attorney Margaret Burnham, who tape-recorded her exclusive answers for Muhammad Speaks. A lot of the people polled by MS expressed a desire to hear "in An- gela's own words" exactly what the situation is, instead of having to rely on the "conclusions" drawn by the daily press. A considerable number of people said that they had no questions to ask and said they realized the na- ture of her persecution but wanted to send their wishes and expres- sions of encouragement and soli- darity to her. Also, similar senti- ments were expressed by manyof those who did propose questions. This correspondent believes that the questions gathered from the streets of Harlem represent those most being asked by Black men and women across the country. Miss Davis' responses are printed here so that she can represent her- self in a Black news medium and clear up distortions printed in Life, Newsweek, Time. N.Y. Times and so forth. THE FOLLOWING are the ques- tions to Angela Davis from the peo- ple of Harlem (listed in order of frequency, the most asked question first, etc.) and her verbatim answers. Why are you a Communist? Before anything else I am a Black woman: I dedicated my life to thestruggle for the liberation of Black people-my enslaved, im- prisoned people. I am a Communist because I am convinced that the reason we have been forcefully compelled to eke out an existence at the very lowest level of American society has to do withthe nature of capitalism. If we are going to rise out of our oppres- sion, our poverty, if we are going to cease being the targets of the racist-minded mentality of racist policemen, we will have to destroy the American capitalist system. We will have to obliterate a system in which a few wealthy capitalists are guaranteed the privilege of becom- ing richer and richer, whereas the people who are forced to work for the rich, and especially Black peo- ple, never take any significant step forward. I am a Communist because I be- lieve that Black people, with whose labor and blood this country was built, have a right to a great deal of wealth that has been hoarded in the hands of the Hughes, the Rocke- fellers, the Kennedys, the DuPcuts, all the Super-powerful white capi- talists of America. Further I am a Communist be- cause I believe Black men.should not be coerced into fighting a racist imperialist war in Southeast Asia, where the U.S. Government is vio- others, to escape the persecution being waged against you? First of all, I am sure that J. Edgar Hoover in collusion with Nixon and Reagan decided to make an example of me. The FBI un- leashed an enormous amount of manpower in this search, much more than they can afford to use ordinarily. Because so much pub- lic attention was focused on me and my alleged participation in the events at San Rafael, they had to prove to their reactionary contin- gencies that they could capture Black revolutionaries. HUNDREDS OF women resemb- ling me in Black communities across the country were arrested. Not only were my family, friends and political acquaintances kept under constant surveillance but casual friends and acquaintances, some of whom I haven't had con- tact with for over a decade, were also under surveillance. Obviously they intended to block all paths of escape. We have to realize that I was taken by sur- prise. There was no way for me to have forseen that I would be compelled to run for my life last August. Therefore the entire flight had to be improvised. It was a difficult situation with my picture pasted up all over the country. Furthermore. the press' helped the FBI by doing all kinds of articles and even cover stories on me. I DIDN'T ESCAPE successfully but we should remember this- there will continue to be frameups such as mine and we will continue to be forced to hide. Just because they caught me doesn't mean that everyone of us will be captured. They set all their running dogs on me. This they can afford to do only a few times over. We must refuse to allow them to strike ter- ror among us, for this was obvious- ly the intent of their actions. Furthermore because of the in- tensified repression we are ex- periencing, we have to begin to talk about creating a viable apparatus to allow Black freedom fighters sought for by the policento remain in this country and remain active in the Black liberation struggle. There has been much talk that you are being used by the Com- munists. Is it in any way possible that this is so? Any vicious propaganda to the effect that I am being used by Communists can only have been initiated by the enemies of our struggle. Therehave been rumors that be- cause the Communist Party has come to my defense, this means that they are exploiting me and further indicates that perhaps the party had something to do with my capture. Anyone who believes such flag- rant lies has been terribly deceiv- ed by the Nixon-Reagan clique, for they are the ones who devise such underhanded methods of question- ing our struggle. I AM A BLACK woman Com- munist. The corrupt government of this country could not accept such a combination. This is why they use the events at San Rafael to' launch an effort to murder me. As a member of the Communist Party, it was incumbent on the party to come to my defense. Furthermore, through me the government is attempting to fur- ther attack and terrorize Black people, as they have done in the case of George Jackson, Huey Newton, Bobby Seale, Ericka Huggins, and I could go on and on. Therefore Black people have to begin to talk about rising up not only in the defense of political pri- soners but in their own defense. Despite "all that has fallen on you, do you still feel as strongly about the Black cause? There is absolutely nothing which could deter me from continuing to fight with all my energies for the freedom of my people. There is no need for me to cry because I have been captured but there is all the more reason to be strong and keep fighting. During the time I was participat- ing in the efforts to free the Sole- Committees have been organiz- ed all across the country, in fact throughout the world, to force the government to set me free. Dem- onstrations, petition campaigns, massive literature campaigns have already been developed. There is a whole host of activities in which people can involve themselves.I1 would suggest that those who are interested, should contact the New York Committee to Free Angela Davis, 29 W. 15th St., N.Y.C., or Black Women for the Freedom of Angela Davis, 361 West 125th St., N.Y.C., or the United National Committee to Free Angela Davis, 4350 43rd Street, Los Angeles, Cali- fornia. I think it is important to link up the struggle for my freedom with the fight to free other Black pqiti- cal prisoners . . . I maintain that the fight should call for the free- dom of all Black men and women. For few of us have received fair trials. We certainly have, not been judged by juries from among our peers. EVEN IF I am eventually al- lowed to leave the dungeon, I will not consider myself free. My free- dom will-become a reality when we as a people have destroyed our enemies, when we Black people have broken the yokes of our op- pression and can freely erect a society which reflects our needs and our dreams. I will not be free until all Black people are free. Have you ever had any doubt since you became a Communist about their ability' to help black people? The Communist Party recognizes that Black people not only consti- tute the most oppressed collection of people in the United States but also that we are the product of the most militant tradition of resist- ance within the confines of this country. Therefore we as Black people are the natural leadersBof a revolution which must ultimately overthrow the American ruling class, thus freeing the masses of the American people. Black people must free themselves. WE REALIZE in our struggle that racism in this country is all perversave. This we learned in the experiences we encountered during the civil right ,era in which many well-meaning whites 'unconsciously ai perpetuated racism by taking the patronizing posture that they must "help us" Black people, which meant to assist us in the futile task of integrating ourselves into a dying culture. The Communist Party acknowl- edges the need for white people to accept the leadership of Blacks, es- pecially white workers. If they are to free themselves of their chains, they must realize that first and foremost they m u s t struggle a g a i n s t all manifestations of racism. lently denying a non-white people the right to control their own lives, just as they violently suppressed us for hundreds of years. MY DECISION to join the Che- Lumumba Club, a militant, all- Black collective of the Communist Party, flowed directly from my be- lief that the only path of liberatios for Black people is the one which leads towards the complete and total overthrow of the' capitalist class and all its various instru- ments of suppression. , The Che-Lumumba Club is con- cerned with thertask of organizing Black people around their imme- diate needs but at the same time of creating an army of freedom fighters which will overthrow our enemies. We realize that in order to accomplish this latter goal we must work in harmony with the progressive forces of white Ameri- ca who have seen the nature of the beast. Why didn't you use the "Under- ground Railroad," like Robert Wil- liams and Eldridge Cleaver and dad Brothers, I continually warned that any one of us could be set up as the next target of the govern- ment's policy of repression of Black revolutionaries. Many among us are locked in the dungeons across the country. Ninety-five per cent of us here in the N.Y.C. Women's House of De- tention are Black and Puerto Ri- can. I am with my people and we are going to continue to fight inside the dungeon. how can ordinary people help you in your fight? Letters to the Daily: Profit business at U' cellar? To the Daily: THE UNIVERSITY CELLAR is incorporated as a strictly non-pro- fit business, set up for the benefit of the community. Funds we r e contributed by the students, total- ling about $140,000 for supporting this function. Now, inside the U. Cellar The Indian Paint Brush, a retail flower shop, is in the process of setting up for business. The business is based soley on profit. This is op- posite to the purpose of the U. Cellar. The Indian Paint Brush is in no way part of the U. Cellar. It is owned an d operated by a non-student independent l o c a l businessman. Some facts: -U. Cellar is separate from the nessmen. Agreements were made selectively and not publicized. -The legality of a retail pro- fiteering business on n o n-profit corporation property has not been investigated or publicized. Sure flowers are nice and will probably be cheaper there than at other flower shops around town. This is because the Indian Paint Brush has many business advan- tages over its competitors as a re- sult ofrprofiteering in a non-pro- fit store which is frequented by the community with good inten- tions. If you feel that there is a cer- tain amount of injustice being carried on in your store, you can stop it by taking one minute and telling the manager of the Cellar that you do not w a n t a profit specific issues relating to RC rais- ed in the aforementioned letter. My concern lies with t h e final paragraph of the letter. I quote, "And all t he RC upper-middle class, suburban, OFTEN JEWISH, mass egalitarian "radicals," who are so outraged at the world's in- equalities, had better look at home first." (Emphasis is my own.) Undoubtedly, there are Jews as well as members of other ethnic and radical groups that are upper- middle class, suburban, m a s s egalitarians and radicals. While I do not personally believe that such characterizations are derogatory, I do believe that it was Mr. Scott's intent to create a derogatory con- text.nFurthermore, I fail to see the relevancy of religion in a discus- tions would be inexhaustible. It is important to note thatuthroughout history, statements such as Mr. Scott's have come just a step be- hind the rebirth of the usage of terms s u c h as "kike," "nigger," "wop," etc. Hopefully such tactics went out with brown shirts, goose steps and cries of "sieg heil." Such gross in- sults have repeatedly destroyed unity amongst all people and have thereby greatly inhibited progress in the areas of civil rights and freedom of religion. On behalf of myself, the Jewisn community and the community at large, I demand an immediate apology for Mr. Scott's blatant appeal to anti-semitism in partic- ular and prejudice in general. I would suggest Mr. Scott, that nine devotion to the U.N. Con- vention on Continental Shelf and his persistence in invoking it in the Tiao Yu Tai islands dispute deserves a U.N. medal for Peace, American Style. (1) The Tao Yu Tai islands in- cidents must not be viewed in its narrow perspective as an oil scramble, and territorial dispute involving but two parties. It is ad political issue involving two other parties: the People's Republic of China and the U.S. in a tangle to determine whether the Nixon ob- session for the containment of People's China is to be continued, and hence the American people will have to take its consequences.* (2) The transposition of t h e strategic islands to Japanese con- trol including the Liu Chiu islands where the American base. Okin-