£id?14an Daily Eighty-one years of editorial freedom Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Mich. News Phone: 764-0552 Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1972 Muting the Olympic ideal }Y THE COMPLETION of Wednesday's abbreviated Olympic competition, the bitter memory of the world's most recent tragedy appeared to slowly fade from the minds of Tuesday's stunned populace. As expected, normalcy rapidly returned to Munich; the bloodshed ceased, the tense atmosphere evaporated and Olympic committee czar Avery Brundage declared that a small group of terrorists would not prevent the games of the 20th Olympiad from pro- ceeding to its conclusion. The savage members of the Black September Group, through their sense- less massacre of eleven Israeli Olympians succeeded in receiving the world-wide attention they desired. However, in do- ing so, they not only blemished Munich's effort in creating a new, friendlier image for the German nation, but also dashed any hopes that were brewing for a Mid- dle East peace settlement. IT IS ONLY since 1936, when Adolf Hit- ler used the Olympics as a showcase for his Aryan supremacy myth, that the games have become a theater for elabo- rate ceremonies, pageantry, fanatic na- tionalism. The original spirit of man ver- sus man has been replaced by country versus country; East versus West; ideol- ogy versus ideology. Now future gaIies are doomed to be stained by the blood that flowed in Munich. It has been proven time and again that all the flags and anthems in the world Editorial Staff SARA FITZGERALD Editor PAT BAUER~.............Asociate Managing Editor ROSE SUE BERSTEIN ....Associate Managing Editor LINDSAY CHANEY............ ....Editorial Director MARK DILEN....... ...... .....Magazine Editor LINDA DREEBEN ,,.... Associate Managing Editor TAMMY.JACOBS................Managing Editor LORIN LABARDEE ..............Personnel Director ARTHUR LERNER .................Editorial Director JONATHAN MILLER................Feature Editor ROBERT SCHREINER............Editorial Director GLORIA SMITHE.....................Arts Editor ED SUROVELL.....................Books Editor PAUL TRAVIS ..........Associate Managing Editor NIGHT EDITORS: Robert Barkin, Jan Benedetti, Chris Parks, Gene Robinson, Zachary Schiller, Ted Stein. COPY EDITORS: Diane Levick, Jim O'Brien, Charles Stein, Marcia Zoslaw. DAY EDITORS: Dave Burhenn, Daniel Jacobs, Jim etn, Marilyn Riley, Nancy Rosenbaum, Judy Ruskin, Paul Ruskin, Sue Stephenson, Karen Tink- lenberg, Becky Warner. ASSISTANT NIGHT EDITORS: Susan Brown, Jim Fringer, Matt Gern NancyHakmaer, Cindy Hill, John Marston, Linda Rosenthal, Eric Schoch, Marty Stern, David Stoll, Doris Waltz. Photography Staff TERRY McCARTHY .............Chief Photographer ROLFT TESSEM ......................Picture Editor DENNY.GAINER .................Staff Photographer TOM GOTTLIEB .................Staff Photographer DAVID MARGOLICK............Staff Photographer Sports Staff JOHN PAPANEK Sports Editor ELLIOT LEGOW Executive Sports Editor BILL ALTERMAN ...........Associate Sports Editor BOB ANDREWS ..............Assistant Sports Editor SANDI GENIS .................Assistant Sports Editor MICHAEL OLIN.......... Contributing Sports Editor RANDY PHILLIPS ........ Contributing Sports Editor NIGHT EDITORS: Chuck Bloom, Dan Borus, Chuck Drukis, Joel. Greer, George Hastings, Bob Heuer, Frank Longo, Bob McGinn, Rich Stuck. ASSISTANT NIGHT EDITORS: Marc Feldman, Rob Halvaks, Roger Rossiter, Theresa Swedo, Debbie Wissner. Business Staff ANDY GOLDING Business Manager BILL ABBOTT .........Associate Business Manager HARRY HIRSCH ................Advertising Manager FRANCINE HYMEN ..............Personnel Manager DIANE CARNEVALE ...................Sales Manager PAUL WENZLOFF..............Promotions Manager STEVEN EVSEEFF .,.......Circulation Manager DEPARTMENT MANAGERS AND ASSOCIATES: Wil- liam Blackford, Bob Davidoff, Jim Dykema, L'Tanya Haith, Sherry Kastle, Karen Laakko, Dave Lawson, Patti Wilkinson. ASSISTANT MANAGERS: Ray Catalino, Linda Cole- moan, Sandy Fenberg, Nelson Leavitt, Sheila Martin, Susan Morrison, Sharon Pocock, Ashish Sarkar, Pat Saykilly, Alan Weinberger, Carol Wieck. Today's staff . . News: Pat Bauer, John Marston, Charles Stein, Sue-Stephenson, Paul Travis Editorial: Robert Schreiner Photo technician: Terry McCarthy cannot stop wars and oppression and racism and hunger throughout the world. The superficial beauty of athletes con- vening from every corner of the globe obviously had none of the meaning for the Arab murderers that it had for the athletes and spectators. JF THE "Olympic ideal" is ever to sur- vive and the blood of Munich washed away from future games,'it must be by the efforts of all humanity, not the Arab States, not the United States, not any other state. . The Olympic Games represent the quintessence of sport, but they will not change the world until the world is ready to change, and sadly the danger of future Munichs will be clear and present until then. -JOHN PAPANEK Sports Editor -BOB ANDREWS Assistant Sports Editor Thieu heads:* Better than none? PRESIDENT NGUYEN Van Thieu of South Vietnam has done his best to resurrect the Domino Theory in South- east Asia. And he has succeeded. It is, however, a different set of dominoes and Thieu is toppling them. One after another, Thieu has demol- ished those fragile democratic institu- tions that South Vietnam had. Last Fall, Thieu made himself the only presidential candidate on the ballot, while the runner-up from the previous election languished in jail. Then early this summer, Thieu suspended the con- situation and declared martial law. In recent weeks he has further sup- pressed South Vietnam's newspapers -. already docile by U.S. standards- through strict censorship and the collec- tion of crippling monetary deposits. NOW HE HAS abolished popular elec- tions at the hamlet level, destroying the base of South Vietnam's symbolic democracy. From now on, the hamlet chiefs will be appointed by the province chiefs-military men handpicked by Thieu. In addition, the regime announced that the staffs of village governments- one rung up from the hamlets-will also be appointed by the province chiefs. The new decree authorizes military personnel to assume the administrative posts if enough "qualified" civilians are not available after extensive screening. It seems that some of the hamlets and villages had been electing Communists. THIEU, ever seeking to learn new po- litical techniques, manages to cam- ouflage the erosion of South Vietnamese civil liberties. He no longer releases En- glish translations of his speeches and has mastered at least one standard apol- ogy for the maintenance of dictatorship. "I have never denied independence and democracy," Thieu proclaimed last week. "But our Government has allowed us to enjoy too much democracy too, soon." Even as President Nixon cheerfully withdraws American troops from Indo- china, the facade of democratic govern- ment in South Vietnam is slipping away. President Thieu can stand on his own now, Nixon gloats, but the President does not discuss for what Thieu stands. -ARTHUR LERNER Editorial Director Presidents' By TAMMY JACOBS ONCE UPON A TIME, the Pre- sident of Student Government Council was the most important student on campus, the one who generally "set the pace" and led students in vital campaigns for their rights.< But once upon a time is past, and the year's first example of ' the slim leadership potential of the present SGC boss was shown at; Wednesday night's traditional Pre-v sidents' Welcome to Freshmen. This year, in a departure from n the norm, President Robben Flem- ing spoke first, followed by the current SGC president, Bill Jac- obs. Fleming's speech was an echo of past years, calling for "respon- sibility" and tolerance towards whatever causes the new fresh- man "do not espouse." BUT, IF THE speech Bill Jac- "30,000 students mo obs gave afterwards is any har- some of the imper: binger of where the student move- be changed. And a ment will go this year, Fleming his war on apathy, hI needn't have bothered. battle plans. Jacobs does realize that t h e University is, to use a Fleming SGC PRESIDENT euphemism, an "imperfect place". that before. They h He even did a half-decent job Wed- massive street actio nesday night of listing several is- for bringing pressur sue which display the University's te mto imperfections quite clearly. the administration. So far, so good. Jacobs went on But, true to ther to tell the freshmen that with road positions Jacob Security:A By SARA FITZGERALD What a c THIS SUMMER'S Republican convention think the P wasn't exactly a marketplace of ideas, peace - e but it was a marketplace of merchandise. splashing a The lobbies of the posh Fontainebleau drop soup. Hotel headquarters were crowded w i t h Granted,t delegates clad in red, white and blue, and ficant overt milling journalists - but above all with of China. B booths, selling every sort of pachyderm also that " paraphernalia imaginable. with the coi There were the Young Voters for the of Communi President hawking lottery tickets for such THIS CA prizes as a doodle drawn and autographed as a doctor by Health Education and W e 1- of "renewe fare Secretary Elliot Richardson. The an arm wh Florida Federation of Republican Women war casualt offered cookbooks including a recipe for ing,".. Mamie Eisenhower's sugar cookies. There or have die were outward entrepreneurs offering wat- Get the pi ches withthekfaces of' Pat and Dick in- The two c stead of Mickey House. AND DOWN AMONG the pens shaped phrenia oft the distNixnt like President Nixon and the "Elephants ne Nixo Eat Lettuce" buttons, was also an unob- Nel peac trusive little booklet entitled "Security is Nobel peac Re-electing President Nixon."Ca "n Though only 10 pages long, it seemed Vietnam - to set the tone and strike the theme of the Republican gathering and the party's up- wAnd he w coming campaign. Instead he' The book, designed like the "Peanuts" die, let mor book of a similar nature, the work of ans die an artist Al Victor, who notes that his bookyins i was "inspired by our great President and in the face dedicated to my wife, Millie Victor, and THE NIXC her fellow delegates from the Common- Te iX wealth of Virginia." qone alright a ,,quo, keepinl It offers definitions of "security," in- with its sci cluding, for instance, that "Security is rationalizing having a President who limited the spread duct of the of nuclear arms!" But despit TWO CARTOONS in particluar catch the the adminisi eye - both by their message and their For "ecu apparent contradiction. ging inciden One suggests that "Security is having ahedurrs President who will go anywhere in the headquarter cause of world peace!" It is accompanied police. by a picture of Nixon eargerly looking into a soup tureen labeled China and saying, Sara Fitz "The MEIN thing is to find out what's in Republican1 this CHOW!' Miami Hera which resulted in a commitment for a 10 per cent black enrollment that should be attained by next fall. Both of those examples are also studies in the failure of Jacobs' way of accomplishing things. Both of those goals - bookstore a n d black enrollment - had been going through countless committees, countless meetings - but were getting nowhere until actual phy- sical action was taken. There are many such examples peppering the annals of' not only this campus, but many others throughout the country. Jacobs' existent, if imperfect, knowledge of the imperfections of the University deserves to be com- mended, although he makes such errors of judgement as calling the University's snail-like forced ad- vance towards equal opportunities for women "significant progress." His war on apathy also deserves to be commended - ending apathy is always a commendable goal. HOWEVER, the fact remains that Jacobs' wishy-washy means are not likely to rapidly bring about the necessary and desirable ends. Tann y Jacobs is managing edi- tor of Jie Daily. welcome: Twice-told tales FLEMING A choice or an echo? wing together" fections could fter declaring he laid out the S have d o n e ave called for is, for sit-ins, e to bear on middle-of-t h e s has taken into the first months of his reign, his solution to the pressing problems of our times is to "get involved - join one of the groups on campus." In other words, become a com- mittee member. Change can oe ac- coniplished "without rioting and rock-throwing," Jacobs alliterative- ly announced. That, indeed, is true. But thank goodness, Jacobs isn't the o n 1 y force in the community who wants see change.% FOR ALTHOUGH change can be accomplished without the violent trashing of yesteryear, Jacob's so- lution is not the way to accomplish it. There is another road, a road of non-violent pressure which has worked in the past, and can work again. The oft-used examples are9t h e bookstore sit-in of Sept., 1969 - which gained the University a bookstore - and the Black Action Movement strike of spring, 1970, "~conventional" defin ition lever play on words! And to 'resident would go anywhere for even to talk to the "gooks", round in their tureen of egg the President did make signi- ures to the People's Republic ut the book goes on to claim Security is having a President urage to take action in the face ist aggression." RTOON portrays the President , giving a "blood transfusion" d bombing and blockade" into ose veins are identified as U.S. ies and POWs. Nixon is think- So they shall not be forgotten d in 'vein.' " un? artoons demonstrate the schizo- the Republican administration, on between the "old" and the )n. He's been nominated for the e prize for his excursions to Russia, yet he is not about to nmies" to run over S o u t h even if it means full scale on't let U.S. soldiers die in vain. ll simply let more of them e Vietnamese soldiers and civil- d let the POWs spend another n camps while he "takes action of Communist aggression." ON administration is a secure - concerned with the status g the lid on, refusing to deal hizoid approach to the world, away its doubts about its con- war in the POW issue. e its apparent self-assuredness, tration is up tight. rity" is really a Watergate bug- t and a Doral Hotel canmpaign s, closed off to the public by gerald, who helped cover the National Convention for The ld, is editor of The Daily. <' NIXON CARTOON Get the pun? Letters to The Daily: Esch' s position noted xl To The Daily: I MUST take exception to your characterization of Congressman Esch's voting positions as men- tioned in your August 11 editor- ial on the ABM system and on the extension of the Wagner Act (un- employment compensation) to agri- cultural workers. The ABM. On October 2 and 3, 1969 The House considered Defense Procufement Authorization, HR 14000. Representative O'Konski, a member of the Armed Services Committee and a supporter of the ABM system, offered a motion to recommit the bill to the Armed Services Committee with instruc- tions to delete procurement and re- search funds for the Safeguard ABM. The Cognressional Quartelry's 1969 Almanac described the vote this way, "The measure was pro- posed by Alvin O'Konski (R-Wis.), a member of the Armed Services Committee, over protests by ABM opponents. They claimed that such a proposal to cut research funds . . ^ - 11-W-11 % 56$UA IN RMc&OV t' N( J6 N ELTIST CNIPAJ6 &). CAMPAIE*J OF ThE