h4L 1Mu44grn B&U13j Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Editorials printed in The Michigan Doily express the individual opinions of the author This must e oted in all reprints. ATURDAY, JULY 15, 1972 News Phone: 764-0552 Black to campaigning TE LAST ECHO of the last cheer has long since died away in the now empty convention hall. The delegates have checked out of their opulent beach hotels, and the tents in Flamingo Park are folded and packed. And yet, just a few weeks from today, it will all begin again. What New York Times columnist James Reston calls McGovern's "blue jeans machine," will, from all reports, hit the road again-canvassing, fund raising, and engineering another grassroots campaign of the type that brought their virtually unknown candidate the Demo- cratic presidential nomination. BUT McGOVERN is walking a tight rope. While he must reconcile the more conservative elements of the party, he must not do so at the price of alienating his young supporters. To win, McGovern will need the help of many Demo- crats who bitterly opposed his candidacy prior to Satur- day night. Labor czar Frank King of Ohio, Richard Daley of Chicago, and AFL-CIO Chief George Meany, are power- ful men in the Democratic Party. They will have to be accommodated because if they sit out the election it will hurt, for no other reason than because the party needs their money. The choice of Sen. Thomas Eagleton as the VP can- didate represents an admission of this reality on the part of the McGovern campaign staff. Eagleton has good ties with labor and it is thought that perhaps he can bind some party wounds. INEVITABLY, AS HE moves to reunite the party, there will be strains in his relations with both sides. His closed-door selection of Eagleton, and his move to post- pone a vote on new party charter have already hurt his image with people who put him where he is. But there is always the spectre of another four years of Nixon. McGovern has said that the party must unite behind him to dump the incumbent President. And when the bosses and the idealists think about it, they may well agree. -CHRIS PARKS All-Star farce A FEW YEARS AGO, major league baseball found its reputation as America's favorite pastime severely threatened by the advent of "pro football mania." At- tendance throughout the country was anemic and the enthusiastic support that was so typical of the 1940's and 50's dwindled. To the rescue rushed Commissioner Bowie Kuhn and his cartel of clowns who diagnosed the problem and prescribed the panacea: a double dose of commercialism. Kuhn declared that the jock populace from Maine to California would be granted the power to select the starting eight positions (excluding the pitcher) for both All-Star teams. Taking advantage of this decision, the Gilette Shaving Co. smeared their advertisements across the ballots hoping to cash in on future profits. The maneuver succeeded in stimulating a new interest in the game and crowd sizes swelled significantly. During June and the first half of July, fans stampeded to the ball parks to stuff the votings bo: with piles of red white and blue ballots. Kuhn was satisfied and the general managers couldn't gripe about the increased supply of greenbacks they were feeding into their treasuries. Everything was dandy except for one minor detail; a number of players were being selected to participate in the talent-laden classic who never belonged there. The spectator too often falls victim to his emotions and will support his hometown favorite or a big name player whose outstanding credentials belong with the past, not with the present. THIS SEASON'S VOTING is. a case in point: Based upon the lastest hitting statistics, only one of the top twenty hitters in both leagues will start on July 25, the night of this year's event. The others will have to rest their hopes upon the sentiment of the leagues' respective managers, who will select the remainder of the squads. PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL might believe that it has won a major battle by bestowing this new respon- sibility upon its fans. However, much of the integrity associated with the classic has been sacrificed. Kuhn should plan a new strategy to lure the people back into the parks before the All-Star game becomes a farce. -BOBO ANDREWS Rumors behind the news ...as compiled by The Daily staff Tight security A new wave of paranoia seems to be sweeping the Administration Bldg. Last month, janitors came inder strict orders to lock t h e building's basement garbage room. It seems that University officials ,were concerned that someone's been fishing through their waste- baskets. Also, the University has joined a long list of multi-million dollar institutions to have found the need for a paper shredder - an ingen- ious device that instantly reduces discarded memos into a pile of paper dots. Finally, employes in the Univer- sity's -payroll department have been alerted to keep an extra close watch on the University's secret salary information printout. In fact, the warning was repeated in that office on Tuesday - the same day President Fleming re- ceived a letter from some Daily staff members asking that the sal- ary information be made public. HRP hard luck Ah, the glory of sitting on Ann Arbor's City Council. Ever since HRP members Nancy Wechsler and Jerry DeGrieck won seats on Comicil, fame and for- tune have h a r d 1 y been theirs. Nancy's phone is unlisted to pre- vent harassment, Jerry has been unable to find a job since the end of the term, Nancy has been seek- ing a new job with no luck for the past few weeks, and both of their mailboxes abound with threaten- ing hate mail. Yet the city is not forgetting this pair - each has a free parking space at City Hall where they can camp if things get really tough. Meanwhile, HRP is $2,500 in debt, and may be forced out of tis debt, and may be forced out of its present office on Thayer St. The solution: They're going to sell balloons, buttons, and T-shirts emblazoned with their Hippo sym- bol at the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair. Rock n' roall Although nothing is final yet, there seems to be a good chance that the following acts will be on campus during the next year: Cat Stevens, Yes, Procol Harum, Coin- mander Cody, Stevie Wonder and Sun Ra. Another tale making the music circles is that the Ann A r b o r Blues Festival is returning, this year expanding to include ejazz. Midnight madness " Wrigley's market at Stadium and Washtenaw St. has lost its in- nocence-. Now that the large store is open all night, it's mood is constantly changing. All day it's a family market filled with shopping moth- ers, spoiled kids and strains of muzak floating out from a nebu- lous somewhere. But around 11 p.m., the whole scene changes. The muzak is fad- ed out for right-on rockand roll: people are buying Twinkies and toys off the "age 7 to 9" rack. While matronly women are casht iers during the day, no-nonsense men take your order at night. And with the security guard roam- ing about, even the lettuce looks less wholesome. Sound advice One of the older women coun- selors in the LSA counseling cen- ter, made little secret of the fact that she was not too fond of the BGS degree. The woman, a former member of the administrative board who recently retired, would tell s t u- dents: "The only thing the BGS is good for is if you want to be a housewife. It's for students who can't make it with the other de- grees" But as the BGS began gaining widespread acceptance, she amend- ed her story slightly. 'The BGS is only good if you want to be a housewife or go to law school," she would remark. Free refreshments If you're feeling hot, and yor throat is kind of dry some -After- noon, drop by North Hall, and let the military quench your thirst. The ROTC chiefs are providing free soft drinks for all those who come to their open house sales pitches, Monday-Thursdaywat 3:0. But even when the weather's cool, ROTC brass report that at- tendance at the line-up, sign-up, join-up sessions is h i g h. It seems as though a lot of fresh- men are willing to pick up a gun to get the draft deferment that ROTC offers. Strategic food Local anti-war research activists were more than a little surpris- ed recently when one of the ob- jects of their protest tried the old "kill them with kindness" tac- tic. As 30 protesters picketed t h e house of Prof. Richard Lagault, Mrs. Legault tempted palates with a sumptuous offering of goodies. Placed strategically near t h e picket line was a table heaped with two kinds of bread, baloney, salami, cheese, mayonaisse, but- ter, and hot coffee. Mrs. Legault also brought a pile of raincoats to the curb for the picketers in case it rained. After some deliberation and a few longing glances the g r o u p decided not to accept the offering. Neighborhood kids later cleaned up the banquet. Vote. Communist in 72! By ALAN KAUFMAN naily Guest writer EORGE McGovern vs. Rich- ard Nixon. The choice is clear, isn't it? The choice is clear-the best ticket to work and vote for in the '72 elections is the Communist Party slate of Gus Hall and Jar- vis Tyner. It is through the Communist campaign that the issues which confront the people, and the struggles into which they must enter, will be most clearly ar- ticulated and developed. SEVERAL TIMES in the past few years, we have seen how the independent progressive move- ments of the people have devel- oped to be followed by the sup- port of the liberal politicians. For instance, the civil rights movement had been actively de- veloping for several years before Lyndon Johnson saw fit to sign civil rights legislation. And, as most everyone knows, nearly every senator (includ- ing McGovern) voted for the Gulf of Tonkin resolution in 1965. Only after a powerful, nationwide peace movement had emerged did people like McGovern start speak- ing out. On the other hand, the Com- munists have not only spoken out against reactionary measures, they have also been instrumental in building movements against Today's Staff . . News: Jan Benedetti, Dan Biddle, Carla Rapoport Editorial Page: Alan Lenhoff Photography technician: Rolfe Tessem these measures. This is well demonstrated by the back-handed "compliment" given to the Communist Party by the rabid right-wingers who label all activists in the peace and Black liberation movements Com- munists or "Communist ' inspir- ed." The designation is of course incorrect, and insults the ability of the people to think independ- ently - but at the same time it reflects the devoted and princi- pled activity of the Communists in the people's movements. Further, the Communists have played an important and often leading part in advancing pro- grams and organizing struggles aimed at measurably improving the conditions of the people. THE CURRENT ELECTION platform of the CP calls for to- tal tax exemption on incomes less than $15,000 per year. St calls for a guaranteed minimum an- nual income of $6,500 per year for a family of four, and it calls for universal free education - just for openers. Not possible? Certainly not without struggles. And this strikes at the heart of the matter . . . McGovern is different from Nixon. McGovern is at least not a lunatic. But neither is he a con- sistent foe of Nixon and his gang. Many times, he--and most of the Democrats along with him, have either voted for Nixon's programs, or failed to actively and effective- ly oppose them. And, he never leads, struggles. THAT'S WHY it is so import- ant to work for, and vote for, the Communist candidates. FoA, not only do they actively organize struggles against reactionary Nix- on policies, they project a clear and realizable alternative. Come see for yourself. Drop by the Union Ballroom on July 17 at 7:30 p.m., and hear Jarvis Tyner, the young Black worker running for vice-president on the CP ticket. Alan aifman is a inem- ber of fte m ng Workrs itberatiounILeague'. "That Democratic Convention is giving Democracy a bad name!"