I M THE MICHIGAN DAILY x OWNTOWN1 A d" ARSON .~COR by D~elu FGP By BILL ALTERMAN Three guerrilla theater performances of "The Rape of the Cambodian Women" entertained several hundred onlookers around campus yesterday, An 11-member group, under the aus- pices of the Cambodia DayCommittee, parodied the actions of the President and Senate and intermixed those scenes with scenes of "action" from Cambodia. Beginning at the Union around noon. Jude rules war legal1 NEW YORK (P)-A federal judge in Brooklyn ruled yesterday that the Viet- nam war is constitutional, even though never formally declared by Congress. He said the lawmakers were giving tacit con- sent to the President's actions by provi- ding necessary money and manpower for the war. The U.S. attorney's office called the decision a historic interpretation of the constitutional mandate that only Con- gress may declare war. Ruling against a soldier who sought to avoid shipment to Vietnam on constitu- tional grounds, Dist. Judge John F. Dool- ing, Jr., said: "It is idle to suggest that the Congress' is so ingenuous or so inappreciative of its powers, including the power of im- peachment, that it cannot seize policy and action initiatives at will, and halt courses of action from which it wishes the national power to be withdrawn. "Political expediency may have coun- seled the Congress's choice of the par- ticular forms and modes by which it has united with the presidency in prosecuting the Vietnam combat activities, but the reality of the collaborative action of the executive and the legislative required by the constitution has been present from the earliest stages." The soldier involved was Spec. Salvator Orlando, 21, of Rockville Centre, N.Y., who enlisted in the army in 1965 and re- enlisted May 8, 1968. When he was order- ed to Vietnam, he filed suit June 11 to block his assignment overseas. diag the actors paraded to the Diag chanting alternately "rape!" and "kill!" attracting a crowd of about 200. The first scene opened on the steps of the graduate library with "President Nix- on" calling for peace. But the President then consulted an advisor representing conglomerate corporationsrand was con- vinced that the U.S. must remain in Southeast Asia to protect business in- terests. A third actor-the press--then entered. During the conversation between the President and the press, several "peasant women," who were also on stage, were killed by an American bomber as they were working the fields. Next actors representing S e n a t a r s Smith, Cooper and Church entered, mus- ing about how the Negroes ("I mean blacks") and students were getting uppity and discussing whether they should cur- tail the President's power in Cambodia. Mr. Conglomerate came back on, how- ever, and convinced the senators that since the House and President must ap- prove of their action if they want it to become law, they must leave out any mention of the bombings. The "liberal" senators agreed. As they were agreeing, the American bomber returned and again killed the peasant women. Next Lt. U. Get Screwed told his men that "being a graduate of Michigan, I am a humanitarian." As he was speaking, Mr. Conglomerate attached puppet strings to the lieutenant. The officer told his men they were pulling out of Vietnam, "whooppee!" and instead were going to Laos, Thailand and Chile. Back at the news conference, the Pres- ident was awarding the silver star to a flier who flew 192 missions over Cam- bodia. As Nixon addressed the assembled group, several American soldiers attacked a peasant woman and performed a very convincing rape scene. The President, not to be left out, came to join the fun. Then everybody else got into the act- including the decorated flier who bombed the group. Finally she was shot down by the Cambodian women.. Sounds for the presentation was pro- vided by two trash can lids which, in addition to attracting an audience, also were helpful in adding realism to the bombing scenes. After finishing that performance, the troupe marched to the Engineering Arch where they performed before some 50 by- standers. They then returned to the Diag at 1 o'clock for the third and final perform- ance which drew an audience of over 100. The troupe, consisting mostly of mem- bers of Gay Liberation, Women's Libera- tion and SDS, said it had no definite plans for the future. A representative of Gay Lib, however, revealed that plans were being made for a Midwest Gay Liberation convention in Ann Arbor this fall. He also detailed plans for three state-wide Gay Lib conventions. The meetings are to be held on three suc- cessive Saturday's in July-one in Ann Arbor and the other two in Lansing and Detroit. Several members of Gay Liberation went to Chicago last weekend to partici- pate in Gay Pride Week. Activities in the Windy City included picketing at the Playboy club and singing in front of a YMCA. Bomb hits D.C. b- WASHINGTON ({P)-A bomb dam- aged the Inter-American Defense Board building here yesterday and Revolutionary Force 7 later claimed it did the bombing. In a letter sent by special delivery mail to the Associated Press, the group said the board was bombed "because it is an instrument of the death kultur that rules America." Similar bombings in New York re- cently were followed by similar letters. The explosion did only slight dam- age to the building here, principally wrecking furniture in the chauffeur's room and fixtures in an adjoining bathroom. The pipe-type bomb was thrown through a back door of the building, a spokesman said. The Inter-American Defense Board is an agency of the Organization of American States which is concerned with mutual problems of hemisphere nations, including defense. 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