~4w itir4ivan.DOutj 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Mich. Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan Editorials printed in The Michicoin Daily express the individual, opinions of the author. This must be noted in all reprints. -T Saturday; August 8, 1970 THE MICNIGAN DAILY~ 4 theatre ~Egg': A t the end, you care For Direct Classified Ad Service, Phone 76 12 Noon Deadline Monday through friday, 10:00 to 3:00 SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1970 News Phone: 764-0552 A very old story THE RECENT Congressional hearings on migratory worker conditions served to once again focus atten- tion on the problems of the nation's poor. Attention that had waned considerably since a White House conference late in 1969 addressed the problem of hunger, one of the more disturbing and, to the well-fed, more incongruous aspects of poverty. Cambodia, the Mid- dle East, crime, pollution; inflation and campus rebel- lions occupied the public, the headlines and the lawmak- ers, not necessarily in that order, while an estimated 24 million people continued to live in poverty. AT LEAST PART of the reason the nation's attention has been diverted away from the poor, the apologists might argue, is that the problem is gradually going away. Indeed, with a trace of the irony that is so common to Washington, the census bureau issued a communique to that affect in the same week that the Senate Subcom- mittee on Migratory Labor was investigating the condi- tions of migrant workers. According to the Census Bureau's figures, there were about 40 million poor people in 1960, comprising slightly more than 20 per cent of the population. By the end of the decade, the number of poor people had declined by more than 15 million - 12 per cent of the population. The fact that poverty is "going away," however, of- fers scant satisfaction to those whose income is below the poverty level (currently $3800 for a family of four). For poverty, though it may be disappearing on paper, is a stark and naked reality for those who continue to live in it. CONSIDER, FOR EXAMPLE, some of the findings of the subcommittee. Children of migrant workers were de- scribed as being grossly undernourished and deaf and de- formed from preventable diseases such as rickets and po- lio. In Crittenden County, Arkansas, for example, it has been reported that the county's only food-stamp office line is closed at 9:30 a.m. to insure that the stamps will be distributed no later than 2 p.m. The result is that many people who qualify for, and need stamps, never get them. Administrative boondoggles such as these are quite widespread. Even more disturbing though, are the fig- ures on the national food stamp program. Of the more than 20 million poor people in this country, less than six million receive any stamps at all. And the conditions of the urban poor, supposedly the more visible and vocal members of this too-easily forgot- ten minority, would be a source of embarrassment as well as concern if this was a country that cared more. Rat- bitten children may no longer be a big issue, but unem- ployment, housing and welfare payments are. To give just one illustration, in every major city, the welfare pay- ments are nowhere near equal to the $3800 the govern- ment estimates is necessary to maintain a family of four at subsistence level. In Washington, D.C., for example, a city where "pockets of poverty" are a 60 cent cab ride from the Capitol, a family of four on welfare receives only 75 per cent of that figure. Even without these examples, though, the idea that poverty is "going away" is still unconvincing. For while some people are climbing out of poverty, others, such as the migrant workers and the welfare mothers, are making far less progress. The Census Bureau apparently does not keep (or maybe it keeps, but doesn't publish) figures on migrant workers, but it does say that the number of pov- erty-stricken black families headed by women has in- creased from around 480,000 families in 1959 to more than 700,000 families today. PERHAPS THE MOST disturbing aspect of poverty in America today is that this country needs to devote any attention to it at all. The plight of the migrant worker, as was pointed out during the Senate hearings, was docu- mented long ago in John Steinbeck's The G r a p e s of Wrath. The conditions of the workers are an old story. Then, too, there is the Census Bureau's estimate that it would have taken only $10 billion last year to raise the income of all the poor people above the poverty level. Yet, in an economy generating about 90 times that amount, the money has not yet been found to finance a meager Family Assistance Program. The failure to find the money to help the poor is, of course, related to the question of priorities. And that, too, is an old story.' -ERIC SIEGEL By GARY HUMMEL Peter Nichols' "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" will make you want to laugh and cry at the same time. Presented by the University Players as part of the Michigan Repertory program, "Joe Egg" is a dark comedy whose subject seems not at all funny. How could the disguised agony of an ordinary British couple trying to cope with an epileptic, unresponsive child possibly provoke laughter? But the actors' movements and dialogue accomplish a miracle and you do laugh. From the first moment of the play when Bri, the husband, bursts onto the stage and cows the, people in the audience by treating them like a group of un- ruly schoolboys in one of his class- es, "Joe Egg" manages to be screamingly funny. Bri, the schoolteacher and his wife Sheila have a caustic humor which is merely. a cover-up for the sadness and ache which pervades their lives. As Bri states near the end the play, "It could have been a good marriage, but . .." Bri and Sheila also have no ready solution for Joe's problems. The words of love which they speak to her when pretending she is normal are colored with caustic kindness and burning wit. In- deed, they mock the supreme or- der that created their chaos, their dementia. Bri, bearish, vociferous, and jaunty is always telling jokes to hide his despair. He needs the love of his wife and confesses this need to the audience, just as Sheila stands alone and wishes that Bri would have more faith and be less self-pitying. Together, they compulsively act out a series of playlets-the first visit to the doctor, the explanation of a Viennese neurologist who pro- nounces Joe a "vegetable," and the prim vicar who comes to com- fort an uncomprehending mother, promise the healing power of God, and hear her confession of pre- marital promiscuity. All these events have past, yet they are not forgotten and recur again and again in Bri and Sheila's lives as if to compensate somehow for the "universal shaft," the "manic de- pressive rugby player" as Bri puts it. Stephen Wyman, as director, has made "Joe Egg" the best of the summer productions. Dialogue, movement, and setting-note the use Brian's paintings to reinforce the image of his insanity-unite to produce dramatic action which portrays human feeling. When Bri, as the vicar, confesses that after all. "God is only human," and then pats his face with sur- prise, the audience roars with laughter. Robert Porter, as Bri, expresses a full range of moods. He travels from one mood to another with ease and that one is not aware he is acting. One need only watch him surprise his guests disguised as a cowboy or suddenly look up and apologise to God after calling Him an ill-tempered bastard to under- stand his vitality and sense of precision in movement. Roberta Ann Raider plays Sheila with a sensitivity and sympathy towards the character. She pro- jects a certain clarity of faith and firmness of purpose which makes Sheila at once admirable and pathetic. And it is because of Miss Raider's skill, that Sheila becomes a woman who loves and soothes all things, yet is bewildered and unsure. One.must also compliment Made- leine Ram, a tall striking woman, who plays the smooth, bored, yet not inhuman Pam. Pam, of course, wants to put to sleep all those NPAs-not physically attractive people. Richard Dean -is appro- priately corny as Pam's husband, a well-to-do socialist-rationalist whose efforts to "correct" Sheila and Bri's troubles are rumbling faux pas. Linda Steinman is possibly too young-looking b u t adequately cloying as Bri's shrill, doting mother, and Tanya Seeman dis- plays poise during her short mon- ologue. "Joe Egg's" fast movement, al- most demands a camera to °ollow it. But this is not a fault, since it increases the plays intensity. The acting is so convincing that when Bri asks "aren't you a little relieved?" (after pretending he has killed Joe) the audience finds out it is. Letters to the Editor FOR RENT GARAGES-May be locked, lease, 723 Packard near State. 15071 FOR FALL-Modern 2-man apartment near campus. 663-3890. 12C64 TENTS-TENTS-TENTS We need many tents for the first week in Sept. Have a Tent? Want some ex- citement? Call us 10-5 763-3102. This is as important as your apt. itself. CD71 FAR-OUT furnished house near arb, must be 21 plus, and share lg. bed- room. $77/mo./person plus utilities. Tom-761-5491, Chuck-769-2986 (be- fore 3:30 p.m.). 13C63 ROOMS FOR MEN ONLY No cooking, nicely furn. $60-75/mo. 668-6906. 1346 Geddes. 47Ctc FURNISHED, spacious 1 and 2 bdrm. apts., all conveniences, air condition- ed, undercover parking. 1-864-3052. SOCtc FURN., MOD. 2 BDRMS. 911 S. FOREST near Hill St. 3-man, $77/ea. 4-man, $65/ea. CALL 688-6906. 46Ctc ROOM FOR RENT-Furn. Call 761-5026 before 11 a.m. 2C63 2 BDRM. FURN. units on campus. avail, for fall. McKinley Assoc., 663- 6448,. 5Ctc LOVELY 2-bdrm. furn., prof. or couplt preferred. $185. 668-6906. 49Ctc 2-MAN, 1 BDRM. modern apt. near hos- pital, modern kitchen, A/C, balcony, Aug. '70-Aug. '71. $190. 769-4269 after 4. 7C66 AUGUST OCCUPANCY A delightfully spacious, quiet, clean 2 bedroom furnished and unfurnished apartment for 3 or 4. Campus area, ample closets. storage and parking. Call on Resident Manager, Apart- ment 102, 721 S. Forest. Cte NEED AN APARTMENT AND/OR ROOMMATES? MEET YOUR MATCHMAKERS Chris & Nancy . . . Who will help you select your modern, bi-level apt. Several furnished 2 & 3 bedroom apartments still available at con- venient campus locations. Dishwashers, vacuum cleaners, bal- conies, 11 baths, air cond., park- ing, laundry & storage facilities. 24 hour maintenance service. CHARTER REALTY 665-8825 Here come the beds To the Editor: JOHN FELDIKAMP, director of the Office of University Housing, is alleged to have assured several individuals that there is to be no repetition next month of last fall's dorm housing crisis, during which hundreds of students were lodged in libraries, recreation rooms, caf- eterias and the like due to lack of prior planning on the part of the housing office. Nonetheless, interesting things are taking place. The ninth floor (men's side) of South Quad, in- tended to be a study hall, h a s been filled with approximately thirty double bunks and accom- panying dressers, a situation that implies planned lodging for a number of unlucky newcomers to the University. There are several possible ex- planations to this seeming con- tradiction. The first of these is that Feldkamp is prevaricating - but nobody would suggest that! The next one is that Mr. Feld- kamp does not know w h a t the people under him a r e doing, a condition which I, with four years of housing experience, consider quite possible. Perhaps the bunks are not meant for students, but for visiting scholars and business- men 'inhconventions? Finally, there is the possibility that th e statements attributed to Mr. Feld- kamp are entirely false and that there will after all be a housing crisis this fall. If this is the case, there is one bright spot in an oth- erwise gloomy picture: since it is now the beginning of August, the situation has become visible sev- eral weeks earlier than the iden- tical situation last year - at least to those of us already on campus! --William M. Klykylo, Grad. Aug. 1 (EDITOR'S NOTE: According to the South Quad building director and Mr. Hughes of the housing office, the beds will provide, as they have inthepast, temporary housing for international students.) The Editorial Page of The Michigan Daily is open to any- one who wishes to submit articles. Generally speaking, all articles should be less than 1,000 words. FOR RENT FOR GRADUATES or teaching fellows; clean, very quiet. No cooking. 723 Packard near State. 14C71 NEAR MEDICAL CENTER 1035 Wall St.-Furnished, new, modern 1 and 2 bedrooms available. 1-864- 3852. 11Ctc TV RENTALS-Students only. $10.40! mo. Includes prompt delivery service, and pick-up. Call Nejac, 662-5671. CHOICE APTS. For Fall. 2, 3, and 4 man, close to campus. 769-2800. Ann Arbor Trust Co.,Property Management Dept. 100 S. Main. 30tc APARTMENT LOCATOR-$12.50, 1, 2, and 3 bdrm. fall apts. on and off campus. 1217 S. Univ. 761-7764. 40tc 2 BDRM. FURN. units on campus, avail, for fall. McKinley Assoc. 663- 6448. SOCtc TWO BEDROOM, furnished unit, near law and business schools. Please call Professional Management Assoc., 769- 4227. 4Ctc ALBERT TERRACE 1700 Geddes Several beautifully decorated, fur- nished, 2-bedroom, b-level apts. still available for fail semester. Dishwashers 0 Vacuum cleaners 1 Baths * Air-Cond. * Balconies Parking 0 Laundry and Storage facilities * Excellent sound con- ditioning. Call the Resident Manager at 161-1717 or 665-8825 or stop in at the lobby office 12 noon to 6 p.m. daily, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. 761-1717 liCtc 4-MAN ON CAMPUS 711 ARCH Modern 2-bedroom furnished apart- ments for fall. Ideal for 3 or 4. $260/ mo. Featuring: Dishwasher Balcony Air conditioning Laundry Parking Phone 761-7848 or 482-8867 3671 STATE STREET MANOR 1111 S. State Street 2, 3, or 4 man large apts. air-conditioned tremendous closets loads of parking laundry facilities 1-864-3852 1-353-7389 Ctc CAMPUS NEW, FURNISHED APARTMENTS FOR FALL DAHLMANN APARTMENTS 545 CHURCH ST. 761-7600 38Cte SANS SOUC I APTS Luxury Apartments Near Stadium Air conditioned Adequate Parking Dishwasher Near Campus Bus Stop 4-Men Apt. $240 5-Men Apt. $280 Some 2-men apt. left also Call 662-2952 31C, WANTED TO RENT . HOUSING for 2% thru Nov. 21 or be- fore. 665-6378. 3667 SENIOR GIRL needs room in house, eff. apt., or own bdrm. in apt. Will pay up to $90/mo. -Nancy, 665-3807 after 6. 37L67 1 VERY LARGE room or small apt., furnished or unfurnished. Anywhere near Ann Arbor. 663-5512. LD67 MOTHER going to school and 2 yr. old son looking for small apt. or room with bathroom and kitchen privi- leges. 769-1447, after 5. Can afford $75. 33L66 SENIOR, employed, seeking apartment, eff., or room with cooking ,priv. Will commute to campus if nec. Not in- terested in modern apt. Ask- for Glen at 769-4925: 34L4 LINES 1 day 2 1.00 3 1.10 4 1.35 .5 1,55 6 1.80 7 2.00 8 2.20 9 2.40 10 2.60 INCHES 1 2.60 3 6.95 4 8.90 5 i0.70 2 days 1.60 2.15 2.60 3.00 3.40 3.75 4:15 4.55 4.95 4.95 9.50 13.50 17.35 21.10 3 dovs 2.35 3.10 3.75 4.35 4.95 5.50 6.10 6.65 7.15 7.15 13.80 19.75 25.55 31.40 4 days 3.00 4.05 _4.05 4.65 6.35 7.20 7.90 8.70 9.30 9.30 17.85 25.50 33.45 41.40 UNCONTRACTED CLASSIFIED RATES Additional costs per day after six days. Ads that are 1 1/, 21nd ,31/, etc. inch size will be billed at the average of the lower and higher inch rate. FOR SALE 1335 S. University 9Ctc 5 days 3.65 4.85 5.90 6.90 7.85 8.85 9.75 10.65 11.35 11.35 21.75 31.15 40.95 51.15 6 dos 4.20 5.65 6.90 8.05 9.25 10.40 11.45 12.60 13.60 13.30 25.40 36.65 48.30 60.50 add. .b0 .80 .95 1.15 1.30 1.45 1.55 1.70 1.80 1.80 1.80 1.80 1.80 1:40 BELIEVE IT OR NOT Sen. Bursley caught trashing By MARTIN HIRSCHMAN STROLLING DOWN E. Liberty Street last night I noticed Ann Arbor Republican State Sen. Gil- bert Bursley emerging from his- be-stickered blue convertible.-., We decided to trail him.Ar Bursley strolled up the block and turned onto South State. He strolled (unaccosted) past the panhandlers at the entrance to Nichol's Arcade and peered into some of the store windows. Then he doubledbackrand ducked into 4 4. PJ's to pick up an ice cream cone. LOOKING? Why not tell people what you are looking for? Tell them cheaply, yet effectively in Daily classifieds. 764- 0557, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., 764-0557. DU Campus-Hospital Fall Occupancy Furnished Apartments Campus Management, Inc. 662-7787 335 E. Huron 47Ctc BARGAIN CORNER Sam's Store NEED L EVIS ? VISIT US FOR BLUE DENIM: Super Slims .......6.50 Button-Fly........6.50 Traditional......6.98 Bells ............7.50 BLUE CHAMBRAY SHIRTS ..........2.49 MORE LEVI'S "White" Levi's ... 5.50 (4 Colors) Sta-Prest "White" Levi's.... . 6.98 Nuvo's ...........8.50 Over 7000 Pairs in Stock!v Sam's Store 122 E. Washington 2 STEREO Speaker systems. Ideal for apt. Excel. cond. 663-9821. 11B651 1968 CHAMPION Mobile Home, 12 ft. x 60 ft., 2 bdrm., carpeted living room,1 17 miles from AA, may remain on present site, exc. cond., terms avail- able, located in modern park. 662-. 3803. 48B68 SAILBOAT-14' Pintail sloop, fiberglas hull, aluminum mast, dacron sails, complete trailer, $825 firm. 971-6015. 663 LEAVING COUNTRY-VM stereo table model with mahagony cabinet. Very good sound. $35. Olivetti portable typewriter with canvas case, excellent condition. $25. Call 662-0348 evenings, 764-0510 mornings. BD71' ADMIRAL Portable TV, 12 inch, instant play, practically new, must sell to study. $75. 769-7683 persistently. BD63 CONN TENOR SAX-New neck, good condition, $175. 665-7282. 3B63 ROOMMATES WANTED FEMALE ADV. GRAD. with car. Share house thru Nov. $50/mo. Evengs., 65- 9657. 214 Crest. 50Y68 FOURTH GIRL needed for Carriage House apartment. Call 665-5606. 51Y67 MALE GRAD. roommate wanted; apt. near . Forest and Cambridge. 761- 9364. 45Y63 4TH GIRL WANTED for beautiful apt. in house, $70 mo., ut. paid. Call Wendy or Doris, 769-0874. 46Y63 FEMALE ROOMMATE needed to share 2-man apt. on Oakland. 665-2489. 47Y65 ONE MALE ROOMMATE needed for a 4-man apt. for fall, excellent loca- tion (1 block from Law Quad), 2 bdrms., 2 air conditioners, dishwash- er. Call 769-6997. 48Y65 MALE GRAD roommates needed to fill 4-man, 2 bdrm. apart., $75/mo. Cali 763-3244 or 665-4393. 44Y63 SENIOR WISHES to share apt.or house. Own room preferred. Call Andy, 663-8138. YD63 WANTED-1 or 2 girls to fill apartment. Call 761-8693, Barb/Mar. Be persis- tent. 42Y65 2 GIRLS for mod. A/C, trn. 4-man apt., campus location, $80/mo. Call 761-1409 or 663-6091 after 5:30. 43Y64 WANTED-2 or 3 girls to fill apartment. 769-3130 after 4:30. 32Ytc MISCELLANEOUS WANTED - Opportunity to tape new albums, such as Traffic, Doors. Steve Miller, Donovan, John ]Gee Hooker, etc. Will pay $1.00 per album. Call Drew at 662-3528. Also, need first 2 Buffalo Springfield. MD64 ROOM AND BOARD ROOM AND BOARD for 2 student girls, linens, quiet area, $23, for fal. 549 4th St. 12E64 PHOTO SUPPLIES AT CENTURY The Best in Good Used Cameras WE BUY, SELL, TRADE. Everything Photographic DARKROOM SUPPLIES LUMINOUS PAPER Repairs on all makes - Century Camera (At our new location) 4254 N. Woodward, Royal Oak Between 13 and 14 Mile Rd LI 9-6355 Take I-94 to Southfield Expr. North to 13 Mile Road-then East to Woodward-and North (Michigan Bank, Security and Diner Charges accepted) IDtt. MERCURY COMET-1963, 60,000 miles. Radio, automatic transmission, no rust, very good condition, leaving the country. $400. Contact H. Ochoa, University Towers, 536 S. Forest, Apt. 6K (anytime) or call 764-4424 (weekdays). 51N65 1965 OPEL, tan, 28 mpg., 47,000 miles, exc. transportation, best offer over $425. 663-1401. 47N67 FORD, 1963rGalaxie hardtop, air, 390 cu. in., original owner, very little rust, good runner, best offer takes. Call 434-0392 after 5 or weekend. 52N67 FOUND-1970 Mich. motorcycle license No. F6848 on Forest by Palmer Field. 761-4534. ND63 HELP WANTED BARMAIDS Full or part time. Apply 208 W. Huron. 31H71 SMALL CAMPUS office seeking full- time permanent typist-receptionist. 665-2490 for interview appt. 271164 COCKTAIL WAITRESSES Full or part time. Apply 208 W. Huron. 321171 ATTENTION STUDENT HUSBANDS Put your wives to work. Applications now being taken for P.H.T. (putting hubby through). Inquire now. 971- 8700. 301H63 AMERICAN Academic Environments, Cambridge, Mass., is a young company marketing quality consumer design products to retail outlets. We are now recruiting for full time positions for the fall season. Experience is desired, and a car and willingness to travel is necessary. For further information contact the Student Employment office. 25H63 URGENT-Foster family needed for 15- yr.-old girl, ward of Juvenile Court. Call 663-7860. Family in school con- sultation project. 26H63 USED CARS BLUE 1964 VW, AM-FM radio, snow tires included. $280. 668-6046. 50N66 8 F I 1 l i i t t t i i I -1 FORD, 1963 Galaxie hardtop, air, origi- nal owner, very little rust, good run- ner, best offer takes. 434-0392 after 5 or weekend. 49N65 FORD SPRINT V-8 convert. Al-power, auto., deluxe interior, perfect. 662- 7713. 46N64 PORSCHE 1964 voupr, excellent con- dition, new tires and radio, $2100 or best offer. 769-7549 after 5:00. 45N63 BUSINESS SERWICES THESES, PAPERS (incl. technical) typ- ed. Experienced, professional; IBM Selectric. Quick service: 663-6291. 42Jtc EXPERIENCED SECRETARY desires work in her home. Thesis, technical typing, stuffing etc. IBM selectric. Call Jeanette, 971-2463. 12Jtc TASK ALL THESES-MANUSCRIPTS-PAPERS expertly typed-edited PRINTING - THESES - FLYERS BROCHURES economical, 24-hr. round-the-clock service FOR ANY OFFICE SERVICE call THE PROFESSIONALS 10 years experience in Ann Arbor _761-4146 or 761-1187 1900 W. Stadium Blvd. 7 1 7 k 7 'r k C i BURSLEY toward his car the sidewalk.. STROLLED back and stood there on We . stood there about ten feet away watching him. Having consumed the last 'of his cone, Bursley stepped toward his oar, ditched his ice cream-soaked napkin in the gutter and got in, Having watched this true-life drama from afar, I made the in- scrutable (and, I thought), cour- ageous decision to interpose my- selfrbetween Bursley and the gutter. I stepped over to the curb and picked up the napkin. Then I walked over to the car. "Senator?" I asked with a tone of interest in my voice. "'Yes?" he responded, looking up with a half-smile. - I handed him the napkin, which he accepted without a 'change of expression. I turned and walked away. 26Ptc MULTI PLE TYPING SERVICE Thesis Service Papers Dissertations General Office and Secretarial Work Pick-Up and Delivery Available Prompt Service CALL 485-20u-, Jto I - 2 GIRLS NEED APT., efficiency, or rooms. 8 mo. lease? 769-4979, like old places. 35L64 NIGHT EDITOR: ERIKA HOFF