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THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1970
NIGHT EDITOR: ANITA WETTERSTROEM
Get' the troublemakers
By GARY BALDWIN
THERE WERE A LOT of people who thought there
might be an explosion in Ann Arbor this sum-
mer. The first explosion has occurred. But it was not
a violent one; it was a music explosion. And it looks
like music will keep happening the rest of the sum-
mer.
Things began last Thursday night at Canterbury
House with Ramblin' Jack Elliott, former sidekick
of Woody Guthrie and "older brother" of Arlo. He
started out pretty well, telling stories and singing
"Bobbie McGee," but slowed down a bit for the
second set. At about twelve o'clock he came back on
for the final set, playing incredibly ("Tom Joad,"
"912 Green," etc.) for an hour and a half. He flew
back to New York Friday.
Ray Burl (himself a fan of Elliott) did a fine
weekend at the Ark, doing songs of Hank Williams,
Jimmie Rodgers, and a singer from San Diego by the
name of Main Smith. His voice was clear, his guitar
fair, and his choice of songs excellent. He promises
to be a great singer. Mike Smith, Steve Edmonds,
and Steve Newhouse will continue in the country
vein this weekend.
But even with all that good music, the surprise
came Monday when Ramblin' Jack rolled into town
on his way back to California. The Ark and Canter-
bury worked together, and quickly set up a 9:00
concert at the Ark. Again he was excellent, and the
Ark was more intimate than the larger Canterbury
House had been.
EVERYONE KNOWS that certain mem-
bers of the State Legislature are out
to "get" troublesome college students.
Some clues as to the exact form this
"getting" will assume were revealed yes-
terday when the Senate Appropriations
Committee took a swing at disruptive
college students.
In reporting out their version of the
1970 Higher Education Appropriations
Act, the Senate committee attached a
rider which effectively means automatic
expulsion of any student convicted of
disruptive activities.
A drastic appropriations cut in reac-
tion to college disruptions had been an-
ticipated. But, fortunately, these expected
cuts did not appear in the Senate Ap-
propriations Committee's recommenda-
tion. Indeed, a reactionary appropriations
cut would have been inordinately short-
sighted since, if, as many people are
fond of saying, only 3 per cent of college.
students participate in disruptive activi-
ties, the legislature ,would be punishing
all students in its attempt to "get" a
minority.
SO, INSTEAD of an appropriations cut,
the Senate committee produced its
rider-a completely unexpected manifes-
tation of a repression mentality. This
rider provides that "no part of any ap-
propriation ... may be used for the pay-
ment of any salary or wages ' to any
faculty member or other employe or for
Sthe education of students convicted of
normal operations of any public institu-
the offense of interference with the
tion of higher education..."
In another bill, to which the rider
\refers, the exact types of disruptive ac-
tivities are specified. Among activities
considered disruptive is remaining in a
building after being told to leave, if such
action will interfere with the normal use
of the building or could lead to destruc-
tion of property or injury to persons.
Phrases such as "normal use" can be
very broadly construed to cover almost
any situation, and for this reason the
rider could very easily become a tool for
repression of any type of dissent, includ-
ing non-violent sit-ins and other forms
of protest.
THUS, The Senate rider is an infringe-
ment on one of the most basic rights
of democracy-the right to dissent. Pa-
rading as protection for students who
want to "get an education", it is really a
muzzle for those who would make that
"education" more relevant to a changing
society.
Fortunately, this rider still has a
rough trail to travel before it becomes
law. As part of the Higher Education
Appropriations Act, it has just been re-
ported out of the Senate committee onto
the Senate floor. On the floor of the
Senate, it will be subject to change. If
it survives the Senate, it must go to a
joint House-Senate committee where a
House version of the appropriations act
will be combined with the Senate version.
The combined version must then pass
both the House and the Senate and be
signed by the governor.
THE WHOLE PROCESS until the bill is
signed by the governor is expected to
last until early July. In that time, per-
haps the members of the legislature will
learn a few things about disruptions and
protests in our society.
Very few people like to purposely in-
convenience others, or see buildings
burned or destroyed, yet these things
happen at an increasing rate on our cam-
puses.
Why? Because these occurances are
only a symptom of a disease that is
threatening to destroy the fabric of our
society. No one is yet able to say exactly
what this disease is. Nonetheless, it must
be remembered that violence and pro-
tests are a sympton-a signal that some-
thing is wrong. It is time to start looking
for the cause, and stop worrying about
the symptoms.
-LINDSAY CHANEY
The music continued yesterday, as the Floating
Opera did a benefit for Ozone House on the Diag.
They were better than ever. Artie, their new drum-
mer did a nice drum solo, and they even used elec-
tric violin on another number. Steve, lead singer
and guitarist, gave them much of their energy, not
imitating, but sounding like he has learned a lot
from Mick Jagger.
Hopefully the benefits will be held every Wed-
nesday at noon.
Today there may even be more music. An Eng-
lish group (old friends of Elliott) called the Fair-
port Convention will be doing a free concert on the
Diag today if sound and power arrangements can
be made in time. They play electrified, traditional
English music and have been touring the country.
Looking ahead: Arrangements have been made
with the city to hold rock concerts on Sundays in
the field next to Huron High School. The music will
be good (three groups per week - SRC, Floating
Opera, UP, etc.) and hopefully things will be cool
with the police.
Over and beyond that, things look very good for
the Blues Festival, and a small group of people are
looking into the possibility of building a peoples
park at the Huron site. This would mean that the
area would be cleaned up, and much more comfor-
table for the Festival in August.
All in all, it looks like there will not be violence
and trouble this summer. Instead, it looks like there
will be music and fun. ALL LIFE to the people!
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Regents should vote proxy t o management
To the Editor:
MARTIN HIRSCHMAN in his
role of co-editor opens some very
interesting questions in his piece,
the Proxy Campaign. What is good
for G.M. (Daily, May 15). But I
respectfully suggest that he shows
no realization of how important
and how broad these questions are.
On the face of it he merely seems
concerned that the Regents should
vote the few shares of G.M. stock
owned by the University in favor
of a project sponsored by Ralph
Nader et al. I personally doubt the
social value of the particular pro-
posal, but that is irrelevant to the
larger question implied.
That larger question is wheth-
er owners should really control
the larger corporations. If Hirsch-
man asks the University, and pre-
sumably other share holders, to
exercise actively their legal rights
as owners, and presumably not
only in this question but on many
others he really is asserting the
power of property.
If this implication is generally
recognized he will find himself
with some incongruous allies. The
"solid men of property" (squares
I presume we now-a-days would
call them) would reply with a re-
sounding, Amen! "Of course,"
t h e y would say, "a corporation
should be controlled by its own-
ers - who else"? And further "of
course, its function should be to
earn a return for its owners, what
else?" And this is pretty close to
what the law says, too.
BUT IN FACT the modern wide-
ly owned large corporation is not
controlled by its owners but by
professional managers. Ironically
these managers, I believe, are
more sensitiverto the community
needs and to that vague ideal of
"social responsibility" than would
be the average owner. A moments
thought about these owners will
perhaps reinforce this generaliza-
tion and at this same time explain
why the owners do not control.
The most obvious fact is the mul-
titude of them. The owners of
G.M. are over a million - more
owners than employes. And who
are they? More than half are wo-
men who presumably gained the
stock by inheritance not by their
own business acumen. There are
school teachers; professors, many
retired; trusts f o r putting kids
through college; churches; hospi-
tals; investment companies; and
on a n d on. These institutional
owners have the paramount re-
sponsibility of profitable and safe
care of "other peoples money."
Most of these owners or owners
representatives are "psychologi-
cally" investors and will give little
attention to the non profit as-
pects of the companies. I really
think that people who would like
to see the corporation play an ac-
tive role in social problems will
be well served by leaving control
to the managers. My advice is bet-
ter leave well enough alone.
A related question is how the
owners feel about this loss of con-
trol. Of course there are all kinds
of owners but most of them don't
care. And a reason is that their
only interest in G.M., for example,
is as an investment. And most of
those small investors will divide
their funds between an astonish-
ing number of companies - five
shares of this and five of that.
They can't possibly know much
about the affairs of any of them
except that the earnings state-
ment seems to be good and divi-
dends are forth coming. As for
their economic freedom the fact is
that if they do not like their in-
vestment in Company A they can
sell and buy Company X. By vir-
tue of the exchanges and the ser-
vices of brokers that switch can
be made on the phone in two min-
utes.
THE REGENTS WERE quite
right, I think, in regarding them-
selves purely as investors and to
recognize that sound investment
does not require them to p a s s
judgment on the many questions
that come before the many com-
panies whose stock the University
may hold.
They apparently followed t h e
sensible policy (though I have no
inside information) that if we de-
cide for social or economic rea-
sons we don't approve of the man-
agement of G.M. We will sell that
stock and buy one we like better,
There is a subtle difference be-
tween "investors in" and "owners
of" American corporations.Share-
holders are more and more fairly
described by the former term and
on the whole from the broadest
social point of view there is much
to be said for this modern de-
velopment.
.-Prof. Clare E. Griffin
business economics dept.
May 191
Revolution?
To the Editor:
THE WORDS "REVOLUTION"
and "physical force' are b e i n g
bandied around a lot these days.
The late Daniel De Leon of the
Socialist Labor Party summarized
it well when he stated, "Physical
force is by no means essentially
revolutionary, it may be archly
reactionary. If physical force were
the test of 'revolution', the palm
for being revolutionary would
have to be awarded to the Rus-
sian Czar's establishment.
Or to bring the above statement
into today's context, if physical
force was proof of being revolu-
tionary, then the Chicago police
were more revolutionary than the
protesters whose heads they bash-
ed. The day is long past when a
revolutionary movement can re-
sort to street fights, barricades or
armed rebellions.
These methods are totally un-
suited to the modern society in
which we live. They are unsuited,
not merely because they are un-
civilized, but because they are to-
tally ineffective. Many of the par-
ticipants in these blind rebellions
or disorders have been aptly de-
scribed as being people who "don't
break windows to let in fresh air,
they just like the sound of broken
glass."
Today, t h source of revolu-
tionary power is economic. It lies
within the industries and social
services that t h e working class
has created under the capitalist
system of society. The solution to
present day problems lies within
the Socialist Labor Party's pro-
gram of Socialist Industrial Un-
ionism through which a complete
social change can be accomplished
peacefully.
-A. Sim
Warren
May 15
WILPF
To the Editor:
THE ANN ARBOR-YPSILANTI
branch of the Women's Inter-
national League for Peace and
Freedom (WILPF) has sent the
following telegrams to Senators
Hart and Griffin in response to
President Nixon's speech on Cam-
bodia: "President Nixon's decision
to involve the American people
in the invasion of Cambodia is
shocking. WILPF concurs with
Senator Aiken in never having
been so disappointed with any
Presidential decision., Vietnam-
ization has failed. Stop the war.
An immediate investigation into
the U.S. role in the overthrow of
the Sihanouk government is ur-
gent." We urge every citizen to
let the President and your senators
know that this war must not
widen. The results for our coun-
try, both at home and abroad,
could be tragic.
--Lynne Berrett
VILPF co-chairman
May 2
Draft
To the Editor:
AS A DRAFT COUNSELOR I
found rather distressing the Daily's
in the May 15 review of David
Suttler's book IV-F: A Guide to
D ra f t Exemption. Apparently
neither the author nor the re-
viewer realizes that the maladies
listed in the book are grounds for
a I-Y deferment, and not neces-
sarily for a IV-F. Furthermore
Suttler's imprecise language con-
cerning appeal rights and proce-
dures could conceivably confuse a
registrant or even cause him to
lose some of his rights.
With all its inaccuracies, Sut-
tier's book can be valuable if ac-
companied by an adequate dose of
draft couseling. The Ann Arbor
Draft Counseling Center at 502
East Huron offers free counseling
on medical deferments-short of
the reviewer's suggestion of self-
mutilation-as well as on con-
scientious objection and other
draft-related excitements. T h e
AADCC is open daily from 3 to 5
in the afternoon, and from 7 to 9
in the evening, and Saturday
morning from 10 until noon. It
sure beats the Army, or Suttler's
book, for that matter.
-Jef Feldman, Grad.
May 15
I
November disaster?
OVEMBER COULD be a disaster. Given
N the increasing level of conflict on the
nation's campuses, it will be a disaster,
because in November the electorate picks
a new House of Representatives and one
third of the Senate.
President Nixon knew very well what
his Cambodian decision meant, both for
Cambodia and, just as importantly, for
the U.S. Predictably, the already turbu-
lent college campuses would become even
more so,
Nixon is the one who blithly ignored
two massive outpourings of liberal and
student sentiment during last October
and November. Nixon is the one who put
up two clearly unacceptable men for the
Supreme Court and when Congress man-
aged to react properly, complained that
the nasty Democrats and liberal Repub-
licans were playing politics. Nixon is the
one who went on the air to tell America
how badly Congress had botched the edu-
cation bill.
Nixon is the one who has Spiro Agnew
for his vice president. Lost in the amaze-
ment over his later pronouncements is
the common notion at the time of Agnew's
first Des Moines speech that he was only
Nixon's mouthpiece. He still is. His at-
tacks on college students, and on college
administrators, e x p r e s s Nixon's senti-
ments.
NIXON'S FAMED "southern strategy" is
an analysis which misses the point'
He has ignored and discredited college
students. Through the Chicago Conspir-
acy trial and lesser shams, he has made
students seem a threat to America; apple
pie and motherhood.
But the students were not enough, he
has also done his best to discredit Con-
gress. He has shown his contempt for the
Supreme Court not only by insulting it
with Carswell and Haynsworth, but by
freely allowing defiance of its desegrega-
tion orders. And now, through Agnew, he
is saying college administrators cannot
control the situation.
The logic is simple: The hippie-pinko-
freaks are the enemy. The existing sys-
tem of Congress, the courts and college
administrations cannot deal with them.
Give me -us - the power to replace or
ignore whatever stands in our way, and
we will restore "law and order."
A FORESHADOWING of next fall was
. seen during the local city election
when the Republicans waged a fear cam-
paign and gained, two council seats. On.
the national scene, Vietnam dove and
Democratic Senator Ralph Yarborough of
Texas was defeated in a primary fight by
a conservative Democrat who had the
help at least of Republican votes, and
probably money as well. And many say
that Senator Albert Gore (D-Tenn.), one
of Nixon's most outspoken critics, will get
the same treatment.
With a long hot summer ahead on the
nation's campuses and conservative can-
didates howling for blood, next November
could well be the death knell for freedom
in this country. Such a victory would be
a virtual mandate for Congress to pass
truly repressive legislation and for Nixon
to become increasingly independent of
the constitutional checks and balances
all high school students learn about.
If you do not believe it will happen,
just sit and watch.
-ROB BIER
Nixon's typical response
CINEMA
'True humor'
By DONALD KUBIT
Hesse once said, "True humor begins when a man ceases to take
himself seriously." If this is the case, Peter Sellers must have never
experienced a solemn moment in his life, for his humor is the zaniest,
most absurd type imaginable. He has given us another example of
what he thinks is funny, and like The Mouse that Roared and Dr.
Strangelove, his new film - The Magic Christian is as nutty as they
come.
Devotely believing that "Every man has his price," Sir Guy Grand
(Sellers) sets out to prove this point. Together with his adopted son
(Ringo Starr) he runs through a series of exploits to verify man's greed
and his willingness to do anything where money is concerned.
Their activities include fixing the famous Oxford-Cambridge row-
ing match, buying a Rembrandt painting and then putting the scissors
to it, making a meter man eat his own ticket, turning the social event
of the year into pure chaos, and watching distinguished men wade
around in the most vile combination of waste conceivable. The power
of money has never been so astutely exhibited.
Although Sellers' humor has through the years become more insane,
he has not lost his satiric punch. In The Magic Christian the snobbish
elite is held up to ridicule and a number of their plutocratic symbols
are poignantly mocked. A couple of examples may be in order.
Sir Grand dines at an exclusive restaurant and literally destroys
the concept of social dining by grinding the caviar into his face after
which he is washed down with a hose. Perhaps, the swift kick is best
emphasized when Sir Grand participates in a pheasant hunt and
employs the help of anti-aircraft guns to land his fowl. He then cele-
brates his victory to the tune of a thirty piece marching band and a
flying banner.
The madness never stops as a heavyweight championship boxing
match ends when the two fighters fall in love with each other and
play kissy face after the opening bell.
Even the cameo roles show the presence of Sellers' lunacy. Racquel
Welch-on screen for no longer than three minutes-is seen as a whip-
bearing leader of a topless sailing crew and Laurence Harvey makes
By ALEXA CANADY
EVEN CONFIRMED Nixon watchers, like myself,
who were convinced that Nixon's so called "con-
ciliatory attitude" toward young people could not
last, were surprised and perhaps a bit dismayed by
the administration's implementation of that policy.
Pamela Cross, a fourth grader from Dixon, Cali-
fornia was very concerned about the amount of
money the U.S. spent on war.
But Pamela was not a girl to just sit back and
complain, so she wrote a letter to President Nixon
asking him, "Why are you spending all that money
on war and not on schools, papers and books?"
But, last week's open invitation from the admin-,
istration for students to express their opinions, had
turned into this week's cold shoulder, and although
Pamela got an answer, it wasn't a very nice one.
In effect, the Nixon administration told Pamela
to stick to her schoolbooks and keep her nose out
of national and international affairs.
An attitude that is not at all atypical of Nixon's
attitude toward the Senate, liberals, other students
and anyone else who happens to disagree with him.
Its understandable that Nixon could get a little
upset at the Senate, or even the Democrats, but at
a nine-year-old girl?
But even after receiving such a scorching letter,
Pamela kept her cool and her class viewed the entire
situation with nothing but amusement.
Legislating patriot ism
THERE IS LOYALTY of a very high or-
der in the behavior of a group of
Montgomery County high school students
who took a vow the other day that they
would not pledge allegiance to the flag
if a bill compelling them to do so is sign-
Fortunately, Mandel seems to under-
stand this idea perfectly well. "I don't
think you can legislate patriotism," he
said in commenting on the bill. "I think
it has to come from within the person
himself." Like love, loyalty has to be free-