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THE MICHIGAN DAILY MAGAZINE
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By AKIRA "TEDDY" EBUCHI
IT WAS an invaluable and un-
forgettable experience that I
was privileged to attend the 10th
N a t i o n a l Student Association
Congress and see for myself
Ametican students' ways of think-
ing towards student activities.
I landed in this country with
my head stuffed with a precon-
ceived idea of what American stu-
dents are. To my pleasant sur-
prise, however, I metsomedAmer-
ican students who showed great
interest in the basic difference in
the interpretation of the student's
role as student between the
United States and Japan.
Peter Eckstein, the editor of
your paper, proved to be one of
those who was willing to listen
to the Japanese students and
eventually became our scapegoat
on whom we poured our accumu-
lated frustrations which resulted
from attending the Congress only
as observers.
ONE DAY in the usual discus-
sion with him, he referred to
"the Michigan-Waseda Technical
Agreement Case" as "Waseda
Riot."
The wording shocked me and
urged my pride as a Wasedanian
to dissolve this misunderstanding
among American students.
This is a brief sketch of lsow
the incident developed: In April,
1956, Waseda University con-
cluded a technical agreement with
the University of Michigan, with
International Cooperation Ad-
ministration acting as an inter-
mediary and as a financial source.
According to the agreement, the
Institute for Raising Productivity
was established in Waseda Uni-
versity to carry out a joint re-
search project on technology and
the theory of industrial produc-
tivity and management.
Japanese students are fully
aware that this kind of research
is by no means harmless but es-
sential for the development of
Japanese industry. This agree-
ment, however, met a fierce op-
position not only from the stu-
dents but even from a segment of
professors on the grounds that it
might infringe on academic free-
dom. The opposition movement
developed after the signing of the
agreement and finally came to an
outburst when Prof. Charles B.
Gordy and his colleague Prof. Ed-
ward L. Page, both of the indus-
trial engineering department, ar-
rived.
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fleece-Lime
A RIOT?
AS AN editor who covered this such an unprecedented aree
incident on-the-spot, I got an ment, the Waseda Universit:
impression that it was one of authorities concerned did not ap
ply adequate =onsideration 'ans
those few issues in which keen in- adopted a secretive attitude to
terest was shown from both pro ward professors and students -
and con sides on a university-wide the two important constituen
scale. Many resolutions concern- parts of the university. '
ing the case were issued as an Waseda students are vei'
outcome of those discussions,
some supporting, some opposing. proud and conscious of th
You think this is "riot"! The fact that their university was es
Waseda University authorities tablished as a fort against -th
condemned this action as "being bureaucratic control of any auth
instigated by Red students." One orities. Academic freedom hssal
commercial paper supported by ways been their motto, They are
the Foreign Ministry, for one rea-therefore, particularly sensitivg t
son or another, denounced these teeoe atclrysnii
students as "racketeers." If you any assistance of this sort whirl
define "riot" according to Web- might infringe upon acadei
ster it was not the case. "An in- freedom, no matter from wher
stigation by Red students" - it comes.
might be true if you follow Mc- Academic pursuit in itself sa
Carthy's interpretation. "Racke-
teers."-circulation-conscious and free interchange beyond pa
Let me analyze the reason why tional borders is indispensale
America, o I f e r i n g aid which However, the principles which ars
amounts to 2,000,000,000 yen, adhered to by the opposition5 ti
raised a heavy crop of opposition the Michigan-Waseda Technca
as its first harvest . agreement are: that this inter
As a result of careful study, the change must be achieved betwtei
Joint Investigation Committee of countries on such an equal basi
the Waseda student government that both countries are free frn
came to the conclusion that there any economic and political inu
would be no guarantee that aca- ence by the other, and that an:
demic research would not be af- university should not be used-a
fected by political control or mis- an instrument for any politica
utilized for political purposes. purpose,
The Japanese student move
THE REASONS were as fol- ment has often been frowned ip
lows: on as being too political or parti
A) ICA, an agency of the Amer- san in comparison with the Amer
ican State Department set up to ican conception of the "student'
handle foreign aid programs un- role as student." There are dif
der the Mutual Security Act, is ferent sociological, economic an
political setups to be consideres
undoubtedly acting not only as a when you speak of differences ii
financial source but as an organ social classification, social funic
through which America is to re- tion, and rights and responsibii
alize her foreign policy - in this ties of students here and in J'p
case the possibility is shown in an. However, Japanese student
more obvious form in the "Basic distinguish themselves from oth
FOA Policy on University Con- ers as a privileged social class
tract" which is a basis of this privileged to be able to learr
agreement. privileged to be able to think an
B) The raising of productivity pursue truth and to act foii
movement, the central theme of without down-to-earth calcua
the Institute for Raising Produc- tion.
tion's research, is sponsored by Paradoxically speaking, there
the Japan Productivity Council, fore, for the Japanese students,i
which was established by a strong is the student's role as a stun
suggestion and financial aid from to act as the salt of the earth o
ICA's predecessor, the U.S. For- a nightguard for social injustice
eign Operations Administration, as we have seen in Cuba, Algeri
According to the student analysis, and Hungary.
this movement is a tool or new
form of American economic con-
trol over underdeveloped coun- Akira. buchi was assigned by
tries, the Waseda University stde/t
C) In the process of concluding nwspaier to coer the is/sas
last year orer the Waseda-Michi-
"an Technical Agreeicnt. Ht is
i najorrsng in journalism and
V I L D S working hIs ay through sro,
once by working on alternate
dais as a fireman on a 24-hour
shift. "Teddy" arrived in tfis
ousnty recently to study for a
iyar at the University of tis-
soa i nder the National Studeit
Association's Foreign Student
Leadership Project. His fits
large-scale contacts t ith Amseri-
sss can students occurred at the
N'SA Congre sheld at the UN-
rsils this ssmer, where
NSA's Polics of representssg
students in their role as sti-
dents"wu as idly dicssed.
Stius/ssts in Japan and lsu hrec
sften riect this otion of sti-
dent unions limiting thenselrs
to acti it ilhin the esdia-
U C U T tional comsnit y aud consider
a-nec: adacti it , in th conrtt of society
- as shole. is eding poltsial
e Shetland aitation, to fe a pa/, of the
rted lambs-siiit'sl,
P'rofessors (Go/dy iss/Page
or are iss'still at WVaseda, on lea i
to acquire fom the Uniersity, ihere they
a r eportedly accete by the
other members of the srca/er
'rs commni'i iityi i/espite some Con-
$4 OO tinuingi sisgi iings abit the
value and purposes of their ni-
sion. 0position to increased
'nechanizsation and in/ustrial I-
ficiency has been oPoseis in
japan as in the West, by iany
segments of the labor iovemest
out of fear that greater produc-
tivity-per-worer leads to un-
emps/loyment.
'le Ipilior 'f,., " wills
fetyNwarm lintin s."
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