SWW5e*SBK>«5ii«MW»*'jSM« TiTiifinTummiiimiwiiiriiiHiihimiihi«»■mi—imum—■ iiiiiiiwui mi 11OhuSzilard proposes movement to end wark Leo Szilard, professor ofbiophysics, on the eve of the19th anniversary of theatomic age with which hisname is identified, proposedFriday that a nationwide"movement for abolishing war” beorganised.Inviting an overflow audienceat Mandel hall to participate in a “great experiment,” Szilard sug¬gested the formation of a lobbyrepresenting an “enlightened min¬ority” of the population.This lobby would pursue apolicy which would lead to theelimination of war. It would con¬sist of mainly prominent scien¬tists, who would provide itsleadership because “there is an ob¬jective measure of achievementamong scientists.” Szilard stated that war is in¬evitable unless the present coursesof American and Russian actioncan be changed. As Americanscannot alter Russian behavior di¬rectly, they must effect a ‘‘changein the attitude of their govern¬ment which, in turn, may bringabout a similar change in the at¬titude of the Russian govern¬ment” said Szilard.“It is conceivable, that if aVol. 70 — No. 31 University of Chicago, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 1*61On urban renewal •T-'LUC policies attacked“I’ve never been on a plat¬form with a Huey Long be¬fore.“It’s really quite an honor,for he was a great man beforehe got shot.”Such was Sol Tax’s summa¬tion ol Nicholas von Hoffman,who attacked the University’spolicies on Woodlawn urban re¬newal at a debate among fourpanelists in the Reynolds clubFriday.Von Hoffman said UC policytoward Woodlawn is governed ex¬clusively by University interestsand does not take into accountthe needs of the Woodlawn resi¬dents.The purpose of the TemporaryWoodlawn organization (TWO),he explained, is to gain enoughpolitical power to force the Uni¬versity to recognize these needs."How do we get power?” vonHoffman asked. “Either withmoney or with votes.”“You (the University) have allthe money; we are going aftervotes, and this means a politicalorganization.”It was von Hoffman’s descrip¬tion and justification of the meth¬ods TWO uses in building itsorganization that Tax, a professorin UC’s department ot anthro¬pology, found demagoguery.Ken Pierce, editor emeritus ofthe MAROON and the thirdpanelist, said that among TWO’sorganizational methods was thedissemination of "hate literaturedirected at the University and,specifically, against Julian Levi”executive director of the Univer¬sity supported South East Chi¬cago commission (SEC'C). One flier which Pierce identi¬fied as ‘‘TWO hate literature”directed against Levi read in partas follows:"Remember: Levi is against anall-over plan . . . (for) Woodlawn.He wants to make Woodlawn aslum.”Von Hoffman said, “I thinkeverything there is true; I don’tthink there is anything therethat anyone across the Midwaymust apologize for.”Tax questioned von Hoffman onthis and other evidence which heand Pierce claimed showed that‘‘unethical” organizational meth¬ods were employed by TWO.Tax asked von Hoffman: “Doyou really believe the ends justifytlie means?”‘‘If the ends don’t, then whatelse does?”“The means themselves do, forthey are both ends and means,”Tax replied.Von Hoffman explained the endsof TWO’s political organizationare "to gain equality for theNegroes and other minorities.”More than 90% of the 60,000residents of Woodlawn are Neg¬roes. The Woodlawn communityruns generally from CottageGrove avenue on the west toStony Island avenue on the east,and from the Midway to 67street.Von Hoffman said, “We [whiterace] cannot give them equality;they must get it by having equalpower, for there is no otherequality than equality of powerand effectiveness.“TWO is the vehicle by whichthey attain the power to conferequality on themselves.” The fourth panelist, AlvinPitcher, assistant professor in thedivinity school, said the problemsof Woodlawn community arebound inevitably to the problemsof the whole city, and that thebasic problem in all areas is “re¬lations between the races.”Pitcher called for organizationof Woodlawn “so its residents canexpress their interest” and viewson how to solve the racial prob¬lem.Pitcher seemed to call for city¬wide planning for much the samereasons that Leon Despres, aider-man from the fifth ward (includ¬ing most of UC and Woodlawn),used to insist that a plan for allof Chicago be drawn up.If present trends in Woodlawmcontinue, Pitcher said, it will “be¬come a totally Negro communitywithin six or eight years.”“If this happened,” he said,“the University could not sur¬vive. No students would come toit, and the faculty members wouldmove away.”Tax commented that the com¬munity would “never become allNegro because I will still be here.“I don’t care whether it’s allwhite or black or some mixture,”Tax said, “as long as the neigh¬bors are decent people.” rebellious minority were to takeeffective political action, theycould bring about such a changein the attitude of the Americangovernment. But such a minoritycould take effective action onlyif it were possible to formulatea set of political objectives onw'hich they'may enthusiasticallyagree.”From his conversations withRussian scientists and Khrush¬chev, Szilard believes that theRussians truly desire disarma¬ment. It would enable them topursue economic objectives suchas improving domestic conditionsand expanding their foreign aidprogram. The Russian govern¬ment presently spends a far great¬er portion of its income on itsmilitary machine than does theUS.Szilard stressed the importanceof eliminating arbitrary classi¬fications if any progress is to bemade in achieving disarmamentand understanding.“Many people have a black andwhite picture of the world; theybelieve that the nations fall intotwo classes: the peace-lovingnations, and those who are notpeace-loving.“America, France, and England,and generally speaking, our allies,including Germany and Japan, arepeace-loving na.tions. Russia andChina are not peace-loving na¬tions.“The people who have suffi¬ cient passion for the truth to givethe truth a chance to prevail, ifit runs counter to their bias, arein a minority.”A great problem blocking pro¬gress is that a great number ofCongressmen who know the factsremain silent because “they donot have the courage of theirconvictions.”Because of the poverty of pos¬itive action in Washington, Szil¬ard sees the necessity for privateinitiative. As a first step, he sug¬gested setting up a lobby inWashington which would attract“scholars and scientists who seecurrent events in their historicalperspective.“These men would speak withthe sweet voice ot reason, and ourlobby could see to it that they;shall be heard by the people with¬in the administration, and alsoby the key people in Congress.”This lobby might represent 10%of the votes, which in addition to“the sweet voice of reason couldturn out to be a formidablecombination. An if the minorityalso could make substantial poli¬tical contributions, then it wouldindeed be in a position to set upthe most powerful lobby that everhit Washington.”Szilard outlined six political ob¬jectives which the lobby mightpursue.• 1. . . America should uni-(Continued on page 8) •Ken Pierce describes Woodlawn ot debate over UCurban renewal policies. The participants are from left toright, Alvin Pitcher, Jerry Walker, moderator, Nicholasvon Hoffman, and Sol Tax.Orators tie for secondThe University of Chicago debate team tied for secondv place at the fourteenth annual University of Pittsburghcross-examination debate tournament last weekend.Fifty-six schools were in attendance at the tournament,including teams from Canada, the - ... , “ir • ,, r .. ... . The affirmative team won twoUniversity College of the West * , , , . . rp.T .. j „ . and lost three debates. They metIndies, and colleges and umver- % . •b ,. .. , ... teams from Ohio Wesleyan uni-. s*ties from the mid-west, south, .f „ w .and ea •( versity, Flint, Grove City, West-s •ern Ontario, and Fairmount. De-The national topic for 1961-62 bating BeUarmine, Ithaca, Allig-was debated: Resolved: That hery West Virginia, and Colgate,labor organizations should be the negative team won four de-* under the jurisdiction of anti- bates and lost one Stephentrust legislation. This topic was Klein a third-year student, ach-* fhoscn in the summer of 1961 ieved perfect scores in two ofby the debate coaches and will these debates,be debated for the duration ofthe season by all schools partici¬pating in intercollegiate debate.Debating for Chicago wereGeorge Glendenning and SteveRosen, affirmative; and StephenRloin and Gerald McBeath, nega¬tive. The total team score of 80Points placed Chicago in a sec-* Ond-place tie with the UniversityIbf Wichita, following Ohio StateUniversity which won first placew‘th 85 points, Third-year stu¬dent Glendenning was awarded atop-ranking speaker medal. Newman has dorm booksSome 200 books for three new libraries in Pierce tower and the New dormitory arestored in a closet in the office of James Newman, assistant dean of students.Newman’s closet has been transformed into a store room because the libraries’ book¬shelves, which are expected in the middle of this month, have not yet arrived. The librarieswill probably be set up during —— — — ~ ~ z ~ Z Z ..winter interim, announced New- The books cover a w.de range ard, C. P. Snow James Gouldof subjects and many recently Cozzens, Virginia Woolf, and Sar-Books for the library are being Published works are included, trev .....ordered in throe stages explained Among the authors are: H. G. Finally, there will be additionsNewman. First, a “core” of 35 Wells Albert Camus Angus Wil- made to the libraries next yearor 40 reference works as well as so"' Aaion Copeland, Leo Sz.l- by dormitory councils.No Simpson speech“What’s new in the NewCollege,” a speech scheduled tobe delivered this week by AlanSimpson, dean of the College,has been postponed until nextquarter.Simpson will be the fourthspeaker in the current “Aimsof Education” lecture seriessponsored jointly by orientationboard and the College. some fiction and non-fiction hasbeen ordered for each library.These books were selected by acommittee headed by StanleyGvvynn, assistant director for read¬ers’ services of the Universitylibrary.Secondly, this year individualcouncils of the three librarieswill order books they want tosupplement the original collect¬ion.The books have been cataloguedand carded by the student activi¬ties office, but borrowing systemswill be established by each indi¬vidual house council.A librarian’s services - paid outof house council has been pro¬posed.Newman suggested a policywhereby the reference books willnot circulate, and other workswill be loaned for a period of twoweeks - with a possible reservesystem for those books which hap¬pen to fit in with course reading.He emphasized, however, that thebooks are primarily for the pur¬pose of leisure reading. Fire damages ClassicsA fire in UC’s Classicsbuilding seriously damagedan elevator and barely missedburning thousands of librarybooks yesterday. Started when twoelectric wires crossed causinga short circuit, the fire spread upand down the elevator’s travellercable.The elevator in which the blazeoccured is a “stack lift,” usedexclusively for transporting booksbetween various levels of the Clas¬sics library. Non-library person¬nel never use the elevator.The fire was discovered at 2:50pm by Margaret Clark, a libra¬rian. Miss Clark smelled smokeand spotted flames crawling outof the elevator.UC's building and grounds de¬partment (B & G) men were firston the scene. They had the fireunder control by the time a de¬ tachment of fire engines arrived.Firemen had the blaze completelyextinguished within a few mo¬ments.Flickering lights in the elevatorshortly before the fire broke outled to speculation on the part ofelectricians that a loose light ca¬ble was the cause of the blaze.Quick action on the part of bothB & G and fire department menwas credited with saving some onehundred thousand books housedin the Classics library. “The firecould easily have spread if leftunchecked.” a librarian stated,“and the books could have beenin great danger.”Value of the Classics collectionis estimated at several hundreddollars, since many of the volumesare old and difficult to replace.Damage to the elevator is stillunestimated, although electricianssaid that many of the wires wereburned.M UC student elected head of ISCU coop 1A University of Chicagostudent, John Tyler, waselected president of the Inter¬national Student Cooperativeunion (ISCU) Saturday.A board of directors and twoother officers were elected at anISCU meeting attended by dele¬gates from the UC unit, and fourother units.The UC Student Governmentoperates a unit of the ISCU inReynolds club basement.The ISCU was formed this sum¬mer to make books available tocollege students at discount,through units on member cam¬puses.Board members elected includeSue Brown of Mundelein college,Stu Dowty from Shimer college,Tyler for UC, Joe Culberg andJeff Segal from Roosevelt uni¬versity, and Len Ruder for theUniversity of Illinois at Chicago(Navy Pier). Five more boardmembers have yet to be elected.The three officers of ISCU,chosen by the board, are Tyler,president; Miss Brown, secretary; and Segal, treasurer. At presentthere is no vice president.The delegates also passed regu¬lations stipulating the duty of theofficers and discussed the possi¬bility of etxending the range ofISCU activities by including otheritems than books, such as records,in the stock and on order inmember stores.Argonne hiresstudentsArgonne National labora¬tory will again next summerhave college students workingas student aides to scientistsand engineers studying peacefulapplications of atomic energy.One of the nation’s researchand development laboratories forpeaceful uses of atomic energy,Argonne is operated by the uni¬versity of Chicago for the USAtomic Energy commission.Its summer program is intendedfor some 125 third and fourth yearstudents who plan graduate studyfor careers in science and engin¬ eering and who have an academicaverage of B or higher.Student aides at Argonne mustbe US citizens and must be atleast 18 years old. They are se¬lected on the basis of years ofcollege work completed, grades,references, experiences, and in¬tention to pursue graduate train¬ing. Security clearance is not re¬quired.The deadline for filing applica¬tions is January 15, 1962. Theymay be obtained’ from Louis A.Turner, deputy director of Ar¬gonne National laboratory. Thelaboratory’s address is 9700 SouthCass avenue, Argonne, Illinois.NORC studieseducationThe National Opinion Re¬search center (NORC) willstudy adult educational activi¬ties with a $230,000 grant ith; 5 received from the Carnegiecorporation of New York.NORC, a non-profit center forsocial research, affiliated withthe University of Chicago, hopesCheck your opinions against LM’s Campus Opinion Poll 14O Will the U.N. grow strongerin the next 10 years?0 Which is mostimportant to youin picking a date... 0 Do you buy cigarettesin soft pack or box?□ Looks D Personality O Intelligence □ Soft packD BoxExpect more, get more, from L&MThere’s actually morerich-flavor leaf in L&Mthan even in some un¬filtered cigarettes. Youget more body In theblend, more flavor in thesmoke, more tastethrough the filter. So ex¬pect more, get Lots Morefrom L&M. And remem¬ber—with L&M’s modernfilter, only pure whitetouches your lips. HERE’S HOW 1029 STUDENTSAT 100 COLLEGES VOTED!xoq jo >ped in W8"| ue aAen%I£ A%69 UP%9I” ••• aoua3!||3iu| ©%S9”%6l%69 ON%I£ saxL&M’s the filter cigarette for people who really like to smoke.1 • CHICAGO MAROON • Dec. 5.1961 to use the money to find out whysome people scorn anything lab¬eled “education” while others par¬ticipate in educational activitieslong after they graduate fromschool.In the next few months, NORCplans to interview some 10,000 se¬lected families and to study stu¬dents of all kinds. They will in¬vestigate the number and kindsof people attending public lec¬tures, receiving on-the-job train¬ing and viewing educational tele¬vision.The study will attempt to ans¬wer the four key questions:• Howr many people participatein formal and informal educa¬tional activities?• What kinds of people do ordo not participate?• What are the facilities foradult education in various com¬munities?• Where do people learn skills?“Once we understand the socialand psychological forces that pre¬vent people from pursuing edu¬cational activities, we may be ableto attract more people to theseactivities,” said John W. John¬stone, director of the study.Sharp talks onSobellMalcolm Sharp, professor oflaw, will discuss “The caseof Morton Sobell” Thursdayafternoon.Sobell is currently serving histenth year ot a 30-year prisonsentence for conspiring to commitespionage. He, together with Juliusand Ethel Rosenberg, were triedin 1951. The Rosenbergs were con¬victed for treasdn and subsequent¬ly executed. Sharp was a memberof the committee formed to defendthe Rosenbergs.Although a recent appeal forclemency has been denied Sobell,there are many who believe thecase against him to be false. Theybelieve that he was a victim of a“red scare” and of “mass hysteria”foreiqn car hospital of the early 1950’s.Sharp will speak at 3:30 in IdaNoyes hall library. The speech issponsored by the University o|Chicago Students for Civil Liber¬ties.New leprosy labopensWhen a new University ofChicago laboratory for re¬search on leprosy was openedlast week, the popping of asiring of firecrackers marked theevent.Olaf Kristan Skiness, professorof pathology at UC, who spentmore than a decade in the Orient,staged the ceremony in the newlaboratory in Billings hospital.“Leprosy is the most cripplingdisease in the world, with an esti¬mated 10 million human beingsafflicted,” Skinsnes said. “Theimmunological mechanism that isineffective or that breaks downover a long period of time in theleprosy patient must be under¬stood itself if we are to win overthis disease.” iThis, Skinsnes decided that hemust leave the leprosarium whichhe had established near HongKong, and continue his work at amajor medical school.He has been setting up his lep¬rosy research laboratory herelate in 1959. 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South is challenged'Richard II' is spottyOn Friday and Saturday, Actors’ company presented their second production of the TO impTOVe 11111 VGrSltlGSyear — a reading of Shakespeare’s Richard II, under the direction of Jerry Mast Despite *the many difficulties involved in doing a Shakespeare reading Actors’ comnanv n,.t nn a Southern educators last “Within our reachthe title of. , . , ... 1 AClors company put on a wpplf phallentrpd the South to the report by the seven-man com-production which was at times entertaining, and at mortients even exciting. develop a far-reaching pro- mission- ca,,s for boostins collegeThe major problems entailed in any production of Shakespeare arise from obscure ffram to improve higher edu- southUand'putting1 zsTbrnion" doi!language and the lengthy, sometimes tiresome, speeches (in this day of laconic, hard cat‘on* lars annually into higher educa-boiled theatre, any speech of over — —— The commission on Goals for tion system by 1970.two sentences had better be Though k>ng winded at times, being studied in the college, is an Higher Education in the South, The commission proposeddarned good to hold the audi- Ve,noff- especially in the most excellent one. The criticism here set up by the 16-state Southern** poetic and emotional scenes was *s on*y to P°int out some difficul- Regional Education board, issuec•ooel’ tQ rjge tQ towerjn„ ’ t‘e.s and failings which I saw in a comprehensive report with reTwo commonly used ways to . „ g p opor- this jast production; and is by no commendations at a meeting ofovercome this are lively stage lona‘ e P‘aye<* on h's vo'ce like means meant to discourage any southern governors, education,action, and a generally fast clipped a virtuoso on his violin, largely further readings. business leaders, and other in-t*ecution of lines and stage busi- compensating for his hesitant andness. In a leading neithei ot these ineffectual stage movement,arc possible—since there is nostage action, everything must The domestic sequence in thecome from the speeches; and if fifth act was directed and actedthese are done too rapidly, the with humor and sensitivity. HereWhole meaning may be lost. the Duke of York (Richard Man-Mast overcame this to some ex- *!■1' and IIornuiK)tern by dividing the slag. Into tin ,‘T‘ ,*^’r. *°" /,Encr. . r>undel) is involved in a plot on Bob Reiser terested persons. The commission proposed aVernoff, especially in the most excellent one. The criticism here set up by the 16-state Southern “partnership of Southern higherpoetic and emotional scenes was *s on*y *° P°*nt out some difficul- Regional Education board, issued education, business, industry and- . - _ government to provide the re¬search necessary for full develop¬ment of resources and to speed theeconomic progress of the region."Unless the South makes thiseffort to cultivate its intellectualresources, the report said. “It mustabandon hope of directing its owneconomic destiny.”The report skipped briefly overracial problems, saying discrimi¬nation is being eliminated as abarrier.“Economically, this region canNY Chamber Soloiststo give concert Friday,I1VWJVCU „ piul The New York Chamber quality will be slightly differenta mimer of acting areas through the life of the new king, Henry IV. Soloists with Adele Addison, since the celeste is a wind instru- be one of the most productivewhich the actors could travel from. sonrano will o-ivp the second mont- sai(* Meyer. areas on earth" the report conti-scene to scene, and by allowing a The performers played against sopiano, wm give tne second Thp concert wiU conclude with nuod adding that the areas ar.certain amount of action within on<? another with an honesty that concert in the music depart- the “Concert Royal” bv Couperin, tists could bring new glory toeach scene. This at best was a 1S rare even in professional ment’s chamber music series. The The music department’s new con- American literature, art and mu-compromise the stage was often theatre; they became a close concert will be held in Mandel cert harpsichord, an 18th century sirtoo static; and even more serious, family group, finding out perhaps hall, Friday at 8:30 pm. French instrument, will appear inthe feat of trying to follow the that the son, newly returned from . public for the first time during thediffuse action was often like try- college, had joined the Nazi party. Appearing with the Chamber piayjng Qf ttuS wo,.jcing to follow a three ring circus. Another such moment was the Solists are Samuel Baron, flute; Tickets are $2 and mav be nur-Two other devices used by Mast «*»« with Richard and his wife Melvin Kaplan, oboe; Alexander chascd elther at the rnusfeT-deserve some mention. The use of (**so Gruzcek) in prison: I saw ougue ’ !!°,in<^ noz ■ partment oflice, 5802 Woodlawnfanev lighting effects was often two very young children (in his- viola and Harriet Wingreen, piano avenue, or at the door thc njghttory, Richard was less than ar>d harpsichord. The program m-twenty, his wife, nine), playing eludes “Chansons” by Ravel,house and huddling briefly to- Hindemith’s “Die Serenaden,” agether against forces totally be- dlJo for flute and oboe by Gina-yond their comprehension. stera, a contemporary Argentinianxr „ and one of South America’s dis-Henry Lynn as the clean, tinguished composers, according tofavored. and imperially slim Leonard Meyer, chai rman of thedepartment of music. foreign car hospitalsee page tStriking and effective; but. was itnecessary to have whole scenesin total darkness? Secondly, thosehideous Gothic chairs that clut¬tered up the stage might havebeen of some use had they relatedto anything else in the play a of the concert.couple of banners flying over the Bolingbroke (Henry IV) was apstage, for example. propriately clean favored, and im-The acting, though spotty, was perially slim; he lacked however, The program features a Mozartoccasionally very powerful, and great dignity and splendor adagio and rondo for glass har-provided the most exciting which we expect from a king— monica, an instrument invented bymoments of the evening. One a n‘ce enough kid—good manners Benjamin Franklin in 1761. Frank-notable exception to the other- —a Pi'ince maybe, but not a king, lin’s harmonica consisted of bowlswise tedious first two acts was The other actine was in eeneral glasses strung on a rod withJohn of Gaunt’s famous speech appropriately bombastic or sub- the Ja«’gest on th.^ left an<?about “This blessed plot, this duod as Suited the occasion. I only sma"est °? !benearth. this realm, this England,” r(.gret those great resounding u0l<\ ' ° 1 t attar-hod tr»delivered by Roy D. Pierce with vow els and reverent tones which vat,e<? by_ u*warmth and understanding. some actors felt necessary to applyThe last half, which deals much to Shakespeare; for Pete’s sake, _more closely with Richard’s char- it’s a play and not an incantation, gacter. was much better than the and it’s acting, not prayingfirst, largely because of Charles The group is certainly capable ment cannot be located for theVernoff’s excellent characteriza- of presenting fine theatre, as the concert. The piece will be playedtion of King Richard. After only many good aspects of the produc- instead on a celeste, which hea week of rehearsal, he did an tion illustrated; and the idea of hopes to borrow from the Chica-amazingly deep and sensitive por- doing readings of plays currently go Symphony orchestra. The tonaltrayal of the complex and neuroticRichard—ironic and bitter oneminute, raving the next, andwallowing in self pity the next. pedal. As the glasses turned, theperformer played them with hisMeyer said that a similar instru-BOB NELSON MOTORSIMPORT SERVICESPECIALISTS HAS‘‘DAVE” MURRAYSERVICE6038-40 S. CottageGroveMI 3-4500 DR. A. ZIMBLER, Optometrist’IN THENEW HYDE PARK SHOPPING CENTER1510 E. 55th St. DO 3-7644EYE EXAMINATIONSPRESCRIPTIONS FILLED CONTACT LENSESNEWEST STYLING IN FRAMESSTUDENT DISCOUNT Times Square becomes National College Queen Square mm.p~m'mmi More men like Leo Szilard needed for peaceLeo Szilard, professor in theEnrico Fermi institute and amember of the original Uni¬versity of Chicago Manhattanproject team, returned tocampus Friday for a Mandelhall speech.Szilard, who has been in and©ul of hospitals for the pastseveral years, spoke on the sub¬ject, “Are we on the road to war?”Addressing ac overflow ci'owd, the63 year old scientist proposed afive point peace program which isstriking in its originality andwhich could potentially prove oneof the great steps forward in quitea while. Unfortunately people with mod¬erate views, willing to compromisewithin a realistic framework, havetraditionally lacked an articulatespokesman. For this reason theUnited States has never been ableto maintain a unified position.Bargaining with the Soviet Union,has, quite naturally, been impos¬sible.The attainment of a permanent,stable peace is a goal which isendorsed by all but a very smallnumber of extremists on both theright and the left. In announcinghis agreement with this goal,Szilard said nothing new.But one of the great deterrentsto actually finding a peaceful solu¬tion to problems such as disarma¬ment has been the unyielding ob¬stinacy of all who hold opinionson the matter. Pacifist groupsdemand unilateral disarmament,ignoring the suicide therein im¬plied. Right wing organizationsrefuse to yield an inch on dis¬armament, thereby asking anendless, unavoidably fatal armsrace. But while it is of greatest bene¬fit for peace groups to function asthey do, there is also a need for aproposal that would have a chanceof being politically acceptable,given the government we have to¬day.foreign cor soles Szilard’s suggestions might go along way in that direction. In hisbasic five point program there isa lot which we would reject, butthere is also much that couldprove fruitful. The first of his pro¬posals is that America unilater¬ally proclaim that she would notattack Russia unless Russia at¬tacks her first. This has been saidby the Kennedy administration,and w-e believe that it expressesa genuine sentiment.tee page 8 In case of war, Szilard said,America should proclaim that shewill use nuclear weapons onlytactically and on her side of thepre-war boundary. 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Hans Morgenthau,UC professor and a leading politi¬cal scientist, has stated that sucha move would encourage ratherthan prevent escalation.The government of the UnitedStates has not. displayed a com¬mendable attitude on the questionof disarmament. The administra¬tion has said they will bargain—but it must be on their own terms.It is in attempting to overcomethis position that the pacifistgroups have made their greatestcontribution. It is for this reasonthat we have supported many oftheir activities in the past, and willcontinue to support them in thefuture. Whether or not Szilard is rightin his theory of the prevention ofa mushrooming war, we cannotaccept this proposition. If we cango this far in an agreement withthe Soviet Union, we can certain¬ly go all the way—to eliminationof nuclear devices in any situation.Atomic death is no more pleasanta thought if it occurs on this sideof the boundary than if it occurson the Soviet side. 1n the right direction, but we fearhis proposals lack practicality.A sixth plan presented bySzilard is both the most immedi¬ately practical and eminentlydesireable. A lobby of prominentscientists should be former tocampaign in Washington forpeace. The lobby would be sup¬ported by roughly ten percent ofthe population. force in this country within nottoo many years.His next proposal was that allAmerican nuclear weapons shallremain in the hands of Ameri¬cans. This is a sensible idea. Whilewe trust American hands to pushthe button no more than Frenchor British hands, we do restsecure in the feeling that thefewer buttons the better. Perhaps because of the immi¬nent threat of scientific destruc¬tion of the world, the word ofscientists on all matters is treatedwith respect in this country. Alobby of scientists speaking forpeace would stir at least someserious thinking on the part ofmany Americans. The lobby, ifestablished, could become a major Rather than unequivocally en¬dorsing or rejecting what was saidin Mandel hall Friday afternoon,we call for more men likeSzilard, men who can speak froma moderate, politically tenablepoint of view. We need more menwhose ideas today can have prac¬tical and immediate cor~-iqurnce*.We need more men who are will¬ing to argue with Szilard with theend in mind of coming to a work¬able solution. We need more sin¬cere dedication not ‘ abstractideas but to practical solutions towhat are eminently practicalproblems.Perhaps then we will havepeace.LetterThe idea that the US CentralIntelligence agency should not en¬list tourists to act as spies is onewhich should appeal to all but themost hard-line America-first men¬talities. It is indeed unfortunatethat so many of these mentalitiescan be found in the CIA. UC has responsibilityto maintain standardsSzilard’s last point is by far hismost complex and most in¬triguing. He holds that disarma¬ment negotiations should be carriedon by private citizens rather thanby government, since such negoti¬ations have proved fruitless.That dogmatism on both sidesof the disarmament conferencetable has been excessive is asimpossible to deny as it is un¬pleasant to confirm. Perhaps theinterjection of new blood wouldbe helpful. But we believe hismethod is a bit naive.His program could be imple¬mented in one of several ways.Private citizens could k -*ntedby the government to the positionof negotiator. This raises essenti¬ally the same problem as currentlyexists. Or groups could get to¬gether on purely private initia¬tive, presenting their conclusionsto their governments for action.Again the same problem.We thus fear that Szilard isbeing somewhat idealistic in hisprposals. Perhaps a complete andperiodic reshuffling of disarma¬ment negotiators might be a stepCUT Dear Sir:I would like to direct a fewcomments to the mi.snuided writersof letters and editorials in theMaroon, and that part of the Uni¬versity community which theyrepresent, whose concern is withwhat they misname the in locusparentis policy of this institution.1. The job of the University isto educate and foster an atmos¬phere in which the highest functionof man, that which separates manfrom his fellow animals, can de¬velop. I refer, of course, to man’sintellect or rationality, the fullfill-ment of which leads man to aplane of life appreciably more or¬dered and a great deal more in¬teresting than that of other ani¬mals or other men who do notindulge in the reflective life.Therefore, anything which de¬tracts from this atmosphere andthe achievement of this plane oflife is contrary to the purpose ofthe University. An atmosphere inwhich women sleep with any manwho happens to sexually appeal, orvice versa - a situation in whichstudents are allowed, perhaps en¬couraged, to come to college fora year of play assured that theywill not have to show that theyare making constructive use of thetime and facilities provided untilthe end of the year - a communityin which irresponsibility is vir¬tue - all these represent a rever¬sion to animal-like, unordered, ir¬rational life directly in oppositionto the highest of which man iscapable. We do not expect uneducated peo¬ples to have very high standards.But it is to be exepected that inthe intellectual community of theUniversity will be found the high¬est degree of responsibility andorder. Because all men are notrationally developed (malure), andbecause all men do not recognizean equal responsibility to the com¬munity and themselves, all com¬munities must maintain a certaindiscipline. This one is not differentin this respect.3. There is an attempt on thepart of the writers to whom Ispeak to make it appear that onlythe deviant can possibly achieveintellectual excellence. This is toan extent time. The great haveoften been deviants from their so¬ciety. But those whose genius isrecognized in another age by othergiants have been deviants in theconstructive sense of the word.They have led to the maturingof the mind rather than the ani-malization of man. 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Noacademic community ought to try.The true place of the liberal isto uphold the dignity of man,not his degradation; the responsi¬bility of man to man, not theirresponsibility of self; the rightof evry man to develop to thefullest extent his rationality, notthe license of the individual todo whatever the whim of themoment dictates.Sincerely,Howe BrownHare’s money-saving newsfor students, faculty and allother college personnel. Dur¬ing weekends and collegevacations, Sheraton offersyou special low rates — evenlower rates when two or moreoccupy the same room.Special group rates are pro¬vided for athletic teams,clubs, other college organ¬izations.You get these discounts atany of Sheraton’s 54 hotelsin the U.S.A., Hawaii andCanada by presenting aSheraton Card. To get aSheraton Student I.D. 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