Rep. Mikva to challengeO’Hara in Dem. primaryVol. 74—No. 36 The University of ChicagoChina parley ends by David SatterFor the first time in over twenty years there will be aprimary contest for the Democratic nomination for Congressfrom the Second Congressional District.The second district includes the UC community and ex-Tuesday, February 15, 1966 and general panel discussiontends to the southern boundary ofthe city.Representative Abner J. Mikva,a five term veteran of the IllinoisExperts reach concensusby John BealExperts on mainland China reached a number of conclu¬sions by consensus last week at the China conference heldat UC’s center for continuing education.Among the conclusions, drawn from papers presentedat the conference, panel discus-sions, and interviews with the par- fticipants, were:• The primay concern of Chi¬nese foreign policy is Chinese na¬tional interest;• China is at a crucial stage inits economic and political develop¬ment, with the economy becomingincreasingly decentralized and theChinese Communist Party strivingto maintain mass political con¬sciousness as the dominant themethroughout society.The conference, which ran fromTuesday to Friday, brought togeth¬er for the presentation of papersand general panel discussions withabout 40 scholars and journalistsfrom four continents who are ex¬perts on China and many of whomhave visited the mainland recently.ITS AIM was the promotion ofan interchange of ideas andimpressions between experts whoapproach the study of China fromdifferent points of view' and wouldprobably otherwise never get to¬gether.The sessions were open only toparticipants and on a limited basis,the press, but public meetingswere held downtown following theconference.Since much of the UC conferencewas off the record, the attributionof a viewpoint to a particular indi¬vidual can not always be made.THE PICTURE which emergedfrom the papers and discussions ofthe Chinese economy was that of adiversified, agricultural economywith great long range potential.Among the members of the paneldiscussing “The Economics of Chi¬na’’ were Audrey Donnithorne,University College, London; DickWilson, British journalist; JoanRobinson, Cambridge University;and Edwin Jones of the Rand Cor¬poration. As in the other panel pro¬grams, the entire conference mem¬bership also took part along withthe panel in the discussion.Setbacks severeThe panelists said that the Chi¬nese economy suffered a severesetback from the disasterous Great professor of anthropology, the re¬gime is trying to redirect personalfamily orientation to a more socie¬tal outlook which is better suitedto modernization and political in¬doctrination.Economic bureaucracyThe great size of China has re¬sulted in an economic bureaucracywhich the state has not yet learnedto control. According to FranzSchurmann, chairman of the cen¬ter for Chinese studies at Berkeley,out of necessity “expertness, notreadiness, is stressed in the makingof economic decisions.”John Lewis of Cornell Universitysaid, “The party is withering awayin the face of the bureaucracy ofthe state.”THE conference panel on popula¬tion included Leo Orleans of theNational Science Foundation;chael Freeberne, UniversityLondon; and Philip Hauser,professor of sociology.According to the panel, the lastannounced population figures for(Continued on page two) Mi-ofUC House and chairman of the Housejudiciary committee, has filedagainst incumbent CongressmanBarratt O’Hara.O’Hara, who is 84, has represent¬ed the Second District in Washing¬ton for 16 out of the last 18 years.He was defeated by a Republicanin 1950, but was re-elected in 1952and has been winning by increas¬ingly wider margins ever since. In1964 O’Hara polled more than 100,-000 votes, defeating his Republicanopponent by more than 2-1.Mikva first ran for the IllinoisHouse in 1956 as an independent.He is a UC graduate and formereditor of the University of ChicagoLaw Review.The Mikva-O’Hara contest isunusual because the two men donot differ fundamentally in politi¬cal orientation.Mikva has maintained that theissue in this campaign is vigorousrepresentation and the need1 for in¬novation.Speaking at a South Shore parlormeeting Sunday night, Mikva saidthat it isn’t enough to just be aCongressman who votes right. Hemaintained that an important partof the Congressman’s job is pro¬posing new legislation and keepingclose contact with the home district. Barratt O'Hara, Congressmanfrom the second congressionaldistrict, will be seeking his 9thterm in the fallMikva has already been en¬dorsed by various civic and laborgroups, including the United AutoWorkers. He has also been en¬dorsed by both the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago DailyNews.O’Hara has received the supportof the regular Democratic organi¬zation and has been endorsed1 bymany long-time independents whohad previously been active in Mik-va’s campaigns for the IllinoisHouse, Among these is Morten pro¬fessor of history Walter Johnson.Johnson was Mikva’s campaignmanager in 1956.Tang TsouLeap Forward, the withdrawal ofSoviet aid in 1960, and a series ofvery bad harvests in 1958-61.But the economy has basicallyrecovered, and the leadership, rec¬ognizing that China is an agricul¬tural country and bound to remainso for quite some time, is puttingthe bulk of the budget into the im¬provement of the agricultural sec¬tor. Meanwhile, realistic growthand production quotas have beenset for industry.THERE IS national planning, butnational control exists only in a fewkey and strategic areas. The prov¬ince has become the center of ad¬ministration, and the centers ofmarketing are often more diversethan that.The reasons for these tendenciesare the immense size of China, andthe traditions of the Chinese, whichtake a great deal of time tochange.To counter the latter, said Fran¬cis Hsu, Northwestern University Defy the draft, SDS'ers toldby Jeff KutaMembers of the University’s Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) chapter weretold in a meeting Friday afternoon to consider “putting themselves on the line” by refusingto accept draft induction notices once all else had failed.Paul Lauter, a draft counselor for the American Friends Service Committee, advocatedsuch action by students if the —"~— :forthcoming new criteria for clas- period of two to five years, after reveal quartile grade ranks,sification cause their IIS ratings which the possibility of being sent Although Chester had stated thatanother notice still exists. the Michigan students’ reclassifica-Also speaking was Eric Chester, tion was the only case he knewto be switched to I A. This, hesaid, would be a last resort afterattempts to obtain conscientiousobjector and physical handicap University of Michigan. After thean SDS member and leader of the was due to political reasons, Lau-October 15 draft board sit-in at the ter advised SDS members toclassifications failed.If such a change is made during demonstration, local draft boardshad reclassified fourteen of the 39the school year, the individual stu- Participants A from their pre.dent should demand a IS deferral ™us nJ5( ra!‘"fs on 2rounds o£(good until June) even if he has delinquent acttvities.been sent his induction notice. "HERSHEY and others are using“They must grant you the I-S, and us as a test case for determiningyou will have more time to pre- how far they can go in intimidatingpare your appeal case,” Lauter people behind the anti-draft move¬ment,” Chester stated. (GeneralLouis B. Hershey is director of thepointed out.THE DEADLINE for appeal isten days after the induction notice Selective Service System.)has been received. Failure to com¬ply with draft board regulationscan result in imprisonment for a Presently the students, chargedwith trespassing, are being defend¬ed by the American Civil LibertiesUnion. “We were not allowed anNu m I || || i attorney at our public appearance,. Kenwood could explode-Pastor strument,” Lauter commented.“Its rules are set up by politicalper cent unemployed, and 4.5 out decisions. Eric and the other stu-by Bob Hertz“I hope that what I have to say scares the hell out ofyou.” Thus Pastor Joe Barndt of the newly-formed Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization opened a talk Fridayevening at Chapel house., . .... , ting up a community organizationThis city is in a damned pre- for Kenwood-Oakland area, in-c a nous position, said Barndt. “If cluding the area from 35 to 47something rotten happens^ thissummer on the wrong hot day, it’s XveT to the lake‘Burn, baby, burn!’ anH wp mnlHmake Watts lookground.”Barndt is in the process of set- Soprano Neva Pilgrim willbe the soloist in a concert tobe given this evening in Man-del Hall by the Contempo¬rary Chamber Players underthe direction of Ralph Sha-pey.Included on the programare Bartok's “Village Scenes,"Shifrin's “Satires of Circum¬stance/' Rochberg's “BlakeSongs," and “Due Liriche diAnacreonte" by Dallapicolla.Also to be performed are the“Canons, Op. 16" and the“Four Songs," Op. 13, byWebern, and a group of songsby Ives.The concert begins at 8:30;there is no admission charge.of every thousand babies don’t live dents are now being used political-24 hours.”“The people refer to 47 street as ly.”In a subsequent attempt to pro¬test the drafting of civilians for a look into backgrounds, but any ob-“know your local board so you canknow better how to operate. Theydon’t at present systematicallythe Berlin wall, to^Oakenwald war that js “immoral,” Chester vious deviation from the norm thatand others have asked their happens to get on record maystreets and from Cottage Grove to the housing projects as school’s administration to refuse to cause them to call you up.”gas chambers,” commentedand we couldlike a play-The Blackfriars Societyhas announced the sched¬ule of tryouts for their1966 production, "Bernyl"Th» tryouts will ba heldevenings, from 7 to 10 pmfor three evenings. Thefirst tryout Is tonight andthere will also be tryoutsWednesday and Thursdayevenings, February 16 and| 17.auMiMmmm IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD thatfeels like it’s in a vise,” accordingto Barndt. “They worry aboutbeing removed by the Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference,since the suburbanites want backinto the city now.”“All the folks that moved out toLaGrange and the other suburbs,”Barndt continued, “are now discov-vering that it’s warmer in the city,it’s closer to the loop, and there’ssome awfully nice lakeiront prop¬erty that shouldn’t go to waste onering that it’s warmer in the city,the Negroes.”Barndt outlined some of themore gruesome statistics of hisneighborhood. “There are 40 percent of the people on welfare, 15 street and school as Buchenwald,andtheBarndt. “The kids learn the regu¬lar 3 R’s in school, and then dis¬cover that there are 4 different R’soutside of school—rats, rodents,rape, and lack of recreation.”ACCORDING TO BARNDT, thewar on poverty and urban renewalprograms have not helped the sit¬uation. “Many urban renewal pro¬grams make the recipients intocollie dogs,” he said, “and the waron poverty has been called planta¬tion charity.”“Many of the high rises areknown as the Congo Hilton,” headded.“The Negro Is beginning to say‘I’ve had enough’,” concludedBarndt, “and the only way out oth¬er than violence is to form commu¬nity organizations like ours." The registrar's office has revealed that two UC graduate studentsin the Humanities division have been drafted. The students, whosedraft boards are in a mid-western and an eastern state respectively,were both out of residence for more than a year and had completedthe time allotted for their education."These are very special cases," said Mrs. Ruth Regan, selectiveservice secretary for the registrar. "When you read of an inductionorder, there's always a reason for it. They're not just taking stu-dents out of school,"Mrs. Regan also told the Maroon that all Oregon draft boards arenow demanding grade-point averages and that UC is complying onthe undergraduate level. The University compiles no averages in Itsgraduate divisions.Sometime this month the registrar expects to receive more de¬tailed information from Washington on draft policy, and in particularon the qualifying test which will be offered to all students seekingdeferment. Until that time, Mrs. Regan emphasized, there is no jus¬tification for alarm."The thing we have to do right now is avoid listening to rumors,**she said. "If students have questions, they should ask them and thanwait for Information." fi|:: %!iffHirfin China must control population, says expert(Continued from page one)China were 582.6 million in 1953.There are now probably 750 millionChinese.The main problem at present isthe large number of young peopleand their potential fertility. Soonthis generation will also begin toput a real strain on the labormarket.BIRTH CONTROL appears to bevery feasible in China because ofthe lack of traditional constraintsupon it, the effectiveness of thegovernment at mass organizationand propagandism, and the devel¬opment of the intrauterine coil.If the government puts birth con¬trol at a sufficiently high prioritylevel, said Leo Orleans, “The in¬gredients for success appear to bepresent.”And Irene Tauber, PrincetonUniversity demographer, added,“Perhaps the intensity of the one(the flooded labor market) will pro¬vide the necessary stimulus for theresolution of the other.”Education with a purposeEducation in China is designed tocreate the productive and political¬ly conscious person.This aspect of China was dealtwith by a panel on “Education andScience in China” which includedTheodore Hsi-en Chen, director ofthe Asian-Slavic studies center att e University of Southern Caiifor-r.a; C. H. B. Oldham, a Canadiangeophysicist residing in HongKong; and P. C. Mahalanobis, astatistician who is known as the“"rand old man of Indian plan-r. ig.”CHEN SAID, “All students arerequired to perform some manuallabor. By transforming bourgeoisintellectuals into proletarian work¬ers and by producing a new‘proletarian intelligentsia’ from theBOB NELSON MOTORSImport CentroComplete Repair*And ServicePer All Popular ImportsMidway 3-45016052 So. Cottage Grove ranks of the workers and peasants,education is expected to hastenthe arrival of the classless societyenvisaged by Karl Marx and hisfollowers.”Chen told the Maroon that Chi¬nese education is designed to stifleimaginative and creative thinking,and is almost the exact opposite ofthe liberal education design at UC.Canadian G. L. Willox, MD, whotoured China in 1964, said, “Politi¬cal indoctrination is a part of allChinese education, from kinder¬garten through high school, univer¬sity, and even medical school.”Science cut offOldham said of Chinese science,“Although Chinese scientists arecut off from most scientific inter¬course, they have excellent libraryfacilities and seem well aware ofscientific development abroad.”THE PANEL at the conferenceon Chinese politics and governmentincluded Roderiik MacFarquhar,editor of The China Quarterly,Tang Tsou, UC professor of politi¬cal science; Mark Gayn, Canadianjournalist; and Donald Klein andEzra Vogel of the East Asian re¬search center of Harvard Universi¬ty. \There was considerable disagree¬ment among the panel membersas to the specific aims and policiesof the Chinese government, butthere was general agreement as toits basic characteristics.Popular supportThe government of China has agreat deal of popular support, and,though very politically oriented, itis definitely more “Chinese” thanCommunist.Also, it is important to judgeperformance rather than preten¬sion; as Audrey Donnithorne said.“The more contrary to central or¬ders that local cadres may be act¬ing, the more loudly they may giveverbal support to those orders.”THE PRESENT Chinese leader¬ship was repeatedly characterizedas being rural oriented, distrustfulof intellectuals, and revolutionary.But it was also noted that as thisleadership has gained power andbegun the industrialization of Chi¬na, it has had to adjust. Old values vs. newThere has been constant tensionbetween the rural, peasant, and rev¬olutionary orientation of Mao Tse-Tung and the other old leaders,and the new social, economic, andpolitical values which come withthe revolutionary, urbanizing tendsof industrialization.What comes of this will dependon the successors of Mao, but thisis in itself an unknown matter.MAO and the top seven min¬isters average 72 years of age. The200 men directly below them aver¬age over 60. All are veterans of therevolution, of campaigns 30 yearsago.Below them there is nothing untilthe rising young people under 30.The “missing generation” is madeup of those who were brought upunder the old order and were tooyoung to fight in the revolution.They are not trusted and are notgiven positions of responsibility.Mao a political giantIt all comes back to Mao who,almost literally, is the revolutionand the Communist party. Gaynsaid of him, “After he dies, Maomay come to be regarded, alongwith Lenin, as one of the two polit¬ical giants of this century.”And Vogel said, “The demandsof modern nationhood require notonly the reunification of the coun¬try, but the expansion of govern¬mental authority far beyond thebounds of government in tradition¬al China . . . The political unifica¬tion of China, with administrationon a new expanded scale, may wellprove to be the greatest achieve¬ment of the first generation ofCommunist leaders.”IN A panel on “Chinese For¬eign Policy,” there was consider¬able agreement that China’s foreignpolicy first takes into account Chi¬nese national security, then Chi¬nese national interest, and finallyCommunist ideology—in that orderof priority.Chinese-Indian relations andChinese-Cambodian relations werecited as examples of national secu¬rity and interest taking precedentover ideology.C. P. Fitzgerald, professor of Far Eastern History, the Australi¬an National University; Canadianjournalist Charles Taylor; A. M.Halpern of the New York Councilon Foreign Relations; and a for¬eign service officer from the bu¬reau of Far Eastern affairs of theState Department were members ofthis panel.'Rightful place' soughtFitzgerald said, “There is in Chi¬na today a passionate determina¬tion to win recognition of what isdeemed to be China’s rightfulplace in the world.” And this wassuggested to be a basic Chinese,not Communist, attitude.CHINA'S main fear was seen tobe its present situation of being en¬circled by US military bases. Itspolicy was described as attemptingto cause the elimination of US mil¬itary power in South East Asia, though China realizes that thismay be a long process.Nuclear war viewsIt was also agreed upon that Chi-na wants an effective nuclear ar-senal and is willing to pay for it.And it was pointed out that Chinaneither wants nor fears a nuclearwar.China was pictured as having areasonably sophisticated under¬standing of nuclear war, and asdefinitely not wanting one. But ilpushed far enough by the US, Chinawill risk nuclear war to protect itsnational security.VIETNAM was only brought upoccasionally, since the conferencewas not about American foreignpolicy. When it was discussed, themost notable feature was the lackof agreement between the partic-(Continued on page four)WUCB continues to plan for FM broadcasting! 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Sunday, February 20, 1966UNIVERSAL DAY OF PRAYERfor Students• ECUMENICAL SERVICE AT ROCKEFELLER CHAPEL«t 11:00 am• DINNER AT SWIFT COMMONS at 6:00 p.m.'ECUMENISM AFTER VATICAN II" —Monsignor John Quinntalk and discussion following dinner at 7:00 p.m.make dinner reservations at Brent, Chapel or Calvert Housetalk and discussion following dinner open to public.ft • CHICAGO MAROON • February 15, 1964Theater ReviewUT makes absurd attempt at absurdist theaterAn Absurd evening of theater materialized Friday nightin Mandel Hall with University Theater's production of Eu¬gene Ionesco’s Amedee or How to Get Rid of It This wasthe Chicago premier of the play and the greatest absurdityof the evening was UT s decision tobring the work to Chicago. production nets little. Amedee andIonesco, the leading French ex- Madeleine have not left theirponent of Theater of the Absurd, apartment for fifteen years. In thehas fashioned Amedee in the best first act a postman, John Guarde-tradition of his genre. The comedy labene, calls with a letter; Ameduepresents us with Amedee, a mid- *ns*s*s that he is not the Amedeedle-aged Parisian who fifteen yearsago might have killed his wife’slover. Neither he nor his wife, Mad¬eleine, has yet removed the deadlover from their apartment. Thecouple is confronted with the ne¬cessity of now doing so, as thebody has begun to grow out of allproportion, becoming too large forthe three room flat.Amedee ultimately rids himselfol the body by flying away from it—apologizing at the same time forflying away (“It’s not my fault.It’s the wind”). And as he floatsaway, mass confusion reigns onstage.Eric Gangloff as Amedee andEdrene Furman as Madeleine didthe best that could be expectedwith the material and direction. Inf..ct they deserve awards for en¬durance in what was almost a two-man show.Convention; of the Absurdabound in Amedee. There are thestock Absurd characters: the emas¬culated. milk-toast husband andthe shrewish bitch wife. bothpathetic. There are the two usualtypes of dialogue: inversion of nor¬mal thought (“The dead are terri¬bly vindictive. The living forget Eric Gargloff, as Amadee, enjoysmuch sooner”) and purposeful |unchtriteness (“If we loved each other,, „none of this would be important”).And there is the expected use of for whom the letter is intended. Aunreality: the growth of mush- clear example of man’s loss ofrooms in the apartment, the grow- identity. Or is it a dear example ofing body, a man flying, a woman the meaninglessness of identity? Orwith grotesquely large breasts—a of the meaninglessness of the post¬gimmick of UT, not Ionesco. man? 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When the come¬dy concludes with Amedee floatingin the air above an irrelevant mobscene, is this man escaping fromthe constraining society? Is theprotesting Amedee really in controlof his freedom?The answers to all of thesequests for meaning in Amedee is asuspicion that Ionesco is pulling offan absurd stunt, using the Absurdmethods to say nothing. The playis filled with the seeds of meaning—with the very beginnings ofstatements concerning man’s basicnature, man and modern society,freedom, existence, intellect andemotions, communication, illusionand reality. Although we have-leard much about such generalareas in other Absurd works, an¬other restatement could be bothpalatable and stimulating. Unfortu¬nately, none of the seeds take rootand blossom in director JohnLion’s interpretation of Amedee.Ionesco has thrown too many pos¬sible leads into his play withoutmaking one ultimately importantor even developing a few.But maybe Ionesco was trying tosay nothing. Even a staging of art¬less nothingness can be delightful.Amedee, however, was too longand too labored to be taken on such terms. The only possible con¬clusion is that this play as present¬ed by UT was a pretentious, sense¬less drag—a nasty joka on the au¬dience. The ultimate absurdity isthat UT decided to go along withthe joke.But is it only Ionesco’s fault forthe bad play? Weren’t there anyredeeming scenes? Lion mustshare the blame for a productionthat was an injustice to the play¬wright. If there had been any sub¬tle meaning in the play, it was lostthrough Lion’s adaptations andsouped-up gimmickry. What wasthe director’s basis for using musicby Ives and Stockhausen alongwith a distracting film sequenceduring the appearance of theyounger Amedee and Madeleine?What could have been a telling andtender scene was completely lostwhen there were three sources ofsound and three sources of actioncompeting for attention. Naturally,Ionesco’s dialogue and actionswent down the drain.Another use of a motion picturesequence was questionable. Onstage was a large clock, the handsof w'hich were advanced by a seem¬ingly disembodied pair of humanhands and arms which appearedfrom inside the clock at various in¬tervals—a wonderful device. Yetwhen a long passage of time with¬out movement on stage had to bedepicted, why did the director haveto resort to a stale filmed sequenceof a close-up of a clock face withrapidly moving hands, while thecleverly designed clock already on the stage could have done the Jobmuch better?The filmed segments, when theywere used elsewhere, could hav#been effective. The segments wertexcellent creations by Lion, StanKarter and Steve Gabel. Yet whenthey were used Friday night, thostage action stopped; then thelights dimmed; then a screen wa$lowered, and then the projector be¬gan. Certainly there could havebeen better integration of the pro¬duction’s parts.The use of the third act mobscene is also highly questionable. Areading of the text of Amedee re¬veals no such activity. Was thereany wisdom in depriving us of thefinal lines of the play in favor olmeaningless action? Even accept*mg the last act as truncated by UT,the direction was terribly faulty.The brief final act of Amedee of*fered the first real action of theplay and with it a chance to savethe comedy. Yet the mob scenqwas handled so cloddishly that itappeared not like mass confusion,but like a group of people suddenlythrown on stage with nothing to do.The sets by George Sterman andWayne Tignor were good, but un¬fortunately could not be expectedto save an absurdly unfair produc¬tion of a poor Absurd play.Barry SalinsGraduating Students may have photographstaken for CAP & GOWN, the U.C. yearbook, atReynolds Club 9:30 to 5 through next week.Purchase of photographs is ENTIRELY OPTION¬AL. Keep your assigned appointment or re¬schedule. If you have no appointment, drop byand make one.C AP & GOWN NEW BOOKSJUS1 RECEIVEDThe Last 100 DaysThe final days of World WarII in Europeby: John Toland $8.95The Proud TowerA portrait of the world beforethe War 1890-1914by Barbara W. Tuchman $7.95A Thousand DaysJohn F. Kennedy In the WhiteHouseby:Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. $9.00The University of ChicagoBookstores5802 ELLIS AVENUEStill in ProgressSPECIAL SALEWINTERJACKETS50% OFFBROKEN SIZES & STYLEStSmn tah <8* tnjtit*fw At Mom Bydo Park Shopping Condor1502-06 L 55th St. Phone 752-8100February 15, 1966 • CHICAGO MAROONfc, - . ; - ' ' T -", 3* :||||Calendar of Events!? \ ’ ■ ■ . - - »Tuesday, February 15 Wednesday, February 16MEETING: Christian Science Organiza¬tion, Thorndike Hilton Chapel, 1150 E.58, 7:15 pm.FILM: “An American in Paris.” Socialcome, 7:30 pm. DANCING: Instruction and introduc¬tions to English country and Scandi¬navian folk dances, refreshments, bringtennis shoes, Ida Noyes basement, 8pm.MEETING: Pi Lambda Theta, SisterMary St. George will talk about herwork with the Intercity Project. JuddHall, commons room, everyone is wel¬comed. 7:30 pm.SLIDE-LECTURE: “The Ife in West Af¬rican Sculpture.” professor Frank Wil-let, Nuffield College, Oxford University,speaker, presented by the UC AfricanStudies Organization, Swift 106, 7:30pm.DISCUSSION: “Should instruction inthe problems of teaching be a require¬ment for a PhD in history?" Karl J.Weintraub, Donald F. Lach and M. Eu¬gene Gilliom, participants, Ida NoyesHall, 8 pm.CONCERT: UC Contemporary ChamberPlayers. Neva Pilgrim, soprano, selec¬tions by Bartok, Webern, Rochbert, ivesand Dallapiccola, Mandel Hall, 8:30 pm. Thursday, February 17LECTURE: "The Politics of Madison:Beyond the Sum of the Differences,”Marvin Meyers, professor of history,Brandeis University, speaker, presentedby the social sciences I staff, MandelHall. 3:30 pm.FILM: “The Fly,” admission 60c, IdaNoyes theater. 7:15 and 9:15 pm.Saturday, February 19PROJECT: Volunteers are needed for apainting, decorating and tutoring proj¬ect at Casa Centrale. a Spanish-speak¬ing church and medical clinic, spon¬sored by the Friends of the Internation¬al Voluntary Service, for further infor¬mation interested people should call 644-0800.China greatly fearsthermonuclear war(Continued from page two)ipants regarding China's motiva¬tions and intentions.Lack of comprehensionFrequently this led to exhorta¬tions by a number of participants tothe effect that the United Statesand China are most suicidallyaware of one another, but thatthere is a lack of comprehension,of understanding between the twocountries.If there is not better communica¬tion, it was suggested, the resultmay be a war which neither nationplanned nor wanted, but did notknow how to avoid. 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MI 3-6470.ip:-;:The Living Newspaperwill hold a session Friday,February 18 in the Rey¬nolds Club. Len Gordon, aspecialist in Indian civiliza¬tion will speak on theIndian attitude towardChina. In addition, JamesOsborn, administrative as¬sistant for last week's Chinaconference will give a de¬tailed report on that con¬ference.>. ‘ . .Schedule for voting forMiss U of CWednesday, February 1610:30—1:30 Law School1:30—3 Mandel Corridor4—6:30 New Dorms5—7 Pierce TowersThursday, February 1710:30—3:30 Mandel Corridor4—6:30 New Dorms4:30—7 Burton JudsonAre YouRunningWith Me,Jesus?Prayers by MALCOLM BOYO We invite your aural perusal of ourrecently arrived shipment of A.D.C.speakers and cartridges. TOAD HALL,1444 E. 57th St. BU 8-4500.BLACKFRIARSannounceTRYOUTSfor its 1966 musical comedy presentationBERNY!Ida Noyes Theatre, Tues., Wed., Thurs.,Feb. 15th, 16th, & 17th, 7-10 pm.HONDAjust around the corner world’s biggest seller!Immediate delivery or lay-away plan for ALL MODELSall colors. 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