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VoI.LV no. 19,
ALBANY STUDENT
PRESS
State University of New York at Albany
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Tuesday,April 29, 1969
Psychstudents,
Perlmutter
hash it out
A new development in the
Waterman-Rhoads controversy led
to a heated discussion at the open
meeting of psychology majors,
minors, and interested students
held yesterday. The meeting
began with a statement by Dr. O.
William Perlmutter, Dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences, who
presented a proposal for a
faculty=student review
committee, which came as the
culmination of 3% weeks of
continuous effort on the part of
students, faculty, and
administration.
This proposed committee
would consist of the original
personnel committee of the
Psychology Department, which is
made up of four tenured
psychology professors, Dr. Brown,
Dr. Eson, Dr. Ostereich, and Dr.
Greenfeld. In addition, on the
review committee would be four
students, two undergraduates, and
two graduates who are majors in
psychology.
Dean Perlmutter explained that
these students would be
appointed by himself from a
tentative list suggested by the
non-tenured members of the
psychology faculty.
After the Dean left the
meeting, the students continued
discussion on this issue. They
expressed the opinion that the
structure of the committee was
tokenism, and therefore not
acceptable. They felt that this
type of student distribution on
the committee (two grads and two
undergrads) poorly represents the
student body, in that the
proportion of graduate psych.
students is not nearly equal to the
number of psych. majors in the
undergraduate program.
This also does not take into
account psychology minors and
students who have taken courses
given by Waterman and Rhoads.
There were no_ psychology
graduate students present at this
meeting. The students felt that
because they have expressed little
or no interest concerning this
issue, granting them 50% of the
student power on this committee
was “unfair.”
The students also believed that
it was their right to elect their
representatives to this and all
committees. They strongly
opposed selection or appointment
by any other means. They decided .
to elect their own representatives
to talk, with the four faculty
members. These students are:
Mitch Foster, Marcia Buebel,
Sandi Weinroth, and Sharon
Westfall.
It is the responsibility of these
student representatives to meet
with the psychology Personnel
Committee and report back to
students this Thursday.
It was expressed that this issue
has pointed to a university-wide
principle that effects and involves
all of the academic departments
on this campus. It was therefore
decided to hold an all-university
student meeting this Thursday to
be concerned with these issues, at
which the four student
representatives will report their
Progress.
The meeting will be held this
‘Thursday, May 1, at 3 p.m, ata
location to be announced. All
interested students are urged to
attend.
Elections tomorrow
‘ Determine 1969-70
AH, THE FOOLISHNESS OF YOUNG VIRGINS! Traipsing
through the fountain in a fit of spring fever, these coeds mirrored the
carefree attitude prevalent on campus these days.
benjamin
Polls open tomorrow at 10:00
am for students to cast their
ballot for candidates running for
Central Council, LAAC and for
(or against) Mandatory Student
Fees.
Voting will be held in the main
lounge of the Campus Center
tomorrow, Thursday and Friday
from 10:00 am to 3 pm each day.
It will be necessary for students
to present their Validation and
Activity card, along with an L.D.,
although it is not necessary to
have paid student tax, in order to
vote. (Validation and Activity
card may be obtained at the
Campus Center Information
Desk.)
All undergraduates, except
those who have applied for
graduation in June or August °69,
are eligible to vote.
The Mandatory tax referendum
will read: “‘It is hereby proposed
that the following be enacted:
“that the Student Activity
Assessment (Student Activity and
Athletic fee) be mandatory for all
“undergraduates, except those
exempted by appropriate Central
Council legislation, beginning the
Fall Semester of 1969.
Senator Vance Hartke
(Democrat-Indiana) will speak on
Sunday, May 4, at 2 PM in
conjunction with the Student
Government Inauguration
sponsored by MYSKANIA 1970.
It is at this time that the new
members of Central Council and
Living Area Affairs Commission
will be sworn into office.
How to vote on Mandatory Student Fee .
Editor’s Note: The Student Tax referendum, to be held Wednesday through Friday of this week, has been the center of confusion and
controversy all year long. In order that there be some discussion readily available as to whether or not tax should be made mandatory, we
have invited both Mr. Mathias and Mr. Nealy to express their opposing viewpoints. They have submitted the following articles:
Yes!
by Terry Mathias
Student Association
faces a very serious dilemma in
finances for the 1969-70 fiscal
year. Central Council is cuaght
between the need for a greater
income than ever before and the
desire to keep the present
Student Activity Assessment
from becoming more a financial
burden to the constituents.
Requests for a budget in excess of
$320,000 were trimmed to
approximately $225,000.
However, at the present rate, only
about $196,000 to $200,000 can
be expected in income.
At present, because of the
voluntary assessment, the
budgeting procedures must
include a number of guessed
factors. First, Central Council and
its Budget Committee must
attempt to guess how many
students will pay the voluntary
assessment. For the past four
semesters, approximately 70% of
the student body has paid. Central
Council feels that it is fairly safe
to assume that about 70% would
pay the voluntary assessment.
That figure is at least in the right
ballpark. A mandatory assessment
would fix that figure to within a
few inches of home plate,
allowing for the very few
exemptions that may be granted
for economic reasons,
The second guessed factor is
the rate of the assessment for the
upcoming year. Presently
$20.00(of the $28.75 assessment }
per semester goes directly to the
Student Association general
treasury for activities such as
concerts, lectures, the Coffee
House Circuit, AMIA and WRA,
and other such activities. The
other $8.75 goes to the Athletic
Association of Student
Association to support
intercollegiate athletics. It is very
certain that the present rate of
$28.75 must be maintained. As a
matter of fact, to cover the
proposed expenditures, the
assessment should be raised.
However, a point of diminishing
returns will be reached, and the
financial situation ° will ‘worsen.
rather than improve. So Central
Council must estimate what rate
should be charged without
reaching the point of diminishing
returns. Once again,-a mandatory
assessment would eliminate this
guess work.
The third guessed factor is a
combination of the first two. In
order to project the amount of
income, Central Council
multiplies (a) the projected
number of assessment~payers by
(b) the projected rate. It is on this
tentative figure that the budget is
based. For the upcoming fiscal
year, the figures are these:
(a) 4900-5000 assessment
payers i.e. 70% of the projected
undergraduate enrollment
times
(b) an assessment of $40.00 for
the year ($20.00 per semester) to
equal $196,000 to $200,000.
Please tum to page 7. column 1,
No!
by Keith Nealy
Is the mandatory student fee
inevitable, as the ASP suggested in
one of its masthead editorials
recently? If Central Council has
anything to say about it, it is.
Fortunately the Council has
exercised some wisdom in
providing for what seems to be at
this point a reasonable
referendum. The question is now
how many people will vote.
‘The quasi-referendum held on
23-25 October 1968 drew under
1500 total votes. (On 4 Dec.
1968) the Supreme Court upheld
unanimously sections of referrals
of Paul Schlecht and Steve
Kichen, and one of myself
resulting in the declaration of the
“referendum” invalid and two
subsequent bills of Central
Council, 6869-61,62 “illegal and
unconstitutional” since there was
no real referendum). Following
the “referendum” 3000 signatures
were gathered by a group
‘ing mandatory student tax.
long, dry spell, were realized this weekend as the new LAAC policies
took effect. With the new freedom comes new responsibility,
however.
—potskowshi
this was more than double the
total number voting in the
“referendum.” Where were they
then? Where will you be?
Anyway, it seems we're about
to try it again. Central Council
recently (10 April) passed CC
6869-124 (Referendum for
Mandatory Student Activitiy
Assessment). Once again we'll be
voting on whether or not we want
to force all but those exempted
for economic reasons to pay
$29.75 per semester. Before I
attack the wisdom of a mandatory
student fee, let me familiarize you
somewhat with the background.
Back in October, CC 6869-41
authorized what was called a
referendum on mandatory student
tax. Bill 6869-21 provided for
economic exemptions. Bill
6869-62 provided the penalty for
nonpayment. All three bill were
overwhelmingly passed (-41 in my
absence -61 and -62 with my
single vote against). Several days
prior to the Courts- decision I
resigned from Central Council for
academic reasons.
Included in the Court’s decision
was the following:
The Court takes this
opportunity to point out to the
Central Council that as presently
constituted it does not contain
any “duly elected representatives
of the student body” as a whole,
but only of the Student
Association, i.e., the students who
have paid the present voluntary
student activities fee. Therefore, if
it is to act in accordance with the
decision of the Board of Trustees,
the Central Council as it now
exists cannot institute a
mandatory student fee, take any
action to implement the fee once
it is adopted (emphasis added),
spend any monies received from
such a mandatory student fee, or
control any “programs of an
educational, cultural, recreational,
and social nature” to be financed
by such a fee.
Please turn to page 7, column 3.
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
TUESDAY APRIL 29,1969
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Assemblyman Steve Solorz
(D.-Bklyn) will discuss repealing
the existing abortion law and will
enumerate the failures of the
1969 legislature at the New
Democratic Coalition meeting
tonight at 7:30 in HU 124. All are
welcome.
George Cohen of Smith College
will present films and a talk.on
“Film and the Artist,” April 30th
at 3:30 in the Art Gallery Lounge
of the Fine Arts Building. This
event is sponsored by The Art
Council of the State University of
New York at Albany.
Highway Safety Course—Given
May 2 1-4:30 p.m. in Room
125 of the Phys. Ed. Building.
Proof of completion of this course
will be required for licensing in
this state, effective April 1. There
is a five dollar fee, and a learners
permit is required. For further
information, call 457-4937 or go
to Administration 239 to sign up
for the course.
Wed. 9:00 p.m, at Chapel
House, Phil Lord will lead a
discussion on the American
Indian. All are invited.
SOC 115--Section 3568
(Prof. H. Israel )
Correct answers to final exam
(January 1969) now posted on
door of Social Science 314.
Samples of finished
photographs by Delma Studios
have been put on display on a
table outside the TORCH office,
Campus Center room 305, for the
convenience of those who wish to
order photographs. Any questions
about senior photos should be
directed to Jim Folts, 457-8765.
See the Klopman Downtown
Gallery on the South Side of the
far left giant planter in the center
of the podium opposite the Fine
Arts building.
Applications are available in
Campus Center 367 for the
University Student Scholarship.
This must be returned by
Tuesday, April 29, at 5:00 p.m.
Harpur plans new government
Binghamton, N.Y. (1.P.)—The
State University of New York at
Binghamton has released the
report of the Committee on
University Governance. The
committee, a 40-member body
that has been meeting since
October 1968, foresees an
all-University Assembly with
membership in the ratio of five
faculty members to three students
to two administrators.
The committee proposed a new
system of governance, attempting
to institutionalize the concept of
the university as a community.
The most outstanding feature
of the plan is the University
Assembly. This body would be
“the major deliberative body of
the University to deal with
interscholastic and all-University
matters.” It would be composed
of faculty, students, and
administrators in the ratio of
5-3-2 respectively.
The Presidents of the United
Student Government and of the
Graduate Student Organization
would be ex-officio voting
members of the Assembly,
counted as part of
administrative representation.
The University Assembly is
expected to have a membership of
approximately 100. Thus, there
would be 50 faculty members, 30
students, and 20 administrators.
Representation for graduate and
undergraduate students would be
apportioned on full time
equivalent basis. The President of
the University would preside over
the Assembly.
The C.U.G. Report also
recommends the establishment of
standing University | Assembly
committees to deal with these
areas: Admissions, Administrative
Appointments, Budget Review,
the
Faculty Personnel, and
Long-Range Planning.
Two permanent committees
dealing with Social Regulations
would also be established. These
committees would also report to
the Assembly, but would differ
from the standing committees in
that not all their members would
have to come from that body.
The Educational Policies
Committee would be composed of
six faculty, three students, and
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two administrators. It would be
responsible for the development
of University-wide and
interscholastic educational policy
and would administer a poll of
resources that could be used to
finance experimental courses.
The University Admissions
Committee would supervise and
approve admissions standards and
requirements for the various
Programs of the University, It
would be composed of faculty,
students, and administrators in
the ration 3-2-1.
The Administrative
Appointments Committee would
be advised by the President of all
administrative vacancies and
terminations. It could recommend
that the Assembly establish
appropriate committees to advise
the President on specific
appointments and terminations.
The committee could also
advise the President to create new
administrative posts. It would be
composed of equal representation
from faculty, undergraduate
students, graduate students, and
administration.
The University Budget Review
Committee would serve as an
advisory committee rather than as
a legislative committee. It would
discuss budget priorities with the
administration throughout the
evolution of the budget. It would
also try to encourage student and
faculty participation in the
budget-making process at the
earliest stages. It would be
composed of eight faculty
members, two undergraduates,
and two graduates, and as many
non-voting administrators as the
President deemed necessary.
The...Assembly Faculty
Personnel Committees would
receive recommendations on
faculty tenure, promotion,
renewal, or termination from
departmental faculty personnel
committees and from
departmental student personnel
committees.
These recommendations would
be considered by the committee
which would hear “the views of
faculty, students, and
administration either separately
or, if all parties agree, together,”
If agreement cannot be
reached, the Assembly Faculty
Personnel Committee shall rise to
executive session to make the
final decision. The committee
would forward each case with its
decision to the President for his
implementation, If the President
finds he cannot implement the
committee’s decision, he would
meet with the committee and
review the case. The Assembly
Faculty Personnel Committee ig
to consist solely of faculty
members.
The Long-Range Planning
Committee would initiate
proposals that require long-range
planning, and receive such
proposals from the President, It
could also recommend that the
Assembly appoint committees to
study specific long-range plans.
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Albert Parry, Soviet specialist ,
discusses Sakharov document
by Judy Novicky
“The U.S.S.R. and the United
States must co-operate in the
prevention of a world-wide famine
which should begin between 1975
and 1980.” This is one of the
issues raised by Andrei Sakharov,
one of the top Soviet scientists, in
his controversial document which
caused his dismissal from various
Soviet positions,
Sakharov and his manifesto,
“Progress, Peaceful Coexistence,
and Academic Frredom,” were
the topics of a lecutre given
Friday by Dr. Albert Parry,
Professor of Russian Civilization
and Language at Colgate
University.
In his speech, “From Russia
With Sense: The Voice of
Academician Andrei Sakharov,”
Dr. Parry gave the basic substance
of Sakharov’s document,
described the underground
methods used to distribute it, and
mentioned both Soviet and
American reactions to it.
Sakharov, known as “the father
of the Soviet hydrogen bomb”
because he was chiefly responsible
for its development, demanded in
this 12,000 word document, an
end to cold war hostilities,
freedom of intellectual discussion
and information, and co-operation
between the Soviet Union and the
United States for the good of
humanity. Sakharov castigated
Soviet leaders for their
neo-Stalinism and chided both the
U.S, and Soviet Russia for their
militarism and imperialism.
Dr. Parry mentioned three
points which Sakharov strongly
urged as areas of co-operation
between Moscow and Washington.
He urged complete co-operation
in the prevention of (1) nuclear
war, (2) world wide famine, and
(3) world-wide air, water and soil
pollution.
Sakharov has refused to
conform and become a “pet of
Solarz to talk
about abortion
law repeal
Should the existing abortion
law be repealed? Steve Solarz, a
25-year old Assemblyman from
Brooklyn’s 45th District will
explore this question tonight at
7:30 at an open meeting of the
University’s New Democratic
Coalition in HU 124.
Solarz, who was elected to the
assembly in the general election of
1968, is a member of the political
science faculty of New York City
Community College. He did his
undergraduate work at Brandeis
University and received his
masters degree in public law and
government from Columbia
University.
Solarz will also address himself
to the 1969 Legislative Session
and the failures that it has
encountered.
the Kremlin.’’ Because his
literature cannot be published it is
“self-published” which means it is
mimeographed, xeroxed, or
photographed and transmitted
from friend to friend.
Dr, Parry cited numerous cases
of Soviet scientists who had been
imprisoned, exiled, kept in insane
asylums, or had committed
suicide because their ideas failed
to conform to those of the state.
Sakharov, however, is too valuable
to be arrested and has instead
been confined to limited activity.
‘As Dr, Parry understands it, “the
Soviets need scientists more than
the scientists need Sovietism.”
Sakharov’s document has been
published in America and has met
with both criticism and appraisal.
The major point of criticism is its
stress upon socialism, but Dr.
Parry feels that most American
criticism is. “concerned with
details rather than the heart of the
document.”
Dr. Parry who is a leading
authority on Soviet affairs,
expecially Soviet science and
technology, has sent suggestions
to the Nixon Administration for
the use of this document in future
foreign relations with Russia.
Collins discusses
pertinent
by Gale McAllister
staff reporter
President Collins announced at
the President’s Conference with
Students yesterday who
Commencement Speaker will be
and discussed other issues with
students.
Stewart Udall, former Secretary
of the Interior and a noted
conservationist will speak for this
year’s graduating class. His speech
will in all probability be
concerned with conservation on
the world-wide level.
Collins, when asked to comment
on the present dilemma in the
Psychology Department
concerning Dr. Waterman and
Mrs. Rhoads, stated that he was
glad to see students that were
interested enough to actively
participate in the affairs of their
Department.
This brought up the wider
question of the general lack of
student participation in virtually
all Departments. Participation is
encouraged, but it is up to the
students themselves to take due
initiative, preferably prior to any
disagreements that might arise in
an attempt to prevent what
happened in the Psychology
Department.
Collins cleared up the issue of
the compromise system of grading
that would include ideas from
both the present system and the
proposed pass-fail system by
saying that it is all speculation as
to what will result.
One student asked if the Search
Committee had selected a new
President for the University.
issues
President Collins described their
progress by saying they are now in
the “intermediate interview
stage.”
This simply means that the
Search Committee has narrowed
the field to a few interested
candidates and is close to
choosing the new President. When
asked how close, President Collins
estimated about three to four
weeks,
The President’s salary was
briefly discussed and Dr. Thorne
stated that “in a survey, President
Collins came out on the bottom”
in reference to his yearly salary.
This survey, of course, compared
Universities of the same size.
Most University Presidents get
in excess of the $30,000 that
Collins receives and are provided
with a house.
A question arose about
discrimination against non-Greeks
in the hiring of students for work
in the Campus Center. President
Collins said he did not know this
to be fact, but would look into
the matter.
At the same time, a question
was raised as to whether there was
discrimination against Blacks: in
hiring Resident Assistants, and
Directors. This matter will also be
looked into.
At the close of the Conference,
Collins announced that Mixers can
once again be held, but
supervision must be tighter in
order to prevent the trouble with
“townies.”
State Quad 1969-70 Residents
Vote for
JUDY AVNER
for Central Council
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SITAR, SARI, and other Indian items were highlighted during the
Indian night held by the India Assosciation.
—hochberg
Budget cuts, priorities
wreak havoc on Soc.
The following are excerpts
from a_ letter addressed to
President Collins from Dr. Paul
Meadows, chairman of the
combined Sociology and
Anthropology Department, and
has been fully endorsed by the
members of these two
departments. It is published for
your greater appreciation of the
effects which the recent State
University system budget cuts and
determined priorities of our
Administration have had upon
two of the departments of this
institution.
“Next fall registrations in this
Department will be over 3.500.
Last fall they were over 2,100.
“Last fall we offered 61
courses; next fall we may be able
to offer, if present plans hold, 65.
“Last fall we had 22 1/3 staff
members. This fall we have,
according to budget information
reaching me, 17%. we have
the highest student-faculty ratio
in this University. ...on the basis
of pre-registration figures, our raw
faculty-student ratio will rise next
fall from 1:95 to 1:200”
Many persons at this University
have been given the impression
that S.U.N.Y. at Albany was
selected from the University
system to be developed as the
center of Social Sciences of the
University system.
Richard
Colonial
Stormer
for
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Forum of Politics and MYSKANIA 1970. present
in conjunction with the Inauguration of
Central Council , LAAC and Supreme Court
Senator Vance Hartke (0-Indiana)
‘Who Censors the Censor’
2:00 P.M.
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opening.
THESE LOVELY LADIES (Kay Kraft, Claudine Cassan and Ro
Cania) rehearse a number as“Protest In the Arts” prepares for its
—~potskowshi
John Cage’s music
played by Masselos
by Warren Burt
Last Thursday night, purely
through a happy co-incidence of
traveling schedules, pianist
William Masselos performed John
Cage’s “‘Sonatoas and Interludes”
for prepared piano, The piece
consists of a number of short
fragments, sonatas in the Scarlatti
sense and 3 interludes scattered
between them. The numbers range
from piano music ala
Rachmaninoff with funny sounds
instead of “normal” ones, to
music that is more on the order of
a percussion ensemble than a
piano work.
The piano was prepared with a
series of rubber erasers/jar sealers,
screws/nuts/bolts/pencils and
pieces* of woods. Unlike Cage’s
later music, everything, except for
the sounds the preparations make,
is very determinate.
The important thing to
remember here though is not that
he has fixed up a piano and made
it sound funny, but that he has
created “new” sonorities, to be
taken seriously and used for their
inherent beauty. Since this work
is early Cage (1948) little of the
sensationalism that has so unjustly
come to distrot the public’s view
of his more recent work was here.
Indeed, nearly all the people who
came and expected to hear weird,
wild psychedelic sounds were
pleasantly disappointed by
hearing music that owed more to
the Romantic era and the ancient
Indonesian gaemlan (percussion
orcestra) than to the era of
pop-art and the happening.
These are quite, exotic, gentle
Piece and not loud tasteless
extravagancies with more bluster
than substance.
But how can gentle pieces like
these and wild collages like
Variations II (reviewed last wee)
and Variations IV (just released
on Everest) be reconciled?
The answer is simply, they
don’t need to be, They in
themselves are already united by
two factors. The first is Cage’s
constant search for sounds. Not
new sounds, for there are no
“new” sounds, but. just sounds.
Any sound that can be made can
be beautiful. The composer when
working, must restrict himself to
only certain sounds, whatever
they may be.
Both “Sonatas and Interludes”
and ‘‘Variations IV’ are
concerned with the different
types of sounds that are available
from our environment. Thus,
when he has the pianist play a
percussive ostinato punctuated
only here and there by “normal”
notes, and when he superimposes
a discussion of two English
matrons on love (i.e. “but I insist
that it is not unreal to be in love
for all your life” “But this is what
our young authors are forgetting”
“{ can show you hundreds of
examples...etc, ad nauseam;) with
the sound of a toilet flushing, he
is doing just that, finding beauty,
the same old beauty that always
was, just exposing our jaded ears
to it in a new way. Above all, he is
not trying to be the sensationalist
that he is made out to be. He is
merely creating new musical
experiences of beauty, just as
Beethoven or Mozart did.
The second uniting factor is his
impeccable sense of musical
craftsmanship. To the layman it
may not be immediately apparent,
but beneath those bloops, sqckz,
and thuds lies an enormous
amount of work and just plain
musical talent, taste, and
craftsmanship.
The result of these two
factors-craftsmanship and the
search for beauty in all sounds
combining is partially (strange as
it may seem) indeterminacy.
This is that philosophy of
Cage’s which discards the
traditional forms of organizing
and structuring music and
searches for new ones, But in spite
of his adopting of a certain
looseness in his form, he still
remains the same uncompromising
musician as always. For instance,
in his latest piece, for 7
Harpsichords and 51 tape loop
machines, soon to be released on
Nonesuch, he haggled endlessly
with copyists over mistakes in the
harpsichord _ parts,
The final combination of all
these “perfect” sounds, however,
he leaves up to chance, and in this
way, bypasses partially his own
ego. But he does not wholly
bypass his ego, for the original
decisions of which materials were
to be used had to be made, and it
is for this that John Cage will be
remembered: his taste, his talent,
and his expansion of musical
resources,
‘Protest in the Arts’ offers
full week-end of psychedelia
“Protest in the Arts,” a student
convocation in the arts,
co-sponsored by the
University-Wide Committee on
the Arts of the State University of
New York and the Student
Association will take place May
2-4. The purpose of this
convocation is to present the
results of the effects of the
protest movements on several of
the arts.
Environment
ENVIRONMENT, a
multi-media experience will take
place Friday night.
ENVIRONMENT uses psychedelic
light show apparatus but will
encourage its audience to
participate directly in the events
of the evening.
Ancient history reveals that
color and light played an
important part in healing and
mystical rites. The Druids
constructed temples and
apparatus to worship the sun.
Solomon’s temple was
constructed in tiers of color
effects. Egyptian temples were
sometimes provided with shafts
+ strike jeweled reflectors and pools
of colored water and be scattered
around the interior during
ceremonies.
‘A major adjunct to psychedelic
happenings, rock and roll
performances and “turn on”
scenes are the color effects
grouped under the heading of
“light shows.” This imaginative
use of color and light expanded
greatly in the psychedelic scene,
adding much to trips festivals,
“GUAMBOS” (Great Underworld
Artist’s Masked Balls and Orgies),
freakouts, and futuristic night
clubs. Through such exposure it
has finally emerged as a dynamic
art form.
Clive Barnes and Murray the “K”
Clive Barnes and Murray the
“K” will discuss the “Protest in
the Arts” on Sat.
Clive Barnes, the New York
Times drama and dance critic, is
“far from omnipotent, but he is
unquestionably the most
influential critic in the country.
His weight can swing a borderline
show into a hit or a failure. After
a false start as a medical student
through which sunlight would at London University (as a
beam during certain times and Preparatory to psychological
by CHERYL KUPRAS
Currently playing at the
Madison theater is a film entitled
“Greetings.” Upon entering the
theater don’t be surprised if you
are asked if you are eighteen years
of age--but don’t get your hopes
up because the film is not that
risque. As a matter of fact the
film isn’t even that good, True it
is funny, but it does not approach
hilarious; it stays at the amusing.
As the title will tell you
“Greetings” has to do with good
old Uncle Sam and the message he
hands out. The story is concerned
with three friends who have all
received their induction notices.
They all have their varied methods
of snowing the draft board and
busily practice them for you, the
audience. As the film continues
you get to see the effectiveness of
each plan along with a few
insights into the lifes and
characters of the three gentlemen.
‘The first character, Paul, keeps
getting into seduction scenes that
he either is tired of or doesn’t
know how to handle. He goes
through a series of computer dates
which turn out disasterous each
time. First there is the Bronx
secretary, who spends all day
getting ready for his arrival and
then goes into a tirate as soon as
Paul mentions the word bed. She
goes on and on about what an
oversexed slob he is, how
ungrateful he is for all her hours
of preparation and finally storms
out of the room Paul is
embarassed and slightly ashamed
and he goes to her only to
discover her nude and waiting for
him. So he splits and calls his
friend, Robert.
Now Robert is about the
funniest of the three. He has an
amazing hang-up with the
Kennedy assasination, and
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throughout the film he is busy
blowing up photographs and
reading reports and making
measurements (i.e. on the body of
Paul’s Bronx secretary). At one
point in the film Robert is
working in a book store and meets
witness number 17. Noll is in
some obscure way connected with
the assasination (he happened to
be in Dallas when the assasination
took place). He swears he can
crack the case wide open but he
needs the help of Robert, The
stranger tells Robert to meet him
at the Staten Island ferry at nine
the next morning. Robert
complies and as a result he gets
shot. Amazingly enough he is just
shot and does a dramatic death
scene.
All in all the film was neither
really that good or that bad. It has
a promising beginning but
somehow it gets aborted. Some of
the satire is really funny and some
is only so-so. The acting is par and
the situations although
imaginative are not played up to
their fullest advantage.
“Greetings” is the kindoffilm that
you go to see if you have an
afternoon to waste and you want
a few chuckles. Aside from that I
cannot recommend the film
—NOTICE—
An exhibition of student photo
works are on display on the
second floor of the Campus
Center. The exhibition will run
through May 11.
studies), he was drafted into the
Royal Air Force. Released from
the Air Force in 1948, he went up
to Oxford University where he
read English Language and
Literature at St. Catherine’s
College, graduating with honors in
1951.
Murray the “K” has had a
varied career, but his career in
show business started when he
was nine in the world of Eddie
Cantor and Al Jolson. In 1952, he
decided to create a radio show for
himself that would set a new style
for disc jockey shows. In that year
he began on WMCA, which
continued through 1957, then
switched to WINS where he
worked until 1964, This year he
has a radio show on WOR-FM.
Both of these men, eminent in
their fields, are concerned with
what is going on in the arts today.
As Murray the “K” says, “There’s
a bloodless revolution going on,
particularly in the arts, which
might be called Damn the
Establishment.”
“What's the Use”
“What's the Use,” a cabaret
theatre presentation expressing
the disillusionment and confusion
of today’s youth will take place
Saturday night in the Campus
Center Ballroom.
The form of cabaret theatre is
not new; nightclubs have been
using it for decades. What is new
is that in presenting “What's the
Use,” various technical facilities
are used tocreatea unified whole,
a method commonly known as
multi-media, In this combination
of art forms to create a new art
form, lights, sounds, and other
effects are put together to better
express an idea or convey a point.
Sixth Street Theatre
On Sunday the Sixth Street
‘Theatre will perform
New York’s Sixth Street
Theatre has been performing on
the streets in an effort to reach
people other than habitual
theatre-goers. “The troupe makes
plays about familiar social issues
for an audience often
unacquainted with a radical
perspective.” This is political
theatre. Theatre for the
movement and for the
uncommitted. They look to
audience for recognition of
common lot; attempt to portray
rise in consciousness, but also
ability to act on a new level.
The presentation by the Sixth
Street Theatre will be
“Studentlife,” a play whic® waces
a student’s career from
matriculation to revolt. They will
also offer a workshop in
improvisational theatre. The only
requirement for this is that you be
willing to do, not to watch.
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8:30 PM along with Flip Wilson.
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Tunner was the exception, rather than the rule, as the Danes were
trounced twice, 9-0 and 15-0 on Saturday.
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Danes Beat Harpur;
Lose Two To Conn
By Dave Fink
The Albany State Varsity
baseball team has picked up some
bad habits. For the second time
this year, the Danes have dropped
both ends of a double-header,
previously to Oswego State and
this weekend to powerful Central
Connecticut.
These twin losses combined
with Friday’s thrillingvictory over
Harpur brought the team to an
overall 5-4 record,
In Friday’s game, sophomore
dim Lee singled with two outs and
a count of two strikes in the
bottom of the ninth inning
knocking in two runs to pull out
the victory by a score of 8-7.
Senior hurler George Margan
picked up the victory while also
driving in two runs to help his
‘own cause,
Clutch hits were also added by
cateher Jim Sandy and outfielder
Rich Spiers.
Saturday’s doubleheader found
Central Connecticut too much for
State as they shut,out the Danes
in both games. Thus far this
season, Connecticut has defeated
such fine baseball teams as LIU
and Southern Connecticut while
at the same time averaging 13 runs
per game and compiling a team
batting average of .350. According
to Coach Burlingame, they are a
cinch to go to the national post
season tournament.
Golf Tourney,
The Albany Men’s Intramural
Athletic’s association (AMIA) has
announced a golf tournament to
be held on Friday afternoon, May
9, beginning at 2 p.m. at the
Turnpike golf course.
Any teams (three-man),
fraternity or independent, may
enter by calling Cliff Draper at
8706. Any number of teams from
one group may enter. Varsity and
freshman golfers are not eligible.
Trophies will be given for
lowest individual and lowest team
aggregates.
Van Cleve Stars As
Trackmen Win Two
The Albany State track team
recorded a double victory this
past Saturday as they outscored
-Plattsburgh and Oneonta, 105%
41%, 34,
Don Van Cleve led the
trackmen as he registered a win in
three of the field events. Larry
Fredericks and Jay Parker each
contributed double victories in
running events,
Van Cleve recorded a victory in
the javelin, discus, and shot put,
Lacrosse Overcomes RIT;
Play At Home Wednesday
The Albany State Lacrosse
team extended its winning streak
to four games as they outscored
the Rochester Institute of
Technology by a 14-12 total this
past Saturday.
The Danes were once again led
by the high-scoring trio of
Jakway, Smith, and Werder. These
three, who have contributed a
large majority of this year’s goals,
combined for thirteen of the
fourteen goals scored on
Saturday,
Girls’ Tennis Wins
A sweeping victory has
provided a grand opening for the
spring season of SUNY’s women’s
intercollegiate tennis team. Frigid
temperatures and cloudy skies did
not deter the team of 6 starters
from posting a 4-0 win over Grren
Mountain this past Wednesday.
Playing in the number one singles
spot, Carol Perkins established a
solid win of 6-2, 6-2 over her
opponent. In the number two
position, Georgann Jose decisively
defeated her rival 6-2,6-2. Paired
as the number one doubles
combination, Sheila Jacobs and
Jean Komig volleyed their way to
victory, 6-2, 7-5. The number two
doubles duo of Barbara Mosher
and Sally Tucker formed a
fine-hitting combination to take
their march 6-1,6-2.
According to Mrs. Peggy Mann,
coach of the team, the spring
season has seen a very fine
turnout and the emergence of one
of the strongest teams she has ever
had. The ability and effectiveness
of the women players as a team is
no accident. Three days a week,
Mrs. Mann drills the team in: the
fine points of the game as well as
the more basic skills. New depth
has been added to the tennis unit
by the arrival of six new players
who are fast learning the game:
Ronda Small, Sally Tucker,
Audrey Goldberg, Debbie
Copeland, Mac Cunningham, and
Paula Camardella. In addition to
the players against Green
Mountain, the group of retunees
consists of Belinda Stanton, Cathy
Feger, and Lynn Gabriel,
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Each of the three had ten goals
going into the game and Werder
ended the game with six while
Smith scored four and Jakway
three. Werder also contributed
four assts. while Smith had two.
Albany held a half time lead of
10-6, and barely averted a strong
comeback attempt in the second
half, RIT seemed overconfident in
the first half and after realizing
their deficit in the first half tried
in vain to pull the game out as
Albany refused to allow them to
seriously challenge their lead.
The Danes go up against North
County Community College this
Wednesday at 3 o’clock. The
Danes suffered two important
injuries this week as R. B. Sechrist
and Bob Cole may both miss the
game tomorrow. Sechrist is in the
infirmary, while Cole suffered a
leg injury.
while Fredericks won the mile and
two-mile runs and Parker copped
the 120-yard and 440-yard
intermediate hurdles,
Fredericks, just returning from
a pre-season leg injury contributed
an outstanding performance in his
first meet.
The team suffered its fifth loss
of the season on Monday when
they were defeated by Hartwick,
74-10.
A dropped baton in the
440-yard relay proved the
difference as the Danes would
have won the meet without the
error.
Individual winners for Albany
included George Rolling in the
mile and two-mile, Don Van Cleve
in the shot and discus, Sol
Moshenburg in the long jump, Jim
Setall in the pole vault, Tom Sears
in the high jump and the mile
relay team.
The Danes record now stands at
one win and five losses.
In their first win, besides the
outstanding performances by Van
Cleve, Fredericks and Parker,
other winners for the Danes
included the Albany 440 relay
team, Amerikaner in 100-yard
dash, Horowitz in the 880-yard
run, Sears in the high jump, and
the mile relay team.
The Danes, although they have
received consistently outstanding
performances from certain
members of the team, are palgued
by a lack of depth which requires
that too many of their members
compete in more than one event
which consequently reduces the
ultimate level of their
performance.
Sailors Hold Their Own
Albany State’s Sailing Club has been active this spring, competing
in several regattas.
On April 26, Albany tied for second place in the Hobart
Invitational. Finishing first was Cornell University with 31 points.
Hobart, finishing in a tie with State, had 29. The skippers for Albany
were Jim Whiting, Marge Straube, and Bruce Fullem. The crews
consisted of Kris Healy and Brian Hennessy.
On April 20, the team’s first home regatta, they finished second.
The skippers were Glenn Faden and Jim Whiting while the crew
consisted of Kris Healy and Bruce Fullem. On March 29 and 30,
Albany placed fourth in the West Point Regatta.
The next regatta for the sailors will be this weekend at the Mohawk
campus.
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Mandatory student fee - vote NO!
Cont. from page 1, col. 5.
Furthermore:
If the mandatory student fee
does go into effect in the fall
semester, 1969, the Central
Council for the year 1969-70 will
have to be elected by the entire
student body...
Central Council has now
provided for it’s election by the
entire student body (though
perhaps unconstitutionally). The
decision, however, as to whether a
non-taxpayer can vote in any
election rests with the Chairman
of the Central Council Standing
Committee on the Student
Activity Assessment as provided
in CC6869-125. (policy on the
Student Activity) Assessment
passed 9 April 21-2-2; That's
Mandatory student fee - vote YES!
Cont. from page 1, col.3.
[The $8.75 per semester is
separated immediately upon
receipt for a separate account for
Athletic Association. It covers the
needs of the Athletic Association
as requested in a separate
budget. J
Central Council has recently
completed budgeting for 1969-70.
In an attempt to maintain the
integrity of the worthy programs
to which Central Council is
already committed, and to
provide the wide range of
programs and events requested,
Central Council has found it
necessary to budget for about
$225,000. This figure allows for
virtually NO emergency spending
NOR for any new groups which
may come into existence in the
coming year. Central Council thus
faces a situation not to its liking;
it can either cut the programs or
raise the assessment. Other means
of obtaining money have been
sought, but little aid is expected
from other means. A mandatory
assessment would alleviate this
dilemmiec situation by providing
more money for the programs
without raising the assessment.
Indeed, the assessment could
probably be lowered.
On a politico-theoretical basis,
it is very unsound for a society to
exist in which members of that
society receive the benefits of
membership, yet they don’t
participate in the financial
support of the programs.
More specifically, Central
Couneil at present has been
granting each student the privilege
of determining whether or not he
would receive benefits from the
payment of the assessment. This is
unsound, however, because
presently all students have the
opportunity to receive many
benefits without even paying the
assessment. For example, the
Albany Student Press and the
University Directory are available
to many students who have not
paid the assessment. WSUA 640 is
availalbe to most on-campus
residents whether or not the
assessment has been paid.
All changes in University policy
effected through Student.
Association and Central Council
are for the benefit of the student
body, not just those students who
have paid the assessment. If
Student Association does not
support the Health and Physical
Education facilities, these may be
used ONLY for clasroom purposes
and not for intercollegiate or
recreational athletics. In other
words, the Physical Education
Center would close at
approximately 2 PM on weekday
afternoons and would not be open
at all on weekends.
Indeed , if the student opts not
to support Student Association by
paying the assessment, he detracts
from the total programming and
deprives others from receiving
benefit of the payment. It is
unfair that some students should
choose not to pay the assessment
and thereby deprive others of the
privileges of payment, while these
same students are receiving
benefits free of charge.
It is true, of course, that not
everyone will take part in all
aspects of the Student Association
programming. Yet, it is very much
unfair for someone to deprive
others of the benefits of
participation, even if he himself
chooses not to participate. And if
students do not support the
society from which they receive
benefit, they are not meeting an
obligation which they should feel
toward that society. In New York
State, or in the United States, no
one has the choice of paying or
not paying taxes. It is only when
all members of a society support
the society that the wide range of
benefits may be offered. Each
member may not be able to derive
benefits from the whole range,
but each member is supporting
the total range so that his interests
are represented as well as his
neighbor's interests. It is unfair to
have it any other way.
“(On these bases, the mandatory
assessment is the answer to the
dilemma. The range of
programming could be financed
and ‘the assessment could be
lowered. There would be some
money for emergency spending
and for new interests on campus.
Central Council could then
finance the range of activities
requested by various organizations
of students without raising the
assessment to the point of being a
great financial burden to the
individual student.
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pretty democratic isn’t it? One
person decides whether thousands
of students can vote.
On 24April, bills 6869-138,
189 were passed (19-1-1 and
19-1-0 respectively). Lots of
opposition again, note. Bill 138 is
the counterpart of 62 and 139 of
61. That is, 138 provides for
withholding grades and transcripts
of credits (thus no transfers
possible or graduation) if one
refuses to pay student tax. Bill
6869-139 allows exceptions for
hardship cases. Benevolent aren't
we?
Why should one oppose a
mandatory assessment anyway.
The $28.75 you pay per semester
($20 to Student Association and
$8.75 to Athletic Advisory Board)
is dispersed by Central council
(except for AA Board’s $8.75
which is controlled
independantly). Who sits on
Council? Council is comprised of
representation of the student
body and of the Commissions and
Pan-Hellenic Council. As chairman
of one Commission I have long
recommended the removal of all
Commissions and councils to
cabinet positions so that Central
Council would be totally elected
by the student body directly. As I
have seen Council function these
vested interest groups play much
too large a legislative role.
As for the students elected by
the student body as a whole, take
a look at the election campaigns,
Pretty informative huh? Lots of
issues. Clear policy statements.
Ever asked a candidate what
Central Council does, or how it
fits into our governmental
structure ; have they even been
to any Central Council meetings.
And then once they get on,
what happens? Ask a member of
Constitutional Revisions
Committee why they feel they
must have a
three-unexcused-cuts-and-out,
policy for Central Council. Yes,
the student’s voice is certainly
well represented on Council.
I've just seen Part I of ‘‘ War
and Peace” at the Fox in Colonie.
It’s excellent and I recommend it
to everyone. Swiss chocolate
almond ice cream at Howard
Johnson’s is great. Citone’s and
Cosimo’s pizza are very good.
What right do I have to force you
to help pay for these goods and
partake if you wish? None.
Nevertheless I’m going to hold a
referendum in which if one more
than half of 1/5 of you support
me, then I'll force everyone to
pay. What? You don’t think it’s
right that just over 10% of you
can make everyone pay? Well
sorry, that’s tough. That’s the way
we in our democratic government
choose to hold referndums whose
outcome may put the only direct
check and blance on the
government (your money) in our
democratic hands.
I, for one, have paid my
student activity assessment each
of eight semesters here and
recommend that all of you do the
same. The net worth your money
produces is considerable, though
unless you are extremely
industrious you will never even
know where most of it goes.
Nonetheless I recommend you
vote against mandatory student
tax in the upcoming elections. I
do not choose to be ruled by a
despot no matter how benevolent
he may be.
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TUESDAY APRIL 29, 1969
Editorial
Mandatory Tax
Money is the lifeline of nearly everything that happens on this
campus. Academically, our growth and development depend greatly
upon the size of the allottments granted in the New York State
Executive budget. Socially and politically, every club, publication and
sport on campus is dependent upof allotments granted by Student
Association, which is in turn dependent upon individual student
contributions in the form of “Student Tax.”
The decreasing number of students who pay student tax has
brought about a crisis of sorts on campus. Expansion and lack of
money have again come into conflict. Budgets have been cut, in many
cases, from activities that sorely needed the entire sum requested. But,
due to the fact that Central Council does not have enough money to
grant everyone all they needed, many exciting new programs had to
be cut--—--some completely.
tudent support is needed and greatly desired for any and all
activities on campus. We cannot find in these problems, however a
justification for demanding that every student, regardless of whether
he wants to or not, pay tax.
Without becoming impassioned or irrational, we have examined the
tax questions from both sides, with the greatest of care. We have come
to the conclusion that almost everyone should pay tax--and that no
one should be forced to.
Why? Because student activities, unlike welfare programs, are
neither a necessity for the payee, nor a human service to the recipient.
It is well and good that SUNYA has a sailing club, a judo club, and so
many other clubs and organizations which cater to a small group of
students. If there is enough money to finance these, activities, great.
But if there is not, we see little reason to force students to pay nearly
$30 a semester for the privilege of knowing that all clubs are open to
him, and that he has a choice of hundreds. He could care less, and we
have to agree with him.
There are those who argue that all students get advantages from the
tax, regardless of whether or not they attend any events or join any
clubs at all. This is irrelevant. If tax was needed to sustain solely these
activities which we consider necessities, the number of students
willing to pay it would probably be much higher----and the cost of the
tax would be much lower. But as it stands, Student Association would
coerce every student into paying for the frills, the extras, which
although they are desirable, are in no way necessities.
Student desires should be the final determinant of what is to
survive with SA subsidy, and what will not. If there is a lack of desire
to maintain a variety of clubs, publications and teams, then they
should die. This is undesirable, but to force students to pay for
activities for which they have no use is even more undesirable. WE
URGE YOU TO VOTE “NO” IN THE REFERENDUM.
If Referendum Fails...
Student Tax may be made mandatory in the near future. . .whether
or not students vote down the issue in referendum this week. This
undemocratic development is a result of the decision of Supreme
Court last term. It was ruled that Central Council can make tax
mandatory simply by passing legislation in a body composed of all
students, rather than simply Student Association members. By now
opening elections to all students, Council has made this a very real
possibility if the referendum fails.
What it boils down to is this: Even if you vote against mandatory
tax, you cannot be sure if it will become policy or not. It is here
where greater student awareness is soimportant. If you are concerned
about mandatory tax, you mustdemand of your candidates that they
declare their stand on that issue. Too many times, candidates have
been elected.while students knew nothing of their stands.
In this case, the issue is too clear-cut for students to ignore. You
must know where your representative will stand on tax if he is to
tepresent you fairly. REMEMBER: You will be the benificiary of
your intelligent voting, and it is you who will suffer if you remain
~~ Irresponsibility
The University Administration has expressed interest in student
participation in departmental and administrative matters for the past
year or thereabouts. Various student groups have also expressed their
desire to be able to influence various faculty and administrative
decisions. But are they serious? With certain individuals to the
contrary, the students of our various departments have not actively
taken a part in departmental affairs.
ft is suggested that most students recognize what committee work
entails, and actually want nothing to do with it. If this is true, then
their claims to a voice in the management of their academic lives is
jive. No matter. how willing our Administration and Faculty is to
altow student participation, it is to no end if the student body takes
no active role in the decision making process.
The whole movement for student participation ringshollow at State.
It is our opimion that the student body hasn’t much heart; it appears
that the actual work and responsibility required for the meaningful
role they have claimed is their right has proved too much.
Crisis committment has its merits, but we suggest that continuing
committment to the concept of student participation will prevent
crisis development in the future.
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Revisions Tonight
To the Editors,
Finally, the opportunity is before the Student
Association to take time to evaluate and improve its
constitution.
The opportunity has presented itself in the form
of an Open Hearing on the newly proposed, revised
Student Association Constitution which is to be
held tonight at 7:30 in Social Science 256.
The revisions in the SA Constitution provide for a
realistic approach to popular election of the
president and vice-president of the Student
Association; increased, popularly elected student
representation on Central Council, placing the
Judicial Committee as a seperate body under the
Student Association, rather than under Living Area
Affairs Com mission, as it is now, much easier
amendment procedures, to the Constitution, in the
future, and numerous other changes that will effect
every undergraduate student here at the University
These revisions are of the utmost importance and,
Ibeleive, a necessity to the Student Association.
Every student should take this opportunity to
find out more about these Constitutional Revisions
and take advantage of this Open Hearing to be heard
on them,
Ken Stokem
Chairman, Central Council Constitutional Revisions
Tutoring Help
To the Editors:
Today more than ever before we need
involvement. In a time when it is so apparent that
men use other men for their private gains, one to
one relationships between people are of the utmost
importance.
Tutoring provides us with such an opportunity. I
am employed at Trinity Institute and am in need of
tutors for these subjects: 10th grade Spanish; 11th
grade English; 10th grade Geometry; and 9th grade
Algebra.
Talso need someone who has taken Accounting I
at SUNYA to tutor a woman who is taking that
subject at night school.
If anyone is interested in tutoring in any of these
subjects, please contact Tom Vitale between 3:00
and 6:00 at 484-5155 or at home after 7:00 p.m. at
355-1034.
Tom Vitale
Chapel House Devotee
To the Editors:
If an outsider may comment, I do hope Chapel
House will be saved. I do a lot of traveling, and
that’s one of the most human places I’ve found.
And its human scale is so warming by contrast with
all that colossal neighboring symmetry.
Sincerely,
Nat Hentoff
Things are bad all over
To the Editors:
Things are bad all over. In reference to Walter
Clark’s letter in last Friday’s ASP, we have the
following points to make.
Mr. Clark described (with all the proper
heart-rending cliches) many of the problems which
are caused directly, and indirectly, by the two great
imperialist nations of our time; the U.S. and the
U.S.S.R.
For thousands of years, the question of how to
correct the world’s evils has been answered by either
of two ways; by individuals or by individuals
organizing and forming mass movements. We believe
examples like Christianity and labor unionism, bear
out the premise that organized individuals are a
great deal more effective than one lone reformer,
regardless of how sincere he was, this, by the way, is
the rationale behind any form of government). We
therefore believe that if we hope to save the
“Biafrans” and future “Biafrans,” we must first
form a movement. Hence the formation of the
LW.W.C.
One of the major problems the Movement is
facing today is harrassment by means of
arrest--drug, political and various other forms of
entrapment. We believe it is inherent that a
movement must protect its own members if it is to
remain unified.
One last thing Mr. Clark: the time you spent
writing your letter, could it not have been spent at
pawning your possessions to send relief to the
oppressed peoples of the world?
Things are bad all over.
With Armed Love
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LW.W.C.
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