Vol 57_No 3_February_28_1975

Senate Rejects Page Resolution
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The Facuhy Senate voted yesterday by the slim margin of 31-26 to reject a resolution calling
upon President Mrnhak to initiate disciplinary proceedings against Professor Stanley Page
(History).
Page, who was visibly moved by the vote, stated. "I don't regard this as a personal victory at
all. I was just an instrument . . . Frankly, this was bigger than me."
The vote was the culmination of weeks of
discussion of a report bnied by the Koster
Committee, a team charged with investigating
the five-year dbpule within the history
department. Page and four other history
professors considered to be the central figures
of the controversy had all elected not to testify
bef<M« the Committee. They expressed doubts
that they could receive a fair hearing because
the Faculty Senate's vulnerability "to appointment and promotion pressures from the
Marshak administratioa." Because of their
refusal to testify, the Senate voted two weeks
ago to censure alt five professors.
Yesterday's meeting was called to order at
2:20 P.M. after a bare quorum had been
achieved. Page addressed the body first,
ending his speech by reading a passage from
the Village Voice in which Nat Hentoff
termed last week's censure vote "an utterly
disgraceful precedent."
The second speaker was Associate ProfessoT Jacob Goodman (Mathematics) who
prefaced his remarks by stating that while he
has not known Page personally, his experience from watching Page as a Senator has
led him to believe many of the accusations.
But he nevertheless urged the entire Senate to
abstain on the vote since passage of the
resdutioa would just result in a long battle of
suits and countersuits in which Page would
"probably be protected by his tenure,
anyway."
"It would be punishaUe enough for me to
know that I have lost the respect of my
colleagues." he said.
Professor Judith Stein (Hktory). who had
proposed an altemate resolution at the last
meeting to "deplore and condemn" Page for
his conduct, but which had stopped short of
recommending disciplinary procedures, expressed her disappointment over the vote.
Stein said that because of the Senate's failure
to "make a statement of consequence . . . we
will be demoralized." She predicted continued unrest in the department.
After the decision was announced. Professor Donald Koster approached Page and the
two men. often at bitter odds during the past
several weeks, spoke in ctMKiliatory terms.
Although the vote formally ends, at least
for the time being, the long series of charges
and accusations before the Faculty Senate,
attention may now be focused on President
Marshak. He is still empowered under Article
21 of the BHE by laws to initiate disciplinary
proceedings for "conduct unbecoming" any
faculty member. However, Marshak, who has
cautiously refrained from offering any comments about the Senate hearings since they
began, is not expected to pursue the matter
further.
Many words spoken during the hearings
revealed the intense emotimis underlying
many individuals involved directly or indirectly in the controversy.
Emanuel Chill (History), one of the
professOTs alleged to have been slandered by
Page, claimed "it has been virtually impossibfe to conduct departmental business in the
atmosphere engendered by Page and his
associates." Chill claimed that the professors
were wrong not to testify before the Koster
Committee.
"If they testified and were subsequently
unhappy with the results." Chill said, "they'd
have been in a much stronger position to
appeal." In reference specifically to Page.
Chill added. "There b an academic issue here
not identical to li«e speech . . . (Page)
violates my academic freedom when he insults
me without substantiation."
Professor James Watts (History), also cited
in the Koster report as having been libeled,
defended the censure motion by saying,
"We're finally coming out and saying thb has
to stop . . . we're all tired of thb. Censure
will play a major role in st<^ping what's been
going on."
In defense of Page, Professor Morris Silver
(Economics) angrily asserted that the Senate
hearings were "vague and McCarthyite."
Some speakers attempted to offer c<Mnpromise motions or suggestions. Lxmg time
Faculty Senate member Bernard Bellush
(Hbtory) chastised individuals from both
sides of the controversy. He charged Page
with "challenging the integrity of individuab
and colleagues, distortion and the defamation
of characters with half truths" but also
termed the attions carried out at a hbtory
department meeting in which Page was
censured a "legal lynching." He also condemned the Senate for bringing up charges of
censure against Rosen. Adebon. Huttenback
and Schwab without having told them in
advance that refusal to testify would result in ,
censure.
"A vote to censure will strike a blow against
Stanley Page
academic freedom." said Bellush, "because
you are deciding after the fact, not before,
what b conduct unbecoming." He moved that
a motion deploring non-cooperation beadopted without reference to any individual.
The motion, however, was defeated.
A similar suggestion was offered by
Professor Kaikhosrov Irani (Philosophy)
who agreed that Page should have appeared
but maintained that the Senate should first
hold a general discussion on what to do about
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Construction Work In Violation
ByTOMMAROTTA
be served with a summons again." Inspector
The G.E. WaM Construction Company, Sarlo said. "We want tocooperate with you in
contractors for the South Campus Athletic helping to keep the nobe level acceptable and
FleM. were found to be in violation of New within the limits of the law."
Yoric Gty's Noise Control Code, and were
The New Yoric City Nobe Control Code
served with a summons yesterday.
Section 1403.3-4.13. which the G.E. WaW
Mr. Frank Sarlo of the Department of Air Constnictimi Company violated, states:
Resources Ncnse Abatement Program, in- "Except as provided in article V of thb code,
spected the construction site Wednesday, and no person shall operate or use or cause to be
stated that the WaM Company will have to* operated or used a construction device in such
appear before the Environmental Control a way as to create an unnecessary noise."
Board within ten working days from the time
they were served.
At the hearing they will have the option ol
paying a fine of up to tWe hundred dollars, or
Auihor's note: AI tlw liim' ihe foUowing
Ihey can request a formal trial hearing at
inlervifw was wriiicn ihc n:\ulls of the inwhich lime they must show the violatbns
charged did not exbl.
"If the conditions are not corrected immediately after a fine is issued then they will
decibel reading was well above the acceptable
listening limit.
With that. Sarlo said. "I want to talk to the
ute superintendent." It took ten minutes to
find John Prince, who was in hb office in a
trailer nearby.
Sarlo presented the facts, of hb meter
reading to Superintendent Prince. Pruice
replied. "It is a bit noisy. There's no question
about that. Unfortunately these wagon drills
make that kind of noise.. We have about
another five days of drilling and wc could get
out without any more hindcrance."
CThanges have been proposed for New
York's noise abatement code. As a result,
even Sarlo was not certain whether the G.E.
Wackenhuts and Muiphy in Suit
By HERB FOX ^
Student Senate President Donald Murphy
has filed a complaint of assault against Sgt.
Aaron Barccne of the Wackenhut security
force. The complaint, which was served on
the guard on February 19. was a result of an
altercation between Murphy and the Wackenhuts that occurred on January 30.
In response to the summons served on him.
and Wackenhut Supervisor. Barros. who was
also involved in the incident. Barccne filed
two complaints of harrassment against
Murphy. The two parties are scheduled to
appear at a court hearing on March 12.
However. Murphy has told OP that he b
strongly considering dropping the charges.
"It's not to our advantage to be in court."
he said, "because we want to spend the rest of
the semester on campus." Murphy noted that
Ihc school will be hil with further budget cuts
thb spring, and that this is where the Student
Senate's job lies. Murpny expressed ihb
sentiment before he knew of Barccnc's
complaint against him.
Murphy accused the Administration of
wanting to "drag thb thing through court for
Ihc whole term." He ntm- wants to deal with
the incident as an internal matter.
Sgt. Barccnc's only cnmmcnl on his
harrassment complaint was. "HH iMurphyt
charged me. so I charged him."
It has been impossible to reach Barros for
comment.
Murphy's complaint against Barccne b
assault, which b a misdemeanor. Barcene was
one of two guards who alkgcdly stopped
Murphy and a companion on St. Nicholas
Terrace, and beat and threatened to kill
Murphy.
The complaints filed by Barccne and
Barros are of harrassment and only represent
violations punbhed by a fine.'
A report prepared alter Ihe incident by
Albert Dandridge. chief of security at the
school, charged that urphy threw Bsrcene to
the ground during the encounter, and that
Murphy and other members of the Student
Senate called Ihc guards "pigs" and made
Ihrcau as "WE'LL get you guys outside and
Mow your brains out."
When the l.vo parties appear in Court on
March 12. the presiding judge will determine
in which direction the case will go. There
remains a possibility, however, that Murphy
will drop his charges against Barccne. and
thai Barccne and Barron will reciprocate.
In a separate bat related development, the
Scoirit* Ctmtmiiiec. which gnvcms all
Mxurity procedures and operations on and
around Ihe campus, has chartered a subtContimied on Page 3)
spection made hy Mr. Sarlo were nor
aivHable.
I wish to gratefiilfy acknowledge Inspector
Frank Sarlo and Superintendent Joseph A.
Constantino of the Department of Air
Resources Noise Abatement Program for
their assistance and cooperation.
• ••
The drilling noise and blasting that has
been going on at the athletic fiekl consiruclion site has rattled windows all over <he
City Colkgc campus. It's rattled many
students* nerves, too. and as a result. OP
decided to examine conditions at the site.
l-arly Wednesday aftemoon. I met inspector Frank Sarlo of the Department of Air
Resources Noise Abatement Program at the
site. I carried a tape recorder and a camera.
He had a d e c ^ l meter.
We stoiHl ai the fence surrounding the
construction site, just beyond Hinlcy Hall, as
Inspector .Sarlo set hb meter to work. The
Wald Company's wagon drilb are too noisy
for the bw. Sark) lold Prince. "If you've
viobted the code you'v»got to be served" with
a summons that wouU eventually force ihe
company into court.
That summons could require the company
to pay fines ranging from S100 to SSOO a day.
depending on ihe amount of construction
equipment used.
A few minutes after Inspector Sarlo left for
hb downtown office—to check out the itew
regulations Ihe fire department official I had
also invited arrived at the site.
We wanted Inspector Robert Kcenan to
check the way in which the company b using
dynamite to blast out the bedrock <m the site.
He said he had observed two blasts and that
they conformed to all fire department
regulations.
"If you people are concerned." he went on.
"whh the safety area established and ihc
l1a}2ginK where it b ntm. I just instrucicd the
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Ooeper?
What can you say about an Administration
that treats
treats the
the enllMo
college pnss
iministration that
nn^t
like children?
When confronted with the charge that the school b deliberately keeping
information from the press. Vice President of Public Affaire and
Conmiunicatlon. Robert Carroll, smirks and says. "Well, you're just going
to have to dig a little deeper."
John Canavan. Vice President of Adminbtrative Affairs, will allow a
«?portcr lo sit in on meetings of the Security Committee (which governs all
aspects of security at the school), but everything must be "off the record."
"If anvihing from the meeting turns up in print," he said. "I'll never
speak to y«>u again."
Most questions that reporters have must be channeled through Israel
Levine. Director of Public Relations for the school. He will, in turn, gel Ihe
inform.iiion for the reporter, and call back. Uvine acts as a sieve for the
Adminbtraiion so that the number of potentially embarrassing statements
made by school officiab arc minimized. Wheh Uvine reports back saying
that the iniormation cannot be rckased. he calms everyone down with the "I
only work here" rap.
The IXan of Campus Planning and Development, Eugene Avallone, will
only respond lo questions in written form. When that is done, he returns the
same piece of paper with one word answers written above the question.
Provosi Egon Brenner refuses lo talk to the press, period.
What else needs to be said?
A Press Release
Av.xu>.tuoii:> iuuKvd uffuinsi liic '«V;ici(ciiiiu( security torce in liie pasi iew
weeks include that a Sergeant on the force was killed in the line of duly due
to malfunctioning equipment, and that Iwc guards assaulted Donald
Murphy. In ihal light, we are reprinting Ihe folbwing press release in its
entirely, with the point being that the liberal bureaucratic cslablbhnieni un
campus, otherwise known as the Administration, moves forever onward and
forward in jxwr laste and hypocrisy.
For Immediate Release
Sergeant Harry A. Murray. Ihc first City College security officer to <lie in
the line of duty, was awarded CCNY's Exceptional Merit Award
posthumously at a memorial ceremony held in the college's Bowker Lounge
on February 6. The award is the highest honor thai can be bestowed on a
member of the college's security force.
Sgt. Murray's widow. Catherine, and hb teen-age daughters Cathy and
Loretta. accepted Ihe award, which was presented by Mr. J<^n J. Canavan.
Vice President for Adminbtrative Affairs at City College. The award inchides- a cash stipend.
Sgt. Murray died on December 30 at St. Luke's Hospital of wounds
suffered when he was shot in a struggle with three youths outside the west
entrance of the college's North Campus Cafeteria on October 10. Sgt.
Murray was having dinner m the cafieteria when he ttportedly recognized
<me of the youtlK. wh«Mn he had ejected from Shepaid Hall eariief that
week.
City College President Robert E. Marshak. who spoke at the memorial
ceremony, extolled Sgt. Murray for hb bravery and dedication to Ihe college
community.
"On behalf of everyone at City College. I want to express the college's
profound gratitude to Sgt. Murray and our entire security force for helping
to make C i ^ College a safe place to work and study." Dr. Marshak said.
Vice President John J. Canavan. in making the presentation to Sgt.
Murray's widow, noted that her husband had acted in thefinesttradition of
a security officer.
In addition to the posthumous award to Sgt. Munay. Mr. Canavan
presented awards for Meritorius Security Service to Sgts. Ointon
Farquaharson and Eladio Martinez, and guards Winston Antoine and
Robert Tyree for outstanding security service to City C<4lege. The award
includes a cash stipend.
Mr. Canavan abo presented Commendatory Security Service Awards to
Sgts. AtlMi Barccac and Manigo Washington, and guartls Lennie Gonzalez. Nelson Ruiz and Robert Lee Tabb for exceptimial security work.
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Bureaucrat*: Lydia Diamond (OPOPI, Paul OiMaria
(features), Jeffrey Tauscher(news)
Retirement Fund: Peter Grad. Robert Ness (business)
Pix: Joe Lui. Charlene Weisler
Bourgeoisie:
David Baharav. John Long, Marie
McDonougl), Ed Perchalult, Matt Seaman
Lumpen Proletariat: Gerald Barnes, Jeff Brumbeau, Paul
Debalsa, John Donahue. Ted Heller, Marc Kaliner, Regina
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Budget Crisis Demancis
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by MARK GOLDBERG
In Ihe face of unprecedented budget cuts.
widespread cynicism abounds as to what students can
do. "Is Ihb year any dilTerenl?" you hear."We have lo
light every year." "It will be the same thing next year."
"What can we do?"
This year is dincrcnl. As the economy sinks, working
|)eoplc face increase<l unemployment, infialcd prices,
and Ihe scuttling of long-established social welfare and
education programs. With millions of uncmpbycd
workers now considered unnecessary to the economy,
public investment in Ihe education of working class and
lower middle class students at the public universities b
also beginning lo wash away.
We must demand a supplemental budget to restore
llie sixteen million dollar cut from monies that have
already been appropriated. The immediate budget
crisis b real. Bui if we are lo look lo the future of the
public universities, we must not seek just a one year
solution which will leave us in tlie same position next
year. While the CUNY budget b slashed, the Slate
Legislature appropriates to private universities over 150
million dollars a year. In comparison, the overall
hudget of the city universily is close lo 500 million
ilollars a year. Obviously, il is Ihc direction of
education, education lor whom, which is the issue. It is
2. No Public Monies for Private Scfaoob—Public
Monies for Public School*.
Wc cannot afford to support a dual school system.
Moamer. no public aid should be given lo schools
which do nol provide equal access to all. nor guarantee
nicially and economically integrated learning en-
iu»( «iiclliei iiicif i.% iiiuiivy lor cuuciiiiuii.
virurniic-nts. I f ilic |>iivaic M:IIOOI:» go uimci, wiihuui
direcily to students public funds to pay the costs of
private colleges.
The UnHed Communtty Center* have demanded that
the foliowbig step* be tahcnt
1. No Tuition at SUNY & CUNY • Guanuiteed by
Law
We must demand that free tuition be mandated by
law throughout New York State. As a matter of
principle, public education should be free to all.
Politically, the power over tuition must be taken froni
Ihe City BHE and the SUNY Central Administration.
The rcs|ionsibilily must be wiih the Icgblaturc which
can be voted out of office if they threaten free tuition.
The struggle must include Ihc State University, since
hbiorically. SUNY students and upslate parents have
been pitted against CUNY. The cry has been why
shouW upstatcrs pay for CUNY's free tuition when they
must p.-»y tuition at SUNY. Fiw tuition must be extended to SUNY.
New York State has always had a dual system of public aitl. this is further evidence of the need for a
higher cductlion-llie Cily and Stale universities for Ihc
total public commiltmcni to higher education. Let Ihe
wt>rking class and lower niiddk class, the private siaie lake over these schoob and turn Ihem into public
universities.
j.oHegcs for the middle class and rich. In Ihc lasl
decade, however. Ihe private colleges, faced with
J.Full Funding of Public Education - The N ^ for
<lecltiiing enrollments and financial collapse, have put
State & Federal Funds.
ireniendoiis pressure on Ihe slate government for
Oi^ality public education requires suppkmcntal
public subsidies. In addition, the major push for
funding. If ihe money is not available in New York
tuition at CUNY and higher tuition at SUNY comes State then the call must be for a national commitment
Ironi private colleges and their political allies. By
lo financing free public higher education. Chancellor
rabing tuition costs at CUNY and SUNY. the private
Kibbee raised just thb issue at a conference of public
colleges seek to become more competitivefinanciallyin universities over a year ago. {Residents of public
order to attract more students. Along with their push colleges of other states have begun to raise the same
for tuition at CUNY, the private colleges are lobbying issue.
ferociously for a larger share of the public purse. Last
Mark Goldberg is a member of The United Comyear they won a major political victmy with the parage munity Centers -819 Van Sielen Ave. Brookfyn. N,Y.
of the Tuition Assbtance Plan, which now grants 11207
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By ROBERT NESS
City b possibly the most multi-racial, multi-ethnic,
and multi-opinionated txXkgt in thb or any other
country. I thought it would be interesting to see how
some of the College's noted personages and
organizations MIGHT react to the folk>wing famous
tongue twbten
Fuzzy wuzzy was a bear.
Fuzzy wuzzy has no hair.
Fuzzy wuzzy wasn't fiizzy. was he?
ProfnaM Ouuks Whrick (sociology) "Thb chiWs
poem been repeated approximately every ihiee
minutes. 24 hours a day. for the last 76 years."
Pwfaaaor Heiulctta Yorciwaco (folk music) —"The
tale b derived from a 16 century Irish love sonnett.
Thb version expresses the love of a princess for her
secret lover. The "bear" symbolizes the peasent
class. Obviously. Ihb explains why she can not marry
him. The line "Fuzzy wuzzy has no hair"
foreshadows the k>vcrs decapitation by the king."
Prealdent Robert Manhalc
"Let me refer this
question to Vice l>rcsidenl Carroll.
Vice Prerideat CarroO—"Thb poem reminds me of a
bedtime story my mother used to tell me. You see —
thb grizzly bear met an owl on a deserted road one
night..."
PuWIc Rdatiom Director Israel Levine — "There b no
otlicial coifege policy on this matter. If you want my
(pinion. I think it's a crock."
Chief of Security Albert DamMdce — (Sec Israel
Levine)
Professor Bernard Bdhish (Hbtory)—"Belief in the
first amendment does not mean freedom of speech
when you agree with something, and censorship
when you do not. Thb poem b. in my judgment
reactionary and contrar> to my fundamental
concepts of American literature. But I would totally
reject any moves lo censure thb free expression."
Prwfeaur Stanley Page (Hbtory) — "Thb b a blatan*
example of lowering the standards at ihb College lo
meet the undcrpreparedncss of open enrollment
students."
Pkafeasor KcRy-Gadal (Hbtory) — " I think tt's
wooderfiiL I will use it in nqr next textbook."
Professor LcMuud M b i y s (Black Studies) — "A
blatent example of fiindementally racist literature."
PMftaaar Mattti (Puerto RKan Studies) — "You are
no exception. Most anglos on thb campus fail to
respect the culture and heritage of the 30% Hispanic
sector of the student body. Therefore. I vrill not react
to thb poem until it b translated intoSpanbh."
The Labor Cooimittce — "Thi« ooem has it's besinnings in a t<^ secret C.I.A. Think Tank. It was
devetoped in 1932 to repress children's natural
rev(rfutionary yearnings by showing that he or she
who stands for something different, for example
being a bear, will be ostracized from the community
("Fuzzy wuzzy has no hair.") As we know, hair b a
symbol of bourgeob capitalbm. It b evident that thb
poem caused Attica Murderer Rockefeller to be
appointed Vice President and will eventually lead to
marital law in September."
HBId House Statement — "Did you know Ihe author of
thb poem was Jewish?"
Gcocglna SpcHvhi (FPA attraction) — "Oh >xs. oh
ycssssssss..
Letter
As a devout Draid. I have be^n deeply hurt by the
destruction of eighty trees on South Campus lawn. Paul
Richier neglected to mention in hb column (Feb. 15)
that trees have feelings just like people: they experience
pleasure and pain in the same way we do. Why. those
trees must have screamed in agony as the bulMozers
ripped into their woody flesh.
I m quite sure that the spirits of those nobfc plants
are now resting peacefully in heaven, but bow many of
our leafy friends must bereducedto paper pulp before
their outrage will end?
McMaOaUie
Praideat.CCNY chapter
AflMtfcaa Socitly of Draidh
Wackenhut Controversy
OP Analysis
By HERB FOX
The familiar blue coaie<l Wackenhut
guanis are on ihe defensive again, with
criticisms against Ihcni ranging from their
alk'ged assault of DonaUl Murphy lo charges
of general inconi|K'lence in preventing crinK*
on campus.
Thb is not the first tiuK the Wackenhuts
have been under attack. Past allegations
including the beating up of radical students in
1971. the insensitivity to and harassment of
Black and l*uerto Kican students, also in
1971, the harassment and assault of Ron
McGuire. a former student who was accused
of burglary and trespassing, and Ihc lack of
protection of the computers in Harris Hall (an
O P reporter stole one to prove his point —
OP. February 27. 1974).
In Ihc light of these past and currenl accusations, the question who are Ihe
Wackenhuts and who is responsible for (heir
actions on campus come to mind.
The Wackenhut Security Agency was hired
by Ihc school in July. 1970. lo replace the
Bums guards. The olTicial reason for the
switchover was that the school was forced lo
adhere to a low bid policy — that is. accept a
security agency based on their price. The
Wackenhuts were paid 9^ less per man per
hour. It was charged at the time that the real
reason for the change was that the Burns
guards did not do enough to halt the student
takeover of Finley in 1%9.
The Wackenhut Security Agency was
founded by George Wackenhut. an ex-FBI
agent, who patterned the force alier the
revered J . Edgar Hoover's ctricient and
.ruthless organization.
The guards who work at the school are
trained by the agency itself, although details
of the training are neariy impossible to get.
Albert Dandridge. chief of security for the
school, says Ihal he doesn't know much about
the training h b men get before they come to
him (Dandridge b hired by the school, nol by
the Wackenhuts). Don Richards, the -public
relations director for the Wackenhut Agency,
did nol respond to our request for infbrmalion. ahhough he did say that he
believed the training for guards assigned lo
the school was " m i n i m a l . "
The Wackenhut Agency has publbhed a
"Guard M a n u a l " which outlines the duties
and responsibilities o f the guards. I f it is
assumed that t h b manual serves as the basis
for the guards' training, it becomes apparent
that the training b less than minimal — it is
irrelevent.
The Wackenhut Agency's biggest client b
the Federal government, with conlracis as
large as S3.000.(XX) (for services rendered to
the Atomic Energy Commission in 1%7).
Probably in accordance with I h b . Ihe-Guard
Manual deals with protection of property, not
of people. Chapter titles in Ihe manual include Sabotage. Industrial Security and Plant
Production. Espionage and Ways lo Combal
it. and Fire Prctection and Prevention. Iliere
b no one chapter that deals with crime
against individuals, how to handle suspects
under apprehension or how to relate to the
people who are being "protected", since the
guards in the manual don't protect pcofrfe.
T h e Manual does go into great detail
though, on how to prevent sabotage ("U»ng
'slink bombs'....to damage morale!!) and on
how "The art of spying or espionage b a very
important factor in (he cold war..."
T o be fair, the school itself has written a
manual for the guards entitled "Standard
Operating Procedures." T h b manual dcab
with Ihe school specifically - listing posts and
what b expected of the guards oo these posts,
and general rules and rcgualtions for the
guards actions on campus. But the manual b
written in vague. "oOficial" language, which
gives no real information on bow the guards
are to a d . T h e C o H e ^ ' s manual opens with a
"list of duties" that l e l b the guards nothing of
what b expected of them: "Patrol campus
:md buiklinKs... Prevent unlav\ lul acts aKainsi
students, faculty, siall. ami City ("oII-.j»e
pn»|X*rty... I(ivcsiii;a(e t V i n u s and incidents..." As lar :•. ..•an In- .isccnaniai. lU.r
guards iraininK uno iiiMiticlions nc\cr realty
}>«> beyond these Kciierali/utions.
Acconling lo a l«>rnier Wackenhut who w as
iiUerviewed in O P recently ( O P . January 2.V
1975), the training for the guards consbts «>f
nothing more than being given a uniform,
being pl.-iced on a |M>si on campus, and being
lold to "guard this."
One way of looking at Ihe "training
program" is that you get what you pay for. the
Bums Agency Itisi it's contract to Ihe
Wackenhuts because the Wackenhuts were
chea|Kr - which is what they are. The regular
guards get psif S2.IS an hour - which comes
to $86.00 for a forty hour week before taxes!
'I°hc former guard who was interviewed by O P
claimed that after a 48 hour week, including
eight hours of overtime, he came liome with a
check olr $84.73!
Higher ups on the force do not fare much
better that regubr guards do. An unarnK-d
Lieutenant or Sargeant makes $2.65 an hour,
and an armed ulficer makes $2.80 an hour.
The guards total job benefits consist of a
one week a year vacation, and a voluntary life
insurance policy (which the guards pay for.)
l l i e guards are, of course, not unionized,
and are not so possibly lor good reason.
George Wackenhut. the founder of the
agency, b well known for advocating
strikebreaking activites. and has been quoted
assaying "all union organizers" should "drop
dead."
It is obvious thai t;i\cii tiie lack of training
and the poor working conditions of the
guards, the quesiion of res|Mknsihlty lor those
ai-tions niiisi I K aske<l of ihiisc in |H)sitions ol
anihoriiy.
("hid of security Dandriilge has generally
been cokl lo questioning by tlw press, as he
usually refers tlie reporter to Israel l.ex o.
Director of Public Relations lor IIK> sclUNtl.
who always gives sale answers to any
quc-slion.
John Canavan. Vice l'n>sident ol Adniininslalive Alfairs for the sch<x>l. chairs the
.Security Coinmittee, which is in charge of all
security matters for the school. Reporters are
allowed to sit in on Ihe Security Cunmiiltee
meetings, but everything must be "off the
record."
Carrington's letter had been forwarded by
DeBarry lo the Steering Committee of the
Policy Advbory Council which has in turn
placed Ihc request on Ihe agenda of the Policy
Advisory Committee's (PAC) next meeting on
March 4. It will then be up to the P A O loset
up it's own investigation.
'Ihe Security Committee itself b comprised
of various members o f the school community,
including laculaly. Administration, clerical
and Buildings and Grounds employees. The
three Student Senates have been invited lo
send a representative to the meetings, but
only the Evening Senate has responded this
year. Donald Murphy. President of the
undcrgrad Day Senate, claims that be was
never invited.
'Hie Committee is about lo launch an
investigation of Ihe Wackenhut guards, in
light of the recent allegations made about
them. T h b investigation is, in a sense, internal, since it is this committee that b adminslralively in charge of the guards, but
people outside of the committee will partake
in the proceedings.
The Wackenhut guard manual actually
t d b the guards to beware of "labor
sabatogc," which can consbt of "Spreading
of rumors to tear down employee loyalty" and
Ihe "fomenting of strikes."
ITie Policy Advisory Council, a high level
group that advises President Marshak, has
the question of a Wackenhut investigation on
the agenda of their next meeting, and a
positive response b likely.
With this in consideration, it b safe lo
assume that any guard gaucht engaging in
union organizing would be fired. Despite Ihe
low pay and next-to-no benelils. most guards
could not alTord to be out of work. Not only b
gelling another job in these economic limes
next to impossible for everyone, but a large
number of guards are CX-C<MIS. who always
have one of the highest unemployment rates
of any group in American society.
What must be kept in mind by any investigation of the Wackei^hut guards is not
only what hap]K>ned. bul why. To come lo the
conclusion that a few specific guards acted
improper^, and lo deal with them individually. wouM leave Ihe school open lo
more incidences in the future. Everyone
invohred in the security of t h b campus, from
George Wackenhut himself down the line to
Ihc Security committee. Canavan, Dandridge
and the guards, must be ricid accountable for
whatever Ihcsc investigations find.
Without being apologetic for any actions
taken by the Wackenhuts guards in the past.
Sgt. Aaron Barcene of the Wackenhut security force, who was recently accused of assault by
Student Senate President Don Murphy, was abo involved in the harrasment and assault of four
members of radical groups on campus in Fcbraary. 1971.
As with Ihe Murphy-Wackenhut incident, the guards and the students involved in the 1971
incident filed contradictory stories. The sludcnls claimed that one of them was eating lunch in
the Finley cafatcria when Barcene walked up to him and demanded h b I D card. The student
said that after a long debate, he gave the card to Barcene. who then told lo pick it up later in
the day at the Security ofTice.
Another student then grabbed Ihe I D card from Barcene's hand, and
resulting in one student reouiriny four stitches in h b head.
(Continued from Page I) C O / W ^ r W C t f O n
blaster here to put a flagman in front of
Finley Hall and one on either side to stop
students from coming out during blasts. NOMinslrucling Ihe men b one thing, but seeing
that he does'it b something ebc. From what
we've seen here and on the last blast while the
inspectors were here ( O P s emphasis), the job
b going along according to rules and
regulations. I can assure you that when a man
blasts there will be a c n t a i n amount of noise,
a certain amount of dust, and there will be a
ccrtam amount of odors and fumes from the
explosions. These are normal conditions."
Kcenan and I shouted our interview at one
anolho' to be heard above Ihc construction
noise. But then wc heard someone ebc yelling
louder than us both. A short mustachioed
man in a dark ski hat and woffc clothes—a
member o f the blasting crew—said. " I want
to interrupt for one minole!"
"Is it true before ihcy even started I h b it
look eight years to get t h b thing going
because ihey wouUa't let them cut Ihc trees
down?" The fellow looked at my microphone
and said. "That yxiusc were against I h b thing
from the beginning eight )-ears ago? And now
you*r»- trying lo make il worse?"
Suit.
(Continued from Page I )
committee to investigate security at the
sch<H>t. r i i b ctmies as an indirect response to
Student Senate IVeasurcr Ken Carrington's
letters lo Vice President DeBerry. which
re<|uesled an investigation of the MurphyWackenhut incident and of the entire security
system in general.
fight broke out.
WOVk
Then he grabbed my microphone and put
up his fbts. "Come on! Lei's go around the
side of the building here!"
I rcspeclfully declined. But before he got a
chance to move in closer. I asked. "Hey.
what's your name?"
He made a two-handed gesture and replied.'
"Steu <5ots."*
The day before O P brought these officiak
up to the College. I was on my way to
pholograpli^ the blasting site when a driller
grabbed me by the arm and said, " N o . wail.
They're going to blast."
i had been in Finley Hall when. I later
learned, one whbtle was sounded. Rre
department regulations require that all MasU
be preceded by three whistles and signaling
with red Hags. That afilcmoon. I never saw
any red flags.
O n Wednesday, with inspectors present,
the blasting was done to tlie letter of the law.
The fire department has had a man at the
site. Robert Matcrasso. conducting periodic
inspections.
• l u i i a n Btcral i n m l a l i M i : YoaVe shit.
However.
Carrington
has
expressed
reservations about the ability of the P A O to
investigate the M u r p h y - W a c k e n h u t incident,
saying that he " h a d no control over getting
information on the incident." The invokement of the police and the courts.
Carrington said, "made it difficult for us to
gel Ihe information we need. I'm forced not to
be enthusiastic" at>out any investigation.
Carrington reasserted h b belief that a
general investigation of the security system at
Ihe school, is still warranted.
The union o f Q t y Univenity faculty has
been rec<^nized as the exclusive negotiating
representative for the faculty of the College's
Center for Biomedical Education.
The agreement was reached despite
repeated efforts by C U N Y Chancellor Robert
Kibbee to approve a salary schedule without
dealing with the union.
Professor Radmila Mikntijevic (Hbtory).
the Professional Staff Congress' ( P S O
Chapter Chairman at the College, noted that
the agreement is a significant afnrmati<m of
the union's role at the Unhrersity. "Wl>en ever
a new faculty b brought in. they have to be
protected by the union." she sakl. "They (the
KiM)ec group) were trying to establidi a
precedent" by preventing Ihe new faculty
from being represented by Ihe PSC.
Negotiations
heki
on December
20
culminated in an aagreemeni that establbhed
a salary scale ranging from$20.000 - $30,000
for Assistant Medical Professor (Basic
Sciences) to $39,000 - $54,000 fo^ Medical
Professor (Clinical). These figures represent a
high kvcl of pay compared to most C U N Y
professors, but medical faculty at all maJM'
niversitics have traditionally received more
than their non-medical colleagues.
A free, four week preparation course for
the Law School Admbsioos Test (LSAT) was -n
announced by the College's Ckwernmcnt Law, SSociety last week. T h e course, which wiH be' |
taught by M r . Thomas Applefoy of the <
Counseling Office will have its first meeting at ^
noon, March l i . m room J-4 of the Science 1 .
Building.
«2
Because s p a c e s limited, enroibncntwili be ^
on a first come,
first
served basb. "o
Rcgblration will lake place at the first
meeting.
omwrnmrnw i i t Jk mowmEmm ©owm^
By FRED SEAMAN
The ringing buzzer awoke me at 8:30 AM
and I drowsily got out of bed to open the door,
wondering who couki be so impertinent to
come at that early hour.
A fat. silent man solemnly handed me a
letter and tumed away immediately, not even
bothering to say good morning. Slightly
puzzled and alarmed. I k>oked at the letter.
Civil Court of the City of New York County of
New York. Oh. oh! I opened the letter. Alter
carefiilly scratintzing both sides of the enclosed legal document. I reached the conclusion that I was being sued for eviction.
The document was a Notice of Petition
issued on behalf of an attorney who
represented the management of the building
in which my apartment was located. The
petition accused me of
Non-Payment
Dwelling. According to Ihe notice I owed two
months rent—$370-with interest, for the
months of September and October 1974. I
stared at the notice in disbelief, as I was
absolutely certain that the rent had been paid.
I even had a cancelled check to prove it! How
could they do this to me?
The Long Waft
The Chil Court of New York b located at
III Centre Street, right acrotss from the
Crimfaial Court. My hearing was scheduled
for 9:30 AM in ro<Mn 107.1 felt confident and
aggressive, because I knew 1 could prove that
the whole thing was a mbtake.
Room 107 tumed out to be the Housing
Part of the Small Oaims Court. It was a large
courtroom with many rows of wooden benches. About two dozen people were scattered
around the room, waiting patiently for
something to happen. I took a front row seat
and looked at my watch.
9:27. Any m'mute now. I looked around the
room and was surprised to see so many
different kinds of people. A cross-section of
the population seemed to be represented.
Behind me. a well dressed, dbtingubhedlooking gentleman was calmly puffing away at
a cigar.
9:45. The place was stewly filling up. Up
front, lawyers were scurrying around, talking
in subdued voices and browsing through large
folders full of papers.
10:30. I'm growing impatient. I ask the
man sitting next to me. a young black with a
thick mustache who seemed to know h b way
around the place, whether lie had any idea
when the proceeding woukl start. He explained that the judge was still missing and
suggested I go outnde to make sure my name
was on the Ibt of the day's "cases."
I followed hb advice and saw myself
confronted with a dozen fists of names
hanging mi the wall next to the d o w . The
Ibts were not in alphabetical oider. I went
through them one by one until I found my
name on the lower half of the seventh Ibt.
etephanUtls
Losing all hope of leaving the courtroom
before nighlfall. I went out to get some food
that wiHdd sustain me through the expected
ordeal.
Case Marited Ready
I was back in the courtroom by 10:45 and
saw that the judge had arrived. A clerk v/as
reading names off the Ibt to determine which
cases were ready. In order for a case to be
marked ready, both the tenant and the
landlord (or (heir attorneys) had to be present.
"Super Asset vs. SeamanI" yelled the clerk.
"Tenant ready!" I yelled back.
"Landlord ready!" came a voice from one
of the lawyers up front. My optimism
returned. Maybe il wouMn't take that long
after alL
The clerk assigned the tenants whose cases
had been marked ready to either one of two
smaller chambers adjoining the main
courtroom, where another judge conducted
the actual hearings. I was assigned to the
room on the left, and upon entering I
dbcovcred that it was almost fdled up.
It was a very small room with a judge's
bench up front and two dozen chairs in the
back and almig the sides of the room. A l a r ^
table was situated right in the middle of the
room. A uniformed clerk who was sitting at a
desk right next to the door was handling small
bundles of documents. Each bundle. 1
gathered, constituted a case.
When the judge, a scholarly-looking man in
hb late 30's. walked in shwtly after 11. the
clerk unloaded an armful of cases in front of
him and the hearings began. Landtord. tenant
and theb attorneys fif there were any) took
their places at the table in the middle of the
room. The attorneys sat next to each other
facing the judge. The landlord sat on the left
and the tenant on the right side of the table,
facing each other.
*A Gcacroua Offer*
The first case involved a tenant who was
suing hb landlord, who had allegedly torn
down a wall in the tenant's kitchen without
hb consent. The landlord was represented by
. a lawyer named Borah, a short, nervous man
in hb mid-thirties with a crbp voice and
serious manner.
The judge and Borah seemed to know each
other quite well. They heU informal
dbcussions on legal questions and occasionally traded wbecracks. The judge
sqemed to be imoartial nevertheless.
"Judge." the lawyer said. "Thb tenant b
vacating the prembes in two months, so my
client asked him for permissioa to tear down
the w a l l . . . "
"WeU. your honor." the landlord replied.
"I want to connect hb apartment with the ont
adjoining it. b u t . . . "
"Wd you offitr to pay the tenant for thb
inconvenience?" asked the judge.
"Yes." the landferd ans»-ered. "I offered to
^y Joey bium
he tries to conceal Ihal he has a swollen leg from elephanlitb
riding on the one train but he cannot
and everyone looks at him and stares at his leg so he moves to
the corner scat where he can look at everyone else and try to
conceal his leg which everyone stares at because it b swollen
from elephanlitb
k>wer the rent by ten percent . . . "
"Judge." Borah interceded. I would like to
point out, if I may, that thb was a ^nerous
olfer. as my client was abo willing to carry out
Ihc construction preferably during the
tenant's absence from the premises . . . "
The judge turned to the tenant and asked
him how much compensatnn he felt entitkd
to. "One month's rent!" answered the tenant.
"Borah jumped to his feet. "Judge!" he
exclaimed. "This b clearly an attempt to
blackmail my client. Thb court . . . "
"Since parts of the wall have already been
torn down." the judge said. "It b in the interest of both parties to have the construction
process completed. 1 am prepared to awaid
the complainant a 50 percent dbcount on the
rent. Is that agreeable to all parties?" It was.
•'Next case!" the judge called.
proceedings had to be interrupted until her
return) I walked up to the judge and asked
him whether the ease against Seaman was
ready. He found the bundle of papers pertaining to my case lying on a corner of hb
desk and asked Borah whether the case was
ready to be called up. Borah checked hb files
and ansered that, yes. he was prepared to
handle the case.
At lastl Now I would show themi After
waiting for four hours I was in a mood for
murder.
'Didn't You Get Our Letter?'
The judge asked me to take my place at the
table and asked Borah what the charges
against me were, "Thb tenant," the lawyer
said, "has withheM payment of the rent for
two months."
The judge looked at me and asked me why I
hadn't paid the rent. Thb was the moment I
had been waiting for!
"Well." I said. "What happened was that I
had paid the September rent, but later that
month they told me that they never got my
check and asked me to make out a new one.
So I cancelkd the original chedc and added
Ihe September rent to the October-, check
and..."
"Did you or did you not pay the rent?" the
judge interrupted me. I answered that, yes,
the rent had been paid.
And so it went on for the next two hours.
Borah, who seemed to represent most landlords, was working frantkally to stay on top
ot every case. He was constantly running in
and out of the room, talking to people and
studying documents. His assistant, a young
Puerto Rican wearing a dark suit and white
shoes, was equally busy carrying around files
and rounding up landk>rds.
'In a MOMI for Murder*
It was I PM and I had no idea when ray
case was coming up. I suspected that Borah
was representing the management of my
apartment house. During one of my cigarette
breaks outside of the chamber I managed to
intercept him and asked if he had a case
against Seaman on hb agenda. He said he
believed so.
I tokl him I was the tenant and that I had
been waiting two hours, but before I couM
finbh my sentence he went back mto the
courtroom. I had no idea in what order the
cases were being handled, ahhough it didn't
seem to be in any systematic manner.
During the next break 6he stenographer
went out to make a phone call and the
"Can you prove it?" he asked me.
"Yes." 1 replied. "1 have a cancelled check
here dated October 10. Now. the notice of
petition is dated October 17. That means that
the petition was taken out a week afier they
cashed the check!" I was really getting into it.
"They had the nerve to . . . "
"Never n»ind." the judge cut me short,
"just let me see the check." I handed him the
check, trembling with indignatbn.
"All right." the judge said, turning to
Borah. "He has a cancelled check here for
$370. "Yes judge." Borah said, "but according to our records the tenant still owes us
money."
"All right." the judge said. "Why don't you
check on that?" Borah sent hb assbtant out
and the judge asked me to take my seat in the
back of the room again and called out the
next case.
I was confiised. What was happening?
A few moments later Borah's assbtant
approached me and whispered, "Didn't you
get our letter?" he asked.
"No." I replied. "What letter?"
"We sent you a letter." he said. "Informing
you that the proceedings had been dropped.
I'm surprbed you dkln't get it." Q stUI haven')
With that, he tumed away and left the
room, while I sat there in a daze, wondering
what had happened to my big day in court.
'Keep the Buses RoUing . . . ! '
t Continued frMn Page 6)
A coordinating committee was elected, consbiing of the
live original coordinators of the conference, as well as two
additional students who had contributed significanily to its
fhe most disquieting event of the conference was brought
organization. With that final vote, ihe purpose of ihe conhe pulb hb trousers over hb ankle but il b too large
about by a young Chicano lighting for the rights of hb peopk:.
lcrence had been achieved and Ihe meeting was dissdved.A
and comes out shocking everyone who b kNdcing at him tryinx lo
demanding that the conference devote more attention to the
pretend that they are not
tremendous roar of satbfaction arose and the hall thundered
Spanish-speaking minorities. When the time came lo elect the
with Ihe rhyihmic proclamation of the conference's sloeanand one teoker k>oks at me so that i might confirm for her thai
national coordinators of the NSCAR. he withdrew his
"KEEP T I I E BUSES ROLLING!"
he b wieird and a danger and that it b <Aay for her lo be afraid
nomination, nol having been alk>wcd to address the conbut i will not so she k>oks down as if she nc*er looked up
In spite of the dbagrcemenu. Ihe squabbling and Ihe
ference. He had spoken from the floor several times before,
he slings his leg up onto Ihc seat and il lands with a ihud
alienating the participants bysliouting at them and constantly shouting, the conference achieved its aims: The creation of a
that really makes everyone uneasy because their hrgs don't thud repeating hb statements whenever he was allowed to speak. national organization of students and young people to provide
and Ihey wish that he would get the fuck off thb train so ihey
He would probably have been ekcicd as coordinator them with a basis tor action, as WTII as helping to revive the
can go on beheving that disease and troubles do nol ever ride on I nevertheless.
civil rights movement. The success of he coalitbn in the
the one tram even iho a young person was knifed todeath on thb
future will depend on the ability and oedication of the
Il was the most disappointing event coordinators, who already did an admirable job in bringing
tram the night before
of Ihe conlcrence. Il was the only incident in which the strictly about this conference in the first pbce. But the ability of Ihe
thia i realize that ihb b what they are thinking about and so
democratic procedure was not meticulously otncrvcd. The tecal chapters lo mobilize college and high school students in
am I because the thought of being done in on ihe train by a
candidates were nol allowed to present ihemselvcs. instead, support of the coalition's goals will be the dccbive factor.The
boy whose leg bswollen from c k f ^ n i i i b b nol a pretty one
their names were called out. and those in la*or ol the can- central question b whether or nol AnKrica's youth can be
but what of him. he b carrying two records with him one an
didate rabed ihetr hands. But who knew the people by name? dragged out of Hs present apathy, and a tentative answer
anthology of (he bcailes and ihe other band on the ran which b a
Alter three days of meetings, m wouM have been possible to might be provided by a nationwide demonstration planned for
pairi mocartney record, he must be just Nke anyone cbe
idcMify them by their appearance or by iheir arguments, but April, followed by a mass demonstration in Boston on May
but tgetoffthc train before he does and i wyi never know
their names were not widely known.
which was adopted unanimoush-
PcErir Officials Claim
Schaefer Festival
Harms Surroundings
By PAUL DEBALSA
For many New Yorkers, the Schaefer Music
Festivarheld annually in Central Park's
Wolbnan Rink makes the summer a more
pleasurable experience. Therefore. I was
appalled to learn that ofBcials of the City's
Paries Department were calling for the
abolition of Wollman Rink along with the
Schaefer Festival.
lames Maiston FHch. Director of the Parks
Department's Task Force on the Preservation
of Central Park, daims that there b absolutely no way to hold the concerts in the
rink without destroying the park. Likewbe.
Commbsioner of Parks Edwin L. Webl wants
to ban the concerts from Central Park,
maintaining that the park's environment is
being damaged by ccmcert-goeis.
I think that both FHch and Webl are
slightly confused about the significance of the
whole situation. The park b being destroyed
because the City is not committed to its
maintenance and because, except for the
concert months, the park has been tumed
over to delinquents and winos.
F««(tval Makes Park Safer
In fact, the only time of the year that New
Yorkers aren't afraid of using (he park after
sunset b during the few months that Schaefer
holds its annual music festival.
Besides making the park safer and
providing much needed entertainment, the
concerts are one of the few remaining social
events that have not been affected by inflation. For the small amount of $1.50 one
can spend an entire evening "under the sUrs" '
Ibtening to music from up to three different
bands. Nowhere in New York City can you
find a deal like thb. It's even difficuh to see a
film for $1.50. with most theatres usually
charging twice as much.
One very important question which has
been inadvertently rabed is why Fitch and
Webl are attacking the Schaefer Music
Festhral as being harmful to the surroundings, and not pointing a finger at the
concerts by the New Yoric Philharmonic, the
Metropolitan Opera in the Park, or pcrforaiances of Shakespeare at the Delacorte
Theafre. These performances attract huge
crowds, usually much larger than the crowds
drawn by the Schaefer Festhral. yet they
supposedly cause no damage to the park.
Schaefer Festival Stage
Robert Kagan. another City official argued
that whereas Schaefer hokls 40 concerts every
year, these other events take place only five to
seven limes each summer. Kagan did not
mention, however, that the masshrc crowds
some Philharmonic concerts draw (sometimes
occupying the entire Shecps Meadow) tend to
equalize thb factor. Ron Debcner. the wellknown rock-promoter put it in a different
way. He said that lasl summer he produced 50
concerts for the Fcsli\-al and that only i 7 stdd
out. Therefore, it was only on these 17 occasions that "huge" crowds gathered.
A press conference hekl on February 6ih
attracted such himinaries as Robert Klein.
Paul Simon. Art Garfunkel. and Gcraldo
Rivera, in support of the summer concerts.
Also present were Bronx Borough President
R<*ert Abrams and Manhattan Borough
President Ptrcy E. Sutton, both of whom
came out strongly in support of the Schaefer
Festival.
"I've walked the area." Abrams said, "and
we've come to the conclusion that the area
around Ihe rink is no worse than other regions
of Central Parii."
He went on to say that k>cal government
shouM encourage, rather than discourage the
use of our parks, and that he supported the
continuance of the Festival not only for this
summer but lor every summer.
Another governmental official who backs
the concerts b Mayoral Assbtant Anthony
Vaccarello. who was assigned by Mayor
Beame to submK a study mi the subject.
Vaccarello said at the conference that "no
particular damage had been done to the
branches or trees in that area compared with
other areas of the park." He also pointed out
that name-carvings on the trees in the area
were abo not as evident as in other areas of
the park.
Jock Itch
Read With a Can of Blatz
ByMARCUPITZ
Greene, baseball teams across the nation once again jacked up the price of admbsion. Only
on hat sprmg .Itemoon when the fan packs hb three whining kids (donned in "gotta catch a
lZ^!l
T1^
-ntotheoverheated Rambler and putters out to the parte, will iTrealize that
the lords ofbaseball have again pulledafastom. on him. Butwith the kids yanking exdtedl^^^
s^tem
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n J ^ r ^ r •' I*** J**'^''^•'f •«• »«»*•'• f«» who. in full cognizance of therismgprices,
prepares all winter for his grandstand seat at home in front ofTheMagnavox. TTie b i S S
sophisiKate. who IS usuallyaslob in the real worid. has beingafan down S ^ science. H V ^ ^
'r K^'KIIIIJ*"
V* '**'*'"'" " P **° ' ^ * ~ *™*"' S"""* • *«P«^k of B'*t2. and every one
Ron Debener was at the conference
supplying statistics and comments on the
summer concerts. He stated that he and the
^ ? L ?"''""f^-*'*"' ^'*"^"'"^'"^ *""*" •*" ' ^ - P ~ " i « n i n g t o m n i n g h e s p e ^ f o r t h
a steady stream ofobscenity. matching wits with the announcer.
«
i«= w n
Schaefer Brewing Company had offered to
Therefore, in the intense belief that homes must be saved and pockets kept full. I have
contribute money to the reparation of the
duufolly, sc^ntifically. ami irrefolably constnicted the scenario that wUI unfold during the
Wollman Rink floor. He abo complained that
upcoming baseball season. Il is to be read in your undershirt, wearing a baseball cap twosizes
Webl's move was "elitbt." since the ComtcK» snwll. hoMing a can of foaming beer in your paw. and with a steady stream of obscenity in
missioner had no intention of ending concerts
by the Philharmonic as well as other "•society"
events.
Apr.3- Spring Training draws to a close with
Aug. 8- On h b return to the mound after two
"Peo|rfe who like contemporary music
a flurry of unexpected trades: Jce
months of rehabilitation. Catfish Hunter
shbuM not be considered and treated as
Pepilone's hairdryer for Fritz Petetson's
shuts the Tigers out on two hits. Outside
second class citizens." he stated. When asked
wife. dog. and goldfish; Pete Rozelle for
Shea after the game, he is pfowed under by
why the concerts weren't free like the
Bowie Kuhn; Philly Mayor Frank Rizzo to
a cement tmck and b fost for the remainder
Philharaionic performances, Debener replied
Argentina for a Nazi lo be named later.
of the season.
Ihal he'd be delighted to hoW them for free if
Apr.8- Official Opening Day: Baseball once
the City would underwrite Ihem like they did
again breaks the color barrier when the Aug. 14.- The California Angeb lose Iheir
first game of Ihe season.
the Philharmonic concerts. Whether Debener
Boston City Councils votes 5-4 lo allow
b sincere atH>ut this however, is another
Frank Robinson to remain on Ihc Cleve- Aug.24- At Ihe Mets annual Oldtimcr's Day.
oeryone remarks that Casey Stengel
question. But h e s safe making such a
land team bus.
doesn't k>ok a day oier eighty-five. The ole
Apr.9- Richie Allen refuses to report to
statement since it is unlikely the City wouW
prolessor retorts, "ah*ain't e\en a day over
Atlanta and is traded to Oakland for three
seriously consider funding roek-n-roll.
eighty-three and besides this here
bottle caps and a weekend pass lo the
'They'll Go lo Tfanbukta for a Concert'
thing. . .ah" never did like oldiimers day,
Bijou.
It was abo brought out during the meeting
anyway. . .""
Apr. II- Jim Catlbh Hunter gets his signals
that Madbon Square Garden had contacted
crossed and reports to Yankee Stadium Sept. I- Due to mounting injuries. Berra lakes
Delscner several times proposing a possible
where he is smashed to bits by a demolition
over as the Mets first string catcher and
switch of Ihe festival site to the Garden.
leads team baiting the remainder of year
ball.
"Nassau County also wants the Schaeler
with a solid .227.
Apr. 12- Yankee president Gabe Paul if
Festival badly." Delscner said.
Sept. 3- Roy Kroc places his entire Padres
But the place the City of New Ywk bas
admitted lo St. Mayr's sanitarium.
team on irrevocabk waivers.
suggested as an alternative site b Randall's
Apr. 29- Marion Brando dedicates his Oscar
Island. As Robert Kagan put it. '"Ceniralily
to the Oeveland Indians.
Sept. IS- The Orioles show up to their stadium
of locations means nothing to these kids.
May 9- San Francbco falls into Ihe sea.
driving gold caddies. Meanwhile, in an
Iliey'll go to Timbuktu to see these concerts!"
Giants forfeit final 123 games. Horace
unrelated incident. Yankee owner (ex
Wollman Rink and the surrounding area in
Stoncham calls it "a lousy break."
officio) (George Steinbrenner pays $2question take up area of no more than 100
May 26- The Senate of Major League
million in campaign contributions to an
square yards. Central Park stretches from
Baseball o»-ners censures Charlie Finley
undisclosed candidate.
and four "cohorts" for too much mouth." Sept 16- The Oriotes disband and forfeit iheir
59th Street up to I lOth Street. Half the width
A second res«dutbn requests that President
of Manhattan b taken up by Central Park.
remaining games. The Yankees slip into
Rockfeller begin an investigation into the
Yet. in spite of the massive size of the park,
first place.
A s owner's spiritual life.
the Cmnmissioner is worried about reluming
Sept.23- Mets move back into last place. 22
May 27- Finley announces that he will never
"lo its most natural form" the small, in1/2 lengths back of the Chicago Cubs.
signifKant portion of the park that Schaefer
be muzzled.
Berra intones, ""you're not out of it until
uses to hoW its concerts.
May 2S- At night games across the country,
y«>ore out of iu' ThcCubs announce they
the fans are instractcd to stomp their feel at
Besides the well-known bands that have
will not choke thb year, while at hb home.
precisely 9:00 EST. Oakland falls into the
pbyed the festival such as Bad Company.
Ron Santo clicks hb heels for old-times
sea.
Edgar Winter. David Bromberg. America.
sake."
The Kinks, and J. Gcils. the concerts also July 15- Met GM Joe McDonald rciums lo the Sept.24. The Phillies knock the Cubs out of
farm life, as Bob .Scheffing once again
provide a chance to promote upcoming talent.
the division lead as Tug McGraw registers
assumes GM responsibilities.
The Schaefer Music Festival has become an
hb first save of the season and Idls writers
July
16Mets
trade
Tom
Seaver.
Jon
insiitutimi in the rock worW and b now being
that he may have found his rhythm.
Matbck. and Cleon Jones for Eddie Brink- Scpi.28- Last Day of Season: The Mets clinch ft!
threatened. We must let il be known that
man in a deal that Scheffing heralds as a
first place posting a 70-92 record.
a
although the FesiKal means nothing lo these
major coup d'etat.
parks olTKials. it b an essential part of
Ocxt.3
Yankees
win
the
AI
playoffs
as
all
the
.
|
summer in New York and meansa hdl of a loi July 29- Bud Hairebon's knees are traded for
Califomia Angeb receive Swiss bank ac- jo
George
Stone's
left
arm
and
a
cartilage
to
to thousands of New Yorkers. Lets find time
counts.
^
be named later.
and write to the Partes Department. Mayor
Oct.7- The World Series is cancelled as cv«y
«
Beamc. radio stations. TV networks, and Aug.3 • The Mets sfip to seventh place as the
Met is given an exec, job with Stein^
AAA
Tidewater
team
passes
ihcm
in
the
other groups which might be concerned. Let's
brennar's ship buikling company.
^
standings.
light together and make sure there's rock and
Aug. 6 - Three Phillies are fined for shooting Oct. 17- The Loile Orions of Japan defeat t||c "«
roll in o«r parks this summer and every
Yankees in a new Universe Scries.
*S
Beaver in the off season.
summer lo come!
Oct. 18- Joe PCpitonc b named Scries MVP. *"
Racism Conference Aims to
""Keep Buses Rolling''
b, MATT SEAMAN
" i n Tl-M .SPIAK! l i r r E M SPEAK! Ll-TI-M .SPIAK!"
The vtvices were drowned out by a new chorus: "SITDOWN!
S l f DOWN! .Sir IX)WN' S l f f>OWN!" Rhyihmic clapping
aceoinp.inied the chant as .M) M:iotsls and 'Irotskyiles
crowded anuiiHl «ine tif the lliMtr niicrophoiies. one ot Ihem
displaying a knife. Cameras I1ashe<l. whistles shrilled. The
nintosphere was charged with the threat of violence.
The 2(K)0 participants of the Natiwial Stiidcni (onfereMcc
Against Racism, held in Boston on the weekend of l-ebruary
14-16, l>ad iK»c come from all t»ver the country only lo have
Iheir meeting disrupted by a small group that had contributed
next lo nothing low.-irds the building of thb first National
Conference.
I'he situation w:is totally unlike the friendly. cM>|K'rative
spirit that had prevaik'd since the Conference began on
—Fr'iday. But-as the hall gradually became quiel and the
dissidents took their seals again, the tension was relieved.
"'Everyone-recognized by the chair has the right to s|)eak,
and lo speak without being interrupted. If speakers u s / up
their 5 minutes and wish an extension, a vote will be taken
and the majority of thb body will decide whether lo grant it or
not." The chair's annouiKcment was greeted with the frantic
applause of relief by the delegates. The speaker wh«> had
been intcrrupied. a member ol' the frotskyile Spartacisi
League, rcsnmcd his s|K'ech. and continued to denounce the
Ddegalc* Approve Proposal
assembly for being "liberal" and "bourgeob". After
—exhauslingihc time alfotcd him he asked for and received a 5
minute extension and an additional 5 minutes beyond that.
Hb third request for more time, however, was turned down
by almost 2000 raised hands. Tempers flared up again and
shouting erapted, yet the small group of Spartacbts had to
bow- lo the majority vote.
The coiHlerence proceeded in a democratic fashion,
unhampered by further dbmptions. As the evening wore on.
Trotskyites were granted fewer time extensions during their
speeches. Their statements had become loo repetitive.calling
for "revolutionary action'* and quoting m iheir unimitabk:
nimble voices rather lengthy passages oul of Trotzky's
Transitional Program, the true revohitionary's Holy Bible.
Nevertheless, many delegates shared the Spartacists' viewthat the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and the Young
Socialbl Alliance (YSA) were dominating the dehberalions.
These two groups had been instrumental in organizing ihe
conference, and almost one fourth of the participants were
affiliated with one of them. In addition, two of ihe 5 conference coordinators were members of the SWP.
The conference begun on Friday evening, with speeches by
a number of well-known civil rights aclivbts. Their role was
essentially confined lo presenting pep talks to the participants. Dr. Benjamin Spock didn't even seem to know what
he was talking about. He looked very d d indeed, among thb
gathering yiouth. "Why doesn't he go back to his babies?"
someone to my right asked.
James Meredith also appeared to have aged- Yet only a lew
years ago. in l%3. the National Guard of Missbsippi. ihe
firsf Black lo do so.
But lime has passed since, and although Meredith talked
u> ah«>ul the civil rights m<fvemcnt in general. nt» «»nc really
o> understood what he was actually trying to gel across. "What's
_j he running lor • senator?" sonKonc asked. I.uis Fiientes
**• spoke on community conm>l t»f public schtnJs in New ^ ork.
5 Nol HMt many people seemed very intcrcste<l in that either.
S
The issue, alter all. was descgreg.ilion and racist violence in
* B<Aion: A m«)b of IINIO Sonihics dcniandiiif: the lynching of
^ 1.^2 Black kids under siege in .S«Hith Boston High, with a
P reluciani police force protecting ihcm: a Haitian being beaten
^ : almost to death hy whites in 5MHilh Boston because he had
V dared i«> intnulc into their iH-ighb«trhood: a while biisdriver
• being insulted, pursued for soeral Mocks and gravely injured
by the all-white South Hoston track team — for iH'inga
"niggerlovor" and, most iin|M>riantly. Black kids being force<l
into all-Black classes in ihe basements of .South Boston High
and 4Hhcr "desegregated" schools, while their white
"sclniohnaios" enjoyed su|KTior facilities upstairs.
Dreaming on Grass
Spirits were high that lirsi night in a cold makeshift dorm
at M i l . No one got to sleep much with the many Black and
white students lr<Hn Ohio., (ieorgia. lexas. Michigan and
(alifornia. sluMiting. laughing and debating to the
h:ickground sounds of a wailing choir niesineri/ing rendition
of " l o Dream Ihe lni|>ossible Dream."
I'here I was. exchanging quibs wiih college newspa|K'r
rciH>ners wli<» ha<t ctMiie from the other end of the country.
stinuilaie<l by an intoxicating ctHiibination of political oplimbni. social upheaval and 'pot' whik: writing a story for OF
in the midst of a mad world.
The Tboms of Democracy
Ihc two plenary sessions on Saturday and Sunday were
more of the same. Ihe Saturday workshops had worked «u; a
number of "action" proposab dealing mainly wiili demonstrations which had been planned beforehand. In between the
Spartacists demands for revolutionary action and their ac-.
cusations that Ihe interests of Boston's Black community were
not being taken into acx-uunt. 4 1/2 hours were allowed for
general dbcussion. At limes, the eonfereiK-e resembled a
.Senate filibuster more than anything else. e. "When I was a
child in lexas. we once drove through a small town. . ."Iwo
weeks ago in one of my classes. . ..'. "Ihree years ago. I was
with the Amiy in Europe and . .
"Some people recounted their life hblories. their most
exciting ex|x:rieiices and the traumatic events thai sha|K*d
their lives and ultimately nwlivated them to attend Ibis
conference. Occasionally, individuals from the audience
w«Hild shout "Point of in formationl". "Point of Order!".
"Call the question!"
Ihe lirsi proposal, the content of which ha<l iK'cn k»st
sometinK- during the debate, was finally appn»ved after hours
of ner\-eracking dbeuvsion. file rest of the |>r«>gran) was
adopted siiminarily after five minutes of further debate. Ihe
iuniiiltuous applause thai concluded the sessi<Mi was probably
a rcncction of the majority's wish to go home more than
anything else.
DisappolntmcnU and Cro%nilng Sncccsa
The plenary session on Sunday was concerned with setting
up the structure of the proposed national student
organization. 'I he five coordinators had all submitted their
proposal, but the Young Worker's Libcratbn League made a
counterproposal. Egos clashed anew. The Spartacbts again
cut foosc with their rhetoric, and the fun started all over.
Some people didn't seem to care whether they or anyone else
understood what ihey were talking about, as long as they got a
chance lo speak out. Those who finished their brief speeches
shouting rousing appeals ahvays got some appbusc at Ihe end
- except for tl)c Spartacbts: they were shouting all the time.
Finally, a sensible-looking man in hb thirties suggested a
compromise proposal. Unfortunately, the debate on that was
interrupted, because somebody (nobody seemed lo know who
it had been) had scheduled a demonstration in front of
LouiseDay Hicks' house in South Boston, fhe word spread
that 3000 "S<mthics" had gathered at her | ^ c e lo prevent a
denmnstraiion that should never been planned in ihe first
place and ihai Ihe 100 cops on Comm Ave. had instructions to
prevent the buses parked oulude from driving to South
Boston.
So the discussion resumed, focusing - of all things - on the
future name of Ihe proposed organization. In their draft, the
coordinators had proposed "stwkats oe^nixed
against
raclsai"as a pun on Louise Day Hicks' organization "Restore
Our Alicnalcd R%Ms" ("They ROAR, but we'll SOAR!").
Very funny indeed. The YWLL pn^xsal recommended
"National Student Ccalition Against Racism" (N.SCAR).
(Continued on Page 4)
r'y^.
The first National Student Conference Against Racbm ha
been calkd for and organized by numerous political grouf
and student organi'/ations. and was endorsed by hundreds (
student kaders (including USS chairman lay Hershenson
and faculty members of Colleges throughout the country.
Other prominent figures who supported the event we
Congresspersons Bella Abzug. Shiriey Chbholm. and Charle
Rangel: Ramsey Cark. Dr. Kenneth Clark. Noam CliomskJ
and feminist leader Gloria Steinem.
2000 students from 28 stales attended the Conference, th
largest contingents coming from MassachusetU (620 pari
ticipants). New York State (390). Pennsylvania (I80)|
Michigan (100). Georgia (90) and Ohio (60). All in all ther
were representatives from 150 colleges. 60 high schoob and
113 other organizations, among them SO Black gtoups. an
small dckgatioiis from Canada and Mexico.
'I'he activities started on the evening of Friday. Feb. u j
with a rally featuring as speakers Thomas Atkins (President.!
Boston NAACP). Luis Fuenles (suspended former
su|)erintettdenl of New York school dbtrici # I). Mariil
Hascgawa (President. Women's International League fo
Peace and Freedom). •<Jonathan Kozol (former Bostc
schoolteacher and author of an award-winning expose oil
Boston's segregated schoolsyslem). James Meredith (the first|
Black admitted to the University of Mississippi), and Dr.'
Benjamin Spock (the renowned child specialbt.)
Ine following day.-Saturday, was devoted to 16 separalel
workshops focusing on different aspects of the Boston!
desegregation stmgglc. Proposals for the procedures and the!
agenda of a plenary session scheduled for thai evening werej
also drawn up.
At Ihc Saturday evening plenary session an action program)
consisting of four main points was agreed upon:
From Lyn
The roots of the modem Civil R i ^ t s movement lie* iii the
increasing political awareness of Blacks in the days of World
War II and the post-war period. After the war. Blacks who
had helped in the "fight for democracy" in Europe and (he
Pacific (fighting mainly in segregated units.) beg&n to
demand democracy and equality on the home froAt 'as'well.
(Another source of inspiration were the uprisings 'against
colonial domination in Third World countries.)
Blacks had been traditionally prevented from migrating
North, often by force, since they provided the economic basis
for the prosperity of the southern land-owning classes. But
Ihe wartime labor sliortage in the industrial North brought
about the reversal of that inofficial |>olicy. In the North.
Blacks often had access to better education and enjoyed
greater freedom.
in 1954 came Ihc Supreme Court's landmark raling against
desegregation. Pressured by a govemment concerned with its
image abroad, the-Court rated that school segregation was
unconstitutional, thus reversing the raling of Ihe courts of the
previous 71 years. The southern whites* answer to forced
desegregation was the age-old p<Hicy of violeiKe and
terrorism.
Kccpbig Blaclu 'in thck pbce'
Police OulsMe OMfcrcncc HaB
With the KKK in the forefront, brutality and murder had
loni! been an elTective metlMKi tor keeping Blacks "in their
place." I hese tactics had alw.iv-s been balked by the southern
iVni>K-ratic party, whose power base w-ere the white smallpropcriv tmncrs who had much lo lose shouldBlacks gain
their Irccdom. When in W.V1 a Black named daude Ncal was
Knchcd in M,iri;inn;t. Kla.. a crowd of soeral thousand
e.ii*>vrcd to uaich the spectacle and listen lo the speeches of
IK-n:.H-raiK- party olttcials.
Ihc governor of the Stale as well as President Franklin
K<x>\oelt ha<l been inlormed of Ihc incident bv the NAACf
Fear and Loathing in Boston
SAIHST RACISM
BOSTON UHlVtRSn
By M A T T S E A M A N with D E N N I S M A C K
• I lure's a nigger right now! Right there in the bus!" The
link- l>oy ran down to Ihe intersection, stopped to make a
snoultall and threw it at the bus, where it splashed onto one of
IIK- windows. I h e n , as Ihe traffic light switched togrix'n. ihe
l>iis ilmvc o i l . The litlk: boy came back, breathk-ss. and
lKi|)nily cxclaiine<l, ""See? f h a f s all it lakes!" .S«H»n, he would
In- throwing stones.
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^
I
5
Aelive support of the NAACP's Boston demonstration for
lusing planned for may 17. the anniversary of the Supreme
Tourt's historic Brown Decbfon declaring segregation unonstilutional.
Nationwide demonstrations against racbm beginning on
kpril 4 , the seventh anniversary of D r . Martin Luther King's
Issasination.
The recognition of the right of ethnic minorities to bilingual
|nd biculiural education.
Continued active support and consultation with Boston's
JIack community towards the realization of these goab.
O n Sunday there was a final plenary session with several
hours of intense debate, after which Ihe conference officially
onstituted itself as the National Student Conference Against
Racism. N S C A R . based in Boston and open to all groups and
Individuals that support its aims. The NSCAR will be directed
Sy seven National Coordinators who were elected at the
Conference. They are Anell Bond (student at the University
i>f Massachusetts in Boston), Joetle Chauey (a 16-year-okl
Hack student being bused lo Lexington High School in
Boston). Marcia Codling (chairperson of Ihe Minority Affairs
?ommitte
of
the
Northeastern
University Student
Federation). Robert Harper (Hanrard-Radcllffe African and
Mro-Amcrican
Student
Association).
Ray
Sherbill
kPresidenl. Boston University Student Union). Maceo Dixon.
>nd Paul Mailhol.
The NSCAR's policy making body b a steering committee
vhich will include representatives from all its member
irganizations. T h e Coalitfon plans to set up local and
gional chapters.
A second National Conference has been scheduled to take
jace this Fall in Boston
I ircd of the bigshois' s|X-eclics at the National Student
Conference Against Racism at Hi»ston University, we had
(iccide<l to sample the public setitinient in Irish South Boston
and in Roxbury, oneoftheeilv's Bljick neighlM>rh(MKls. l-.ven
though we had iK-en warned against visiting either area by
virtually everyone familiar with the Boston situation, we had
wanted to conduct "on the street" interviews with members of
tiK'se Iwo communities most affected by the disputes that
erupted «wer Ihe busing plan ordered by Federal District
Court Judge Arthur Garrily.
A Quiel Neighborhood
Thus we ventured into the lion's den. South Boston didn't
actually look like the "poor neighborhood"' it b commonly
described as. Broadway, with its brick and stone buildings
housing small grocery and appliance stores occasionally
interspersed with the more modem
accommodating
insurance companies, banks and gas stations, was quite busy.
The Saturday afternoon shoppers huddled into their coats as
they walked over the snow-covered sklwalks that were being
swept by a chilly breeze.
Together with the small houses surrounded by Jittle lawns,
that were pcrehed on the adjoining hills. South Bosloii
seemed very peaceful as we proceeded lo ignore all those wellmenl warnings.
' S e n d ' e n Back to Africa!'
The suspicious glances we received from the passers-by.
however, soon made us feel somewhat apprehensive. After all.
we did look out of place with our long hair and filthy
dungarees. Our uneasiness increased after we entered one of
the several small grocery stores displaying a We support The
ScluMtl Boycott sign. I'he husky middle-aged woman behind
the counter and the three oMer women customers at first
ignored us. When we identil'icd ourselves as students from
New York seeking the public's opinion of the busing bsue,
they tried to refer us to the information center down the
block. W i t h some persistence, however, we managed to get a
response.
"Let the niggers come in. if they want to!" the husky
woman exploded. " I don't care what Ihey d o ! " Grim-faced,
the oWer women nodded in approval. They pretended nol lo
mind Ihe Black sludcnls being bused into the area, objecting
only to the busing of white chiMren into the Black "slums."
" W h y should they go into Roxbury?.' one of the women
asked. "There are muggings and rapes there!"
It soon became obvious, that the main objection these
IK'ople had to busing was a result of tlicir chiMren being
force<l to attend school with Blacks. ".Send'em back to
Al'rica!" was the younger woman's closing statement, and it
was one Ihal we were to hear continually during our tour of
the area.
' . . . Fucking NIggervllle!'
Ihe most iiniisuat iniersiew of the day was ri-ceived from
two seventh grade students an<l a yoiinder lK>y. about 8 years
old. l-n»in Ihc start, all three adniiiied freely lo their hatred of
'•nigKcrs:'" They lK-lie\'ed that Ihe lights at .Soulh Bmion High
began iKcanse "some of the (Black) kids there wanna start
trouble, like the nigger that slabbed Mike Finney"' (Finney, a
white student, had been slablK-d in a light with a Black boy
whose life he had allegedly been threatened.
The two older boys complained about Ihe polkc's lack of
firmness, charging that '"'I hey don't do anything."
"Ihercs not much |)olicc support in Roxbury"', ihcy
continued, admitting on Ihe other hand that it w.-isn"s really
necessary, since white studenst were nol being attacked in
Roxbury. w h i k Blacks in South Boston were. One of the boys
actually went so far as to acknowekdge that Blacks were
entitled to equal education. He pointed out. however, that (he
schools in Roxbury were inferior because '"the niggers are
tearing them apart!"' All this lime, the 8 year-old was
screaming. "They have all the good schoob there!" and when
I asked him to specify where, he replied. " I 'm talking about
Roxbury. fucking niggervilk!"
"You should kill all Black dogs."" he explained. "Because
they're Black!""
' W e l l F i g h t . . . to Sctf-Defenae*
Stepping off the train at the Dudley street stop in Black
Roxbury. we asked a thin. oW Black man whether Ihe small
kids in Roxbury thought similarly about whites.
•"It"s the same all over the worW." was Ihe oW man's
response, a fact he attributed to "The indoctrination by the
parents.."
Wanting to find out for ourselves, we looked about the
street for people to talk to.
Slopping two older teenagers who happened to pass us. we
inquired about Ihe sentiment among Blacks and whites in
Ro.xbury.
"The while kids being bused down here haven't been
UHiehed." one of the Iwo answered. "But if they strike.'" he
continued, ""we'll strike back." In their eyes, the fights at the
seh(K>ls located in while neighborhoods were due to the fact
tahi Black students were outnumbered there. "The only time
they get bad is when they're in numbers." was the scornful
comment. " I f I were lo go to South Boston. I wouMn't go
Desegregation...
ing to Desegregation
The Long March
: of Civil Rights
hours..,befpre the actual lynching occurred, yet they both
j declined to intervene on behalf of Neal.
The 1955 lynching in Mbsbsippi of a Black child on visit
I from d i i c a g o . Emmett T i l l , however, generated a different
I type of response. Tens of thousands demonstrated throughout
I t h e country. Even though the murderers of Emmett T d i got
I t ^ * * * * " * ^ *"** reprbab were taken against protesters, a
l * ^ P M " n g had been made. In December of the same year.
•segregation in Montgomery. Ala. lead to the famous bus
Istrike. It brought to national prominence the man who was to
Ibecome the dominant figure of the Chril RighU movement
Ifor over a decade until h b assassination in 1968: D r . M a r t u i
|Luther King. Jr.
NatiaMlStn^gie
School desegregation soon emerged as one of the key bsues
of the civil rights movement and fostered bitter confrontations
between local authorities and the courts. It wasn't until 1957
I t h a i the National Guard was called into Little Rock. A r k . . i<
lenforec desegregation and protect Blacks. In I960 the Chril
iRights movement gained momentum as its focus changed
jfrom a local to a national struggk:. A new tactic emerged —
jthe sit-in. Black students would sit down at lunch counters
l a n d , when refused senicc. ihey simply sat and waited, even
•though the poliec arrested and brafali/cd them by the
•thousands. .S.>me time later come ihc FreedtHn Rides. Black
l a n d white students traveled in buses through the southern
•states, promoting the idea o l racial quality and desegregaii«>n.
JAgain they met with violence, and again ihc terrorism wcni
Unchallenged. But not before dealing a severe blo« to the
Islcepv self-righteous moralilv of white America. New Civil
• Rights organi/alitHis. Nuch as the .Student Ntmviolcni
ICoordihation C<mimcttce ISNCC) sprang up.
The growing pohiical consciousness o f the Black
peculation also generated a movement of Black nationelism
and Black power. Its most vocal leader was M a k o m X . a
Black Muslim preacher. He told Blacks to hate their oppressors and of^ose them with violence, means which marked
a departure from Christian indoctrination to non violence.
Later came the Black Panther Party with i u advocacy of
guerrilla warfare against the capitalist state. .
CMIR^bteAct
l % 3 was another critical year for the Civil Rights
movement. It began with the battle oS Birmingham, where
mass demonstrations were met with represshre violence. Only
t h b time the demwntrators fought back and triggered a
nationwide wave of solidarity. I n cities across the country
hundreds of thousands to(A to the streets in support of the
Birmingham demonstators.
Under massive pressure. Congress enacted the Civil RighU
Act in 1964 and the Voting RighU Act in l % 5 . t h e aim was
to take the fight off the streets and into the courts, where it
would be less vbible to the public eye, both at home and
abroad. M a r t i n Luther King had been awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize, an event that attracted intemational atteniion to
the racial problems in the U.S. The political establishment
also proceeded to further the already exbting split of
Ihe CKil Rights movement into radical and moderate
factions. I h e radicaK were either gunned down, like M a k o m
X in 1965 and many Black Panthers. imprivHKd. or driven
ini«» exifc. Moderates were encouraged to jivn the Democratic
party.
Politicians and Ihc media launched a ""law and order"
campaign culminaiing in the election of Richard Nixon to the
Presidentv in 19t>8.
Bv the late ftO's. the Civil Rights straggk had vklded the
focus of national attention lo the increasing protests against
the war in Indochina.
unarmed." Ihe first teenager continued, explaining that
because the Blacks were outnumbered at those schoob.
"When they fight, they fight hard, they don't play around."
The two youths accused the police of prov<Aing many fighU
by crowding and pushing Black and white studenU together
and thus creating friction between the two groups. They
believed that there was a general hatred of whiles among
Roxbury's Black community. "Once you've been oppressed,
you k a m to hate your oppressor." one youth remarked. "But
the only time we'll fight." he insbted. " b in self-defense."
"They're saying that we're savages." they said about ihe
whites in .South Boston. "So w-e're just silting back and k i t i n g
Ihem show their own savagencss!"
This one intcniew- was typkal of the numerous other
conversalions we had in Roxbury-. The peopk were friendly
and cheerful, and talked opet.o. as contrasted with the lightlippe«l altitude we had cne<iuntcred in Souih Boston.
* • •
W'e were already on our way back to the subway station
when an elderly man waved us over and asked us what we
«crc doing. When we lold him thai we were attending the
National Student Conference Against Racism, hcdug into his
pocket, pulling «Mit a handful «»f change, and gave us a
quarter, asking us to give it lo the organLuiKm.
%es Enfants Terribles' is Revived
By WARREN SINGER
Ifs Enfants Terribles was first presented in Ihc United States in New York in July of 1952 ^
as Thf Strange Ones. Tlic film became an
instant classk as the first postwar "youth"'
film to gain success here. I.ast shown in New
York some ten years ago. Les Enfants
W^
Terribles was rescued from premature burial
for a special showing at the 1974 New York
Film Festival, and opened with a new edition
of subtitles by Brace Lowery, in honor of its
25th anniversary at the new D.W. Griffith
Theatre. 59th Street and 2nd Avenue, on
February 27ih.
Adapted from the novel by Jean Cocteau
(published here as The Holy T c m n ) . and
produced and directed by (the then young)
Jean-Pierre Melville. Les Enfants Terribles is
the story of two orphaned children—the
young and sensitive, yet vkious brother,
forever ailing from real and imaginary
diseases, and his older, sharp-tongued. acidk
sister, naive yet terribly sophisticated.
Though poor and atone, (hey are of that tme
aristocracy whose members are perfect,
ephemeral and capable of no wrong-doing.
I l i b is a movie about Iheir worid. comprised
of their indolent and frivotous desires. Sakl
Cocteau upon the original American release
of Les Enfants. "The prhfikge of a film is to
render the unreal real, and to transform
imagination into fact."
Les Enfants Terribles traces the solipsbtk
work! of the siblings, Paul (Edouard Dermithe) and Elizabeth (Nicok Siephane), who
tease and torment one another and their
masochbtk cirek of admirers (Jacques Bernard. RenceCosima and Melvyn MaVlin). We
view the siblings secret language and private
games, and their attempt at maintaining the
intimacy of ihcir relationship to the exclusion
of the outside members of their circle. They
are very much in control of their world and
manipulate it and its inhabitants through
deceit and treachery. They seem to exude a
sexualNy whkh b neither mak or femak. but
androgynous, and emerges most strtmgly
when they are together, llieir worid b
sustained by a muskal myth and b doomed
when Paul falls in tove with one of the outsiders.
Vfcole Stcphane and Edooard Dcmithc of 'Lea Enfiuta.'
Teaneck's Wonder
By GERALD BARNES
Though their styles may be as different as
theu- backgrounds, both Phoebe Snow and
Mary McCreary share in the fulfillment of
respccthre debut albums that highlight the
femak vocal promise for swiie time to come.
Mary McCreary's first album on the Shelter
label is titled Jezebel, and considering the
absence of a kgitimate R&B (|uecn for years
now. it's readily hers for the asking.
new improved Jose Feliciano for topper.
The primary fault *ith most of the musk
here (whose eleven tracks clearly need |>aring
down) b that it's just too subdued (some of
the tunes come off like ancknt Aztec funeral
dirges). However, powerhouse renditions of
Ihe Elton John favorite "Lcvon" and the
gospel-flavored "Mighty Clouds of Joy" (from
Ihc group and ihe alhiini of the s.nnic name)
fully projccl MaryX ii,«ii-mi;il. Uh.n Vie
Pbocbe Snow: Poetry fo Moffon.
Mary, who b produced by Leon Russell, Creary really needs is more time and fewer
has gathered a few names of fow-key notorkty accessories. She already has the voice.
for assbtance. including Mary Clayton and
Ahead several steps in the game is one
Oydic King on backing vocals. Jim Capaldi Phoebe Snow, the currenl pride of reaneck.
from Traffic on drums. Chuck Rainey on New Jersey. Scoring heavily with air-play from
bass. Nkk dcCaro arranging strings and the her first album (also on Shelter) titled Phoebe
Snow, thb wonder sensation geU my vote as
one of the brighter stars of an already dbmal
year.
Snow, who likes lo fiaunl her indivklual
talents as a singer/songwriter and guitarist
extraordinaire (she plays lead on all sekcIkns), has more than enough reason to. Even
when she renovates the Sam Cooke favorite
"Good Times." she comes up smelling like
ilic veritable rose garden.
\!i.'itK-r cut that highlights her muskal
.!iml>iiics i\ "Poetry Man." four minutes and
I!'in .six scc«>nds ol" lyrical and musical
:;::A.tn;i. •Iliihcr or Both" b a sort of cross^ "ry inne that features the masterful
D.uul lir<Mnl>erg on guitars complementing
Siup.vs vocal intrepidity. The bknd b verynice indeed.
it \\<Hikl serve Phoebe well to release either
ol these cuts to serve as an AM icebreaker—
they're that good. Side two isn't quite as
startling, though it docs feature the peacefully
sciluclive "I Don't Want The Night To End"
and the equally good "No Show 'I'onight"
(here. PhiK-be on acoustk and Dave Masim
•Ml electric trade pretty guitar interludes).
Sandwiched between the above cuts are the
two songs that round out Ihc colkclion.
"lake Your Children Home" and "It Must
Be Sunday" typify Phoebe's soft and mclodk
persuasion.
Snow is an artist not to t>c written off
lightly. I'hough the musk here b over two
years oM. it reflects a timeless genius: no
tlashy vocals that serve to check stylized R&B
riffs, no background singers by Ihc handful to
serve as sound filfcr. Just the compkie
Phoet)e Snow.
Paul and Elizabeth are modem day
Olympians: Ihe beauty and vitaKty of their
essences commands a certain love. They live
as parasites off the labor and money of their
circfc. but repay the members with the enchantment and caprkious fancies of their
lives. The siblings create not only a worM for
themsehres. but for their folfowers.
Cocteau and Melville set out to personify
the worM of the born-wealthy, and in doing so
they succeed where others (most recently The
Great Gatsby) have failed. As Cocteau
defined in the forward irf^ The Holy Terrors.
"Wealth b an inborn attitude of the mind,
like poverty. The pauper who has made hb
pile may flaunt hb spoils, but cannot wear
them plausibly. The chiMren of our story had
been bom so rkh that nothing could possibly
have changed their lives."
Dylan's
Tracks
By JEFF BRUMBEAU
Bob's back—^and he's come back strong
with a new album that shouM surprise a lot of
people. It's called Blood On The Tracks, and
contains some of the best material Dylan has
released in some time.
Here. Dylan seems to journey back in time
to his eariy, unadulterated days as a folk
artbt. evidenced nol only lyrically but in the
general production of the album as well.
Back with Columbia afier a two-album
stint with The Band on Asylum Records.
Dylan entered the studio early last Scptcmtier
lo begin work on the new album, bringing
with him Eric Websbcrg and Barry Komfeld.
two Village cafe veterans. Weissberg brought
along hb band Deliverance, and Dylan later
imported steel guitarist Buddy Cage.
(Eventually. Dylan would re-record six of the
twelve tracks he cut in New York with local
The Island/ Prison Drama
By RON AKBAR
Thb season, the New York theater has been
bkssed by the areival from South Africa of
two extremely gifted actors. John Kani and
Winston Ntshona. who are currently appearing in repertory at Ihc Edison fheatre in
two plays written by Athol Fugard. South
Afrka's kading ptoywright. Whik this
reviewer has yet to see Sizwe Banzi is Dead.
one can only estimate il b as moving and
exciting as was a recent production of the
company's sister play. The Island.
The Island lells the story of two politkal
prisoners incarcerated on Robben Island.
South Africa's maximum security jail for
AfriAn politkal offenders. John and Win-
ston, the play's only characters, decide to
enact Ihc Greek Antigone for Ihe benefit of
their fellow innid<es and the prison personnel.
I'he paralkl between their sekction of
Antigone and Ihcir personal plight as
inmates s<H>n becomes apparent, as the Iheme
in both The Island and the tragedy concerns Ihc conflict between the individual and
absdutc authority (a theme whkh has
assumed special importance in our time, as
weU).
Tfic acting is overwhelming in its intensity,
and the use of the actors own lumcs as the
characters they portray undoubtedly
heightens the impact of their performances.
The audknce b boih moved and outraged by
the prisoners plight, and their human dignity
b so moving that the audience restrains itself
even when the character of Antigtme b
performed by a brawny, semi-literate black.
drcssc<l in drag with a long bknd wig. Yet it is
a remarkably powerful Iheatrkal moment
when he takes OH hb wig and recites Antigone's traditional speech pertaining to
individual freedom. The impact of this scene,
ill fact of the entire play, b enormous, as
thb reviewer found The Island one of the
most exciting and emotionally draining play^
he has ever cxpcrieiKcd.
it b inlcrcsting to note how the prisoner's
interpretation of Antigtme was altered to
coincide with their o»n condition.
muskians somewhere in MinncMMa).
Many of the songs on Tracks consbt only of
Dylan on acousik guitar and hb trademark
harmonka. backed by an ekcirk bass (Tony
Brown). On other cuts, hb accompaniment
includes ckctrk and pedal stcd guitars.
«wgan (i>aul Griffin), and drums.
Once again. Dybn b writing poetry. His
last album. Planet Waves, was a
conglomerate of dull colloquialisms.
Urban Renewal in Oakland's E a s t Bay
By LEO SACKS
From the wilds ol Oakland's l-asi Bay
region come Ihe dashing Tower of Power,
whose third effort for the Warner label is
titled Urban Renewal.
TOP have joined the Ibt ol" dislinguished
city-of-Oakland alumni, including A's
musckman Rcggk Jackson and Ihe fabukus
Pointer foursome. The ten-piece Tower
combo have really hit on a success with the
Renewal Lp. a solid eleven-cut offering of
sikk truckin' funk that firmly establbhes
Ihem as America's reigning R&B ensemble
factory.
TOP are keyed on Iheir trademark horn
quintet, whose dexterity serves to complement
the live-man rhythm section (bass, drams,
keyboards, guitars and lead vocab). And the
fusion works beautifully. The horns, including Lenny Kckelt and Emilk Castillo on
tenor sax (Castillo, who co-produced the
album, and Steve Krupa on baritone sax. are
TOP'S main songwriting ftxee). and Greg
Adams and M k Gilktte on the trampeU.
trombones andfiugelhoms.sure make a fella
feel like shakin' some. Undoubtedly the most
versatik hom preparation we have working
today (AWB lost themselves with the move to
Atlantic), their p<Mse and dynamism surface
on gui rockers like the rousing "Only So
Much Oil In The Ground." "Come Back
Baby." and " I Believe In Myself."
Lyrkally. TOP are somethin' ebc. filkd
with serious love-talk explanatkn (ballads.
OHnmander Cody at Ihe Botton Use March 10 and 11
up-tempo stuff and the like). From "'(To Say
Or from the soul-wise "It's Not 'I'he Hip Street," a sort of late-night studk> take
The Least) You"re The Most"" comes a
Crime."" how "bout: "'It's not the crime/And and typical of their in-concert inslramental
sampling: "'Ridin"on a white horse/Galloping
it's nol the thought/And it's not the deed/It's feel, cushkning a thirsty guitar against the
over the ckuds/Thal's Ihe way I feel when
if you get caught!"
best of the Fightin' fe9ih.
I'm with ya/Do you know what I'm talkin"
TOP raise a special kind of havoc with
Don't lost 'em on the freeway.
about/I sec big pot of gold at the end of a
help from their all-star lead vocalbt. Lenny
rainbow/Sittin" at the bottom of the sea/I can Williams. Hb sprite versatility and textured
swim myself about a thousand fathoms/
range provides the stylized topping to tie the
Cause your kbses are like goM to me/To say
rhythm and hom sections together with just
Ihe least, you"re the most (from coast to
the right cohesion.
coast)."
Urban Renewal closes with Walkin' Up
(Continued from Page 8>
However, there's a tot to Ibten to on Tracks.
Most of the compositioiis are ballads, and the
language is both cutting and gentk.
Some of Dylan's belter work includes the
kad cut. "Tangkd Up In Blue." "Shelter
From The Storm." and "If You See Her. Say
Hello"—song stories about tove past. "Uly.
Rosemary And The Jack of Hearts" is a short
earlier in the afternoon at his focal grocer.
""Not much you can do with a Guernsey." story of the Dylanesque polka/soap opera
kind. Here, rich Big Jim b tied up with Uly
said Gus. "I'm gonna mount it in my den.
while his wife Rosemary is cheating as well.
No. wait—" he inierrapted. "Don't print
Rosk. who is tired of her mareiage. eventually
that!! Il came out all wrong!!"
kilb Jim and b hung for her crime—but not
"After Bessk. what happened?" I conbefore a team of bank robbers (who've been
tinued.
"Well. I saw thb stag-film called Bambi drilling through the wall of the bank all thb
and got so excited—remembering back home time) finally break through and make crff with
and all—that I caught me a plane and got me the cash. On "Gonna Make Me Lonesome
When You (jo" and "Buckets of Rain."
a lamb!"
Dylan again dechires hb unrequited kwe.
"How did you approach it?" I asked.
Dylan
Cowpokin' and I'm
Thinking of Ewe
By GUS ROMERO
EMgby Crenshaw is one man who b literally,
ofi the lamb.
A professed bestialbt. Digby was in town
thb week to promote his new book.
C o w s . . . the Utter Sex. The 300 page
confession of unnatural acts against nature
(detailed pictorially) follow Digby from hb
boyhood days in the wikJs of Oklahoma to hb
adminbtrative appointment as proprietor of
the Teaneck General Zoo.
I must admit that when I got my assignntent (and accompanying bio). 1 was slightly
repulsed at hb life story. But as Grandpappy
Romero used to say, "There's nothing that a
Httk Maalox and a piece of yoni won't cure."
So last Thursday, I put on my sheepskin coat
and tx^ped on over to hb Oielsea Oat.
"Come right in." said the dbheveied
deviate as he took off my coat with intent to
molest. He poured me a glass of Brass
'*'Monkey and we got down to business.
"Tell me. Digby. when did youfirstrealize
you were interested in Animal Husbandry?" I
-asked.
"WeH. Gus, 1 used to live on a farm as a
boy. and quite frankly, there wasn't any juega
for miles. Why I was real lonely-like until
the day I realized that cow-pokin' was the life
for me. My branding iron's been workin' ever
since."
"How fong would you say thb kinship
lasted?" I asked.
"Well. Bessk and me went steady f<w about
two weeks, and she never once steered me
wrong."
"Do you restrict your hobby to the femak
sex. Digby?"
"Of course I do. What do you think I am.
sick of something?"
"Then what?" I asked like Curious. Ihe
proverbial monkey.
"Well, my father Eustace once caught me
and Besuc rolling around in the hay. and
when he found my needk (heh-heh). he sho*
cooked my goose.
"You see Gus. Bessk was his cow. I'd just
like to say she had herself one nice pair of
calves."
The phone rang, and Digby said it was
Rogers Pete, who was coming over to mount
the body of a cow Digby had "purchased"
"Rather sheepishly. I'll admit." Digby
Whik maturing as both a man and as a
said.
muskian. Dylan b no tonger the b<^ in the
After a lengthy tour of his house. Digby old Huck Finn cap. He's survived hb many
illustrated how he thought society was changes and styles, and perhaps he's returned
to a sound most real to him. To some it may
zoophelia-oiknted.
"Look." said Crenshaw, "when a guy sees a appear a step backward (remember the
^ r i he calb her a 'fox.' right? Similarly, when criticism in 1965. when Dylan moved into the
a girl sees a guy. she calls him a 'cat.' The list ekctrk mode), but I don't care whkh
direction Dylan elects. My only concern b
b endless."
"Do you think there b a littk animalbm in that Ihe music b good, and thb time it's
great.
everyone. Digby?" 1 asked.
"No. but I think there's a little of me m
every animal."
{Gus Romero is a young author interested
in Perversions and the Machine Age. His
book. Historical Inlrovcction, will be published later this spring by Spartanburg Press.)
It's a dog's life.
Weston on Display
By LYDU DIAMOND
Edward Weston took pictures of quiet
introspection. The dclkale convolutions of a
shell, the voluptuous curves of a pepper. Ihe
deceptive repose of dead creatures and the
ephemeral sand formations of the desert are
photographed wiih clarity, sensitivity and
amusement.
Weston was a close frknd of photographer
Edward Sickhcn. one of the original PtiotoSeccssionists of Ihe 1920's (a movement of
innovative photographers). Stekhen often
went to great lengths to produce a desired
effect, including spitting on tlie lens. But
unlike hb contemporaries. Weston had littk
interest in technkal experimentation. He was
content with "simpk" equipment—a Gnflex
camera and pkture development through the
use of contact print.
A disc^ined New En^ander. Weston was
2 "traditional" photographer. He was concerned with the object as an entity unto itself.
Early in hb career. Weston probed those
methods whkh lent abstraction to an object.
He experimented with photographk repetition, close-ups and the removal of an object
from its usual setting. Later in hb career, it
was the close-up whkh he made use of most
often. One has only to experience Weston's
series of "Vegetables" (including Pepper No.
JO) to appreciate hb deep commitment to the
<4>ject as an abstraction.
A number of surrealistk photos are also
devoted to women who I k comfortaMy in the
Mojave desert. These are included in an
extensive colicction of nude photos.
Edward Weston's retrospective b currently
on display through April 6 at the Moseam of
Modem Art. 11 West S M Street.
"Memoirs Of A Junkk"
On I'hursday. M.irch 6 at 3:.10 PM and
I'rid^, March 7 at 8:00 PM the City College
YMCA is s|Mmsoring a play titled "Memoirs
of a Junkie" .il the Finley Ballrotmi (Rm.
101).
'Tlie play, a drama alniut 'he agony of a
heroin addict iryintf to kiv.k his habit, is
written and directed by Paul Benjamin. For
reservations call 862-2828 between 10 AM
and 5 PM.
"Anything (iocs"
'I'he College's Musical Comedy .Society will
pcrfomi Cok Porter's ""Anything Goes!" on
March 8. 14. and 15 (all performances at 8:00
PM) at the Fashkn Institute of Technology,
'ikkcis arc S2.S0 in advance ($3.00 at door)
and may be purchased at the MCS's booth in
Finky. across from room 152.
International
Women's Day
City wide RaUy
A citywidc rally celebrating International
Women's Day will be held Sunday. March 8
at Union Square.
The main rally will be preceded by a march
with I'hiid World and working women
beginning at 11 a.m. at Rutgers Square (and
East B'way) under (he Women's Mural.
Another march will start at IIKX) from the
U.N. Plaza.
College Cddbratlon
On Thursday. March 6. the CCNY
Women's Caucus is sponsoring a oelebratton
of International Women's Day in Finley
Student Center (check posters for precise
infomiation) from 10 a.m. lo5 p.m.
The main speaker will be Margaret Stoane
(Black Feminbt Organization) and there will
be a panel discussron on "Working Women
and the Economy." The cekbration will
include workshops, films, and slide
presentations. All are welcome!
Lower East Side Cdcbrathm
On Sunday. March 2. 1-4 p.m.. Women's
Day will be celebrated with speakers and
entertainment on Ihe lower East Side at
Gouvcrneur Hospital, 227 Madison Street.
Women's Part in Hbtory
On Sunday. March 9. at 3 p.m., there will
I K a program on "Woman's Part in History' at
NYU's
Tischman
Auditorium.
40
Washington Square Soulh. The speakers are
Evelyn Reed (author of Woman's Evolution).
Ana Rhrera (editor of a Puerto Rkan feminbt
journal). Myroa Lamb (author of The Mod
Donna & Scyklon Z: Plays of Women's
Liberation). Joan Mcllen (film critk and
author of Women and Their Sexuali(y in the
New Film), and Dr. Barbara Roberts (leader
of the at>ortionrightsstruggk).
The program will be chaired by Willie Mae
RekJ. 1976 Socialbl Worker's Party candidale for Vice-President. Admisskn b
$2.50.
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any teacher who does not appear and then
proceed to apply the general rak to thb case.
He abo suggested that "perhaps it would
t>e better to tabk the resolutions (to censure)
or even to rid of them altogether and discuss
something more constracthre." He called the
proceedings "a failure of rational and honest
discourse."
When asked if the censure resolution will
acto to inhibit instriKtors from speaking out
on controversial issues. Professor Gerald
Kauvar (English), a member of the Faculty
Senate ezecuthre committee, suggested he
believes just the opposite. " I feel it win
encourage faculty members to make charges
. . . they will see that the Faculty Senate b
wiUing to judge every case on its own merits
and make an intensive effort to get to the
truth. I think it'll encourage ddMte rather
than stifk it."
A bit more pessimistic was Radmila
Milentijevk (Historr). who suggested "There
can be no vktors here. Ail of us are losing."
But more terse was lk>na Henderson
(College Skills. Reading Center), who
summed up the entire episode in two words —
"It's messy."
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Free pregnancy tests arc available to all
women at the Center for Reproduclive and
.Sexual Health, located at 424 Fast 62iid .St.
Bring a s|)ecimen of the first morning urine in
a tightly sealed container to the Center. 9:00
AM—5:00 PM. Mon.. Wed., Fri.; 9:00 AM8:00PM.. Tuesdays: 8:00 AM-4:00 l»M. Th..
and Sat.
'MoveniMits*
"Movements." an experimental play written
by Anthony Stokes and directed by Slanky
Cunningham will be presented in Shepard
Great Hall on Fri.. Feb. 28,7:30 pm.
Summer Jobs In Europe
The C'imncil on International l-'ducational
lixehange CITT:) helps students get summer
jobs in Britain. Rither have a job pre<irranged
(for a fee of $75) or obtain Ihe necessary
working papers through Cll-.l- and Ihen find
your own job ($2Sfee)
Applkations and details of the Summre
jobs ill Britain program as well as information
abtHit employment in Germany and France
arc .ivailabk from CIEF.. Hotel McAlpin.
-e-Suite 2200 Broadway and 34th St., New
York, N.Y. lOOOI.
Crafts Workshops
Craft Workshops meet daily from 1 am lo 3
pin in Finley 350.
The scheduk is: Mon.- Silkscrecning: Tues.Leather Crafts; Wed.- Necdlccrafts; Thurs.Stained Glass; Fri.- Open Workshop.
Student Tax Service
Free assbtance in filling out your income
tax forms may be obtained in Finky 434, 6:00
to 9:00 PM on March 4. 5. 12. 18. and 19. Be
sure to bring the following: I.D. card: your
• W-2 (Wages & Taxes) Statement; your other
income reporting forms (Form 1099. Bank
Interest. Dividends, etc.); income tax returns
for the prior bar. gtvh nr rvic i provi
FrenchWcefc
The first week of March has been
designated French Wet* by the City of New
Yoit. Accordingly, the Colkge's Department
of Romance Languages b organizing a panel
of diplomats and U.N. functionaries to
dbcuss 'French in Today's Worid.' The pane!
discussion b scheduled to take place on Fri.
Mareh 7 at I PM in Finley and will be hekl in
English. Representatives from Algeria.
Canada. France. Haiti. Iran. Madagascar.
Senegal. Upper VoUa and the USSR will
speak briefly on the use of French in their
countries. Coffee will l)c served and there will
be an opportunity to chat informally with the
panel members. All are invited.
Art Teachers
Arizona State University has faculty
openings in the fields of Art Hbtory. Art
Education, Drawing. Painting. Ceramics,
Graphk Design. Textile Art. and Intertor
Design, for Ihe academkyear 1975-76. Check
Ebner Hall bulktin board for information.
Applkatkn deadline is March 15.
Jazz (Concert
The Vakrk Capers Trio will present a jazz
concert at Bronx Conmiunily College's Schwendkr Auditorium. University Avenue and
West 181 Street, Bronx. March 31. at 12:30
pm. Admission is free and the publk is invited.
FREE: CAIMEGIE,
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The photography of pianist l^es McCanii
will be on exhibit throughout the month of
March at the Studio Museum of Harlem,
located at 2033 Fifth Ave.
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.City Magazine
The Qeative Wiriting department oi the Graduate Dvision
of C.CNY. wi!l be distributing its third magazine towards
the end of February in Fii^ey bookstore.
The magazine, titled "City," represents the work dor»e in
the writing workshops of Joseph Heiier, Adrienne Rich,
Oonai Barthelme, Joel Oppenheimer and others.
The current issue will present an interview with Adrienne
Rich and poems by Gus Lardas. and Karen Swenson. It will
be on sale for one ckillar.
Manusaipts for our next issue submitted should be sent to:
Cily Mdgazine, room 152 Finley Hatt, ^^Sth Street and
Convent Ave , New York. 10031 New York, with a stamped
self-addressed envetope enclosed.
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Howtebeai
the ClemeEicy Boainlo
By the people who
beat the Di^ft Board<
Its no wooder that only a handlul ol
men have turned themselves m under
the Ford clemency" prog/am
The program is punitive, inequitable,
and contrary to tl^e spirit ol amnesty it
penalizes many who have conimiiteC
no crime under present law. it subfccts
participants to possible seif-mcrimmation and double jeopardy, and denies
them due process ol taw ana a speedy
trial, its loyalty oath is demeaning. Its
clemency discharge" is stigmatizing.
It (ails to ptovidc legal reprcseniaiion
to those whose tives a«e subject to its
ruling
reasons, you can very likely be cleared
now Or it your dralt lx>ard moved you
to Ihe top ol Its induction list as punishment lor political activity, you may be
cleared on the grounds that your induction was illegal. ,
You wouldn't go into court without
a lawyer; don't go inio the clemency
program without one, either. There
are thousands ol dralt resisters who
have no indictments outstanding
against them: thousands ol others
have grounds for having their cases
Jisniissed: thousands more have good
iegai detuiises againi.! the charges
than no amnesty at all But ii can be
beat
How we beat the draft. During the
19G0s. i(>e American Civi! Liberties
Union helped literally ttioiisands o(
men to obiam ocfcrmcms and exemp.
tions. by challenging the tyrannical
power ol dralt tK>a<ds in the courts.
Many o' the rights we hctped win during that (>eriod can oe used to win freedom lor men now urxJerground or m
exile For example, the Supreme Court
ruled that the beliefs ol a conscientious objector need not be religious.'
II you cart show that you did not seek
C O . status because ol the religion
rule, or il your claim lor C O exemption was denied without a statement ol
submitting ;o the clemency program
Some ol thcrn have opiious v/ithm tne
program. Alt ol them r:eca expcr; legal
advice
Turn to us i>efore you turn yourseil
in. The ACLU is ollcung !egai heip to
all draft resisters. rmiitaty deserters,
and veterans with bad' discfiarges
Special oilices have already been set
j p in Indianapo'rs. Injiana tor military
deserters (teiepnone 317-635-8259).
in Washington. D C lor veserans with
bad discnarges (teleghone 202-6591138). and m New York City for all
other types oi cases (telephone 2i2725-1222)
Don t turn yourself in to anyone—not
the Presidential Clemency Board, the
Justice Department, the military or
Selective Service-until you check with
one ol these offices or the ACLU oiiice
in your community (or your own lawyer
if you have one) Your case will be han
died conlidentiaiiy by a person trained
to cvaiuete your problem ar~.d indicate
the tjost co'jrse of action il you nead
tnlormation about the current status o(
the case aga>nst you. «e ii research it
lor you 11 you can I afiofd a lawyer
we'll get you one—free
Who'* footing this bill? The ACLU
has sot aside as iarge a portici ol its
s:ra.rcd icsources as possible :c get
>>>.<. '\rf^i^"n ^irirfiyri -n .-> huriv Jfff vol
u:>i<?er server's ol htitidreds ol expen
cnceo la.vyers many of whom previ
ousiy hanaic-il ACLU draft and military
cases, are making these himted lunds
go a iong v.-ay But aodiiiorMi ntoney is
urgently required so that no one m
r^oed ol help wiii be turned away 11
you >,vou!d like to sr>arc the burden ol
bringing home the young men who
have spent years of tticir lives ^n ex:!e
in prison, or :n hiding t»ecause of tr»eir
principled opposition to the uncor^sMu
tionai and immoral war m Southeast
Asia, you can help by sendmg a con
tribution as quickly as possible
AmorleaN CIvN Ubeftles Union
22 East 40th Street
New York. N Y. 10016
3/5-Wed$. - Biafran Poet ffeanyi 3/7—Fri. — Belly Dancer Sherry I
Menkiti 12 noon Room 330 Finley
Rose performing live music at the I
Student Center
sensational new cafe Monkey's |
Paw located, in Basement level of |
3/5~Wed.
Poet
Paul
Finley Student Center. Take i
Oppenheimer — 12 Noon — Room
staircase opposite the Coat Room
330 Finley Student Center
one flight down — 12 Noon
3/13-Thurs. Film The
3/7—Fri — Film — Freaks, directed
Autobiography of Miss Jane
by Tod Browning. Banned in this
Pitman — starring Cicely Tyson.
country for thirty years. Show-time
Directed by John Korty. Showtime 1
1 & 3 PM in Finley 101
& 3 PM in Finley 101
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Crafts Workshop
Mon. — Silkscreening
Every Week in
Tues. — Leather Crafts
Room 350 Finley
Wed. — Needlecrafts
10-3 PM
Thurs. — Stained Glass
Fri. — Open Workshop
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