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Page Two-THE SKYSCRAPER - November 3, 1967 THE SIKCIffiU M gt; Mil OfiTObHlirtll ' rip current issues and events *l and hold them before the campus in order that members of the Mundelein community may sense and direct history rather than bob in its wake. US lacks sincerity in war negotiation Despite repeated claims by President Johnson. Vice-President Humphrey and Secretary of State Rusk that the United States is willing to negotiate at any time, it appears that the govern ment is no longer willing, perhaps has never been willing, to accept a negotiated political settlement to the war. As John Mc- Dermott remarked in the March New York Review of Books, Diplomacy is of no use to persons who have set off on a holy mission to defeat revolutions everywhere. Theodore Draper, in his How Not to Negotiate essay also in the New York Review of Books, says ... both sides seemed to be coming closer to a basis for negotiation irtnnra Jusl before the United States made the decision lyilUIC m February ' 19671 to intensify and broaden the f a scale of the attack on North Viet Nam. The 110/70/ American government apparently ignored the peace approaches of Hanoi and did not exploit the Hanoi-National Liberation Front split. As reported by the Washington Post correspondent. Robert Estabrook. Henry Cabot Lodge. U.S. ambassador to South Viet Nam. and Janusz Lewandowski. the Polish representative of the International Control Committee met Dec. 2-3, 1966 at the Italian embassy in Saigon. Lodge asked Lewandowski to arrange peace talks with Hanoi. By Dec. 4, Adam RaPoski, the Polish foreign minister, relayed Hanoi's agreement for unconditional talks at the ambassadorial level. However, before discussions could begin, a railway yard and trucking depot, only 5 and 6 miles respec tively from the center of Hanoi, were bombed by the United States. This attack was the closest raid near Hanoi the United States had ever made up to this time. In Feb.. British Prime Minister Wilson told the House of Commons he was familiar with the attempted Dec. peace talks: he attributed its failure to a misunderstanding between the two countries. African musical drags 'Wait a Minum' wastes time arrange talks Nguyen Duy Trinh. North Viet Nam's for eign minister, in an Interview with Wilfred Bur- chett. Jan. 28. 1967. conveyed Hanoi's will to negotiate if the United States would cease bomb ing. He stressed that Hanoi's 4 point program for p?ace talks took precedent over the NLF's 5 point program of March 1965. Huynh Tan Phat, vice-president of the NLF, supported Trinh's demands for an end to the American bombing in an interview with the NLF press agency Jan. 30. However, he stressed the more stringent NLF 5 point plan for negotiation over Hanoi's 4 point plan. Phat implied he was afraid Hanoi would stop aiding the South. Surprisingly, the American government did not exploit the differences between Hanoi and the NLF. Instead, they raised their demands, stating they would stop the bombing providing Hanoi would cease helping the South. During the New Year 4 day truce, the Soviet Union offered to help the Unit-d States end the war by compromise. They en couraged the North to drop their 4 point plan for negotiation, and recommended the North to end their aid to the South. The United States would stop bombing. The NLF. attempting to thwart the negotiation plans, in creased terrorism in Saigon and attempted, unsuccessfully, to fire mortars on U.S. military headquarters. At the completion of the truce, American B-52s bombed the Quang Ngai province and resumed or initiated 69 major opera tions. The United States military fired across rpcnma the DMZ into North Viet Nam for the first time ICSUinc PeD 22. American warships shelled the supply / route into the North, Feb. 26 and mined the III 6 North's rivers by Feb. 27. Perhaps the United States did not attempt to negotiate with Hanoi because they felt the North was not sin cere. Perhaps they felt Hanoi would use the bombing pause to Increase aid to the South or that the NLF might infiltrate the pacified villages, increase terrorism in the rural areas, or re organize and strengthen their position. Perhaps the American government had made another misunderstanding. though one would think they had learned to be more careful in estimating the opposition's motives from the December incident. Perhaps the men in power had decided only a military victory would jus tify the tremendous commitment of men and money the United States has poured into South Viet Nam. When the United States and Hanoi were In a position of possible negotiation, it appears the United States escalated purposely, realizing that escalation would destroy the chances of negotiation. As American prospects for a military victory in Viet Nam decrease: as the death rates of American soldiers. Viet Cong and civilians rise: as the legitimacy of the Ameri can position in Viet Nam becomes more and fp/iKP more questionable; as the possibility of open itiUic Red Chinese and Soviet intervention grows im minent; as the Vietnamese countryside is de foliated and destroyed to the point where it will take decades to rebuild it; and as the South Vietnamese appear to desire peace to the extent that even the Thieu-Ky military ticket had to endorse negotiation in order to win the recent elec tion, why doesn't the American government respond to peace offers? offers by Rose McKiernan Wait a Milium could wait an infinity before occu pying such prime spots as the Studebaker Theater. While at times this musical comedy is witty and utterly disarming, at other times it is repugnant and bourgeoisie. One line has a mixture of both elements Long live the queen. Pause. Hurried whisper by another member of the cast. Oh and long live Mayor Daley. Its purpose, as one of the actors stated, is to portray life in South Africa, which he compares to the United States insofar as it is a melting pot of peoples and cultures. The eight voung actors switch in the course of two and one half hours from African to Swiss to Japanese to French to Italian to British and still other settings. While some of the lines are originally hilari ous and laugh-evoking, others impress only those members of the audience who laugh at any trite or colored expression or action. The company of players originates in Johannesburg. South Africa and two are sons of an expert on African music who have inherited portions of their father's talent and inter est in music. They lend an of ficial air to the revue. Most of their young cohorts are mu sicians in every sense of the word. Although a few of their pieces drag out. more than necessary, the bulk of them are clever, or carry a definite message. One song describes how South African negroes buy formulas to make their com plexion lighter while South African whites buy suntan lo tion to make their complex ions darker. Through such songs as these, the actors por tray their feelings about the apartheid system in South Africa, of which they are ob viously not proponents. The actors' opinions are portrayed because the original script is flexible enough to allow them all to contribute to the final product through both spon- Sounding Board Letters to the editor must be signed. The Skyscraper re serves the right to cut letters in case of limited space. I fail to see the sense in the recent ruling on five day resi dence. I can attend this school on a five day basis only, as it is physically impossible for me to commute daily from one end of the city to the other. Since I live in the city. I can see no reason why I should have to incur the added ex- p e n s e that seven day resi dence would bring. If forced to commute, I may be forced to terminate my education here. I realize that many have abused the five day status. However, it is not justifiable to jeopardize the status of all five dayers. for the sake of these few. This seems to be one more indication that Mundelein is no longer for its students. Janice Schmid * * * Concerning the discontinua tion of the five-day resident policy, just what is the actual purpose of the discontinuation? It is a fact, and possible a matter of consideration, that Mundelein's campus is much reduced in activity on week ends because of the high per cent of residents moving out. However this is an element of convenience when commuting would entail extra hours trav eling back and forth from the South side or from suburbs, and of saving when going home weekends is possible. This policy, before it is en tirely pushed aside, should be further considered, and in the spirit of Mundelein, be opened for debate and discussion to the students who will ultimate ly be affected. Mary Ellen Lynch Do you feel fenced in? Are you aware of the tall, black iron fence behind us? Once upon a time it held Mundelein and Loyola separate. Today, well . . . Wouldn't the campus i both of them I look nicer with out that fence? It serves no purpose except as a replica of the past. A simple row of bushes would be much more attractive, but why any divid er? Grass would grow so nicely there. Anyone looking for a cause? Marty Nesbit * * * I fully agree with the Mun delein Student Congress that they should present controver sial figures to the student body to stimulate their thought. However, it seems to me more than coincidental that all the the speakers have the same opinion. Students with limited knowledge of the world's situ ation at this time are being bombarded with one view point. This isn't at all repre sentative of broad - minded leaders. Please present both sides adequately, so we can rightly judge for ourselves. Rose Mary Calamia The Skyscrape stafl wishes to extend its sym pathy to the family and friends of Eileen Cullen. junior history major, who died October 30. taneous speech and song. The musicians play guitar, lute, mblra. timbila. kaumba. Lozl drums, tuba, clarinet trombone and the Scottish bagpipes so there Is no lack of talent or variety in that area. Those who are not musi cians contribute their own spe cialized styles to the enter tainment front. Kendrew Lascelles has only to walk across the stage with his special grimace to bring the audience to peals of laugh ter while April Olrich. native of Zanzibar, lithely dances her way into the fancy of at least the male members of the au dience. Yet there is a definite lack of continuity throughout the entire feat. With what seems to be no message outside of the comments on apartheid, and what could be described as a broken kaleidescope of pop scenery and a zany array of costumes and music, the au dience is kept in suspense about what is happening, and who is portraying what. With such an impressive purpose as portraying the people in South Africa, this musical comedy only begins to touch the issues and people inhabiting that am biguously 'civilized' nation. MASS SCHEDULE Monday through Friday 7:00 Mundalain Chopvl 8:30 Madonno delta Strada 9:30 Madonna dellq Strada 10:30 Madonno della Stroda 11:30 Madonna della Strada 17:30 Madonna dalla Sroda 4:30 Madonna dello Strado 4:45 Canter 7:30 Cantar Saturday 7:00 Mundalain Chapel 9:30 Madonna dalla Strada 11:30 Madonna della Strode 7:30 Cantor Sundoy 11:00 Mundalain Chapel 11:30 McCormick Lounge 11:30 Modonna della Strada 1:30 Madonna della Strada 7:30 Center Publish Chicago Literary Review The Skyscraper will intro duce another innovation Nov. 17. The inside pages of the paper will form a literary sup plement, appearing six times a year, of current book reviews written by students from the participating colleges and uni versities. Membership now In cludes the Chicago Maroon, the Illinois Institute of Technology Technology News, the Wooster Voice, the Lake Forest Stentor. the Valparaiso Torch, the Michigan Daily, the Minnesota Daily, the Roosevelt Torch, the Loyola News, the Wayne State South End and the University of Wisconsin U.W.N. Post, In addition to the Skyscraper. ZJke kifdcraper The SKYSCRAPER will not appear next week be cause of midterm exams. The next issue will be Nov. 17. Deadline for all letters and classified ads is Nov. 8. Vol. XXXVin November 3. 1967 No. 5 Member of The Chicago Area Student Press Association The United States Student Press Association The Catholic School Press Association i Newspaper of Distinction i The Skyscraper is published weekly. October lo May inclusive except durina exam and vacation periods, by the students ol Mundelein College. 6363 N Sheridan Road. Chicogo. Ill 606?6 Entered as second-class moller Nov 30. 1939 ol the US Post Ollice. Chicago III . under the (ICI of March 3. 1897 Co Editors Jenniler Joyce. Kathy Rilcv Production Editor Kathleen Flynn News Editor Jonet Sass Feature Editor Mary Beth Mundt Business Manager Theresa Ebenhoe Photographer Marianne FuSil'c Cartoonist Rita Ra.ble Stall Kathy Cummins. Mary Cooney. Pat Devine Aldine Favaro. S Eileen Jock. Alice Johnson. Sheila McCarthy. Mary McMorrow. Sally Ncikai. Peyav Sieben Reporters Karen Appelt. Rosemary Beales. Zoe Hillenmuver. Alex Jaiowka. Rose McKn-' non. Vero Milenkovich. Terry Nochtrob. Ma-t Nachtsheun. Mary Ann Novak. Sharon Pelleher. Carol Ries. Linda Sullivan. Sandy Webb
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