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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1963. © Trustees of



Dirk Rezelman, Dr. Rubin
Discuss Apartheid Policy —

By Jane Wolman
The Alliance for political Action.
. sponsored ‘a debate on apartheid
in the Union of South Africa last
Monday night.

‘¢Debate’”’ is somewhat ofa mis-
nomer for the interchange between
Mr. Dirk Rezelman, of the South
African Information Bureau, and
Dr. Leslie Rubin, of Howard Uni-
versity,
South African Parliament. They
were hardly-talking about the same
thing. —

In his preliminary statement,
Rubin declared that he did not want
to” argue fival theories, He pro-
posed to slibake the question on the
‘thigher, moral level,” to “apply
the ultimate test to see ifasystem
is ‘desirable and beneficial; what

it does to human beings under it.’’~ °

Rubin observed that in South
Africa today, under the machinery
‘of apartheid and the legislation of

Prime Minister Vrevoort’s gov-..
ernment, eleven million Africans .

are deprived of ‘‘the normal rights
of individuals ina civilized world,”’

His examples supported Rubin’s
conclusions that the policy of apar-
theid. is ‘*morally indefensible,
economically unsound, and politic-
ally disastrous,”’ and that the Union
of South Africa can only resolve
its problem through violence,

In defense of his’ government’s
position, Rezelman — explained

*¢quite honestly’? that it is the aim ..

' of apartheid to. maintain control
of their own political destinies for
South Africa’s white minority;
-.Reminding listeners that white
South Africans consider them-
selves a separate African nation,
Rezelman stated that no nation is
prepared ‘‘to barter its political .
freedom.’’ Citing Israel, Ireland,
and Pakistan, he said that although
partition is never an ideal answer
--it has proved to be a. practical
one; The creation of ‘Bandtstan
(separate black African states) is
the only realistic solution, since,
in Rezelman’s opinion, “the politi-.

former member of the.

.cal personalities of white and black
: Africans (as disparate eroupaya: are

irreconcilable.’’
Rezelman. explained that whites

in South.Africa are .‘*not.blind,

unconscious, or insensitive to the
very real dilemma,’’ but he did
not* consider the moral issue
central to the argument, merely an
unfortunate byproduct ofthe trans-





oe Mawr College, 1963

20 Gents



“Acting, Dancing wid Folk Music
Ma This Year’s Arts Night

_. This year’s Arts. Night will in-
clude a French play, performances

of various types of folk music,
dancing, and several frankly ‘ex-
perimental pieces.

French club will present ‘*Le
Maitre,’?. by Eugene Ionesco, a
theater-of-the-absurd satire on

Dirk Rezelman, (left), representing the South African Information
Bureau, and Dr. Leslie Rubin, (right), of Howard University, engaged in

itional period leading to anultimate
partition.

He made no further reply to:
Rubin’s charge that apartheid is
‘‘morally indefensible,’? Even when
the audience; (obviously largely in
sympathy with Rubin’s position),
directed__specific._questions—re-
garding the human rights aspect
of the issue to Rezelman he limited
his answers to political statements,

Although the moderator, Dr.
Frank Loecher, general secretary
of the U.S, - South Africa exchange
program and professor of sociology
at Temple University, made a
valiant attempt to direct the dis-
cussion towards the consideration
of: possible answers, the results
of the’ debate were inconclusive,

- a spirited debate on apartheid, moderated by Dr. Frank Loecher (center).

leadership’ and blind _obedience.
It will be directed by Beverly Keith,
The actions of a southern belle
at a dance are the subject of a
humorous monologue to be pre-
sented by Jane Robbins. =

An assortment of Have rford

boys, Bob Gallway, Pete Peterson,

and. Stu McDougal, will play folk
music. on an assortment of instru-
ments, including guitar, banjo,
lute, anddulcimer, Selections will
probably include some bluegrass,
some ‘ethnic’ folk songs, and pos-
sibly- some ‘Appalachian - ballads.
Everyone who has heard them play
is confident that the performance

. will be good no matter -what they

choose,

Folk music of a different kind

will be sung by Dick Morris, who

- plans to sing spiritualsas if he

were ‘‘in the cotton fields under
the bright sun.’’

The Renaissance Choir, for-
merly known as the Madrigal
Singers, will also be on hand.

Modern Dance Club is preparing
two short pieces, ‘*Persistance of

' Vision,’? choreographed by Senta

Driver, and ‘Vibrato I and II.’*
The audience at a recent Dance

Undergrad Accepts Budget,
Forms Financial Committee

by Anne Lovgren

A final séttlement of this-year’s
Common. Treasury. Budget, the es-
tablishment of a Collége Financial
Committee to facilitate review and
revision of future budgets and the
selection of Freshman Week
Chairmen headed the. agenda of
last night’s Undergrad Executive
Board meeting.

The board voted to eliminate
items from-variousorganizations’
proposed budgets totaling $1039,
This leaves the budget for the com-

ing year at $7856,.assessing each

Unemployment Hits Hazard Miners;
BMC, Havertord Students Give Aid

By Leslie Coen, 66
Chronic unemployment -- the na-
tion’s most nagging problem dur-
ing a period of general prosperity.
Nearly six per cent of our labor
force is without work and has lit-
tle prospect of finding it, for the

unemployed. are usually also the.

unskilled, Automation has givenus
many benefits, but it has ruined
the lives of many humanbeings.

Among the most badly hit inthis —
serious, nationwide. problem are
the coalminers of Hazard, Ken-
tucky, whom students in Bryn Mawr
and Haverford are trying to help:

Automation has put about 50 per
cent of these miners out of work,
ahd the resulting” enlarged labor
supply has made it easy for mine-
owners to cut wages and neglect
safety and health precautions,

~ They have succeeded in destroy-
‘ing Hazard’s once strong union.
They have also succeeded in avoid-
ing the Federal Mine Safety Act,
which ‘applies togmines employing





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15 or more men, While sub-leasing
small units of the mimes to many
people, the mineowners. can. have
14 men in each mine and still en-

joy huge profits.
It is not necessary to protect the

lives of coalminers in Kentucky.
If one -is- killed; there are plenty
of then, desparate for work, who
will gladly take his place, Those
who do work in Hazard earn as
little as three to four dollars a day.

- For-a-year now, the miners have |

been on strike, against innumer-
able odds. Berman Gibson, the
strike’s leader, is free on'$10,000
bond, having been charged. with

INTENDING to .blow up a bridge, -
°The FBI entered and searched his

home: without Warrants. He was
also. charged with assault with in-
tent to kill and-hauled into jail on

Election Day: morning, ‘The follow- ©

‘ng day, some people, who evident-
ly didn’t know of his arrest, ac-
cused him of bribing voters, during
the very time he was in jail! He
faces°22 years in prison,

’. Mr. Gibson has been. offered

free legal aid, and his case willbe.

appealed if necessary. ‘Still, a tre-
mendous*amotin .. 2. xdy is need-

ed, for other legal fees and for °

general aid to the area, The late
President Kennedy sent Franklin

SP eg Tae ON OR RET PRT EN OHNE BS

Roosevelt ‘Jr, to Kentucky to in-
vestigate the Situation, Roosevelt
was appalled by what he saw and
recommended a $45 million dollar
aid program, to help ‘the miners

through: the winter. Congress.

turned it down, but someone must
act,

Present aid programs don’t work.
Kentucky is so controlled by the
mineowners that even those whose
job is to dispense federal food will
give it to those who won’t strike,
scabs, .

The area is so poor that the min- .
ers lack the means-to distribute
federal’ aid, There is a school
lunch program, which would give
children their one’ good meal a day,
but Hazard children don’t have the
clothes to be able to go to school.

There is a carton in every hall,

.for of@ clothes tobe sent to Hazard, .

Please contribute whatever you
have. This week-end, Haverford
and Bryn Mawr students will be
canvasjng the neighborhood, asking

for food, old clothes, and money.
Some students will spend Christ- .

mas in Kentucky, to’help in dis-

_ tributing the aid, and to study.the

problem for themselves, A great
deal must be done, Please give ae
old clothes and time. ©

student. $11.65 for Commot Treas- 24

ury dues,

The ‘board struck $125, to be
used to reimburse athletic team
members for meals missed be-
cause of team activities, from the
Athietic Association budget. A $100
item on the same budget used for
Hockey Workshop was accepted for
this year, although the board rec-
ommended that it be reconsidered
in the next budget. The College will
now plan and finance the Em-
ployees’ Dance, formerly admin-

istered by League. The deletion.

of this item marked a $290 de-
crease in the League budget.

“Other cuts in the budget in-
cluded a $180 decrease in NSA
funds, a $20 decrease in the Col-
lege’ In Committee budget, and
the withdrawal of WBMC’s re-
quest for a $384 grant. .

The board voted to establish a
College Financial -Committee,
elected from members of the Exec-
utive _Board who were not sub-
mitting budgets, This board will
review organization budgets with
the various club presidents and
revise the budget accordingly. It
will then ‘submit the. completed
budget to the Undergrad Executive
Board’ for Approval, The Common
Treasurer will act as Chairman
of this committee, with the pre-

vioys Common Treasurer as an

advisor. ~

Diana Hamilton and Popie Johns
were elected Chairmen of the 1964
Freshmen.Week, Pilar Richardson

-and Apne Lovgren will act as

Freshman Handhook Editors.

Other campus problems were

discussed, including the Admin-

istration rule of Vacation signouts,-

a’ proposed open meeting on Li-
brary changes, a shitable method
for populating Erdman with upper-
classmen, and the question of room

‘prices, Undergrad President Dor-

othy Meadow urges students: with
opinions on.these -- or other --
problems-to make them known -

-.to their Hall Undergrad Reps so
that. they may receive attention,

Club rehearsal seemed deeply:
moved by~-the“‘unreal--and dis-
turbing*? quality of the perfor-
emance, which they said, ‘‘is one
of those things that goes =
through you,’

Bob Baskerville and Chris Kaut-
man will sing Slavic folk songs,
accompanying themselves on the
guitar, Their style of singing and ©
playing was described by one mem-
ber of Arts Council as ‘rich, not
squeeky and plunking.’? :

Pam Mulac plans to dance to
the accompaniment: of a poem read
by Pheobe. Knox, with no music,

Two boys from Haverford, Steve
Bonime and Ed Hazzard, will play
two short pieces of medieval music

“on a guitar” anda recorder. Steve

also whistles,

Ed Hazzard will-also.play the
oboe as accompaniment for aread-
ing of her own poetry by Sallee
Horowitz. The oboe music is ex-
pected to serve as a fitting back-
ground for her haunting poems.

The members of Art Council
who have been working on Arts
Night are all very excited by ex-«
cellence of this years perform-
ances, They hope to make it more.
than: just a collection of unrelated |
presentations,

Arts Night begins . sromplty at
8 o’clock this Friday in the Skinner
eee

Late Closing Hour
For Second Trial

The Library Committee has an-
nounced that the library will con-
‘tinue to remain open ~ until
midnight on .evéry night except
Saturday. The extension of library .
hours is still ona trial basis,
however.

The. trial period will probably ~
continue thrétgh thé midyear ex-
amination period,

The administration decided on
the extension because of doubts
that the earlier trial period was

- long enough to be an accurate
reflection of student interest,

If a sufficient number of students
continue to use the library at
night, it is hoped that the new hours
will become permanent,

‘As before, the reserve room will
close at 10 o’clock, but users of
reserve books signed out for the
night will be able to return them
at midnight, thus avoiding anearly
morning trip to the library,

Everyone using’the library after
10 must sign in and out, to provide
an indication of the total amount of
time spent in the library.

A report on the first'trial period
was compiled by Carol Jones,
’65, and submitted last week to
Miss MtBride. An open. meeting
has been proposed for January or -
February to discuss a variety of .
problems and plans in connection
with the library, and the meeting
‘may include a further exploration @
of library hours, Officials have
said that it is hoped. the decision-
of whether or not the hours are to
be, extended permanently will be
made ‘around the time ofthe ore
meeting, if not before,

The Library Committee saan
complaints .of noise during the
10-12: hours, and has urged that »

night: studiers -
» respect for the rules as @uring -
the day,
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