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VOLUME 6. NUMBER 7.
MARIST
COLLEGE,
POUGHKEEPSIE~·NEW
YORK
126Ql
NOVEMBER
l3,
1969
BABA.
Pro'.poses
. Storefront
.
.
.
.
-
In Poughkeepsie
·
Me~bers of
cast
prepare lines in rehearsal for play"Incident of
Vicky" which opens in college theatre tonight.
After a very hectic six weeks of.
planning, organizing, researching
and ·revamping. The Black Afro
American Brothers Association
(BABA)
has
completed
a.
propos~l for a store front in.
Poughkeepsie. The purpose of
this store front will be to make
education
a more
relevant
· experience for our Brothers and
Sisters in Poughkeepsie. This will
be done by a series of workshops
that are designed to discuss Black
History and Black culture. There
will
also· be
a
recreational
program
aiding
in
the
development
of their physical
capabilities.
A_lthough
the
progr~m)s ·directed towards _the
interest
of Black people, all
people of sincere a_nd alturistic
convictions will be welcomed.
· A detailed_ report on the BABA,
proposal may be . ol:itained at a
number of locations: The Marist
College switch Board and Post
Office, the Union,St. Center (on
Union St.), N.S.O. Neighborhood
Service Organization (located at
75 Market St. H.V.O.1.C. on Main.
and Perry ) the Urban St. Center
oriMillSt.
. ..
Further information about the
store front may be obtl!ined on
Wednesday November 12, 1969,
at 12:25 p.m., on WHVW's open
• mike program.
· ·
·
. A discussion of this report will
be. held on Thursday November
13, 1969, at 4:00 p.in. in Marist
College's Campus Ce11_te~.
At the
: time specified there will be a
panel of staff workers that will
answer any questions, you may
wish to ask. This discussion will
be followed by a grouping of
seminars headed by the workshop
coordinators. At these seminars
suggestions and volunteers will be
appreciated:·
. . ·
It is anticipated that
all,
who
are with us, will actively support
us in these goals. ·
"IncJdent at Vichy"
Opens· Tonight
Turkey·
People
Protest.
Trot
Beginning·tonight,
the Marist
the. Theatre
Guild, and Jim
Open
·House
·Passed .
College
Theatre
Guild will
Steinmeyer,
a Junior English
.
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,
present "Incident At Vichy", a
major. Also included in the cast
.
.
·
,
By
John
Zebatto .
drama written by Arthur Miller.
are Jerry Gretzinger, a teacher at
Zymurgy,
a newly fo,:-med
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Residence Board in. Dou hi
~~i;~sJ:r:itsf~~~~~~st;!as~~!:
Stephen Lanning will direct. the
of th e Student Government, Ray
of the Annual Turkey Trot held
Guild's opening production of
Frontaine,
Merwyn Romeyn,
this past Monday. The group
the year·· which portrays the
Brian Doyle, Rich Douglas, and
seemed
to be of a loosely
treatment of the Jewish people
Mike Fennhain.
on Monday night, the Resident
opinion that the new hour would
organized
fa
bric under th.e
during the Nazi occupation of
"Incident at Vichy" is
th
e firS
t
• Board, with-· approval of the
adequately serve to fulfill the
direction
of A. Byrd, with
·outhern France. in the Second
of four productions planned for
Residence • Director passed new
needs of healthy socialization
headquarters in the ripple room;
World War. ·Assisting in - Bro. ·
th
is year by
th
e Theatre Guild,
all
hours. for open house in
·
the
among
the sexes. It also is . The demonstration
was the
Stephen'sdirection
is Diana Di of which will be out sta
nd
ing
dorms. The new hours are on
consistent
with Marist's view
climax of a week long campaign
Grandi a resident of Hyde Park
dramas from the biggest names in
weekdays,
from. 6- ll
p.m., . toward co-educational living. :1'he prote·stingthe awarding of turkeys
and a teacher with BOCES, who
American
th
eatre. The play will
Fridays 6-.2 a.in.;, Sahu:clay.s frO,Ill
. .-·
... Board ~_as also ~eserved th~ nght .. to the winners of the races in the
·
nas'beeiiwith
the Theatre-Guild
. begin ·tonight, .·tomorrow night, . 1~2 a.m, and Si.mdaysfroni 1 p.m. . to. review pe>licy. and __
is the ·. Turkey Trot;
.
.
forthepastthreeyears
.. · .. ·. .
a
nd
Satu
rd
ay night, atS:,3.0 and.
:~11
p.m: ·• . ·
·
'>.
.
ultim~te b~dy. re~ponsible. _for ,. Zymurgy··did not attempt
to.
The'all-male cast lieadlinesPhil
Surf
d
ay afterrioori
at
2
:
3
o.
·
.The Resident Board was of the
dormitory
life
subJect to review
block the faculty race, for they
Di.· Gran dis,
a· resident.
of
Tickets are available at th e box
by the Director of Residence.·.
found
that
race
especially .
PQughk_eepsie and• President of
office.
The passage of the new policy is
entertaining. However they threw
Intercollegiate
Appalachian
Reaction
formed
By Bill Deucher
time, see to it that this frew group
developed
to
the point of
The Marist College sector of the· self-operation, and then go on
to
Christian Appalachian Project has
the next, college. The established
· formed
an· intercollegiate
.procedures
were left out, i.e.
reaction, in. the Hudson Valley
regular
meetings,
treasuries,
area,
to· the
poverty
in
officiers
etc.,
this type of
Appalachia. In only its third year
intercollegiate program was going
of ·operation
at. Marist .the
to be a loosely org~nized, but
volunteers here have established
totally involved group, The one
one·of the most successful social
thing that will h_old it together-is
service - organizations
in the
the
mutual
reaction.· to the
Hudson· Valley. hi .the spring of
poverty of Appalachia and the
1969 a decision was reached by · apathy . towards that poverty.
. the 'Manst Appalachian Workers
Many·
inter
co
11
e g i ate
to expand this successful program
org·anizations are doomed · to
into the realm of intercollegiate
failure because of two main
.· oireration._
Through-
many_ factors. First, lack of funds and
lectures and · slide programs at
secondly, Jack of a solid purpose
neighboring colleges the MariSt . wliich would hold their program·
group ,has
stirred up much
together.
Although
the
interest· in a reaction to .the
Intercollegiate
Appalachian
poverty which has held.· sue~ a :Reaction does not have money,
deathly grip on the Appalachian
we do have a purpose that will
regionformany_years.
·
bind
us together,
especially
At first the MaristAppalachian
through financial difficulties.
.
Reaction · worked·•· through the
/ There are many reasons why we
Hudson Area College Council, . started such a program, the first
but found it's progress too s_low being a need to unite in a_ larger
and limited to.irregular meetmgs . 'group. Appeals made by this
which were rarely attended by all group, because of its large size, to
the colleges. Therefore a new · government and private agencies
approach was taken, an approach
and foundations would. be more
w
hi Ch w Ou 1 d 1 ea Ve the
effective. Secondly' we wanted to
burdensome organization out. We spread
the
realities
of the
decided to form one group of
Appalachian
region to ever
voJunteers, at one college at a increasing
numbers. Another
In This
lss.ue:
VIETNAM
reason
was to involve more
people . in a positive . social
awareness program, (that perhaps
other-wise would not be available
to them) which could guickthem
in the service of his fellow man. '
The first intercollegiate project
we have scheduled is designed to
.help the Appalachian Workers of
Marymount
College·
o~t
financially, To help them raise
funds, a beer mixer on Nov. 21 at
Marymount .· will be held.
Vf
e
would like to send as many Manst
people · as possible down to
Tarrytown. It will be a good time
- for a good cause. Also . an
intercollegiate clothing and food
drive will· be carried· out by the
.
four colleges that now make up
the. intercollegiate· Appalach_ian
Reaction,
Marist,. Marymount,
MT.
Saint Mary's, and Good
Counsel.
EDITORIAL
SUPPLEMENT.
the result of -a . rather lengthy . up a blockade in front of the
discussion among the three house
starting line for the students' race
Councils, House Masters, and
and held up commencement of
Director of· Residence. These
the contest for fifteen minutes.
deliberations have. led to the
As the trot officials attempted to
belief by · some Board mem hers
clear the · track, . tension grew
that a re~valuation of the House
be tween
the
runners
and
System, in terms of the nature of
protesters
but violence was
the Resident Board is necessary.
averted
when the protesters
This view is similiarly expressed
decided
to enter
the ra
•n
in the three House Councils. The
themselves.
Resident Board is composed of
Turkey Trot officials who were
representatives from the three
vis i b 1 y shaken
by
the
dormitories and each dormitory
demonstrations
attributed
the ·
has a House·
Council.' The
protest
to Communists, who,
Resident Board is. a legislative
they said; had flown instructions
body • for the three do_rms while
tQ Zymurgy via_ pidgeons. The
· the Council is concerned with a . trot officials also attributed the
. particular
"house".
Specific · .protest to the fact that .with the .
definition-ofpowersanddutiesof
approach
of Thanks_giving a
both the House .Council and .widespread feeling of restlessness .
Resident Board institutions is not
had overcome the group·. No
now discernable. However the· mention of the fact by Zymurgy.,
agenda for the House Councils
that
trot officials had given
and
Resident Board .includes
cyclamate infected gatorade to
re-evaluation ' of their function
thefaculty was made.
and power.
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Notes
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From
Bogota
Tom.
Paine
Lives,.
Etc.
By Paul Browne
South American Corr.
1HECIRCLE
Cal~ndar of Ev~.nts
For The
-Week
Of November 17-23,
1969.
If you would like y~ur organizations' information included on this
calendar, it is important that you contact Mr. Brosnan'sofficcatleast
two weeks prior to the date that the event is scheduled to take place.
Please·· contact:
Joseph Brosnan, Director of Campus Center,
472-3240, Ext. 279
·
MONDAY,November 17
·
9:30
A.M. -
4:30
P:M.
Recruitment-
Metropolitan
Life
Insurance Mr ..
Tyes, Recruiter. PLACEMENT OFFICE
.
·
NOVEMBER
13,"1969
LETTERS-
Gen.tic men:
RE:
October 30, 1969 lssue of
Circle Faculty Focus: The
· ·
Inferiority Complex of the
, Humanities ( i.e. the
.
.
inferiority complex of man)
,
Dr.· Benin has written an'
After reading an early edition
of the CJ RCLE, I recall noting the
proposed schedule of works for
the Theatre Guild and feeling that
a fine year of student productions
lies ahead. Although
I'll
miss
some rather spec,tacular opening
nights at t~e campus center, the
student theatre groups of Latin
America should well make for it.
A student group from Bogota,
"La Mama", recently captured
many a Colombian audience with
d i r e c t e d
b y
E n r i q u e
its representation of Paul Foster's
Buenaventura. · "Sfx Hours ..
,"
"Tom
Paine". Foster nimself,
dealt with an article reported in
along with Ellen Stewart and
the "Chicago Tribune", April 15,
other authors, helped establish an
1969. Frank Kulak- had battled
experimental playhouse, possibly
with Chicago police for over six
the first
(J'in
not sure) in this hours,
.
using. a
·
rifle,
hand
capital city. The players of "La
granades, and incendiary bombs.
Mama" laced Foster's work with
Kulak had admitted detonating a
improvisation, and did not· shy bomb a week earlier in the toy
away (as I expected they might)
department
of Goldblatt
from the nudity called for in a Brothers' department store. The
sensual, provocitive ... almost
toy department carried toy guns,
mystical scence.
war games, etc. One woman was
8:00 P.M. Lecture - "THE REVELANCE OF ROME" by Dr. Roscoe
Balch. FIRESIDE LOUNGE, CAMPUS CENTER Sponsored by
History Club and LaGiovane Italia Club.
WEDNESDAY, November 19
10:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. Recruitment - Marion Laboratories - Mr.
Martin Wolfe, Recruiter for Sales Placement Office
-
obituary based on the difficulty
.
and·. discouragement
he
encountered on a short venture
off· the fence· of theory. He
couldn't
find
.
a pulse so he
assumed the patient had died; He
should
have
checked. for a
heartbeat.
A f
t
e r
r e c e i v i n g
s
o killed, and in his battle with the
enthusiastically my first glimps of police,
..
a
·
week
--later,
two-
Latin
theatre,
I
soon after
policemen were killed. Kulak said
attended
a semi-professional
he
had
been
trying
to
production
of Jean Anouilh's
demonstrate "how horrible war
"Antig·ona".
Anouilh's
is".
contemporary
interpretation
of
Buenaventura uses the Tribune
the greek tragedy was poorly
article to correlate with another
directed, and the acting ... stiff, news item reported in May of
unconvincing, almost humorous,
1964. In South Vietnam, Nsuyen
.
... bad beyond words. The saving Van Trei was captured and later
grace was the "Teatro Colon"
executed in
an
attempt to mine a
·
where the work was presented.
bridge that Defense Secretary
ThisisBogota'smostfamousand
McNamara
would pass over
indisputably,
most beautiful
duringavisittoVietnam.
theater. It has hosted the biggesl
B o th
events,
Kulak 's
and the best of performers and breakdown and Van Trei's arrest
performances. Its box seats (Ford
and exceciltion are performed
Th
eater
style) are Javous in simutaneously .. The curtain closes
decour, and the highest priced
with a reading
of
the Tribune
seats run about one dollar.
article
about
Kulak and the
Although largely disqppointed,
chanting of Vietnamese p~asants
to
a point of disgust, with · .. "Weare with Van Trei".
"Antigona", I returned last we·ek
.
While l 'll remain a loyal patron
to
.the
Colon to witness another
of
the
Colon
and
other
student
work.' This time,· aii Columbian
theaters,
I
look
experimental group from Cali (a forward to news of what appears
lively
city
s.w. of Bogota) to be a stimulating season for the
.
presented "Six Hours in the Life
_
Marist players.
of Frank Kulak" - written and
•.
*****
•CIRCLE
Stephen A. Harrison
EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
John Rogener
F .M.S.
.MANAGING
EDITOR
David DeRosa
CIRCULATION
MANAGER
EDITORIAL
BOARD
Steve
Harrison,Joe
McMahon,John
Zebatto,John Rogener
FEATURE WRITERS
Joseph McMahon
·
John
Zebatto
NEWS
EDITOR
Peter
Masterson, James Newman,
Paul Browne,
Bill O'Reilly, Raymond Pasi,
F.M.S., Edwin Peck, F.M.S.
•
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1_
8:00 P.M. Lecture-History Dept. -
"MEDIEVAL
SPAIN" - Dr. Joseph
O'Callaghan COLLEGE THEATRE, CAMPUS CENTER
THURSDAY, November20
l :30 P.M. - 4:30 P.M. Federal Service Entrance Exam (FSEE),
Presented by Placement Office. Room 248-A, CAMPUS CENTER
·
FRIDAY,November21
Coffee House Concert - Don Crawford COLLEGE THEATRE,
CAMPUS CENTER
SATURDAY, November
22
Fall Crew Alumni Race - HOM~
Sailing- Frostbite Regatta - HOME
7:30· P.M. - l :00
A.M.
Evening Division Dinner Dance COLLEGE
DINING HALL, CAMPUS CENTER
MYSTERY BUS?
SUNDAY, November 23
Sailing - Frostbite Regatta - HOME
8:00 P.M.
Movie' - "IRMA LADOUCE" COLLEGE THEATRE,
CAMPUS CENTER Sponsored by Student Government Film Series.
Art
Exhibit
-
Title: "CORDLESS AND CHARGEABLE" - Artists:
. Teichman,
Plaut, and Fisher GALLERY LOUNGE, CAMPUS
CENTER
thru
November
'
Chicago,
etc.
By Salvatore Piazza
"This is America. This is a free
country,"· said the cop. "No!"
replied
the student,· "this is
Chicago."
The scene was Chicago during
the August Police Riot of 1968.
·
The memory of the insane week
of the Democratic Convention
has been ingrained in the minds of
many
·
people. Surely
·
I will not
forget.
For
once American
democracy showed its true face.
For the
,past
few weeks eight
1rganizers of the demonstrations
m
Chicago during the convention
have
..
been
on "trial".
The
absurdity of the "trial"
is
the
theme.
The
law supposedly
broken is itself
a
direct violation
of our constitutional
rights of
free speech.
.
The "trial" has been fractured
by outbursts from the defendents
which have been countered
·
by
repressive actions from the man
who sits where the judge should
be, A particular case in point is
the
continual
confrontation
between
Judge Hoffman and
co-founder of the Black Panther
Party, Bobby G. Seale. Mr. Seale
is not
represented
by legal
counsel. His attorney has been
missing
from the courtroom
because of illness. Mr. Seale has
rejected the services
·or
attorney
G_
Seale: Black Panther sits in the
Chicago courtroom subdued but
not
quiet.
They
do things
differently in Chicago. Seale sits
·
shackled to a chair. To prevent'
any further outbursts,
he has
been gagged by order of the
judge.
.
All of thiswould be outrageous
if it was happening to a white. But
Mi.
Seale is black and should have
expected
·it.
America-has trea·ted
black people in this manner for.
three
.hundred
years. Just because
it is 1969,
Mr.
Seale should not
expect different treatment. The
racism of J~dge Hoffman is
obvious, and is ·not the point of
dispute. Ask Bobby G. Seale.
There
·
is another
point;
however,. which li~s not been
obviou~ to many people who Jive
in our
"free"
country.
If
you have
not seen it yet, you haven't been
-.·
watching.: It is not hard
to
find~
America is approaching the police
state of Hitler. America is not
slowly
approaching
it.·
The
approach is quick. The police riot
of Chicago may have been the
first overt sign.
'The
continual
invasion by
police into the affairs of the Black
Panther
Party is a continual
reminder. The insane language of
Spiro. Agnew is also a reminder.
Nixon administration
decisions
SPORTSWRITERS
William
Kunstler,
who
is
.
made by Strom Thurmond are
reminders.
I
don·t want to make you
paronoid,
but watch what is
happening. The time to act is
now.
I
don't recommend waiting.
Soon it will be too late. Ask
Bobby
G. Seale.
JoeMcMahon-SportsEditor
representing
some
of
the
Don Duffy-Assistant
Sports
Editor
.
members of the .. Chicago Eight".
Joe Rubino,
Steve
Sawicki,
Bob
Mayerhofer, Chuck
Meara, Greg
McLaughlin, Judge Hoffman refused to allow
JackBarry,KevinDonnelly
.
_
Seale
to represent
himself.
Strange
are the workings of
PHOTOGRAPHY
American justice.
PhotoEditor-RichardBrurnmett
Chairman
Seale has asked
Peter
Davi,
Bany
Smith
several
times for permission
to
cross-examine·
the .. witnesses"
Typist:
Tom
Mahoney
Cartoonists:
·
who have
·accused
him
of inciting
GenyGarcy,SteveHanison a
"riot".
TheJudgesaysno.Seale
Circulation:
Greg McLaughlin,Jack
Bany
shouts fascist. Now after his
--------------------------'
rights
have been abridged, Bobby
*****
I once
·sat
in on his classes not
because
l
sought pat answers or
dreams. I was looking for order.
True, I came away "bedazzled"
but only because I'd never before
taken the time to reason, and
"irritated" because I realized the
discomfort of having to support
an idea or principle. •
·
There are still people who have~·
not given themselves over to the
CARE of science; people who
do
not
believe that theory and
movement of the mouth alone are
signs of, or dedication to a way of
life;
people who do not dismiss or
acguire principles in their quest
for
acceptance
-or
comfort.
Granted,
we
·
may be few in
number, but we're still out here,
and alive, and wheri and if our
demise comes it will be because
we have chosen extinction rather
than
the
fr.ustration
of an
evolutionary limbo.
Dear Editor:
Yours truly,
Carol A.'Deyo
·
CCTV Center
As the artist" of the 4 missing
·
paintings, I am making an ardent
appeal to all the studefl.ts at
Marist College to help locate
these.
·
There is no reason to
..
know
WHO has them or WHERE they.
have been, only that they come to
light and freceive·bac~ my work.
As students you must know the
diligence
and faithfulness in
executing a work, whetper
it
b~ a
.
research
paper or a
.project:
Likewise these are my repertoire I
take with me to galleries; these
·
are my labor and creative force rto
money
can
reproduce.
And
therefore
I would
doubly
appreciate all of your kind efforts
that I may once again show these
to other people who would also
enjoy them.·
.
Sincerely,
Helen L. Gilkey
October 5-3 l show called "Black
and White ... and others"
.
*****
Why?
By Peter Masferson
,,
Why didn't Marist play football
last weekend? Answer- Because it
rained!
Why
·
was the
·
Marist football
team out on
.the
field in the
pouring rain attempting to clear
the
wa_ter with
wastepaper-
baskets? Answer - Because the
Maintenance Club didn't know
how to use the pump!
Why didn't they know how to
use the pump? Answer - Perhaps
they didn't
want to
...
Maybe
they had a club meeting to discuss
better ways of "maintaining"
themselves as a club, rather than a
working organization.
·
Rumor has it that the agenda of
the
next
Maintenance
Club
meeting is concerned with having
the football
team pump the
Hudson River on to Leonidoff
field so that they can watch crew
practice from their clubhouse.
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NOVEMBER 13, 1969
fflECIRCLE
Faculty
focus
Some
Impressions
0·1 Soviet
R~ssia
•
By Casimir Norkeliunas
impressions .we brought
·back
with us from the Soviet Union.
No matter for how short or
One tends to think of the.
long a time, student tours to
Soviet
Russian
state
as
foreign
·
countries
prove to be
an ti-religious.
Paradoxically
inestimable sources of concrete
enough, the Soviet people do
information on lands and people.
believe in a gqd .. Officially, the
They supplement
the'' vicarious
country has replaced its centuries
knowledge
acquired
through
old
tradition
of Orthedox
reading and fectures by thrusting
Christianity by scientific atheism.
·
the student into. the midst of
A new cult of personality, that of
reality.
All one has studied
-LeninandhiswifeKlupskaya,has
becomes·
embodied
in
the
·replacedthecultofChristandthe
immediate
environment' - a Virgin Mary.
kaleidoscopic ·unit of language,
Vladimir
Ilyich Lenin, has
dress, ethic types, architecture,
become
a legandary spiritual
noise of traffic,
·now
of crowds,
leader of the Russian social and·
strange vehicles and scores of
political
revolution,
the
other
spinning
impressions
Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.
.
·
exciting
the inind and being.
He has come to symbolize a
.
Psychological,
novelty
and
god-head,asaviourofthe
Russian
excitement
is- accompanied
_by
peasants
and
laborers from
intellectual·
and
spiritual
capitalistic
oppression
·and·
revelations,
such
as: being
exploitation. Today, what Christ
·
confronted by Rembrandt's "Der
is to Christendom, Lenin
is
to the
Nachtwacht"
in Amsterdam's
Russian Communist Party· and
RijkMuseum;theviewofVienna
the
Soviet
State.
His
·face
(Strauss'
"... the· city of. my
confronts and haunts you from
dreams , .. ") from Kahlen_berg virtually
every
"billboard,
mountain;
the waxy mask of
magazine,
cover,
newspaper
Lenin in its icy tomb on the Red
·
feature, and bookstall. In the fine
Square; or the feel of Nestor the
arts,
there
exists a veritable
Chronicler's
glass coffin in the
barrage of Leniniana. Museums
Monastery of the caves beneath
are filled with every imaginable
·
the Dnieper River. These and
sculptured, painted or
sketched
many other concrete experiences
pose of him. Often, he is depicted
assist in rearranging earlier facts
as a loving teacher surrounded by
into
a
coherent whole, which an
smiling
rosy-cheeked
school
individual does not easily forget.
children or a serious party leader
It is on this premise that travel
a d dressing
a c r o w d o f
can serve the humanist
as a revolutionaries; or as father of the
laboratory
for research_ and
Soviet
State speaking to an
reinforcement of learning.
assembly of delegates.
•
Motivated by these beliefs, last
Lenin's embalmed remains are
April, we organized the Marist
exhibited daily in
an
open coffin
College student tour of the Soviet
to thousands
who make the
Union.
What more effective
pilgrimage to Moscow to
see
him
means is there to explain the
from the remotest regions of the
notion of a closed society, of a
Soviet
Union. The lines are
totalitarian state; life behind the
five-deep. They wind along the
Iron Curtain, or to exchange ideas
Kremlin walls for miles.
with the common S,oviet Russian,
In no other place of the Soviet
than
to take the student
to
Union is one officially requested
experience thisfor himself?
.
to remove his hat except in Lenin
Although the cost of the trip
Mosoleum. The Soviet faithful, as
amounted to about $500.00. its
they file by., give Lenin's effigy
cultural and educational returns
soulful
gla.nces.
It is not
~.to
·
the student
proved to be
uncommon for visitors to openly
·
incalcµlable.
The thirty-two
shed tears.
·subscribers
were students
of
An obvious contradiction
in
Soviet
economics,
Russian
the Soviet Russian interpretation
history·
and language, mostly
of Marx is this deification of
from Marist College. Very few
Lenin. His a striking feature tha~
went simply for pleasure. Our
a tourist notices as soon as he has
itinerary included·ten days in the
entered the country. The Russian
-Soviet Union, visiting the cities of Communists had to compromise
Leningrad, Moscow anµ Kiev, and
with the religious mind of the
four days in Western Europe,
average,. Russian. One simply
-with
· two-day
sojourns
in
cannot uproot the notion of God
Amsterdam and Vienna.
from
a traditionally
religious
To record all we have observed
country (baptized. as early as the
and learned, even in the brief time
I 0th
century
A.O.) without
we were there, would require an substituting some new deity or
extensive article. Much of what
creed.· To stay in power,
-the
was seen and heard, we presented
Russian
Communists
had to
in the form of a lecture and panel
revise
Marx
and
ere ate
a
·discussion
last spring in the
psychologically
emotionally
·
college theater. This time, being
satisfying
substitute
for
limited by space, I will relate only
Christianity in the new cult of
one
or
two
of
the
many
Lenin.
T~rough A Broken
.
By Bill O'Reilly
It has now been a month since I
·
arrived in England. Deportation
proceedings started last week. In
this country many of the students
own motorcycles so, wanting to
be with
it,
Edgar Royce, John
Kaley and myself have purchased
Honda's and have formed a gang
called "Purgatories Turtles."
'The purpose of this gang is to
race
around
London in our
·groovey
motorcycle
outfits
screaming
obscenities
at t_he
pigeons a11d picking fights with
the
gay
divorcees
Club of
Picadilly.
Surprising as it may seem, we
are not the only gang of this kind
in London. Big at this time is a
group called the "Skinh1:3ds".
This
group includes children
aging from 14 to 19. They shave
their heads, wear their pants just
below
their
knees (sort of
Corduroy clamdigger) and wear
brown army boots with "MOM"
on the
-heel.
These clowns who
travel in packs of 10 to 20
frequent the Saturday afternoon
soccer games and "rough up" fans
of the opposing teams. After
witnessing the group in action I
asked one of the leaders what the
existential
aims of the group
were. "We're· not cxistentials,
we're tories", the kid said "and
we don't take nothing from any
blokes",
(a slang expression).
"Out club just wants to be left
alone, y' know man. But all these
guys rootin' fort' other
team
gets
my boys upset, y' know man. So
we bust •ere heads in - its o'!!y
fair." When I asked him why they
all walked like they had a rash he
got hot and said, .. say here, you
can't talk to us skinheads like
that."
So
.
I gave him some
Desenex and he skipped away.
One
of
the long standing
traditions of the English is Fish ·n
Chips. Chips are French fries and
together with a fish (sometimes
they cook it) it costs about sixty
CASIMIR NORKELIUNAS
Another striking feature that a
visitor to the S.U. immediately
senses is the lack of contact with
the outside world. The traveler
cannot buy western magazines or
newspapers and is not allowed to
listen
to
western
radio
broadcasts;
The
Soviet
communic.ation media does not
inform,
it
spreads
official
propaganda.
What can a visitor expect to
read, hear, or see while he is in the
U.S.S.R.? He hears or reads only
what
the
Communist
Party
wishes
to
emphasize
or
popularize. At the time we were
in the U.S.S.R., all the media
were propagandizing. one theme.
Radio,
television,
and the
newspapers
proclaimed
the
forthcoming Labor Day (not to
be confused with May Day) of
April 12th. This was a day on
which the country's labor force
was to turn out en massc on
Saturday,
April
12 and
contribute
an
extra day of work
to the economy. Labor Day is a
-means
utilized by the government
to increase production.
On the international scene, the
media presented the U.S., the
Western Powers and Germany as
the perennial villains. One got the
impression that World War
11
had
not yet ended
and
that an attack
on Jlussia from the West was
imminent.
The Soviet citizen wakes up
.
and goes to bed in a martial
mood.
The
communication
media keeps the country in a state
ofsieie.
The population
is reminded
daily
of
the
tremendous
sufferings born by the Russian
people
in
W.W.
ll.
Psychologically,
the
media
directs the people to support the
party since it was the party's
leadership that won
·w.
W. IL
Nothing is said about the role
played then by the U.S. The
media
is the most effective
control
that
the Communist
Party has over the minds of the
people.
*****
Window
cents. The
S\\'.Cll
thing about Fish
•n Chips places is that they give
you the stuff in newspapers. Last
night the fish 1 was eating had
Beetle Bailey on its tail and on
one of the French fries there was
a caption
which
read,
"Reincarnation - you could come
back a potato." I couldn't eat it,
so Edgar did.
Edgar
Royce's
motorcycle
outfit is a gas. Since he drives it to
school he has to look nifty. Edgar
starts out with a skin-tight golf
shirt with a Zepplin on the
pocket, tucked into a pair of
Orange Bermuda shorts: Over this
he wears a bright red leather
windbreaker with 2 young 2 go=
4 girls, written on the back of
it.
To finish off he has a pair of Tom
McAnn together shoes with the
square toe that makes fence
climbing easier. Of course, like
the rest of us, he has "purgatories
Turtles" tatooed on his forehead.
This morning I received not one
but two issues of the Circle in the
PAGE 3
S.A.C. Reports
By Edward O'Neill
This article is to be the first of a
regular column which will appear
each
.
week in the Circle. Its
purpose
is to keep you, the
student,
informed
about
academic policies as they arc
being formulated. It
is
my hope
then, that with greater student
awareness of academic issues, the
student body as a whole will take
a
more ACTIYE role in making
these decisions.
At
the
present
time, the
Academic Policy Committee is
concerning itself with new course
proposals. Those reviewed at the
meeting
of
11 /7
were
l)
Theoretical Physics II, which was
tabled. 2) Bus.- Labor Relations;
and
Bus.- Cost accounting
I;
passed and to be offered 1970
Spring Semester. and 3) Russ.·
Master.pieces
of
Russian
Literature in Translation; passed
with directive to English and
Mod. Language departments for
interdepartmental
considerations
and probably be offered 1970
Fall Semester.
Those items which are listed on
the present agenda are:
l) Course proposals
-
a.
Art-Sculpture
in
Contemporary media
b. Continuation of Huamnities
101-102
c. Hist.- Modern Germany from
Bismarck to Hitler
d. Interdisciplinary
course in
science
e. Ed.- Intro. to Contemporary
Higher Education in America
2) Proposal from the Mod.
Language Department
that the
en trance requirement
of two
• years of foreign language (in high
school) be raised to three.
3) Proposal from the Theology
Department that "the six credits
in Religious Studies I I 0-1 I I be
withdrawn as part of the core
curriculum."
4) The petition -or students
concerning index requirements is
in the hands of the chairman of
A.P.C.
5) Proposal for student vote on
A.P.C. with appendix concerning
evaluation
of
student
participation in college decision
making.
In
addition
there arc two
relatively
important
items to
which I would like to get faculty
and student reaction. In trying to
be as representative
a group as
possible. the Student Academic
Committee
is
presently
considering
expanding
its
numbers
such
thirt there would be
.
four student representatives
to
each department, one from each
year. This would of course mean
cooperation from the faculty in
allowing such a group of students
to
participate
in
their
departmental meetings.
It
would
also mean that a large number of
students
would have to get
involved
in,
a very
time
consuming activity.
A major difficiency
of this
campus is the lack of actual
·
contact between the student and
his instructors. Most of the "real"
learning here at Marist takes place
at bull sessions in the dorms, over
coffee
in
·the
Rat, or just going
one on one with a prof. The
difficulty
is that most of us
haven't taken the time or effort
to get to know these people, our
teachers, as people. They have an
awful
lot to offer us as we have to
offer
them.
Otherwise,
they
wouldn't
be in this business.
.
Therefore,
I would suggest that
we invite these people into our
"homes", the dorms and work on
getting to know them and letting
them know us. l don't
think
it
would kill any prof's time to
spend
one night a month for a
few
hours in the dorm. Major obstacle
though,
is that we have to invite
them. Very few will turn you
down. Try it. Such is life in the
wonderful world of SAC.
Peas
and
Carrots
By Joe McMahon
Now I can understand how Mr. Nixon feels. Here I am faced with a
very sincere, benevolent, and heartwarming protest, and what do I do?
Ignored it, that's what. And by taking the easy way out, I was actually
perpetrating
the wholesale slaughter of turkeys so that
!
could
maintain some silly principle and, most of all, I could satisfy my
cannibalistic desires. I had my chance, but I blew it. I could have
listened to Tom Turkey, but no, I knew better. And did I listen to the
endearing pleas of A. Byrd? Certainly not. I refused to be s"'.ayed by
the vocal
,minority,
but instead I upheld the demands of
a
silent but
bloodthirsty majority. But now the mass murder is in the past,
and·
there's no sense crying over spilt milk. The protest (as most protests
do) did accomplish one good thing - you
can
bet I won't be guilty of
the same crime again next year!. . And now, on the more serious
side
of the race, Bill Kalish would like to file
suit
against the "crazy kid"
(Nolan) who held his pants while Bill, unknowingly, jumped out of
them at the
·sound
of the starting gun. Bill finally got started just before
sundown, but when he finished he discovered, much to his chagrin,
that he had missed the training table and would have to settle for
donuts, cigarettes, and gatorade in the press box ... John Zebatto ran
the most ingenuitive race, making up his own course as he went along.
Every time he saw his roommate, Tom McNamee, he would cut in
front of him and sprint for 50 yards. At the finish, Zabo w.is I 6tli and
he had performed the amazing feat of covering 2. 7 miles in 19 minutes,
while running at a pace of IO minutes per mile
...
Of all the runners,
Mike "Mini-hawk" Hawd was definitely the most surprising.. The only
reason he signed up for the race was because Jack Barry and Grey
McLaughlin talked him into it, and the only reason they signed up was
because Vinny Winsch talked them into
it,
and the only reason
...
but
anyway, here's this tireless little sound-effects specialist barreling
along the course right up with the leaders, and here with 200 yards to
go he's right behind Eddie Walzer, (probably the best sprinter in the
school) and the Mini-Hawk kicks by him to finish 9th in 17:49 ... And
so went the second-annual "Marist Massacre." As someone said, there
was something in it for everybody ... Erp!. ..
*****
mail - after dancing hysterically
for IO minutes, I settled down to
read the weakly.
First off I have just finished
applauding
for the eight able
oarsmen
and one handsome
coxswain.
But although
the
oarsmen are BIG. one of the
coxswains is also fairly gigundo.
The
last
time
I . saw Pete
Masterson his neck was so big he
had to use a shoe-horn to get his
polo shirt on. Crew is one of my
favorite sports - I really enjoy it
when the team goes to Florida
and alligators attack the boat.
This weeks Met question is:
How many Mets do
·
ou know
who atc
0
good
•n
plenty··., between
games of Sunday Doub:l, Headers
in 1964 with the initi:i'.s Y.T. - I
am
glad
to
sec
.1ld
Joe
Rubinowitz
still has
,1is
lively
little column. As you all know
.Joe only writes in Pig I. ,tin so his
mother has to stay ur late and
translate his work of aTi.
Finally,
I miss tl1, articles
,1bout
the Marist co-cd~
..
-\re
they
all dead?
Did they
;<we
to
Franks?
Did they c,
caught
bolting? Or arc they-
racticing
for a giant .. soft-shoe·
.outinc?
What fun!




























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THt:CIRCLE
.NOVEMBER
13.1969
looters·
Upe11d.
Oneonta
2-0
.DOwling
.·Sklds·.•By,.··1-0
Last Tuesday· b~fore a -h~me. Leonidoff. Playing on the ~iggest
then.·scored the goal at 1 :07 of
·, cro'Y,'.d the Soccer . team played
puddle. ever neither team could
the third peri9d for the only score
·.powerful Orieonta St. The young . do anything as the ball would not.
ofthe_game. ·
·
.. ·
,
red foxes chalked up their fourth
move across the wet ground. The
This· ended the Manst soccer
·straight·
victory by defeating
<:me big play of the game was a
season for 1969, The record was a
Oneonta 2-0.
penalty kick by Tom McKiernan
not so impressive 4-7:1 but with
The offense clicked in the
after a call against fullback Bob
all but three players returning
second period. Dribbling down
Bergin for maHcious shov~, a i:iot
next year the team looks forward
the left side of· the field Pete
t
00 ,
practical call. McKiernan
to many good seasons ahead.
Walaszek
executed a perfect
crossing pass to Tom Rabbitt who.
scored the goal with 12: 18_
gone _
. in the period. Three minutes later
on a· goal kick the Oneonta goalie
tried to get the ball to a fullback
so he could kick
it
out. Walaszek
stole the ball and toe kicked
it
at
. the goal scoring his sixth goal of
Jzzy Sabeta heads ball past Oneonta player as fullback Bob Bergin
· anticipates the play. Marist went on to·win its 4th straight, 2-0.
the season at the 15 :50 of the
second period. Krenn, playing his
best game of the se·ason, stopped
repeated- shots and saved hi~ ·
second shut out of the year. The -
defensive play of. the game went
to Jim Elliott who saved a goal
late in the third period. Bob
Krenn had lost the ball after a
diving save, the ball squirting free
in front of the open goal mouth.
Elliott then took it away from the
Oneonta hooter and kicked it out
Harriers
Take
Fifth
.
.
Trenton
Wins
·N:AIA.
of danger.
By Steve Sawicki
On Saturday Nov. 8, the Marist ·
harriers competed
at Trenton
. New Jersey · in the District 31
N
.A.I.A.
Championships.
The
meet
was held at beautiful
Washington Crossing State Park
after 3 days of rain which made
the normally difficult course
treacherous for all competit9rs.
· The race went off at l: 30 p.m.,
in a slight breeze making the 40
degree temperature felt by all.
The harriers started over
½
_mile
of. rolling grass and entered the
wooded sections tightly packed
and mamtaining a cautious pace;
The atmosphere became intense
... as it was almost impossible to pass
a runner through these woody
areas, making up -80% of the
·course.
The
trail
crossed
.. foot-bridges over streams and also
crossed streams where .there were
no · footbridges
.. The
path
narrowed as it went downhill and
became extremely slippery as the
upgrades were bare of leaves and
grass due to the rain. There were
90 degree turns and 180 degree
turns forcing runners to stop and
regain their balance.
Last Saturday Marist lost to
Dowling College 1-0 at Lake_
Bill Kawina hits the deck after being tripped
by Dowling player.
Meanwhile
Charlie J)ePercin
fights
pond and player to clear ball.
Toe Young Booters
were dunked, 1-0. .
· As the runners came out into .
open air and light the-finish was
frosh crew singles champ, 8th -
near and the field opened into the
J
k
J
l
Steve Sepe (17 :41)
~
a crew man
. ½
mile of rolling hills. _The
Uf
ey
f0
who. finished 3rd in last year's
runners were.separated with Tom
race, '9th - Mike (Mini-Hawk)
Fleming of Paterson setting a new-
Charlie DePercin, Mr. John
Hawd (17:49) the coxie of the
record of (-26.01) and holding the
Lumia, and Elise Maneri were the
freshman second boat, and 10th-
lead by 23 sec. over Phil Slack of
respective winners Monday of the
Ed Walzer, of soccer and track
Trenton; (26:24), Paul Servidio
3 races
in the 2nd annual
fame.
Gerry
Rondon,
the
(26:27) of Trenton and Fred
Intramural
Cross-County meet
defending champ, hampered by
Ross of Paterson (26:35 all of
sponsored by the Spiked· Shoe
injuries from· the recent :;occer
whom broke the previous record
Club.
season, finished a disappointing
of(26:53).
Charlie,.a freshman, who ran
12th. The winning team was De
The first runner in for Marist,
for La Salle High School, covered
Percin, Andrew, and Walzer with
Steve· Sawicki finished 22nd' in· the 2.7 mile student course
in
16 points; in second place was the
(29:37)
foilowed
by John
16:25, beating his·nearest rival,
team of ·shaeffer, Albert, and
Petraglia
24th
(30:07)
and
Bill.Adam (l6:5?)? by 1?0 yds.
Weaver with 23·points. The top
Co-Captain.
Bob · Mayerhoffer
Adam, who had fm1shed fifth as a. ten and t_he first place team will
26th (30:53) •. Other runners for .. freshman
last year, -did not
receive awards. .
·
··
Marist were Mike Smith (32:07)
relinquish the lead to De Percin
In the faculty race, which went
Don Paulson (33:59).'and Tom·
until the last half-mile.
. ..
off at 4:00~ Mi-. Lumia, a Math
Geraghty (37:25).
.
.
The· student ra~e. went off at
teacher, ran the. 1.3 mile distance
The team honors went ·to
4:30 on the south field near the
in an .evenly· paced 8:17. He
Trenton State for the fourth year
lower soc-cer goal. The course was
passed the early leader, Mr. Olsen
in a row. Trenton edged Paterson
lf.10
of a mile shorter than last
(8:58) at the 1 mile mark, and
by
an agonizing
· 1 point
year's due to lakes formed by the
opened up a big gap over the last
difference -27 to 28. Kings· and
week~long period of rain. At the
quarter-mile; The closest battle of
Monmouth tied with 99 pts and
start, the pace was fast as Sabif,_10
, the day wasfor third place, with
Marist was fifth with 135 pts.
· Strippoli took the early lead. The
Doc GoJdm'an. edging out Dean
pace then t'se.ttled down" and the
Wade, _9: 15.0 to 9: 15.5. Dr.
Menapace and Mr. Remenicky
rounded
out the field, with
Menapace (9:41) turning on a
powerful
finishing
kick to
overtake Remeni~ky (9:52) in
the last 50 yards for fifth place.
The top-three faculty members
will receive trophies.
The
Maneri
family had a
monopoly over the Co-ed race, as
Elise (7:00) and Celeste (7:25)
took the gold and silver medal
places. The odds were 2 to l that
they would bring home a turkey
and their only challenger in the
race which was run in the dark at
· about 5:00, ,was Yadira.-Bizardi.
Yadira came in at 8:3Sforthe 4/5
of a - mile course to earn the
bronze medal.
·
The Spiked Shoe Club . wjll
award the three 15 lb. tµikeys
right
before
Thanksgiving
vacation.
The
medals
and
trophies will be distributed upon
arrival by the Spiked Slloe Club.
,. ,. *
* *
Crew Scores.
eventual leaders rrioved up as the'
throng headed around the pool
area, down
fo
_the
boathouse, and
up the famous "water works"
(ampus
· Stuff
By Greg McLaughlin and Jack.
Barry
best time overall. Manhattan's
varsity crew
with a time of 6:50.
3 edged out· Marist Frosh· Crew
Last
Sunday;.Nov.
9, the
whosetimewas6:Sl.7.
freshman Crew · Team went to
The Frosh Eight stroked by Joe
Orchard Beach,fortheNewYork
·
... Shrotz
with coxswain Harry
Athletic. Club Fall Regatta: Ten
Manley showe,d a lot of promise.
clubs and college crews entered
by coming in second in a race of
the regatta, including Spyten. varsity crews.
·
-·
.
Duyvil Rowing Club, Manhattan, '
The Frosh Four stroked by
Oyster
Bay
Rowing
Club,
Dennis Staufer with -coxswain
. Columbia, Stony Brook, and. St.
Mike
"MINI. HA WK" Hawd -
John's University.
finished
a
strong fouttth in
th; ·
The Frosh were entered in both
college fours events.
the university eights-and the.Club
.Steve Sepe won the Varsity.
College Four with: coxswain. The
Singles event which covered 2000
eights race was run in two heats
meters while his teammate Mike
with Marist clo~king the second Camardi missed the Novice Race.
'hill. The runners started to string·
ByDon Duffy·
out as they headedacrnss the flats
through the main parking lot.
.It··
.Another season of soccer has ended at the old U. The record can't
was as entered the lower soccer
really speak for the team. When you end the season at 4-7-1 it doesn't
field that De -Percin made his
really sound impressive but this team didn't 'Y,'.in
a game until their
move. He picked up , the pace, . eighth game of the season. They proceeded to win four in a row only to
. opening up a wide gap on Adam,
lose their last game due to a lake on the playing field and a poor call by
and held it strongly to the finish
the referee. So now its time to tell you who exactly did what as I give
behind Donnelly Hall
to
secure .my minor awards to the Marist stars of 1969 ..
his trophy and turkey.
.
M. V.P.
Izzy Sabeta. This fellow is so great that it is hard to measure
· Third place was garnered by
how good he really is. As Doc Goldman said; "at a big school with the
Ray • Shaeffer ( 17: 11) of the
proper publicity he . would ' be. ·an aU-~merican." I _second the
Freshman crew team, followed
nomitiation and only wish Izzy the very best a!)d congratulate him on
t,y 4th place- Bob Geisel ( 17: 17), another great season.
~
football player, 5th· - Mike
·High Scorer- a tie. Pete Walaszek andTom Rabbitt. Pete got off to a
Andrew
(l
7:'.20), a wrestling and
slow start after a goal in the first game against Manhattan, Wimpy
_soccer man, 6th - Jim _Elliott didn't score again until the eighth game and finished up with eight of
( 17:24) from the soccer team,
his ten points in the last five games. Pete finishes with six goals and four
7th. - 'Andre Albert, ( 17:38) the assists. Torri Ra_bbitt scored five goals and five assists. Tommy played
most of the season with an ankJe injury that would ·put most people in
bed yet Rancid Rabbitt hung in' their and played his heart out.·
Goalie Krenn gets the gentlemen of the year award because
if
I don't
give him some kind of award he'll kill-me. That's all the space your
getting, Bob. Then there is Bob's able back-up crew of John Bubenko
and Tiger Greg-Murin. John sustained two injuries this season and was
unable to finish the season. Greg is developing, I ,hope!!
Defensive Player· of the· Year - Boom-Boom Bergin Adorable
Heilmann, and Gorgeous George Saunders, the three freshmen backs
who held the d1:fensive team together and with their h\lstle they saved
m_any goals dunng the season. John Murphy fits in with-this group.
John was hurt in the Kings massacre and was outJor the rest of the
season but when the team was really hurting for the last game Murph
played and for that gets the guts of the year award.
_
Most Improved -Jim Elliott. After not starting in the fi~t five games
Jim n~verwas out of the starting lineup after that. Playing in his first
year Jim meant a lot to .the team and his key save in the Oneonta game
insured goa,n1:
Bob Krenn of his second shutout of the year.
I couldn t mclu~e al} the stars of the team even though every one
played a key role m this_ season. The others like Bill Kawina the little
F.m.~. or crazy DePercm, Fenton or S.i:tYder, Andrew or Rondon,
Breslin, Asaph or Demarzo all played an important role on this team
And also our ~oach Doc Goldman who never deserted the team whe~
they were losmg even though he thought of it once in a while·· A great
leader a1_1d
teacher Doc hung in there and was very happy with their
great fimsh..
.
S? that con~ludes ~.occer '69. Next year will be the best
year
in
Manst Soccer history ,Just you wait and see. Be Good, love Duff.









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After
all these
years of
..
~don No~emb~r 13:14.Vietnam .·Tension.is building and s~ekin·g
promises
.
from· political leaders
Moratorium actions will feed into
release. The situation is n~aring a
about ending tl\e war, we will not.
the
·March.
Against
Death
desperate one
.
insofar· as the·
be misled
by the
·
chrrent
beginning on the evening of the
psychology
of the. rriass
-is
.optimism
from the White House.
13th and the huge mass m'arch
.
concerned
..
There is some talk of
Nor by
·.
the relatively dovish
itself on the 15th. As Sam Brown,
upheaval and anti-Americanism is
.
figures whci are lining up behind
chief leader of the Moratorium,
definitely at anew high. Even the
.
the. President 'in his expressed
said· in a recentj>ress conference,
.
most unschooled· here know they
.
plans to withdraw:froin Vietnam
.
_we·
also can
·say:·
",Anyone· who
are propped up by the American.s
and bring U.S. involvement there·• really wants
to
_oppose
the war
·
The pathetic thing and the
to an honorable close. We have
will take partin this entire range
most pressing is·the'war itself.
It
·
been involved long enough; and
of actions.
goes on, and
.one
says war goes on'
·
we understand
U.S. global
But nothing states the reason
in order to say that men, women
military _policy well enough, to
for unity
·as
forcefully as the
and children gci
·
on dying and
•
.
recognize
that
continuing
letter received.last month by the
being maimed; I
.say
it
to
rria~e
·
~
·,·
containment of. Communism in
Peace Movemerit center from a
the point also·,that humans are
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Vietnam and
·elsewliere
is still the
young American who is working
being degraded whether an old
main
goal. For them - the · with orphaned street boys in
man taken and bound; gagged and
Pen ta.gon, the war-dependent
Saigon.
·
·
·
battered
•around
for questioning
.industrial
leaders,
·-and
the
Don Ronk lived in Vietnam
·
or-a twelve year old sleeping in
politicians related to them (in
from 1965~68 working for two
alleys, ·eating American garbage
whom are centralized most of.the
years
for
the
In temational
to stay alive.
power on Capitol
Hill)-
this must
Voluntary Services as a _teacher
·
The hospitals are still filling,
be the main goal. It will continue
and in the leadership, then doing
over·
0
filling,
ov.er-flowing
.
to be until very major changes are
research and writing in Saigon. . Refugees are still being created.
forced in the entire range of this
.
During this time ~e became
These. people,
.
these
_humans,
nation's
international
and
interested in and began working
these Vietnamese. are still being
domestic commitments.
with the street children who are
treated as objects, as·pawns in a
.
By npw we know very well
forced in large numbers
to
make ''deadly game.
.
.
.
..
what the whole list of changes
their own way in the cities. He has
·,
··One
of my shoeshine· boys in
.
must
be.
It
includes ending
recently.
returned
to Saigon
Da Nang
:is
dead already by_
conscription, vast cuts in
·the
where he continues working with
bombs. A·young Vietnamese we·
military; the diversion of the large
shoes!tine boys.
·
·
shared Qur hpme and table with in
.
portion of the U,S; budget to aid.
'Phan
Thiet is dead.A friend tells
-.::::,
our
cities and to
'authentic,
..
Dear Friends,
· .
..
nie that anoth'er of
my
shoeshine.
cu
non-milit-ar}';
aid:
to
One-of
the.shocks
upon_· boysi!iDaNan'gcameverycfose
~
·.
underdeveloped
countries.· We
·
returning to
.the.
general
.scene
·
to death - he's only.crippled now
.
:::C
,
know that this . will be a long
after such a· long' absence is, of
But these
.
things have to be
·
struggle. But, m~st
·
of all, .we
course,'.the renewal of the reaijty
expected in war,they tell us. I can
Cl,)
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know that the struggle can hardly
of war'. It
·
was
.
partic ularly
only say that I· find it hard to
.
besi:n - that repression in every
disfressing
· because
of' the
.
justify; nay; impossible for toy
sense will continue - , until we
assumptions
.built
·up-'·
in the
mind to justify that Mot arid Hien
completely
.
end the·. war.'. The
States,<:a kind of. p$ychologi_cal ai'e dead; tl~atXu with the gentle
people with
.
war-related· power.
aura, I· think, that the-"war here'
· ·
face. is a cripple. Mot at eleven
know that too. There will. be no
was drifting out of existence. The . Hien
at
·
twenty-two, Xu
~
at
.limit
to
the ingenuity
'and
..
press;.the Presidentvia the press,
thirteen. And one is afraid. to
-·
·pressureoftheJ.I'effortslargelfto
our owp. need to not f~ct it;a
'enql!irefurtherofhisfriends
...
·
keep the status quo. They will
try .
!1:~mb~r.
of. things
·build
a lie, so
·
l
'.8
ci''
on
w
r i ti
Ii
g
'a
rt
d
to make it look like the war
1
is·,
;1mmed1ately·
forced upon us
photograP,hing, trying··to tell the
en.di.ng
·while
th·e_
.,lLs:·.
-~henweretum.,
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restofusAmeric_ansthatthey,are
su~stantially remains in Vietnam. ···
·
·
.·
I
~ca~Jt
/help.
~ut.
:think
th~t
hu~ans a_nd
what is being done to
Our measure of whether the war ·
.
spmethfug. of-this same· aura
;IS.·.
those humans.
.
..
,
.
.
..
i·s really endmg must be a valid
irJfecti,ng tht: p~9ple
:of
the
inn~f;
·
·
'·._At
t~e
·same
:time
w.e watch',
analysis (not all through the U.S.
c1tr,
·.
<>f Sw.go'!_
..
<The,
war
,:has
.thro!-'gh
~he
:papers
of
our
gov!t
,p~e~s!).
of whet_herthe level'of
appa~en~y• m<>ved back:_a\Yay
·~gain <l1ke
~t.9hes~
;game,
killing
-
.of
all Vietnamese as· weU
,
from. Saigon
,
ai:i,d
·left.
them
.to
outmaneuvers 1ts oppos1tion, the
as Americans. -
k
really being
-~dulge
them'seJve~.
in.
a·
kind of
,
an~hvar movement.
i
:We watch
reduced,
'.Also,
they. wilL try to'
.
_oac!iannal,
This 1s;
;,of
course;.
the movemel}.t teat itself apart as
divide: the pea·ce.
·movement:
'limited
t<> those o.(•vv.ealth who
:
though their. differences were so.
specifically, to divide :what
is
now
\.
h?Ve ahvays be.en
;rellitively
safe
.
much mqre than'shattered bodies
called the Moratorium from .the
·
for the moment/I find something
.
·and
minds. We watch these things
.
·
huge coalition· effort
~
in which
:
very: akin to· what Saigon was)ike
'
happening and we here are both
.
Moratorium leaders have played a
four.
ye_ars
.
ago \\iitg. the·,: infu?ated··
_and.
hu~iliated.: Is
strong rokand
·continue
to do so. -
.
.
movement
..
on
-
the St!eets, the,
there
·no·unde~tandmg
there? Is
·
called the New Mobilization. If
lights, the spending
;
so.mething
·
there no feeling? Why? My God
as now seems to be the case:
like a carnival spiii,t.
·
;
''.:
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why don !t they help?
:
:
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·
people in the peace
·movem_ent
· ·
~or those·!ess.than·ncbli,feis as·
-~.
1
h_e.ar;."Jh at.• there
are
have really learned what is
,
at
gnm; .
or
_gnm~er:
th.an
·.be(or~.
· __
.dernons~rations
.
plann,ed for the
stake fo~ those who currently
Inflation 1s very ~ad ~ncf doe~n
t
.
near future ~.o
·proti:st
the war.'I
dominate
the
political
seem,to be peaking;,J:)eop~e are. begyoutotakepartlllthemandl
es!ablishment in this country, we
scared to death
-~ith
-prices
in
beg.you to beg your friends !Odo
wIII
·respond
with sufficient
some areas doubbng and
all th~
the sam~, to resolve to do 1t n<:>
power arid wisdom.of our own.·.
important ones, those involved in
.
matter what lies or perversions of
The peace movement is unified,
·'
the daily diet, climbing radically.
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· All- nations stand for certain
enumerated principles, following
the
abstract
themes of life,
liberty,
and the pursuit of
happiness. Perhaps the observer
·
·
of historical phenomena, when
witnessing the eruption of these
expressions, experiences. a sense
of belief in man's progress and
judges
.
tha't v_ery shortly'
.
the
a_bstraction will become
.reality.
Procedures of implimentation are
all tliatare necessary and in short
order the task is completed.
•.
However with. the sweep of the
·clock,. one. dimensioital rigidity
begins to.set in and all procedures
become
synono'rrious•·
with
symbols' - we are what
'our
symbols say we are: and under
their shadows'jtistification for all
acts arise. The- political reality of ·
this
becomes'
a·pparenl
.
to
Americans
.when
·
"all- men are
equar~
.
receives
.
its procedural
device,
t'he
three-fifths
-compromise or how to be three
.
fifths of a ri1an. The, result
is
.
, obvious, "all. men arc equal' but
.
.
some
are' more· equal than
others."
.
,
Our present course in Vietnam
is governed by such a sequence of
intellectual"rationalizations,
·
Several days ago
.
the
.
eagerly
awaited.answer to October 15th
arrived. In that answer, President
Nixon· gave a brilliant lesson of
the
procedti.re
.·
becoming the
principle policy of the United.
States. He deliberately foisted an.
·
idea about the nature of Vietnam
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THE CIR.CLE
(SUPPLEMENT)
.
that a· conflict was going on
created by whicb th~ combatants
behveen
the. free enterprise
were
to retire
to specific
system of America and the state
geographic areas. After a two Yl?ar
directed
economy
:o.f
wait,
free
elections,
under
communistic
and
socialistic
international supervision were to
nations. Maintaining further the
be held and the two spheres
fear that America would lose the
united. Taking advantage of
·the
conflict unless new techniques
·
lull after Geneva, Diem became
were developed, Truman issued a
president of the South
with
the
-declaration
of war: ''.The whole
assurance of an ever. growing
world should-adopt the American
power.
position
courtesy
of
system," stated Truman and the
United States aid. In 1957, the
American system could survive in· year
.
that elections were to be
America only ifit became a world
·
held,' President Diem refused,
system. Flowing from this type of
with U.S. approval, to allow the
thought
was the policy of, elections.
containment,
and. views that
·
Washington
policy
was
express paranoia. communists as understandable and predictable.
a universal conspiracy and seem Suffering
from
·
the Korean.
everywhere, the start of the arms
·
disaster, greater economic
and
r_ace and the creation of'puppet
military
committments
were
governments. As
a
result the made.to Diem. This was certainly
United
States
allies
.
became consistent with our new role since
Franco, Peron, Batista, Salazar, our former wartime ally Ho Chi
and Diem. The enemies of the
Minh
was iden tiffed
as a
.U.S.
becanie Castro, Mao, Giap,
communist. We had Diem and
and Ho.
through
·
him could check the
Is it possib.le
a nation's.
international·
communist
jud_gement of self is reflected-by
conspiracy in Southeast Asia. Ho
the allies one chooses?
Chi Minh
the hero of the
The Vietnam dilemma.is bom
Vietnamese,
the
.man
who
out of these sentiments. The year ,successfully ·led the fight against
.
.1954·· is familiar to all those· French.•. colonialism
was not
concerned about Vietnam as the
allowed a bid for the presidency - ,
year in which the Geneva Accords because he could win. What then
were promulgated. Attempting to
did Dierri have to offer? The U.S.
end
military hostilities between
answered
by seeing to the
..
French and Viet· Minh forces; a removal of Diem frof!l power,
neutral and temporary DMZ was
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on the American people, and
from·
,which'
his whole policy
follows:
that
Vietnam.
is
composed.·
of two separate,~.
disjoined countries,
..
North and
South. Therefore the North is a
foreign
..
invader·
··seeking
to
dominate
,
the
destinies
of ·
freedom loving
..
11eoples of the
~ot1th,
.The.
November
3rd
·
message does· however. open the
·
door. to a question concerning
intention:
how did
·the
Uriited
States. come".'
to view
.
the two
..
country doc~rine?
·
, Immediately following World
War Il't:he United States found
herself confronted with a new
·threat
-, the
international
communist, conspiracy· directed
by the Soviet Union. President
.
Truman, reacting to the amazing
·
progress
.of _the
movement
·throughout
Europe,' decided
:.to
issue _a policy guaranteed· to
protect
American
interests.
Speaking at Baylor University on
March 6, 1947, he maintained
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NOVEMBER 13,
1969
A
Nation's
Cons(ien(e
...
·Aroused
.
· The emphasis of the ago~izi~g
Vietnam war has been: transferred·
to
the
home
front. .. the
MoratQrium Days, the one that.
was, the ones to come.
It is indeed
heartening to see that people are
peacefully grappling with life and
death; war and peace issues as
they affect us, Too long · this
tragic situation has , been left
entirely in the hands of a National
Administration, past and present.
A nation's conscience
':is
now
aroused. THE citizen ·
is
talkir!g
peace, working for peace, and in
fact praying for. peace. Thousands
massed forrallies and prayer vigils
a month ago - in a peaceful way,
thank God! It was so on the
campus at Marist. The noon lunch
hour began with a call'to worship .
on October 15. At a 12:30 Mass
for Peace in the Chapel our
community
joined
.the
countryawide
community, in
effect to say: "We are here today
to mourn the dead, to pray for
· peace, and to dl!dicate ourselves
to· the cause of brotherhood. We
. do this in response to the God
who in Jesus Christ identified
with our human life and
'all
its
suffering so that inen might.live
togehter as brothers. We witness
in public ·t0 our faith and our
convictions, to .el)able as m;my
people as possible to. share in this.
act
of
repentance
and
remembrance."
(America ..
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1/69;.p. 380)
Hundreds
of millions · of
different an·d unique people saw
coast
to coast
on
TV
the
Moratorium of October 15. They
felt its impact. They received a
sense o( comm~nity in· their-
. shared experience .such as they
m'ay never have
felt
before~ Not as
individuals· alone, but, togetlier, .
We · shared
with the humari
commuJ!ity last month, and. will
again_ do so this w~ek, the feeling
that' peace priorities are asserting
·themselves ... until that happy·•
day, please God.
Rev. Austin E. Verow, S.M.
·
Chaplain-
PRINCIPLES
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while at ~he same time breaking
the Geneva accords. ·
·
War resumed and the United
States_ was asked to ·implement
more procedures to justify, but
never
to. disavow, the past.
Instead the past became part of
the
original
principle .. The
· premise,
can be tested. The
.
'
Pr~sidJnTs.
address.
states
America.
Mr.
Nixon spoke most
explicitly that " ... the question.
clearly on November 3rd about
facing us today is - now that we. our past, present and future .
are in the \Yar, what- is -the best
involvement When he asked "how·
way to end itr
Thus the war
cari .we win America's peace?"
becbmes a· fait accompli, the
This is our war and will be won in
mistakes· and· lies of the past
our terms to protect our interests. · \
become the history. of the war
It· become·s clear that American - ·
and the presentis tragically built . values are not other nations
on these false notions,
· .,
values. In fact iL the domestic
The official attitude 'of our
_scene - is any
reflection·
of
government.
is
to demand- the . American values.: separate but
non°negotiaQle. The North is · unequal,
racism;
violence,
.
'called uponto recognizetheiwo
poverty, hunger-what is America
country· doc:trine which in effect
spreading
and
..
protecting?
is ari admission of invader.status.
Principles, spread with a sword are
The
U.S.-
government
has
not
principle_s .·but
merely.
,conducted· a, clever campaign of. procedures·, of domiriating the
education·•,of
the~ American \Weak whomustsurelyriseagainst
people and adds to_ this' the
the sword bearer.
· _-
memory of those.killed in,battle, .-
· In condusion,
a
question
thus showing the North to . be • should be asked·. of. America,
· guilty of conducting war and to
Since tt has been repeatedly
be_ intransigent
.fn
the
asserte_d
that
a U.S. troop
I
negotiations..
.
.
.
withdrawal. would result in the '
However reality stands'before
mass .. killing
of · the South
_us:
As ·
it. w;is · impossible for ·. Vietnamese then why- not divert
Abraham Lincoln to accept the · the huge .def~nse · budget and
~eparation of his country, so also
utnize
,the : money
for the
was it impossible for Ho Chi Minh
tra~sportation of all,.those in the
to
permit· the · separation, of. -Squth who·fear to remain there?
Vietnam. Will
Ho's
death 'alter'
If indeed we.want to impose the
thisreality?
.
-
American
·''way"
upon the
· Whatever the procedures they
'Vietnamese what better place to
are . in violation . of -Am;rican · accomplish this than right here at
, principle but are ~onsistent with
.home. __
.
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' the
aims
and goals of present day
-Mr. Joseph Norton



















NOVEMBER 13; 1969
THE CIRCLE (SUPPLEMENT)
· ·vietnallJ:
11
co11tinuing
.dilemma
·'1
The American people cannot
who lived in •."safe". areas were·
and should .not ·oe asked to
allowed to vote). and they had
support a policy }Vhich involves
forbidden
the most
popular
the overriding issues -of war and
opposition candidates
fo
run (e.g.
peaceunlesstheyknowthetruth'
General-
Mihn,
who· had
about that policy."
··
overthrown Diem). Even then the
So spoke P,resident Nixon on
present government could get less
Nov; 3rd. What is the truth here?
than 1/3 of the vote, the rest
We are being asked to support the
going to anti-war candidates -.the
war for a variety of reasons: to
most prominent of who'm, Mr.
defend a helpless nation from . Dzu, was jailed after the election
outside aggression, to insure the · for
advocating
a ·c.oalition
self-determination 'of the people
government (a position which is
of South Vietnam, and to protect - now United States policy). We
America itself from an Enemy · have interfered in the domestic
that may eventually attack our
problems of a nation to keep a
shores if we do not succeed in
regime
in ·power
,that
is·
Vietnam. But not only is our
completely contrary to the high
safety- at · stake; our honor is • ideals we claim to profess.
·
involved - if we fail here by
Our intervention
has already
pulling out, we will have lost the
had international
repercussions.
world's respect.
We could not very well ·contest
" These
are
all
good
and
. Russia's right to interfere
in
honorable causes, or woµld beif
Czechoslovakia, which is at least
'they were no,t so patently" false..
right next
to
her; when we .feel
We are not bound to South
free to do the same thing to a
. Vietnam by any treaty - indeed,
nation which is thousands
of
SouthVietnamisnotasovereign
miles
away .. Besides,
other
·nation.We have already chosen to
nations
have withdrawn
from
dis-honor oursleves by violating
"comn1itments"
without
· an international convention held
suffering great loss in the eyes of
at Geneva in 1954 by supporting
the world - e.g. Russia and the
regimes that do not, and cannot,
Cuban crisis.
(If
anything, Russia
represent the Vietnamese people ... is now stronger than we are, not··
True, the present government
because of the withdrawal, but in
.held elections in 1967 (13 years
spite of
it.)
.
late!) but only after they had. -
In addition, the President has
removecl, the voting rights of 213
already rilled out our seeking a
of the· •'population· (only those
military solution
to Vietnam,
saying we desire a negotiated
settlement
by· the Vietnamese
people. If Vietnam is so vital to
our security; then we would have
to win; we don't because it isn't.
Even if our aims and ideals were
the highest and most just, they
still
could
not
justify
the
measures
we are taking in
Vietnam. We are systematically
destroying the country we seek to
protect,
using B-52's against
guerrilas, defolliating
the land
·with
chemical
warfare, and
herding the people off· of their
land
into
ill-equipped
"re-location centers." Meanwhile
the government refuse_s to take
steps to insure popular support,
by
instituting
meaningful'
reforms. Is
it
any wonder that the
people themselves want us out?
Sincere men respond by saying:
it was a mistake to get in, but we
cannot just pull out. The most
serious reason advocated is that
such a pullout would endanger
the
lives
of
millions
of
anti-communist Vietnamese. This
point is not to be passed over
lightly, yet
it
must first be seen
for what it is - an hypothesis.
Certainly there will be reprisals,
but will they be any worse than
those alre~dy taking place at the
hands of the present recime -
.with
our. support?
Mr.
Nixon has suggested that the ax
· would fall on the Catholics who
fled the North; yet the Catholic
Bishops of Vietnam have called
for an immediate
withdrawal.
Apparently they see this as the
lesser of two evils.
Mr. Nixon's solution to this is
to
Vietnamize
the war, to
strengthen the people so they can
carry on without us.
He
has a
timetable for doing this but he
can't reveal it because then the
Enemy would wait till we left and
then take over. Now if we don't
leaviy till the South is strong
enough. to fight _alone, then it
wouldn't make any difference if
Hanoi
knew. when we were
pulling out. The point is whether
Mr.
Nixon really believes that an
army
that
has always been
numerically
superior · to the
Communist forces will be able to
defeat Hanoi when we have left,
even though it cannot or will not
do it.when we are there. At least if
a timetable were announced it
would be pressure on the people
who are most opposed to our
leaving - the Saigon regime - to
take
steps
to
strengthen
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CIRCLE (SUPPLEMENT)
We have reached a· point, .with
regard to·American involvement.
in Vietnam, of frustration. There
are
no alternatives,. no
legal
alternatives, to end the war. The
Moratorium
of October
1S
.
-
proved nothing. The Moratorium
was dead weeks before the day
arrived. Richard Nixon murdered
ii;
moderates beat the victim.
Everyone,
conservatives
and
liberals
supported
the
Moratorium.
Politicians
.
of
practically every shade jumped
on Sam Brdwn's band wagon.
·
Only the New. York Daily News
could. be depended on to uphold
firm.
·
·_
It
is
useless to go through the
details of American-involvement.
I
refuse, however, to accept the
explanation that "Vietnam was a
blunder."
.Nonsense.
It,
was
a
calculated
execution
of"
imperialist
policy.
If
America
ever does extricate herself from
..
·
Vietnam or
.at
least establish
?
cease fire; it
·will
be interesting to
see if the
Dulles-McCartity
Anti-Communist
conspiracy
·
policY.
.
changes.
H
is doubtful·
howe:ver;
America
h_as
.the.
-
capabilities and the willingness to
occupy the
·
South for, a· fong
period of time .. Also, the peop_le
·
who
initiated
the
blind
anti-communist policy
are
still
in
power; Nixon and the Peritagon.
After the·war
is over, when the
war is ov_er, if the war ever ends,
two problems mus_t
·
be faced.
·
First, reparations to the people of
Vietnam:
'North
and South;
.
second, the trial of the war
criminals. .
.
..
.
There
is.· no
doubt
that
American forces have
..
wrought
incredible human:·_and material
·
·
.
destruction
:upon
the people of
Yietnam.
Cities.
have been
destroyed,
villages. have been
· burned and countless thousands.
of .people have_ been senselessly
'
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LETTERS
FlioM
2
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the truth our government uses to
.
quench the fire. We're sure here
that another
.
announcement
is
soon
to
.
be· made
.
and that
·
·
announcement
will be for
-
the
purpose
·
of cooling thin~
in the
states;
Don't let them
do
it again.
This.
war
goes
on
even
with
the
rhetoric.
Peace!·
Don
Ronk
Presented
by
Dennis Al won
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NOVEMBER 13, 1969
.
murde~ed.
·_
Humafl' life. cannot b~
·
translated into monetary value
despite the attempts of domestic
America.··
There
is
no way
American dollars
·can·
return dead
villagers to life; Fathers will never'
teach their sons. Mothers will
·
never feed their hungry, crying,
children.
The
most
brutal
~
destruction can never be atoned
for- so there is no sense in. trying:
Buildings can be
.rebuilt.
New
.
roads can be constructed. Bridges
.
can be replaced. America has the
.-moral
responsibility
to
contribute to the reconstruction
.
of
Vietnam.
It'
is
necessary
-
fo
bring the economy of Vietnam to
. a stabilized and equitable level.
.
This
is· to be done through
.
outright,
no-questions-~sked
_·.
payments. The sums· will reach
.
the· billions of dollars. This
is
of
no consequence. There must be a
definite attempt
_to
pay
·
for the
, atrodties.
committed· by. the
-
American·
government;
The
attempts to bombVietn.am·••back
to the Stone Age'.' mu_st be
countered with attempts to make
Vietnam a liveable country.
.
.. The trial of war criminals. is
.·somet-hing
,the
American
government invented. Now the
time has come Jor Americans to
face such trials. There should be
established,. tinder international
auspices, a coiut which-would try
and
·puriish
war criminals.· In
order
fo
·
follow the concept
·
of
..
Nurerriburg-several high officials
of· the. North
-Vietnamese
governmt!ri t should serve as
judges,. Ho
..
Chi Mir:th; if he had
lived,
would
have: been an
excellent choice; But
the
memory
·of
Ho would prevail af such trials
·
despite his-physical absence.
·
·
·
·
· '.
The
,qu~stiori
hqw
~
who wouid'
·
_:be
tried.
__
This is difficult
-
to
.discern because.it is difficult to
-
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discern'
who
makes
foreign
_
policy.
'A
--rew>suggestions
are:
.
Lyndon
"Johnson,-.IJubert
,
Humphrey;
Rob_eit· McNamara,
·.
Richard
.
Nixon, Spiro Agnew,
Melvin
:·Laird,
Thieu, William
Westmoreland,
.
Ky,
General
Abrams,
.
Henry Cabot Lodge,
.
Curtis LeMay, Geo~ge Wallace,
·
Gerald Ford.
.
·
·
.
The list
is
too long: The guilty
too
.
many.
Anyone who
has
not
voiced his abhorrence
at the
·. insanity executed in the name of
_.
freedom .. But· we are all guilty,
because we have not yet
,ended
the war.
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II· Sho.uld
Have·
Been,,.
Now -that · more and more
pe'ople
are
courageously
condemning
this "Viet-Nam
War" (it's not a Vietnam war, it's
an American war - but I'll get to
that later). I find myself forced to
question
the authenticity of their
· courage. Not that I mind their
late appearance: Awareness is a
· ·slow process. But lateness is no
excuse
for
inactivity
- the
inactivity that victimized Marist
College on Oct.
15,
both in its
. sleep - worship students and its
schedule - worship. faculty - and
the pitiful number of canvassing
volunteers
.among
this
pseudo-Christian
community
would have made Christ vomit in
our hallowed halls.
And I continue to ask where
these people can be at
if,
after
hearing
Nixon's
speech last
Monday, they walk away saying
"Well, it's not as bad as it could
·
, have been" or "Aw, he didn't
· write it anyway" or "Y'see, I told
you he'd get us out." Out of
· where? Out of Nam and in to
Laos? Or Brazil? Or Guatemala?
· Or Nigeria?
It ain't easy to stop a
death machine
~
but. it's even
harder to stop one·that's insane.
"War is insane." I .used to
believe that. Bull. People . are ·
insane, nations are insane. They
have to.be.in order to survive. I'm
insane, 'cause I wariria live. Sane
'
.
.
War
A_nd
Peace~1969
"And I saw askant the armies,
.
I saw as in noiseless dreams hundreds of battle-flags,
Borri.e through the smoke of the battles·
and pierc'd with missiles, I saw them;
And carried hither and yon through the smoke,
and tom and bloody,
And at last but a few shreds left on the staffs,
(and all in silence,) ·
·
And the staffs all splinter'd and broken ... "
po~der. vietnam, united states, china, soviet union, world. ponder.
armies, soldiers, hundreds, thousands, millions, enemies, allies, pawns.
ponder. battle-flags, bugles, ruffles, shrill, notes, banners, hundreds,
thousands, millions, democracy, self-determination, communism,
mission, aggressor, defender, cause, lies. J)onder. clouds, smoke, flags,
unfurled, missile, holes, flags, falling, through, holes. ponder. flags,
writhing, battered, cause, bloodied, burning. ponder. shreds, silence,
staffs. ponder. staffs, splintered, broken ... ponder.
• "I saw battle-corpses, myriads of them,
And the white skeletons of young men, I saw them,
I saw the debris and debris of all the slain soldiers of the war,
But I saw they were not as was thought,
.
They themselves were fully at rest, they suffer'd not,
The living remain 'd arid suffer'd,the mother suffer'd,
And the wife and the child and the musing comrade suffer'd,
and the armies that remain 'd suffer'd."
see. the battle corpse;. hundreds. thousands. myriads. see them. bled
blood. spent life. dead. see. the white skeletons. hundreds. thousands.
myriads. coagulated blood. de-fleshed bones. see. the debris. and see
the debris of all the .slain soldiers. hundreds. thousands. myriads.
helmets. rifles. bombs. the ·mission. the futile command. the waste
la
0
nd. see. but see the dead do not suffer. end for the slain soldiers. see.
but we are alive and suffer. the vietnam alive suffer. the united states
alive suffer. the chiria alive suffer. the soviet- union. alive suffer. the
world. alive suffer. you are suffering. see your suffering. see the living
that remain .suffer. with her dead son. witli he died for his country.
with the pains of hope of the end of the suffering. see the mother
suffer. with no husband, with no husband.
·with
no husband. see the
wife suffer. with no father. with no father. with no father. see the child
suffer. with no comrades: with no comrades. with no comrades. see the
musing comrade suffer. with casualties and commands. with inissions
and worsenings. with burials and blood and shells and regiments. see.
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· A Portrait by Walt Whitman
A Plea by Peter Bunten
•,-people (like Lenny Bruce) ;ire
dead. They have
to justify,
!iIJd
that's what kills 'em. America
u~es •· false jus_tification
and
thereby stays alive. But America
alone is not' guilty. In fact,
.the
gov'ts. ·or all ~ations profess to be
th~ i~eal government by which all:
peoples should be governed. They '---------------------------
must say this to keep alive. And if
you the· same., thing - in fact,
think.,
lies
merely.
in the
that's riot insanity, thenitdoesn't.
they've been •telling us that for
acceptance
of the fact that
, . exist. Then ldori't exist, since I'm
ten years, bu.t _we haven't. heard.
America ( or an'y other nation, for
insane. But, given that,insanity
Or,
if
we· did hear, we justcalled
that matter) does. not have the
ex:Jsh, we must see that the only
?em peasants . and they ·. didn't
'best form- of government, and all
reason .. we are in Vietnam
is
know better.
It didn't matter that
we ·can do. is try to improve it.
because of this mass insanity.
th.eir culture is thousands of}'ears
This; I feel, would be the first step
Likewise,
it is also the only reason - old and ours is less than .. two
to a world (planet) community,
-the
communists are in Vietnam-·
hundred. We're right:
. .
and it must be taken before we
. it's because "Communism (or
· I guesstheonly-wayAmericans
blowourselvesofftheplanet
..
· Democracy) is the best form of ·
will
ever .realize the insanity that
The first task, then, is
to
. govhriment
for
anybody
pervades them i~when they stop
withdraw all troops and war
(everybody); save the world,for
looking for external wrongs ·to
machinery· from the battlefields
·Democracy. (or Commun~sm)!"
right. Only then wil1J1er internal
of the world - in a sense BRING
·insanity! Don't tell me what's
instability come into
focus -
but
THE WAR BACK HOME - arid
best for me unless you are in a
then she must cope with it.
If,
in
hope that America survives (in
position
to relive
the last
the end, America prQves that she
one way or' another) in the first
twenty-one years of my life-and
is unable to cope with ner
test of her mettle since 1776.
I wouldn't wish that·on'anyone.
neuroses, which I think will be
ByTomSc_zerba
And
·rm.
quite sure that any
the case, then the mud will hit the
* * * * *
. resident of Vietnam would tell
proverbial fan. The solution, I
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THE CIRCLE (SUPPLEMENT) .
DILEMMA
FROM 5_
this a valid request? In Jami~,
themselves. The death. of- Che. there. were· 532,000 troops in
GuivarainBoliviashowedthatit
Vietna1J!.; as a gesture·
of'
is. impossible for a revolution to
"de~escalation"
he withdrew
succeed
if
it doesn't have popular
25,000 -tro_ops.
1
Yet after this.
support? the mess in Vietnam'
withdrawal'was completed there
shows that U.S. men and arms-are
were 537,000 troops st.ill •in·
not .enough
if
the people don't
Vietnam. Mr. Nixon announced
want us there. 'And if they do not
he was stopping the draft call-up
·want to fight,why do we?
for November and December, as
. · There is a moratorium planned
another gesture. Yet, in actual
to- bring these and other points
numbers, Mr. Nixon drafted, in
out: before the American people.
ten months of 1969, only 6,000
Mr: Nixon has said he will not be
less trodps than Mr. Johnson did
influenced by public opinion,
in all of 1968. He didn't mention
yet, · after his. speech he sat at a
that his . draft rate was as high as
desk cluttered with letters of
20%,greater than Mr. Johnson's.
support which he claims give him
He called for a unification ofthe
a mandate. (This prompted one · country, yet his speech polarized
political commentator to say that
the nation even · further. His
Mr. Nixon was like the little. boy
vice-president, and his justice
V{ho ran home yelling: "took,
department have done their best
Mom, I'm first in my remedial
to degrade
even
legitimate
reading class!") His speech said
protests as being dangerous, etc.
we needed the truth, and that we
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is
should trust him, give him time: Is
n o n - v
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demonstration.
Mr: Nixon has
already put it on the line - ifyou
are
not against him the~. you must
be for him. Unless you stand up
and be counted you ·will be
counted in favor of the war~ and
in favor of more wars like it ( e.g.
Laos). As one man onc_e put it,
the evil of a few is possible only
through
the
silence of. the
majority.
But it has to be
rion-violent, or it will polarize the
fearful into a majority, which is_
how we got into this in the first
place.
One final note; if the war is
ill~gal, immoral, ap.d unjust, how
will you justify serving in the
Army? I can't; perhaps you will
· be able to. The experience of the
U.S. after WW II shows that the
answer "I was just following
orders"
is
not enough'. Think
about
it
now, and do something
about
it .
by
Mr. Jerome·Remenicky
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