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President W.M. office of any Canadian uni­ THE BORDERMEN ives Department of Dupont of lighting is very professional. Anderson of The Canadian versity or from the Canadian Canada, will be giving a lectu­ Folk music is the order of the Chamber of Commerce says Chamber o Commerce. Ap­ Next Week - March 16 & 17 re on the chemistry of explos­ day at the Yellow Door. the purpose of the scholarship plications must be received Back from Boston ives. The lecture will be held Montrealers such as Penny program is to provide a unique on or before M arch 15. 1968. Tuesday, M arch 12, in room Lang (who incidently is doing educational experience for a Scholarship winners will be FRAN 8t GILLE H-1021 at 1 pm. Everyone (in­ a concert at Sir George March group of young Canadians in notified by April 12. cluding all Vietnamese I is in­ 30). Fran and Gilles. and Jesse order that they may under­ vited to attend. The C.I.C. Winchester play there. Also stand more fully the great chal­ Centennial Youth Ambas­ would also like to announce out-of towners Tex Konig from lenges and opportunities in sador Programme to France of that the February edition of New York and Nancy White Canada. The itinerary of the the Experiment in Internatio­ Chemistry in Canada has just from the Maritimes have appea­ tour will include the following nal Living. A team often Youth arrived. All C.I.C. members red. Every Wednesday poetry Canadian communities: St. Ambassadors, between the can pick up their free copy in readings are held. Most of the John’s. Newfoundland: Char­ ages of 18 and 25 will be selec­ room H-1149 anytime. readers are students and pro­ lottetown. P.E.I.: Halifax. N.S. ted from across Canada and the fessors at Sir George. Moncton and Fredericton. North West Territories to N.B.: Quebec City and Mont­ participate in a four week home- Still Student taxidrivers - Profes­ The Sunday night HOOT pro­ real. Quebec: Ottawa. 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Executive (at Guy) immediately, CJAD will announ­ mittee consisting of represen­ Secretary. Experiment in in­ 932-7718 ce evening course cancellat­ The Yellow Door is the kind tatives of the Canadian Cham­ ternational Living. 478 Glen ions daily between 5.45 - 6.00 of place where a guy can take ber of Commerce and the Exe- Crescent, London, Ontario. the georgian, 'March 8, 1968 / 3

COMMENT 3HTmeat You’ve missed the point but you’ve nailed the head

Will nausea never cease? After morality. Not that I’m trying to say 3. Today (as Yesterday) peoples is dous institutions are aspects of vari­ perusing the latest attack on capital­ that “Commies are Rotten Atheistic more technically than morally advanc­ ous social and cultural environ­ ism and the sad, real sad society in Swine Who Plan to Murder. Rape. ed. ments (we call them nations, but that’s misleading because which we live; not to mention last Violate and Micturgate our Women­ W hat? week’s brilliant and/or cockeyed folk” but surely you realize that mora­ Well, it’s like this. Humans are smart when you have a common culture like condemnation of historical processes lity involves an Ethic (or at least an animals, right? Wrong. Humans are that existing across Europe and North as the schemings of madmen, I have Ethos); that such an ethic must have smarter animals. They are biological America and widely copied in Africa, begun to wonder. Mainly I have begun a basis; that it Would Be Nice If This beasts with souls. Soul!!!!!!?????? South America, etc. defining the sub to wonder “have you lost your mind?” Were So. You may not know it bus­ (What are you, kind of antiquarian groups as Nations is only legally cor­ rect - there ain’t much difference be­ This question is, of course, directed ter, but if you are either an atheist nut?) Yes, soul. Some people call it tween a Frenchman and a Mexican at anybody who may attempt to ans­ or agnostic, and are either a Doctri­ puke, some super-ego, some divine es­ if they have a rougly common cultu­ wer it, but it chiefly relates to the va­ naire Socialist or Communist, then sence. some humanitarianism. What re). Now Asian Nationalism (if you rious pedantic monologoues by the all this stuff about morality is Horse- it boils down to is the adaptation (ways want to be cute you can call it Asian Neophytic Great Minds who write let­ cracky. Communist doctrines stipula­ and means unknown) by which vege­ ters to the editor and editorials (in­ te that morality, as such, involves table blahness is replaced in higher Communism) represents a similiar cluding myself, I guess). Let us begin only actions or measures which are primates (like us) with EMPATHY. culture (Technically oriented) but one where it’s easiest - namely at the point expedient towards the establishment We empathise, I emphatise, you empa­ that is essentially different (morality where dialogue ascends to the level of of the Dictatorship of the proleta­ thise, Cheetah the chimp empathises. life values, cost scale for social boo transcendental metaphysics. This, by riat etc. Ever occur to you that Freud We feel sorry for each other. We care boos, etc.). T he trouble is that it is the way, is the point where I seem to was right, and the ethical basis of the about each other. Maybe we only not different enough. If Asian Na­ tionalism represented the Real Bu­ welter in a sea of catholic.,.uh...ex­ society you so hate (don’t call it the care about each other because of sex gaboo that nuts like Wilhelm of the cuse me, I mean circular argument. Judeo-Christian tradition please, I drive (Ussess is perpetually sexual I First, massah editor, where dost hate that expression) is so deeply en­ but at least we do care. “So what?” Second Reich perpetrated it was / thou obtain the rationale where by you grained in your petit bourgeoise 18 you say, “A cares for B and C because is (Yellow Peril and all that) then we wouldn’t have so much trouble. Then rail against “individuals on the Sir year-old Teeny Bopper soul that you he ( she) it requires to mate he/she/ George Board of Governors (who are) are unable to escape it? it”. “But it must be more than that!” we could go ahead and kill the dirty little men all we wanted without so permitted to dictate the morality of Strange. wails Johnny Sob. He may be right much as a twinge of conscience. Re­ the academic community”, and then Anyway, enough of attackin the e- too how should I know (I’d like to find procede to demand the dictation of out though, that’s one of the reasons member John Wayne in “Beaches of ditor of this paper. He probably means Hell?” He kills Japs by the hundreds academic community morality by well anyway, and on to greater things. why I don’t suicide when things get without trouble because he considers such as share your opinion? Answer If you watch closely you will witness rough)? In any case it’s a start. them subhuman - He Does Not Empa­ me that, if you will be so kind. Per­ the Crusader for Right(small V) pro­ Where does all this cracky come in? haps the Board does dictate morality thise, because he cannot project him­ cede to demolish the edifice of Left We were talking about society, re­ self into the Japanese. He cannot by doing such deeds as permitting Wing Hippyism. member, and Vietnam, remember (we Corporate Recruiting - but then suh, impute to them the same needs, wants, could also talk about WWII, The Opi­ you wish to dictate such morality your­ Hmmm. appreciations, etc. that he has. Ever um Wars, the Punic Wars, the war self by demanding their banishment Not so easy as all that, eh? notice that people empathise with between the Neolithic Europeans and on grounds of immorality. Hmm. When one does embark on this sort animals only when the animals vare of thing, one comes to the rather self- the Axe People, they tend to fight) - “Oh so Cute they’re almost human”? Another point where I seem to lose stultifying conclusion that the Ulti­ you can’t want to hump EVERYBO­ The obscure point is that Cutie Boo you is this; I take it you are a Socia­ mate Aim in Life is to Try Harder. DY so are social structures imper­ Doggie-Poo is human (in the eye of list or perhaps a Marxist (polite word Not necessarily to Try Harder to make fect. They have inner tensions, they the beholder, that is). This is call­ by neurotics to mean Communist). More Money, or produce More Whiz- have external tension, they act and ed person perception. This is also Personally, I couldn’t give a good zybobblrd (with built in features yet,) react to internal and external forces what prevents soldiers from growing God Damn if you were a Hedonist, but to Try Harder to make life more just like the lovely little behaviorist screwy on the battlefield -- them lidd- Aristolaian, Theocrat or pervert liveable. Preferably to make life more model. When a society stops acting le running figures ain’t human - they’re and reacting adequately it goes blah - (providing you don’t try to convert liveable for everybody. This then de­ targets. just like the tomato juice in your glass. me to same by force) but really if you monstrates that the ultimate aim of Just for a small digression, by the are a Communist then you are an athe­ life is not Really to Try Harder, but to And guess what? A new nasty civili­ way, (one of many) you will notice’ ist, or at least if you have the courage Try Harder to be nice. With this as a zation slaughters the blahs. Someti­ that even when a soldier can perceive of your own convictions you must at basis (everybody needs basis) we can mes, of course, new societies don’t an enemy soldier as human (suppos­ least be agnostic. Of course you may start. Vietnam. What? Easy. Historical slaughter old societies, they merely edly) he still does not empathise under be a not exactly doctrinaire Commu­ material inevitably points to this con­ are technically superior and repla­ certain conditions -- like when said nist (like a Mahommedan who gets clusion (series of conclusions, really): ce the old society’s culture. enemy is pointing a rifle / machine pissed every night) and therefore such 1. Societies consist of groups of peo­ So what has that got to do with Viet­ gun / rocket / tank gun / club / sharp rules of thumb may not apply, but su­ ple nam, American Imperialism, nasty stone at him. At that point other in- rely if you are a practicing Commu­ 2. Groups of people consist of single Capitalists, and Boards of Gover­ nist you cannot possibly talk about people nors? Just this, all of the above horren­ continued on page 25)

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1327 St. Catherine St. W FAISCA 1224 Stanley St. 844-1721 Q L B N o 5 34-G 26 or $190 / the georgian, March 8, 1968 editorial BETTER RED THAN READ This being the georgian's final appear­ label the Novak slate as right-wing, would ance on the stands of SGWU for this year, be a gross injustice to conservatism. No­ it seems appropriate that we consider the vak's landslide win over Axelrod can most ramifications of the past year's political likely be attributed to the Campus Recruit­ activities and their relevance for the future. ment issue. Throughout the year, most First, the year began when three obscure students dabbled in politics, favouring nei­ people from a distant land helped propel ther one extreme nor the other by large this venerable institution into the intern­ margins -- until the Recruitment Issue. ational headlines simply by trying to speak Then students felt threatened. Personal in H-110. The reaction of most people w ith­ security was involved. The large question- in the university was immediate. They mark after graduation became the import­ were for the most part horrified that free ant consideration. Dabbling was no longer speech should be circumscribed in an in­ even considered. The campus swung deci­ stitution ideally devoted to free speech, sively away from the left, because securi­ and the exchange of ideas. Sir George ty cannot be sacrificed in campus politic­ was quickly labelled fascistic by some al action. Politics became unimportant, groups outside of the university but this because security became real, it was not image changed swiftly when the booksto­ lost in the nebulous "left'' or the nebulous re issue erupted. "rig h t". _____ Students were anything but fascistic, Assuming that campus political groups when we staged a sit-in in the lobby of the increase the intensity of their actions, how­ Hall Building, seeking through peaceful ever, and politics becomes real and vital, methods to obtain certain concessions from a true sampling of student "political" the university's administration. This ap­ opinion may become possible. In mid-Fail, parent reversal in attitude on the part of a referendum will be held on the subject of most students was representative of the Quebec nationalism. This simple factor political events which would ensue through­ should prove extremely important in terms out the year. of growing political awareness on this For example, attempts to prohibit free campus, not in relation to a war ten thou­ speech at the beginning of the year, had sand miles away, but in our own social support from a large segment of the au­ and political milieu. Politics next year will dience in attendance. When an attempt become more relevant, more real, and the was made to oust the editor of the geor­ results will be dramatic. This year's limited gian in February, however, on the grounds involvement in political situations, has al­ that freedom of the press should be re­ ready shown that the interest is real on this stricted on occasion, the majority of stu­ campus. Next year many more students dents attending the open meeting voted will be prepared to make commitments, ra­ against such a move. ther than to simply observe passively. Apparent contradictions again appeared on the subject of bilingualism. During the bookstore strike, speakers were encourag­ ed to use their native tongue with shouts ulhce gjeoirgpauni ^ ...... of "En fran^ais! En frangais!" But a month The georgian is an editorially autonomous newspaper published by the Publications Board of the Students' Association of Sir George Williams University. Authorized as second class mail by the Fbst Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage later, a campaign to withdraw Sir George in cash. FVinted and mailed at St. Jean, P.Q. The offices of the georgian are located in rooms 231 and 232 of the R F. HaU Building, Montreal 25, Quebec. Telephone 842- 6461, lExt. 38. Telex 01-26193. The advertising Department is located in Room 233. from UGEQ was waged primarily on racist 1 lephone 842-6461, Ext. 27, 37 and 67 or 842-4528. Messrs. Howard Krupp, feck Ber- ke and Morris Rosenfeld Advertising Representatives. issues. Managing Board Thus the campus has fluctuated politic­ Editor-in-Chief...... Frank Brayton Managing Editor...... Alan S. Zweig ally throughout the year, and never really Business Manager...... Leon Pressman Supplement Editor...... Israel Cinman settled down. Perhaps the elections were ^ DEPARTMENT HEADS Executive Editor, Allan Hilton; News Editor, Mona Forrest; Sports Editor, Stan Urman; most revealing about the political climate Newsfeatures Editor, Norman Lazare; Desk Editor, Walter Reshetylo; Assistant Desk Editor, Susanne Dansereau; Senior Staff Writer, Karen Smith; Photo Editors, Steve Fremeth and Jack Miller; Research Chief, Steve Paskus; Hifih School Supplement Edit­ at Sir George. The left-wing was solidly or, Mark Medicoff. defeated by a largely apolitical slate. To georgian, March 8, 1968 / 5 Movement for socialist liberation

A new movement has been formed on the Sir Geor­ ge campus based on the following objectives. Preli­ minary work will be undertaken during the summer and further information will be available durinq the Yup,Don In all cases I was told to for­ I have no doubt that, after fall. get the idea. The opponents to having the Student Associat­ Editor, the georgian: Proposal: This Movement is a revolutionary socialist my suggestion all argued that ion offices fumigated of the Yup. Don has socked it to us direct-action group concerned with the development the Awards Banquet is a tradit­ stench of leftism, this new all right. Hell he's been zapp­ ion at Sir George, that it is the Student Council Executive and of a strategy and tactics of anti-imperialism and libe­ ing us all year with his ‘F< M )D' final event and ends the v ear’s the other elected officers will ration from U.S. domination in this country and throug­ Services. That fine scribe of activities, that it is the onh begin to work next Fall on mat­ hout the world. Canadians must be brought to aware­ the sixth floor Mafia. Joe Di time that hardworking students ters which are of concern to ness before it is too late, that only through revolutio­ Paolo had the right organizat­ can meet together and be ac­ all students, and not just the nary socialism can ANY nation possibly create a tru­ ion in his gun-sights. Perhaps knowledged for their efforts, few poor souls who were cater­ ly independent, non-subservient society with equality, Di Paolo’s onlv error was in and that it is the onh time dur­ ed to this past vear. criticizing the minor employees justice and dignity for all. The Movement undertakes ing the vear when student lea­ Sir George is hack on the cashiers and not suave, smooth a commitment to directly engage in the necessary ders are honoured and reward­ right path. Victory has been student- cheating. student- anti-imperialist struggle for socialism and national ed for their contributions to achieved poisoning Donald McPhie. liberation in Quebec and English Canada. the S.A., etc.. etc.. etc. Harv Oberfeld I too have eaten in the caf. All these arguments are va­ Membership responsibilities: Each member of the Mo­ this vear. I. too like manv o- lid to an extent: it is true that vement is responsible; thers. spent a couple of nights The non-letter many of the people attending 1. to accept in principle the overall proposal of the bent over the toilet-bowl eas­ are deserving of some formal Editor, the georgian: Movement for Socialist Liberation; ing out of mv mouth the great acknowledgement and a chance After a prolonged period of 2. to take part in political activity in accordance with concoctions of Sir George Food to satisfy their status needs, intense self-anabsis. I have the Movement's evolving program; Services. for after all. this is why Napo­ decided to break a long stand­ Fifteen cents for a cup of 3. to be accountable for his activities to fellow com­ leon created the Legion of Ho­ ing habit and not write a letter coffee, is that non-profit mak­ rades in the Movement; nour. in France. to the editor of the georgian ing pricing Mr. McPhie? Oh. 4. to regularly attend meetings; Surely, however, when their this vear. As has been mv wont ves I know it’s onlv ten cents 5. to participate in an internal educational program of are much greater priorities for in past vears to compose an with a meal. But what about revolutionary socialist theory; and spending money, and when the annual epistle dealing with sub­ the poor student who can’t af- S.A. is again expecting to in­ jects which have (or had' far- 6. finally, to realize that there cannot be any separat­ fort the meal, who brings his cur a deficit because revenues reaching implications in this ion of revolutionary theory from revolutionary prac­ lunch in brown paper bags? have not reached expected institution i.e. an analysis of tice. Each comrade must struggle to liberate himself Is vour pricing perhaps design­ levels, surly the S.A. "student Mr. D. Bennett’s side whis­ from capitalist individualism, selfishness, and the ed directiv against him Mr. leaders” could congratulate kers. and that vast examination social norms of bourgeois society. Socialism must be M cPhie? each other and pat each other room which somehow came to lived not only in theory, but, to the extent possible, Peter Bors on the back in a less expensive be referred to as the “garage”. in one's private and social life. Bookstore profit but just as meaningful an envi­ I have decided to forego anv MOVEMENT FOR SOCIALIST LIBERATION Editor, the georgian; ronment as the $500 banquet such letter this vear. for as a A petition has been signed at Le Martinique Hotel. senior 1 feel that one should bv students of Zoology 431 Alas, perhaps next Year’s maintain a stoic silence and go pertaining to the mark up on council will spend this mone\ out to seek one’s fortune with a stiff upper lip with regard to the Lab outline, sold in the in a wav that will be beneficial to all students, and not just a the things which have gone on Bookstore. in the institution this past vear. STATEMENT It has been discussed bv the few. however. I doubt this. No doubt lots of mv friends students that the mark up pri­ Bob Simco will be dropping bv the office ce for lab-outlines is abom in­ We, the undersigned, are in agreement with the statement “ RES­ of the editor of the georgian, able. This is in conjunction PONSIBILITY AND VIETNAM” (signed by Andre Guner Frank, For the last time wondering where mv letter with a discussion in class where David Orton, and said A. Shah, which appeared in the georgian might be. In the event that, the Biology Dept, had agreed Editor, the georgian: of February 16, 1968. War recruitment on this campus, whenever such an occurrence does take it may occur, must be collectively stopped, “using whatever in selling the students the lab Permit me to publiclv con­ place, will you (the editor! plea­ means are necessary.” . outline for $2.50. But the Bio­ gratulate the newlv elected se tell them (mv friendsi for me logy Dept., being unable to sell officers of the Students’ Asso­ (me i to tell y o u (Frank Brax ton i the outline for legal reasons. ciation. Their decisive vietor M. Aron Noida Ashton G. A.D. Astaphan that I (mei think that vou (the Ginny Allan The transaction was given to proves once and for all that Peter Beaudin Ian Belgrave C. Binath Clara Birnbaum editor! have done rather a R. B. Bowness Frank Brayton Richard Bridges Allan Brown the Bookstore who are now the majority of Sir George stu­ Berks G. Browne Alvin Cader Adele CatTier splendid job of making the geor­ R. J. Brown selling it for $3.75 - almost dents are not radically inclin­ H. Carrington Orestes Cato Kenny Charles Valerie Charles gian an interestingly readable Israel Cinman Terry Clarke Michael Cohen Roy Darcus 100% profit. T he students do ed towards the left. Rosie Douglas Allan Engel A. Ewing Bernice Fainsilber Let those professors who paper for the first time in the John Garramone not find the price ridiculous. B, Fridhandler Tim Gadban R. Galbaransingh four vears that I have been he­ Marjory George Majory George Ronnie Gottlieb Richards Gunter What thev do find ridiculous is have agitated and corrupted Lewes Hermez Cheddi Jagan B. E. Jefferies Peter Johnston our campus throughout this re. If it had been mv intention N. H.C. King the profit made bv the merce­ W. E. Kadzirange Florence Katz Brian Kelly school vear take note that to write a letter to the editor Judy Koch Joseph Lajoin Judy J. Laurie L. Lazarus nary bookstore. We all hope Peter Leibovltch Terence Lewis Michael Lipszyc this vear it would have been a Ray Lazanik that the Bookstore Committee their ideas are not welcome Douglas R. Long Gita Maritzer Lin Maftin O. Mayowsky anv more. The left is dead. letter telling vou directly what Penelope McCurdy Anthony McFariane take immediate action. W. McCarty Jim McConnell I am asking vou to have mv Rita Micfliker Jane Millman A. Moonshine Jeff Morton Class of Zoology 431 Long live the Center Esther Nusbaum Ester Nusbaum G. Olivere Willma Paskus I. now feel that an\ effort 1 friends tell vou for me. Herman Pilgrim Freda Perel Mike Peters Aron W. P ila made during this past vear to Mv onlv regret in not writ­ Savitri Ramdhan Roger Ramsay Allan Rankin Carl Raskin A reward? Kelvin Robinson Henry Rosenblat Max Ross Howatd Rostoker awaken some interest and ing a letter to the editor of L. Rubinlicht M. St-Germain Phyllis Rott Barbara Rubin Editor, the georgian; opposition in the wav this uni­ the georgian this vear is in not S. David Sandys John Shearing Murray Smith Gloria Springer Fred Stevens Danyl Stotland Jania Szmidt Marion Testart Last fall before the final bud­ versity’s Student Associat­ being able to sign it in such a Gerard Tfetreault Ernest Thomas Luke Tripp Nancy Turley gets were set. I polled several ion has been controlled bv a m anner- Jean Turner Andy Ungar Stephen Whitney Carlyle Williams Mark Wilson Bert Young persons as to their feelings of vile, misguided minoritv has Yr Humble & Obt Svt, replacing the Annual Awards been compensated ten-fold. Barry Thompson, Gentleman Banquet with some similiar but less costly function.

Experienced The New Penelope con- Communications Board - Final Notice gralutes the editors of the georgian on their fine Applications for Chairman, Secretary, and D ir e c t o r paper th is year, and for Treasurer of the Communications Board may F o r small winning the Globe and Laurentian Mail’s citation os the be picked up and returned to the Student best college paper in Receptionist. Applications close on March DAY CAMP Canada. 15, 1968 at noon. Acting Chairman Telephone 482-3049 Gary Eisenkraft B. Young New Penelope 6 / the georgian, March 8, 1968 ing Professors Said Shah and Gunder Frank, unapo- logetic Marxists to be distinguished from the apolo­ getic ones, have not been invited back to teach at Sir George next year. A third, David Orton, was this year not allowed to teach an introductory course in sociology which he had prepared over the summer, due to his lack of “commitment to the discipline”. He’s not very likely to be re-hired when his contract terminates next year. But these three men who do not hedge their princi­ Dr John Smola. the Vice-Principal (Administration ples are exceptions. They are outnumbered and more and Finance) of this University spoke recently (Mont­ by Ray Lazanik important, are without the power of the other “pro­ real Star, Feb. 24, 19681 about “the mood on campus” Mr. Lazanik is a fourth year Sociology student gressive faculty”. These are the tenured combinat­ which is “dramatically different” from that of the and was chairman, this year, of the Committee ions of administration-professor whose only responsi­ past. In this speech given significantly, to a Board of for a Free University. bility is to the advancement of their careers and stay­ Trade associates meeting, he saw this mood charact­ ing in the good graces of Deans and the Board of Go­ erized by “students wrestling with major questions vernors. with unprecedented intensity. Their insistences that supply capital to the University” according to Wil Let us consider the position of two of our outstand­ society take steps to improve itself immediately... liam (“Who’s running this University anyway?”). ing faculty leaders, Assistant Professor Frank Chalk, are the inevitable concomitants of the intelligent stu­ Reay. the Treasurer, they certainly don’t contribute the Hero of the Bookstore Strike and President of dent’s attempt to relate what he hears in the class­ to the income of the University. the Sir George Williams Association of University room to himself and the world. “ Smola voices en­ As reported in the Sir George Williams University Teachers: and Professor Michael Marsden, the Chair­ thusiasm for this development. “Indeed”, he conti­ Annual Report 1966-67, a condensed Statement of man (appointed by Chalk) of the above-mentioned nues, “any student who has been around campus for Income and Expenditures shows where the money has Joint Committee on University Affairs. four years without once getting excited about the come from for the past three years - the students CHALK war in Viet Nam or the Arab-Israeli conflict or Com­ and the Government. - Firstly, Chalk did not introduce the motion to sup­ munism in Cuba or in China or the plight of writers port the Student Strike in October - that was Gunder 65/66 66/67 in Russia -- excited enough to be profoundly concern­ INCOME 64/65 Frank. tuition 77.2% 73.3% 55.5% ed and to make some public protest -- any student so - Chalk at the request of the Administration organ­ dense or just plain selfish that he has not received govt grants 16.7% 22.2% 41.1% other 6. 1% 4-5% 3.8% ized a referendum of his Association on the recruit­ the relationship between his university education and ment issue. The vote was to move it off campus. Nei­ the pressing problem of his society has undoubtedly The only way “changes in the University” will not ther in the Joint Committee, of which he is also a been wasting his time”. be made solely “in response to pressures” is if the member, did he support me when at the administra­ Administration takes some initiative in articulating tion’s request we were asked for our opinion on the John Smola a philosophy of education, although perhaps the re­ recruitment issue, nor at any time after the discus­ "...any student so dense or just plain cent departure of the Principal, Robert C. Rae, to sion to reopen recruiting did he protest being Over­ selfish that he has not perceived the re­ Europe to study French is as good an indication as ruled. lationship between his university educ­ any. The policy of strategic non-decision making - Chalk has also helped draw up a new constitution ation and the pressing problem of his society has undoubtedly been wasting rears its head again. for the Faculty Association which allows the Princi­ his tim e". The few token gestures to students this year -- non­ pal, Vice-Principal (Academic) and the Deans and representative representation on Academic Coun­ Assistant Deans of the faculties and schools to be Surely, in Smola’s term the students at Sir George cils and the bookstore committee were in response members, thereby effectively destroying the distinc­ have, this year, not been wasting their time. They to student pressures. The former has yet to get off tion between administration and faculty -- a distinc­ have demonstrated that they are not all dense and the ground.--. The latter was the result of a request tion that does not seem to ever have existed for Chalk selfish.They have demonstrated enough “profound which was originally turned down and required a stri­ in the first place. concern” to publicly protest American aggression ke. The bookstore committee has yet to lower prices in Viet Nam and the state of education in Quebec. or provide better services, or to examine the finances Surely, the problem of preventing “revolt on camp­ of the University. Frank Chalk us” as Smola concludes is not in giving the students The Joint Committee on University Affairs, the “some realistic prerogatives and serious obligations”, only example of faculty administration and students "...helped draw up a new constitution for the Faculty Association... effectively since they have already unquestionably accepted discussing major problems and finding “means of destroying the distinction between ad­ their role as fully responsible and obligated citizens. more fully involving students and faculty in the af­ ministration and faculty..." Typically, Smola ends his discussion just where he fairs of the University” has been a dismal failure. I should have begun, by putting the onus for improv­ am quite familiar with the Committee since I sat on ing the “situation” on the University -- i.e., the Board it since October and will attempt to describe this MARSDEN of Governors -- administration and the faculty. At “beau geste” of our University in brief: - rather than describe the activities of Prof. Mars­ best his comments, written four years after Berkeley -a motion of mine that the Committee meetings be den, let me quote him. He has said, (SGWU) Bulle­ and four months after a student strike in his own held in public was defeated. tin. Dec. 21, 1967): University are platitudinous and directed at the wrong -a motion by all three students that an expanded “some students confuse their desire for a free audience -- Big businessmen, a group which he him­ University Bulletin be published reducing what is an society with the running of a University. They self admits “plays so small a role in the solution of awesome monopoly on important information has must separate these aims since a University is our vital problem” and who happen to run the Uni­ resulted in a publication which ceased after three not a model of our total society, but a functional versity. At worst he has failed to understand or point issues, - the reason: lack of funds. establishment with specific purposes”. to the real causes of “the changing mood on campus” -after months of soul-searching the Committee de­ - He also says: “The concept of ‘community of schol­ or himself accept the broad and deep challenge of cided its mandate meant it should select and identify ars’ is perhaps regrettably defunct”. which he speaks. problems in the University. - Since for Marsden the deterioration of the ideal The administration and the “progressive” elements -I suggested recently that the fact of our having the of the University as a community of scholars and mo­ in the faculty are the ones who should be condemned’ worst University library in Canada (volumes per stu­ del institution of society is only, at best, “per­ for shirking their responsibilities to the “commun­ dent) and a registration system that consistently haps” regrettable, I am afraid to imagine what he ity” which they often cite so fondly. “screws” second year and other students out of cour­ would see as the role of the University today and how THE ADMINISTRATION ses thi t they want, might be considered problems. he would try to make it serve and be “responsible to BOARD OF GOVERNORS On the library, I discovered a signed document be­ society”. If the intellectual elite of a society refuses Smola talks of “changes in our Universities” not tween the principals of Sir George and McGill not to to be a model for that society, who shalldetermine being made solely in “response to pressures”. But share library facilities except at the Ph.D and faculty the course of events? The answer, it seems quite clear, when has the Board of Governors - Administration levels. Our proposed library building is not very like­ is our irresponsive and irresponsible business and fin­ spoken for the interests of the “University commun­ ly to be built in the near future. The reason given was ancial elite. They have and will continue to determine ity”? They have not formulated any conception of lack of capital grants from Quebec. I still wonder the course of the society and the kind of education what the priorities of modern education should be. why McGill is getting a second building while Sir within that society with the acquiescence of even the They have not opposed but rather supported the ero­ George has yet to get a first. No one seems to know most “progressive” of our educators. sion of the Liberal Arts College into the Multivers­ the reasoning behind it. No one seems to be trying To the John Smolas, I say take up t e challenge ity of Engineering and Commerce faculties and Com­ very hard to do anything about it. you speak of or refrain from hypocritical word-mon- puter Training Centre. They have not worked to ma­ -On the problem of registration, 1 was told by the gering. ke the Government set its fiscal priorities in this pro­ Registrar, D. Peets, that “you don’t know what you’re To the faculty. I say “faculty power” might be a vince. They have not worked for free and accessible talking about”. more appropriate cry than ‘student power”. It is education for all. While speaking of “responsibility THE FACULTY still not too late to take up a role as leaders and inno­ to the community’ they are a group of businessmen The “progressive” members of our faculty have vators in this society and this University. and managers responsible to no one but other busi­ shown little concern for the preservation of their To the students, I say make UGEQ stronger and nessmen. The Board of Governors has come out for favorite credos -- the “community of scholars” and more critical of the society. Organize yourselves and open recruiting on campus of companies supplying “academic freedom” . They have failed to demand the high school Students who so need your help in the American war machine, mainly because they re­ their right to determine academic priorities in the forcing their education system to respond to the twen­ present many of those companies but also to assert University. They have failed to demand their right tieth century. Work in your own associations and their legal authority in deciding what the University to overrule the Board of Governors’ decision on camp­ campus groups to articulate your grievances and shall be - an agent to the corporate world. When I us recruiting by warmakers or to disaffiliate themsel­ your vision of a better University and a better so­ ask who the Board of Governors are. I am told “They ves from that decision. Two of those who have. Visit­ ciety. the georgian, March 8, 1968 / 7 Birth control - 1

"Having an abortion was the only school and confront my boyfriend with sleeping pill. I spent the night at home. way. I'm too young to have kids and in a new solution - I would leave town Still no miscarriage. no position to do so being a student and would settle in a fairly large city, "The fourth visit to the doctor, alone, and unmarried... it was better for all work till it was no longer possible, broke the thin thread that was keeping concerned - my mother, father and have my baby and play the eternal my sanity intact. I was rushed to the baby”. everloving mother for the rest of my hospital under the pretense of an un­ The student interviewed is a 20 year life. This was very selfish of course, tampered, difficult pregnancey. old fourth year Arts student who lives but strong feeling of loneliness made "The next three days were spent in with her parents, but this latter fact me consider myself more than the ba­ a hospital room on completely legal didn't influence the decision to have by. I had intended to tell my boyfriend but embarassing grounds (registered the abortion. However she didn’t want about my decision but remain indiffe­ as Miss). My boyfriend turned up, how­ them to know she was pregnant rent to his financial aid. (i.e. I would ever to prove a measure of reliabil­ not ask for but would graciously ac­ ity. Unfortunately the excellent hospi­ INTERVIEWER: “ Did you go to the cept money). When I told him he not tal care hindered the miscarriage. Health Guidance Service?” only offered financial aid, but also offer­ Upon release I was still intact and Ans: “ No; it’ s too personal a problem. ed to accompany me to any destinat­ very much pregnant. Also, I had sufficient help from my ion of my choice (except the U.S. be­ friends” . cause of the draft). He would work and support me until the birth period. INTERVIEWER; "Were you on the pill?" Fifth visit to Doctor

A n s; "N o ,”. Baby to be given up "Visit five to original doctor -- more INTERVIEWER; "Have you resumed drastic measures taken;2 oz.of Caster your sexual relationship?" "These new circumstances lessened Oil and the insertion of a 14-inch long my feelings of loneliness and for the rubber tube. That night was spent at ANS; "Right now I can’t indulge in moment I no longer needed the baby home in utter pain, diarrhea and vio­ sex; however, I will consider it in a to fill an empty gap. A new decision fol­ lent vometing. Suspicion was arous­ month or so." lowed the baby would be given up for ed at home. The unbearability of the adoption. Nothing after that time was pain led me to call the doctor who The Sir George graduate proceeded planned - about our relationship, that advised me to remove the tube and to tell her story. is. Life looked hopeful again. The cri­ encouraged me, saying the pains si­ "I was a virgin little girl until Octo­ sis seemed to be over. Again finances ber of last year, when I got involved in gnified imminent miscarriage. The pain drew my boyfriend out of town for a was gone by the next morning and a deep emotional relationship which few days. At this time, the weakness didn't return until that evening which altered my views on sex and sexual of my morale was attacked by the relationships. Unfortunately it was too was spent in a theatre with my boy­ girlfriend in whom I had confided. friend. late to start on the pill that month "She had no difficulty in convincing "The next was the eventful day. and I became pregnant immediately. me that the plan was Utopian and in "I awoke with acute pains. It was Since the whole experience was new to six months time, I'd lose the baby, a Sunday, the family was home and sus­ me, I tried to eliminate the thing from boyfriend and maybe even my mind. picious. My girlfriend came to my res­ my mind until realistic thinking could A new search for doctors began. cue, Her presence prevented question­ no longer prolong it. After a pregnancy "Three more unsuccessful calls didn't ing. test and a visit to a local gynaecologist dampen my spirits this time. I decided (as a married woman) my condition "Heavy bleeding began. An hour la­ I had to remain aloof and rational. ter I miscarried. My reaction was hel­ was confirmed. Finally I succeeded - I made an ap­ lish - for a moment I was stunned at "Due to the fact that my relation to pointment with a doctor. the human-like appearance of the foe­ the party concerned was rather rocky, "Although my boyfriend hadn't yet tus which was but two months old- his result was very upsetting. How­ returned, the province of Quebec, mouth, nose, ears, arms, legs and blue ever, exams were two days away and Department of Education, considered eyes. Yet I could not discard the evi­ I again excluded the thoughts from my me worthy of a trivial loan to continue dence as I'd been instructed to retain mind. The my education. With a loan from friends it for inspection. matching that sum I was able to raise No more mention of marriage "I called the doctor under whose ca­ $360.00 - the necessary sum. re I was in the hospital and was told “ After exams I decided that the only "My first confrontation to the doc­ I had to be admitted immediately to way was to have an abortion. (Before tor was very encouraging. He calmed undergo a curetage that evening. my pregnancy was confirmed, my boy­ me down and reassured me. "The next shock followed within half friend had stated that he would marry "The next appointment was for two an hour -- the bleeding resumed and me if anything like this arose, but this days hence. My boyfriend returned in the afterbirth rejected - a trail of blood cure was not mentioned after the confirmat­ the nick of time and accompanied me remained on my carpets, floor and clo­ ion.) to what was to be the beginning of a thing. The pain was unbearable and I "The search for financial aid began. horrible nightmare. had to leave immediately, not caring My boyfriend was unable to get any "(At this time my nausea was beco­ about my parents suspicions. We took because we didn't want his parents to ming acute, I was living at home and a cab to the hospital. At this point know and a large sum was needed. my parents knew nothing of the goings I was delirious. However, I was put "W e decided to get the money some^ on.) through an intense interrogation pe­ so how, but the most pressing problem "There are two methods of abort­ riod by the interns. was to get a doctor. ing; "Two hours later, I was recovering 1) an immediate curatage (D & C) and resting at the hospital. After only "Being new at this game I had no i.e. the scraping of the uterus one night in the hospital (it is customa­ J • ; • . contacts. Due to the importance of se­ ry to rem ain 48 hours) I was forced to crecy, I was limited to the number of 2) forcing a natural miscarriage by tampering with nature and causing the leave, still bleeding, because my pa­ people I could consult for help. uterus to reject the foetus - this invol­ rents had seen blood on the carpet. precise "Having complete trust in my boy­ ves more time, more stress, and more My mother was hysterical and was friend I left this up to him. A medical pain. crying out that the state of my mind friend of his was consulted and the as­ "My doctor decided on the latter. was causing the death of my father. surance of help was there. Three weeks The miscarriage was scheduled to oc­ Still very week, I spent my second re­ three doctors later - still no help. Pres­ cur within 24 to 48 hours. covery night at home. sures were extreme, I needed more "Because I was so intent on being Contrary to normal expectation, the than confidence and consulted a close careful and not devulging the truth, tragedy was not yet over. My parents friend. Operation search began again. stayed at my boyfriend's the first wanted explanations I was unprepar­ "More doctors were called without night telling my parents I was with a ed to give. Pressures mounted and in i i replies; finally I got an appointment; distraught girlfriend. During that night a moment of extreme anxiety I depart­ very tragic repercussions followed. and the following morning, my boy­ ed for two days, leaving no trail. Interviewed by I was lectured to but was not given friend decided I was crabbing too "After more than a week, I was still any moral or physical help. On the much and he decided to discontinue bleeding. Estelle Geller verge of a nervous breakdown, I decid­ our relationship. But, under pressure, "Had abortion been legal a fifteen ed to forego the idea of an abortion. he accompanied me on my third visit minute operation and a calm two day "At this point my physical ,-state to the doctor. Emotional pressure stay in the hospital would have cut • • . ■ - • ' was becoming noticeable. I made a was evident and was causing undue expenses, anxiety and the near mental new decision; My academic work had physical difficulties (hindering the breakdown of many people including fallen far behind; I didn't feel my mind process of miscarriage.) I was put on myself, my boyfriend, and my parents could handle the routine school curri­ a diet of sedatives, uterus contraction who are still unaware of what caused culum and I decided to drop out of pills, anti-biotics, pain pills and one my anguish for a period of over a month. 8 / the georgian,'March 8, 1968 Birth control - 2 . . . The prevention so simple

“ Don’t teli him you’ re a reporter. We want him to nalistic questions - Are you in love, how long have said that gynocologists rarely prescribe a diaphram treat you like any college girl who comes in to you known the boy, are you planning to get marr­ for young girls - "I feel the pill is probably best in see him." ied? He was extremely kind and understanding. your case”, he added. These had been my instructions for a story on One question he asked was "What would your A session with the gynaecologi sts, Dr.Watson ex­ obtaining birth control pills at Sir George. mother think if she knew you were planning this?" plained, included questions on the menstrual cycle Across from me sat Dr. R.E.L. Watson, the semi­ The answer was "I wouldn't tell her - the two ge­ and personal questions on medical history and the resident doctor at Sir George's medical center in nerations feel differently about these things." reasons for wanting the pill. An internal vaginal the Hall Building basement. He gives free medical "Yes, you're right, your generation probably isn't examination is highly unlikely, though a slight service three half days a week: 9 to 12 Monday and as hypocritical", Dr. Watson replied. check-up on heart and blood pressure might be in Thursday; and 1 to 5 Friday. He didn't try to dissuade me but agreed that it order. Following this, pills are prescribed which are "There's nothing wrong with me doctor, I've was better to have protection because sometimes available at any drugstore. come for advice. I wonder if you can give me some people fall out of love. He remarked that the whole Dr. Watson said that a girl should wait at least 1 birth control pills?” situation should be broached sensibly. one month before having any relations after taking Dr. Watson took it calmly - "No - no, I don’t pres­ "I do feel that if you're sure you'll go all the way, the pill. cribe those pills and the university hasn't asked me it's better for you to have some protection than Sir George girls would be foolish not to see Dr. too", he answered. suffer from fear, anxiety and guilt", Dr. Watson Watson and take his advice if they are contem­ He then went on to say that most of the girls he said. "I'd much rather you saw someone than cau­ plating having sexual relations. He was patient, un­ came in contact with were minors - "We don't want sed everyone a whole lot of pain." derstanding and did as much as he could. There was to get into squabbles with parents/although what Dr. Watson then proceeded to write out the na­ no shock or condemnation on his part. you do is your decision." mes of three excellent gynaecologists in the Mont­ As Dr. Watson added "Think of the baby - giving "I can give you the name of somegynaecologists real area. it out for adoption is quite a load for a girl to bear and they can help you". Dr. Watson continued. He described one as an elderly lady, one a middle- and it might put a stigma on the child's life forever". Dr. Watson, in his fifties, then asked a few pater­ aged man and one a young man. Then Dr. Watson Karen Smith

The Birth Control Primer % I

I Don't use your friend's prescription - it's dangerous. You need a check-up before getting the Pill; and it's not for everyone.

Although the Pill's the most fashionable contraceptive, an Inter-Uterine device or a diaphragm might be better.

fo find out, consult a doctor:

The Sir George Health Service clinic has a list of gynae­ cologists and clinics.

The city of Montreal operates three clinics, and the Health Department will tell you where to find them.

The Family Planning Association will provide perti­ nent addresses.

Many major downtown hospitals have public clinics.

The cost is minimal. At the public clinics, you pay accord­ ing to your income (which, as a student, isn’t much), and many of the doctors have students' rates. The examination is usually not over ten dollars and can be about five.

A month's supply of the pill costs about two dollars. the georgian, March 8, 1968 / 9 Birth control - 3 Laws archaic... beliefs have changed

Q: Do you believe that abor- lies or numerous children to quire adoption and can't find ing what might be an error in ion should be made legal and provide labour is no longer adopted homes...particularly, a proper civilised manner. Here is an interview with to what extent? necessary. in a society where religion is Q; Should the University Mair Verthuy asst Prof in French A; Yes I do believe that Q: Do you think that tl e a barrier to adoption. Health Centre distribute infor­ conducted by Estelle Geller of they should be made legal and new legislation will bring a- mation about birth control as the georgian. Q; Do you think that the so­ I believe abortions should be bout adequate change? ciety and more specifically the well as prescriptions for oral m ade available on request to A; No, I don’t because it students of this university have contraceptives? any woman who wants and seems to me that the existing I think that they should be al­ adopted the "new morality"? A; Yes... I'm not sure that requires one. legislation and even the new lowed to decide whether or not A; Well, judging from the I'm overwhelmingly enthusias­ Q: Why do you believe abor­ legislation if it's passed, makes they want to have the child... conversations I have had with tic about the idea of oral con­ tion laws are as stringent as abortion available only in cer­ as things stand, they have a most of my students I would traception for girls who may they are now? tain circumstances with seve­ variety of choices; they can say that it has entered into or may not w ant later on to A; There are many reasons ral medical opinions and only either have an illegal abortion, Sir George...It seems to me have children because we involved here, one of which is if the mental and physical frequently with disastrous re­ that even girls who live rea­ don’t know yet what the ef- that the existing abortion laws health of the mother is in dan­ sults both on their psychology sonably quiet and sheltered rects of these are going to be were passed at a period in ger. I don't think Jhis is ade­ and on their body; they can lives accept behaviour on the on future generations. But history when the mores of quate at all. I think this is a have the child and put it out part of their friends which they I certainly think that the health society were different than gesture made towards the for adoption immediately, wouldn't have accepted 30 centre should make available they are now; the religious twentieth century by legisla­ which is a rather shattering years ago or even 20 years in fact should encourage the beliefs involved are different tors but it doesn't correspond thing to have to do; or they ago, although they don't neces­ distribution of information on from those of the present day with the situation or the soci­ can try to bring the child up sarily practise it themselves. It contraception to all students and one of the other major ety in which w e live. I think alone. I know several people seems to me that a great many in the university. W hether it reasons of course is that they women should be allowed to who are doing this and doing students are confronted with should provide prescriptions were passed by men and I decide for themselves whe­ it quite successfully. But it the choice between young mar­ is another thing...it seems to don't think that men should be ther or not they want an abor­ was a free choice on the part riage in a society which is not m e that the Engl ish solution is allowed jurisdiction in an area tion. of these people and I think economically equipped for quite adequate...there are fa­ which concerns specifically I think as things stand we that women should be allowed his kind of relationship in mily planning centres in every women. I think one of the o- live in a society in which girls this choice. If they want to have as much the earning power of community that anyone is ther reasons that these laws are no longer protected or a child and bring it up them­ young people doesn't start free to consult and anyone is are stringent, and my knowled­ maintained in a home environ­ selves, there is no reason why until they're probably about free to get contraceptives from. ge of history is extremely li­ ment until they are married they shouldn't. But I don't 23, 24, 25...or (I think the ex­ Whether the health centre of mited, is that countries in the off; yet no provision is made think that legislators male le­ pression is) 'living in sin’. Sin­ the university should serve past, particularly in the time on a nation-wide basis to teach gislators in particular, should ce so many students find them­ this purpose and whether the of the Industrial Revolution, girls how to cope with the new be allowed to decide that a selves in these circumstances, government, under the new required much more labour mores and the new circums­ girl who is pregnant should I think that medicare plan, for instance, than they now require. We tances in which they live. One be forced to go through the a) education in this area should should introduce centres of live and are moving into an finds, therefore, a certain whole pregnancy and bring be approved and this kind is a pragmatic ques­ overpopulated world and in number of students, or girls this child into the world to b) if the education falls down tion which I haven't gone the circumstances I think that in any circumstances, pregnant increase the already large in practice that the girls should into. the desirability of large fami­ without benefit of clergy and numbers of children that re­ have the possibility of repair­ Abortion seen as personal decision Professor Hedley Dimock of the Applied Social Science Department feels that the question of abortion has two parts; the moral-ethical part and the physical-maternal part. Black Patent "I think the question of Bone Kid whether a girl wants to have an abortion should be left to Navy Kid her alone, or to her and the people involved. "From a legal point of view, I don’t think you can legis­ late moral views. Therefore the moral decision involved is not one which should be le­ gislated, but one which peo­ ple make themselves. "There is no more degrad­ ing an experience than an a- bortion, especially in Montreal and other major cities. This is an exceptionally cruel and traumatic experience. The fact that girls do and some­ times must have abortions is no excure for the inhuman treatment they get. If abor­ tions were legalized in Ca­ nada, and a girl could seek out competent medical eelp, then the abortion could be perform­ ed in a hospital with a mini­ Open Thursday & Friday Evenings mum of dramatic experience. C.O.D. Orders Accepted "In New York, the condi­ Credit Cards Honoured tions for abortions are better, but it's still like a 1925 gangs­ ter movie. "The most preferable solu­ 5218 Queen Mary Rd. 1474 Peel St. pV Place Victoria Fairview Shopping Centre tion would be the legalization (Snowdon) (Opp. Mt. 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110 Sparks St. Mall (Ottawa) by Cathy Veitch 10 / the georgian, March 8, 1968 pointed by January 26th but they weren’t -- ot- ficial representation finally came at the March CALLING ALL STUDENTS meetings. 1968 Conference on Summer Camping Student at large Don Rosenbaum said that the delegates should have been announced the MARCH 14-16th, 1968 day after the decision was made by the Board of Governors. WINDSOR HOTEL “The students should have been chosen Sponsored By through an election procedure four months ago”, Rosenbaum claimed. QUEBEC CAMPING ASSOCIATION Representatives Named Representatives were announced February All students are welcome to attend. 15th, 1968. On the University Council will sit Excellent exhibits, sessions, and workshops Aaron Caplan (Arts), Leonard Wolman (Com­ A rare treat that you should not miss! merce), Gabor Elias (Engineering), and Dan Fee: $3.00 for full conference including lucheon on Smyth (Science). Saturday Delegates to the Faculty Councils are Peter For further information and registration form phone Klein and Don Rosenbaum (Arts), Ross Bur­ 489-1541 or write, 2233 Belgrave Avenue, rows and Morris Zand (Commerce), Jack Belle- Montreal 28 trutti and Antony Marcil (Engineering), Robert Cook and Brahm Silverstone (Science). University Council representative Dan Smyth said the University Council met on January the 26th and 31st to discuss the recruitment issue. Another meeting held March 1st was on prepa­ ration for the summer evening sessions. Smyth does not feel representation is a fake concession to student demands - “I think it will be a very good thing. I know Acting Prin­ cipal Clark and the other members are hoping for a student contribution”. Smyth explained that the minutes of the Uni­ versity Council are confidential. He hopes to by Karen Smith conquer the feedback problem by obtaining opinions and learning of problems through his various contacts in the University. After nearly three years of deliberation and Don Rosenbaum on the Arts Faculty is not two months of Student Council delay, Sir Geor­ sure two student representatives are enough ge students finally have representatives on the but, “before we demand greater representation University and Faculty Councils. we need to learn of the functioning of univer­ A total of four students -- one from each of sity government.” the faculties -- are on the University Council Rosenbaum attended the Arts Faculty Coun­ which has authority in matters pertaining to the cil meeting February 2nd. Agenda included set­ academic program such as conferring degrees ting up sub-committees for facilitating work and listening to appeals. on the Council and having discussions on rais­ Eight students - two from each of the facult­ ing the cumulative grade point average to a C ies - sit on the Faculty Council which recom­ for a BA degree. mends legislation to the University Council. Rosenbaum plans to have regular open meet­ All delegates sit on the two councils for a one ings next year to hear student opinion, and to year period. They must be academically eligi­ send out bulletins on the meetings. ble. having a cumulative grade point average Science Faculty Council representative Ro­ of not less than 2.5 or 2.0 if there are no fail­ bert Cook said their first meeting will be on ures. M arch 8. Cook plans to report directly to the ‘ The initial request for student representation Science Association and let them decide on the 200,000 on academic decision making bodies came from problem of feedback. the President of the Student Undergraduate Commerce Faculty Council delegate Morris Society. Ron Moores, in 1965-66. Since then a Zand said that at their February 16 meeting Students Wanted sub-committee, the Committee to Study the they spoke about MBA programs and the mo­ Role of Students in Academic Government, dification of curriculum. Zand hopes to distribute copies of the meet­ ★ Earn money in your spare time. was established by the University Council. ★ Win scholarships to the college or university of your choice. This Committee, working on briefs submitted ings. “I see our role as representatives on mat­ ★ Learn the fundamentals of selling. by the Students’ Association presented their ters which affect all commerce students - not This opportunity is open to all students, male or female report in May 1967. any one particular student”. At the Commerce between the ages of 10 to 25. Student Suggestions Beneficial Faculty meeting Zand said “We were regarded Basically the Report stated that students need­ with respect and openly welcomed”. ed a say in how they were governed and that Treatment No Different the administration would benefit from student Engineering Faculty Council representative suggestions. The Report added that it is hoped Jack Belletrutti said that at their February 16 HERE IS ALL YOU HAVE TO DO: a greater feeling of “contact” and “co-opera­ meeting they discussed research grants, the * Obtain official entry forms by completing the application tion” will develop between the students and the departmental classification of Engineering provided below. administration as a result of representation. branches and the appointment of an Dean of * When you receive your official entry form simply register Engineering. the name of anyone you know who will be buying a new or The University Council accepted the Report used car. on October 27, 1967 and it was ratified by the Belletrutti feels representation will be a “work­ * If BDC completes a sale of a new or used automobile to Board of Governors on October 31. for imple­ ing thing . We were always listened to and we­ the person you registered, we wili immediately send you a mentation in the new year. ren’t treated differently”. cheque for $ 2 0 . 0 0 and your name will automatically be entered in the Student Scholarship Fund. The student representatives were chosen by No decision has yet been made on whether * BDC will select one name from all the qualified entries a Selection Board of the SA which studied ap­ to make the Engineering minutes public and each month and that Student will be awarded a scholarship plications submitted by students. Belletrutti hopes any student who wishes in­ of 5500.00. The Board consisted of SA President Jeff formation now will contact him. * All requests for entry forms and submission of official en­ try forms must be mailed to: Student Salesman Scholarship Chipman. Arts President Barry Hill, Commerce All the representatives are full voting mem­ Co-ordinator, Boulevard Dodge Chrysler, P.O. Box 1400, President Joe Angelus. Engineering President bers and most were provided with the minutes Youville Station, Montreal 11, P.Q. Louis Novak, Science President Robert Cook from the previous meetings so they had some and a student at large, Don Rosenbaum. background to work from. Chipman felt a selection committee “would As for representatives on the departmental APPLICATION FOR ENTRY FORMS ensure competent representation in this trial level, Rosenbaum said “no mechanism or ef­ Student Name Date year. It is conceivable that delegates will be fort has been made centrally by the SA -- the A ddress ...... elected in the future”, he added. initiative is being taken by the departments School attending SA Council Criticized for Delay themselves.” The SA Council has been criticized for its Chipman said that “liaison is still in the pro­ delay in setting up student representatives. cess of being set up”. Some department chair­ Representation was ratified October 31st yet the men in sociology, geography and engineering ^ 7 DODGE ★ CHRYSLER Selection Committee was only established at have asked for delegates. Chipman wants lists 330 Cremazie Blvd West, Montreal 11, P.Q. the end of December. of the majors and honor students to be forward­ Chipman hoped the delegates would be ap­ ed by the department chairmen. the georgian, March 8, 1968 / 11

COMMENT I OPINION How to“ succeed” in life — The hypocrisy of the awards banquet without even trying The preamble of the new S.A. constitution In a remarkable display of cowardice, the states that the student must be encouraged to awards committee recommended that in up­ “develop a sense of individual integrity and If any of you students who have beeajnvolved with protest­ coming years the President be declared ine­ social responsibility”. On Thursday, March 7, ing lately really want to see what you are up against -- and j ust ligible for the Major Award. It obviously was the S.A. spent 375 dollars to honour the peo­ how seriously you are being taken (in), I refer you to the ad on beyond the scope of their limited courage and ple who contributed to the ideals of the new page six of the georgian March first. integrity to depart from established preced­ constitution. Among the defenders of the Boulevard Dodge, Chrysler are offering twenty bucks to any ents. The job was dumped in the lap of next Faith who were cited for their devotion to the year’s committee. student who finds out who is buying cars soon and gives their S.A. were Steve Phizicky, who received a Pre­ The people on the committee have main­ names to BDC, if this leads to a sale. You also get a chance of sidential Citation for arranging for the print­ tained that they were dedicated to the prin­ a five hundred dollar scholarship to ‘Loyola’ or a university of ing of the Carnival issue of the Georgian at ciples of academic reform, individual inte­ your choice. the plant of the Monitor and John Gregory, grity, and all that crap (for it is crap after Thurs­ Of course there is nothing really wrong with such an offer, for his concern with the financial state of the day night). I hope people like Manny Kalles I mean it is easy money, perhaps. And there is nothing wrong S.A. The S.A. Major Award was naturally gi­ and Sherry Rubenstein can justify their choi­ with BDC thinking that students will go for such an opportunity. ven to Jeff Chipman. enough said. ces in their own minds. After such a gross re­ Neither is there anything wrong with companies who make pro­ The Senior Award was given jointly to Chuck pudiation of their principles without so much ducts for the WAR coming on campus and recruiting. There is Axelrod and Bert Young. Axelrod refused the as a public denunciation of the hypocrisy in­ also nothing wrong with the bookstore overcharging, as we have award - on the grounds that it came from volved, I hope that they can sleep at nights. seen. There is nothing even more wrong with advertisers telling an organization that was dedicated to the What the committee stated - is that the end girls that if they wear all in one girdles and bras they will be mo­ preservation of the status quo, an organiza­ justifies the means, i.e., make a “contribut­ re attractive to men. I mean some girls are rather fat aren’t they? tion - which he was an integral part of the ion” to the university, regardless of what prin­ I have often wondered, what with all these buttons around that entire year and which he sought to head in the students wear saying “Yes”, “No”, “Belly”, “Make money. Not ciples and ideals you have to sacrifice, and forthcoming one. Bert Young made no attempt how many people you have to step on. War” , just where all the businessmen who aren’t corrupting the at a grandstand play. He refused the award world come from. Not that there is anything wrong with business You might also ask yourself why the alt­ simply because he felt that there should be ruistic Council members didn’t bring up the men, many have told me that “You HAVE to tread on SOME­ innate and inward satisfaction in doing a job subject of the awards banquet in open session. BODY”, and of course, deep in your hearts you know that this for the students. The fruits of Young’s labours is (will be) true. I mean to say, WHY are we at university any­ It is because these people like the chance to will still be felt by Sir George long after guys way? reveal in the spotlight even at the expense of like Chipman and Co. are forgotten. much-needed programs. So, if you have nothing better to do -- in between protests -- fill in the application form provided and mail to the Student Salesman Scholarship Co-ordinator, and this could well set you It’s a beautiful day up for a nice comfortable job after you ‘graduate’. COMMENT II There can’t be anything wrong with a nice cosy job, because by Andre Farkas it comes after university. I’m sure that William Blake and Bob Dylan would have chosen exactly the same thing if they had been “It’s a beautiful day. guy will be riding the 55... maybe there won’t able to see t1 e choice. And I know you love William Blake and I’m gonna kill myself be no more buses, maybe... and pass a build­ Bob Dylan, and you will for the rest of your life. It must be at least 30 degrees F. ing with 1967 erection date engraved and Not that there is anything wrong with life, except that it ends. I thought it out very carefully. think: Doesn’t it? I was taking the 55 bus and passed a build­ The same time that workment... probably To eradicate this from your mind, count these dots...... ing that had its date of erection on it. 1917. young ones, they had young workmen then, That was 50 years ago... gee, the same time ‘cause kids did not go to as many grades... that workmen... probably young ones, work­ were goofing off, probably drinking Coke, Universities Committee for Peace in Vietnam presents: men were younger in 1917 ‘cause kids didn’t There will always be a Coke - go to as many grades, were goofing off, drink­ people were fighting a war. JOAN BAEZ ing Coke - people were fighting a war. Men Men were dying thousands of miles awav she will speak on the peace movement in the U.S. on Thursday were dying thousands of miles away while the while the young workmen were drinking Coke, night March 14 at 8:15 at the Unitarian Church at Sherbrooke and young workmen were drinking Coke. and someone was riding the 55 bus. Do you? Simpson. Do you think, sometimes in the future, some I’m gonna get off the bus.

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NAME ...... - ...... ,.v •’ .. . V ,/7 -:.r • • v*' * 3 ' X t ' "■ ; ' £&'.•" V C6& ADDRESS ...... CITY ...... P R O V IN C E ...... 12 / the georgian, March 8, 1968 Loyola Students protest fee rise Mildxut & MOne. by Ron Blunn DISPENSING OPTICIANS Loyola College today faces one of the worst yola had grown in spite of Quebec and not be­ 1460 SHERBROOKE ST. W. BRANCH situations ever to confront a Quebec institute cause of it. He said that definitive action had (corner of Mackay St.) SEAFORTH MED. BLDG. of higher learning. to be taken to rectify the situation. There were 842-3809 3550 COTE DES NEIGES RD. Either it raises funds from an unsympathe­ shouts from the audience that Loyola should tic provincial government or the student body, march on Quebec to which Nevin replied that or it will be confronted with the prospect of the college was broke and couldn’t afford to bankruptcy. march anywhere. A few members of the as­ CAMP MA-KA-BEE On Tuesday a mass rally and an open meet­ sembly proposed that each student pay the ing was attended by over 1,500 angry Loyol- cost of transportation out of his own pocket REQUIRES ans in an effort to acquaint the student body and this was met by unanimous approval. T ripper with the dilemna. Later it was learned from an executive on the Assistant Waterfront Director Last month it was revealed that Loyola Loyola Students’ Association that every ef­ Male Counsellors would go into the coming academic year 8 fort would be made to organize such a march. million dollars in debt. Recently Loyola has It was also suggested that Loyola seek the For information please call embarked on an extensive building program assistance of UGEQ on the matter but on this under the assumption that it would be partly Nevin seemed pessemistic. Mrs. N. Shuster at 481-9552 financed by a government grant. This was in Jean Pelletier of UGEQ said Thursday that 1964 and the agreement was made with the they are still “studying the question” and that Lesage administration but now Premier John­ no official request has been made to UGEQ, son claims no responsibility for the agreement.’ although a meeting has been held between Lo­ This puts Loyola in a very precarious financ­ yola student representatives and Richard Bru- ial position. nelle of UGEQ. A front page article in the March 5 Loyola At the open meeting Tuesday, when the News said that the only cheques from Loyola Very Reverend Father Malone, principal of that Montreal banks will honour are payroll Loyola, said th; t he was sure some arrange­ cheques. No new books have been added to ments could be reached one member of the Ale the library since November and the hiring of assembly asked the good father if he was pre­ new and replacement professors has been de­ pared to perform a miracle in order to save layed. Without an adequate financial back­ Loyola. There was no response. break? ing Loyola is helpless. A fee increase of between $100 and $200 per student has been suggested by the administ­ ration, thus making an education at Loyola more expensive than at any other Canadian university. Make Fees are now $590. second only to McGill’s $600 as highest in Canada. The hike will rai­ se Loyola’s fees to $800. Naturally the stu­ dents don’t want any part of such a fee hike it a and they threaten to close down the college by not paying it. The government also is un­ cooperative at this stage but their position may change. The government (and UGEQ I currently classifies Loyola as a college classique al­ though it is generally accepted as being run on a university scale. Loyola receives an oper­ ational grant of only $550 -- per student while Loyola students protesting Sir George gets $1,500 -- and Loyola High School receives $680 - per student. Bishop’s On Wednesday, a march will be held on Que­ University and the University of Sherbrooke bec, to try to rectify the situation. Sims says: are both much smaller than Loyola yet they re­ “The response we receive will only be as fav­ ceive operational grants well in excess of the ourable as the excellence of our conduct in west-end college. this endeavour and the responsible display At the open meeting Tuesday, Graham Ne- of the rationality of our cause”. Busses will vin, the President of the Loyola Students’ leave the Loyola campus at nine and return Association pointed out that for 69 years Lo- between 5.4)0 - 7.4)0. the georgian, March 8, 1968 / 13 THE OTHER 85% a georgian supplement THE OTHER SIDE OF AFFLUENCE Approximately 85% of the Canadian population We live in the affluent society. us have heard the story from a bought singley. A poor family, how­ never reaches university One in which every man can afford friend of going into a poor family's ever, will have to buy the single level education. Consequen­ a television set and a car, at any house and finding a television set scapbarand thus pay a higher price tly, they are in a less advan­ rate, it often seems so from the inside. The obvious conclusion is, for the commodity. Evidently, the tageous position to control perspective of a university student. of course, that the poverty pro­ poor pay more. the circumstances which But is this so? Do we really have an blem is bullshit. We very often consciously or govern their daily lives, to economic structure in which no unconsciously hold the view that put it mildly. one who works or wishes to work BATMAN VS. BOLOGNA anyone with ability can "make What of this 85%? What is being done for them, and lives in poverty? Are the only For the m om ent, let us w o rk it" in this city. Unfortunately the what are they doing for poof in Montreal those who are on the supposition that "poor" facts prove differently. A poor child themselves? As Alan Bai- lazy and degenerate? families do very often have tele­ is very likely going to become a lin points out elsewhere on DEFINING CRITERIA vision sets. They go down to a lo­ poor adult. Figures prove this. cal store and put $10 down and get Poor children are less likely to do this page, the poor are in­ Before we can decide whether terested in improving the the TV set on credit. The credit well in school. Schools in poor or not this is true, we must first quality of education, their districts of Montreal are almost define our criteria for poverty. An rates will be dealt with later, but children receive. They are fo r the m om ent let us concern always inferior to those in afflu­ absolute definition, based on the genuinely interested in im­ ourselves with why we are so hor­ ent districts. Compare, for exam­ amount of calories consumed per proving their own lives, rified by a poor family buying a ple, Devonshire School which is capita is of little use in defining and more importantly, the TV set. near St. Lawrence Blvd., with the lives of their children. poverty, for we live in a society in Surveys show that when the public schools in the Town of Mount Two major areas of - which to be able to function as a poor do buy luxuries, they buy on strength for the unorganized human being, we must consume Royal. The poor are usually power­ credit. are the labour unions and more than an absolute subsistence less to change the situation even Why don’t they buy food with their action groups formed level allows us. Most sociologists if they are interested in chang­ their money instead? For the sim­ by the poor to apply pressu­ and economists concerned with ing things. Community organiz­ re against government and ple reason that it is often more the problem of poverty use prima- ers have found a great deal of in­ big business. The eight page pleasant to watch Batman on TV terest on the part of the poor; supplement, prepared for than to eat fried bologna for the The parents whose children go to the georgian by Jean Boi- fifth time in a week. We are all Devonshire School, for example, vin, a Sir George evening by Alan Bailin affected by our society’s aims for have formed a group which is try- student who has had expe­ ourselves. The poor are no excep­ to reform conditions in that school. rience in the area of orga­ tion. They see a TV set as a sym­ nization, was undertaken to The same inability to change rily, the criterium of income. A bol of not being really as poor as investigate the channels conditions in their neighbour­ of change open to The o-\ poor person (i.e. one who lives they once were. We do the same hood prevails everywhere in poor ther 85%. The label may at below the subsistence level need­ things. We sacrifice certain needs districts in Montreal. Government first seem presumptuous, ed to function in an industrial so­ to get luxuries we cannot afford. representatives from these dis­ but from the perspective of ciety) earns less than $3,000 per Must the poor be more noble than tricts are unable to change condi­ most university students, year, while supporting a family ourselves? Must we regard them tions in their constituencies, be­ the lack of knowledge in usually including children. A mar­ with such injustice? cause they are in a minority in areas such as poverty and ginal family to one earning $3,000 DOUBLE STANDARD their legislatures. The poor are labour unions, is qppaling. to $5,000 annually. Marginal famil­ almost always without the money The professional press does This double standard we apply ies cannot plan their needs beyond and power to change things poli­ little to shed light on these to other activities of the poor tically through representatives. subjects, dealing with stri­ the next day or the next week. which we do not consider "right". kes from the prejudiced Any problem such as the need to Beer drinking is a good example. One MPP from a district around St. Lawrence Blvd. said that the viewpoint of management, hospitalize a member of the family, The affluent classes constantly poor, organized into pressure and virtually ignoring the will put them within the realm of deride the poor for always drink­ problems of the poor and those earning less than $3,000. ing. But are we innocent of such groups, had more power, and could dispossessed. Having decided on a definition activities? Why should the poor be effect more change than he could. The supplement is divided of poverty, we can apply it to the more righteous than ourselves? STRENGTH IN NUMBERS into two parts; the first conditions of people in Montreal. Credit is a very important thing dealing with a variety of is­ The differences between the A look at the incomes of Mont­ to a poor family living in Mont­ sues confronting the 85%, rich and the poor are obviously real families reveals that approx­ real. In order to buy food, clothing, the second dealing with the institutionalized. The poor's only imately 20% of all Monfreal fa­ and other necessities, they must General Motors Strike in weapon in changing the social Flint, Machigan in 1936-7. milies fit within the realm of pover­ buy on credit. This means, in ef­ structure in Montreal, is their The latter subject is signi­ ty: Less than $3,000. fect, that the poor often pay 10%, vast numbers. ficant, in that organized Approximately 305 are earning 50%, or even 100% more than an By organizing into pressure labour fought its' most im­ $5,000 or less. The average size affluent family might. Money pro­ groups, they can effect change. portant battle against the of a Montreal family is four people. blems are thus compounded. Not world's largest corporation, Most of the poor cannot get stea­ If one is not aware of these fi-_ only do the poor earn less than a and eventually won. dy jobs: They are marginal to the gures, he might say that the only middle class family, but they must All of the articles includ­ economy, and therefore can be paid poor are those who do not work. pay more for what they consume. ed in the following pages The obvious way to see, in reality, low wages as are the workers in point to one clear conclu­ POOR PAY MORE if 20% of Montreal does not work, the 7-Up factory in T.M.R. sion. Labour, the poor, and is to check the unemployment sta­ The poor often cannot get the Therefore, one of the most im­ the dispossessed must work tistics. They reveal that the num­ same prices as the affluent ob­ portant things the poor in Mont­ together to improve their real must organize around is the living and working condit­ ber of persons unemployed is ap­ tain. Because they cannot buy in guaranteed annual wage. Organi­ ions. Gradually this goal is proximately 2% of the labour bulk, they are forced to pay high­ being achieved, and the fu­ force. Obviously a great majority er prices. Any supermarket in zations of the poor are now be­ ture appears promising. of poor people are working. Obvi­ Montreal will prove this point. A ing formed in Montreal on this and ously there a great many poor minor example such as soap bars otner issues, such as recreation people in Montreal. which cost less when bought four ’ facilities for their children. Chan­ V _ J How do the poor live? Most of at a time, than when they are ges will occur. They must. 14 / the georgian, March 8, 1968 UNION IMPERIALISM: DIVIDE AND RULE

The trade union movement in Canada today is tied It is clearly not in the interest of Canadian workers • up with the international unions; that is, with Ameri­ by Martin Resnick to maintain American dominance of our economy. can unions who have expanded beyond their borders For example, the existence in this country of many along with the American industrial complex. This has subsidiaries of US firms, creates a smaller market for come about because of the domination of both the each company, resulting in inefficiency and lower developed and underdeveloped capitalist world by The bureaucracy of the International (American) wages. These subsidiaries exist solely to serve the American monopoly capital. Unions today heavily invest the workers’ dues (which Canadian market, therefore the necessary exports As the world industrial machine (world corporat­ are unreasonably high) and their pension funds in U. that would provide jobs for Canadian workers are not ions) are controlled from the United States and run S. international capitalist enterprises. Thus the inte­ produced. In fact, most Canadian subsidiaries of US in the interests of the American bourgeoisie, so are rests of these unions lie with the domination of the firms import products in a semi-finished state, thus the international unions. This, to put things very brief­ world economy by American enterprises. George excluding the opportunity of buying parts from Cana­ ly, is a phenomenon which we call imperialism, and Meany, head of the AFL-CIO has said himself that dian manufacturers that are capable of producing due to the fact that political control inevitably follows “We are the most ferocious defenders of the capita­ them. These unnecessary imports entail a loss of ca­ economic control; (the degree depending on the in­ list system.” pital and further imports of American capital which dividual nation and its degree of economic dependan- The U.S. unions, because of their relationship with results in even greater dependence on the United Sta­ ce,) we refer to this development as the American American industry opposes the development of dyna­ tes by Canada. Empire. The internationalist unions are in the main, mic competitive local industry in Canada and else­ POLITICAL LIMITATIONS an integral part of this system. where, and oppose any and all developments which This of course limits Canada politically as well as do not favor the growth of American international economically, since the strings upon American capi­ THE SPLIT MOVEMENT capitalism. The AFL-CIO for example, supported tal are controlled by Wall Street financiers who are wholeheartedly the foreign invasions of the U.S.S.R. To discover the reasons for American trade union well represented in the US State Department. George in the 1920’s; the invasion of the Dominican Repu­ imperialism, one must examine the nature of the Ame­ Meany has said, “ What’s good for General Motors is blic; has condemned the Cuban takeover of American rican unions. In its early stage of development, the good for American workers” , but even if one ac­ industry; and supports the American war of genocide movement was split; one wing being led by the So- cepts this, is it good for Canadian workers? in Viet Nam. Its organizers were instrumental in creat­ cial-Democrats and later the Communists in the in­ The common argument used by the international ing the Guyanese general strike and race riots which terests of the solidarity of the working class, the other unions is that, since there are international corpora­ proved essential in the British-American ouster of by an elite of skilled workers who felt their own inte­ tions, or corporations controlled by the same group Cheddi Jagan from power. Furthermore, the executi­ rests were with the bourgeoisie. The former centered of financers on Wall Street, there must be one com­ ves of American unions are by far the most corrupt around the International Workers of the World (the mon workers front against them. However, if one of any in the entire world. Wobblies), while the latter grew into the AFL-CIO. compares wages of American and Canadian workers, This elite which ran the bureaucracy of the AFU PENSIONS MORE INTERESTING the American average is far greater. This can be at­ CIO took upon itself the job of destroying all radical These international unions hamper the develop­ tributed largely to the differential in productivity, unions, which it accomplished with its own union ment of Canadian owned industry capable of competi­ but that is not the only reason. For example, Falcon- funds and help from government intelligence and lo­ tion in the world market. They hamper the develop­ bridge workers in Sudbury who are represented by cal police forces. One union which was particularly ment of skilled tradesmen in Canada by not providing Mine and Mill (a Canadian union), have one of the best active in destroying radical movements in the wes­ proper worker training courses. The international contracts in North America, yet there are only 5000 tern states was the United Mines. This is the same u- unions are often far more interested in the pension men bargaining with an international corporation. nion which has been co-operating with the 7-UP com­ funds of Canadian workers than the workers them­ pany in its three year dispute with the sales employ­ selves. These funds are invested not in Canadian ees and which was indirectly involved in the raids on industries, but rather in American business by the top the Mine, Mill and Smelter workers in Sudbury. The executives in the unions. This has a detrimental effect Sudbury raids incidentally cost the workers of the on Canada’s balance of payments, causing an even United Steel Workers more than $7.5 million (they greater influx of American capital and further control THE OTHER 85% bribed the workers since nothing else would work). of our economy from abroad.

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67-535 the georgian, March 8, 1968 / 15 between the industry and/or government and the la­ saved to support themselves on the twenty-five dol­ bour bosses. If, for example, it might be beneficial lar weekly strike pay. Thus a strike is usually a last for a central to avert a strike, the negotiating board resort among workers. Yet strikes occur, and when can easily mislead the local regarding the type of set­ they do, the company and the local become opposing tlement it is possible to obtain and therefore induce forces. The strength of the union is that those who vo­ members to accept the porposals offered. This was te for a strike are willing to endure hardship, in some generally the situation in Quebec until about five cases extreme hardship, to fight a very powerful for­ years ago. ce. What changed the union scene in Quebec? Basi­ cally, it was two things; The discontent of the work­ THE STRIKER S FIGHT ers and the rapid increase in power and activity of the The local’s strength is that the strikers do not run C.N.T.U. The higher wage average in the rest of Ca­ from the police, because they do not expect co-ope­ nada (mainly Ontario) has long been bothering the ration or understanding. Police come with their clubs Quebec worker. Since the beginning of industrialism to protect property, as at Asbestos in 1949 and recen­ in Canada, workers in Quebec were paid less than tly at Seven-Up, but the strike goes on. Strikers do not those performing comparable jobs elsewhere. With have the overly energetic idealism of the youthful industrial growth in Quebec between the wars, the radical which is reduced under long and powerful re­ blue-collar worker gained in importance and power. sistance since the young radical (from his suburban It was obvious, however, that the economic situa­ middle-class home or his university pedestal) feels tion was not quite the same here as in the other pro­ he is bringing freedom, et cetera, to other, whereas vinces. Although since the late nineteen-twenties, the striker fights a loni, slow battle for his own rights the majority of the population was no longer living in and those of his family. Everyone in Quebec has no doubt noticed the rural areas, culture and government had not yet been wave of strikes in the past few years. Strikes are not, urbanized. When unionism arrived in Quebec, it was of course, peculiar to Quebec yet they have been regarded with suspicion by the conservative elements by Douglas W. Murdoch more numerous here, than in other parts of the coun­ dominating the provincial legislature and govern­ ment hierarchy. try. Two years ago, it was the fashion to refer to the­ Unions were formed outside and often against the se strikes as a sort of ‘rank-and-file’ revolution against law. They were formed of necessity and the labour the restraining hands of the major Labour bosses. CRITICAL SITUATION laws followed. Although unions will usually use the Recently, the C.N.T.U. has been receiving most of This situation became critical shortly after the Se­ law as a vehicle for negotiations and strike declara­ the blame for strikes. cond World War. Industrial growth in Quebec during tions, laws were made by the existing government The first hypothesis is more accurate when one the war was rapid and the industrial workers acquir­ and influenced by “important” people (economists, examines the strikes themselves. The labour union ed strength and importance again. The difference lawyers, and industrialists). Thus when a union con­ centrals cannot, in most cases, create a strike. Whi­ between Quebec and the rest of Canada regarding siders it necessary, it will act, and the laws will again le organizations like the Q.F.L. or the C.N.T.U. do working conditions, benefits and wage scales became follow. send men to conduct the union local’s negotiations, more obvious. This situation came to a head in the economically difficult times shortly after the war. all proposals go to the local for acceptance or rejec­ THE ASBESTOS STRIKE tion by vote. The union central may endorse the pro­ The two major Quebec-based centrals were the Que­ I do not wi sh to dwell too long upon the strike at posals or advise against them but cannot create or bec Federation of Labour (Q.F.L.) which had affi­ Asbestos in 1949. It is, however, the best example of stop a strike without rank-and-file support. liated with the Canadian Labour Congress some time before, and the Confederation of Catholic Workers the beginning of today’s major labour issues. The stri­ (C.C.W.) which developed into the Confederation of ke occured in the Eastern Townships and was almost THE QUEBEC SITUATION National Trade Unions (C.N.T.U.). The C.C.W. was industry-wide. The government declared the strike one of the few organizations which relied upon the illegal due to its magnitude and the industry’s impor­ The central and the executive of the union local inherent strength of the union local to a greater ex­ tance, and consequently sent in the provincial police. do, of course, have great influence. They can advise tent than the financial expediency of central policy. The companies sent letters to the wives and families the members that more can be gained than is offered, of the strikers, and Duplessis de-certified the union or they can report that a strike would be useless as (C.C.W.). By law, the union had no right to bargain the company is incapable of meeting their demands. THE INHERENT STRENGTH for the employees and workers could be fired for an The executive of a local and the central union organi­ This develops into the questions of what is the inhe­ illegal work stoppage, There was intermittent violen­ zation tend to agree in most cases, since executive rent strength of the union local, and how can it main­ ce followed by prolonged violence, but the strike con­ elections must usually be ratified by the central, and tain or increase its power in the face of adversity tinued. The money lost by the strikers and the union the central pays and/or meets the expenses of the or even defeat? To understand tie role of a local, was enormous but the strike was a simple wage issue. local executive. one must regard it as a cell. Rather the intrinsic rights of workers and the union’s Difficulties arise when there is a suspicion that the A local is a group of men who face the same situ - bargaining powers were at stake. central and the local executive may not be working tion or who do the same job in a particular compa­ To every strike there is the same aspect, thus it is solely for the good of the local. This situation leads ny, factory, or plant. The men have banded together invalid to argue that a strike costs the worker more to the type of organization known as the capitalist in the belief that the company and its workers are than he will gain from it, and it is ludicrous to say union. This type of union is basically one which, separate and sometimes opposing entities. Since a that better working conditions can be achieved through through initial victories, now has a stake in an indus­ company runs by means of its workers, wages and be­ legal channels rather than by a strike. Both arguments try or in the economy. nefits are not gifts but rather a Company’s respon­ become irrevelant in a strike, for any strike is an ac­ If the economy is in trouble or an industry suffers, sibility to the worker. The union exists to ensure that tion against the company, the industry, tl e econo­ the union central is weakened. If a strike arises the the company management fulfils its Financial obliga­ my and the government. central must ensure “strike pay” for the worker and, tions to the worker. Although workers and unions are seldom radical, in cases of extreme distress, distribute food bonuses Whereas company can over produce and place they are by their very existence defiant. Although it (usually notes guaranteeing a merchant cash if redee­ goods in reserve as a precaution in the event of a is seldom a union’s policy to work against the govern­ med). There also exists the possibility of a “deal” work stoppage or strike, few workers have enough ment, the jurisdiction of any government is restrict­ ed by the formation of a union. A union claims juris­ diction over a segment of t! e population outside, and sometimes in opposition to, the government, as in the Asbestos strike in 1949. CNTU DfVfLOfS UNION IMPERIALISM (CONT’D) The Q.F.L. claimed the C.C.W. would commit financial suicide but instead, the latter grew into the C.N.T.U. Today the Q.F.L. spends as much time fight­ THE PROPAGANDA MACHINE ing the C.N.T.U. as it spends on ds own union mat­ Canadian contracts usually expire at different ti­ more easily maintain control over the workers. The ters. The Q.F.L. can state that unions are not revolu­ mes from those in the United States, making the “com­ more deeply entrenched upper echelon bureaucrats tionary in anyway, but C.N.T.U. continues to recogni­ mon front” rather ineffectual. In fact, the propaganda are also far divorced from the local workers and of­ ze and use the fact that unions by their very position about the “common front” that is generated by Ame­ ten are more concerned about lining their own pock­ are intrinsically revolutionary, that is, they are basi­ rican unions, is rarely put into practice since the bar­ ets. cally and inevitably in opposition to the existing sys­ gaining is usually not done on an industry basis. Ra­ The solution to these problems and the imperialism tem. C.N.T.U. is growing. It has carved greater power ther, each category of workers in a particular compa­ perpetrated by the American unions is obvious. Cana­ from the government. Much remains to be done, but ny has its own bargaining unit and contracts within the dian workers must break away from the international clearly unions like the CNTU are on the road to im­ same company often expire on different dates. control that is being exerted, and develop a militant proving working and living conditions for the work­ The skilled elite of workers are always pampered by workers movement of their own. The CNTU is the ing m an, despite the protests of government and the U.S. union bosses since this is where they main­ most advanced union in this area, and recent rumbl­ management. tain their greatest support. This creates divisions with­ ings within the labour movement in Canada, lead one in the working class and corrupt union leaders can to believe that some progress may be forthcoming. THE OTHER 85% 7

16 / the georgian, March 8, 1968 ORGANIZING THE POOR, DISPOSSESSED

The Teach-In held Sunday Feb. 25, on the the “technocrats and their machines”, who question of housing in the center of Montreal were there only to “hide the blatant misery and which was arranged by the Political Action squalor of the Quebec workers. He cited among Committee of the Montreal Labor Council, in other things, the inquest commissions, the great collaboration with diverse related bodiest, gave publicity campaign and the creation of a new rise to a violent dissertation against “the sys­ bureaucracy as the metuous of the eiite. tem” by many unionists. But coodinated action In the region of St-Jerome, he pointed out, the between unemployed construction workers unemployment figure is 20%. The largest plant and the dispossessed without housing isfai.Irom there had just closed down and 1000 workers realization. were laid off, among them men with 20 to 30 The meeting took place in the basement of years of service. The elite knew about this, he the Saint Louis Parish Church in the center of ;aid, pointing to the Federal Minister of Labor the city where the struggle against massive ex­ and Manpower. Continuing his attack on the elite, he pointed out that retraining programs propriation of residences is taking place. Over £a ravigote a m ort! 500 people, including hundreds of U.E.W. mem- t had only favoured 250 workers while their were bers (United Electrical Workers) listened with 3000 unemployed. by permission: Le Devoir interest as various speakers from the Montreal He attacked sociologists and other “specia­ Labor Council, the Postal Workers Union, Ca­ lists” who continually justify high unemploy­ nadian Labor Council, United Association of ment in Quebec as a result of the workers’ refu­ Plumbers, International Union of Office Work­ sal to move into other areas (Mobilite). He cited Why There Was ers, UGEQ, Portugese Union, Christian Labor as an example, a 40 year old St-Jerome worker Movement (St-Jerdmei and a number of other who was laid off, and as a result lost his house, union spokesman addressed the group. his seniority,, his savings and his trade, and who The opening remarks from the parish spo­ is now walking around trying to find work and a Violence At 7UP kesman, Henri Gagnon president of the P.A.C. house. He also cited the example of a company by Jean Boivin of the M.L.C., recalled that in the last six years, which had closed down taking with it $1 mil­ in Montreal, 2500 dwellings a year had been lion dollars in pension funds. Since the official recognition, by ‘law'--Q.L.R.B. (I) —the International Brewers, Soft Drink and Distil­ demolished and pointed out the irony in the TWO TYPES OF WORKER City’s plans to build 300 model project dwell­ lers Union (FTQ - CLC - AFL) has been deprived of their ings to replace the ones being demolished. To the thunderous ovation of his audience bargaining rights by the Seven-Up Co. The multi-mil­ the priest from St-Jer6me pointed out that two lion dollar bottling company has worked in co-opera­ IVORY TOWERS types of workers had to be overcome: tion with the 'straw government' of Quebec City (Viz. 1) Those, who generation after generation, The present political representatives would the Minister of Labor, M. Bellemare) whose anger repeat that they were born to do menial work, not descend from their debates on the constitu­ was directed against the stiking workers because that they have always been taken, etc. tional question to confront the real issues of the 2> The opportunists who break through the "they were upsetting the delicate balance of invest­ people. A spokesman from the Popular Front of ■lass structures and abandon tneir comrades ment in Quebec!” (Le Devoir, Feb. 28/68). A very Center-Montreal addressed the meeting by de­ behind them. consistant policy, M. Bellemare. We can now deter­ tailing the building laws of Montreal and the “Are you going to continue to accept the dic­ mine who your real bedmates are! Provincial Building Code, but laid particular tatorship of the elite?” he cried, giving the The strike at 7-Up has a strange and ominous simi­ emphasis on the fact that Montreal Building example of young unemployed workers in St- Code did not really apply to the low rent dis­ larity with other violent provocations instituted by the Jer6me who have, since 1957, formed into ca­ tricts of the city, such as Center-Town. Willie bourgeoisie in Quebec and its lackeys in government dres of 120 members, have learned that measu­ Houle, well known leader of the Postal Workers (i.e. Murdochville-1957; Asbestos-1949; Magog-l95l) res other than “direct political action are useless Union of Montreal, pointed out that the whole when thousands of workers from other unions joined crisis was really the fault of “a mass of political He finished by stating that “Your only strength in solidarity to force recognition of unions and the win­ ministers who were total idiots”. He denounced is your solidarity, your collective will to take ning of bargaining rights for thousands of other work­ the Catholic School Commission of Montreal in hand your cause. It is a struggle to the end. ers. as “a state within a state whose members are It has started. Let us move forward!” A t 7-Up, it was only a fte r all the capitalist provoca­ to no one and should be cast into VIOLENCE OUTSIDE tion that violence erupted. the dustbins of history, like all the other anti­ The Teach-In however, was not without the It was only after three judgements by Quebec courts quities of politics”. presence of the elite’s police force. And a vio­ condemning the attitude of the 7-Up Co., and four Another speaker then attacked the (Federal) lent confrontation (verbal...) occured between years of attempted negotiation, on the part of the Central Housing and Mortgage Corp., whose these gentle lambs of force and a large number mortgage interest rates benefited only banks and union, that the workers took matters into their own of members of the United Electrical Workers. placed the possibility of bank loans beyond the hands. Two arrests started a violent exchange of fists reach of the masses. He compared the disparity It was only after four years of company intimida­ and elbows between workers and police, and it of credits allowed for building construction with tion (injunctions against 'legal' picketing) that the was not until the two were released that both military spending. “This year”, he continued workers took matters into their own hands. forces retreated from each other. above the loud applause, “the federalists are But from early afternoon on, that Sunday, It was only after the company saw fit to hire 'scabs', spending $26 million dollars to buy more bombs.” when hundreds of workers arrived armed with to break ’legal' picket lines formed by a ’legal' union placards and weering construction helmets, and after the company hired goon squads (from the SOLIDARITY IS STRENGTH the “service d’ordre” began to systematically United Mine Workers Union, District 50) to intimidate demand identification from workers entering the and beat the strikers and thetr families, that the work­ Father Grand’Maison, the spokesman for the Church. A cry of alarm went out to the hundreds ers took matters into their own hands. J.O.C. delegation from St. Jerdme spoke: “Your of people already assembled in the hall. In a few It was in the self-defence of their rights and in the only strength”, he said,” is your solidarity, your minutes a large number had poured out into the collective will to take your affairs into your own amid the chants of "Quebec aux Travailleurs” that street. The small contigent of the “service d’or­ they marched. It was in this solidarity and resolve that hands.” “It is a struggle to the end. It has start­ dre” then summoned reinforcements yelling to ed, now we must move forth”. The first few words 2800 workers and 200 students marched together, the workers that “heads are going to roll”. side by side, against the common exploiters. drowned in the applause. The gathering had to The workers then retreated back to the hall form a Popular Front of all workers and di s- shouting bitterly at the cops: “You have jobs; Postal workers, Steelworkers, Auto workers, Rail possessed against the “power elite”. “As a re- we are without!” and “It is our sweat that pays workers, Dock workers, Electrical workers, Laborers, sult of a growing class of dispossessed in the me­ your salary - instead of catching bandits you ar­ Whitecollar Workers—undistinguished by Central tropolitan region, a growing disparity has been rest workers!” affiliation--the C.N.T.U. (2) marched with their com­ created between the working class and their na­ Finally the workers retreated to the interior rades, from the Q.F.L. (3) and the U.C.C. (4) (Farmers tural allies the dispossessed”. He then attacked of the Church with loud cries of, “Gestapo!” Union). and “The Fascist state!”. 1..Q.L.R.B...Quebec Labor Relations Board by Jean-Claude Lederc 2..C.N.T.U...Confederation of National Trade Unions THE OTHER 85% reprinted from Le Devoir 3..Q.F.of L...Quebec Federation of Labor translated by Jean Boivin 4..U.C.C...Union Catholique des Cultivateurs r the georgian, March 8, 1968 / 17 G.M. STRIKE 1936-37: SOLIDARITY GROWS For 44 days, from December 30, about a quarter of the stock. company to the next. It organized fe­ and agreed to rehire the two workers 1936 to February 11, 1937, the GM The condition of the auto workers deral locals for this purpose - groups who had been fired, but the men, in workers fought the corporation in a was in stark contrast to that of their of workers in a particular plant respon­ spite of an agreement that they would jreat sit-down struggle, centered in bosses. In 1935, a year in which the go­ sible directly to the national Federa­ not be docked for time lost in the stop­ Flint, to test whether a union could or vernment declared $1,600 as the min­ tion and barred from joining together page, still refused to go back to work. could not exist in General Motors. In imum income on which a family of with all other auto workers on an in­ They demanded that the two workers this test GM employed every tactic its four could live decently, the average dustry-wide basis. be brought back to the plant. The com- strength and cunning could devise, in­ auto worker took home $900. Most When the AFL attempted to step into >any was forced to broadc ast over cluding full use of every level of go­ lived in fearful insecurity. A foreman the auto industry soon after the Briggs local and police radio to find the two vernment it controlled. The workers, could fire at will. Layoffs between the strikes, the TUUL locals, in a move for men, one of whom was on a date with employing the tactic of the sit-down to old and new model year lasted from unity, dissolved and joined the AFL his girl. No one started working until a degree unequalled in the country's three to five months, without unem­ federal locals. The entrance of the he had driven her home, changed his history, met attack with counter-at­ ployment insurance. A compulsory TUUL left-wing militants into these lo­ clothes and reported for work! tack, took the offensive and finally loan system prevailed, under which cals was a first step towards the crea­ emerged with a decisive victory. GM deducted principal plus interest tion of an industrial union. Thus, THE STRIKE BEGINS The Flint strike was preceded by a on the worker's return to employment when the AFL, attem pting to contain Chevy No. 4 was fresh wave of unionization, born of in the fall, cutting wages 10 per cent. the auto workers' rising militancy -- called the "hellhole" by its 8,000 work­ desperate conditions, that swept But it was the speed-up that made which was poison to the narrow con­ ers; its was dominated end to end by through the masses of working people. life intolerable. A wife described her cepts of craft unionism -- called a na­ its m anager, Arnold Lenz, a Hitler sym­ This power took shape in militant stri­ husband as "coming home so dog tired tional conference of its federal locals, pathizer. But when the union ferreted kes, in bitter struggles and protest act- he couldn't even walk upstairs to bed the latter sent rank-and-file leaders out and exposed a couple of stoolies ipns in many industries and in the ra l­ but crawled on his hands and knees". who called for an "international indust­ at Chevy 4, respect for the union shot lying of millions to the cause of labor. One witness reported: "The men rial union". As they rose to speak, up and a rapid increase in member­ And it might come as a surprise to the worked like fiends, their jaws set and William Collins, the AFL piecard in ship followed. auto workers of 1967 that thirty years eyes on fire. Nothing in the world charge of auto organizing, would snap, The strike began at Fisher Body No. 1 ago it was the communist leadership exists for them except the line chassis "Sit down! You're a Communist! Every on December 30, only two days after which were partly responsible for the bearing down on them relentlessly. time I hear the words ’international the start of the Cleveland sit-down. workers' inability to withstand a later They come along on a conveyor, and industrial union' I know that person... When the night shift came on at No. 1 bosses' offensive that attempted to wi­ as each passes, the worker has to fin­ represents the Communist Party". on the 30th, they found that the compa­ pe out all the gains of the 1937 victory. ish his particular job before the next In 1934, President Roosevelt ignored ny had backed up a string of railroad one bears down on him. The line moves GM’s refusal to negotiate - a violation' cars and was starting to move dies. FEUDAL BARONY fast and the chassis are close together. of the NRA collective bargaining Sect­ This was the GM version of the runa­ The men move like lightning. Some are ion 7a. He proposed a compromise: way shop, an open attempt to shift production to a plant where the union There is no question that the auto underneath on their backs on little proportional representation of all un­ was weak and thus destroy Fisher Bo­ carts, propelling themselves by their ion groups in a plant - including the workers needed a new weapon with dy No. 1 as a decisive unit. Travis was company unions! He also set up an Au­ which to fight the giant corporations heels all day long, fixing something notified at the union office across the that owned them body and soul. GM underneath the chassis as they move to Labor Board, charged with the res­ street. He immediately called the work­ and Flint like a feudal barony. Eighty along". ponsibility of determining which union ers to a lunch-hour meeting by the per cent of the population of 150,000 Flint workers are described as having should represent the workers; the prearranged signal of a 200-watt red were directly dependent on GM for a "peculiar, gray, jaundiced color”, union later discovered that labor's lamp which the workers could see flick­ livelihood, 20 per cent indirectly. Forty- like "a city of tuberculars", and in representative on the Board was a ering in the union headquarters. When five thousand men and women toiled July, 1936, when temperatures soared member of the Black Legion. .hey had filled the hall, Travis said, "What do we do about the dies?” A in the GM Flint plants, heart and nerve over 100 degrees, deaths in Michi­ Finally, with pressure growing for the worker answered; "Well, them's our center of the corporations's world­ gan's auto plants rose into the hund­ mass organization of auto workers, jobs. We want them left right here in wide empire. In the summer of 1936 reds. agreement was won in May, 1936, to Flint." every city official - the mayor, city Workers at the risk of give the auto workers autonomy inside Travis reviewed the company moves. manager, police chief and the judges - their lives -- revealed that GM spent the AFL for what was, in effect, an in­ He pointed out that the Cleveland were GM stockholders or officials, or $839,000 in 1934 alone on "detective dustrial union. workers were out on strike to save both. The only local newspaper, The work” ,, more than half of it paid to Slowly but surely the UAW gained their jobs, and again he asked, "What Flint Journal, was 100 per cent GM, all the Pinkerton Agency. Hundreds of strength. The fact that the discredited do we do?" the time. The corporation controlled spies worked in the plants, seeking out AFL had suspended the CIO helped "Shut her down! Shut the goddamn the radio station directly: even paid- those who had union "inclinations". draw workers into the new industrial plant!" came the cry. Henry Kraus, a UAW editor at the for time was denied the union during GM was a member of the National union. Seniority agreements were won meeting, describes the scene: "The the fight for unionization. The school Metal Trades Association, a company at Chrysler Dodge. In Fisher Body men stood still facing the door. It was board, welfare department and all group that supplied labor spies to ter­ union stickers began to appear on auto like trying to chain a natural force. other government agencies were di­ rorize workers and import scabs and bodies and carry their message the They couldn't hold back and started rectly under the thunb of the corpo­ helped set up company unions to break length of the assembly line. crowding forw ard. Then suddenly they ration. Bill-boards throughout the city or forestall legitimate unions. The union began broke through the door and made acclaimed "the happy GM family". In addition, GM used the forces of to resist the corporation .more strongly. a race for the plant gates, running Total domination of the workers and the notorious Black Legion, a DuPont Seven stoppages, provoked by speed­ in every direction towards the quarter- the community in which they lived was financed terror group that beat, tarred up and wage cuts, occured at Fisher mile-long buildings. part of the system by which GM was and feathered and murdered active Body No. 1 in the second week of No­ One group raced to the railroad dock able to net an average annual profit of unionists. GM foremen were actually vember, 1936. When Travis asked where a plant manager was directing $173 millions from 1927 to 1937 -6 seen donning black robes inside the Simmons if the men were ready to stri­ the coupling of loaded cars. "Strike on", during the depths of the Great Depres­ plant in preparation for a Black Legion ke, Simons said, "Ready? Thy 're like yelled the men to the locomotive engin­ sion. Eighty stockholders became mil- raid. Organized force inside the a pregnant woman in her tenth month!" eer. "Okay", he nodded, waved to the lionnaires in four years during the late slants had to be defeated to bring the On November 9 Travis met with 40 brakeman to stop the work and trotted Twenties on GM dividends alone. In union to auto. members, key men from each depart­ off. 1936 the auto giant completed a quar­ Prior to this there had been little or­ ment, to plan how to organize a sit- The workers inside immediately be­ ter century with profits that totaled an ganizing attempted in the auto indust­ down should an incident occur. Three gan to secure the plant against any astronomical $2.5 billions, a figure u- ry. However, in 1933, the Trade Union days later, on November 12, it did. attacker. nequalled by any other corporation in League (TUUL), a left-led organizing A foreman eliminated one man from The organization outside the plant the world to that time. Its 1936 net group, created the Auto Workers Un­ a three-man unit iAI though the o- was no less efficient and vital to the profit was $225 millions, a rate of 24 ion along industrial lines. It conducted ther two were not union members, existence of the workers inside. per cent on a capitalization of $945 strikes which eventually involved tens they stopped working and were fired The fantastic spirit and organization millions. No wonder it has earned and of thousands and which were met the next morning. Starting from Si­ of the workers spread across the na­ kept the title of the "world's greatest with ferocious brutality, especially at mons’ group on the incoming night tion. Sit-downs became a national phe­ money-maker" among all corporations. the Briggs Auto Works in Flint. The shift, word spread through the 7,000- nomenon. Workers the country over GM, in 1936 employing 55 per cent TUUL-type militancy not only earned man plant: "Nobody starts working". grabbed newspapers each day to see j f all U.S. auto w orkers in 69 plants, the hatred of the corporations but also' The foreman seized the man who had "if the boys in Flint were still holding was bigger than Ford and Chrysler of the staid, sell-out business unionism been removed from the group and be­ out". Companion strikes sparked new combined. Three hundred and fifty of of the AFL piecards. gan to shove him toward the plant methods of organization. Only one its officers and directors were paid The AFL since its birth had opposed superintendent. Simons stepped in reason could drag one sit-downer at ten million dollars in salaries that year. the organization of unskilled workers, and stopped him while the entire as-' (Cont’d on page 18) Its two top officers, Alfred Sloan and and especially along industrial lines -- sembly line watched. A committee William Knudson, received $375,000 that is, placing all the different types was picked on the spot to meet with each in 1935. Its seventh vice-presi­ of workers in one plant into the same the boss as a committee - the first dent, one Charles Wilson, received union. The AFL had intended all along time this had ever happened at Fisher THE OTHER 85% $190,000. The giant was controlled to keep auto workers divided, both a- Body. by the DuPont interests, which owned long craft lines and from one plant or The super was stunned. He gave in r 18 / the georgian, March 8, 1968

grabbed them with gloved hands and "in readiness". But GM's strategy had "attempts to break the strike". Appli­ C0NT,D quickly doused them in buckets of wa­ failed, for the moment. Attempting cations poured in. The Brigade began ter located nearby for that purpose. to counteract the character of a peace­ wearing red berets and armbands to the Philadelphia Exide Battery Co. The cops then regrouped and made ful sit-down it had provoked violence identify themselves as they prepared outside -- he was married at the plant a second rush but were met with a vol­ at Fisher No. 2, much sm aller than its to answer any attack. gates. The entire country was union­ ley of bottles, hinges and lumps of sister plant. It wanted to create a si­ "If we go into battle, will we be arm­ conscious. A milk company inserted coal outside and water from the inside tuation whereby the Guard would be ed?" Mrs. Johnson asked. "Yes" shf an advertisement in the Daily Worker hoses. They couldn't get close this ti­ ordered in and martial law declared. said, "with rolling pins, brooms, mops saying: me. The sound truck, manned by se­ Its hope was to starve out the workers and anything we can get". They began "We take great pleasure in announc­ veral organizers, was helping to direct and eventually evict them, thereby carrying long "two-by-fours” whit­ ing that we have signed a closed shop the battle amid a barrage of tear gas. giving impetus to a "back-to-work” tled down at one end for easy hand­ contract with the Milk Wagon Drivers Again the cops retreated, this time movement led by the Flint Alliance. ling. The members of the Brigade were Union, Local 584. Now, our milk will with the workers in hor pursuit. The The courage, organization and soli­ described by Mary Heaton Vorse, not­ be delivered by UNION DRIVERS!" counter-attack was led by Travis, who darity of the workers had overcome ed women's leader of the day, as "stri­ Support poured in from all over the was later treated for gas burns. The this strategy. The "Battle of Bulls Run", kers' wives and mothers, normally country. Despite the attempt of the na­ pickets were joined by scores of other as it later came to be known, had end­ 'homebodies', mature women, the ma­ tional AFL to Sabotage the strike, its workers who were part of a crowd ed. The "bulls" had run. jority married, ranging from young city central bodies in Flint, Detroit, watching the battle. The next day, January 12, 8,000 mothers to grandmothers." Mrs. Cleveland and Minneapolis backed the At that point the cops opened fire. workers massed in front of Fisher No. Vorse remarked that the women were sit-downers with all sorts of aid. Fourteen were wounded, one, a leader 2 to celebrate the victory. No cops "doing this because they have come to Based on the coordination inside and of the bus drivers' union, critically. were in sight as they poured in from the conclusion it must be done if they outside, the sit-downers felt as if they While fellow workers carried them off, Lansing, Detroit, Pontiac, Saginaw, and their children are to have a decent were building up an impregnable fort­ the rest continued on the attack, over­ Toledo, Cleveland, South Bend and life". ress against the company and police. turning the sheriff's car (with the sher­ Norwood to visit the scene of the bat­ The union took the offensive. They were not to wait too long before iff inside) and spilling large quanti­ tle. CIO president Lewis launched a broad­ the first attack was launched. ties of gas and gas grenades out of the GM had claimed that the battle had side against the corporation demand­ trunk. The cops continued to retreat been between the cops and the work­ ing an investigation of its ownership. up the hill, shooting at the windows ers; the corporation had "nothing He pledged full CIO support until the PROVOCATION of the plant. to do with it". But still GM had seven of auto workers won their strike, real­ On the afternoon of January 11, as Victor Reuther, mann­ the wounded men arrested when they izing the noticeable effect it was hav­ workers were handing food in through ing the sound truck, pointed out that were released from the hospital. The ing on the steel organizing campaign. the main gate of Fisher Body No. 2, it was not the peaceful workers but very next day 1,200 "John Doe" war­ Flying squads of organizers were sign­ company guards suddenly appeared GM's cops who were responsible for rants were made out to be served on ing up thousands of steel workers into and overpowered them, closing the the destruction. Fie told the workers the strikers, charging them with "c ri­ the CIO’s Steel Workers Organizing gate of the smaller plant. The work­ that "they must now fight not only for minal syndicalism," felonious assault, Com mittee. ers quickly ran up a ladder to hoist the their jobs out for their very lives. Let riot, destruction of property and kid­ On January 13, Murphy called both food to the second floor, but the guards General Motors be warned; the pa­ napping." The last charge was based sides into conference and two days hauled it down. At that moment, in 16 tience of these men is not inexhaus­ on the company guards who had run to later GM agreed to a truce. National degree weather, the company turned tible. If there is further bloodshed... the ladies' room. bargaining would begin on the 18th off the heat. we will not be responsible for what Genora Johnson, who had spoken -- solely with the UAW - on all eight Word was sent to union headquar­ the workers do in their rage! There are out so militantly in the heat of the bat­ issues. Seventeen struck plants would ters and hundreds of workers raced to costly machines in that plant. Let the tle, bagan organizing the Women's remain closed pending a settlement. the scene. Some were from Buick and corporation and their thugs remember ■Emergency Brigade, as a vanguard de­ There would be no discrimination a- Chevy, some were bus drivers who had that!" tachment of the Women's Auxiliary. gainst any worker because of union been helped by the auto workers dur­ The workers outside barricaded both Mrs. Johnson, 23, told them they membership. Neither side could break ing their recent strike, some were ends of the plant with abandoned cars. should "expect to face tear gas and off negotiations for at least 15 days. "flying squads" in town from Toledo Gov. Frank Murphy arrived in Flint and bullets on the picket line... be beaten and Norwood, Ohio, to help out. The said he was holding the National Guard and killed by police attacks" and by (Cont’d to page 19) ever-present sound truck appeared in front of the plant. Immediately 20 out­ side pickets, Fisher No. 2 workers, advanced on the company guards with home-made billy clubs, took their keys and captured the gate, to guard against city cops entering. The company guards phoned the Flint cops and ran to the plant's ladies' room where they barri­ caded themselves and claimed they were kidnapped. It became obvious that the whole provocation had been prearranged. The cops arrived in minutes, loaded down with revolvers, gas guns, gren­ ades and supplies of tear and nauseat­ ing gas. They blockaded the streets, removed parked cars and then attack­ ed the pickets guarding the gate. Wo­ men pickets deposited their children at the union hall and raced to the plant. When the first gas bombs were thrown, the pickets outside retreated temporarily. The wind blew the gas back into the cops' ranks. Inside the plant the sit-downers dragged fire ho­ ses to the windows and began direct­ ing streams of water at the advancing cops. Two-pound door hinges began raining down from the roof. Within' five minutes, the cops retreated. The sit-downers started hauling out a supply of empty milk bottles and hin­ ges to the pickets outside, preparing for a second attack. The cops began North-Rite "195" passes 23 strict quality and endurance tests before it is finally hurling gas bombs through the plant packaged and shipped to your dealer... that is why we have no hesitation in giving windows, which were not as well fort­ you a written guarantee for life. Even the ink cartridge is guaranteed to write for ified as at Fisher No. 1. The workers one full year or we send you a replacement free. The new stainless steei ball and socket eliminate ink leaks on hands, clothing and paper.

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cognition. Nevertheless, plans were work was taking place. cognition, unless a counter-offensive C0NT,D made for Fisher Nos. 1 and 2 to march The state legislature sponsored a were launched. That is exactly what The sit-downers would evacuate the out in a by on Sunday, January 17, bill to out-law sit-down strikes. The Travis and the strikers produced. piants before the 18th but GM would after a special chicker dinner inside. Alliance besieged four union officials not remove tools, dies or materials Everything was cleaned up, the work­ in Saginaw and beat them up, nearly "BEATING OUR BOYS” from any of the struck plants. The ers had their bags packed and Fisher murdering them. Finally, on the 27th, key issue was that the UAW would No. 1 was about ready to parade to the GM reopened non-struck plants, mostly February 1, at be the sole bargaining agent. buses that would take them to No. 2 in Chevrolet, employing 40,000 work­ the very moment the hearings were The rank-and-file sit-downers didn't for a mass demonstration when the ers. Although it had actually closed taking place in court on GM's new in­ like the smell of it, although GM had hitch came. them prematurely, to throw workers junction bid, Travis called a mass meet­ finally been forced to sign something. on the street and blame the UAW ing at the union hall, billed as a mo-’ CONVERSATIONS AND (Prior to that the corporation said for their plight, it was now opening bilization for a "protest march" on the HEADLINES they would not even negotiate unless them with no real chance of assembl­ courthouse. Thousands showed up and the plants were evacuated first, and On January 20, all Buick plants were ing cars. About all that could be done the Women's Emergency Brigade ap­ had always maintained that the UAW forced to close. New negotiations we­ was to build up an inventory of parts. peared in force. Meanwhile the union only represented a small "minority"). re undertaken in Washington at Roo­ Travis felt, however, that it wasn't sound trucks circled the city, surround­ Travis and the Flint leadership had sevelt's request. Flowever, GM quit the worst thing for a lot of laid-off ed by union guards, and finally, through not been involved in the negotiations those parleys two days later and, with members to be working as long as the devious routes, at 3;05 came to rest leading to this agreement and didn't production virtually at the standstill, body plants were closed and GM couldn't facing Nos. 9 and 6. like it either. They felt it put GM on the vowed to reopen its struck plants. At start actual production. Five minutes later at the union hall offensive again, since with every pass­ that point Lewis demanded that Roose­ But the corporation wasn't content Dorothy Krauss rushed up to Travis ing day in the 15-day period there would velt enforce collective bargaining un-‘ with these counter-moves. It sought out "breathlessly" and handed him a slip be increasing pressure on the union to der the law and force GM to nego­ a judge who didn't own GM stock and of paper. Travis turned grimly to the accept less and less of w hat it wanted tiate. Roosevelt refused to do this, filed for an injunction, on ground-true, crowd gathered to march to the court­ before GM would be able to break off answering; "I think in the interests of course - that it was losing money to house and said "They're beating up negotiations. Travis pointed out that of peace there come moments when Ford and Chrysler. It demanded imme­ our boys at Chevy Nine. I suggest we the strike was built around the occu­ statements, conversations and head­ diate evacuation of the Fisher Body go right down there". Unknown to pation of the plants and to evacuate lines are not in order”. plants and prohibition of outside pick­ the workers, the slip of paper was them without a contract would appear GM chose to interpret these remarks eting. On February 1 the union was blank. to be backing down. Adding to these as a go-ahead signal to open a strike­ served with a show-cause order to ex­ The crowd made a mad rush for th misgivings was the fact that Travis, breaking drive. Economic conditions plain why it should not bow to the in­ stairs and outside a long line of cars Kraus and two Reuther brothers (Roy were worsening, a time when anti­ junction. On the same day a march to was waiting with motors running. The and Victor) were arrested just at that strike movements flourish. While the Saginaw protesting the beating of the workers were at No. 9 in a few minu­ time for "unlawful assembly" (because UAW was fighting to relieve these four union officials was countermand­ tes. Newsmen, who had been "tipped of their leadership at Bulls Run). Des­ hardships by getting relief for its m em ­ ed by national UAW headquarters at off" earlier, were already there. And, pite this, the union kept its end of the bers, and was signing up new members Murphy's request. Travis, angry, point­ sure enough, there was "trouble". bargain. Guide Lamp in Anderson, In­ all the time, the corporation launched ed out that Murphy could have protect­ Lenz had fallen into the trap comple­ diana was evacuated first (and the out­ its drive. ed the officials but didn't. tely. The entire armed force from the side pickets were attacked immediate­ It announced that 79 per cent of its GM had effectively seized the of­ whole Chevrolet division had been sta- ly after-wards by vigilantes); then came workers had "voted to return to work". fensive; it had reopened its non-strik­ (Cont’d to page 20) Cadillac and Fleetwood on Detroit's Since GM was very "concerned" about ing plants, and the union appeared' West Side, marching out with banners its workers, it would "make work" powerless to prevent it. Fiaving passed flying, "Today GM, Tomorrow Ford!"* for them and get them off wdlfare. On its peak, the union would inevitably For the rank and file it "was diffi­ the 25th the union answered this with fall back and grow weaker, with the THE OTHER 85% cult to accept a truce"42 rather than a strike in the Oakland plant, one of chance that the strike might be lost or definite victory and outright union re­ the few places where actual assembly demands watered down beyond re­

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er of a million motors a year, largest there's no two ways about it. Well, with the CIO's Steel Workers Organ­ unit in the world-wide General Motors, suppose we tell them not to fight be­ izing Com mittee - W ITHOUT A STRI­ C0NT,D empire, "impregnable” against attack, cause it’s impossible defeating such a KE. After long and bloody battles dat­ tioned at the personnel building next had been secured by the men of the superior force? Do you know what ing back to the 19th century, a union to No. 9. At 3:20, when the night shift UAW-CIO. The women were standing will happen? They'll march out of tho­ had come to steel. During the auto marched in yelling "Strike”! the guards in front of them, daring any cop, com­ se plants like whipped dogs. No i strike, flying squads of organizers had closed the doors and rushed in, with pany goon or national guardsman to the talk in the world aftery is Ohio, Illinois, and other states sign­ Lenz in the lead, shouting "Reds! Com­ retake it. The brilliant plan conceiv­ going to change that. By tak he ing up workers by the thousands. The munists!" The outnumbered workers ed by Travis and the ingenuity and he­ plants away from those boys now it giant monopoly apparently saw the fought valiantly. When one woman saw roism of the strikers had stabbed at would mean tearing the heart right handwriting on the wall and wanted her husband's bloody head gasping for the very heart of the billion-dollar out of them". no part of a Flint-style offensive in its air at an open window she yelled to auto giant. The strike leader then declared that own mills. the "red berets”, "They're smothering As darkness descended, Joe Sayen, "we've got to tell them to be prepared’ The next day General Electric an­ them! Let’s give them air!" The woman who shortly before had acted so heroi­ to fight... I don't think it'll ever come to nounced it would meet with the Unit­ proceeded methodically to break all cally inside the plant, climbed the fen­ that point because Governor Murphy ed Electrical W orkers, CIO, to discuss the windows in the plant. ce and addressed the throng; isn’t goint to be responsible for blood­ a contract for its 60,000 workers. By Then, as Kraus describes it, in "crank­ "We want the whole world to under­ shed at this late date. But the only way March 3, 47 sit-down strikes had been shafts" Gib Rose "reached up and pull­ stand what we are fighting for. We to assure that is to take the attitude won in Detroit, and young women work­ ed the switch and conveyor A-l was are fighting for freedom and life and that we won't surrender to anybody. ing in W oolworth's had smuggled cots dead. This was the signal for Dow liberty. This is our one great opport­ We fought the company thugs, and wb into the stores to attempt to bring Kehler who headed conveyor A-2. In unity. What if we should be defeated? can fight the National Guard, too, down that million-dollar corporation. five seconds she was down too. Kelly What if we should be killed? We have Inside Fisher No. 1, 3,000 worker The fact is that Roosevelt did not use Malone... pulled the switch on con­ only one life. That's all we can lose and were preparing for the worst. Federal troops to intervene on the side veyor A-3 and the entire division was we might as well die like heroes than On february 2, the men in both Fisher of GM because of a chain of reasons: ^frozen". like skives". Body plants then sent wires to Mur­ 1) The workers had announced in ad­ Many workers, being "threatened" On • e 34th day of the great Flint phy: vance that they would offer stiff re­ with dismissal by foremen and straw sit-down, the workers had once again "...The police of the city of Flint be­ sistance to any such attempts, and a bosses, wavered as union men march­ taken the offensive. long to General Motors. The sheriff of bloodbath would follow. This would ed around shouting: "Strike is on! Co­ The GM "back-to-work" movement Genesee County belongs to General have seriously damaged the image of me on and help us!" As the number of had been stopped in its tracks. M ur­ Motors. The judges of Genesee County the "democratic" New Deal which strikers grew, “courage added to cour­ phy was furious. Negotiations had been belong to General Motors... It remains Roosevelt was so carefully nurturing age. There was practically no physical "wrecked", he said. Mearv to be seen whether the Governor of to save the system during the disas­ violence... Kelly Malone with wrench , while troops took possession of all the State also belongs to General trous depression. 2) Such open inter­ in hand (went) tearing down the lines streefs and approaches, isolating both Motors. Governor, we have decided vention would arouse the entire work­ and yelling: "Get off your job, you the Chevy plant and Fisher Body No. 2 to stay in the plant. W e have ing class against both the corporations dirty scab!" Yet he never touched a across the street. Virtual martial law no illusions about the sacrifices which and the Administration. 3) These first man - all melted with fright before was declared. Guards with fixed bay­ this decision will entail. We fully ex­ two reactions would be a severe blow him". onets surrounded No. 4. Eight machi­ pect that if a violent effort is made to the Democratic Party, and therefore Soon the strikers were hundreds ne guns and 37 mm. howitzers were to oust us many of us will be killed and to the two-party system inside of which strong. "Everywhere at key conveyors, mounted on the hill overlooking both we take this means of making it known the workers were bound so securely. squads of union men were stationed. plants. Tear gas was held in reserve. to our wives, to our children, to the And 4), the final result might become Others were set to guard gates and No one was allowed into the plants, people of the state of Michigan and a strong case for an independent work­ mount lookout". With several depart­ which effectively shut off the food the country, that if this result follows ers party to challenge the ruling ments still to be shut, "the united un­ supply. Fisher No. 2 was completely from the attempt to eject us, you are class parties on a higher level, possi­ ion forces... like a swarm of locujts sealed off from both union contact the one who must be held responsible bly even having a socialist goal -- or at passed among the machines, leaving and from visits by the strikers' fami­ for our deaths"! least some form of "public owner­ silence and inertness where they lies. The National Guard was upped Murphy had reached the end of his ship" of the means of production. went". to 2,300 and finally to 4,000. An injunc­ rope. On the evening of February 10, As the sit-downer noted when he When the foremen tried to regroup tion signed by Judge Gladola on Feb­ he brought the injunction order to Le­ left the plant, "The first victory has and one official urged the more pas­ ruary 2 ordered the workers to aban­ wis' hotel room to tell him it would been ours but the war is not over". sive workers to retake the plant "Joe don the plants or face "ejection" in 24 be served to oust the sit-downers. To win that "war", the power of the Sayen ran perilously along the narrow hours. The writ also forbade street Lewis replied that if that happened he working class must be correctly estim­ balcony railing and leaping to a cafe­ picketing. The Women's Emergency would march straight to the plant and ated. If there is one overriding lesson te ria table right in the midst of the list­ Brigade was forced out of the area. go inside to face the Guard alongside to be learnt from the G reat Flint Sit- eners began shouting to drown the On February 7, Lewis joined the the workers. Down it is that workers acting in unity plant official out". The foreman re­ talks in Detroit, along with Mortimer With tens of thousands of workers and solidarity can triumph over the treated to the superintendent's office and attorney Lee Pressman. Mortimer in Flint surrounding the plants and re­ most powerful weapons the ruling and locked the door but Cronk and his replaced Martin who had been sent on fusing to surrender, with the heat and' class throws against them. men broke it open and told them, tour to prevent him from fouling up light at Chevy 4 turned off on February It remains for the present members "You've got five minutes to get out!" the negotiations. The union reduced 9 and 10, and nearly 5,000 sit-downers of the UAW-CIO, heirs to an inspiring One official tried to call for reinforce­ its "recognition" demand to one of prepared to "fight to the death", on heritage, to fling that door wide open, ments but Cronk pushed him aside sole bargaining agent in the 20 struck February 11, the 44th day of the sit- letting in the sun of a rank-and-file-led and ripped the phone from the wall. plants, which included the key ones, down, General Motors gave up. It si­ union once more. It could fall to the The company men fled. and agent for its members only in the gned a contract with the UAW recno- auto workers to again take the lead "The fight was over; the enormous rest. gnizing the union as sole bargaining - setting the pace for similar move­ plant was dead. The vast complex with Meanwhile, the AFL continued its agent in the 20 struck plants, and for ments all over the country - but this its dizzying profusion of conveyors treachery. Having previously wired all its mem bers in the other plants, time to build a society in which the and machines was sprawled out like a GM its support, and labeled the strike and agreed not to deal with any other workers' law, the workers' party and wounded giant. The unionists were in a "defeat", it now "demanded" thal group for at least six months. The un­ the workers' state is supreme. complete control. Everywhere they the company reopen its plants. Its own ion felt confident - and was later prov­ were speaking to undecided workers. craft members had "never voted" for ed correct - that this was enough time "We want you boys to stay with us. a strike, whined the AFL "leaders”, to assure an overwhelming UAW ma­ It won’t be long and everything will and therefore they were being "order­ jority in the GM chain. be settled. Then we'll have a union ed" back to work. and things will be different". The tension continued to mount. Then someone began to sing Solidarity; "Many of the workers reached their The sheriff read the injunction order to 'Solidarity forever! decision in this moment. Others went the sit-downers, demanding they lea­ 'Solidarity forever! home, undeterred by the strikers. A- ve the plants. After the workers re­ 'Solidarity forever! bout two thousand remained and an fused, he asked Murphy for aid in ou­ "For the union makes us strong!’ equal number went off. But as they sting them and arresting their leaders. and as all joined in, the moment was This article first appeared (**) By now Fisher No. 1 - free from carried beyond its alm ost unbearable left... the majority of them, following in Progressive Labor in a an impulse of incipient solidarity, drop­ Guard patrol, two miles from the be­ tenseness and emotion". When Fisher ped their lunches into huge gondolas, sieged plants - had 3,000 menontheir No. 2 had emptied, the cheering and longer form. Condensed by ' half filling several of them with what inside. Murphy kept holding off, ho­ noise_"exceeded all bounds of hearing". Jean Boivin and Estelle proved to be a much needed extra sup­ ping he could get an agreement and The immediate effects of this victory Geller. ply of food". At 4:45 P.M. on Feb­ maintain an untarnished image. But were enormous. Although AFL head ruary 1, Chevrolet plant No. 4, produc- the company forces would not let him Green called the settlement "a blow rest easily. at all labor", a wave of successful The question arose among the union strikes and sit5Jowns rolled across the strategists of what to do in case of a country. full-scale attack. On March 2 United States Steel - "You're not going to tell workers to the largest steel company in the world THE OTHER 85% fight five minutes... and then stop... and the other giant bastion of the open They've either got to fight or give in -- shop alongside G M -- signed a contract the georgian, March 8, 1968 / 21

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Eyes Examined Complete Professional Prescriptions Filled Contact Lens Service Politics...a great leap forward Richard Rothol z, O.D. Offices situated at: Optometrist mate, was grooming him for the presidency. Miracle Mart (ground level) This year he was supposed to run for Execut­ Alexis Nihon Plazd T el ephone: by Edward Goldstein 931-4041 ive Secretary, and next year for the top office. St. Catherine & Atwater Edward Goldstein is a 23 year old Arts Stu­ dent, presently in 4th year honors history. He However the plans went astray as follows: was Publicity Coordinator of the Student’s After Chipman had resigned in January, the JUST AROUND THE CORNER Council in 1967. He is presently Chairman of Council was going to refuse to allow him to re­ -Thousands of new and used books- the High School Information Service. He is sume his office. However, it was decided to The works of Aubrey Beardsley Paperback $ 2.95 also a Student Representative on the Joint permit him to resume the presidency without Art Nouveau $ 1.75 Committee on University Affairs. a hassle and he promised to allow the new cons­ Science of Being by Maharishi Mahesh $12.50 titution to pass without a fuss. But according Karsh Portfolio $10.95 to the election by-laws of the new constitut­ The purpose of this article is to inform the ion, John Gregory was ineligible to run for student body of Sir George Williams University 1475 St. Catherine W. office. Scrap one long-range plan. It wouldn’t 933-5675 of what has occurred in the past few weeks have worked anyways, chances are, because of & eryman's with regard to the recent student election, Browsers Welcome his intense devotion to his admirable princi­ BOOKSHOP and what type of people were involved. This article is a compendium of opinions of those ples, Gregory will not pass enough of his ex­ who have been involved in student government ams to return to the arena in ‘68-‘69. making intelligent and clean politics a remote pos­ Come Up and Refax all year. Anyone who feels slighted bv the ob­ sibility next year. LADIES ARE WELCOMED servations made herein should question not the writer but themselves and their friends. Meanwhile, back at the finance investigat­ They are the reason for the article, and their ion, Axelrod had totally committed himself to friends have supplied the information. the enterprise. The only chance for him now Montreal Billiards Ltd The “Recruitment-on-campus” affair effec­ was to discredit the names of those associated tively killed Axelrod’s chances of taking the with the enemy (this was a far cry from the 1644 ST. CATHERINE ST. W. election. He had been the spokesman once too position he took immediately after the recruit­ often. So much animosity had been building ment issue when he helped to stop a budding up in the student body, especially in Commer­ “smear-Chipman” campaign). In all fairness BILLIARDS - SNOOKER ■ SKITTLES ce and Engineering, and his political mishandl­ it must be noted that by this time the geor- ing of the affair totally alienated him from the­ gian had gotten wind of the investigation, and se faculties. More important, it predisposed Axelrod might not have been able to do any­ these faculties to support any other candidate thing to stop it. However, he didn’t even try. who happened to come along. ‘Vindication’ Follows The mismanagement-funds charge didn’t work. The most striking thing about it is that Chipman found it necessary to vindicate him­ self. The student body passed it off as just a- nother georgian ruse, refusing to demand an explanation from the chief executive. The fact of the matter is Chipman produced the neces­ sary receipts but would have found it imposs­ ible to justify the exorbitant spending. There is reason to believe that Gregory was influenc­ ing him in this matter. Perhaps Chipman was caught up in a system which permits these ty­ pes of circumstances to occur. Chuck Axelrod The “copyrighted” issue of the georgian op­ ened the door to even better things. The accu­ sations levelled at Jim Rice, the Carnival Chair­ man, are not true. He had no idea that it was going to be a smear job, expecting an issue dealing with the events of Carnival. However. Gregory. Chipman. and Allen Nutik decided that this would be a good chance to seal Axel­ rod’s coffin. Because of his literary qualificat­ ions, Nutik was given the job of composing the back page. Chipman was to remain in the back­ ground. and Gregory was chosen as the hat­ Louis Novck chet man. should anything occur. What did Enter Louis Novak. A virtual non-entitv be­ occur was the open meeting to impeach Frank fore the recruitment issue, he saw this as a gol­ Brayton. The politicking involved is obvious, den opportunitv to get rid of Axelrod. He dis­ but I doubt that it is any worse than releasing As you know, Grok is a Martian placed Howard Hoppenheim as the leading the news of Chipman’s unjustified spending word that means “to have an candidate of the amorphous right-wing becau­ awareness and complete under­ se he represented a large bloc of Engineering one week before the election. standing of everything around votes. The Engineers could be counted on to The night before the open meeting, Mike Gourlay. Don Rosenbaum, Gregory, and Bray­ you”. To achieve this state of vote mindlessly, for whomever Novqk told ton were discussing the constitutional legal­ mind, students have learned to them was their man. and the entire third floor ity of the motion to be presented. Rosenbaum Grok the Yellow Pages. They knew it. So the factions were defined and the and Brayton pointed out. step by step, just know it’s the one sure way to backstabbing began. Immediately after the recruitment issue. how an editor could be removed. Gregory re­ find everything they need — fused to listen, preferring to do it in the grand quickly and easily. Whether Chipman offered his “no-hard-feelings” sup­ port to Axelrod and began privately support­ manner. Naturally he screwed it up. you’re a native, or a stranger in The election was anticlimactic. All that town, turn to the most reliable ing his oppenents. It was roughlv at this point that he found out that he was being investigat­ remains is for the students to assess the people information source of all — the ed bv Eric Batiot. the S.A. Treasurer, and he who were elected. Although it is after the elec­ Yellow Pages. Wear out your assumed that Axelrod was behind the whole tion, it’s not too late. Just what did the school fingers instead of yourself. Grok? thing. No one can know which came first - end up with? Chipman’s broken promise or the initiation The New Faces of the investigation. Let it be known that Ax­ Louis Novak is familiar for his non-commi- elrod knew little of the inquiry at this time. tai. non-participatory politics. He is not a syn­ Investigation Go-Ahead dicalist. People seem to have forgotten that Shortlv afterward, when Axelrod did find he tried to pass off a letter from a minor em­ out about it, he was willing to go along with ployee of CIL as official company policy dur­ YMOWfcPAGiS] the head-hunting provided that Gregory was ing the open meeting on recruitment, thereby on the opposing slate. Axelrod had an intense intimidating the Commerce and Engineering disliking for Gregory (something which is verv faculties. Rumour has it that the other letter easy to come bvu and the feeling was mutual. he presented (Canadair) was solicited bv the let your fingers do the walking Perhaps a note on Mr. Gregory would be ap­ Dean of Engineering. If it was not. then Cana­ propriate now. There were long-range plans for dair had to have decided on a policy of not him. Chipman, who incidentally is his room­ the georgian, March 8, 1968 / 23 hiring Sir George students, and communicate a large number of programs will come from the this decision bv mail in the space of three students-at-large. SO WE’VE GOT THE PILL-NOW WHAT? days. This seems highly unlikely. In any case. For the most part, be prepared for the lar­ A discussion Novak is guilty of duplicity in the issue (and gest Poopdeck Ball in history, and “An Even­ Discussants: Prof. John Rossner D ep t, of R eligio n , SGWU not even in office veti. It should be noted ing with Martv Cutler”. Mrs. Dorothy Harpei Clinical Psychologist, M c G ill. that he did not vote at all at the open meet­ An interesting thought has occurred to some 8 P.M. Sunday, March 10th ing to fire Brayton. He did not even abstain. concerned people. They are considering the AUGUSTANA HOUSE His opposition to the georgian is well-known, possibilities of setting up a Counter-Council 3483 Peel Street but it just doesn’t do to commit yourself publi­ next year. Good Luck to them. It seems to me cly on an important issue so close to polling that the students are sufficiently polarized to day. Well, at least we can count on his long ensure the success of such a venture. years of experience as Engineering President. On the night that the election results were AFTER EXAMS, ENROLL IN OUR The position has been his since the bv-elections made public. Allan Nutik said that he was pleas­ in the first term. He also brings to the office ed that the “right” was not dead at Sir George his experience as Social Chairman of the Poop­ but exclaimed. “Look at what we have repre­ CRASH TYPING COURSE deck Ball. senting it”. That’s it in a nutshell. 6 weeks — mornings or afternoons Is Experience Competence? People sure do funny things in elections. Martin Cutler was probably the most exper­ .(T t t le n 3 usiness & olLge ienced candidate running for the position of Internal Vice-President. However, experience CALL 737-1772 does not always result in competence. He is 5011 QUEEN MARY ROAD not a syndicalist. Cutler is a proponent of the big splash. So we brought in the Seekers, and lost 500 dollars. Splash. No doubt we will have A E N G - vI ING -M O N EY-P ROF ESSIO N-C RE AT IV E SALES M A R K E T IN G -B Ov-IS many more sock-hops next year. Big ones, of a: UJ course. He was ineligible for a Council seat > this year but sat on Council anyway. He did Q his best to force the Georgian Players to drop I “How To Succeed in Business Without Real­ < ly Trying”, and accept a play and director of 2 -t his own choosing, but failed. Naturally the t~ LU play was a huge success. Thus. Cutler’s main a: attribute is his astute judgement. Hopefully u UJ he will get assistants next vear of the same ca­ lO I liber as those he had this year. Someone has to O do the work while Cutler is looking in the mir­ 51 _ _ ror. W o A Two Letter File Laurie Abrams was President of the Arts Faculty last summer while Barry Hill was away. ARE YOU INTERESTED IN - In September, his file contained two letters, a Marty Cutler - Training for a CAREER while attending school? fair indication of the amount of work he did. I do not doubt that he was Executive Assistant - Earning money? in the S.A. Personnel Office. It should be men­ - Making important Business Contacts? tioned that the first public notice of this was in - Entering an exciting field? his pensketch. I e never was Co-chairman of T? the High School Information Service, as he O ALL THIS ON YOUR OWN FREE TIME ■n maintained in his pensketch. In all fairness, it is possible that he was led to believe that he - mDURINGi d i u /i runTHE SCHOOL crunm YEARvcad £ held that position by John Watson. Director of Personnel. However. I was never informed of it. and I am Chairman of the High School 2 THE ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT of the Students Service. He was ostensibly the Research Coor­ u dinator of the Theater Investigation Committ­ Association is now accepting applications for the H ee. Marty Cutler was the Chairman. “Execut­ | 1968-69 academic year, in the following areas: nj ive Assistants” and “Research Co ordinatoi 5 £ iu > mean absolutely nothing when presented in a pensketch. especially when these positions 1 - SALES & MARKETING ? are doled out by vour running mates. n . i The Trailer >- ^Males, any year, any faculty. £ Ted Lafetiere was carried in on Novak’s £ si V £ * Shirttail. He presented nothing in the way of ? - CREATIVE g valid qualifications. He cannot speak French o & ° well enough to get bv at UGEQ. knows noth­ 2 £ Males and Females, any year, 'a ing about the organization, and will not have k any faculty. enough time to learn over the summer. His LU campaign slogan was “Get UGEQ to work for vou”. and rumour has it that the first prior­ < - OFFICE STAFF ity that the new Executive has decided on Laurie Abrams < ^ Secretary, Female with above o for next year is to get out of UGEQ. no matter how many referendums it takes. * average typing a b i l i t y ’rll A Suit In The Paper Aaron Caplan. the new Arts President, is a three-piece suit with his picture in the paper. O ffice Manager, Male or Fern' That’s all that can be expected from him in the ale with knowledge of Book­ forthcoming year. He worked for one day on keeping and invoicing. the Course Guide and. as near as I can make out. that is the sum total of his labours. There 5 m was talk of Caplan running for an executive o If you are interested in any of the above positions kindly *>- position on Novak’s slate, but he was not deem­ ° drop a short note or letter to: 5 ed important enough because some other peo­ ple had to be pork-barrelled. So he was dropp­ « o ed. Caplan would have run for any office, as S THE ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT, ^ long as it had an impressive title attached to it. ui Students’ Association, ° I apologize to those people whom I have not oe Sir George Williams University, m mentioned. Some have nothing to hide, and ^ 1455 Maisonneuve Boulevard West, 7s ^ Montreal 25, Que. J the rest have successfully covered up their actions. -* u Hope Springs Eternal... < Please mail or leave with Student Receptionist £> It is obvious that the student body will have >! - 3rd floor. Hail Building. ° to depend largely on people like Donald Ro­ K ' :•)> 1 senbaum. Manny Kalles. and Mark Medicoff for anything resembling intelligent programm­ Uj ing next year from the third floor. Hopefully Ted Lafetiere U -lVIHV13H33S-ONId33>i>IOOa-ONI13^HVW -S31VS -3AI1> the georgian, March 8, 1908 / 24 The education of Co-ops \ We have ’sixteen years left before 1984 tent that we have lost a sense of humaness- vel. more intensity and completely than any Interested flicks awav the remaining ashes of our minds. intelligence and human communication be­ other institutionalized educational experien­ What will we do till then? Get our degrees, ing reduced to mechanical repitions of me­ ce known to the authors. In a co-op you li­ jobs. TV's. cars, “see” the world, etc.. ie. chanical names and phrases. If vou think ve amongst people -- a fantastic range of in nothing. In our struggle to achieve a form that I’m exaggerating, try telling your prof different types of people - fighting, lov­ of security we forget, if ever we did know, in class that people fuck; something obvious, ing. hating, co-operating. Just simple, every­ that we are human beings. The problem is simple, and human-orientated. Nor are we day. human living. Perhpas, in this process Co-op universal, but here we are concerned with likely to gain an insight into our-selves and you'll discover the deep cold loneliness of the Georgian reader, the authors, the uni­ others from advanced courses of study. It self in another, and in so doing, discover living versity' students. has often been said that most of one’s educa­ yours -- your humaness. Perhpas you’ll on­ The most inane remarks I have ever over­ tion takes place in pubs. I believe that pubs ly learn where it’s at. Perhaps I’m being Pilot project leading to lar­ heard were uttered here, at Sir George, a- as educational institutions are vastly over­ overly optomistic, but its worth a try. A co­ ge-scale housing enterprises mongst the intelligensia. Remarks like. “Get rated, but they are a step in the right direc­ op is yours, your home, your experience. It for Sir George students, be­ a load of that broad over there!”, "He’s tion. However, we must go beyong nightly cannot be more than that. Some people ginning Fall ‘68. For infor­ cute!”, “Getcher tickets for the Smash- pubbing. learn nothing; for others its an invaluably mation and mailing list call Bash Ball while they’re hot!”, or “You dir­ This is where co-ops come in - on the experience. Co-op Housing Assoc. 931- ty unwashed Commie-bastard!” We h: ve human level. They are by no means a pana­ Besides, it’s cheaper than living in a re­ 6342 or 844-4508 evenings. been stupified by T.V. commercials. Course cea, but can, like pubs, contribute signifi­ sidence. Guides, polititians, and parents to the ex­ cantly to one’s education on the human le­ Co-operative Housing Assoc. \ J

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At this point it isn’t blame an amoeba for engulfing other amoebas. the enemy that is dehumanized, it’s our boy. If you aren’t human, then morality doesn’t ap­ presents He loses himself to the urge to destroy -- accord­ ply. If you are human, then it is your belief ing to Freud, another aspect equal to the Will in the nature of morality that will determine Thursday March 14 To Live. Sometimes too, grief produces hatred your actions. That’s why we are haying so much HOMMA6E A MURNAU Palais des mille et une nuits, M6lies (1905) - something too complex to discuss here. trouble, see? Our society is human (to a point), Sunrise (L’Aurorel - 1927, Germany (Allemagne) Chef d’oeuvre de F.W. M URNAU Anyway, therein lies the root of our problem. after all we get all mushy about all sorts of things. Masterpiece of F.W. M URNAU Friday March 22n d The Vietnamese are different, but not different Asian Society, at the last report, is also human HOMMAGE AUX PIONNIERS DU CINEMA FRANCAIS-MELIES-ZECCA-COML -- just as much as ours anyway, which may La femme de nulfe part (The woman from nowhere) Louis Dalluc (1 9 2 2 ) enough. Even the worst bigot knows they are Friday March 29 human, and so cannot really kill when he is gi­ not be saying very much. FILMS DE GUERRE Napoleon - Campagne d ’ltalie. Abel Gance (1927) ven the blatant opportunity. The Technocratic If Asians were only like the Japs in John Way­ Battle of Britain. A. Veiller Mg43) U.S.A. Tuesday April 2nd society (ours) is also aTRULY HUMAN ANITAR ne films then we wouldn’t have this trouble. HOMMAGE A MACK SENNETT Barney Oldfield's Race for a life. U.S.A. (1913) Teddy at the Throttle U.S.A. T ARLAN SOCIETY. We do (whether some people Then again, if Asian Nationalism wasn’t human, (1 9 1 7 ). Tuesday April 9 like it or not) place a high value on human life. then it wouldn’t bother us at all. Does this mean HOMME A TH. INCE ET HAROLD LLOYD war (Nuclear) is inevitable? Probable not. Aside Hell’s Hinges (Les portes de f’enfer) 1916 R. Barker - W. Hart - Thom as Ince We search for answers to obscure non-animal The Freshman (1925) questions (why do we live, whyffo, etc?). But from being mushy, human, inhuman, moral, im­ Tuesday April 16 HOMMAGE A CARL DREYER WE ARE A HUMAN SOCIETY. So is the A- moral, amoral, confused, bothered and bewild­ Duel de Calino, Jean Durand ( 1909-191 2) Vampyr, C. Dreyer ( 1932) Danemark Friday April 19 sian society. We are an imperfect society. We ered we are al so SCARED. HOMMAGE A V. POUDOVKINE When you get scared sometimes you also La mere (The Mother) 1926, Union Sovi6tique have internal tension (we aren’t all goodies), Tuesday April 23 get smart. HOMMAGE A CHAPLIN we have external tension (neither is anybody Gentleman of Nerve (1914) else). Our society like any other in the course Does this mean the Americans are filthy in­ Shoulder Arm s (1918) The Gold Rush (1925) of human history must seek to preserve itself. human decadent Imperialist Swine? No, becau­ Friday April 26 The Bank (1915) Our society whether acting on accurate inform­ se their society is bound to take the steps to pro­ The Bond (1918) The Fireman (1915) ation or not) must seek a way in which it will tect itself from what it feels is dangerous. But A Dog’s Life (1918) ADMISSION FREE live forever. Just like the Beaker People did, unlike the Germans, Americans for the most ■ ■- u;.; .' * just like the Egyptians did, just like the Sumer- part are not able to dehumanize their enemies. ians did, just like the Indus Valley people did, They, for instance, conquer Japan and reform just like the Jews did (they didn’t do too badly, the society (some people call it imperialist capi­ by the way). To live forever (a society is a liv­ talist exploitationist meddling, but they did ing thing) a society must be able to identify its destroy a cruel and oppressive feudal system, enemies and either destroy or convert them - and they did institute an effective land reform). LEARN ABOUT either that or convince them to leave US alone. They beat Spain and take her colonies, and try Since the other society thinks the same way, it fairly hard (for a human state) to make the co­ is highly improbable that any society can leave lonies a half-decent place to live (their slightly THE PRACTISE OF another society alone. unlike policies in the Philippines - e.g. “Damn, Ho hum. Long and dull, eh? damn, damn the Filipinos... ci-vi-li-ze them with Remember this though, an inter-social act a Krag” showed that they waren’t quite that TRANSCENDENTAL (person to person) group to group can only be human). They assisted in the destruction of objectively studied when the stigma of moral­ Nazi Germany, and while doing so (with some ity is not brought into the picture. Morality is outside help, course) they formed a rather naive MEDITATION a supra-human device whereby we dragged our­ attachment to a totalitarian regime which offer­ selves out of the swamps. Just as we cannot be ed them the dirty end of the stick in the end perfectly moral, neither can societies be per­ (double-entendre intended). All in all, the Amer­ fectly moral. When the Germans (I won’t use icans try fairly hard to Be Nice. At least they that sucky expression “Nazis Only”) killed six have a better record than some. AS TAUGHT BY millions of my relatives they did not show that I hope this not only solves all your problems. their society committed an immoral act. If they but»answers all possible questions as well. I MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI really believed that the Jews were the monsters know it isn’t every day you get to read a Key to they were supposed to be, then they acted in a the Universe, but feel flattered as it isn’t every’ very moral fashion - they ridded themselves of day I get to write one. -ENJ0Y- D o u g la s Prism Students’ STUDIES BECOME EASIER sells AS TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION H osp ital Prism, the literary magazine Association of Sir George, announced that it has almost doubled last year’s INCREASES MENTAL POTENTIAL Project sales and revenue. recruits on AND REDUCES NERVOUS TENSION Manv patients in mental hospi­ Prism ‘68. which included an tals are lonely and neglected. interview with the American campus Their greatest need is to be novelist John Barth, sold al­ Applications forms for accepted as people, with warmth most 900 copies in the week it any of the chairmanships lis­ S.I.M.S. SIR GEORGE PRESENTS and affection. It has been prov­ was on sale. Copies of the ma­ ted below are available from en over a number of years that gazine are still available in the Students’ Receptionist. THE LAST 1967-68 LECTURE, groups of university students the University bookstore and They must be returned befo­ serving as volunteers on a re­ Classics. Argo Bookshop, and re April 6th. ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13-14 the McGill bookstore. gular basis can most effictivelv Radio Sir George • “The real problem for the meet this need. In a simple pro­ Television Sir George IN ROOM H-520 AT 8:10 P.M. gramme of social and cultural magazine is next year’s staff.” said Michael Rival. Winter Carnival activities, and in person to per­ S.L.O.C. “We need a managing editor son conversation. students Freshman Month can do much to help patients and a training editor for the Preventative Clinics find fresh confidence in them­ following year,” he continued. STUDENTS INTERNATIONAL Rival hopes to take adverti­ Pre-Universitv Affairs selves. The Student Christian Treasure Van M ovem ent will re-convene sing in the ‘69 issue, and dis­ MEDITATION SOCIETY Publicity Co-ordinator the volunteer group after ex­ tribute it throughout Canada. ams. New visitors will be most Rival will co-edit the maga­ Clubs Commissioner PROVINCIAL MEDITATION CENTRE welcome. The program m e will zine with Derek Bennett, last Social Chairman begin early in May and run year’s editor. Cultural Chairman 1200 SHERBROOKE STREET WEST throughout the summer, or at Chief Returning Officer least till the end of June. A “Anyone who is interested Research Board list for names and phone num­ in editing the magazine should Student Union Bldg (SECOND FLOOR) bers is posted and will consist contact us now. because we’re Com m ittee of one weekly visit, weeknight already planning for next year’s Food Services Committee PHONE 844-3258 or Saturday in The Zone H-539. issue,” said Rival. 26 / the georgian, March 8, 1968 Campoli named to all-star team.. ...fourth in scoring Statistics poor in Georgians’ fifth place finish by Steward Phelan Fred Whitacre’s Varsity Basketball Team had lit­ top shooting never materialized. The team as a whole Campoli finished slightly below the magical 20 point tle to be proud of this past season, however, they can shot 33% with only Campoli and Ron Truesdale hitt­ per game mark in the scoring race as he ran a close at least claim the distinction of having one player ing for even reasonably respectable averages. Trues­ fourth with a 19.6 game average. Laliberte of Sher­ named to the five man OSLAA all-star squad. dale led the team percentage-wise as he shot 37.8% brooke, who was completely overlooked on either of Freshman Richie Campoli, who led the scoring while coming second to Campoli in team scoring with the two all-star teams, led the OSLAA scoring para­ parade for the first two-thirds of the schedule, slipp­ a 12.4 average. de with a 22.8 average, followed by Munzar and Bill ed slightly in the final few games but was still one of On the boards, Mike Hirsch was the only Georgian Holt of MacDonald. three Montreal area players named to the first team. to make a reasonable contribution as he averaged Team Ties For Fifth Center John McAuliffe of Loyola and guard Winston 11.1 rebounds per game. The Varsity Basketball Team finished the season Ingalls of MacDonald were the other local represen­ The old cry “ wait ‘till next year” seems very ap­ in a three-way tie for fifth place, two points behind tatives on the dream team which also included per­ propriate in this case, as only sometime starters the final playoff berth which was captured by Sher­ ennial all-star Pete Munzar of Bishops and vetern guard Brian Cuniiffe and Wilf Jackson will not among the brooke. This year’s record of 4 wins and 10 losses Pat Stewart of Carleton. candidates at next season’s first practice. is almost identical to last years squad which lost two extra games in an enlarged schedule.- However, the comparison between the two teams \ ends after this quick glance at their respective re­ OSLAA FINAL STANDINGS cords. Without taking anything away from the pre­ OSLAA SCORING vious team, it is highly doubtful if they would have P w L FA P ts won more than a couple of games in this season’s lea­ G P ts Average Loyola 14 14 0 1227 974 28 gue which turned out to be one of the strongest loops Laliberte, Sherbrooke 14 319 22.8 Carleton 14 12 2 1128 891 24 in many years. Munzar, Bishop’s 14 296 21.1 Holt, MacDonald 288 Bishop’s 14 10 4 1023 901 20 With the exception of Loyola, almost any of the re­ 14 20.5 Campoli, Sir George 14 275 19.W Sherbrooke 14 5 9 913 991 10 maining teams were capable of defeating each other. - Schuthe, Carleton 14 220 15.7 U, of Ottawa 14 4 10 908 952 8 Sir George’s loss in overtime to second place Carle­ Ingalls, MacDonald 14 193 13.6 Sir George 14 4 10 866 1002 8 ton Ravens being a case in point. MacDonald 14 4 10 919 1055 8 Lewis, Loyola 12 192 16.0 In the Varsity’s case, their inability to defeat te.ams RMC 14 3 11 748 966 6 Phipps, Loyola 13 191 14.6 •• ■ .-v ■ •' such as Sherbrooke and Ottawa cost them a playoff Journeay, U.. of Ottawa 14 189 13.5 ; ■■ • •• V- •' r- ' y ,v". v fe spot as even one victory over Sherbrooke late in the McAuliffe, Loyola 13 186 14.8 season would have clinched this fourth position. The team lacked height at all positions and Coach Whitacre’s hope of offsetting this disadvantage through Volleyball team edged in OSLAA finals

The Volleyball squad has the team, however, was the tawa. The first game was easi­ He is undoubtedly the finest paid off in his quick dives for rolled up the net for another tremendous drive and spirit ly Sir G eorge’s. However, in player in OSLAA. the ball. year after a heart-breaking loss that had drawn them closely the second game, the team be­ to Ottawa in the OSLAA final. together. They couldn’t have gan to tire and several close Barry Russell was the senior All an A ndren was one of The Georgians have nothing to entered the finals on a higher calls went against them. Otta­ player on the team in his third three rookies to make the team be ashamed of as they showed note. wa fought hard and took the year: he has won the Pallandi this year. Andren received his a tremendous team effort. Faultless team play vaulted crown from the Georgians. Trophy as Sir George’s MVP. school’s MVP trophy last year Although the team finished Sir George into the final as Two other second-year men, and played especially well in third in league play, they had they drove Sherbrooke into the The team was led this year Doug Smith and Christopher the final for Sir George. The supreme confidence that they ground three games to one with by player-coach Shai Kafri, Blair, once player under an All- other two rookies have played could win the semi-final against impressive victories in the last a veteran of Eurepean volley­ American and their defensive for the Montreal Latvians. their arch-rivals, defending- two matches. ball struggles. Kafri has had play has been of great help to “Crazy” Juris Kanins and champion Sherbrooke Univer­ However, the team had only five years experience with the the team. The other second- “Tank” Valdis Eks added the sity, and then proceed to steal a twenty-minute break before Israeli National Team and two year man is track-star Bob extra-tough spiking that the the final from Ottawa which they were required to meet Ot­ with the Canadian All-Stars. “Mofa” Walker whose speed team had lacked in ‘67. had lost but one game in twen­ ty-five this year. Although three of the play­ In the week before the final, ers graduate this year, the nu­ the team had reached full po­ cleus is there for a contender tential and had practiced hard next year if other Georgians against some of Montreal’s will take an interest and try out finest teams. The essence of for the team.

W.A.A. ■C Parting election breeds notice sorrow POSITIONS OPEN; nostalgia fills the air as one rea­ President lizes that we’re heading for the First Vice-President last roundup...good-bye to lau- Second Vice-President rie who loses articles..Jt wasn’t Secretary much good anyhow...chow to stew...christ when will he learn 2 Arts representatives how to drive...double adieu to 1 Science representative hilt who always meets his dead- 1 Commerce / Engineering lines...when will sam learn how representative to write...good-bye Pez where­ ver you are...to fran and mike Nomination forms may be this office will always be open picked up in the Athletics Of­ to you...no more beer at four fices (room H-407). Nominat­ o’clock in the morning...chow ions close on Friday March 15th. THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM to doug, paul, fred, sally, gail, The Election will be held Wed­ Top row; (L to R) Player-coach and captain, SHAI KAFRI, ALLAN ANDREN, DOUG SMITH. janet and jane...it was fun but nesday, March 20th, in the A- Bottom row; (L to R) BOB WALKER co-captain, CHRIS BLAIR, BARRY RUSSELL. not too much... i think i’m go­ thletics Office. Missing from photo; VALDIS EKS, JURIS KANINS ing to cry... stan the georgian, March 8, 1968 / 27 Scribes choose Peel, Campoli by Mike Krupp HELP

This year, for the first time, the georgian As previously mentioned, the athlete chosen sports staff was pooled in an effort to find out as the rookie of the year was none other than who, in their opinion, was the outstanding Sir Richie Campoli. For those of you who rarely A George athlete of the year. The honourable read the georgian or attend sport functions, scribes also managed to come up with a choice Cam poli’s forte is basketball. for rookie of the year honours. Ritchie hit the OSLAA league like a ball on Track and Harrier star BILL PEEL has been fire and led the scoring parade for more than FROSH chosen outstanding athlete of the year while half the season. He sagged somewhat in the Basketball sensation RICHIE CAMPOLI has stretch and ended up fourth in the point list been selected as rookie of the year. The above with 275 in 14 games for a 19.6 game average. —Any student willing to house an out-of- players were chosen after much consultation Campoli’s efforts did not go unnoticed as he town freshman for the first week of school and bickering among the sport masses who oc­ was placed on the all-star team. casionally dot the walls of the georgian offices. Richie hit 36.5% of shots from the floor as next September (’68), please contact the Bill Peel qualified for his selection due to his well as sinking 61 of 86 free-throws awarded student receptionist (3rd floor, Hall Bldg.) outstanding performances in the sports of Track him for a 70.9%. for futher details. This would be done on and Harrier. In the games that we have seen him play. Richie displayed tremendous outside shooting a volunteer basis. The programme has been and this remains his greatest asset. His rebound­ established to furnish new students with ing needs improvement as he managed to snare a place to live while they look for perma­ only 57 rebounds over the entire season. nent lodging. This has been Richie’s first year on the Var­ sity basketball team and from his initial season one can see that he will be a definite asset to the team for many years to come. Other athletes mentioned in the hassle includ­ ed Clifford Barry and John Murray. Cliff had a tremendous aquatic season collect­ ing 3 first place finishes in the OSLAA swim­ ming Championships. He has since gained a po­ sition on the OSLAA Conference Swimming Team. Before helping the water-logged boys to their sixth straight OSLAA title, Clifford was staring with Sir George’s water-polo team. Clifford scored over 30 goals during the six game season ly when she saw and was a major factor in the team’s undefeated /billboard. season. ^ M true chequing John Murray, a 17 year old rookie labouring A c c o u n t a t Y o u r Bill Peel with the hockey team has established himself campusbankJ as a star of the future. John started out by playing defence for the T i t said. In the Ottawa-St.Lawrence Athletic Associat­ Varsity squad but has since been shifted to play a /i! Me perils Mai She was fwrrifi'eS, ion Track Meet, Bill led the Sir George contin­ right-wing. John has scored a total of 9 goals a moral purist /aces lost no Time fe llin g gent to victory, placing first in the 880 yard, U idilst pursuing onels in this his initial season. daily dues... Sb to her csorvpusbmh mile and three mile runs. He also anchored the These are the names to watch, for they are superm an^jpr. 4 x 440 relay team which finished second. For the present and possible future athletic stars of udo you mean that my his efforts, Bill was awarded the OSLAA Indi­ our University and possibly the future stars of old account was <9, vidual Track Trophy as the outstanding athlete professional sport. G4f0Rtltit a c c o u n t ? 9’ of the meet. She demanded. Bill was one of the athletes who represented l a p i s S which ju s t $oestashow. Sir George at the Macdonald Invitational Cross- ■ . Country Meet and he promptly walked (or ran ) So oar kindh away with top honours. ,„UH4 sntyis life . .. whole Running for the Mt. Royal Francs-Amis at .v/enyou fin/ Mai; b r t. lik e, same the Lafontaine Park Road Races, Bill set a new a Moral transgression accounts are for isn’t- meet record-running the 3-1/2 mile distance in savin g m oney. Sotr ■people who have the time of 16 minutes 34.6 seconds. That k in d , huh a At the OSLAA Harrier Championships, Bill frue c/ieguing account* topped the 33 man field by racing the 4-1/2 mi­ dS "for people who le distance in the time of 25 minutes 29 seconds liave Hll-paying - a new Junior Quebec Open record. hype m o n e y. Coach Doug Insleay has many words of praise for Bill Peel. our customers lalce “No one works harder than Bill does” quoth iV because iV Comes Insleay, “with a little more work on his speed fun anb games is Complete with- our having your c/ietjue personalized and stride as well as some weight training, Bill come Back f r a T oom erat^ cheques. could go as far as he wants to”. Souvenir.Pa t/ Ira u For his outstanding running feats. Bill was hhey Ootneibackbyoii awarded the Jim Worrall Trophy as 1967’s best a fte r ctoirisT th eir Junior male runner in the province of Quebec. duhy-^ So you can In all a most successful track season for Sir ijseep hradto. George’s outstanding athlete of this year. Bill %ry one ion yourself-, Peel. Richie Campoli hheytoe frue -blue.

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( the georgian, March 8, 1968 / 29 Loyola crushes Sir George 6-2 in OSLAA finals, lose to Alberta 5-4 in Canadian Championships

by Allan Hilton

The University of Alberta Golden Mike Griffin earned himself immor­ Bears won the Canadian Intercollegiate tality when he tipped in a pass out be­ Athletic Union championship on Sun­ hind Varsity goaler John Wrigley nine day with a thrilling 5 - 4 victory over the minutes into the overtime frame. Loyola Warriors. Both goalers, Wrigley and Molino, A goal by Minnesota native Ron Ce- played super hockey, and the action du­ bryk with 17 seconds left in the game ring the game was the best seen in col­ sent the title out to Alberta for the legiate hockey circles this year. second time in six years. Alberta gained entry into the finals Cebryk’s goal, his second of the pe­ by swamping St. Francis Xavier 12 - 2 riod, came on a perfect setup in front and Laurentian University 7 - 2. of the net. Toronto won the consolation series “He (Andy Molino, the Loyola goal- by dumping X-men 9-1 and Laurentian er) came sliding across the goalmouth 5 - 3. and went right by me. All I had to do Loyola wins in OSLAA was push it into the open net,” Cebryk The best team won the Ottawa St. . explained after the game. Lawrence hockey championship last Loyola carried a 4 - 3 lead into the week, but there can be no doubt that third period, but a less than spectacular the future augers well for the losers effort by Molino paved the way for the also. Alberta win. The Loyola Warriors ended the four Cebryk’s first goal came on a deflec­ year Georgian jinx by trimming Sir tion off a Loyola defender’s skate. G eorge 6 - 2 last Saturday. Toronto Game Surprises Depth, which Georgian Coach Paul Loyola played way above their po­ Arsenault hailed as the most impressive tential on Friday night when they edged he has seen in collegiate hockey cir­ Dejection reigns supreme in the Sherbrooke ranks but not so for Sir George. the University of Toronto Blues 1 - 0 cles, was the instrumental factor which BOB PHILLIP has just slipped the puck (arrow) underneath the Sherbrooke in overtime. led Loyola first over Bishop’s and then goaltender with just 21 seconds to play giving the Georgians a 7-5 win. Sir George to the title. The Georgians, meanwhile, lost no honor in defeat. After upsetting the University of Sherbrooke 7 - 5 to gain entry to the final, the Georgians provided Loyola Sherbrooke jumped into an early Future Promising with a good test, but it wasn’t nearly first period lead, but Jim Webster tal­ Although Coach Paul Arsenault will good enough for the powerful Warri­ lied the first of his three goals later in be among the faithful leaving, only one ors. the frame to tie the score. player goaler Doug Cageorge, will be Loyola outshot, outskated, and out- Webster added two more goals in the lost because of graduation. hustled the Georgians throughout. Sir second to give Sir Georhe a 3 - 1 mar­ This will leave the three lines and George was never really in contention, gin, but two fast go al s by Sherbrooke defensive pairs intact for the following and Loyola had the game well under evened the count again. The period season - a factor which will probably control until the final buzzer. eneded with the score knotted at 4 r 4 give the Georgians another top notch Greg Harmon and Larry Meehan as Bill Ellyett notched his first of his OSL entry. were the Sir George marksmen. two goals. There will be at least three and pos­ Sherbrooke Game A Thriller Ray LeCouffe gave the Georgians a sibly four seniors on next year’s team. The Georgians came up with one of 5 - 4 lead early in the third with a hard Bryce Liberty, Larry Meehan, Toby their best efforts in the semi-final to ed­ blueline drive, and Ellyett upped the O’Brien, and if he returns, Joe Rae, will The puck is barely visible ge Sherbrooke 7-5. margin to 6 - 4 with another breakaway all be in their final year at Sir George. beneath Daniel Doyon’s leg, T1 e see-saw battle was unique in that tally. The Athletics Department has yet but BILL ELLYETT did sco­ 3 of the Georgian goals were scored Sherbrooke narrowed the gap late to find a successor to Arsenault, who re nontheless to break a 3-3 while Sherbrooke had the man advan­ in the third, but Bob Philip’s goal with will be taking a Masters of Physical deadlock in the second per­ tage, and likewise, Sherbrooke tallied 21 seconds to play put the game out of Education program at the University iod. twice while they were shorthanded. reach. of Oregon next year. Arsenault leaves to take Masters degree

When he leaves Sir George league play is also impressive. these and other players gave him, Arseneault chose Chap­ proceed to draw the players Williams University on a one The Halifax born, Prince Ed­ Sir George the highly rated man in goal. Lemire and Mc­ from enrolled students. year leave of absence, Geor­ ward Island raised mentor com­ hockey name that it now owns. Fadden on defence, and Kerr, Coach Arsenault feels that gian Hockey Coach Paul Arse­ piled a formidable 82 wins, 29 When asked to select an all- Berry, and Dies for the forward a lot more is needed to get sea­ nault will be able to look back losses and 9 ties record in the star team from all the players positions. soned players to come to Sir on a successful five year stay. five years that he was at Sir who have participated under Arsenault’s coaching tech­ George rather than wait for His record? George. niques - driving the players them to enroll and then recruit When Arsenault came to Sir Tough Place to Coach hard - often raise controversy- them into the team. Arsenault G eorge in 1962, the University’s Considering the adverse con­ but one can not very well argue is now encouraging his players , hockey team was languishing ditions under which Arsenault with success. to talk to outside hockey play­ out of playoff contention near had to coach the team, the won “I expect a lot from my play­ ers and convince them to come the bottom of the Ottawa-St. lost record is even more impres­ ers” ,quoth Arsenault, “some­ to Sir George. Lawrence League. sive. times too much and this might The Path Ahead A strong finish put the Geor­ The most pressing problem cause friction. But in the end, “Sir George is lucky to have gians in the final playoff spot, was the lack of practice ice, a they players think it’s worth guys who are willing to sacri­ and from there Arsenault direct­ problem which was overcome it.” fice more than probably any ed his team to the Canadian this year under the agreement “Players who have left the other players (ie. other colle­ Intercollegiate Athletic Union reached with the Forum. school often come back and giate hockey players)... They Championships. But the tenuous circums­ tell me how much they miss the are exceptional people.” The Georgians never won a tances produced some outstan­ type of hockey that they play­ The hope here is that the C.I.A.U. title under Arsenault, ding hockey stars. ed here at Sir George.” new Coach will be able to find but until this year, Sir George Brian Chapman, Bob Berry, Recruitment Difficulty these “exceptional people” had always been the OSLAA Trevor Kerr, Paul Lemire, The practice so far of assem­ and carry on with the success representative. Hector McFadden, Bob Sha- Hockey mentor bling the team has been to wait that Paul Arsenault has achiev­ The Coach’s record during tilla, Dave Dies, Harry Wenger; PAUL ARSENAULT until after registration and then ed. 30 / the georgian, March 8, 1968

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THE BOOKSTORE 2085 BISHOP ST. (just across from Sir George) the georgian, March 8, 1968 / 31 The curtain is drawn on Sir George’s sport scene

In the first half of the 1967-68 season, Georgians representing three different teams reaped the rewards of first place and the OSL Championship 3 times. Ci­ thers teams came close, while less fortunate ones made respectable showings. The second half of the season was not as fruitful as was the first, but nevertheless Sir George athletes did win a share of glory.

In the first semester, the water po­ their OSL title beating out their clo­ other 4 teams in the meet combined. On the slopes this year, Georgian lo team was the biggest and most sur­ sest rivals by a half-dozen strokes. Other laurels gained by the squad in­ skiers enjoyed a “very good year” ac­ prising winner, capturing the OSL The most unfortunate Georgians clude a victory in a dual meet over cording to coach Kirk Henry. The title on their way to an undefeated in the first semester were members Potsdam College at the beginning of team consisting of Joe Hanson, Ri­ season. The excellent coaching of of the soccer team, who while gaining February. With 6 successive OSL chard Melen, Chris Edgell, Donald Jeno Ats and the team leadership of a share of first place with Loyola and swimming titles under their collect­ Dunbar, Bob Percy and Steve Stotad, Pan-Am players Clifford Barry and RMC, were deprived of any recogn­ ive trunks, all the boys could hope for finished 3rd in the OSL finals and Mike Florian were the main reasons ition by OSL officials. is num ber 7. held its own ski meet at Bromont. for the team’s tremendous season. Another team that was just nosed Back on land, Sir George hoop- Coach Henry will not handle the team The poloists were the only team at out of an OSL title was the tennis sters did not achieve as much success next year, and he expressed hopes Sir George this year to maintain an team. Winners of the Eastern Zone as was originally hoped for. They that the training program instituted undefeated record. OSL title finals, they placed a credit­ unfortunately missed out on an OSL by him would be continued next sea­ Almost as successful as the polo able 2nd in the east-west playdowns. playoff spot by only 2 points. Though son. Maida Silvertone has been a team were the Georgian tracksters. The newest sport to hit the concrete the season in general was disappoint­ tower of strength on the Women’s Perrennial stars Bill Peel and Mark campus this year was football. With ing, the team did manage to win 3 Ski Team . Arnold led the team to victory in many adversities in the way, includ­ out of it’s last 5 games. Perhaps the As enrollment every fall is on the the OSL finals, winning 3 events each. ing practises in St. Lambert, athletic team ’s consolation prize was a 65-61 upswing at Sir George, so is interest The victory was the team’s second releases, and no previous experien­ victory Macdonald in the Carnival and active participation by students straight title, and though Arnold will ce, the team still managed to win 2 game - one of the few pleasantries in sports of their choice. There are be lost to the team next year a num­ out of the 6 games it played. Though enjoyed by the basketballers all year. more students now than ever before ber of promising rookies will provide one year of experience in the foot­ They received the Don Brown Me­ that are willing and determined to a good nucleus for a repeat perform­ ball wars is hardly enough, few athle­ morial Trophy for their effort. give up their time to represent their ance in the fall of 1968. tic releases will be granted next year For the first time ever, the Varsity university in competition against o- For the 4th consecutive year, the and all Georgians will be looking for­ hockey Georgians were granted perm­ ther Canadian and American colle­ Georgian golf team members proved ward to a successful football season. ission to use the Montreal Forum for ges. If we are to maintain a good stand­ that they were anything but hackers. Winter Sports? practises and home games during the ing in collegiate sport, future Geor­ Led by Bruce Weatherly and E. John­ The second half of the sporting 1967-68 season. For the first time in 5 gian athletes will have to make an ex­ son, the fairway wonders retained year started off with the badminton years though, the team did not win ample out of this year’s triumphs. team winning the OSL championship the OSL Championship. Though the on February 10th. The team was led Varsity had to get along without form­ by Barry Symons, Tony Greene. Da­ er stars Bob Berry, Brian Chapman, ve Alford, and Andy Farago. Both Trevor Kerr and Harry Wenger, the Symons and Greene went unde team still made the OSL finals and feated in all of their single mat­ were only beaten by a stronger and ches. Though Symons will not be back more versatile Loyola team after hay­ next year, the team’s chances for next ing defeated the Warriors for the past year are very bright since a promis­ 4 consecutive years in the champion­ ing rookie named Mike Byozak could ship final. The club played with much pick up the slack left by Symons. pride all year and with a new hockey For some reason or another, Sir boss entering the Georgian ranks. George Athletes seem to achieve their The Varsity will attempt to regain greatest amount of success when they championship form next season. are not on land - but rather in the wa­ On the mat floor this year, Geor­ ter. gian Wrestlers didn’t capture the T-y In the first semester, this universi­ OSL title, but they nevertheless came ty’s most proficient athletes were the second and several members distin­ water-logged poloists. Thus, not sur­ guished themselves respectably John prisingly, Sir George swimmers -- for Ruben finished first in the heavyweight a record 6th time, swam and dove class, while John Waterhouse also their way to an OSL title. With Peter faired well. Coach Insleay termed the Lawrie Carpman is a first year Cross’ 3 victories and 2 records, and season “fair” and was disappointed Science student. In his first with the swimming skill and winning at the lact of interest shown by team year on the georgian staff, he attitude of Champion poloists Cliff members at the end of the season. has been a roving reporter wri­ Barry and Mike Florian, the Geor­ The grapplers were willing to fight ting most of the features which [ by Lawrence Carpman gians left their rivals waddling far be­ their matches allright, but they we­ have dotted the sport pages hind. The team’s vast superiority could ren’t too keen on practising. With mo­ HH ” be illustrated in the fact that the Geor­ re practise they could have won an gian’s amassed more points than the OSL title.

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