'ID' FINALLY COMING '1D', Instinctive Impulses Ltd.'s long planned national publication has finally come out of ks planning stages. Approval for publication of the first issue in early September was given by the Board of the Company in Wellington recently. The initiative started in Christchurch during a recent visit by David Cuthbert (President NZUSA) Following discussions between Cuth­ bert and Canterbury publications personnel, a proposal was presented to the Board of Instinctive Impulses Ltd. NZUSA publishing company. Fuither investigation of the viability of the Canterbury proposal was done leading to approval to go ahead by the Board on Tuesday 18 July. NATIONAL PARTY: NO VOTE FOR 18yr OLDS

The President of the Auckland Teachers College, Robin Kora, 23, says the National Party reason­ ing in throwing out the remit on lowering the voting age at their Conference over the weekend is a load of crap1 . He says the 18 to 20 year old age group is probably the best informed in the country, that .age doesn't mean a thing. A large majority of voters don't know why they vote - they tend to follow their grandfathers. News media are so concentrated now that the young study and fi.lter out their own opinions. Therefce the young are the most politically informed on t h is p la n e t, and th e y 'd know more about N ational and Labour Party policies than their parents. Which is, nc doubt, the real reason the National Party Conference threw out the remit.

ADMINISTRATIVE VICE PRESIDENT C h a n ...... 1 3 9 7 M y a l l s ...... 211 N e w m a n ...... 7 5 7 V e r n e r ...... 3 0 6 WELFARE VICE PRESIDENT *(According to the Returning Office Lack withdrew before counting finished) L a c k ...... 1 * — H o p k i n s o n ...... 1 1 4 2 * “Unofficial” sources quote 1533. REFERENDUM ON VIETNAM MEDICAL AID Y e s ...... 1 5 1 4 N o ...... 1 0 8 4

RECOUNT RESULTS Russell Bartlett survived a recount to score a ■ clear win in the presidential elections. There were complaints that the first count had been poorly conducted, with insinuations that Bartlett may have made unjust gains, but the recount gave him 100 e x tra v o tes. The f in a l fig u re s a re : BARTLETT U+13 VOLKERLING 1039 ROTHERAM 384 Despite his gains Bartlett is still a minority president, and taking in the other two positions we have the anomaly of B artlett, Hopkinson & Newman WINNING w ith Lf0% of the poll, and Vo’lker- l i n g , Chan & Lack LOSING w ith A8%.

The effect on the vote of cam;aigning is inter­ esting to note. Last minute attempts on the p a rt of B a r tle tt and Co. to thoroughly d is c re d ­ it the Triumverate apparently succeeded in the Hostels. Bartlett arid his cohorts even went so far as to fabricate "facts" about S.R.C. in order to swing the h o s te l vote th e ir way, and according to th ir campaign sources, the more succeeded. That the Socialist candidate, Peter monolithic nature of aUSa , both in thie univers­ Rotherham, split Ngahuia Volkerling's vote is ANALYSIS OF THE ELECTIONS ity and in the community at large. The result of the election was confirmation of obvious from the vote cast for both Chan and voting trends throughout the year on S.G.M. Bartlett wi" probably prove no more effective Volkerling. This indicates very poor politi­ motions. Interested students obviously no long­ than Bill Spring or John Woodroffe in his term cal strategy in the Socialist camp. Faced with er wish to to le r a te incompetence and monodism of office. He lacks the grass-roots dedication a c e rta in d e fe a t, and knowing th a t g re a te r con­ in the Association Executive. Although Mrs. of his two predecessors, and his greater sensi­ cessio n s would be gained from the V olkerling Volkerling was not e le c te d , the e le c tio n was a tivity to criticism and complete lack of polit­ ticket than frero the unofficial Bartlett! h ^1 - - ‘ triumph for the triumverate because only the in­ ical acuity will distinguish him from them. the Socialists have suffered a greater de trusion of the Socialist candidate, Peter What he does promise, however, is perhaps bettor than ju s t an e le c to ra l one. Rotherham, in s p l i tt i n g the v ote, denied Nga- representation in the media, but then only as a service organisation. His running mates, Bartlett will now probably attempt to gai huia the Presidency. On a second ballot, majority hold on Executive, and such peop. Newman and Hopkinson, are non-descripts of the Volkerling would no doubt have collected the Brent McConachy, Richard Rowe, and Richarc great majority of Rotherham's, vote, thus first order, and we can expect nothing of the insuring a win for her, the triumverate, and creative or innovative from their administrat­ are almost certainly prospective candidates - the students as a whole. ion. Their candidacy has represented the naturally as independents. The Socialists were typically paranoid conservative backlash against planning to run a full ticket, but whether this Not since the time of Bill Rudman and Mike Law change and even greater stability for AUSA, and has eventuated will by now be history, as will has as impressive and strong team of candidates the childish antics so evident in their campaigi the future intentions of the Volkerling ticket. contested the Presidential election as the ing is indicative of the character of their next Volkerling/Lack/Chan triumverate; and sadly, The 1972 e le c tio n s have so fa r produced u n fo rt­ twelve months in office. perhaps, we may not see another like it for unate consequences - the underhand campaign of some years. This team promised a greater in­ The election reults indicate the realisation the Bartlett ticket, threats of physical viol­ ence to their opponents, gerrymandering, partic­ volvement of stu d en ts in the A ssociation than on the part of students that things need to be u la r ly in vote counting and the fa c e le s s , moron ever before, and deeper penetration into the done. The re tu rn of Chan and Lack w ith v a s t potentiality of Association than we have seen riddled Executive which appears to be forth­ majorities indicate support for a change in the coming. All this appears to be a misfortune for for some tim e. The w holesale re s ig n a tio n of style of representation AUSA has been accustom­ the Association as a whole. the triumverate will only serve to conserve the ed to in the past, and that the effectiveness ILL0LAHIA ARRESTED IN SYDNEY RESISTERS TO BE ARRESTED M.P. discusses libel law In a letter from Christchurch, OHMS member Marly Will lllolahia of the Polynesian Panther Party was Braithwaite writes: “ I have had a little bother with the police. arrested last Saturday in Sydney during the Aboriginal The Craccum-Cock-Earwig conspirators (Mclnnes, Clifton, Wheeler & Milne) had a two hour meeting with M.P. Jonathon They came to see me last Wednesday night. Mr Polizeman tried Rights March there. The organisers of the march had an to make me register fo r m ilita ry tra in in g b u t o f course I Hunt last week. The Security Service and the libel laws were the agreement with the police that if there were more than declined. Then he says “ I must caution you that anything you ( main topics discussed. One possible matter for political action is 1000 people on the march they would not be confined say will be taken down and used in evidence against you blah the liability of printers. The argument against this law is, firstly, blah blah etc.” I refused to make a statement for him but we to walking on the footpath, but could march on the that “ liability” in publishing is so poorly defined that printers made him a cup of cold coffee. By the time he had written down roadway. 4000 people turned up to march in support of are driven to an extremely conservative interpretation—so much all the formalities the coffee was stone cold but he drank it and aboriginal rights, but when they walked on the street, so that entirely “ legal” items may be unprintable because no left. All three of us Christchurch draft resisters are being the police charged into the crowd, arresting 16 of which printer will take the responsibility for them. Other key members summonsed within a month on a charge of failing to register. Will was one. He is charged with Offensive Behaviour of the printing trade (typesetters, photo-processors, paper Then after that jail term (non-payment of fines) they are going and Resisting Arrest and will appear on Tuesday 25th supplier etc) are left to themselves, but printers are required tc read, understand, and if necessary discriminate against some of to take us to military camp under polize escort. Basically I’m July. He has been allowed bail and is staying with fucking scared but I’m proud to be doing this whole thing.” friends. their clients* copy. Secondly, the law is out of step with technical developments in printing. The biggest and most efficient machinery is largely in NAZIS PRAISE NATIONAL M.P. the hands of those people who control most of the country’s R.S.A.- July ‘Review’ news newspapers. The printers of Craccum, for example, print the The June issue of OBSERVER, the magazine of the “ National Wanganui Chronicle. In terms of present legislation the MORBID PREOCCUPATIONS Socialist Party of NZ” opens with a big heading “ WELL SAID “ Chronicle” is a sitting target for anyone libeled in Craccum. If ‘ALF’ ” and a picture of Alf Allen, currently Mr Speaker in the The R.S.A. “ R E V IE W ” , in an article on the declining it is a matter of “ indecent” material the printers are subject to House of Representatives. The fascists (at last folks—we use the membership of the R.S.A., notes that: Athe whims of the police and a magistrate. Small-time printers can word correctly!) have seen much to admire in Allen’s “ law and usually be found who will print virtually anything, but their By 1896, 47.5 per cent order” raves . . . they say “ We support your stand 100%. The .prices are necessarily much higher than firms like the Chronicle of RSA members would only shame of the matter is the fact that there are not a few h a v e d i e d . f which can print Craccum in an hour on its web offset machinery. more of our elected representatives with the GUTS to speak out The Chronicle, however, has much more to lose and is obviously IMIS in the public interest.” MISERABLE DEFENCE ALLOWANCE going to be more conservative. The nett effect of this is an Des NSP’s •• , leader, Colin King-Ansell, says his party will economic disadvantage to the more radical publishers and On P.3, Cedric Mentiplay sobs that NZ defence budget of probably contest some of the seats in the general election — with Vietnam editors. Publishers who may be inclined towards strong criticism $1 28,1 75,0 00 is inadequate. I f you w o rk th a t o u t in Vietnamese men like Allen in power it’s a wonder that they see any need to still tro of the political status quo are more likely to make harsh scalps it seems bloody excessive. Or is it the price of protection try . participa statements about public figures . . . and far less likely to find against Japanese fishing trawlers? Govern rr themselves a printer. Hunt may be more than a sympathiser. He mentioned that be at R he, too, is a sacked Craccum editor. visitor tc at the se TELEPHONE TAPPING French I endorser “ As I had previous experience with phone connections with to the Pi the security branch, I thought this request was in order,” said the folio Cl if fe Robert Crawford (39) at a hearing on July 11 when he admitted accepting a $50 bribe for illegally connecting a telephone. The security branch, a law unto itself, does exist, Dear Mr does tap phones, and is a large and stupid government expense I hi item . your tel< Pacific. Very little has been said on the decision of the Dept. Of Love to foist upon the unsuspecting public of New Zealand an automated, snooping, dehumanising and immoral filing system. that the Neil Newman spoke briefly on the inherent dangers of such a and a h system which relied on human programming and thus was not their veg foolproof. But he,'and most others have overlooked the basic effort immorality of a computerised index. Even if there was no Vietnam' possibility of a mistake it would still be totally unacceptable. against tl This type of file must never exist. I fa It is clear that this sytem could be open to abuse by those in pursuanc power. nuclear t and would it be just a filing system for criminal offences and Sue traffic offences? It is probable that we should see in the very great ma near future an extension of the computer’s use to be a file of every individuals credit rating, bank balance, income, spirit of expenditure, etc. and before very long a complete and current direct o dosier on every man, woman and child. (includin Environ r DIRECT ACTION forthwitl MARKS MESS IN CHEM DEPT conduct Mobe was About 4,000 liberal shits chanting 1,2,3,4 Charles Upham V.C. When a Chem I student, A. Haden, asked why he had we don’t want your bloody war and all the cliches suitable for of restra received no marks for an assignment he was told by Mrs that night. Everything was so organised it was hopeless. ABOLISH ANZAC HOLIDAY no bene Godfrey, the lab. demonstrator, that it was not the standard of Everyone had to march under “ their” banner — e.g. “ students Pacific bi (and we quote): his work that was lacking but that he had not been present for against the war” , “ women against the war” and so on. The The “ The patron of the Ex-Prisoners of War Association, part of one lab. that had resulted in his mark. On taking the march was boring and the only time we tried a bit of disruption oppositic Charles Upham, said recently that Anzac Day should be matter further, the chief demonstrator told Mr Haden that he by sitting on the road the organizers did their balls. I suppose it careful tt had approved Mrs Godfrey’s decision and as such stood by it. Mr abolished as a public holiday. gave all the olds and clergymen etc a chance to join the commie our natu Haden spent 2/3 of the time in the lab. and had completed the “ It should be held on the nearest Sunday each year, weirdo students and have a march, but what the did it South Pi majority of the assignment in this time. It is also understood that achieve? Absolutely nothing. Hardly even got newspaper space. I so that people who want to commemorate it can do so problem, this is not an isolated case. hope there are no more mobes. If there are, I will march just for w ithout being insulted by long-haired louts. solution the sake of the so called "protest movement” . I was rung up and “ Anzac Day does mean a lot to people who lost covering asked to be a marshall but turned the offer down flat, friends and relatives in the war, but I don’t know why the at mo walking around with a megaphone trying to “ organize” a protest everyone should have a special day for it. m arch. to furthi GRAPPUM CENSORSHIP “ These protestors are just a bloody nuisance. They’re To me the only successful protest now is direct confrontation recognise . Craccum is censored. No one seems to mind. Except for a a bunch of louts just like the motorbike gangs. and disruption. This makes people take notice. I won’t few enquiries (“ What were the missing pieces of the Greer mobilise physically endanger people but will (and have done) paint up the . . . “ He was critical of the way news media reaction article?” etc) and a flutter of enthusiasm at ‘Forum’ (about the continue fronts of shops and smash shop windows selling South African to the Anzac Day incidents in Christchurch and the way 4-page item on the Seamen’s Strike which was totally deleted) consisten goods. If a shop can earn $1,000 a year by selling South African in which they were "glorified” . you’d have little excuse to believe that the university had The goods and g g can cause $1,500 w o rth o f damage, then h o p e fu lly “ These people are only going to disturb things if they something to do with the idea of free speech. There was even a are effe they w ill stop sealing South A fric a n goods. This is the sort o f brief stir about last week’s cover story—the printers phoned the know the news media is (sic) watching, and it’s the political blackmial that has started to work. For instance an submitte Students’ Assocation and Miss Macky was promptly up in the television and the newspapers which magnify the whole organisation paid for materials to damage some stuff and Craccum office to check whether the Wheeler case was situation.” within a few days some of the shops had offered to start sub-judicae. The man behind the editor’s desk said no, it Fifteen years ago I was given a book called VC Heroes. In negotiations. You may think my reasoning is but the wasn’t—no charges have been laid. “ Are you certain of that?” “ I those days VC didn’t mean “ Vietcong” . Upham himself has been protest movement in NZ is going nowhere by peaceful protests should be—I am Chris Wheeler.” the subject of media glorification — the book recalls that: “ In A free and guys like Trevor Richards having scones and cups of tea with one twenty minute skirmish, he personally knocked out a your sloga Marshall. The days of protest marches achieving anything are THIS WEEKS BIBLICAL QUOTE machine-gun post, a truck full of German infantry, and a Tiger A CHAN( gone (if they ever came). There are also too many hassles within He that is wounded in the stoq.es, or hath his privy member tank. He was wounded twice. But as usual he paid no more possession the protest movement — i.e. the fights amongst the Trots and cut off, shall not enter into the house of the Lord. attention than if he had been bitten by sandflies.” public at with guys like Piers McLaren (HART) who refused to march in Deuteronomy Chaper 23 verse I. One can admire the efficiency of the man, but if his idea of idealists. 1 the mobe just because it was being run by the Trots. More (a compelling reason for Christians to wear genital protection on freedom is too narrow to include demonstrators, what on earth put pen coordination is needed or we are gonna get nowhere fast.' Tog controlled demonstrations.) was he fig h tin g for? people’s fr ('F ro 'm jm p ® B - j|erfy Smith) REVOLUTIONARY VANGUARD OR REACTIONARY REARGUARD AN OPEN LETTER OF RESIGNATION TO THE SOCIALIST ACTION LEAGUE OF N.Z.

"M. Proudhon has the misfortune of being peculiarly misunderstood in Europe. In France, he has the right to be a bad , I economist, because he is reputed to be a good German philosopher. In Germany, he has the right to be a bad :d philosopher, because he is reputed to be one of the ables of ember Marty French economists. Being both German and economist at the th the police, same time, we desire to protest against this double error.” lizeman tried (Foreword to ‘The Poverty o f Philosophy’) o f course I (Karl Marx, Brussels, 15th June 1847) anything you inst you blah I no longer find membership of the Socialist Action League • him but we compatible with the revolutionary task of building the Fourth w ritten down International as the Vanguard Party in New Zealand. The drank it and bankruptcy of Socialist Action politics was clearly demonstrated rs are being by the latest failure of its tactics of “ Building a Mass Antiwar g to register, Movement” —a small sectarian demonstration of 300, totally ley are going divorced from the mainstream Antiwar Movement. Clearly, the Basically I’m blame for this cannot be laid at the door of faulty organisation, : th in g .” as Socialist Action’s “ July 14 Mobilisation Committee’s” organisation and publicity far surpassed that of the Committee on Vietnam. The C.O.V. was not isolated by its “ Victory to the news Indochinese Peoples” slogan, despite George Fyson’s statement—which proved quite correct—that this would appear to mean support fo r the N .L.F. The S.A.L. has been left behind The "Out Now” perspective advocated for the Antiwar by the radicalisation of the mass movement, and as a result, is movement to retain Labour Party support sustains the illusion ie declining now isolated. This is not to say that the C.O.V. is much to the that Labour is genuinely Anti-War. The SAL ha^ not used entry left of S.A.L’s July 14 Mobe Committee on issues such as the into the Labour Party to attack the reformist policies from a Seven Point Peace Proposals or the “ Three-Tier Government of revolutionary standpoint; rather, it waters down its HOLYOAKE: National Concord” , but it must be pointed out that the Socialist "revolutionary” politics so as to remain acceptable to the Action League refused to attack from the le ft these proposals reformists. How otherwise can Keith Locke’s silence on the issue MISREADING OF GOVERNMENT POLICY and disassociated itself from such an attack when it was made, of S.A.L’s position on the violent overthrow of the capitalist tN C E e.g. at that Special General Meeting of the Committee on state in a recent Check-point interview be explained? Silence on Despite all the exposure of corruption in the Vietnam during which the S.A.L. staged its carefully planned such a basic revolutionary issue is far too high a price to pay for ;e budget of Vietnam scene (“ Pentagon Papers” etc) our politicians walkout, ls this the record of a Leninist Vanguard Party? acceptance by'the Labour Party. I cannot but feel that Socialist i Vietnamese still trot out the same glib statements that NZ Although your group consists of a majority of wage earners, it Action should indeed fight very hard to stay in the Labour )f protection participation in the war is at the South Vietnamese has consistently failed to organise these people into playing any Party—fo r that is where all true Social Democrats belong. Government’s “ request” . It’s very much more likely to sort of role in the union movement, and in most cases these As membership of the Socialist Action League does not be at Richard Helm’s request (CIA chief and recent people are not even members of their respective unions. At a appear to be compatible with that of the Fourth International I call upon all members o f the Socialist Action League who see the visitor to NZ). Local campaigner Jack Howard, annoyed time when, for the first time in many years, there are political strikes in this country, the National Secretary of the S.A.L, necessity of building the Fourth International in New Zealand as at the self-righteous showing of our government over the a genuine worldwide worker’s party for Socialist Revolution to French bomb tests—in view of the same government’s Keith Locke, can declare that the working class is not radicalising! Instead of having a working class perspective, the leave and join the Communist League (Spartacist). The S.A.L. endorsement of the killing in Vietnam—sent a telegram Socialist Action League sees the universities as its “ Red Bases’.’, does not accept the concept of a democratic centralist International Party: it boasts of its “ independence”of the to the Prime Minister and in a letter dated 5th July got but even so has been defeated every time it has put its position International’s decisions—its reformist politics are totally the following reply from Sir Keith Holyoake: to the mass student groupings. It has lagged behind even the incompatible with the Transitional Programme of the Fourth prevailing political trends o f its chosen “ Red Bases” . Despite the International, adopted at its founding Conference in 1938. Dear Mr Howard, “ Student Vanguardist” theory to which it subscribes, it has in TERENCE MILLAR I have been asked by the Prime Minister to reply to practice acted as the Student’s rearguard. P.O. Box 3177 jyour telegram of 22 June about French testing in the The S.A.L. thus in practice repudiates the elementary Marxist Wellington, N.Z. Pacific. concept o f the working class as the sole algent of social change. July 18, 1972 It is a misreading of New Zealand policy to suggest S.A.L. conceives itself as being THE Vanguard Party rather that the Government is “ supporting the slaughter of two than being a group contributing to the building of a genuine •*» revolutionary vanguard party. As we have seen, since it has no and a half million Vietnamese” and the “ ruination of understanding o f the real social forces in New Zealand society, their vegetation” .-New Zealand participated in the joint its only way of becoming a vanguard party is to proclaim itself as effort in Vietnam, at the request of the South such. Its total failure—and even refusal—to politically educate its Vietnamese Government, in order to resist aggression members has resulted in some members of fairly long standing against the people of that country. not even considering themselves Marxists, let alone Communists. IN STOCK NOW I fail to see the connection between such action in A good number of S.A.L. members have never read a word of pursuance of the principle of collective security and the Marx, Engels or Lenin, and very little Trotsky. Their political nuclear tests carried out by France in the South Pacific. reading consists of a few “ New Left” pamphlets. With this Such atmospheric tests, which are opposed by the general lack of theory it necessarily follows that any concept of great majority of New Zealanders, run counter to the democratic centralism must be of a purely organisational nature. spirit of the 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty and are in The understanding of the most basic Leninist principle becomes organisational rather than political. This is illustrated by George direct conflict with calls from the United Nations Fyson’s statement that the “Socialist Action League is the (including the recent Conference on the Human Vanguard Party because it organises the Antiw ar M ovem ent” , Environment in Stockholm) that they should cease (sic) What is in fact happening is that the antiwar movement is forthwith. They provide an incentive to others to being built at the expense of the construction of the Party. For conduct similar tests and thus work against the objective these reasons S.A.L. is incapable o f engaging in real p o litica l of restraining the spread of nuclear weapons. They bring polemic to persuade others of its views and therefore m ust rely no benefit whatsoever to the peoples of the South on purely organisational control to maintain its influence in mass Pacific but could have potential for harm. movements. This means that S.A .L’s discipline over its The Government’s policy is therefore one of membership becomes progressively more bureaucratic, and the ;sociation, opposition to these tests. At the same time, it has been group’s politicallife tends to revolve around the selling of its should be paper. It is in this paper, “Socialist Action”, that the careful to stress that it is important not to overlook, in subordination of the building of the party to the building of the our natural preoccupation with French testing in the each year, Antiwar movement shows most clearly the failure to develop an South Pacific, that these tests are but part of a wider can do so awareness of Marxist theory. The paper fails to play any problem. The Government believes that any long-term theoretical rote and becomes nothing more than the L e ft’s solution must involve a comprehensive test-ban treaty who lost “ Sports Post” . It reports events, but never analyses o r explains covering underground tests as well as those conducted in them. enow why the atmosphere. The importance of such a step as a key In the areas where class oppression is coupled with other e. They’re to further measures of nuclear disarmanent is widely oppression such as those of race and sex, S .A .L ’s theoretical recognised. It is our opinion that the best approach is to recognition o f double oppression has been negated by its student mobilise international opinion on a broad front against vangaurdism, so that women workers are sacrificed on the altar a reaction I CHING continued nuclear testing. Our actions have been of women students; Polynesian workers on that of Polynesian d the way consistent with this objective. students for example, the Auckland Nga Tamatoa, which is HEXAGRAM 18: The Government has taken steps which it considers composed largely o f students or graduates. lgs if they are effective and practical; many of the proposals Without the emancipation of women and Polynesian workers WORK ON WHAT HAS BEEN SPOILED d it’s the submitted to us fu lfil neither of these criteria. the emancipation of the working class generally is but a the whole deception. The condition for the emancipation of all women is Yours sincerely, the emancipation of working women. Likewise the condition for HARDBACK (signed) Keith Holyoake Heroes. In the emancipation of all Polynesians is the emancipation of (Wilhelm translation) $8.35 ‘.If has been Polynesian workers. The abandonment of these principles has led to the degeneration of the Women’s Liberation Movement into a s that: “ In A free era o f mass comm unication is about to begin. Write PAPERBACK single-issue class-collaborationist movement centred around the ked out a your slogan or message — Freeze war, Stop racism, G IVE PEACE Abortion Law Repeal movement instead of its developing into a ind a Tiger A CHANCE prom inently on all banknotes you have in your (Legge translation) $1.60 d no more possession at any one time. As well as taking your message to the section of the revolutionary workers’ party. public at large, this system also boosts the morale o f fellow The Leninist position on the Labour Party is that Marxists his idea of idealists. The scope o f the scription is endless — you are urged to should support Labour as a rope supports a hanged man. Instead it on earth put pen to paper and write your own thing. Long live the of working within the Labour Party in order to destroy illusions at the UBS. people’s free press. the working class might have about its “Socialism” or its “ labour-orientation” , S.A.L. has helped build up such illusions. VOLTE FORCE AT EXEC MEETING . .. Jean-Baptiste Piggin

AUSA Exec meetings, usually dragged out, stuffy and smokefilled are once in a while worth sitting through—just for the laughs. Like last Thursdays trip into looking glass land by Publications Officer, Carew, and Public Liaison Officer, Bartlett Discussing the outstanding payment to the editor of the Capping Mag, Carew wanted him penalised for incompetence and for not abiding by his contract. Incredibly, Hatchetman Bartlett of last June’s great Graccum Collision wanted the man consulted personally before a decision was made. A t least Russell E. learns by all those mistakes. So does Neil Newman, who is writinga small book on the pitfalls to avoid as Capping Controller. Meanwhile, news reaches us that AU Capping Mags are banned in Balclutha, forever. However for thrills the perennial brawling between Garlick and Carew is always good. This week it was over an innocuous attempt by Craccum to make its staff payments more or less automatic. Garlick complained that this would prevent him from checking on who worked for Craccum’s $110 weekly payroll, “ I’ve usually made a tit of myself ... if it won’t do its duties the rest of the executive should resign—but I’m honest, its at disadvantage,” he said. Garlick is the only scientist and sceptic on exec—the rest could be sold the Eiffel Tower—so he maybe justified in what he says. The rest, as usual, showed no signs of interest. A similar situation happened with a subsidy for Theatre Workshop’s “ The Plebians Rehearse the Uprising” which will be It is now less than a month since the Grad shown free to students at the Arts Festival. Garlick thought that opportunity to hire and fire these representatives and Bar lease was renewed. Although only six every student should be shaken for 50c but lost out to the silent not to see that they represent our interests. At present months have elapsed since the A.G.M. opposing m ajority. As chairman o f Finance Committee he warned that they are appointed by the SRC, but I submit that they from now on, any organisation wanting donations has as much the renewal of the lease was held, and although should perhaps be elected by the whole of the student chance as a whale on a tight-rope, from now on. the student body has made its intention body. The students should be electing those BITING regarding the Grad Bar obvious, the lease has representatives who are wielding the greatest amount of Other members slouch about, scratching after fleas, smiling been renewed. WHY??? Because the final influence over the University administration and the vacantly, slicking their hair down, taking headbands on and off decision did not lie with the students, neither on greatest degree of power over our own affairs. or smoothing down his springy wool-top. Bartlett, aglow with leadership potential, prompts the chairman. The presidents this question nor on many others regarding The whole structure of Association government is very cunningly manipulated by the University. We have maliciously attentive hound, by name of Peanut Butter, is now Student Union a ff a ir s . Even the mercifully excluded from formal meetings, unlike some. our Executive and SRC, elected in a grandiose manner “all-powerful-Executive” has no right of appeal ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS . . . each year, and the real source of student power is vested on such decisions, the real power does not lie in Through ignorance and lack o f interest, our affiliations to the in students quietly concealed in a very potent but their hands. UN Association and the ANZ Student Health Association have unheralded sub-committee of the University Council. lapsed. Where then does it lie? In the hands of the University. The paranoia associated with the'election of candidates Although it has been suggested that the Library should The very buildings which we inhabit and pay for in the recent Presidential appears fatuous when one rescind its bag regulation of that a staffed bag room or more ourselves (with Government assistance of course) do not considers the servile nature of that executive to the private lockers be installed, the Exec still continues to play even belong to us but to the University land which has decisions of the Union Management Committee. We around the issue which is of immediate importance to many been leased to us, thus any buildings erected on the site students who have lost valuables this year. need to be more selective in our appointment of belong to the University, which in turn is owned by the There were gleeful handrubbings when profits on the pool members of the Management Committee in order that Crown. The Council is the paramount governing body of table were announced (up to $50 a week). we might actualise our policies with a greater degree of the University and as such is the governing body of the On its own initiative, Exec have stopped an SRC loan of $50 autonomy than at present. For too long the obscurity of Students Association as well. The power to manage the to Greenpeace. Colleen Foley, doing a Norman Douglas, the Management Committee has been mistaken for Association has been vested in the Union Management introduced the suggestion of setting up a University of the South servitude to Association policy. BUT NO A.U.S.A. Pacific Liaison O fficer, then squashed it. Committee, a sub-committee of Council, and not in the IT’S EASIER SAID . . . student executive. Fortunately, the student reps have a RESOLUTION, OR POLICY DECISION IS BINDING Looking to Canterbury we have given our cheap moral working majority on the Management Committee, but ON THE UNION MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE: IT IS THEIR DECISIONS THAT ARE BINDING ON THE support to their publication of a pilot ID (the national student only so long as they all turn up to the meetings of that newspaper) in September. Treasurer Garlick grows bright eyed at committee, and maintain consensus among their ASSOCIATION. Only if we can ensure that the student members on that committee are competent to negotiate a chance to go down and observe their University Students number. Investment Society (parallel to the PSIS). with the University members, are also competent to The evenings final piece o f work was Vice-President Clare negotiate with each other, and above all to push the line UNION MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Ward’s call for a letter of protest to be sent to the Justice agreed on amongst themselves prior to each Management Department over the recent sentence of a sixteen year old to This committee is made up of five University meeting; only then will we achieve the autonomy the in three years in the can, fo r fire bombing the UTA offices. As representatives and six student representatives, the the conduct of our own affairs which is necessary for an Clare says, the Association ought to use its leverage to attack this chairman being elected from the students. The President independent and self-governing institution. sort of stupidity in the judicial system. and Treasurer of AUSA are ex-officio members, but the BOB HILLIER YOUR HANDY GUIDE TO THE SLOBS President cannot be elected chairman. Although the Since this is the last report before the polls, I shall try to students have a majority of one, they have only the review as objectively as possible (not very), the participation of casting vote, and not even that if all but one of the individual members. Treasurer Garlick is far and away the most effective member—he has a close knowledge of association student reps are not present. This is the situation which EXERCISE activities and what he doesn’t know he asks. Carew and Bartlett arose when the Grade Bar lease was decided; President, are also noisy if a little less attentive. In the second rank are John Woodroffe, proposed the motion and the members who are active in restricted areas o f interest; Business University members pushed it through. YOUR LEGAL RIGHT Manager Rowe in management and administration and Capping The Union Management Committee controls the Controller Newman in cultural affairs, as well as those who Union buildings, the cafeteria, and custodial and periodically awake from their trances to comment—President maintenance business of the Association. Register as a Conscientious Objector Woodroffe, justifying himself or letting drop/crash his own inimitalble brand of feeble humour, Vice-President Clare Ward appealing for the down and outs, International Affairs Officer JOINT FINANCE COMMITTEE For information write or phone Colleen Foley exploding in Irish fury at alleged Christian Pacifist Society,or Society of Friends, Anothr subcommittee of Council, it is composed of un-cooperativeness by the Exec in her work, Sports Rep Mike 12 Frost Road, 18 Ely Avenue. the Vice-Chancellor, Registrar, President of AUSA, Starling with his convulted quibbles and individualism, taking a Auckland 4. Auckland 5 Admin Sec. of AUSA, and one other student. Voting is quarter o f an hour to discover that he agrees and Societies Rep 695-541 545-109 by a majority of four to one, thus one of the University Sellwood hooting, humming, whistling and muttering his way members must be won over on each motion. This through. Finally thre are the back benchers, who let slip an occasional committee is very ineffective as its decisions are not aye or no and sometimes wake up to defend themselves. binding on- the Executive or Union Management. Vice-President Myalls, Education Officer Gyde, Social Controller Generally, Finance Committee draws up the Association Winslade, House Committee Chairman Cora Baillie and Student budget but its decisions on the budget are not binding Liaison O fficer McMenamin. Although they may be effective in on the Association. Usually they are accepted because of their own jobs, they are only on the periphery of the Exec in the stable nature of our budgetal committments from general administration. The Durable Editors: Heather Mclnnes, Gordon year to year. NEXT SLOBS The important aspect of both of these committees is Clifton. Potential members of the next executive have not yet been that they are both responsible to Council, and only Technical Editor: Jim Laing attending meetings and if they arrive in their jobs quite raw, will Council. The Association has real control over its own Photographies: John Miller ^ ^ be making the association suffer for their diffidence. Meetings Muckrakers: John Milne, Bob Hillier Roger Bastion ; ought to have a bigger audience than a Craccum reporter, a facilities, this control is vested in Management certain malevolent scholar, and a couple of people engrossed in Committee. Advertising: James Sloane. J ^ l ^ L reading newspapers. As far as the student representatives on that The final meeting of the current executive will take place on committee are concerned, there again the Association Published by the Craccum Administration Board for the 3rd August at 6.30 in the Council Room. proprietors, the Auckland University Student's Association has no control; in effect those students represent Also come to SRC 27th July in B10, 7pm). You have and printed by the Wanganui Chronicle Co. Ltd., at the speaking and voting rights. themselves but in the name of the whole student printers' works, corner of Campbell and Wickstead Places, interest. We, the student body have only the W anganui. V

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I shall try to irticipation of way the most )f association Under the present lav- concerning abortion in New Despite what some opponents say, abortion ls a simple Those who find natural human sexuality distasteful, v and Bartlett Zealand, no woman can have her pregnancy terminated procedure which does not require hospitalisation, provided and who call for abstinence, are quite unrealistic. (Besides, ond rank are unless her life is in danger. The lav. does not allow a b o r­ it ls done early. The more easily an abortion can be ob­ even if women trv to abstain from sex, our system of rest; Business tion for victims of rape or incest, for probable foetal tained, the e a rlie r it is done - and w ith much g re a te r "justice1' gives men the power to take legal action against and Capping deformity (e. t». after German measles), for the inability safety. Death rates from abortion are considerably higher their wives to obtain resumption of conjugal rights!) as those who of a woman to cope as a mother, for a woman of unsound in countries with cumbersome regulations than in those Victorian morality does r.ot recognise the rights of women ent—President mind or for ur. der - sixteen-y ear - olds. Though the law con­ countries where abortion is readily available. In Czecho­ to unhindered and satisfying sexual relationships. ash his own siders danger to a woman's life the only ground for abort.ion, slovakia, 140,000 abortions were performed between 1962 Anti-abortlonists claim to have children's Interests at and 1964 without a single death. In Sweden, where regula­ it Clare Ward doctors sometimes interpret this as including her mental heart. But it is far more responsible and.humane to and physical health. In effect then, if a woman can present tions waste much precious time,, there were more than 30 prevent the birth of an unwanted child than it is to bring it if f airs Officer a clear case (to the right doctor) that she is likely to go deaths per 100,000 abortions in the same period. into the world regardless of its future and the feelings of at alleged Insane if forced to give birth to an unwanted child, she might its mother. Every possible measure should be taken to rts Rep Mike succeed in getting an abortion at a cost of $ 200-400. (The Abortion ls not the only means of birth control women ensure that women who want children are not faced with lism, taking a cost is made up of the fees of psychiatrists and other speci­ have difficulty in obtaining. The safest contraceptives are economic or social deprivation. Yet even with such condi­ Societies Rep alists consulted to gain approval for the abortion, and the too costly for many, and moralistic doctors and chemists tions available there will still be women who want to end a often refuse young or unmarried women who need contra­ iring his way fees of private hospitals, where fewer questions are asked.) pregnancy they did not intend. ceptives. A ll contraceptives must be made easily available Only a tinv proportion of abortions carried out in this and free to anyone wanting to use them-. Since many unw ant­ an occasional country are legal. The rest, estimated at between 6,000 ed pregnancies occur through sheer Ignorance of the way WHO DECIDES? and 12,000 per year, are obtained illegally, at great risk I themselves, our bodies work and of how to prevent conception, sex edu­ Opponents of abortion, though they claim it is murder, to women's health, often in appalling and degrading situa.- ial Controller cation should begin at a very early age, as an Integral part seldom go as fa r as to say that no abortions should be tlons, and in spite of harsh penalties provided for under of the education system. allowed. They usually consider that in some cases the and Student the law (i. e. up to 14 vears imprisonment for the abortion­ woman's interests come first. Pushed to the extreme, e effective in ist - the same m axim um penalty as fo r rape, and up to 7 If women choose to be sterilised, doctors should not they will concede the right to decide about abortion to F the Exec in years fo r a woman who attem pts to abort h e rse lf). have the right to refuse them the operation for other than strictly medical reasons, if indeed there are any. On the doctors, psychiatrists, husbands, parents, but NEVER to If women did not genuinely want abortions, they would other hand, no doctor should be permitted to sterilise women themselves. To them, women are incapable of not risk their live3 and liberty to such an extent. Of all the women against their will (for instance, as a condition for making their own moral decisions. not yet been reasons for a b o rtio n , the desire of women to prevent the agreeing to perform an abortion). It ls control of our bodies, control of our lives, that uite raw, will birth of an unwanted child is by far the most common, and People sometimes say that contraception, sterilisation, we want. The abortion laws are the most blatant denial of ice. Meetings the least recognised in the laws of most countries through­ out the world. In Britain, where the law was reformed in or even abstinence are better than abortion and offer them that control. These laws should be repealed, abolished, so i reporter, a 1968 to include broader grounds for abortion, illegal abor­ as alternatives. None of these are any use at all to a that v.omen can make a free choice. No doctor, no priest, engrossed in tions continue at a high rate. The reformed law has not woman who ls already pregnant. In fact, to such women, no government, no man, no-one at all should be able to recognised the overwhelming wish of women to decide for the only alternative to abortion is compulsory pregnancy override a woman's decision to end her pregnancy. It ls cake place on themselves whether or not they want a pregnancy continued, and childbirth. Enforced labour - used as a punishment for her body and her right to decide. Any law which prevents and thus it drives them back to the illegal racket. In fact, accidental conception. that decision from beir.e carried out safely, and in the best conditions , is totally unjust. ). You have reform of the British law has shown that there is a real need, not for minor chances, but for total repeal of abor­ tion law s. Vaginal Politics Ideally abc never had to put anyone in the This process is being widely taught at least politically. He urges won hospital; there have never been any at Women’s Self Help Clinics all over to learn about the availabilfly contraception I'M 9cm r MK5CDMN& BUT YOU WE CLEMY RUED am inert complications,” Karman asserts. The the country. Extensive use has been these procedures, and the fact contraceptive MERCY! n aoNvncE thb bqm& tm t the pwKsoamwtr OF YOUR PREBNANCY MOULD JN ANY MMf MMRWUR procedures are all painless. made of it at the Women’s Center they are all free. Karman, him* ivailable free i I PHMKAL OR MORAL HEAOU... IMPACT, ITIS ■ I OUR FERVENT HOPE T W 7W MINOR (Z In addition To the plastic syringe, here in Los Angeles, and has been has never charged anyone for be little need f JMR08RP Of A FOUBIH UiBSfTIIAKtE cannula and coil, Karman has inven­ introduced at the new Women’s abortion and feels that even aborti CMP W lftV E YOU CAUSE TO M certainly perfe BEHAVE « A MORE M B ted several new types of specula (a Clinic on Wilshire Boulevard. referral services should RESPONSIBLE MAMIEft speculum is the steel instrument CONTRACEPTION eliminated as women The presenl IN THE FUTURE.■ ■ ■ used to dilate the cervix vagina and From the Karman technique, a new enlightened. ot to be desiri uterus for any and all gynocological type of contraception has evolved. It Karman identifies strongly » or the copul, isaflTB procedures). The new ones are is known as “ Menstrual Extraction.” people who have been penalia most widely p again plastic, flexible, and more The same suction procedure that is socially in any way. “ The puniti with secrecy ; amenable to the woman’s body than used in the early stages of nature of our society greatly inhil the usual rough-edged steel in­ pregnancy is used in non pregnant the growth and creativity necesa fashion (the p strument that is forced into the women at the beginning of the men­ to the development of human poll fact that two ( vagina and does not adhere to the strual period, during the period, or tial.” By eliminating the concept out of wedl shape of the organ. even if the period is late. This can shame connected with unw,ai’tf birthrate—one All of the instruments are ac­ easily be performed on oneself. pregnancy, and teaching worn really, when c cessible to anyone, and can be suc­ Dr. Karman, who is basically a throughout the world to perform cessfully utilized by anyone. A social reformer, believes that with simple, safe procedures, abortio turning a blin woman can thus extract her own the acceptance of his methods, will no longer be a medical proble doctors of on fetus with the use of a hand mirror. abortion is becoming a dead issue, or an economic one suit, I have shhnh.' , MOMMVS Los' Angeles Frws t*m contraceptives SLEEPWG engaged. What .we r full birth contrc the country ar What Isn’t safe? available to all. necessary, main failure although Rmtwnm kni» As yet, cont though thank HELEN KOBLIN recently the clink} was called the effectiveness of Santa Monica Women’s Abortion Only three short years ago, a woman given as fo llo w ii in pursuit of an abortion was Clinic. Here Karman trained and £rom Provincial Press/UPS New Yoik (LNS) - T h ere a re o n ly cause fatal kidney damage. Lysol Pine Oil and relate to the automatically transformed into the worked with a group of people called four.safe abortion methods. 1) D. Quinine Sulphate. It can cauR*> method for a ye main character of one of those webs "paramedics.” These were women, and C. (dilation and curettage), the deformities in fetus or death to nr> AIR PUMPED INTO UTERUS of intrigue that resemble a Hitch­ all ex-abortees. Three years ago, a gentle scraping of the uterine lining, t h e r . Sterilisation...... cock thriller ... only it was all real, heavy bust took place at the Clinic, i s used i n a b o r tin g women who a re Estrogen is useless. The uterus w ill collapse fra The Pill (Two di less than 3 months pregnanf. 2) Va­ and frequent. The plot would run.1 and Karman was fined $2500. The Castor oil is useless. the air bubbles created in the b' Intrauterine Dev cuum aspiration, also used in early stream. Death comes suddenly and something like this; The pregnant1 charges were “ performing an abor­ pregnancies, involves the insertion Nothing that is swallowed can / i o l e n t l y . Diaphragm or O woman, after a frantic search, would tion outside a hospital.” The case is of a vacuum tube into the cervix and cause abortion without also causing Condom...... come up with a person who would still pending. the withdrawal of fetal and placental death or severe disability to the INJECTIONS INTO UTERINE WALL Withdrawal...... tissue by suctioning. 3) Hysterotomy m o th er. perform the abortion for somewhere Meanwhile, the technique is en­ Chemical Barriei between one and two thousand joying worldwide success. At the is a miniature caesarean section - Ergot and Pitocin are poisons the fetus is removed from the uterus SOLIDS INSERTED INTO UTERUS Rhythm...... same time Karman is being per­ Any injection is fatal. dollars. The money was to be paid in by in c i s i o n . The woman i s a n e s th e - Sodium Pentothal - any overdose cash and up front. The “ patient” secuted by the local law, the federal sized during the operation and is Do not put these solids into i s f a t a l . would be asked to drive to some government is financing trips for hirr. usually hospitalized for a week. 4) your uterus. They may burst your As one can s< womb and bladder or cause infection strange place, maybe a supermarket to Bangladesh to teach those people Salting out is the newest method and OTHER KEANS is of course not parking lot. She was met by a person how to curtail population growth, is most often used in aborting women or hemorrhaging that might k ill you: between 14 and 22 weeks pregnant. Vacuum cleaner - which is cm one is under 40 utilize his methods of abortion, and she didn’t know who would lead her Saline solution is injected into the Knitting needles Catheter tubes nected to uterus - not to be confuse doctors are m to the abortionist. She might even be treat the emotionally disturbed. (He Coat hangers Gauze (packing) uterus, replacing the aimiotic fluid with vacuum aspiration - is fatal i operation. Publi driven blindfolded in the car of this is deeply concerned with children, which protects the fetus. The dis« Slipper Elm Bark Artist paint­ most im m e d ia te ly . I t w ill extract "middle man.” delinquent and disturbed. At this placement of the aimiotic fluid in­ Chopsticks b ru sh e s th e u te r u s from th e p e lv ic cavity. of puritanism) By the time she arrived at her time, he is on a second trip there. duces labor and a Woman w ill usually Ballpoint pen Curtain rods Physical exertion such as lift, can be costly. It Telephone wire Karman, who is a humanitarian miscairy within 25 hours. ng heavy objects, running, etc.,is to be less troul destination, ie relieved of her money, u s e le s s . and led to the “ room,” her fear for first, considers abortion and NEVER USE THE FOLLOWING KETHODS. Fl u id s in ser t e d in t o uterus F a llin g down s t a i r s severely serious operatic her life probably, and hopefull, ser­ psychology outgrowths of that at­ THEY ARE EXTREMELY PAINFUL AND CAN injures the mother, and rarely brh| more sterilisatic ves as an anaesthetic .. . because titude. Consequently, on his first trip LEAD TO PERMANENT DISABILITY, INFEC­ Do not put the following fluids about an abortion. also get the ar she wasn’t given any by the doctor! to Bangladesh, he concentrated his TION OR DEATH. into your uterus. They can severely bum uterine tissues, cause hemorrhag hospital steriliz efforts, via the mass media, to per­ IF YOU HAYE USED ON YOURSELF01 (At the prices quoted, it was possible ORAL KEANS ing, shock or death. HAVE ALLOWED TO BE USED, ANY OF THE concerned are suade the Moslem people to change to find an M.D.) She would then be Soap suds Alcohol ABOVE KETH0DS OF ABORTION PLEASE GO appear that the unceremoniously propped on a table, their attitudes of disgrace and Ergot compounds. Overdoses can Potassium Permanganate Lye TO A DOCTOR OR HOSPITAL IMMEDIATE!! higher health ri where the D and C (dilation and humiliation in connection with their curetage) would be performed. It women who had been raped by the would take anywhere from fifteen Pakistanis, and been left pregnant. minutes to an hour, if all went well. He was supported by Prime Minister The traditional instrument used was Mujibur Rahman, and the veil of fear ‘I called a curette, essentially a blade was raised so that Karman was able designed to scrape the lining of the to proceed with his work. The simple When I f uterus. The two greatest dangers ac­ process is taught to village women W E K i m NOT seeing vario companying the operation, legal or and carried on by them. There Kar­ abortion fo man is a hero, here he is called a illegal, have always been perforation Law Ref or n and infection. fraud by many in the medical Finally I v Now that the great white rulers profession. “ The fact itself o f causing the existence of a human have, for the most part, decreed that THE KARMAN METHOD involvement of a parent in a normal mother-child relatioi granted me being is one o f the most reponsibie actions in the range a pregnant woman seeking abortion The instruments are so basic and the unwanted baby does not have the development of a wan that my n of human life. To undertake this responsibility to *s a legal entity and not a criminal, cheap, that the whole medical baby. The effects of being unwanted have been most i pregnancy bestow a life which may be either a curse or a blessing, revealed in a Swedish study o f 1966, by Forssman and Tl« underground abortion is virtually mystique surrounding abortion is getting an finished, an Edsel, kaput. But in the disolved at the sight of them. unless the being on whom it is to be bestowed w ill have This was a follow-up study of 120 children born afterj m other’s requests fo r abortion had been refused, compared^ recommend operation itself, nothing else has Basically there is an object that at least the ordinary chances o f a desirable existence, is a changed. The same old instruments looks like a plastic straw. It is called control group o f 120 whose names came next on the l was willing crime against that being. ’’ are being used, and the same a cannula, and it is made of flexible register. another twc J.S. M ill “On Liberty ” Unwanted Children Control Grot dangers exist. plastic. This is inserted into the performed I Pschiatric problems 28 15 As early as 1955, Harvey Karman, womb, and if the pregnancy has not The ope a UCLA psychology student, was gone beyond eight weeks, a plastic The argument of the anti-abortionists centres around Delinquency 18 8 Crime 8 2 would hav< developing new instruments and syringe is attached to the cannula, the deprivation of the foetus of his chance to life and new techniques for abortion. As a its piston is withdrawn, and negative Drunk 15 10 during the happiness. However the possibility of a child attaining a practising Psychologist, Karman was pressure is created. This is a simple Public Assistance 14 2 recovery ir Subnormal 10 5 engaged in doing research for the suction process which evacuates the satisfying existence in a hostile environment is slim pain which state. His subject was the emotional fetus and all tissue in seconds. The indeed. Babies born in New Zealand can at least count Higher education 14 33 Rejected by Arm y 15 laws on ab impact of abortion on women and cannula costs about a penny, and on the very basic requirements of life—food, water and 6 No abnormality 48 68 angry and ; his conclusion was singular Not one the syringe costs fifty cents. shelter, although for some families it is becoming woman had a decent experience. Pregnancies that are more advan­ Freedom from defect and Women increasingly difficult to supply even 'these basics at an living with parents During the course of his research, ced than two or three months require 55 69 and lives ; While the most cogent argument for the repeal of our prt Karman was present at many abor­ a different method. For this, Karman adequate level. But these necessities constitute only a control o1 tions, where he continually invented a plastic coil which is very minimal level o f existence. To quote that time worn abortion laws must still be the woman’s right to control! own bodies and to choose if and when they want children, psychiatrist questioned the reasons for dilating placed into the cervix in much the cliche’-w e should be interested in the quality o f life not figures suggest that the foetus may also have a right—ther decision mi (expanding) the cervix. He never same manner as the Lippes Loop, its quantity. not to be born. received a sound answer. In ad­ used fo / contraception. The Karman end aborti< The effects o f early socialization in human beings have been Many women are already assuming their right to choo dition, he protested the fact that the coil, however, is designed to expand, good condi well established by much pyschological research as being the 1972 survey showed that at least 6,500 New Zealand womenk instruments hadn’t been improved and be in constant movement within basis of later inter-personal relationships and general attitude to illegal abortions in 1971, for which the maximum penalty If there for 100 years. Doctors and the the body. This is important, as infec­ life. There are enough anti-social reactions and suicide cases seven years’ jail. These women have made their own decision^ abortions i American Medical Association, tion occurs usually, according to caused by loving mothers but the situation for the unwanted an issue which most closely affects them. While anti-abortioi distinguished by their resistance to choose and Karman, when a foreign object child is even more grim. Studies o f under two year olds raised in claim that the foetus is a living entity from the moment change, ignored Karman’s question­ Anyone remains static within the body. The institutions have shown that lack o f physical closeness and conception and hence abortion equals murder, many experts^ ing, as well as the techniques he Karman coil takes five minutes to in­ warmth can actually cause death. Harlow’s study o f baby the field of embryology disagree. If the experts cannot abortion a: began to develop. sert, and fifteen hours to expand. monkeys came to the same conclusion. Given the choice then the categorical statement that abortion equals murder j fight for re As a Ph.D., Dr. Karman became The coil detaches the placenta from between a surrogate mother that provided food or one that just ludicrous nonsense. word. It is Director of the Santa Monica Clinic, the uterine wall, and when it is provided close physical contact, the monkeys chose the latter. So fo r the sake o f the mother and o f the foetus we i women. some years ago, where he began to removed (usually the next morning) The unwanted child begins life disadvantaged. A resentful liberalise our present abortion laws and leave the moral choice^ perform illegal abortions. More everything naturally comes out. “ We mother cannot be a loving mother, and w ith o u t the necessary the person most concerned—the mother. CONTRACEPTION and ABORTION KIM BALDWIN

Ideally abortion should be the last resort, after male v irility m yth. paternalistic society has decided that women should be He urges worn The Pill is the next most effective form of birth control, but responsible for having or not having children, except, Hlogically, the availabitfty contraception has failed. If there were high , and the fact tifcontraceptive awareness among the populace, easily it is not the wonder pill that most people think it is. In answer to when it comes to abortion. While it is a definite advantage for Karman, him» available free and foolproof contraceptives, there should all those thick males (“ Why didn’t she go on the pill?” “ The women to feel in control of the pregnancy situation, men should ed anyone fori be little need for abortion. Contraceptive precautions are stupid bitch stopped taking it.” ), it is not advisable for those take far more responsibility than they presently Ho. At least they with a family history of varicose veins, blood clotting, some wouldn’t be able to blame the women. i that even abort» certainly perferable to abortion. es should forms o f cancer, and often even people w ith asthma, eczema, Far too little research has been/is being done on male birth The present state of contraception in society leaves a women migraine and epilepsy to take the p ill—which may aggravate control methods. What research has been done, has hardly been lot to be desired, in every respect. Although love-making these conditions. Of those girls who do take the pill, one out of published or even used. ies strongly *i (or the copulating grind—as you will) is one of NZ’s five will experience troublesome side effects. Every now and Who, for instance, knows that a fibreglass scotum covering 3 been penafc most widely practised past-times, contraception is veiled then, one also hears o f frightening medical cases which are also has been devised which when worn constantly, except fo r 'ay. “ The punitn with secrecy and treated in a puritanical and prudish attributed to the pill, but the facts remain that the pill is safer bathing and sex, keeps the heat in, raising the temperature of the ety greatly inhitxi than both childbirth and smoking. But it’s got a way to go reativity necesss fashion (the plain brown wrapper syndrome) despite the testicles, thus lowering the sperm count (note: not the semen) to it of human poll fact that two out o f three first born babies are conceived before it’s accepted without reservations. Its cost moreover is a rate which makes conception virtually impossible. Although ng the concept out of wedlock, not to mention NZ’s ex-nuptial prohibitive to schoolgirls and families who cannot afford to have effective in all respects there has been no commercial demand j with unwanl birthrate—one of the highest in the world. No wonder another child. fo r it. I.U.D.’s although fairly effective, are most suitable for teaching won» really, when one considers the predominant attitude of There have also been various male pills tested which have )rld to perform women who have had children, can be used by some women who proved effective in rendering sterility (that dastardly male-ego turning a blind eye when sex rears its ugly head. The redures, abortion haven’t. However, only two out of three women can use I.U.D. shattering w ord). One such pill, perfect in all other respects, was doctors of one large country town (for fear of a libel \ medical problei satisfactorily. unfortunately found to have the drastic side effects o f severe >ne suit, I have not named it) will not prescribe The diaphragm and condom both have similar effectiveness; nausea, bloodshot eyes and impaired vision after just one contraceptives for any young female unless she is at least they need to be remembered, and placed though, and in the case alcoholic drink. The Women’s Christian Temperance League engaged. of a diaphragm, must be first fitted by a doctor. would be enthralled by it — that is, if they didn’t object to zero What.we need is sex education in every school, including Withdrawal is a pain — need I say more! population growth. full birth control information, birth control clinics up and down Aerosol foam is really the only chemical barrier worth talking One pill, however, which has a side effect no worse than any the country and free contraception (including sterilization) about. It can be bought in chemist’s shops (or more furtively by women suffer in the present pill is unhappily not being available to all. Free and easily available abortion would still be mail order), and there’s no reason why it souldn’t be sold in marketed. Its one side effect is that it diminished the size of the necessary, mainly as a measure for alleviating contraceptive vending machines. testes. This would actually be quite handy, as one would know failure although need for them would be greatly reduced. The rhythm method — what can one say about it? It’s whether one’s partner was not on the pill or not — hopefully. As yet, contraceptive methods have too many short-comings, tastefully catholic and if you have the patience o f Job, can count One begins to get the idea that males don’t want to have any though thank God we’ve got them anyway. The relative well, keep records of your periods for a year (you have to have responsibility for birth control. They seem to be concerned effectiveness of the most common contraceptive methods are good fortune of having regular periods by the way) and then about preserving their male egos and masculine images, which given as follow ing. The figures are taken from reputable sources have intercourse in the right days (all 14 o f them), you might be don’t^seem able to stand up to the idea of wearing a resticle Pine Oil and relate to the number of pregnancies per 100 people using the the lucky one out of four who gets pregnant. warmer or having a small scotum. Balls, say I—a man’s a man for method fo r a year. As one may have already perceived, nearly all of the birth all o’ that. The trouble is that they don’t seem to think so. I :rus Sterilisation...... 0.003 control methods have to be practised by women. Our overtly think it’s only too true that if men could get pregnant, the 1 c o lla p s e froi The Pill (Two different sources)...... 0.3—1.00 abortion laws would never have existed. Pregnancy would be too ;ated in the b’t» Intrauterine Devices (I.U .D .)...... 5.0 much of a balls up fo r them. ts suddenly and Diaphragm or Cervical C ap...... 12.0 It’s more than time for all of us to take a long hard look at Condom...... 14.0 ourselves and our views on birth control and pregnancy. There’s RINE WALL Withdrawal...... 18.0 much we can do — NOW. Chemical Barriers (Aerosol foam far more effe ctive)...... 20.0 c in a re poisons t a l . Rhythm...... 24.0 a l - any overdost STERILIZATION As one can see, sterilization is the most effective method. It % is of course not acceptable to those who desire children later. If - which is con one is under 40 and has either none or only a couple of children, not t o be confnw doctors are most loath to even consider performing this ion - i s fatal t operation. Public hospitals will not sterilize men anyway (shades I t w ill extract p e lv ic cavity, of puritanism) and therefore it has to be done privately, which Lon such as lift can be costly. It’s a relatively minor operation on males—reputed running, etc., is to be less trouble than having a tooth out. It involves a fairly :airs severely serious operation on women—including hospitalisation. Yet far and rarely brinj more sterilisations are performed on women than on men. We also get the anomaly of women being considered for public % ^ •D ON YOURSELF 01 hospital sterilization, rather than men. Of course the women ISED, ANY OF THE concerned are usually desperate to be sterilized, but it would iRTION PLEASE GO appear that the authorities would sooner expose women to the v ® % TAL INWEDIATEU, 'T», higher health risk than men. This undoubtedly pertains to the %

‘LEGAL ABORTION’ FARCE When I found that I was pregnant I spent many weeks seeing various doctors asking if they would perform an abortion for me. I also sought help from the Abortion Law Reform Association and Youthline. Finally I was advised to go to a Pyschiatrist who er-child relations granted me the right to have an abortion on the grounds lopment ofawan that my mental health would be threatened if the 'e been most da pregnancy were to continue. I was only half way to orssman and Tin ren born after! getting an abortion. Even with the psychiatrist’s 'used, comparedi recommendations I still had to find a gynaecologist who next on the I was willing to perform the operation. This took me another two weeks so that by the time the operation was Control Group performed I was twelve weeks pregnant. 15 8 The operation itself was much more complex than it 2 would have been if I had been granted an abortion 10 during the early stages of my pregnancy. Also, my 2 recovery involved a considerable amount of physical 5 pain which I could have been spared. A t the time the 33 6 laws on abortion caused me to be miserable and very 68 angry and are no doubt causing similar suffering today. Women must have the right to choose. Their bodies 69 and lives are their own and must not be under the epeal of our pres control of doctors and psychiatrists. Admittedly ;ht to control 4 vant children,the psychiatrists are valuable in counselling but the ultimate 'e a right—the rij decision must be made by the woman herself. To this end abortions must be free and readily available under right to choose., good conditions. Zealand womenls aximum penalty If there is any immorality present in the question of eir own decision) abortions it lies in the denial of the woman’s right to le anti-abortione choose and not in the destruction of the foetus. m the moment^ Anyone who sees the injustice of the laws regarding r, many experts! abortion as they are at present is urged to join in the ierts cannot agree, l equals murderi fight for repeal of the laws. Abortion is no longer a dirty word. It is a reality and a necessity in the lives of many ie foetus we women. he moral choicei Anonymous (for obvious reasons I had a flash some time ago about which way the great medicine ball-ought to be rolling. In just about every insurance policy there’s something called the acts of God clause which says that notwithstanding anything this policy says it covers, should anything re a lly catastrophic happen, like a flood or an earthquake or an incursion of internoospheric smegma worplers, you’re on your own. In other words, the American economy promises us this and that, but should God go into his act, the deal’s off. What a fantastic opening this gives the movement! I thought. We should concentrate on promising things that we make good on only when there are acts o f God going down. When Tom was asked how much he expected to be paid for What could be a more potent organizing tool than the promise the w ork, he said $5,000. Abbie thought this was outrageous, that we’ll be there when you need us and the only way this can and though he prom ptly paid everyone else who had worked on work is if you become part of us? the book, he refused to pay Tom. Eventually, Abbie decided to The best of our projects—draft counseling is a good publish the book himself through Pirate Editions, Inc., and example—have had this quality o f showing people who they can arranged to have Steal distributed by Grove Press. A few months rely on in extremity and who they can’t. later, Tom filed a lawsuit against Abbie. The best honky institutions have that quality, too: "Hom e is Last summer, Rex Wiener, a writer for the East Village Other, where when you have to go there, they have to take you in.” who was working fo r Pirate Editions, was in Washington and met Now the “ they” who have to take you in is supposed to be Tom, who was then in the process of getting accredited as UPS’s your family, and family is a word we hear a lot of these days as a Congressional correspondent and was waiting fo r White House model fo r how we’re supposed to get on w ith each other. I was 'credentials, Tom had spoken about the possibility of settling the at a student living co-op conference in Austin last summer and a thing out of court and Rex offered to take it up with Abbie. girl there was disappointed about how the kids in her co-op Abbie agreed and Rex set about finding arbitrators. related to each other. He finally landed on Mayer Vishner, who had a good “ How should they relate to each other?” I asked. background in ripoff economics through his leadership of the “ Like . . . more like a family,” she said. Rock and Revolution class at Alternate U. Mayer, in turn, I had the feeling that to her this meant everything’s copacetic ^recommended me—I had w ritten an article, entitled “ Das Hip here in our little family, dum de dum, everybody getting along Kapital” for a national magazine, later reprinted in Creem; I was just as nice as nice could be. .writing a book on the economy of the counterculture, and I had “You mean with bickering and jealousy and Oedipus ^invented the Counterconomy course for the Free University at numbers and Electra runs and crazy Uncle Harold messing all Berkeley. over himself in the attack and nobody talking at the dinner table What’s more, Mayer and I had discussed several times the and only staying together fo r the sake o f the children?” I asked. possibility of setting up an alternative distribution apparatus for “ Well . . . no. I mean like a . .. like a real fa m ily.” independent record companies, and there were parallels between And I told her no, she didn’t mean like a real family at all; the system we’d envisioned and the one Abbie was thinking she meant like a family that never was, a fantasy family. I told about when he first approached Tom . Rex was ready to leave it Tom’s position, as supported by witnesses, was that he had her that the co-op she was living in sounded to me just like a real at two aribtrators, but I suggested that fo r tie-breaking purposes, put five weeks of work into editing the book and working with fam ily. And that we had a choice. We could either live in real we had to have at least three. My wife, Alison, suggested Dr the typesetter and the artist. The mistakes on the galleys were families where we might not get along without anguish but Howard Levy. We thought he’d be good because there was no inconsequential, and the real reason the type had to be reset was where, when we had to go there, they'd have to take us in; or we question that he’d paid his dues, and we’d had the opportunity because Grove suddenly decided it wanted to handle the book in could try to live in fantasy families where everybody got along of hearing him accept the Tom Paine award of the National a smaller format. copacetic only in the fine print you discover you’re not covered Emergency Civil Liberties Com m ittee and had been enormously What’s more his associate Michael Forman had introduced in case of extremity. impressed by him. Abbie and Tom approved the three o f us and the book to Grove Press, so that Forcade was responsible for I told her I thought love was not the absence o f petty the date o f the hearing was set. setting up the distribution plan for Steal, plus scenarios for bickering but the acceptance of transcendence of petty bickering A few days before the hearing, a story appeared in the New advertising it. in the face o f such acts o f God as the soul-wrenching, York Post which dealt with both Haber’s claim and Tom’s. I was In justifying the size of his claim, Forcade said his price for unaccountable, entropic continued flowering of the universe. struck by the way people who had heard of the case assumed working as a consultant to Madison Avenue firms was $2,000 a The world, I told her, is only staying together for the sake of the that Hoffman was in the wrong. I reflected that when the week and that Steal was going to sell 500,000 copies, that Abbie children. government accuses somebody in the movement of doing would net over $300,000, and that he was worth at least one The movement at its best is a home without walls, and right something, movement people universally assume the accused is thirtieth of what Abbie was worth. Throughout his presentation now movement people would do well to consider staying innocent; but perversely enough, when the accusation comes Tom constantly jibed—gratuitously much of the time—at Abbie together fo r the sake o f the kids. We’ve had our share, recently, from within the movement, you’re guilty until proven otherwise. and his “ business managers” , and pictured Hoffm an as only in it of disagreements and disputes and mutual badmouthings. We met for the first time in the “Peace Church” in for the money and Forcade as having a higher motive. There are two ways of looking at all this. One is that we’re Greenwich Village. A reporter from the New York Times was He reiterated that he was doubtful o f getting a fair hearing not acting like much o f a fam ily. The other is that we are. outside, and the judges had to make their first decision—to from us, because o f the backlog o f favourable publicity about And when I was aksed to be one of the arbitrators in the exclude the press from the hearing. Tom and Abbie were edgy Hoffman we’d been exposed to. dispute between Abbie Hoffman and Tom Forcade over Steal enough as it was-Abbie refused even to be in the room at the We had expected to be out of the hearing room by This Booh, I fe lt that I had been called in to help settle a same time as Tom —and Mayer, Howard and I were not sure dinnertime—but by the time Tom and Abbie had testified and disagreement between two members o f a real fam ily. enough of our own roles to have somebody sitting there writing examined their witnesses, it was midnight. The movement has lately been paralyzed by its failure to everything down. For this first hearing, we hadn’t made any provisions for develop ways o f resolving its own disputes and its failure to The format of the hearing couldn’t have been more informal. cross-examination o f witnesses. Most particularly, since Abbie come up with ways of legitimizing righteous authority. Abbie and then Tom appeared, each w ith all his witnesses in the had refused to be in the hearing room when Tom was there, We’ve come to use techniques of disruption invented out of room at once. Rex acted as bailiff and taped everything that neither had a chance to cross-examine the other. necessity during the Sixties for scuffling on their tu rf, against us. went down so that we could refer back to the record if the need In the absence o f the kind o f probing that would have come And the only process of legitimizing authority, in a movement arose. out of cross-examination, Howard, Mayer and I found that the where hoth the bogus and righteous leaders are self-appointed, Abbie’s position was simple. Tom hadn’t done very much only way to get at the truth was to ask rather pointed has been who has the biggest fan club. work on the book—some editing, arranging for typesetting which questions—essentially, to play Tom when Abbie was testifying The panel that Tom and Abbie convened to settle their Steal couldn’t be used, hiring an artist who refused to do drawings of and to play Abbie when Tom was testifying. The result was that This Book dispute im p lictly addressed itself to both these bombs. The result, according to Abbie, was that he had to pay by the time we began to deliberate the follow ing evening we had problems. for the typesetting twice and had to pay yet another artist for learned that each litigant believed that we had been hostile to While it was deliberating, Rolling Stone was running a smear drawings. He said he was w illing to pay Tom $1,500—$500 on him and sympathetic to the other, and each fe lt he had an on Abbie written by one Izak Haber, who claims that, though he the basis of Tom’s work itself, plus another $1,000 in inadequate opportunity to present his case. has a fulfilled contract with Abbie guaranteeing him 72'A per recognition o f the high degree o f misunderstanding that had “ We must be doing something right,” said Mayer. “ They both cent of the royalties on Steal This Book, Abbie is somehow arisen. hate us!” ripping him off. Our first order of business was to argue Tom out o f a Another problem had arisen—Tom had been quoted in the Tom, unlike Haber, realized that the time had come when we provision in his “ submission to arbitration” . That he would Times to the effect that if he wasn’t satisifed with our decision, could deal w ith each other face to face w ith o u t the mediation of refuse to accept our decision unless we each decided he’d sue. Mayer spoke to the reporter, who admitted that Tom Kinney National Service Corp. independently, without conferring. Tom explained that he was really hadn’t said any such thing, that he’d fabricated the quote The dispute arose late last year when Abbie approached Tom afraid that if we had a chance to hash it out among ourselves, because he believed that was what was on T om ’s mind. The with the manuscript of Steal this Book. Abbie had heard that one strong personality might pull the other two out of line. We reporter apologized, but the damage had been done—the next Tom, who was then coordinator of the Underground Press told him we thought the issues o f the case—and their day the Times ran an editorial that said, “ If Mr Forcade is Syndicate, was interested in publishing and distributing books implications for the movement—were too complex for us to directed by his peers to take, say, a tenth o f the $8,500 he feels through underground channels. Steal had been rejected by over decide without rapping it out among ourselves. Finally Tom he is entitled to, he does not rule out the possibility of thirty publishers, and Abbie desperately wanted to get the book agreed, and in retrospect it was lucky he did—each o f us came reinstituting his conventional legal suit . . . In short, an out. out of the hearing with a divergent idea of what ought to be anti-establishment trial is all very well as long as one can appeal Tom told Abbie that no more than 20,000 copies of the done; if we hadn’t argued it out, there couldn’t have been any to a lower co u rt—if necessary carrying his case all the way down book could be sold without recourse to a major distributor, but decision. to the Supreme Court of the United States.” that he was prepared to copublish the book with Abbie—take the Tom began by presenting a lengthy brief in which he offered That being the case, we decided to get the two o f them book all the way from manuscript to shipping finished copies. It his justification for asking $8,500 from Abbie—the $5,000 he’d together at one time to sign the same arbitration agreement. was agreed that Tom would do this in return for a percentage of asked fo r in the first place plus $3,500 to compensate him fo r What’s more, though Tom’s original submission required that sales from the book, and that a contract for Tom would soon the hassles he’d had trying to collect the $5,000—plus the legal we stick to the question of whether he was owed money, we arrive from Abbie’s lawyers. fees he’d been charged in connection w ith his lawsuit. He decided that we were going to be damned if we’d allow ourselves A few days later Abbie had to do thirteen days in Chicago for accompanied his brief w ith copies o f Steal makred to show the to be bulldozed into coming up with a purely monetary having written FUCK on his forehead during the 1968 additions and changes. And to round out his presentation, he settlement. We felt that we had a duty to present an alternative convention, so he left the manuscript for Tom to get.to work on. brought along Haber and a draft of Haber’s hatchet job on to the court system not merely in the informality, simplicity and Some time after Abbie got back from Chicago—just how long Abbie—presented to us to “ demythologize” Hoffman. fairness of our proceedings but in the decision itself. after was part of the dispute—he checked over the galleys of type Reading Haber’s piece was probably our first major departure So by the end o f our first session o f deliberation, which that Tom had contracted fo r, and found too many mistakes in from “ legal” procedure—in any court of law, the article probably lasted long into the night, we had decided to have a second them to suit him. would have been considered immaterial, since it said nothing at hearing so that neither Abbie nor Tom could complain of having What’s more, though he thought he’d made it cleear to Tom all abour Forcade’s relationship w ith Hoffm an. But we read it been slighted, preceded by their signing o f a new submission that the book would be a regular-size paperback, the type had because we fe lt we wanted to know whether there was a pattern containing a clause requiring that they accept not just whatever been set to the dimensions o f the larger “ q u a lity” paperback of behaviour on Abbie’s part of ripping off people who’d been financial compensation we awarded, but also “ such other forms size. He told Tom he didn’t want him to work on the book any involved in Steal and, frankly, because were curious as to what of compensation as we might specify, and that in no event would more. Haber had to say about Abbie. any legal action be brought except to enforce our decision.” Leopold’s complex and Champaign-Urbana’s Earthworks. We wrote up our decision, an explanation of it and a press statement, and we arranged a meeting between ourselves and Tom and Abbie so they would have a chance to see the decision before it was released to the press. , Tom and Abbie arrived at the Health Policy Advisory Center, where Howard is a staff member. We had put two copies of our decision in an envelope inside a larger envelope inside a still larger envelope inside an enormous envelope. By the time they got to the innermost envelope they were giggling—which is precisely why we’d packaged the decision that way. We sat there, watched both men gravely read the material, and waited fo r the explosion. The second hearing was held the following week in the Boom! "Y o u cut the baby in h a lf!” said Abbie. Bleecker Street loft of the notorious Dylanologist, A.J. Hoffman approved of the spirit in which the decision had Weberman. This time, Abbie had a chance to examine the been drafted, but he didn’t think he could work out the details typesetter in an attempt to prove he'd fired Tom promptly, and of the alternative distribution plan with Tom. “ What happens if Tom examined two more witnesses in an attempt to prove the Tom turns around and tries to undercut Grove by dumping the opposite. books on one of Grove’s accounts for less than Grove?" Again we didn’t knock off until after midnight. We scheduled In fact, we had originally included a clause that made Tom our final deliberation for the following week at Howard’s share the lia b ility w ith Abbie if Grove should sue, but we’d apartment. taken it out on the assumption that Tom wouldn’t dream of It was fascinating to watch our judicial personalities unfold doing such a thing. Instead, his reaction to the decision was that during the deliberation. None of us had previously known each he could do just that. He explained that although he had once other well, and yet somehow the responsibility which we felt to thought alternative distribution was feasible on a limited basis, Tom and Abbie and, if you will, history, acted like a soldering he no longer thought so and, in any event, was not interested in flu x to leech o ff whatever personalistic scud might have kept us doing distribution now—only publishing. His implication was from making contact w ith each other. that just because he didn’t want to get involved in distribution at Mayer was the moral ballast of the group, bringing the this point, we should change our decision. discussion back onto an even keel when Howard and I began to We insisted that our decision was not meant to be likeable, go overboard. Howard seemed to have one of those infallible shit just fair. Abbie was so disturbed at Tom’s attitude that he detectors Hemingway used to talk about -neither Mayer nor I insisted we strike the alternative distribution provision, up the could say anything that was shit without Howard detecting it. money figure and leave it at that. My role was to propose alternate settlements, then argue against What, we asked, if we put a clause in the decision that their weak points. guaranteed Grove would get prior approval of any arrangements None of us felt that Tom had done as much work as he Tom made? In that case, Abbie said, he would accept the insisted he had done. We thought the siae o f his claim was decision. excessive, based on an inflated idea of what his energy was worth This angered Tom , who said Abbie was trying to embarrass and bizarre extrapolations of how much money Abbie would him into accepting the decision. We kicked the two of them out make on S teal. Here we were, convened as an alternative to the of the room to try to cope with their objections. honk courts, being asked to judge the real value o f T om ’s labour Howard’s initial reaction was that if they want a purely cash in terms of what Madison Avenue corporations were supposedly settlement, fuck ’em, Let ’em have it. Mayer, however, thought willing to pay him to use his expertise as an underground that if we allowed ourselves to be pressured into coming up with businessman to help them exploit freaks! just a cash settlement, we were being used and the two b e lo n g e d We thought the strongest point in his favour was that there in a honk court. I felt that Tom was simply trying to get us to was reason to believe his associate Mike Forman had opened the award him more money, and I was for simply leaving the money door fo r S te a l at Grove. Quite by accident—Abbie didn’t think the same and chucking the alternative distribution. to mention it, though it would have helped his case; and Tom But again we were able to converge on a place where we fe lt didn’t opt to, though it would have strengthened his we all belonged—to put in a guarantee that Grove would have to cred ib ility—we discovered that Forman had been paid a modest approve of Tom’s arrangements and ask both men to then accept sum by Abbie fo r having done so, and from there on we d idn’t our decision. We retyped the decision, called them back in, and take T om ’s claim to have set up distribution very seriously. watched gleefully as both signed and exchanged copies. In the end, based on our intuition of what was fair, and our Two days later we held a well-attended press conference at knowledge of what people of similar talents were asking and the Peace Church. We decided not to read the press statement getting fo r work on analagous projects, we set a value fo r the for the cameras, which turned out to be a mistake. Though our work that Tom had done: one fifth o f what he had asked fo r, statement made it clear that neither party had “ won” or “ lost” , double what Abbie thought it was worth, and two thirds of what Tom made a statement that since he could make $19,000 by he had said he was prepared to pay. selling the books and he had asked fo r only $8,500, “ The judges We thought the strongest point in Tom’s favour was that he have a weird sense o f hum our.” Now, we knew there was no way had been promised a contract by Abbie, done his part of the Tom could make $19,000 or we would have adjusted downward bargain, and then discovered only after he had put weeks of the number of copies he could buy at cost. But the electronic work in that he was out in the cold. All o f us fe lt Abbie’s media had a field day, crowing that “ Abbie Hoffman had been problems with Tom stemmed from the fact that at the time he found guilty by a jury of his peers” and other similar nonsense. didn’t know his ass from his elbow about publishing, and had It wasn’t until after the early news programs had appeared that expected people to go around picking up after him on what we were able to make contact with the editors of the later amounted to a speculative basis. If Tom was trying to use his editions and insist that they stick to the facts. competence to hustle Abbie, Abbie was trying to use his Abbie’s attorneys had advised him to steer clear o f movement competence to bustle Tom. We thought we should impress this arbitration for precision this reason—that the media would fact upon Abbie in a way that made him aware o f his project him as being on trial, and, since there was an absolute carelessness. certainty that he would be asked to pay s o m e th in g (he had On the other hand, though in effect we wanted to levy a fine already indicated in the press that he thought Tom deserved on Abbie for a pattern of behaviour that had included but not $1,500) the stories would make him out to be the loser. been lim ited to Tom, we saw no reason why Tom should be the I thought that since Abbie knew up fro n t that he was sure to sole beneficiary o f it. lose in the very media where he had previously operated with What’s more, since Tom had spent so much tim e making such success, the only justification, for his participation in the self-servicing statements about his own expertise as a movement proceeding was that a larger cause than Abbie Hoffman would be businessman, we thought he should be afforded an opportunity served—that we’d be able to get the concept of alternative to show his stuff. distribution across to the people; that we’d be able to offer an At that point, the concept of alternative distribution that alternative to the honko system of justice, where somebody has Mayer and I had been talking about suddenly arrived on the to win and somebody has to lose, just like in one of President set—indeed, that was what had first brought Abbie to Tom. And N ixon’s Sunday football games. since Tom had said he’d be capable o f selling 20,000 copies of I was disappointed that Tom had used the press conference as the book through underground channels, we decided that at this a vehicle fo r winning a few feeble ego points at the expense of point, with the market for the book saturated, we’d have to cut the proceeding. that figure in half. At first we were thinking of having Abbie But I don’t think anything Tom said vitiated the substance of advance 10,000 copies o f the book, at his cost, to Tom , with the proceeding, which both men approached in the best of faith Tom to pay him at the end of six months. Ultim ately we decided and the consequences o f which were accepted by both men, if that this would force Abbie to lay out a lot of money and not w ith the best o f grace, at least w ith legible—and created the possibility that now Tom might rip h im o ff. We we binding—signatures on the blank space on the decision labelled decided to have Abbie advance the book to T om 2,000 copies at "acknowledged.” a time, w ith payment after 90 days. The fact is that the six of us have set a powerful precedent by Another factor that led us to write the alternative proposing a way in which people who don’t accept the distribution scam into our decision was the fa c t to protect legitimacy o f honk institutions can begin to solve their problems himself from a lawsuit from Grove, which would feel that with each other without recourse to those institutions. distribution of the book was being undercut by Tom, he’d have A few days after we came in with our decision, we appeared to renegotiate his contract with them to provide for alternative on Alex Bennett’s show on ABC radio in New York. He asked distribution. whether, if he had a dispute with an establishment type, he We figured that if Abbie could rip Grove o ff at this point, could avail himself o f the services of a tribunal like ours. we’d be setting a precedent for movement-oriented artististic I replied that this is precisely the next stage we creators to reserve “ alternative rights’’ in their work—records, envisioned—the day when we can use our collective power to books, films—the right to arrange for distribution of their work induce people to stay away from the corrupt and debased through channels not being exploited by overground judicial system and challenge them to create a better one distributors. Artists reserve motion picture rights, Latin themselves. American rights, electro-video recording rights, why not But we’re not going to be ready to mete out justice to other alternative rights? That way, a movement author could arrange people until we’re capable of meting it out to each other. w ith, say, Tom, to distribute his book th ro u g h bail funds, CRAIG KARPEL prisoner-operated bookstores, Gl coffeehouses, food (Reprinted from ‘Win", magazine) TER INSTITUTION conspiracies, co-op stores, and non-profit stores like Berkeley’s MM '

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For m e, 1 experience. I medical profe the build up astray fo r lay AH OPPOSING disappointing The c o n fi that I had li provocative gentlemanly \ often happer 3y H.R. PICKERING found m yself VIEW (Reprinted from NEXUS) was terrible.” R.COBB Had I not 20 © 1 9 6 7 All *6 X7 » ptMAVtO A recent argument, put forward in a usually fairly lecture, had I r ‘reputable’ student newspaper, that a pregnancy offers utterly ignored. They usually drag in the red herring of Roman would probabh the woman the opportunity to choose between Catholicism (which is expected to raise the ire or m irth o f every rehash o f the right thinking person) to stink away Reason, and such talk about response o f th< continuing the pregnancy or terminating it must surely cerebal-cortex, etc. etc. to confuse the brain with their shoddy important fact be one of the weakest arguments composed for the quackery. If the foetus is a human life, and it has not yet been agents o f chang proved otherwise, then its right to life must precede all so-called already weak position of the pro-abortionist. It is rather who w ill be e rights of family or society or mental or physical health of WANT A MOTORCYCIi like saying the possession o f a gun gives one the Hypocritical M< opportunity to choose between shooting someone with another person, because all these so-called rights can only be given to those who have been assured the right to life, they look no further It is im ports it or not shooting him with it. The alarming thing is not, depend on the recognition of the sanctity of human life. If it is record—he is a however, that the argument is weak, but that , the permissible to kill a human life for socio-economic reasons, then and Ethnology, majority of students either actively or by default, have the State might rightly invoke socio-economic reasons fo r and Medicine. I fallen for it. In 1972, the NZUSA adopted the making certain people kill their unborn or new-born babies. Theologian” . H There would be nothing to prevent a government saying that all continuing policy of supporting the Abortion Law Laurie Summer L td for the best line of the Salvation A parents of Island blood must abort—to prevent a worsening of was speaking, Reform Association (A.L.R.A.) That means that every Kawasaki and Honda bikes from Mini's the present housing situation in Auckland, say. Or calling on all understood. student in New Zealand (and approximately one third of University students who become pregnant (married or not) to to Superbikes Professor Me abort because the State can’t afford to pay family benefit to them who entered university this year, have not been 62!) but asked ‘troublesome elements’. All this can’t happen, one might say. asked whether they do or do not support this policy) has mind than a Un But then, the purge of Germany’s jews for socio-economic been made a member of the society whose aim is to have reasons couldn’t happen either. is a Mono-versit abortion made available in public hospitals at the public The fight to introduce euthnasia into England (and supported HIPPOR? expense for every woman who wishes to have one. by a leader of A.L.R.A.) is an inevitable conclusion to the He spoke introduction of abortion. There really IS little difference All models always ;n stock Having committed to this policy, are we prepared to face had or had not between aborting a foetus because it m ight be a mongol and Lowest terms available some of the facts. Or are we (as one w it expressed it) the most famo killing a mongol child. The latter is at least ‘honest’ and doesn’t Good selection of used bikes priced among those who don’t want their opinions confused by involve the needless killing of children who would not in fact would like to I the facts? have been mongol. ls our clamour fo r abortion really no more from $200 up. ‘‘You may won The abortionist’s defence must ultimately rest on his being than a sophisticated demand for the re-introduction of the 3 month guarantee on majority of any list. Very, able to prove that the foetus from six to twenty-six weeks old is Spartan custom of placing unwanted children on the used machines. we have m et, ar a human life. Much hot air is expressed about the question as to mountain-side? had been tole whether a fertilised egg constitutes a ‘human life’. For practical There are no genuine medical grounds for abortion. Nor are restlessly the g purposes, however, ‘abortion’ as understood by the A.L.R.A. there any socio-economic grounds which could not be solved All models always in stock adequately exp means that kind of abotion which requires hospitalisation and more satisfactoritly in other ways. The Hamilton Branch of the that engenders the services of a doctor or registered practitioner to perform the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child (which already happened. Mor abortion. It is not possible or practicable to legislate concerning includes in its ranks a number of Waikato University students) the private morals of a woman, who, the morning after, attempts to meet some o f these solutions. It has already helped a would) the lect consumes certain poisons in an attempt to kill any sperm or number o f unmarried girls and deserted wives who have been in no direction. fertilised egg. Her actions are between her and her conscience. referred to it by medical practitioners and psychiatrists. It offers Amost disti We are not concerned with this aspect of the argument. to care fo r the children who would otherwise have been killed Hippocrates wa Abortion, then, is here understood as the deliberate killing of until such time as the mother wishes to take them back, or if she the priesthood, a foetus between the sixth week and birth or ‘viability’. does not want the child, until it can be adopted out through the "Probably fo r t The arguments put by the A.L.R.A. usually amount to this: normal adoption channels. The Soceity has referred some girls LAURIE SUMMERS ETC came to under the living ‘thing’ is a part of the woman’s body and a woman has and women to other organizations which are better able to itself. H ippocra the right to do with her body what she likes. Quite apart from cope—the Salvation A rm y, the St Vincent de Paul Society, and 83 M t Eden Rd. (Ph 74329) the fallacy of the last part of the statement, it is about as true to so on. The Society has also been there to help in the home, baby is more comim say a foetus is part of the woman as it is to say a seed is part of sit, fin d accommodation, sit and talk, take people out fo r drives, 275 Queen S tv Onehunga (ph 668-249). nature o f each, the soil which nourishes it. Recent experiments in which and so on. Are these solutions not preferable to the killing of the on which medic fertilised ova have been taken from one cow and ‘transplanted’ unwanted? ls it not better to make the unwanted wanted? ls our THE OA into another animal should prove beyond any doubt that the egg cry for abortion not, in fact, foundered on the selfishness of our “I swear by is ‘independent’ of its mother. age? ls it not an attempt to hide the very real entails? Anyone FUNDAY SUNDAY Health, and A A second argument is that the brain must be developed or the who, out o f lust or carnal selfishness, begins a new life cannot child must be conscious or ‘aware’ of itself before it can be claim he doesn’t know how it began. Can he calim the right to AUGUST 20th according to m called human. Who decides what ‘consciousness’ is? Isa mongol kill it once begun? I need a lot of help to organise this. It is a family this stipulation or seriously brain-damaged child conscious or aware? ls entertainment day to open the Arts Festival. I we know it: tha consciousness measured by brain activity (which begins before need the people immediately to: Not do harm the sixth week)? ls it measured by reponses to stimuli? ls it ACCOMMODATION: Anyone interested in buying houses, Not give a de dependent on a conscious memory? If awareness or organise and help run children’s games building flats etc leave a note either at Contact (next door UBS) Not give abo consciousness is the criterion, then am I no murderer if I kill a or leave a message at Studass fo r Russell B artlett, Richard Rowe and various adult competitions, Not practice sleeping or unconscious man? Unable to answer these questions, Not have se the abortionist will usually replay that the foetus is after all, or Clare Ward. obtain and erect all kinds of necessary only ‘potentially’ human. Has the child whose head is ex uetro GERMAINSCHAFT: 12-2 every day. Old Physics lecture equipment household, inch suddenly fulfilled its potential? Have YOU filled YOUR theatre. Cheap coffee And lots to do or you can do what you liase with participating groups. Not divulge * The physicL potential? like. If you think you or YOUR PARENTS would Now the argument, that the foetus is dependent, not viable, BILLETTING: August 20th - 26th. will I pass m y I and therefore not a human individual, is drawn out like a big gun BILLETS needed (just a space where a body can fit). I f you like to help, please contact me now. keep this Oath to shoot down the opposition. We have heard so much about can help leave your name (Contact, Studass Office or Arts PAUL CAREW Ph: 769-190 home and the practis ‘individual’ rights, and ‘individuality’ that we tend to forget how Festival Office). should I trespa: absolutely dependent we are on others. If you are sceptical, why 372-925 Arts Festival Office FRUIT & VEGETABLE COOPERATIVE: Thursdays 12-2 p.m. lot!” not take 90 years’ supply of provisions (I’ll allow you that The Oath is much), build yourself an ivory tower, divorce yourself from Come and buy and help. ARTS FESTIVAL (Cooperative meetings are on Wednesday at 1 pm Student "With p u rity a every individual (including books, radio and television) and see THEATRE SYNTHESISERS NEEDED - One for each how long you can stand being independent. Dependence is not Liaison Office — we specially need people who would be w illing Art." (Notice \ the prerogative of the foetus alone. In fact, a ‘viable’ foetus has to go down to the markets and buy. If you can’t come to the production, arriving for Arts Festival — responsible for that the summ about as much chance of surviving on a mountain-side as a meeting leave your name at Contact or see us at Coop on props, set, welfare or performers. Coordination of the Religious insigl non-viable one. Thursday). technical staff, etc. another.” Depleted of arguments as to the humanness of the foetus, the CONTACT next door to UBS'can answer any question or if it If you’re interested — please leave your name and Taking this A.L.R.A. now resorts to the psycho-socio-economic arguments can’t w ill find someone who can. then looked at in which the foetus as a human life with rights of its own is other statistics at the Arts Festival. HIPPOCRATES AND HYPOCRISY ■ M H M I KINGSLEY MORTIMER’S DEAN’S LECTURE you will recognise it. . .. He will say to you . . . (what) was said to me so long ago.” “Medicine is of all the arts the most noble: And after the lecture, after the (stunned?) hush, after the applause, after the thanks, after the benediction Professor but owing to the ignorance of those who Mortimer pronounced, when the students were crushing out of practice it, and of course who, inconsiderately, the lecture theatre, when some were crowding around Professor form a judgement of them it is at present far Mortimer, when people were asking me ‘what do you think’, behind all the other arts. Some physicians are ‘good wasn’t it ’, I watched the faces o f his students. like figures in tragedies, they have the shape and They were solemn but not sullen, excited yet determined, they were already frighteningly professional. The students that dress and the personal appearance of an actor, spoke with me were not amazed at the radical concept of but they are not actors. So also physicians are medicine that had just been expounded. It seemed to be the many in title, but few in reality.” verbalisation of what they already believed to be their cuntion as HIPPOCRATES doctors. They talked of the best way to humanise medicine, to remove the stigma o f deity from it, o f raising the consciousness of their fellow students. Or, as Professor Mortimer put it, the For me, this lecture was a disappointing/confusing need for “ not more altitude, but more oxygen.” experience. I had expected a rousing denunciation of the HEATHER MclNNES medical profession from w ithin—this was due entirely to the build up this lecture had had, a build-up which went astray for lay people such as myself. And that was the disappointing part. ‘Our Environment - Strategies for the Future’ Seminar at the end of ‘Conservation Week’. 5th August 1pm-5:30pm Engineer The confusion I felt afterwards was the knowledge Lecture Theatre. m that I had listened to a great man, who had been as Speakers Brian Murphy — Economics Dept. provocative as I had expected, but in a quiet Henry Hield — Sociology Lecturer gentlemanly way that I am quite unaccustomed to. As so Owen McShan — A.R.A. Town Planner often happens after a moving, unpretentious movie I Also we want plastic of any sort to help stage a found myself unable to say “ Yes, it was good” / “ no it ■ monstration against non recyclicable goods. Bring your plastic BB was terrible.” Varsity fo r us to use. A recepticle is availabe. Had I not been given a transcript o f Professor M ortim er’s P»M»VtD Kingsley Mortimer,from the painting lecture, had I not had several weeks to alleviate my confusion, I would probably not have written this. It will be an inadequate by.Garth Tapper .photo by John Fields n- nort wanted to Uni Ski Club and back for two girls. rehash of the content, but I shall attempt to describe the Friday 4th August (evening), returning Sunday 6th Auckland— - . :. Share expenses. Phone Micheall Barry — 493.065. response of the medical students to it, for they constitute the (i) the Behavioural Sciences Course (“ The proper study of important factor here. For as the Professor said, they are the medicine is Man in sickness and in health, in poverty or in agents of change, whether they like it or not, they are the people riches, till death do us part. Without then worrying too : yclp who will be either responsible for Hippocratic Medicine, or much about juvenile delinquency in rats and mice, I Hypocritical Medicine. believe you could, in the first years o f this course, plunge It is im portant here to describe Professor M ortim er’s academic into medicine in its moral dimentions, its philosophical record-he is a University Gold Medallist in English Literature outreach, its religious background—its ehtos” ), and Ethnology, and has gradutated in Anthropology, Education (ii) the Department of Community Health, (“Community “A WORK OF GENIUS. and Medicine. He describes himself additionally as an “ amateur Health .. . can, and is, become occupied, or even ‘Deep End’ is the best of Theologian” . He has spent many years working in Africa with ine of preoccupied, with medicine in society. It can recognise the Salvation Army. It is with this Catholic background that he that Medicine is not . . . a pure science, not even an applied Godard, Truffaut, Polanski Mini's was speaking, and it is essential to his lecture that this is science, but a social science.” ), and then some.” understood. (iii) the setting up of individual or group projects to initiate the — Andrew Sarris, Village Voice Professor M ortim er spoke apologetically about his age (he is stimulus and climate fo r research (“ are the research 62!) but asked fo r open minds. ‘ If you cannot give me an open projects, with all the time and energy they devour (I was mind than a Uni-versity is no place for you. What you must go to going to say consume, but they seem, according to is a Mono-versity. yoursevles, to be voracious), are they not attempting too HIPPORACTES AND UNCLE TOM much?) He spoke o f famous people, that had or had not lived, that he (iv) and the system of term by term examinations (“ would it had or had not met. He selected Hippocrates and Uncle Tom as not be better to abolish all examinations until your finals?) the most famous people who had and had not lived whom he He looked at medicine today as having strayed from the i priced would like to have met. He then spoke of Jesus Christ, saying Hippocratic, for talking more o f disease, than dis-ease, fo r not “ You may wonder why perhaps I do not put (him) at the head of talking of “ the pain of mind and soul .. . the fitful fever of life, ity of any list. Very, very humbly, and very, very sincerely may I say the malignancy of spirit” , for becoming hypocritical, i.e. not we have met, and are old friends.” Until this stage, the audience critical enough. Thus medicine can be regarded as the had been tolerant of one of their professors, anticipating “ impossible profession” — impossible because people believe in restlessly the guts o f his lecture. For some reason I can never Doctors, yet no one 'can be parent/priest/pedagogue and adequately explain to myself—is it embarrassment/awe/hostility physician. For “ suffering o f the spirit o f man in the mass, such that engenders this response?—a total, encompassing hush as we have in our society, is something for which medicine does happened. M ortim er was clutching (as he had warned us he not train us.” SEX would) the lectern as a pulpit. His face was turned upwards but THE OPIATE OF THE PEOPLE in no direction. This was the start of my confusion. AT 15 Therefore, Professor M ortim er argued, doctors must change Amost distractedly, he went on to describe the scene society, the society where twenty, thirty, forty people need to Hippocrates was working in, where medicine was controlled by can be the priesthood, a cult devoted to Aesculaplius, God of Medicine. see a doctor every day, and where 40% even 50% o f those people 3 U d “Probably fo r the first tim e, in the w riting o f Hippocrates, men ‘cannot cope with life’ where one ‘religion was the opiate of the FASCINATING came to understand that they were laws o f nature in disease people’, the new opiates are only available on prescription, and itself. Hippocrates did not set medicine “ free” from religion, as only doctors are allowed to prescribe. FRIGHTENING is more commonly supposed, so much as he showed the true 249). And doctors, although they may be filled with information, nature of each.” And it is against this background that the Oath, HYPNOTIC, HILARIOUS and on which medical practice is supposedly based, must be seen: are not necessarily endowed with knowledge. For example, THE OATH-A MATRIX OF RELIGION consider how differently a ‘drug’ would be received, and how som etim es deadly!! “ I swear by Apollo the physician, and Aesculapius, and differently it would function were it given, no by a doctor, but Health, and All-Heal, and all the gods and goddesses, that, by a priest. according to my ability and judgement I will keep this oath and And so Hipporactes comes into prominence again. For he A Jerzy Skolimowski Film is a family this stipulation .. .,” then follows the man part of the Oath as understood the gentle distinction between the scientific Festival. I we know it: that the physician will medicine and the religious medicine. “ In (this) the era of n Not do harm or injustice to the sick molecular medcine, pursuing if possible with even m ore zeal the search fo r finite knowledge .. . (we must) struggle for the imes Not give a deadly drug to anybody fo r any purpose IN COLOR Not give abortive remedies to any woman in fin ite .” Star' ng Not practice surgery . . . not even cutting fo r stone IT IS NOT I WHO AM TOO LATE necessary Not have sexual relations w ith any members o f a patient’s Professor Mortimer ended by recounting an incident which Jane Asher John Moulder Brown wth Guest star Diana Dors household, including slaves occurred when he and his wife returned to Rhodesia to Not divulge secrets heard in the course of practice. commence the Salvation Army’s hospital work in Zambia. One " 11 Oi^ai music bt Car-Stevens------r S would The physician then promises that “ With purity and holiness afternoon he was told there was a patient to see him. Unable to will I pass my life, and practise my Art .. . while I continue to decide a diagnosis, they gave her an anaesthetic and discovered keep this Oath unviolated, may it be granted to me to enjoy life, she had an inoperable and hopeless carcionma. Fie to ld her later NOW SHOWING NIGHTLY 8-15 '9 0 home and the practise o f my A rt, respected by men in all times. But that day, “ I am very sorry, there is nothing we can do to cure Office should I trespass and violate this Oath, should the reverse be my you. You should have come to us a year or two ago. You are too AT THE lot!” EPSOM late.” “ No,” she said, “ Two years ago this hospital was not built. CINEMA The Oath is “ a m atrix o f religion” , the principal phrase being, One year ago you were not here. It is not I who am to o late, you M l “With purity and holiness will I pass my life and practise my ,e for each are.” Art." (Notice ‘A rt’, never ‘skill’) And it is in this, Mortimer said, PERSONS UNDER 18 NOT ADMITTED onsible for “ Rightly or wrongly, our profession is better placed than any that the summation o f the medical ideal lies—“ Medicine and other to change society . . . This is the purpose o f medicine. ion of the Religious insight naturally complement and supplement one Accept it. another.” “ If you do not, then in the not very distant future some poor name and Taking this as the tradition of medicine, Professor Mortimer soul , deeply afflicted with the cancer of living, will . .. look then looked at the ‘unique’ nature of the medical course at you squarely in the face. His need will be so desperate that even This track is followed by a Bowie ‘epic’ do not include any guitars in their ensemble. similar to “ A Space Oddity” . It is a very This would seem strange but Blondell, and this obscure rambling through various world-images, album, Evensong make up this seeming Recorcfeviews deficiency in an amazing array of traditional but does not really hang together as a definitive English folk instruments. These include such statement, rather a lot of questions. Its theme is oddities as Theorboe, Cittern, Crumhorn, Tabor visual entertainment and probably reflects Pipe, Tabor and Vettern. Along with these Bowies relationship to it. there are, of course, more common instruments Sailors fighting in the dance hall such as Pipe-organ and Lute. The music itself, Oh man! look at those cavemen go as one would have guessed from the selection of Its the freakiest show instruments, is of a soft lilting quality, Its full of strong drumming and swirling conjuring up images of Knights in shining strings with Mick Ronson’s guitar on full echo armour, crusades, rose gardens and chastity after each chorus, and for the keyboard freaks belts. It is essentially a collectors record which Rick Wakeman on piano. because of the medieval minstrellism will undoubtly disappoint a large number of people " The album is completely by a monster of a who will play it in record shops (or even buy track “The Bewlay Brothers” , which eats into it), on the basis of its excellent cover. On the your mind until you MUST keep putting it other hand a small group of people are going to o n - l’ve been playing it for three weeks and I ’m All the Good Times be very surprised to discover such a gem lurking still getting something out of it. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band amongst the pop records where I feel the And so the story goes they wore the clothes SUAL 934436 average record shop owner is going to place it. They said the things to make it seem Moral of the story; don’t judge a record by Davie Bowie RCS LSP 4623 improbable This is bound to be good news for Dirt Band its cover. Murray Thompson. Hunky Dory The whale of a lie like they hope it was fans at a time when single records are flying thick and fast among the air waves the NGDB Tliis one’s a goodie boys and girls. I-'rom the And the Goodmen of tomorrow gets down to the real nitty gritty with a mixed opening Stanza in “Changes” to the hideous Had their feet in the wallow bag of nitty gritty ditties This group has had a And their her\d< of brawn were nicer shorn cockney incantations of “The Bewlay fair amount of airplay lately with the doubtless And how they^ bought their positions with Brothers” it demands your attention, pushing well known J a m h a la y a and B a ltim o re both of you into an involvement with the pieces, saccharin and trust which are featured on side two of this album submerging you in a brutal cacophony of a which is a fairly well knit, well constructed simple melody. The melodies except one are The third verse contains a beautiful allusion statement of the style and pattern ofset by written by one David Bowie of “Space Oddity” to his gay ways. their previous releases. fame, super camp, darling of the New York Now the dress iijhung the ticket pawned Side one opens with a funky mountain avirnte-garde, who, according to the The Factor Max that proved the fact music type' of. rocker called Sixteen Tracks. Interspersed with some typical acoustics i.e. forecasters-in-the-know is going to be this years ls melted down guitar breaks, applause and cries of “real gone” And woven on fie edging of my pillow' superstar, destined probably to being last years and “play that thing” followed by some silence Now my brother lays upon the rocks bore. However David Bowie is made of better and a piano progression that seems to be stuff and on the strength of this L.P. alone (not lie could be dead, He could be not searching through a sea of hanging shells blown to mention his last two) he is destined to pu' lie could be you by a soft cool breeze. A subtle introduction for out some really good music for some time. lie’s C’amelian, comedian C’orithian and a song called F ish. Not suprisingly a narrative Dave has been into some strange things his Caricature song that is both light and entertaining and album “The Man Who Sold The World”, put Well thats it-really a beautiful L.P. and I that seems to be the thing the NGDB are most eager to convey. As entertainers they are forward some of his unusual extra terrestrial cant wait for his next one-Ziggy Stardust. He polished and professional with a well chosen ideas but submerges them on Hunky Dory in has developed continually over the years and his LP’s always have some kind of basic front of careless frivolity that belies a tight favour of a more approachable style, and more proficient musicality that technically is immune theme his second W'as about child molestation. pop influenced, although 1 feel that this is only to critiscism. a facade hiding the impressions and ponderings If you can't afford to buy it you could at least Only on the basis of taste can one attack a of him on his life. It is not a philosophical run down to a shop and have a listen-theres a piece like this and whilst not wishing to be statement, but rather a mirror image of the lot on it to recommend it. Ta. offensive, the third track unearths an old bone events and experiences of his existance. The I d Haysom for one to chew on, Ja m h a la y a is slick and DEEP END polished till it shines, the theme is folksy Romeo & Juliet second track “Oh You Pretty Tilings” is a Screenplay boppy, nostalgic and one hell of a catchy. An Shakespeare hymn to the emergence of the homo-superior SKOLIMOWSF irritatingly constructed song designed to be Directed by Raymond Hawthorne at Central master race The saccharin charm of Herman 88 MINS. EAS1 listened to in cars at traffic lights and doomed Theatre. plus Hermits’ version is supplanted by a kind of Original music to mumifieation by Muzak. This kind of song is Until August 12th. MIGHT D IE ’ hard bitchiness by Dave, and Herman, relying likewise rich in expletives of the “play that red The play is obsessive about sex and perhaps THE TILLERN only on a melody (which incidenfly is very hot thing” genre. “ Another helping of black also about where it coincides with romantic Screening at th compelling) tends to give the song a finite eyed peas please paw.” love. But what the young men of both houses But cynicism is confined almost exclusively teeling whereas Dave adds the depth by are, above all else, is randy Hence they fight.. DEEP ENE to this small part of the album and kudo’s inflexions and a mastery of the diction. What Romeo and Juliet want, above all, is to Mike’s got his The camp side of Bowie's life is brought to follows as surely as the next track C re e p in g fuck. So they fall in love. The machinations of these sleazy pu Round Your Back Bone. A powerful blues on the fore in one or two songs. “Queen Bitch” is the plot in part allow them to proceed, in part look after the bottleneck guitar and harp, 12 bar naturally, obstruct them; they are finally destroyed more the prime example a parody of the Velvet she’s looking a makes a good connection, if not altogether by the complexity of their arrangements than Underground both in lyrics and music. The again Sue look intimate. Six years together on the road from by the tyranny of their respective families. In his best to loo. subject of the song is a drag queen taking off West Virginia to Nashville Tennessee have the deaths and throughout the play, there is the tips. with Bowies boyfriend . . . equiped the band with an arsenal of styles that typically Jacobean coupling of love and Well Mike i “ F or shes a Queen and such arc queens range from vintage biuegrass through to Flat death-not yet indulged in all its grotesquerie, that Sue’s littl that your laughter is sucked in their brains” and Scruggs to the outer reaches of hard rock and largely absent from this production. serious. So he lie also dedicates two songs to his son Zoic and sharp bop. It did achieve the energy and the bawdiness she’s only play Oh You Pretty Things and Kooks which is Not just boasting but mastering a vast array of the first acts-the young men with their deep end. Any WOODY HERMAN-BRAND NEW of instruments has been a trademark of this swords and gaudy codpieces thrust forward, delightful with Dave, admitting that lie's “ not and finally w) UNITED ARTISTS SUAL 934341 versatile group virtually from the outset-piano Mercutio and his licentious jokes, the amazing much cop at punching other peoples Dads, and him have a bit guitar, mandolin, bass fiddle drums, accordian, and lusty old nurse. These two dominate the much as a kiss on side two does a definitive version of the Biff This album is a mixture of rock, blues and mouth and outoharp and of course those relics first half perhaps not by design, but certainly in yes well. Rose Paul Williams song Fill Your Heart which jazz. New Zealander Alan Broadbent, 23, of pre laundromat music, washboard, jug and effect. Eleanor Elliot is loud, rude, totally So runs I leads into an acoustic guitars-only treatment arranged five of the eight numbers, and washtub bass. Frivolous of course but with a self-obsessed, then totally concerned for Juliet; Skolimowskis composed four of them. The recording date was ode to Andy Warhold. The beginning is pretty careful balance of class one material like J. but at all times delightful. No doubt her part as symbols and March of 1971 and the location was San interesting! Browns Jamaica Say You Will, Baltimore and Nurse is as good a part to play as Robert Van interpretation Francisco. There are no bad songs on Hunky Dory. This some fine judicious piano harp and banjo Mackelenbcrg’s as Mercutio. He was still very how you appr Mike Bloomfield is the electric guitarist on connecting such pieces as Civil War Trilogy. statement can be either subjective or good, a mixture of cynicism and loyalty, of after lurid Fre four numbers, including a fine performance The crux of the matter lies in the technical world-waeariness and vitality: his death was the on it but sc objective it is objective in that technically all opposite leader Woody Herman (soprano sax) dexterity of seasoned musicians playing only one to approach tragedy. Generally this Skolimowski is the songs are well played, well balanced with in Broadbent s composition “Hitch Hike on the perfectly in balance with some of the tightest act, ending with the deaths of Mercutio and the films display t tasteful arranging and lyrics that compliment Possum Trot Line” , and an exciting ride on vocal harmonies these jaded ears have heard. rather distant Tybalt, moved smoothly, was His film can b the songs. Any arranger would agree, but it is C’CR’s ‘ Proud Mary” . Worthy of comparison with the early Hollies (a absorbing, if clumsy in the massed scenes. arena, but his the subjective viewpoint that colours most Alan Broadbent plays a movie electric piano la Graham Nash), no sugar and spice cosmetics, Part two belonged to the lovers, or was from the form peoples judgement of records for instance “After Hours” , and his composition ‘Love in just co-ordination, skill and lots of nitty gritty. supposed to. They did not make it theirs, down it won’t Silent Amber” is the most beautiful and If you have heard lots of NGDB records Jethro Tull might annoy some people because however and the fault is-was-Rom eo’s. has on the sere memorable track on this album. The latter lately, heres your chance to hear some more. If they do not relate to their image. To me a song Geoffrey Snell had a difficult part (how many described, rath features Bobby Burgess ( trombone) and Woody you feel you’ve heard enough, best stay away must capture a moment in time and at the same successful lovers are there even in private) (clarinet). course. from my place for a while. which he played in a slightly bemused, time create its own occasion. It must relate to Woody Herman takes an appropriately Skolimowsl' Group Botec. anonymous fashion; his passion lay only in his an image. Any Beatles record will do this 1 after Polanski, mournful vocal on “ 1 Almost Lost My Mind” , a weakness. The production was also at fault. It heard “ l saw' her standing there” on the radio blues number from way back. On other tracks script of Poh was traditional, completely conventional, which KNIFE IN TH1 the other day and immediately it stood out he is heard with an occasional brief vocal, also is OK only if it works. With Romeo it didn’t from the mediocrity of the precding songs, its plays clarinet, soprano and alto sax. and Lynne Robson as Juliet, partly, as a result, image was incredibly strong, bringing back The other band members swing with feeling was only competent. The star’ of this part was many memories of w hen .1 first heard it. and warmth. Drummer I d Soph propels the probably Kenneth Porter as Friar Lawrence, band along, with wall-penetrating assistance This David Bowie L.P. is similar, Each of the who gave what is called a sound performance. from fender bassman Alan Read. Longtime review songs on the album contain a sense of occasion. Everything will become smoother as the Herman bandsman Sal Nistieo leads the reed "Fill Your Heart” has a certain prettiness, but season progresses, they have plenty of time left. &§■ section, and “ Proud Mary” arranger Tony On the first night at least the tragedy is saved by some engaging piano, but on the Klatka heads the five strong trumpet section. completely eluded cast and audience, and much 5?*8 -rt« other side “ Eight Line Poem” stands by itself as This is a hard-to-categorise, timeless kind of of the second part called for no response at all. a piece of mood. record. 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DEEP END Polish Film School together and their work Screenplay & Directions: JERZY displays certain similarities. This is not unusual SKOLIMOWSKI. considering that they are about the same age 3 at Central 88 MINS. EASTMAN COLOR. R 18. and have the same national background. I Original music by Cat Stevens includes BUT I Whereas Polanski has tended to isolate his MIGHT DIE TONIGHT from his TEA FOR characters (REPULSION, CUL DE SAC) to let nd perhaps THE TILLERM AN album. their obsessions emerge in neurotic nakedness, i romantic Screening at the Lido from the 27th of July. Skolimowski woud rather place them in a bit of oth houses camouflage. In DEEP END Mikes’ obsession is they fight.. DEEP END is about this kid, Mike, and hidden and at the same time nurtured by the re all, is to Mike’s got his first job as a bath attendant in world around him. A world of titilation that ALL THE G O O D TIMES inations of these sleazy public baths. Now he’s supposed to offers no satisfaction, by the world around him. :ed, in part [ look after the guys and there’s this bird, Sue, A world of titilation that offers no satisfaction, oyed more she’s looking after the birds, but every now and so often tackled this subject. You see it nents than again Sue looks after the guys,, and Mike does building step by step, yet there is always time a brand new album 'amilies. In [ his best to look after the birds. Everybody gets to return, and so you laugh at Mike, telling there is the tips. yourself that he’ll snap out of it. Not until the love and Well Mike is pretty innocent, and he thinks final crunch do you realize just how deep his from the otesquerie, that Sue’s little flirtations are really something obsession ran. on. serious. So he starts to follow her around, but And Sue', do we want a moral for her? You bawdiness she’s only playing, daring him to get into the should be more careful how you treat people, with their deep end. Anyway he takes it all a bit serious probe too close and all sorts of deep feelings t forward, and finally when he’s bribed her into letting can come out snapping if pushed the wrong re amazing him have a bit and she walks away without so way. Pride for example. If Mike hadn’t have let ninate the much as a kiss-me-arse, he clobbers her and . . . her have it, someone else would have. But she’s ;ertainly in yes well. not to blame either, all the men she’s got ie, totally So runs DEEP END. Bearing in mind dealings with desire her and want to hang onto for Juliet; Skolimowskis assertion that he never uses her, something she can’t stand. her part as symbols and that he is very wary of the John Moulder-Brown (FIRST LOVE), and .obert Van I interpretation game, you have to be careful Jane Asher both turn in outstanding ; still very how you approach this film. Don’t come at it performances, as does Diana Dors. Diana Dors oyalty, of I after lurid Freudian cliches, you can put them carries the obsessive note a bit further with her th was the I on it but somehow they won’t quite fit. orgasmic monologue on football and erally this Skolimowski is a very mature film maker whose footballers, ‘Georgie Best’s the one (sigh), the io and the films display the stamp of a gifted craftsman. way he just slips it in” (the goal, idiot). All the rthly, was His film can be tossed into the intrepretation while clutching poor Mike to her gigantic tits, nes. arena, but his subject does not divorce easily ' Don’t look at my tits, boy! The film contains •s, or was from the form he uses, and if you do strip it several nice touches like this, such as the it theirs, | down it won’t retain anything like the impact it crippled pro who has had to reduce her rates Romeo’s, has on the screen. Obsession is not a thing to be while she’s got her leg in plaster. Things you low many described, rather you have to show it taking its laugh at, which ease up the level of acceptable n private) I course. hysteria at the same time. Hysteria doesn’t bemused, Skolimowski emerged from Poland shortly come until the very end, and it passes very mly in his I after Polanski. In fact he collaborated on the swiftly into bliss as Mike possesses at last. it fault. It I script of Polanskis’ first film, the brilliant A first rate film which outclasses much of nal, which KNIFE IN THE WATER. Both men were in the the festival fare. Howard Willis. ) it didn’t is a result, s part was Lawrence, formance. re vie w er as the time left. THE ART OF REVOLUTION tragedy a book of and much N ow Available on United Artists >nse at all. more than 100 POSTERS. itself, not Castro's Cuba 1959-70 age of the (slightly damaged) $ iorne has, The books that is . . . SUAL 9 3 4 43 6 is image; were $6.25 now $5.50 e feuding while sterling floats, ing seems at PROGRESSIVE BOOK SOCIETY ig. It is costumes Darby Street Auckland released in New Zealand through FESTIVAL PHONE 373-036

Edmond. ONCE UPON A PLANET, a collective production by THEATRE ACTION, first previous theatre experience. performed at the Auckland Arts Festival in THEATRE ACTION PRESENTS . The group found that the spirit May, is having a return season in Auckland this spontaneity of the audiences was oftti home week. There will be five performances only, similar to the clowns’ that the border ben (Thurs. 27, Fri. 28, Sat. 29 at 8.15; matinees spectator and performer blurred. And by the war was decently Fri. 28 at 5.30, Sat. 29 at 2.30) at the Town responses, the audience reshaped the empli and tidly inaugrated Hall Concert Chamber. in the show. The emphases changed, bet like a public amenity THEATRE ACTION is the Auckland-based clown world and the audience world to be participated in group who started work here last November. interrelated. with due restraint They have just returned from a two-week tour The excitement of working with pq and without animosity in Fiji. During these two weeks they without a traditional theatre background participated in the New Zealand Trade Week in especially obvious during the final week in the spirit of universal Suva, sponsored by the Queen Elizabeth II Arts workshop. The people didn’t come toll Council, after which they were invited by the involvement it was decided technique. And they didn’t cometoemi Fiji Arts Council to perform at the University that neutral states what they’d seen. The most striking thin of the South Pacific and at several schools in conversations with them was their interesi should offer equal numbers different parts of the country. Their-tour ended concern in Fiji. Theatre was a part of o f conscripts to the warring with a two-day theatre workshop held at the concern. They wanted to discover what tin powers and that verbal hostilities University of the South Pacific. was fo r them, in their terms. They wante only were to be permitted This trip to Fiji followed a four-week tour meet each other' and find guideline! until the delegates returned which included the Four Seasons Theatre in effectively create a Fijian theatre form. 'from the conference Wanganui, the Art Gallery in New Plymouth This same attitude was reflected hi and Downstage Theatre and Victoria University where many handshakes times during the discussion periods »i B O M B S A W in Wellington. and much champagne followed each performance o f ONCE UPOI THEATRE ACTION’S work is based on (a) PLANET. People asked, “ But what can Tin had been expended T h e a r g u m research into theatre forms and potential and Action do for us? In what ways do you (b) performance—also as a study. The form performance, has become very important for yourselves relating to us?” The world out by Same at home the women studied in ONCE UPON A PLANET is that of the group in the last six weeks. To relate ONCE experience again synthesized part of Riviera coast have tied on headscarves clowns; not the gagstersor the traditional circus UPON A PLANET to vastly different audiences answer—the exchange was in human experit I n a w o r l < joined in the ration queues clowns, but the “ individual’s clown’’—the in vastly different spaces and conditions rather than “ theatrical” experience-andti stake her sec wearing monochrome spontaneous, vulnerable and creative being that requires that the show alter each time according theatre. power to coi exists in everyone (often under layers of to these variables. coats and complexions The show and the group have naturally alternative bu society). And once the clowns are allowed to The aim of this first trip abroad was to see if to help the photographers affected by the tour—it will be interest' Asked wh) exist, they are put into situations which define the clowns and their society were human see during their return season in New Zea and men can be heroes waters, inste both them and their society more clearly. enough—universal enough, to be meaningful to to what advantage they will be able to puij again quite simply The latter aspect of the research, a m ulticultural audience—who had little or no experience. spokesman \ following orders and flags autonomous the Samoan F the people are happier All Frenchme knowing their duty Samoa thre: free o f ambiguous peace right to deft and the experts agree unpleasentness, that a fresh common purpose civilization to f to defend her t restores value Education: for an atom b to family life Samoan interes weapons to dt even the cities have begun undoubtedly ju Of course, to blossom in the night jusitification th TONY BEYER for their super sixties. However, it r more than a h the challenge bluntly, that a that it didn’t simple, pink-sk what the test: deformities as a Samoa has don’t b e is change that she has di Somehow, the something spec Life is becoming increasingly problems and discover solutions civilization has should not forg s h o rt o f more complex. New pressures for themselves. The task, helping with French so] although it ha< are constantly being applied, people live in a world of change, soliders was hig] and old absolutes are being is a formidable one, requiring We can onl nations w ill re tested. the country’s best brains. resources to bu Samoa is a < We need new answers to new Allan Devlin of the Department represent-as w those countries problems. We need a whole of Education (and a teacher it is a matt 'T r \ generation with the vision and himself) will be visiting the protest was so seems to accep courage to re-evaluate our University shortly to discuss justified in term society and strike out in new Teaching with those who are directions. interested. What he has to say Today’s teachers are facing would set you on a fine career. Need a loan? Or perhaps a little advice? We are helping the challenge. Transmitting hundreds of students knowledge is important, but it is complete their studies with a simple, not enough. They are also flexible loan scheme which pro-^ opening children’s minds, Dear Sir, vides assistance teaching them to understand One slight e when they need it most. Moratorium wa How about a cheque account that good-behaviour looks after your money, makes postscript was payments easier, and keeps a from Phil Och record of your expenditure Moratorium. B — all for less than 15 cents a week on average? Talk to overestimated b We specialise in banking for undergraduates (let's Sydney, so that call it an investment in a lifelong customer). those were Blacl So when you need a bank, why not choose one Allan Devlin really somethin) which wants your business, And shows it. arrested in Sydn tried to keep m As a first step phone Mr S. P. E. Laffey at 32-649 about Teaching llolahia of the P or call in at any of our branches. trouble getting t Thursday 27th and Friday 28th July The Australia throughout the c Please contact Careers and Appointment Office for an appointment. 1000 in Brisbane ABC radio sa 7U& H aU om tS hank event was play OF NEW ZEALAND LIMITED because the only —YOUR FRIENDLY BANK water bombs at demonstrators re ______J ce. REPLIES TO HILLIER that the spirit iences was oftei FROM JOHN LAIRD AN OPEN LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE at the border beti Having been scathed upon by the Reverend Hillier OF THE EVANGELICAL UNION TO THE blurred. And by I in last weeks craccum, I feel moved to unscathe my eshaped the empb LECTURERS AT THIS UNIVERSITY honour as a tree-climbing, revolutionary metaphysician ases changed, but and Honorary Druid, as well as correcting, for the audience world As the executive of a large group o f professing general good, the misconceptions under which Bob is Christians, we are becoming increasingly concerned and V vegetating. working with po disappointed with the attitude of many of our lecturers eatre background I have never said this before, and 1 w ill never say it again: to the Christian faith. Where lecturers are quick to g the final week that anyone who tries to write sense about meaninglessness can didn’t come to i only hope to achieve an absurdly meaningful non-sense of mention Christianity in passing, they appear to be slow I n’t come to emu nonmeaninglessness. And M r H illier dares to accuse me of to find out, from an academic point of view, what nost striking thin mysticism and decadence! Truly, his cup runneth over! exactly it is they are mentioning. Fortunately there are was their interest One precise po in t,I have tried to make apparent is that the some lecturers who do make sure they have the facts was a part of era o f the closed belief (one definition o f religion) is becoming right before saying anything, and we are grateful for this. discover what tin obsolete. Insofar as religion is a movemertt towards ideal values, But most of the comments we hear are the products of :rms. They wan» it is not a sickness. Liberated and conscious man can now choose mis-informed sources. We do not expect our lecturers to find guidelines his values (we hope); it is evident that there is now an embrace our faith, or even to be sympathetic to it. We theatre form, accelerated movement towards new ideals (gods?). Universal simply challenge them to check their facts with the best vas reflected set equality is one o f these. Peace is another. Wherever human scholarship available before making any statements at ssion periods .1 BOMBS AW AY —Far away .... beings are in motion (spiritually, intellectually, :e o f ONCE UPOI morally—whatever you like), towards a goal, an assertion of all. We expect them to behave as academics at least while But what can The meaninglessness in life is absurd. The worship o f meaninglessness in the lecture theatres. The aigum ents in favour o f the H -bom b tests carried hat ways do you is the real progenitor o f decadence. Anyhow, it seems that Bob For example, we hear from one lecturer that Christianity is a out by Samoan nuclear physicists last m onth o ff the us?” The works has found his Meaning in scathing at all and sundry, not often system, a narrow set of presuppositions into which Christians try to neatly fit all of life’s problems. Now it may well be that some esized part of Riviera coast are sup erficia lly plausible. politely; I would prefer to appreciate what virtues people have to Christians or isolated Christian groups do try to systematize life, in human experie In a w orld of uncertain alliances, Samoa could not offer, prior to creating excuses to tear strips o ff them. just as do hard-line empiricists, logical positivists, humanists, and xperience-andti her security on the prom ise of another nuclear stake And as for the opinion that I am pre-occupied with sex in even (believe it or not) existententialists. But the church or any power to come to her aid. Therefore, Samoa had no my columns (a la Colin Wilson, whatever that means), I wish to intelligent Christian will tell you that Christianity is a vital p have naturallyl alternative but to develop her ow n nuclear deterrent. reply that I am not more than 95% preoccupied (moderation!), personal relationship with a living God, not a closed system. We will be interest™ Asked why Samoa had tested the weapons in French that I would like to see people more generously concerned for also hear that Christianity is an oppressive, guilt-inducing religion ason in New Zed waters, instead of her own, a Samoan government other people in all aspects of life, and that Bob might appreciate which binds people in negative introspection. But an honest look ill be able to put more diverse aspects o f my inanities if he re-reads them w ithout at the faith will tell you that Jesus came not to inhibit people spokesman pointed out that as France was an looking backwards between his legs. and to make them feel g u ilty, but to release them from moral guilt. The Greek word ‘apolutrosis’ — the ‘redemption’, which autonomous Samoan region (with its own deputies in Anyway, I am somewhat suspicious o f anyone who gives Christians are so often talking about, means literally ‘a loosing the Samoan Parliament), the matter was an internal one. himself bodie and soule to Frederick Nietzche. After all, he All Frenchmen were Samoans. away,’ or ‘setting free.’ - advocated that women should be whipped, and that the most Christian leaders of the past also get a very unfair treatment. Samoa threatened nobody, he said. She merely claimed the noble o f man’s aims was his w ill to power. Another less recent We hear from one lecturer (not a history lecturer) that Martin right to defend herself. This inevitably led to some facist by the name o f A d o lf H itler gained some inspiration fo r Luther was responsible for plunging Germany in to the depths of unpleasentness, but the alternative was to abandon Samoan his perverted doctrines through interpretations of Nietzche. moral despair, and that he used to throw ink bottles at visiting civilization to her enemies. Samoa also needed nuclear weapons demons. But a trustworthy historian (Roland Bainton, for to defend her territories. In 1954, when Samoa begged Amerika (I suggest that anyone interested in a modern humanitarian example) will tell you that it was Luther who freed Germans for an atom bomb to drop on Vietnam in order to protect supplement to Netzche, and enlightenment on the Meaning of from the overwhelming sense of guilt and sinfulness they had, Samoan interest there, she was refused. Samoa needs nuclear Life, might consult another German philosopher named Martin when he re-introduced the Biblical teaching on salvation. And weapons to defend her colonies, and the Samoan tests are Buber). notable historians tell us that the ink-bottle story was an untrue undoubtedly justified in terms of “la glorie de Samoa” . thats all legend. We hear from another lecturer (again not a history Of course, these arguments offer the same sort of —John Laird jusitification that the Nepalese and Albanian Governments gave lecturer) that the motivation for Luther’s. stand against for their superpower nuclear testing in the fifties and early indulgences, which touched o ff the Reformation, came from the sixties. coffers of Frederick of Saxony. In fact the motivation came However, it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that there is FROM A. N0NYM0US from Luther’s rediscovery of the truths of Christianity in his more than a hint of racism in the Samoan attitude-to put it While reserving due respect for the sacredness of your intense study o f the Bible. £ The relationship between Luther and Frederick is rather bluntly, that a Samoan life is more precious than a French life, vocation as a enlightener of the student population, and that it didn’t really matter, if a few of those rather quaint, difficult to understand fully, but it is clear that they hardly simple, pink-skinned Frenchmen, who didn’t really understand for your scholary abilities—as is witnessed by your knew each other until well after Luther’s 95 Theses had started what the tests were all about anyway, did suffer genetic learned article that appeared in Craccum, Crux Column, things moving. A dm ittedly Luther had a lo t of faults, and did deformities as a result of the Samoan tests. July 20 on the socio-economic and religious origins of a some things that are questionable by today’s standards, but to a Christian the true facts are very important, especially where their Samoa has shown the same icy contempt for world opinion psychologically disturbed cult, called Christianity, would misrepresentation slanders a Christian leader to whom we owe so that she has displayed in other tests during the past 10 years. it be impertinent to suggest your thinking is somewhat much. Somehow, the world is supposed to understand that there is old fashioned for this student paper? Almost two A figure who is openly ridiculed as a wreaker of cultural something special about being Samoan, that Eastern Samoa havoc is the Christian Missionary. We hear of the uptight civilization has given more to the world than other cultures. One thousand years out of date in fact. It is a quite frequent religious reactionary who charges in on a perfectly serene and should not forget of course that Samoa had fought side by side failing, however, among the learned to remina bogged beautiful native community, untouched by the evils and with French soldiers to defeat Fascism in the Second World War, down in the intricacies of the more obscure pages of problems o f Western man, and heaps upon them countless 19th although it had to be admitted that the death-rate of French distant history and forget that one’s research must Century Victorian guilt hangups in an effort to save their souls. soliders was higher than that of the Samoan forces. We admit that many missionaries did make severe cultural We can only hope and pray that the developing Western always be applied to the contemporary situation if they are to be relevent. As a fellow student of Ancient blunders and introduced many harmful and destructive nations will resist the temptation to use their all-too-scarce influences. But what is so often overlooked is that the resources to build up a nuclear potential. The selfish example of History, I would be only too glad to engage in a missionaries freed many men and women from the terrible Samoa is a disgrace to the civilization she. purports to scholarly discussion with you on the religious and psychological oppression that is a direct result of Satanism, black represent-as well as providing a ready-made justification to socio-economic analysis of this period. magic, spirit worship and gross superstition. those countries already flirting with nuclear weaponry. As a disciple o f Jesus, I write this letter to correct the It is only fair that we define more closely what we mean by It is a matter of regret that the New Zealand Government’s conservative tone of your article, which implies that true ‘the best scholarship available’ w ith regard to Christianity. To protest was so tepid. To our everlasting shame, New Zealand find out the content of the faith, the only place to look is where Christianity died with the execution of an obscure Jew, seems to accept the proposition that the Samoan tests are the faith is found, that is in Christians. By definition the Church everything else being ‘perverted’ beyond recognition by Paul. I justified in terms of “la gloire de Samoa.” is ‘the body of Christ’, or, more loosely, ‘the gathering together could make a similar statement of many people in history who of all Christians’. The closest approximation to this body is were the only true exponents of their convictions. To my point, found in the Institutional Church, and the Church’s best though: Christianity is not dead, it is still growing inside me, as scholarship is in its theological colleges. For those of you who it is among all disciples of the Christ. The heretic sect known as are willing to take on an intellectual and theological giant, Karl Christianity is still emerging from the womb of time into a Barth is good reading. Or if he is too hard to read, someone like transcendent still ness of soul. Can’t you learn from the example Emil Brunner would give almost as good an insight into the of Jesus that physical death is not the ending of life? Much more European stream of thought. Then you could read William im portant is the sacrifice one makes fo r love. In the cross lies the Barclay or James S. Stewart for a penetrating look into the implications of the Christian faith. Not to mention the resurrection. Tyndale/I.V.F. group which majors on relating Christianity to an Lastly, I suggest to your readers, who may n o t be as well intellectual climate. Even Paul T illich , high up among the liberals versed in all the historical evdience o f the period as y o u seem to Dear Sir, and radicals, and someone whose views Evangelicals do not be, that a far more accurate idea of the demands o f Jesus can be always agree w ith , presents a much different picture o f One slight error in my article of last week on the Black built up by developing a personal relationship with him . If that Christianity, much closer to that of the Church, than that with Moratorium was a reference to a policeman getting an $11 seems too big a step, talk with those around you who have begun which our lecturers are familiar. good-behaviour bond, which should have been $100. My to know Jesus, read the writings of those who personally knew For those who like making value judgements upon the great postscript was apparently inaccurate-l got that information the love o f Jesus. Christian leaders o f the past, the best place to start is to read from Phil Ochs who was in Sydney on the night of the But to know Jesus is not the end. He is just the way to the what they wrote themselves. Luther’s writings are lively and Moratorium. But the figures are unlikely to have been thought-provoking and John Wesley’s Journal makes excellent divine secret of Creation. overestimated by the Australian, which said 3500 marched in reading. John Calvin always appears different, when you read his Sydney, so that if Phil Ochs was right in saying about a third of CONSTANT MEWS ‘Institutes’, from what people generally like to think of him. those were Black Australians, that makes 1000 Blacks, which is But even if you read all that, you still aren’t qualified to say anyting about Christianity until you read the book from which it really something for a Black population of 20,000. 16 were comes, the Bible. If you want to get to grips with an even greater arrested in Sydney when a few scuffles broke out because police mind than Barth’s or Calvin’s and on a par with Plato for depth tried to keep marchers o ff the roadway. One o f them was Will of thought, read what St Paul has to say. And when you read the llolahia of the Polynesian Panthers—I have heard that he has had Waterbeds Gospels and come face to face w ith Jesus himself, you will trouble getting bait, but I don’t know what his position is now. Student Dealers Needed discover that the man at the centre of Christianity, the man who The Australian also reports that the total number of marchers is Christianity paints a very different picture of the faith from throughout the country was over 8000, w ith 1000 in Melbourne, Mail enquiries.. Floating that presented in some of the poorly thought-through allusions 1000 in Brisbane, and 2000 in Adelaide. Fantasy Waterbed Products we hear in our lectures. ABC radio says 2000 each for Melbourne and Brisbane. The 338 The Terrace R. J. Galvin G.Pound event was played down by the Australian press, probably Wellington S. C. Yeoman E. Edwards because the only violence they could find was someone throwing S.M. James J.M. Corin water bombs at the marchers in Brisbane, and 2 policemen and 3 G.S. Steel R-S. Sage demonstrators receiving cuts at a scuffle in Sydney. S^A. Saunders G.R. McConnell

ii -| rrum------T T -ft** ^ . CAV.hUeclaw'cta... BANG LA. DESH EDUCATIONAL AID APPEAL DR. MALCOLM POTTS Author: Textbook of Contraceptive Practice "The foundation of every state is the education Founder; CAMBRIDGE ADVISORY CENTRE FOR YOUNG of its youth." _ Diogenes PEOPLE (Family Planning Clinic) (412 323 BC) Speaks on This year The World University Service (WUS) is ABORTION conducting an appeal aimed at giving educational WINTER GENERAL MEETING In B 10, on Wednesday 2nd August, at 1p.m. aid to Bangla Desh. A.U.S.A. will be holding a campus collection on Thursday, July 27. Con­ B28 WEDNESDAY 9th AUGUST, 1972 tributions can also be deposited at any Branch 7.00 p.m. of the Bank of New Zealand. Dear Friends, Motions for constitutional Amendments must be Mann and Woodroffe have gone nuts. An enprmous amount of damage was done to this in the hands of the Secretary by 5pm Their Anti-S.A.L. paranoia has reached such a poi country during the recent war. The consequences that they now see visions of Socialist Action of this fightung are beginning to make them­ Wednesday 2nd August, 1972. League memberz when they are not even there. For selves felt with a vengeance as the Bangla Desh Government attempts to come to grips with the example, I am mentioned in their July 20 Craccun task of rebuilding its country.,. This appeal is diatribe as one of the dreaded Wellington S.A.L. directed towards helping them in one of their " T H 6 p a y l K e e p marshalls at the April 21 Auckland Anti-War demo­ stated primary goals: that of nstration. The fact of the matter is that I wa6 EDUCATIONAL REHABILITATION. not even in Auckland at the Time. This is typic­ A PUBUC. Rei-ATiO^S al of the outright lies, distortions and insane Educational institutions were all sever^Ly ravings Woodroffe and Mann stoop to in their red­ affected. The worst damage was done to schools baiting attack on the Auckland Mobilisation Com­ and colleges in the rural areas.. Buildings, c o H>s o l t /v 4t T o equipment and books were destroyed and many mittee. Keith Locke teachers and instructors killed. By comparison, the damage to University Build­ CReATfe M € ANi P.S. Congratulations to the Auckland Mobilisation ings was slight, although even here it was con­ Committee for once again bringing out thous­ siderable still. Like the schools, great losses ands of Aucklanders against the brutal American of equipment and library books were suffered. wrtAQe, UU tteTiftfe.1* War in Indo-China. Many s t a f f and s tu d e n ts l o s t t h e i r l i v e s . I t is estimated that about 30% of all University stud­ ^ D ooa/, NATIONAL PART'/ ents were killed during the war. Recently the c°NF(JitHCL Secretary Gener ‘ 24/7/7* General Secretary of WUS visited Bangla Desh. After discussions with university administrators and the Bangla Desh government, a five point rehabilitation scheme was formulated: 1. Provision of grants to enable students to continue their studies. 2. Limited assistance to lecturers who were severly hit by the War. 3. Provision of textbooks to schools, Colleges and Universities, especially in rural areas. /+. Supply of educational and scientific equip­ ment to schools, colleges and universities, especially those in rural areas. 5. Provision of Medical equipment and medica­ ments for University health services. The appeal is being carried out in a National level, and has the support of NZUSA and AUT. Corso has offered a one-to-one subsidy on every dollar collected. If you want to give a donat­ io n or can a s s i s t in 'any way on J u ly 27, see Collee Foley, International Affairs Officer, Studen Union Building.

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