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Editorial Opinion
'Party Combine' Unfair
The collaboration between Campus jand liberal
parties for this spring's USG elections gives this ‘'party
combine” a significant and unfair financial advantage
over its opposition, University party. 1
According to a bill passed by the USG Congress Wed
nesday night, each of the three parties may spend $lOO for
campaign expenditures. By uniting, Campus and Liberal
parties will be able to spend $2OO to promote their joint
slate while University party >will be limited to $lOO to
•cover campaign expenses for an equal number of candi
dates.
While the unification of these two parties could lead
to a more intense campaign and a closer election, we
strongly criticise the parties' judgment in timing the
announcement of the pact.
Campus and Liberal parties released their unification
statement immediately after the Congress adjourned
Wednesday night after setting the financial limitations
for parties in elections. & ;
While this matter was being discussed! on the floor of
the Congress, representatives of the Campus and Liberal,
parties took advantage of the ignorance of {the other Con
gressmen about, their plans for collusion and. argued
vehemently for a bill appropriating $lOO, without lurther
stipulations, to each party;
By not divulging their unification plans in time lor
the Congress to provide .equal financial > limitations for
both slates of candidates. Campus and Liberal parties have
taken an action which deeerves sharp student criticism.
We urge that Campus' and Liberal patties limit their
joint campaign expenditures to $lOO so that they remain
on a financial par with University party. :
We urge the USG Congress to insure that this adjust
ment is made so that this unfair financing does not lead
to an unfair election.
It is now the responsibility of the USG Congress to
amend the campaign expenditures bill sojthat each slate’s
rather than each party’s campaign expenses.will be limited
to $lOO.
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Behind the News
Djilas: The
By KAY MILLS
The arrest last wifekend of.
Milovan Djilas, for,per vice
president of Yugoslavia and
now arch-critic of : Commu
nism, seemingly underlines
long-standing Western state
ments about the restriction of
thought within the Red bloc.
The Yugoslav} government
has not given its reasons for
jailing its former. Np. 2 man.
Presumably the ; .action con
cerns ideas presentecj in Djilas’
new book, ''Conversations with
Stalin."
Denunciation and ) arrest by
his one-time boss add friend.
Marshal Tito, are not new to
Djilas. Tito may pride himself
on the “liberalism" of his re
gime as. compared with other
Communist nations, but when
dissenters pass the; limits of
his toleration or attack the
system ’ itself, their freedom
suffers.
Djilas (pronounced GEE-los)
was removed from liis govern
ment position and; drummed
out of. the Yugoslav Commu
nist party in 1954 after calling
for “democratise tiop" by the
regime. ;
Arrested in 1955 for publish
ing “h o s tiie propaganda”
against the state ip a- news
paper interview, Diilas was re
leased on suspended suspen-
He was' tried and sen
tenced to three yetjrs of hard
labor in 1956 on charges, of
‘‘slandering Yugoslavia’' in a
magazine article and state
ments. to a French publication.
During Djilas’ imprisonment,
his ' startling indictment of
communism, “The Hew Class,”
was smuggled out qf the coun
try! for ‘publication His thesis
in this book is that communism
.—far from creating a classless
society—has given -birth to a
new bureaucracy which has
gained many privileges by be
traying the revolution. For dis
semipating these opinions “hos
tile to the people,and to the
state,” Djilas* sentence was
lengthened at a 19SJ7 triaL
His early release in 1961 was
accompanied by a. government
statement saying that he was
free as long as hei would not
indulge in similaij activities.
He had refused to ijlgn a state
ment promising nprer to re
enter politics if treed.
Between the time he was
paroled and th& day of his re
cent arrest, Djilas lived quietly
in Belgrade with his wife, 8-
USTBUOTWS...
ionstant Critic
year-old son and mother.
Westerners should realize
that within the Yugoslav sys
tem, Djilas is considered a trai
tor. According! to . the way
Yugoslavia is governed, Tito is
the boss, not an object for
criticsm. The focus of our
thoughts must therefore be on
the syjstem. rather than oh the
personalities involved.
We must likewise remember
that the US. has sent several
billion dollar* in aid' to this
Balkan state; When these.funds
take the form of jet planes,
the aid defeats the purpose of
helping the Yugoslav people
and only strengthens this re
stricting regime.
Irohically, publication of the
book: prompting Djilas’ re
arrest has been postponed by
the 'New York publishing
house, Harcourt Brace and
World. Editorials this week
havei questioned the move. Al
though ’Djilas surely ' realizes
the consequences of attempt
ing ! publication, he and the
S’ üblisher have the safety of
ijilas’ family to consider. The
Communist authorities are not
above terroristic tactics.
. Discussion of what led to
World At
West Rejects
Soviet Demand
Far Moratorium
GENEVA W—The United
States and Britain rejected
yesterday a Soviet demand for
an unpoliced moratorium on
nuclear weapons tests, despite
mounting pressure from small
nations in favor of such a step.
The two Western powers told
the' 17-nation disarmament con
ference they had beem fooled
once by Russian promises on
the subject of testing and did
not intend to fall into the same
trap again.
a chain of his** head.
American Ambassador Arthur
H. Dean said, "With regret we
do! not have any confidence in
a Soviet pledge/**
Rejection of the moratorium
means the United States test
series now being prepared in
the Christmas Island area of
the central Pacific definitely
will take place later this month
unless the Russians at the last
minute accept an internation
ally controlled nuclear test
bain.
(Soviet Deputy foreign Min
ister Valerian A. Zorin said
that was out of. the question.
He denounced* again- the po
licing arrangements favored by
the western powers to prevent
cheating x>n a test ban treaty.
y\feaver Asks i
Fund Cutoffs
•WASHINGTON (APJ—Hous
ing Administrator Robert C.'
Weaver said yesterday he fa
vors an executive order to cut:
off -the flow of federal funds;
used* •in building segregated
housing. I
(President Kennedy made no!
mention of plans for any such
order in his statement to the!
Civil Rights Commission; which'
began two days of hearings on
Rousing problems In the Wash
ington area.
: ‘T am in favor of an execu
tive order banning discrimina
tion in federally assisted
, housing,” , Weaver said. ‘Tve
' been for this publicly for 30
yesfs or more. But the timing
is lip to the President”. j
. Weaver told the commission
his-agency had gone about as
far as it could go in assuring
equal access, to public housing
without a presidential orderj
ii Several groups, including the
Civil Rights Commission, have
been urging Kennedy to issue
such an order. !
j FRIDAY. APRIL 13, 1962
Djilas* rearrest would simply
be! conjecture, but statements.
in his other Books and articles
provide a clue to why the,
Yugoslav objects to “Conver
sations With Stalip.” In “The
New Class,” for example, Djilas
points to “the dull gray figure
of Joseph. Stalin, the symbol
of; the difficult, cruel ami un- ;
scrupulous ascent of the new •
class” of Communist leaders. 1
This, and similar statements
may seem bland to, Westerners,
but we must, view them‘-vrjdh
■in the context of Yugoslav so
briety and remember the, role
Djilas once played in th«r Com
munist movement. --,
fTito and Djilas fought' to
gether for Yugoslavia against
the Nazis in World War 'H.
Djilas presented Tito’s case .'in
Borba, the ! official Yugoslav.
party organ,; in 1848 when the
marshal broke with Stalin
over the direction communism
should take.
I As a result of his past ac
tions, Djilas cannot De com
pletely considered a martyr in
his present situation. A look
backward, will rejveal the num
ber .' of innocent people ho
• (Continued on page eight)
A Glance
U.S.-Soviets
To Begin New
Berlin Talks
1 WASHINGTON (AP) New
U.S.-Soviet talks*'on Berlin will
start Monday -and Gen. laicius
D. Clay said yesterday a peace
jful settlement of the Jong
‘ festering dispute may be possi
ble. . '
State Department press of
ficer Lincoln White announced
that Secretary of State Dean.
Rusk has called in the new
i Soviet ambassador, Anatoly F.
Dobrynin, Monday afternoon
1 for another U.S.-Soviet discus
j sion on ways to solve the
; Germany-Berliri issue.
Previous U.S.-Soviet - rounds
- on this majqr cold war sore
point were conducted last fall
, and again earlier this year with
J inconclusive results. The Rus
• siaris continued to press for a
Berlin solution which the West
, em powers say would damage
■j their vital interests in the city.
The announcement came as
Clay resigned his position as
• President Kennedy’s personal
; representative in Berlin.,
Cubans to Free
54 Prisoners
HAVANA (AP) —Cuban exile
negotiators expressed belief
yesterday they can win. the
freedom of ail the 1,179 pris
oners from the Bay of Pigs
invasion, whose ransom was
fixed by a Cuban-court at $62
million. ,
The four-member committee
from Miami made a' start by
arranging for the release of
54 sick or wounded captives,
with payment to Prinfe* Minis
ter Castro’s government to be
made through the Royal Bank
of Canada.
A * commuique announced
•the committee and two- physi
cians will escort the 54. on a
flight to-Miami tomorrow.
Hooding Man Named :
State AFL-CIO Head
PITTSBURGH (SP) —-Harry!
Boyer of Reading, a veteran;
state labor leader, .was elected!
President of the Pennsylvania!
AFL-CIO yesterday. He will 1
serve four, years in the $16,500-!
a-year-post. ' . !
In other action, . the - third
annual constitutional conven
tion endorsed the top four
Democratic - organization can
didates .in the state's primary
election. !
Boyer had been co-president
of the i joint labor organization,
since the AFL and ClO.merged
In 1960.