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MICHIGAN'S   NUMBER   ONE   COLLEGIATE WEEKLY
Central Michigan University, Friday, April 2, 1965
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By Neil Hopp
Life News Editor
'America today has more
power than it needs—can or
■fere use. We are at the point
[mere we don't dare stop
waking weapons and at the
same time, we don't dare use
them."
Emphasizing this fact, Max
Jemer, author, lecturer and
syndicated columnist, spoke on
Jne Age of the Overkill"
Monday night in Warriner Au-
Jwtorium.
'"We as well as the Russians
are powerless to use our nuclear weapons,"   Lerner   said.
we leaders of today are not
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honorable mention   awards
fiS?^0n-by Sue Brooks and
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'embers of the faculty of the
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ready to use them—they are
not convinced in their own
minds, and they know that if
they use them, that profound
pyramid of power they are
sitting on will be destroyed."
To implement this statement, Lerner pointed out that
the wars of today are being
fought with conventional
weapons—in particular, Viet.
Nam.
"But," he warned, "the Chinese are willing" to face   the
eventual use of these weapons,--
even though the other   major
powers of the world are not."
Speaking of overkill, or how
many times over a target can
be destroyed, Lerner said the
United States can destroy the
whole Russian complex 100
times over with our existing
weapons.. He added that the
U.S. and the Soviet Union together can destroy the whole
of mankind many times over.
While Lerner does not see
any nation using nuclear
weapons now, the greater the
diffusion of them, the greater
possibilities   for them   to   be
used.
"But how many will. have
them before one' will push the
world oyer the brink of nuclear war," he said.
Lerner suggested that three
steps need to be taken to insure world peace, if that is obtainable. .
"The only way out is to
have a meeting of the great
powers to resolve the situation
of diffusion of these weapons
any further," he said. I
think China will be in the
United Nations next year—but
China will not stop at developing its weapons."
The second step, Lerner said,
would be to cut back in weapons and to attempt a system of
disarmament. And the final
step would be a world policing
Max Lerner
system which would prevent
the use and development of
nuclear weapons.
"The problem now," Lerner
said, "is not accident (referring to the book "Failsafe"),
but diffusion."
Lerner then delved deeper
into the problems of this age.
"The crucial race is not the
weapons race— far more important is the intelligence race
and the political wars," he
said. "In Viet Nam we ^ need
to wage a political war."
"The greatest problem of
cur time lies in de-humaniza-
tion," he continued, "—the destruction of the potentials and
freedoms of the human being."
Lerner was once asked to
define the essence of the
American civilization in one
word. He replied with the
word "ACCESS."
"The American people are
not born equal," he said, "but
they have equal access, so that
every unequally born child has
equal access to develop his
talents and face the tragedy
of life."
telegram kontmmrts
Robinson's Statements
By Tom Gaynier
Life Staff Writer
A reported total of almost
200 faculty members rebuted
Sen. Edward Robinson's recent statements in the Michigan Senate by sending a telegram to officials" in Lansing
last Saturday.
The telegram, sent in defense of faculty morale and
quality of instruction, marked
the latest development in a
controversy over faculty conditions at CMU.
Robinson had charged faculty unrest and dissension.
The telegram was circulated
late last week.
It didn't happen  in an  or-
There were a total of 1850
students voting in Tuesday's
election,. 100 less than last
spring's election despite the
increased enrollment.
Approximately fifty per cent
of the total turn-out were
freshmen as 902 freshman voted for class offices. There
were 589 sophomores and 464
juniors voting. The largest
dormitory turn-out was Lar-
zelere with 148 and the smallest was Thorpe with 60.
Gene Ragland won the student body presidency with
1,744 votes compared to 1,758
votes for his running-mate
John Johnson, who will be
student body vice-president
next year. There was a total
vo£.88 write-in votes for student
"'"body offices.'
Situart Bradley", defeated
Mary Beth Miller for senior
class president 320-144, a margin of 176 votes. Bradley's
running-mate Mike Paperella,
was the victor for the vice-
president's race over Mimi Al-
ciatore   335-111, a   margin of
224.
Lynn Chamberlain defeated
Beverly Cazel for senior class
secretary 206-143. Hazel Mc-
Cuaig received 137 votes. The
senior class treasurer is Marsha Molica who received 439
votes running unopposed.
The winner for junior class
president is John Ryan who
defeated Jack Bourget by 52
votes. Paul Kendziorski received 161 votes. The vice-
presidential winner is Dick
Ryzenga who received 240
votes; Judy Schooles received
162 and Sandra Sparks got 194
votes.
Joan Nelson won the xunxor
class secretary race with 288
votes compared with 177 for
Jonnie Kitchen, and 122 for
Margaret Reinink.
A close battle ensued for
junior class treasurer between
Paul Hene and Barb Pinnel.
When the ballots were totaled
Tuesday night there was a
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ganized manner, said Dr. Gerald Poor, education, and one
of the circulators of the statement. It occurred spontaneously over a cup of coffee.
He commented further,.
"There were people that felt,
the Senator's statements about
our poor instruction methods,
and our morale wasn't right,-
and we wanted to do something about it.'"
The telegram was said to
have been signed by almost
200 of the 337 faculty members. It reportedly read, "The
undersigned members of Central Michigan University faculty protest the statements of a
member of the Michigan Senate concerning the quality of
instruction and moral of the
faculty which appeared in the
press on Friday., March 19,
1965."
We can only assume that
the senator was grossly misinformed by a very small
group motivated by an extremist philosophy which does
not reflect the thinking of
this university faculty who
are dedicated to their profession.
We realize that the Senator's
statement comes at a most
sensitive period in the deliberation of the Legislature. We
are anxious that our univei'-
sity, because of deliberate misinformation, should not b e
placed in an unfavorable position.
We are confident that mature judgements, in the long
run, will prevail.
The telegram was turned in
to Richard Lichtenfelt to be
sent to Lansing. Lichtenfelt
commented, "Surely anyone
can see that this whole thing
is a lot of nonsense. Just this
year Central received an award
given to four colleges out of
2,450 for having such high
standards in our education department." Then he added,
"That should be enough proof
for anyone that we have a
good sound faculty."
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James .Turner, Mount Pleasant sophomore, will deliver an
address entitled "The Negro
Revolution" Monday at 8 p.m.
in the University Center Ball--
room.
Turner is a Negro student
who was raised in Harlem,
N.Y., and has been involved in
the Negro freedom movement'
in California and Harlem. He
knew the late Malcom X and
knows Mario Savio who led
the student revolt at Berkley.
Turner's address will be followed by a panel discussion.
Panel members include Mr.
John Casparis, sociology, Dr.
Charles Westie, sociology, Toni
Cole, Jamaica, N. Y., sophomore, John Johnson, Mount.
Pleasant sophomore, and Dr.
Richard Brooks, political science.
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