May 8, 1964
The Statesman
by
PETER BENJAMIN
Several weeks ago, Senator Fid
bright spoke on a number of
controversial topics facing die
American public. One of the sub
jects he questioned was the United
States position with regard to Cas
tro's Cuba. Senator Fulbright's
position is in uirect conflict witli
that of Barry Coldwater, the con
servative wiio wishes outright in
vasion to oust the new Cuban dic
tator. 1 believe we lost our chance
at such u move in the Buy of Pigs
failure. Senator Fulbright thinks
rather dilierently, and 1 agree with
him. He believes that we should re
sign ourselves to Castro s Cuba
even if it is communistic. Fulbright
also implies that trade relations and
recognition be resumed. There is
much substance to his premise, for
at present we are accomplishing
nothing with our so-called trade
blockade, and any diplomatic busi
ness we wish to carry on with Cas
tro is done through the Swiss Em
bassy. So how are we hurting
Castro? Yes, 1 realize the Cuban
refugees would be disillusioned
with the United States, but if we
tried to please all the political and
social refugees of revolutionary
countries, where would we be.' 1
Someone has to lose, and why
should it always be us?
People speak of the communist
threat with regard to the rest of
Latin America. Where have they
gotten? There have been no serious
repercussions from the small
amount of communist infiltration in
Latin America. On the contrary,
most of the Latin American coun
tries are not interested; they reject
Castro. They have too many socio
economic problems of their own to
work out before they can even con
template such a radical change as
the communist ideal (so-called)
proposes. So why worry about
Cuba? The Soviet Union has taken
away their soldiers and nuclear
warheads and are becoming a bit
tired of spending millions on the
ideas and problems of the Cuban
government. They seem to get no
returns and only help to enlarge
their own social and economic prob
lems.
For the first time in years we are
getting along with the Russians, so
why spoil it over an island that
the Russians would not risk all-out
war over? Why should we be the
ones to antagonize our peaceful co
existence with the Soviets? If the
Cubans wish to be communistic,
let them! 1 know 1 sound sold, in
sincere and selfish, but I am being
realistic. We lost our opportunity
to gain back Cuba for the refugees,
so let us resign ourselves to the fact
that for the present and the imme
diate future Cuba, with Castro, is
here to stay.
1 am hardly saying that we would
never be able to assist in the re
gaining of Cuban freedom for the
Cuban people. 1 hope that the op
portune time comes when the
United States can assist the Cubans
to regain their freedom. Revolution
might occur under even greater
socio-economic stress than exists or
had existed when Castro took over.
It would be then that correctly del
egated aid, military and economic,
would possibly release Cuba of
Castro and communistic bonds.
Only then might we be able to do
some constructive good, but half
hearted attempts are a waste of
time, energy, resources and money
which could be used for better pur
poses. "Watchful waiting" is the
term to be considered now. Let us
hope we try it!
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The Guilford Profile
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Our Student Profile for this week presents Sam Seott, the recently
elected president of the senior class. Sam is a biology major, and plans to
go on to medical school. He is a Dana scholar. He has been active for
some time in the Student Government, presently serving on the MSC and
in the Student Legislature. Sam lists his hobbies as listening to good
music and playing tennis . . .
And where you going in that snappy coat, Sam?
Room Service
Two enterprising young capital
ists on the Guilford campus have
set up a unique way to make mon
ey. They are cleaning rooms for the
men students about the dorms on
weekends at fifty cents a shot.
Mike Harrison and Chuck Heath
relate that their service was origi
nally set up because of "disagree
ments' with their folks about the
size of their allowances. Now, they
say, they clear from four to six dol
lars a week.
The boys operate under a well
organized system. Fellows that
want their rooms cleaned contract
with Mike and Chuck on Friday
afternoons, and the cleanings are
done Saturday afternoon. The job
includes sweeping the floor, then
mopping with Texize; dusting the
As editor of the Guilfordian, 1
wish to express my sincere appreci
ation to my hard-working staff and
especially to my invaluable associ
ate editor, Ted Buddine. Unfortu
nately, as he is graduating this
August, Ted won't be back with us
next year. We certainly will miss
him but I'm sure that he will be a
big success at law school.
All those students that wish to
work for the Guilfordian next year
should contact me as soon as school
starts in September.
—CHRIS BROWNE
THE GUILFORDI AN
shelves and rugs; and cleaning the
sink and mirror with Ajax. They
are able to take care of about twen
ty rooms every weekend.
A special May Day Weekend
service was set up for the open
house on Saturday. Contracts were
made on Wednesday and cleaning
was done on Thursday and Friday.
Mike Harrison is a freshman from
Greensboro, and Chuck Heath is a
sophomore from Murfreesboro.
"The boys like it," Mike says.
"We've had a good response." And
Chuck quickly adds, "We like the
extra spending money, too.'
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The Choir
Goes North
On the afternoon of Saturday,
the fourth of April, the Guilford
College A Cappella Choir bid the
campus au revoir and set out on
the first leg of its annual spring tour
which was to carry it into eleven
states. With thirty-five members in
all—including twenty-seven choir
members and woodwind ensemble
—the choir began its thirty-eighth
annual touring season. It was under
the direction of Mr. Carl C. Baum
bach and assistant director Jerry
Smyre.
The choir traveled approximately
2500 miles to bring its all-religious
repertoire to eight different church
es. Church concerts were given in
Salem, Va., Trenton, N. J., Garner
ville, N. V., Cumberland, 11. 1.,
Keene, N. H., Landsdowne, Pa.,
Pitman, N. J., and Newport News,
Va. A concert was also given at
Friends Academy 011 Long Island.
The various denominations of the
churches in which the choir sang
included Friends, Methodist, Bap
tist, Presbyterian, Episcopal, and
United Church of Cluist.
The choir received enthusiastic
audiences at all points; however,
after reflecting 011 the entire trip,
the enthusiasm of one individual in
particular stands out. Bus-driver
Thomas Caudle, affectionately
known as "Tom, was approached
by a gentleman whose eye had
been caught by the name of the
choir printed in big red and black
letters 011 each side of the bus. The
man looked at him and asked in a
very serious tone, "Was this choir
named after Roy Campanella?" It
was at this point on our journey
that we felt a stinging, but amus
ingly real, feeling of being in New
York City. Actually, we were.
Unique Service
A unique service was held in the
Moon Room on Sunday, April 26,
as a creative outlet for student ex
pression. At 10:15 a few students
and faculty members met for a
reading from Isaiah and a short
sermon by Paula Michelove.
Miss Michelove told of a voice
which challenged that Isaiah lack
ed insight into man's basic nature.
Unless man first reforms the swords
of evil inside himself, she said, he
can never beat his swords into
plowshares permanently. In a
prophet and a leader of men some
thing more than impersonal direc
tion is needed; he must also have
understanding and compassion for
those whom he leads.
The Senator
by
TED BUDDINE
The Communist Castro regime in
Cuba today continues to present to
the United States and to the Ameri
can world in general a grave threat.
We cannot afford to endure this
danger to the freedom and security
of our Latin American neighbors.
We must be constantly alert to take
advantage of every opportunity to
weaken or overthrow this tyrant.
Ever since the victory of the Cas
tro forces on New Year's Day, 1959,
the Cuban government has been
carrying on an intensive campaign
of sabotage and subversion against
neighboring governments. The situ
ation is particularly dangerous in
Venezuela, Haiti, and the Domini
can Republic. Cuban-trained infil
trators labored mightily to subvert
Venezuela's first free election in
forty years last fall, and while they
have been temporarily frustrated
they continue to threaten the sta
bility of a notoriously unstable gov
ernment. Haiti, scarcely thirty
miles from Cuba, labors under a
repressive dictatorship kept in
power by superstition and intimida
tion, and unrest there is growing.
Such a political situation offers
Communism a golden opportunity
to "liberate" Haiti in the name of
Karl Marx. The still immature gov
ernment of the Dominican Repub
lic, only recentily freed from the
tenacious grasp of the Trujillos, is
one of the main targets of the Cas
tro-spported revolutionaries.
Cuba today still harbors at least
4,000 Russian Communist "techni
cians," who have been building up
Cuba's military strength greatly.
There are presently no less than
twenty-four missile sites on the is
land armed with about 5,000 Rus
sian-built SA-2 missiles carrying
nuclear warheads. These installa
tions the Russians intend to turn
over completely to Cuban control
within the week. At least one Amer
ican U-2 plane has already been
shot down over Cuba. Other weap
ons in the Cuban arsenal include
several dozen Frog tactical missiles
for battlefield use, Komar guided
missile patrol boats, and Colem-2
underwater missiles planted off the
Cuban coast and aimed at U. S.
Fidel Castro and his cohorts have
in the past shown themselves to be
dangerously arrogant, irresponsi
ble, and reckless. Castro himself is
said to exhibit paranoiac tenden
cies, such as his notorious logor
rhea.
It is such cold facts as these that
prompted Senator Goldwater's well
known urgings that United States
forces "turn on the water" when the
Guantanamo supplies were cut off.
The significance of this proposal
does not lie in the intrinsic value of
the water supply itself—it was well
known in advance that Guantanamo
could easily subsist without this
supply—but in the opportunity that
was offered us to take effective ac
tion against Castro with a reason
able degree of plausibility. It is just
such offenses that we must be alert
to exploit if we are ever to rid the
hemisphere of this threat to our
security.
It is dangerously naive to con
sider any kind of permanent accom
modation or resignation to such a
bitter enemy to everything the
United States holds dear and is try
ing to accomplish for our Latin
American neighbors.
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