Salem Students Attend Conference;
Discuss US, Latin American Policy
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By Laurie Williams and
Cherie Lewis
“U. S. Policy in Latin America;
Progress On Defense” was both the
title and the attitude at the USNSA
I-CCUN Conference held in Wash-
■ington, D. C. last weekend. Salem
[delegates were Cherie Lewis, Flora
Melvin, Laurie Williams; advising
the group was Mr. Richard Wil
iams.
Speakers representing such di-
■erse areas as the Peace Corps and
United Auto Worker’s Union,
eferring to such events as the re-
ellion in the Dominican Republic,
escribed the results of political,
iocial and economic changes in
,atin America. Most of the speak-
rs suggested a need for re-evalu-
tion of U. S. policy and thinking.
William P. Rogers, former De-
uty W. S. Co-ordinator for the
lliance for Progress emphasized
factors causing social change
in Latin America: traditional ideo-
)gy contrasted with the eruption of
ew ideas, population growth—the
astest in the world, the duality of
lociety between the elite and the
or, and rapid urbanization. “These
ihenomena are capable of all kinds
tinderbox action—as revealed in
Dominican Republic.” Mr.
ogers said that international com-
unism was “in for difficult days”
Latin America, but would con-
iinue to exert a profound influence
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among the intellectuals, especially
the university students.
Professor John J. Johnson of
Stanford University said that the
first concern of Latin American
political leaders in this area was
for independence from the U. S.
This nationalistic feeling was traced
of Frey in Chile and Jao Goulart in
Brazil. He said the U. S. tended
to ignore the intellectual left; in
stead we supported the conser
vative groups in the society. He
emphasized that the U. S.’s training
and support of the foreign military
often indirectly fostered the mili
tary overthrow of popular elected
governments. Both of these speak
ers advocated understanding and
support of the social progress.
Rogers, however, emphasized what
the U. S. has done right, and John
son, what the U. S. has done wrong.
The crisis in the Dominican Re
public was analyzed by Dan Kurz-
man, Latin American correspondent
for the Washington Post, by Sacha
Volman who, after being in the ad
ministration of Juan Bosch organi
zed the revolutionary party to over
throw the military junta.
Both talks were strong criticisms
of the U. S.’s sending troops to
suppress the popular movement to
reinstate Bosch. In criticizing U. S.
foreign policy, Mr. Kurzman, for
example, stated that the CIA dis
tributed to correspondents lists of
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Mr. Bill Jeffreys leads a discussion group after his lecture.
Votesting Citizen Discusses
'riticizes American Policy
|A critique of the United States
position in Viet Nam was presented
V Mr. Bill Jeffreys, Secretary of
%ace Education, a Quaker organi-
»tion in High Point, last Tuesday,
February IS.
iMr. Jeffreys, by nature a pacifist,
sjioke on his feelings concerning
Ihe Viet Nam situation because of
his right as a citizen to dissent. He
opposes the policy of the United
States primarily on moral grounds
■Ithose grounds being that the
United States is forcing itself on
People and that as a pacifist he is
opposed to war of any kind. He
^scribed his pacifist feelings as
hoing a self-critical, but not a self-
tjghteous view culminating in a
niature policy which he encourages
others to follow. He also stated
that even though pacifist sympathi-
zers were in the minority, their
poace movements could produce
beneficial results.
Iln addition to the moral issue
Mo. Jeffreys is opposed to the gov-
^ment’s policy because he feels
the United States is doing the op
posite of what their self-interests
are acclaimed to be. To explain
this he says that in Viet Nam we
are destroying freedom by our mili
tary control and aggressions in
stead of preserving freedom.
On the issue of escalation into a
full-scale ground war, he opposed
it “as a proponent of freedom our
image would be ruined,” and that in
the eyes of other countries we have
become a nation that changes “from
one aiding to one who will liberate
you by their own means.”
Action which he proposed we
take was cease bombing of North
Viet Nam, attempt a negotiated
settlement, and establish a world
federal government. Mr. Jeffreys
believes a world federal govern
ment would end some of the law
lessness in the world and clear the
current disorder in Viet Nam
caused by our “unilateral interven
tion against international law.
His talk was followed by a ques
tion and answer session.
known communists who were said
to be leading the revolution, when
in fact, as was discovered later,
none were involved. He called this
action the “worst case of McCar-
thyism since McCarthy.” He con
cluded that the “repercussions of
LT. S. involvement in the Dominican
Republic were greater than in the
Bay of Pigs.”
Volman s speech was an inside
view, tending to be empass'oned
and patriotic. He represented the
intervention as stopping a popular
democratic revolution, in the same
way as the U. S. “bottlenecked” the
revolution in Cuba from which
Batista emerged as as dictator.
Frank Mankiewitz, Latin Ameri
can Peace Corps director, con
trasted with the general criticism
by explaining the constructive, ac
cepted role the Corps is plaving.
The effectiveness of students in
Latin America was discussed at the
banquet Saturday night by Ed Gra-
bey, NSA director there. He
stressed the importance of student’s
alliegance with progressive ele
ments, particularly stressing an
understanding of the “intellectual
left.”
Altogether, the conference pre
sented a somewhat one-sided view%
William Rogers being the only
speaker closely connected with the
U. S. government. In spite of its
liberal emphasis, however, and its
reliance on the Dominican Republic
crisis for its primary example, the
weekend did effectively show the
general confusion toward Latin
American affairs—even in the grasp
of basic facts—and the reflection of
this confusion in the dilemna of
policy making.
Group Releases
Assembly List
The Assembly Committee has re
leased the schedule of assemblies
through April 1. On February 23
Walter Weisman, a Rondthaler lec
turer will explain the space pro
gram. Mr. Weisman came to
America from Germany with von
Braun and is currently with the
space center in Huntsville, Alabama.
Ann Richert and Mary Dameron,
the 1965 Oslo Scholars, will give an
account of their experiences in Nor
way last summer on February 25.
This assembly will be followed on
March 2 wdth a speech by Dr. David
Hyatt, former Press Liason at the
American Embassy in Pakistan who
will explain the current situation in
Pakistan.
Student Government elections will
be held on March 4, and Dr. Ber-
tocci, a philosophy professor at
Boston University will speak in the
March 9 assembly.
A tentative Student Government
meeting will be held on March 11,
and March 16 will bring Dr. Dewey
W. Grantham, Jr., a history pro
fessor from Vanderbilt,
The March 18 assembly will deal
with an introduction to the sym
posium “Technopolis” which will be
held in April. There will be no
assembly on March 23 as this is
the week of open house at Salem.
A tentative Y auction will be held
on March 25, and on March 30 Dr.
Sylvesta Broderick from the Uni
versity of Sierra Liona, South
Africa. The final assembly before
our spring vacation will be an
Easter program on April 1. In this
assembly, Mr. David Burr, Minister
of the First Presbyterian Church,
will speak on “The Meaning of
Easter Today.”
Salemites have decided that freshman Cheryl Thompson definitely
sets the pace as one of the best dressed.
Salem Chooses Freshman
As Best Dressed Student
Salem’s newly elected Best-
Dressed Girl confesses frankly a
weakness for hats and shoes.
Cheryl Thompson, a freshman from
Burlington admits that she can pass
up a new hat more easily than a
pair of shoes. Rollers and hats that
sit on the back of her head are
Cheryl’s favorites. She prefers to
tuck her long brown hair under her
hats, thus achieving an uncluttered
look. Only with a roller does she
wear her hair down.
“I simply can’t pass them,” de
clared Cheryl when asked about
shoes. She likes sling-back shoes
with unusual color combinations
and only occasionally does she buy
a pair of shoes to wear with one
particular outfit. Instead, she pre
fers to buy colored shoes to com
plement several outfits. When
asked how many pairs of shoes she
has, Cheryl estimated between
thirty and forty, pointing out that
some of them are dress shoes that
she rarely wears.
Cheryl said she buys most of her
clothes in Greensboro and she shops
for clothes that are unusual but
with good lines and cut. Hot pink,
chartreuse, and yellow are her
favorite colors as is evident in many
of her outfits.
Accessories are used to complete
an outfit, according to Cheryl.
Other than a charm bracelet she
received for graduation, Cheryl
rarely wears jewelry.
Clothes that will remain popular
for a number of years are ones she
likes best. For instance, Cheryl
said, “I didn’t stock up on wrap
around skirts because I felt they
would soon go out of style.” She
admits she is limited in her choice
of clothes because of her height,
so she shops for clothes . with
simple, uncluttered lines that make
her look taller.
Coats play an important role in
Cheryl’s wardrobe. She has sev
eral, ranging from a navy blue
leather one to a chartreuse one to
a green and hot pink print rain
coat. One of her favorite acces
sories is a hot pink umbrella with
ruffles around the edge.
In addition to the two outfits
showm during the preliminary com
petition, Cheryl will submit a for
mal picture. Having a choice of a
short or long formal, Cheryl chose
an empire style white brocade cock
tail dress. White crepe sling-back
shoes with lace stockings completed
her formal picture. These three
pictures will be submitted along
with her application form to
Glamour magazine.
The future may hold a two weeks’
expense paid trip to New York in
June for Cheryl. Being presented
to over a thousand in the fashion
industry, receiving gifts, and being
featured in the fall issue of
Glamour are just a few of the
things waiting the ten winners this
summer.
Salem Moves
Vocation Room
The Dean of Students Office
wishes to remind the students of
the new location of the Vocational
Office. It is in the basement of
Main Hall and can be easily
reached from the outside or by the
stairway around the corner from
the Admissions Office.
Opportunities for summer jobs
are now coming in and representa
tives from various businesses will
be in for interviews with seniors
seeking employment. Watch the
bulletin board for announcements
or inquire in the Dean of Students
Office for further information.
Sybil Cheek will be in the Vo
cational Office from 5:00 to 6:00
Monday through Thursday and will
be glad to help you with any
materials.