Page Six Cuba . . . A Dissenting ed into pleas to the Cuban people to'cducate' tlicniselves. "IIllt-l erale," they said. “learn how to read," or "TCaL-ll another ciibnnt l View option a to read.” > This year 127000 teachers have volunteered to go out into the provinces to teach. According to the director of the school we visited, the educational system is very much like ours. Witlll junior high, senior high and then college. instruction is free, withi lunch s provided at the school without charge, . Trip to Veradero The last tour I will describe was perhaps the most cxclts‘ ing. it was a zooemile trip through the new vacation areas of, Cuba. Our first stop was Vei-adero Beach, formerly vary popuVl lar With Americans. but too expensive for the vast majoiity,‘ of the Cuban people. Now the area is tilled with large resort‘ apartment houses and cabins for everyone in Cuba to use. The‘ rent for these is $8 to 31o a dayillowever, discounts are given SCARLET AND BLACK Friday, February 24. l96l %l:ttrlpt atth {Mark SFCRTS + O 1 ofitoly JOC?LLE5 by Susan Roberts i i ' With the exception of to Pioneer Frosh Lose To Knoll 75-59; To Face Cornell Iomorrow Afternoon by Dave Buck The Grinnell freshman be;- more otticial games and tho it lofficial playoffs, which w ,havc seven 01 the eight w :men's halls in an uproar nc lweck, thc' basketball season lClosc to the end. Actually, this is just: my bar spurt the anuers looked hand way of reminding ever i m to those who cannot afford to pay this amount, making a vaca- krtball team saw a Dntypoinhgood in passing, shooting zlnd‘onE‘ mys'e” included, um t tion for every citizen a reality, ‘ That evening we stopped at Playa Giant AS We pulled into iis everywhere. Over 3,000 people had waited all afternoon to see the Americans who came as friends. We walked to the city hall, and we received an honorary Cuban flag. The people be- gan the chants that characterize the revolution "venccremas" (we shall succeed). But instead of “Cuba si, Yankee no,” some one started chanting, “Cuba si, Yankee si, lmpcrlallsmo_no,” Perhaps. if anything, these Six words characterize the attitude which I found that Cubans have toward Americans. They want very much to be our friends, and they hold nothing against the citizens of the U. S., but they feel at they have very well» founded grievances with American business interests and with the American Government. There are several questions which Americans are asking about Cuba. Perhaps because of the reading 1 have done and because of my trip to that country, 1 can suggest possible aris— wers. IF CUBA WANTS PEACE, THEN ,WHY DOES SHE SEEM BELLIGERENT? WHY DOES SHE PREPARE FOR lNVAs- IONS WHEN NO INVASIONS SEEM LIKELY? The answer to this is simpler than most people believe. in the first place. Cubans know Latin American history. They ii.- member such things as the Flatt. amendment, and above all the Alnericansenglneered overthrow of the government in Guatemala about a years ago. They also have more information about our present actions in Latin America than American Citizens do. They have long known about our secret training base in Guatemala first reported in the Nation, The New York Times, and finally the Jan. 27 issue of Times magazine. Time has this to say about the subject “The Erente tcounter.revolutionary organization) is making impressive preparations: guerilla training camps in Florida and Guatemala, arms-carrying FT boats that average a trip a week to Cuba, an air group of some so flycrs who report- edly fly out of the mystery field at Retalheleu in Guatemala and the inactive U. 5. Marine Corps Cpa Locka airbase in Florida . . . The Prente apparently gets all the U. S, financial aid to Cuba's underground (estimated to range from $135,000 monthly to as high as $500,000 on occasions) . . . i, l It seems unlikely that U s. Marines will invade Cuba, but if counter-revolutionarics trained on our soil and paid by our tax money land in Cuba, is it any less an invasion by that United States? By constantly announcing to the world that the United States is financing invaders and itself plans to in- vade, Castro very effectively makes an invasion impossmlei world opinion would never allow it. WHY, IF THE CUBA-N REVOLUTION lS DOING so MUCH FOR THE PEOPLE, DOES THE UNITED STATES OPPOSE 1T so VEHEMENTLY'I This is, the hardest question to answer, for nothing which can be posited seems rational, Some say that we oppose Castro because he no longer allows freedom of the press and because the revolutionary government has executed ooo war criminals But can this be true when we support Batista with arms and money to fight Castroifiatlsta who is reported to have murder- ed zoiooo Cubans and tortured countless others" If we are so worried about the forms of democracy why do we support Spain, Portugal, Honduras. Formosa, Etc? The answer must lie in Cuba’s actions toward the United States What unique thing has Cuba done to us? Only one—they have taken property away from American business concerns, some of whom charged exorbitant prices and inadc ciiortmous profits while doing almost nothing for the people of Cuba. Was it worth it to allow starvation unemployment, disease and illiteracy to continue to preserve the property rights 0[ a few Americans. The people thought not, so they took over American industry. The United States retaliated by its ecol‘iomic‘ embargo. WHY Is THERE A TRAVEL BAN 0N CUBA? The most common argument is that Cuba is dangerous and that Cubans hate Americans. From my experience, 1 can say that I did not find this to be true. Yet the real proof lies in a comparison with other countries. It we are worried about the safety of our citizens why don't we impose a travel ban on Belbgium during the recent riots therefithere are no riots in Cu 3. Only those trips to Cuba are allowed which best interests of the United States." Unfortunately the real aris— wer to this question seems inescapable. The United States gov» ernlnent does not. want Americans to see what is really happel‘h mg in Cuba. Several other questions arise from a study of the Cuban situation. If we believe in the principles laid down in our Dace lai-ation of independence and our Constitutionilhe basic rights of man to life. liberty and the pursuit of happinessAthen why do we try to destroy the Cuban Revolution? Why does our press, which claims it is free and objective, print half-truths about Cuba; wliv the emotion-packed epithets such as “Castro’s boissl terous, lefteleanlng Cuba" and “Castro—land?” Why does the pres leave out the story of what the l‘evolur tion is doing for thc peoplel Why do we hate the Cuban Revolu- tion when our own break with England brought confiscation of property from counterrrevolutiunarlcs then called Tories? Are we hypocrites, or are we just ignorant? is the United states an arsenal of freedom as it claims, or is it just an arsenal? Stop in and see our Fine Selection of Baked Goods DANISH MAID 818 FOURTH — We Feature Pastries OK All Kinds -— halflime deficit Shattered here lrriday against a toll and talent-i town there were more than the normal crowds who gl‘cetedied quintet, from Knox College is Feb 25 against by the score of 75759, 'l‘ne Flo ‘ncers trailed by 3342 at lialf-, ltlme and for about five minuts :of the second half they played ‘lnspired ball, but the iSiwdsh proved to be too tough ‘fmm the floor as they hit a torl ital of 31 field goals for the igame, eight more than Grinnclli teams goti could manage, Both =thirtccn free throl. i ‘forward, lend all scorers 17 points on seven fielder-s and .‘three for three from the charity .‘line. Gene Phillips eame throughl {or 13 more Slwash nell flVL‘ buckets and four out OI six (rec throws. ClosC behind Sundell was Jim apparently Mifilini with 13 and Jim Proc- tor and Tony Schroei- with l2. r uncli A as a PT r Kim). 7 Mlltllll . ritictor siinrlcll iiii ‘ shciihciil itooi-c I'hllli Vt: Tannin l . liaicii Aileiit Nies iziiziiic t-l'li Seniori- issues Totals 'l'ulnls Gi-‘lnilwll re s Sundell, at on the tallest manl“ on the court, and Mifflin again iprovided the bulk of the res bounding power for Grinnell as the pioneers scoring went in spurts. Knox iuinpcd off to an early 174i lead only to see the Pioneers close the gap at 2929 shortly before hal’ftiinc. During STUDENT COUNCIL Cont. from p 1 sniplcy, social coordinator, if they so desired. Krohnke stated that Bill Hala~l me will take over at the next meeting of the Council, to be held Wednesday night at 6:15 in the private dining room. Halama presented a brief res iport on the National Youth Sci vice Abroad. He said that there will be a meeting of this group at American University in Washington, D. C., March 29731 since this is during spring \‘acar tion, students who live in the iWaslllnglon area and would like “represent the to attend the conference would} provide a financial asset l l . . t Can you beat. the Quiz Shows on TV? See COLLEGE BOWL Advti, Page 7 PRIMARILY PIZZA DELIVERIES OR CARRY OUT BE 5-6372 717 FIFTH ircboundlng. ldancc intramural: are next The next game for the [rosh‘me sporting agenda That ‘ the Ramfi‘eiio l fro the anic do so from ,Cornell, here They 110“"‘112l:g1n0\vn;ack c: the bagk Kiiox_ George Vlaisvlievich, 6-2 Knoxl withl sport ii 2 and 3 record 1 o r the season and will be gunning| to end the season with an event record. l Animal life . by Jack Pitts Smith became the only uric tallies,ldefeated hall in the basketball while John Sundcll lead Gl’inr‘ scorers with 14 points on‘ lcague this past week, as naive son defeated Cowles’ A team on Monday night: The game, hows ever, is under protest due to an. ineligible Rawsonj ball standings. The only prediction that will make is that playoffs ,. at will be over by Thursda afternoon Mears has take over undisputed possession the collar _ a mighty dam, Loose Halnes . Pine Tree Main James Read Cleveland Mears one at this time of the yea And unless Cleveland fin“ Something akin to the mun _ nibble lplayer. ‘ Rawson played extremely \vell‘ iwith Barry Travis leading all‘l scorers with no points Cowles maligned “pep pills" I ’ over from last summer, Loos will come out on top of ti- heap. Haines and 'Pine Tree ‘liave the best game of t L Pct. week, but Main will also. 1-230 battling Read and James for . 5 - i 4800 .625 In! ramural BaskeLhn 11 s tandings w Smith . Cowles RZWSDn , Lnngdn Clark . . . ESP? See COLLEGE BOWL Adm, Page 7 ‘ .500 .500 500 .500 200 .125 ’v7 w A Sport Shirts Best Friend ls SANlTflNE Soft-Set? DRY CLEANlNG! North South Gales East lest 8 7 8 ,,,5 . 5 5 5 4 qooiouwwiwioi-i: .0 10 was also unable to stop Bllll 3 Wallace under the boar _, when" asked to comment on the gaineé Chris Sprung. Cowles captain‘ said simply, “It was an aboi» tion." In other action, Joel Prescott dropped in 48 points to spark _ orth's B team to a 70—47 win :over Gates, This is the highest otal within recent memory ac. l’cording to John Truesdale Itpliysical education). , The I.M. bowling tournament will be run oft tomorrow at the Bowladrome. Defending cham~ pion, South Yotinker, rates as ,top favorite, althoughsueh one day tournaments depend more on chance than other spoi , thus making prediction very; difficult. 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