Page Two SCARLET AND ’BLACK Friday, April I4. l96l The Dunner Lelle Dr J scph Dunner's letter, (see letters to the edit ' collided by all "oye eadiue" ol' tlle 5&1} editol l, ‘ l'ttrlzllKl Let Us See Fill Ourselves” and by all ’ .ng’ly naive acceptance ol' the state department line. The editorial. we think, was a mild one The noticor I! hick ol‘ baclk mind was based on the a lmptiou that both Sides oi the Cuban question had just been thoroughly discussed at the, Latin American conference. Because, however, there still appeals to be some co'll'll.'oll. we are discussing Dr. Dunner's letter heie, ill hopes ol cla ng' our oi ginal position. One poillt must he made cle’ '. At no time did this paper unoualii‘i nlev endolse the actions of Fidel Castro or the revolutionary government. We view the revoluv‘ tilill a inevitable; we do not agree witll many (it its methods or \\'\i.l]*‘ 11 ot its philosophy. We, like Di. Dunner, are concerned with tile p '_ it of the Cuban people, alld even mole important, with the strange attitudes which seem to lead the United States tom one diplomatic blink der to the next. Most important, we do not take a clear cut motion in the matter because as we see it, the l'acts simply are not all iii. A desire to know the facts w a chief re n for illg' the editorial We do not like the government policy of increased sec ecy. We don’t like it ill HUAC; we don‘t like it in the FBI or the CIA, and we cerainly don't 1 e it ill Clba. Government rele ' ', and the pr ' ( -ept in a few olated cases) have shown only one side 01 the picture \lh any side was shown at all. if the situation ill Cuba were as horribly black and white as the Nazi terror in Germany to which Dr. Dane ner compares it, a strong position would be easy to take. But more than a few reports just don't concur with the position Dunner advocates. Among these are reports heard from the group of ,i'iiakc sure “that the Cuban peo- 1;‘ilt persons who went to Cuba ji t a month before the tlavel ban was imposed. According to tlielll, conditions for the Cuban people (the greatest number of whom don't consider themselves “r lied in dictatorship” are incom— pal ible with what they were dur g the year of Batis Shacks have become homes with indoor plumbing; schools are being built. Dr. Dunner also implies that visitors who speak against the new Cuban government will be punished with— out appeal. Isn’t this also when the case in lands ruled by men such as Franco, DeGaulle and Truiillo'.7 Where is Dr, Dunner’s demand for travel bans on those countries? A revolutionary government is bound to be extra careful ullt-il it stands on firmer ground. Many Tories, he may ier call. ill our own revolution had to take to the hills. Mr. Shapiro who was detained in Cuba and released seemed not the worse for near, and still open-minded about the ("uhail s tuation. That the Commun ts are Cuba's t' ends hardly a wonder when we tied to win l'ricnd'llip ll) cutting ofi'r their supply of dollars 'and loweril the .inal' quota, when we are consistently over-conscious of our own ill- tele. s and unconcerned with those of Cuba. The “utimiilh iy'tion of industry in Cuba was made only after yeal in tor the United States businessman, alld year of ' for many lower class Cubans. Some prool' at this is evident in the fact that Ameri ill busin men were not willing to accept the Cuban government's ol'l'ei' of pay- him”. l'or their industries 2 cording to the prices they had quoted as the industry's Value on tax returns. The, state department notice that we were witlidral in! the sugar quota because of United States need is \‘el, hard to believe, especially nice we be me needy at such n convenient time. Tile treatment C2 tro received dilrilllr his United State' visit, likewise. will never win the U. S. alii' medals for diplomacy. lll Cuba the commui still the )position party, but it it is becoming lncrea‘ ii, dill cult to d tillg'uisll between the revolutiollal_ and the Commil "t, it is not the l'ault oi the ll‘ail' Play for ('uhll Committee as Dr. Dilullor implies, but. rather the l'alllt lil' t‘ cilill anee alld a long history of bilttel'efingzereli llilillilllatic polil 'i'liotlg’ll Dr. Dunner's letter has t'erced us into (le- lelidilip‘ a po. ti we are not ready to del'elld, it has helped to illdic te the l'a ’ous contradicto reports alld attitudes that are presently lielit hle when real l'acth can- not tit‘, determined. Dr. Dullncr may show ‘us state department comments and Dulllleiustatelnonts, and we will show him Mill's inter- ]tt|‘t1!illlilS or llostoll’s remarks or Jim Gilbert’s (ilisul'Vik til-nx: each h oui) will seem to cancel out the other’s \‘alid- it.\u \\'e are not, then, advocatingr one stand or another, Dr. Dunner seems to sue , \\'e are a in: that the llited Stat . give the inch which will allow to co 'idL‘r the lact alid make an honest decision. \\'llril we speak (it beiriu' “truly American” iii: are old suggesting that we ; American students must encourage policy of ripeness and honesty. Such hlinl ty, positive and tree l'rom tour, is integral to the Allie ' all ideal; it has Iil'tell licellr and should alu" 's be. America's greatest weapon } * inst her enelrli a strong-l us lHUSt ‘ had ‘ firmly: with Elliott Grinueil, Iowa GRINNELL COLLEGE a nethli in lhc Hum n urn mpcr pilbh~licd cia, rinliv oi the chi iiczi ebmi rlrc rm Nildrnt rrihl ihmrnm. a Ikd to Col llizt' school ' shim ll - urricucur rlcimh o imlh i, mm- lmllmu, Joli i mm lirm 'l’ulntl lilutun . cm, in ram, llum hrlum. Pluliw lulum r .l nuance .\»~|. lupin... melanin," .l l,r_ru.u Mun. l‘llldliil)‘ loam.“ ,r .u. .wa. LeHers To The Editor Dunner Attacks 5&3 Editorial; Cuba. The Asseniing Position To the Editor: b l t“ . Under the title M U thL pcrsuasivciiess "Casti’ol ind . - < .. - youl opinions Assuming, Lcl Us Sec For Ourselves in i,,_ that you are mm. to hm, (1‘0 Mart“ 17th issue 0l ,thC out ii the State Dc ailment has Scarlet & Black. you publmzed valid justification for: its policies. the (i'clilatlon at o pctllion is 1 wow my. ,0 MM the mp lnong :tudc ts and iacully which ‘0““13 m Hm. mimic“ bccn med bvvtilc PM On Jan. 3, 1961, the govern» Play For Cuba Committee" incul of Cuba delivered a note You stated that thc petition to the u. s Embassy in Hava ;\ asked the president of the Unit- stating that Cuba had decided ed States to rchse “the state to limit us Embassy and cm dcpaltinent pollcy of hostility suldi- laffs gold! 3 ol m towards Cuba," to restore “dip» tionality',, to 11 persons thi~ lomatlc and lradc relations," to included cooks. cleaning women. messenger boys and scelctaiies The note gave Americans who excccdcd this number ~18 hour. (or departure and implied that it was not subject to any linger nation, On the same day. fornicr Pre- sident Eisenhower released d message ‘whieh speaks tor it- self. "Thi. unusual action on His part or the Castro govern- lncnt can have no olhoi' pur- pose than to rcudei- impos blc the conduct of normal diplo- matic rclalicrrs with that govern. incni. Accordingly i have my structed the Secretary at State to dclivcr a note formally tel'lnr mating diplomatic and cruisuhrr relations with the g0\e|lil‘n0nt of Cuba, .oirr friendship for the Cuban pcoplc is nol :ltloctr ed, DUNNER Cant, p. 6, col. 1 about in lhc oi pie be peimitted to determine thcir own destiny wrthoiri iri- lericrciicc irom any outside sources,' and in hit lire “travel ban on Cuba" 30 that Americans would bc able to draw their Own conclusions lrom What is happening in Cuba instead of having to rely "upon *iiilcrprc ms and our ‘sometimes rree press.’ " ”ll ‘tlie State Department is so convinced that “Castroland' is ‘bad,’ you said interested students at Grinliell a Ill] throughout the u. s. are only asking ‘\Vun’t you let us be truly American? Won't you let us see for ourselves.‘ '- Asmmiug that you acted in good lailh, I take it ldr graiilcd that you would \\'iFl1 to give your readers all the iclcv‘anl {acts and not just ihzisc \illILh Elie ginning of Stones by John Ward There is a famous Stelg cup discussions loan that shows an unplca \lil \\l\.\’ RUSSla man curing in a box Thc in. space race, and more pcoplc lmii reads, "People are no damn will stand up and plucc thr- good" T h i s blame on all sorts or other peo- diawing could pie be used to illu- lu two months there will be strata the lhi-cc an otticial statement lhni we are lead sloric: iii no longer behind: lhci-c is no the news this gap. Thcn Russia will hind on week ‘tlii: mDOlL and the proc will A l‘rcrmnu havi- to 5 mt river ' in Iu-rrci lhcrc ll r why is a re three people , r lhc box and llu m: mil hccnusc ot' lhc pros. lhc box isnlade rigc loss ll just would hrivu bl hullclprrmi horn a gichl liiumph in trcrhl glass The people ni-c two print-c. iii.~ Talc oi mcii inch nciiiig as guards lol the Au American min. Adolph Eichmanll Thu thud man in the nci t ic Curidc this box lhrcr- ridges in ii riyiii-niirc box. can of sit and listen to witncx» s lcll nationalism and an unl'ouhdcd hi Six million Jei - lalth in his own sense iii duty. the l -i great wrir The \ 'tness- Hc u-riilc. wilb might n‘ncl iuniu cs arc so iiumcrdiu that lhc lb rid this eounll‘y oi the liml mi' cxlciirl into Jilly. scourge ol Communion. by ric- Tiicic will he no witnesses for cilslllg eve v person who r- ii the defense hclrrum the 1 inc-ii loo .4 hhc he mighl hc ii social- ,eorcrnmcul (ould hm guarantee ist such a p oh safety imiimnhoi‘ing wlmt huppen- This inmi will lie tried and ed to prior Joe Ml-Carlhy he found guilty, leaving only the hi kept his artivities to question of sentence. And even la Woly disrrcci until rel-rul- this should mil he lmi difficult. 1y. Now he has 1 vii Capital punishment has been much sure 5 that he can lnhnlishcd in niiicl lor all cxr ilnliulliice i. thcinterestoithe rcpt w , criminals. ('oiuit y lhiil Dwight D. l'"\‘cii- Thcrc i no icvcugc for par [lower and his lirriihcr :1“: pic 0i 1 r -l. onlv the hupc liurl , both rardreilrryiu: Commun- Euhrulmu \\l|| i nmc a symbol ists. oi’ lhc l'estlll (ii making mcum ll \uhnd lU irn cud. ist, \\‘Otl rec lhv A bus urn 104)” to icprc-ht This: man l\ out of thc lid. mcciius in C ic imw Whilc hc wa: in lhc hd. rind l uuuid be he shot around the “Grid, bigli- lhvm in ii bi ur and luster than a mall lill: dcix wh' hard eicr gen: liclnrc. Thcic uill hr hir- ill Canal-ox; is ahead .inc that “'C lrlholr- 3 till“- group week. i welt l political I . liil, o licxl uri- made of the wood called final-‘ lilirc to send cohgraluiatiom to‘ lo Clit loser ihilrslon Says “Sill theaters,” is Successiill liy Gary Thurston About yczrr ago a small gloup cl Grillliell players went on the r i with George Bern— ard Slim Don Juan in Hell ‘ Thc- cii~t expeiienced consider- able succes in its larrly long tour of lnldii'eslci‘n colleges By mounting "5 Character ' loi- ihc i-dnd. lhc Knox Playeis have extended what may bccomc a Valuable tradition Krrcx‘ road work had been confined to appearances relar tlvcly near home. Considering the distance involved and the size of the casl. lhc Knox Pe formers undertook on anib ious prol Lt: and they carried it air with a considerable degree at success. The most ambitious aspect cl their project was the selecV ii of it rirmulcllo play. Cer- . uly one at the best iii the I’ll'andello dramas, “SIX Char dclcrs in Search oi an Aulhr ’ur" is a play within a play, The mlcricr plot is typically fantastic A man ordc in in4 tellcciually incompetent wife from hr< house when he rind: shc’ has (alien in love with an- other man He keeps their son and the Wife precedes to have lhi-ec illegitimate children by the other mzm. Years later the father meets his stepdaughter in a brothel, but recognizes her only when his wife reappears. Thc inlcrlor .ulualicrr increases in inl:nsity and terror as a re» conciliation is made, but the mother Iinds herself unable to communicate with her iii-l son. At last lhc young st illegitimate child drowns in fountain. and the younger son shoots himsclr. The exterior play, the picture frame so to speak, is relatively simple. The participants in the inner drama are characters from life who have come to a legitimate ihcatrc to have their pc ‘onallti and snuclicn made into a pla During most of the action [he ploiossional actors do little but react to thc inner drama. Plays wilhm plays arc usuplly . ligc affairs, lor they raise in, prohicm for the audience of determining winch play i< the most real Thcy almost automa- tirally imply an unsui' laclcry solution to the problcm oi static or malie reality and the im- pri sibllitv at capturing the flux of human character, Most of Plrandello‘s pla .— deal with the question oi real- ily. Thc training device in “six Cha .rclcrs" i what makes (11: play a masterpiece; but the pro bicrm inhc t in the lraming make the show a wry difficult one to do and see. We Live tantal ed by sup, .iea problems or the moral r, . ion or man, the [aillire of “moral responsibil- ity" and “moral desolation" and. most of all the inability of ilic intellect to give mail any control over his uslcm-c. But these .le'c 0111 tunes for Pli-imrlciiu, and they are rlann wilh a limo brush in the in- terillr dramas, lloii‘ can the inlCIlor actor build a sustained rhrrrcclcr and do anything bui root" The Knox plcduction mil-t have been do w by u calnpetcnlly dilsctrd gr ip 01‘ actors. The impact 01 lhc iiiisl rmrc. Tili- s the two Succeeding Segments cur lhc iusiuc pli iii in nird (ilit iii locus. Thc minor roles well: canccivcd mircclh in lhc bccihnmg. but it u-u u btlillrin drl’lrtully oi lhc play that llrcrc nus» (on lillic room to hulld rir ir u v that would keep the any dirllet: hcli \‘ing Tirc gestui hccuu to e t. ind lhc block— THURSTON Conl. p. 4, col. 1