'rlday, March 20, I'm SCARLET AND BLACK ’ SCI C's Vivian Phones Toll! Here, Discusses Non- Violence Philosophy “Non-violence to us is more than not fighting back," C. T. Vivian, President of Affiliates of the Southern Christian Lead« ership Conference, told about 500 Grinnell students by long distance telephone Monday night. He continued, “It is the mat- ter of raising issues to the level of consciousness to so great a degree that everyone within ,society must see himr self. We reached that high point today in Selma, Alabama, beCause for the first time We really got the church involved in the movement.” Vivian explained the basic non-violent philosophy of SCLC. He repeated that fi‘unearned suf- fering brings creative change, and it works every, every time." He explained the manner in which SCLC sees its philosophy manifest in results. “A leader is a person with followers. If you know how to mass a movement, if you know how to plan one, if you’ve got the skills and understanding and a sense of history, than you can make gains step by step to change the society in which you live. Raise the is- sues so positively to the level of consciousness that all men must look at what you’re say- ing and realize that the word has become flesh. But we know this—that unearned suffering is redemptive and it brings change.” Vivian said that the move ment is making new allies for the non-violent philosophy. “Sometime on the non-violent road, I hope we’re able to see labor present itself as we’re able to see the Church pre- sent itself, and we'll know then that we have the ally of forces that we need to really see the kind of change in American so— ciety that we need," he said. He continued, “We can be able to deal with the great so- cial problems of our time with a force of the people. We can say with the President, ‘We shall overcome’,” “Our work is designed to create an atmosphere in which democracy can exist. so that we have no need for another ‘ocracy’ or another ‘ism.’ And this is basic to our understand» ing," Vivian said. “You can have a decent so- ciety, based upon love, truth, justice, if you’ve got enough guts to suffer for it. And that is the kind of new society that we’re really talking about,” he added. Further explaining the non- violent philosophy of sch, he said. "This kind of thinking does not come easy, and people who want to be angry and throw things don’t quite under- stand it. But I think we Can see it here (in Selma). As the unearned suffering of the Rev. James Reeb has brought the Church to the Southern civil rights movement." “Peace is the presence of love and of understanding and of good will. If we can gener- ate, through crisis, an under- standing of how we really live With one another, then we can begin to restructure and begin to live like we ought to live, and this is what U16 non-violent movement is saying, that it needs the allies to do this. To- day the ally of the Church that are given them, to be able to reach for these things that their minds are able to imag- ine," Vivian asserted. “Selma has lifted the issues to the conscience of mis na- tion,” he Concluded. The telephone lecture was c. T. VIVIAN. photographed as he talks to a Grinnell aud- ience via long distance telephone. came plained. “It is only a non-violent movement, that comes to an understanding of love, that says that all men should have the opportunity to fulfill themr selves, to fulfill the capacities forward," Vivian ex- ' arranged by Rev. Robert Dew- ey, First C o n g r eg a tional Church, Grinnell, who partici- pated in the demonstrations in Selma last week, Six Grinnell students were also in the home from which Vivian spoke. Page Seven Selma Society Described (Continued from Page 1) ferring to that line of police as the “perimeter," a military term which, unfortunately, is all too accurate. Outside that "perimeter” is a town full of people who are hav— ing zoo-year customs changed in two months. They have been sub- jected to every kind of torment possible and their patience has been stretched razor thin. It’s not a point of justification for any— thing they've done or will do. It’s simply a point one has to remem- her in dealing with them and try- ing to understand them. It goes without saying that these people hate Negroes. Even more they hate the press which exposes them to the world. But even more, they hate the northern college stu- dent. The four of us are an unforr tunate combination — northern college student pressmen. Inside the “perimenter” it is a different world. Everyone but while townspeople are free to come and go as they want so long as they don't march and so long as they don’t try to go through the Students Fast. Selma Benefits A voluntary fast from the evening meal served in the col- lege dining rooms will be held Wednesday night. The money saved by not serving the meal will be sent to the Southern Christian Leadership Confer- ence to help defray medical ex» pauses and cost of food during the recent demonstrations in Selma, Alabama. Each participant in the fast, in addition to missing the meal, will contribute 50c when he registers for the fast. A service will be held in Her- rick Chapel during the dinner hour Wednesday for fast par- ticipants. The fast is being organized by an ad hoc student Commit- tee composed of representas tives from several campus or ganizations. SYLVAN AVENUE in saline was the scene of a continual vigil on the part of demonsira— tors. The "invisible Berlin Wall" was the barrier beyond which nnnher demonstrators nor law enforcement officials would budge. The demonstrators held his line for five days and nights, They are pictured here. praying. in the background are some of ihe police cars which blocked Sylvan avenue inst outside thedemonstrotion site. diminished, “Selma Wall," the police barrb code that you see in newspapers. Inside there is a chaos and all order. Leaders, tireless m an, bring order through an unseen system of communication. A party-like atmosphere pre- vails must of the time and, a. time passes, this atmosphere in. creases, It is difficult to imaging that this is the same group 0 demonstrators who were beaten a week ago and had one of their own killed. The best example of this Cam Sunday morning when a group 0 ministers tried to march to church, They were, as you know, stopped, As they stood at the “Wall,“ stomach to stomach, eyeball to eyeball, with the troopers, one o»- pected anything. Anything, that is, but what happened. When every. one realized that the ministerd weren’t going anywhere, they started laughing and joking, e»,- changing cigarettes and matches. I was standing next to Wilson Baker, Public ‘Safety Direcioiil when he confronted the marchers. There was no hate, He told them they couldn‘t go. They didn’t. He said he was sorry, He was. The four of us are working a newsmen. Fuson and I have AB press cards .which I managed i get through means which woul make a redneck indignant and probably in eke Sheriff Clarii furious. Phillips and Wilhelm have no press identification but with their cameras they go every- where with everyone assuming they are pressmen, We'did‘ not come to Selma to demonstrate and we have not demonstrated. We came becausj we wanted to see and we wante to tell others. , In the few words I have here I cannot begin to describe the Selt ma demonstration. It is a situation that will require millions of words and hundreds of pictures. We have lived with demonstrators, police and townspeople, yet I’m not sure any of us could begin to draw l clear picture of it all. You have to come to Selma to know Selma. Faculty Deplores Alabama Situation The college faculty adopting a resolution Monday deplorin the denial of human rights Alabama Negroes, and estab- lished a fund to aid the Selma civil rights drive. The resolution Cited the tra- ditional concern of the faculty of this college “with the (le- tense of civil and intellectual freedoms.” It further stated: “Believing that the freedom of all is as: saulted when that of a few i5 . we go on pub; lic record in our request to all members of the Grinnell Col- lege community to bear eliec. tive witness against such bru- tality, . . The faculty is conducting a fund drive With the obiectlve of $1,000. Roger Eldridge, Col- lege chaplain, announced Mon- day night. Offerings for SCLC were tale! en by the students following the telephonic lecture and in luncii lines Tuesday. The total raised so far by students is about $80»