Friday. October 1. i956 SCARLEI’ AND BLACK Page Thru Student Draft Representative Seeks Revamping Proposals 3y NEIL FISCHER The mold-like Johnson bureaucracy reached a way- ward tentacle onto the campus Saturday, October 1, with the visit of a representative of the President‘s new Na- tional Advisory Commission on Selective Service. Clifford C. Behnke, one of Illne student representatives or the commission in the entire na» tion, interviewed twenty Grin- nell students — chosen at ran- dom —- concerning possible changes in the Selective Serv- tce System. Behnke, a Univer- lity of Wisconsin student and iormer editor of the Daily Car- tlinal, emphasized that he was not here to “take a poll" but rather to “sound out represem tative students at radically dif- fering institutions (or higher bducation." Each of the nine student rep- resentatives, explained Behnke, question: I number or typical ltudents on each of four cam- puses differing significantly in their educational format. Behm ke‘s four schools include a small liberal arts college (Grinnell), a junior college (Flint Commu- nity, Flint, Michigan), a church affiliated university (Creighton Omaha, Nebraska). and a gar- gantuan state school (Behnke's own University of Wisconsin at Madisonl Revamplng Grinnell students were infor. molly quizzed consenting a mul- titude of phases of the draft system — from their opinions of a possible “lottery" to their ideas on conscription as a whole, Those interviewed were then asked to verbalize any oi their own proposals on revamp- ing the system. Behnke and the eight other students — representing the University of Wisconsin, Clark College. Vanderbilt, Cornell Uni< versity, the University of in diana, the University of Cali- fornia at Berkeley, Yale, the University of Washington at Seattle, and Southwest Texas State College (LBJ’s alma ma- ter) — will meet with the ac- tual members of the National Advisory Commission on Octo- ber 31. Behnke and his iellow ('3 student representatives are not commission members, but only report to the commission itself which will draft a full report to reach President Johnson on or about January 1, 1961, Duft Proposal The President drafted the pr0< posal organizing the National Advisory Commission on Selec- tive Service — Executive Order 11289 — on July 2, “Whereas Since the days of the militia it has been the tradition of our nation that we entrust its de— fense not just to a standing army but to all citizens," it be» gins, “it is appropriate Lhat the . . . Government calls its cili- lens from different walks 0! life . . ." Members of the new commis- lion number twenty, and in- clude such diverse notables as Kingman Brewster .lr. (Chan- cellor of Yale), Warren Wood- ward (Vice-President of Ameri- can Airlines). F. R. Simeone (Professor or Surgery at West- ern Reserve). Oveta Hobby (editor oi the Houston P051). and the Rev, John Murray (a Jesuit). Chairman of the Na- tional Advisory Commission is Negro Burke Marshall, iormer Assistant v.5. Attorney General and now Vice President of IBM. President Johnson first Vocal- ized his idea of the commission on August 13, 1966 beiore a group at youthful federal gov- ernment summer interns. “We are not interested in lust a system," he drawled. "What we do want and need is a just sys< tern." Profs Discuss Realism In Foreign Policy Wednesday in the South Lounge James Mageo (pol. sci.) and Alan J o n e a (history) agreed, with varying emphasis, that us. ioreign policy should conform more to international reality. They. along with William Pollak (86011.), discussed till! year’s debate club topic: “Re- solved: That the US. should substantially reduce its foreign policy commitments." About 150 students and faculty weio pres- ent, Jones, in an historical sketch of US. foreign policy. con- cluded that America's past sense of mission and moral ub- solutism leads its policy to mili- tary solutions, “There is a con- nectiun," he said, “between this moralistic tradition and our military posture in the world." The US, thus overcommlts it« Aesthetician Due To Visit Grinneil‘s first Visiting Philosopher this year will be Eliseo Vivas, John Evans Professor of Moral and Intellec- tual Philosophy at Northwestern University and associate editor of Modem Age. Aesthetician Vivas, who has taught and written books on both philosophy and literature, will be on campus from October 12 to 14 as part of the philoso— phy department’s program to encourage interdisciplinary conversation. Vivas has been a Guggenheim fellow as well as a past consul for Venezuela in the city or Philadelphia. Among the books that he has written are Artistic Transaction and Essays on The- ory oi Literature, 1963, and The Moral Life and The Ethical Lite, 1950. Before going to Northwestern, he taught phil- osophy at the University at Wis- consin and at the University of Chicago, Later, he taught ooth philosophy and English at Ohio State University. On October 13, Vivas will speak in Roberts Theatre at 11:00 mm. for the Fine Arts Series and will lead a philoso< phy colioquuim at s p.m, Ha Will also lead an English col- loquim during his stay and will be available to meet with stu- dent groups on an iniormal ba- sis. Students who wish to sched- ule such informal meetings should Contact Howard Burkio (philosophy). Burkle has emphasized that the Visiting Philosopher Pro- gram brings in ”men who have special competence and inter- ests which cut across depart mental boundaries.” The other two lecturers will provide philo- sophical insight into science and the social sciences, respective. ly. YDs to Hear Kennedy This Sunday the Young Dem- ocrats will provide transporta- (ion for those wishing to hear Senator Robert F. Kennedy (Dem.. N.Y.) speak in Des Moines, At llr30 am. those at.~ tending will leave from the For- um parking area and will m- tum at 5:00 p.m. The charges for this service are 500 for members and $.00 for non- members. WAYNE’S STEAKHOIISE "the Rex" restaurant -cocktuil lounge steaks Next to the Theater OFFORTUNlTIES OVERSEAS runs In. a community D IVI ma. hlnhly-mollv- a . d Edna-lion o Aflrlonliur- .lepm-ul . man. i. on ,,.,. lnl‘l a. liberal um, education, “hm self militarily and fails to real< ize it cannot arbitrarily change the world to its image. “our own past." he said, “is a curse, a kind of barrier, for under- standing the world and making reasonable policy commitments. Even in our best moments — and in Wilson’s and Franklin Roosevelt's policies there is a certain nobility — there was a patronizing. sell-righteousness toward the world.” This “twentieth century more at imperialism," Jones said, is especially evident after World War II when "there was no dis- criminatlon over the kinds of commitment." lutism against communism was the sole determining iactor for policy, and so the US. allied itself with France, Trujillo, and Diem, among others. Under Kennedy there was a respite in which the US. showed u “dis< criminating sense of the use of power." “But," said Jones, "much of that has ended with Kennedy'l death. We have an extension of military commitments tar be- yond anything the Republicans in the ’50: considered. We have an unprecedented commitment in a land War and a revival of moral rhetoric. Despite a lim- lied military oommitment in Viet Nam, we have Johnsou’l oral naiveta about moralism and power." 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