Friday. February 7, lib? SCARLET AND BLACK Page Five SDS Where Are You? Despite Julia and David Eisenhowers' warning that rejection of the establish- ment and a search for une's own values will lead to unhappiness, (from an eyeop— fining interview with these two already- rsying-actheremples marrieds in This eek magazine), Grinnell’s loudest dis- Ienting voice has decided to clear its throat and raise its cry once again, Two of the most important questions lacing SDS, (part of that “small minori- ty that gives a bad picture of the 0th ors”). are who will be the leaders and who will want to follow to the degree of making posters, stuffing boxes, typing, making lists and telephoning. Most peo- ple are unwilling to step in and make the sacrifices of time and energy that leadership demands. There is also the problem or unifica- lionl Some SDSers are sitting back and luvoring their radicalism, (“and not do- ing a damned thing," says Kit Leder, well known radical), others are sebluding themselves with their books and high in- tensity lamps or personal ideological Itruggles, but some are determinedly en- thusiastic. A number of people believe with Bruce Nissen that SDS will lean toward the New Working Class theory It is concerned with the consumer orientation of society and the pressure from the manufacturers and the status competition that is Torc- lng him to consumer The revolution would be a rejection or this style Last semester the pro—Peking Progressive Labor Party concept was predominant. Its emphasis is on the bourgois Proietariat class struggle and organizing in the factories Nissen feels that Marxist-humanist thought will prevail over the Marxist- Leninist line of last semester. "The issues will be campus centered . but related to national problems," specu- lated Kit Lederl The effort to get R.O.T.C. off campus will continue. Work tn involve students in the forming of an admissions policy and curriculum, and the questioning of who is controlling their education, how, and why, will be- gin. Mike McElfresh hopes to start a committee on racism and work on align- lng students with workers. He feels that the youth culture, New Working Class and Yippiesl are a had trend. Probably the most significant change in SDS will be its attempt to be more concerned with and responsive to what all students are thinking about and less concerned with SDS dogmatism and revo« lutionary rhetoric Save This Coupon And Save 10% On All Purchases; 20% On Those Over ‘25.!)0 AT... BRYAN'S SHOE SERVICE ”If Your Shoes Aren’t Becoming To You, They Should Be Coming To Us!” 721 BROAD ‘ For School or Typewriter Supplies Grinnell Office Supply Act-u Iron the Post Ollie. GRINNELL. 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He is capable of being both eloquent and ob— scure, homespun and arrogant, intellec- tually committed and emotionally de. tachedl He can speak of opening our political institutions to the young, then support Russell long over Ted Kennedy for Democratic whip, He can invest him~ seli in a crusade to disengage us from Vietnam, then turn over his influential Foreign Relations assignment to a hawk. He can argue for the moral and poli- tical necessity of keeping blacks within the system, then fall to campaign in black neighborhoods. Throughout his re- cent polltloal career the values and be- havior for which many applaud him have been followed by seemingly inexplicable lapses. In these he seems to delight or, at least, leave unexplained. The argument here is not that politi- cians can, must or should be consistent over the long-run. In a pmfegion where careers are long, maturation possible, pressures and issues complex. consis» tency may indicate only a simple mind. 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'/2 PRICE 3 PAIR SOOKS (Reg. sI Per Pair) . . . . . . . 31.98 BLUE OHAMBRAY SHIRTS (Reg. 33.93) Now ‘248 EVERYTHING MUST GO! given time in history people be able develop some undersmnding of the basic beliefs and dominant behavioral patteml of those who oiler themselves to lead the country. Obscurantism may he dis< tinguishable from duplicity (as an act of passion may be different from one or premeditation), but the end result may be the same. Wheuier or not Johnson lied about Vietnam during the 1964 cam- paign seems highly immaterial now. Poets may object to the above as an attempt to put down the sublime and psychiatrists as an example ai amateur psycho-analysis. aoth may be right. Let me develop the argument a bit dif- ferently by shining my concern imm what I can't rind in McCarthy to what I think i can. First, he strike's me as a gentleman‘s liberal" in whom lives as much Tory as Whig. To criticize our Vietnam policy took more courage than liberalism — to criticize the Democratic Party took nei- ther — to enter the fight with black. takes both — to support oil men and Russell Lflng shows neither. A gentle liberal he is; the right kind (in my view) he is not. Then there is his emotional detach- ment, which is closely related to thl above To paraphrase Arthur Schlesing— er, “reason without passion is sterile." cur system is already weighted so heav- ily to inertia that emotion and forceful- ness are demanded from leaders who talk of change. 1 sense in McCarthy that the well or emotion would too quickly run dry. Third, McCarthy reflects the Progres- slve tendency to abhor power in politics. His views on the American Presidency. it put into action, would reverse over a half-century of history and once more return national power to the conservative halls of Congress More than ever Amer- ica needs an aggressive Pmsldent who will seek and use power, realizing that the availability of his political resources is directly related to his ability to efiect change. Finally, there is the problem oi con- stituency support. For whatever reasons (and i think the above suggests some), McCarthy has drawn support irom a somewhat narrow and somewhat sur- prising series of groups e the young, the intellectuals, the White middle and up- per classes, the suburbanites. i would argue that among them only the young represent a truly progressive lorcc. The real problem, though, is less the pre- sence of certain support groups than the absence of others, primarily blacks. Nix- on may piove this wrong, but the ab- sence of black support for our national leaders (and a reciprocal enthusrasm) seems potentially dangerous. Let me close with a caveat and a sum- mation. in my opinion McCarthy should have been Time Magazine's Man Oi the Year, for his courage and the decisive role he appears to have played in easing the Vietnam Situation. For this alone ha has won a place in history. He was, but clumsily, the right man at the right place at the right time. However, Ameri- ca’s problems run deeper than Vietnam and our party structures They call for more than familiar liberalism and an underlying detachment from emotion and the quest for political power. CAMF STAFF OPENINGS: camp K'nutson in Northern Minnesota'providax unique rum. mer experience for emotional- iy disturbed and mentally re- tarded children. Opening! in- clude: Waterfront Staff iw.s.i. or Senior Lire saving. male and female): Program/Operations Starr Imalel; Cook; Registered Nurse. 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