Friday February 27 Orchesis, the Grinnell modern dance group, will present a program in Roberts Theater next weekend, Friday and Saturday, the 6th and 7th of March, at 8300 RM. The group is led by Mrs. Betty G. Voertlnan, Instructor in Theater (Dance), and is known for the imagina- Parent Writes On The State Of The College Dear President Leggett: We appreciated receiving your letter concerning the emotional climate at Grinnell. Our son entered the college as a freshman last Fall and We attended Fresh- men’s Parent Weekend in Octo- her. After the October weekend, I am afraid we were rather dis- lnaycd over the ominous note struck concerning the dangers to Grinnell and other Liberal Arts colleges in the country it such an emotional climate Continues. We have always regarded our selves as having liberal attitudes. As a medlcal doctor, I am vitally Concerned with mankind’s social ills and am quite cognizant of sweeping reform measures need— ed. But when, for example, for a whole weekend, we were sub jected to power-oriented prop aganda campaigns of high emotional content on subjects encompassing Vietnam politics, Women‘s Liberation Society demands, student power con- cepts and positive benefits oi drug use, we felt that academic approaches to discussion were either being ignored or not taught. The weekend did not demon- stralc a permissive or even ovorly-pcrltnssive attitude on the part oi students. faculty. or administration toward the “vocal minority", but rather it smacked of a situation rapidly getting beyond the control of authority. We were invited to symposia on various subjects where I ex- pected discussio ' instead, it was again a onersided solnetimes emotional, often illogical, propa- gandistic effort at persuasion. I recall the days especially after the propaganda nightmare of World War II when this type oi approach was considered bcncath contempt, and yet we were being asked to treat this sort of appeal with respect. On a subject as controversial as drug use, there were three pro-drug discussants and a faculty member who admitted that the Administration did not know how to cope with the problem. Are there no learned people in the Grinnell College setting who might have presented anti-drug considerations? Even more frightening was the feeling that although the more vocal groups were in the mi» nority, the majority oi students on campus sympathizcd with then) and actively backed this intolerant atmosphere of intimi- dation. l really wonder if there is not already evidence or the abusive ptm‘cr of the majority at SCARLET AND BLACK News Analyns Pa ge Three ‘Actioll Now’ To Meet Here By Staff Writer On Saturday March 7 tnext weekend), those infamous Grinr nell Republicans will be spon~ soring an Action Now Conierence on campus in conjunction with the College Republicans of Iowa, the Republican State Central Committee, and the Republican National Committee. How could this ignominious convolution oi political gameplaying organiza- tions provide anything more than the run-of—therl'nill political ex- perience? Perhaps the “Action Now” will provide the answer. , The Action Now program was tion, originality, and excitement of its per: formances in the past. The choreography on only five of the numbers has been done by Mrs. Voertman, and all the rest were choreo- graphed by students. (Photo by Paul Doughty) Grinnell? It becomes more and more ap- parent to us that the goal of the radical students at Grinnell and other colleges is the creation of student controlled communes. If the Administration continues to take a laissez—laire attitude except for the issue of violence, and continues to accede to student power demands, this goal should be a iait accompli in the very near future. Perhaps such a college commune should be tried. From recent remarks of the President at Bennington College. it would seem that this institution is close to it. I think it only falr, however, that if this is the intent at Grinnell, parents and alumni should be made aware of it. We should have the privilcge of deciding it we wish our children to participate in this type of experiment. ‘- Believe me, we are not replying to your letter with any attitude at rancor. We realize the almost impossible tightrope walking po- sition you are in. We fully appre~ ciale that you are trying to halldle a very difficult situation fairly. We feel that college ad- ministrators need help and that is what we would like to offer. — (Name Withheld By Request) first established by Elly Peter- son, then Statc Chairman of Michigan Republican Party, in Detroit as a program intended to make party headquarters in that city lunctional and valuable to the citizens during non~election years. Elly Peterson is now assistant chairman of the Republican Na- tional Committee and has taken her experience and ideas to the national level. As a result, Action Now has become a iulltime com- munity action effort encouraged by the Republican Party. College Republicans in Iowa have picked up this concept plan to institute it on Iowa college campuses with co-ordination on the statewide level. The confer- ence on March 7 is designed to help educate college Republicans and anyone else interested in Constructive problem solving and organized community action. The conference will include panels on drugs, pollution, the perspective of the black student, and a summary ,and general procedures panel with which to close the day’s activities In— cluded in the program will be Elly Peterson, the Action Now ideologue; Jack Criw‘ord, special assistant for community affairs to the Republican Na- tional Chairman; and several other people intimately con nected with this community action program on the national level. Either Governor Robert Ray or Lt. Governor Jepsen will moderate the general panel, and Senator Jack Miller will speak atlunch. Other resource people will be: Dr. Philip Levine of Drake University, head of the govern nor’s drug commission; and Max Milo Mills, head of the governor's Crime Commission. Both men will participate on the drug panel. L. B. Liddy, Secretary of Agriculture, St. Representative Andrew Varley, expert in Iowa's pollution problems; and Earl Jarvis of the govemor’s Cone servation Commission will participate in the panel on pollu- lion. Concerning the concept of Action Now in Iowa, Phil Sasich of Grinnell College, and Director of Action Now for Iowa, stated: “Let me emphasize that Action Now is a non-ideological program. It is, indeed, sponsored by the Republican Party and College Republicans of Iowa, but it deremphastzes almost to ex» clusion the traditional party functions of voteegetting and political gaming. Rather, it is a project designed for participation by all people, regardless of political affiliation, and is directed at solving or helping to solve any community problem regardless of its role in the party policy structure, In sum, we hope to tap the human resource with the aim or bettering the human condition in somesmall way.” He then Commented on the March 7th Conference itseli. “We hope that by bringing together resource people with expertise in lields related to local projects college students might under- take, we can educate Conference participants in the concepts and possibilities of community action programs, Thus. just as the Action Now program is none ideological, our Conference will be directed toward education and as non-political as possible." Sasich also stressed that the Conference is open to all students and that he hopes Grinnell students and their skepticism about party politics will be evi~ dent enough to keep proceedings nonrpolitical and in line with the above-mentioned goals. Students, Faculty Seek Scrutiny of Ammunition Plant “The controller radioed, ‘Look, I‘ve got a target for you.’ And he dropped a marker on this nice little town of maybe 2,500 people. Lou, the flight leader, asked, ‘Did anybody see that‘?’ and we both said no. Nobody wanted to be the first to go in. We asked the FM: to mark the target again. Well,’ that was it, Lou went in first and those bombs just walked down the street, bouncing off the sides of the buildings. Don hit one end and I took the other. We knocked down maybe 25 buildings . . . There'd been a sweep through there a few weeks before; it was territory, as far as we knew, secure.” This was taken from an article by an airline pilot, formerly a navy pilot in Vietnam, which appeared in MacLeans Maga- zine, February, 1968. The explosives used by the pilot quoted above might have been produced right here in Iowa, at the Chamberlain Manufacturing Company in Waterloo or at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant in Burlington. Chamberlain looks with confidence toward the future: Chamberlain has noted the develop- ments in 11.5. foreign policy, overseas commitments, and budget Considerations, and has taken certain steps to assure that its eminence in the muni- tions market is maintained in the future." The people at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant are more reticent but we‘re told they produce depth charges, rockets, ammunition over 30 mm, missile warheads, bombs, There is a group of Grinnell students and faculty who are studying these companies. If you‘re interested in helping out, contact Penny Jacks at extension 379 or box 452.