William Kunstler

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Last thursday in the U of W humanities theatre William Kunstler, a controversial lawyer who gained considerable public attention in recent years for his defense of numerous political radicals charged with conspiracy, addressed a large audience.

Kunstler began his speech by describing the present threat to freedom in the United States, elaborating on the governmental use of conspiracy trials as in- struments of political repression. The purpose of the presentation seemed to be the expatiation, in a warm and affectionate fashion, of the perspective and position of his clientele.

Kunstler described a trend toward an authoritarian society in the United States. To him, the trend seemed to be manifested in the erosion of civil and political rights supposedly guaranteed by the bill of rights. As aspects of this

Kunstler explained that a delay in his arrival stemmed from his connection with the Attica prison rioters, whom he counselled during the disturbances at the state prison last year. He was held over in Albany, New York’s1 state capitol, where there is official controversy as to the nature and causes of that riot. Kunstler is expected to be questioned about the disorder at a grand 3-w investigation. However, he has announced his intention of refusing to release the information confided in him by his clients, on the grounds of the sanctity of the lawyer-client relationship. After all, if clients could not trust him to keep their confidence, he would soon be without clients. According, to the law of New York state, Kunstler said, refusal to testify could be classified as a felony, possibly leading to his being disbarred from legal practice.

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Waterloo, Ontario volume 13, number 16

tuesday, 3 October, 1972

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William Kunstler, well known radical lawyer, waxes eloquent on the hazards of combatting the excesses of the American legal structure in the Humanities Theatre last thursday evening. About 400 people attended the session while 200 or so participated in a less formal gathering later on.

erosion, he cited several recent examples of legislative moves and

He then proceeded to a

court rulings which restrict con- stitutional rights. He also noted the

discussion of

implementation of

government

“nearly universal wiretapping” by the U.S.

harassment of people involved in

government, which is generally known to have electronic mass

the anti-war movement. Among

surveillance systems in operation.

the many methods the government

Kunstler expressed concurrence with a speech by U.S. Supreme

‘has used in an attempt to nullify

Court justice William Douglas, who warned of the danger to Americans in allowing themselves

the force, contagion, and effect of

to be conditioned or intimidated into becoming an easily controlled, “submissive people”. Observing a preponderance of apathy 7 ignorance, self-interest, and fear in the populace, there seems to Kunstler to be a possibility that the American people will be cowed into a “neo-facist”, “slave society” similar to those described in 1984 and Brave New World.

Kunstler said that only an adequate understanding of reality can keep the people from being conditioned to allow the development of physical and-or psychological concentration camps. Although these camps do not exist yet for most Americans, the lawyer said, they could become reality if people do not learn how to cope with threats to their freedom.

the anti-war movement are “brutalization”, “gassings”, “shooting some students at Kent State” and most important from Kunstler’s viewpoint, the tactic of the political conspiracy trial. When the government is unable to charge dissenters with committing a ‘crime’, it can charge them with “thinking about” committing them.

There are several objectives in the conspiracy persecutions. One of these is to channel the attention and energy of militant, non- submissive dissidents into the courts. Another Kunstler said, is to transfer the initiative from the militants to the government in an attempt to polarize public opinion against the activists. The overall objective, however, is to neutralize the anti-war movement.

As things turned out, Kunstler maintained that in none of the trials ,did the government c really succeed in accomplishing its ob- jectives. To Kunstler, as to many others, the cumulative effect of the preposterous charges pressed by the government and the sub- sequent acquittals only provided the anti-war movement with greater legitimacy and momen- tum.

The way Kunstler described the details of the five conspiracy cases he defended, it seemed clear the government fabricated the charges it pressed against his clients more for their political interests and involvements than

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“Has the Arts Society collap- sed? ” This weighty question was the focus of a meeting friday af- ternoon between Federation of Students president Terry Moore and the presidents of the faculty student societies.

David Chapley, current Arts Society president outlined the background and sources of the present troubles. Briefly stated, these are petty hassling over ‘money and a general lack of in- terested people.

Chapley and the one other member of the executive were both elected by acclamation last spring. However, most of the people who were interested and involved in the society last year were in third year and most have graduated and left campus. Chapley himself will not be here. The problem is com- pounded by the constitutional technicality that the council of the Arts Society, elected from the various departments in the faculty technically only serve from oc- tober to march, leaving virtually

no one around for the summer to organize such things as orientation for the fall.

A basic problem is that the society has not and does not have the same reality as the societies in other faculties such as those for engineering, math , science, etc. Both the professional identity and sandbox activities that societies in the latter faculties play on and relate to, are not performed in arts by its society. They are carried out by the various departmental clubs such as history and sociology. In turn, this fact has given rise to a series of aggressive economic interests who favour an inactive faculty society. For the clubs, the Arts Society has functioned solely as a source of funds. In the name of the society, each arts student is charged a fee of $2.50 which ultimately lands in the accounts of the departmental clubs. In the other faculties,- the society is dominant and the clubs are secondary or nonexistent.

The departmental clubs recently voted to disband the arts society, mostly as a way to get their money quicker, in Chapley’s view. Most of the society presidents at friday’s meeting viewed the situation in arts with surprise and dismay.

A motion was put forward by a member of the Math Society executive. The motion declared the Arts Society defunct; the federation will hold its fees in trust for a period of three weeks until friday, October 20 during which time students will be able to claim refunds. Remaining funds will be divided up amongst the arts clubs according to a formula to be established by the Federation. Interested individuals or groups in arts who wish to come forward with some new proposal and constitution are encouraged to approach the federation.

At the close of the meeting, a decision was made to hold regular meetings of the federation and the societies. The next meeting will grapple with rationalizing and standardizing policy on pubs, particularly schedules, times and dates.

Of the Arts Society, nothing further was said. One is prompted to answer the opening question with Berkley’s assertion that if a tree collapses in the forest and no one hears, it makes no noise.

-peter warrian

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- TORONTO (CUB)-Conflicts have emerged in the testimonies of* officials appearing at the trial of Mark Goldblatt, one of four per- sons arrested when Toronto police ended an occupation of the university of Toronto’s admini-

. stration building last march. Jack- Sword, U of T acting

president at the time, testified tuesday that he authorized the use of metro and campus police to end the occupation, which protested a restricted access policy to the

stacks in the new campus library.

The police were used with the understanding the occupiers would not be considered trespassers, he said. They were simply evicted from the building after sufficient warning had been given.

Instead, 19 people were charged with trespassing, although these charges were later dropped at the request of the university. The arrests provoked a second oc- cupation of the administration building by 600 students, who added dropping of the charges to their list of demands.

Four persons, however, remain charged with more serious of- fences of assaulting or obstructing police.

Sword recounted that he had ordered campus security officer J.F. Westhead to call police in order to clear the building, but that trespass charges were not to be laid.

Westhead, however, testified that when Sword phoned his orders for the evacuation, he made no mention of trespass, gave no ex- plicit instructions that demon- strators not be charged.

Instead Sword instructed that police were to enter Simcoe Hall, order the demonstrators to leave, allow a short period for voluntary evacuation, then remove those who remained, arresting resisters, stated Westhead.

He interpreted these instructions to mean that all occupiers removed by police from the building shpuld be charged with trespassing. He said there had been a warning to,, demonstrators to leave but admitted it might not have been heard in the noise and confusion.

Gordon Huff, U of T chief security officer, testified he un- derstood that instruction to mean that “people who did not leave were assumed trespassers”, contradicting Sword’s in- terpretation of the orders.

Huff also conceded that the warning to leave-given only seconds before police broke down a door to the senate chamber where

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for their anti-war actions. Such trials as that of Dr. Benjamin Speck, the Chicago 7, the Harrisburg group, the Catonsville 9 and recent indictments against the Vietnam Veterans against the

\ War were described as in-’ struments of political repression to quell involvement in matters of legitimate and momentous con- cern.

In setting up its prosecutions, the government has resorted to many) a devious subterfuge; indeed Kunstler claimed, it fell to the level of criminal corruption on several occasions. Not only have govern- ment representatives recruited informants from among in- dividuals convicted of criminal offenses, but they have also been- involved in criminal actions against persons who refused such advances.

Boyd Doublas, in the words of Kuntsler, was a convicted perjuror offered financial assistance and the opportunity of attending graduate school in return for aiding, abetting and informing on Father Daniel Berrigan. Govern- ment agents threatened Alton Fauss,,, a crippled Vietnam veteran, with a drug charge if he did not inform on the Vietnam Veterans against the War. When Fauss refused, FBI agents “kid- napped” him for a period of ten days while they unsuccessfully tried to get him to sign prepared statements. Fauss later attempted suicide. 1

On occasion, Kunstler has himself been party to unorthodox legal tactics. Fearing lack of public attention in one case, perhaps because justice often thrives on anonymity, he invited classes of students to observe a trial as an exercise in civics. The youngsters filed into the court to find that Kunstler and friends had arranged for John Lennon and wife Yoko to appear. When the word got around, he said “You couldn’t even sell tickets” for the court.

In another case, a woman was scared off the jury when she was sent a letter reading, “the Pan- thers are watching you”. He also admitted to encouraging defen- dents on occassion to- moan and groan in court. ,

After more than an hour at the podium, Kunstler led his audience to the graduate student lounge where the question and ‘answer period continued in an atmosphere of almost intimate conviviality over pop and pizza. --

Perhaps there is a solution to the problem Kunstler poses with the proper government use of the political trial. One source, who requests anonymity has suggested a law be enacted whereby an acquitted defendent would have his legal costs defrayed by the party who pressed charges. The result of such a compensatory enactment could be greater justice for the indigent, greater equality of op- portunity and protection under the law and fewer false andbr frivolous charges. The use of the conspiracy trial as an instrument of political repression might thus

-be quashed by the better im- plementation of justice.

-robert yaffee

occupiers had barricaded them- selves-may not have been heard.

When asked whether the police had been peaceful or aggressive in gaining entrance to the occupied quarter,, Huff replied “The police had a duty to perform”. He hadn’t seen any’ excessive use of force because “people were resisting police”.

The defence used photographs showing police - manhandling students, pulling their hair, and throwing them bodily out of the building.

In further testimony, police inspector David Sproule stated that Westhead had been clear in his request that the occupiers be charged with trespass and that there had been no instructions to give occupiers more than “a few seconds” between the warning and the evacuation.

Under defence questionning, Sproule maintained that police had held themselves in check, “guiding” occupiers from the building. Presented with a picture of a man being held by-his hair, Sproule agreed this appeared to be improper police action, but qualified his statement by saying the actions leading up to this violence were unknown.

At thursday’s session of the trial university communications secretary Theresa, Falcioni stated that her notes of a conversation between Sword and Westhead ordering the eviction made no mention of trespass charges.

However, U of T policewoman Joanne Pug said her notes of the conversation included a directive from Sword that the occupiers were to be advised, -before the eviction, that they were trespassing.

The court adjourned until november 12 after a one hour session. Trials of two others facing similar charges are slated to begin this Wednesday. A fourth trial will follow Goldblatt’s.

MeSlZWOS /will

‘fight DOWNSVIEW‘ (CUP)-Although unable to assume his teaching duties, eminent Marxist scholar Istvan Meszaros has nonetheless established a close liaison with York University since his surprise arrival in Canada last tuesday.

Meszaros was hired by York but was refused an entry visa by the Canadian government. He arrived in Canada on a visitor’s visa. His original visa application was reje.cted because immigration termed him a “security risk.” York faculty members sent an open letter to manpower and immigration minister Bryce Mackasey Wednesday asking for a ‘ ‘comprehensive review” of the case. The group cited Meszaros’ anti-Stalinist actions in the 1956 Hungarian uprising and his security clearance by both Italian and British officials subsequent to his leaving Hungary as reasons for the review.

Meszaros is presently a legal citizen of the United Kingdom and holds a British passport.

Mackasey has promised the case would be reviewed by his depart-

Law strike

gains sUpport MONTREAL (CUP)-Quebec law students may have gained some support in their fight with the provincial bar association. Provincial justice minister Jerome Choquette appeared sympathetic in a meeting with students last monday night. He told the students to go through normal channels in their negotiations, but to return to him if they. failed.

The students are protesting bar admittance exams which 58 per cent of the students writing earlier

ment last friday. After waiting 21 weeks for a reply to an appeal- to Mackasey Meszaros decided to come to Canada to fight his case, bring the reasons for the denial into the open, and clear his name.

Lawyer ’ Paul Copeland, who successfully fought a case for York history professor Gabriel Kolko in 1970, has taken on the battle to get Meszaros accepted by Canadian immigration authorities.

York president David Slater met with Meszaros and Copeland for the first time last tuesday and told them “York intends to support you in all reasonable ,applications and appeals”. Slater has written Mackasey on behalf of York asking for “an urgent and sympathetic review” of the case.

Fearful their years of study may be in vain, Quebec undergraduate law students and graduates who have not been accepted to the bar sent an ultimatum to the bar association two weeks ago calling for the abolition of bar exams.

Jean Moisan, Batonnier (carrier of the big stick) of the bar association, refused to consider the demand. “Law rules and resolutions of the bar oblige us to hold exams,” he stated, “and you must understand that our answer to your request must be negative”.

In response, the students passed a resolution thursday asking the National Assembly to pass a private bill doing away with the law.

The York faculty have established an ad hoc Committee for Freedom to Teach.

Faculty from the University of Sussex in England have formed a group to support Meszaros in his fight. Meszaros taught there before resigning to accept the York position.

The Canadian Association of University Teachers has also issued a statement supporting Meszaros. CAUT says it appears the professor is being barred entry because of his ideology rather than any criminal or subservive a& tivities.

CAUT also says the immigration department must show more substantial grounds for not ad- mitting Meszaros as a landed immigrant than that of ideology. The statement added that idoelogical commitments in no way detract from Meszaros’ competence and his worth as a teacher and scholar. E

Moisan’s decree was handed down thursday, one day before the latest set of bar exams were to begin.

Mcgill graduate students responded by boycotting the mid- term tests and setting up pickets outside the Quebec Bar School and the Palais de Justice in Montreal. They were joined by un- dergraduate law students from the University of Montreal and Mcgill, making a group of over lOQ0 demonstrators.

The day before, 700 of the 1800 University of Montreal law students voted almost unanimously to abolish the bar exams and join the picketing. The Mcgill Law Undergraduate Society also voted unanimously to boycott all classes friday (Sept. 22) “to show our support for the action of the bar students.”

On monday, three students representing Quebec’s 4500 law students met Choquette and came away saying “the minister was extremely sympathetic to our cause.”

Although York continues to deposit his more than $28,oOO a year salary in a bank account, Meszaros cannot draw on it as officials could then accuse him of working illegally. The strain is obvious and in an interview earlier this week, the professor appeared tired and nervous.

Following the meeting, the law students formed a common front, including three members from each law school in the province- University of Montreal, Mcgill, Sherbrooke, Ottawa and. Lava1 (whose students boycotted all classes indefinitely). There are also three representatives from the bar schools in Montreal, Ot- tawa and Quebec on the com- mittee.

At their first meeting, the front members passes a resolution criticizing the “exorbitant powers and privileges of the bar.”

“In the short term,” the resolution stated, “we must abolish the bar examination. In the medium term we. must take measures to put this into effect. In the long term, this implies a step

politicians do not , like em- .~ toward the abolition of the ex- barrassing situations dumped on elusive control of the baron the their laps during elections. judicial world”.

Meszaros says he will fight his case to the end.

He may not have a long-fight as -_ _

this year failed. They say the exams are an attempt by the bar association t.o maintain its privileged position as a select professional group. Students must regurgitate their entire law school studies during three intensive days of tests.

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Fritz, playing at the Odeon, and Parkway, is a break-through film in almost every department and, judging from its reception here and elsewhere, does not discourage sequels and imitators in the near future. Barring the fact that the initial response could be due to the novelty of the film-and that the censors don’t start bearing down on this type of entertainment-adult animated features could become a common genre in time.

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feat&, and I shudder to think what the “adult” features of the future will be like to make “Fritz” look mild in comparison. Because, by using animated animal characters rather than humans, the makers of “Fritz” have sneaked onto the Ontario screen almost every taboo which hascut up or kept mo\iies out of this province until now-interracial sex, explicit intercourse, sado- masochism, senseless violence, language, etc. ’

But it is easier to talk about “Fritz” as cinematic harbinger of the future than it is to analyse “Fritz” as a motion picture.. Its message, if there is ‘one beyond

/pure sensationalism and money- grubbing commercialism, is garbled.

On the surface, “Fritz” is nothing more than a cynical put- down , of the so-called “youth movement” of the sixties- personal liberation and hipness are nothing more than easier ways to knock off a piece of ass; revolutionary actions are no more ttian releases for sick sadists in society; the liberated woman .is just a domineering bitch in disguise. Nothing ‘is left any semblance of nobility or sincerity, everything is bluff, every purpose simply a smokescreen for another base animal desire.

All the cliches of lazy, lustful blacks; the psychedelic effects of smoking dope; the empty hanger- on-ism of white liberalism...all are left reinforced by this movie, underscored by the blatantly male-chauvinist sex-joke ending

which was so predictable I was certain the makers were setting the audience up for a switch. I was disappointed in that expectation.

To say the movie contains no intellectual surprises, however, is 1 not to say it has no effect. It is an overpowering experierice in many - ways: I found myself genuinely shocked and-yes-offended by several scenes, arid I honestly can’t remember the last time I C’ reacted that way to a motion picture.

The animation itself is in- triguing, banal and slow in some spots but often surrealistically brilliant in others. P

Robert Crumb, on whose un- derground comix characters the movie is based, has disassociated himself from the movie-( though his name still appears in large letters across the screen during the credits)-and it is easy to see why.

The turns of humor in the movie are so black, so ugly, that it is impossible to laugh along with it if you think about what is going on at all. On the other hand, if your idea of a good chuckle is watching chickens being graphically -killed by a moron, then you’ll probably get a big kick from “Fritz.” There were evidently quite a few o,f this bent in attendance the night I saw the film.

It’s not possible to talk about the character of “Fritz” himself, because.he has none. He is even,‘ more one-dimensional than the rest of these cartoon characters, simply a device through which the other characters may be paraded onto the screen.

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McGovern The truth about politics. Illumination for

all the naive innocents who still stubbornly cling to the ideals’ of truth, justice and the American (Canadian?) way. The Candidate, now playing at the Fairview Cinema in Kitchener, reveals to the blissfully unaware public the dishonesty of politics and its campaigns. It follows the rise of a young philanthropic lawyer, skilfully manipulated by professional campaign managers into another glib politician. .

The corruption of politics is not a star- tlingly “new” issue, but the film narrows in on the effect of the two facedness on the candidate as an emotional individual as well as an ethical one. It is a personalized treatment of the political race, studying McKay’s slowly dissolving relationship with his wife due to his own self-dissatisfaction, a result of his painfully evident loss of convict ion.

The Candidate is not simply relevant, ‘it is also entertaining. There is definitely humour: the easy slapstick of McKay’s opponent who delivers an “I believe in America” sermon accompanied by the resounding chords of processional martial music, and the more perceptive wit of McKay’s failures, his inability to cope, his frustration with the inanity of his oft- repeated speeches.

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Besides having very safe liberal con- victions, he rebels against the set con- ventional format, flabbergasting his op- ponents and and collegues alike, and if not practising, always exalting honesty. Despite the humour, truth and adulation though, The Candidate can be boring. The plot is basically not an active one as it all leads to one yes or no question: Will McKay be elected senator? There are a few slow spots when McKay hesitates and the burden of his confusion falls heavily on the spectator, a feature that could be reconciled as realistic but comes off as boredom.

The good seems to outweigh the bad, not only in content but in the acting. The earnest and dedicated McKay is ably played by Robert Redford, an actor who has previously done little on film except smile alluringly or twinkle his golden body, and now shows signs of fulfilling his potential for good acting and wit glimpsed in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Peter Boyle, the rather dubious star of Joe, is-the head campaign manager and performs very well as the tense manipulator he must be. Worth mentioning for caricature is Don Porter, who plays McKay’s opponent. Besides fortunately looking the part, his conception of the fiercely conservative senator is simultaneously ridiculous and subtly frightening in its reality.

Reality. McKay and his opponent belong to two opposing political parties and therefore should logically have different platforms. Yet their packaging is the same. Both use television advertizing as a major publicity media, both arrive at the scene of a disaster to cash in on its political significance. McKay agrees to run, con- fident that he can air his comparitively radical views in freedom. His beliefs are based on human rights: Iegalized abortion, poverty and unemployment programs, anti- pollution legislation. By the end of the campaign, his purpose has dissipated and aII but vanished. He is a product of his promoters as much as the incumbent senator. As bland. As meaningless.

How meaningful is Senator George McGovern? He has been. praised for his early election promise of ending the war in Viet Nam immediately. But what other course could there be? Many a McGovern supporter has taken the rather negative attitude that: “Sure, McGovern is no hot shit, but I’d rather see him as President than Nixon”. Thank God for small favours? As McKay would say, “There’s got to be a

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Change and the

It’s difficult-when you expect more than what you get (all the time)-to assess and appreciate a flick like Fiddler on the Roof.

It has been rated “overproduced, sometimes overacted, and often overly sentimental,” while at the same time good and pleasant entertainment. It’s one of those best-sellerslike the Sound of Music (although perhaps a little more sophisticated), with all the ingredients of good honest (in this case, poor) people, living the equilibrium of life in happiness and sorrow.

It’s a little too simple and a little too smooth to be true to life, yet it captures some very real threads of the tradition and culture of the Jewish People. It is this latter characteristic that lends saving grace to Fiddler on the Roof, and makes it wor- thwhile entertainment.

Sholom Aleichem’s tail of Tevye, his family, and people takes place in pre- revolutionary Russia. Tevye (played by Topol, an Israeli actor) plays a humourous, hard-working, milkman with a family of five daughters.

As the movie develops in character and story, Tevye’s person and intelligence become of prime importance in un- derstanding the dilemma facing this community of Jewish people. Desperately, he attempts to evoke some balance bet- ween *‘Tradition” (one of the theme songs) and reason, between a life that finds its strength in its religion and custom and “the

changing times”. He is not a man of blind faith but a man of wisdom who has a great respect for his people and heritage.

The greater part of the dichotomy bet- ween tradition and reason is played out in the marriages of Tevye’s three eldest daughters. Most provoking of these scenes is the marriage of the third youngest to a gentile. Tevye is torn between his love for his daughter and the threat of a mixed marriage to the Jewish culture.

Unfortunately, in Fiddler on the Roof, this theme is not given its proper significance and importance. The community and friendship experienced in this small Russian village grows out of the very organization of the Jewish family and its common history. Tevye’s whole way of life becomes threatened with cultural disin- tegration when his daughter marries outside of the Jewish faith.

To resolve her marriage with a simple “God be with you” is to ignore the com- plexity of the dichotomy between man and his ever-changing world, the dichotomy of the Jewish man without a homeland.

But, one must remember, this is a movie - of pleasant entertainment and to con- centrate on such a crucial theme would be obscuring the multitude of themes that have already become by-products of today’s liberalism, i.e. marrying for love and fighting for what one believes in.

It is easy to sit and appreciate a movie that depicts values already accepted by the changing of time. It is even more easy to pretend through the medium of a movie such as Fiddler on the Roof that such pressures and prejudices as Tevye suffered no longer exist.

But then, I’m slipping away from the praise that this movie (as is) truly deserves. Fiddler on the Roof invites in- sight into the customs and ceremonies of the Jewish people as a family and as community. We experience a sabbath, a wedding, and a celebration accompanied by all the humour and respect these rituals deserve. And through it all we gain some insight into the joys and follies that adhesively group these people together.

A cultural characteristic that couldn’t help but go unnoticed was that of en- durance and humour in the face of ad- versity-bitter-sweet Jewish humour. When the wedding party was unexpectedly violated, Tevye’s response was ‘let’s clean

up’. Again, when they are forced to leave their village, the villagers sadly and humourously sing of yet another journey to a strange land.

But Fiddler on the Roof is a movie depicting dichotomy. And here again the theme of change is obscured. If you are not familiar with Jewish history, you’ll miss the significance of the chassidim who dance (with bottles on their head) at the wedding.

The chassidim were among the revisionists in the Jewish faith who believed that religion was for the common man. The presence of God was not only achieved through the medium of prayer and worship, but through work and celebration.

Also, at the wedding, a young Jewish revolutionary living with Tevye challenges the custom of segregated dancing. Earlier in the movie, he encourages Tevye’s second eldest daughter to think for herself. His presence represents yet another movement within the Jewish religion to act with pride for their heritage and to fight for their rights.

However, his revolutionary fervor also reflects the dilemma between tradition and change. He proposes marriage to Tevye’s second oldest daughter as a political socio-economic arrangement. In the same breath, he announces his departure to fight with “Jews and Gentiles alike” against the authorities of the land. His radicalism is in keen recognition of the family and its political base for community, but he offers little or no alternative to the threat of its disintegration.

This is not to say that change is bad but rather an offering that radical change be accompanied by a tolerance and ap- preciation for things passed.

And here I use radical in not the selective sense of revolutionary change but also the change that is empowered by our own elected representatives in government.

It is necessary to root out the injustices and inadequacies of present and past systems of organization, but with a tolerance that is sensitive to cultural , heritage.

~ Fiddler on the Roof comes recommended for its insight into traditional customs. With it a personal invitation to you-your in- volvement. Even a poor milkman can’t escape the changing times.

-Winnie lang

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6 the ch’evron tuesday, 3 October, 1972

Winter survives

Trash Get this: The Edgar Winter Group climbs

Into the frenzied last lines of “New Orleans.” Winter, screams out a hoarse animal wail which is the last word of the piece, the guitarist bends his body impossibly back- ward as he hits the final chord-out, the bass man is dancing joyously back and forth. The crowd, on their feet for the past twenty minutes, have jammed to the edge of the stage and are screaming already for more. Flashbulbs are popping off everywhere. The drummer takes the nod from Winter, crashes into the final thundering roar and-are you ready?-jumps up and ecstatically flings his sticks into the audience.

The fotir run offstage while everyone is screaming “More! More! More!“, screaming in unison and stomping now, seeming to make the People’s Rock Palace shake with the pure energy of it all. Winter is obviously not coming back; his roadies are already onstage, beginning to dismantle the equipment. But the crowd just grows more insistent, the roar more overwhelming, more feet join the pounding, thundering beat. Someone motions to the roadies to get offstage, feeding the tumult even more. The screaming and stomping has gone on now, unabated, for about five minutes. At last those near the stage see the white hair of Edgar Winter

among the throng near the stage door and an overpowering ovation erupts. They make their way back onto the stage, plug in the equipment and slam into-what else?-“Johnny B. Goode.”

The band is obviously very turned on-to the crowd and to each other’s music-and when the guitarist jumps into the solo, he rips off maybe two bars and then jumps off the stage into the middle of the audience jammed at the front. The fans go wild, crushing in to get a look, to touch him as he continues, somehow, to build the screaming solo to a climax without missing even a beat. Winter is kneeling just above him, yelling at him, urging him on, then returns to his piano, making it shriek in agony. As the guitarist leaps back onto the stage, a dozen people try to follow him, some rush to try to touch Winter, but roadies soon have them back into the crowd.

As they finish up with another orgasmic crash, the guitarist looks at Winter and motions with his middle finger toward the crowd- while still holding the chord-then thumbs toward the stage door. Winter nods wearily, holds a hand high in the air and then swings it sharply down as the song finally ends, and they wave happily at the crowd before leaving. This time it is for good and the audience knows it, is satisfied. But still the screaming and stomping goes on for a while, just, out of sheer energy momentum.

How long has it been since you’ve been to a concert with that kind of raw, corny response bet- ween musician and listener.? With

it’s way back to early Ft?edence, or maybe Janis. Not lately.

There are a lot of people playing rock today. A few of them are rock st&rs. Fewer still are rock musicians. Edgar Winter proved once again thursday night that he is among them; perhaps even the

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best of them. He began in the background with his brother Johnny-who just happens to be the world’s best rock guitarist- and then he went on to establish himself brilliantly with White Trash. When Trash broke up, everyone was asking what Winter would do without them. Thursday night he answered that for Waterloo believers; the question is what will Trash do without Winter? (A partial answer, by the way, is forthcoming on these pages with a review of Jerry La Croix’s new album.)

Edgar was his usual frenetic self, moving easily from vocals to a moog-like electric piano to drums to sax, urgi-ng himself, the band and the crowd into a frenzy.

His new guitarist has easily accomplished the difficult task of taking Rick Derringer’s place, working with and against Winter as well as Rick ever did.

Winter, stalking around stage nervously, exerted the magnetic appeal on the audience which he and Johnny share-it is neither heterosexual nor homosexual, but overwhelmingly sexual without any prefixes.

If Johnny ever gets on the track again, and maybe gets together with Edgar, then...no, that’s too much to think about.

-george s. kaufman

BSA stumbles

on Sitting in the campus centre a

couple of thursdays ago, I began to notice a couple of BSA “rocks off” t-shirts moving sound equipment around the great hall. Expecting to see another mediocre musical fiasco I was pleasantly surprised to see two people playing and singing a combinat Ion of traditional ballads, labour songs and women’s songs. With them were two other people who read small related pieces. It was an original, well-organised program, well presented and well received. I later found out that the musicians, Bev Dobrinsky and David Levine, were to play a week in a campus centre coffee-house.

This article is not a review of the music in the coffee-house, rather it is an attempt to describe how Bev and David were thoroughly shafted by the powers that be, as well as the powers that were.

On Monday night Bev and David

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came down to the campus centre and were surprised to find that nothing had been set up. There was no advertising, no stage, no microphones-literally nothing had been done. There was no audience because no one was aware of the existence of a coffee- house except for the performers and the BSA.

Up in the federation office, Paul Dube, who was responsible for the affair, apologized profusely and admitted his absent-mindedness. He promised that the publicity would be taken care of as well as all the other necessary arrangements.

However, on tuesday the only existing publicity was a lone poster on the coffee house door. The microphones were there, but no coffee and donuts. On top of this, Paul Dube unilaterally made the- decision to eliminate the admission fee. Part of the agreement with the performers was that they would receive 50 percent of the gate.

The reason given for Dube’s move was that there would be a larger audience without the ad- mission fee. If the proper publicity had been given there definitely would have been as large an audience, if not a larger one.

Thoroughly pissed off at this point, David and Bev spent Wednesday morning putting up their own posters, after having lost all faith in the federation. When they came to play that night, they found that there had been a pub in the afternoon. They were greeted by empty beer bottles, cigarette butts, and plain old garbage.

With the aid of a couple of friends, they started to clean up. At 8:30, when the coffee-house should have started, they were still cleaning up. A number of people came and left because nothing was happening. Bev and David managed to start playing by 9 pm, and had a very successful night.

As on the previous night, the coffee-house was small and in- timate. Rather than sitting behind the microphones, Bev and David chose to sit in a circle with the audience. On both tuesday and Wednesday, they were well received.

Despite all the hassles, the coffee-house was beginning to succeed. Then came thursday. A month previously, the Engineering Society had booked the room for that night. No one bothered to inform David or Bev. So when they showed up, they were righteously surprised. The coffee-house had suddenly ceased to exist. There was no one present to explain the situation.

The two performers later bumped into Dube, who im- mediately fled. Finally confronted, the mushrooms in Dube’s head exploded whereupon he began hurling insults and smashing his fists into the wall.

Thoroughly disgusted and more than slightly embarrassed, David informed Dube that they were quitting and wanted their money the following day. Dube replied, “Are you asking me or telling me?” and then went into a monologue about how noone tells him what to do.

David and Bev received their money the next day, along with the sincere apologies of the federation.

-milt davis

tuesday, 3 October, 1972 d

the chevron 7

Domestic international sales corporations

Revising ’ corporate

power Last December, when the U.S. congress

authorized the use of domestic in- 1 ternational sales corporations (DISCS) as

a tax saving device for exporters, cor- porations rushed to prepare for this latest gimmick in international trade com- petition. U.S. corporations have since established more than 3,000 DISCS to handle their export sales, more than double the 1,140 that existed in late march of this year.

Essentially the DISC tax shelter plan is the Nixon administration’s prime effort to , 1 stimulate exports by permitting U.S. exporters to defer indefinitely paying taxes on one-half of their profits from exports. This scheme encourages U.S. corporations to serve their foreign (and domestic) markets from their home plants rather than to manufacture more goods in other countries.

The majority of DISCS have been formed by large corporations with export volume exceeding $5 million. Consensus is that about 10 per cent of the 3,000-odd DISCS thus far organized are new ex- porters, and between 20 and 30 per cent are so-called small exporters.

Among those revealed so far to have DISCS are: Chrysler, Ford and General Motors, Borg-Warner, Eaton Corp. of Cleveland, Dow Chemical and Monsanto. The secret list of American firms with DISCS has been classified as “confidential taxpayer information”, and is specifically withheld from the Canadian government. The government introduced bill C-196 this spring in order to deal with this problem; it would give the department of industry, trade and commerce the right to take and use information contained in customs declarations, since the new regulations would demand an exporter state whether he is taking advantage of a DISC.

U.S. subsidiaries of multi-national companies, based in Japan, France and Switzerland, especially, continue to take advantage of the program. And because of the increasing number of ways DISCS can be used, there is a good chance that they will have a large effect on profits from exports to foreign countries. DISCS, therefore, choke off foreign investment while giving American-produced goods an unfair competitive advantage in world markets.

The initial reaction in Canada was that U.S. exporters, in deferring payment of corporate tax indefinitely on 50 per cent of their income from exports, would switch production back to American-based plants-and then sell at reduced costs into Canada.

Although that remains a severe problem, a new concern has developed. In sales between parent companies in the United States and subsidiaries in Canada, there will be the almost irresistible temptation to sell at the highest possible price. The Canadian subsidiary would then resell the product almost at cost.

The result would be little or no profit for the subsidiary, and an inflated profit for the parent company. Since the inflated profit would qualify for the tax deferral, Canada would lose both in balance of payments and in lost tax revenues. The scheme clearly makes it more difficult to keep Canadian companies competitive with American producers, and to retain employment and better wages.

In the North American context, these price reductions will induce increases in the volume of Canadian imports from the United States and reduce the volume and total value of Canada’s export of goods. Internationally, Canadian exporters will find it harder to compete in third countries against U.S. exporters obtaining tax advantages under DISC.

In retaliating to the DISC threat to the Canadian economy, finance minister John Turner this spring reduced corporation income taxes for manufacturers in Canada. It was hoped that this would just about cancel out the advantage to an American company which might set up a DISC to defer taxes on export income.

Then last week, at a conference on DISC at the World Trade Centre in New York, a foreign trade expert remarked that, “chances are good (because of lobbying by some U.S. congressmen) that DISC eventually will be modified to allow 75 per cent or 100 per cent tax deferral on in- creased exports.” It was also noted that the AFL-CIO is calling for a revision that will allow campanies to defer taxes on profits from increases in exports.

This strengthening of the DISC program would render invalid the Conclusions produced by two university of British Columbia professors in august. John He&well and John Lester, who are also consultants to the Bank of Canada, suggested that, “even on the most con- servative assumptions, the DISCS will have only a slight impact on the Canadian economy.” Taken by itself- that is, without taking account of the Canadian response to the U.S. scheme-the DISC device, according to their study, would enable American exporters to reduce their selling prices by a maximum of 1.9 per cent. “When the effects of the DISCS are combined with those of the corporate tax reduction for ‘Canadian’ manufactur- ers.... the net results are favourable to the economy.

These conclusions do notcome anywhere near fitting the predictions of the U.S. joint committee on internal revenue taxation. The committee estimated that DISC legislation would increase American exports by $100 million in 1972, $170 million in 1973, and $240 million in 1974. They assumed an 8 per cent annual in- crease in exports, and the respective channelling of 40 per cent, 60 per cent and

75 per cent of exports through DISCS. The Helliwell-Lester study concluded

their report by effectively avoiding the prime concern of detrimental effect to the Canadian economy with the following statements:

l “Canadian employment, production, and business investment will be higher than would be the case if neither the DISC scheme nor the budget changes had been introduced; ”

l “Any Canadian concern about DISC is better directed to the related matters of principle than the likelihood of important adverse consequences for the Canadian economy. ”

It appears that a “growth for growth’s sake” belief permeates their analysis, no matter who controls that development. The two authors also emerge as rather unenlightened about the North American economic system, since one of their assumptions in investigating the possible change in selling prices was that tax reductions will be used to reduce prices rather than increase profit. Furthermore, the study did not examine the impact of

DISCS on Canadian-American trade in autos and parts, something which is urgently required since auto industry representatives in Canada believe that the DISC program makes the U.S.-Canadian auto pact worthless.

Recent developments, revealing that DISCS are not being used only as cor- porate entities for the export of products indicate that it would be foolish to dismiss the DISC scheme as a danger safely avoided. There was special interest, for instance, in U.S. treasury department regulations for the use of DISCS by movie distribution companies. Following specific regulations, the income from rentals of U.S. films in Canada and other foreign countries can be treated as export income subject to DISC tax deferral. There are similar regulations for a broad variety of foreign leasing arrangements. In addition, foreign sales companies are also setting up DISCS in order to obtain tax deferrals for income from sales commissions. American banks have been told that they also can set up DISCS for certain activities.

-gord moore

1 thedlc member: Canadian university press (cup) and Ontario weekly newspaper association (OWNA). The chevron is typeset by dumont press graphix and published fifty-two times a year (1971-1972) by the federation of students, incorporated, university of Waterloo. Content is the responsibility of the chevron staff, independent of the federation. Offices are located in the campus centre; phone (519) 885-1660, 885-1661 or university local 2331; telex 069-5248.

Tuesday circulation: 10,500

One twenty-five. really bummed out. the community head cold is creeping into my sinuses. the vets tell me that i can expect to get it in the chest and throat as well. it’s a drag feeling capable of doing the graphics but having my attention constantly focused on the lump of goo that’s creeping through my respiratory system. the forecasts range from three days to a week and a half. a sense of satisfaction is hard to maintain in this place because you put your talent on the line each issue. tuesday’s rush (seeing it “work”), is quickly replaced by Wednesday’s hassle. what we have here tonight is tension. tension- sort of like hearing your parents argue when you’re a kid. the deadline, the cold, and the sunday night rain all get into the act. sort of pissed-off anger. peter and i decided that it would be a gas just to be able to get into a brawl just to work off the aggressive knot of shit that sits in the chest. . . ..it”s going to be either more or less dope.. ..some really fresh air... .maybe a good screw....more like scrubbing your brain with comet. too many cigarettes and not enough sleep. that chum-fm is a slippery veneer over today’s whole mess. zap. tomorrow is another day. yet we are left with today’s culprits: ron colpitts, david cubberley, liz willick (and all her delicious fruit fresh from the farm), bob yaffee (thanks again, bob), gord moore, george kaufman, joanne butler, peter warrian, dick mcgill, ellen tolmie, chuck stoody (how many times have you been told that sorting air mail on the campus centre roof would give you a severe cold?), kim moritsugu, dudley Paul, milt davis, kati mid- dleton, tony defranco, Winnie lang, sally peck, ron smith (what ever happened to fall sports this cold, rainy night?), paul stuewe, janet stoody (who told me to mention her for some god-awful reason) and prosaic tom mcdonald’s creeping cold

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