Lecture features Scriven
Violence won't change values
Michael Scriven, professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, spoke on "Violence" in a Humanities Series lecture Tuesday in the Kansas Union Woodruff Auditorium.
in his speech, Scriven said that violence was not discussed or thought of as it should be. He said that many people think that through violent action our whole value system would be changed. This, he said, is because people are uneducated in this area and have no idea how to react when confronted with a violent situation.
Many people, he said, do not realize that violent revolutions have happened before. Scriven said that people are shocked to
Michael Scriven
hear of student unrest and anti-war demonstrations. But, he said, people should realize that our country's heritage is of violence. For an example, he cited the war of 1776.
Scriven said that non-violent approaches have not worked because they did not make changes
fast enough. Non-violence, he said, is too "slow and oppressive."
Seriven said that violence could be stopped and should be stopped. It has done as much as it could do, he said.
Violence at home is due to violence abroad, said Scriven, an example being the war in Vietnam. Scriven said if the war could be stopped violence would not stop because it had gained too much momentum. It has received the dedication and support beyond the reach of reason, he said.
There is a point in violence, a point of no return, where demands are non-negotiable, Scriven said. Because of this it is important to respond when just and reasonable demands are made, he said.
Scriven said student's response to violence was pathetic. This, he said, was due to the fact that violence had no place in our student curriculum. Scriven said like love, violence has been denied existence in our educational system.
Today it is more appropriate to get away from love, he said. This is why we face violence. Our universities are much to blame, he said.
French students battle
PARIS (UPP)—Students chanting "cops off the campus" built barricades on the University of Paris' suburban campus at Nanterre and set them afire Tuesday in the second straight day of battles with police. Police used bulldozers to push down the flaming barriers.
Fulbright criticizes 'secret war' rumors
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Sen J. William Fulbright, D-Ark., said Tuesday that "high administration officials" had told him that Laos is even more important to the United States than Vietnam.
"If Vietnam was important enough to justify the commitment of half a million troops, how many more could justicably be committed to Laos, which is one of the few worse places than Vietnam to fight a war?" he asked.
Fulbright, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a staunch critic of U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia, declined to identify the administration officials. The committee recently held secret hearings with Richard Helms, director of the Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA). as its chief witness,
Sen, George McGovern, D-S.D. meanwhile called for secret Senate session to hear the administration's version of what he called America's "secret war" in Laos.
Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird, emerging from a House Armed Services Committee hearing, denied McGovern's charge.
"I can categorically state that there has been no buildup of individuals, either civilian or military." Laird said.
But he noted that the Defense Department had no responsibility for "in-country" activities in Laos. It has been widely reported that the CIA is performing an active military mission in Laos.
Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield showed no enthusiasm over McGovern's call for a secret session.
Organization of Americas holds long, chaotic history
(UPI) - On July 26, 1964, the then 20 members of the Organization of American States (OAS) signed a resolution in Washington binding them to impose economic sanctions on Communist Cuba and to break all diplomatic relations with her.
Mexico promptly forgot all about it, regarding the action as interference with Cuba's internal affairs.
Four of these nations signed reluctantly. They were Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay and Mexico.
Of the others, Chile has now become the first to break it.
Under an agreement signed Feb.
20, Chile will sell to Cuba $11
20 KANSAN Mar. 4
1970
Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru have suggested they might be willing to take similar steps.
The nationalistic, anti-U.S. regime of Peru has been praised by Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro as "without any doubt revolutionary." A like description can be applied to Bolivia. Both are attempting to establish ties with Communist East Europe.
million in agricultural products in 1970 and 1971. There are indications it may become a trend.
A further indication of feelings south of the border came last month in a speech by Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Eric Williams before the Inter-American Economic and Social Council session in Caracas, Venezuela to the effect that an economic boycott with Cuba was unrealistic.
Scriven said there should be investigations into the theories of violence. He said that its causes and controls should be studied and taught so people would know how to respond when violence occurs.
Scriven said educational programs on violence could solve crises before they arise.
"Perhaps violence is necessary," Scriven said, "but no one has shown it." If violence is necessary, it must be directed strategically toward moderates, he said. They must be shown that they are responsible to tell us the truth, said Scriven.
Scriven ended his speech by saying, "It is better to think violence is the last court of appeal than to think there isn't one."
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