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| U. S. Links Virtue, Naivety \
I In Vietnam Peace Talks I
The negotiations in Paris will
resume today, drone on a few
hours, and adjourn no nearer a
solution than a week ago.
Meanwhile, “high United States
officials” report optimism on the
conference by finding a certain
amount of common ground. From
conference progress, it appears
that the common ground is that
the U.S. wants out of the war and
the Communists offer support.
The problem is that we seem
to link naivety to virtue when
entering negotiations. We seem
to work under the assumption
that any proposal that is reason
able to us should be reasonable
to the other side.
SOUTH VIETNAM Vice-Presi
dent Nguyen Cao Ky says his
government is prepared to make
concessions provided a military
solution is reached before the
political question arises. The
Hanoi and National Liberation
Front delegates say they want
to discuss everything simultane
ously, preferably politics.
Sources close to President Nix
on report that he may go to
Paris as early as March 1 to
study the peace talk situation.
(For all the influence this move
is likely to have on the North
Vietnamese, the President might
as well wait until April when the
weather is better.)
Henry Cabot Lodge, in a pro
posal to the conference, said it
would sure be nice if the Demili
tarized Zone was re-established.
(It sure would, Henry, but the
chances are somewhat less than
nought.)
THE LODGE proposal would
be almost funny in a less tragic
situation. As it stands, there is
no point in the North tying itself
to an agreement to respect the
DMZ as long as there is no threat
that the U.S. or South Vietnam
will cross it.
In fact, despite glowing reports
of their annihilation on the battle
field, there is no point in the
North tying itself to any agree
ment short of a partial turnover
of the South government to the
NLF. And with no direct pres
sure, even partial control may not
be enough to satisfy them.
For, anytime things get too hot
for them in the South, they can
fade quietly across the border for
unharassed resupply and reorg
anization. The agreement to
peace talks was a small price to
pay for removing the only bar
gaining power the Americans
had, bombing of the North.
BUT, IN ANY event, the U.S.
will be out of combat within two
years. Whether it requires pres
sure to get the South to accept
a coalition government or
whether the fighting is left to
the South Vietnamese, the Amer
ican public has lost interest in
fighting this war.
Until that time, the Paris talks
will drag on with meaningless
proposals met by meaningless
counter-proposals. And a diame
ter of the earth away, the war
will continue.
There is no reason it shouldn’t.
The only thing to clearly emerge
from the Paris talks is that we
took to them no more understand
ing of the situation than we took
to Kaesong almost 18 years ago.
At The Movies by Mike p ' ake
“The Stalking Moon”
stars aging, master stalker Greg
ory Peck, who gained his fame
in the Gray Flannel Suit, by
means of the Battle of Pork Chop
Hill.
This is the nitty-gritty, dirty,
realistic-set western at its sandi
est. In fact, there is so much
sand in the sand scene it looks
like the cameramen achieve a
miracle once retiring cavalry
scout Peck makes it to the New
Mexico valleys and into the land
of rocks instead of sand.
Eva Marie Saint plays a weath
ered, captured, converted white
squaw, released after ten years
of living with the Indians. Her
small Indian son is the residue
from her cohabitation with a
renegade-killer Apache warrior.
THIS LADY is a fantastic ac
tress. She was beautiful in
“Grand Prix;” she’s beautiful, a
second time, here. Her ability
shows through her false eyelash
es and heavy eye make-up.
Peck is the Mover. He Moves
in his usual way, not by tradi
tional means, such as dialogue or
script, but by other ways, twitch
ing his eyes back and forth, now
looking slightly indecisive, now
determined, then like a boy
caught pulling on his first fag
behind the barn.
Some critics call it technique,
or communication-by-expression.
I call it eyebrow twitching.
SEE, HE’S a retiring eyebrow,
er, cavalry scout. He takes the
woman and boy with him, to his
New Mexican ranch. Some of the
joy is in the taking, for the Pa-
luka - Mulligan production com
pany spent a lot of time and
sand to get in the scenery. And
when they get to the green hills
(?) of New Mexico, it seems like
it’s all worth it.
Except when they find out that
all the while they have been mov
ing toward his ranch, the boy’s
daddy, apparently a strong silent
type, has killed everybody they
have passed, including a horse,
and is sniffing the trail to the
scout’s ranch.
Herein lies the chilling part:
Everybody knows whodunit—it’s
the boy’s dad — the renegade
Apache. But nobody can seem to
catch him. Everybody that catch
es a glimpse of him is only that
far away from death.
TONIGHT
Galveston Hometown Club will
meet at 8:15 p.m. in front of the
Memorial Student Center. Pic
ture for Aggieland will be taken.
Wear Class ‘A’ winter or coat
and tie.
Chemistry Wives Club will have
a “Tupperware Party” at 7 p.m.
in the second floor party room of
the Casa Del Sol, Stasney Street.
Please bring guests and outside
orders. All Chemistry faculty
and student wives are invited.
Houston Hometown Club will
meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 321 of
the Physics Building.
Rio Grande Valley Hometown
Club will meet at 8:15 p.m. in
front of the Memorial Student
Center. Picture will be made for
Aggieland. Wear coats and ties,
Class “A” or midnight.
IT’S ALMOST at the “Wait Un
til Dark” height of suspense,
western-style. It would spoil it
all to reveal any more here.
There’s a newcomer in this film
—Donald Forster, who plays the
half-breed sidekick of the scout.
He does it well, in the McQueen,
Coburn, Newman class, without
the experience.
If you’re one who waits in an
guish for classy soundtracks, I
can recommend two: “The Stalk
ing Moon” and—yes, you guessed
it, Daddy—“Candy.”
Altogether, I would call this a
good flick. Whoever said they
don’t make good westerns any
more, should unglue themselves
from the boob tube.
SATURDAY
American Veterinary Medical
Association Student Auxiliary
will hold a Valentine’s Dance
from 9 p.m.-l a.m. at the new K.
C. Hall, featuring The Barons.
Dress will be semiformal. For
further information contact Mrs.
Sue Wright at 846-5032 or Mrs.
Sue Clayton at 846-7391.
MONDAY
Student Engineers’ Council will
meet at 7 a.m. in the MSC Cafe
teria. This is an important busi
ness meeting.
Aggie Wives Council will hold
its regular monthly business
meeting in the Texas Room,
North entrance to Bryan Building
& Loan, at 7:30 p.m. Representa
tives and their club presidents
are urged to attend.
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