Alinskv's Kev Power, Action, Disorder
By NOMI BORENSTEIN
Assistant Managing Editor
The key to Saul Alinsky’s ap
proach is power, community ac
tion, and “creative disorder.”
“He is excessively localistic.
“He scorns theory and is con
tent with just a bread-and-butter
approach.
“Some of the poverty programs
he has directed haven’t brought
about a massive social change,
they turned out to be beautifica
tion programs.
“He has guts. While you and
I sit here discussing the prob
lem, he's out challenging the es
tablishment.”
That’s the picture of Saul Alin
sky, well-known poverty expert,
painted by James Klonoski, asso
ciate professor of political sci
ence and Clyde DeBerry, head of
the Eugene chapter of the Con
gress on Racial Equality, on PL-3
Wednesday night.
Alinsky, one of the four pov
erty experts who will participate
in the ASUO’s poverty confer
ence, was described by a Kansas
City newspaper as a "battler for
the poor whose ideas have set
thousands marching and resulted
in . . . screams of rage, moans,
and groans. He provokes violent
reactions—apparently it is impos
sible to be neutral in appraising
him.”
Klonoski said that Alinsky
“rubs salt into wounds until they
begin to hurt, and people be
come aware of them and begin
to change the status quo—not out
Elizabeth Ashley...
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she will visit in the Northwest.
The National Council on the
Arts acts as an advisory body to
the National Endowment on the
Arts in Washington, D C., which
was established by Congress in
1965. The endowment was estab
lished to make grants to states
and to public and private bodies
to assist them in their arts pro
grams.
The young actress is visiting
the University to discuss with
students their views on the arts,
their sense of needs and ways in
which the government can help.
Her report on the student dis
cussion will be given to the White
House.
The actress has starred in vari
ous roies — in motion pictures,
plays on and off-Broadway, and
on television—since she left Lou
isiana State University. Among
her television appearances in
clude leading roles on the Du
pont Show of the Month, the U.S.
Steel Hour, “Ben Casey,” “The
Defenders” and “Route 66.” She
has also made guest star appear
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ances on the Ed Sullivan and
Jack Parr shows.
Lead in “Carpetbaggers"
She played in the screen ver
sions of Harold Robbins’ "The
Carpetbaggers,” and in Katherine
Anne Porter’s “Ship of Fools.”
Her biggest Broadway hit was
“Barefoot in the Park,” which
opened in October 1963 and was
considered a great success by
critics and audiences alike.
However, it hasn’t always been
so easy for the young actress.
At the end of her freshman
year at LSU she boarded a bus
for New York, presented herself
at a ready-to-wear house and was
hired as a fashion model. VV'hen
she had saved enough money.
Miss Ashley allowed herself to
think about the career she had
unconsciously chosen for herself
as a child, and enrolled as a
drama student at the Neighbor
hood Playhouse.
Various Jobs
Unable to model during the
day, and still needing some way
to finance her studies, she ob
tained numerous part-time jobs,
such as waiting on tables in a
coffee house, appearing in tele
j vision commercials, and check
ing hats at night clubs in New
York.
In 1961, she got her first real
break, landing the leading role
in a major television show, “Hea
I ven Can Wait,” the Dupont Show
of the Month.
Her career has progressed rap
idly since that time.
Moll Reads Poem
At Browsing Room
“Briseis” is a collection of clas
sical sonnets about the Trojan
war, written in a narrative style
with Briseis as the narrator. Au
thored by University professor
Ernest G. Moll, the epic was read
by Moll to a Browsing Room au
dience Wednesday evening.
Briseis, who was Achilles’ con
cubine, sees the action of the Tro
jan war through a woman’s eyes.
Included in the narration are
Briseis’ feelings and intimate de
tails of the love between Achilles’
and Briseis.
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"There will be no major re
volt. He does not work from a
broad enough base.
"To him power is not a petty
politician making a grab-bag out
of the poverty program. His defi
nition of the power means that
certain groups are able to exert
influence against the established
power structure.
"But it has many drawbacks.
Martin Luther King, using Alin
sky's "conflict model" can come
into south Chicago and do more
than Alinsky himself because
King doesn't work with isolated
blocks of people. He’ll bring the
weight of numbers down upon
the establishment.”
DeBerry added that Alinsky "al
ways manages to shake the com
munity up.” He creates disorder
within the power structure it
self. For a long time, he only
shakes things up, and as things
settle down to normal, the power
Page Withdraws
Senate Resignatio
Tom Page has withdrawn his
resignation as upperclass men’s
dormitory representative to the
ASUO Senate.
Page said Tuesday he planned
to resign, then changed his mind.
His term ends spring term.
Page’s decision to stay in the
Senate leaves eight senator-at
large positions open plus senior
class representative, freshman
class representative, freshman
men’s dormitory representative,
and men’s co-op representative.
Also open is the office of fresh
man class president in the winter
term ASUO election.
The primary election will be
Jan. 26 and the general election
Feb. 2.
Petitions for these offices are
available outside room 301 in
the Student Union. They must be
turned in to room 306 SU by 5
p.m. Jan. 18.
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establishment, itself, decides thut
something must be done about the
situation.
DeBerry said that because "A1
insky is hi«hly creative, the more
chance he has to win. The oppo
sition is static. You cun almost
predict their behavior."
“You can only win in our so
ciety by attacking personal and
vested interests," DeBerry added.
•This works for civil rights, also.
Hut Alinsky Isn't militant enough,
to that when the people fail to
conquer the power structure, they
just sit there and plant trees
and flowers-beautification pro
jects."
“I don’t believe that education
will solve the problem,” DeBerry
said, "but employment is the
key.”
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