TH·E CARDINAL
Vol. XXXDI, No. 18 UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE, LOUISVILLE 8, KENTUCKY March 2, 1962
Blanco Addresses Speed
On Basic Cuban Issues
Predicts Trouble With Latin America
"Fidel Castro gained control in Cuba because the Cuban people were
negligent in upholding their principles and because Cuban people did
not want to become involved in politics," said Jose Blanco, the exiled
President of a Cuban college. Mr. Blanco addressed a Speed School
Convocation held last Thursday, February 22, in the Speed Auditorium.
Mr. Blanco was the President of
Pinson College in Camaguey, Cu­ba
until he left in late 1959 when
the new Castro regime became
personally unbearable. An ac­countant
by profession, he is now
head auditor for the Methodist
and Evangelical Hospital in Lou­isville.
In his address, Blanco covered
topics from Batista, to the Cuban
nationalization of business under
Castro, to the Punta del Esta Con­ference.
J On Castro himself, Blanco said,
"Castro was not from the poor
masses. How would you like to
have $150 a week while attending
college? That was Castro." And
further, "Castro became head of
Cuba because he had a rebel army
. . . because Cubans - all Latin
Americans-like uniforms. Castro
was able to take over our revolu­tion-
we who wanted freedom and
democracy-because Cubans didn't
want to become involved in poli­tics."
J On Batista: "Batista was ... a
crook, but he was also anti-com­munist.
The problem is not to
have an anti-Communist as .head
of the government, but to have
the right person in the right
place."
J On Cuban politics and govern­ment:
"Politically, there is only
one party in Cuba-the Communist
Party. They have imposed the
dictatorship of the 'new class'."
Concerning the nationalization of
industries, he said, "Most busi­nesses
have been stolen by the
government. Banks, sugar mills,
filling stations, grocery stores -
everything has been taken by the
government."
Speaking of Cuban courts and
judicial proceedings, Blanco said,
"Several Cuban juveniles and a
Communist leader comprise the
Revolutionary Court. They have
the decision of life and death."
And later, "One of the most-
CaTdinal Staff Photo
Jose Blaneo
heard statements in Cuba is 'To
the wall' - meaning the firing
squad."
.J On Cuban e d u c a t i o n and
· schools, Blanco stated, "In the
grade schools in Cuba they are
teaching a new geography. They
say Cuba is not an island but an
archipelago-a group of islands­comprising
Santa Domingo, J a­maica,
and all the rest. This may
seem foolish, but wait ten years
when these youngsters begin to
run the country." And on Cuban
higher education, "The Commu­nists
are afraid of the [college]
students. All the schools in Cuba
were closed in April, 1961 [the
time of the Cuban invasion]. They
have not been re-opened, except
for a few, where a nucleus of
Communist students can maintain
'order'."
J Concerning religion in Cuba
and Latin America, Blanco said,
"This is the tragedy of Latin
America - the lack of an eternal
idea to combat this nationalistic
materialism." Although most peo­ple
believe Cuba to be over ninety
per cep.t Catholic, Blanco said, the
leading Catholic Bishop there
stated that they were fortunate to
have 17% of the population Cath­olic.
Blanco stated that he thought
the recent Organizaton of Ameri­can
States conference in Punta
del Esta did not accomplish any­thing
specific. He also predicted
that the United States will exper­ience
trouble in Latin America
due to our own foreign policy. He
said he believed a Latin Ameri­can
overthrow of Cuba would be
difficult because, "One Latin
country will never go against an­other
unless the United States
leads them. The U. S. has not been
providing that leadership."
Criticizing the United States'
foreign policy, Blanco explained
that Latin Americans are becom­ing
disenchanted with American
friendsnip because, "although
these nations have always voted
with the U.S. in the United Na­tions,
only a small percentage of
the American foreign aid budget
goes to Latin America. These
countries are asking if it wouldn't
be easier to get it by blackmail
rather than by friendship."
Blanco a p p e a r e d at Speed
School t h r o u g h arrangements
made by Harry Emmerich, a
Chemical Engineering senior.
Circle K Aids Voter
Registration; To Be
Held In UC Center
The University of Louisville
is sponsoring a voter registration
drive Wednesday, March 14. Cir­cle
K - will assist the city and
county registration boards in reg­istering
students between 9 · a.m.
and 9 p.m. on the lower level of
the University Center.
The drive is planned to encour­age
students to register with the
party of their choice. Students
will also be able to change their
present registration if desired.
Voters must be registered before
they may vote in the Senatorial
primary in May. Out-of-town stu­dents
may also obtain information
on registration in their state.
A scene from "Rape of the Belt" opening tonight at the Playhouse. From left are, Angeline Bess,
Martha Fagan, Sherry Penn, Pamela Wilding, Jeanne Phelps, and Lisa Stout.
Music Student Writes Score
For New Theater Production
The Belknap Theater opens a
new play in its , repertoire series,
"The Rape of the Belt" by Benn
Levy, which will open tonight at
the Playhouse at 8:30 p.m. A sec­ond
performance of the play will
be given at a Sunday matinee,
Holtzman Test
To Be Studied
At Workshop
A workshop on the Holtzman
Inkblot Test will be held by the
Department of Psychology of the
University of Louisville Thurs­day,
March 29. Dr. Samuel C.
Fulkerson, Associate Professor
and Director of Clinical Training
at the University, will conduct
the two sessions of the workshop.
The Holtzman Inkblot Test was
introduced a few months ago
through the Psychological Corpor­ation.
The Holtzman Test offers
several advantages over the older
Rorschach Test, according to Uni­versity
of Louisville Psychologists.
Dr. Fulkerson worked with the
Holtzman Test when it was in the
experimental s t a g e s , while he
served as consultant on a research
program at the University of
Pittsburgh. His instruction will be
supplemented by teaching aids
furnished by Dr. Wayne H. Holtz­man
who developed this testing
method.
A $5.00 registration fee will be
charged of persons taking part in
the workshop. The day-long
workshop will be restricted to
persons experienced in Rorschach
interpretation.
Persons wishing further infor­mation
should write either Dr.
Fulkerson or the Dean of Uni­versity
Colleget in care of the
University of Louisvillet Louis­ville
8.
March 4, at 3:00 p.m.
With the direction of James
Byrd, in Grecian setting designed
by Henry Tharp, the play centers
around the ninth labor of Hercu­les.
The original play had no mus­ical
score, however, UL student
Bruce Busch has composed one for
this production.
Hercules, played by W a y n e
Young, seeks to capture the royal
belt from the Amazon queens with
the aid of one companion, Leroy
Davis. Sherry Penn and Angeline
Bess, playing the parts of Amazon
queens, try to stop the theft of
their magical belt. The rest of the
action is centered around Hercu- ·
les and the queens as he trys to
leave Amazon country with the
belt.
The cast is supported by Chuck
Wilson, Lucy Paris, Martha Fa­gan,
.Jean Phelps, Eliza Stout, and
Pamela Wilding.
UL students will be admitted
free upon presentation of their ID
card at the box office.
University Choir Presents
Concert Tour; Will Record
For Sale In UL Bookstore
The University of Louisville
Choir is on tour this week to In­dianapolis
antl Chicago. The choir
sang at the Oldham County High
School Wednesday before leaving
for Indianapolis Thursday morn­ing.
They are to arrive in Chicago
this evening.
The choir will present concerts
at several high sehools along the
route and will sing for two morn­ing
s e r v i c e s at Saint Paul's
Church in Chicago.
At the church the choir will
record various pieces for assembly
in a record of the touring choir to
be sold in the UL book store in
late April.
The choir sang at the church
last year and was invited back
this year. At the services Sunday
the choir will sing several an­thems
with the choir of Saint
Paul's and several alone.
. The UL Choir is unique in that
it includes a woodwind quintet, a
trombone quartet, a brass en­semble,
and brass quintet which
accompany it.
A final concert at River Forest
High School in Hobart, Indiana is
scheduled Monday. The choir will
then return to Belknap Can:tpus
Monday night.
In .t'l!lemnriam
Captain John W. Allen, as­sistant
professor of Air Sei­ence
at the university, died
February 23, from injuries
sustained February 16, in
the explosion of a T -33 jet
trainer. The accident, which
also took the IHe of Captain
Robert R. Saurs, occurred at
Briggs Air Force Base near
El Paso, Texas.
A Memorial Service for
Captain Allen will be held
in the Allen Courtroom,
Wednesday, March 7, at two
o'clock in the altemoon.
This is an opportunity for
faculty and students to pay
their respects to their col­league.