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Show Page 22-T- HERALD, Provo, Utah, Thursday. December M. HE ; ; r !; . 1972 China's Liberation Army Model of Equality ::; Editor's Note: The writer is a are combined with men, while visiting associate professor in other units are all female. After minimum service, it is up the Department of History, Stanford University, recently to the Communist party to returned from a visit to China decide whether they should be kept on or transferred to a new By W'rittea ROXAVE WITKE United Press for spirit of strident egalitarianism which has prethe vailed in China since the the Cultural P e o p I e's Liberation Army (PLA) is the model of sexual, as well as political, social and economic equality. While formal the PLA's purpose is national defense, its real functions spill over into all areas of civilian society. There its members exert the utmost effort to live accoHmg to the popular metaphors of serving as the revolutionary backbone of the body politic, and of moving as close to the masses ls fish to water. Judging from interviews and observations during my week visit to China this summer, girls as well as boys vie for the chance to join forces with the PLA. For most young people, the PLA is not a lifetime career, but rather a time to "steel and temper," a rite of passage into revolutionary civilian society. Mimimum Three Years Girls of 18 or more, whose petition to join the PLA is granted, spend a minimum of three years in the ground force, four years if they go into the air force, or five years in the navy. In some units, women Revolution, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE Melvin Laird and Richard C. Gerstenberg, chairman of the board and chief executive officer for General Motors, signed the first "Statement of Support" to improve the relations between an employer and members of the National Guard and the Reserve Forces. At the Pentagon ceremony are, from left, Gorstenberg, Laird, James M. Roche, chairman of National Committee tor Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve; and Kenneth Rush, deputy secretary of defense. Bruce Dern's Success Is No Family Affair ate the stars, the heroes. babies. I played psychotics for so long, no one had the guts to star tne in an film." That was it. Dern finally surfaced from his underground stint, left the realm of misfits and began working in A films. He had parts in "They Shoot Horses Don't They?" "Drive, He Said," "Cowboys," "Silent Running" and his most recent, "The King of Marvin Gardens." And the only dastardly deed he had to perform in these films was to shoot down John Wayne in "Cowboys." Dern won the National Society of Film Critics' award for Best Supporting Actor for the portrayal of a basketball coach in "Drive, He Said." "That was the first time I played an establishment person and the crowd was for me," says Dern. "But I couldn't have Mom go to see it. It was R rated." His mother, who died shortly after he received his award, always referred to her son as "studying to be an actor." Dern explains, "To my mother, if you weren't number one, you weren't an actor." She would always ask ne why I didn't get roles like Spencer Tracy. Or she'd say, 'How come you're not in Walt Disney films? They make such nice films.' " There he was, just another struggling young actor. Bruce Dern quit school, the University of Pennsylvania, when his track coach ordered him to shave the long sideburns he had grown for a play. His father, a member of the Board of Trustees, backed the coach. So Bruce Dern quit school, studied acting, then went to New York City and Broadway. But like other struggling young actors, Bruce his Dern had a friend great-uncla famous poet, had a play about to open on Broadway. "Dear Uncle Archie," began the letter, "I am 100 per cent dedicated to acting." He was asking to read for a bit part in "J.B." ... His great-unclArchibald MacLeish, turned him down. And Bruce Dern realized that his influential family wasn't going to pull any weight getting him started. e, Bruce Dern began working frequently . . . grade B Hollywood films. His exposure came through the peephole of' underground films. Not underground, but "head" films such as "The Trip," "The Wild Angels" and "Bloody Mama." The films were and with murder-madnes- s Dern usually played a first-clas- s artsy Hells-Angelis- h freak. "I acted with Peter Fonda and Nancy Sinatra in some of Roger Corman films," says Dern. "They were the In medieval times, the word "garbage" applied to a combination of chicken heads, feet, and innards stewed as a delicacy by creative chefs. I By Ernestine Guglielmo NEW YORK (NEA) In fact, Dern's prominent family either practiced polite nonassistance or voiced downright disapproval. His grandfather was secretary of war under Roosevelt. His father was law partner of Adlai Stevenson. And his mother's people are the MacLeishes. Dern's prominent Illinois family regarded busiacting as a ness and Hollywood the sordid market place at the center. Despite the objection, Bruce Dern became an actor. He landed a few parts on Broadway and then went out to the sordid marketplace to make a name for himself. By Another Name Although Dern considers of Marvin Gardens" to be his best work, he says he wouldn't want his grandfather Bruce MacLeish to see it. "It would kill him," says Dern. "It's just too close to home. The movie's about a pathetic family and centers around the relationship between the two brothers. We never had any communication in the family. In the movie when I my brother (Jack Nicholson) he cringes. To this day I still don't hug my brother. That's a by live-i- n grannies, or boarded at state-ru- n nurseries and kindergartens five to six days a week. And judging from reports and appearances, no one seems to mind. Modified Equality? assignment. As in other Chinese political As with all types of political work in China, after a woman units, equality prevails in but is modified joins the army all her other principle, ties are secondary. A PLA wife somewhat in practice. Naturalmay be away for days or weeks ly, I asked what was the total at a time, while husbands are size of the PLA, and what left to fend for themselves in proportion of that was female. their own work. Children are As I expected, no one could or International In cared for Parliamentary Group Rejects Egypt Report By United A Press International powerful Egyptian parli- amentary committee has rejected government assurances that plans have been completed for preparing the country for another war with Israel, political sources in Cairo said Sunday. (See story Page 7.) ine commuiee repon was presented to parliament Saturday at the beginning of a debate in which members called on the government to step up its preparations. Egyptian Premier Aziz Sidky told parliament in a report Nov. 27 that the government had "completed plans to prepare the country for battle with Israel." The parliamentary committee said "the house listened to this assurance without being able to assure itself that this has actually been done." Diplomatic sources in Brussels said Sunday a top secret survey by the Egyptian military has shown that only 40 per cent of Egypt's weapons and 68 ror ant nf its wo tnl n nac wafa ources said ombat read was so bad the lilm Egyptian military men despaired privately of being able to fight Israel now or in the foreseeable future. The parliament committee .w landlord's family and made three attempts at suicide, but 1945 by the finally was saved in Communist party underground organization. The daughter, who has known no unliberated conditions, enin both joys ultimate success In 1969 she army and state. was among the new crop of soldiers, peasants, workers, Red Guards and women boosted into political prominence by election to the Ninth Party attractive garment in contemporary China. Both men ad g women wear the same cotton jacket and pants which are always clean but rarely pressed. The sole difference of appearance is that women's hair is either bobbed or braided. But when it is tucked into the loose-fittin- Congress. LOSE UGLY FAT OR Slarl losing weight report criticized the govern- - regulation green cap emblaflient for omissions in its zoned with the red plastic star at center front, sexual identity strenuous etercise. November statement, policy Change your lilt notably its failure to mention can be problematic. start today. MONADEX costs PLA dozen the S3 00 tor a 20 day supply and SS.00 developments which led to the Among at lor twice the i.nount. Lose ugly fat crisis in relations with the members I interviewed will be relunded with or Soviet Union in July, when length in Peking was Sun Yu, no your money asked by: questions DRUG CEN1ER 5K4GOS President Anwar Sadat expelled head of the Fourth Company of W CENTS I l) N STATE ST. MAIL ORDERS FILLED Soviet military advisers. the Peking Army Corps. 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In 1965 cn.SI she joined the PLA "'6l and other comraae school'' where one is nunureu in Marxism, Leninism and the Thoughts of Mao Keen Sincerity The contrast between her mother's exploited life and her own fortunate life is doctrinal, but still expressed with keen sold sincerity. Her mother was 10 to a of bride child a as respond precisely to either question. But at present, are in the clear women in the PLA. minority For ostensible reasons of health and physiological differ- enres. women are exi.iuu.cu from the field army and from troinmo uhirh are suil male preserves. Women's work gravitates toward medicine, transport, communications, literature and the arts, and I Nevertheless, propaganda. observed soldiers of both sexes vigorously engaged in rifle practice and model missile launching as part of their recreational training. And PLA asserted quickly spokesmen that if war broke out, PLA women would immediately join up at the fnnt along with the men. 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