University of Virginia Library

Blasts Union

The September 29 editorial concerning
the Temptations seemed to
place most of the blame for the
failure of booking the Temptations
on the wrong party. One can certainly
understand Union director
Herring's "disinclination to ever
deal with the William Morris
agency again." The agency apparently
committed the gross injustice
of breaking a verbal agreement
with Mr. Herring, Perhaps,
someone should explain to Mr.
Herring that one doesn't merely
pick up the phone and casually
invite the Temptations down to
Virginia for a weekend, and then
send a telegram to make the conversation
binding. Although The
Cavalier Daily mentioned this
point the article then seemed to
exonerate the union and blame
the agency involved.

The result of this situation is
that once again University students
will have to travel to some big
school such as Hampden-Sydney
or Washington and Lee to hear the
Temptations. Apparently the William
Morris Agency has not treated
these schools in such a "shoddy
manner." Fortunately the University
can still hold its head
high, for the union has promised
with pride that rather than have
second rate entertainment for
Homecomings there shall be none.