SCARLET AN D BLACK Friday. October 20. l96| gratin anti lilark Gui-lune“, Iowa GRINNELL COLLEGE A weekly newspaper ‘publlahzd coon Friday or the college or b the Grinnell Committm on studcnt Publications, in Kimmy Brown. u. mun. Represenmd or mum. nuvmmng by Notionnl Advertising Service, msrntnuvc, 420 Mndnon Ave-t mc., coil 2 Pubhsliois MD- Ncw York. p. Y. bronco n: ml class mutter at the Past Oflice nt Grinnell. laws, under “flint of March 3, ms. summons. in. use on moon your, Asst. Nous Editor . sport: Editor . rioof Edith Yhotu Edit rectum Ediw Copy Editors . Editorini list. Business Mannser . Assistant Business M Circulation Monnger . Advertising Mrnsgcr buyout Mnnngcr Advertising Snlcsmcn onsincrc Assistunu . Nnncl/ Pokcl . Mniom Wclty .lim Hntrield Tom rrnntn rnul Slumlel John notion nondsmn ninnc Carine“! . Jana Bollnuu'l .70“ ann Gmrgu Buck . Ron Turner Mitch Levinr , . , , Judy Tesser George Fol-fit. Jim nonrinmn _, Judy Hnnd, Susnn Coop 'bcrts . RuLh omcnewnidV c V sin Fox. Ice Cream Social? Those Who floated home from the “hall gathering” at Lake Acre cabin Saturday have undoubtedly recovered by now i even the lad who received a sobering experience at the local Community hospital. Damage to property and injury to bodies was nil, though this fails to impress those who believe Lady Luck has a penchant for drunks and fools. One result of such Acre cabin and purported activities (those held at Lake beforehand to be a pic— nic, ski or skating party or whatever) is that all Grinnell- ians are now held suspect in their attempts to reserve the building for truly “dry" functions. And, to go a bit further, after such as Saturday’s display, one could hardly blame the administration for refusing to allow students to use the cabin at all without strict supervision, But perhaps the real point of the whole thing is this: Tile incident and every one like it is, unfortunately, a blow to the argument of those who feel that our present drinking regulations can, and should be modified. Jim Hatfield Elle Sanitg nt’ $101125 by John Ward Yes, Virginia, there is a col. lege radio station. It's called lKGRW and its melodious tones echo once again through the wires of the heating tunnels, bringing sound and fury to the radio sets of a few fans. The station was started back in the years when vets were at— tending Grinnell. They’ decided that a college station would be a good thing, so they built one. Managers came, went on aca- demic pm. The staff varied be- tween 20 and 70 people, de‘ pending on the number of egoA ists on the campus at the time. The story goes that they even ran a wire to the railroad crossing and used the tracks as an antenna so people could listen to KG cm the golf course. Unfortunately, one day a little black panel truck calme down the road and out stepped a man from the Fed- eral Communications Cominis- sio‘n, He said, “Congratulations, you are coming in loud and clear in northern Wisconsin." The sta- tion closed for three years. The Personal journals of the time differ on the details. Nowadays, there seems to be a problem with regard to a listening audience. Some pcople must know that there is a ra- dio station since the Show schedr His is well publicized. People just don’t seem to bother about listening. This is sad. The staff at ‘KG has been cut down to interest- ed people, about 12 to 15 mem- bers. These are people who know music and want to learn good radio. From 7 to 10 pm. daily, classlcal and light classi- cal music is the main fare, This is good music for studying pcrc hops, with well-spaced come mentary on the music and the music men. From 10 until midnight the MUSHCAL SUPPLlES menu is a little more varied. It ranges from jazz to folk music to rock 'n’ roll, again inter- spersed with comments on the music. It is indeed sad that the listening audience is a minority, but new habits have to be learned and slowly the student body is learning that KG does exist. The subject of the existence of the radio station has been debated several times, the most recent occasion be- ing the san budget meeting of last year. At that time the station was off the air. The question was raised whether anyone actually cured wheth- er or not the station was de- funct. The answer, of course, is ob— vious. It makes a big difierence to the serious people trying to learn something about the inner workings of radio, and it makes a difference to the healthy mi- nority who listen and enjoy listening to KG. The station was ofi the air once this year. The problem again was cquipmcnt failure. The basic problem is that there is no commercially made trans- mission equipment for the sys- tem we now use, All of KGRW’s electronic guts must be hands built by the students. The only people available tor the building of such equipment are physics majors, who as a rule are more interested in atom-splitting than wircAsoldcr- ing, or else amateur radio for natics who know as much about continuous operation broadcast equipment as i do. The problem is not insolu- able, however. i would rec- ommend that the people in charge (them must be some pcoplc in thongs!) investigate the possibility of the creation of KFGM. A standard AM SANITY or STONES Cont. p. 6, col. 1 1 ,._, GIFTS Jeffery To the Editor: In this day of Organization Men, we would like to get into the act and propose the forma- tion of a definitive all-campus organization. We must acknowledge our debt to those perceptive political scientists, Gilbert and Sullivan, who first observed that “every child born in this world alive— is either a little liberal or a little conservative." We suggest that most of us are a little of both and that we find much in man’s history to conserve and much in man’s condition to lib- eralize, Therefore, we propose the formation of the Conservative» ‘Liberul Club. (We decided on this listing because: (1) it is alphabetical, and (2) CL C sounds better than LC 0 which might be mistaken for some sort of landing or launching croft.) The 07L 0 will have: no meetings, no dues, no lmem- horship lists, no officers and no mailings, The sole require- ment for membership is that tho member decide to answer lxll inquiries about his politi- cal olllliotion or position with the statement, “1 mun con- servativerlibcral." Once the faculty and students are all members and are, there- ‘fore, self-labeled conservative- liberol, we can foresee certain economies of timc and effort. No one will have to waste time trying to determine the political complexmn of either faculty or students. Conserva- tivc parents will be reassured by knowing the campus is 100 percent CONSERVATIVE-liber- a1, and liberal parents can be happy that the campus is 100 percent conservative-LIBERAL. People generally, who are con, corned about the college, can turn their attention to finer points such as: is the faculty competent? Parsons Reports On Polish Elections; Tells Of Color, Campaigns, Candidates Ed. Note: Bill Parsons spent the last two semesters as an “exchange” student in Poland. This is the first of a series of stories discussing some of his experiences. by Bill Parsons Today is somewhat of a holi— day here in Poland—today is election day. All over town are campaign posters, flags, balloons and loud speakers reminding everyone to get out and vote. The candidates have been active- ly campaigning now for several weeks, making public appca - ances, delivering speeches, vis — ing factories and forms. it really seems to be an important thing. Poland has a little diifercnt Arc the students alert and profiting from thelr education? Since there will be no memo bership drive, we can only sug— gest that everyone on campus join the or. c. Emily Pfitsch Bea W211 Barbara Kleinschmidt Betty McKibbcn Esther Donahue Martha Fletcher set-up for elections than do the other countries of the Soviet block. That is, there are more candidates on the ballot than positions to be filled, and the voter has the privilege of cros- sing out those he does not favor. Also, candidates represent 3 var- iety of parties, and persons with- out party affiliation can also run. However, the candidates are arranged on the ballet in order of acceptibility by the “United Front,” a coalition of political groups under the influence of the party leaders. Voters are en— couraged to vote without cancel- lations, signifying they approve the program of the ”United Front” and the candidates plac- ed at the top of the ballot. One of my professors is run— ning for a position in congress. I would like to see him lose so he could return to his class work, but all my friends tell me that he can’t be beaten. His name is sixth on the vet- ing order, and the first seven nro elected. still, it seems like very serious business, and prob- ably about 95 per cent of those eligible will tnkc port in bring— ing to power the new regime. Why is it that such a high per- centage of voters go to the polls, if the results are all but pre- determined? The main reason seems to be the same which con- Vinces studcnts to Volunteer for work brigades. It goes on one’S record and might cause loss of certain privileges or even might make it difficult to get a good job. With the unique system of yet- ing, it is also evident whether one votes without cancellations, which is most politically de- sirable, or if one goes to the ef- fort of cancelling. Several stu- dents told me they voted with- out cancellations just to keep their record clean, implying that other action might be noted on their record. Such are the demo— cratic, free and secret elections in Poland of today. THE FOR UM for DISSENT by Michael Montross We are the first generation of a new age and therefore find it hard to condemn the think. ing of the post as illogical, no. realistic and out-dated. when it does not apply to new situar tions. We live in an age where it is impossible to use war as a means to settle conflict or pro» tect oneself. Due to the development of modern science, war is so ad- Vanced that any country or small group of intelligent man can conceivably wipe out all or any part of the human race. The slogans, arms control, disA armament meetings and sum- mits have become nonsense to- day. In any age there exists a lag between the advanced =discov- cries and their application. Thus most men, including of course the leading politicians, do not realize that war 15 obsolete and therefore are wasting the world’s time and efforts prepar- ing for the war to end all wars. There is no defense against war. ALI talk of deterrents is insane. The only deterrent to War is good~will and trust Khrushchev or Nasser or Ca tro, unknown to us, could 1301* Son vnst masses of our popu— lation, causing unprctlictnblc tlcctbs and leaving no hint of where tho United States could retaliate. Even if nuclear weapons did not exist, with the use of chains RECORQS icals or bacteria and eithcr a moderately developed spy sys- tem or a delivery system of a few dozen planes or missiles, the people of any nation can be brought to their knees. General Stubbs, chief Chemical officer of the Army, reported. to the 86th Congress that as few as in airplanes flying at very high altitudes could “get, at least 30 percent casualties in the Us.” Many people, including some scientists at Grinnell, draw back in honor at the thought of any- body stooping so low as to em- ploy chemical or bacteriological warfare, as if there were any death more painful than radia- tion poisoning. The naive are blessed, but what are the farm ’The us. Chemical turns on May 27, 1960, received $103.4 million and has asked for $130 million in 1361. Khrushchev has said (Feb. 10, 1959 at Sialinlir gorsk) that “the Soviet Union will spend from 100 to 125 bil- lion rublcs in the next seven years to develop its'chelnical industry.” He has also said that in the event of war the Soviet Union plans to use chemicals, bacteria and nuclear weapons. Fifteen percent of the wait - oils carried by the Soviet troops in Europe are chemical weapons (all facts in this fir- ticlc are from n subcommittee report of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Unit- TAPES erl States Senate). Clearly no country spends (or and devel- ops an unthinkable weapon. They develop it because they could use it. As concluded by the Fifth Pugwash Conference on Aug. 10, 1959 with eight countries scientists attending, the 11.5. and Russia included, any at— tempt to control the production of toxic gases and destructive bacteria is bound to rail. These weapons ,can be produced in an average kitchen, or on a large scale in any part of the chemical industry which pro- vides the es, plastics, explo- sives, mcdi nes, bleaches and other ingredients necessary to' modern life, People of the world, unite 7 throw off the shackles of tradi— tional thought. There is no de- tense, the world is too small, the weapons too large and im- possible to control. Tho human race must rethink, and not re— act, if we want to survive. Let each man refuse to kill. so that he will not in turn be killed. This is the only solution, difficult and improbable as it is, All any man can do is change himself and hope othcrs will realize the new truth in time. We live only by the good— will of our neighbors in this world, Only ignorance and lock of desire by tho informed pre- vent ally group or country from killing or blackmailing any oth- er group or country. Michncl Maiitross LEEPER'S MUSEQ CO.