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SCARLET AND BLACK

Friday, March 3. l963

 

 

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For Co‘FHP President

In the ptlst the

are issues.

Three of the candidates for the post have taken stands
past CofHP Pl-esi.lncpsi-cola hospital ward is aw-

\l'itllin the tradition of the platforms 0'

1—_¥— David Lighl'bourne
forum for Descent

‘ On the assumption that this
paper's “inquiring roportei"l‘ea-
lure would be much better if
no questions were asked and all
the people interviewed got to
choose their own subject for a
comment instead, your columnist
wandered around last week
,lalking to people. The following

quotes capture, 1 think. the very_

pulse and heartbeat of our corri-
munity.

George Mal
cheap hotel.
‘ Keir Selliii‘: The answer lies in
ltl'lc past.

Sllnl Scriiiiiiaii: At Grinnell,
policy is the best honesty.

c. P. (Mario) Mnyhugh: What
gis history but a fable agreed

Life is not a

_ we [or Cot’HP president has been upon?
(lauded largely on the basis of personality. This year there

George ‘Vallace: S c h n n l) el
livesl

Celia Cliol‘osll: I think the new

dents They are fundamentally devoted to the status quo “my “‘09-

ll_ regard to rule enforcement find living
l\orth Campus. They stress no particular goals.

conditions on

nuanc Klironke: Elections are
coming up.

stcve Bruoli rm hcl'ctosynn
bolize somethin . I thought you
might know what it was.

Bruce Porter: Yes. Virginia,
there is a KGRW

Mike Kohl'in: I'll never forgot
old \vhal's-hel'vn‘dnle

Howard Weinstein: Who‘s that
gink with the iiiici-ophone in his
beard?

Bill Johnson: What‘s Hi)?

John Edgrcn: It's that rafc of
discount which would make the
present value of a series of one
nurties given by the returns ex—
‘pected from the capital
during its life just equal to its
supply price:

Jay Bolderson:

The biggest

‘in the world was the guy who:

knocked on Coleridge’s door,
i Tom Phillips: Tvc learned that
la bottle of brandy and a song
are the only ones who ever care,
oh Lord

David Liglitbourne:
not even the Snowi
cold feet.

Nobody,
has such

asset i

lln Defense of

Campus Style

To the Editor:

For the past low weeks i
have read with interest the
comments in the sen pertaining
to \vomiln's fashion on Criiincll
campus 7 Mr. Grabendorfl s 'a -
ticle and the subsequent leite
to the editor At this point I am
somewhat confused, and i think
it is time for some defining ol
tcrlnsilust what does constitute
being “well di-essedl'l

Furthermore I should like
to point out that the fashion
expert who was here with the

Style Clinic found that the

girls on this campus were
very well groomed, except ior

a certain minority, whose

rights we, as members of a
, democracy, are obligated to
l defend.
i As a passing comment, I
would like to suggest that Mr
‘Gi-abendorif try paying sms
every other week for hose Pe .
haps he would come to apprecr
atc bobby socks as we girls do!

Judy Preisslc

If a decision were to he made among them, it would
have to be made on the basis of personality.

Peter Cohon, however, is a candidate who stands out-
side this tradition. He has expressed the desire to see an
end to hypocrisy, to see students enforce rules which they,
understand and believe in. He mints to see rules compo-l
tible with the oftcexln‘essed aims ot"the college. ‘

Colion presents a plan of ilction which includes a 51ch

.Cur’r Lamb

clfic set 01' goal

to refuse to coop

at point it can be expected he will view his obligation as personnases m the Kennedy en-lCOHfliEtS
dieing to the students, not the administration.
Too often the role of CofHP President has been seen 301”” McNamara. “ has been tend “m‘md

as a caretaker, putting possible change in the fat folder

marked, ”Open some other time.”
Cohen’s platform i

excellent. Whether or not he could

He sees cooperating with the lldminise

in vogue recently to call Mc-
Namara to task for the extenz
sive calling to task that he has
done since his appointment.

t'lnslzlte ‘it into 1m tll'e action is otlr only doubt. He, While the National Review M,
however, is the only Czllltllt‘l'rlte comillitted to positive actionflcugeg him of “gross waste of the

Concert,

Tomorrow
Free Bowling, 7.12 pm

St. Louis Symphony, Roberts Theatre, 3.30 pm.
'Post Concert Reception. New Union, in 30 pm.

.7. P. H. taxpayers' money . . after all
,he is too busy mu zling Gener—
‘alsC‘ most of the critics play on
an inbred fear of anyone who
exhibits truly remarkable lead-
ership capabilities.

‘ His “computer-like" mind has
become legend. Both Congres-
‘sional Committees and thc Tv
lpublic have been awed by his
vrzlpld delivery of intricate stra-

Conceri. Lenox Quartet with Richard Howe, pianist. Roberts yogic dermis and obscure data

Theatre, :2 pm.
Movie, "Rashoinon," A.R,H, 10 pin.
Sunday
College Church, Dr, Bllrklc, 11-30 am.
Open Rooms, North Campus, 275 pm.
Open Swimming, 2:30.430 p.in.
KRNT Trip, Kingston Trio, 6 0 pm,
ice Skating to music,
iMovic, “Rashomon,” ARR, 9:30 nan.
Wednesday

Ice Skating to music, Barber Flnza, 8~il pm.

Thursday
Vespers. nor-rick Chapel. 9; 5 pm.

Barber Pl La, 8-11 pJn.

lit is useless, however, to refute
lpetulant attacks on his capa-
1bilitics. Rather, his character-
yshould be evaluated with respect
to his most important task the
molding of a military strategy
for the atomic age.

The earliest postwar attempts
at strategyzbullding, “contain-
ment," and “massive retaliation."
‘proved inadequate when tested

 

Pele Klein

the Action, Belief Equal?

By Peter L. Klein

Docs justice ask any man to tester his own
sores? Does equality ask any people to foster-
their own enemiesl Does freedom ask any goveriv
merit to protect its own assassins"

Jus ce, equality and freedom when applied
to societies 01‘ nations are not abstract ideals. It
is a misconception or these terms to believe that
a just state or a free society can maintain equal-
iiy for all. Justice is before the law, equality.
within the law. Those violating the law do not
face the same equality, as those obeying i

A government based on law acts within its
matrix of justice, equality. and freedom when it
punishes those who violate its rules; but this
matrix also fixes the maximum restrictions the
a government can place on the rights of its title
zens.

IS THE DICCARRAN ACT consistent with our
basic rights? Our government is justified in
punishing anyone who violently tries to oven
throw our government But. is advocating the
over-throw of a government equivalent to at-
tempting to over-throw a government?

If advocating is a crime. is it also a crime to
admit belief in the same principles" Does our-
government object to the results or the Coin-
mun t movement, or is it just their methods
if it is only their methods, could the satire re-
sults be achieved by gradual. legal methods”

These questions can not be completely ans-
wered in this article or in this wholo series of
articles; but before we too rashlv judge the Me-
Cari-an Act, we must examine them more close
1y. First, several terms used in the act must bc
defined:

“The term ‘zldvocates' includes advis recom-
mends, furthers by overt act. and adm - belief
in; and their giving. loaning, or promising of
support or r . _ anything or value , . . "

“The giving, loaning. or promising-of support
or . any other i ing oi value for any pur-

pose to airy organization shall be conclusively
presumed to constitute aililiatioii therewith;
. " tboth definitions are front HR. 9490 See.

Since the term “advocates" incluclcs both
“fulthels by overt act" and "admits beliel ii 'l
it is eudent that the Mac an Act finds 'aclc
ing." "amocatlng," and "admitting belief in",
eqiivalent tei-ms. Thus. if advocating is a crillle,l
then to admit belief in the same principles is}
also a crime.

From both of the above definitions we caul
also see that advocating conclusively constitutes
affiliation with an organization. Mere membership
in a Communist organization. however, is not 2.
crime; active participation is necessary. But
since “advocates" includes “furthers by ovel‘ll
act” it is an active participation; lherct‘ore. adv
eating is a crime. since advocating is a crime. it‘
follows logically that admitting belief in tlit,
same principles is also -.i crime —

The McCarran Act finds two major objections
to the Communist inovcment‘ tll that it uses
espionage sabotage .and tellorism to accomplish
its objective“. and (2) that its primary purposei
is to establ h a totalitarian dictatorship in the
United States.

Tim AFOREMENTIONED definitions clearly
show that airyone merely admitting a belief iiii
the Communists obiectrves is committing- a ci- ne‘
Thus, it anyone tried to accomplish the Com
munist‘s objectives by purely legal methods, they
still would be committing a crime. l

When our government made “acting," "ddvo-l
eating," and “admitting belief in“ equivalent
terms, they entered the thought control business ,
No longer are they exercising their legal rights;
but they have transgressed the rights of their
citizens. Freedom does not ask any Eovernmenfl
to protect its own assassins; but it does demand
that a government does protect those merely v ' el
ing a difference of opinion. '

respectively. Under

itourage is Secretary of DefenseiEisenhower, the dialogue cens‘

the alternative
lstrategies of “counterforce,” and
“finite deterrence.” The latter
holds that a force capable of
inflicting unacceptable damage
‘on the social fabric of air enemy
nation w l deter any attack. A
“counterforce” strategy, on the
other band, would act for the
destruction of enemy weaponry
alone. ‘lioping thereby to make
sense of a nuclear war once it
has begun. Although both of
thcse strategies have esoteric
theoretical underpinnings, each
one involves clearly distinguish.
able policy alternatives includ
ing ceilings on certain for-cc
levels.

ATTE ers at limiting any
one service‘s role. hon-ever, are
hindered by two factors- struc—
tural inertia in the Pentagon
and a traditional Congressional
reluctance to deny any defense
requests. The Eisenhower
ministration deified their inabil-
lily to deal with the situation
,through the adoption of a “Mi.
Strategy" which arbitrarily inc
lclllded e. sting features of both
‘plans.

, McNamara brought to this
situation the assertiveness an
‘intelligence necessary to cope
‘with the institutions involved.
He made it clear that the Pen-

adz‘

Secretary McNamara Defended

te with him, and ‘rlL personages in the Kennedy ell—tin the Korean and Indochlnese‘tagon must respond to attempts

at rationalizing its function. One
of his many reorganizations in-
volved changes comparable in
scope to revamping the Ford
iMotor Company, no small task
as its exri-esident must know,
Congress found also that it was
dealing with a man of stubborn
discretion through such episode
as the RS 70 dispute.

The “no cities" doctrine elabs
orated by McNamara in his June
speech at Ann Arbor represent.
ed a definite strategy choice
This “rcunterforce” ,doclr i n e
aims at limiting the destructii
‘ncss of nuclear conflict while
inot increasing the incentive for
a pr elnptive strike. McNa—
inaro's over—riding concern has
been to provide a “series of but
tons" to enable responses to a
variety of military thr ats. As
ijust one attempt to refine the
”spasm response” that he inher-
ited, he has , - atly revitalized
the Army Special Forces Pro»
grain,

The Us. need no longer plan
its strategies around the e.
gencies of a Pentagon bureau.
'cl‘acy, Congress may no longer
jindiscriminalely vote Defense
inudget increases. Rationalizing
lthe structures and strategies of
lnalional defense demands a man

of Gzlrgafltllan capabilities. MC-
lNamarn is such zl man.

 

‘00

Letter

we appreciate the artistic
of the Grinnell stu—

art,
Cl'efll ivtty
dent.

Who but a gifted Grinnellian‘

seriously devoted to art could

ign a delectable ashtray of
chi econccarnc, chocolate
ldlng, limeade, topped with penv
nut butter, and spiced with n
llzlli'rsmoked. still smoldering

iearetle butt" This sort of ill:-
sllaet art is mosl popular.

Beautiful works of realism 7
totally untouched jello or dessert
Int often be seen. Depicc
lions or still life such as fresh
fruit abound.

MANY or Grinnell's budding
amateur-s dabble in water color.
Emplo ing a material of napk I»
like textule. these persons ex-
pi-o s themselves with bold
greei and purples, and
yellows and browns. siich uorks
are usually enclosed in a "glass"
case.

The ambitious mural painter
approaches a whole 3' x 12’

icanvas Over oliicli he splattersl

pudz.

warm '

lilies Ealcis are Artists, Toot
‘Bul Work Stays on the Tables

to the Editor:
As connoisseurs of Saga fine

and scatters various liquid. gel—
alinous. and solid media These
blend together in a riot of color
to catch the eye of even the
most casual observer.

Sculpture, though rare at
Ci-innell, nevertheless exists. it
centers around imposing struc—
tures of five to ten glasses in»
geniously inter-balanced with
knives and bread slices

Displays filled with hidden
meaning usually prove to be the
cuts nding feature of the Saga
exhibit. Viewed from almost any
angle the work resembles an in-
verted bowl Upon moving this
ceramic, however, one di ove ~
i hidden meaning dribbling
clown his shirt front.

It is our earnest hope that
once the beautiful faculty exc
hibil is removed from Schucffer
Gallei , the inspired young a
lists of Cowles dining room will
be given equal opportunity to
,display the "fruit" of \heir ei—
ltorls
l Mac Marshall

Elston Bowers