SCARLET AND BLACK Friday, March 22, |963< Scarlet and Black GRINNELL COLLEGE Grinnell, low: A "buy newspaper pulilisliul ei’lnh Frid'lv nl iiuiiul Commillle an smut-iii ruhll nu. Represented m iiillouii no -il Atherllsing Service. inc., College Publish resenlitl . ls East solh Street. N:' York 22, ' . Subscription rue $4.50 .- mum , \c 15am. . LquIIlDewlrl; COP nlll u si-ol: cnilsr EDlTOK . lsom . PllOTUiflAPl-l i . Prior Mulli- liuvli llrnl) 'rue launu' .i l.-li [.tiliw liiuililwi, ru- lilalslllill ‘ All letters to the Editor written for publication in the Scarlet and Black must be typed and double spaced. ND unsigned letters ill be printed. However, \vriters’ names will be withheld up .i request. The 5&8 reserves the right to shorten any letter. Hear Ye, Hear Ye . . . As a public service to the Grillnell College Colliillunity, tlis week's editolial column \\'lll be used as a bulletin to i‘eep the 3&3 readers posted on a number ol‘ organizations ind issues currently of vital illliiortallcc on the Grinnell . mpi _ The Committee for Conformity of Clothing, Ctilllitel‘b I‘llCE, and Personality announced today that a mass meet ing‘ and ritual will be held on central campus March 33. at 12 pm. All students will be required to attend. Dress l he the standard white ankle length capes and matching l‘vointed head 'masks, Participants should also bring a 4 foot wooden torch, a can of kerosene and a supply of matches. According to the central CCCP committee and its thir- r)en subcommittees, a veritable mountain of evidence has i‘ceii collected which gives Conclusive pi'ool’ of a growing lumber of clandestine and subversive trends on campus. :ome oi' the security threatening tendencies listed by the CCCP committee iil their “Blue Book" are, ”incl'e mg in 'iir, bllttonless collars, blue ieans. lack of makeup, and bolll'fantl heads." Tile CCCP plans to take quick and de ' ' e ac ’on to eliminate these 101065 of unrest and disharmony from the iirinnell campus. stances of long 1 Another group presently dealing with all equally cru- cial campus issue is the Drinking Rule for Immature Pupils committee. Tile DRIP committee has prepared a list of three carel‘ully studied and formulated alternatives to the present drinking rule which will be presented to the stu- cents for a vote. The results of the referendum will detelu mine which of the three proposals shall be presented to the administration as a comprehensive rule change arrived at and supported by a responsible student body. The DillP committee's proposed alternatives are as follows: 1) Students will be allowed to drink anything. lime, and anywhere. any- 2) Students will be allowed to drink ani‘ll'llere, thing, and anytime. any- 3) Students will be allowed to drink anytime. where, and anything. any There is one announcement of minor importance from the National Student Association. According to l SA o|'- ficials, the Gi'iimell College Student Senate will conduct a student referendum ill the residence halls Monday, March 25, on some inalic resolution concerning the repeal or re- consideration oi' the Internal Securitv Act 01 1950. This is one of those inconsequential Acts which “\" liltcs freedom 01' speech alld freedom of the press' restricts free and open discussion of public issues; legalizes guilt by associze Lion and pairilellisln; and gives the g‘OVel'luilellt vast pow, ers to control and influence the advocacy of ideas.” We know from past experience that progressive Grill- nelliuns will give the First two org‘ ni ations their sponA taneous and enthusiastic support. In view of tlli anything- that we might say, other than to make students aware of the activities of these organizations, would be unnecessary. However, we would like to suggest, it" you have a few illo- ments to spare next Monday, that you cast a vote for the unconditional repeal of the infamous Internal Security Act or 1950. D. A. B. (Esrihv's Ghost Attacked By Rn“ Gondenow The McCall-uh Act was passed (luring what Richard l’loi'stadlcr has called “the Age of Sn: picioii” It is slgnlticant ,lhat in this. same allrl oi tear do eloocd the phenomenon of ‘Mch’r thylsm', a disease that made the United Slates a laughing sto abroad. humbled the Senate. bullied the E' enhower Admin tralion. serious’ ly damaged national morale and actually help ed the Communism ll pui'pOlth to destroy, Oil the alternoon of February .51, 1950. the day that Senator Joseph McCarthy made his now infamous speech belol'c the Republican ]'d(li€\‘ of VVheeliilg. WVa llidliiuz. Homer Capellal'l raised the Senuloi al iaiicrs .ihun lil; asked "How much lilo c are we going to taltc? Hindu and Acheson and Hiss and h.‘dl'ugen bombs threatening outside and New Dealism wearing away the vitals 01' lbs natir‘n. in thc lilanle of heaven. is this the best Amer '11 can (0... McCarthy's reply was the 205 “subvm‘slri‘s” {later he l’ duccd the number to 81. tliCn 3? He never was Slll'(‘ what he said! \vel'c E‘l‘nplOVGLl iii lilo stale Department “Tull Gullllcr Joe," tllC mall ranked by )‘ )m‘lci‘s as tlu" pmrosi senator :h VVashlngton. pol only made national heath lines and practically l. . ll‘cd l‘eClQCthlL he uslv elecl in one of [he most shameful periods at Anielicau lilSlOl‘V. In the etislilllE four ieuis McCarthy proceed» ed to use the ‘big-lie' technique and his Selintorv ial immunlly to vwiuuslv attack anyone he so desired. The aisliugi C(l GCllei'ul George Mar- shall i accused n ham: or "a conspiracy so lmmcnsz‘, an illlamv so blacl‘ as to rlwart' {my in the histoi' of man" nator Mills’d Tvdinqs. u censor ilt ’0 l' lo had chaired :l SCH- aloiiul SLilPCOlT‘lane’l that {mind MCC. thv‘s cha 56 that tho Dcp' immil of State v : riled with suva sliics "the iimsl liclmlo palgu of halt—truths and uiiliulh iii the hisluiy of the Republic" found lilm.‘ ll \lcillli 0i a Mar Cal‘tlly led smear campaign hen hn run for I'E" election ill November 1950, McCai'tliV broke ll Scllalorlal Diocedenca when he campaigned asaiilst ’l‘ydilies’ in the lalter‘s home state 0‘ Maiylalld. Tydlngs lost and dlcd a broken moi) soo'l alle \ai'ds. Pressure on the State Dcpai‘lment induced John Foster Dulles and hi assistant, McCaithVitc w. Scoll McLeod. to begin a heavy censorship program in our lnlorniatioli agencies abroad Many able and certainly alillrconinillnlst lm‘eli!" service Officers were removed all the slight . McCarran Art's Nick Dldicu Legitimate mi mus are often ralscd conA cerium ll (n Act's implications lor lho ' 1 lbs or non-Communist groups and inA (lividilals who happen to be out oi - ‘ur with three msmbel's of the Subversive Anthlties Cour oi sou-ll, about the stringency ol the pl‘naltles and limitations placed on olgaiiizations and in— dividuals t ed by the Bcard to register as “Commullis ctlon" or "Comlnunlsi-il'ont" or- ganizatlons, and so forth Certainly the Act is vague and it: prov ‘ions are severe Nevertheless, the fundamental question about the Act coucevus not its highly possible side cliecls or its saver y, but llie very issue to ~which the Act directs itself # namely, Conl- muuism. .uiug that the Act could directly impair the libel-lies oi nu cimimu sts as well as Communists. n that i hue rliiei' ob- ,iecuou lo it, is tantamount to favoring a new, improved luw. one which could somehow de may the civil liberties oi really red. “card- ('nl'r ing" Dummies and nobody else. But perceptive opponents of the Act do not want a nicer Acl. one which would pumnlee theli' own security in the rcspeclable NCI‘erom— milnist Lelt m- whatever other pas Ion they hold, The problem \ iii the Act is that it is an Incur- stall at izovenuueul into political beliefs Whether the victims are Communists Or not, “good Ame cans" pi» not, the Act still represents an assault by government on a Dalitlcal opinion in a man nu prohibited by the First Amendment Supreme Court Justice Black a o obiccls to the law on conslitutlollal ground as a "classical bill of air lainde: and because 01 “its direct conflict \vllli the sell»iilcr mlnaton [)i‘D\.ans oi the Fifth Amendment." The act is s' ll nus ,hul ll is much worse than that. E my; laws prom-l the public frum the real crimes attributed in Commlmist intentions by the Act. The Act states. “The ugeul. of canilllliliism have devised clever and vulhlm espionage and sabotage luulius which pretext, and McCarthy sent G. David Shine and Roy Colin to Europe to investigate the “subvers- ion‘ s'luatinn. Europe twilched nervously as the two 2 year olds leportcd “apalllng nilillruiiou“ and the State Dcpallment ordered the removal l- m iniorlnation «mm-y shelves all "books, mu- m. paintings and the like or any Conl- Illullists. fellow travelers. et celera," Librarians used little (liscei‘tlon in removing material. out of self protection The ct cctcra was nebulous. Many books were burned, The Eisenhower Administration was slow to biing pressure to bear on McCarthy and, in tact, announced in ism that ii had iemovcd 22ml ’secul’ ly l‘lslcs' liom government sei’ViCc in order to ”talc the Commlc issue away li‘om Joe Mc- Martlly" Even his highly respectable and vane ahlc Robert Tait had gone so tar as to say “McCarthy should keep talking and il one C2150 doesn’t work out he should plocecd with another." Tile plulessmual ebrColnmunist FBI inve ti- gator became vogue, It “as a good way to earn a living. Few, houcvcr, listened \lhen one ol them, lleibert Philhl’lc said that lVlL‘CaItliyisiil was one of the most eticctlve tools in the Come iui isi propaganda arsenal The whole tlilng became ludicrous when library board-3 discussed the mains bl Socrates. who my» uptcd lhe minds of youth With 1113 liberal ' e ~ and Robin H00 , who “stole from ch to give in the poo (Despite the pro- .illcu oi contemporary 1\ tilligham oilicla who sworn that Robin Hood certainly was no Communist) Eventually. McCarthy met his match. The. ~ VrMLCm't y hearings lThe Army, in March . Ch;i and that the Senatol had tried to get preferential trcnlmerlt tor the newly inducted 86‘ he and McCarthy countercliavged that ihe Army was attempting to blackmail him into (ll-upping an investigation into communism at Full ivlamimoulh, N.Jl biuuaht him balare the lelcvislou cameras lor two weeks. Army counsel Joseph Welsh skilllully unmasked him with his suit nianne snis and “Have you no sense of decency, s‘ , at long last" Have you no sense oi decency?" in September the Senate censured McCarthy for conduct un coming to u Unltcd States Scnr Mar and brillgin that bndv into disrepute. H' public C‘Jl'eel‘ was over, bul li|S gliosl lingered on. Faults Analyzed. are cu "ietl out in many instances in form 0 manner successfully Evasive of c sling law “Successllilly eras 'e of existing law" is another wav of Say 1;: that not many CDm~ lnunists have been prov ii 3 V of the actual crimes mentioned, but since everybody knows they really are guilty (or likely to be some- d i), the government may iii-paced on that umptioll and single out Communist and Communist-dominated groups [or special superr vision. Tll' is vigilant mentality. conti'adicllng emi- ilclitly American concepts of iusiice. ol assumed innocence m the absence of pvovon guilt. 1; Cum- inunist individuals or organizations are ill fact proven guilty or crimes (murder, illell. lmasou. em, or provcn conspiracy lo those ends) then other laws will require their punishment; if not guilty. they can still be harried and supervised under the provisions of the McCarran Act. The McCai-mii Act's whole introductory de- scription of the Communist movement is an in- lellectunl misdemeanor ot' the flit magnitude. It is almost paranoid in its emphasis: subversion is being prepared under our very eyes, but the silhverters are too clever to be Caught by ordi- nary means. No responsible political thinker. whatever his personal vlews._\vollld describe Communism iii the Act's terms. totall} ignoring the understandable. if not ilisllllablc. appeal of Coliimuillst ideology to men at mlclligcni and humanistic motives. Discussion of the McCari-an Act must. if it is to be profitable, lead us into open-minded study and debate about the nature or the Communist movclr-cnt itself As ions; Americans consider Si'mpailly with or nlcnlhc ship ill the Communist Party as a crime “1 llsolr, American political though! will Continue to be logfiod and restricted, H the MCCal‘rail Act had no other fault. It would have to be condemned for unconstitutlollally hampering lhc enliy oI lhc Communist system of belief into ille‘fl‘ee cxcllanrre oi ideas. tomb Cites lion-like Militarism By Curt Lamb . . uilg ‘ihe \i'alv l‘d imllls tllal Americans llmnl anal is illiLl mnsl elitwlllfl is ' ' llC vicwul reali » Spoiled bv our all»pe , lliiely-tu Ed jildiual system. we sily pi'uieci [his per ecllve mm other problem. This dl lilma was wemphasimd l'or i.~ this last weekend by the presence on campus ol' two AlECi‘iail students for an IRC Conference. Their aciiuupiieuled philosonhi'" born in the Hush or rcvolutlondiy ‘ctoiy. tood iii iuuiheu conr uusi lo lllls Amelu ll lmcliuou. Late Friday evening the COIIVOK 'lilOn turned in Angola Havlilg had a pro ’ous exposure lo the developments there, I quickly reviewed my knowledge . The Porlugese, long an aliachrollis 0 presence in Africa. have been adamant in tlieli' refusal to permit selfrlzoveiiiment to the Angoli‘se ln Au ‘1 of 1950, u l-esoiullou lailcd to pass the Sccu ’ly Council or the United Nations wh h would have condemned oppressive Portugao acliv. 165 there that had led to open lighting A monih later the same resolution passed the Geiielul A embly by a large iuaiglu (72.18». Most of tllé‘ UN. hopes he now with a special sub-committee un— oarlhing muny facts umbu sing to Premier Salazai. The actual discussion of this problem with pmcoedva along quite diilel-em however. The elitlic gamut of mi allonal oacllcs to AllflOlfl \lele disuo d of in the hall'rscntclic , [ler [he U. . t ll, to re- solve the Ciisls between Latiff Nuns. the suc- ccedlllg slops are clea In the lime I required in adiusl my legalistic perspective to the flow til thoughts. the violent overthrow of Mozam- bmue had followed quickly on the heels of total native victory in Angola, Only during the un- {olding of tho jiiial phase of [he plan \vls I finally tunctionlng. From these two strongholds on East and West souther Africa. n pl oer more‘ incllt was pioiecled whim would ciicw e South Africa and aid lhe final victol’v of native forces there. Thole was little left lo discuss but Conl- paiiv as ignments. - Thl. kind of local iinpal‘ieilcc \vilh legalistic solutions in colonial problems must be continue misly kept in liillld in analyzing iuloi-nalional politics.