Friday. March. 20, I 965 SCARLET AND BLACK ‘Fag. five .tiughes Talks at Legislative Seminar Accepts Petition from Rights Group By Lynn Denzler "Sometimes it is easy to go off and lead the parade and exceed- ingly more ditricult to Work in your own backyard with nobody watching,” lowa Governor Harold Hughes told a dinner audience h e r e Tuesday night after re- ceiving a con— gratulatory peti- thll signed by Griunell s t u- dents in support oi his strong stand on Civil Rights last week during the Selma racial crisis. Invited to cam- pus as part of the legislative semi< n a 1- program, Hughes spoke in the quadrangle dlnlng hall before students from live lowa schools and a large group " GLASSES 'illade and Repaired in Our Laboratory Contact Lenses Cases and Solutions Eyes Examined ‘ E. J. Jensen, O.D. OPTOMETRIS‘I‘ Across from Past Offic- of political and town guests. The man who elicited pi-aise trom stu- dents and state citizens alike when he sent a telegram deplormg the actions at Alabama governor George Wallace had words oi cau- .. t c I ‘ PICTURED ABOVE l ARE Gov. Harold Hughes, Phillips Brad. ley (political science). Lt. Gov. Robert Fulton. and Re- publican floor leader in the state senate Robert R. Rigler. ,tlon for what he termed "a tllrbur : lent age.” “There are always two sides to l every story,” he continued. “1 rec- 1ognize the problems posed to Guv< lernor Wallace, but I couldn’t: p05- lsioly agree with his actions nor ‘ could I allow such things to happen 'ii it were possible to stop them.” I “But it you get so involved that iyou lose your own tolerance, you ‘then lose sight of what you’re 1 fighting for,” he said. A popular guest on campus, Hughes, who was re-elected last November by a resounding major- ity, is acquainted with many stu- dents through the PPPE. with a Democratic majority in both houses of the Iowa General Assembly, Hughes denied the charge by critics that the legisla- ture is merely a “rubber stamp" tor the governor. TUSSY CREAM ROLL-0N sncx /2 Sudden PRICE Beauty HAIR SPRAY 66‘ DIAL256~3ISI D R ‘GRINNELL S BUSIEST DRUG STORE 827 -4TH AVE UG‘V Ford Describes Republican Role By Pam Clay House minority leader Ger- ald Ford spoke via telephone to the Grinnell Young Repuhli cans Wednesday on "The John- son Legislation —— A Republi~ can Alternative," Ford Said that the Republi- cans in the legislative branch are raced with overwhelming opposition in Congress and awesome strength in the execu- live. He enumerated five respone sibilities of the minority party: 1) exert its influence in both branches of Congress for the Republican goals of freedom, national security, and peace; 2) support the Democratic ad- ministration When we think it is right and oppose it when we think it is Wrong; 3) point out any failures of the Democratic administration: 4) continue and expand our efforts for a strong two party system; 5) work to maintain and expand unity in the Republican ranks. A major innovation is the Task Force System on a ma- jor scale—vworking on research in depth on agriculture, voting rights, education. etc. It aims toward long range solutions to national and international problems. Representative Ford stressed that the Republican Party‘s in- fluence ”must be not only per- sistent oppositioanhis is too narrow and limited." An ex- ample oi Republican backing of an administrative position is the agreement on the policy for Viet Nam. The Republicans agreed with the stepped up ac- tion and the refusal to with- draw. “There is a big differ— ence in defense on the United States ten yard line rather than the enemy's." , Republicans have offered al- ternatives to several adminis- trative programs, including that on Federal Aid to Educa- tion and Medicare The Repub- lican alternative to Medicare has already been recognized as better by the Committee on Ways and Means. In this case the administration is on the de- fensiv . For School or Typewriter Supplies Grinnell Office Supply Across from the Postoifico GRINNELL. IOWA By Carli Dugan Seventyrfive Grihnell stu— dents and faculty went to Des Moines Saturday afternoon to join protest marchers lrpm five other Iowa colleges to demon- strate for federal intervention in Selma, Alabama All Wore Grinnellians in Rights Demonstration: Demand Federal Intervention in Selma Charles Iles were read by Ern- est Russell, Director of the Des Moines Commission for Human Rights. ‘ Early in the afternoon, sev- eral demonstrators, including six Grinnell students, went to the airport to meet Rev. Mu< black arm bands in memory of the Rev, James Reel) who died in Selma. The demonstrators marched slowly around the Des Moines post cince carrying placards which asked for ‘Iohnson to Go Down,’ protesting the police brutality, and stating that ‘We Shall Overcome.’ The demon- stration lasted four hours. Re- actions from passers-by, when not apathetic, were the begin- ning realizations ot the full implications of the civil rights movement. The telegrams sent to Gov. Wallace of Alabama and to the widow of Rev. James Reeb by Gov. Hughes of Iowa were read to the picketers. State— ments from Methodist Bishop James Thomas, who was in Selma, and Des Moines Mayor Neil, 3 Des Moines mi ‘ster. on his return from Selma. The marchers resumed theil slow protest walks around tho post office. The demonstration was sponsored by the Iowa State Council for Civil Rights with help from the NAACP and local Iowa civil rights groups. Headquarters for 816 Commercial YOU'LL LOOK SHARP with clothes cleaned out SWEDE'S Laundry & Dry Cleuning 236-6071