Page sight Where the Truth Hurts i By TOM THOMAS The United States today faces a cathar- sis e a dead end brought about by the failure of American liberalism culmi— nating in the Johnson administration. This liberalization, however, has corn» pounded the tragedy of the situation through its castration of American ra- dicalism, Having been subjected to the reactionary whims of my home town tor the two weeks of spring break, I have arrived at the belief that Grinnell radi- calism is superfluous —< made irrevelant not by the isolation of all iowa cornfield, but by its inapplicability to a contem- porary society. Through cooptation and assimilation, the liberal establishment has ensnated the American university system, sup- pressed opposition with the soscalled “politics of consensus," and dismissed the possibility of viable political alterna- tives. correspondingly, the left of Amer» ican politics has itself become a part or the system (Le. the college professor of leftist belief who Without hesttation lends his talents to the Rand Corporation or the Pentagon’s Project Camelot). What remains, then, is what is so evident here at Grinnell ~ revolution for the hell of it with — “the system” as a catch phrase and the petty semantictsm of cail< ing B&G men “workers." What is needed instead is the promul- gation of radical alternatives to the "es- tabllshment" which is so readily dis- paraged. The distinction must be made between the hopeless and nihilistic en< tanglements of a radical “countersrevm lution" or reaction to the reaction of the right and the fulwardlng ot a viable radical program. At Grinnell students and faculty alike have spent far too much time smugly revelling in their Enlighten- merit outlooks oi the American system while avoiding all attempts at either substantive reform or effective revolu- tion. The present situation necessnaies A disengagement, at least intellectually. from the ongoing functions at the govern. mental . industrial » military complexes and a resistance to the continuing at- tempts of those complexes to coopt the individual. There must be a repudiation of the Johnsonian myth that participa- tlun and support of the system bring SCARLET AND BLACK Wall and Walker Replace Slauss Last week, President Leggett named professor Joseph Wall (History) and professor Waldo Walker (Biology) as the successors to Dean Stauss as Dean of the College and Provost, as of July 1 this year, The Board of Trustees approved the appointments at their Spring meet- ing, March 15-18. Mrl Wall, who as Chairman of the Faculty has been working very closely with Dean Stauss on academic matters, will assume the duties (except for ad. missions) now delegated to the Dean of the College in the official by—laWs of the college, He Will work with the divisional and departmental chairmen on matters uflecting the recruiting of new faculty, pmmotions, tenure, and academia changes. Mr. Wall will also be permanent chairman of the Academic Standing Com- mittee, and will have responsibility for academic advising and the library, Mr. Walker, currently Science Divi- hion chairman and chairman of the Committee on Admissions and Financial Aid, Will take over the duties Dean Stauss has performed under the cate- gory Di “provost." Generally, this would be financial and budgetary planning, in- cluding allocating ior all divisions oi the college, liason with the business oi~ tics on matters oiiecting faculty and students, and oversight of the financial aid and placement office. In addition, Professor Walker will be permanent chairman of the Admissions committee. M about a corresponding participation in the decision making process or the sys~ tern. Pleas of removal from the "real world” and irrelevant curriculum do not provide absolution, for the failure of Grlnnell is not one of either geography or course content but rather of approach to American society. This failure will continue until those of us here reject the corresponding failure of our environ- mental context, move past the “liberal" participation in that context or the “reds icnl” blind attack of it, and seek instead programmatic alternatives applicable to our present and consistent with our be< liefs. in Spring A Young Man’s Fancy CLOSED EASTER SUNDAY Tom Br Bette Gurbison 236-6221 ’ it's ELLA'S FLOWERS For High Style, High Quality LOW PRICED GORSAGES 8t BOUTONNIERES Avoid The Rush CALL OR BRING lN YOUR ORDER TODAY 235-5775 823 Iroud FREE DELIVERY Copy “Seized" April 4. mo PTERODAGTYL Sues Turner Two staff members of Pieroductyi, the “underground” newspaper circu< lated in Grinnell, have tiled an $11,000 damage suit against iowa Attorney Gen- eral Richard Turner and four other law eniorcement officials responsible for a confiscation of the paper's copy and pho tographs at it Wilton Junction printing office on March 13. In a suit filed before Judge Roy L. Stephenson in us. District Court in Des Moines Pterodactyi photographer Henry Wilhelm and Grinnell junior Lawrence Frank ask for an injunction ordering the return of the allegedly obscene ma- terial, and request that the Attorney General's Office pay rterodactyl $1,000 actual damages and $10,000 punitive damages. Frank and Wilhelm contend that the material was illegally seized by state agents in violation of their rights of free speech and freedom of the press. Attorney Clark Holmes of the Iowa Civil Liberties Union is representing Pterodactyl in the case. Mrs. Louie Noun of Des Moines, chairman of the ICLU, was recently quoted as saying that such a seizure of material without a prior judicial ruling that it was obscene “violates constitutionally guaranteed rights of freedom of expresSlon and amounts to a method of censorship." In addition to Turner, the other de- fendants in the suit are Asst, Atty, Gen- eral Douglas Carlson; Robert Blair, di- rector of the State Bureau of Criminal Investigation, and Bureau Agents Daniel Mayer and Terry C. Johnson. The defendants made it motion tliai. the suit be dismissed during a hearing on March 25, claiming that they were acting in their official capacities as state law enforcement officials. Judge Steph- enson ordered the defendants to tile briefs by April 3, and delayed action on an injunction, At the hearing Turner testified that the material picked up by state agents at the 5-12 Publishing shop in Wilton Junction was “voluntarily surrendered" by the firm’s lawyer, John Stevens. “Each issue oi the paper was getting progressively worse and i figured the next issue would be the beliringer of them all," 'nirner testified, ”I initiated this action after conferring with attorney Stevens.” “It wasn't a seizure, no question about it," he continued. “The material was delivered to us voluntarily by the printer.” “i decided to investigate to see if the copy turned over to us was in fact oi» scene. Because of prevtous issues, there was reasonable cause to believe it would be obscene. “By obscene I mean liable to arouse the p ru rle nt interest," Turner said, “That’s my opinion and it may probably very well be legally obscene too.” T u rne r called Yterodactyl “mere trashi" He told the Cflul‘t, “I don’t think it had any news in it," “It wasn’t in any form to Inform peo- ple. I don’t see how it could possibly rise to the stature of a newspaper. I haven't read it all. It‘s too disgusting. "There was no intrinsic value in any copies I’ve seen oi this — trash.” Harold Eugene Saylor, president of Trico Publishing and an owner of 5-)! Publishing, testified that state agents had talked to him before the material in question was picked up on Mar. 13 to find out when the next issue would be published, “I did not ever contact the Attorney General: Office or the ROI and offer ADDRESS HERII material to them," Saylor said. Wilhelm testified that he and Frank took the material to the printing firm to have it published on March 13. "I gave the copy and photographs to Mr, Saylor with the idea that they would be re. turned to me, as they were in the past," he said. According to Wilhelm, while he was waiting for the paper to be printed a man who identified himself at: BC! agent Daniel Mayer approached him and told Wilhelm that he had “seized" the copy and photographs. “He used the word ‘eeized',” Wilhelm testified Wilhelm also testified that the meter- ial was given to state agents without his knowledge or consent. He said he told the printer's attorney that the material had an implicit pro-publication copy: right, Wilhelm told the 5&3 that the mater: lal confiscated was to be published in a special 32