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McGovern and
While Senator McGovern's
recently televised speech
outlining his proposed steps for
ending the Indochina War
received much notice and critical
praise, another speech which he
delivered on October sth in
Cleveland concerning the
broader aspects of a bold new
proposed foreign polity was
largely overlooked in the press.
The speech, entitled "The
New Internationalism"
represented a proposed change
in foreign policy at least as great
in magnitude as that made by
President Kennedy in ending the
Dulles era of cold war
confrontation.
It criticized the very
foundations of the Nixon
concept of "balance of power"
as a balance of terror which does
nothing to alleviate the root
causes of war among mankind.
Nor does it encourage the kind
of partnership among nations so
necessary to combat such
overwhelming problems as
poverty, malnutrition, and
overpopulation according to
McGovern.
The Democratic Presidential
candidate criticized the "six-gun
diplomacy" of the Nixon
Administration's John Connally
as insulting to our traditional
economic allies in Europe and
Japan, and recommended a
policy of prior consultation
instead of ultimatum in dealing
with them in the future.
Senator McGovern is
determined to relax world
tensions between the United
States, Soviet Union, and China
through a growing economic
interrelationship and an
avoidance of "reflexive
interventionism" in internal
political affairs of other
countries. A strong national
defense would be maintained
based on a defense capability
trimmed of its present
wastefulness, and more
importantly, on a "just and
prosperous domestic society" --
our true source of strength.
Foreign Policy
Moreover, Senator McGovern
would bring to our commitment
of leadership in the world an
unquestioned moral integrity
and would emphasize the
growing necessity for world
community resolution of
international disputes.
Such a foreign policy would
represent a fundamentally
different posture for the United
States in world affairs. Specific
manifestations of this proposed
policy would be found in
meaningful attempts at
prudently reducing neclear arms
stockpiling and unnecessary
troop commitments in Europe
through negotiations with the
Soviet Union. There would be a
firm commitment to Israel's
right to exist behind recognized
borders.
In the far east, McGovern
would recognize the Peking
government in China and also
encourage Japan's membership
on the United Nation's Security
Council. Our moral leadership
would show opposition to racist
and undemocratic governments
in South Africa, Greece, and
Pakistan and a compassion for
the people of Bangladesh and
the Palestine refugees.
The electorate at large must
recognize the importance of
such proposed policies. America
must reassert its role of moral
leadership in the world in the
tradition of President Wilson.
The United States must not
remain merely the world's
largest military power; we must
begin again to make, our foreign
policy consistent with the ideals
of our own Constitution.
Senator McGovern has shown
the moral leadership necessary
for America in this new role in
the world. The time has come to
decide between four more years
of the "balance of terror" or
taking the necessary steps to
meet the challenge of achieving
world peace. On November 7th,
there will be a real choice for
America's future.
THE CAPITOLIST
Letters to the Editor
SICK
TO MS
STOMACH
To the Editors
I have been following the
Presidential race for the past few
months and am sick to my
stomach over the remarks of
George McGovern. Richard
Nixon is not a perfect man, but
then, who is? I am going to vote
for President Nixon and not for
McGovern. Here are a few
reasons why:
1. McGovern's ideas about
getting everyone out of
Southeast Asia are okay except
for a few small items. After
giving his formula for total
withdrawal the Senator was
asked this question. ( If he were
to get all our troops out of
Southeast Asia, and the North
Vietnamese didn't let our POW's
go, would he re-enter the war.
He said no. Asked if the
•Communists took over Thailand,
Laos, and Cambodia would he
interfere, his answer to all was a
flat no.)
Maybe McGovern would
rather support the Viet Cong
and the North Vietnamese than
our own men who are
POW's????
2. McGovern keeps harping
about the United States killing
so many people in North and
South Vietnam. About our
attacking a poor agricultural
nation that can't defend itself,
but who have been carrying on
attacks against South Vietnam
for thirty years or more and are
killing civilians at a rate
exceeding ours. I have yet to see
any accounts in the news about
the Communists holding trials
for all the atrocities that they
have committed over the years.
Have you?
3. A man who during the
Kennedy and Johnson
Administrations backed the
fighting in Vienam
wholeheartedly and then gets
the nomination of the
Democratic party and starts
stabbing himself in the back by
going against everything he has
voted for. And who would try
and get us to believe that he has
been against the War since 1964.
4. To pick a running mate
and state before millions of
Americans that he is behind him
1,000% and in a few days turn
around and stab him in the back.
That took either stupidity or
guts, or maybe a little of each.
And then to turn around and
pick a social leech like Shriver.
That puts the frosting on the
cake.
If that's the kind of man you
want running the Country, then
go ahead and take a course in
The Art of Suicide, because
you'll be needing it. That's the
reason that a lot of Democrat's
like myself are going strong for
Pres. Nixon. We don't want to
commit Political suicide.
I don't think you will print
this in the CAPITOLIST, but if
you would I would greatly
appreciate it. As a matter of
fact, I don't think you have the
guts to print this in the
newspaper, word for word.
A Concerned American
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GARBAGE AND DEVIATES
Dear Editors,
Miss Shenefelt, in her latter
under the heading NO DIRTY
WORDS in last week's issue,
reminds me that not too long
ago in history, anyone could
dump their garbage anywhere
they wanted. As social groups
developed and expanded, the
need for restraints developed.
Now, even with those group
efforts, we have suddenly
awakened to the fact that if we
do not act as a cohesive body,
our globe may become
uninhabitable. (Doing our own
things as individuals doesn't
always work.)
In principle, there is really
very little difference between
throwing organic garbage in the
river and using verbal garbage in
a public newspaper. I applaud
the CAPITOLIST in its restraint
and its improved taste.
Miss Shenefelt referred to
herself and those who reason
like her as deviates. In this she
Halloween Parade
and Dance
A festive evening will take
place Friday, October 27th. The
famous Halloween parade will
begin at 7:00 from the Coffee
House, proceed to the dorms via
the Meade Heights Walkway to
pick up the rest of the parade,
and go to the Olmstead Plaza to
show-off its finery.
After the parade there will be
a dance at the Student Center at
9:00. Admission is free for only
those wearing costumes. The
group St. Elmo's Fire will judge
the costumes. A $lO.OO prize
will be offered throughout the
night.
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Ed. Note: We appreciate the
preceding letter from A
CONCERNED AMERICAN. We
accepted h is challenge and
showed that we indeed had the
guts to print his letter,
word-for-word.
The CAPITOLIST makes a
definite policy to print every
letter it recieves preferably if it
is signed. This has been true in
all instances. And we make it a
policy to never censor or delete
any portion of it because we feel
that the content of an individual
letter is the property of the
author.
However, because A
CONCERNED AMERICAN fails
to identify himself, it seems as if
he does not totally believe in
what he is saying. If I felt the
same way he does, I would be
proud to sign my name to the
letter. Because I do not, I with
to take issue with much of what
he is saying. You can punch
holes in the record of any
politician. In the long run, it is
his over-all consistency which
looms important. McGovern,
whom this publication is
endorsing for the presidency, has
indeed been consistent in his
anti-war policy over the years.
Although he did vote for the
Tonkin Gulf Resolution, he did
so in the belief that it was only a
TEMPORARY approval of
presidential power to act as he
saw fit in regards to possible
U.S. military involvement in
Vietnam.
October 26, 1972
may have revealed her need to
expose her self image to us so
that we can dislike her too. Be
that as it may, for all of us it
eventually becomes necessary to
grow up, mature, become less
self-gratifying and less
selfcentered, and discontinue
those childhood tantrums of
anti-social behavior. (Good luck,
Miss Shenefelt!)
Miss Shenefelt's attitude,
while it has some good points,
hardly instills a sense of
confidence in the emotional
stability of the PSU student
image. As a family man, I would
not want my name put at the
end of this letter out of fear of
reprisal by those who might
resort to more than dirty words
under the same rational guise.
Hopefully, the majority of us
PSU students are not as Miss
Shenefelt's example might lead
you to believe.
PRESIDENTS
COUNCIL
There will be a meeting of the
campus' President's Council on
Thursday, October 26 at 7:00
p.m. in the TV Lounge.
Topics to be discussed
include the goals and purposes
of the organization, possible
revisions of the body's
constitution, combined speaker
symposiums, and discussions of
club activities.
The person who is the
executive head or designated
representative of each
organization chartered under the
auspices of the Student
Government Association
automatically qualifies as a
member of the President's
Council. The Vice-President of
the SGA serves as chairman of
the Council. The Vice-President
of the President's Council is Bob
Bonaker, who was elected to
that post by a unanimous vote at
the last meeting on October 12.
The present constitution of
the President's Council states
that a representative of each
campus club must attend each
meeting or the charter of an
absent club will be revoked upon
two consecutive absences. A
discontinued charter means that
all allocated funds are
withdrawn.
Whoops!
Last week, in an article under
the heading GRAD STUDENT
INFORMATION, program heads
in graduate curriculums were
identified. But in that article,
some of the names were
incorrectly listed or not brought
up to date.
Here are the correct people
and their titles: Dr. F. Frederick
Neubauer, Chairman of the
graduate program in
Administration; Dr. Jay
Anderson, Chairman - American
Studies; Dr. Robert Lesniak-
Chairman, Elementary
Education; Dr. Frank Ferguson-
Chairman, Regional Planning.
Some of the incorrect listings
were a failure to update the
information, while some were
due to the fact that the
ICAPITOLIST was not
notified of the changes.
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