PANE TWO The Daily Collegian Editorial Page Editorials and columns appearing in The Daily Collegian retorevewt the opinions of the writer. They mate no claim M reflect student or thtiverstby Let Them Talk We hate communism. As it exists in Russia, it squelches personal initiative, inhibits ambition and, worst of all, destroys the inalienable personal rights of "life, liberty and the pursuit of hap piness." But we do not fear communism. Because of the totalitarianistic, repressive oligarchial form of government that appears so intimately bound up with the economic system, Americans will continue to oppose the idea, if free discussion is not suppressed. (The fact that communism is both an eco nomic and a government system complicates any absolute comparison of it with capitalism and democracy, which are separate and distinct . concepts.) Communism does pose threats to the long-cher ished American ideal of personal liberty, which we are still striving to attain. Probably the least serious menace is the possibility of overthrow of the government by force or by treachery. Much more dangerous is the possibility of self destruction of freedom, in the course of fighting communism. Our worst enemy is unreasoning fear, leading to witch-hunting, assumptions of guilt by association, name-calling, persecution of true lib erals and suppression of free exchange of facts, ideas and opinions. Isn't it self-evident that communism thrives on oppression and suppression? Doesn't history reveal that martyrdom attracts supporters like flies? Giving communists free reign as far as talk is concerned will effectively spike one of their most dangerous weapons. What have we to fear from words, anyway? Doesn't our system, in spite of its shortcomings, guarantee the highest degree of liberty to more people than any other? And doesn't our stand ard of living exceed all others, even with our "slave-labor" Taft-Hartley Act? Like most university newspapers, we have re ceived, and printed, our share of "communist-line" letters, even though disagreeing with the opiniods expressed. But like Voltaire, we will fight "to de fend their right to say it." So we say, let the communists rave. So long as we work as hard for the perfection of democracy as they do to gain their nefarious goals, their rant ings will fall on stony ground. If they dare resort to violence, we'll be strong and free enough to squelch them, permanently. Collegian Gazette Tuesday, April 12 MEN'S Bridge Club, TUB, 7 p.m. PSYCH Society, 204 Burrowes, 7 p.m. WRA Bridge, WH playroom, 7 p.m. Fencing, 1 WH, 7 p.m. Bowling, WH, 6:30 p.m. PENN STATE Bible Fellowship, 417 Old Main, ClO p.m. NAVAL Electronics Warfare Unit, 200 EE, 7:30 p.m. SKULL and Bones, 409 Old Main, 7:30 p.m. IFC, 405 Old Main, 7:15 p.m. DELTA Sigma Pi, 228 Sparks, 8 p.m. LIBERAL Arts Student Council, 102 ME, 8:30 p.m. MORTAR Board, Dean of• Women's Office, 8:30 p.m. COLLEGE PLACEMENT Arrangements for interviews should be made in 201 011 Main YWCA, April 13, students for director-Health Education Department, teen-age director, and camp counselors. Atlantic Refining Co., April 22, June grads in EE and ME for positions in engineering and con struction departments. Reliance Life Insurance Co., April 20, June grads interested in life underwriting. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, April 26, June grads in ME, Chem E, lE, and Accounting. (1.6 average.) Burroughs Adding Machine Co. is still inter viewing June grads in LA and Accounting for sales positions. Fidelity & Deposit Co. wants applications from students interested in the bonding field. (Single men under 30 preferred.) Pennsylvania Railroad, April 25, June grads in EE and ME for special apprenticeship course. Ap plicants should not be over 23 years of age. Corning Glass Works, April 25, June grads in Chem E, EE, ME, and Phys. for technical training program. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Cu., April 25 and 26, June grads in Chem E, Civ E, EE, lE, ME, and Physics. Standard Pressed Steel Co., April 26 and 27, June grads in IE and ME. American Viscose Corp., April 26 and 27, June grads from the following curricula: Chem (8.5., M.S., and Ph.D.); Chem Eng (B.S. and M.S.); IE (B.S. and M.S.); and Accounting (B.S. and M.S.). COLLEGE HOSPITAL Admitted Saturday: Melvin Widrow, Benne ville Strohecker, Judith PoKeinpner. Discharged Saturday: Richard McDougall, Ade laide Finkelston, Louise Drozdiak, Elaine Shaw. Admitted Sunday: James Bow back, Martin Vea ter. Discharged Sunday: Albert Peluso, John Storer, Donald Leavitt, James Bowback, Charles Mathues. Admitted Monday: Effie Lichliter, Richard Hanna. AT THE MOVIES CATHAUM—That Wonderful Urge STATE—Letter to Three Wives. NITTANY—La Reina del Tropic°. As the Twi I used to be one of those liberal-minded persons whose motto in regard to Communists, both of the foreign and domestic variety, was "live and let live." But last week everything suddenly changed. Now, •in common with most of the American public it seems, I've finally come to the conclusion Russia is going too far. What suddenly opened my eyes to the dangers inherent in Sovietism wasn't the current trial of American communists in New York. No, nor was it the overuse of the veto in the UN, Russian voicings against the t North Atlantic pact, or even all this talk about Communist-dominated labor unions. Such objections to Reds pale into microscopic insignificance when compared with their latest action. Last week the Soviet official news organ. Pravda, had the gall to assert that it was a Russian mixologist who first concocted a—MARTINI! Yep, if we are to believe what those subtle behind-the-iron-curtainers tell us, it was a Russian equivalent of Joe the bartender who first threw an olive into a glass of vermouth and gin, yelled Na Zdravye, and christened the alcoholic mixture that was burning out his gut a martini (hic). An ancestor of Lenin performed this revolution in the art of tippling in the year 1492, so Pravda says. So far, however, they haven't had the audacity to state that the only reason Chris Colum bus took off and even discovered this decadent democracy was because he got a little high on a couple of these Bolshevist zombies. Now let it be known to all I am a patient man. When the Russ kies first came out with stories that Russians had invented the radio, airplane, steamboat, and automobile, I just laughed. Then when Stalin's boys added that they had also initially conceived of television, color vision, the atom bomb, safety pin, cotton gin, plow, wheel, fire, earth, water, and the bow and arrow, I shrugged my shoulders. But this last assertion is just a little too much. When the Soviets can claim to have discovered the very foundations of our American democratic system, then the danger of this country turning an off shade of fuchsia becomes highly possible. If we permit this latest Russian fantasy to remain unopposed, there's no telling how far they'll go. Soon Russian newspapers will be out on the kiosks in Red Square with stories to the effect that jockey shorts, strapless bras, juke boxes, and Toni home perma nents were also brought into being by "intellectually pure" coun trymen. Just imagine the damage that would be administered to the collective American pride if the Kremlin dwellers also said they were the first to come out with musical ditties about soft drinks in big bottles or cigarettes that lift you up and calm you down at the same time, be bop, and Dick Tracy. Finally, if the Reds wanted to put the crusher on the Amer ican society, all they'd have to do would be to prove that soap operas were a Soviet innovation and that in reality "Ma Trotsky" or "Young Widdes Yishinsky" was the first daytime serial. En mass* housewives of the United States would clamor for that eco nomic system which produced such happiness-provoking revolu tions in entertainment. So realizing the insidious danger inherent in the RED MENACE, I want to go on record as saying that we should weld every crack in the Iron Curtain. Close it so air-tight nothing can leak out. Fur ther, outlaw domestic spreaders of such terrible falsehoods. We have enough trouble deciding between 33 1/3, 45, and 78 rpm records. Is Bent Your Lion By Rod Roth =:Q:1 =:M:IMCI ===l Unsigned editorials ere written by the edker. .34. e SA Ulm No College People Wanted TO THE EDITOR: A few weeks ago my wife went for an interview for a position advertised in the local newspaper. The employer asked her the usual questions and then finally asked her, "What does your husband do?" "He's a student," my wife said. The employer immediately came back and said, "We don't want to have anything to do with the College, or College people." My wife walked out disgusted. • Two days ago, another position was listed in the local paper. My wife applied and the employer looked her up and down and said, "You wouldn't want , this job, and anyway, it's been filled." The very next day from curiosity, we found out that it wasn't filled. When are these State College merchants going to smarten up and realize the College is their livelihood? • The first owner claims to have been mis quoted, explaining that he does not fill perma nent positions with students' wives who plan to take vacations with their husbands. In the second case. the job was hot. difficult. disagreeable manual labor. for which some applicants were obviously unsuited. Before the position was finally filled. the number of appli cants under consideration had been reduced to two. 'Spreading Like Disease' TO THE EDITOR: May I point out that it is no coincidence that the current witch-hunt and viola tions of civil rights are "spreading like a terrible disease" and may I point to abominable mistreat ment of the negro people and the rejection by Congress of promised civil rights laws, purges among government employees, firing of college professors, the persecution of conscientious ob jectors, the harassment of liberal minded religious leaders, the attacks on the public school system, the thought control trials of minority political parties, etc. This all-sided drive against free speech, free thought and free schools is organ ically linked to the deliberate preparation for an other war. The fight for democracy is no abstrac tion. In its fullest sense, it is really a fight against the war that is in preparation. Time for the Mailed Fist TO THE EDITOR AND MR. MIGDON: Agree ing with you in your feelings about the local chapter of demagogues I might add they attack the "existing order of things" because they owe their allegiance, not to your country and mine, but to the Soviet Socialistic Union. They slander Wall Street, because actually it is the Main Street of every hamlet and village across this fair land. It is part of the 18 million Amer icans who own, or buy and sell, securities and have faith in the future of the country. They fear Main Street because someone may become wealthy on it. However, they do have enough good sense to realize that it will never be themselves, for they are now, as always, the leaners and not the lift ers, the "get something - for - nothing" economic schemers. A fine example of this philosophy can be found in the socialistic experiment going on in Great Britain, financed by American taxation dol lars, where last year only 45 persons received more than $24,000, after taxes. Everyone can be legislated poor, but where is the proof that every one can be legislated rich? The Atlantic Pact is a defense-mechanism for peace, aimed at the tyranny of the Asiatic-Mon golian hordes who are accomplishing what Hitler tried, by overrunning Europe. The fallacy of ap peasement was exploded in 1939 at Munich. It is time for the mailed fist of the military of all freedom loving nations to deal with the imperial istic aggressor—Russia. It is now clear that the U.N. was nothing more than a dream to be shat tered by the Soviets. • Letter cut aim Daily Collegian thicemmor to THE FUER wow% mic /001 Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings inclusive der. tug the College year by the staff or The Daily Collegian et The Penneylrani* State College. Entered as second class matter July 5. DIU. .t the State College. Pa.. Poet Office under the Act of March S. 1879. Subscriptions • $2 a asseater. Sa the school year. Represented for national advertising by National Adeline. 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