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Pr Daily Collegian
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Published Taniday through Saturday 'mornings 411.
ishasie• daring tie College year by the staff of The Daily
Oslledu of The Penasylvania State College.
attend as seasad-daaa matter Jody S. 1924. at tin State
Cone Xe. ra.. Pod Office moor the act of March 3. 187).
Collszian editorials represent the viewpoints of the
Writers, and do not necessarily reflect the policy of the
newspaper. Unsigned editorials are by the editor.
Dean Gladfelier
Editor • - Envj•
illanaghsg P.d., John DaThor; News Ed., Stan Degler;
Sports Ed., Ray Koehler; Edit. Dir., Herbert Stein; Society
Ed., Deanie Krebs; Feature Ed., Janet Rosen: Asst. Man
aging Ed., Art Bening: Asst. News Ed., John Ashbrook;
Asst. Society Ed., Bettina dePalma; Photo Ed., Wilson
Barra; Senior Board: Jack Boddington, Bill Detweiler.
Asst. Baa. Mgr, Thomas M. Karoleik; Advertising
Dir., Harold L. Wollin; Local Adv. Mgr., Hugo H. Mandes;
Promotion Mgr., Laura Mermelstein; Circulation Co-Mgrs.,
Edward W. Noyes, Gerald F. Yeager; Personnel Mgr., Ed
win Singel; Classified Adv. Mgr.. Shirley Faller; Office
Mgr.. Loretta Stempinski; Secretary, Winifred Wyant;
Senior Board: Norma Gleghorn, Delores . Horne, Mary
Kauffman, Sue Halperin.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night Editor: George Glazer; Assistant Night
Editor: Ray Galant; Copy Editor: Mary Kras
nansky; Assistants: Jack Mounts, John Pak
kanen, and Bernie Ames.
Ad Staff: Hugo Mandes, Ed Singel.
The Real Issue
Through all the uproar and political maneu
vering in the tense international combat exem
plified last month by verbal duels between
Warren Austin' and Jacob Malik in the United
Nations, one all-important question persistently
arises: Who is the enemy?
IS IT COMMUNISM? Or is it Russia? Nobody
seems quite certain. At least, that is what a cur
sory glance at the situation would indicate.
Western propaganda indicates that the
real enemy of democracy is communism.
Yet the policy of the State department does
not seem to jibe with such a conclusion.
Certainly such movements as the "Crusade
for Freedom" are aimed at communism, or at
least are slanted on the ideological level. Of the
appeals being made to the American people,
most are based on the issue of communism,
poised as a threat to democracy.
YET HOW can such an attitude be equated
with this nation's strange, friendliness toward
Communist Yugoslavia? How, also, can our
democratic ail - 11s be equated with our newborn
friendliness for Fascist Spain? Although there
is little credence to be given Russia charges
of American fascisnt, nevertheless the ideolo
gical false front does not hold up.
Truth of the matter is that, on the official
level, the United States has sought allies
wherever they could be found, and has wel
comed them regardless of their political sys
tems. Official policy has been based on one
simple maxim—opposition to Russia and what
ever moves Russia makes. This Maxim is
predicated on the assumption that Russia, as .a
nationalist nation, is bent upon world domina
tion, poses a constant threat to the United
States, and thus must be stopped at every turn.
ASIDE FROM the fact that such a policy is
negative, it must be recognized that the anti
communist attitude has been fostered to rally
public support behind State department policy.
To view the situation sanely, we should come
to realize that the whole battle boils down to a
fight between two nations and that the ideo
logical trappings have little real relevance.
Realization of the fundamental issue involved
might go a long way toward clearing the air
and 'bringing some order out of international
..litical chaos.
The First
National Bank
at state College
Skiiktnat - peposit Insurance Corporation
lAmid Reserve Systein
Owen E. Landon
Business Mgr.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENJN{LVANI,fI
Good Music
Penn Staters will have to decide within the
next few weeks whether culture—in this case,
good music—shall continue on the campus. In
a short time, the recently-formed Community
Concert association will begin its drive for
membership—a drive which well may be the
last all-out effort to assure a diet of fine music
for winter performances.
THERE ARE CERTAIN aspects of the plan
which might not please music-lovers as much
as did the now defunct Artists course series.
For example, concert patrons are being asked to
give the association virtually a blank check and
have no way of knowing what they are buying
because artists cannot be retained until the
total amount of subscription funds is known
and a budget can be established.
However, the demise of the Artists course
seems to indicate that such a program—
taken on faith—is about the only thing that
can keep good music by great artists alive
on. the campus at the present time. If any
musical program of consequence is to be
maintained, it is apparent that the Com
munity Concert series provides the last
chance for it.
Although the plan is not perfect, it is better
than a campus with no music at all. Certainly
it at least can be given a one-year trial. Both
students and faculty interested in preservation
of good music at Penn State cannot hesitate to
throw their weight behind the association.
Safety Valve ...
Talented Counselors
TO THE EDITOR: I read in the Collegian
of September 21 that it is the job of the coun
selors to interpret the Penn State system to
freshmen . . . Obviously these men are at least
PhD's and have had years of training as desk
jockeys in Washington, D.C., or they would
never be able to fill such a position.
I hope that the counselors do not neglect the
other students on campus. Many of the upper
classmen also like to know about these little
things as they affect them too.
• Letter cut.
Ed. Note Counselors are also placed
in the Nittany-Pollock area for the benefit
of upperclassmen, as pointed out in the
editorial. Expansion of this year's coun
seling program, however, was done for the
most part because of freshmen. Upper
classmen living in the west dorms are also
included in the program.
Gazette .. .
Meetings of campus organizations will be announced in
this column throughout the_s emea t e r. Announcements
should include place, time and purpose of the meeting.
Deadline, for notices, whieh_should be mailed or delivered
to the Daily Collegian office, is 4 p.m. on the day preced
ing publications.
Friday, September 22
NEWMAN Club' mixer, 7 p.m., Woodman's
HalL
YOUNG • FRIENDS, open house, 8 p.m
Friend's meeting house, 318 S. Atherton street.
COLLEGE HOSPITAL
ADMITTED: Helen Jaskol.
DISMISSED: Martin Stein, Richard Wright,
Victor Plaskow, William Fricke, John Stocenski.
AT THE MOVIES
CATHAUM: Summer Stock
STATE: -Three Sisters
NITTANY: Paleface
STARLITE DRIVE-IN: Prince of Peace
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Little Man On Campus
"My class forced me to,foc the exam. I gave them yesterday—
Pro and Con
Wednesday the House of Representatives passed a Communist
control bill by 'a 312 to 20 vote. The Senate last week approved a
similar measure by a 70 to 7 vote.
ON THE FACE OF IT, the size of the vote should be enough to
convince anyone that the bill passed was necessary. However, after
closer scrutiny it bears all the marks of a purely political move.
Howard J. McGrath, attorney general of the United States,
whose department will have to enforce the law, has said that the
Congressional proposal which provides- for the registration of
Communists and fellow travelers "counts for little in fighting
wily persons trained in and bent upon intrigue and 'deception." , •
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is known to favor some more
mild-on-paper measure such as that suggested by President Truman.
For the bill passed by Congress will be more hindrance thantelp to
actual law enforcement.
Speaking of the McCarran proposals, the staid New, York Times
has said "if members of the' Senate are more interested in the actual
protection of the internal security of the United States than in mak
ing some quick and easy political capital out of the Communist men
ace, it is probable that they will hesitate to approve S. 4037."
Consider the hysteria aroused in the country at large by the
Korean crisis. If that is too recent for clear thinking, remember de
tention camps of 1942 in which the rights of American citizens of
Japanese descent were violated. .
The hysteria which grips the country has also been evi
denced in recent weeks by the persecution of entertainers such
as Jean Muir, the Union Square riot, and anti-Communist ordi
nances in Pennsylvania cities such as McKeesport and Erie..
Surely something must be done to provide for the internal se
curity of the United States. But agencies such as the FBI know best
what measures are needed to control the so-called menace.•
Church Reception Night
FRI., SEPT. 22 7:30 P. M.
Faith Evangelical & Reformed
E. College and Miles St.
Friends Meeting
Grace Lutheran
Hillel Foundation
Presbyterian Church
St. John's Evangelical & United Brethren
W. Beaver and S. Burrows
St. Paul's Methodist
St. Andrew's Episcopal
The University Baptist
All Students Invitedto Church of their Choice
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By STAN DEGLER
►3lB S. Atherton. St
W. College and Atherton
133 W. Beaver Ave
W. Beaver and Frazier St
E. College and McAllister
W. Foster and Frazier St.
W. Nittany and S. Burrows
DER 22, 1950
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