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Sncemor to THE FKEE LANCE, nt. 1887
Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings in
clusive during the College year by the staff of The Daily
Collegian of The Pennsylvania State College.
Entered as second-class matter July 5. 1934, at the State
College, Pa.. Post Office under the *aet of March 3, 1879.
Collegian editorials represent the viewpoints of the writers,
■ot necessarily <fae policy of the newspaper. Unsigned edi
torials are by the editor.
Dean Gladfeller
Editor
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night editor: Bob Vosburg; copy editors:
George Glazer, Len Kolasinski; assistants:
Lavier Procopio, Jean Berg, Nancy Luetzel.
Advertising manager: Peter Esposito; assist
ants: Terry Moslak, Lewis Hoover. Margie See,
Joan Hoffman.
Dangers Inherent
In Name-Calling
We are living in the greatest name-calling
era of all time. It is a time when we should all
think twice before shouting “Communist”
whenever we feel that someone is not acting
the way he should.
AS TiMES GOES ON, emphasis is shifted
from one situation to another. Today a Com
munist or a Communist front organization is
frowned upon and severely dealt with. In years
past such groups were rarely considered dan
gerous and subversive.
It seems that whenever our shores are
"threatened" by another group equal to or
greater than our own, we become afraid and
point nervous fingers at responsible indivi
duals. A case in point would be that of Owen
J. Laliimore.
Senator McCarthy called Lattimore a top
Communist agent' during the former’s exorbi
tant claims concerning Reds in the State de
partment. McCarthy went so far as to base his
entire case on the guilt of Lattimore. Needless
to say, the case fell .flat.
IN THE APRIL 3 Daily Collegian a writer
to the editor said, “Every large institution of
higher learning has several Owen Lattimore’s,
Penn State not excepted, sulking in their midst.”
The fact is that Lattimore was never con
victed of anything, much less of Communistic
tendencies. The investigation of his case
proved him completely innocent. This just
goes to show that a person merely has to be
brought to trial concerning Communism and
many people label him a criminal. Employ
ment can be lost and families broken up, and
a complete loss of self-respect can result from
such false accusations.
Some people hold the mistaken impression
that objection to loyalty oaths and the like in
dicates that the objector is trying to cover up
or hide his Communistic leanings. For the most
part, this is a gross misunderstanding. Those
who oppose it, on the whole, feel that the re
quirement of signing loyalty statements is un
necessary or merely returning the country to
witch-hunting and untold sorrow for many up
standing American citizens.
AN HONEST PROFESSOR who, say 20 years
ago, joined a now subversive organization per
haps one year later resigned. As a result of a
“mistake” long forgotten in the professor’s
mind, he may face expulsion from the school
and untold hardships before another institution
would hire him. Anyone who is familiar with
the present employment situation, especially
for older people, will realize what could result.
Laws that can produce such totalitarian
measures can hardly be called American.
Drama Department
Like the postman, the Dramatics department
just can’t be stopped in the performance of its
duty. In spite of bad weather, loyalty oaths, and
other disturbing occurrences in town and on
campus, the Dramatics department unfailingly
produces four plays each semester.
IN ORDER TO PRODUCE each of these plays,
the cast, director, and crews spend about three
hours of their time six nights a week, for a
minimum of five weeks. That’s quite a bit of
time to spend on an enterprise that has as its
only remuneration a certain amount of satis
faction in a Job well done. And certainly the
Players’ presentations so far this year have been,
on the .whole, capably selected and interest
ingly presented.
Shows have been seen with such widely
varied themes as "Antigone," a Greek tragedy;
"Private Lives," a Noel Coward drawing-room
comedy; "Shadow and Substance," an Irish
drama; "The Time of Your Life," a Saroyan
mood piece: "The Gentle People," Irwin
Shaw's "Brooklyn fable:" and "The Show-
Off," George Kelly's blustery classic American
comedy.
With “John Bull’s Other Island.” a George
Bernard Shaw satire, now playing week-ends at
Center Stage, and “Lady in the Dark,” a musi
cal fantasy, in rehearsal, nobody can complain
of lack of variety in this year’s selections.
PENN STATE ALSO HAS added to the pres
tige already gained by its early pioneering in
college arena staging. Its pioneering has been
continued both in the stylized presentation of
“Antigone,” which made such excellent use of
modern dance in its chorus, and in “The Gentle
Owan E. Landon
Business Mgr.
—Bob Fraser
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Safety Valve ...
Criticism Of MacArthur
TO THE EDITOR: General MacArthur,
speaking in Manila in 1939, just a couple years
before Pearl Harbor, said this about the Philip
pines: “It has been assumed, in my opinion
erroneously, that Japan covets these islands.
Just why has never been satisfactorily ex
plained. I can see no reason for dire predictions.”
And MacArthur is the man who claims he knows
about the Far East and what to do in every
situation that may arise.
If he had his way he’d end up. by getting us
into a war with China. He’s the nation’s worst
liability .... What puzzles me is the way
Washington—from the President down—-have
abjectly submitted to this “sawdust Caesar.”
Truman and Marshall should have kicked him
out of power and ordered him back home long
ago.
Belated action or no, one must give the Presi
dent and the secretary their due credit. They
have done their duty. They have been faithful
to their trust. Indubitably, the vast majority of
the American people owe them an enormous
debt of gratitude. For it is abundantly clear: If
President Truman and his secretary of defense,
General Marshall, had not reduced MacArthur
to military and political impotence—this country
would have paid plenty.
• Letter cut.
Gazette...
Thursday, April 19
CAMPUS COMMITTEE ON DISPLACED
PERSONS, 304 Old Main, 7 p.m.
CIRCLE AND SQUARE club, 405 Old Main,
7 p.m.
COFFEE HOUR, cabinet and dean of men,
109 Old Main, 4 p.m.
FORESTRY society, 105 White hall, 7 p.m.
FRENCH club, .405 Old Main,’ 7 p.m.
MARKETING club, 124 Sparks, 7 p.m.
“MEET YOUR GOVERNMENT’.’ seminar,
evaluation of Washington trip, 304 Old Main,
8 p.m.
NAACP, 303 Willard hall, 7:30 o.m.
PSCA BIBLE STUDY - group, 304 Old Main,
4 p.m.
WRA OUTING, 2 White hall, 7 p.m.
WRA SWIMMING, White hall pool 7:30 p.m.
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Farther information concerning interviews and job place
ments can he obtained in 112 Old Main.
Pictinny arsenal will interview June graduates in Chem.
Eng., E.E., M.E., Chem., Phys., and Metal. Monday, April
Jones & Laughlin will interview June graduates in M.E.,
E.E., 1.E., and Metal Monday, April 30.
Provident Mutual Life Insurance company will interview
.Tune graduates interested in a sales management career
Monday, April 30.
Southern California Naval Radio &„Defcnse laboratories
will interview June graduates in Eng., Phys., Che m.,
Math., Bio., Bact~, Meteo., Metal., and Psy. Monday, April
30.
H. J. Heinz will interview June graduates in M.E., E.E.,
1.E., Phys., and Acct. Wednesday, April 25.
Charles Pfizer & Co., Inc., will interview June gradu
ates in Chem. Eng. Tuesday, May 1.
Carpenters Steel will interview June graduates in M.E.
Tuesday, May 1.
Atlas Powder will interview June graduates in Chem.
Eng., Chem., Phys., C.E., and Mng. E. Tuesday, May 1.
Lybrand Ross Bros. & Montgomery will interview June
graduates in Acct. Wednesday, April 25.
Retail Credit company will interview June graduates in
this type of work Tuesday, May 1.
Daystrom, Inc., will interview June graduates in M.E.,
E.E., and Phys. Tuesday, May 1.
Firestone Tire & Rubber will interview June graduates
at the B.S. and M.S. level in Chem. Eng., M.E., 1.E., E.E.,
and Acct. Wednesday, May 2.
Dixie Cup will interview June graduates in I.E» Wed
nesday, May 2.
Kurt Salmon Associates, Inc., will interview June gradu
ates in I.E. and M.E. Wednesday, May 2.
Standard Oil of Indiana will interview June graduates in
M.E., C.E., and Metal. Wednesday, May 2.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
For information concerning the following job* applicants
should stop in 112 Old Main.
Representative from clear Pool Camp for Boys, Carmel,
N.Y., will be on campus Friday, April 20, 4 to 8:30 p.m.
Interviews being scheduled for men interested in general
and waterfront counseling.
Off-campus residents for substitute work in women’s
dining hall for remainder of semester; permanent j o bis
guaranteed next fall; remuneration in meals. -
Six off-campuß residents for fraternity work to begin
May 1; regular positions next fall.
Registered pharmacist for work in local drug store.
COLLEGE HOSPITAL
Phillip Armstrong, Harlem Evans, Maurice
Fogel, Sidney Gass, Joseph Gardecki, Benjamin
Goehring, Robert McFadden, John Miller, Don
Millhouse, Bruno Najaka, Richard Oswald,
Anthony Pavesi, Donald Purcell, Mary Lou
Rule, Thelma Shick, Robert Simpson, Robert
Smith, Marie Soriero, William Swigert, Grant
Thompson, William Walter.
AT THE MOVIES
CATHAUM: Under The Gun
STATE: The Company She Keeps
NITTANY: Halls Of Montezuma
STARLITE DRIVE-IN: Mr. Music
People,” with its much-publicized “sound-in
the-round.” The tradition of experimentation is
being carried on with the current showing of
the seldom-produced “John Bull’s Other Island.”
It's time that somebody called attention to
the unfailingly competent work turned out by
the drama department in its Players' pro
ductions. This should have been done long
ago, but it's too late to -remedy that.
So we now offer public congratulations to the
casts, crews, and directors who are working so
hard and giving so much of their time to keep
ing the Penn State dramatic presentations at
their present high level,
—A. Druschel
On The Record
General. MacArthur has returned, and a good deal of the excite
ment surrounding his return to the United States seems to us to be
so much claptrap. Some of the charges which have been hurled at
President Truman for his dismissal of General MacArthur are so
extreme and vicious that they have created an atmosphere of hysteria
at a time when the American people should be calm for the “great
debate” over our policy in Asia.
HERE ARE A FEW OF THE COMMENTS from the Hearst-Fatter
son-McCormick press, which has idolized MacArthur:
“Douglas MacArthur has been dismissed to please the cupidity
of Great Britain, the ignorance of Dean Acheson, and jealousy of
General George Marshall.”—New York Daily Mirror.
"President Truman must be impeached and convicted. His
hasty and vindictive removal of Gen. MacArthur is the culmination
of a series of acts which have shown that he is unfit, morally or
mentally, for his high office. The American nation has never been
in greater danger. It is led by a fool who is surrounded by knaves."
—The Washington Times-Herald.
“It looks to us like a surrender 'by Truman to a number of sinister
forces, none of them friendly to the United States. Chief among these
is the Kremlin ... another of the forces is the British Labor (Social
ist) Government . . . Secretary of State Dean Acheson . . . Defense
Secretary George C. Marshall, a personal enemy of MacArthur . . .
the United Nations.”—New York Daily News.
"HIS (TRUMAN'S) LATEST ACTION is a victory for the Latti
mores and Services, for Acheson, the friend and defender of the
traitor, Hiss, and for the British Socialists eager to sacrifice every
principle to save their Hong Kong trade.” —Chicago Tribune.
Much of this leaves us pretty sick to the stomach. This is
particularly so in view of the idolization of MacArlhur that has
taken place in this country since 1941. The man has been built up
by certain newspapers and radio commentators to an almost God
like stature, when in fact he is only an ordinary general (and, some
say, not a very good one at that).
Although he certainly, deserves a welcome from the American
people for his' fighting in World War II and in Korea, he does not
by any stretch of the imagination deserve an unqualified ovation for
his policy battle with the President. But the pro-MacArthur faction
has sought to direct this welcome prompted by his war glories into an
endorsement of his current Asia policy ideas.
PRESIDENT TRUMAN HAS STATED that MacArthur’s policy
would lead to World War 111, and that he—Truman—seeks, to avoid
such a general war. This is the real heart of the “great debate” and it
is for this reason that it is fitting that MacArthur be given a fair
hearing before Congress.
—Lee Stem
Little Man On
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"I understand he flunked all his mid-semesters."
MacArthur's Return
But it must be remembered that his dismissal also was
prompted by his . unwillingness to carry out the policy of his
commander-in-chief, and that insurbordination of the military to
civil authority is not to be tolerated. We hope the American people
will see through the attempt of the MacArlhur partisans to turn
the debate into a political football by clouding the real issues.
Foreign Study Tours
Foreign tours for pleasure or study should be an integral part of
the education of modern college men and women, and many groups
have been organized to conduct the tours as cheaply as possible. With
the international situation in a constant state of flux today the ad
visability of making such trips is often in question. No one would
like to find himself trapped abroad in a country torn by warfare, and
for that reason some tours have'
been curtailed
HOWEVER, THE LATEST in
formation from government de
partments assures the officers
planning such-tours that the pre
sent situation abroad does not
require a of European
travel. If conditions take a turn
for the worse politically and there
is increased threat of a shooting
war, present tour coordinators
will be advised of such moves by
responsible government agencies.
Furthermore, - men students
who would like to participate
in tours but feel they might be
drafted this summer can obtain
permission in some cases to
make the trip. A case in point
is the International Relations
club tour to be held this, sum
mer. William C. Gibbons, lour
THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1951
ampus
ISr%-
manager, received a letter from
Selective Service headquarters
clarifying the draft ruling.
It read: “Local boards are au
thorised to issue to a registrant
a permit of the local board for the
registrant to depart from the
United States and should issue
the permit unless it is found that
the registrant’s absence is likely
to interfere with the performance
of his obligations under the Selec
tive Service act of 1948, as amend
ed.”
TEXTBOOK LEARNING of a
nation and its peoples is second
best to firsthand observation, and
opportunities presented by study
tours should not be dismissed
lightly.
, By Bibler
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—Dean Gladfelier
—Len Kdasinsld