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flatly Collegian
Successor to THE FEES LANCE, cot. 188 J
Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings inclusive
during the College year by the staff of The Daily Collegian
of The Pennsylvania State College.
Entered as second-class matter July 6, 1934. at the State
College. Pa., Post Offiee under the aet of March 3. 1879.
Collegian editorials represent the viewpoints of the writ
ers. not necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Unsigned
editorials are by the editor.
Marr Krasnancky , Edward Shankan
Editor. . Busines* Mgr.
Managing Ed.. Ron Bonn; City Ed.. George Glazer;
Sports Ed., Ernie Moore; Edit. Dir., Bad Fenton; Makeup
Ed., Moylan Mills; Wire Ed., Len Kolasinski; Society Ed.,
Carolyn Barrett; Feature Ed., Rosemary Delahanty; Asst.
City Ed:* Lee Stern; Asst. Sports' Eds., Dave Colton, Bob
Vosburg; Asst. Society Ed., Greta Weaver; Librarian, Bob
Schooley; Exchange Ed., Paul Beighley; Senior Board, Paul''
Poorman.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night Editor, Jane Reber; Copy Editors,
Millie Martin,. Lix Newell, Lavonne Althouse;
Assistants, Dick Witney, Chiz Mathias, Sam
Procopio, Dave Pellnitz, Marshall Donley.
Ad Manager, Dorothy Naveen; Assistants,
Margie See, Pat Anderson, Joan Hoffman’.
Can’t Sympathize
With McCarthy
In an adjoining column the Daily Collegian
is accused of peddling the biggest lie we have
yet! attempted to sell the student body.
We are accused of lying when we wrote
that Spn. Joseph McCarthy, Wisconsin Repub
lican, was hiding behind congressional' im
munity in his attacks upon various individuals.
There must be some,.confusion; the writer
of the letter certainly cannot be referring to the
same Sen. McCarthy, for in August the Sen.
McCarthy we are referring to offered to name
i!9 State department employes he said were
under investigation for disloyalty. Newspaper
men, who know what libel is;' refused to handle
it, so the Senator .retreated to the sanctuary of
the Senate floor to name the 29.
It might be interesting to note that it is not
within the American conception of justice to
presume that a man. under investigation is
guilty. If it were, Sen. McCarthy himself could
be.presumed guilty.
It is true that Sen. McCarthy has charged
Philip Jessup with “affinity” for communist
causes off the Senate floor. Those charges are
being answered in Senate committee now. They
are being answered there because it is the be
lief of the Truman administration that they will
result in the vindication of the Department of
State.
In reading Sen. McCarthy’s' off-the-floor
accusations against Jessup, it is well po keep in
mind that libel is that which is false and
damaging. Sen. McCarthy’s “libetous” evidence
against McCarthy was this: He had testified
in defense of Alger Hiss; he was a friend of
Frederick Vanderbilt Field, the millionaire
communist; he had joined five “communist
front” groups.
We fail to see any libelous matter in these
charges; therefore, no libel suit.
Perhaps we have been misinformed. If we
have, we would appreciate from the writer of
the letter the citations for the other possibly
libelous statements made by Sen. McCarthy.
Somehow we find if hard to work up the
least bit of sympathy for the Wisconsin witch
hunter, a man who has ben cited by a Senate
subcommittee for playing a. "leading and
potent" part in the "despicable" campaign
of Maryland's Sen. Butler. This is the same
Sen. McCarthy who has recklessly accused
as outstanding an American as George C.
Marshall of being involved in a fantastic plot
•to - aid communism. This is the same Sen.
McCarthy who has recklessly, charged the
Democratic party with being "a party of com
munists and crooks."
We fail to have any sympathy for Sen. Mc-
Carthy. And we wonder how the writer of the
letter can.
Seniors to Get
Rings Wholesale
With the announcement today’that the offi
cial Penn State class ring will be sold at the
Book Exchange, students are offered an oppor- ,
tunity to take advantage of a sizeable saving in
money to themselves.
Previously students had to buy the rings
at One' of the approved dealers in town, pay
ing the regular retail price. Under the new
arrangement worked but between the BX and
Deiges 'and Clusi Company, students will be
able to buy their rings practically wholesale.
The rings ordinarily sell for over $2O plus a
20 per cent tax which raises the total cost to
approximately $25. The BX will sell the rings
at. the same price, but will give the purchaser
a five per cent rebate at the end of the semester.
Thus the students will be saving money by
getting their rings through the BX.
This arrangement is possible because the'
• BX is a student-operated, non-profit organi
zation for the benefit of all students on cam
, pus. By buying at the BX and supporting, its
policy, students ’ make available for them
selves more savings in the future. ..
. ■—Aimeßtoosn,
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Advocacy of Ideas
Is Not Criminal '
In.a nation which proudly proclaims freedom
of the press as one of its virtues, the firing of
the' University of Chicago’s student editor by
the administration for his suppprt and attend
ance at -the East Berlin World Youth Festival
stands as a contradiction of our principles.
It is a simple fact that the editor has been.
given the boot not for any subversive activity,
but for fhe advocacy of an- idea. The -idea he
is presumed to advocate is communism, which
proposes to change the form of our govern
ment.
In the words of Thomas Jefferson, “If there
be any among us who wish to' dissolve ’ this
Union, let them stand undisturbed, as monu
ments to the safety with which error of opinion
may be tolerated when reason is left free to
combat it.”
What we seek to do/ is to expose those com
munists masquerading as sympathizers of de
mocracy. If Alan D. Kimmel, editor of the
Chicago Maroon, attended the youth festival,
his sympathies should be-evident to all.
But advocacy of ideas will not destroy de
mocracy; It will. strengthen that institution.
Advocacy of ah idea is not a legitimate reason
to fire a college editor. . ' ,
■ Freedom of the press includes the freedom
to support unpopular causes. It also means the
freedom to disagree.'
We have nothing to fear from communism
if we combat it with a better idea—democracy.
We do have something to fear from commun
ism if we allow the current hysteria to be
used as an excuse for the abridgement of our
liberilies.
Blood Drive
While we here at Penn State are enjoying the
life which’ typifies college, we may be prone to
forget that there is a bloody conflict going on"
in another part of the world. It may be true
that many of us on the campus will not be
sent to Korea to aid in the fight to preserve our
way of life, but no'one in the world today can
pretend to be ignorant of the. fact that each
of us will be affected by its outcome.
Our armed forces are among the best-equipped
fighting men in the world today, but they are
presently faced with a critical shortage of blood
plasma. The Korean casualties required well
over twice as much plasma as the casualties of
World War 11, and we are sorry to report that
the American people, have not met this increased
demand with any degree of success.
If the student body will get out in force on
Nov. 13 and 14, when a bloodmobile will be
in Stale College, Penn State can make an im
portant, concrete contribution to the men of
armed forces. , _
Saving a life with your blood now may well
save your own blood in the future.
—AI. Friedman
Safety Valve—-
McCarthy Has Not
Hidden Behind Immunity
TO.THE EDITOR: Your recent editorial “Give
McCarthy What He Denied” was the biggest lie
you’ve attempted, asyet, to peddle to the
readers of ? th'e Collegian.
In one of Senator McCarthy’s recent speeches
he reiterated the charges of Red affinity against
Jessup, Latimore, Service, Jaffee, and Acheson.
Senator McCarthy emphasized that there was
no congressional immunity covering him in that
addfess. Senator McCarthy said further that
if the charges were not true, those that he had
cited" have been grossly-libeled, and should file
libel suits against him immediately.
Thus, your charge that McCarthy has hid, to
date, behind congressional immunity, though
you may be ignorant of the. fact that he is hot,
is a base falsehood.
'Ain't It Gonna Rain
No More, No More7*
' TO THE EDITOR: Formerly, a day didn’t pass
in State' College without a few itsy bitsy drops
of rain. But-1 fear that Skip Sachs’ new fangled
Collegian weather forecast-has brought to Penn
State new fangled weather. A drought in State
College might not result in famine,- ;buK ths
present lack of precipitation is ■ causing -frustra
tion for Players’ prop crew. . i, n ■
We've been anxiously waiting for-a rainy
day so that we might locate, thirteen black,
umbrellas. You see, it rains in "Our Town."
We waited patiently for our new weather man
to bless us with puddles from' heaven. We've
lost patience. ;
Since we have ho - immediate guarantee of
rain, we are resorting to Collegian,, another pre
vailing prenomenon just about as reliable ,as
the weather. Tl.rough this questionably effec
tive we beseech, all black umbrella
owners to take an interest in “Our Town.” ’lf
you axf among the fortunate who possess a
black umbrella, please notify Renee Kluger in
413 Simmons. You will be rewarded when your
black umbrella opens in Schwab on. Nov. 8,
9, 10. _ —Renee Kluger
Ed. Note: A check has revealed that there
really has been some rain'since the. fateful,
cartoons have been running. (Vi of an inch)'
We hope that the'umbrellas will appear on
campus sooni but we'd rather have , them in ,
: use as sunshades."' ■ ■
—G. J. Salak
NEWMAN CLUB science and
religion lecture, Dr. Rixdn charge',
317 Willard Hall,. 7:15 p.m.
PHI EPSILON KAPPA,/Sigma
Nu, 7:30 p.m.
WRA BOWLING, White Hall
alleys, -7,p.m: ,
WRA DANdE, White Hall
rhythm room. 7 p.m. ■ -
COLLEGE HOSPITAL ..jV
Johii Condit;' Jerry' Goldress,
Theorode ''Gracia,- RobertoHjerr,
Sally:;-Johnson,. C&wJescMet?6er,
i .A.,', *; V l ' ’ I v iV's*i/' a •4’.:'
Little Man On Campus
"Men. we lost a greai game;' the other team just got all the breaks.
that's all/'
FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES
Armed Peace
Leads to War
j) o th the West, and the East are parading their military might
across Europe in all-out maneuvers. This is'meant; to, impress the
other side of ' the folly of starting World War 111. However, if; the
past is reviewed for the effectiveness, of such shows-of power,
one answer remains—neither of the potential antagonists take heed.
- Prior to 1914. the sabef-rattling
of the Kaiser did not throw fright
into the proud French Army. In
cident piled • upon incident and
the result was’World War I. The
same could be said of World War
11.
What then can be. prophesied
from the moves toward peace in
1951? It seems armed peace is not
the answer, though all of the mar
jor governments of the world'are
committed to this insurance
against war. The premiums, how
ever, seem exorbitant: as .the Uni
ted States continues to, spend bil
lions for defense .plans.
• War Preparation
Armed peace is nothing,' more
than the preparation for war and
it is 1 this that makes war inevi
table. No nation yet has built a
war machine ter see it rusted into
uselessness. It remains doubtful
that this will be the case in the
mid-twentieth century. 1
Therefore, further efforts at
conducting Big Three meetings
between the President-of the Uni
ted States, the Prime Minister of
England, and Joseph Stalin seem
to be the only logical end to
Gazette • • •
Wednesday, October 10 i
CHEM-PHYS STUDENT COUN- 1
C1L,,217 Willard Hall, 7- p.m.-
COFFEE HOUR,, cabinet and
dean of men, 109 .Old Main, 4 p.m.
DEMOLAY CLUB, executive
council', Chi Phi, 7 p.m.
ELECTRICAL- ENGINEERING
SOCIETY, 110 Electrical Engi
neering, 7:30 p.m.
INKLING advertising, art,
editorial, and promotion staffs,
208 Willard Hall, 7:30 p.m.
NEWMAN CLUB lecture-dis
cussion, Professor Case in charge,
215 W. Fairmount avenue, 7:30
p.m. , '
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER TO, 1951
By LEN KOLASINSKI
armed’peace. The fact that-Win
ston, Churchill :has promised -to.
work on such a meeting may win
for bim the British .elections and,
his advocacy of the meeting- adds
to its feasibility. .
However, tactless President-
Truman has - reiterated- th a t--: a
-meeting-, of that nature can only;
take place in Washington.'. The
era of the atomic bomb is no
time to be'stubborn or tactless.
Neither does the situation call
for appeasement r.cjsf the .Eastern
bloc, or hysteria b.oth on the
homefront with loyalty oath.bills
of doubtful value or on the in
ternational front when another ,
atomic explosion takes place in
Russia. Instead, a policy of com
promise must be formulated
whereby East and West can meet.
That policy might only,.be ar
rived at by the Big Three.
Millions for defense but not
one cent for tribute was all right
when wars- were' fought •; with
flintlocks, but with atomic, bombs
a more moderate slogan is needed."
Garrett Miller, Lawrence O’Dell,
Don Prager, Jane Shruni, Frank
Smith.
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Bendix Radio' will interview January
graduates in EiE. and Phys. on'Thursday*
October -18. '
Wright Aeronautical corporation will! in
terview. January - graduates in Aero. E.,
M.E., E.E., Eng. Mech. and Metal Tues
day, October. 23. . ”•!_
• National Biscuit “Company will interview
January graduates in M.E,w Chem. -E.,'
and E.E., if enough students are interested.
Those interested should apply at 112 Old
Main before Saturday* . October 20.
U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory will
interview January graduates' in b£.E., E.E.,
1.E., and. Physics, Friday, October 19.
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing
company will interview January graduates
in C&F., L.A., M.E., E.E., Ch.E. Friday*
October • •
• Air Engineers will-interview January;,
graduates in "M.E. y Friday, ' October 19. /
Standard Oil company, Indiana, will in
terview MS and PhD. candidates, who will
receive their ’ degrees in Chem-' E. in *52, '
October 17.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
Chauffeur , wanted five days' a, week*
11:30-1:80.
Men .for free hand lettering.
, - Man to set .pins, for bowling league.' ;
Men playing following"instruments!
drums, tenor sax, and . clarinet. • : - e
, Orchestra for .Saturday.? nights.'
Cook for <3O expertiheivt.; prefer x
By Bibler
Tactless Truman