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HIKE EEINSILBER, Editor
MIKE 1411. LEE, Associate Editor
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Ted Serrill; Copy Editors, Sue Conklin, Vince Carocci; Assistants
Bob Franklin, Dave Bronstein, John McArthur, Joan, Miller, Elaine Hubernian, Pat O'Neill, Pat Evans
Pauline Melia.
The Elevation of a
A man who believes that the 1954 Supreme
Court decision outlawing segregation in public
schools was the work of a court "indoctrinated
and brainwashed by left-wing pressure groups"
today has what amounts to veto power in the
Senate in matters involving civil rights, ap
pointments to federal courts, and proposed
amendments to the United States Constitution.
The man is James 0. Eastland, senator from
Mississippi. On Friday the Senate handed him
power to snafu crucial legislation by electing
him chairman of the powerful Senate Judiciary
Committee.
Eastland. described by the New York Times
as "a far-right-wing Mississippi Democrat and
a bitter pro-segregationist," was given this pow
er not because the Senate considered him highly
qualified for the chairmanship. This, except
perhaps in the conscious of a few,'was not even
considered.
The reason is that Sen. Eastland has seniority,
a quality which in the Senate is infinitely more
useful than wisdom or ability. Under Senate
rules, he automatically succeeded to the head
of the Judiciary Committee vacated by the
death of Sen. Harley M. Kilgore, Democrat of
West Virginia. Eastiand's election to the post
was only a formality.
Only on three occasions in the history of the
Senate has the seniority rule been broken. But
the election of Eastland demonstrates its total
inadequacy.
Eastland, who as chairman of the committee
has the power to delay or block appointments
to the federal courts, has denounced these
courts. Late fist year, on a television program.
he maintained that all three branches of the
United States government were under the in
fluence of left-wing agents. He has aligned him
self with the White Citizens Councils in the
South. He is considered one of the loudest
wookesman of the "white supremacy" doctrine,
A New Cure for Academic Dishonesty
The Air Force's approach to the cheating
probiem, an honesty program for seniors, may
be the answer to the University's need for a
student regulated system.
The program to go into effect next week will
put the student on his honor durihg examin
ations. No proctor will be in the classrooms
during tests and attendance and tardiness
checks will not be taken. Students will be ex.
petted to report cheating that they see and the
suspect will have to appear before a cadet
board of review. The board will hear the case
and make recommendations to the Colonel who
has authority to drop the student from the pro
gram and send a letter to the dean of the stu
dent's college.
No doubt, this program has and will meet
with the old complaints about hone Sty policies.
'This school is too big to have an honor syS
tern,"
"It can't work because we don't have an old
traditional system."
"There's no stopping the student who wants
to cheat."
"The student who cheated in high school will
cheat in college."
Because these complaints are tainted with
truth an all-inclusive mass honesty policy has
never worked here. The general student body
may never be put on its honor. But the type
of policy the Air Force has devised may be
the right way to encourage academic honesty
at this "big school without traditiOnal stand
ards."
For example the Air Force's plan afficts just
one segment of the men enrolled in its Program.
Only 132 seniors who have voluritarily elected
advanced ROTC will be required tO sign cards
Above Reproach
.Tribunal members demonstrated their mettle.
Monday night.
The senior members of the mep's judicial
body, who also sit on the Supreme Court in
conjunction with the senior members of wom
en's Judicial, will decide Sunday, the ,consti
tutionality of the retroactive compensations
which All-University Cabinet has passed.
Under the compensation set-up, .the. senior
Tribunal members were scheduled to receive
$lO for their services. The chairman was to
receive $75.
But the Tribunal members have disqualified
themselves from the compensation lists wheth
•r or not the payments are awarded.
The Tribunal members apparently wanted to
remove the possibility of any suspicion of bias
from the case. Although their decision was
probably unnecessary., it demonstrates their de
sire to keep the court system above reproach.
If any suspicions of bias has existed their ac
tion has certainly nullified it. The refreshing
idealistic manner in which the senior Tribunal
members have acted certainly merits the ap
plause and admiration of their fellow students
regardless of the decision that is ultimately
reached on compensations.
--Mike 'Miller
O'lle Built' Collegian Editorials reprimand taio
viewpoints Of Ors writers.
Rot aerestarlie the pont,
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4E14" ROGER VOGELSINGEM. Business Manager
Demagogue
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
a doctrine not dissimilar to Hitler's master race
theories.
Yet this man has been given power to pre
vent civil rights legislation from coming to the
floor of the Senate.
Eastlatid is the McCarthy of the Democratic
Party. Democrats, by elevating him to his new
post, have advanced a demagogue. As the Re
publican Party saw fit to do with McCarthy
in its censure measure last year, so should the
Democrats handle Eastland. Instead, they pro
moted him. •
Two Senators saw fit to protest his election
and to vote against it. "The mere challenge to
Mr. Eastland's elevation was an extraordinary
event in the Senate," the Times reported.
Outspoken Sen. Wayne Morse, Democrat of
Oregon, "reluctantly and even sadly" chal
lenged Eastland's right to have powers over a
judiciary he had so strongly denounced. Sen.
Herbert H. Lehman, Democrat of New York,
called Eastland "a symbol of racism in America"
and "a symbol of defiance to the Constitution
of the United States as interpreted by the Su
preme Court." Both voted against Eastland's
promotion.
According to Morse, Eastland has indicated
he will oppose Senate confirmation of the Presi
dent's appointment of Simon Sobeloff to the
Circuit Court of Appeals because Sobeloff is
an advocate of integration in schools.
It is apparent that as long as the Democrats
retain control of the Senate—and indications
are that they will after this fall's election—and
as long as Eastland retains his chairmanship—
and he will until he is defeated for re-election,
refuses to run, or dies—civil rights legislation
will - be stymied. -
How long will the American people tolerate
a seniority custom which defies democratic
processes? And how long will the Senate permit
demagogues like Eastland to reign unchecked?
—The Editor
pledging themselves to adhere to the rules.
These men, it is assumed, are interested in
their Air Force courses and are willing to rely
on study to pass tests rather than cheating.
Theoretically, the two ways to set up an hon
or system are either in the individual advanced
courses where the students have a real interest
in learning or in the student's first semester
when he can be trained from the beginning
that he is not expected to cheat.
Perhaps for good reasons the University has
chosen to concentrate its efforts on the pre
vention of cheating than on the establishment
of an All-University honor system. And because
there.is no centralized effort to indoctrinate in
coming freshmen it is now up to the various
departments to train their students to discipline
themselves in the case of cheating. 7 The Air
Force's plan is an example of such departmental
effort.
Under their new procedure, men in their jun
ior year will be• taught 'the objectives of the
system before they are required to pledge them
selves to uphold its standards. The plan is de
signed to alter the student's altitude toward
dishonesty of any sort, not just on tests and in
classrooms. The idea is not to prevent the stu
dent from cheating at all costs. Rather its in
tent is to create an atmosphere of honesty and
trust.
This same type of program on an experi
mental basis was called successful by AFROTC
personnel during the fall semester. So it is not
impossible to start individual honor systems in
every department in the University. If' and
when this is ever done, then perhaps the ad
ministration will be 'convinced honor can be
the' essence of an honor system. Student self
regulation should replace faculty coercion. '
Under the Air Force plan, a lot is expected
of studenti, but according to its originators.
"One the Students are elevated to the prestige
of being trusted, they will hesitate to lower
themselves by violating the rules."
They may be right.
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David Bamford. Vincent Lukacb; Anny Ries. Rath ,
Sehellenhem Leonard TOupleski. Robert Walsh. Diane Wan
ner. Lorinda Causbrook. Judith. - Hartman, Robert Bron
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—Jackie Hudgins
Little Man on Campus
"Watch your talk —that's one psye major who
stops to analyse anything you say:*
Arms Controversy
Race Continues
In Middle East
Associated Press News Analyst
Several years ago International Communism consolidated into a
continuing program several lines of action which previously had been
laid, down for different parts of the world.
Briefly, this program calls for separation of the European powers
from their markets and sources of raw materials in Asia and Africa,
which could then be acquired by Communism while 'the Western
economy was collapsing. Com
munist hopes for conquest of the
West always have been predicat
ed upon such a collapse.
The program was adopted
,when the West failed to col
lapse after World War IL which
the . Communists had done so
much to bring on when they
signed their 1939 pact with
Hitler: The post-war situation
was saved very largely through
the economic strength of the
United States.
Now Russia is actirw. in the
Middle • East very much as she
acted in Middle Europe in 1939.
While the United States and Bri
tain were working very hard and
very carefully to prevent a new
war in that.area, the Communists
moved ,in to disturb the balance
of power by practically giving
heavy arms to Egypt.
That made Russia the virtual
sponsor of one side in th e
Arab-Israeli dispute, a position
into which the United States
had refused to be maneuvered
when she insisted that she
would supply only defensive
weapons on a cash basis.
The problem now is the very
delicate one of trying to restore
the balance, either by arms or
security pledges for Israel, with
out creating a situation similar
to that which developed in Korea.
There the United States and the
United • Nations sponsored one
side and Russia another, and a
war resulted in which the Free
World had to fight very largely
Communist-controlled forces.
The danger in the Middle
East is not to be minimized.
The Arabs are bitterly dedicat
ed-to reconquest of Israel. Arab
children are drilled in hatred.
Their elders are drilled in fear
that the dynamic Israelis will
eventually attempt to expand
~the _territory they have been
given. " _
Thoughts of- `war, therefore,
take on preventive aspects on
both sides.
There are no indications Russia
will do anything to help alleviate
the situation. Instead, -she seems
to have deliberately taken advan
tage of a long-watched-for oppor
tunity to inject herself into the
Middle East and Africa, and .is
working hard at it.
In the meantime, the Big Four
conference at Geneva exerts it
self .toward 'better cultural: under-
standing. Better.- political and
military.understanding. A square
face-up to what Ole , Communists
are doing, is more important.
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 7. 1956
By J. M. ROBERTS
Campus Lights
In 'Blackout'
Coeds walking back to the
dormitories last night did so in
the dark as most of the campus
street lights were out for about
an hour and a half.
The Power Plant first noticed
that the lights were out about
8:30 p.m. and called an electrician
to find the trouble.
Shortly before 10 p.m. the elec
trician started ou t to replace
fuses in the contractors, which
control the lights, according to
Power Plant officials.
The contractors, which are sit
uated at various locations on cam
pus, turned the lights on earlier
last night as they do nightly at
6:30.
Plant officials last night did not
know the exact cause of the
"blackout."
Se* Will Air
14 Appointments
All-University President Earl
Seely will ask . Cabinet's approval
of 14 appointments at tomorrow
night's meeting.
The appointments are:
Rules Committee: George Ying
ling, chairman; Barbara Men
singer, Joanne Caruso, Fred Seipt;
Radio Committee: Sandra Green
spun, chairman; Eleanor Moran,
James Raleigh, Jerome Radosh,
Bruce Lieske.
Encampment Committee: Dan
iel Reidenbaugh, chairman; Louis
Fryman, evaluation; Robert Gell
man, business manager; Julie
Mayberry, secretariat head; Joan
Chase; Head of "the National Stu
dent Association Secretariat.
Chimes to Meet Today
Chimes, Junior women's ha t
society, will meet at 12:30 p.m.
today in the walnut lounge of
Simmons.
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