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Editorial Opinion
Just Another Step
We have proposed that the Interfraternity and the
Panhellenic Councils in conjunction with the. Senate
Committee on Student Affairs work toward abolishing
the discriminatory clauses in the constitutions of some
Greek groups.
It was also suggested that a rule be set by the Uni
versity asking all Greek groups to get their discrimina
tion clauses taken out or go local.
Such a rule merely carries one step further the present
University policy of not chartering any new groups with
such clauses.
Our proposal asked that the Interfraternity Council
and the Panhellenic Councils (whose regulations govern
our “free association” fraternities) work toward abolish
ment of these clauses.
We felt that action of IFC and Panhel would help to
convince discriminating national groups of the necessity
for change
We assumed that these Greek groups did not approve
of discrimination and would themselves be interested in
such a proposal. Several IFC members have vigorously
said they did not approve of discrimination.
We would also like to point out that the suggestion,
to institute a non-recognition policy by the University in
no way forces any national group to change its constitu
tion.
Such a policy is a voice protest which these groups
can heed or ignore as they choose —as with any choice,
however, there are results which follow from that choice.
The Reward Is Big
A call has been issued by Dr. William G. Mather, head
of the department of sociology and anthropology, for
persons interested in helping make the downtown housing
survey during the third week in February.
All interested persons should contact Kathleen Leland
in the Borough Building on S. Frazier St., and arrange
for an interview.
There will be no reward other than the satisfaction
of participating in a project that may prove very benefi
cial to both the student body and townspeople.
This reward should be sufficient.
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The Disappearance of Honesty
Not too long ago the Daily
Collegian published an editor
ial dealing with the apparent
disappearance of honesty as an
academic virtue.
Several events during the
past week have indicated that
this lack of honesty is not
solely a PSU problem, but
rather a career that is slowly
eating its way through all
strata of American society.
Not more than a few days
ago the government ended a
massive anti-trust suit against
this- country’s largest electrical
firms with indictments of some
14 company executives. Re
ports indicate that these men
were all fine, upstanding, God
fearing civil and business lead
ers who were devotees of the
ideals of the country in which
we live.
About a year ago a certain
Mr. Van Doren was receiving
massive publicity as being the
perfect example of what the
cultured American could get in
Interpreting
USSR May
Have to Rock
The 'Boat'
By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
The United States is report
ed to have warned the Krem
lin not to rock the internation
al boat now if it wants to ne
gotiate with the United States
later in the year, but the ques
tion is whether Premier Khru
shchev can afford to wait.
Some clue will be available
when we have seen just how
much heat Khrushchev chooses
to g e n e r ate
over the lat-
est incident—
the French
firing on the
Soviet presi-
dent’s
over the Med
iterranean. It
is the sort of
thing
which the So
viets have
some excuse for hollering, or
which they can drop easily if
it suits their purposes.
But Khrushchev's airlift to
Laos and attempts to penetrate
the Congo continue, and he is
definitely committed to greater
support for the Algerian rebels.
An overt step in any of these
situations or in Cuba or Ber
lin could quickly wring the
hope out of American planning.
President Kennedy's flat
statement that the United
States will fight for Berlin may
have set back Khrushchev’s
timetable on that issue. Ken
nedy linked the defense of Ber-,
lin with that of New York and
Paris.
In Laos, Congo and Algeria,
however, the Soviet is dealing
with local elements which it
does not control. If they should
become disillusioned by too
much waiting, the Commu
nists might lose valuable ob
jectives. And Khrushchev
would be falling down on his
agreement with the Chinese
Reds.
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By STEPHEN R. BLUM
ROBERTS
TODAY
TOMORROW
MONDAY
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our society, after winning
somewhere over $lOO,OOO. Mr.
Van Doren made both the Ed
Sullivan Show and the cover
of Time magazine.
It was not until some months
later that the public found out
this was not the All-American
Boy—but nothing more than a
cog in a massive wheel of il
legal intrigue and quiz-show
answer-fixing.
The legal problems of Dave
Beck, and his protege succes
sor James Hoffa, are legend.
Both of these gentlemen have
appeared before numerous fed
eral investigating committees.
These gentlemen are leaders
—Hoffa is the president of fhe
largest single union in the
United States. Beck got to the
top (while he was there) by
working his way up in the es
tablished free-enterprise sys
tem which this country, has its
economic foundations rooted in.
We are not dealing with teen
agers here—we can not wonder
where did this boy go wrong!
Letters
Haney 'Clarifies Position'
TO THE EDITOR: Referring to
yesterday’s Editorial Opinion;
I see no need for the editors to
claim that God i 3 on their side,
nor for me to claim He is on
mine.
I would prefer not to deal
with such blasphemies. There
fore, please allow me to clari
fy my position.
1. I am wholeheartedly
against all forms of discrimina
tion on the basis of race or re
ligion; believing in the Judeo-
Christian tradition which, by
definition, commits me to de
fend the freedom and equality
of every human being, as one
created in the image of God.
Therefore I am necessarily
against all written manifesta
tions of such discrimination,
such as that found in many
national fraternity constitu
tions.
2. I realize that most frater
nities at Penn State, whose na
tional constitutions contain a
restrictive clause, are working,
at the dictates of their indivi
dual consciences, through the
democratic governmental proc
esses of their own fraternity to
have these clauses removed.
This is as it should be.
However, certain groups of
over-zealous do-gooders, such
as Collegian editors, would
have governmental agencies of
society take care of this prob
lem by taking it out of the
hands of the fraternities com
pletely, and legislating on it.
This is what I - was reacting
against in my previous letter
to the editor.
The authors of the Bill of
Christian Discusses Prejudice
TO THE EDITOR! I am con
cerned with this mad rush to
remove prejudice and discrim
ination (racial, ethnic, reli
gious) from this campus, as
well as from State College and
public institutions in general.
I am even more concerned
with the means by which Col
legian and others choose to deal
with the situation. As a Chris
tian, I recognize that discrimi
nation is wrong. But since it
is basic in society, how can any
laws remove its existence?
Publicly,there is no alterna
tive to insure equality among
men other than by law. How
ever, in the case cf private in
stitutions such as fraternities
and sororities a different ap
proach is necessary.
The National Fraternity
Council, by decision of its in
dividual chapters in the due
democratic process should re
move such restrictions as exist.
For the University to force
such legislation upon the fra
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We are dealing in all cases with
mature adults who admittedly
knew and know just what they
were doing. The electrical ex
ecutives knew they were in
volved in defrauding the gov
ernment.
Mr. Van Doren was told the
answer and took part in rigged
shows willfully. Hoffa and
Beck both are salved employees
of a union, and both of them
know that any extra movies
are not theirs in payment for
work received.
In short, these three different
examples are all examples of
dishonesty of the most base
form; premeditated cheating.
The Collegian editorial said
honesty was becoming an out
dated virtue. It seems to go fur
ther than that. Honesty is be
coming rare. Perhaps this is
too naive: perhaps dishonesty,
that is cheating, is a new
American ideal, the new norm
by which we had all better
alude if we “want to get any
where.”
Rights wisely saw that the
right of peaceful assembly,
which has come to include
freedom of individuals to as
sociate and organize together
for common lawful purposes, is
indispensable to a free and
open society.
This freedom periodically
becomes endangered because
society is repeatedly tempted
to exempt from it organiza
tions whose goals seem to con
flict with the prevailing ma
jority sentiment.
I have tried to assert that
something just as fundamental
as segregation desegregation
issue is at stake in America
today - the very “rules of the
game,” by which social and po
litical disagreements can be re
solved in a free society (and
they can eventually be re
solved) without that society It
self being destroyed in the
process. Don’t destroy our free
society with outside interfer
ence in the affairs of voluntary
organizations'.
(Editor's Note: We would
like to remind Mr. Haney
that he, in a letter written
Feb. 9, called the Daily Col
legia n’s proposal ungodly and
hence opened up the issue of
godliness which he now re
fers to as blasphemy. Mr.
Haney is also quite incorrect
in claiming that the Daily
Collegian Board of Editors
said God was on their side.
We suggest a careful re
reading of the editorial of
Feb. 10.)
ternities is not “helping the
cause.” It is taking the matter
completely out of the hands of
the fraternity.
I believe this would be det
rimental to the best interests
of the fraternity system and
would lead to its ultimate de
struction. As a fraternity man,
I feel such a result would not
be in the national interest.
If any resolutions are to be
made, we must ell be careful
that rights and privileges which
would lead to further inroads
on our individual liberties are
not being taken away. We
must be careful that the word
ing of any resolution or decree
is not purposely vague so as to
be used as a weapon of de
struction, not only of organi
zation, but of freedom itself.
—James L. Ensley 'SI
(Editor's Note: What are the
“best interests” of a frater
nity and how does the fra
ternity system better the
“national interest?”
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