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Editorial (Opinion
Costs Less Than An Atlas
The Peace Corps has introduced a new look into
United Stales foreign policy. This new branch of our
international program, although costing less to launch
than one Atlas missile, could be the blockade that halts
the advance of communism.
The recent growth of communism has apparently
been a result of their “to the people” policy, which was
directed at the man in the street and on the farm. The
Reds attempt to influence these common people is based
on the assumption that they will ultimately control the
attitude of the government.
The United States, on the other hand, has been trying
to secure and maintain the support of the men in control
of these governments with little regard for the common
people.
Although a policy of this type has short-range advan
tages, the undermining influence of the Communists seems
to he more profitable in the long run.
The creation of the Peace Corps is the first concrete
step in the direction of selling the people of foreign nations
the “fruits of Americanism.”
Society in America is constructed on the rights, atti
tudes and basic beliefs of the individual, and is not aimed
at building a stronger state as in Russia.
Success and achievement in America are based on
ideas and work. A farmer can get a piece of land, and if
he works hard he will probably have something to show
for his labor.
Under communism, hard-working farmers are forced
to share the fruits of their labor with all of the other
farmers including the lazy ones.
The foundation of America's society which is the
ability of anyone to achieve any rank on the social and
economic scale, restricted only by his ability to work and
think, should be "sold” to the underdeveloped people by
the Corpsmen.
This advancement of our ideological program to
gether with the respect gained by technically assisting
underdeveloped nations could make this program the most
successful foreign policy venture in several years.
It’s interesting to compare its relatively inconsequen
tial cost with that of the other defense and foreign policy
programs.
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TO THE EDITOR: On Tuesday
night the SGA reorganization
committee formally decided to
recommend the elimination of
class-members-at-large from
Assembly representation.
From the establishment of
this committee, the Freshman
Class Advisory Board has
strongly supported and heart
ily fought for a provision that
would assure at least one rep
resentative elected from each
class, plus the four class presi
dents on the new Assembly.
Tuesday night we lost the
fight.
Many people were pleased
to see class representation abol
ished because they feel that
class-standing is on the way
out.
The Freshman Class Advi
sory Board, however, feels dif
ferently. To demonstrate our
feelings, we are proclaiming
Friday, May 19, as the Fresh
man Class LAST FLING.
At this time the Class of '64
will be given the opportunity
to celebrate before finals, with
a program to be held in the
Skating Pavilion starting at 8
p.m., and lasting until 12:30.
Featured will be the Niftany
Five, folk songs by fhe Nomads
(who recently appeared on tele
vision), the announcing and
crowning of the Frosh Queen,
and an informal falk by Dr.
Walker.
Through this class night the
Freshman Class Advisory
Board would like to show the
SGA reorganization commit
tee just what a class can mean;
we also would like to show the
entire student body that the
class of 19G4 is the best class
Penn State has ever seen.
—Jim Sloane,
Freshman Class President
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Africans Parley on Politics
Associated Press News Analyst
Two meetings have been
going on in Africa this week
which are closely connected
with major forces at work
in that politically emerging
continent.
One is in Monrovia, Liberia,
a country long associated with
the United States.
There representative, of a
'ire of new na
ns sought
:ans to offset
tendency to
ird Balkaniza
in which re
lied from de
ircation lines
it were pro
iced through
ionization and
sudden end.
Roberts Comm unica
tions and, in many cases, di
vorcement of economic con
centrations from their natural
hinterlands, represent problems
for these countries which can
Letters to the Editor
TODAY
HOSPITAL'
By J. M. ROBERTS
CD. Protest
TO THE EDITOR: Mr. Whiton
Paine, in his criticism of the
Civil Defense demonstration,
seems to have all the answers.
However, I cannot agree with
his contentions, and I feel it is
my duty to present arguments
stemming from better informa
tion.
Mr. Paine states, firstly, that
“the danger of fall-out is over
rated.” The experts on the
matter are of the opinion that
the extent of the danger of
fall-out cannot be known with
certainty.
It is known, however, that a
dosage of only 450 roentgens is
almost invariably fatal. Smaller
dosages of only 50 to 150 ro
entgens, have been shown to
kill many types of human body
cells.
Therefore, even a dosage of
50 roentgens may cause con
siderable damage to the cells
of the human body. This is to
say nothing of mutations, us
ually detrimental, which are
transmitted to future gener
ations, and are induced by any
amount of radiation, in propor
tion to the dosage received.
Mr. Paine mentions “the abil
ity of the human body to re
cover from the effects of radi
ation.” It is to be hoped, in
order that he himself be well
informed on this subject, that
he will do a little research to
ascertain the fact that, in the
majority of possible types of
damage to the body from radi
ation, the body cannot “re
cover.”
Furthermore, Mr. Paine
would have us believe that, in
the event of nuclear war, "only
Sr. Questions Stone Valley Fee
TO THE EDITOR: This letter
regards some not-unusual in
formation about the Stone Val
ley Project.
Sunday, after deciding to go
to Stone Valley, we drove over
the mountain, proceeded over
the pot-holed road to an il
legible sign reading CE camp.
Assuming this was the place,
we turned left on a dusty,
netted road.
Over the crest of the hill and
now at Stone Valley, we saw
two things. One, a body of
water like any other lake; two,
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only ,be answered through po
litical cooperation.
Bui they are looking more
toward political union.
They have agreed to respect
each other's sovereignty and
to oppose Ghana's federalist
and expansionist ideas.
In Cairo, capital of a coun
try so different that it is fre
quently not considered African
at all, President Toure of Gui
nea, who along with Nkrumah
of Ghana seeks to carry many
of the neighboring countries
into a federation which Mali
already has joined, conferred
with President Nasser of tha
United Arab Republic.
Toure talks of making the
U.A.R and other Arab repub
lics African again as a part of
his and Nkrumah's federation,
forming an economic magnet
for all the former British and
French slates.
Nasser, of course, isn’t inter
ested in that, but wants Toura
to help him and Tito of Yugo
slavia in organizing a political
block of nations uncommitted
in the cold war.
The minister in charge of
Lauded
a small amount of radiation**
would be received.
Let it be pointed out here, to
quote Curt Stern, a scientist
who has been associated with
many of the research projects
probing this question, ‘‘Radio
active fallout following a nu
clear explosion can cover with
high concentration hundreds or
thousands of square miles, or
. . . (even) the whole globe.
I have seen first-hand that
the demonstrators and their
sympathizers have been sub
jected to much scorn, mock
ing, name-calling and abuse,
because they are brave enough
to stand up for a cause they
believe in.
Most of these people who
were so ready to censure knew
nothing of the demonstration or
its motives and objectives.
It is these stupid fools, these
know-nothing, do nothing cow
ards, these all-too-common and
all-too-commonplace creatures,
these rubber-stamp impressions
who would not have the cour
age to be in the minority or to
question an accepted practice
or dogma, who are in the
wrong.
We are prepared for their
scorn and we can endure it.
It does not bother us, for wc
have faith in our conviction.
We will defend this faith, carry
in this crusade, and suffer the
insults. We will persevere de
spite all persecution.
—Richard Sfein, 'G3
• Letter cut
(Editor’s Note: We feel that all
sides of this issue have been
fully covered in these columns.
The above is the last letter on
this subject that will be pub
lished.)
a fellow student standing in
the dust.
Naive enough to assume he
was giving directions, we found
he was collecting a fee to park
to look around the lake.
After all of us here have
been subjected to propaganda
about Stone Valley and after
the class of '6l voted to build
docks there, why should any
student have to pay to walk
around and look over this lake?
The fee is minute, but it is
the principal I question. Is this
going to continue? If so, why?
—Gerald Arndt. '6l
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Mali’s three-year plan of eco
nomic development has naive
ly revealed one of the prime
motives in addition, o£
course, to the lures of person
al power which motivate them
all.
Mali is getting economic aid
from Ghana, the Communist
bloc. Western Europe, Britain
and the United States.
“Competition between the
great powers will help us in
realizing our plans," said Min
ister Mamadou Awe.
Ha could learn things from
Nasser and Tito about how to
play that game. But Toure'a
Guinea is another mailer. He
has gone so far with the Soviet
Union that Guinea's, economic
independence is threatened,
and without that there is lit
tle inducement for Western
governments or business inter
ests to play the game.
Amid this log-rolling, the ef
forts of Nigeria, Liberia, the
Ivory Coast, Tunisia and other
members of the French Com
munity to invite foreign aid
through an Operation Boot
strap represents a highly con
trasting force.
FRIDAY. MAY 12. 1961