PAGE FOUR
Bditorial Opinion
Where's The Survey?
Last winter the State College Chamber of Commerce
sponsored a housing survey that is intended to summarize
housing conditions and determine the number of vacancies
in town.
The survey was apparently prompted by the increasing
number of vacancies in town rooming houses, and it was
hoped the University would use the results as a guide in
planning for future student housing.
To get volunteers for the survey, the Chamber of
Commerce decided to exploit student feeling against
discrimination, and questions of landlords* "preference"
for roomers were included in the questionnaire.
To determine the reasons for specific discrimination
and with the hope of finding solutions to some of the land
lords’ prejudices, several students volunteered to help
conduct the survey.
The existence of substandard safety, health and sani
tation conditions in many town rooming houses prompted
many other students to help in the survey.
Without the aid of these Btudenfs< a housing survey
probably wouldn't have been possible. .
For this reason and because 4,000 University students
live in town housing, the student body has a vital interest
in the results of the survey.
It is hoped the housing survey will reveal what
facilities exist and where such facilities are located.
Besides wondering just what the survey will include,
we are wondering when it will be released.
Chamber of Commerce President Paul Mazza, who
was in charge of conducting the Burvey and compiling the
results, told the Collegian last March that the survey
results would be released before the spring semester ended.
In May he moved this date back to the summer.
When the survey still hadn’t been released in late
September, a Collegian reporter contacted Mr. Mazza. He
told the reporter that the survey would be out for sure
by the end of October.
This is the second week of November, and the survey
results have not yet been released ' ‘
It’s been mote than six months since the survey was
conducted and unless the results are released soon, much
of the information may be outdated and useless.
A Student-Operated News paper
57 Years of Editorial Freedom
Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887
Publish'd Tactday thronch Saturday morning daring Uit UnWcrrity y»r. Tlm
Dsiljr Collegian It a alndtnl-operattd newspaper. Entered at second-class natter
Jnly I, IJJ4 at the State College. Pa. Poet Office wider the art of March t, ISTI.
Matt SabaeripUen Prim St.tt a year
Mailing Addrtoa Boa Ml. SUM Collect. Pa.
Member of The Associated Press
JOHN BLACK
Editor
Chy. Editors. Lynns Csrsftcs and Richard Leightons Editorial Editors. Mac
Telchholts and Joel Hms; Newa Editere, Patricia Dyer and Paata' D ran it;
Personnel ftiit) Training Dlrttltr. Ktren Bynteketl; Assistant Personnel ant
Training director, Scran Eberly; Sports Editor, James Karl; Picture Editor. John
Beadft.
K.ocal Ad Mtr.. Marts Downers Assistant Local Ad Mgt„ Martin Eontst Nation*
Ad PhyllU Hamilton: Credit Mtr., Jeffrey Schwarts: Assistant Credit
Ralph Friedman; Classified Ad Mgr.} Bobble Graham; Circulation Mgr* Nell
Kelts; Promotion Ugr M Jane Trersshls; Personnel Mgn, Anita Hot!; Office &tgr n
Marry Gteaa.
Persona with complaints about The Dally Collegian's editorial policy or news
coverage may voice them In the letters to the editor column or present them,
In person or in writing, to the editor. All complaints will be investigated and
effort* made to remedy altaationa where this newspaper Is at fault The Dally
Collegian, however, ttpholds the right to maintain Its Independence and to
**erri«e its own judgment as lo what It thinks Is In the best interest of the
VnDeraity as a whole.
ujhats that dripping
OUT OF THE BAS?
THE DAILY COLLEGIA*!. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA
WAYNE HILINSKI
Business Manager
MCM FIXED ME
SOME fftKCAKES
Letters
University
Life
Examined
TO THE EDITOR: Our path of
existence in today’s world is
stratified into positions of gov
erning status. Unlike a “pure
democracy,” the maiority must
remain docile—they are 1 com
pelled to.
The selected few or minority
then initiate laws into the so
ciety, in which, the populus
are actually ruled and destined
by the vicarious representation.
Murmurs of dissent are sub
dued—for what can the dis
senters accomplish?
They, as Oedipus, struggle'
in vain against their. destiny.
Goals are established as if to
disguise their ultimate cata
bolism. They anticipate in anx
iety: an anticipation which nev
er appears.
The point of these seemingly
obscure statements is to com
pare the students of a univer
sity with checkmate—the ad
ministration.
We, the majority, are unable
to transcend And release our
grip. Complaints, protestations:
a harmless vacation, beneficial
student bookstore, optional
ROTC, a constitution free of
their checks .. . But what good
is it all?
We are compelled to yield to
a small group with the “gov
erning status” and by defini
tion, these “boys” at Old Main
are in turn’compelled to lead
us from the evil of pure free
dom! - ,
Ironic aV.it all is, We are
caught at the bottom Of the
stratification: We climb the lad
der of individualism on an end
less journey.
An answer to the riddle? No.
Never.
Mitigation of its pain? Ac
cept things as-they are.
Most do. Some don’t. That's
life.
—Ronald Smolin *B3
Faculty Wife
Advises Change
TO THE EDITOR: I have read,
with some sympathy, of the
valiant efforts of Harvey Klein
and Marjorie Ganter to Bet an
extended recess for Thanksgiv
ing.
As an English “alien", I may
be sticking my neck out in
- offering advice to my Ameri
can cousins, but here it goes!
Wouldn’t it be more sensible
to try to get Thanksgiving Day
changed to-a Friday?
I realize this would have to
be a national decision, but if it
were made, it would give oth
ers, as well as students, a long
weekend to celebrate what is,
after all, an American tradition
al holiday.
—Florence Rowlands
(Faculty, wife)
Football Announcer
Favors Maryland
TO THE EDITOR*. This letter
may sound a little like sour
grapes, but we would like to
know why the announcer for
the Penn State Football radio
network was so obviously—and
we repeat obviously— PRO-
Maryland.
—Hal Balmer *62
—J«» Davis.*62
—Hank Fletcher *62
—Bill Martin *63 '
Gazette
TOBAT
Ac- Be. and Rani Sac, ( p.m., til
-215. 216 HUB
Ac. Mill Party, 7:30 p.m., 216 HUB
AWS Pollack Council, 5:30 pm, Pol.
lock 5 Solarium ,
CBA Exchanre Program, 7 p.m., 105
Boucke
Cheaa Team, 8 p.m., 217.' 118 HUB
Eastern Orthodox, 7 p.m., 396 Boucke
Film Series, 4 p.m, 6 p.m, HUB As-
sembly Room
Friends Peace Committee, 12:30 p.m.
Elsenhower Chapel
Jat* Club, 1, p.m, 117-218 HUB
LA Student Council. 6:30 p.m, 216
HUB
Phi Epsilon Kappa, 9 p.ra, 212 HUB
PS Bible Fellowship, 12:15 p.m, 212
HUB
PS Bible Fellowship, 6:30 p.m, 213
. HUB
P3OC Ski Dleblon, 7 p.m. 111 Buck.
hout
Schuhptattlera, 7 p.m, 215 Wagner
SENSE, T p.m, 214. 215 HUB
BOA, 7 p.m, 203 HUB
Bpeeth Group, 7 p.m, 212 HUB
b'etUnx. 1 nm, 213 HUB
Snowed
Election Anai^sil
Although politicians often overemphasize the results
of off-year elections as an indication of national political
trends, one significant result is evident from Tuesday’s
election.
The bare 50,000 majority that Democrats recorded in
Philadelphia (except for Anne
Alpern who ran ahead of the
ticket) indicates that Bit!
Green’s influence has been
overrated.
The democrats ousted the
GOP from Philadelphia’s City
Hall a decade
ago under the
banner -of re
form. Since
then the Demo
cratic majority
in Philadelphia
has become, big
ger and bigger
with each elec
tion
When Presi
dent Kennedy
rolled Up a 331,-
000 vote major- mtbbs
ity in last year’s election, his
success .was attributed to the
powerful machine of .Congress
man Bill Green.
Like any large city, Philadel
phia hat its lower class that
often can be swayed by politi
cal favors, but the assumption
that Bill Green controlled
Philadelphia's political fortunes
was proved false Tuesday.
The tremendous change in
voter sentiment, which saw the
(.offers
Sophomore Cites Evidence
In Support of HUAC
TO THE EDITORt After read
ing your editorial oh the movie
“Operation Abolition," several
letters to the editor on the sub
ject, and a news account of the
film showing at the Presby
terian Center; I have decided
to try to clear up a few mat
ters concerning the film and
HUAC.
First of all, I have seen the
film a number of times; in fact,
I showed the film at the EUB
church last Sunday night-and
presented the real story behind
the film to my audience. '
To my pleasant surprise, no
one in the audience challenged
the validity of the actual hap
penings and accompanying edi
torial comments in the film,
even though I encouraged such
challenges.
All discussion was centered
around the constitutionality of
the HUAC and the supposed
restriction of civil liberties.
HUAC was formed in IS3B.
If its nature was unconstitu
tional, it would have been de
clared so by the Supreme Court
years ago. As for violation of
civil liberties, why are people
only worrying about this in
cases concerning Communists?
Why did no one cry “civil
liberties" when the committee
was investigating activities of
the Nazis and Fascists in this
country?
So actually, the HUAC is
NOT imposing on. any of our
civil liberties, but rather is
cracking down on those who
seek to destroy- the civil rights
granted to us by the Constitu
tion.
Certainly, openly defying law
and order and rioting at a Con-
Seniors Favor
May Day Tradition
TO THE EDITOR: We are glad
to hear that Dean Lipp feels
“some American traditions
have to go because of the pres
sure of the times." We would
like to suggest doing away with
Easter, Independence Day, and
Christmas, too. Of course, we
must have at least one tra
dition. Why not make it May
Day?
—R. W. Rudolph '6*
—J. H. Barton '62
—A. S. Hilton 'B2
—L. It Blacker '62
—G. R. GraybiU '62
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 8, 1961
by fool mysrs
Democratic majority slip by
more than 250,000 out of a mil
lion votes in one year, is due to
the City Hall scandals that
Have come to light in recent
months.
Although the payola scandals
didn’t involve the top men of
Mayor Dilworth’s administra
tion, the public reaction to graft
within a so-called reform ad
ministration was overwhelm
ing.
The Democratic victory was
actually a moral victory for
Philadelphia' Republicans, and
a rejuvenation of the almost
dead Philadelphia GOP can
now be expected.
The public’s expressed dis
taste for the payola scandals of
the Dilworth administration
has eliminated the Phila
delphia mayor from serious
contention in next year’s guber
natorial race.
On the other hand, The state
wide success of the GOP can
be expected to boost Republi
can hopes of capturing the gov
ernor’s chair and possibly Sena
tor Clark’s seat in next, year’s
election.
gressiorial Hearing is not a civil
liberty granted by the Consti
tution, but rather an infringe
ment of our laws that are de
signed to insure equal civil lib
erties for all without tramping
on the liberties of, others.
As for the validity of the film
"Operation Abolition,” anyone
reading the documented report,
"Communist Target-Youth" by
the FBI. (which was engineered
by its great director, J. Edgar
Hoover) can easily see in the
film the result and effectiveness
of extensive planning by the
Communist Party USA in
preparation for the hearings.
According lo Mr. Hoover, this
planning was divided into two
stages. The first, filling the
scene of the hearings with dem
onstrators, wat primarily exe
cuted by engaging the help of
a few students, friendly to the
Party, in various colleges.
As stated by Mr. Hoover, the
Communist Party was jubilant
over the results of the riot, and
in fact considered it their great
est success. in the San Fran
cisco area in years.
The fact that the students
participating in the riots deny
having been incited by the
Communists'll an indication of
tha tragic success of the Reds,
whose aim it was to incite the
.students without, their realis
ing it.
These students were victims
of Communist tactics in inter
nal subversion. It is because of
this internal subversion that
we need the House Un-Ameri
can Activities Committee.
—-Car! Thoriuneyer 'B4
• Letter Cut
WDFM Schedule
THURSDAY
*:BS FinancUl Tidbit*
4:00 Th* Philadelphia
’h:o9 New*
8:08 Muaic at Fir*
8 :IX) New*
8:05 Dinner Date
' 8:88 Wcnthewcope
7:33 CAMPUS BEAT
Washington Report*
Album Review
Remember . Radio f
- New*
Thl* I* the Subject
Faaapbrt
Folk Music
Opiates* 18
i New*. ■
10:09 Chamber Concert*
U:S9 SUra-off