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Editorial Opinion
This Time With Feeling
After many battles, many postponements, many con
ferences, and after even more rewriting, the student body
may tonight find its government on the road to reconstitu
tion.
The new do 4 Fument, prepared by SGA President Foi
anini and David McKinley of the Senate sub-committee
on Organization Control is a pithy remodeling of student
government.
Although the branches remain unchanged, the body
of the document is enhanced by the inclusion of a declara
tion of civil liberties for the student body.
Of more practical significance to the many student
organizations on this campus is the intent of the new
government to have "final student authority on all matters
of an all-University nature."
"Any constitution, legislation or other action of a
student organization may be declared by the Supreme
Court to be unconstitutional and, therefore, void."
We commend !hie determination to state—for the
clarification of all—that student government does coin•
mend the highest rung of the many governing agencies.
If there is a student voice, its highest microphone is now
defined.
We note in relation to this final jurisdiction that the
new government's judicial system—one which should also
have final authority—must remain in limbo until admin
istrative officials decide on a uniform judicial code.
We would hope this will be done speedily to the bene
fit of the student government and its 14,000 undergrad
uate constituents.
On a less consequential but still Important level,
several suggestions are here made.
There is presently little delineation between the actual
functions and duties of the legislative and executive
branches. Although distinctions may be considered im
plied, we feel they should be more succinctly stated to
differentiate between powers reserved for the legislature
and those delegated to the executive.
Further, specific figures are stated for the number of
signatures required if the student body wishes to call for
a referendum or petition for legislation. We suggest that
percentages be used in order that the actual number ex
pand with the expansion of the student body.
We would also place the figures which determine the
number of people on the legislature (a ratio of one to 500)
In the by-laws. Again this should be done so that the ratio
may be easily altered as the student body expands.
Another suggestion would be an alteration in the
process of amending the constitution. As stated, the Pres
ident may veto an amendment. We think amendments are
more appropriately left entirely to the conscience of the
legislature.
One more minor point—that the dates for assuming
office not be specified. Instead, offices might be assumed
so many days after elections. This will prevent amending
the constitution if there should be a change in the start
ing dates of the fall term (as has been known to happen).
Finally, we note that the name of the government is
now Undergraduate Student Government—and the past
Assembly has the designation of Senate. The change is
diverting—but it will take changes of a greater significance
to realize a mature and powerful student government.
We hope that not only the name Is changed.
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WAYNE HILINSKI
Business Manages
Interpreting
Shuffle-Up In Washington
By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
The results of any such
shakeup as the White
House-State Department re
arrangement depend pri
marily upon presidential
intent, and President Kennedy
hasn't said much on that score.
The headline-winning angle
of course, is the case of Ches
ter Bowles. It comes as no sur
prise. Bowles was especially
interested in a long-term pro
gram involving persuasion of
the world to go along with the
principles enunciated by the
United States, in a period when
matters of a more tactical na
ture raised the question of how
much time there will be.
He had devoted considerable
time to matters of manage
ment, particularly in the field
of establishing the authority of
ambassadors over intelligence,
foreign aid and other work out
in the field. But management
matters did not hold his heart.
Hill Asks
•
Representation .TO THE EDITOR: Disturbed
by the recent claims and coun
ter claims about the film "Op-
Aiterations . eration Abolition" we sent a
letter to the F. 8.1. requesting
TO THE EDITOR: Since the official documented evidence
beginning of the present school on the film and related riot. The reply we received con
year, the student body has tained several pamphlets and
been awaiting some positive, a letter signed by J. Edgar
workable student government Hoover. Mr. Hoover could not
constitution. The waiting is comment on the film since it was sponsored by HUAC and
still going on. Two men are now not the FBI.
composing yet another possible But he did give certain posi
proposal in hopes that this mat- five f
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inon
quotesthe riotare
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ter can be brought to a close. from this letter and one of the
No matter what the outcome,
the main stumbling block will
be a feasible, fair representa
tion system. In my mind, there
is no question that the only
way to obtain a government
with authority and respect is
to make use of those people
who have already exhibited
their enthusiasm and willing
ness to work.
Along with this, it is neces
sary that they have proven
ability. The obvious answer,
therefore, is that it be com
posed of the presidents of the
several highly representative
councils—college councils and
residence area councils, etc.,
along with certain principal
representatives (class presi
dents and SGA officers) elected
in campus wide elections.
The actions of these council
presidents have been studied
for a whole year or more by
their council members. Cer
tainly these people have been
chosen under circumstances al
lowing no room for doubt as
to their qualifications.
This is opposed to the pro
posed •system, whereby the
students would be governed by
people who have proven them
selves to no one. Furthermore.
this sincerity will always be
questionable as witnessed by
the poor attendance records of
the past Assemblies.
The ineffectualness of such a
system should be clear to us
all if we but consider the many
weaknesses and inactions of
past Assemblies.
—Ervin A. Hill
President.
Inter-College
Council Board
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He got into conflicts with the
activists.
Deeper than the Bowles mat
ter, however, ran the impres
sion that foreign 'policy was
being made all over the lot--
especially the White House lot
—instead of being concentrated
under a workable chain of com
mand fr om the President
through the secretary of state.
The President was getting
advice before it was evaluated
at state. There have been oc
casions when it appeared that
the president had many ears,
to each of which someone had
access.
The Cuban fiasco seemed to
have shaken for a time the
ability of the whole adminis
tration to plan and to reach
decisions. Some confidence was
regained. But the muddle re
curred when the Communists
threw up their retaining wall
in Berlin and the Western Al
lies found themselves unable
to respond in concert.
Now the transfers of Walt W.
Rostov and Richard N. Good
win seem to be a regularizing
action designed to shift some
Letters to The Editor
FBI Opinion on HUAC Film
pamphlets and are not our
opinions:
"I might point out, how
ever, that this Committee did
cause to be published a re
port based on the FBl's in
vestigation of Communist
'Party activities, from eye
witnesses on the scene, and
from official records of lo
cal authorities involved.
"It outlined the agitational
Seniors Set Staff Straight
TO THE EDITOR: We are writ
ing this letter in regard to the
one which appeared in the No
vember 22 issue of The Daily
Collegian. In this particular
letter Miss McDonald, a mem
ber of the administrative staff,
expressed her opinion on the
students' views concerning
holidays and vacations.
We are not opposed to the
administration's policy con
cerning holidays and vacations.
However, there was a definite
fallacy in Miss McDonald's
views concerning the students.
She stated, "the students are at
home from December 8 to
January 2 or 3, while we, the
administration and staff, will
be working.
"The students should be
thankful they get an extended
vacation for Christmas. We get
a total of 5 days at Christmas,
two of which aro weekend
days."
We, the undersigned, would
TODAY Alanagement Club, 7:30 p.m., Beta Theta
At Student Council, 7 p.m., 212 HUB Pi
MI Student Council, 7 p.m., 213 HUB
AISSEC, foreign exchange program, 7 PS Bible Fellowship, 12:15 p.m., 211
p.m., 217 Douche HUB
Data Gamma Sigma, 6180 p.m., 212 Student Affairs Officer', 1 :804 :30
HUB 214 HUB
Camera Club, 7:30 p.m., 111 Douche TIM Morie, 1 p.m., 6 p.m., HUB assem.
bly room
Jed Student Council. 8 t 45 P.m., HI Walter's Group, 8 p. m., 218 HUB
HUB
Wesley Choir Rehearsal, 6:11 4 3 p.m., We..
French Club. T:3O p.m., 217 HUB ley Foundation
Gamma Sigm■ Sigma, axes and projeot Young Americans for Freedom, 1:86
chairmen. 8:30 p.m., 105 McElwain p.m., 203 HUB
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 28. 1961
of the White House advisory
efforts on foreign policy to the
State Department where Sec
retary Dean Rusk can corre
late it with regular evaluation
processes.
The trouble, of course, has
not been attributable to any
one cause. It is true that Ken
nedy, in his first organizational
efforts, had to devise some
means of giving credit to the
numerous lines of thought per
vading the Democratic party.
Politics played its part in cre
ating the muddle.
But largely overshadowing
such considerations is a major
fact of American life—a fact
which makes it extremely dif
ficult to departmentalize all of
the efforts which must go into
the conduct of such a war as
the one in which the nation is
involved.
This fact is that every facet
of the nation's life political,
business, financial, social, sci
entific and military must
play its part, and must do so
through the government, and
so becomes a part of foreign
affairs.
tactics used by communists
during the May, 1960 hear
ings to build the emotional
pitch of the demonstrations
to an explosive point—the
point at which an effort was
made to supplant the rule of
law with mob action. These
facts speak for themselves.
"Despite confusing and
contradictory st at eme n t s
which have been made about
the affair, the truth is that
a riot occurred and lawfut
authority was flouted."
"The party is also demand
ing amendments to our im
migration laws to make de
portation more difficult, the
enactment of civil rights
legislation, and the abolition
of the House Committee on
Un-American activities and
the Senate Internal Security
Subcommittee."
—J. Clemens '63
—N. Reitmeyer '63
—R. Critchlow '63
like to set Miss McDonald
"straight." First, it is utterly
ridiculous for an individual of
her status to compare salari. - A
employees with students.
While we will be home for
our "extended vacation" in
December, Miss McDonald will
be employed and obtaining a
salary such as any individual
in any other field of occupation.
After all, this is her source of
livelihood, why shouldn't
she be working. The student is
attending to prepare himself
for a source of livelihood.
Second, we would consider
ourselves extremely fortunate,
if upon entering the business
world, we could be guaranteed
a total of 5 days vacation at
Christmas, plus the additional
12 days per year above the 9
paid holidays which a Uni
versity employee earns.
Let's face facts Miss McDon
ald, you have it made and don't
realize It.
—Frank Kowalski '62
—Jerry Young '62
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