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Editorial Opinion
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For Higher Quality .]
Pre.,icient Kennedy'S prOposal to raise the pay 1 vel of
federal jobs is basically a good one, and we urge hat it
receive favorable consideration from Congress.,
~,.Because of inferior wages, the federal governm nt has
failed to attract many bright'college graduates and as lost
many top-rate men in all fields to private Indust •
Many' agencies and bureaus' of the government, such
as NASA, have no counterparts in private enterprise: How
ever, many qualified men who might otherwise = have
elected careens In government have switched into related
fields in industry because of greater pay attractions.
Governmental employees are performing duties that
are important and in many cases crucial to t he
i welfare of
'the nation. It is only natural that the best personnel should
be obtained to fill these jobs.
President Kennedy has estimated that the pay. raises
- will cost about $1 billion. in the long run,lhowever, the
pay increases might save the taxpayers money.
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Better qualified individuals will not only do a more
effiCient job, but will tend to have a more, conscientious
and business-like approach something that is ',sorely
lacking _in many branches of government `today.. •
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No Moral Justification
State Senator Jo Hays has indicated that the bill to
eliminate the sales tax on text books will probablS , not
come out of ;committee thii session.
Even if it does, he has said there is little chances that
it will pass because no means of replacing the lost revenue
has been proposed.
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The concern of the legislature and the Lawrence ad
ministration in balancing the budget is commendable.
- However,_ When it is considered that mail order cata
logues and direct mail advertising,literature are exempt
from the, sales tax, any argument for retaining the text—
book tax seems to have no_ moral justification.
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Letters
Religious
Displays
Criticized
TO THE 'EDITOR: This letter
is being written in protest to a
barrage of religious material
now on display in Waring
Lounge.
The display, sponsored by the
Committee of Religious Af
fairs, has been placed on every
wall of the main lobby of. the
lounge. It is a series of paint
- ings and extensive reading mat;•
ter' which concentrates solely
on Christian beliefs.
I feel that this' display is
definitely out of place in *
public lounge such as Waring.
Waring is a building where d.i;•
'Versified student groups of all
religions eat and congregate
• for social purposes.
This display not only subjects
people of different faiths to
religious material they may not
wish to be surrounded by, but
also degrades the nature of its
content. also think it in
fringes on the rights of stu.
dents to worship as they please,
and is not con s istent with the
liberal and tolerant policies of
this university. •
I also ',cannot see- any cul
tural value to the display which
would be:of • intellectual inter:-
est to the student body as a
whole. I think displays of - this
nature should be;restricted to
the religious buildings in which
they belong.
A Phi 0
Thanked
TO THE EDITOR:. Too often
we at Penn State are over
critical and pessimistic. As -a
result we fail to give credit
and thanks for the7good deeds
of students, organizations, the
administration, and faculty.
I will now try to remedy
this situation slightly by giving
a big "thank you" to the Alpha
Phi Omega Service Fraternity
for aiding the Town Independ
ent Men's Council in the proj
ect of sending a questionnaire
to each of the approximately
3,000 town independent men. ,
This project required over
100 man hours of repetitious
work such as panting address
labels on envelopes and stuff
ing envelopes.
Without the help of Alpha
,Phi Omega. TIM Council pos
sibly would not have been able,
to send the questionnaires•
which will determine the so
cial and recreational interests
of the Tciwn Independent Men.
Again "Thank You," Alpha' Phi
Omega!
—Arthur Pergam
Vice-President TIM
To John Wenn
atatrottaut
Bring 'in extremes:
too much courage foolish
or Divine
too tittle, cowardice
1 of course
Where draw the ,line?
we have to
find the ephemeral mean
it's vanishing on thi
modern scene.
—Brno, Thompson '63
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New Tensions Hinted
As Negotiations Drag
, By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
Soviet expressions of
,discontent with the dragging negotia
tions in Moscow, and the pressure contest in the Berlin air corri
dors, have brought new expressions of Western jitters over the
possibility of a return to the high tensions of last summer. -
There seems to be fear that the Sovieti will break off the
barely existent. negotiations
with U.S.. Ambassador Llewel- , your house always does—they:
lyn Thompson, sign a • treaty appear to be in no better posi
turning over ' controlof the tion, to really force an issue
Berlin access routes to the East than they were last summer.
German puppets and thereby The Allies are .in a much
create a new crisis. better military position .now
It seems more . reasonable to
assume, at least from surface
indications, that the Soviets are
acting up in Berlin. and pub- 4
licly criticizing the Western'
refuspl to compromise its Ber
lin position. with the principal
purpose of creating jitters dur
ing the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization conference now
going on in Europe.
The Soviets•know there are
more issues than merely Cu
ban' trade to come up- at . this
conference. In the background
and not very far in the back
ground—lie American relations
with her European
"partners on
such issues as the whole trade
picture in the" Atlantic com-
munity, and the colonial-anti
colonial conflict. The Soviets
never fail to take a stick to
MY waters which already, are
a little roiled.
• Yet while the Soviets 'seem
to have the initiative the
burglar trying to break into
Letters
Bible Decision Supported
TO THE EDITOR: Having fol
lowed the "Great Bible Contro
versy" In State College's Cen
tre Daily Times with increas
ing horror and amusement at
the seeming density of the hu
man skull, I should like to con
gratulate you and Dick Leigh
ton for the cleanest, clearest,
and least emotional statement
of the situation as it now stands
which I have yet seen.
It is easy for me to blame
the stereotyped. "small town
mind" for the 'letters I see re
printed on its editorial page,
but- I realize that this is not
fair, nor is it a valid accea
tion.
The faith—or perhaps guilt
inspired -vibe:deuce—exhibited
in so many of the religion ver-
sus non-religion- argument, as
Mr. Leighton labels it. is oh
-Iviously not dependent on the
gaze of any given community.
though. perhaps the sophisti
cation of the letter-writer lor
lack of it) does.
In any case, it does my heart
good to see an occasional letter
which attempts, however vain
ly, to remind both reader' and
writer alike that the decision
being discussed is the constitu-
'Regulaton' Questioned
TO THE EDITOR: As a student'
at this university. I have been
subjected to many .rules • and
- regulations. I have obeyed
these measures because I could
understand why they were
made, even though they were
personally distasteful.
Now. I have been confronted
with just one ;more regulation
that is ' simply impossible to
swallow.
• The . worm ihas turned! •
' I own a phonograph, and one
of my greatest pleasures in life
is listening to music. I live in
East Halls where night tables
or any Iform of support. ex
cepting* the bed and desk. are
not provided. 4
• On October 21. 1961, I ac
quired a small-table which was
a capable means of stipport for
ATURDAY. FEBRUARY 24, 1962
than when the communists
suddenly threw tiA their Wall
in Berlin. There has been more
time for contingency planning
—as shown b. - :the immediate
and unwavering•reaction to So
viet demands in the air corri
dors.
The Soviet Union, then, can
Sign a treaty with East Ger
many, and proclaim East Ger
many's sovereign rights. But
unless they are willing. to run
risks they - cannot conceivably
•,-be willing to run, they cannot
give the proclamation any real
meaning as long as the Allies
just calmly oppose power plays
With power plays and - refuse
to be budged.
The Soviet stake in merely
formalizing a partitio.n which
actually exists cannot possibly
be sufficient to warrant any
real risk of war.
That has been the weakness
in their. Berlin harassment pro
gram throughout.
tionality of. religims training
In our public schools, not the
comparative - morality of var
ious'Biblical passages, many of
which are painfully misused
when stripped from appropri
ate context.
I 'arri sorry to say I have
seen only two such letters in
the Times, since I imagine that
the state-wide representation
is similar.
often Wonder if those per-
Bens who protest the loudest
would :be willing to supple
ment the religious training of
their children by including ten
minutes of Bible reading fol
lowed by the recitation of the
Lord's Prayer at breakfast be
fore the children go off to
school.
Surely 0 a period of ' volun
tary family meditation similar:
to 4.4,be - present practice in
set s., would be more mean
ingfula
cOmpuly
prayer usually un
appreci ed, and frequently un
welcomed by students who are
concerned with catching up on
last night's uncompleted home
work or getting a day's com
plement of pencils sharpened.
—Mrs. W. Melvin Walters, Jr.
State College
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my phonograph. Today, the
supervisor of the maids came
into my room and told me that
a table of this sort is not al
lowed.' I could not understand
why this new rule was sud
denly created.' Upon question
ing her, sage decision, the only
reason she could give roe was
simply,
."it just isn't . allowed."
• If an intelligent reason could
be given I certainly would be
willing' to comply. It is im
possible to study at a desk that
as overcrpwded with a phono
graph. It
is unfortunate that
tables are not provided here,
as they are in the older dorms.
My table is no trouble to the
maid when she cleans the
room. I fake care of ifs main
tenance. My only question is
why can't we provide our own
tables? ' •
—Susan Cana 14