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Editorial Opinion
Polls on Wheels
The small turnout of town independent men* in the
past election has the Elections Commission to
initiate floating polls in town for. the spring elections.
Three floating polls on cars will travel on Gamer,
Pugh.and Locust Lane from 7to 9 p.m. April 25,26 and 27.
These cars will remain at each intersection for at least.
15 minutes so that all interested students can vote with a
minimum of effort.
In the past election only about 10 per cent of the town
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independent men cast ballots as compared with an all*.
campus voter turnout of about 33 per cent.
One of the reasons for this comparatively small voter
turnout in town might have been the lack of a convenient
polling place.
Both of the polling places designated for "town inde
pendent men in the last election were located on campus.
In contrast, residence hall dwellers could vote during
either lunch or dinner hours in their dining halls.
Tha traveling polls will ramove any complaints that
iha town independent men might have about voting
convenience, t
The Elections Commission has done all it can to
encourage these students to vote in the spring election.
It can only be hoped that the extra time and energy
of the commission' will be rewarded by a larger town
vote turnout. 1
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA , |
WAYNE HILINSKI
Business Manager
by Dick Bibler
mowed
Propaganda Cycles
President; Kennedy's refusal
to bold a pummit conference
until there fs a significant-im
provement in East-West rela
tions has temporarily prevented
the! further , success of a major
portion of j Premier Khrush
chev’s; fore.jgn policy.
Soviet foreign policy is par
tially based on masspsychology
that is directed
at the peoples
of " the w ; prl(L
This policy ;fol-
lows a- cyclic
process that
causes Itast-
West dealings
to pass through
alternating per-
iods of imtirov
in g , relations
and increasing
tensions.
The pea](s of htteks
this cycle,' whjch are repre
sented by Relatively congenial
relations between the U.S. and
the U.S.SJR., are usually
characterized by a summit con
ference..
rfThese conferences fit neatly
into the (Communist psycho
logical assa.ult because" they al
low Khrushchev to command
an unearnm position as world
leader. | .
Khrushchev is the mU who
calls for tile conference.' He is
the man upon whom progress
depends, ife is the man who
Letters
Coed Hits
University
Services
TO THE EDITOR: I guess the
story on housing and the health
service at this University is
the same till over. It seems we
are having some of the same
problems in the girls* dormi
tories as [were mentioned in
previous litters to the editor.
Our flopr i$ never washed
during thej school year—rather,
the dust is] waxed in at 2-month
intervals. , .
To sendja women In to clean
our rooms! every other week is
' quite unnecessary for in two
days the ijiust U one-half inch
thick and} the floors will con
tinue to took dusty until they
are ; washed, not waxed! These
■women wlio clean do a wonder
ful job considering the short
amount oi} time they have for
each room). We ■ want our floors
washed. I?o we have to hire
people to [do itT •
•In the ilavatory I found a
white shejet put. out by the
Department of Housing: •,
■ “Emergencies—A Doctor and
Nurse are'on Duty at all times
at the University Health Cen
ter . . .” f
It sounds impressive but
why: f
• When i I arrived at the
health cenjter at 4:45 I was told
all the dotjtors had left because
It was almost 5:00?
• Why was I asked if I felt
I was anj emergency- when I
went to thit emergency entrance
of the health center and asked
to see a doctor? tl didn’t get
to see, on<j, by the way!)
• Why ibn certain occasions
does a student find no one at
the desk ejt the; emergency exit
and have :|o wander,around the
halls in search of a nurse or
something? j
Something terrible could
happen in case of a real emer
gency! - Left's not jwait until it
does and then do something.
Fellow —rd like to
hear somf of your attitudes
about housing and the health
center! Sfjeak up ;now!
f —iLynn Slrotkhu *M ’
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ultimately torpedoes the con
ference. All of these seemingly
wasteful actions serve as a psy
chological victory for the Com
munist world because they
permit the Soviet leader to
convey an over-inflated image
of control and power. |
The Kennedy-Khrushchey
confrontation in Vienna last
spring was preceded by un
usually good U.S.-Soviet rela
tions, but soon after the meet
ing tension between two
mighty powers increased great
ly. The crisis'.over Berlin and
the resumption, of [Russian nu
clear explosions marked th*
low point of the cycle last sum
mer. 1 .
In line with the cyclic nature
of Soviet foreign . relations,
there was a substantial easing
of tensions between East and
West during the autumn and
winter.. This improvement in
relations was accompanied by
Soviet suggestions! for another
Kennedy-Khrushcbev summit
conference. !
Finally, Khrushchev pro
posed that the Geneva Dis
armament Conference take the
form of a giant summit. Realiz
ing that this was -just another
attempt by Mr. K to convey an
image of peacemaker to the
world, Kennedy- and Macmil
lian politely l dismissed this
idea.
Khrushchev must now face
the fact that ha can no longer
Letters
Student Favors Shelter i
1 ! ! ' | ■ . ;
TO THE EDITOR: In Thurs- case of anjattack against our;
day’s Collegian a group of-pro- - , •„ . •
fessors stated that our govern
_ * w. u -i the greatest danger in a shel-;
ment should not! provide its ter program is! that! it will lull
citizens with shelter protec- the people into a false sensei
tion from an atomic attack. I ot security! believing that we:
feel that their position is in . can survive a nuclear war and;
error. * thus make}such a war more:
The letter opened with the vr likel y- Theye is; no doubt; of;
statement that shelter protec- the holocaust | that would be.
tion would be of I little use in ours in the I event of a nuclear 1
the area ot total destruction. - attack, shelters or no. j
This is perfectly true. However, If the people [are made aware.
President Kennedy, Sec. of De- of this then there is certainly;
tense McNamara,: and others HO danger,of creating a false;
Who support fallout shelter sense: of security. The real)
protection are very careful to danger lies in allowing this;
state that the reason for this argument to persuade America;
- protection is to save those peo- n °t to build fallout shelters'-
pie outside the area of total and thus leave ourselves totally
destruction who jvould other- vulnerable.;
wise be killed by radioactive We must realize that nuclear
fallout. ! ' - war is distressingly, likely as.
It is further stated in the let- - Mr. Kennedy himself has
ter .that shelter protection Staled. When Mao says he could
would be of little; value in the sacrifice' 300 million Chinese
. event of a large scale attack on and experts' predict that China!
■ the. populus: First] our military will have the bomb in two.
experts feel that a surprise the imminence of nu«:
nuclear attack will be directed dear war is made very clear.'
primarily’ at our ratal it ary Furthermore,: we must rea- ,
capabilities and NOT. at the lize that fallout shelters will
general populus. iAgainst tins save millions in the event of.
kind of attack fallout shelters such an attack. The Kennedy!
would be Invaluable in saving Administration; estimates - that
American lives. | . | for 700 million' dollars we can
- Second, war gaming on com- provide soiie measure of pro
puters has estimated that fall- tection for 170 million Ameri
put protection [would save cans. This is a cost of $lO per
about 15 million' lives in the man, womari and child. I sin
case of an attack against cerely hope! we. value our lives
our retalitary capabilities arid that highly!
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pressure the I '5. into a sum
mil conference by. simply re- ;
taxing falsely-created tensions. !
Kennedy has stated clearly:
that he will only meet with the j
top Russian when significant [
progress toward settling major
differences has begun. . [
This leaves Khrushchev with ;
two probable [alternatives for
obtaining a face-to-face meet-[
ing with the | U.S. President •
Either he can! make an effort
to settle some|U.S.-Soviet dis
putes or he can take the oppo- ,
. site approach of raising tensions :
to such a high! level that Ken- :
nedy could only avoid a' sum-!
mit conference at the risk of
war. ‘!
Signs of U.S.-Soviet coopera
fioa. in space might serve as a.
base lot 'building improved;
relations, while [increased;
harassment of UK. [flights to )
West Berlin and hints that ten-1
sions over Berlin*will again in-;
crease could signal a deterio- '
ration of relations. . ■ .
The Soviet decision on which 1
course to fpllow will not only;
be based on which path has the.;
greatest chance of forcing Ken-;
nedy to the Summit, but also!
on which j method, .will best!
benefit Russian interests in the ;
long run. j i • ■
The apparent lack of direc-j
tion that [has recently been;
observed in ;Soviet foreign!
policy may indicate 1 . that this 1
course of action has not yet!
been determined. , [
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