Meyer Outlines Method
To Comfeat Communism
In Address Yesterday
gestures
lion atihe reception in the Eisenhower Chapel following his j talk
which opened the forum on "You and Iho Communist Challenge”
Sunday night. ;
A Wester'n counter-attack
' against Communism at any, cost
and with any.'weapons and a strong
will to : consolidate our forces in
this attack 4 are.mandatory, Frank
S. Meyer,' associate editor of "The
National Review," said yesterday.
! The Communist policy of co
jexistance must ’be recognized. as
' a lie, and the non-Comrminist
. countries must plan offensive
.strategy, Meyer said in Schwab
in a’speech for the Qommunist
challenge program. i
: Specifically, the United States
‘ must demand ; that the Soviet
■ Union remove] the Berlin wall
: within a week or so. If they fail
; to 1 comply, he said, we must back
up the threat ..by setting up an
air and sea blockade of the Soviet
I‘Union.
SKIRMISHES MAY result, he
•' said, .but he :does not feel there
,1s any danger of nuclear war be
cause of Russia's fear of total
destruction. But with these pro
> posed economic sanctions, other
countries' would feel safe to sup
port America, and . this is neces
•. sary because -American prestige
abroad decreased since the Soviet
victory in suppressing the Hun
garian revolt. .
The United States has suffered
Students Hold
Silent Protest
As Sniith Dies
Elmo "Smithy convicted slayer
of 16-year-old! Maryann Mitchell,
was executed: at 9:04 last night
at Rockview prison, -near Belie
•fonte.' : i
As Sjjroith died, becoming the
350th person ' executed by the
'] state since electrocution was intro
duced in 1912,- a group of Uni
versity students and sympathetic
Quakers were participating in a
silent vigil, called to protest the
? use of capitol punishment
ASSEMBLING AT THE Hetzel
- Union desk at about 8 p.m., "the
• students walked to the. Friends
. Meeting House on S. Atherton St
«here the vigil was observed.
hen the time, for Smith’s i ex
■ ecution. had passed, an informal
' group discussion of means Which
might be used to stimulate senti
; ment against this form of punish
. ment was held. -
’• The first‘suggestion made was
that a formlof publicity campaign
be organized. The proposal was
: that a letter stating the tradition
, al arguments used by the sup
porters of capital punishment be
drawn up. These arguments would
be refuted in the letter, and the
(C&atifmed o» rage six) ‘
•* • '
another blow to its prestlgd in
joining the United Nations: along
with the USSR. Because it, has
demonstrated to the world that we
think Russia is civilized, he said.
ANOTHER method suggested
by Meyer to gain the support of
other countries for the Communist
offensive is foreign-aid. He said
that we must extend foreign aid
to all countries, regardless of their
systems of government, on the
stipulation that they wiU fight on
our side.
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'■ HEW BOARD OF EDITORS—'The nes£ board Mohan. Second ro W, Dare Runkel, Kay Mills.
•’ of editors ol The Daily Collegian was announced ' Carol Kunkalman. Tom Browne and Den Cole
yes! er day by Ann Palmer, editor. They are, man. Back row, Joel Myers, John Morris and
; from left, first row. Dean Billlck, Saralee , * Dave Bolbach.
: Orton. Mis* Palmer, Ss&dra Yaggl and Joan.
New Co! leg ion Editorial Staff Named
, The editorial staff of The Dally
Collegian for the coming year was
announced by Ann Palmer, new
ly-elected editor-in-chief.;
! City editors will be Joan Mehan,
junior in elementary education
from Dcnora, and David Bolbach,
sophomore in journalism' from
Lancaster. |j ' i
| David Runkle, junior in eco
nomics .-from Cochran ton, and
Joel Myers, graduate strident in
meteorology from Philadelphia,
Will be editorial editors i for the
year. , :j;
| THE 'POSITION, of managing
lath)
VOL 62. No. 100 UNIVERSITY P.
Syria
BEIRUT, Lebanon (SV- Syria’s
ruling junta offered President
Gamal Abdel Nasser an olive
branch yesterday after northern
army officers announced a rebel
lion and demanded reunion with
the United Arab Republic.
. The junta, which led Syria out
of the UA.R. Sept 28, ignored
rebel broadcasts from Aleppo
claiming control of northern Syria,
threatened stiff punishment for
troublemakers and closed land
and sea frontiers. '
BUT THE SAME military lead
ers who last September accused
Nasser of tyranny and of convert
ing Syria into a prison put out a
statement over the radio in the
Parties Conduct
University Elects
By MEL AXILBUND
In a display of solidarity, Uni
versity party selected its three top
officers unanimously Sunday
night in an election which took
less than five minutes.
•At the meetings-of the Campus
and Liberal parties, also held Sun
day night, the only business trans
acted was registration of party
members, which was. conducted
by members of the Elections Com
mission.
MICHAEL DZVONIK. junior in
arts from Leechburg, was elected
University , party chairman.
Dzvonik, who was chairman, of
the party during last spring's elec
tion campaign, replaces Elliot
editor, created this year to co
ordinate reporting assignments,
will be occupied by Carol Kunlsle
man, junior in home economics
journalism from Heading.
News and feature editor will be
Sandra Yaggi, junior In second
ary education from Scranton.
News editor in charge of world
affairs, who will carry into effect
Miss Palmer's plans for incorpor
ating more world news into, the
Collegian, will be Kay Mills,
junior in political science irpm
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
iRK. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING. APRIL 3. 1962 FIVE CENTS
eeks Union
Syrian capital of Damascus.
I “The; high command of the
drmed 'forces explained that it
believes in unity with all liberated
Arab countries, and first of all
with Egypt, provided this unity
ip established on a genuine basis
and with conditions guaranteeing
liigjuty of this country ahd its
;y and avoiding the mistakes
le past—on the condition that
e conditions are decided in a
liar free referendum,” it said.
ITH ALL THE conditions, the
r seemed to amount to a pro
-1 that Syria, Egypt and pos
r other Arab states organizt
a federation, rather than a unified
republic as in the old UA.R. ??
It also seemed to be. aimed"at
Newman who resigned last week
because of a heavy academic
schedule.
. LoliLs Kushner, sophomore In
business administration .from
Pittsburgh, who.served as acting
party chairman after Newman’s
resignation, was elected execu
tive vice-chairman.
Carol Ann Tomlinson, sopho
more in liberal arts from New
York, was elected secretary-treas
urer. ]
Dzvonik said in his acceptance
speech that University party
would run on the slogan "Some
thing for each and every stu
dent."
'1 AM TIRED of losing,” Dzvon
ik said. “I feel and I hope this is
Chevy Chase, Md. i
PERSONNEL and public re
lations director will be Saralee
Orton, junior in journalism front
Warrensburg. N.Y. j
• John Morris,' junior in journal-;
ism’from Delta, and Dean BBlick,
junior from Grove City, will oc
cupy the positions of sports co
editors. j
Co-editors of the photography
department will be Tom Browne,
graduate student in. mineral eco
nomics from Pittsburgh, Den
Coleman, freshman In political
science from Springfield.
■ a M wr B M * B. ■
placating the rebellious officers
m northern Syria.
The broadcast of an army revolt
came after clashes Sunday bet
tween troops and demonstrators
either supporting Nasser or* the
civilian regime the junta set up
last year and which toppled last
Wednesday.
A BROADCAST from Aleppo,
Syria's second largest city, said
a free officers command had re
belled against the junta, declared
martial law m northern and east
ern Syria. -
It proposed to purge tho junta
and "to work to achieve the hop*
of the Syrian people in restoring
unity between the two regions qf
the U.A.R. on a solid basis.”
Registration;
Top Officers
the term for University party.*
Elections Commission Chair
man Allen Fcingold, acting on the
advice of the party chairmen, last
night refused to make public the
preliminary registration figures
of the three parties.
However, those attending the
party meetings said University
party had the greatest number, of
persons'registered. Liberal party
registered fewer persons and
Campus party, none.
Registration of party members
will continue Sunday night,
when all three parties have again
scheduled meetings. A valid sis-,
triculation card is necessary; to
register,
PRELIMINARY nomination of
candidates for undergraduate Stu
dent Government offices and
sophomore, junior and senior class
presidencies Is planned for the
Campus and University party
meetings Sunday. Selection of
candidates will be made at meet
ings April 15. '
Liberal party will use a one
step nomination procedure April
15. - • .
Dzvomk said at Sunday’s meet
ing that, according to the party’s
constitution, prospective nominees
must have their names placer! be
fore the party at the meeting
proceeding party slating. This
would be Sunduy’s meeting. .The
other parties have no such ruling.
Campaigning for this terms
elections begins at midnight April
15, following selection of the.\can
didates by the respective p#ties.
Senate to Hear
Grade Proposal
[ A proposal to allow"student* to
(Teceive grndes for credits taken
by examination will be presented
by Joseph J. Schnn/., chairman of
the Senate Committe on Educa
tional Policy, today at the Uni
versity Senate mceiulg. The meet
ing is scheduled fdr 3:55 p,m. in
121 Sparks.
At the present time, student*
may take a course by examina
tion but receive only credits, not
grade points.
If the new proposal is accepted
by the Senate, Schanz. said, it
[will be possible for students to
receive a letter grade' for the
course which will then be ".com
puted with the student’* average:
In other buaihessi,' the Senate
will hear a report from the edu
cational policy committee clari
fying the University requirements
jin the communications and Eng
lish areas.
1 At present time students must
1 take Speech 200, ot an, equivalent,
to satisfy the communications re
'quiremftnt, and English 1 and 3
tor English 2 lor the English re
quirement, Schanz said.
Schanz noted that, although
these are the basic University re
t quirements, some colleges mar
I require their students to take ad
ditional credits in these areas.