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Editorial Opinfan
Intellectual Stimulation
The enthusiastic and widespread response to the first
part of the four-day series “YoUj and the Commupist
Challenge” is a favorable commentary on both the student
body and the sponsors of the program.
..The size of the crowd that packed Schwab to hear
CJharles Malik’s address Sunday evening and the intelli
gerft and thought-provoking questions that were posed to
the former U.N. General Assembly President reflect favor
ably on the intellectual curiosity of the student body. .
The high caliber of speakers and the broad scope of
the four-day program on the Communist challenge speaks
well.for the efforts of the Newman Club and University
Christian Association.'
Several other enlightening and idea-packed lectures
and forums dealings with the international struggle be
tween communism and democracy are scheduled before
the final event of the program tomprrow evening.
Timely forums of this nature stimulating thought and
discussion among the student body on "vital contemporary
issues are far too few on this campus.
It behooves each student to attend as many of the
remaining events as possible in order to obtain the knowl
edge and intellectual stimulation which each has to offer.
Similarly, it behooves the sponsors to schedule more
spacious rooms for informal questions and discussion.
We hope continued widespread interest in this pro
gram will encourage these and other campus organizations
to sponsor similar programs on other pertinent and im
portant issues.
Auditorium Need
The gross inadequacy of the seating facilities in
Schwab Auditorium was dramatically, re-emphasized Sun
day night when an overflow crowd gathered to hear noted
Lebanese diplomat Charles H. Malik.
Many students were forced to miss the lecture of the
former president of the UN General Assembly simply be
cause there were not enough seats in the auditorium to
hold all those students and faculty members wanting to
head the address.
Th* enthusiastic response to Malik's appearance sug
gests hundreds and possibly thousands of students will not
be able to hear Vice President Lyndon 8.. Johnson when he
•peaks here next Tuesday and more will probably be
squeezed out of the debate between Senators Hubert H.
Humphrey and &arl E. Mundt later this
The limited seating capacity of Schwab has been
deplored for years, but nothing has ever been done about
it. This lack seriously hinders the educational offerings of
the University. The real need for an auditorium with a
greater seating capacity is for educational purposes rather
than entertainment programs, which are usually associated
with a large auditorium
With an increasing number of high quality lectures
being brought to the University, we urge that all possible
funds be directed to the construction of an adequate audi
torium so that all interested students may take advantage
of the educational opportunities that arise from hearing
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Interpreting
Joint Effort Needed
By 1. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
Reports from Jlaigon quote
diplomats as saying that a Viet*
namese solution requires a joint
effortby the no.ft-Communist
nations of the Western Pacific,
not merely aid fnim the Unit
ed States.
The United States, though
still thinking a solution can be
reached through an operation
of the present type; very de
voutly desires some such ar
rangement, but /considers it
wishful thinking.-
A high administrations
spokesman said osily last week
the United States had been un
able to "develop any strategic
policy for Asia, would like to
see' the non-Ccpimunist na
tions let the Unit pd States out
of the middle by concerted ac
tion to preserve) their own
futures, but saw ho likelihood
of it happening. ' 1
In a situation where nation
al interests are s£ diverse, the
United Stales is confined to
attempts to work, out specifics
rather than a broad policy. A
balance of power between Red
China and the other nations,
with the United States acting
in the balancing ;role once per-
Letters
Collegian Hit
: By Sophomore
TO THE EDITOR The Colle
gian might possibly have room
for improvement; Where is thie
weekly WDFM schedule? And
the detailed USJG
proposals, ■ fete? And your re
view of campus lectures has
been horrible. *
The Malik lecture deserves
the best in reporting, but I
wonder if you Wjill include his
development of "peaceful co
existence as a weapon of war”
and the cold communist belief
that total victory is all that Is
acceptable," ana bis ideas on
“the first to yield to pressure”
and “the of nibbling” and
his nine that make the
communist core, and his twelve
reasons for hope.
1 All this would take less than
ohe hundred words —but judg
ing from past Experience we
won’t see this in your review.
WHY?
• —Charles Miller '64
Spring Air
Draws Comment
TO THE EDITOR: Spring la
definitely upon. us with its
fragrant blossoijns and warm
fresh air. All sections of the
campus are enjoying the re
freshing whic accom
pany the current season, save
tiie East Halls sector which la
located a stone's throw from
the animal husbandry bams.
Any resident of this area will
attest to the fact that the only
whiff of spring which ,ha has
gotten is the "cow herd smell/*
for it is a known fad that when
droppings falL <lumes arise.
It seems that their odors rise
Jurt far enough to be caught
by the gentle 'breezes which
carry them across the pasture
land and into our windows.
—Tom Watting ‘65 |
—Steva Tixchman *65 i
Schwab Inadequacy
Cited by Sophs
TO THE EDITpR: It seems a
shame that dut to the limited
seating capacity of Schyrab
Auditorium. s<u small a per
centage of the; student body
will be able toj bear the Vice
President of the United States
speak next week. ,
Such a prominent person
will surely attract enough in
terested students tbvfju Rec
HalL ■. | :
Therefore, why not resched
ule the place of his address so
; that everyone .who would like
to r hear him will have the op
portunity? ' 11
‘ Y —Judy Ciottscho *s4 !
: / Llndy Tritdmaa *B4 i
formed by Great Britain, is
just not possible at this time.
Japan, though booming eco
nomically, has no military con
tribution to make. j -
Malaya with her large Chi
nese population is passing
along to Vietnamese trainees
the lessons learned in the long
but finally successful guerrilla
war with the Communists
there. But Malaya is barred
from any positive role, such.as
a contribution of troops to an
allied front in either Viet Nam
or Laos, and by internal trou
bles, particularly'the explosive
situation among the Chinese
and other leftists of neighbor
ing Singapore. j
Nationalist China has mada
great economic progress j and
political accommodation is
growing between the Formo
sans and the Chinese, but the
United States still makes no
decision as to whether the Ko
rean wartime unleashing of
Chiang Kai-shek should be
come more than a word, ;
Burma, while maintaining
independence in the face of
Red pressure, is in no position
to get off her tightrope, i
Complicated and emotional
situations leave any hope of
World At
Kennedy Names
Rhodes Scholar
To Justice Post
WASHINGTON (AP)—Pres
ident Kennedy chose Nicholas
Katzenbach yesterday to be
deputy attorney, general,) suc
ceeding Byron R. White, new
ly appointed ' Supreme Court
Judge. |
Katzenbach, 40, is now as
sistant attorney general and
chief of the Justice '■ Depart
ment’s office of legal! counsel.
Like White, Katzenbach is
a former Rhodes Scholar. He
studied at Oxford between 1947
and 1949. Katzenbach is subject
Senate confirmation i for the
second highest position in the
Justice Department, ! directly
under Atty. Gen. Robert F.
Kennedy. ■
Bom in Philadelphia, Kat
zenbach spent most o fhis early
life in Princeton, NJ.
Katzenbach was graduated
from Princeton in 1945 and re
ceived his law degree • from
Yale in 1947/ rAt Yale, he was
editor of the Yale Law Jotirnal.
Kennedy on Jan. 26,: 1961,
picked Katzenbach as assistant
attorney general j
Alum Named
i
District Judge
WASHINGTON (AP)—Ralph
C. Body was confirmed by the
Senate yesterday, as . a U.S.
district judge for eastern Penn
sylvania. - j
Body, 39, who has been judge
of the Berks County Court at
Reading, thus becomes the
fourth Democrat in recent
months to join the U.S Dis
trict Court headquarters •in
Philadelphia.
Body was bom at Yellow
House, Pa., near Reading, and
is a graduate of Pennsylvhnia
State University and the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania Law
School. He was elected to the
Berks County Court in [ 1959.
The others recently named
all assuming their posts last
winter, are Joseph S. Lord ITT,
Alfred Luongo, and Avraham
Freedman, all Philadelphians.
Body is taking a salary cut
to join the federal court! With
a salary , boost coming up. he
would get $25,000 a year as a
county judge. The federal post
pays $22,500 a year:
TUESDAY. APRIL 3. 1962
in Asia
joint confrontation of [the
mon enemy a very long-]
one. 1 !
Perhaps the-best example of
this is given by the inability of
the -Southeast Asia Treaty Or
ganization ‘ to : get off | the
ground. Britajn and Franca
generally agree with Ameri
can desires, but have little to
offer in the way of: material
support. many areas
they would not be welcomed
in-any activerole. j
These and ynany other) fac
tors leave the main role of
containment almo** entirely up
to the United] Stales.) J
American maneuvering in
Laos, and i the limited though
probably . escalating involve
ment in Viet; Nam, suggests
that the United States would
be glad to) settle, in all South
east Asia as well as in Laos,
for independence and neu
trality. i; -I i
But. also, as in Laos, there
is' no real idea of how linde
pendence and : neutrality can,
be protected and enforced." ;
And there (is only a.|pious
hope that a long period of pro
tracted skirmishing will not
give way 'eventually to some
thing worse, i! I
A Glance
Strike Brings
Food Shortage
HONOLULU (AP)— Island
housewives have become edgy
as food supplies began to van
ish from market shelves, de
pleted by a shipping strike now
In its third week. |
. President Kennedy has been
told that Hawaii’s construction
and small business condition;is
desperate] because of shrinking
inventories and high operating
costs. .| - l
Picket lines of the striking
unions the Sailors Union ;of
the Pacific, the Marine I Cooks
and Stewards Union and the
Pacific Coast;Marine Firemen's
Association -f— are being ob
served by stevedores of the
International!, Longshoremen’s
and Warehousemen’s Union.
Spokesman Sees
Morel Steel' Jobs
PITTSBURGH (AP)| A
United Steelworkers Union of
ficial said yesterday the new
and improved vacation plans
under the new basic steel
industry-labor agreement will 1
create the equivalent of 6,000,
to 8,000 jfull-time jobs} |
Marvin Miller, union chair
man of the human relations)
commission, said the industry
and union should feel the im
pact of the hew jobs next year
after the vacation ..and [savings
plan and longer • regular va-.
cations go into effect, j
The vacation and | savings
plan calls for an employe to
receive one additional'.week of
vacation for each twb years
worked after 1960. The regular
vacation, schedule is. increased
by one week in the'lcontract
that will be signed this Fri
day.
U.N. Lodri Set for Vote
WASHINGTON (APi Hie
Senate turned a critical eye
on the United Nations yester
day before voting on a multi
million-dollar loan;to help the
world organization out of a
financial bind. |
Approval ;of the bipartisan
compromise 'loan proposal was
expected by overwhelming
vote, bat not before a few
thousand words are delivered
on the way the United Nations
is conducted. ; j~
Kennedy Signs Storm| Bill
WASHINGTON m !— Presi
dent Kennedy signed legisla
tion yesterday permitting those
who suffered losses ini the East
Coast storms to take a tax loss
On their 1881' federal tax re
turns. . ; j j