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Ed itor Lai Opinion
We Repeat-
Move Johnson's Speech
With the hour of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson’s
address fast approaching, the time has come for a decision
on the location of the speech. We urge’that this address
be rescheduled for Recreation Hall so that more of the
student body may hear the Vice; President of the United
States than can be accommodated in Schwjab Auditorium.
Yesterday the responsibility for making this decision
was passed back and forth between administrators and
students.
We urge that some one person, be it President Walker,
Dean MacKenzie of the College'of Business Administra
tion or Robert Barraclough, student chairman of the
Career Day committee, accept Ithis responsibility after
heavily considering student interest in Johnson’s speech.
Several inconveniences resulting from such a change
In plans have been used as reasons for hot making the
change. > -
We are convinced they can be overcome.
Time has become an important factor, but Rec Hall
officials have assured us that • the building would be
available if a decision were reached before noon Monday.
The Career Day committee has pointed out that not
enough tickets have been printed for Rec HalL We cannot
conceive pf this as a problem and suggest that the com
mittee could follow the procedure planned for Schwab—
admitting person* holding tickets until' 4:00 and then
opening the doors for students without tickets.
Security measures are being directed from Washing
ton,, but Col. William G. Pelton, head of the University
Department of Security, has said that all security measures
would be taken to protect the vice president.
Although University television operations could not
be carried out In Rec Hall, we feel that the,.increased
seating capacity would eliminate the need for televising
the program in the University area.
The Undergraduate Student Government showed a
strong representative student: interest Jn moving jthe
address to Rec Hall when they approved,! without dissent,
a proposal to back the switch»financially.
Students of the University showed jtheir interest in
hearing the address yesterday.as they converged upon the
desk where tickets were being distributed only to find
that the 400 tickets available Had been distributed,in the
first three hours. c . |
Considering the educational value of, Johnson’s
address, the student interest shown and the possibility of
overcoming physical problems, we urge that someone
accept this responsibility’ and relocate the address.
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interpreting
Berlin Backdown Feared
By J. M. ROBERTS down will eventually open the
Associated Prest Newt Analyst Soviet -fright
Millions of people in West flights” in the Berlin corridors,
Germany saw the Russians coupled with various state
come into Germany's eastern menfs that the talks in Geneva
territories in 1945, neiver want did 'something to ease if not
to see them again, an<i many of settle the Berlin dispute, ap
them live in a constant nagging pears to have revived this feel
fear, sometimes aggravated !in- ing. j
to a 'belief, that an Allied back- Thera is nothing readable on
— Snowed —— j
Peace Corps Wins
Influential Friends
The success of the Peace
Corps was accentuated when
earlier this week the House of
Representatives voted to give
President Kennedy authority to
more than double ■ the Corps’
size next year.
Perhaps even more represen
tative of the Peace Corps’
achievem e n t s
was a recent
comment by
Sen. Barry
Goldwater, one
of the earliest
and strongest
opponents o f
the Corps,
“I think the
Peace Corps is
beginn in g ta
remove the'
doubts from
th e doubters’
minds. I have
been impressed with the qual
ity of the young men and wom
en that have been 1 going ipto
it. At first I thought that it
would advance work for a
group of beatniks, ; but this is
not so. As a businessman, I
know that two yetlrs overseas
experience will - be‘, invaluable
and rewarding. I’ll back it all
the way.”
The willingness', of Peace
Corps members > to work with
Letters
Jr. Urges Speech! Move
TO THE EDITOR; Now that
Rec Hall has .been-made avail
able Tor Vice President John
son’s address, the remaining
arguments presented by. the
Bus Ad council against the
move are, to say the Jeast,
specious. , t ’
Changing the security ar
rangements at such a mundane
institute as a university will
present little challenge to the
Secret, Service, usifd to guard
ing high officials under hazard
ous circumstances, i
Tickets would be unneces
sary. Even with security ar
rangements, Rec Hill will prob
ably seat more Jthan 5,000.
And as for programs, the Col
legian has already printed all
the information and more than
would be contained in them.
The Tuesday morning issue
could easily run aj recap of the
essentials, to insure that de
tails of procedure are fully
explained.
Concerning TV arrangements
—the vice president is coming
here to address the student
body, not the people in TV
Wanted: One Umbrella Thief
TO THE EDITOR: Although I
am quite , certain this' letter
will not result ip either the
repentence of the umbrella
thief .or the return of my $7
umbrella, it may iterve the pur
pose of alerting tl|e honest fac
tion of' the student body so
that they, are awsje of the fact
that there are persons, most
likely "students? who roam
the halls between classes for
the expressed pujrpose;of fill
ing the gaps in their wardrobe
by stealing whatever is with
in each of their; cleptomania
possessed fingers,; be it an um
brella, a raincoat; or a hat.
-It is useless lo,dwell on the
by /oe/ myers —;
the people of underdeveloped
countries without fanfare and
propaganda and the enthusi
asm! “nremunerated di
rectors have been the main
ingredients in making this
pioneering venture a success.
The appreciation shown by
the ' countries where Peace
Corps volunteers are working
and; the requests from at least
a dozen governments for more
of them seem to indicate that
the j corps is already fulfilling
part of its goal of helping un
derdeveloped peoples/ to
achieve a better way of,life.
It would appear too that the
Corps is helping to tear down
the i idea Ibid - Americans are
snobbish and unconcerned with
the problems of the peasants in
underdeveloped nations.
Tfie Peace Corps is still too
small and youthful for its ef
forts to have an important
effect on the world's ideologi
cal jbalance.
However, if Corps volunteers
continue to approach the chal
lenging job of working with
uneducated and underdevel
opejd peoples in disease 7 ridden
countries with enthusiasm and
energy, the Peace Corps may
someday become one of ' our
most effective weapons against
the, spread of communism. ’
land. He can address them from
Washington, Allowing it to be
broadcast is a concession to
the television station' and
should not interfere with the
primary consideration. ;
Mr. Barraclough & Co.’s main
argument, then, hinges on the
fear that Rec Hall won’t be
filled, which 'they apparently
think would be regarded as an
affront by the vice president
Do they consider Schwab a
compliment?
How many'universities would,
schedule a speech by the sec-
ond highest executive of the
United States government .in
anj auditorium with a capacity
of'less than one-tenth of the
strident body?
Finally,- it will be a rather
sony reflection on Penn State
if the Senate or an administra
tive directive does not suspend
classes in the conflicting per
iods (sixth and seventh, it now
appears) for such a significant
event Especially after a week
of the fall term was transposed
for a football game with such
ease and dispatch.
Kurt Simons, '63 .
morality of such delinquent ac
tivity because such persons
obviously have no regard what
soever for the moral virtue of
integrity.
;I. would be quite anxoius to
trieet the person who took my
umbrella from the coat : rack!
outside 209 Willard during the
fourth period on Friday, April
6.! During'such a meeting, we
could exchange my umbrella
for the. “clunker” which he left
in its place and we also might;
be able to exchange other!
things which, I am certain,;
would tend toelirify my posi-!
tton in this matter.
| —Bernard® A. McCue i
| Grad Student' j
; SATURDAY.AFRICA 1962
the cards to support It, nothing
in the fundamental situation
to suggest any need for it, .and
nothing, but- denials-from Al
lied, authorities.
! Relaxation of tensions is not
a valid basis for fear. !
; The best the United States
expects to get out of all the ]
long discussions with the' So*
viets about Berlin is a tacit,
de facto but! mutual under- l
Standing that! neither side had <
better push the situation ttjo
far. Positive agreement? on
new or changed positions have
not been and are not expected,
j The Soviet Union undoubted- !
ly will continue to think up
ways of. trying to make young
Berliners doubt-the wisdom of
starting careen there if they
can get away, and of trying to
frighten both German and 1 for
eign investment in the city. ;
; Whether the more dangerous
forms of harassment will ecu
tinue depends upon momentary
circumstances. But the Soviets
know now they are not going
to get the city, or get the Allies ;
out of it,V through physical
pressure.
The allied' 'position is ex-!
emplified in the beefed up!
military posture already as-i
sumed.
! President Kennedy has re-!
pea ted that overwhelming So
viet conventional armed forces
trying to overrun Western,
Europe will; be stopped by
atomic bombs if no other way,
! The Soviet Union has prob
lems. even as the United States
has 'problems. Neither wants
to push the'other into an ir
revocable conflict.
The minute the Soviet Union
becomes too;much involved in
Europe she iwill begin to lose
influence in Asia which already;,
iis seriously threatened. . j
The United 'States has prob
lems in Asia, also, and in the
j Western Hemisphere. j
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