PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion An Open Letter To the Vice President Dear Lyndon B. Johnson, We *>f the Daily Collegian would like to apologize for the short-sightedness of some of our fellow students at the University. . - We are pleased with your- appearance at Penn State and wish we all could have the opportunity to hear and see you speak in person. . ~ j The dean of the College of Physical Education con sented to make Recreation Hall, a building that can seat about<6,ooo persons, available for your speech. The-Under graduate Student Government volunteered to stand the expense of moving the speech from Schwab'to Recreation Hall. '■ 4 ‘This offer was not accbpted by the Business Adminis tration. Career Day Committee, which has felt there were too many problems to make the move. . We are deeply indebted to the Business Administra tion Student Council and the hard-working chairman and members of their Career Day Committee for arrang ing your appearance at our University. It .was quite a fpat for them to get such a. committment from one of the most important political figures of the day. But we sincerely rpgret that the committee decided not to share their accomplishment with students of the other eight colleges of the University by giving them an equal opportunity to see diur Vice President in person. Rather they ignored a strong student demand to have the location of your speech switched to a building) than can accommodate thousands more who . wished to personally see and hear you. ■ ■ Because of the limited seating capacity of Schwab Auditorium, your speech will be_attended by only 1,200 students from a student .body that numbers more than 16,1)00. . I You will address an overflow crowd in an auditorium that can accommodate only eight per cent of the student body. ! We are sorry most of us won’t be able to see and hear you in person. Perhaps your next visit to this Uni versity will be more appreciated. We hope you enjoy ypur stay at Penn State. A Student-Operated. Newspaper 57 Yean of Editorial Freedom Sttp.fiailj) (EnUentan Successor to The Free Lance, est IBS7 Pabiitb+d tMMIt) Ctirwecti tta tarda* moralni daring th* 'lntv«r*Jtr f«*r. TU Oolly Collegian te n otudr-t-operated nowapaper. Entered aa eerond-claaa matter Inly I. I*a< nt the Slate College. Fa Peat Office andet the art of March i. U7|. Mall Sahedripttea Price i Si.tl a rent ' Mailing Addreaa . ftnr SCI K<a«* College. P». Member of The Associated Prc * JOHN BLACK Editor " Clif ■ RdiUft, Lyim* and Richard Uifhton; Editorial Editor, Jod Myent Now* Editor, Paula Kroner; Sports Editor, Jama* Karl; AaaiaUnt Sparta Editor*, Dmb Rilltrk and John Morris; Picture Editor, John Bnait. Loco! Ad Mtr, Marge Downer: AaolMant Local Ad Mgr.. Martin Zonle: National Ad Mgr., Morey Crcea; Credit Mgr,, Ralph Friedman; Aeaiatant Credit Mgr, Kathy Notopoloaa: Ctaaolfied Ad Mgr.. Kathle' Ihbotaon; Circulation Mgr., Moaoa Chaooler; Poroonnol Mgr.. Anita Holl; Offlro Mgr.. Lynn Marphy. . aSp' 1 ITS QpITE OBVIOUS.^ Sincerely, j The. Board of Editors, Daily Collegian WAYNE HILINSKI Busicasi Manager fmV DO DOSS \ CARS? J . 10 TO TO READ THE LETTERIN6 ON THE HUB CAPS! ' 1 ' THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA interpreting Blackmail Discussed How much (yill $62 million help Prime Minister Fidel Castro to hold on in Cuba? And' if 1,1,79 of his prisoners are freed now, how much longer will 6 trillion others have to remain in prison as a result? Those are jte;t two 'of dozens of questions that arise in any consideration of his blackmail demands—his fixing of a price on so-called justice in Cuba. : Castro undoubtedly is in trouble. So-called land reforms have not paid off for the Cuban farmers, from whom Castro dntw most of his original support,and many of them are in clandestine revolt. He could have shipped his sugar a few hundred miles to mar ket and retained: the benefits of American' business investments, but he chose to. ship his sugar 5,000 miles and tfo business -with the Communist bloc. The Soviet Union hat been pressing all of her trade partners to keep their .accounts straight—pay up, that is. and there is no rea son to believe Castro is escaping the pressure. His effort?. tjo foment armed rebellion in other Latin-American countries have served so far only to mobilize resistance against him and against Cuba. The handwriting of a dim future is clearly visible.on Castro's wall. Either his fellow Com munists or his dreaded capitalists.are going to get him. Will th</money only serve’to stave off his demise? Another quitstion. then, is which of his enemies he will pick as the probable winner. One expert tells me $62 million won’t mean much iii a Castro effort to stave off unrest among the Cuban people, that the deterioration in the Cuban economy has gone far beyond the need for such ”a: ; small amount. Does he ho]je, then, to reinforce his posi tion as a hero aipong the people, or among the Communists wijp virtually have taken him over, by a demonstration of a continuing ability to twist the tigtir’s tail? TO THE EDITOR: I would like to commend Joel Myersfor his article, “Colleges Undermine Democracy.” It is an important critique. However, any meaningful analysis of the state of Ameri can -civil liberities must include a discussion of . the McCarran Act of 1950. .Unfortunately, most Americans are unaware of its true meaning, let alone its existence, in' terms o£ civil liberities for all Americans. The McCarran Act required the registration >of any organi zation arbitrarily deemed;com munist - directed, communist dominated. or communist-infil trated, by the Subyersive Ac tivities Control; Board. The latter defines a!communist as anyone who has, at any !time, in any manner!; and oh any issue, taken a position similar to that of party. The farms of registration, to numerous to mention hare? make it impossible for any or* By J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press News Analyst . Regardless (if whether the money is paid by private Americans or Cuban refugees with American help,! many will consider any pay ment of the ranj.tom an American abnegation. Some experts have professed to see a Cas tro desire to soften his isolation jin the Ameri cas. He may hojje some people will look at the prices placed oiii the heads of the prisoners as fines in lieu of the death sentence —and there fore more civilizpd—instead of .as ransom. Because hutjianity is involved, no entirely! objective appraisal of the offer is possible. : There is a reluctance amond Americans to see the continued imprisonment of men. they consider patriots- ’ There also isj reluctance to see any bending, of the knee to |the agent of a foreign power with w-hich America is involved in a type of war. I Letters Myers' Column Commended; j Civil Liberties Discussed Battle Ahead. For Dilworth To the surprise of no one, Richardson: Dil worth, former mayor of Philadelphia, should win the Democratic nomination for governor in the May 15 primary ejection. , Unlike the Republican party, the winner of the Democratic nomination is cut and dried. The GOP has Congressman William Scranton "and J. Collins'McSparran. state grange master, fighting'it out. . . , 1 The selection of Dilworth as the Democratic candidate was not an easy one, though. His long time foe in Philadelphia, Wil liam' Green, had ’repeatedly said that Dilworth could not win if nominated. Finally, how- ever, Green, in the interest of party unity, decided not to press his views. t This'is not the first time that the Marine Corps veteran has sought the governorship. In 1950 he was defeated by Republican John S. Fine. eobeetb The rest of his political career has been mostly in Philadelphia government He has been city treasurer, district attorney and mayor. His running mate In most of these' election! has been Joseph S. Claris, who is now seeking re-election to. the U.S. Senate. Although Kis nomination seem 3 assured in May, the November election could be a different story. _ ’ the recent intra-party battle between him self and Green has not helped his cause. Al though Green has agreed to 1 support Dilworth, some of the wounds inflicted in the early battles may not heal. » . Support for him in the rural parts of the state is at a low ebb. When‘.he was mayor he; said ‘that the central part of the state contained nothing but birds and bears and that, it was foolish to spend money, to build' the. Keystone Shortway. ! - This struck a sour note in areas that would be served by the Shorlway.and it has been diffi cult for Democratic leaders in these counties to overcome it. Dilworth, did say In a later speech that he .was for the road, but the' damage may have already been done.. The other incident which could' cause him to lose'votes would be the scandals which rocked Philadelphia. Although Dilworth was out of the country at the time and jcleahed >up the situation when he returned, Jie received much of the blame, being head of the govern ment. These factors and the growing popularity of Scranton, probable GOP.nominee, could mean that Dilworth will fail in his second attempt to win the state’s highest office. There will be a fight to the • finish in November and the outcome is a toss-up right now. However, Dilworth will have to do some fast fence-patching if he expects,to be the thinl consecutive Democratic governor. Things will be even more difficult for him because, for the first time he may not be able to ride the coat tails of Clark like he has been doing in the past. Clark will have his hands full getting by Congressman James .Van Zandt' in the Senate race. ganix&tion to comply and still maintain' its existence. Penal ,fie* for not registering include five years imprisonment and!a $lO,OOO fine for each day of non-compliance. j The act provides for the trie ;of “detention" camps, two of I which have already been built, one in Pennsylvania and one in Arizona. ] The law is based on the un proven assumption that Ameri can communists are foreign agents,' conspiring the violent overthrow, of the government After extensive investiga-- tion of this charge in 1950, At torney General Tom Clark, noyr a Supreme Court justice, told Sen. McCarthy that there was no evidence that communists were foreign agents,' nor that they engaged in sabotage and espionage and that in the ab sence of such evidence, this Dpartment of Justice could not seek convictions in court'. j Aro wo reverting to medieval . (Continued on page eight), j TUESDAY. APRIL 10.1962 , the clicking shutter- by john beauge Ari Apology A letter to the editor car ried by the Daily Collegian on April 4 contained serious < reflections on the professional qualifications of a member of the staff of the Rilenour Health Center.' The editors of this J - newspaper regret very much that the letter was printed. The letter, written by a student, 'complained that the health center dentist extract ed a tooth in such a. way ?bat it became badly infect ed and claimed that he had removed the wrong tooth. Because the name of the dentist was not mentioned, the editors did- hot realize that this! constituted a charge of malpractice against the dentist i The Daily Collegian regrets very much that its editorial procedures.' because ' of a changeover in the at the start of the spring term, did hot prevent such an un verified charge from,being printed. It apologizes to Dr. Daniel M. Lonberger, Hite nour Health dentist DILWORTH
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