PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion. A Thorough NSA Study A bill proposing i.hat the Undergraduate Student Government join the. 'National Student Association is on the agendaufor tonight’s USG meeting. Murray Winder man, co-sponsor of the pill, said last night that spon after the bill is presented a motion will be made to postpone action untiL the next ir eeting. The one week delayihas been allowed so that Congress men will have a chance to study thoroughly affiliation, with NSA. ‘ In line with this period of study, Winderman plans to distribute copies of thejnational and.regional constitutions and by-laws of the organization to each Congressman. At the Ipresent time, up-to-date information on NSA is scarce on this campus; Many student opinions are being based on old brochures which are left over from the late lS4o's and early 1950's when the University was a member of NSA. e Organizations such as NSA change constantly and widely distributed current information is necessary for a valid judgment of worth. Traditionally, strong opinions for and against NSA have existed and they now exist in the USG Congress. Because of the controversial nature of the organization, the mixed feelings of individual Congressmen and the com plex and largely uhknown structure of NSA, we feel that a concentrated study of both the pros and the cons should be undertaken by USG. . We propose that the USG Congress set up a committee composed of several Congressmen who do not yet have strong feelings either for or against affiliation with NSA. We urge that this Congressional committee hold infom\al hearings at which students with studied opinions for and against NSA could present their views; This investigating committee should submit to the Congress a report and recommendation made after care fully weighing both-sides of the issue. At tha, same time as the committee report is heard by Congress, separate reports for and against NSA could be presented. By studying the NSA issue in this manner, all Con gressmen would be confronted with one reasonably un biased recommendation, one strong argument for and one strong argument against affiliation wth NSA. We believe committee action will enable'Congress to process the bill more smoothly, save precious time at their weekly meetings and most impprtant, obtain thorough and many-sided information on NSA which will help each v Congressman to make an informed and intelligent decision -- on tJfe proposal. .. . A Student-Operated Newspaper 57 Years, of Editorial Freedom (HI)? lath) (ttnU?ntan Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1881 f’ufcUahed Tueaday through Saturday morning during the I’nKeralty yeay. Tha Dally Collegian i* a atadent-operated newepaper. Entered at aeeond-«lau matter J«tr 6, 1914 at | tha Slate College. Pa. Tost Office under the ad of March I, 1879. Mall Subacriptlm Prlw: tfi.Ql a yrar Mailing Addrfst - Box 2(1, StaU Collrsc, Pa, Member of The Associated Prc.s ANN PALMER Editor THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA HERBERT WITMER Business Manager THEV HAD TO HUNT FOR THEIR MEALS, AND FISHT JUST TO SURVIVE.] ir a _ i_ S-,2. / 11 OF COURSE, T PUT UP WITH A LOT OF THINGS MV ANCESTORS NEVER DREAMED OF.' I *• Letters USG Called Student Lobbyist TO THE EDITOtR: In reference to Burt Kaplan's letter of April 26: True—the 'United States government is sovereign and the > USG is no.t. The USG is similar to a uniion for students or a lobby which may or may not be effective in influencing the govemmenti which is sover eign over it, that being the administration.• Our student linion —the USG —will _ continue to lobby the administration, but its- effec tiveness is basifd on four fac tors: the specific issue being lobbied for, the quality of lobbying done," the receptive ness of the administration to the issue, and if Iso the amount of student interest in the task of the USG, tliiat is, the per centage of students who openly show lack of apathy. So, Burt. I question your' de manding Ann lpalmer to jstrike "at the heart cjf the problem." If .you and otifier students do nor care, enough about student government to. vote, then why should the administration care about the student government? If the administration is un receptive to tjtudent govern ment. why should it be recep tive to Ann' whom you are attempting to Ijaunch on a one woman reform: ticket? " Voting in the election is im portant. The quality of lobby ing and the issues which—will be lobbied fot; will be deter mined by whom is elected. The amount of voting will indicate the amount of student backing and interest. • i ' Do me 'a fsivor, Burt. Read Carol Kunklenjian’s “What? Me Worry” column in the 'April 26 issue of the Collegian, especial ly where she tells the apathetic and defeatist student to “keep your mouth .shut and don’t criticize,' question, or evaluate what, your fel,low students are trying to do for you.. You haven't used the intelligence tKdt-got you into this place, or the inquiring mind that marks an educated person ... if all you can make is generaliza tions.” ■—Ellen Metsick '64 . USG Congresswoman Bomb Testing Opposed TO THE EDITOR: Regarding the letter of McCann, Sherman, and Brubaker; in the April 26 t issue of the ‘ Collegian, there are a few poipts to clear up on why we (thifse who demon strated on April 25 against nu clear testing) wish to stop testing. • Testing will hinder present disarmament talks. • Testing increases the radio activity in the atmosphere which, in turn, falls to earth on food we eiat. I ' •.Testing warheads on rock ets, might end up with one of ; our bombs landing in another' country with nuclear war as a result. We have already had two near accidents. First when the wiring in a- (ready-to-go) nu clear rocket caught fire, and secondly, when something was sighted by rsidar over Alaska, but the cautious commander was- level-headed enough not to push the panic button (new name: "oblivion-button"). Per haps. other close calls have, not been reported. No, gentlemen, we are not trying to dictate to the ma jority, but instead, doing what our conscience dictates and yet remain within the laws' (the First Amendment allows one to peacefully assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances.) About “informing the de luted” in Moscow, this past summer, approximately 20 of our representatives walked to Moscow to da just that.. No one can “solve right here” all problems but we - can try to bring considerations to the public which those in power have not "stressed. Arthur Ravil*. *6l | £ I , Soph Proposes Changes. In USG Election Procedures i t ' \ ! TO THE EDITOR: In the past wt.ek several arguments ; have /appeared"'in the Collegian for and against student government. First it was called to our attention that University is the training ground I or tomorrow’s lead< and if the present apathy on camp is is any indicat. how our population will adapt itself to the future, woe behold our nation. Then in a forceful rebuttal it was cited that the college student cannot be classified as the rest of the population! He is not j the “mean’’ individual. At Pehn State a mass society has. developed, accompanied by such a constant state of rapid change that the student - has little time to formulate an in formed consensus on USG hap r And in another argu ment it was brought out that student government has little jurisdiction over anything. It seems evident that every one isjnot equally qualified to vote in an election which is a personality poll or mud-sling ing campaign or over issues of a purely esoteric nature. Our national government's, found ing fathers realized this in re lation to the election of jihe most. important office of jihe land, • the presidency, and they initiated the electoral college. Certainly, our, population doesn’t decide the basic scien tific consensus "which research ers use as the. blueprint jfor development. Why shouldj it decide the basic political con sensus’ In response to this challenge World at Kennedy, AMA Reaffirm Views On Medical Bill WASHINGTON (AP)—Presi dent Kennedy and the Ameri can Medical Association re stated their opposing positions on medical care for the aged at a White House 'conference yesterday. ’ ■ I No agreement is in sight.) Afterward, Dr. Leonard Lar son, AMA president, told re porters tijere was no switch pf views, no compromise suggest ed and no evidence of possible accommodation. I u - J .arson, six other ex ecutives and Secretary of JVeJ fare Abraham A. 1, Ribicoff ; met with Kennedy Jess than an hour, the meeting, Ribicoff said, was called on the initia tive of the President. j Larson said the discussion touched on numerous national health issues. | But the main issue was the administration's medical carp plan uhder Social Security, now awaiting action in Congress, j Ribicoff. summing un results of the meeting, said. “There is no question that the President did not change the AMA’s mind, or that the AMA changed the President’s mind.” ] Showdown Seen On Literacy Bill ; WASHINGTON UP) Sen ate leaders announced - yester day they will move Monday to force a showdown on the Kennedy administration's lit eracy test bill. I Under the timetable an nounced by Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Mon tana a vote would come next Wednesday on a petition to end debate and put- members oh record for. or against the meas ure. . | Present indications are that the leaders do not have the necessary tworthirds majority of those voting to cut off de bate. If that should prove to be the case, Mansfield, said hi will seek an expression of sentiment on the merits of the measure before deciding whether to drop the fight. ■ i WEDNESDAY. MAY 2. 1?62 ederal government-is be rg a highly trained bu iracy with increasing ;i" legislative and judicial . ■s. If the College student be the future’s champion the progressive lot defend the reactionary, i ist inaugurate the system , bureaucratic student gov ent. ! dur f comir reauc “quas powe: is to must and n He m of a l ernmj iy *not have a panel; of id candidates? Instead: of iularity poll for elections, liave voting for the spiali &ns of students X. Y# and int disclosing the candi names). i re able individuals coiild [ought into office without i-e ‘and pretentious poli .-ampaigning.- These coiild. effectively with a faculty ; iry group. If there - was . cither student opinion the could provide the means cpression. otainly this system is not lible. But at least' it piro ; a solution to the present tic predicament of cam politics and .might tyell t ive the ridiculous but tin- • lately vociferous “apathy ■ •rs” of the opportunity) of. ig fools of themselves! depri fortu hunt« maki -Michael MUgrim '64 lance jdents Riot r May Day Sf o; !E ASSOCIATED PRESS -1 i Leftist, ' snake - dancing ' stu dents and police fought in Tokjjo, and East and West pat tered each others’ eardrums withj louds'peakers across Ber lin’s Communist wall yesterday in tne annual' observance of May I Day: j Moscow’s Red Square has -for decades been the center of) the stag<» on the international la? bor day observed in nearly all industrial nations except ] the United States and Canada. Yes terday the city jwas swept by heaijy rain that dulled the glitter of the paradp. * May Day in 'Tokyo sU rted calmly in "Mqiji Park where 200,000 Japanese massed under the 16,000 police [and heard Communist, socialist and labop union speeches contain ing jfew'er anti-American jibes than usual. But a column of 3,000 | left wing Zengakuren students tired of the' tame performance ‘and] began .a dog-trot snake darfee shouting, “Stop the nu clear tests!” I The battle,of the loudspeak ers broke out along Berlin’s wall when the Communists at tempted to drown out Gen.- Lucius D. Clay and other speakers at a rally of 710,000 West Berliners about 300 yards from the Red wall. Taft-Hartley Revisions Recommended to JFK Washington (ap>—presi dent Kennedy’s labor-manage ment advisory committee rec ommended-yesterday broad re vision of the Taft-Hartlejy Act procedures for handling emer gency strikes, including powers to recommend settlement {terms. The report of the labor and public members com posing the . committee; was nearly unanimous. Henry Ford .11, head of the • Ford Motors, objected to most of the pro posed changes, saying,) “The present national emergency provisions have had remarkable success in fulfilling their in tended purpose.” 1
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