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Edit~riafOpinion
Immediate Action Needed
On USG's Housing List
One of the greatest end-of-the-year questions facing
student governmem seems to be whether or not the USG
student housing list will be available to provide service
during the summer.
- - We strongly feel that arrangements to maintain this
valuable -service for Penn State students should be the
immediate concern of USG arid of the housing committee
chairman, Suzanne Flinchbaugh.
Student government fought for several years to
assu.me responsibility from the Office of the Dean of Men.
They finally won their battle last year.
By taking the responsibility to 'maintain this list, on
which only the names of landlords who have pledged to
practice non-discriminatory rentinj appear, USG under
!tool: one of the most valuable of all possible services for
;the student body. •
This list was an excellent service under the Oan of
men and can, under student government, be a great Ric' to
the than 3,500 students who annually look for places
to . live in State College. - _ _
Since the time they took over this service, the hOusing
committee has found it difficult to imintain an adkuate
staff to hap the list up to date. Several landlords have s
commented that the service rendered USG is inferior
to that rendered formerly by the dean of men's office.
Now is the perfect time to revamp the committee, to
find students willing to work on such a . worthwhile project
and to make plans to maintain the list , during the summer
so that the service Will be available to students searching
for rooms for the fall-term.
Miss Flinchbaugh, at present , does not have any defi
nite plans for maintaining the , list during the" summer
since sbe will not be on campus then.
She said that she will confer with:USG President Dean
in the next few 'days and thdt final plans will be
announced either at the end of this Week Or at the begin
ning of next week.
Wharton said yesterday that if after he!tneets with
Miss Flinchbaugh no satisfactory prans can be arranged
for the maintenance of the housing list during the gum
mier, "I - guess we'll just ,have to turn it back to the dean
of nieli's office:"
We strongly criticize Wharton's feeling on this prob
lem. We feel such an action would be a - basic indication
that studrnt government is not ready to accept the re
sponsibilities for which it has so vehemently fought.
We feel it is imperative that USG find Someone to
staff this committee and that it do so quickly. We would
like to see the housing list become a permanent success
rather than just an unsuccessful attent to make USG . the
true student governing body of this' University.
ÜBA's Text Tax Status
The Pennsylvania four per cent , sales . tax on textbooks
and other. instructional material sold by university and
college-operated boOkstores has been abolished.
The tax was eliminated.by an executive
, order signed
by Governor David L: Lawrence on February 21.
The state action, taken some four-months ago, ap
parently slipped by all persons—both students and staff
—concerned with selling books on this campus.
When contracted :se - sterday, neither Melvin Schulman,
chairman of the 'Book - Exchange and past head of the
Used Book Agency, nor William F. Fuller, manager of
Associated Student Activities, were- aware of the change
in the law. -
•
Although the position of the privately-owned book
stores in State College is clear, they must continue to
collect the tax, the position of the student-run Used Book
Agency is "up in the air."
To qualify for tax exemption. the University must
sell the textbooks. William H. Wagner. an official of the
state Bureau of Safes Tax, Said yesterday.
The exact status of the ÜBA will ha ° '•e to be studied
by the bureau before a ruling is made on whether or not
the four per cent sales tax must continue to be collected.
We urge the ÜBA managers take immediale.and posi n
tive action, classify the exact= status of ÜBA, a
complete report to the Bureau of Sales Tax, and follow up
this possible sales tax exemption._
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA
Interpreting
'Rug Jerking' Tactics
Associated Press News Analyst
The. United States, - which . has
consistently warned the small
er nations of the "rug jerking"
dangers of the Soviet aid and
trade progrims, sometimes en
traps herself in situations which
leave her own professions of
altruism open to question. '
In Laos, unable t 4) convince
the loyalist and pro-Western
government that its entrance
into . a coalition government
with the Communists will not
mean political iuicirtb., the Ken
nedy administration' has been
withholding economic aid
which had been given regular
ly as long as there was no dis
agreement.
There are justifications, but
also there is doubt whether
they are sufficiently well
known to offset the act in the
minds rif those whom Piesident
Kennedy has been so intent on
impressing with a cooperative
image.
In another case, the majority
of a Senate cominittee- has
openly announced a desire :to
chastise India, for straying
'Letters
Froth Sees Appeasement
In Aqions of Pacifists
TO THE EDITOR; Many times.
as I read a newspaper I see
pictures and articleS about the
world's pacifist groups march
ing en masse carrying such
signs as' "Fallout :Maims and
Kills Children." "Stop Bomb
Tests." and other assortments
of "Ban the Bomb" cliches.
It makes me paase,,
When I see these articles
about pacifist groups pleading
for suspension of bomb tests
and for peace I think of one
word appeasement a word
which became ever popular in
the 1940'5. Aftel the • war) it
was a pacifist grpup of wives
who marched oh the White
House demanding the - return of
their husbands from Europe.
It was after the soldiers left
Europe' that the Communists
spread freely over its Eastern
section. It makestrne pause;
•
Presently the world's leading
democracy is lo ck ed in a cold
ware with the world's heir of
vice violence, and inequity.
Permitted by our
. laws of free
dom of speech. press, and, as
sembly, many of our fellow
countrymen have "risen to pro
tect any further development
of U.S.; military power in' the
form of nuclear weapons. •
Khrushchev in Report 'to, the
Party Congress in,1956 blurted,
The West's "public figures
• 'still
do • not venture to state that
capitalism will find its - grave'
in another world war . . .: but
they are already obliged to
.admit openly that the socialist
camp is invincible. Their more
farsighted representatives are
beginning to adrnit that , the
'position of strength' . . has
failed." . .
I Penn State students. has it?
- Are not some of: us admitting
that our defeat is inevitable
and, that we must recognize
after tieing the world's first
power eighteen years' ag„p we
must bow or face destruction?
It is a - noblek and humani
larian movement that wishes to
preierve mankind from nuclear
destruction. - in one form or an
othdß but is also foolish for it
ignores humanity's older foe- 7 -
political . destruction and its
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from U.S. policies in a political
way, by cutting her new aid
appropriation.
Other countries.— Americas
most important Allies, are
touched by this. Acting , in con
cert at the insistence of the
United States, they have agreed
to supply rndia with certain
development funds through a
consortium. .
The American money repre
sents an important administra
tion commitment to them as
well as to the already-planned
Indian program.
If the United States now fails
to meet her, own commitment
in full, what is the effect on
India's newly evident recog
nition that, in the long run, her
greatest self-interest lies in her
association with the West?
;And what is the effect on the
future willingness of the Allies
to help the United States carry
• part of the aid load for under
developed 'countries?
Indiais reacting moderately
` to the threat to her program.
‘• joining the Kennedy adminis
tration in the .hope and belief
that once the Senators have
pillage, rape..and murder.;
We are faced with two
choices: submission or 'resist
ance. Only the latter promises
any form 'of victory. Are, we
going to refuse this chance and
surrender thousands of yeaiq of
progress in political freedoms,
recorded with pain and agony?
It is evident that fall • the
moratoriums that cotild be;
made with Russia in the next
100 years would be broken as
soon as their usefulness be;
came a hinderance
World disarmament is an
attempt to accomplish the i im/
possible. The Soviet Union's re
fusel to permit the U.N. to b
the sole possessor of the atom
bomb clearly shows that even
before nuclear weapons became
the keystone of defense she was
not willing to confine it and
rely on conventional weaponii.
The Russian's violation of tbe
atomic moratorium proves that
she won't stop developing nu.
clear weapons, much less kkin
them. And is it anymore.
plausible that she will reduce
f
her control of the convention' I
weapons upon which rely h r
guerrilla armies in Laos. Nor h
Viet Nam. Korea, , Cuba and
other pro-communist bands. in
Africa. Latin America and In
donesia? NyeL . I
The answer is a difficult
0ne..1 for one believe that the
answer lies in a firm Ipolicy
ai in e.d at countering t;he
U.S.S.R. with her own tactics
and 'an excellent -.propaganda
system to favorably guide
world tensions. i
"We have always advocated
a policy of 'luring the enemy to
penetrate deep.' We can .iltill
fully induce the enemy to cdm
mit 'mistakes by staging' a
`feint: 'The objective of retreat
is to induce the enemy to com
mit mistakes and to detect
them," stated Mao Tse-Tung in
"Selected Works." ;
Are we - going' to make Ithe
mistake• of not developing . pur
'defenses, of- following.a "feint,"
or• by being lured into the deep
of defeat? We, P.S.U. students
the leaders of tomorrow, ivill
help decide. -
-Conrad Rogal '65
TUESDAY. MAY 22. 1962
• their palitti.they will be
.• . . with a tolum cut of
!•• - er dimensions: --
These . specific matters, how
er, appear tope less nnpor
:nt than the long-term effect
! f such attitudes on whether,
e "no strings" protestations
I the United States are to be
djudged, in many of the small
r countries; as a myth.
effers
icy, ie
Reguiations
Questioned ,
TO THE EDITOR: In our so
ciety, laws have a purpose and
two provisions. These provis
ions include- not only law en
forcement, but also a means by
which a law can be obeyed.
I believe provisions have not
been adequately provided to
park bicycles. Where Ore bi
cycle racks located on Ag - Hill?
Where is the nearest bicycle
rack to Burrowes - Building?
Where are the nearest racks
to libraries? Is one expected to
park his bicycle at the HUB
and walk to Weaver }all?
Adequate bicycle` - parking
areas have not been provided.
Please don't enforce the . law
until it can be obeyed: •
. —Curtis Bouser, '63 .
(Editor's note: The Bicycle
regulation which states that bi
cycles:must be-parked 'in licks
provided we's set up by the De
partment of Security to solicit
student cooperation in presert
ing campus facilities and-in eli
minating fire and physical haz
ards caused by misused bi
cycles.
Several areas on' cainpus do
not as yet have adequate IA ?
cycle rack facilities. Complete
rack plans are scheduled for
completion by Septembei, 1962,
according to Paul Pierson of
th e Division of Landscape
Planning.
Col. William C. Pelton, direc-
tor of security. has asked stu-
dents to park their bicycles in a
--. o <cisonable location." in areas
• where no racks are avaitabte.
A ,a - reason ab le location" is i ,that
location which eliminates the
chance of parked bicycles be
coming a hazard in front. of
' doors or on sidewalks.
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