)AGE FOUR
Editorial Opinion-
War of Compromises
Continues in Geneva
',The war of onnprorhise is on again in Geneva. Like
a lird }illy, this confeience keeps going on and on with
vely little new dialogue and with little detectable - action.
The principle players, Soviet delegate Valerian A. Zoriii
and U.S. Ambassador Arthur Dean, continually vie for
the spotlight with neither making mucheadway.
Dean no sooner alludes to a compromise than Zarin
rejects it. Dean said before the conference - opened that
the U.S. would lit willing to do away with the previously
insi:ited upon internationally staffed seismic -detection
stations inside Russia if the Soviet Union would; accept
international inspection of its territory. in his 'opening
speech to the newly resumed conference, Zorin rejected
this compromise.
In rejecting the informal proposal, Zorin repeated
his well worn lines, "We are prepared to conclude a test
ban:treaty on the basis of the neutralist proposal and on
no other basis." The neutralist prOposal provides for on:
site Inspection only by invitation of the country where
a suspicious event took place. The only new twist to.the
recent bl►-play seems to be that the Soviet Union is now
rejecting U.S. proposals before they are officially pre i r
seated at the conference.
Thus with both - countries posSessing cornpromises of
their own the nuclear tests continue and so does the con
ference. Each country says that it is prepared negotiate,
but . it seems that the Soviet Union is just +sitting back
waiting for the U.S. S.O, present an idea for it, im reject. ,
It has become quite clear that the Soviet:Union is not
prepared tu. break With its present , poSition and that
the United States can not accept this position. Unless the
Scvkilet Union radiCally changes its stand it seems that
Arthur Dean could find something more .worthwhile to
do !with his time than reacting to the rude l and wholly,
illOgical tactics of Zorin.
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'Sad Commentary ,
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Last week this newspaper asked several questions
editorially about matters of concern to the entire Univer=,
sity. In the intervening week, many student's and facult3i
members have expressed opinions about the questions ,
raised And other points as well: Immediately after" com--,
mehting on the edito;rial, most have asked in halting
words, "Has anything. happened yet?". • 1 •
By "anything," we assume the questionners Mean re-',
peilcussions.- It=is an unfohtinate situation when such a
defensive psychology 'must be adopted by ;students and,
faculty members. The queries may result; simply, from'
ovlrs‘
i
usptiousness, but attitudes have causes.
P. 4: Not yet.
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SUMMER 'COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSRY PARK; ; PENNSYLVANIA
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Two separate but important
political developments of the
past few days will undoubtedly
have an' impOrtant impact on
the outcome of the mid-term
Congressional elections , this
autumn.
The defeat of President Ken
nedy's plan for mi
_ ' social security
at -the• hands
of the Senate
Tuesday by a
skin-close 52-48
vote puts a
valuable cam
paign issue in
the hands' of
‘,...`.lthe non-South
ern Democrats.
The President
and his party
will be able to
capita lize on LAYERS
the appeal his medicare plan
holds for millions of citizens—
both the persons past -65 , who
cannot meet their own medi
cal bills and the younger peo
ple who are burdened by doc
tor, hospital or nursing home
charges for their ailing par
ents. •
Kennedy will probably ''de-
Letters
Journ Prof
Asks Press
Persistence
TO THE EDITOR: I note, with
interest your editorial of July
12 in which you discuss the:
problems in the Department of;
Physics, the School ol Journal-'
ism and the Department of
Architecture. You plead that.
"someone have the courage and
integrity to bring the facts into
the open."
The controversial situations to
which you refer, are complex,
and valid answers cannot be
found by superficial :reporting.
Rather, a thorough examine;
tion .of the problem in ; each
department would entaitpains
taking interviewing 1)), the
press, with. a consequent sift
ing "and weighing of informa
tion .and evidence before publi
cation. Officials should be ques
tioned, and all segments of the
faculty in the department con
cerned including those with
and without tenure. .
CO - needing that there is fear
on the part of the faculty. as
you suggest. I believe that the
truth can be learOdby diligent
and „Persistent reporting by the
press. The University is tl pub
lic institution, find its affairs
are a legitimate subject of in
vestigation. Many facultylmem
ben concerned have never been
questioned. Nar,pies of sources
do not have to 1)e given, when
reporting inforr*tion. although
even here therti may be fear
that a particulati view could be
traced. especially in a small de
partment.
Your own editorial attribUted
thedoss of accreditation by the
School of Journ i alism to a rift
in the faculty. !such is not the
case. A few days earlier, the
Pittsburgh Post-pazette attrib
uted this loss tol an ideOlogical
difference of opinion on the :
faculty about curriculum: This.
too, does not telt the real; story.
Th e Post Gazette further
quoted the director Of the
School of journ4lism as saying
that things are !better now in
the school: andj that the dis
sident forces have departed:
Since I am leaving 'shortly
for a position at' the University
of lowa, many may feel that
the director's stetement 'applies
to me. I can state that this
difference in . ideology is not
the cause for my resigning. A
letter more probing in depth
by the reporteir would have
prevented all "the foregoing
statements "I rOm- appearing
without qualifidation.
Incidentally. :why" did . the
Collegian wait alyear before re
leasing the new:; of the loss of
accreditation by the .chool of
Journalism? I
Ca.mpaign Issues
„r-James W.:Markhara
Professor 'of Journalism
rive additional benefit from
beiating the huge outlay of
money and propaganda used
by the American Medical As
sociation in defeating his pro
posed medicare bilL
A much less controversial
and perhaps less obvious . poli
tical victory was scored when
the President choose Cleve
land's Mayor Anthony J. Cele
brezze, son of an Italian immi
grant, as successor of Abraha . m
A. Ribicoff as Secretary of
Health, .Education and Welfare.
The . nationality of Cele
breeze's parents may prove an
attractive vote-getter ' among
European immigrants,•.oarticu
larly the Italians.
The defeat of Kennedy's pro
posal for a Department of Ur
ban Affairs in the Cabinet
earlier this year is another is
sue that will aid Democrats this
November. In defeating that
measure, Congress vetoed the
appointment of The first Negro
to a Cabinet post,
.0n the negative side of the
Democratic campaign ledger is
the economy's failure to dem
onstrate active recovery from
World at
Jan. 1 Deadline
For Atom Tests
Opposed by U.S.
WASHINGTON Gr) - The
United • States was reported
yesterday to have decided
against making any kind of
"blank check" deal with the
Soviet Union - for an automatic
cutoff of nuclear weapons test
ing next-Jan. 1.
This country, qualified in
formants said, will continue to
press for East-Nest agreement
on a nuclear test ban treaty
with a built-in system of inter
national inspection to provide
safeguards against cheating.
The idea of 'Setting a cutoff
date for nuclear weapons test
ing was that the United States
and the Soviet Union should
complete their testing this year
and then suspend all further
experimentel , explosions pend
ing intensive negotiations on a
_test ban treaty:
Two serious objeCtions to
this procedure are that it would
constitute in effect another un
policed moratorium on testing
and that it would commit the
United States to a no-test pol
icy before the nature of the
next expected round of Soviet
testing is knoivn. here:
TWU Accepts
Compromise
PHILADELPHIA (W) The
President's Council of the
Transport Workers Union Rail
road Division yesterday re
luctantly accepted a compro
mise contract agreement with
the Pennsylvania , Railroad.
The agreement, which 'the
two union officials said "is the
best possible under the circum
stances," callslfor a 10.28 cents
an hour pay increase and about
a doten changes in work rules.
About 15,000 non-operating
members will 'vote on-ratifica
tion in all affected locals in the
13 states and the District of
Columbia.
Chiefly the agreement . rnlla
for:
SA foul' cent hourly wage in
crease retroactive to Feb. 1.
• Establishment of a perma
nent arbitrator for the TWU
PRR board of !adjustrnent.,
• Not less than a s five-day
notice onforce reduction at
any point tir id any department.
U.N. Talks Via Tie!star,
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. VP)
A live pickup from U.N.
headquarters - will be . part of
the transatlantic television ex
change to he transmitted via
the Telstar satellite next Mon
day, U.N. offieialt said. .
ThURSDWAULY 19,v1962.
by lee, myers
the 1960 recession. However,
Kennedy might be able to con
vert this minus into a plus by
proposing and taking credit for
an economy-boosting tax cut.
The successes of Cape Ca-•
naveral's - astronauts and U.S.
space projects • together with,
our strengthened , military' ' po
sition in Southeast Asia have
helped improve our image in
the minds - of many Americans.
This can only help the Ken
nedy- administration.
• President Kennedy's con
tinued high popularity despite
Congressional setbacks and a
sluggish economy indicate most
people have,,confidence in the
AdMinistration. whether or
not they agree with all of its
philosophies and actions.
If Kennedy is able to use cer
tain key issues effectively as
he did in the 1960 campaign
and at the time proves capable
of translating his amazingly
high popularity into Democra
tic votes, next year's Congress
may •be considerably more re
ceptive to his legislative pro
gram.
a Glance
Parties Fight
Over Medicare
WASHINGTON (AP)—Dem
ocrats and Republicans fought
a bitter precampaign battle
yesterday over who killed Pres
ident Kennedy's health care
plan in the Senate and • what
political effect the action will
have.
Almost everybody who
thought he had a stake in the
matter jumped Into the brawL
• Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey
of Minnesota,th,.,; assistant
Senate Democratic feader, pre
dicted Kennedy personally will
take the issue to the country
in the fall campaign.
William E. Miller, Republi
can National Chairman, jumped
on Kennedy for saying his bill
was defeated in the Senate by
Republicans and a "handfurof
Democrats. •In Tuesday's vote
21 Democrats joined with 31
Republicans to kill the meas
ure 52-48.
Text Tax Debate
Set for Sept. 26
HARRISBURG (AP) = The
Commonwealth Court yester
day set Sept. 28 as the date to
hear arguments on the state's
authority to waive payment of
the 4 per cent sales tax by non
profit
.groups.
Richard W. Foster, Philadel
phia book dealer, is in court
challenging the authority- of
the state Revenue Department
to exempt schools and colleges
from payment of the sales tax
on textbooks. •
On the general premise that
the exemption represents un
fair competition, Foster peti
tioned the Court on:a motion
for judgment to
,invalidate the
order.
The court overruled a motion
for immediate judgment and
said the case would be argued
sipt. 26. •
Venus Shot Set
CAISE I CANAVERAL, .Fla.
01 3 ) 7 --Aii interplanetary space
ship named Mariner 1 is sched
uled for , launching Saturday
on a 334-inonth journey to the,.
vicinity of the planet Venus.
If - successful, the intricate
spacecraft will zip within 10,-.
000 miles of Venus in early
November and sensitive instrw
ments probe: Secrets of thki
cloud-yelled planet:
Before _ariner 1 covers this
36 million miles to Venus, Mari
ner 2, scheduled for launching
within six weeks, is to be fol
lowing the same course through
silent apace.