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Editorial Opinion
Dilworth's Vieifs: Our Questions
Richard .tin Dilworth, Dethocratic can- -. . Ccinservation
didate fm- governor, will be on campus ' Mr. Dilworth says he will fight for a
tonight. We are presenting today a sum- tough
t o st c
o r i n p t O m u r i n i
i f n a
the la i w
i n requiringo
us res,torad
mary of what Ddworth considefs to be the
also a 10-to-12 year program by the state to
ten top issues in the gubernatorial cam- restore the abandoned stripped areas. In
paign, as reported Sunday in The Pitts- - addition, he says his adminstration will
burgh Press: i ''=. strictly enforce our clean streams law. No
. .
users •
We
are presenting this review inhopes will be exempted.
WE ASK: What is Dilworth's" position
that the informlition will • add to students on the University's sewage treatment trou
'background on the race for goirernor and bles? These troubles in Spring Creek are
as tc a he r
that it will aid and encourage students to "•caused by a fight for oxygen between the
ask well-informed and intelligent ques- 'fish;riesltahodf
tn the raised
water inplants
state
growingfish
tions of Mr. Dilworth at 8 tonight ,in the nutrious effluent - from the Univer-
Schwab„ , • sity's sewage plafit. •
Follo,sving each issue is a summary of Highways : ' -
Dilwonth's stand on the matter and in same' Dilworth says, "We now have plans
cases,speclfic questions which we feel must and the greatest highway construction
be answered. • program in history. I want to step up these
- s programsa , nd to extend_ Civil, SO,rv , ice con-
Dilworth headed his list of ten issues iderahly.i Dilworth also pledges / the swift_
with the problem of unemployment and completion cif the Keystone Shottway, the
a pledge to promote jobs for all who want Erie-Pittsburgh-West Virginia , Express
to 'work. The nine other issues listed in or- •way and the Anthracite Expressway.
der are education; conservation,-highways,
. aged under
ASK: If the University is to be;
come the center of higher education in the
medical care for the agc-d under Social state, better routes of access must be con-
Security, civil rights,
.good government. -- structed to the campus. Are there any plans
his opponent's indecisiveness, evasiveness for such construction?
and disregard of facts, the Republican Par- . MedicarCare for the Aged .
ty's commitment to inaction and the ques- Under Socialfiecurity
tion of which candidate can do the best job. DilWorth says, "I am strongly' in favor
Unemploythent, Industry and Jobs
of President Kennedy's plan' to provide
health insurance financed through Social
,Dilwurth pledged that his adminstra- Security."
tibn "will engage in' the Most 'massive in- WE ASK: In what specific ways* will
duiLry hum.ing and job producing program the President's plan improve on the present
in any L.,.::).:.e's - history. He proposed doing Kerr-Mills, law?, , •
this through an -c - . , anded . and higher - ' 'Civil Rights
budn'e':ed state industrial authority (MA),
r. Dilworth pledges to• use the powers
through closer work' with the federal gov- and prestige of his office to adVance, the
-ernment, and through a plan to., help fi
name
‘ research - and development centers pause of civil rights in every. appropriate
_
and to assist them with research ,cimtracts circumstance wherever
e wherever it may occur in _
which will attract modern growth iiidus- WE ASK: Under his.- administration
tries (space, missile and aircraft, electronics WE
it 'still' be possible for landlords in
and chemicals), increase our defense space
research contracts and bring fiat employ- • •
Pennsylvania to specify the race or re
ment to the state. ligion of their tenants? It is done ; in State
WE ASK: What Is D College today. ilworth'a stand on
." Good Government
the manpower training act passed by Con-
"
gress this year?_What does Dilworth plan
Dilworth. says, My administration
for the thousands of middle-aged, unskilled •
will seek vigorously to extend legislative
• Civil Service to every state employee who
workers now unemployed in the state? •
requires any skill or training to perform
Education his job."
Dilworth outlines a ' seven-point plan WE ASK: Will the Pennsylvania High-.
for - higher ;education which, he says, "will way's Department, which at present gives
put quality :higher education within the the state administration thousands of jobs
reach of every qualified student." The to pass out as political patronage,'_finally
plan is:' be put under Civil Service?
. . :
•A state-wide system of community , My Opponent's Indecisiveness
colleges. . - "During these past months my op
*Expansion and improvement of The
ponent has treated us to an incredible
'
Pennsylvania Staie University and all its number of proposals which invariably end. -
campuses. - up with a call for study to be conducted
. or a committee to be set up."
. GOP Commitment to inaction
Dilworth says, "It is perfectly clear
that the Republican state- leaders of today
remain opposed to and are incapable of
taking the necessary steps to bring in the
modern industries (space, electronics, mis •
-
sile development, research, and those de
rived, from the chemicals) on which full
employment and proiperity will depend
in this and succeeding decades."
Which Candidate Can Do the Job?
Dilworth says, _"What Pennsylvania
needs today, more' than at any. other mo
ment in its history, are bold programs and
dynamic leadership.
"My opponent has demonstrated re
markable ignorance of the history; prob
lems, and people of this state." , -
Above are Dilworth's claims and aspir
ations. True to pre-election day form, most
of them are broad statements and pledges. _
With the opportunity of having Dilworth
on - this campus, students must me e t and
talk with this man AO with his Republi
can opponent Williairn W. Scranton on
Thursday.
We urge that students familiar!:* ,'
themsetves • with these . stands and ' seek,/ .
specific answers to their questions.
In only a matter of -days, one of these
candidates will_ have to begin dealing in
specifics. Now is the time for: them to
begin. , - . - /'.
•Improvement of the faculties,, cur
riculum and plants of Pennsylvania'i 14
state colleges. • ,
• Inc ' asing state t -assistance to the pri
vate colle es and universities already re
ceiving s to help. -: ' _
*Helping Pennsylvania's other private
colleges and universities with scholarships,
research contracts and building, programs.
*Ail adequate program of state-schol
arships and loans ,so that no qualified stu
dent will be denied an• education merely
because he or his family cannot pay, for it.
*Pooling the resources of the state,
local communities, universities and indus
tries to build research centers in Pennsyl
vania. I •
WE AMC.: In what order of priority
will Dilworth present his seven-step Pro
:gram? Will this University, as the state
university, be the arid -recipient of new
monies devoted to higher education? Will
the state give the Jniversity enough money
to allow the University to reduce its stu
dent tuition to a level more in,line with
other state universities?
Will he support a program of televised
courses. centered and controlled by this
University? Will he appoint educated men
and Men a ixitereatsd in Penn State to the
University's Board of ?{mate's? Will tiv
himself continue as an setive member of
the Penn St...t. RoPrit of Trustees?
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, UNIVERSITY PARK.. PENNSYLVANIA
viewpoint
Goldwater's Fogy
A recent attack by a University
of Colorado junior on many Cur
rent leading politicians, including
a violent criticism of Senator
Barry Goldwater, has led to an;
interesting series of developments.
The attack, written by philoso
phy major Carl Mitcham, was
published Sept. 21 in a supple
ment -to the student newspaper,
The Colorado Daily.
Accoiding.to a New York Times
article,l Mitcham accused Presi
dent Kennedy of making promises
duringi the ca: -
paign thathe .
n o intention
keeping and s.
that this had
been tine of P
ident lEisenho
and of the I a
President Fran,
• lin D. 'Roosevel
In his attack
Goldwater, M
chain, according
the Times, ca'
the Arizona sena- BOLBACR
tor "a victim of forces outside
himself" and went on to say that
Gold Water "is a fool, a mounte
bank, fa murderer, no better than
a common criminaL"
Following publication of the
article, a newly organized group
on campus, known as the Campus
Conservative Club, carried a tele.:
phOne interview with Goldwater
in a / paper the club publishes
called The New Conservative. •
Thi interview quoted the sena
tor 1111 saying.he viewed the mat
ter as "very serious, and some
. action will be taken," , the Times
• said.
Following this action, the uni
versity's president, Quigg New
ton, promptly sent a telegram to
Goldwater offering his sincere
apologies and regrets.
- The student newspaper did the
, .same!thing. The Board of Regents
asked - the university Board of
Publications, composed of three
• faculty members and three stu-,
denbi, to investigate.
This apparently did 'not satisfy
the Senator.. for he insisted that
Mitcham be - expelled from school
and the editor of the student new s -.
piper Pres
President Ne wton isched.
rftave a sharp
ansuier to these demands in a let
-. ter to Goldwater.
"We have a genuine demo
cracy of ideas on our campus," the
•, Times quoted Newton as writing
Goldwater. "We have fought. ong
and !hard to achieve it, and the
fight has been against those who—
, likel yourself—believe the tune
tionlof a university is to indoctri-
Mae!, rather than educate; to
kontrol thought, rather • than to
giraulate it.
"The cry you raise has i very
familiar ring to us: 'You must
silence those who do not agree
with mei' Senator. I shall not si
lent* them." ' • ' '
In addition , to Newton's letter
-to Goldwater, the Discipline Com
mittee of the university diSmissed
charges against Mitcham. and the
Board of Publications refused the
demand to dismiss the student
editor.
The Student Senate, while cen-,
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suring Mitcham for the wording
of his article, supported his right
to have- written it and also sup
ported Pr es ident Newton's actions
in telling Senator Goldwater to
stop meddling with the
adminis
tration of the university.
Nothing has been heard from
Goldwater since President Newtin
wrote: his letter of rebuff to him
and no libel actions have been
filed against the' newspaper • or
against Mitcham personally, thi
Times said. •
Three things become clear out '
of this running battle of charges
and countercharges
First and most 'obvious is that
'Mitcham, in writing the ',article,
showed complete flack of respon
sibility as did the editor in allow
ing it to be published. The article
itself was in very poor taste.
Mitcham showed himself to 'bet
somewhat of a fool in attacking
Goldwater personally, for the Sen
ator can-be a very charming and
gracious man. Had he attacked
the principles for Which Goldwater
stands instead of making a person
al attack, the article would have
been worth more and •it is un
likely that such; a furor would
have been raised.
Second. and most disappointing
of all, is the manner in which
ator Goldwater has reacted
article. It seems' slightly, .1 , -
lous far a man of his stature to
lower himself to petty debating
over such an article.
It is heightened by the fact that
he continued to idemand the :ex
pulsion of the tudent 'and the
dismissal of the editor of the paper
after receiving apologies front
both the president of the uni
versity. and the newspaper.
Goldwater hai, in effect, low
ered himself to .Mitcham's level,.
which is not iaying too much for
either of them.
The Times . article states that
nothing had been ,heard from
either President Kennedy or for
mer President Eisenhower as fat
as is known. I &Mb! very much
that either of them know of the
existence of the 'article. Goldwater
probably never would have either_
'had it not been. for the conserva
tive club on campus.
,However, had either President
Kennedy or former President Ei
_ senhower known of the article, I
doubt very ranch if either of thein
would have reacted in the foolfsh
manner in which Goldwater hai.
The third, and most heartening
aspect, is the stand which the uni
versity's president, Quigg NeW
ton,- has taken'; in regard to the
whole affair:
While certainly not being in an
enviable position. Newton made
a strong and 'eloquent plea for
upholding , academic freedom at
his university.;
According to,the Times, Newton
has been under fire for such 'ac
tions before and this •makes his
rebuff of: Goldwater's demands
even more heartening. /
I wonder just how many other
university preSidents would have
done the same thing in / ..the same
situation. • t-
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