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VOL. 64, No. 32
SURE Declines Action
On 'Negro Incident'
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Considered
By Group
The newly - organized
university chapter of the
Student Union for Racial
Equality decided last night
to alter its original plans
and “take no further action” in
a classroom incident involving
“distasteful” remarks by a pro
fessor to a Negro student.
The decision was made de
spite an initial statement by Jack
Keyman, local SURE chairman,
demanding a personal apology
by Leo Boron, associate profes
sor of mathematics, to the Uni
versity for his “misinterpreted”
reference to the Negro race
during a class period.
The incident took place on Oc
tober 30 when Richard Greene,
a Negro student in Boron’s
mathematics class, caused some
commotion as he leaned over to
pick up his raincoat which had
fallen to the floor.
Turned Around
Boron,wh o was writing on the
blackboard at the time, turned
around and remarked to the
student “you don’t have to make
all that noise in here, Mr.
Greene. This isn’t Mississippi.”
Turning to the backboard he
added “All we lily whites in the
class here, all of us, all we can
do is lynch niggers, yes, lynch
niggers.
Greene then left the classroom
and reported the incident to
James B. Bartoo, head of the
mathematics department.
Boron later apologized to
Greene personally and on Nov
ember 1, apologized to the class
in Greene’s presence and then
to The Daily Collegian, saying
he had intended the remarks to
be strictly humorous.
In Bad Taste
He said that he now realized
that his humor was in bad taste
and would not be repeated again.
Boron discussed the incident
yesterday with the State College
Grievance Committee of the
Committee for Human Rights. |
Dr. Neil Riemer, professor of
political science, reported on the
interview to the SURE conclave
and said that Boron had ad
mitted his “error of judgement.”
He pointed out that during
the summer term Boron shared
an apartment with a Negro stu
dent, an action which is in line
with his professed pro civil rights
stand.
Sense of Pleasure
Riemer said that Boron be
lieved the raincoat was placed
on the floor by white students in
the class who sought to deprive
“a sense of pleasure from Mr.
Greene’s discomfitures.’
Boron’s initial remark was in
tended to point out the difference
of treatment of the Negro in
Mississippi and Pennsylvania,
according to Riemer.
Rimer added that the second
part of the exchange was “to
point out to white students the
meaning of their attitude toward
the ill treatment of Mr. Greene.”
Boron believed he was using
the incident “to show the white
students that their bigotry and
prejudice could lead to danger
ous consequences,” Riemer re
ported.
Boron attempted to “empha
size the inhuman treatment of
Negroes in the south and the
responsibility of ‘lily whites’
for this treatment,” the CHR
report read.
7 PSU Students,
WDFM Receive
SDK Recognition
Special to The Daily Collegian
NORFOLK, Va. Seven pre
sent and former Penn State stu
dents and campus radio station
WDFM won awards at the Sigma
Delta Chi convention' here yes
terday.
The students, all members of
a journalism course in public
affairs broadcasting, prepared
a radio documentary on Penn
sylvania strip mining last spring.
Their documentary, which was
televised in the central Penn
sylvania area, won first prize in
the national journalistic society’s
radio-television public service
category
Winners Listed
The students were George Bad
ner, Barbara Faris, Michael
Greenwald, Robert Kilborn, Ber
nard Nord, Douglas Volk and
Richard Wiles.
Dorothy Drasher, WDFM news
director, won the second place
award for radio-television writ
ing or commentary for a series
of broadcasts concerning the
University’s legal status and its
Board of Trustees.
SDX chapter President Steve
Monheimer, who is 'also WDFM
station manager, accepted the
awards from A. .1+ Higgenboth
am, SDX national vice presi
dent for undergraduate student
affairs. i
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"SURE" IS ENOUGH. Neil Riemer, spokesman for the
Grievance Committee of the State College Committee on
Human Rights, reported last night to the Student Union
for Racial Equality on the recent incident involving a
Negro student and his instructor. SURE decided against
taking any further action on the subject.
World Revolution
Demands Change
In Policy—Lens
By JOHN THOMPSON
The United States must revamp its foreign policies
to meet the challenge of a major social and economic
revolution now enveloping the world, author Sidney
Lens said last night.
Sixty nations have taken part in this revolution
since World War 11, Lens said,
discarding the shackles and
economic limitations of feuda
lists and tribal societies for
unstable economies and, in
many cases, communism
To meet this challenge, the
United States must discard its
present militaristic tactics in
favor of a more genuine con
cern for the underdeveloped
countries of the world,' he said.
Specifically, Lens said this
country should cut military
aid to all countries and change
the entire character of its eco
nomic aid policy to meet eco
nomic need instead of military
expediency.
“No country can win even a
limited nuclear war,” Lens said,
“As soon as America learns
this, there is hope for this na
tion.”
USSR Winning
The Soviet Union, Lens said,
is winning underdeveloped na
tions in the cold war by pre
senting a picture of freedom
from feudalism and poverty.
These nations have no concep
tion of democracy but are con
cerned primarily with improv
ing their economic state, he
said.
Since World War 11, the
United States has spent $650
billion on- defense merely to
maintain the present “balance
of terror,” Lens said. In all,
$1.5 trillion has been spent by
world powers on the cold war,
he said, • which is more than
the 475 million people in In
dia have earned in the past 75
years.
No Guarantee
Mere military might is no
guarantee against national de
struction, the author said. De
spite vast stores of nuclear
Job of a President
7 Day Work Week: 'No Complaints'
“I work seven days a week, morning, noon and night.
When I get the chance, I go up to Rec Hall for some exercise.”
The above statement could very well have been made
by some student complaining, as students perpetually do,
about his overburdened schedule, his long study hours, and
and his 60-hour week.
It would not occur to most people that the quote could,
and does, come from President Eric A. Walker, who is not
complaining, but instead, says he enjoys his work immensely.
The President admits that he often works in his office
at night and on weekends, in addition to his regular 8 a.m; to
5 p.m. schedule.
Dictation and desk work are much easier to do at night,
he said, when the office is cleared, and the administrative staff
has emptied Old Main.
“It’s a good time to get some work caught up for the next
day,” Walker said.
The President has a stiff schedule' to follow, including
numerous trips to Harrisburg, New York, and Washington,
Typical Week
Picking a typical week from the President’s schedule,.
might in the U.S., Cuba, a na
tion of 6.9 million people,
brought the world to the preci
pice of nuclear destruction
only 54 weeks ago, he said.
Lens said . today’s world
revolution is similar to three
major turning points in Ameri
can history—the Revolutionary
War, the Civil War, and the
economic crisis of the 1930’5.
In each case, the U.S. correct
ly defined the obstacle and
was able to avert disaster, he
said.
Much of today’s problem,
the author said, stems from the
fact the American diplomats
fail to realize what the pres
ent danger is. The world revo
lution of underdeveloped na
tions, not communism, should
be our prime concern today,
he said.
Lens compared the state of
the U.S. in 1963 to conditions
in 1775. To maintain our se
curity today, he said, we must
join the world revolution just
as we did in the 18th century.
Two Objectives
Every major revolution since
1588, Lens said, has had two
major objectives in mind:
equality before the law and
development of an economic
system to attract, foreign in
vestment. ' ,
These objectives, though dim
to us, are real to the people in
underdeveloped countries, Lens
said. In Guatemala 55 out of
every 100 children die before
the age of four, and four out
of 10 children in Brazil die
before their first birthday, he
said.
BY LARRY LAMB
FOR A BETTER PENNSTATE
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 8, 1963
Committee
Urges End
To Incident
The State College Committee
for Human Rights yesterday
called the recent incident in
volving an assistant professor
of mathematics and a Negro stu
dent an "unhappy affair” and
said that “little may be gained
by further speculation” on it.
In a statement adopted at a
noon meeting, the committee
said:
“The Committee for Human
Rights of State College has de
cided to examine the controversy
which recently resulted from
certain remarks made by Mr.
Boron in a University class
room.
Careful Study
“After a careful study of the
facts, the committee is of the
opinion that, while Mr. Boron’s
remarks were ill-considered and
offensive, it was not his intention
to injure the student. Certainly
the situation points out that even
in the enlightened atmosphere of
a university, discrimination can
occtir. The committee recognizes
that Mr. Boron’s awkward in
jection of social comment into
a mathematics classroom has
resulted in embarrassment for a
student and an unfair evalua
tion of his own motives. That it is
unfair is attested to by his own
record of assistance to Negroes
in the past.
“An apology by Mr. Boron to
his student and to the class has
been made and graciously ac
cepted. The committee feels that
little may be gained by further
speculation on this unhappy af
fair, except to note that in these
sensitive times, the thoughtless
word may be as damaging as
an overt act of discrimination.”-
Viet Nam's
Government
Recognized
WASHINGTON (TP) The
United States recognized the
new provisional government
of South Viet Nam, the State
Department announced yester
day.
The move followed by one
day a request from the new
military-backed regime for a
continuation and strengthening
of relations between the two
countries.
U.S. officials said that con
sultations on all U.S. aid pro
grams to South Viet Nam will
take place in Saigon with the
appropriate officials of the
government.
Important aid programs had
been slowed down during the
last month of President Ngo
Dinh Diem’s regime which fell
in a military coup last Friday.
Formal Reply
State Department press of
ficer Robert J. McCloskey said
that U.S. Ambassador Henry
Cabot Lodge in Saigon would
be delivered the formal note
replying to the Viet Nam re
quest for recognition.
The U.S. action followed by
a few hours Great Britain’s
recognition of the military re
gime in Saigon.
The recognition procedure
was advanced somewhat over
original expectations here al
though there never was any
doubt that the United States
would recognize the new re
gime which it hopes will press
ahead with the war against the
Viet Cong Communist guerril
las.'
although any week is hardly typical, shows that Walker is
busy all the time.
On Monday, Oct. 14, from 8 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. the
President took care of desk work and correspondence.
At 8:30 a.m. every Monday he meets with the President’s
staff, consisting of University-vice presidents, to discuss prob
lems reinvent to University affairs.
At 10:30 a.m. the Council of Academic Deans meets with
the President, and the order of business is roughly the same
as the President’s staff meeting.
These two meetings, Walker explained, are part of a chain
of communication which involves several levels.
The Council of Academic Deans (which the President
jokingly calls CADs) then meet with their individual depart
ment heads to relay the information, and the heads, in turn,
meet with their faculties. ■
■ Continuing on Monday, Oct. 14, the President met with
several individual University officials between 1:30 p.m. and
3 p.m.
He then worked on correspondence and desk work until
5 p.m. -
At 6 pjn. Walker addressed the Appropriations commit
tee of the State House and Senate.
(Continued on page three)
LYNDON B. JOHNSON
Johnson's Visit
Marred by Call
BRUSSELS, Belgium (IP) —
An anonymous phone call that
a bomb was set to explode on
the arrival of Vice President
Lyndon B. Johnson caused a
search of the airport yesterday.
No bomb was found and his
plane landed on schedule. John
son arrived here from The
Hague for a three-day visit.
A motorcycle escort for the
vice president was rushed to
the airport an hour early after
an unidentified caller reported
his plane was ahead of sched
ule.
The U.S. Embassy disclaimed
responsibility for the report.
As Johnson stepped from his
plane, there was a downpour
of icy rain. He read a brief
statement from beneath a drip
ping umbrella.
Clearing Skies
Expected in
Storm's Wake
A 2- to 3-inch rainfall erased
virtually all evidence of one of
the worst drought’s in Pennsyl
vania’s history.
The rain was the heaviest in
more than two years in the local
area, where 2.40 inches of rain
had fallen .up to. 10 p.m. Jast'
night. ...
In southeastern parts of the
Commonwealth up to four ■ in
ches was recorded.
The storm responsible for the
rain remained nearly stationary
over eastern Maryland yester
day after moving across the
southeastern states Wednesday.
Heavy rain spread several hun
dred miles ahead of the center,
and gale force winds lashed the
coast from the Carolinas to New
England.
Rain To Subside
Partial clearing and some
what milder temperatures are
indicated for today. A high of
55 is expected.
It should be mostly clear and
cool tonight with a low of 40.
USG Discusses
Members' Duties
A section of a by-laws amend- j
ment which would have required
congressmen to chair major
Undergraduate Student Govern-;
ment committees was deleted
last night by the USG Congress.
The action was taken in the
first of two required readings.
The original amendment pro
posed that only USG congress
men should chair USG commis
sions, with the exception of the
Elections Commission; that all
scheduled meeting of the rep
resentative council in each con
stituent area be attended by
USG congressmen from that
area; and that USG congress
men should maintain weekly of
fice hours in the areas that they
represent.
Whiton Paine (town) proposed
that the first section of the
amendment be changed so that
congressmen should chair or co
chair USG commissions. Paine
said that it is not necessary for
a congressman to chair a com
mittee if a person outside Con
gress is especially trained for
Reds
New
MOSCOW (/P) The Russians trundled four silvery ground-to-air rockets of a
new design through Red Square in a revolutionary day parade yesterday and repre
sented them as potent antimissile missiles.
. The Soviet news agency Tass said they were guided interceptors “capable of hit
ting any up-to-date air space attack weapons.” Radio Moscow said they “can attain
hits on all means of air and
space attack.”
Western military experts,
however, expressed reserva
tions about the killing capa
city of these 50-foot weapons,
displayed in the traditional
parade celebrating the 46th an
niversary of. the Bolshevik
Revolution.
Premier Khrushchev watched
the three-hour show in gray,
chilly weather from a review
ing stand atop Lenin’s Tomb,
then was host at a reception
at the Kremlin for about 2,000
persons, including a score of
American industrial leaders
who are visiting Moscow.
Khrushchev Boasts
In an opening toast he de
clared the Soviet Union will
surpass the United States as
the world’s No. 1 nation in an
other seven years. He held out
the olive, branch to Red Chjna.
He warned that “if the capi
talist world raises weapons
against us, you will see what
will happen.” He drank “a
toast to the spirit of Moscow,
peace for all the world,” after
U.S., Ambassador Foy D. Kohl
er inquired: "Where is the spir
it of Moscow?” , 1
The four rockets drew pri
mary attention in the 10-min
ute military section of the
day’s parade. Army trucks
towed them.
Veteran observers spotted
nothing else new among the
array of tanks, artillery, ar
mored personnel carriers and
other weapons. (
The rockets were lethal
looking, two-stage instruments
with radar nose cones plainly
visible. Each stage carried fins
for guidance.
Western Sceptics
Western experts said the
rockets might be capable of
zeroing in on short-range or
intermediate-range fhissiles /in
flight. But they said they
doubted the rockets could in
tercept 'intercontinental ballis
tic missiles such as the U.S.
Minuteman, which travel high
er and faster.
There was speculation that
they might be the rockets
which Khrushchev once claim
ed could hit a fly in outer
space.
Top members of the Soviet
Communist party and govern
ment took the salute of mili
tary units with Khrushchev,
who wore a Keavy overcoat
and felt hat against the near
freezing temperature.
Missing from the lineup were
Presidium members Frol R.
Kozlov and Mikhail Suslov,
both reported ailing.
the job.
Jackson’s Motion
After Paine’s amendment was
passed, USG President George
Jackson moved that the entire
section of the bill concerning the
chairing of committees be de
leted.
Jackson said that students out
side Congress must be given an
opportunity to hold positions of
leadership, and this section of
the bill decreases their chance of
doing so.
He also argued that if a con
gressman is doing his job re
sponsibly, he will not have
time to sit on committees.
Jackson added that it is a con
gressman’s job to know the com
mittee members, and the chair
ing of committee is not neces
sary in order to meet the mem
bers.
The amendment to co-chair
committees does not improve the
bill, Jackson said, because it
will only result in a split in re
sponsibility.
Motion in Order
USG Vice President Donald
Morabito ruled that Jackson’s
motion was in order, but the
decision of the chair was . ap
pealed by Whiton Paine.
A discussion concerning the
right of the executive to propose
amendments then followed.
Paine appealed the decision of
the chair, but Morabito’s de
cision was upheld. Jackson’s
proposal to delete the first sec
tion of the bill was then passed.
Michael Stoll (fraternity) pro
posed a second deletion that
would strike the section statins
that a congressman must attend
all scheduled meetings of the
representative council in each
constituent area from the bill.
Stoll’s proposed deletion was
then-defeated.
In other business, a bill to
appropriate sl2s' for the estab
lishment of a college bowl and
a bill to support non-preferred
state appropriations were passed
unanimously. The state appro
priations will be supported by
-means of letters from George
Jackson to political chieftains
and newspaper editors,
Display
Missiles
Goldwater Silence
Greets Statement
From Rockefeller
NASHUA, N.H. (/P) New York Gov. Nelson A.
Rockefeller, newly announced Republican presidential
contender, opened his campaign in New Hampshire yes
terday, site next March of the nation’s first presidential
primary.
During a steady downpour, Rockefeller visited an
industrial plant and went on a
handshaking tour on the vil
lage green of Milford.
The governor told a news
conference he planned to re
turn to New Hampshire many
times, in weeks before the pri
mary next March 10. He also
indicated he would enter the
California primary—which will
be the last primary before the
nominating convention in July
—but said he had not made up
his mind yet what other pri
maries to enter.
Refers to Polls
Referring to opinion polls
that indicate he is behind Sen.
Barry Goldwater of Arizona,
Rockefeller said: “I know I am
an underdog in the polls. But
if one enters politics because
of his belief in principle wheth
er he is ahead or behind doesn’t
matter.”
Rockefeller predicted the Re
publican presidential candi
date, whoever he may be, will
be capable of defeating Presi
dent Kennedy in the general
elections.
Vacationing Goldwater greet
ed Rockefeller’s candidacy an
nouncement with silence. But
an aide in Washington insisted
Rockefeller’s announcement
has not changed a thing.
Rockefeller made his offi
cial declaration in Albany,
N.Y.. before boarding a plane
for Nashua, where he reread
his statement at his news con
ference.
Statement
“I am here this morning,”
he said, “to announce my can
didacy for the Republican
presidential nomination, and
my entry at the proper time in
the New Hampshire primary.
I have reached this decision
because I believe that vital
principles are at stake in the
next presidential election.”
The governor then added he
is confident the national con
vention “will write a platform
and select a candidate consist
ent with the basic principles
of the Republican party and
the realities of the world in
which we live—a platform and
a candidate that will have my
complete support, a platform
and a candidate that will lead
our party to victory in Novem
ber.”
Dispel Fears
The New Hampshire primary
is regarded as all important to
Rockefeller’s cause. In the
judgment of some politicians,
a victory here would go a long
way toward disspelling the di
vorce and remarriage issue that
they believe has alienated some
vote.
Rockefeller supporters say
the governor can win if he will
conduct an intensive person to
person campaign, coupled with
an espousal of middle-of-the
road policies. This, Rockefeller
made clear he intends to do in
New Hampshire.
PSU To Enforce
Winter Parking
Another sign of approaching
winter: next week the Univer
sity will begin enforcement of
a parking regulation instituted
each year about this time to
help snow removal crews do
their job.
No parking is permitted in
certain campus areas between
2 a.m. and 6 a.m. during the
winter season, Campus Patrol
Chief John Galaida said. Since
no one is quite sure just when
snow storms will begin, the
regulation is put into effect in
November and continued until
spring.
The parking areas involved
are 7, 11, 20, 23, 30, 38, 40, 41,
46, 50, 61, 62, 80; 81, and 95. In
general, these are the larger
areas or those most centrally
located.
Campus patrolmen will be
gin Monday giving tickets to
cars parked in these areas dur
the stated hours.
USG Ignores
Constitutional Intent
-See Page 2
ijIVE CENTS
GOV. ROCKEFELLER
. . in the race
SEN. GOLDWATER
. . . no comm i
Agreement
Delayed by
Republicans
HARRISBURG (IP) Sen
ate Republicans yesterday de
ferred until next Tuesday final
agreement on the first major
reapportionment, of the cham
ber since 1906.
The GOP caucus, which has
enough votes to pass a redis
tricting bill without Democra
tic help, spent three hours dis
cussing, sometimes heatedly, a
plan developed by Sen. Marvin
V. Keller, R-Bucks, chairman
of the Senate Reapportionment
Committee. •
Keller Plan
The plan would rearrange
the 50 districts to give new
seats to Allegheny, Delaware
and Montgomery counties by
eliminating seats now held by
two Republicans and a Demo
crat, and by shifting other
county lineups.
Sen. William Z. Scott, R-
Carbin, caucus chairman, said
agreement on the plan, which
apparently will pass almost as
written, was delayed “because
of a number of questions that
were raised by some members
who wanted to go back home
and talk to interested indi
viduals.”
Gov. Scranton has called the
legislature into special session
starting Nov. 12 to redistrict
both the House and Senate
along population lines based on
the 1960 U.S. census. The fed
eral courts have threatened to
redistrict any state legislature
which does not act on its own.
The last major alteration was
in 1906 with minor changes
made in 1921.
/ ‘
Among the Missing?
The major changes would
eliminate Sens. Walter E. Mor
ris, R-Jefferson; Thomas E.
Ehrgood, R-Lebanon, and Sen.
Martin L. Murray, D-Luzerne.
Murray’s district would be
dropped entirely, leaving all of
Luzerne County, which now
has two. seats, to Sen. Harold
E! Flack, Republican.