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The. World
POPE AND GROMYKO MEET IN AN HISTORIC FIRST:
Pope Paul VI received Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A.
Gromyko yesterday in an historic meeting that carriers the•
dialogue between Roman Catholicism and the world of
atheistic communism a major - step forward. in the lint
meeting between a Rolnan
Catholic pope and Soviet of
ficial, Vatican sources said
the pontiff undoubtedly had
urged the Soviet Union use
its influence to ease tensions
endangering the wor 1 d.
Gromyko said afterward
that he and the Pope agreed
"on the need to work to
gether for peace independ
ently of ideologies." The
meeting which lasted 45
minutes, almost twice the
length of an average private
audience, was described as
private •by Vatican sources.
However, the presences •of
the Vatican secretary of
state, Amleto Cardinal Cico
gnani*,and the Soviet ambasi
sador to Rome, Semyon Koz
yrez, • demonstrated that it
was a diplomatic meeting.
Later, Gromyko declined to
say whether the Pope would
be invited to visit the Soviet ANDREI GROMYKO
Union and whether they had
discussed diplomatic ties between Moscow and the Vatican.
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U.S. AIR ATTACKS CONTINE IN VIET NAM: A new
852 raid yesterday on the Mu Gia Pass capped wide-rang
ing American air attacks on North Vietnam. Field action
picked up slightly in the South. U.S. and Vietnamese forces
were reported to have killed 167 Viet Cong. Briefing offi
cers disclosed that U.S. Air Force and Navy pilots flew 72
missions north of the bdrder Tuesday in the raids that stir
red up Communist MIG fighters for the third time in four
days. While a surge of terrorist activity claimed attention
in Saigon, officials seemed more concerned by the Viet
Cong's efforts to decimate local leadership and paralyze
administration in the countryside. Authorities announced
that Communist "special activities cells" have killed or
kidnapped 4,338 goverment officials ranging from hamlet
headmen to district chiefs, since the start of .1964. In a
special Associated Press news analysis, correspondent Wil
liam L. Ryan said that a challenge to U.S. airpower over
North Vietnam raises the protest that the Southeist Asia
conflict may be entering a more dangerous phase; one which
could spell .gradual increased Soviet involvement. Up to
now, Ryan continued, the Soviet Union has given the im
pression that it would like to see some sort of settlement of
the Vietnam war. But the Kremlin is: tinlikelY`io fake any,
initiative - 'whicturmitht-daniage'clnTiittiriettdtirld -
Communist movement:' Because Of the recent political tur
bulence in 'South Vietnam's cities, it is likely the Com
munist world now believes the Vietnamese struggle is
nearing a decisive stage. In such a case, Moscoiv might be
anxious to step up its help to the North Vietnamese and
thus enhance its influence in Hanoi at a time when
im
portant decisions could be in the making.
The Nation
PENN-CENTRAL RAIL MERGER BIGGEST IN HISTORY:
The government yesterday approved the biggest merger in
history, uniting the Pennsylvania and New York Central
railroads. But 'it rejected another consolidation that would
have resulted in the nation's longest rail System. The 11 . -
Man Interstate Commerce Commission unanimously agreed
the Pennsylvania and New York Central .should merge into
a single line, absorbing all freight and passenger service of
the bankrupt New York, New Haven & .Hartford Railroad.
The commission, however, refused to allow the Greqt
Northern, Northern Pacific and Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy railroads to merge. Approving the Penn-Central
merger because of what it termed the financial benefits to
railroads, shippers and public, the ICC disapproved the
northern lines merger on he ground that any financial
advantages would be outweighed by a "drastic lessening of
competition and adverse effects on employees."
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GEORGIA APPEAL REJECTED BY SUPREME COURT:
The Supreme Court threw out yesterday an appeal from a
Georgia ruling that the Na
tional Association for' the
Advancement o f Colored
People can be held liable
for picketing ordered by its
Savannah branch. The 5-4
decision, announced in a
nine-word order, was vig
orously •attacked by, Justice
William o.'Douglas who said
it, is the kind of judgment
that ultimately could de
stroy the NAACP and other
"unpopular groups." The di
rect effect is that Haldred
Overstreet, a white grocer,
may collect $65,793.05 in
damages from the national
organization, its Savannah
branch and two branch offi
cers. Chief justice Earl War
ren and Justices William J.
Brennan Jr. and Abe Fortas
added their voices to Doug
las' dissent.. Douglas said the
NAACP's views are "anathe
ma" in some parts of the
country and under "vague"
'Georgia laws it could be held accountable for almost any
thing its branch does. "Unpopular groups," he said, "will re
ceive crushing verdicts from emotional juries."
The State
AFL-CIO REFUSES TO ENDORSE GUBERNATORIAL
HOPEFULS: The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO adopted a "hands
off" policy yesterdaK in the gubernatorial primary by refus
ing to endorse any of the Democratic candidates and thus,
averted a possible split in its ranks. The organization passed
a resolution of non-endorsement at its seventh Constitu
tional Convention following sharp debate among delegates.
Sentiment was expressed for both Milton Shapp, a Phila
delphia industrialist and an independent candidate for the
Democratic nomipation and State' Sen. Robert P. Casey,
the party organization's choice. Harry Boyer, AFL-CIO
president, said, "I am far more concerned with conserving
the unity of this state organization than I am in favor of
furthering the candidacy of any persons seeking public
office." A resolution to form a National Labor Party was
also dropped.
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SG Voices Disapproval
By RICHARD WIESENHUTTER
Collegian USG Reporter (-
The tentative pioposals by•the Adminis
trative Committee on - Student Affairs to
modify the off-campus visitation rule hit the
Undergraduate Student Government camp
yesterday and bounced back with stern re
buke.'
Last night, Robert Katzenstein, USG
.president, said a special USG meeting will
be held tonight to formulate Congress' opin
ion of the proposals. The previously sched
uled meeting for tonight to swear in the
new slate of USG executives has been post
poned for the following .week,
The Administrative Committee yesterday
proposed a visitation program as part of a
possible rule . change. According to the Com
mittee's report, the following regulations
would go into effect if the program is ap
proved:
•Permission for women students to visit
apartments under "stated circumstances" and
without any chaperonage.
• *Visiting would be limited to apartment
house areas that have a "party registration
center." This center would be established by
the student residents of the area.
AWS Rejects Proposal
Votes Not To Act As Police Force
By JACKIE SNYDER
Collegian. AWS Reporter.
The Association of Women Student's
Senate last night unanimously voted to
voice disapproval of the proposed five
point revision of the apartment ruling
presently being considered by the Admin
istrative Committee on Student Affairs.
AWS President Alexis Brown stated
that the -group would not act as a police
force. She said that_ this does not mean
the organization is shirking responsibility,
"I personally would like responsibility
and, by working on this issue for the
pat three years, this is what we have
been working toward. If thic Bonrrt of
Control is approved by the Administra
tive Committee, they 'will be eskity• us
to take responsibility , for enforcing a
rule which we had no part in making,"
she explained. •
The resolution which was approved
by the Senate read: "We, the Association
of Women Students Senate recognize that
the proposal presently being considered
by the 'Administrative. Committee on 'Stu
dent Affairs , regkrajpg:Apartment„visita
tion is just , a proposal. Buras
,such; we,
the 'representatives of women studentS,
feel that this is against the wishes of
women students thus, we do not support
the proposal."
In discussing -a statement allegedly
made by Dean of Men Frank J. Simes
stating that if the Town Independent Men
refused to act as an enforcement body
then the Dean of ,Men's staff would do
this, Miss Brown expressed doubt that
the Dean of Women's office would take a
Students M
Protest Apo
By JOYCE McKEEVEB
Collegian Staff Writer
While most students tacitly accepted the
Administration's new ruling on apartment vis
itation, a handful of students took-their objec
tions to Old Main at 3 p.m. yesterday.
With a downpour of rain against them,
about 25 students made the five-minute march
from the Hetzel Union Building to Old,Main.
Their meeting with the Dean of Men, Frank
J. Simes, was even shorter.
•The group by-passed the Office of Student
Affairs for Simes' office because of a report
in The Daily Collegian 'yesterday that ,only
the dean voted against unlimited- visitation.
Meanwhile David Ferleger (4th-science-
Philadelhpia) the leader of the demonstration,
asked the students who had crowded into the
office to remain quiet and orderly. After they*
had talked to Simes, Ferleger said "we. will
remain for about 10 seconds in prayer
,for
the administration.''
Dressed in raincoats and sporting dripping
umbrellas, the protestors planted themselves
in neat rows before the secretary's desk. When
they left, a short three minutes later, the only
sign of their visit was a well-spotted, wet rug.
Only one representative was permitted into
Simes' personal . office. The University coed
asked Simes to come out in the outer office
where she Would read a prepared statement
before the demonstrators. The dean insisted
that she read the statement there.
"We have read the Administration's pro
posals in the Collegian this morning and are
angry at the lack of respect and understanding
you have shown to the years of effort the stu
dent groups have dedicated to the formulation
.WR.E . To:Aik:Senate Help
By CLIFF ELLNER
Collegian Staff Writer
Robert A. Gallagher (12th-Secondary
Education-Philadelphia),'• president of the
Student Union for. Racial Equality, an
nounced last night that SURE will introduce
a resolution on non-discrimination at next
Tuesday's meeting of the University Senate.
Gallagher, speaking at a.meeting of the
State 'College Committee for Human Rights
at the Grace Lutheran Church, said that the
resolution was the "mast reasonable" move
which could be made at this time. "Who else
have we got to turn to?" he asked.
Gallagher's announcement .of the SURE
move came after Rev. Arthur Seyda, newly
elected president of the Committee, had told,
the members about the results of thd grOup's,
effort to recruit Negro students to the Uni
versity last weekend. ' - '
Seyda called the, visitation prOject
"worthwhile." He pointed out,however, that
the visiting Negro students, from high sch,ools
in Philadelphia and New York City, were
"pretty highly motivated students"—which
made the job easier. • •
"Next year," he added, "we can do a
better job."'
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 28, 1966
'No Agreement with A
eti. joint Town Independent Men-Asso
ciation of Women Students 'Control Board
to enforce rules. This would have functions
similar to the Interfraternity Council Board
of Control.
None of these proposals hmre been totally
agreed upon yet by the Administrative Com
mittee although it has voted unanimously
for a change in the present University 'rule
prohibiting- coeds from visiting all off-cam
pus men's residences.
Denunciation of Proposals
"I expect that a strong denunciation of
the proposals (of the Administrative Commit
tee) will be presented tonight," Katzenstein
said. None of the Committee's proposals are
good workable ones in any point," he added.
Katzenstein also said he, expects the
USG Congress to pass a resolution which
he said he will submit, to express its "dis
approval with the proposals."
Richard Kalich, USG pkesident-elect, said
he also expects "USG to come' out against
the proposals and to come out strongly as a
united front."
At 11 a.m. today, Kalich, along with
Alexis Brown, AWS president; Ed Cress
man, TIM president; Dorothy' J. Harris,
Dean of Women and Clifford Nelson, co-
similar stand. She said, "The two staffs
are operating under two different philoso
phies. The Dean of Women's office does
not police."
Degrading Organizations
Comments_ made by AWS Senate
members were many ; but they generally
expressed the sentiments voiced in, the
resolution. One member expressed the
view that acceptance of such a proposal
would be "kind of degrading to the stu
dent government organizations" because
it is contrary to all the suggestions made
by' them.
. Andrea Wollrnan, AWS Public Rela- Discussing, the recent revision of
tions Chairman, said "I think the whole, policy governing the conduct of women
proposal is contrary to what the women students, members of the Senate were
students want." asked to remind women students in their
Discussing the aspects of the sug- residence areas that, although breakfast
gested Board of Control, AWS Treasurer and lunchtime dress regulations have
Faith Tanney said, 'The proposal seems been slightly relaxed, neatness is still
to be an obvious misinterpretation of the expected.
word responsibility." She explained that ' The comment was made that in some
it is not the responsibility of AWS or residence halls, the women are not ac-
TIM to see that student's moral conduct cepting their 'responsibility, for getting
is acceptable.. to .the. Dniversity,- Moral.S., ) ,thpir, dates .out qt. the'lob_by at'.closing
and responeibititY'iai•e-_ iiidfiriduarLithine. _ time-At-this:Persists ending-to judicial
and•the• students haye demonstrated 'their • representatives, - the specific residence
willingness to take responsibility for their halls .will be closed a half hour early,
actions, she added. permitting girls to remain outside until'
Research In Vain . curfew but requiring that men not be
The view was also so expressed that in the building.
if the proposal was approved, all of ,the Also, the Senate was informed of a
work which AWS has done to research letter which has been sent to female Uni
and recommend a solution to the apart- versity students living with their fam
mnt dilemma will have been in vain. ilies in State College to determine the
It will only have served to bring the amount of interest in setting up an AWS
apartment issue to the attention of the town council which would be represented
Administration. on the Senate. '
arch On Simes; .
rtment Proposal
of realistic apartment visitation regulation,"
the statement read.
He went to the outer office where students
remained lined in rows, and announced that
he would take the accepted statement.
Ferleger asked Simes to explain why the
ruling was made without consideration for
Undergraduate Student Government and the
Association of Women's students propdsals.
Simes replied, "I don't want to answer. I
Will work with Undergraduate Student 'Govern
ment through the appropriate channels."
Pressed further by — Ferleger, Simes
snapped, "No comment," and returned to his
office.
In an interview with' the Collegian later,
Simes 'took the short protest in a lighterf
"It does demonstrate something, but this is
all I have to say," simes noted, adding, "let
the picture speak for itself."
To the protest leader, Ferleger, the demon
stration was an indication of what students
could do with a half-hour's notice.
Actually it took a little more than that.
Plans for a demonstration Tuesday were talked
about at the Ad Hoc ,Committee for Student
Freedom booth On the ground floor of the HUB.
. The group adjourned to the HUB desk at
2:45 p.m. They were halted tempOrarily by
organizational difficulties and made three sep
arate attempts to leave the building en masse.
Ferleger said the meeting with Simes made
him "physically sick although his attitude was
characteristic of
.other administrators."
"I had thought he would, be able to justify
the ruling and prepare some reasons for the
action," Ferleger said. Simes "no comments"
just made him more militant, 116 added.
Seyda, who_ had ~ e xperience with the
racial problem when he was head of an inter
racial North Philadelphia parish, pointed out
that "we had about six students who ap
plinl" to the University as a result of their
visits. In. , ..4ddition, Seyda' said, "We also
had the Offer of a scholarship from a State
College businessman." , •
Seyda said that the invitation of Negroes
to .the University was only one way •to at
tack the alleged race,problem. In addition to
publicity, he said,: "You have to do some
thing about the problem. And we do have
a problem," he- added. •
Gallagher,• citing SURE's recent survey s
of Negro students at the University,' agreed
with Seyda, "About a ;fourth of the Negro*
population"•,responded to the survey, he said,
"and basically what - they had to say was,
`There is a problem: ".
, He based ,his conclusion - on the number
of Negroes enrolled here; he said, on a count
taken by SURE members at- Spring Term
registration. . '- • -'
Widespread Dissatisfaiticin
, The questionnaires, distributed to Negro
students and collated at the beginning of
this term, showed widespread dissatisfaction
with conditions at - the Unhiersity. One typi
,
4,
artment Proposals'
ordinator of religious affairs, will meet with
Frank J. Simes, Dean of Men, to discuss the
Administrative Committee's proposals.
"Ridiculous" Proposals
_
Commenting on the Administrative
Committee's program, Katzenstein labeled
the party registration center and TIM-AWS
Board of Control proposals "absolutely ridi
culous." But, he added that the proposal to
eliminate chaperones at apartment parties
was an "excellent idea."
"I'm deeply disappointed in the lack
of attention that has been given to the stu
dent point of view in these proposals,"
Katzenstein continued. "I approve the posi
tion of the Dean of Men as he comes in con
tact with many problems of student life,"
the USG president went on, "but I can't
sympathize when he turns a deaf ear to the
students." '
Katzenstein explained that he was "not
advocating complete freedom for the sake
of advqcating complete freedom." He is, rath
er, "sincerely looking for a solution that will
better the University. I cannot see how this
tentative proposal will make Penn State a
better institution," he concluded.
Cressman similarly supported Katzen
stein's views. •He also decried the proposals
In other busineis, the Senate, was
addressed by Robert Gallagher, president
of the Student Union for Racial Equality,
who informed the group of possible racial
discrimination, on the University campus.
"The Senate then voted to "support the
establishment of a ,committee of the Uni
versity Senate to investigate possible
racial discrimination.".
Gallagher also informed the group
of the availability of speakers who can
be contacted through SURE to visit the
residence halls and discuss the racial
problem. .
cal response criticized the "passive and in
different" attitude of white students towards
colored ones; another pointed out that "they
make me feel out of place."
The SURE goal is to have the dis
crimination• issue fully investigated by the
University Senate, and to this end it has
petitioned the Association of Women Stu
dents and .the Undergraduate Student Gov
ernment for support and resolutions. AWS,
at, its meeting last night, passed a resolu
tion urging such a Senate investigation.
Through Proper Channels
It was later revealed that at least four
members of the Committee for Human Rights
either have Senate seats or direct access to
a Senator, and action will be taken to insure
that the:resolution is introduced thi . dugh
proper committee channels.
"We are not saying," Gallagher insisted,
"that the University discriminates. But why
the lovi' number of Negro students?"
As, an enigmatiC footnote to the issue,
Gallagher noted that the University of Ala
bama, where Gov. George Wallace barred
Negroes from entrance,'now boasts some 350
Negro students—over 100 more than attend
Penn State.
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Roundtable To Discuss
Alternatives To Draft
The RevA Alan Cleeton, di
rector of the Wesley Founda
tion, informed The Daily Col
legian last eevning that a Stu
dent-Faculty Roundtable dis
cussion will be held at 8 p.m.
tomorrow in the Fireside Room
at the Wesley Foundation. The
tonic of the 'discussion will be
"You and the Draft."
The five speakers to be pres
ent are: Cleeton; Wells Ked
die, assistant professor of labor
studies; Raymond Ayoub, pro
fessor of mathematics; James
Kaplan, chairman of the Legal
Awareness • Committee; Roger
Marsh, member of Student
Peace Union.
The subjects to be discussed
include:
•History of the draft,
• Present regulations con
cerning student deferment.
• Similarity of draft regula
tions in other countries.
W. To Propose Investigation
, .
, David Zurndorfei; Urvierar , duate c'fiiriPnt Govern
ment treasurer-elect, and Bill Cowan, Men's Residence
Council president, will present a but t s t me USG meet
ing tonight to investigate.the possibility of a discrimina
tion problem on campus. The bill is the result of recent
surveys on the subject by Students for Racial Equality
and University Affairs Office.
The bill, if passed, would also recommend that the
University Senate set uo s 'iuman relations committee to
give a student who feels he has been discriminated
against, "channels to voice his complaint," Zurndorfer
said.
--Collegian -Photo by Deb Stoddard
We Are Angry ... At The Lack Of Respect
--See Page 2
as "ludicrous and ridiculous. They are vio
lations of the downtown, man's right of pri
vacy," he said. "They certainly are not what
the town men want."
No Support
Cressman said he has "no intention of
supporting the program," adding that "it's
about time the Administration realized stu
dents are a part of this University, not just
the administration and the faculty."
Miss Brown commented, A AWS will not
be a police force. Last night, the AWS Con
gress unanimously voted its disapproval of
the proposals.
Hunt was not available for comment
yesterday.
USG has been involved in the contro
versial apartment issue since last term when
it and AWS advocated changes in the rule.
Both student organizations submitted pro
posals to the Administrative Committee call
- ing for a liberalization of the rule.
•USG had proposed freedom for all coeds
under 21 years of age and who have their
parents' approval to visit off-campus men's
residences.
AWS had asked for no restrictions of
Coeds' visitation rights. They proposed com
plete absence of restrictions in this area.
'Position of the "conscien
tious objector."
•Graduate school or the
draft.
•Abridgement of civil liber
ties.
Social and economic impli
cations of the draft.
The purposes of the Round
table. according to Cleeton„.are
to discuss the draft situation, to
inform students of the present
regulations, and to consider
alternatives to the draft.
No legislation or other politi
cal action is contemplated. The
discussion is designed to be in
formational rather than activ
ist, according to Cleeton.
Sponsorship for the discus
sion is by the Wesley Founda
tion, SENSE, Women's Interna
tional League for Peace and
Freedom, and the Friends
Peace Committee.
Refreshments will be served
Gallagher also outlined the group's oth
er aims:
. •The establishment of an office to be
used as a campus headquarters., Wesley
Foundation.. has indicated its intention to
provide space for such an office.
'•Solicitation of letters of support from
campus organizations.
• Sermons by local clergymen in sup
port of the equal rights movement.
•A leiter-writing campaign to Univer
sity President Eric A. Walker,, and other
University administrators.
•An extensive membership drive, with
proceeds going for printing and other costs: ,
4A request that USG establish a "griev
ance system" which would be an effective
force to counteract known cases of discrimi
nation. A SURE survey, it was noted, de
tected at least five cases of State College
housing discrimination.
Possible suggestion of an "approved
housing list" which would require that land
lords sign a non-discriminatory clause.
Such action must be taken soon ; said
Gallagher. "We have not," he concluded,
"gotten an overwhelming endorsement from
the University Administration." '
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