Un-American HUAC The House Unbelievable Activities Committee is at it again. The Congress has gone on another witch hunt, seeking to turn up commies on campus. And it has, apparently, found some new allies: university admin istrators. HUAC's latest gambit is to subpoena membership lists of groups protesting American Vietnam policy. This would be funny, in its own grotesque fashion, if administrators at the University of Michigan and the University of California at Berkeley hadn't complied with it. The American Civil Liberties Union mailed a letter Tuesday to 900 university presidents, urging that they resist any future subpoenas and criticizing the two universities for complying. The letter called the subpoenas "one of the most serious breaches of academic freedom of students in recent decades, not excluding the McCarthy era." Which, if anything, is an understatement. The implications are staggering. If the acquiescence of the two university administrations to the HUAC move is the rule, then the HUAC, never a particular respecter of the first amendment, apparently will be allowed to use the great power of the federal government to harrass any student or faculty member whose opin- ions it does not like. One student at the University of California has al ready been interrogated about the fact that his name appeared on the subpoenaed list. He was never told that the list was sent, so had no opportunity to seek an injunction against delivery of the list (which, if any consistency with numerous supreme court deci sions along this line can be expected, he most cer tainly would have obtained). It is bad enough that the Un-American Activities Committee can get away with dragging private citi zens before its inquisitorial hearings, as it did last August, arid as it has done on dozens of previous occasions. It is bad enough that HUAC can crucify any American whose definition of Americanism differs slightly from its own. But it is unbelievably bad when that same com• mitten can get blacklists from universities, and use them to silence dissent on campus, the traditional bastion of free expression. It is the most pernicious demonstration to date of HUAC's attempts at thought control. When academic freedom 'becomes an academic question, our most treasured liberties are undone. And these liberties, after all, are what we are sup- GI Years of Editorial Freedom 01yo Batlll &Attain Successor to The Free Lance, est. 1887 Published Tuesday throUgh Saturday during the Fall, Winter and Spring terms and once weekly on Thursday during June, July and August. The Doily Collegian Is a student-operated newspaper. Second class postage paid at State College, Pa. 16101. Circulation 9,500. Mall Subscription Price: $7.90 a year Melling Address box 467, State College, Pa. 161101 Editorial and Business Office Basement of Sackett (North End) Phone 165-2331 Business office hours: Monday throne!: Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Member of The Associated Press HELEN VAN NO'RDEN WILLIAM F. LEE , .4530•1 Editor Business Manager PAGE TWO s r ';'' ;,. " .- : - 4 ,. ` : . : . -;; C : : ," • -,-,,....: •„ ..,,,f..•, .. ~•4• •%.:”., , ;.',.;,,1...,..,. ',-;..1,.-.nt...;' Y t,. r x M ~.,a ; • ,:” 05...•,1i4 :•„,,,, •,. -v; .N. - il.• 4 ~,,, = ...: FA r:"1 1 • i 1:44 kki. ',-.1 ;••-,:.i. P 2... $i Vci k. 4 r 5 . ,..., Z" .1 1 :, ' M. , t • 1:4,3 - 5 *it ::"3, NOW THAT WE GOT YOUR EYE... . . . we just want to let you know where we are and what we do. Sports Car Specialties is a young business which wants to maintain your car. We're next to the Char-Pit on North Atherton Street. There are a few neighbcirs here who are much bigger and more prosperous than we are, but we're growing, trying to catch up. With your business, we'll make it some day. But no matter how much we grow, we'll never be too big to fix your car. That's the way we want it. SPORTS CAR SPECIALTIES ~ . kj ?il k, ; •1 k 1 1536 NORTH ATHERTON STREET Ride direct direct NON-STOP busses home for Thanksgiving to: Harrisburg, Philadelphia, New York City, Baltimore, Washington D.C. GOING RETURN Monday 11/21 Sunday 11/27 To: Harrisburg; Philadelphia Lv. New York City , 2:00 p.m. Lv. 5:00 p.m. Lv. Philadelphia 4:30 p.m. Tuesday 11/22 Lv. Harrisburg 6:45 p.m. . ' To: Harrisburg, Philadelphia Ar. State College 8:45 p.m. Lv. 1:00 p.m. or 5:00 p.m. Wednesday 11/23 Lv. WaShington D.C. 4:00 p.m. , To: Harrisburg, Philadelphia Lv. Baltimore 5:00 • pan. L 1:00 p.m. Ar. State College . 8:45 p.m. To: Harrisburg, Philadelphia, New York City • ' Lv. 5:00 p.m. To: Baltimore, Washington D.C. • Lv. 5:00 p.m. TICKETS Must Be Purchased In 'Advance At Greyhound TerrninaL 145 N. Atherton . For Information ,call 2374181 EDITORIAL OPINION THURSDAY, NOVEMBER• 7: T 9-675. 2374461 Yrnw* . ..:P7V,,V 3 vP =rim. $.0.vakA.2.4, posed to be fighting wars against totalitarians for. We are committing the sins that we are crusading against. Which raises an interesting semantic question. Since the 'Un-American Activities Committee flouts' the essential liberties that are supposed .to be par ticularly American, is it not itself Un-American? And should it not, therefore, investigate itself? In fact, doesn't , its very existence demand that it inquire into its own makeup vis a vis the Constitii• Hon. declare itself subversive, and adjourn? Michigan's president, Harlan .H. Hatcher, who turned over the membership lists to the Committee, said that "like HUAC or not, it is a duly constituted arm of Congress. The university must abide oy the law." Even though he missed the point, namely that he was not abiding by the law, but rather by a •HUAC dictate, between which and the law there are leagues of difference, he did hit upon the central problem in this dispute, and the essential threat poserl by the government to academic freedoms, and all other free doms, today. That problem is the existence of HUAC. It should be got rid of. We commend the ACLU's action in urging ad ministrators not to knickle under to the committee so aptly named "Un-American." We commend them for making available any legal defense universities may need in doing so. And as members of a university community, we are intensely embarrassed that ACLU's action was necessary. That such a reminder is needed does not reflect well upon university administrators in gen eral. P.R. Workshop Student apathy seems to be the most persistent problem of student groups with a cause. Whether their cause is urging student awareness and activism, snaring a good pledge class or just motivating students to attend public forums, poor publicity and related communications breakdowns are prime factors in their losing battle for student interest. To meet the campus public relations gap, a Public Relations Workshop is being held at the be. ginning of next term for all interested students. The project is sponsored by Theta Sigma Phi, national fraternity for women in journalism and communica tions. Registration is open this week .in the HUB, so that adequate materials will be prepared for students participating in the workshop. The idea is excellent. An incredible nuinber of student projects die or fade away to nothing because , student leaders have no idea how to use media avail able to them. Publicity flounders daily—from missing adver tising deadlines to forgetting to order Mall banners to alienating key people with obnoxiout personal public relations. The Public Relations Workshop should provide a good basis for remedying the problem. Through panel discussions with key campus media people and print ed material for ready reference, the P. R. Workshop is ideally styled to fill an obvious sore point in cam pus groups. Register today in the HUB. The Public Relations Workshop is worth it. pvitvoctormottettortcletmvatmemcvor Imitvvvvviviamteig v il, v A v M.. eharto A If Ii v - of the A vA V A V A V A V eliarti ...Citop ' A V A V A V A v cordially invites you to attend A V A . W ' his annual ii A w A ~V A 0 A V V Anniveroa Ary Sat A V A V • A If V V featuring his complete line of V A IN r , _Shirts_Shirts- Sala - 2', woes -Stack A w wo3lta Po ia yy novemter 97 2 A V A iii through la g . vv y ...Caturclay, lloventier 19 V Nf it g at his two locations: •, it ii le § v , V i South. — Ail on • S bed' R 0 . • . 1 , w hf 0 eo lleg e & garner 'Sire& ' g it. gsaavxmotetwoonoweiwivoleavozwoomovadocisenta 'II'S WORLD "What is it this time—Red China's bomb—or , Bishop Pike?" TODAY ON CAMPUS Chess team, 7:30 p.m., 203 Marketing Club, 7:30 p.m., Hetzel Union Building Sigma Chi Gamma Sigma Sigma-Alpha Sigma Alpha Eta, 4 p.m., 218 Phi Omega, 7:30 p.m., HUB HUB Ballroom Student Union for Racial International Films, 7 p.m., Equality, 7:30 p.m., 217-218 HUB Assembly Hall - HUB On WDFM-91.1 Today 7:45-8 p.m.—Weekend Pre -4-4:05 p.m.—WDFM News view (Interview with Uni -4:05-6 p.m.—Music of the versity Theatre personnel Masters on "The Boys From Syra - - 6-6:05 p.m.—WDFM News cuse") 6:05-7 p.m.—After Six 8-10 p.m.—How About You? (popular) ' (all request shoW) 7-7:15 p.m.—Dateline News 10-10:05 p.m.—WDFM News (comprehensive campus, 10:05-12 midnight—Sym national and international ' phonic Notebook (Beetho news) yen, Sibelius, Bach, De -7:15-7:45 p.m.—After Six bussy) (continued) 12-12:05 a.m.—WDFM News PEg Ati EVftem ~"~ 1 0 6 * 4 l O 4. 4 * VP" 7 1 /147 ACTUALLq, 114 E KINDERGARTEN "TEACHER GAYS 14E'5 ONE OF HER BEST PUPILS: (r —ts ' - • Jackie Snyder The ability to communicate, as demonstrated by the acquisition of a passing grade in Speech 200, is a requisite for being .graduated from this University. The University, however, apparently does not require that an employee know how to communicate, although the successful comple tion of his task may demand this. Thus, a barrier between students and University can develop. A case in point: Almost one month ago, a fellow coed opened the door to my room in the residence hall. The door was not the same after that. For some unknown reason, it would fling open at the slightest provocation, but would close only after application of brute force. My roommate and I decided to seek help—from that jack-of-all-trades (we thought), the houseman. But, alas, the door's wound was severe and the house man couldn't fix it. He applied a dressing (in form of a dirty rag) and explained that he would have to call in someone else to treat the ailing door. Two Weeks Passed. "Time goes by so slowly, and time can do so much"— like make people impatient. Our muscles were sore from closing the door. Our supply of brute force was being rapidly depleted. The time for action had come! Recalling my studies of communication (Speech 200 and Journ. 200), I decided I should express my feelings about the door to someone and hope for a reaction. I wrote a note to the houseman which included, I regret to say, a threat—if the housing authorities did not attend to the door, a protest march would be staged! A Weekend Passed. By this time my roommate and I were both very weak from pushing the door closed so many times. Therefore, our next-door neighbor, a champion of the oppressed, decided to intercede for us. She wrote a note to the houseman which included, of all things, a profane word. The houseman was offended by this communication. The assistant housing supervisor, his superior, was notified. The residence hall coordinator was notified. The notes—my neighbor's and mine—were entered as evidence. The coordinator and the assistant housing supervisor had a conference. The assistant housing supervisor, already on the defensive, explained that she had asked the man in charge of fixing wounded doors to attend to ours several weeks ago. It was not her fault, she said, nor the house man's. Our door had to wait its turn. The coordinator sug gested that my roommate and I should have been told this. Soon after, the assistant housing supervisor accosted my roommate in the hallway and explained the situation to her—in a nasty tone of voice. Ironically, the next day a man came to attend to our poor door, which was made as good as new in eight minutes. Now we have a healthy door. But we have an offended houseman, an antagonistic assistant housing supervisor and a nervous neighbor. (Our neighbor, because she cared enough to try to help her friends, faces a "dialogue" with the coordinator.) All this could have been avoided through effective communication. My roommate and I can understand that the Depart ment of Housing has other things to do•besides treat ailing doors. But, if someone would only have informed us that our request was not being ignored, time, effort and feelings Could have been spared. It i: The Saga of The Sick Door
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers