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Viet Cong Step Up Offensive Attacks
SAIGON The enemy stepped up attacks across
South Vietnam yesterday in what appears to be "fight and
talk" strategy, continuing savage battles that last week
killed a record 562 Americans.
There was renewed fighting in the far north, where
the U.S. Command said American casualties were heaviest
last week, in the central highlands and around Saigon.
The Americans killed last week exceeded by 19 the
previous high in the week of Feb. 11-17 during the Tet
offensive. Besides the hard fighting in the north, last
week saw the second enemy offensive of the year crushed
around Saigon.
The U.S. Command said 5,552 enemy soldiers were
killed last week, well below the peak in the Tet offensive.
South Vietnamese headquarters reported 675 troops killed,
the government's third highest weekly toll in the war.
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Two Earthquakes Shake Japan
TOKYO Two earthquakes and a series of tremors
shook wide areas of northern Japan yesterday, killing at
least 38 persons and wrecking thousands of buildings. Fires
and tidal waves added to the property toll.
Police listed nine persons as missing and 226 as injured
in the quakes, both centered less than 100 miles out in the
Pacific and officially rated at the same magnitude. The first
shock stopped clocks at 9:49 a.m. and the second came
about 10 hours later. The Central Meteorological Agency
said aftershocks would continue for a month or more.
Japanese police reported more than 2,000 houses were
destroyed or damaged on Honshu, Japan's main island,
and hundreds were flooded. Travel and communications
were disrupted and many communities were without
utilities.
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Paris Peace Talks Snagged on Issues
PARIS American representatives clung to hope yes
terday that preliminary talks can bring a break in the
Vietnam war, but the North Vietnamese chilled the at
mosphere by insisting that the two delegations' positions
remained "very far apart."
The talks are snagged on apparently formidable issues.
Although the 'chief U.S. negotiator, W. Averell Harriman,
claimed there were distinct areas of agreement, a North
Vietnamese spokesman said that was "only a matter of
words, and not of substance."
Harriman, said Nguyen Van Sao, a North Vietnamese
press officer, "is only putting up a smokescreen to camou
flage the real situation."
"Our main impression after two days of discussion
is that the United States is trying to avoid the most im
portant question: the cessation of the bombing of North
Vietnam," Sao added. "He is trying to divert the discussion
to other points, such as the Geneva accords of 1954."
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Humphrey Tours Poor People's Site
WASHINGTON—Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey
toured the Poor People's Campaign encampment in a light
rain yesterday and called the plight of the needy "a con
cern of all of lig, white and black."
Humphrey told protest leaders, "You're dramatizing to
the American people the need of fellow Americans. This
can be a very' helpful educational experience."
The vice president, his blue suit soaked in a light
shower, spent half an hour walking through the long rows
of tentshaped wooden shelters near the Lincoln Memorial
with Mayors John V. Lindsay of New York, Ivan Allen of
Atlanta and Walter E. Washington of the nation's capital.
Humphrey, who is a candidate for the Democratic pres
idential nomination, was surrounded by a shoving throng
as he inspected the partially finished encampment housing
500 of the campaign's advance guard.
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70 Die in Massive Tornado Onslaught
The most massive and destructive onslaught of tor
nadoes this spring left 70 persons dead in parts of the
midcontinent yesterday.
More than a thousand persons were injured, three
were listed as missing and damage to homes and buildings
ran into millions of dollars.
The vicious winds cut through parts of a nine-state
area of the midcontinent late Wednesday and early yes
terday and literally shredded several communities.
Wapella, a central Illinois community of 500, was 90
per cent damaged. Every building in the community ex
cept the high school was destroyed or damaged. 'Four
persons were killed and more than 50 injured in the com
munity.
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Delaware Students Gain Brief Control
DOVER, Del.—A group of students seized control of
the administration building for several hours at Delaware
State College yesterday, climaxing a protest that began
over the ouster of the student body president.
The students left the building at about 6 p.m. for a
meeting with trustees of the predominantly Negro college.
They took over the administration building in mid
afternoon and ordered college President Luna I. Mishoe,
from his office.
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Mishoe persuaded them to leave by saying trustees
would listen to their complaints at a session in the student
center.
The seizure of the building came on the heels of a
class boycott touched off by the indefinite suspension of
the student body president, Leroy Tate. ,
A message scrawled in chalk on the administration
building door called Tate's reinstatement a must and de
manded more student control over the college.
The State
Official Charges Brought Against Yoder
HARRISBURG The state officially accused Dr.
Norman Yoder yesterday of falsifying records and supply
ing misleading information to his superiors during the
height of the celebrated LSD hoax.
The charges were made public in a letter, dated May 15,
from Public Welfare Secretary Thomas W. Georges Jr. to
Yoder who was dismissed as state commissioner for the
blind in mid-February.
Georges letter stated:
"I am now compelled to add that you have demon
strated in the performance of your duties . . , conduct,
which reasonably questions your reliability and adminis
trative principles, in that 'you did prepare and thereafter
supply falsified copies of official records of the Office for
the Blind to the attorney general, and did further give to
your superiors false and misleading information relating
- to the program under your control thereby rendering your
continuation as commissioner untenable."
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The Undergraduate Student Govern
ment last night passed a resolution to be
sent to University President Eric A. Walker
requesting information on the Institute for
Defense Analyses.
The resolution, sponsored by Ted Thomp
son, USG vice president, and Terry Klaskey,
USG town Congressman, is a result of the
work of a committee formed at last week's
USG meeting to investigate the role of IDA
at the University.
The questions to be presented to Walker
deal with the benefits that the University
or IDA receive from their affiliation with
one another, whether either institution would
be adversely affected by the severing of the
ties and information concerning research
done at the University.
Klaskey suggested amending the bill to
read in part that USG condemns any stu
dent action that disrupts the workings of
the University administration, faculty or stu
dent population. The Congress decided that
to pass such an amendment would be an in
fringement on the civil freedoms of these
students and the amendment was defeated.
Later, Klasky said, "We hope the in
terested parties in this issue will wait until
Dr., Walker answers these questions so we
can formulate some responsible action if
USG deems it necessary."
WE WANT ROCKY, ROCKY RESCHEDULED, etc..
littered the campus for a second day yesterday as excite
ment over the Presidential candidate's visit reached a
feverish pitch. But Rocky and his friends never made it
to University Park. Perhaps if he had ventured upon the
rocky road a little sooner . . .
Rockefeller's Visit
Canceled Again
The banner on the balcony of Spokesmen for the Republi
the Hetzel Union Building told can presidential hopeful .m
-the story yesterday: "You nounced W.idnesday night that
Won't Believe This . . . Can- the governor would return here
celed." yesterday to speak on the HUB
Yes, the appearance here of lawn.
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller was E a r 1 y yesterday morning,
called off yesterday afternoon however, it was announced that
for the second time in two days., Rockefeller would be unable to
Rockefeller, originally sched- fit the Penn State visit into his
uled to speak Wednesday, was schedule. Mid-State was still
unable to reach University fog-bound, and the governor
Park when fog prevented him did not have enough time to
from landing at Mid-State Air- drive here from Pittsburgh.
port in Philipsburg. His plane Rockefeller officials had re
circled the airport for one hour, ported Wednesday that Rocky
then was forced to fly straight would arrive by car, if flying
through to Pittsburgh. conditions were unfavorable.
Coalition Comments
University students were told at
yesterday's teach-in, held by the
Coalition against the Institute for
Defense Analyses, that "there does
not exist a value-free university."
Edward Robinson, head of the
Columbia Strike Committee, said
the most fundamental issue was
that' students, not administrators,
should decide university values.
"Unless a person is content to
be One small part of a pre-estab
lished mechanism, he must ex
amine the ;acts of a situation and
make his decision," he said. -
"This need not be thought Of as
a conscious conspiracy by the in
dividuals in power to suppress and
exploit the have-nots of our society
USG Passes Walker
By DAVID NESTOR
Collegian USG Reporter
Passes Amendment
—Collegian Photo by Pierre Bellicinl
The Rocky Road
By JIM HARVEY
Co'teal/2n Staff Writer
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 17, 1968
Facts on Institute for Defense Anal
Jim Womer, USG president, read a re
port explaining why the University of Chi
cago has recently disaffiliated itself from
IDA. The report stated that the university
no longer saw any necessity for its affilia
tion with IDA. It also stated that this de
cision does not reflect on the individual's
right to work for IDA on his own time.
Congress viewed the situation from two
angles, the first being whether IDA is de
tracting from the education the student re
ceives at the University, the second being
a purely moral standpoint. It was concluded
that USG should be interested predomi
nately in the educational question.
Not Questioning Morals
Klaskey said the bill is not interested
in what the faculty does with its own time,
"only what happens on University time."
Congress contended it was not questioning
the morals of the issue.
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James Creegan, an SDS member and a
member of the Coalition against IDA, re
ported on a forum which took place during
the USG meeting on the work of IDA at the
University.
Creegan said it was ascertained at the
forum that President Walker definitely sits
on the board of trustees of IDA, that pro
fessors may work for IDA in their spare
time and that Walker's position on the board
was never approved by the University.
Congress will present its list of ques
tions to Walker, along with an explanatory
note outlining the proposal. At a meeting
held yesterday afternoon between E. F. Os-
and the world," he stressed. "They
merely seek to perpetrate the so
siety of which they are a part," he
said. -
"MA is just one part of the white
establishment structure," he said,
"but it is something we can react
against." ,
Educational Process
To the charge that students. are
"transitory" and cannot be held
responsible for their decisions,
Robinson replied that • making de
cisions on the basis of available
data is a vital part of
,the educa
tional process.
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line to maturity -and responsibil
ity?" he. asked, "age 25, 35, 65?"
He further warned that separating
"what you think from what, you do"
USG Forum Debates
Affiliation with IDA
By DENNIS STIMELING
Collegian, USG Reporter
The forum on the subject of the
University's affiliation with the Insti
tute for Defense Analyses held last
night in the Hetzel Union Building
quickly developed into a confrontation
between James Creegan of Students
for a Democratic Society and E. F. Os
born, University vice president for re
search. The forum was sponsored by
the Undergraduate Student Govern
ment.
Osborn; the first speaker, presented
'-a synopsis of the involvement of IDA
with the University community. He
said that Penn State had originally
been established as a land grant col
lege to "provide education for children
of farmers and the working class and
also as a place were practical research
could be done."
Osborn maintained that the only
connections the University has with
IDA is that President Walker sits on
the IDA Board of Trustees and that
faculty members are free to engage in
research for IDA in their own time. He
affirmed the fact that the University
has no IDA contracts and does no re
search for IDA on the campus.
Osborn admitted that the Univer
sity's affiliation with IDA was not
necessary for the University and that
renouncing that affiliation would not
cause the University any hardships.
Creegan responded to Osborn's re
marks by maintaining that the main
reason for the current IDA contro
versy was not due to its work on the
University campus but- its "immoral,
illegal and repressive activities through
out the world in maintaining totalitar
ian regimes friendly to the imperialist
American government."
Creegan further said that IDA is
Blacks, Old Main Compromise
By WtLLtAM EPSTEIN
Collegian Managing Editor
The Administration and representatives of the Douglas
Association agreed yesterday morning to take three steps
to meet demands submitted Monday by a group of black
students.
Three officials from Old Main and 11 members of the
Douglas Association decided that:
•The Association will appoint black students to work
with the University's Admissions Office in the recruitment
of blacks
•A faculty committee already appointed by President
Eric A. Walker will recommend the details of a scholarship
fund named in honor of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
•Pattee Library will add to its collection of books by
black authors, after students determine which books are
needed.
To Work With Old Main
In addition, the Douglas Association was asked to ap
point groups of students to work with administrators re
sponsible for the areas in which the black students have
requested changes.
The first such group, which will- consider admission
policies, met yesterday afternoon with Paul M. Althouse,
vice president for resident instruction, and T. Sherman
Stanford, director of admissions.
leads to "regret. You must make
a decision on IDA and commit
yourself to action," he said.
He req.iested V each of the 175
students present to make a judg
ment of the morality of IDA. He
called the organization one that
studies ways of using more effec
tively the resources of our nation
to combat popular insurgent move
emnts in other countries and to
repress the black civil rights move
ment at home.
"IDA is a specific institution we
can work against," he t:ontinued.
"We must make a critique of so
ciety on specific grounds."
'Legitimacy'
"To challenge IDA is to chal
lenge the whole legitimacy of our
government and social system,"
Steve Ilalliwell„ a member of
ses Requested
born, vice president for research, President
Walker and members of the USG investi
gatory committee, Walker promised that all
questions would be answered.
Thompson. reporting on this meeting,
said that the faculty will turn down research
grants if it cannot make full reports. It
was also stated that the University is re
sponsible for providing research for busi
ness, agriculture and the government.
National Affiliation
In other business, Congress heard a re
port from James Kefford concerning the
possible affiliation of USG to the National
Student Association. Kefford said the most
important year-round function of the con
federation is the Student Government In
formation Service which is a lending library
of documents which analyze common prob
lems and suggest suggestions.
Kefford suggested that USG join the
association on a trial basis for one year at
the end of which USG may elect to become
a permanent member or to end relationships.
Congress also heard a report by Eric
Prystowsky, IFC president, asking USG to
help IFC in the formation of a black stu
dents speakers' bureau. The bureau will send
representatives of Afro-American Fraterni
ties to schools in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
next fall to recruit black students for the
University.
Two other reports were presented to the
Congress. One dealt with a possible expan
sion of the Hetzel Union Building. Figures
were given concerning how many students
helping to surpress "nationalist revolts
which are formed by people trying to
throw off the yoke of American domi
nation and oppression." He cited the
example of the current Vietnam situ
ation as one in which the United States
government is attempting to put down
a "revolt against an illegal, totalitarian
puppet regime of the Americans."
Creegan said the University should
renounce its affiliation with IDA as
the first step toward "correcting the
current situation." He added, "We can
fight it (The present American gov
ernment's policies) in many ways and
this is one of them."
Ernest Pollard, professor of bio
physics, answered Creegan's charges
by relating his experiences in Britain
before World War 11. He said that at
that time, he had urged countries to
disarm even though the threat of Hit
ler was already present. Because of
that he said, "I have blood on my
hands."
Pollard Supports Relationship
Pollard supported the University's
relationship, with IDA because, "We
have developed a very competent form
of military research." He added, "The
United States should have knowledge
of this research as the leading nation
in the center of world affairs."
Osborn added to Pollard's state
ments by saying, "The United States
won't be the sitting duck again for the
countries that are preparing for war."
Creegan and the other SDS mem
ber of the forum panel, Jeff Berger,
responded to the faculty members'
statements by calling the United States
"a fascist nation" and claiming that
IDA research is used for domination of
underdeveloped nations throughout the
world.
Creegan maintained throughout the
debate that a scientist who develops a
Three Immediate Ste
on University
Columbia Students for a Demo
cratic Society, said. He aided that
the country is effectively controlled
by a relatively small cadre of eco
nomically powerful men.
In referring to the business af
filiations of the members of the
University's Board of Trustees, he
said, "This is indicative of the
corporate-controlled society we live
in.'.' The corporate structure, he
said, controls the mass media and
thereby guides the thought of the
nation.
"'if you see • any immoral rela
tion-between the facts that the same
men who sit on the University's
Board of Trustees also sit on the
boards of defense industries, and
the board of - IDA," he said,- "you
must act accordingly."
au . slack Compromise:
Just a Beginning
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Query
use the HUB on any given day. The second
report dealt with the charge imposed on
students for football tickets. Tony Clifford,
chairman of the committee, said that he
had talked to Ernest McCoy, dean of the
College of Physical Education and learned
that to finance all of the athletics at the
University, it is manditory to levy this
charge.
Congress also passed six bills and ap
proved four appointments. The six bills all
were concerned with the establishment of
committees.
An Academic Affairs Commission was
established to formulate, execute and coordi
nate the policies, programs and services of
USG in the area of academic and educational
affairs.
Also formed was an Interuniversity Af
fairs Commission to serve the purpose of pro
moting and maintaining good relations be
tween USG and other campuses and state
organizations.
The other bills dealt with the establish
ment of a Recruiting and Training Commis
sion, a Better Business Bureau Investigatory
Committee, a Dialogue Program Commis
sion and a Development Commission.
The appointments announced and ap
proved were, Julie Conover as USG secre
tary, Steve Gerson as executive assistant to
the president, Galen Godbey as executive
assistant to the president for academic af
fairs, Jon Fox as homecoming chairman and
Mitch Work as encampment chairman.
product or makes a discovery must be
held morally responsible for the effects
of that discovery. To this Pollard re
plied, "No scientist can be held re
sponsible for the effects of a discovery.
No scientist ever discovered anything.
Everything has been here since the be
ginning of time. All a scientist can do
is to reveal something to the world. No
one can be responsible for something
which has been here since the begin
ning of time."
After the formal debate had ended,
the forum was open to questions from
the audience. The students attending
the forum were openly hostile to many
statements made by the faculty mem
bers on the forum and wildly enthusi
astic to Creegan's statements.
Questions Walker's Membership
At one point in the question and
answer period a student raised a ques
tion about President Walker's member
ship on the IDA Board of Trustees when
he is also a corporation director and
therefore "out to perpetuate certain
ends."
Osborn reacted to the question in
dignantly and said, "I think you are
now questioning Dr. Walker's integrity
and if that is the case I say the hell
with you." Here, as well as at other
points the audience hooted and jeered
Osborn's comments. The question was
also raised concerning the number of
University faculty members who are
working with IDA during their personal
time. Creegan maintained that there
were "numerous people" doing so. John
Hagen, professor of astronomy, chal
lenged Creegan to "Give us some
names of faculty members on IDA or
just keep quiet."
Creegan was able to present the
name of one professor who supposedly
has some connection with IDA but
admitted that he didn't know what the
professor "actually does for IDA."
It was decided that the Administration and the Asso
ciation will write to high school principals, requesting that
they urge their students to consider applying to Penn State.
The Douglas Association was also asked to appoint
black students to join the admissions staff to work with
potential black students.
Held After Confrontation
Yesterday morning's meeting was scheduled after 75
members of the Association on Monday confronted Charles
L. Lewis, vice president for student affairs, with a list of
12 demands.
The demands included increased black enrollment,
more black faculty members and graduate students, more
black athletes, black coaches for University athletic teams,
and more black literature in English courses.
Present at the meeting yesterday were Lewis Althouse,
and J. Ralph Rackley, University provost.
Wilbert Manley, president of the Douglas Association,
and the group's executive and advisory committees at
tended for the black students.
'Greater Representation'
A University spokesman said that the meeting was
held to "implement requests of the Douglas Association
for greater representation by black students in University
life."
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Joseph Shultes, a University stu
dent who served in the Army's In
telligence Corps in Vietnam, re
ported the implementation of pro
grams in Vietnam which were
specifically identified as IDA pna
jects.
"Too many people live in a
clamped shell," he charged. "They
think the United State: is always
right and Communism evil." He
said such projects as chemical de
foliation, chemical warfare, night
vision devices, and pacification pro
grams were on the IDA agenda.
"I condemn the Vietnamese war'
as immoral and illegal," he said.
He said he resents the killing of
innocent South Vietnamese on the
assumption that they might be Viet
Cong.
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Commissions Formed
U.S. Always Right?