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Dig Out In counter-action to the misled college stu. dents who diemonstrated against the House Un-American Activities Committee, another group of students has formed an organiza tioii endorsin the activities of this com mittee. While we can see points on both sides of t his controversy, we believe that the Com mllittlev is a lecessary part of this democratic sociov y. Wc do not deny anyone the right tc believe in Commuinsin. We do, however, deny them the right to twetend to be loyal to our torm of government to the extent of hecom. ing .ia p.rt of that iovernment. is .asile for such a committee to be come' malint,t' eCding on political foes. WE initk the house cleaning was carrie entirely io(w far dlriin,,g t1he McCarthy era. M\catirthy's three-ring circus led to pub licity \vIich caused public opinion to swing :uiiinst the Committee. Recent events have proved. however. tha som 01 torm of investigxation is neiled to culi hversivyes out of goveri0mental positions. We do not believe that the students in volvedl in the San Franciso denimonstration: againlst the Colnlittee were disciples o Comimuism. Rather, we believe that the: were convinced by Communist organizer that the Coimittee was witch-hunting Their ideals were diverted to further Com munist aims. We believe that they were honestly agains the Committee because of the possibility o miiuse of its powers. End Of "The I An interesting and bold idea has capture< the imaginations of many college student throughout the nation. The Peace Corps, advanced as an idea built t remletidous momentum before it be came an actual organization. The over whelming response to the idea caught it proponents uiawares. They had formed n( organizat ion for ianidling the thousands o applications and requests for informatio that l>oured in. At. present there is a skeleton organiza tion-be it ever so unorganized. Voluntee workers are trying desperately to conten( wit h miont ainous correspondence. Information has been compuiled and is noN :Lvailab)le giving the reasons for the Corp and explaining its intended method of' operat I)ear Fditor: ier"i" Two weetks ago iln the "We G;et Ilinhd Let'lrs" setion of "TIhe' Gam17e- tllt t ''7 C i'k" I m:ti le Severa':l critIjial re- tIis i ue c l en ti tle d "TI'm I )-:th if I)ihmo-wiT t Thnis past mek .\I r. A.\hle de- no,lie u' . 77ares- ini7j no un'er'ta7in1 terms t hat xiu hc I bviou-!y mliSundestlItood the rth , te met:mning If his remarik s. I shall aais th fm..hir. I h-av iX fo ' le .eaer 'V te-t(il of ''The G:aunewok" ti drlidel' -ir,I-ih w hich of us- as nmre j' aicu1rate in o ste t * -, interest-' to nie0 was wh h ('71tl 1elt it nfew'Sary' to r'Sor't to a dis;- 'moilnts o ort :m ol my remar7 ik-s, declaI7ring '('mnus th:. I 'ai ('d himl "'an ign ranit ami '3' 1170 lt li * t:.' ": "\XI,: lhi'1' <:u-. 'llnit fa t euc ao It t i1 n-uie be-t 1 '5'h I fore'4 adm07i-.sioin t 74 the U ivers ity. tw4e7 Ihe; It appearstl' tha7t -om(e (thei imlplica7- 71' 7lIO(I t 0 ion bing~ thait 1 am71 074 on it,ahog7i75 sion." hcl 75 1 I lea7ve' i forl lt 'h eader to d14- lios ain t'ide' whii is miore Iatking in tom- ,iitit Yfle prehensionl. a'liWiig feud wit h Mr'. Abl e (my11 remarks LEsAt l t wvere dlireced n( iot against himo per'- Itt 7). s0onalIly, hut hIis tcomment(0s ). As i'kitX l'lg(l far as I aml concernedl74i , thel matter' 014(lflnl is closed(. Bunt 1I tconIsidler the 7 wtttl 14 entire aiffalir a sad( comm111en1tar7y (illl705 onf a1 'oIlmnist who is so se'nsitive' Alli'7 t to criticism that he feels it neces- ')slhy sary to resort to p)ersonal saIrcasm J7111sOIlO and distortion oIf my re(marlks in It i es.t an effort to strengthen his argu- thyan ment.ThAmrc Sincerely,eotnlad Dan Crter stirer "Sir": The Reds If the activities of the Committee could be conducted without the intense glare of pub licity, there would perhaps be less pressure upon its members. With less publicity, people who were classified as security risks for government work could still earn a livelihood in other fields - which right belongs even to avowed Communists under the government they seek to destroy. The committee should stand as a check to Communist infiltration of our government but there should also be some check placed on the Committee to prevent abuse of power. Our government is based upon a system of checks and balances. The controversial film "Operation Aboli tion," sponsored by the Committee, will soon be brought to Carolina under the sponsor ship of the I.R.C. In many places people have protested the film as "scare" propaganda because it. shows how Communists infiltrate the American society. We contend that the showing of this film will give students an insight of the operating i methods of the American Communist Party. Someone who has seen such a film is likely ~ to be wary of front organizations and cru sades. t We cannot continue to ignore the threat of an "inside job" by Mr. K. -J. A. K. gly Anerican"? I tion. More will be available later. 9 Some of the applicants have a romantic concept of traveling from country to comi try throwing money to grateful peasants. - The Corps will not work this way. Corpsmen will live as the people of the country (10 an1d will be given money to live as the people of the country live. There will be no set salary. The very grandeur of the plan brings forth both admirers and (letractors. Son r say the idea will bog down in the very mag nificence of its concept. If the idea will work, it should prove tc V the peoples of the world that Americans arc s not all money-madl tourists. If it doesn't -well it was a nice idea. -J. A. K. We Get Lette an ear'ly opporii- asaegatoifctti wrh I your edlitoial in )~ Uiftunty,Jlh t1eS erning the I louse thsapga il1eStoba Activities Commit- graAmianJ)WIeert lodge a firm dis- e]aegetSeao Joel ' hiout (lelay. It is MCrh.Mn fu elta he entire editorial at'iy viIpoe thsa etLi *m at variance, but,tobtr. unjustifiable slam ~Pa late Senator Mle- *E. sta Sr nm int, patriotic, and ptto h often misunder that, "'MeCarthy's us led to puibl ici ty Inrfrnetth ltte'ii as public opinion to we' 'aeok'b r the Committee.'' I oe,Iwud iet eto heat put on the thtte'ofotlessmtio -the Comimitteec led o h er' qaiyisfra 5 to somehow con ie-apmiyi cicrndi niat ion the imlpres- o)nt x (m ltlt Ihsie I )ie oinion wais adl-habenwdlpomugtlbe the Comm iiitte('ce ei ae o naltoSN ity it was not. ll ipoih t lo ~ lle 'ou point out, the ~ sgetta r oe -re able to influence analth tereo) hofe tsia"' in San F"ran ist rate against the thttehaehebslean he only difference 'sjiiti'tl isvi. o th two evetst (i.e., in i''ol Nthanel W y reral public opin 1e Committee, and ('(Wsigo,I.C,Iibi iiore recent ad(lverse' Afar rs,110 st the Committee Itiatexieilywldou in ifeste(d in their mntdatc iteio )is that the C'onm-(ldOOVOtintath'egoi nee has bieeni openly oo tote hi.''ehol ini the h t t er case mae riee e,fL'e m l,t liot even been sug- th atta h iiLleo aai former.I'lnsan llio it 20 m e po'(t it toi ever be ~f icat ifAfia p'due ini the a fore me'n- cvliztiomdicniinsa case, for as to lesdsonfvrbeosths to admit that the pcaln L h mtiet I are poiwerfuol i negni iaiatsiftemi le e'xten'ft that they' liO,hwvr,hv o sgs o nyay thoe gener'alI oi'iIi/i o nth at i )i5'l in their oiwn behalf or uni(nntlBeinCng make it appear that thftre mn people are rather aatteodswta ti u whenever they are th Nerseniomtth lan institution,stheylseemitodnend "Le'S SHOW THE TE THEM, EVEN IF 1I1 Blake Fishburne Tirr Gire me your tired, your) Poor, )Yor ihddled masscs yearning t< hreathe free, . Send these, the homeless, tem in'st-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden floor! These words, inscribed on the Statue of Liberty, portray th< ideal of young America. The past few centuries, however, hav< seen many changes in Americar lite. We are prosperous, confi dent, and well prepared for th< fture. Our attitude towards im migrants has changed radically We now view aliens as inferi ors, and tighten the mesh of our i1migration screen. We admi no patipers, excusing this by the rationalization, "If they don' have enough money to adjust they'll be forced to steal." "Maladjusted Children" We constantly portray Italiami as gangsters in our movies. Ye we ignore the fact that juvenil< delin(uency is practically non Sodom doesn't like the san And wants to grow back. Now and everything is fin Turned green and we car After that, meet Bullfinch No hope, though. That's v Somebody who has a dried Prove it. It came indirectQ: 3uilding 'when it was rair Little girl. You want to . Or do you? There's no nee Anyway. It. hurts so bad. I Our hearts out every(day. Need passes in an eternity I remember school teacher iad that nobody read. 11a\ Get too close. It burns, y It is nice to have a good fri Ever needI one. We all neel There was that plastic het Too bad we bite, because rs . . . Stat As to th question of integra tionf, there is an idea curren among many students here tha the NAACP' will stop at toket integration. It will noIt. A present its platform is the sam ais it has been since 1908, tota and1( ab)solute integrationi, incluid ing the removal of all laws for hiudding racial intermarriage. Thle prIesent "truce" in area whe(re limitedl integration ha heeni allowed in the former Con federaicy (in the border statet the ultimitate' objective, total in te'gratioIn, is being p)ursued mor directly) seems to lhe alccomlis1 ing its obljective. The objectiv woutldl aplpear to be that thosei the South who want to be labele "intellectuals"' for b e 1 i e v i n nicely what they are told is "st pIhist icat ed" enn now gain thei lbel without feeling that the are selling their p)eole out. The (can no(w call for ''limited into grat ion" and show "'howv nicel it works everywhere else." Thus the soft-heads pull 10u hopeful inltoI the first trap, "tot en"' inte'gratioIn. A state with~ tokent integratio oes not conItsider Iotal1 i ntegri tion near'ly so dlrastic a step n doe10s a totally segregated one. The ultimate aim is still toti initegrationi. Since'rely, liobert W. Whitaki l)ear Editor, I im ritesp)ondli ng to( your dlee siont to br'eak the "'silent agree m1ent," oIn not1 pritnting one houight s ont thle racial qluestio1 1 do0 believe that it. was a ver wvise deOcsti. The real question is not int< gtrattioln at all butt states' right Tlhe federal government has r aulthiority to e n f o r e e eith< segregation oIr integration. Thet arn ('ertain onann nhrnsns in U CAMVU$ CMAIbY AM WF'RE REALLY SENIND ARE PLAYING LOUSY!* les Have Char existent in Italy, while our own backyard is polluted by gangs we excuse as "maladjusted chil dren." We also look upon orientals as inferiors, ignoring the great Japanese physicists whose pre dictions astound the scientific world. What has produced this snob bishness in American society? Have we forgotten our origin? Have we abandoned the ideals which made our country great? le-examine Requirements We must re-examine our im migration requirements as well as our foreign policy. It is true that we should not become overly emotional and eliminate all of our checks on immigrants, for that extreme would lead to dis aster. We must realize, however, that the opposite extreme, high exclusiveness, will prove just as fatal. We will never have the respect of our allies if we continue to d anymore The sun is shining e. The light just all cross the street. he's a frog. rhat they say. I know -up yellow flower to y from the archives ing. Eat your spinach, grow up big and strong. J; you never come outdoors Iut no bother. We pour It is nothing. ; perhaps it doesn't matter. s and a little book one 'e a lollypop, but don't ,u know. Yes, I know. enid . - .in case you 1 something. trt . . . and the cup. there's alwayrs the song. . . -William W. Savage, Jr. ,hs And Sta Constitution which are being in tterpreted to give the federal gov t ernment this authority. But this is not the way the signers of this dlocument intendled it to be interpreted1, so it cannot be in I terpreted legally in any other - way. - Other states do not yet realize that this insidious infringement 5 upon our rights is being made S because t h e y support integra - tion. They will find out when , the federal government attempts - to force some other illegal con C dlitions upon them. The federal - government exists only through e the will of the state. Our state ri is the sovereign body. :I The most appalling part of Tr the wvhole mess is the violation - of the rights of p)rivate business. r It is beyond my comprehension y how anyone could want to force Y private enterprise to (10 business - with those they do not want to y serve. This is a flagrant viola tion of fundamental American e freedom. - What makes me maddest of all is the comning in of outsiders n to stir up trouble. Our owvn -University has been cursed by a the p)resence of several of these outsiders. Those people who do LI not make their permanent resi denco in our sovereign state have no business meddling in our af r fairs. One columnist of our news paper wvrote that we should lay dlown our arms andl accept token - integration. This is just the op posite of what I write: If one a sincerely believes in his convic 1- tio,ns, he wvill not give them up, y he will fight hard to preserve them. I shall fight hard to pre o- serve segregation of the races. 4. The time has come for you to o join one side or the other: Which r one do you choose to join? e Very truly yottra, e Vaan Willam C. Sam Freed .. Hey, Who Turnec One of our leading administra tors has stated that every stu (lent should have a good bed and adequate lighting to study by. The bed we have, but many of us throughout campus can barely see where the beds are. The lighting situation on this campus is most acute. This fault does not lie with the student but must fall on those r6sponsible for this exceedingly poor planning. The most glaring example of the situation (pardon the pun) can be seen in the rooms of the fraternity quadrangle. Hundreds of thousands of dol lars were spent to build build ings that have no lights. Rather interesting, seeing that these iged look upon them as inferiors. Do we think that the prosperous life we Americans enjoy today is due to our own attributes? It is not. America, like Rome, was not built in a lay. The greatest debt we owe is to the immigrants who have made and are still making this country. Shaped Destinies Our gold melting-pot has not only moulded the greatness of Einsteins and Von Brauns. It has shaped the destinies of mil lions of "little men" whose big hearts have given us their glow. We must not turn our backs on brotherhood, for the American crucifixion will come in a do-it yourself kit if our re-modeled creed remains: Give ie Your soft, your syllabub, The richest <lepositors of you,r bank . . . Send these, the diplomats of rank, I lift -my glass heside the country club! CROWING F01 UNWERSITY OF 5 Member of Associni Fognded January 30, 1908, wi first editor. "The Gamecock" is pm the University of South Carolina we year except on holidays ani durin The opinions expressed by co I necessarily those of "The Gamecol Letters to the Editor, but all letter not constitute an endorsement. Th publication any letter is reserved. EDITOR ........... MANAGING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER ADVERTISING MANAGER. NEWS EDITORS SPORTS EDITOR cks I)ear Editor, First off I would like to com ment on an art icle in last week's edsit ion of '"The G;ame'ock" titled "Are We Men or are We Os t riches ?" I think this is possibly an ap p)ropriate title for certain articles but a subject such as this uneces sitates that it he written by a qualified person. That is bsy a real man wvho would give the man's view rather than that of some( overgr-own e h i I d who doesn't seenm to knowv all the facts about the subject. I would like to make one com nment on segregation in the North comp)areds to segregation in the South. Sure we have a form of segregation here in the South, but they also have as bad if not a worse' set-ups in the North from tho Negro standpoint. Ina the North, they open their (boor to the Negro, so to speak, but when they try to enter it is slammed in their face. The Negro is told he is equal but is not treatedb as atn equal. About the only difference in the segregation system in the North andI the South is that southern people are straight andb fair enough wvith the Negro to let him know exactly wvhere he stands. There is one more statement that I wvould like to make about the Negro since he has been freed. Some people have the mistaken idea that the white race' is trying to keep the Negro race down itn the dirt. If records are' examined, howvever, they wvill reve'alI that the Negro has made more progress in the time they have been freeds than any form erly enslaved group in a like period of time. I would appreciate my views being publishedl on this matter. Joe Yonce I Out The Lights? buildings are for study as well as sleep. To build a room void of overhead and desk lighting is rather a drastic way to cut cor ners on construction. What lighting the contractor did allow to be installed was carefully hidden behind a con crete block and metal slabs simi lar to those used on ships. This remedy affords little use able illumination especially with those super-dupa, high heat, low glow 75-watt bulbs housing is now furnishing. Back in the old days they used to give out 60- 4) watters, but now-progress. The housing committee of Stu dent Council has recommended both to Housing and the Admin istration that, overhead lighting be installed. Nothing has been done. Why ? Proper vision is cer- t tainly vital. There is no logical reason why these lights don't, exist. This is a basic need that must be filled before the proper atcademic at iosphere Canl he achieved. Tom Marchant . . . A Note To Mr. Holland Two things on the menu today --First of all, Mr. Holland, it has been my experience so far in my short life, to observe that. whenever a man doesn't have the intelligence to understand a sit uation, he either bluffs his way out of it (ir he criticizes it, se verely. Need I say more ? And lastly, friends-For God's saike, go down and buy an Egg head magazine in the Campus Shop. The man wants his money, and I'm too young to go to jail. Youl too, Mr. Holland. I A GREATER OUTII CAROLINA ed Collegiate Press Il Robert Elliott Gonzales as the Mlidhed by sauul for the students of ekly, on IFridays, turing the college examinations. linnists and letter writers are not :k." "The Ganecock" encourages Smst bie signed. ulblishing does e right to edit or withhol from JUDY KILLOUGH Howard lellams .Jerry Jackson . Gene D)yson Levona Page, Nancy Ariail, Anita McCartney Doug Gray Pre'tsiden.tt K enntedy's '"Peace C orps"' proplosalI has caplturedl the magi nat ion anmd thle enthusiasm of stutdents thbroughiout the col leges of the United States. It has occurredl to mie that there may be many C'aroli na students who wvouldI like to either make app)llication for the Peace Corps or just find out more about the prtoject, but (do not knowv whe'd to write or how to go about ob taining such in formation. The address of the Peace Corps is simply: The Peace C'orps, Washington 25, D). C. The Peace Corps hits requested that if you write, p)ut on the envelope "app)llicationm requelstedl" if that is whalt you wantlt. If you want just mUore iniformation, you could put that on the envelope. Application blanks are' e'xpected to be re y in a few weeks for' those volun teers who want to go overseas aind lend their skills wvhere they atre nieeed and( wvanted. Rt. Sargent Shriver is the corps5 director and Edwin Bayley is the corps pub)lic information officer. Sincerely yours, M. Hayes Mizell To the Students lit the Univer sity of South Carolina: I know that there are many people att the University who sympathize wvith the Negroes in South (Carohilila and1( the rest of th South. Sympa)lthitzing is niot enough. I beg you to stand up for wvhat you believe is right. The situaitioni is ap lpallingly unjust. To let it go oni would he dlefeating the whole purpiose of democracy. If yout are ever going to stand up, stantd uip now~. Sincerely, Rick Hlart all Crc.... Va.