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* '(~1ll~i Tweni The following petition w among the students of Votfor woul< like to po fil 'ecov(d as this petition. Pfitionfi to) the GIncrul i St(te i Soilth Car( We. -4dtulnts in) Wotford Co kele( residents ol South Car till.\' Submlit t1we 6'1lo\wing P, nefl~ 1 Aswmbli t, St o:s, \V.' a. st 2t'llts stee' nw o sb"i e tse y 1 1 t i \4.h4; 1 i .l. ' j f l ii le' - t . . vI e iY t \'s i s 11 c h pot l I \ Il k'1 u 't'II t ;.til I C \1 (tr I i l t \' 'l'\ I't "td w I war ' t l i d i Ir ii l ia l ll( !' I d 1 1 ' ) heI 1's, \\ i t i i c t ;W ''jetin o'tll r.\'p F0.1tA ed I)Q i* 'v ' t l.itt tral l i' ti.r te ti' ) 1 t'le'e lIl that tI 1l t :t, is hot h i ' I I I g \\ it sell accepit h i l ' (, ill', \\jIl*vt . t . . (lle 'It 1 11"lshing fr .ed Tom Marchaint... Oh Re I I1.4 4 11 \ -t'' 1t , it late h cI. In I . :t ,111 l l .' "t he tweeill a1 i 'l t' t 0i i\rthIi' IL a'till tc I . I o.l t ie(l l'ie lit, i. j ln liv t''he Jit. . il \ I h -r is, totalti4ili Oftil S >\4 f *u ' 4'4s 14ll(It'tilt' N;--4,ll z :11; tv tho I te tilt544 ' S11 1 Tom .. . Marhan . . .411 4.. bev lot h It Ia e a ~~ !il ca :Im Icf frcinIew e t p - chm te u - n ,y. rgaI'di wn frhil .tt haint e ip 1it ,inf lh nob ." Ana. :enther ofth Tsin. e v.a t 1 h a t;utin of the J!w11it. m a iV- bout hy nI.: n , lyue in e S i he ou j , -o d eserv i !, a\%. \' is a i l . \ 4ri,1iph.44upo wh hi hi was14 .\n'4r1 ail led '4 ' I th i lie notI.:1 byl.14 the 4 I.-u by the1 Spirit of hW I.aw. Th 4r ) was aV ti1n4 when \n144 :msh14 :' i i r motions44 Semy tf Aook th f T dt r e wasa tme isp theUnvesit o Suthr inatw - erexetonIhIy had an~ norottt .n e tose t. 'I pi~IictiO ay Itte arkvd EDITOR MAAGNGETOR ty-Three Years as circulated and expressior :1 College. We THEREFOF having signed fear and cone incident and y< ssemtbly ing pressure o 4lna of learning, ti lIege and con- action, direct o 'lina, respect- restrict or res tition to the dom. We furti ate of South tive of the peo COnsider his d to fulfill our those principh and all ideas society was cr4 s: ernment was f 1 to make a restricted or Academic fi listititions of valuable )osse Ill;e all think o itil'e of our New NVorld" i illow freedom early. >mlarity of the Weam in (I status of the that catsedl beliefs do not4 rasel properly ing to his audi CeIemic free- President K mits fre and sity several ges far-reach- Senator. His rq)vi(les both not. and did )1)p)oIttity to views held by tit ideas, even we forego he ii of accepting simply becaus: The only po, Justice Oliver view is to kno e good desired its facets. le in i<leas -- V rTSPeC the power of Legislatire, WI e< inl the com- to opponents knowle(dge \vit regimes have (1111SPIlves. o111 of thought ally, MISS J 4i.(. W~e forgeit too easily thik I11m)(1y body of D)r. Finch's wife. To et downi to brass tacks is Jqprtdant. I find that I ust take Issue with pra'ictical ly every . ing youl said in htst week's . o have taken the toad oIt I-esistance. You have itt-1rpretned the law to Suit our 4MA 1ri(iws,' corntiesly (is Vaitdliv the spirit in which it wahe Witt-t.Xithbout this spirit, a1 111,111 cat, pro4ve withb tihe law any hifwg which lie wishes to prove. %. deny. thle validity oi the Spirit I't,1he lvw is to put a knowerful t(),)I in't ) t1w hands of anly and I'Very unscruplJ)11ls Organ ismi (m ihit planet. Parallel? lly,ica\ vIIUVhI. you have .isol oly r ung 11fid at theI s t ttke iut also patically every :: i Ii o b sadin last wek' "(buneck." ou haveU tae triae nad of hoat reitne You haiive int eree kiled lwtouit theSec own dpurposes,4 t.' copltelv y dsyl otarding t het ir i n wh)i ch )tit' waf writns Withot thi spi a ri,e man can. povs ie it took laceny T' d~4en thle valiWdit orthenspirit o the la ies in put a powererfulate torottint->at hnds of thean wtvery unsctruplous ornism7 wit 04hi s pet n cusdot liteParle ht p? )ria tricth. ally ternough c, ouhav nt onl fl' Iudependee isl itae bti.4ali1.so ~th Unie * ithm:mnil e of beingict tuntI:4 y 4ou tida y tha itg wilornot "elrrt those iliost of te who tor wiper duing theorSee itmpty t hat the were giving him hegai<1 Jews, sine i took plicey bknow-re hewsthand? orAnized inmeoes gito governedsate. li ss it or<bin,ttyou littl tohehe hisrgotten thts lthe orestnofl The lclai IfIlt I)ctration of Indpnec of b-ingtlittle m oe that pure propa !lSS irtion tofitnepe ntenet in .; -gi:tsid wand utid gult beig l,ihed t asn by tig George,u 4 i-'. 44 wouh t hav done little good iheb tev-o Whyn an opublicty Sle tbIare foursetitlve independent, Kin GeorTE'sgitntismt te itol mate rd ltte whte hi Roit lliott hoies rmal The autkhorsan o the stdenlrtio ofIn 'dklynenc kti,dngw thate busi-g examinations Kn ere u umtesnwjs andl s te arew not 'an~ byh tryingcek ncoraemnn rmthe ied. Pxuishing chareso I ight toRETrwthodr JUUTIKIIAROLINA ted CollegdatelPres Early E, we express our deepest ?rn over the recent Graham >ur proposed resolution exert n South Carolina institutions nd we heartily oppose any r by inference, which seeks to train an atmosphere of free er hope that each representa pie of South Carolina will re ?cision and stand firm upon s of freedom on which our ated and for which our gov uinded. eedom is one of the most sions of a free society. Shall , way? Here comes the "Brave >f "1984," and1 it's 23 years isagreeniit wit.h the remark ie furor, however, a man's or should not) change accord C111ce. eniedy spoke at the V'niver ars ago when he was still a Views on several matters (1o lot then, coincide with many most South Carolinians. Shall aring men of great stature they do not agree with us? Sible way to defend a point of w the opposing view in all of 'fully, Gentlencii of the State submit that refusing to listen vill prevent the gathering of hout which we cannot defentl --J. A. K. :rdan? tyranny. they would in effect try andconidemnlill11 the people inl England guilty of tyrannical (olilna It ion. S%mbol The Jews who are trying Adolf Eichnuinn know that Eichm.ann is not tihe only German1,111 guilty of mlass mur11der, bult rather consider ichmi:tnn to be tile symbol for all Nazis, tnde; will coisider tihe Olidellmtion of Eichiailnn to le the condemnation of the Nazi ideal. You say that the condtenittion ul execltion of Eichnuin1n -will n1o4t reuilrect the millions of Jews who ere murdercd 111ili World War Hl. Yo'erighlt. It won't bring themll back to life. but is hat tany deasonl not to conldelln 11a mrererl? If a maln m1urdered yo 1,-u mthe or father or brother - woubhl youi. want himf set free since his exectin wouhhui't bring woiuldl fid it hard to prac(tice what you ate preachling. Speak intg o f the Second(V Word Warl, have you fo;rgotten what brouight. the l'nited States into lhe War? Remembher l'earl Ilar tohll that hundredus of helpless houspitail patielnts wvcere k illed t hat thos dad men backi t life, lissj. .Jorhn, and it cauised a great lEmpeiror E;ichmltalll? I wontder what kindo oif a wori ne woulhl boe living in had wve andl simnply f orgot ten abtouitt the1 ntmssacrte of (our b oys at P'earil everyone's pity, mtighit have bteen our1 emplJer'or by no0w. The fact that Israel wants the world; to wit ness thlis trial and know that the ,Jews are ti red (of b)(i ng kicked around;l the fact that Eicihman tis nS ot the onily manil gulilt y of t he mai~ss m)urider ofi mtillionis of .Jews; the fact that Sthe .JewsV dton't havey teey sinogle atspect of inoternat ionial law otn their side-'JThese thlintgs nutst not he~ usedl ainiiist the spirlit of the law. We mu lst ttot atllow time ti) mel low and d11(ist ott our sense of IliverIredI liuanitariaism,li W!Ae mulst not atllowv a few legal barbls to free a man11 who has (Irenc hed htis sol int .Jewish blood(. humanitliitrian spirit to lie di vertedt fromti its pirope r cou11rse, tot the point where wve wVaste our tears on(d somieoneo who isn't worthy uif ouir hatred. Is it not tme t hat we start. de feniding our1 muost biasic oif foundtt;ling~I ' principles As for those very little people who go around (ringing behind( the law, instead of acting in the spirit of the law---I (only hope that the Republicans have de stroy(ed all1 of the '52 and '50 onmnipan bnutan. We Get I.ETTERIS POLICY All letters must he tunied in by Tiestday of the week they Lare to14 appear. If possible the le'tierm shotid he typed, double spacel. Name% will he withheld uapont request of tulhor, but his ideitlity mnust he known by the Editor. Anionymous I e It e r s will 1ot he 'published. "The Gamecock" reervis the right to edil or withlhold from publica tiont tany letter. Tne editor re serve, the right to comment utiloin any letter printed. DeAr Sir-: The article entitled "Who Is on Irial?" which appeared in the April 14th issue of "The Gane CoCk" was very- interesting. It is II0 wonder that the University is raising its standards next year. M1aybe people who write articles meh10 as that one will not he ad mlitted. Israel will not give Adolf Eich mnnill the death penalty. It is too god for I him; and only one crime in Israel is punishable by capital Imiuishment-treason. Israel has every riiht in the world to try Eichnann. The law under which lie has been indicted was not. enacted until 1950. That was 11 years ago, and Israel is the only state that was looking for Eichmann. The people whom he murdered would have made up the tate of Israel. so he should be tried bV that state. It i-; true that Eichmann was ;kt i ng un1111er orders. I IoweverJ., whei Hitler saw that he was los mg the war, he ordered Eichmann to abolish the concentration camps. Eichmian did not do as he was ordered, and at tils point he was it acting uider orders. These are the murders for which he will be I ied. l'ichmnann is getting better pro tection in Israel than lie would get .nywhere elst. Ile even has a German attorney. Younrs truly, S.1amul4 M. Draken -d.: (It. io, here we go agaiin! It 13k as if Le Jor-dmla muld I %,,ill baie it carryv i at canpatign to he reco.ngized as members of the "teaker" sex. Mr. Draimen, I amn it girl; and141 allhoigh yoil 41idf Rnot beimirch I.v'., reimtatimi, is did me%vral ollher writers, by' calling hier Ir. .Jordan, ( )n did hesiilb minle b1 *c alling melt "Sir." I invite you)I a131 anlitin4 oher. w-ho are inl doubt :1, 1#1 tie Sex of lit itlitor to note hal 1114 "J" il my iitials stanl for juldy. ID-ar Editor: Hail. Mi.Mss Jordan!!! Can there ht no juistice' in your eyes? Adolf I:ichinum is ont' of the most vile men) of whom this worldl has even tno, besies aniother whose name 'lui t.o the sonLet and1 (ends as IIllTI:. IlITI.E'R, a name that I It .1 twish people's and other tt.A man who was out to kill annl' nl, anyLonie, so thne .Jewishi titplet were' elected - six milhlion of thm lcted to one of tIe rreait i* slaughters te worIld hias tver kn'wun. A nid behind the elec tnon tmbitti n~ was the man whou ittolled the tcand ida~tes. E ie'i mn a name10 that also riuigs in till 1ar$ oft t.he Jews. l-:i1)inann, Ite engineer of death who :ne lIindetd, those whlo anre not flhlt tI re'asonl, and those "lIies wic it ave ciiV' 't11upttd and eyj'pplel mIillihons (If minduts for thousands of year11. The b asic immorality of Miss Lee Jordan. olffense54 at my viewsV on3 thei( trial of Adolf Eichmnin, this colunir ti his wveek is ini defense of me. Let's5 get stomet fats strai ght Mr. IDr3a i stni, l'ichmann11 i is not just5 oni tial for cr imes(' wicih he ('om. It' tonentrautio I cam(1ps. Ie 1hm1 h ~een inited 4 on 15 counts which: arne liste t't nderti' the c)1t( ategorites: 'ri m's aga inist thnt ,1 ewi sh peophl t'xtetrmtjination1 of millions of .1(ws ) , cr ime's a3ga ist humani101t) (thie murder1(3 of Cz,'ech clh idren3) and mle)'1 m'rship in hnosti le or ganliza'1tins (tte SS~ and thn I"iurther'i, Mr. DxI raist'n, "cr')ime)' against humlianity" iare tIne onl' dthtI unde'r Israeli law and noi Itireasonl as you have stated. Now, MIr. D raisen, if a mar commi101ts murder(ltin one4)14 country lit is cutstomarL1ily tried under th< bIaws ouf that conunt ry; lit is noi t ransipor't t'd t o anothier countr3 se'veraln thousand miles away foi i ii nic the "-')init' ag~li Letters .. . every tyranny fs facing justice in this case." Justice - justice - justice - this is what the peoples of the world wish to see. If Eichmann goes free, can we say there is jus tice in the world? Can there be any justice? Answer me, Miss Jor dtan, but before you do, review the above facts, then answer me yes or no. If the answer is yes then the world may rest, and if the answer is NO -- may there never h,c another election such as the one that Eichniann controlled. Harvey Yaschik Dear Editor: I ant happy to hear of Blake Fishburne's departure. I hope that he has a good time socializing with iis black brethren: My only response to his "chal !enge*' i that what I stated in my last letter is true in .every sense ot the word. I suggest that Fish burne obtain a picture of Mr. Stokes to see if he is the one who supposedly asked him if he was a Communist. I am pretty sure that he, Fishhurne, will agree with me. Being a God-fearing American, I fail to see how he can even think that soneone might place a connec t'on between the Holy Bible and communism. I am referring to one of his cracks; and I quote, "(Un less the Holy Bible would he classificd as such by student Cate.)" He is referring to coni munist literature in "as such." Fishhiune has made himself look like an idiot by even thinking such a1 thing. Recently, I have heard a few coninents on the attitude of our policemen toward the "demonstra tors." When a policeman is on duty be is neither a segregationist nor :n integrationist. His objective is not to help one side or the other but to prevent violence and viola tions of our laws. The demonstra tors have declared that the police have not protected them from bodily harm and such. I have one answer to this statement: I gladly think of what would happen to them if policemen were not on duty: Before you integrationists pick my latter statement to stone me with, I must state that I do not believe in violence of any kind. Sincerely yours, Va.a W. Cate Dear Editor: In the April 14th issue of "The Gamecock," Mr. Cutts in a criti cism of my article stated the "law" many times over. The quotes from the laws you ised were true, Mr. Cutts, but you seem to have mis interpreted my meaning of "con trary to law" in the contemporary sense. AIr. Cutts cited very good and factual accounts of past decisions aind prtecedents, but completely o~verlookedl the Supreme Court's decision as law itself! I cannot in any moral sense of he wvord compete with you as to whether the judgment was right or wrong but I at least recognize.( the fact that the interpretation as decided in 1954 was - and still b.- valid in this state as well as aniy ot.her. If Mr'. Cutts can showv me any law or system of judIicial power which takes precedent over or super'scdes the Supreme Court of the UJnited States of America andl its judgments, I shall be glad to :ecept legal segregation. Helieve it or' not, I recognize 1/ur reasons for segregation, con idering the mo'ral and living st and(ards of the Negro in the South, but I can find no place in mt hearit or mintd as a fair and Case For T humanity" of wvhich Eichmann is ac'cusedl were the murder of the ('zech children, wvhat is that state of Israel doing trying him for' hese murders ? Crimes against humanity do not take in one small segment of t he human race, but everyone. Therefore, Mr. D)raisen, if Eich mann is to be tried, he should be t ried by an international court. As foir trial for the other crimes, he should be triedl in Germany, since one is usually tried for a cime under the lawvs of the c'ountiry in which that crime was TIhe fact, Mr. D)raisen, that Israel went looking for Eichmann does not give them "every right in the world to tiry him." A lynch mob iiay go "looking" for some one, Mr. IDraisen, but the'y have no legal and no moral right to hang that person once they find him. Mr. Yaschik, in starting your letter with "HIail, Miss Jordan" you are obviously referring to that wvell-knowvn slogan of Nazi Ge(rman)y, for your future refer d Stacks is sin. Rebellion against God and the deification of one's own self tor a system, or a class, or a peo ple) - this is the nature of war. And I am persuaded that the same factor ;s involved whether you kill a single Japanese soldier with a ri fle bullet in the jungles of Burma, or whether you destroy a whole city such as Hiroshima. The $ Salle element is present in both sittiat.ions, but in one instance it has a much larger dimension. I don't think that it becomes in cl easingly more sinful because more people are killed. AndI WoUld also believe that the choice t. use these veapons, or any other weapon--z, is relative to the alterna tive of not using them. The offi cers prayed for victory those many years ago, and they made no apology for those prayers. They wanted to win because they were (onvinced then - as I am now - that the opponent (whether it he <aled facism, or Nazism. or Japan cese inperialism) was a hideous monster, a force of antichrist, ded icated to the (lestruction of human !)Prsonality as well a s society stiructulled on freedom and justice. Only victory offered the possibility (f peace with freedomi and justice. Without victory there was no hope for suich a peace. What we did ,nCe we Wol the possibility is an ttely different question. I beg Mr. Jordan to reconsider hli:, statement an( to be sure he felly understands what he.has said. lIe and I hoth arC able to live as we (n today wnly because other menl have died for this nation. I take quite seriously the sacrifices other men have made for me - at Manassas, or at the Battle of G ttysbulrg, or at t.he fall of Vricks h-mg. And I fim-ther believe that :hose who died on Tirawa or Gua dalcanlal or Saipan, or at Anzio mi Normandy or on the Rhine, have VIven1 me Ily life as I live it to day. Enough blood was shed, and through the atolic bomh - a Illilacle of ingennity and industrial aIchievemtent -1an end was put to further bloodshed. Really, now - all we rightly say the use of the atom1ic homb was not justifiable? Sincerely yours, Fred C. Williams 1Ld.: A ery fine leIter, Mr. Wil hillm.. excelt for one small thit9g "Mr. Jordan"- i, in atctuality 1is Jordan. To the 1ditor: I Cainnot begin to thank my friends for all the help they Vol untalily gave Ile during the Plectiol. I have no regrets. We niade an iipressive showing. I c'ongr1atiulate m(ty opponent, Jonll (happell ill the vote of collfidence the Men and Wonlell (f (arolina offered him. I know him i as a peoalI friend anid I am sure he11I will honor the trust that the s: idenlts have givenl him. Again I thank myi friend(s who hlpled Iulreserved ly in myv cam paign. Sincerely, Bland Roper I ear Mr Edlilor: Your ed(Iito4rialI of Ma&rcht 30 en itled1 "Tlhle F"irst Stone" has (0ome to m1ly at tenltion. Icertainily alppreciate your k indo comments regard'(ingl my (de bate withI Senator , lvits, and I commliendo yo(u for your strong st and for the prinieipies of con stittionial goverlnment. With best wishes, Sinice rely, Strom T'hurmond United States Senate ld.: (Oh. no4! Not you1 too, Sena-( laws of one country for crimes commliitted iln anolther? Justice is noIt, a one1-way street, Mr. Yas chiik. It. is all very well, Mr. Wil liamls, that you can justify to you rselfC thle dr opping of the Nagasaki, lut y'ou haive failed tol conIvince mte. Y~ourl na~viety ini labelling the at omic bomb as5 just another in st I'um((ent (of war is astound(ing, Mr. Williams. If the atomic bombii1 is just anlot her instrument (If warl, why, Mr. Williams, tire weC wranlgling with the Soviet Union ovler nuclear tes5t hans1 and1( why has ((uclear dlisarmament been an itssule inl presidenitial camr pa ignls anId the cause for interna I suggest that you read John IIlershey's b) ) o k "Illiroshima." A fter' r'ead(ing t his book, Mr. Wil liamns, I donll't think that you will caIll t he' atomVic bomb "'a miracle of inlgenluity andl industrial alchievemnent," not at least fromi the stanldpoint of what is hu mtanie. Tlhn defnsne rest. Stacks Am rational man to even consider legalizing "white supremacy." Respectfully, Sanuel 11. 1o1gorno Dear Editor: In the April 14th issue of "The Gamecock" Mr. Jordan made this statement: "Eichmann is being tried for 'crimes against human ity', yet these acts were no more atrocious than the dropping of the A-bomb on Hiroshima and Naga saki. The dropping of these bombs <an not be justii . . ." I agree with the first part of his state ment, but with the latter part I furiously object. I believe the drop ping of these bombs was justifiable. Yes, indeed! Mr. Jordan continued by saying: "therefore, if Eichmann is to be tried for crimes against humanity it logically follows that those res ponlsible for tle bombi,ng of Iiro Ahina and Nagasaki should also be tried." How absurd! I see no logical connection between Eich mann and officers involved in the atomic bomb mission. 'ihe officers who flew that mis ";on cannot he justly Compared with Eichmann an(d his so-called "mission." These officers were pel sonally committed to the war and its successful termination. They were not men who blindly followed orders, giving no thought to that which is right and wrong. They were men who were sincerely 6edicated to the support of free don and truth as they understood it. This is more than anyone can say for Eichmann! E-,veryone connected with the atonic hoib mission wanted it to be successful. Now. to be success fill is necessarily to result in killing a lot of people. In this latter day people seem to regard you as a Ionster when you say this --- as was implied by Mr. Jordan. But this is what war is all about - killing people and destroying prop (i ty. Of course the officers wanted to kill people - not be Cause they were blood-thirsty, but because this was the ONE way to end the war and restore peace to the world. There is only one way tc defeat an enemy in war, an' that is to meet her and destroy her capability to wage war. This is why those officers wanted a ste cessful mission. When the first atomic bomb was dropped, August 5, 1915, the war with Japan was already three years, seven months, and 29 days o!d. The fighting in Europe was over, andI both Hitler and Mus .-Olini were dead. Along with them there were also hundreds of thous aids of others - soldiers and civilians; men, wonen, and chil ren -' who had given their lives in the holocaust. But the dying was not yet done; the warlords of Jaiipan refused( to surrender, ev'en after the U nitedl States and Great Britain issued the P'otsdlam (declara ion, call1i ng upon the .Japanese to enrrede withou t further sheddintg of hh>od. /Tu the Japaunese led trs decided to dlinrrard the' ulti walt/um. There was no choice but to ordIer the use' of the atomiic There is no dIifference between the atomic bomb and a ny other ist rumentt of war, (xcepjt a quain titativ'e one. I undlerstandl t.hat here arie others who insist there is n teal qualitative difference. nist con fess that I find it imp)os sible to tunderstand this. What an atomic bomb dlid as far as its effects ate c'oncernedl is to dto in one mission what it formerly took 2.000 a ir planes to d1o. It seems to mte that the natuire of war , the chatacte(ristic of war, he Defense chbik that "Ileil" is spelled with an ". F"rom the tone of yotur letter Mr'. Yaschik, you obviously mis underl('stoodlOt or did no(t readl my ('olum n atoo ('losely. My intention in the column wvas not to ''white wash'" Eichman n, for I agree with you that. he is desp51icable. The column was an argu menat a ginst lEic'hmnann's trail b)y an Israeli court uinde(r Israeli lawvs. Youi state, Mr. Yaschik, that in he trialI of Eichmann ''the basic inmmoralIity of every tyranny is facing jutstice(." Nowv, Mr. Yas clik, for centurines hutmanity has been mnak ing e'xamp)lles in the tnme of abolishing tyranny. Ob viouisly none of these exaimples hats ben emai neut ly success ful sie nce aga('~in l t yraniiny is on trinal. As long as there e'xist the st rong w ho 01ppr ess andr the weak who stubm it there will be tyranny in one( form or another. Is it juistice, Mr. Yiaschik, when the accutsed can not have wit nesses on his behalf because they will hb' a rre'sted as soon as the, enater t he count ry ? Is it justice