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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
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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