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Replies To I To our surprise, we have come under rather heavy attack this week over a resolu tion we introduced in Student Senate and subsequently endorsed on the editorial pages of The Gamecock last week. The proposed resolution, a motion to cen sure the Methodist Wesley Foundation for providing "living quarters and support" to a field worker of the Student Non-Violent Co-ordinating Committee, who brought "the name of the University into bad favor in a court of law," was the object of unfair criticisms by many students of the "liberal" school of thought. Below, we'd like to reply to some of the charges leveled against us and answer some of the questions we have been asked con cerning the resolution: Why did you present the resolution? We offered the resolution to Student Senate because we felt Wesley Foundation had been aiding a person who sought to disrupt the otherwise peaceful integration of USC. Knowing the record of the individual, Wes ley, nonetheless, allowed him use of their facilities. They finally asked him to leave, but not because of the activities that in volved the University and himself in a court of law. Do y1oU expect the bill to be passed by the Senate? No. Familiar with the political na ture of many student senators, we know Senate will worm its way out of taking a [THIE LI daition was foundei Wesley Foundation which a slight Edito,' lpart couldi have Editor The Gamecock malicious fabricati flea,'~~~ oIr AIe':0u attenmpted Dearactivities at the r It is my understanding that with the Communi one of the more radical memhers is rather old-fashio of student government, Dennis ing please try an( Myers, has introduced in the In the not so e Senate a resolution of censure you had different against the Wesley Foundation, true that "a i on the grounds that it accom- reaches the top t modated an Atlanta Student while upon the very runl he was aiding the Negro freedom Climbel?" movement in Columbia. GABRIEL I I am shocked that a USC stu dent, deemed worthy of holding the high position of Senator, Editor would stoop so low as to attempt The Gamecock to condemn God's Church for I)ar .1r. .11yers: carrying out the teachings of ouI It is surprising Master. The \Vesl'y Founltion il received by did nothine contrary to the teach- which speaks out ing of The lethodist Church or Last week, the n the principles of Christian broth- the letter - writer erhtool. I take pride at 1,eing a Bata seh. This le, Methodist, and am offended that cices in guessin such nonsense would )c" presented }hi ,1 4his ,n,vao at an institution ini which I am 0)1 h esa registered. VO Yet, there is another issue in- Tefrtcoc volved. Trhis is one of' the most Btrc sa g basic of our principles of Amieri- hsegbyein can dlemocracy - religious free- lritThseol dom. One would expelct only ini ms biu,i Soviet Russia, or ( uba, or Red lhursisaia China to find a religious insti to- hgt 'i tion being sub)jectedl to the wrath andI harrassmnen t of governmeirt. It simply is INAMERIC'AN for0 an agency of tIhe State, especially Eio constituted student governmrent, 'l ;Iicc to condemn the Chiu rch!o ir jI WILLIAMI F. MED'ALINI .illket Editor hw(a n The Gameucock rsnaieo h Dear Mr. .lyers:mripasaeol Reading T'he Ga ,n cock has he- ( ('i '10i'h conie a dlisgusting chore to at Itievdnth least this student. toogl td Anyone with the least percep- beoepitn t1 tion can realize that an editor is Mi.Si i'sae anything but perfectly free in his FonainnTh edIitorial policy. B ut, Ther (lame- aidSaordy Cock has, ini miy e'stimation, farllen thnake o e to little hut an adlvocaLtion of ad-. Wsly aeri nministrativye policy.wsntaloe The Gamecock, at this time, Yt.lewa e can only he seen as a steppli ig ya noees stone foir the pol itical amiitions dm'oth ur of its editor. IPlease, M1r. 'Wyers, '''" for the sake of the academic free- Itikta (loim you (once advocated, say lnigWse i somethriny!wacopelyir IIARVEY G;OOLSBY wt are aa Editor (( n('C a h T he Ga mecockRIAD Dear Mr. Mye'rs: "They have eyes but don not0 see; they have e'ars but dIo not I'i(r hear," wouldl aptly desc'rib)e your IeGmcc answer to my letter of last week. err.Mr: You c'omipletely miissed its uim- Itiha'tin portance. 01'go dtrh The issues were neither the tefret noi syllabus nor the news, but rather igie hit academic r ee d o mn and your irsan scli "editorializing" of news reports. dnl 'toa 0 Under your d ir e c t i o n The wt ttieaia Gamecock has, so far, indulged i ob omne in double-talk, fence-sitting, and o hs raiai sensationalism. But, last w e e k toscanivret you out-did yourself -- this time tuhi;teyav it was a witch-hunt. Your base- tief'c ino lessattak onthe esle Fou- aetiviely t long. Wesley, Etc. stand. We presented the resolution, though to bring the case before the Student Body Did you offer the motion because the in dividual, Samuel Shirer, was an integra tionist? Of course, not! We would hav offered a similar resolution had Shire] caused the same amount of trouble and hac happened to be a segregationist, a com munist, or an American Nazi. Can you prove all of the charges in your resolution? If four affidavits are of an3 help, yes. What is a censure motion? It is merely a motion of repremand, or "an act of con. demning as wrong" - according to Web. ster's Dictionary. Why don't you take definite editorial stands? We are under the impression that we are taking definite editorial stands, Those that claim we are not are simply the "you are wrong, I am right" crowd; when we take a stand contrary to their views, they accuse us of fence-sitting. These people believe everything is either black or white; they have an answer for everything-they thrive on defending their "causes." Several students have charged that you presented the censure resolution simply to aid your political future. What do they mean? We think they refer to our secret desire to become governor of Mississippi, Dr, perhaps, to head a States' Rights ticket for the presidency. -Myers TTERS I upon rumors Not that anything our good fort on your editor might have said is to be e x p o s e d as construed as anti-religious. Quite :ns. the contrary. This student feels to link the that perhaps the editor is fully ligious center cognizant of the religious issues st Party. This involved. We are happy to be ned mud sling- blessed with news media that is ther attack. completely in keeping with the y distant past c h a r a c t e r of our wonderfully views. It is democratic society. t i o n once it As one Christian to another, urns its back Mr. Myers, thank you for censur ,s by which it ing this misguided organization. JOHN BRYAN 3ATARSEH 0 0 0 Editor The Gamecock Dear Mr. Myers: In your editorial of Oct. 11, the amount of you referred to the All-American rhe Gamecock rating awarded The Gamecock by Lgainst it. the Associated Collegiate Press; ame of one of but, you failed to point out that s was Gabriel the award was won last year be Lves only two cause of definite editorial stands y the motives and objective reporting. ranted attack I am afraid that this year, the er and upon editorials and reporting do not is hatGabie come up to the excellent stand sthtGbel ards of last year. bist who swells You failed to take a definite his name in s t a n d for the International :hoice, and the Studies Department in its in that Gabriel sistence on an objective study of row - minded, communism. ired) Furthermore, you have accused J. C. K. a highly regarded religious and * intellectual group, Wesley Foun dation, of following the Gus Hall communist "line of thought," simply because they are neither reactionary nor narrow - minded. dlisagree with Wesley Foundation is to be com ut the Wesley mended for fostering an intel lectual atmosphere in the midst !sponsible rep- of so much parochialism and tudlent govern- mental apathy. ition to censor Mr. Editor, if anybody can be accused of following a communist Lt you did not line of thought, it is you, for you the situation use their favorite techniques of e news story. slander and news management. at W e s I e y On your front-page you present rsdlay, Friday, conspicuously news favorable to ~hts. He was your editorials. .He returned Your private crusade against the week but an independent and s o c i a I 1 y to stay over. minded group will of necessity omed at Wes- f o u n d e r against the rock of would be. The liberty and freedom of thought, hi is open to the American Constitution. u r edlitorial MUHAMMAD SAH LI hi communism * * sponsible. Be- Editor have to agree The Gamecock seh's letter to Dear Mr. Myers: week: "The Why has The Gamecock aban nged from a doned its role as the bulkward of llow sheet." progress at USC and reverted to .TURNER spineless, pragmatic fence - sit * ting? Has it capitulated to the pressures of desparate tradition alists, or has it, as many students are now saying, fallen into the hands of an editor concerned only to note that with his political future? s rise'n above EDGAR T. VAN BUREN nalism of our an organiza- 0 e 0 g for a pru- A A Syllabus cy in dealingAB irs. Mr. Myers Editor The doctrine The Gamecock mns pertaining Dear Mr. Myers: is highly dis- May I compliment you on the been a disrup- success with which you gave a r civilization truly objective front page report 'Our Cam ' 1\ 'Ah, Anoth 'PETE AN Let's Take A LL over South Carolina you see the stickers on automo bile bumpers . . . I M P E A C H EARL WARREN. You may feel this way. If you believe that Earl War ren, Chief Justice of the Su- I preme Court of the United I States, should be removed from office "on impeachment for and J conviction of treason, bribery or i other high crimes and misde- I meanors," as prescribed by the c Constitution, you will have many 3 supporters in South Carolina, I many supporters in other South- t ern states, and some supporters q in every state in the Union. Never b e f o re has a chief t justice been subjected to so much E personal harassment. The John p Birch Society, through its maga- t zine American Opinion, solicits p contributions to a fund for the b impeachment of Earl Warren. Many right - wing organizations c and individuals have lent their a support. No man since General e Sherman has been more hated in the South. E ARL WARREN and the S "Warren Court" have been P blamed for their decisions in c< three basic areas: communism, ti integration, and religion. A book li has been written entitled "Nine Men Against America -- The si Story of the U. S. Supreme lp Court," which contends that ni America has been betrayed by V Earl Warren and his "hench.. a men." c P r es id ent Eisenhower ap - t pointed Earl Warren Chief Jus- ] tice in 1953. Prior to that, War- ] ren had served three consecutive terms as governor of California, C where he had achieved the dis- '1 tinction of becoming the guberna- v torial nominee of both the Re- a publican and Democratic parties. In 1948, Governor Warren had p been the Republican vice-presi- f dental candidate on the ticket h1 headed by Governor Dewey of t New York. With his broad political back- p ground, Earl Warren found him- E self immediately in the national I CROWING FORl A UNIVERSITY OF SO Member of Associaged Founde.d January 30, 1908, with II< Editor. "The Ga'm.co,ck 'is published University of South Carolina weekly, year except on holidays andl during es The opinions espressed by coluimr necessarily those of "The Caamecock. Letters to the Editor. but all L.etters a not constitute an endorsement. The publication any letter is reserved. EDITOR ................. MANAGING EDITOR. ASSOCIATE EDITOR. BUSINESS MANAGER News Editor ... Sports Editor. .. ....... Society Editor. .. ..... Feature Editor. .. ....... Campus Editor. .. ....... Chief Photographer...... Advertising Manager ...... Circulation Manager .... Exchange Editor .. ........ Art Editor.. COLUMNISTS: Todd Wilson, Dave Andrews, Ted Narrow. PHOTOGRA PhERS:n Ralph Jarre.l pus Cops' H er Ticket' DREWS g ?m. A Stand potlight when he became Chief fustice. The Supreme Court was raced with many difficult deci ions. By refusing to rule on ome issues, and standing firmly m precedent on others, the "War en Court" was expected to deftly Lvoid arousing controversy. XACTLY the opposite hap pened. The Supreme Court, inder the leadership of Earl Varren, went on to rule on those ontroversial issues. Within a ear racial segregation in the ublic schools was ruled con rary to the meaning of the 14th mendment. The rest is history. It is universally accepted that he Constitution of the United tates outlines a form of re ublican government embodying he principle of separation of owers with built-in checks and alances. Executive, legislative and judi ial powers are clearly defined, nd are intended to be on an :iual basis. The Constitution states that The judicial power of the United tates shall be vested in one Su reme Court, and in such inferior >urts as the Congress may from me to time ordain and estab As Omar Khayyam, the Per' an mathematician and philoso her, so bluntly put it: "The toying finger writes, and having !rit moves on, nor all your piety nd wvit shall lure it back to aincel half a line, nor all your aars wvash out one word of it." ~ 'F Earl Warren were impeached t -today it would not change the ulings made by the "Warren ourt" in the years since 1953. t 'hat must be done by the courts, 1 rith the Supreme Court the final rbiter, or by an act of Congress. The money in the fund to im each Earl Warren might there are be better employed in the iring of eloquent legal counsel t >represent the views of those rho disagree with recent Su reme Court decisions. For the upreme Court is the law of the md, whether we like it or not. T C CREATER [Jil CA ROLINA s Collegiate Presse bert F.lliott Conzales as the first 0 by andi for the students cf thec on Fridays, during the college aminations. ists And letter writers are not '"The Gamecock" encourages nnste be signe.d. Publishin g does right to edit or withhold from c * ..DENNIS MYERS * DAVE BLEDSOE DONNA RUSSELL s EMILY REDDING a *. .Regina Galgano g Mike McCarthy a Connie Wall r ...........Pat Roesse. Mary Carlton O'Neal t ...Bill Campbell a Larry Barrett b b ........ ... hela Reardon .......Nellie Merryman Ik Joan K. Roberts t Henry, Carl IIendricks, Pete Is, Dave Undiewoo.,8 TODD I N continuation of what we were discussing last week, I should like to mention several other changes for our present Student Government organiza tion. I re-emphasize that these statements are not already defi nite and are open to criticism and suggestion. They merely represent several of my ideas on the subject. One of the basic changes that urgently needs change is the separation of the executive and legislative branches of govern ment. At present, it is practically impossible for the Student Body president to preside over and lead the Senate, in addition to keeping the executive commit tees of Senate functioning as they should. These committees, if properly functioning, take a tremendous amount of time, and the Senate, as well, takes up a considerable amount of time. Should the two be separate, the Student Body president could de vote his time to the executive tlivision. This would also give the vice president a more im portant role to fulfill. A NOTIIER possibility is the removal of Student Union rrom the auspices of Student Sovernment. In so doing, there would be one over-all chairman )f the Student Union with the Dance Committee, Movie Com nittee, Activities Committee, ?tc., being sub - committees, al owing a more uniform program >f activities. There would be one Carl He Sale Of Wheat To Soviet Unioi Seems Benefici; W HY is the United States be ing asked and seriously onsidlering selling wheat to the tussians this year? First of all, Russia is going o have another bad grain har rest, thus making it several years ince the Soviet Union has had good harvest. Second, the ~heat farmers of the mid-wvest rn United States rejected Presi ent Kennedy's system of con rols and will be forced to sell heir wheat on the world market, t possibly low prices. In short, these farmers need o sell all the wheat they possi ly can. SS we see it, here is a country with a great amount of theat and another country with ut this wheat (which needls it). Ve cannot see a good reason for he two countries not getting to -ether and completing a legiti nate business deal. We do insist, owevei, that the Russians pay or their wvheat purchases in ash, and at the wvorld market rice. We (do not consider wheat n the same scale as weapons, teel, or other strategic mnateri Is, with which the Soviet Union [)uld wvage war against us. A business deal with the Rus ians couldl have beneficial re ults. In the long run, the Soviet Tnion couldl become dlependent n the United States for agri ultural products, and this in urn could lead to other areas of radle. WVe feel that nations 'hich are economically indepen ent (do not engage in war with nch other. F'urther, an increas ig interdlependence would lead a rap)id dlecrease in worldl ten on. And, the ideological prop ganda put out by the Soviet overnment to the Soviet people ouldl have a far lesser effect home and abroadl. U lE Soviet Union in recent years has shown an increas ig inability to produce satisfac ry agricultural harvests. The verage consumer in Russia has en forced to do without sonme asic essentials, which we take r granted. Khrushchev nio nger feels that he can ignore e demand for consumer items d continue production of heavy dustrial g(ods. In short, the >viet peasant is proud of the >ectacular ncom.lism ~ in NILSON Governmental, Student Union Changes Needed main coordinating body if such were the case. In addition, Stu dent Union would actually have access to more diversion of funds should it be necessary. Most schools have the separate Student Union with a tremen dous number of various activi ties. We have a great deal of room for improvement in con nection with our Student Union. Next week we may possibly mention several other issues for consideration, but I would like to devote this last paragraph to the upcoming elections which will be held Tuesday. T HE freshman class has shown quite a bit of interest in the various offices and I should like to wish each of them the best of luck. Since we are at tempting to strengthen Student Government this year, I would encourage the members of that class to be particularly careful in the selection of their repre sentatives. These representatives will be responsible to the mem hers of the class and to their various organizations, but will have an even greater responsi bility to the University as a whole. I urge that those elected remember this after their elec tion. Perhaps the most important election, however, is the election of the student member of the Faculty Disciplinary Committee. All students are urged to con scientiously cast their ballot in this respect. The year is young, and we still have a lot to do. ,ndricks the realm of space technology; but, he wants more meat, eggs, butter, and milk on the table, and he is inclined less and less to accept the failures wvhich the communist system has brought. Our huge surpluses of grain and other p)roducts every year clearly indlicate that the free enterprise system has powerful adlvantages over the communist sys5temi. Amneric'an farmers have initiative, and for thme most part, the collectivized farms in Russia do not display such an enthusi asm for production. P ERSONALJ motivation is the reason for the disparity - American farmers standl to gain and lose more, per harvest. And, there is a certain p)ride in own ership of property which the so cialists and communists fail to understand; but, it is a basic economic force, and it is one which they will have to learn if they are to succeed economically. We feel that Khrushchev, in buying foreign wheat, has made a tacit adlmission that the comn- _ munist system is in need of, S e r i o u s repair. His "had weather" alibi cannot be taken se'riously, for lUussia is a large country andl the weather cannot he uniformly bad all over the country --the answer is deepJ in the system of government itself. A N argument, against the sale of wheat to the llussians, just because they are lUussians, isn't valid - considering the other factors. Perhap)s K hrush chev is "bhuying~ time'' in his dis p)ute with the Chinese, hut at least he is buying it with money ---andl the money is going into our pocket. The Gamecock Is intended primarily as a v'oice for stu dlent opinmon andl news, We welcome letters from any student or mlember of the laculty under the following provisions, i.etters must be sIgned with the writer's mailing ad dress. We will withho)ld the write.r H name if the letter requests it. hlowever, we will print no letter that Is unsinnd.