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ByA MVKAY BRABHAM JR. TheRe%Mr. Drabama'l editor of the C. United Wetiodit Advooate. I am complimented by your reprinting im The Gamecock (Friday, May 8) my editorial "The Voice of the Pennle" from the South Carolina Methodist Advocate of February 26. The question of free speech and a fro press and the right of dissent, all dealt wit in that editorial, is more than ever befor us now. Events which have taken plac since May 8 on the University campu illustrate this. There is an old saying which constantly comes back to me. I do not know its origin but-history and experience have enshrine it because of its truth: "Whom the god would destroy, they first make mad.' Believers in one God can still accept th basic idea, that destruction comes wher the mind is gone. We appear to be caughi up in such a time as this, when those whorr *ve think would be our friends turn againsi -is in fear and fright if we speak the truth t .hem. Enou, Enough is enough. Governor Robert E. McNair has i stand, everybody has seen it. So lei of the University be. We no longer National Guardsmen and the near officers-and a 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. cur two nights have been peaceful. ( inconvenience students, Irritating I longer needed restrictions will n situation any better. We think r, enforcement to normal would spi plete return to normal on campus Perhaps the Charlotte Observe mood best in a story yesterday: Lawless Several nights of gung-ho enforco and order on campus have given ser many students of the lawfulness of n Carolina law enforcement. There have been many charges such as unprovoked beatings and invasions of dormitories call for sideration. Governor Robert E. asked for an internal Investigation agencies potentially involved. Yet that department--the Highwdy already admiled that he is confli men will be found innocent. Go vestigation as the government hav too impressive. We feel that the best way to air and counter charges is that an indel undertake a study of the matter testimony and offerings from al Hopefully, the truth could be sifte An ideal group would be the At Liberties Union affiliate in the sta also be interested in their considi Constitutional aspects of the sham arrested and sent to the state Di Corrections. We consider this to be before conviction, much as is Un Dietzel urges Let's ByvPAULIElT'4EL Gsuest Columnist Most of us are sick at heart over the recent events that have taken place at our fine institution. Many things that we see are difficult to believe but some of the things that we read become a little more obvious each day. Have you read: "A. Corrupt the young, get them away from religion. Get them interested in sex. Make them superficial, destroy their ruggedness. "B. Get control of all means of publicity and thereby: "1. Divide the people into hostile groups by constantly harping on controversial matters of no importance. "2. Destroy the people's faith in their natural leaders by holding the latter up to contempt and ridicule. "3. Always preach true democracy but seize power as fast and as ruthlessly as possible. "4. Create unnecessary strikes in vital industries, en courage civil disorders, foster a lenient and soft attitude on the part of government toward such disorders. "Sl. By elaborate argument cause the breakdown of the old moral virtues: honesty, sobriety, continuence, faith in the pledge word, ruggedness." is thin quote describing what we have been reading in The New Vork iPaily News. The Akron . BeAeon ,Journal, or ear own State * Kte'4rd No. These are excerpts tak' fromn the file "Commnist ibdes for iteveoeten" which wore .labwed In Dluwseldert. Germany a7 nav of sma. aso.ever, they atders le ave This is especially true if we tr thin line which tries to distinguish I justice as opposed to persecuti( speech as opposed to inciting to rio of assenibly as opposed to treep destruction of property, or even those whose love for country and G them to heed "thou shalt not kill posed to those who seek to use oppo war as a source of national confut possible de-Aruction, strife and enslavement. e All of this leads me to say thi e hoping that the students on the Ui s campus are taking a hard look at a issues as you attend classes un supervision of the military. Such circumstances must mixed feelings - forboding of thi state mixed- with thanksgiving tt are there to protect life and propez those who appear to regard neithe imagine that these men in unifc disturbed too: possibly as brot fathers of students, they are cor anxious, fearful, for the life of ou and of students on the campus, eve life of the University. As we see it gh is ene "Nobody wants nade a tough exams. Most of t the students They have had eni need the 600 enough of the v ly 200 police campus radicals. few. The last feeling that pretty 'ontlnuing to killed." I'hem with no ot make the The governor P eturning law that any more o ,ed the com- tinued occupation whether the wave r caught the whatever else, situation. law enfo ?ment of law porary or permar 'ous doubt to they are found in luch of South them. There alsc state with bond pC made. Some political prisoner uncalled for spiracy charges serious con- spiracy charges I McNair has as the "Medieva of ohe of the A thorough st the head of needed. Perhaps, Patrol--has local law et lent that his procedurers.Pert ternment in- would be the fir, e never been changes. We hop the challenge. the charges, pendent body -taking any S I concerned. Wednesday S.( d out- said that the Ca nerican Clvii safest Diaces to te. We would night the young ~ration of the Bobby, Linda Hi iing of those to spend the nigi apart,mnent of (The younger Mc a punishment in Mississippi.) iversity tern- signed out togo t cure pr could just as easily been quotes from liitler's "Mein Kamph" ' which no one bothered to heed early' enough>. Radical revolutionists have not always been .Communistic. The exact same "happenings" were carried to their carefully planned conclusion by Ultra Right Facists Revolutionaries at the University of Cordova in Argentina over 50 years ago as a prelude to Peron's 'iron-fist" takeover of that government. You students of history know that the Communist Manifesto for world domination describes the takeover in three steps: I. Conquer Europe 2. Conquer Asia (To prevent this 2nd step is why we are in that area.) :1. America. (But of America, the manifesto says, "We will never have to fight for America. It will rot and decay from within and fall to us like an overripe fruit." It has happened over much of the world, hasn't it?> Hut the reason for this column is to let you all read a letter I received Wednesday morning, the 1:3th. "*lyeart Sir: "It grieven me deeply to sit down amnd have. to write such a letter as this. I pray that you in your position will attempt to do soumething to make me and my fellow men leet better. "Il'irst, congratulations are due to vone and ('ouch McGuire on your fine seasons. Not being a native of the ate. but I have since taken up a residence at Numter and want to express my concern to what Is happeningr to all or st of the Const Dad the They, too, may be havir )etween under the impact of n, fre distinguishing between t A,.right given a commitment to ass and destruction, and those % between makes them critical but nc Dd leads the system of government i ' as op- live. sition to This, I would hope, is th ion and students are taking at national between just such points Obviously, the campu tt I mightily since I studied I iteIsam Davis College in the iversity Professors Meriwether, Wi 11 of the errell. Bonn, and others. der the the facts of history up to changed. oroduce Ii those years, one could e police power of totalitarianism I1 iat they was to erupt shortly in Wc 'ty from nature and force of Comn r. I can its brute religiosity as it so >rm are of the minds and hearts of i hers or defined. And the agonizi icerned, Americans to lay hold o r nation world in revolution 200 yea ,i for the to write that freedom into preserve it in a land callet ugh to study for the upcoming final ie students want to go homq. )ugh of the gas. They have had iolence and rhetoric of the They have had enough of the soon, somebody is going to get as made his show. We think the same, whether the con of the campus and curfew or of arrests for conspiracy and :an only again imflame the rcement ent suspension of students until iocent of some charge against seems to be problems in the sting for anyone approaching a Another problem is the con made yesterday. Such con tave been generously described I crime of crimes." Jdy of all these questions is it wov.1d restore confidence in ifordement and judicial iaps, it would not, but that ;t step to making any needed e the ACLU affiliate will take est place .Governor Robert E. McNair rolina campus is ''one of the be.'' Tuesday and Wednesday woman lavaliered to his son rtman, signed out of her dorm its in the Governor's Mansion. Nair is stationed with the Army Last night Miss Hartman had her home In Hickory, N.C. -oblems cole4ge campuses back there. I hiave' with me at the present both v'esterdav's and today's papers Stars and Stripes telling us how had things are hack on the cam It is a mighty sad story and hiard for. people of my age of 40 to .swallow. I have seven children of my owln which I figure at least three or four will attend the I'niiversitv of South (Carolina. a privilege I was denied due to my parent(s and my financial con dliions. "I fly combat missions nearly everyv nite over here, and we do get 'dhnt at. but we are all a bunch of dedicated people. We know we have a job to do and we are trying our. best to do It so that we don't have to live under Communism back there. If you could explain to these54 young people what we are trying to do for their benefit, it woutld give me great satisfaction. "I want them to know that rii.tingt gets them no place. and if we dhid it. what would they have. We are over here to protect them. bmease we want to do something 14or IIur counitrv. Their turn is next. I 'diall retire one of these days. I honpe. hbut onlyI Godw knows if I'll make~ it hack to di. so with my wife andi children. I am praying that vonl will pass this message on to anyv and all available news source that youg may hive. I don't mind the kids of today %licking up for what they think is right, bust let's do it in an orderly lashini. nt by horning and rioting. They all pay taxes - if not. they will. It's their money that they are itninin unch thingrs to. So far nothing itutioi qg a hard time, hope of mankind" this crisis, consciousness. ose who have We were still hop revolution and depression but bef< ,hose cynicism Daucha, and Ausc it destructive of Hiroshima and Nag ander which we Vietnam - and Cat University. a hard look that With this hope I the difference the promise of An :f view. grew, and my awar has changed of that promise incr dstory there in protests: protests a 1930's under our society, agains ienefeld, Childs, laws; against the But I doubt that rights on the part of that time have political, police, or they attack their F see the growing color, or dress, or ri Europe which I have protested rid War II. The society which cau iunism in all of degrade human life ught to lay hold human flesh as a co nen was clearly place. In the pulpit, .ng struggle of waves, standing in f freedom in a and chain gangs, I rs ago, and then the dignity of huma laws that would or human personal l the "last great find meaning and FRIMNLY STUDENU~J OCUPWI 5XCEP TME PLML AN WHICH AR Mike!' MW%"MA6 AMe0A ^EP./ l4 At SLetter B oard Dear Mr. Wannamaker: For the past year 1 have served on the University Discipline Committee as the male student sanely hadt about University of South ('arolina. and hope nothing does happen there. 'I'll he hack there In August and am looking forward to me and may wife coming to all the home games. .lust hope I am able to get tickets, butt guess I'll chance that when I get there. "I wanit to thank you for taking the time to read this letter. even thoutgh my penmanship Is very IIEHW along with my spelling. I just pra v~ my children are able to enjoy such'l a fine institution as we have at ('olumsbia. UISAF. Box 61214 API' San Francisco !MisfO" Yes, Sargeant Dutcher, I cer tainly agree with that last line, only I would add, "we have a great Uiniversity ramily of faculty, ad ministrators. and students." We don't always agree, but that is normal. We all share in wanting - 'peace" in our country and around the world. The Communists s(cream for "peace," too; but pe'ace to them is what there is atter they have completely taken over the count ry. Since the recent controversy in The t;amecock. may I throw some loutr-letter words at you, men and women or Carolina. Like: (Work) tor the i(sood) or Carolina; (Help) 14o Cutre ssome or our problems in a 'Sane' manner. As for myself, I sincerely 'I lope> (sod willing, that I shall be Ahles to do my (Duty) to our < Vine ) Universit y and our great State. 1, whei was burned into my been deniec In all of I eful then, in a time of viction that we the world knew of as a Saving 1witz, and Lidice; of of forgivene Fasaki, and Korea and the power o nbodia and Kent State that life cou all mankind learned to appreciate But all of ierica. As my insight context of w eness of the corruption greatest po eased, I began my own the Ame gainst the injustices in Today, "I the inequities in our heart: thal disregard for human corrupted tl those who wield either that men ha economic power, when the law; thi ellow-men because of denied the I lifference of belief. of Rights; against the sins in our democratic e men to hate, or to to overwhel by buying and selling economical nmodity of the market as we knov in the press, on the air- War. hospitals, in jail cells, And, it is have sought to lift up have corru; i life, to extol the worth and caused Lty, and to help people democratic ;ignificance which has enemies of I E AMEN FRM AN OFM(E |D THE &NRKJA , 181 RKD./ Cr. WouLs. MO. (,t. ignores representative. The committee is made up of one administrator, six faculty members and one student either male or female, depending on the particular case). During the past year I have made a number of observations which in light of the present situation I feel should be placed before the students. F"irst I would like to make It clear that I do not aim my criticisms at any Individual member of the committee. For the mnost part, they have passed judgemnent in an open-minded and sincere way and have genuinely attemplted to disregard any outside pre4ssulre placed upon them. I maintain that the structure of the committee itself and the rules under which it operates (or rather the lack of rules) are prejudiced against the student. The mere fact that the total student represen tation has one vote in eight is a glaring example of this. It has been my observation that many faculty members are simply not able to relate to the student to the same dlegree that another student is c'apable of. Another major complaint is that there is no clear, institutionalized procedure for determining which cases will be heard by the l)iscipline Committee and which cases will be handled by the ad ministration. Tlhere- seems to be a general adherence to an unwritten rule that major cases are to be handled by the Discipline Coin mittee and minor cases are han (dIed through "ot her " channels, but the decision as to which are major cases and which are minor cases is lelt entirely up to the ad ministration. 41ne of the few concrete %Itatements which the c'ommittee hasm been'I able to refer to Is that tae'mnIt in TIhe Statement of Studiment It ights anid itespon 'sibilities which denls with student sspe'nsiobn. In a few words, it state's clearly the right of a student to, appear before the I)Msclpline 4'omfmiltte'e before he can be 'useamte from- .hool. re d ov them- knowr his, i have had the firm con- The if these people could know God rebel God, know Christ as a source cynici ss, and know the Holy Spirit as sicker God to change human destiny, bed foi Id be different for them and for gover, -. today this has been done within the But, hat I have considered to be the leave t litical revolution of all times weave rican Revolution. wat have a great sorrow" in my left? f it is' true that men have Weo v ie promise of that Revolution; Who s ve used the law to circumvent it men have made laws which courts reedom guaranteed in the Bill derei that men have used the ,, process to bribe the electorate, Ar m their opposition, or even to Amer ly enslave a part of the nation dignit was done following the Civil mank tragically true, that those who freedc ited the law, perverted justice, will s others to lose faith in the come process have been the worst I a reedom which our country has will f brothe Stepp back Panic m bring sc By CARL STEPP Associate Editor Now is no time for finger pointing, nor for hysterical scapegoating. It is a time for restraint. There are lives at stake. It is a time for cooperation to bring sanity to campus. It is time for lowered voices, deliberate actions, and conduct which will allow the termination of the curfew and the dismissal of outside police forces. Wrongs still exist at the University and elsewhere. Ex cessses are plentiful. Brutality has outraged many moderate students. But solutions will not come under the irrational atmosphere on campus. Panic solves nothing. Only when the troops are gone, the crowds dissolved, will review be possible. Then we all can examine the faults, blames, negligences and grievances. We can examine them with clear heads and soft voices. We can examine them, hopefully, with no stains of death on our consciences. justice Even this statement has been interpreted by the administration not to apply to "temporary" suspension, which is suspension until such a time that the case can be brought before the full com mittee. Such questions as the removal of a student from University housing are not con sidered to be within the realm of concern of the committee. In reference to the recent by passing of the Discipline Com mittee and the formulation of a different committee through the Board of Trustees to handle the cases of the students who were arrested in the Russell House, I would like to make a few com men ts. Thei4 action of the Board of Tru~istees represents a deliberate attempi to circumvent the established disciplinary system which they had approved, and shows an adament disregard for jlustice by the Board of Trrustees. The4 action wats a flagrant violation ofr the Statement of Student Rights andi Rtesp)onsihilities. When I discussed this with a member of thme admlinistration, I was told that the Statemenit existed at the "plea sure"~ of the Board of Trumstees anid that they have the power to alter or eliminate it at anvi time. It is obvious that in a situation such as this justice is a mockery. Tlhe reason behind the formulation ol a new committee seems to be a lear on the part of the Board of TIrustees that the regular D)iscipline Committee would tend to) be "too lenient." Thel, next stepl by the Board may we'.ll be the regulation of certain othier type4s of cases such as those inv~olving drugs to its "special" committee. There is no reason to believe that this new found power will not he used in any came in v'olvinig ain individual which the Board of Trustees finds "of This is the cheapest kind of political and social repression and is not relatted in the least to justice. r wnn(;la uRnaSuNn ie go?. 1. ;e are the people our youth today against. These help to produce the am upon which youth has fed and ed. So they have provided the seed r those who rebel against our form of unent and seek its destruction when all is said and done, if we he Constitution of the United States, s Bill of Rights, where do we go? form or kinds of government are (ing, emperor, dictator, or council? 4il guarantee your rights and mine ch a day, if law is swept away, if lose their meaning, if men rule by and fiat, if state legislatures, and ngress are abolished? e-men have corrupted the can Dream, the promise of the ican Revolution, the hope for human y and human freedom fpr all ind But if American liberty and im go, it will be the last that mankind .e of them for many a generation to There is a more excellent way. n still hopeful that this generation id it. live it, and give new meaning to rhood, freedom and human dignity. ill not lutions As tempers flared this week, liberals blamed conservatives' inflexibility they felt lead to trouble. Conservatives charged liberals with permissiveness. Neither, perhaps, was entirely right. At this point, however, several observations are in order: ---is keeping school open proper? The faculty and administration feel it is. To shut down, they feel, would be an admisssion that the University can't solve its own problems, an invitation for the hard-core reactionaries to force repressive measures. It would cost the majority of students their right to an education, the result, they feel, of "a handful." Many, if not most, students are for shutting down. With every day that cooped-up students become more frustrated, that overworked police become more tired, the probability of serious injuries and deaths increases. Studying is impossible, fear is rampant, rationality is gone, they say. And they contend that it is not worth risking lives to keep school open. Only history can tell who is right. Obviously, many persons are laboring valiantly to prevent mayhem. Yet their work can be foiled by one fool policeman or one outraged student. ---The faculty has been tantastic. They, as individuals, deserve the deepest thanks for their efforts to keep calm and to encourage students. ---What is needed vitally is trust. A t this point, students by and large are skeptical of the state authorities, the USC ad ministration. the trustees, the police. There is almost no medium for mutual respect. This helped create the campus unrest, and it has helped prevent its solution. ---Perhaps state officials could view more seriously student fears or gassing and beatings. Despite any denials, it is a provable fact that police entered dorms, gassed dlorms, and hit students inside dorms. Trhere are witnesses without end. Tfhis is not time for cop-hating. Tlhey are under pressure and here to help. But neither is it a time for aiuthorities to reject the obvious evidence of excess. That excess, perhaps more than anything else. has fueled campus tensions. H-igher authorities---in their otfice safety---may not feel the tension, the fear. They may not know, first hand, of the problems (Certainly no officer who goes into a dform and beats a student will then meekly report that to his superior. superior. But cooled tempers and less dramatic action are needed, both for students and officers. Both <('ontintued on Page :1 The Gamecock The Gamer,ock is published tri-weekly during the fail and spring semesters with the exception of University holidays and exam periods. C'hange of address forms, sub scription requests and other mail items should be sent to Drawer A. UsC. Columbia, s. C. 2525W. subscription rates are K6 per year or 63 per semester. Bulk copies are 66 per 100. The tiamerock this year received 637,00 from the student activity fuad entitling full-lime students toea subscription to Uhe paper. offices of The Gameteck are in Reems 306 and 316 of the Russell House en the University campus. Phases are 777-SI7U. 777-4246 and 717-4336. .Weeud class postage paid at columbia. S. C. The editor in chief is Jim Wanaaaer. Although the Gamecock Is pubUohed by the University of South carolia., the opinions publIshed herein de net necessarily represent theae of the University. the studeat body or the