Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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VC flag symbolizes feelings MR. FARRELL: This letter concerns James V. Parker, Jr.'s letter in the Oct. 11 issue of the Gamecock. We are the students who made and are displaying a Viet Cong flag in a fraternity house window. Mr. Parker says his comments are moral rather than political, and then his comments consist o; nothing but stating what he con siders "...a display of ignorance and poor taste..." We would reply to Mr. Parker that his remarks are in fact political, and further state that our reason for this "display" is simply that it is a peaceful way of stating our own personal belief that the United States should not be in Southeast Asia and a way of voicing support for the people of the Republic of North Vietnam in their fight against U.S. imperialist aggression. The people of the United States and North Vietnam are not enemies. This war is carried out in the name of the people of the U. S. and South Viet nam and without their consent, and it must stop now! 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The gist of the matter, as I view it, is that Mr. Brown has chosen to share, albeit unselfishly, his divine and unfaltering . grasp of the inherent evils of ROTC with the mindless masses of an ungrateful world. By his own modest ad missions he has dismissed the notion that each person on campus should have a free choice to decide for himself the subject matter which he would pursue; in fact Mr. or the happiest your life. C -ing that is symbolic of a ved fashion collections ; imaginable, each aglow phest quality. )u're getting what you id size and gemologist's aside every ArtCarved Darved rings today. Ltd. NTOWN COL1'MIA 254-5377 ed & Operated agn to the Brown says that "this is the most deadly and deceptive argument of all." Shades of 1984! Although I have chosen to draw a curtain of charity over the major absurdities contained in Mr. Brown's letter, one particular theme cannot go ignored. If Mr. Brown, and others who may share his sentiments, find movies of planes dropping napalm ob jectionable and discom forting...then why attend? If ROTC is objectionable, then why join? But do not try to dictate to those who do not share your sentiments. Grant to others the same degree of intellectual freedom which you have every right to expect for yourself. As long as ROTC does not dictate the song which you strum on your guitar, then please try not to suggest Woodstock film clips for ROTC training-aids. The greatest danger in any society is the man who feels that he alone possesses the sole telescope through which the world must be viewed. Almost, every tyrant the world has ever known ha operated in the mistaken conviction that he is enlightened despot and the sole custodian of truth. WEYMAN H. DODSON, JR. Legislators hurt state with actions MR. FARRELL: I simply cannot understand why South Carolina must stay at the bottom-of-the-barrel with ANYTHING that it does. South Carolina is an under-developed state, poor in ALL fields of health, education, and welfare. Yet it is said that South Carolina has great potential. NOT AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO BREED LEGIS LATORS SUCH AS OURS!!! I'm referring to such legislators as those who, on Wednesday, October 13, voted to lose $4.5 million annually rather than pass a billboard removal act. What kind of representatives of the people would willingly put their state in jeopardy like this? It appears to me that these senators are NOT interested in the well-being of the state, but in their own private gains! I do not believe that these senators were con cerned about the loss of states' rights! Instead, these senators seem to be concerned more about the financial loss to the owner of a multi-million dollar motel complex (who testified that "he would lose some money if he had to take his billboards down") rather than about any loss to the state (which will affect millions of persons). Senator Lindsay, D-Marlboro, who headed the amendment, admit ted to representing the motel complex owner (without being paid). The amendment provides for taking this issue to court, at which time I am sure South Carolina will get a much-deserved slap-in-the-face. Yes, South Carolina COULD become, a great state. However, it can never become great as long as we have laws which PREVENT' a suhst ant ial'rbwth 'of industa'arid editor trade, which discourage families from moving into the state, which encourage others to leave, and which discourage tourists from visiting our state and large organizations from having con ventions in our state. As long as we have these and other laws such as those which dictate on what days a man may run his private business and what he can and cannot sell on certain days of the week, this state CANNOT be great! As long as South Carolinians elect legislators who write and pass such laws, this state will stay in its "traditional" position as 48th, 49th, or 50th in any list of statistics concerning states. In the next election, I plan to use my newly-gained right to vote and hope to elect GOOD men (if any run). -Please don't let apathy take you over by . not going out to vote; .and DON'T complain about ANYTHING any government does if you plan not to vote. JEAN RAY China policy reversal has its price MR. FARRELL: Sometimes this month or the next, the United Nations will once again vote on the issue of seating in its assembly the Peoples Republic of China, or Red China, as we've come to call it. President Nixon,s sharp reversal of U.S. policy towards the PRC makes the ad mission of the largest nation in the world into the U.N. feasible; but like most admissions, this one has its price. Twenty-one years ago, Mao Tse tung led a Chinese revolution ousting the Nationalist regime of Chiang Kai-shek. In a short time, Chairman Mao created a Com munist government that hasn't faltered in its administration of Chinas's seven to eight hundred million people. At times, the U.S. and most of the rest of the world have deplored Chinese action. During the Korean Wars years, our nation took nonrecognit ion one step further and called it "con tainment." And as the strongest nation in the world attempted every means of agression short of total war with it, the Peoples Republic of China endured. Nonrecognition of this Com munist government has resulted in two major ends. First, nonrecognition, and its successor, containment, have only detcrred China's expansive experiments. It is doubtful as to how much the U.S. has deterred them, considering Red China's military weakness; in two instances, Korea and Vietnam, the PRC has gotten at least half of what it sought. Secondly, nonrecognition and isolation by the U. S. has made us nearly a billion Chinese enemies. Communist propoganda worked toward this end, but U.S. moves over the past 20 years left counter-propagandists little to say. While the Communists were devising means to dominate China's vast population, and the free world was booing, Chiang Kai shek emerged as a hero who promised to' one day retuirn the democracy. Setting up head quarters on Taiwan, Chiang began to organize, with huge amounts of U. S. aid, a government and an army to seize the mainland. Chiang still vows to retake the 800 million people that his government claims to govern, and to move his bureaucracy from its "temporary" home to Peking. Old Chiang has had two decades, and the Nationalist Chinese are beginning to look to him as a dream fading into obscurity. Unfortunately, it may take the rest of the free world some time to realize what has happened to the dream and that Nationalst China's only legitimate claim is to Taiwan's 41 million population. The Peoples Republic of China's admission ticket has a high price. The U.S., sponsoring the PRC admission this year, also demands that the Taiwan government remain, and that the two governments "work something out." But until something is worked out, Taiwan will still claim a 800 million population and enjoy the prestige of its permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council. While deserving neither, she will have no reason to compromise with the Communist government unless another nation forces her to do so. The PRC's hesitation to join the U.N. will be understandable. Deciding to join an organization in which there is another member who claims stubbornly that the Peoples Republic is only a figment of the mind, and more, allowing that stubborn nation to exercise the power and the in fluence that the Communist government really deserves, takes patience -- a type of patience that even Communists find trying. Taiwan deserves only a regular seat in the U.N. General Assembly representative of its 41 million inhabitants. The Peoples Republic of China deserves exactly what Taiwan now has: a seat in the General Assembly and a per manent seat on the Security Council. The present seating chart of the U.N., omitting the Peoples Republic, or even one with the PRC seated in the General Assembly alone is a victory for the U. S. in terms of victory over communism. But long before the U. S. was committed to opposing Communist nations, it committed itself to democracy. Hopes for democracy on mainland China via the Taiwan dream are wasted. Hopes for democracy in the U. N. -- by giving all nations the recognition they earn -- are ntot. H. LEE SMITH New ! The Gamecock is now running two new features on the editorial pages: Harriet Van Horne, a columnist, and Tom Darcy, a Pulitzer Prize - winning cartoonist. These, along with Smith Hempstone's columns, will appear regularly. Their Work appears on pae w