1967_11 The Daily Collegian November 1967

              EDITORIAL
A Hypocritical Incident
The demonstral
on against toe Dow Chemical Company re
hypocritical accidents generated within toe peac
I lt can only be described as a crime against to
The demonstraUon was a vicious attack intended to malm a corpor¬
ate body which has done nothing more wrong than to Indulge ln
scientific research and to conUnue helping mankind. The demon¬
stration is supposed to be against napalm. How Uloglcal-Dow
Chemical doesn't.even make napalm. It makes a plastic product-
polystyrene, to be specific-which has other uses ln toe plasUcs
field. Including plastic bags and hot coffee cups. It seUs this pro¬
duct to various companies, one of which manufactures napalm for
toe government. This chemical Is not even necessary to toe pro¬
duction of napalm, so even If lt were stopped toe net result would
only be a loss of Income for Dow Chemical Company; toe napalm
would sUll be produced.
Why not, then, strike at companies toat produce too most basic
element of napalm-gasoline? Some of toe demonstrators were
asked why they supported toe petroleum companies by burning gaso¬
line ln their cars. The reply was that *We are capUves of a socio¬
logical development called toe car.* A nicely formed evasive state¬
ment, but Isn't Dow trapped more by a sociological development
called scientific research?
Take a good look at Dow Chemical Company-all of lt, not Just toe
polystyrene producUon. Mangeslum, an element pioneered by Dow,
has been responsible tor major breakthroughs ta space exploration.
How many of us use Saran Wrap, a Dow product? But magnesium
and Saran Wrap are not essentially humanitarian, are they? Then
and ts
ir look.
Dow Is responsible for Gamulln, or "gamma globulin", polio vac¬
cine. Dow recenUy introduced Llrugen measle vaccine, a contri¬
bution to toe fight against one of toe most seric
The company has given us a vaccine against
is Tordon herbicide,
rhea, two disease*
ln toe beef and dairy industry. It 1
which destroys tough-to-kUl weeds at
The humanitarian aspects of these products should be obvlou
Now, how many lives have been saved, directly or IndlrecUy, t
Dow? We do not care to estimate, but we do care to point out to;
Dow Is only IndlrecUy relaled to napalm-not responsible for li
production or use.
To these demonstrators, we say look, listen, find the whole truth
sometimes a half-truth can be more dangerous than a whole trutl
Pick up some of Dow's pamphlets, and read them; talk to toe corr
pany's representaUve, if you can get near him. When you believe yc
have found toe whole truth, then make your Judgment.
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LETTERS
'Glad You Changed Petition'
Thanks A Lot!
Editor:
Open letter to friends of SNCC.
views through petition, of toe
Dow Chemical Company's part
ln toe Vietnam War. Their part,
as everyone knows, is through too
manufacture of napalm. Your pe¬
tition stated that you didn't want
being against napalm,
didn't take lntoconsldei
napalm Is not all that D<
life Into edibles for the
;s of undernourished people,
also makes many medicines,
would like to talk with Dow about
possible employment. This is a
right you both share.
Well, at least you really id vuur
petition was wrong. So, you have
changed your petition to read that
representative appearing on
campus. Thank you for changing
MARK ETCIIEVERRY A4-I70
John augensteln
atrocious. This gas Just cami
short of standing up ta a foxholi
and   yelling,   "Hey?   look,   I'v.
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Opinions Differ
Editor:
I was pleased to read the fine,
unbiased coverage you are giving
to (he protest againstDowChem-
lcal's manufacturing of napalm.
I compliment Eric Gilliam's In¬
telligent satire and evident talent
for expression. However, our
opinions differ.
I agree wlto toe protesters toat
wlto which to fight a war. Gil¬
liam's descriptions of toe maim¬
ing and agony caused by Its use
When   a  nation   1
i   U.S.  t
view
of   t
m they demand that
America fight her wars wlto
humane, phUanthroplc methods,
atrocities and are not con-
Do you, Mr.Gllllam, know what
a punjl-stake Is? It Is used by the
Viet Cong. It Is a sharpened bam¬
boo stake, rubbed wlto human
excrement. This stake, when
stepped on, wUl slash a G.I.'s
leg as a razor would.
poison, toe G.I. wUl last two
hours, at toe average, without
medical help. The after effects?
A piece of celery for a leg,
brain damage to a horrifying ex¬
tent, and toe plUful agony suffered
as infection sears toe nerves and
every cell toe bloodstream hap-
<
i to wash with the jolly juices
3 country has ever fought a
anc war. ln April, 19G5, the
attempted to employ the use
ausea gas, with which to fa-
id say, "Be good! * Therefore, U
takes napalm to win war, then
e lt. When I'm drafted I hope
r damn water-pistol. Give me
ALAN HOOMBERG A-1088
Again I am forced to write to
The DaUy Collegian and set the
record straight. I am referring
to too article toat appeared ln
Tuesday's Collegian (October31,
1967).
First, toe Utle of toe article
was "Young Demos Oppose War,
Marijuana*. From tots
title o
might a
Fresno State College Young r>v>m-   -,
I...N):,.,
er, let me point
is quite mls-
that toe tl
leading, for I
California  Federation  of Young
State CoUege organization.
Secondly, I was quoted as say¬
ing toat I have 'great respect*
for toe demonstrators and draft
card to
of context. Let m
say tl