1968_10 The Daily Collegian October 1968

              2    TUB DAILY COLLEGIAN    Friday, October 4, 1968
A TIME TO KEEPm
Inside Morton's action
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3 continue a series about Amerl-
rws about the police Investigation
of some of our fellow students has compelled me to put aside that
story and talk Instead about the mechanics of what happened
at Fresno State College last week with the administration vis-a-vis
the Fresno police. This Issue hits a lot closer to home and deserves
priority.
Here are the inside details:
On Thursday, Sept. 26, Sgt. Edward Helzenrader of the Fresno
Police Department's Special Services Unit phoned Allen Cano,
assistant director of Financial Aids at FSC, saying that Chief Henry
Morton was Interested in the backgrounds of several students who he
had reason to believe were students at FSC. These students ex¬
plained Helzenrader, had been participants In an antl-Nlxon demon¬
stration on Sept. 18 at Selland Arena.
Police needed help
Cano, whose precise relationship to the FPD Is now a matter of
public conjecture, told Helzenrader that he would be willing to pro¬
vide certain Information about the individuals in question. Helzen¬
rader arranged an appointment for later that day but was unable to
attend and dispatched officer James Stoeckel, a plalnclothesman,
to the college. Stoeckel brought a number of photographs of the Sel¬
land Arena demonstrators. A number of persons had been Identified
by police prior to Stoeckel's visit but not all of them. He enlisted
Cano's aid In Identifying the pictures, and, later, Kenneth Lewis,
the financial aids director who knew many of the Educational Op¬
portunities Program (work-study) students since his office had pro¬
cessed them, was asked to cooperate. Lewis, apparently believing
that this was an official Investigation cleared by the administration,
complied and gave Stoeckel what Information he had regarding the
students' Identity and financial status. At no time did Lewis allow
Stoeckel to personally examine office files.
FBI requests routine
Lewis has explained that such requests are routine — that the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, the National Security Agency and the
Criminal Investigation Departments of the varices services will,
from lime to time, request financial and credit reports on students,
or former students, under Investigation.
It was Cano's understanding, however, that Chief Morton wanted
the information for his confidential files and that the data would not
be made public.
In a few short hours, Morton would publish a five and one-half
page statement listing nine Fresno State students — with a summary
of their financial resources - and send every radio, TV station and
newspaper in the area a copy. The Morton press release would list
each student by "subject number" and would Identify them all as
troublemakers, demonstrators and, Implicitly, social leeches who
demonstrate against the system that helped them.
"H" - As In "Had"
The reaction of Cano and of Lewis, at the breaking of Morton's
statement, ls not known. It Is safe to speculate, however, that Thurs¬
day night was a time of trial for both men. One had been double-
crossed; the other morally betrayed. Helzenrader, Morton's Robes¬
pierre, had assured Cano that any Information given him would be
held in the strictest confidence. Helzenrader Indicated that Chief
Morton wanted the Information
on a private basis. At-no time,
according to Lewis, did Helzen¬
rader reveal to Cano the true
purpose of the Inquiries. And
Lewis had no Inkling of Irregu¬
larity.
Calm before the storm
The weekend was quiet - tele¬
vision and radio stations had
turned to other news-believing
that the Morton disclosure was
only a flash In the political pan.
The Fresno State College ad¬
ministration held Its collective
breath hoping, no doubt, that
things would turn out all right In
the end. Such was not fob*.
The administration, In fact, had
«en caught flat-footed by the
media's disclosure of Morton's
release. One can almost hear the
mouths of Frederic Ness, Donald
Albright and Kenneth Kerr pop¬
ping open as bland newscasters
intoned the bad news that FSC
students had been compromised
to the police by fellow adminis¬
trators. As Douglas Bambridge,
chief of the FSC Security Detach¬
ment put It, The flr*t I beard
of the (Morton's) statement was
when I read it in the newspaper."
On Monday morning th* Fi¬
nancial Aids Director was asked
if he had any knowledge of the
police investigation. Lewis,
whose voluminous files contain
Information not only oo students
with outstanding loans but also
on the financial condition of hun¬
dreds of student's parents, schol¬
arship applications, credit in¬
formation, federal grants, Nat¬
ional Defense Student Loans and
a myriad of divers* information
usable by federal and state In¬
telligence agencies, replied that
he was not aware of any police
investigation. Asked about the
possibility that any of his staff
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might have 'leaked* the details
to the police, he affirmed bis con¬
fidence in the Integrity of his staff.
After Lewis'unequivocal denial
of complicity In the police probe,
a call was made to Chief Mor¬
ton who was out of town attend¬
ing a meeting of the International
Association of Chiefs of Police.
Listening to lectures on the hor¬
rors of wire-tapping, I suppose...
Referral was made to Sgt. Helz¬
enrader who, though he may be a
lion when It comes to dealing
with crazed felons, ls as silent
as adefanged waterbug when deal¬
ing with nosy columnists. He al¬
lowed as how the Chief would
have to answer all questions
and would not be back In town
for 'about 10 days or so "
•Gee It Beats Me...."
Follow-up questioning of the
FSC administration revealed an
amazing lack of knowledge re¬
garding this affair. One would al¬
most have thought that the
school's   executives, whose en-
Once around the campus. . .briefly
for **.S0 In the Student F
pliclty, bad suddenly become aca¬
demic renegades rallying under
the banner of blissful Ignorance.
Keeping mum and denying all
seemed to be the rationale. This
policy would see some ■readjust¬
ment" within the next 48 hours.
On Tuesday, five days after
Morton's verbal putsch, the
story exploded In the Dally Col¬
legian. Editor Dennis McCall
had marshalled his facts, check¬
ed his sources, tightened his belt
and bannered bis frontpage
thusly: "9 FSC STUDENTS ON
POLICE WATCH LIST". The
cat — which had caught so many
tongues — had gotten out of the
4 o'clock program
A film by Jean-Luc- Godard,
a New Wave French director,
will begin the English depart¬
ment's 4 O'clock Program for
the week of October 7-11.
The film, 'My Life To Live,'
features Anna Karln in a zol-
aesque tale of a Paris call-girl.
It will be shown Monday at 8
p.m. In Science 121.
A panel discussion of Godard's
film- with Barry Logan and Ray
McKnlght, associate professor
Of English, and Cordelia Jasutls
from the foreign language depart¬
ment as panel members will be
held Tuesday at 1 p.m.
Betum appointed
Ronald Baum, 23, has been
named assistant director of the
Fresno State College Union. He
will work with Earl Whitfield,
College Union director.
Baum, a graduate of Adams
State College In Nebraska, will
also manage the Union Coffee
Shop. He has been employed for
the past two years as assistant
food   manager  at  the   college.
Alpha Kappa Pti
Alpha Kappa Psi, business
fraternity, will hold Its formal
rush tonight at 7:30 In the Water
Tree Inn. The coat and tie af¬
fair  ls  open to all Interested
An Informal rush will be
held Saturday at 6 p.m. at 3S53
E. Brown Ave.
TSP mock election
Theta Sigma Phi, the national
professional women's Journalism
society, will host a mock presi¬
dential election booth at the Fres¬
no District Fair starting today.
The booth, which ls sponsored
by KFRE broadcasting stations
and the Coca-Cola Bottling Co.,
will be open from 10 a.m. to 10
p.m. dally, through Oct. 13.
Ballot counts will be broadcast
three times a day over KFKE
radio and television stations.
Voter, will have a chance to
vote tor Humphrey, Nixon or Wal¬
lace and there will be a space
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