1968_10 The Daily Collegian October 1968

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2    THE DAILY COLLEGIAN    Tuesday, October 1. 1968
Mortons 'list'
When Fresno Police Chief Henry R. Morton listed nine Fresno
State College "subjects' on his roll of political demonstrators and
vowed to prevent disruptions of future political talks In Fresno,
the Chief raised several questions that need clarification.
The list Is an aftermath of the demonstration aimed at Republican
presidential hopeful Richard M. Nixon during a rally for the candi¬
date-at Selland Arena. Morton was critical of the actions of about
40 persons who carried on a noisy, half-hour demonstration Inside
the Arena, then left. The demonstrators were described as mostly
Mexican-Americans carrying signs and chanting slogans hitting back
at Nixon's anti-grape boycott stand.
Morton. In his five and one-half page public statement on the Is¬
sue, failed to link FSC students with the demonstration Inside
the arena. In fact, he was not at all specific about the actions of tne
students during the Nixon visit.
In drawing up his list of potential troublemakers, why did Morton
emphasize that seven of the nine FSC students were being aided
by federal monies. He noted that one was receiving a National De¬
fense loan, another two federal study grants and a National Defense
loan, and five, Morton said, were at FSC under federal work study
grants. Was the chief trying to say the federal government Is sub¬
sidizing demonstrations? Or was he trying to say students who re¬
ceive federal aid should keep quiet and not avail themselves of the
right to honest dissent?
Morton said his department will take steps necessary to "prevent
recurrences of this regrettable Incident." Does he plan to hold those
on his "dishonor" roll during future political talks so they cannot
cause trouble? If he has any Intentions of preventing students, or any¬
one for that matter, of exercising their rightto disagree, we suggest
the chief read the Constitution of the United States.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .
Police
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Melville critic
Editor:
Arthur Melville'sstatement
concluding his SDS sponsored
tallc, "If Christ was a communist
then I'm a communist," was both
Giant
Poster
from any photo
Christ by committing the highest
crime possible In the eyes of
God.  He  also claims  authority
gical procedure.
Melville's Ignorance of the
facts surrounding Guatemala Is
most striking. For example In
1952, the fact is that the Guate¬
malan government was Indirectly
controlled   by  the  communists.
f their
forbidding
anti-communist demonstrations.
Later that year, the left wing
government Intervened In a dis¬
pute between the United Fruit
Co. and Its employees. The com¬
pany was then forced to make un¬
reasonable concessions.
American Conference, an antl-
communlst resolution implicitly
condemned the Guatemalan gov-
archblshop of Guatemala, In a
pastoral letter to his charge, ap¬
pealed   for   an   uprising  against
tempted overthrow, the left wing
government on June 8 suspended
all civil rights.
Sounds democratic, doesn't It?
About as democratic as the so¬
ciety proposed by the SDS, a
group In which J. Edgar Hoover
describes as "workingconstantly
In furtherance of the alms and
objectives of the Communist Par¬
ty throughout the Nation."
Was the U.S. Government Jus¬
tified In helping freedom loving
Guatemalans in ridding Itself of
the communists and at the same
time  to  protect our own lnter-
If Castro (1 968, during Cuba's
"reform movements^ was a
communist then I'm a commu¬
nist,' might have been a more
appropriate  way  of  ending that
Russell Slvtck
Chapter chairman of
Young Americans for Freedom
have Afro-Americans and MeU-
resented separately In the Stu¬
dent Senate. He stated, and I
quote, "I feel that their view¬
points need to be shared. .."
What I would like to know from
Mr. Pompey Is why should the
Afro- and Me xl can -American
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Editor:
After having read Mr. Sherman
L. Pompey's letter In the Sept.
27 Issue of The Daily Collegian,
I was compelled to write an an¬
swer to his proposition of having
a measure put on the Oct. 14bal¬
lot. He stated that he wanted to
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I would like to propose a measure
to do away with the present sys¬
tem of electing the senators from
the separate classes and also to
propose a measure for the Oct.
14 ballot to elect all senators
from their respective ethnic
Mans, Swedes, Danes, Jews, En¬
glish, Indians, Hindus, Chinese,
Japanese, Spanish, etc., be al¬
lowed special representation on
the Student Senate because I feel
that their viewpoints need to be
After all, Is this not what the
student body of FresnoStateCol-
lege Is composed of?
Mike Bluelan
THEDAILY COLLEGIAN
Despite the predominance of
pro-grape boycott demonstra¬
tors, most of whom were of Mex¬
ican-American descent, Morton's
release did not explain how nine
of those on his list of trouble¬
makers were FSC students. The
statement also did not point out
how the FSC students figured In
the demonstration and picketing
both  inside  and outside Selland
Following Is a list of those
Morton Identified as FSC stu¬
dents:
•Subject No. 2 Is a 37-year-
old professional student at Fres¬
no State College who Is one of
the leaders and organizers of the
Students for a Democratic So¬
ciety and the Peace and Freedom
movement. He has been Involved
In a number of campus and local
demonstrations, but has the repu¬
tation  of being personally non-
•Subject No. 3 Is a Fresno
State College student and member
of the Peace and Freedom move¬
ment, and organizer of picketing
at the Fresno Induction Center
and the draft card burning cere¬
mony In Courthouse Park.
■Subject.No. SlsaFresnoState
College student who has received
a National Defense student loan,
and Is a disrupting Influence on
campus. A check with the C.I.A.
revealed that this subject has had
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throughout the Valley. He was one
of the persons In the group who
kept the demonstrators In high
state of emotion.
"Subject No. 6 Is a Fresno
State College student attending
on two federal student grants
and one National Defense student
loan. His mother was also
demonstrating at the Nixon rally.
•Subject No. 7 Is a male, at¬
tending Fresno State College, and
receiving  a  federal work study
'Subject No. 8 Is also a male
student at Fresno State College,
receiving  a  federal work study
"Subjects No. 9 and No. 10
are male students at Fresno State
College, both receiving federal
work study grants.
•Sub ect No. 11 Is a female
student at Fresno State College,
receiving a federal work study
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Earthquakes, tequilla tasting total 3 units
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Four senior geography majors
and their professor toured Mexi¬
co and Central America this sum¬
mer      studying     environment.
Spending seven weeks, 24 hours
a day, and about $500 each, the
group lived geography, ex¬
perienced the tremors of an
earthquake, sufferer] the bumps
of unimproved roads, almost
drowned in high surf and under¬
tow, missed a volcano eruption by
two days, and tasted and toured
a tequilla factory, (eeonomic ge¬
ography, the study of Industry)
-- and all for three units of col¬
lege credit.
Charles Markham, assistant
professor of geography, Rich¬
ard Tobln, John Rudeslll, Perry
Harmonson and Dennis Williams
traveled over 11,000 miles In a
six-passenger pickup. Fresno
State College paid for the mile¬
age, Markham supplied the trans¬
portation, and each paid his own
living expenses.
"The trip makes good geogra¬
phy," Markham says. "The stu¬
dents read and study about the
areas In textbooks, and they need
to see It."
In essence the purpose of the
field trip was to view as much of
Mexico and Central America as
possible. The five were es¬
pecially Interested In studying
land forms, soils and vegetation,
and economic and cultural geog¬
raphy.
In preparation for the trip the
students took Geography 190 (In¬
dependent Study), a three unit
■y purpose of
i, therefore, to
see If the literature studied was
correct. Markham reports that
about   25 per cent of the text
protected by St. Christopher, pa¬
tron of travelers. It withstood the
Journey quite well and broke down
only once during the entire trip.
One of the more memorable
moments of the trip was a tour
of a tequilla factory. Markham
recalls that the group first tasted
the drink right out of the still.
"This stuff was pure liquid fire.
No one drank more than a
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Left to right: Dick Tobln. Prrry
Information was Inaccurate.
Markham and the students left
June 24 and went as far south
as the Pan American Highway
would take them, Into Panama.
Staying In motels and "pen-
slooes" or boarding houses,the
group members lived like natives
and avoided tourist-geared facil¬
ities when possible.
Consequently, their living
quarters were sometimes un¬
comfortable and quite primitive.
Williams recalls that one night
they slept on boards covered with
thin pads. There were no toilets
or running water, and they
showered   by   pouring    buckets
with three meals cost $2.40 a
day. In another area the group
feasted on huge steaks (estlroat-
I  by
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three pounds), salad, trench fries,
and soda for Si.12.
Since only two members could
speak Spanish, and only passably,
communication difficulties
sometimes caused problems. But
by the time the trip was over,
all could speak the language well
enough to order food and ask dl-
Progress by pickup was
extremely slow at times. Mark¬
ham says that at least one-third
of the trip was In gears other
than high. This was due to poor
Improved and unimproved roads
(the paved roads had worse chuck-
holes than the gravel ones), lack
of street signs, and poor stand¬
ards     for    automobile   lights,
Williams reports that one 300-
mlle stretch across Northern
Mexico took four 14-hour drivins;
days. Of course, the group did
have to blaze its own road across
mountains and streams. Actually
there was supposed to be a road
there, but It turned out to be little
more than a few small trails.
The mlx-up occurred when the
geographers followed a map put
out by a company In the United
States, and not by one published
by the Mexican government.
Tobln says. "We destroyed the
truck" on this excursion. How¬
ever, decorated with fringe and
the water fountain."
ed product, be says, was Im¬
measurably better.
The travelers now laugh about
several potentially dangerous sit¬
uations. They missed by two days
a Costa Rlcan volcanic eruption
which wiped out villages and kil¬
led several people. They also
withstood an earthquake which
rocked Mexico City toppling*"
buildings and killing and In¬
juring many people. Markham re¬
members that he was drinking a
cup of coffee early In the morn¬
ing when the earth began to shake.
Plaster cracked, dishes broke,
and the Indian help ran oat of the
kitchen yelling, "God help usl"
Markharo's cup, which had been
full, was half empty when the
quake subsided.
Calendar   Mysticism series open to public
p.m.-STUDENT A
Mysticism, from i
research, will be covered by six
guest speakers In a series of
lectures   beginning   next   week.
The lectures will be open to the
public althoughtheyareprimarily
for the mysticism class being
taught by Dr. George B. Kauf-
fman,   professor   of chemistry.
Dr. Edward W. Maupin of Mon¬
terey's Esalen Institute will be¬
gin the series on Oct. 11, with a
lecture on "Meditation."
On Oct. 25. Dr. Ralph Metzer,
editor of "Psychedelic Review"
will lecture on the "Evolutionary
Significance      of     Psychedelic
Swam! SlvanandaRadha, Spirit¬
ual Director of the mystic school
Yasodhara   Ashram   In   British
Columbia will lecture on "Self
Realization Through Self Identif¬
ication" Nov. 8. "Mysticism and
Psychotherapy," will be the topic
of Dr. Gerard V. Halgh, presi¬
dent-elect of the American Assn.
for Humanistic Psychology, on
Nov. 13.
Father William McNamara, di¬
rector of the Spiritual Life In¬
stitute of America, will lecture
on "The Art of Being Human"
Nov. 26. The final lecturer
will be Dr. Thelma Moss, re¬
searcher atthellnlversltyofCal-
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