1970_10 The Daily Collegian October 1970

              EDITORIALS
Canadian War Measures Act
Canada's invocation of the War Measures Act to crack down on
what has been termed a 'terrorist Insurrection* ln Quebec should
be viewed with alarm by most Americans.
Canada, ln an unprecedented move Friday, Invoked the act after
negotiations to free Provincial Minister of Labor and Immigration
Pierre Laporte and British diplomat James R. Cross reached a
stalemate. Both men were kidnapped and held captive by members
of the Quebec Liberation Front in-order to bargain for Uve exchange
of QLF prisoners  jailed  by  the  government on various criminal
The War Measure Act, though aimed chiefly at terrorist groups
ln Quebec, has been appUed throughout Canada. The measure temporarily suspends all constitutional guarantees and gives sweeping
powers of search and seizure to the police and mlUtary.
The ramifications of invoking such an act by Canada are far
reaching for America. No doubt ltwlllhavea great Impact on official
Washington, which ls under pressure to "do something" about Increased bombings and assassinations of policemen, to "do something" about revolutionary groups such as the Weathermen and Black
Panthers,   to  'do something"  about   campus   radicals and certain
If Canada ls successful ln crushing the QLF at the expense of
constitutional rights, the lesson will not be lost on the forces of
repression here at home. The example of Canadian repression wiU
be alluded to ln countless poUtical speeches throughout the naUon
as a panacea for upheaval and lawlessness. Arguments for change
to avert revolution will be reviled ln favor of martial law and pre-
grossly
ls alarming ts that the "success" of Canada ln crushing Its
may influence the U.S. government Into pursuing the same
of action, a course of action which may go far beyond the
i objective. Already some reports coming out of Canada
many officials are using the temporary state of martial law
>ver for wider repression. There are stories of officials
to arrest and jail political dissidents and criminals not linked
way with the QLF. Whether such stories are accurate or
exaggerated ln not known, but no one can deny that suspen-
:onstltutlonal guarantees opens up a Pandora's Box of poten-
;e and brutaUty.
Question $ editorial
I read Mr. Swope's editorial
on Congress and the crime blU
with great Interest, but I sUU
have _ some questions regarding
this editorial. I have written this
letter ln a hope that Mr. Swope
will answer my quesUons.
You state that the new crime
blU offers nothing ln the way of
solutions to America's political
and social problems. But Instead,
It offers a repressive formula of
law and order In place of meaningful fundamental reform.
Then you state, "The bill never
begins to scratch the surface of
Next you state that the crime
bill will not curtail or minimize
the revolutionary activity ln
America.
. My first questions are: what
are these problems that are causing the widespread rebellion and
violence today, what reforms
would you use to solve these
problems, and will these reforms
stop further revolutionary activity such as bombings and arson
You also state that the new
crime bill permits judges to lm-
COLLEGIAN FORUM
Opinions expressed in Collegian
editorials, including feature-
edltorialt and commentaries by
guest writers, are not necessarily those of Fresno State College
or the student body.
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Tueaday, October 20. l
t ls happening ln Canada shou
can. It cannot help but have an li
n handling the current domestic c
i may very well be a preview ofcc
we are seeing In
s ln this country.
-Burton Swope
In  discus
CSCSPA closes door to press bombings a,
r tlonally of c
The CaUfornla Slate College Student Presidents Association met , what *
last Friday here at Fresno State College and did not allow the press Pu"lsnment
to be present. The Jones Administration closed the doors to the propertv »"
Daily Collegian reporter. This ls an affront to the students as well
as to their press. The students here at FSC have the RIGHT to know
what ls going on. This was a new Item which should have been
covered first hand and now has to be covered by word of mouth
through those allowed inside the sacred walls of Jones's office, and
CU 308 where the CSCSPA meeting took place.
"BSWIbP 00T ASA 3DK Ot W7I. HE WAS ENTEREP AS A THKP
HKIY CANMDATE, 6CT A LOT OF VOTES, THEN MANAGED TO MAK£
SOME DIALS M THE ELECTORAL C0OE6E••■   "
In your last paragraph you state
that the U.S. Senate and House of
Representatives should spend
less time and energy on repres-
such as the ci
This ls the second time this has happened. The press was no
allowed to attend a senate session with FSC President Dr. Normal
A. Baxter last month by order of the Jones Administration.
What the Collegian asks ls what does the Jones Administration
have to hide? Unless a meeting is on a personnel matter, the press
HAS THE RIGHT TO BE THERE. This was passed as a resolution
by the Student Senate last semester and ls law in the state of Call-
that walls not be put up to
itely and completely. The
tat ls going on. To stop us
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live legislation
eating poverty,
military-Industrial complex.
•My  last  question  that I hope
do you have that Congress could
use to solve these timeless prob-
Mr. Swope, If you could answer
these many questions for me and
Edward A. Johnson
of your questions point by point
in a manner that Is both complete
and comprehensive would be Impossible, given the space limitations of the Dally Collegian. To
satisfy your curiosity It would
be necessary for me to write
a book. Specific Information on
what ls ln the crime bill and
explanations of such things as
"dangerous     adult     special of-
through research of congressional records and articles on file
ln the Ubrary. I suggest you consult Ihe Guide to Periodical Lit-
I  the  bill  t
something i
ls possible I was wrong. You ask
me what the problems are causing
the widespread rebellion and
violence today. The problems
feeding   the   fires   of  rebellion
been reading       about      in
newspapers, magazines and
books. They are themesofcountless movies, documentaries and
records. I cannot believe you are
unfamilar with them, but In case
you are I will list them briefly:
pollution, hunger, poverty, unemployment. Inflation, technoloclcal
change. racism, chauvanlsm.
militarism, increasing re-
of political and con-
rights   by   those   in
fashion to correct the problems
only compound them. Much of
what Congress does Is meant,
only to placate Irrale voters
who have little or no understanding of the problems. The
revolutionaries maintain that the
government will not and cannot
make the basic changes ln this
country to remedy Its problems,
le Congress gives
evolutlo
sin
this country, I
read radical and underground
publications, attend meetings of
New Left groups and listen carefully to what is being said about
America by blacks and chlcanos
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criticism of each
provision ln the crime bill, although there Is much to criticize.
The theme of the editorial was
reform versus repression and
not what I think should be the punishment for destroying public
property and killing Innocent
people. The point was that
harsher penalties and laws that
Infringe on constitutional rights
only add more fuel to the revolutionary fire. Advocates of law
and order will disagree, of
course, but that ls to be expected.
Zender replies
The whole unfortunate controversy between Mr. Steve Soriano and myself (concerning the
pollution article ln the Oct. 8
(Continued on Page 3, Col. 1)
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Campus    Bulldlof,
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
kept h
n.w. tanor D.ni.l R. Satrano
Advertlslnt Uana.ar . . Wilbur Pauls
Raportar. «.,„ B.rgar I
Phyllis Manln. Barbara McDowell. I    I
Dan Murray, Kalhy Qutsad.. IlI
Pholocraphara Don LaBafon M
pord i
n avoided h
d let me r
,„g material before
llshed. The conversation was
qualitative in the first place and .
I had doubts about his comprehension of what was said and how
he would present the material
so I specliically asked to review
the article before publication and
he assured me that I could.
I call printing the artlclewlth-
out review IRRESPONSIBLE and
I hardly thing Mr. Soriano is
qualified to call me a liar.
M.J. Zender,
Chairman
Department of Physics
Game of semantics
as usual, the Ideas of what
iy sister had to say concerning
M article about Dolores Huerta
as been subjugated to the game
The fi	
Some   of   the   future events
planned by the American Indian
students are the presentation of
a cultural show, a
»-Wow,  various
flows and wipes away tbe props.
The  rest of the year ls one of
Indian    hunger,
raising        Especially last year, we were
projects,       the   appearance of hit by a torrential i
prominent Indian speakers and dented In the last 80 years, which
most interesting of all,  a trip annihilated   our crops and de-
Indlan country, the Island of stroyed   eight houses.  Even ln
»  presentation
■   of   I
.is   secondary   to
a wife and motherwas,of course,
not   taken   as   the  predomlnent
Ir  semantics   ls your  game
It
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Another Sister
Hunger crusade
i milk and honey 1
long passed
have blinded
s and
if Ignorance can
but the comfort
no longer justify
We   have  eaten  of  the  tree of
knowledge, and we know hunger
fore, since the Emergency Food
and Medical Services Program
no longer has the funds to meet
the needs of the poor, 1 am asking
e faculty, students of FSC and
■cc.
well   ■
order to help
late  the  problem of hung'
frtei
they
o something to help each other.
11 those who wish to help should
ontact me at Room 328, Main
ost Office Building, Phone 485-
620. Pat  Lucero
Economic Opportunities
Commission, Fresno
Indie
s organize
n Indian students
of Fresno State College have expressed a strong Interest
In forming an organization to
promote their Image and life
to  the  campus   and community.
The organization has established as Its purposes to share
Information on all aspects of the
cultural heritage and contemporary life of the American Indian.
Also, to encourage educational
achievements pi the American
Indian students and to* provide
a common ground for the Interaction of this organization with
all peoples regardless of race,
creed, religion or political affiliation. And, above all, to establish   a   better  understanding
Membership ls open to all FSC
students. The next meeting wlU
be Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 3:30p.m.
ln the New Administration Building, Room 203.
Phil Martin Navasya
Campus International
I thought the recent Campus
International edition was excellent. The story 'Should Foreign
Students CriUcize America* Illustrated three truths. The first
ls that wisdom Is not a question
of age, nationality or faculty
standing, but a question of sensitivity. Martyn Green is sensl-
appears  wiser  than  his faculty
The second truth is that this
country needs foreign students.
They observe our country with
an objective eye, helping us understand our weaknesses and
strengths. They canbothcriticize
and compUment our national patterns with a perspective native-
born critics lack; foreign students know that racism, Indifference and greed are not American
monopolies. It ls Ironical ln a y
time when our international Ignorance is alienating the world,
our government ls cutting foreign student financial aid. To
lose foreign students would be to
lose a valuable resource.
The third truth is that Ireedom
of speech ls meaningless without
the pubUc right of access to the
communication media. If campus
minorities can dissent, but can't
articulate their dlssentlonln special editions, their freedom of
speech has been deprived.
People with legitimate grievances will do whatever Is necessary to be heard. The trouble at
reglstraUon was an example. The
alienated must have access to
other forms of communication.
The special editions of the Dally
Collegian  can  provide  this ac-
Appeal from Korea
New Hamlet Settlement is a
smaU leprosy village located at
the estuary of Nak-Dong River,
where 100 negative leprosy patients and their children struggle
for   survival. It  ls  a secluded
civilization such as electricity or
running water. They Uve a literally primitive form of life.
It would not be an exaggeration
to say that the most tragic being
on this earth is a leprosy patient,
and more tragic ls a child born
to leprosy parents. We have seen
what sympathy Is extended to
orphans, but the children of leprosy patients, though they are as
healthy as any children of normal
families, are denied all natural
human rights and opportunity for
participation ln society. It ls not
because we have any law against
them but just because leprosy patients have always been the subject of contempt and discrimination. The general public, for the
same reason, never accepted
children of leprosy patients as
equal human beings. Our primary
task, therefore, Is to break this
unjust contempt and discrimination Imposed upon the Innocent
little children.
ordinary years
year ls called 'poverty season*,
for It ls when food ls scarcest
and hunger most prevalent. Last
year's flood ls naturally affecting
this hunger season, making It
much more unbearable. Our usual
consists of a bowl of boiled
barley and pieces of pickled vegetable, which Is washed down with
a glass of water. This hunger
season, however, we Ilnd it extremely difficult even to provide
three such meals to our poor
people. To those who have no
experience of hunger It may not
sound real, but It certainly ls
a heartbreak to see the little
bodies sapping from hunger and
malnutrition,  and yet being un-
paln. It ls a sinful feeUng.
That Is why we have decided
that our means of livelihood
should be shifted from general
farming to poultry farming. In
the first place, chicken raising
ln our country has proved to be
very profitable, and secondly It
ls Just the kind of occupation
preferable to leprosy patients
to whom heavy labor ls prohlbl-
try. farming ls not affected by
flood.
Our  goal  ls  to raise 2,000
monthly net Income of 200,000.—
(U.S. $670), enough to solve the
basic food problem of 100 poor
Uves ln the settlement, and to
free them from chronic hunger.
But for the foregoing reasons
raising the large amount of funds
•required for this project Is
simply an Impossibility. It is
after many prayerful thoughts we
decided to appeal to the generosity of people ln a more blessed
country. Any amount of help from
your generous readers will truly
be a great lift.
It ls our earnest prayer that
you will find this humble appeal
at to be printed ln your paper,
thus giving us an opportunity to
establish minimum self-sufficiency and human dignity.
Daniel Yongsoo Llm
Director,
New Hamlet Settlement
(Saemaul Kunsul Won)
^ P.O. BOX 105
Pusan, Korea
A senior citizen's view
The writer was a cautious veteran when he attended FSC, 1949-
52, and thereafter when he was
earning his MA. He usually walked ln fear and he regurgitated on
demand. He haa two degrees and
a charter membership tn • Phi
Kappa Phi. He won a prize or
two for his Uterary efforts; FSC
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Tuesday, October 30, 1970
had a sUck magazine then.   He
graduated sumroa, wondering
why. But he learned.
He was a middle-age^ C. 1.
then, now he Is a retired senior
citizen.     He never suffered—
he observed.   Loaf hair on men
was unknown when he attended,
and  beards  were  few.     They
weren't needed.
The   man  finds  himself    ln
agreement with most things stu
dents want now.    He does not
agree with tbe methods that many
students use to try to get these
things. He agrees with tbe principle that the world ls probably
going to hell In a basket, but be
falls to see bow the present collegiate efforts are delaying same.
He has listened, closely andon
TV, to student-offered solutions.
He has grandchildren who wear
beads but no shoes. He listens
to them. But he rarely walks
the streets after dark. This U
a new world, and he ls afraid,
parents of coUege students, as
long as they stay ln their shells
and don't Interfere, are relatively safe. The old man who
pretends to be a Uberal ls not.
He ls suspected. He no longer
attends homecoming. And he
ls ashamed-of the label *llber-
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way
with Fashion
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In tl
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it be give
a Ufe tc
With  t
purposes, we hope that, as a
new organization striving lor Ufe
and recognition, we can create
within any FSC student acurlous- .
Ity to -eek us out, to learn about
the American Indian, and join
with us to make this a successful organization.
, Against such odds the
efforts to make ends meet become more than a struggle. With
all their belongings exhausted,
their hands and feet crippled, and
deprived of the right to Uve ln
their own homes, they found the
only means of livelihood to be
settling at this remote place and
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