1970_05 The Daily Collegian May 1970

              editorial
Reciprocal non-violence
It should now be apparent to students that men Uke Nixon, Agnew,
Reagan and Falk will use any means necessary to perpetuate their
most wretched desires on students. It ls also clear that moral persuasion or an appeal for raUonal behavior from these men will be
of no avail, students must reallre that the very nature of these men
make It Impossible for reason to prevail, it would be wise to ponder
If they are capable of making a distinction between right and wrong,
it appears they are devoid of any human characteristics.
It Is useless to say that Nixon should have known better than to
extend the naked aggression of U.S. Imperialism ln Cambodia. It ls
useless to say that Agnew knows his rhetoric ls a noisome device
that fosters bate and discontent. It Is useless to say that Reagan
should feel guilty for the horrible bloodbath he summoned which
exhibited Itself at Kent State University. It ls useless to say that
Falk knows he should not let the Live and Learn program be can-
ceUed because It would have a detrimental effect on black students.
These men have shown emphatically their diseased state of mind.
They can only relate to their own foul self Interest and wlU use any
method to make sure they are attained. They do not spend valuable
time debating about being non-violent. To be sure, non-violence ls
foreign to their lexicon.
It Is time for students who are concerned about the grave danger
this nation faces and the moral decay It ls suffering to stop quibbling
about   maintaining
on the goals then why all the
not an absurdity to attack vlolen
company
non-vlolently. They know their blatant display of violence
n-violence.
I   do
> that non-violence be reciprocal, studei
commentary
Violent strife leads nation toward
extremes of revolution, police state
all Its history.
What seems ln order now Is a
breathing spell to permit efforts
for accommodation between the
Peaceful dissent exhausted
Nixon administration already has
begun reassessing Its course In
the light of the national coucry
over Cambodia.  The  president
vance new dialogue and
all to check the momentum
a nationwide spUt whose
danger ls to set the stage
either violent revolution or
advent of a poUce state.
-Fresno Bee
to voice their opinion, they don't
have to worry about being sent to
Vietnam or Cambodia.
Part of a college educaUon Is
to aUow mature adults to become
thinking Individuals. Yet coUege
and government officials have
continued to dictate to students
and tell them what ts right and
wrong, or what should or should-
Students have tried every form
of peaceful dissent possible. The
government or coUege officials
have not taken them seriously.
murders to make the
thing ls definitely wrong with the
—Vivian D. Jones
Martial law
There have bet
dally ln Ught <
ivents, that If the violence and
upheaval ln the nation's streets
md campuses continues, the
Administration may be
"forced* to declare martial law.
If that happens, and It ls adls-
tlnct possibility, the police state
so many people have feared win
officially arrive In America.The
U.S. Constitution, with Us guar-
of free speech and due
process, will be suspended. Free
elections will be forbidden and a
massive roundup of "trouble-
and "radicals* wlU begin. There wlU be nothing to stop
authorities from breaking down
doors and hustling citizens away
In the dead of the night.
It ls entirely possible Nixon,
Agnew, Mitchell and their Pentagon pals, paranoid over the •international Communist conspiracy,* wlU foUow the path of total
repression, Justifying such a
move on the grounds of'national
security" or 'law and order.* We
seen It before ln arguments
for preventive detenUon, wiretapping and the no-knock law.
While the tone ofraanygovern-
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Hate Whitey!
By Rev. Jerome Ledoux. S.V.D.
•You Just can't trust a white
man!* *l hate all white people!*
•Whitey Just ain't no goodl*
statements like these have come
as a surprise to practically all
whites and as a shocker to those
who have been sincerely trying
to help black people find themselves, suddenly, white people
are on the defensive, fighting
back and wondering why they
should be considered hateful and
unacceptable.
•Those blacks are neurotic!*
you may counter. In order to
substantiate this, you might
point to a number of strange
actions and reactions. A young
black who was striken with a
serious illness refused medl-
caUon   because it  was  "white*
medicine connocoted by a white
man. White business, white lawyers, white doctors, white culture and white music are now
bypassed regularly by many
blacks, while some even consider white money tainted, Some
especiaUy younger people, sever all reUglous connections.
They will not marry ln any
church, since the churches are
all white institutions; nor before
a Justice of the peace, because
the civil setup Is white too.
Even many white inventions are
rejected as unworthy of use.
ODDLY ENOUGH, you may be
correct ln very many cases when
you accuse these blacks of being
neurotic. It seems rather safe
to say that no balanced person
goes around firing salvos of Impassioned abuse at fellow human
commentary
Moves on EOP
As of May 8, 1970, the Fresno
State College Educational Opportunity program ls without a director. Nor ls a director foreseen in the near future. This
vacancy has virtually stagnated
any hope for this program to
continue ln any productive capacity.
it appears that the present administration has successfully altered  the  Uves  and  dreams of
Martial law
(ConUnued from Page 2)
ment leaders and people In the
mass media Is conciliatory, 'here
Is also an underlying fear that
the differences between young and
old ln this country are so fundamental they cannot be resolved
within the normal operation of the
•system.* perhaps, the most
realistic approach ls that they
cannot be resolved, that this
period of consultaUon and communication ls temporary and that
we are, Uke It or not, headed for
revolution.
It ls the nature of estabUshed
authority to resist radical change
and to lash out at Its proponents
when they  represent  a genuine
sary to preserve and further the
Although we hope the nation
will be spared a "bloodbath* and
that needed changes wlU come
swiftly and decisively through
estabUshed Institutions, at the
same Ume let us be prepared
for the worst.
If the level of violence and upheaval continues or Increases and
martial law ls declared, then let
us have the courage and will to
resist It. Let us be ready to reestablish the kind of democratic
government our forefathers Intended us to have, and equal to
the task ln smashing this new and
perverse King George III.
-Burton Swope
It   r
program sanctioned by the gov-
erment can be "done in* by men
such as Karl Falk and James
Flkes.
•The 'moves* on the EOP*
and Ethnic Studies at FSC are
most assuredly within the scope
of the present state of unrest
spreading throughout this nation.
So what ls It about men Uke Falk
and Flkes lhat makes them feel
authorized to play God with the
lives of other human beings?
The monies that are secured
and allocated for the EOP do not
come from the pockets of Falk
or Flkes, but from taxpayers —
many   of whom are Black and
Yet Falk and Fikes feel that
the Black and Brown students
these monies were provided for
should not be all owed to use them
to seek a higher education at
FSC.
This ls playing God with the
lives of Jiuman beings, just as
those poor peasants ln South
East Asia's lives are being played
with, Just as the Uves of all those
white, Black and Brown Americans who have died ln South East
Asia's   have  been played with.
I beUeve what's happening on
this campus ls the same old sad
game that's been'played for over
the past two hundred years. Falk
and Flkes are motivated by a
vision of this campus being *UUy*
white, safe from Black and Brown
savages. But ls this reaUy the
name of the game or not? Who's
to know. But I do know this, that
same "system* that put Falk ln
office also has the power to make
this campus *UUy* blonde too.
So some of you "white" students
better find out what's happening.
We Uve ln a highly competitive
society and being 'plain* white
might not get tt anymore, or being
middle class might not get it any
more. So It's very possible that
those who manipulate Mr. Falk
Just might like to see this whole
world  blonde.  It won't be the
—Y.J.D.
1 - "Chouse of records
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beings however scummy and despicable. But, If many of us blacks
are socially -and spiritually neurotic, bow did we get that way?
Thai is the burning question which
should be bugging the white community. Who ls responsible for
this harmful situation?
After being assured and reassured by the US Constitution
and by countless laws and decisions that they are the social
and moral equals of aU, black
people by and large have seen
their rights and dignity trampled
underfoot. You are dealing with
a generaUonofblacka who beUeve
that, a white-controlled church
has kept them ln tow by twisting
Christianity to sull their own
ends. Take the back seal, go to
the other end the Une, turn the
other cheek, make peace and lovel
This ls all right and good unUl
It ls used to perpetuate the power
of those who oppress and deprive. It ls of singular Interest
that some of the stauncest
quoters of the Bible are the
Ku Klux Klansmen and the White
Citizens Councllmen.
- Most irksome of all ln many
ways are the smaU subtle, often
unconscious differences which
so many whites make when dealing with both races under Identical conditions. Usually, this
goes pretty much unnoticed except by the blacks who pick It
up as If by radar. In order to
strike parity, the black must be
a virgin, the white a tramp; the
black must be very quick, the
white a dud; the black a howl-
Ung success, the white a Uvlng
blunder.
ALL THESE THINGS have set
the psychological stage for black
people. There simply has to be
some kind of reaction. The quest
for self-identity so strong that
many blacks almost have to go
through a period of hating others
ln order to love themselves.
NaturaUy, this ls by no means
the most desirable thing, but It
ls quite often the most necessary
thing for individuals. A consoling
fact ls that even these white-
hating blacks are only hating ln
the abstract; for they too, manage to accept and love Individual whites.
A zealous Caucasian priest
stated recently that he used to
worry because he was not ln the
ghetto working with some black
community. His only worry now '
ls about the white communities.
•Black people are already free,"
he said, "while white slaves are
stlU very much enslaved by their
own hangups and prejudices.*
The   thought   ls  challenging
e both r
s take
eveaUng look.
- California Advocate
Outside agitators
Speaking of 'outside agitators*, we now have a local version of the Brown Shirts called
Citizens Against Destruction
(CAD).
The group1, which ls led by
Warehouseman Larry KeUer (but
no doubt manipulated by Cole man,
Murray and Francis ln the p.E.
Department), la being passed off
as a 'workers'» movement dedicated to stopping the *flafrant
destruction of pubUc property*
by  militant student demonstra-
Keller was quoted ln the Fresno Bee as saying those who had
attended a CAD meeting the other night approved the action of
construction workers who broke
up a demonstration ln front of
New York's City HaU with crowbars and clubs. I don't suppose
CAD members saw the contradiction ln the fact construction
workers ln New York also van-
daUzed a nearby coUege and beat
up some Innocent bystanders ln-
Keller and his feUow fascists
say, -We're paying for the destruction. We're the taxpayers,*
when referring to campus dls-
Petitions available
for Humanities
School senators
Petitions are currently available ln the Student Activities Office for Student Senate seats
from the School of Humanities.
In order to be eligible, prospective candidates must have a 2.25
GPA and be a major lnthe school.
Students with the following majors may apply: anthropology,
sociology, economics. EngUsh,
linguistics, foreign languages,
history, philosophy, physical education, recreation and pollUcal
Candidates must secure the
signatures of 25 students. The
petitions are due lnthe AcUvlUes
Office Wednesday, May 13, by
5 p.m. The elecUon wlU be held
May 20 to fill the four vacant
senate seats from the school.
A meeUng of all candidates will
be held May 14 to explain elecUon
procedure.
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rupttons.     On this count they
are probably tight.    They are
paying the taxes and for the destruction.
But they are also paying taxes
war ln Southeast Asia that U fax
more destructive than anything
students can do. In fact, 70 cents
out of each of their tax dollars
helps to pay for the war ln Vietnam and other mlUtary operations. So why don't they bitch
about that?
If I were a worker, It seems
to me the people I would have It
ln for the most would be the upper classes and corporate elite
who pay very Utile taxes and shlir
the burden to working das* and
middle income people. After all,
ment) that benefits roost from
maintaining tbe present coUege
system. The system ls set ux
to turn out people to fUl niches
ln the corporate structure and
the mlUtary-lndustrial complex.
So CAD ought to demand the
rich pay more and stop the exploitation of the working classes.
The students are fighting to
open up the coUege system so a
real and relevant educaUon can
take place. Tbey are fighting
to make the coUeges serve the
greater masses of the people ln
the U.S. and not Just a privileged
upper-class eUte. They are
fighting ln the street* and on the
campuses to end the Vietnam war,
so tax money used tor destructive
purposes can be used tor rebuUd-
lng our citle*, cleaning up the
environment and fulfilling our
destiny as a country devoted to
Ufe, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness (not death, repression
and the purButt of glut).
It ls hoped the workers of
Fresno trill not be duped by men
of power and Influence who seek
to use them as pawns for ulterior
motives, it ls hoped tbey wUl
look beyond surface appearances
to see the real villains In Amerika . and at Fresno State. It 1*
hoped they will see the students'
goals are ln harmony with their
own and that they will Join the
students In throwing off the yoke
of oppression.
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