1969_11 The Daily Collegian November 1969

              Lloyd Carter : In dubious bottle
2    THE DAILY COLLEGIAN    Tueaday, November 4,
Up against the wall,
moderates!
We finally have a cause In
which ill members of the student
body and sane members of the
faculty can become Involved In.
The dictatorial actions of the
Dumke-Falk-Flkes-Walker faction have driven even the moderates up agalnat the wall.
The first day In office, our new
president (who got his degree In
Nan Germany) and his two faithful lapdoga, Flkes and Walker,
decided to eUmlnate several people on campus.
Falk has done all this with the
tacit consent of his close personal friend Dumke. A Ust of
people to be purged was drawn
up Including Walker, Burtner,
Albright, Keyes, Zumwalt, Blggerstaff and the Collegian.
Yesterday, they got Walker
(Harold) and Burtner. And who
. to be more cautious.
Dean Burtner cautioned that we
move with care and consideration. Before speaking at an academic council meeUng (In a Jam-
packed college union meeUng
room) Burtner was given a standing ovation.
He needs more than that. He
needs his Job back. Falk-Flkes-
Walker have gone too far.
Student and faculty groups are
mobilizing. Dean Burtner MUST
BE REINSTATED. Fortunately,
the Blacks and Browns are supporting the reinstatement. Burt-
ner's demotion has definite racial
e Phil
s they replai
guessed lt. Flkes and
Walker. ^
They'll get tbe others except
for Keyes. Tbey are afraid to
move against Keyes because of!
his  overwhelming  support by
The dismissal of Burtner was
done without giving cause or consulting the faculty. Such a blatant
display of political Interference
in the Intra-affairs of the college
shocked even conservaUves.
Initial response to the dictatorial moves waa somewhat
dazed and confused. Some wanted
Immediate action, others tended
He got demoted for two reasons. 1) Phil Walker wanted hla
Job so bad he squirmed In bed
at night'thinking about lt and Z)
Burtner supported Robert Mezey
and later Marvin X.
I issue a challenge to Karl
Falk, Jim Flkes and Uttle Phil
Walker. Let them MEET tbe students and the faculty In the amphitheatre ANY TIME THIS WEEK
and defend their machinations.
I am confident they will not.
They make all their decisions behind closed doors and without
cause. Just Uke Hitler did.
STUDENTS, you roust get Involved In this vital Issue and you
must get Involved quickly. This
Is an Issue which crosses color
lines, which Involves all. We now
If you consider yourself a
you must ACT. Feel free to contact   Student   Body   officers or
members of student political
If you are uncertain as to
what lo do.
Force your  teachers  to talk
ssue and KEEP talking about II.
The Collegian may be suspended at any Ume. FALK-FIKES-
WALKER would love nothing better than to see it gooff the stands,
that happens the light of
democracy will go out on this
campus.
Dean Burtner and Dr. Harold
Walker   must   be  reinstated  to
their positions. If not. the Falk-
-Walker   version   of  Fas-
will reign oi
for a long, long tin
Fulbright rips Nixon's talk
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. J.
W. Fulbright, D-Ark., said today
that President Nixon "now has
fully and truthfully taken on himself the Johnson war. and 1 think
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Charging that Nixon's policies
are v 1 r tua 11 y indistinguishable
from those of former President
Lyndon B. Johnson, Fulbright
predicted the Senate Foreign Re-
latlons Committee, which had delayed Vietnam hearings pending
Nixon's speech Monday night, wlU
go ahead with a bro9d review of
U.S. policy.
Fulbright, long a critic of the
Vietnam war, said the committee
will meet Thursday *to discuss
whether 11 would be wise to have
the hearing. My own view Is that
lt would be. My guess Is that they
wiU approve.*'
Another committee member,
Senate Democratic Leader Mike
Mansfield of Montana, said he had
hoped Nixon would offer more
hope of ending Ihe war.
He agreed there are obstacles,
but he said in an Interview on
NBC's 'Today/ show that 'the
very best* the United States'can
expect to get out of Vietnam is a
stalemate.*
ReacUons to Nixon's speech
followed predictable lines, and
supporters of planned protest
demonstraUons called for redoubled efforts to convince the.
President of the need to end the
Spokesmen for three antiwar
groups called Nixon's Vietnam
speech a disappointment and said
lt will serve only to Increase the
protests.
They represented the New Mobilization Committee, the Vietnam Moratorium Committee and
the Committee on Vietnam Pol-
Mostly negative response
from faculty on shakeup
DAILY COLLEGIAN    To—day, November 4. 1969
Faculty response to the announced major shake-up In key
administrative roles at Fresno
State CoUege has been generally
unfavorable, although many faculty members preferred not to
comment on tbe Issue.
Dr. Karl L. Falk, acting president of F.S.C. announced yesterday a major shakeup In the top
college administrative structure
removing liberal thinkers from
positions of Influence and replacing them with conservaUve
members of the faculty.
The changes which became effective aa of yesterday were as
Dr. Harold E. Walker, executive vice president, was reassigned to a newly created position of administrative vice pres-
conservaUve and chairman of the
Academic Senate,
to replace Dr. Walker
Dr. Falk's top i
Dr. Dale C. Burtner, dean of
the School of Arts snd Sciences,
was reassigned to planning and
teaching duties In the chemistry
department.
Phillip  Walker,
appointed to replace Dr. Burtner
as dean of the School of Arte and
Sciences.
Dr. Falk made tbe announce-
ment following morning-long
meetings In his office with several campus officials, Including
Dr. Flkes.
One faculty member, wbo wished
to remain anonymous, aald Dr.
Falk Is  preparing to purge the
Dr. Eugene Zumwalt, chairman
of the English department, who
along with Donald Albright, dean
of students, and Dr. Warren
Blggerstaff, assistant vice president of academic planning are
beUeved to be In Jeopardy of'their
Jobs, said, «l feel this la a aad
day for the college. I can't forget that Dr. Flkes, Mrs. Falk
and Phil Walker were among the
onea who attacked Robert Mezey
last year.'
Mezey, a poet and former teacher In the English department was
not rehired after he made controversial comments on the use
of marijuana.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry Alexander VavouUs commented on the shakeup by saying,
Thla la a very bad and unfortunate thing to happen, someone
with a different view on the campus Is now a marked man.'
Commenting on the reassignment of Dean Burtner he said,
■Dean Burtner was a creative
and humane administrator, he Instituted much progress and I am
very sorry to see him replaced.*
The President bas also failed
to follow the procedures we have
on campua (concerning the hiring
and firing) of faculty members
which were agreed upon by the
administrators and faculty mem-'
hers of the college,' be added.
Heinz N. Kusel, chairman of
the   art department . said, 'My
Is working to overcome
" of the faculty,
roenta it win tend to make tbe
spUt In the faculty grow larger.'
Robert Comegys, professor of
history, summed up the feelings
of most faculty members who
preferred  not  to
Broten on Folk decisions
(ConUnued from Page 1)
Harold E. Walker as the execu-
uve vice preeldent.	
These two actions are not only
->f questionable academic.precedent but indefensible on ethical
mil logical grounds.
The desire of Dr. Falk seems
o be a power play on behalf of
strengthen his administraUon
'lone rather than strengthen the
allege at large.
This   r
3   by  c
dividual with Uttle c
tatlon of faculty or administraUon
and no consultation bf any student
is symbolic of a purge which wlU
lead to the death of thia coUege
»s a market place for the academic exchange necessary to Intellectual enlightenment.
This removal of two highly ed-
guaranteed In the Constitution of
the United States.
I Implore the students of Uve
school and state and the citizens
of Fresno to Join together In protest of these needless actions
which are tantamount to a treason which is the betrayal of the
trust and faith reposed In Dr.
Falk by the academic community.
This will allow our campus to
have unity Instead of the chaos
created by the acUons of a temporary president.
tolerated or In any way sanc-
"•d by those of us who are
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PHILLIP WALKER
DR. JAMES FIKES
Conservative Walker says changes
create team that works together
Tbe verbal slippage, perhaps
Freudian, of Flkes for Falk permeated the comments of Speech
Arts Department Chairman Phillip Walker la regard' to his appointment as Dean of the School
of Arts and Sciences. Advised
at 1:30 yesterday that he would
replace Dr. Dale Burtner, Walker
announced plans to assume his
newly-acquired position this
morning.
The faculty conaervatlve
opened a Monday Interview with
the comment that the preaident
had asked him to temporarily
serve lo the capacity of Dean,
while a general reorganization of
the School takes place.
The reason for the dramatic
changeover, according to Walker,
was the desire of Acting president Karl L. Falk to create an
administrative team with which
be can work most effectively. The
sudden nature of tbe reassign -
mente was attributed lo Falk's
famlUarlty with F.S.C. administraUon and faculty as a result of
many years of staff experience.
Walker frequently. In the
course of the Interview, predicted 'cataclysmic changes', and
claimed no knowledge of any reversals under consideration.The
recently appointed team, in the
opinion of thla member, will
strive to 're-focus various as
pects of administraUon", in the
hope mat many current campus
problems will be'an the way to
solution before the new permanent   president   is   Installed  In
When aaked specifically of his
attitude toward' the major area
of controversy within his School,
the Ethnic Studies Department,
Walker expressed his complete
support of the program, although
he expected to differ In some
particulars from tbe policy of
Burtner. The bean emphasized a
'warm peraonal regard* for
Black Studies Chairman Richard
Keyes, sad anticipated that they
would encounter 'no Irreconcilable differences.'
A member of the Fresno State
faculty since 1950, Walker te now
In the fourth year of bis term as
Speech Department head. Currently serving on the executive
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