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THE MAROON TIGER
March 26, 1954
CAMPUS SYMPOSIUM
Although McCarthy's task is tel
expose subversives in the govern I
ment, do you think that his lac!
tics are fair and rendering a|
service to the government?
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CHARLES WALTON, Sopho
more: Senator Joseph McCarthy
is one of the most powerful and
most publicized political figures
in America, only because the
radio and newspapers play him
up. There are millions of Ameri
can citizens holding the convic
tion that McCarthy is the saviour
of the American people. They are
saying that he has rooted out the
communists in our government
and that he is- giving our allies
in Europe the diplomatic kick in
the pants that they so badly need
to get them back in line.
Although McCarthy has ac
cused hundreds of American citi
zens of being spies and com
munists, not a single man has
been convicted and only one man,
Owen Lattimore, has ben indict
ed.
Senator McCarthy is not help
ing our nation at all with his
blind accusations; on the contrary
he is hutting the nation’s good
name with its allies, and at the
same time is distracting our
government from the grave per
ils, and golden opportunities that
surround it.
WALTON LEONARD
JOSEPH LEONARD, Sopho
more: Definiately no! Since in
America there are many gulli
ble people who have embraced
MeCarthyism; and these people
are eager to impose their con
victions on the rest of the people.
As a result, we heve a widespread
feeling among the people that
disloyalty and corruption exist
among government officials and
other leaders. Consequently these
officials and leaders are having
difficulty in getting the coopera
tion, faith, and trust they need
to help us realize the American
way of life.
PAUL F. THOMPSON, Sopho
more: No! Although McCarthy
and his senate subcommittee
have succeeded in weeding out
a few Communists in the Fed
eral government, McCarthy’s in
tensive investigations have, on
the other hand, created fear and
suspicion in our democratic so
ciety. Certainly every forthright
and loyal American wants to see
subversives exposed and banish
ed from strategic positions; how
ever, I think this could very well
be done by methods which will
not seriously infringe upon cer
tain basic American rights and
values.
In conclusion, MeCarthyism in
its present form is rapidly cre
ating unwarranted fear and sus
picion in our way of life. I see
then no inherent good which
this can do because it disrupts
the very fabrics of our long es
tablished democracy.
UUyses Counts, Senior
Senator McCarthy has obstrep
erously and impulsively paraded
himself over the land in search
of traitors born of the communist
conspiracy in this country, but
he has merely succeeded in ag
gravating and magnifying the
real danger out of all proportion
THOMPSON COUNTS
to reality. The people are con
fused and bewildered; the gov
ernment is suspended between
fear of political reprisal and con
stitutional responsibility; confi
dence is crucified on the cross of
national incredulity.
The Senator, aware of the na
ture of the sentiment, is really
trying to ride the crest of fear
and confusion to power by pro
jecting himself as the provider of
security in this turbulent era.
Such a presumption can only lead
to a fatal despotism. I believe
that if the Senator would carry
on investigations properly and
divorce himself from the role of
avenging prosecutor he would do
a real service to democracy rath
er than harm it by his unscrupu
lous methods.
Charles B, Hicks, Senior
I am against Senator McCar
thy because he appears to have
lost all aspects of humility. In
stead of being a public servant
and doing his job for the public
he seems to have become too
subjective in his work and places
too much emphasis on himself
rather than the government. To
him he is the conductor and the
public his musicians who must
fall in tune with him. He is blind
to his own limitatons as a servant
of the public. He has become too
powerful and history tells us that
power corrupts but absolute pow
er corrupts absolutely. Subjective
McCarthy is heading for absolute
power; therefore, his power must
be stopped.
HICKS CAMPBELL
FINLEY CAMPBELL, Sopho
more.
MeCarthyism is the belief that
the scare-tactics insult and blan
ket accusational produres of the
Un-American Activities Commit
tee are right and good; and are
the best ways to ferret com-
muntists out of important gov
ernment jobs. The original pur
pose of he committee was to keep
a check on the communist party
but now it is an investigation
committee. Communists are
those who adhere to the doct
rines of Lenin in that a
violent revolution under the aus
pices of Russia is necessary in
all capitalistic countries to .bring
a materialistic heaven to earth;
and all means justify this end.
This “heaven” is characterized
by a classless society, enough
material goods for all, prole
tariat rulership and ownership of
property, Rowever, there is now
a confusion, deliberately ok other
wise, which confusees belief in
attaining this heaven by political
action and in the revolutionary
concept as one and the same.
The aims of the committee are
good; methods of McCarthy are
bad. No longer is it a question
of innocent until proved guilty,
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it is a matter of guilty until prov
ed innocent. It is not accusation
with proof; it is guilt by associa
tion, guilt by rumor, and guilt
by having opinions.
Harold Mullins, Senior
Because of Senator McCarthy’s
indiscreet manner of calling in
people and accusing them of be
ing Fifth Amendment Commun
ists for using the Constitution, he
is frightening the members of the
intelligentia, thereby stifling free
dom of speech and expression.
He is confusing the mass, causing
them to have an unduly pessi
mistic outlook upon the state of
the American government, there
fore setting the stage for the pas
sage and acceptance of laws
which will make us mere puppets
in the hands of the government.
Therefore, I believe Senator Jo
seph McCarthy is positively a
menace to the welfare of the
American people.
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HOW TO REMAIN
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TEN "EASY" WAYS
(ACP)—Following are 10 sug
gestions from Robert Tyson, of
the Hunter College (New York)
department of psychology and
philosophy, on how to stay in col
lege:
1. Bring the professor news-
subject. Demonstrate feeling in
terest and give him timely items
to mention in class. If you can’t
find clippings dealing with his
subject, bring in any clippings at
random. He thinks everything
deals with his subject.
2. Look alert. Take notes eager
ly. If you look at your watch,
don’t stare at it unbelieving and
shake it.
3. Nod frequently and murmur,
“How true!” To you this seems
exaggerated; to him it’s quite ob
jective.
4. Sit in front, near' him. (Ap
plies only if you intend to stay
awake.) If you’re going to all, the
trouble of making a good im
pression, you might as well let
him know who you are, especially
in a large class.
5. Laugh at his jokes. You can
tell. If he looks up from his
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notes and smiles expectantly, he
has told a joke.
6. Ask for outside reading. You
don’t have to read it. Just ask.
7. If you must sleep, arrange
to be called at the end of the
hour. It creates an unfavorable
impression if the rgst of the class
has left and you sit there alpne
dozing,
8. Be sure the book you read
during the lecture looks like a
book from the course. If you do
math in psychology class and
psychology in math class, match
books for size and color.
9. Ask any questions you think
he can answer. Conversely, avoid
announcing that you have found
the answer to a question he
couldn’t answer, and in your
brother’s second grade reader at
that.
10. Call attention to his writing.
Produce an exquisitely pleasant
experience connected with you.
If you know he’s' written a book
or an article, ask in class if he
wrote it.
As to whether or not you want
to do some work in addition to
all this, well it’s controversial and
up to the individual.
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