The Rid^nmner, EebmaiY 24, 1967 Page 7
Hey, Hey, Dear Old CIA,
How Much Money Do You Pay?
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb.. 18
(CPS) — The “new left" and the
“new right” have united In their
opposition to the National Student
Association, following disclos
ure this week of a t'welve-year
relationship between NSA and the
CIA.
Paul Potter, a former national
affairs vice-president of NSA,
charged that the Association’s
current officers “are still ly
ing” about sources of NSA’s
funds.
One of the founders of Students
for a Democratic Society (SDS),
Potter commented that no NSA
statements on the CIA situation
had admitted the intelligence
agency’s alledged support of
NSA’s major financial aid, the
Foundation for Youth and Stu
dent Affairs j(FYSA) of New York.
(Potter’s statement was made
previous to that disclosure by
NSA.)
Potter said that “lots of people
in and aroimd NSA” had suspect
ed the CIA connection lor many
years. He claimed that the ru
mors of an NSA-CIA link had
not been investigated in previous
years, however, because it
seemed “a paranoid, unsophisti
cated, and utterly dogmatic thing
ever to consider.”
NSA appeared to many young
people as the only serious nation
al student organization, Potter
said. Although he speculated that
NSA would not disband. Potter
added, “I would be surprised if
they were able to keep very many
students with them. It will be
very difficult for NSA to recover
the respect or trust of students
in this country.”
Potter charged that “the pat
tern of lying is just built into the
very guts of the organization.”
He said a thorough investigation
of the CIA connection should be
conducted, and called for an NSA
constitutional convention.
On the political right, the
Young Americans for Freedom
(YAF) issued a statement expres
sing “deep shock that the CIA
should secretly attempt to influ
ence student opinion.”
But YAF national vice-chair
man also commented, “We are
absolutely astounded to discover
that federal funds in huge amounts
have been placed in the hands of
irresponsible leftists who do not
represent American students.”
For several years, YAF has
led a “Stop NSA” campaign,
charging that the Association’s
politics were left-wing and
against the national interest.
YAF called for a Congres
sional investigation to determine
whether there had been a
“violation by NSA of the Federal
law prohibiting tax - exempt
groups from seeking to influ
ence legislation before Con
gress” and whether the CIA sub
sidy violates “the federal law
prohibiting the use of federal
funds to influence legislation be
fore Congress.”
David Jones, YAF’s execu
tive director, said he expected
NSA to collapse, and added, “We
won’t miss it very much.” He
called the current NSA contro
versy “a lesson for the student
left.”
Commenting that “this is not
going to hinder the activity” of
the student right, Jones said the
collapse of NSA would allow the
“student right and the student
left to begin to hold their own
fbrums.”
In Akron, Ohio, where he is now
an attorney, NSA past-president
W. Dennis Shaul defended the
acceptance of CIA money.
Shaul, who had received a$500
scholarship from the CIA-linked
Independence Foundation, stated,
“In any fund-raising venture, you
have a very real problem of
strings being attached.”
He said that CIA financing
helped send Americans over
seas with fewer restrictions than
they would have had under out
right government sponsorship,
“I had no more problems with
that money that I had with any
other money,” Shaul stated.
Carl Stoiber, NSA’s interna
tional affairs vice-president in
1965, admitted that he had also
known about the CIA funds. Now
a graduate student at the Uni
versity of Colorado, Stoiber said
that getting money from the
Foundation for Youth and Student
Affairs, which he admitted is a
CIA front, was not as compli
cated administratively as get
ting money from other founda
tions.
He added that he knew when he
met with foundation represen
tatives they were connected with
the CIA, but, Stoiber said, there
was no direct contact.
Stoiber also said he had push
ed for NSA’s break with the CIA.
Another former staffer of NSA,
Paul Danish, said that taking
funds from the CIA was under
standable because NSA has not
received sufficient support from
its student constituency. Danish
said, however, that he cannot
condone the relationship.
Reaction on campuses was var
ied, as students at the University
of Virginia voted to affiliate with
NSA while some students at City
College of New York organized
a “Stop NSA Committee” to urge
the student government’s with-
drawaL.
At the University of Minnesota,
the student senate voted, with no
dissents, to back NSA. Although
the student government board
criticized the “manner in which
the matter was disclosed”, and
the “secretive relationship” with
the CIA, the board expressed
“full confidence” in the ability
of NSA officers to clarify the
situation.
Mrs. Cartwright
FROM PAGE 3
Constitutional Law was just a
starter for Mrs. Cartwright —
and, for that matter, A-B in
its role as a UNC-G Graduate
Center. How extensive that role
will be depends upon the recep
tion by Asheville area people who
seek advanced study. Mrs. Cart
wright, for one, is enthusiastic
about the future and the needs
for such a center in the city.
Next Graduate Center course,
scheduled for the fourth term
, (the registration will be April
17), will be an advanced seminar
on eight Shakespearean plays.
Courses are taught by A-B
faculty and approved byUNC-G’s
Graduate Administrative Board
with enrollment open to both stu
dents admitted to UNC-G’s Gra
duate School and A-B undergra
duates with advanced standing.
Not more than 12 semester
hours of work taken through the
Graduate Center can be applied
to a graduate degree at UNC-G.
All students seeking graduate
credit either for teacher certi
fication purposes or for an ad
vanced degree must be admitted
and approved by UNC-G.
Most students seemed to feel,
as one student at City College
expressed, that affiliation with
NSA is “much too valuable to
throw away.” “We just want to
make sure,” the student added,
“that this will never happen
again.”
Another argument, according
to a University of Chicago stu
dent, is that the NSA-CIA con
nection “didn’t have any effect
on the thinking or policies of the
peple involved.”
One student at Harvard Uni
versity criticized the disclosing
of the connection by RAMPARTS
Magazine. “Perhaps RAM
PARTS, in its attempt to get at
the CIA,” the student said, “has
done great harm to a very im
portant student organization.”
Meanwhile, in the first state
ment by any educator on the con
troversy, Dean E. G, William
son of the University of Minne
sota, said that NSA “continues
to be the most effective national
student organization.”
Williamson, a member of the
NSA’s national advisory board,
added that the disclosed rela
tionship of NSA with the CIA
“does not reduce the intrinsic
worth of the many sbustantial
contribution s NSA has made to
the welfare of student s on over
300 American campuses.”
Williamson called for the ter
mination of the relationship and
urged student governments, in
dividual students, and educa
tional leaders to “maintain and
intensify their support of the
Association’s basic philosophy
and today’s leadership.”
m
Juan Serrano
FROM PAGE ONE—
Serrano’s mastery of the gui
tar was best demonstrated when
he amazed the audience by play
ing the final passages of Fandan
go with only his left hand.
After the final notes of his per
formance had been sounded the
audience brought Serrano back
to the stage for two encores with
a standing ovation.
One of his choices for an en
core was a piece he had written
himself called A Flamenco Gui
tarist’s Impression of New York
City.
One man with a ^itar was able
to convey not only the emotions
of eight million people but also
the sounds.
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