THURSDAY, OCT. 1, 1970
THE LANCE
PAGE THREE
Commission On Campus Unrest:
"Crisis Of Violence, Understanding"
Released
From the Technician, N.C. State
President N1 x o n’s Commis
sion on Campus Unrest pleaded
Saturday tor a “national cease
fire” among students, police
and politicians and urged Nixon
hlmseU to lead the way.
In what it termed the most
Important of a long list of
recommendations to stop vio
lence and disruption the com
mission said:
“Only the President has the
platform and prestige to urge
ail Americans, at once, to step
back from the battlellnes into
which they are forming. Only
the President, by example and
instruction, can effectively
calm the rhetoric of both public
officials and protestors whose
words in the past have too often
helped further divide the coun
try, rather than reunite it”.
The commission denounced
violence In any quarter and pro
posed that anyone who uses vio
lence be charged and punished
as criminals, but said dissent
and disagreement short of vio
lence absolutely had to be pro
tected.
Former Gov. William Scran
ton of Pennsylvania, the com
mission chairman, presented
the report without public cere
mony to the President just 15
weeks after Nixon called for
recommendations to avoid fur
ther disturbances of the type
that disrupted U.S. campuses
after the United States’ Cam
bodia incursion April 30.
After seeing Nixon, Scranton
was asked about the President’s
moral and political leadership
in healing the divisions de
scribed in the commission’s
report.
"Since the episodes of last
spring, there has not been the
kind of leadership needed to
bring about the kind of recon
ciliation that we’re talking a-
bout”, Scranton replied. He said
he did not think the president
or his administration shared
the commission’s deep belief
in the need for urgent action to
repair these divisions, whlchhe
said are “far more compelling
and are growing far faster than
most Americans realize”.
The commission said the
Indochina War, racism and the
colleges themselves were re
sponsible for student unrest:
In its charge to Nixon, the
panel said:
“Nothing is more impor
tant than an end to the war in
Indochina, Disaffected students
see the war as a symbol of
moral crisis in the nation which,
in their eyes, deprives even law
of its legitimacy. . ."
The commission said there
was a “crisis of violence” and
another of “understanding”.
“Students who bomb and bum
are criminals. Police and Na
tional Guardsmen who need
lessly shoot or assault students
are criminals.
“All who applaud these
criminal acts share in their
evil. We must declare a na
tional cease-fire.
“A nation driven to use the
weapons of war upon its youth
is a nation on the edge of chaos”,
it said. “A nation that has lost
the allegiance of part of its
youth is a nation that has lost
part of its future”.
Speaking to the President,
the report urged him not only
to end the Indochina War but to
“renew the national commit
ment to full social justice and
to be aware of increasing char
ges of repression”.
“ We recommend to him that
he takes steps to see to it that
the words and deeds of govern
ment do not encourage belief In
these charges,” the commis
sion said.
“We recommend that the
President seek to convince pub
lic officials and protestors a-
like that divisive and Insulting
rhetoric is dangerous. In the
current political campaign and
throughout the years ahead, the
President should insist that no
one play irresponsible politics
with the issue of ‘campus un
rest’.”
The commission also pro
posed:
—Nixon should call ‘ ‘a series
of national meetings designed
to foster understanding among
those who are now divided”.
- -The government should of
fer “greatly increased finan
cial aid for black colleges and
universities” and formerly all-
white schools should step up
minority student recruitment.
—The government should en
act “strict controls of the sale,
transfer and possession of ex
plosive materials” to meet the
increasing threats of arson and
bombing.
—Police and guardsmen
should carry rifles and shot
guns on campuses only when
there is sniping or armed re
sistance. Guardsmen need more
and better training to cope with
civil disorders as well as spec
ial non-lethal weapons and pro
tective equipment.
—Universities should make
clear to students what kind of
conduct will not be permitted,
and should waste no time call
ing police when violence erupts.
Faculty members who lead or
take part in “disruptive con
duct” should be fired.
—Universities must reform
their operations, from course
requirements to rule-making,
but nothing should be done to
hamper free speech and the
exchange of ideas on campuses.
—Students must “protect the
right of all speakers to be
heard” even when they dis
agree, and realize that “langu
age that offends will seldom
persuade”. And students
“should not expect their own
views, even if held with great
moral intensity, automatically
and immediately to determine
national policy”.
GRE’S
PRINCETON, N. J. - Educa
tional Testing Service announ
ced today that undergraduates
and other preparing to go to
graduate school may take the
Graduate Record Examinations
on any of six different test dates
during the current academic
year.
The first testing date for the
GRE is October 24,1970. Scores
from this administration will be
reported to the graduate schools
about December 1. Students
planning to register for the
October test date are advised
that applications received by
ETS after October 6 will in
cur a $3.00 late registration
fee. After October 9, there
is no guarantee that applica
tions for the October test date
can be processed.
The other five test dates are
December 12, 1970, January 16,
February 27, April 24 and June
19,1971. Equivalent late fee and
registration deadlines apply to
these dates. Choice of test dates
should be determined by the re
quirements of graduate schools
or fellowships to whidi one Is
applying.
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