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Page 4 The Pendulum Thursday, October 24 Other Opinions ^ Sen, East^s aide curses anti~apartheid group Editor’s note: On Oct. II members of the Virginia-North Carolina United Church of Christ went to Washington to join a pro test against South Africa's policy of apartheid. Included in the group were Carole Chase, a religion professor at Elon arui an ordained Presbyterian minister, and Urtda Dunn, staff director at the Elon Home for Children and a member of the Peace Task Force of the UCC's Southern Conference. Seven members of the group went to the office of Republican Sen. John East of North Carolina, intending to present a UCC peti tion against apartheid and to urge East to support sanctions against South Africa. The group did not see East, but instead was received by Sam Francis, a history professor at Johns Hopkins University who sen’es East as a foreign policy ad viser. The following account of the meeting was written by Chase and Dunn. iMst Thursday Sen. East apologized to Chase and promis ed to investigate her allegations about Francis' behavior at the meeting. In an interview with The Greensboro News t Record published last Friday, Francis himself refused to apologize. Ac cording to East's press spokesman Jerry Woodruff, Fran cis remains a member in good standing of East's staff. We went to Washington to par ticipate in the anti-apartheid pro test outside of the South African embassy. Upon arrival, we were briefed by two members of the UCC Washington Office of Church in Society. Seven of our North Carolina delegation went to the Dirksen Building at 2:30 p.m. for a meeting with a Mr. Sam Francis, adviser to Sen. John East on foreign affairs. When Mr. Francis entered the room, we told him we were glad that Sen. East was feeling better and we introduced ourselves to him. Mr. Francis leaned back in his chair and said to us with noticeable hostility even in this his first remark; “Now, what do you people want?” Cy King, the only male in our group, said that we had brought Sen. East a copy of The Resolution on Apartheid in South Africa which the Southern Conference of the United Church of Christ had recently passed. He also told Mr. Francis that we wanted to urge Sen. East to support the im plementation of the president’s recent executive order on South Africa. Mr. Francis asked us why we weren’t protesting all the wrong things that Russia and other com munist nations were doing. We explained that South Africa was a special case since South Africa is an ally which lays claim to Western values and traditions. This explanation seemed to fur ther fuel Mr. Francis’ defen siveness and hostility . He asked his question again about why we Student urges involvement By Dan Every Special to The Pendulum An anti-apartheid conference on the campus of N.C. State this ' past Sanirday devoted a large part of its program to the role ajid responsibility of students. The importance of an international link among students of all colors, nationalities and backgrounds was stressed. A general humanitarian student movement can be formed by those who are concerned with the different problems throughtout the world. The reality of such a goal could fall to the wayside because of stu dent apathy. The failure of students to become involved with the issues at home and in the rest of the world results in the loss of a true education. Whether the issues are domestic or interna tional, political or non-partisan, it is the role of the student to question “what is” as well as “what should be,” 1 he answers to our questions cannot be obtained through the media. Too often our minds are processed by the onslaught of news programs and tabloids with the result that verification of the facts is never attempted. It is not unthinkable to believe that the major media corporations are not bringing the public the complete and unbiased truth. It is the students’ responsibility to seek out the reality that lies behind the media’s “truth.” : The tools that can be used for this interrogation are at our fingertips. Teach-ins. sym posiums, travel, plays and a mind open to new ideas are means by which a student can expand his or her knowledge and begin to ques tion society’s accepted views and standards. Questions must be asked if changes are to occur. Humanitarianism should not be lost due to a lack of concern, nor should it founder because of an unwavering faith in the godlike stance of our government. It is easy to depend upon others to do our work and then accept a belief Students cannot hide tehind so meone else’s rhetoric. We must find the answers ourselves. The problems throughout the world cannot be ignored. It is the duty of students to question all sides of an issue, including those in South Africa, Central America, and any others on the horizon. As students we are responsible for the future and in this role we must question authority. were focusing on South Africa. He never heard our concern or honored our views. The half-hour interview went from bad to worse, during which time Francis stated that he believ ed integration was more suc cessful in Johannesburg than in Washington, D.C., that he did not think we represented the ma jority view of our churches and that he thought we were ignorant with regard to the situation in South Africa. He also called us enemies of the United States of America and told Cy King that if he “had my way. I’d stomp peo ple like you into the earth.’’ He said anyone with “common sense” would see things his way with regard to South Africa and that he disagrees with Presidem Reagan’s executive order regar ding South African snactions. ^ this time, a black woman from our group had left. When asked how he had com to his conclusions about Souik Africa, Francis told us that he liail visited that country several times and written several papers on South Africa for the Heritagt Foundation. He stated that he did not consider himself an expert oc South Africa. Another individual asked Fran cis if he was concerned about the killing of black South Africans by whites. This angered him ftinlier See Washington, pagel Luxury Two-Bedroom Townhouses Bath-and-a-half, modern kitchen with disposal, washer/dryer connections. Air conditioning, carpeting, drapes, pool. Cable television available. 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