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I Page Two THE SALEMITE Monday, October 9 EDITORIAL Last Sunday a student hurriedly had to scrounge enough money from friends to make an emergency trip to her home in South Carolina. She, being an out-of-state student, had limited resources for cashing checks in Winston-Salem; but on this day she was unable to obtain ready cash any where on campus or in town. If this student had been less fortunate, she would have been unable to leave Winston-Salem. Her dilemma, unfortu nately, was similar to the financial problems of other Salemites who need money at the last minute. Salem students no longer come primarily from North Carolina. Often these students are unwilling to establish in-state checking accounts for personal reasons. These students have always been subjected to the incon venience of having limited sources for credit in town; now they have fewer resources. Once they could cash checks at the Salem Book Store; now that it has been leased to a private business, the bookstore no longer is a direct affiliate of Salem College. As a result we are unable to cash checks there anymore. The Mayberry, U. S. A. always has conformed to a nebulous program of allowing a maximum of $5.00 to be cashed by Salem girls. Cur rently, even this resource is undependable. Our Comptroller’s Office is, open to students from 10:30-12:30 and l::30-4:00 on weekdays, and is not open at all on weekends. If we happen to get to the Comptrollers at all, we are lucky. This “student convenience” does not even remain open during our lunch hour, which is the only time some students are able to attend to business matters. The late opening hour and the early closing hour conflict with our class sched ules also. If the Comptroller opened earlier or remained open later we could at least account for some last minute business. Salem students must consider other problems when deciding how to save their pennies for rainy days. If we cash checks for large sums of money, we are eventual victims of robberies which occur sporadically anytime, but which seem to be increasing this year. Salem has had difficulty with local theft rings in the past; it seems that necessitating students to keep cash available merely invites further robberies by these thieves. Salem students handle enough money annually to make the presence of a campus bank, such as NCNB or Wachovia, feasible. At least through them we could have a school-associated bank through which to clear our local credit. Recently NCNB opened a computerized center in which credit card holders of the bank can cash checks up to $100 24 hours a day. Wa chovia, moreover, in an effort to suit business customers, has begun a regular banking hour policy which allows working people and students to handle money matters till 5 :00 p.m. without a lunchtime interruption. The problem with these sources other than that they necessitate transferring business from the home banks, is that they are inaccessible to Salem stu dents who do not own a car and are unable to obtain other transportation. Already this year Salem students have had unwanted visitors to their rooms. Some of these students have had money stolen. This in itself is frustrating, since our school guards are hired to prevent any occurrences which hinder our well-being, but there seems to be no alternative to the unwanted-visitor syndrome. At this time either we keep money available for emergencies, which makes us targets for theft, or we take our chances without money and hope we need not use taxis or buses, or make emer gency purchases m town. Shall we stand for this inefficiency and incon venience, or shall we end this situation by petitioning the administration to either improve our present campus facilities, or add facilities which would eliminate our problem ? - L. D. McGovern States Mid-East Stant Clarifies Trade, Tariff Positions THE MIDDLE EAST It is the obligation of those of us who have led the peace movement in this country to educate our con stituents to the vital distinction between preventing war in the Mideast by placing the American guarantee behind Israel s right to survive, and perpetuating the war in Indochina by fighting the in ternal struggles of the people of that area for an indefinite period of time with American troops and pilots. May 4, 1971 Senator McGovern has repeatedly and emphatically stated that he would not allow the justifiable Am erican revulsion against the Indo china experience to weaken our will to remain strong and vigilant in other parts of the world. The Sena tor has specifically drawn strong dis tinctions between our need to disengage from Indochina and our interest in preserving peace in the Middle East. Senator McGovern has made clear his recognition of the fact that Is rael is a viable democracy enjoying the strongest possible allegiance of its citizens, not a military dictator ship lacking popular support. He has emphasized that the Middle East is a crucial area of the world in which American interests are vital; Indo china is not. Senator McGovern has shown his commitment to Israel’s security by pledging his Administration to a continuation of all the arms sales, and shipments which Israel needs for her survival. To aid Israel in keeping her domestic economy strong and in financing her crushing defense burden, Senator McGovern has pledged generous economic aid. John Schmitz Takes A.I.P. Helm, Blasts Democrats, Republicans —by Stephen Weissman/AFS An investigative reporter of long experience, Weissman is an editor of Ramparts Press and former edi tor of Ramparts magazine. He now lives in Southern California, where he is completing a book on the Green Revolution in Asia. John G. Schmitz, the presidential candidate of the American Indepen dent Party, is not making much of a splash this election. But that’s only because, as the Southern Cali fornia Congressman himself ex plains, the television networks and national news services are engaged in a conspiracy of silence against him. And no wonder. For Representa tive Schmitz, darling of the right wing and candidate of the party which at first backed Governor ANNOUNCEMENT IRC is trying to find a new name. Please help us by entering sugges tions to Anna Moore Butzner or other active members of IRC. Re member that our club is aimed toward relations and communica tions in the community, on campus, and in the world around us. We try to engender political and social a- wareness among our student mem bers. Help us by taking an interest in our activities, including our cam paign to change our name. Coming soon * STUDENTS AT THE MODEL UN. George Wallace, sounds just like a Communist dupe. He does, of course, support his local police, God, prayer in segre gated shools, individual rights, and free enterprise. He opposes abortion, busing, bur eaucracy, federal welfare pro grams, higher taxes, the United Nations, and above all—he says— socialism, communism, and other totalitarian “isms.” Democrats and Republicans, he explains, arc just two wings of American Socialism, and the only difference he sees between the two major presidential candidates is this; “Mr. Nixon wants to surrender South Vietnam to the Communists on the installment plan, while Mr. McGovern w'ants to surrender im mediately.” Yet when Schmitz comes to pass the blame, he doesn’t point a finger at Moscow, Peking, Gus Hall, Ange la Davis, or even Dr. Spock. Not at all. When Schmitz unmasks “the real conspiracy,” he joins with the Communists in attacking the key institutions of American capitalism. In opposing American policy in Vietnam, for example, he does not single out a few traitors in the Department of State, as did Senator Joe McCarthy. Schmitz lambastes American business, which makes money selling the sinews of war to both the United States and the Communist bloc. In charging the news media with His record in Congress is one of sup port for every legislative effort to give economic, military and diplo matic support to Israel. Senator McGovern has also stated his conviction that a true Middle Eastern peace can be achieved only through direct negotiations between the Arabs and Israelis, and that no outside power, including the United States, should try to impose terms or force Israel to withdraw her forces from the occupied territories until secure and defensible borders are agreed upon. ill-advised in strengtheninj hand of those Arab chieftain,j insist they will not rest Israel is destroyed. It would[ ly be a victory for democr, democracy’s showcase in the! die East were destroyed by despots with help of Anie arms and materials. conspiracy to silence him, he does not simply criticize the newsmen as did Vice-President Spiro Agnew. Schmitz calls on the carpet the “fat- at” owners of NBC and CBS, some of the most important names in American finance. Schmitz hits them all, all of the old Communist bugaboos: Wall Street, the international banking houses, and the name-brand corpor ations ; the big foundations, the RAND Corporation, and the Council on Foreign Relations; the Fords, the Rockefellers, and the Kennedys. It is these wealthy, highly-educa ted insiders who control both Com munism and creeping Socialism, Schmitz explains. And they do it not to create some classless society but to further their own private con trol of the international financial system and to satisfy their own "international conspiratorial drive for power.” The analysis is a bit simplistic, borrowed heavily from Gary Allen’s None Dare Call it Conspiracy, for which Schmitz wrote the introduc tion. The constant harping on “con spiracies” is unnecessary. But shorn of the gobble-de-gook, Schmitz’s line is exactly what one might expect from I. F. Stone, the Revisionist Historians, and other tools of the Communistic New Left. Surely the Congressman shouldn’t expect the more established media to join him in purveying such vicious propaganda. Senator McGovern has fought for the security and independence of Israel since his first year in Con gress, 1957, when he warned that American aid given to Arab states to “fight Communism” would be used against Israel. On the floor of the House, McGovern said; As a nation that has played a key role in the creation of the State of Israel, America may be Senator McGovern has alsoi duced legislation designed t= Israel in the resettlement of i Jews. In this connection he h* posed an $85 million program,j available refugee funds, to! Israel defray the costs of s new immigrants from the ; Union. The record of Senator McC indicates that, from his first: Congress in 1957, he has been: orous champion of Israel’s caiii outspoken advocate on behil Soviet Jewry, and a leaden; fight to pressure a reluctant! Administration into providing! with military, economic and; matic suupport. TRADE AND TARIFF! Senator McGovern realize: importance of world trade for national peace and progress i nations. By exchange of gooc (Continued on p. 6) of cabbages and kings by Sarah Dorriar 111 the aftermath of Founder’s Day, my cabbages are a bit wilted did manage to stagger up to third floor Clewell to talk with Carol about the Salem College Republican Club. Beginning last spring, Carol laid the groundwork for a cliapte Contacts at Appalachian, Davidson, and here in Winston-Salem g: the procedure for organizing a club and obtaining a charter. A schoi have a Republican group of at least ten people in order to be rec by the North Carolina Federation of College Republicans. The NCF( requires state dues, a membership list, and a letter of certification fi college. Carol, who has been active in Teenage Republican clubs since grade, is president of the Salem group. Ann Blencowe is vice-pr Chris Moran serves as secretary, and Dee Wilson counts the mone; is also Issues Chairman of the College Republican State Executiv mittee. This is a sort of steering committee that consists of approx twenty members from the various campuses in North Carolina. The highlights of club activities are the NCFCR convention liel fall and spring. This fall’s group of over a hundred delegates conv Chapel Hill. They dtafted a new constitution and passed resolutio porting various Republican candidates. The NCFCR has also filed suit against the Daily Tar Heel, protesting compulsory buying of wing newspaper. Salem’s club is the largest Republican group at any private co North Carolina. They have nine convention votes and sent five dclei Chapel Hill. The Republican club has been canvassing in the dorms to see 1 campus feels about the November elections. Carol mentioned t sibility of a mock election which would be sponsored by the NCF( club also plans to sponsor some speakers. Grace Rohrer, the only running for state house in North Carolina, has expressed an m coming to Salem, and Hamilton Horton, a Winston-Salem residen state senator, would like to have a forum here on campus. Dui symposium on Women in Politics, club members will act as gn Grace Armitage, the president of the National Federation of Fc] Women. ff you re interested in working in the Republican campaign, ge with Carol Perrin. She will direct you to the Forsyth County f arty Headquarters. For those of you who’re more interested • tional campaign, Susan Fauiitleroy is the Nixonette chairman campus. P.S. McGovern supporters take heart — equal coverage wdll be gi near future.
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