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THE TWIG
APRIL 11, 1974
Kennedy brainwashed the press
Plaeemenl
Office notes
(CPS) - One of President
John Kennedy’s active con
cerns during the Cuban
missile crisis of 1%2 was that
the press he “brainwashed”
about the developments,
according to Kennedy’s
personal office files recently
opened to the public.
Of the 100,000 memos and
papers released, several
indicate that Kennedy used
his friendly relations with the
press to prevent information
about the Cuban missile crisis
and the Bay of Pigs invasion
from being reported to the
public.
In a note in Kennedy’s
hand during the October 1%2
missile crisis, Kennedy asked,
“Is there a plan to brief and
brainwash key press within 12
hours or so?”
According to Evelyn
Lincoln, Kennedy’s personal
secretary, the note was
written by Kennedy on the day
he delivered his first public
address on the crisis.
Among those to be
“brainwashed,” according to
the memo were the New York
Times, Walter Lippmann,
Marcus Childs, Joseph Alsop
and “key bureau chiefs.”
Following this on October
25, 1%2, Kennedy wrote a
letter to Orvil Dryfoos, the
late president and publishers
of the New York Times,
thanking him for agreeing not
to print certain information
about the confrontation with
the Soviet Union over Cuba.
“An important service to
the national interest was
performed by your agreement
to withhold information that
was available to you on
Sunday afternoon,” Kennedy
wrote Dryfoos.
Kennedy’s papers show
that he had previously per
suaded Times columnist
James Reston not to print a
story about plans for the Bay
of Pigs invasion in April 1961,
Leg Board evalvates grading scales;
wide discrepancies revealed
EDITOR’S NOTE; The
following are the results of a
survey conducted by the Leg
Board’s Academic Committee
to determine if any standard
grading scale prevails
throughout various campus
departments. Information is
based on personal interviews.
ART DEPT.
no scale but judge seniors
harder
BIOLOGY DEPT.
10 pt. but may curve
BUSINESS AND ECON.
Crazier:
A 93 - 100
B 85-92
C 78-84
D 70-77
F below 70
Sasnett:
A 94-lOC
B 87-93
C 79-86
D 70-78
,F below 70
B 82-91
C 72-81
D 65-71
F below 65
PSYCHOLOGY DEPT.
Sutherland: no numerical,
based on class
Blanton and Turpin: no
numerical scale
MATH DEPT.
A 94-100
B 87-93
C 79-86
D 70-78
F below 70
RELIGION
PHILOSOPHY
no set scale
AND
MUSIC DEPT.
GRADE ON
PROVEMENT
P.E. DEPT.
A 93-100
B 85-92
C 77-84
D 70-77
F below 70
IM-
SOCIOLOGY
Tucker: no numerical scale,
based on class
Syron: no numerical average
Davis: 10 pt.
DeBerry, Mustian, and
Turlington:
A 95-100
B 87-94
C 77-86
D 70-76
F below 70
Simmons:
A 93-100
B 86-92
C 78-85
D 70-77
F below 70 ,
CHEMI AND PHYSICS
flexible, depending on tests,
generally 10 pt.
DRAMA
Bamford: no scale
EDUCATION
Reveley: “all grading is
guessing”... “no crystal ball
to the Almighty”
each teacher has own
ENGLISH
No scale, subjective grading
except on tests then play it by
ear.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
A 93-100
B 85-92
C 77-84
D 70-77
F below 70
GEOGRAPHY
10 pt. scale
HISTORY
no scale except Ms. Fairchild -
if any she has 10 pt.
HOME ECONOMICS
Stuber: raw grading scale
Friedrich:
A 93-100
B 85-92
C 75-84
D 65-74
F below 65
Miller:
A 93-100
B 86-92
C 78-85
D 70-77
F below 70
(')’Conner:
U) pt. scale
Jarman:
02-100
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prior to the actual invasion.
Also, a memorandum
from presidential adviser
Arthur M. Schlesinger to
Kennedy shows that
Schlesinger convinced The
New Republic not to publish
an article on the group that
would attack Cuba, which was
due to appear in the magazine
the week of the invasion.
Later, when an article
critical of the April invasion
appeared in Fortune
magazine, Kennedy sent Gen.
Maxwell Taylor to deliver a
personal report on the in
vasion to a group of Time-Life
executives.
After the meeting,
Kennedy sent a personal letter
to Henry Luce, the late
publisher, of Time, Life, and
Fortune, to “emphasize the
need for keeping the fact that
this discussion has ever taken
place completely in the bosom
of your official family.”
“If it should become
known that General Taylor
had discussed the Cuban
affair with you, the press as
well as the Congress will
immediately descend on us en
masse demanding equal
treatment,” Kennedy wrote.
“This would be extremely
embarrassing as the position
to date even with the Congress
has been that the facts
relating to the Cuban affair
are limited to the executive
branch.”
SUMMER JOBS
Betty Hastings is seeking
summer counselors for
Y.W.C.A. Camp, starting June
16, and running to July 13.
Needed are: Red (Jross
swimming instructors and
those experienced in creative
dramatics, rhythms, creative
writing, canoeing, camperaft,
and crafts and sports. Ap
plications and more in
formation may be obtained in
the Career Planning Center.
Applications must be in by
April 30.
Summer jobs are
available for college students
who want to work with
children through the PACE
program. The jobs involved
assisting day care teachers
with a planned program for
pre-schoolers and assisting
summer school teachers with
children, ages 6-12. Contact
United Day Care Services
Central Office at the following
address: Mrs. Judy Hyman,
808 North Elm St., Green
sboro, N. C.
Land of Oz, at Beech
Mountain in Banner Elk, N. C.
is presently seeking ap
plicants for summer jobs.
Tryouts will be held on Beech
Mountain Sat. and Sun., April
20 and 21, from 10:00 until
4:00. The following positions
are open: Oz characters,
musicians, hostesses, and
shop clerks.
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