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Vol. LXX, No. 65
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A Brave Nation Won't
Outlaw Opposition
The United States government
brought an organization to trial
yesterday in Washington, and in
effect, asked it to declare itself out
of existence.
The Communist Party U. S. A.
goes on trial on a charge of failing
to register with the attorney gen
eral as an agent ofv the Soviet Un
ion, a provision of the 1950 Interna
Security Act.
If the party is found guilty by
the jury which hears its case, the
government will have it in an in
escapable and unbearable position.
The CP faces a maximum penalty
of a 120,000 fine if it agrees
to pay, the party still has to regis
ter as agents of a foreign power.
If it refuses to pay the fine, the
government can move in and seize
its tangible assets, such as office
furniture, filing cabinets and all
other office equipment which
would close the party's public op
erations. This Isn't all with which the
8,500-member CP has to contend.
If the party and party officials
register as agents of a foreign pow
er (agents who wish to overthrdw
the nation by violent means), then
they probably can be prosecuted
under the Smith Act. The 1940
Smith Act prohibits advocating vio
lent overthrow.
In short, the party is given the
choice register, and open your--selves
to further prosecution, or
don't register and have, all party of
fices sacked and confiscated put
ting the party out of operation
either way.
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With this means of legal power
amassed against the American
Communists, no one would say the
U.S. government and people did not
have the POWER to put the party
out of existence. All it would take
is one "stroke of the pen" by the
president, a couple of judicial de
cisions, another law or so and you
could have every major American
Me and Man at Yale
i Posturing, scratching William
(Me and Man at Yale) Buckley,
after soaking the Carolina Forum
for a cool $450 for a basso profundo
reading 'of his recent Playboy arti
cle here last night, has returned,
we hope, to Olympus, where he is
currently rewriting his autobiogra
phy. (The Prince) .
Don't be mistaken, we have long
admired William. We just wonder
when he is going to exchange roles
seriously with John Wayne. His
voice is good, his inflection stir
ring, his nuances startling (For
get about Cuba, invade Harvard).
However, since it appears Charm
ing ; Billy let slide .so drastically
the gossamer mantle of logic with
which he usually cloaks his Chau
vinistic mummery, let him take
note of several points the next time
he equates dynamic foreign policy
with bedroom prowess, the Negro
problem with Hitler's genocide and
flagwaving with success abroad:
" 1) The phallus is not an instru
ment of foreign policy.
2) Negroes don't want retribu
tion, a cup of coffee will do.
' 3) Coffins draped in Red, White
and Blue still contain bodies.
r Wayne King
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More notes on Bill Buckley:
. Mr. Buckley's "gay speech Mon
day night was highly entertaining,
but we noted a seeming hesitancy
on the great man's part to choose
between his two distinct and al
Communist behind bars, on one
charge or another.
The question is, Does America
want to proscribe membership in
the Communist party and do away
with the party altogether?
Do we want to outlaw political
beliefs? (No one is talking about
overt acts of subversion for such,
there is a multitude of laws, so
many that the attorney general
isn't sure which to implement
first.)
Do we want to punish by legisla
tion those who disagree with legis
lation? Do wre want to hound that
small band of "disciplined Marx
ists, disgruntled workers and FBI
informers" (as UPI described the
CP today) until they are no longer
able to operate as a political unit?
Is dissent really that dangerous
does America really fear the Com
munist dogma that much? Has the
land of the free and home of the
brave finally come to this?
These are the issues brought
into conflict in the Washington
trial. The government has carried
its natural right to protect itself
from subversion to an extreme,
where it is protecting itself from
criticism as well.
In the act of suppression of op
position, the government cannot be
followed blindly. The words "na
tional security" cannot be distorted
in defense of the abridgment of
basic constitutional rights.
Any government which is given
unlimited powers to control any
opposition will assume that control
and wield it with as much strength
as it is allowed unless halted by
the people, who must be the final
protector of American liberties.
The people have an opportunity
to stand up for the tradition of
American freedom of speech, press
and association. They must take
that opportunity to renounce the
cowardly view that America must
suppress the freedom of its oppo
sition in order to remain free. (JC)
ternating personalities:
On one hand, he was the cyni
cal wise man, carrying the burden
of all ages, all man's experiences
on his strong shoulders. In this
character he ridiculed the tenden
cy of liberals to think there is good
in all men, that a moral foreign
policy can succeed, that some peo
ple can be trusted some times, that
something can be done about the
Southern segregation situation
On the other hand, Buckley
was a highly self-righteous individ
ual. He attacked those nonpatriotic
liberals as believing that, "I only
have one life to give for my coun
try, and my country's not worth
it" and modestly proclaimed that
his own political beliefs rested
upon Matthew, Mark, Luke and
John. (JC)
That unheralded prophet, exud
ing modest wisdom and immodest
bars to drop upon the unwilling
heads of everyone from fallout
shelter owners to Mom the bright
new prophet for the Sick, Sick
world, Jules Feiffer, will appear
regularly in the Tar Heel begin
ning tomorrow, and weekly there
after. On this page are four exam
ples of his craft.
With appropriate boast and swag
ger, we claim to be the only news
paper in the South to carry Feif
fer. the Editors
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