Page 2 University Daily Kansan Tuesday, Dec. 8, 1953 Profs. Don't Lose Right to Believe (Eds. note): Late in November the Chicago Maroon printed a brief survey of events, which have relevance to academic freedom in American education. We here reprint one of the articles and hope to be able in the future to bring ideas of others, as well as our own, to the readers' attention). "Academic freedom must include the right of a professor as an American citizen to act upon his individual beliefs in accordance with his Constitutional rights." This view was stated in a resolution passed by the Student Senate of Temple University protesting the dismissal of Dr. Barrows Dunham. Approximately 100 persons attended the special open meeting when the resolution was initially drafted on Oct. 15. When Dr. Robert L. Johnson, president of Temple university, announced the suspension of Dunham, he stated: Suspension of Dunham, who was head of the department of philosophy at Temple, was announced on March 2 for his failure to answer questions before the House un-American Activities committee. "By your refusal to answer questions put to you by the Congressional committee on the grounds that to do so might be self-incrimination, you have deliberately created a doubt as to your loyalty status. "I have the firm conviction that a teacher in an institution dedicated to truth is called upon to deal candidly and fully with responsible government authorities to preserve the freedom of our society." The Student Senate resolution denouncing the move reads in full: "We, the members of Student Senate, acting as the legally elected representatives of the Temple university student body, do not concur with the action of the Board of Trustees concerning the dismissal of Dr. Barrows Dunham, and with its explanation of this decision. "We believe that the Board of Trustees two reasons for dismissing Dr. Dunham, "(1) That he acted in clear contempt of the House committee, and (2) That he abused the Constitutional privilege afforded by the Fifth Amendment, are not valid bases for dismissal of a University professor. "We believe, in contradiction to the Board of Trustees' statement, that this case does involve issues of academic freedom. Academic freedom must include the right of a professor as an American citizen to act upon his individual beliefs in accordance with his Constitutional rights. We ask the Board of Trustees to answer these questions: Amendment of the Constitution of the United States for the guilty alone? 1. Is protection afforded by the Fifth "2. If the Board of Trustees believes that the use of the Fifth Amendment is for the guilty alone, would not invocation of the Fifth Amendment be a prima facie implication that the witness is either guilty of a crime or guilty of misuse of the Fifth Amendment? "3. Even if Dunham were in contempt of Congress, which has not yet been decided by Congress, and which has not been ruled upon by the courts, is it not a violation of academic freedom to fire him on these non-educational grounds? "4. Is it not possible for the Board of Trustees to intellectually disagree with Dunham's action before the House committee without using so strong a sanction towards one who has proven himself so academically competent?" The Big Question— Big 4 Like Korea? What will be the consequences of a Big 4 meeting with President Eisenhower, Premier Laniel, Prime Minister Churchill, and Premier Malenkov in attendance? Will the talks be just a continuance of the Korean peace talks with a different subject matter, or will they be constructive discussions of alleviating the tension which has gripped the world? Will there be concessions to parties involved in the meet, or will there be only cold, hard arguments? It will be very interesting to observe. Mr. Churchill, the old man of politics, likely will run political rings around his younger and less-experienced counterparts. Mr. Eisenhower, Mr. Laniel (or whoever is French premier by that time), and Mr. Malenkov will be "babes in arms" at the conference compared with Mr. Churchill's political experience. It is likely that the Korean talks will still be going on then. Discussions about the Korean situation will undoubtedly take up much of the time during the conference. The Trieste situation will undoubtedly be brought into the picture. Mr. Malenkov will then find himself trying to out-talk the three other delegates. Then more time will be taken up discussing the entry of Red China into the United Nations. Mr. Churchill may speak strongly for the move, taking sides with the Russian premier, but they will be deadlocked by Laniel and Eisenhower. Of course, Germany will warrant a great deal of argument. France is definitely against re-armament of Germany and will bring out its opposition to this whenever possible. Perhaps the biggest discussion will be that concerning atomic weapons. Russia has been trying for some time to get the United States to give up its atomic research. Whatever is discussed, Mr. Churchill will have the upper hand because of his long experience. —Ed Howard LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler "I somehow managed to ignore his advances last term." Right or wrong? YOU BE THE JUDGE! NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL Short Ones We notice that Jack Gardner so recently that he was glad to get away from big-time basketball and become small-time (he was formerly head basketball coach at K-State and is now at Utah). He must have read a book on "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People." Now we know what they m ant by 3-D—Dramatic, Daring, and now Dead. Even though the Army has taken a 10 per cent cut in manpower for next year, a great many of us college students might just as well transfer right now and get a degree in 30 mile hiking, or bivouac. Talbott Denies Wolves Of Guilt Association University of Kansas Student Newspaper News Room KU 251 Ad Room KU 37# Daily Hansan UNIVERSITY Hats off to Air Force Secretary Harold E. Talbott. Member of the Kansas Press Assn., National Editorial Assn., Inland Daily Press Association, and National Advertising Service. 420 Madison Avenue, N.Y. City. Mail Subscription rates: $3 a semester, or if not paid by mail (or if Lawrence). Published in Lawrence, Kan., every afternoon during the University day. Accepts university holiday and examination periods. Entered second class matter Sept. 17, 1910, at Lawrence, Kan.-Office Office Last week Secretary Talbott announced that Lt. Mlte J. Radulovich, would not lose his commission in the Air Force Reserve. This case was brought to the attention of the public by the Detroit Free Press, and the TV program "See it Now." The TV program alone received over 8.000 letters, of which 100 to 1 were in favor of the lieutenant. President Dwight D. Eisenhower made a statement last week, concerned directly the Truman affair, that could well apply to this case. He summed up the matter by saying, "Every American has the right to meet his accuser face to face." —Ken Coy NEWS STAFF More than a month before, an Air Force board had recommended that Lt. Radulovich be expelled from the service because he was a security risk. Executive Editor Ken Coy Managing Editors Ed Hewlett Don Tite Dean Evans, Mary Betz Chuck Morelock News Editor Shirley Pattu Team, Sam Shamrock Sports Editor Stan Hamilton Assistant Ken Bronson Society Editor Letty Lemon Assistant Elizabeth Kilgaugh Feature-Edition Ed. Sam News-Ed. Adviser Calder M. Pickett Secretary Talbott's decision is a fine gesture. It upholds the American idea that a man is innocent until proved guilty. He made his decision even though Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson had said that all security cases should be resolved in favor of the government and against the individual. EDITORIAL STAFF Ahl Sweet fate. Thousands of offions. It looks as if the football students joined in trying to "ouss" bandwagon is bigger than the track football coach J. V. Sikes for los-vehicle. games. But we do have a national championship unit—in cross-"Every dog has his day but a country track. Almost 200 persondsong with a sore tail has a whole turned out to rally for our cham-week-end." Woe be to Bots. This could be called nothing but guilt by association. No question was made of Lt. Radulovich's guilt of being a Communist. Investigators just assumed that if his father would read Communist literature, and if his sister could be named a Communist, (but not proved) he must also be guilty. The-only evidence against Lt. Radulovich was: his father had subscribed to a Communist paper and his sister had been named as a participator in Communist activities. His sister's accusers remained unnamed. Editorial Editor Clarke Keys Assistants Jerry Krusud BUT, AS MISIBIR PORK BE PINE IS ON? WHERE ARE THESE CAULIFORN TO BE KEPT IF HE IS STOLING?