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University Daily Kansan
Thursday, April 22. 1967
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"Violence, when it appears, is a response to the challenge against revolution that is offered."
HE ADDED. "It is the counter-revolution that is anti-democratic. The counter revolutionaries are the Central Intelligence Agency people who tried to overthrow the Cuban revolution. They are the conspirators against democracy," he said.
"This is the fundamental charge made by the provisions of the McCarran Act. I compare it to the view of Adolf Hiter who said the same thing. It is the way the ruling class acts in order to maintain its dominance over the people."
Aptheker said Communists also are accused of being foreign agents and being alien inspired.
The Supreme Court of the United States in 1964 decided in favor of Aptheker who ruled the passport provisions of the McCarran Act were unconstitutional.
APTHEKER SPOKE on the need for a socialistic revolution in the United States.
"The extent of inequality in this country is evident from the vast amount of statistics available.
"In this country that is thrice blessed, with its continental size and enormous amount of wealth, there are today 50 million people who lie in the grips of poverty. Five million workers find themselves without jobs. Eleven million adults are illiterate. Functional illiteracy accounts for nearly double this number. Seven per cent of our population can neither read nor write.
"When it comes to the question of racism and inequality, our country almost stands supreme, the only challenge to this honor being South Africa."
APTHEKER HOPED that the American obsession against Marxism, which he said is dying, will one day completely vanish. He said scholars are beginning to see relevance in Marxism.
Three Ku Kluxers Indicted in 'Bama
HAYNEVILLE, Ala.—(UPI)—An Alabama grand jury today indicted three Ku Klux Klanmen on murder charges in the nighttrader slayings of Detroit civil rights worker Mrs. Viola Gregg Luzzo.
The Lowndes County grand jury presented the indictments to Alabama Circuit Judge T. Werth Thagard about 10:15 a.m. (CST) after investigating the case for two days
As is customary, the names of those indicted were not released pending arrests, but UPI learned from a reliable source that the three Klansmen accused in the Luizo case were among those indicted.
The three suspects are Collie Leroy Wilkins, 21, and Eugene Thomas, 24, both of Fairfield, and William Eaton, 41. of Bessemer.
It is expected that the three will surrender to their attorney. Matt Murphy, in Birmingham and will be brought to Hayneville where bond will be set.
After jury reported, Judge Thagard cautioned members of the canon against revealing any information about what transpired during deliberations. "The oath of secrecy you took is still binding upon you," the judge said.
Kansas Students Visit in Yugoslavia
BELGRade — (UPI) — Six University of Kansas drama students arrived Sunday in Zagreb for a two-week stay as guests of the Zagreb Theater Academy.
The Yugoslav news agency Tanjig reported the students were accompanied by Prof. Gordon Beck of the Kansas University's drama department.
University Research Topic of Dean's Talk
William J. Argersinger, associate dean of faculties for research, will give a talk entitled "The role of Research in the University." at 8 p.m. Thursday in Dyche Auditorium.
The program is sponsored by Phi Sigma, honorary society for the biological sciences. All are invited.
Aptheker then commented on the success of Communism in the Soviet Union.
"The Soviet Union in 1917 was characterized by mass hunger, mass illiteracy, and mass superstitions," he said. "Twenty million people were killed in the world war; 25 million were wounded. Half of the houses were destroyed. Half of the cattle had perished."
"With all these problems, this Communist country has forged ahead and has become the second greatest industrial power in the world."
HE ADDED that the "irresistable quality" of communism is shown in its cultural, political and social victories, which have attracted Picasso. Dreiser and Dubois, among others.
"I am not saying one should agree with them," he said. "But to treat them as animals is madness. This maniacal attitude on our part will have the same effect on us as it had on Japan and Germany."
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