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University Daily Kansan Thursday, Feb. 22, 1962
Panel Members at Correction Discussion
C. W. Tankersley Jr.
Charles Landesman
Questions Continue
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The Wichita lawyer was queried about his criticism of KU's World Crisis Dav in December.
"If your post didn't believe there were communists at KU, what did you hope to accomplish by requesting an investigation to be made to determine who invited Mr. Fomin to speak at World Crisis Day?" was the question.
Mr. Myers, looking weary from the debate and the extensive quizzing, said he did not care to comment upon the question.
"I THINK THE protest speaks for itself," he added.
The Legion post's protest "deplored" the appearance of Mr. Fomin at KU. It said state supported institutions should not be used by known communists to spread communist propaganda and it asked the Kansas Board of Regents to launch an investigation to determine who was responsible for inviting Mr. Fomin to the campus.
The All Student Council sent Mr. Myers a telegram Tuesday night, saying, in part, "The Associated Students of the University of Kansas deplores any restrictions on the rights of KU students to question and examine any system of political thought."
MR. MYERS AGAIN declined to comment.
John Grumm
On the other side of the stage C. W. Tankersley, who took basically the same stands as Mr. Myers during the formal discussion, also was confronted with a cordon of questioners.
The Lawrence citizen was asked to comment upon the furor over KU's World Crisis Day.
"WORLD CRISIS DAY is a good idea, but let's make sure we have a real debate," he said. "You need strong opposites, which KU didn't have at World Crisis Day. Something like William Buckley Jr., and Gus Hall debating."
"Schlesinger (Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., special assistant to President Kennedy) and Fomin are not far enough apart for a good debate. I would like to see a man like Sen. Dodd (Thomas Dodd, D-Conn.) speak." he added.
The discussion then moved to the John Birch Society.
John Grumm, assistant professor of political science, was also being hounded by questioners as he defended the arguments he presented during the formal discussion.
"THE JOHN BIRCHERS are not the danger they are made out to be," he said. "If the Reds can express their opinion, so can the Birchers."
In an interview, John Ise, professor emeritus of economics, slammed HUAC.
"That Committee is a stench in the nostrils of the American government," Prof. Ise snorted. "It's rotten and it is an assassin of social character.
"IN ITS CALIFORNIA investigations the Committee subpoenaed more than 100 teachers but never gave them hearings. In other words, no chance to defend themselves. This probably ruined many reputations.
"No communist would stoop as low as that." he said.
"If you want my real opinion of the Committee," Prof. Ise said, "I think HUAC actually tends to promote Communism because of its stupid tactics."
Myers Defends Role
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against all subversive groups such as Fascists, the Ku Klux Klan and the Knights of the White Camilla.
He explained that part of the danger in the film is that it destroys freedom. He said that when the Communists are preparing to overtake a country they try to take away its freedom.
"ALL FREEDOM means to them (the Communists), is the freedom to destroy freedom," he said.
In discussing the faults of the film, Myers said that anyone is apt to make mistakes. The audience laughed as he said that when a film is assembled from many films, mistakes are likely to happen.
He quoted material from J. Edgar Hoover's book, "Communist Target: Youth." He said that one of the known Communist leaders in the country, Gus Hall, congratulated West Coast communist leaders for their attack on the HUAC.
MR. TANKERSLEY said that if students oppose the HUAC, they have two ways in which to fight it. They can urge their congressman not to appropriate money to the
group or they can act through the legal system.
Mr. Tankersley said that he will admit that neither Operation Abolition nor Operation Correction offers a completely true picture of the riot. He urged students to get all the facts and decide for themselves which of the two films was the most correct.
He said, in speaking of the film, he would "assume that the document by the HUAC (Operation Abolition) is basically correct."
IN HIS MAIN speech, Prof. Landesman explained the purposes and techniques of the American Civil Liberties Union. He said the ACLU is not a political organization. Its only function is to defend civil liberties for everybody, even Communists and Fascists.
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- To supply council to the accused.
- To submit briefs arguing constitutional questions.
- To Apply pressure on government officials.
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