Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-30
Business Hit
ByProfessor
On Aid 10 Riqhi
BY CLARENCE HUNTER
Star Staff Writer

munity has played a major
role in increasing the influence
of the ultra-c conservative wing
in our national life, Alan F.
Westin, professor of public law
and government at Columbia
University, said today.
Mr.. Westin took part in a
panel discussion of THE Radi-
cal Right-Civil Liberties In
der Attack" at the closing ses-
sion of the 14th annual con-
ference of the National Civil
Liberties Clearing House. The
conference met at the Shera-
ton Carlton Hotel.
Some corporate leaders are
rather simple targets for the
Radical Right" MI. Westin
noted. ut is ironic that bust
nessmen who condemned those
'dupeS' who let their names be
used by the Communists in the
late 1930S have been used by
the educational wing of the
Radical Right in exactly the
same fashion"
Issues Warning
The response of the Ameri-
can corporate community to
the conservative and to Com
munist programs promises to
be one major test of business
theology in the coming decade,
he said. He warned corpora
lions that they must cease be-
ing what he called easy marks
for "educationalS of the right"
if they are to enjoy the con-
fidence of the Informed pub
lie and press in this country"
In 1862, it is still important
to be against communism for
the right reasons and with the
right allegiance to our demo-
cratic SYSTEM" he said.
Morris Abram, vice president
of the American Jewish Com
mittee, said that the Radical
Right does not project it's posi-
ton in a rational way and it
does not deal with those who
contrary positions with even a
minimum of tolerance or char
ity." He charged the group
"Sees issues only in extremes
of black and white"
Mr.. Abram, former general
counsel for the Peace Corps,
said. "Democratically inclined
individuals and groups oppose
the radical right, therefore, be-
cause of its method and APP
proach rather than because of
the positions which the right
wing takes on the issues them
selves"
Urban Conditions Cited
In another talk, Berl I. Bern
hard, staff director of the Civil
Rights Commission, said living
conditions in city, and not it's
size, apparently determine
whether the civil liberties of
urban jewellers are threatened.
Mr.. Bernhard declared that
the Civil Rights Commission
considers police brutality to
Negroes a serious problem.
But he pointed to the his
tory of other American ethnic
groups which achieved social
acceptance as a reason for OPP
timiSm.
Last night, John de j. Penn
berton, jr., executive director
of the American Civil Liberties
Union, told the conference that
voluntary organizations can
serve as keepers of the Ma
TONS conscience" in the battle
to preserve individual free
domS.
He said it will be the role of
non governmental organiza-
tons to steer western civiliza-
ton on a survival course during
the contests between prepared
ness and destruction and be-
tween progress and reaction"
Minority EvaIuation
John G. Field, executive di-
rector of the Presidents Com
mittee on Equal Employment
Opportunity, said the Federal
Government is about to i'm
plement an auditing system
which will evaluate the utiliza-
ton of minoritieS employed by
the Government.
"At this moment in history
more Americans than ever be-
fore are enjoying the blessings
of our democratic society,""
SpottSwood w. Robinson III
told the conference. ut is
gratifying to be able to say
that in education and housing
we are progressing toward
rehabilitation of the pledge of
freedom and justice for all
men"
Mr.. Robinson, dean of How
ard UniverSity's Law School
and a member of the U. S.
Commission on Civil Rights,
said there has heen coy,oa ,oroo