Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-20
Disorder on Hill
e happened again!

hearing because they held
most Of the seats by default
and got the headlines and
pictures they were looking
for.
1t was left to the American
Nazi Party to send its parti-
sans in defense of the House
Committee on Un-American
Activities. The broken-down
conservatives, who profess to
admire the committee, aban-
doned 1t again and showed
their usual lack Of enthusi-
asm for organized action.
How do they expect to get
Barry Goldwater or any con-
sentative into the White
House when they shun poll
tical warfare?
American rightwingers
could learn a lot from study
ing the successful tactics Of
agitation employed by mi
nority groups like CORE,
NAACP, labor unions and of
course. the Communist Party,
USA. Unless conservatives in
ject themselves with some
zeal they will remain as the
only impotent minority group
in America.
Ronald H. Harner.
The juveniles who storm
ed" the Congressional COM
mittee in Washington with
shouts Of 'Naziism" and who
"stormed" the Governors Of
flee In Birmingham with
Confederate flags are not so
much juveniles as addle-
eScentS.
Les Finnegan.
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The Star picture showing
six policemen carrying an
agitator from the hearing of
the House Committee on I'm
American Activities epit-
omizeS the failure Of our
law enforcement system to-
day.
In other times when liberty
was priced and citizens were
expected to behave respon-
Sibly, such a disturber Of
Congressional activity would
have been arrested by one
policeman and induced by
adequate use of force to walk
from the meeting room on
his own two feet. The idea
that policemen must carry
such demonstrators to avoid
injuring them is an out
rageous concept of commu-
nifty responsibility.
If our legislators and our
courts are so added by pro-
paganda designed to subvert
our society that they cannot
distinguish between the ex-
erciSe of individual rights
and fragrant defiance Of law
full authority, between police
brutality and the necessary
use Of force to support the
law, the prophecy Of Lord
Macauley that we would in
this century be ravaged from
within is far advanced to-
ward fulfillment.
T. A. Lane,
Mai. Gen., USA (Retd0.
It is unfortunate that the
students who went to Cuba
were so foolish in their ac-
tons at the House Un-Amer-
lean Activities Committee
hearing that they obscured
their own story. II their
purpose was to be defiant,
they succeeded. But II their
purpose was to tell a story
to the American public, I'm
afraid they failed badly. Most
Of the news stories told
about the riots started by a
bunch of beatnicks."
l der, however, II
Chairman Willis was entirely
blameless. A good chairman
can usually anticipate trou-
bic and head 1t off. II he
wants TO. / wonder how much
goading 1t takes to stir up
such a disturbance. In any
case, the students certainly
played into the hands OF
those who might be witch
hunting.
Finally, the news m e dia
Enthusiastically played up
the riots while the actual
testimony was on the inside
pages.
These students have a
story which deserves the at
tention Of the country. II is
true they received the red
carpet treatment, and may
not have seen the people. It
is true that these students
may harbor prejudices
and may not have the back