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• Vol. LVll, No. 13 Bellingham, Washington Friday, Feb. 5, 1965
Nazi Magazine
Rakes Facu
Over The Coals
By MIKE WILLIAMS
Collegian Feature Editor
T h e Stormtrooper Magazine, organ of t h e U. S.
Nazi P a r t y , h a s come out w i t h a b l i s t e r i n g a r t i c l e rak­i
n g t h e f a c u l t y of W e s t e r n in general and Dr. H e r b e rt
Taylor, head of t h e Sociology-Anthropology Depart­ment,
in p a r t i c u l a r.
The story concerns the alleged­ly
rude reception Commander
George Lincoln Rockwell, leader
of the U. S. Nazi Party, received
here last spring.
The Stormtrooper alleged that
while "almost the entire student
body" of Western "crammed and
jammed" into the Auditorium, the
"major part of the faculty, lead
by repulsive Jews, picketed out­side."
Taylor was the moderator of
the program and the Nazi maga­zine
alleged that he was "brutal­ly
discourteous to the Commander
in the introduction and in asking
the questions written by the stu­dents."
The; article goes on to allege
that Taylor referred to Rockwell
as a "vicious bigot", and "de­praved
hate-monster." The maga­zine
also alleges that Taylor told
the students to remain silent
when Rockwell left the stage at
the end of the program.
THE STORY, headlined "Thou­sands
Flock to Hear Cdr. Rock­well,"
then made the allegation
that Rockwell said, "Since I have
been insulted by this gentleman
and called a liar so many times
. . . I wonder of the Professor is
man enough to stand up to me
and DEBATE me-"
Drummond And Paul
Present Platforms
Finally, the article alleged,
"Needless to say, the professor
welched out."
Dr. Taylor denied all the
charges allegated against him by
the Stormtrooper Magazine..
"I did not use the term 'vicious
bigot' nor did I use the term 'de­praved
hate-monster'," he said.
"I did not Tefuse to debate Mr.
Rockwell. My closing words in
replying to his challenge were,
'You are bloody-Well answered,
sir.'
"I took that to mean, the stu­dents
took that to mean and I
have reason to believe Mr. Rock-,
wellipgk„that to xo§8&.that shpujd
he be invited to retunT here T
would take the greatest pleasure
in facing him.
"The charge of discourtesy
weighs heavy on my conscience.
I informed the President of the
college (now former president
James L. Jarrett), the Dean of
Men (C. W. McDonald) and Mr.
Munroe that I did not, think I
would find it possible to be cour­teous
to Mr. Rockwell when these
gentlemen asked me to chair the
meeting.
"I therefore respectfully asked
See 'STORMTROOPER' Page 2
Two A S p r e s i d e n t i a l can­didates,
Clark Drummond
and Blair Paul, released to
The Collegian their cam­paign
platforms this week.
Drummond, a legislator-at-
large, is basing his cam­paign
on a fotir-divisioned
" P l a t f o rm for P r o g r e s s ."
PLATFORRI FOR PROGRESS
1.—Student Welfare
• I propose the creation of a stu­dent
financed loan fund. By util­izing
the annual interest from the
reserve,fund of; our Budget and
the services of the United States
Aid Fund, we will be able to offer
$12,500.00 in loans next year, and
approximately $50,000.00- in loans
during the next three years.
• I propose the establishment of
a Student Office of Financial Aid,
to help students procure financial
information and summer jobs.
2.—Student Government
• I propose the initiation of. two
new- underclass : Legislator-At-
Large positions, one each to be
elected during the Winter and
Spring Quarter elections; These
students must be freshmen or
sophomores at the time of elec­tion.
• I propose to amend the Consti­tution
to state that the AMS and
Blair. Paul Clark Drummond
Miller Drops Whole Affair
Riddell Is Back
As Coordinator
Ken Riddell is b a c k in h i s office today as NSA co­o
r d i n a t o r after being fired, f r om t h e j o b o n l y last week
by acting AS E x e c u t i v e Vice-President Tom Miller.
Miller reconsidered his sudden
SCENE FROM "Sabrina Fair," showing at 8:15 tonight in Old
Main's lecture hall 1 in its second performance. See review,
page 3.
decision concerning Riddell's im­portant
student government post
early this week and agreed to
work with him as long as he pro­duced.
A hushed crowd packed the AS
Legislature meeting Monday af­ternoon
to witness what might
have been an explosive session
involving Miller and Riddell, but
the crowd left disappointed.
MILLER PROMISED the solons
that he would come to the meeting
with concrete details explaining
why he fired Riddell. When ask­ing
for Riddell's resignation last
week, Miller simply stated that
he felt Riddell wasn't doing his
job.
A number of legislators ques­tioned
Miller's hasty decision and
it was speculated Monday morn­ing
that Riddell had enough sup­port
to over-ride Miller's decision.
But, • Miller and Riddell had
compromised their differences
just hours before the meeting
with Legislator Orest Khrulak act­ing
as a mediator.
Legislator Terry Simonis put an
abrupt end to the suspense amidst
a mumbling crowd, whirring tape
recorders, and poised cameras.
"The two (Miller and Riddell)
met for a couple hours and dis­cussed
the problem and what
they felt should be done as far as
the position is concerned and
came to the agreement that the
two offices should be worked on
together," Simonis said.
That was all; cut and dried.
The hidden implication was that
everything was A-OK and Riddell
had his job back.
AS President Ralph Munro ask­ed
if anyone had anything to add.
Miller and Riddell refused com­ment.
Munro whacked his gavel
and the session was over in a
near-record ten minutes.
Following the meeting, Miller
and Riddell gave brief statements
to The Collegian:
Miller: "I have reconsidered
my position concerning NSA co­ordinator.
After consolation with
See REHIRED* page 6
AWS Representatives to the Leg­islature
shall not be the presidents
of these organizations. This will
make it possible for more people
to participate in student govern­ment.
3.—Special Programs
• I propose the initiation of a
Rider Service to help students
needing rides and drivers needing
riders to get together. This ser­vice
will be used to help students
satisfy their transportation needs
in an economical manner.
*.I propose student support for
and active participation in the
effort to establish an FM Radio-
Station on Western's campus.
This radio station can provide a
whole new medium for the dis­semination
of cultural, education­al,
and social programs.
4.—Housekeeping
The everyday functioning of. stu­dent
government, while it is by
no means entirely unsatisfactory,
should be improved. To this end,
I intend to initiate the following
programs: •
• Arbi-monthly letter to the hous­es
and dorms from the President.
• Weekly cabinet meetings.
• More non-legislative personnel
on Legislature Committees.
• A sister-school relation with
similar schools in the Northwest,
Southwest and Mid-West to serve
as reference schools for Western
when information is needed on
specific problems or programs.
PAUL'S PLATFORM consists
of two broad considerations that
include eight major points.
In his first consideration he has
selected four building blocks to
epitomize changes he advocates
for next year.
1—Under the heading, "The Stu­dent
in the Academic Communi­ty,"
Paul advocates:
• A new emphasis on program­ming
concerned with occupation-
See 'PLATFORM' Page 2
YR's To Hold
Convention Here
Hundreds of Young Republi­cans
from campuses around the
state invade Western this, week­end
for their annual YR College
Service Committee Leadership
Conference.
Speakers for the affair will be
Secretary of State A. L. (Lud)
Kramer and Congressman George
Nelson of Idaho.
The conference will consist of
lectures, seminars, and discus­sion
groups with "A Time To
Build" as the main theme.
"There is no time like the pre­sent
for implementing a truly
educational and effective type of
leadership training program,"
Western Vice Chairman Tom Mil­ler
said.
Kramer will speak at the lunch-eon
session tomorrow and Nel-son
will address the evening ban­quet.
The State Executive Board of
the Young Republican Federation
will be meeting on campus this
weekend also.