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November 20, 1970 THE POLEMIC Page 5 Americans have never shared a single of assuming leadership in the years to culture, a single philosophy, or a come. The Scranton Report The following are excerpts from the President's Commission on campus unrest. The President established this Commission on June 13, 1970, in the wake of the Kent State and Jackson State tragedies. The ,report calls for reconciliation between what it views as two cultures that d/vide the nation. The report contains recommendations for the President, other government officials, law enforcement agencies, and students. single religion. But in most periods in We urgently call for reconciliation. our history, we have shared many com- Tolerance and understanding on all mon values, common sympathies, and sides must re-emerge from the funda- a common dedication to a system of mental decency of Americans, from government which protects our di- our shared aspirations as Americans, versity. from our traditional tolerance of diver- We are now in grave danger of sity, and from our common humanity. losing what is common among us We must regain our compassion for through growing intolerance of oppos- one another and our mutual respect. ing views on issues and of diversity There is a deep continuity between itself . all Americans, young and old, a con- A "new" culture is emerging pri- tinuity that is being obscured in our mari ly among students. Membership growing polarization. Most dissentf~g is often manifested by differences in youth are striving toward the ultimate To The American People The crisis on American campuses has no parallel in the history of the nation. This crisis has roots in divi- sions of American society as deep as any since the Civil War. The divi- sions are reflected in violent acts and harsh rhetoric, and in the enmity of those Americans who see them- selves as occupying opposing camps. Campus unrest reflects and increases a more profound crisis in the nation as a whole. This crisis has two components: a crisis of violence and a crisis of understanding . We fear new violence and growing enmity . Crisis of Violence dress and life style . Most of its mem- values and dreams of their elders and to bring .o justice those who commit bers have high ideals and great fears. their fore-fathers. In all Americans terroristic acts. Anyone who aids or They stress the need for humanity, there has always been latent respect protects terrorists, on or off campus, equality, and the sacredness of life. for the idealism of the young. The must share the moral and legal respon- They fear that nuclear war will make whole object of a free government is sibilities for the crimes they commit. We find ominous and shocking re- them the last generation in history. to allow the nation to redefine its ports that students are laying in sup- They see their elders as entrapped by purposes in the light of new needs . plies of weapons, and that others are materialism and competition, and pri- without sacrificing the accumulated preparing to take the law into their soners of outdated social forms. They wisdom of its living traditions. We hands against protesters and minorities believe their own countrv has lost its cannot do this without each other. sense of human purpose. They see the they dislike. There can be no place in Violence Must End Indochina war as an onslaught by a our society for vigilantes, night-riders, Despite the differences among us, technological giant upon the peasant or militants who would bring destruc- powerful values and sympathies unite people of a small, harmless and back- tion and death upon their opponents. ward nation_ The war is seen as drain- us. The very motto of our nation calls No one serves the law by breaking it. for both unity and diversity: from ing resources from the urgent needs of Violence must stop because the social and racial justice. They argue many' one. f · I d 11 d Out of our divisions, we must now sounds o v10 ence rown out a wor s that we are the first nation with suffi - of reason. When students and officials recreate understanding and respect for cient resources to create not only de- resort to force and violence, no one can those different from ourselves. cent lives for some, but a decent On the nation's campuses, and in hear and the nation is denied a vital Violence must end. society for all and that we are failing their neighboring communities, the call to conscience. It must stop because Understanding must be renewed. to do so. They feel they must remake level of violence is steadily rising. _ 10 nation will long tolerate violence All Americans must come to see America in its own image. Students have been killed and injured; w·ithout repression. History offers grim each other not as symbols or stereo- At the same time, many Americans civil authorities have been killed and proof that repression once started is types but as human beings. have reacted to this emerging culture injured; bystanders have been killed almost ·,mposs·ible to contain . Th Reconciliation must begin. with an intolerance of their own. ey and injured. Valuable public and pri- We share the impatience of those reject not only that which is impatient, vate property, and scholarly produsts cr·•s·is of Understanding who call for change. We believe there unrestrained, ,md intolerant in the new have been burned. is still time and opportunity to achieve culture of the young, but even that Too man Americans have be un -~'----'--~ ,_~ _______ _:___..=c._--,--~--=---==-----t~mge:-We-belie11e---we--can-stilttrrl · ::.--~ --_!._=_!_'_~:J..__!_!!.!.!;:~~"'-~"-"--===------t~mpas p, ote:,L7Td,,-ut:.,,, 'v ... u=u e> which is good. Worse, they reject the · to justify violence as a means of three mai·or quest·ions·. war, racial in- our shared national commitmeflt to individual members of the student effecting change or safeguarding tra- i·ust·ice, and the un·ivers·ity itself . . . d peace, justice, decency, equality; and culture themselves. D1stinct1ve ress ditions. Too many have forgotten · The f ·irst •,ssue is the unfulfilled the celebration of human life. alone is enough to draw insult and the values and sense of shared human- prom·ise of full i·ust·,ce and dignity for . . We must start. All of us. abuse. Increasing numbers of c1t1zens ity that unite us . Campus violence blacks and other m·,nor·ities. Blacks, Our recommendations are directed believe that students who dissent or reflects this national condition. 1.,ke many others of different races and toward this end. protest, even those who protest peace- Much of the nation is so polarized d" d ethnic origins, are deman mg to ay fully, deserve to be treated harshly. that on many campuses a major dom- f h D I 1· f that the pledges o t e ec ara ion ° Some even say that when dissenters estic conflict or an unpopular inia- h E · 1· Independence and t e mancipa ,on are killed, they have brought death tive in foreign policy could trigger f If.II d F II Proclamation be u , e now. u upon themselves. Less and less do further · violent protest and, in its d social justice and dignity-an en to students and the large community seek wake, counterviolence and repression . 1 d 1 racism, in all its human, socia an cu - to understand or respect the view- The Constitution protects the free- f tural forms-is a central demand o to- point and motivations of the other. dom of all citizens to dissent and k b d day's students, blac , rown, an If this trend continues, if this crisis to engage in non-violent protest. This h. w ,te. of understanding endures, the very is a healthy sign of freedom and a · f d d A great majority o stu ents an a survival of the nation will be threat- protection against stagnation. But the majority of their elders cppose the ened . A nation driven to use the right to dissent is not the right to M b 1· ·1 h · lndo-china war . any e ,eve , en- weapons of war upon its yout , ,s a resort to violence. tirely immoral. And if the war is nation on the edge of chaos. A nation Repression is Unwise Equally, to respond to peaceful protest with repression and brutal tactics is dangerously unwise. It makes extremists of moderates, deep- ens the divisions in the nation, and increases the chances that future pro- test will be violent. wrong, students insist, then so are all that has lost the allegiance of part of policies and practices that support it, its youth, is a nation that has lost part from the draft to military research, of its future. A nation whose young from ROTC to recruiting for defence have become intolerant of diversity, industry. This opposition has led to intolerant of the rest of its citizenry, an ever-widening wave of student pro- and intolerant of all traditional values tests. simply because they are traditional, A third target of student protest is has no generation worthy or . capable COLLEGE BOOKSTORE "@~jnu/ wd/2 a~ Student Center We believe it urgent that Ameri- cans of all convictions draw back from the brink . We must recognize even our bitter opponets as fellow human beings whom we must not club, stone, shoot, or bomb . · the shortcomings of the American uni- versity. The goals, values, administra- tion, and curriculum have been sharply criticized by many students. Students complain that their studies are irrele- vant to the social problems that con- cern them. They want to shape their own personal and common lives, but find the university restrictive, They seek a community of companions and scholars, but find an impersonal mul- tiversity. And they denounce the uni- versity's relationship to the war and to HOW ABOUT TREATING YOUR BEST ' GIRL TO We utterly condemn violence. Stu- dents who bomb and burn are crimin- als. Police and National Guardsmen who needlessly shoot or assault stu- dents are criminals. All who applaud these criminal acts share in their evil. We must declare a national cease-fire. We especially condemn bombing and political terrorism. 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