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Show November 22, 1963 The PARSON Living Issues Speaker Set gument to a logical conclusion san emotion, sans drama. Another problem is this business of allowing people from the courtroom floor to address the justices about the case. This seemingly harmless practice might very well become a dangerous and harmful factor. Let us draw a brief example: Suppose you were on trial for some offense that carried the punishment of ex--, pulsion from school with it if you were found guilty. After both sides had presented their cases, the justices were split in decision. All at once a spectator from the courtroom, who happened to be your worst enemy, suddenly, stood up and requested to speak as a friend of the court. His request was granted, and he told the court that he had seen you commit this same offense some time ago. This new evidence, while it is illegal and out of order, could very well sway the justices to a verdict of guilty. This illustration is diagra-mati- c but should be considered for the purpose of avoiding trouble and inconvenience in the future. And then there was some mention among the student body about a sergeant-at-arms being present at the court. It seems highly unlikely that one would ever be needed but it is a thought that the justices might consider. It is probably unanimous among the student body that best wishes are extended to the justices in carrying their heavy and important burden of responsibility. Saddle-U- p , by Bill Weller Political Science Editor The Living Issues Week Committee announced that Dr. Thomas ODea has accepted the committees invitation to be the headline speaker for Living Issues Week. Dr. ODea is present Professor of Sociology at the University of Utah. Originally of Massachusetts, Dr. ODea is As was expected, experience is going to be a big factor in the growth and development of our Student Court. It is difficult to plan something of this sort on paper when it involves so many people. Students problems are the variables in this case and it is doubtful that the Justices of the Court will experience two similar cases all year. The appointed justices will need to meet very often and study likely cases in order to prepare themselves. a graduate of Harvard Uni- versity where he earned his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. He first taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and he then moved to New York to teach at Fordham UniverNecessary Changes Suggested sity. After Dr. ODea arrived The two cases appearing at the University of Utah, he thus far this year were of was awarded a Ford Founminor importance, but the exdation fellowship to study at perience Stanford University in the .was not. derived from them It became evident Center for Advance Study in almost at once to a great many Behavorial Science. Dr. ODea has written two students that smoking in court is in bad taste. This probooks: The Mormons, a sociotest arises from the fact that logical study of the church and its culture, which was smoking is connoted with reinformality and the published by the University of laxation, like. The object in point is Chicago Pres in 1957. The American Catholic Dilemma that a student facing his peers and pleading his case deserves was published by Shead-Warin 1958 (it is now available in a formal, attentive hearing. If the justices are, themselves, paperback from Menters New then let them be jotnervous, American Library.) down notes on the case ting Dr. ODea has just returned to hide nervousness their an from eight month study in rather than packing their Saudi Arabia. The study was or pipes lighting a cigarette. sponsored by the be well to initiate It might Oil Company. The a blanket rule of no smoking specialties of Dr. ODea are in court, period. technology and social change and the sociology of 'religion. DEFENSE ATTORNEYS Living Issues Week will be present another important As the problem. Students in trouble held February name implies, the intent is to whose cases are before the bring to the campus speakers court would do well to pick and ..discussions ..which ..will people to argue for them who serve to examine leading is- have had courses in high sues of the day. The week is school or college debate. The an program involv- first meeting of the Student whole the ing campus com- Court revealed that some peomunity: students, faculty and ple have been watching teleadministration alike. The Liv- vision too much. The Perry ing Issues Committee is made Mason impression of court up of students and faculty room argumentation with its with a student chairman. This preoccupation with drama has is the only college function of very little place in an actual the year which is a joint en- court of law and it has no deavor by all of the elements place in our Student Court. of the campus. The theme of Attorneys should concentrate the week and other particulars their cases on presenting eviwill be announced at a later dence in favor of the defenddate. ant and then bring their ar , d Arabian-America- n 10-1- Page 3 Political Letter Editor (Political Editor) working men if the U.S. decided to trade with Russia. Nevertheless, the Longshoremen are not interested in any of the easy money and are going to object vigorously to loading any such cargo. so-call- Parson Salt Lake City, Utah Dear Editor: It has been interesting, and somewhat shocking, to read of the presure the Kennedy Administration has put on the . International Longshoremans Association to eliminate its boycott on goods shipped to the Soviet Union, so as to permit the Administration to go ahead with its sale of wheat to Russia. In its telegram to Secretary Hodges of the Department of Commerce, before the wheat deal was announced, the Union said The ILA urgently requests that you reject any proposal to sell U.S. wheat to Russia. . . the Longshoremen in the U.S. would probably gain more money in wages than any other American As the ILA pointed out, there is no reason to believe the assurance of Mr. Khrushchev that none of the wheat will be sent to Cuba, although President Kennedy seems perfectly willing to take such a promise at face value. The ILA claims to have lost $50 million in wages during the past decade by refusing to load shipments of American steel and machinery to Iron Curtain countries. It certainly must dismay these men who were responsible, in large part, for President Kennedys squeak by" election in 60 to realize now that this same Administration is not willing to adopt the same firm stand that their own union has adopted. Sincerely, Ron Shelly 1 3. 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