| Show Our Stand Dilemma On Discrimination Letters are still being received concerning religious in the Chronicle classified The matter has stirred considerable argument centering around some very broad and debatable Freedom of the press and the right to discriminate have been propounded on one On the other readers have questioned the propriety of such discriminatory statements appearing in a student-financed publication to which subscription is While the broader questions involved might bear endless the specific case of the ads was settled several weeks and we feel it is time to clarify the Chronicle's position and let the matter rest for the time Publications which formulates basic Chronicle decided in December that advertisers should be allowed to make specifications concerning religion and race in their but that at the discretion of the editor the Chronicle could print a disclaimer stating that the paper's policy was to discourage such The present editor has chosen to do ads will be printed but are A letter to the editor printed today points out that prohibiting such ads is a form of discrimination in but to quote that same one must come to a decision whether to accept discriminatory ads or to discriminate against such The Chronicle has no authority to against its but it will be our present policy to discourage any specification of race or religion in the classified |
