VOL. 32, NO. 5
MARCH 11, 1970
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PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
Europe to Seek World Power Status
Strauss Calls for Formation
of 'United States of Europe'
By LEWIS M. TKOUT
The critical need of the next
decade is to transform the current
European situation from a collec¬
tion of military, economic and
political dwarfs into a unified
world power capable of sharing
leadership in the Free World with
the United States.
That assessment was made by
former German defense minister
and finance minister, Franz Jo¬
sef Strauss, in an address before
the Tuesday Evening Forum at
PCC last week.
Strauss explained that the only
way the United States can have
an easing of its worldwide bur¬
dens is for Europe to assume a
larger share of its own defense.
“I am fully aware of the fact
that the United States of America
must have a watchful eye over
two oceans,” said the veteran
German politician.
“One is the Atlantic, the other
the Pacific. We Europeans should
not demand from our American
friends that they concentrate
their attention and their efforts
exclusively on the Atlantic and
on Europe and European affairs
as some Europeans are used to
doing.”
New Responsibility
To help meet this new Euro¬
pean world responsibility, Strauss
called for an unified European
defense force allied with the U. S.
He also called for common eco¬
nomic, taxation and monetary
policies among all European na¬
tions, to permit Europe to meet
the industrial competition and
challenges of the U. S. and Japan.
Strauss cited the example of
the development of the supersonic
transport by France, Germany,
and England to show why Euro¬
pean-wide industries need to be
created in place of present nation¬
al industries, if Europe is to meet
the industrial challenges of the
next decade.
The development of just one
plane, the European leader noted,
required the pooling of technical
and industrial resources of the
three countries, to do what just
one American company is doing.
Further, the financing of the
United States plane is being done
jointly with private and public
funds. Strauss contrasted this
with the financing of the plane in
Europe, where governments are
meeting 95 per cent of the plane’s
costs.
Big Firms Succeed
Strauss thus concluded that
only companies the size of Ameri¬
can and Japanese concerns can
succeed in the next decade. For
Europe, such industrial powers
can only come into being through
the merger of companies in sep¬
arate nations into international
European combines.
In tracing the development of
international affairs as they are
in Europe today, Strauss explain¬
ed that with the “Guns of Aug¬
ust” in 1914, a reference to the
start of World War I, a historic
epoch came to an end. That epoch
was the role played by individual
European states as world powers.
England and France before
World War I were the two larg¬
est colonial powers in the world,
and both nations exerted power
throughout the globe. However,
from 1914 to 1945, Europe entered
a period of transition, a second
chapter of the post-1914 historical
era. Now, Strauss feels, Europe is
about to begin a third chapter, its
emergence once again as a major
world force.
Strauss was very careful to
leave the door of his new Europe
open to more than just the pres¬
ent members of the common mar¬
ket: France, Germany, Italy, Hol¬
land, Belgium, and Luxemborg.
Includes Easterners
He said, “Europe in terms of
culture and civilizations includes
our neighbors in the East — Czech¬
oslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Ru¬
mania, Bulgaria, and a great part
of Russia.”
Additional Western countries
may also join the Common Mar¬
ket during the next decade, too.
Scandinavian countries, Great
Britain, Portugal and other coun¬
tries are possible additional mem¬
bers. Strauss strongly emphasized
the need for Britain to enter the
Common Market in order to cure
the economic problems plaguing
her.
The role of Germany in the new
Europe was an area that Strauss
covered briefly. He noted that
tensions and suspicions as a re¬
sult of World War II are still
prevalent in many places, espec¬
ially toward Germany. To miti¬
gate these fears, Strauss said that
no German should play a top lead¬
ership role in any unified Euro¬
pean government until the end of
this century.
He also said that Germany
would be willing to renounce the
use of all military and physical
force to bring about German re¬
unification and would instead
work for such ends through
peaceful means.
RUDY FORDHAM, last semester's AMS president, was elected
student body vice-president upon the resignation of Ray Dodson.
Fordham won his position over Mike Sullivan, past president of
Circle K, by less than 40 votes.
Ouaiity of News Condemned;
Rebuttal Cites Griper Apathy
Dear Editor:
“Campus Rummage Sale To
Yield Needed Funds”
“Native Cookie Refreshments
To Highlight ICC Open House”
“WUS To Present Requium
for a Faith”
A name the model home contest
offering.
Real front-page material!
I have overheard at least four
comments regarding this student
publication. None were favorable.
And if you still aren’t awake,
Courier staff, I suggest you read
the last two paragraphs of the
January-February “Journalism
Association of Junior Colleges
News Letter.” The final para¬
graph states in part, “the Chaffey
had a change of editors, the situ¬
ation continues to be critical.
We wonder, however, why, if
so many students have the ability
to recognize poor news content
and be able to complain about the
writing style, they do not have
the initiative to do something
about the situation.
On the staff we have about 14
Summer Employment:
Limited Supply
The City of Pasadena is offer¬
ing summer placement for college
students. Applications are being
accepted now for positions as life¬
guards, sanitation crewmen, and
laborers.
Lifeguards will be stationed at
Brookside Park for the summer
months. Lifeguards are respon¬
sible for administering first aid
and artificial respiration. They
also conduct swimming classes
as well as maintain order and
discipline to prevent accidents.
Applicants must have a valid
Red Cross Water Safety Instruc¬
tor’s Certificate. Candidates will
be selected on the basis of their
qualifications and subjected to an
oral interview. Employees will
work 36-hour weeks — including
weekends — at a pay rate from
$2.18 to $2.65 or better an hour.
Jobs are open to men and women,
and the deadline for applications
is March 18.
Fill-in Employment
For men only, the Sanitation
Department offers fill-in employ¬
ment at a pay rate of $509 a
month. This is the perfect chance
to get some cash to last through
the summer.
A sanitation crewman collects
refuse from residential and com¬
mercial establishments as well as
does general maintenance to
equipment. He must be a mini¬
mum of 5’9” tall and weigh at
least 155 pounds.
A laborer for the city earns
$485 a month and digs, grades,
and backfills ditches; removes
broken concrete and prepares
sidewalks, curbs and streets; wat¬
ers plants; mixes concrete; and
assists workmen. He must be at
least 5’8” tall, over 140 pounds,
and be able to carry heavy loads.
The same written exam will be
given for both laborers and sani¬
tation crewmen, which counts as
50 per cent of the grade. Inter¬
views will be given for potential
employees. The last day to apply
is March 20.
Technical Interest
And for those with more tech¬
nical interest, the city is offering
engineering aide assistant open¬
ings this summer. Openings are
being offered in Water and Pow¬
er, and Public Works Department,
which pay from $523 to $637 a
month.
An engineering aide assistant
lays out, draws, and traces sim¬
ple plans, maps, condition dia¬
grams, and sketches; assists field
survey teams by clearing survey
lines; and performs other related
duties.
Candidates must have complet¬
ed high school courses in math
and drafting and intend to con¬
tinue in engineering. Students
with college majors in mechanical
• Continued on Page Three
I wonder how many students
actually read the March 4 edition
of the Courier. On assumption, I
dare risk to say, not many.
If the Courier insists on featur¬
ing filler material to highlight its
pages, then why do we need a
newspaper? Surely Monday morn¬
ing’s “Crier” will keep us at least
informed as this week’s journal¬
istic failure.
I know the Couried has a more
competent staff when it applies
itself; however, this week’s ap¬
plication left much to be desired.
If the Courier people choose to
ignore this gripe and shrug it
off, then I suggest before doing
so, they poll the campus for other
comments. In the past two weeks,
By DUFFY JOHANSING
In this now generation many
students find Europe a welcome
place to rid themselves of the
strain and anxieties accumulated
during the school year. It’s a
great way to spend a summer but
without planning an attack on the
continent beforehand, one may
end the summer very disillusioned
about Europe.
To fill this void for information,
Bill Morgan, PCC’s answer to
John Goddard, put together for
ASPECT magazine a survey on
the many ways one may visit
“Yurp” both in comfort or as
Morgan did, as a bum.
newspaper closed down after har-
rassment from both students and
teachers on campus. The problem
at El Camino reportedly came
when the student association
flexed its financial muscle and
chopped the budget.”
Need more be said?
■ — C. Costilow
☆ ☆ ☆
The Courier staff would like
to thank you for your “gratui¬
tous” letter, for, as you pointed
out so well in that literary piece,
we do need copy to fill space.
This is a problem which has
existed for some time now on the
paper, and even though we have
Other stories which deserve
mentioning are an interview with
a soldier from Nam by Tom Aik¬
en, a report on Operation Inter¬
cept by
С.
T. Costilow, and a blow-
by-blow description of the row in
“People’s Park” by Dave DeMulle.
Also included in the magazine
is a symposium on “Hair.”
These articles and others bring
together a colorful folder, imagi¬
nation, feeling, originality, and
well-written pages, well worth
the 75 cents needed to purchase
them. Students having an ASB
card may pick up the magazine
free from the College Bookstore
or College Bank.
enrolled students. Of these 14,
about 10 are productive journal¬
ists. Out of these 10, seven are
news reporters and three are
editors.
We also have an excellent
sports department, which con¬
sists of two writers and two edi¬
tors. These four people manage
admirably to handle the sports
page, for the singular reason that
they have to contact only one de¬
partment for the information.
What the Courier is now seek¬
ing is to find people interested in
changing and thus elevating the
content and style of the paper.
We are asking for students from
all departments to contribute
stories of information for con¬
sideration for publication.
We at the Courier appreciate
criticism constructive or other¬
wise; however, if next time you
would care to submit the type of
story you would like to see in
the Courier instead of a critical
letter, we would be much more
appreciative.
Concert Choir
Concert Choir still needs bass¬
es and tenors to give the choir
balance and strength for its
coming concert of selections
from “The Man of La Mancha.”
Also, a piano accompanist is
needed for the entire semester.
Rehearsals are at 8 daily. Inter¬
ested students should contact
the director, William Hatcher,
in the music building.
Aspect Brings Europe
to Pasadena Students
