Libertas, Vol 1, No. 1 - Winter, 1979

libertas Vol.1, No. 1

Winter, 1979

|9oung fcr ita'si Jfouniration Professors Advisor Predicted Carter's China Mairxist Move at Foundation Symposium On Rise Dr. David Nelson Rowe, Professor Emeritus at Yale University and distinguished member of the Foundation's National Advisory Council, told a gathering of specially invited college students at a symposium held in Stamford, CT. on October 21 that ''President Carter will move early in 1979 to establish full diplomatic relations with Communist China." Rowe, a well known expert on Sino-American relations, criticized the anticipated move, which was officially announced by President Carter in a December 15 national television broadcast. According to the Yale professor, the international reaction would not be favorable, since our allies would distrust us in the face of the U.S. abrogation of its defense treaty with the free Chinese people on Taiwan. Also, he expects that the Soviets would counter the move, such as by their current involvement in Vietnam and the rest of the Western Pacific area. A very real and even more dangerous possibility, according to Rowe, is that "China and the Soviet Union could patch up their differences, with China turning once again against the U.S., this time with American arms." Warned the Foundation Advisor, "History is littered with equally dismaying surprises."

An author of several books in his field.

Dr. Rowe has just finished a new book, U.S.-China Policy Today. The book was immediately up-dated after Carter's historic announcement of full normalization of relations. (Those interested in receiving a copy should send $1.00 to: Young America's Foundation, Book Department, Box 1002, Woodland Road, Suite B, Sterling, VA 22170.)

Rowe's remarks were made at the "Northeast Symposium of College Leaders" at which the Foundation sponsored thirty area college students for a full day of seminars on topics which are discussed on campus today. The purpose was to provide the students with a more balanced perspective on public policy questions which are currently in the news. The symposia are a regular feature of the Foundation's program for acquainting American youth with current events.

Dr. Rowe Addresses Conference

In addition to Rowe's talk on "U.S.China Relations," the students heard speakers on the subjects of "Tuition Tax Credits," "Mandatory Student Fees" and "U.S.-Soviet Military Balance."

Syndicated columnist and well known author John Chamberlain joined St. John's University Professor William Luckey for a discussion of tuition tax credits. While Luckey discussed the American tradition of Dr. Rowe continued on page 4

rding to Jordan Kurland of the American Association of University ProAcco] "The number of professors with fessors, Marxist or strongly anti-establishment ideologies has multiplied tremendously since the mid-1960's." Despite the fact that campuses today are seemingly quieter and less prone to violence than they were in 1960's and early 70's, Marxist and radical teaching has increased dramatically over the last decade. According to some concerned on-lookers, this could lead to more campus and political unrest in the future.

While it would be difficult to quantify the actual threat of Marxist indoctrination on campus today, Stanford University professor Seymour Martin Lipset has estimated that twenty to twenty-five percent of all social scientists in this country are of a Marxist persuasion. Says Charles Moser, a Foundation Advisory Council member and professor of Slavic Literature at George Washington University, "The radicals who blew up the campuses in the 1960's are now teaching at them in the late 70's."

Several academic groups were formed during the Vietnam war era in response to the violence on campus which threatened academic freedom.

According to Dr. Moser, who was a founder of the University Professors for Academic Order, "We were trying to exist as a voice for moderation and academic freedom in the background of demonstrations, campus close-downs and other radical activities which were threatening the process of higher education in this country.

Ten years ago, though, we at least had a clear enemy—the hippies, yippies and other law-breakers. But, today we have less obMarxists on Campus continued on page 4

Bits and Pieces

Is Six-Player Girls Basketball Against the Law?

According to columnist George F. Will, HEW Secretary Joseph Califano is currently considering the following matter: "Is it illegal for high school girls in Iowa and several other states to play six-player basketball?"

One federal judge in Tennessee, who was later overturned, ruled that six-player basketball for girls is illegal because it discriminates against females who seek athletic scholarships. In six-player basketball, there are three forwards and guards.

Guards play more defense, and shoot the ball less often. However, in college, the five-player game is played. The reasoning is that high schoolers who must play guard are less likely to receive a college scholarship, since colleges need players who are more effective in offensive basketball skills.

HEW is being pressured by some feminist groups, who claim that the six-player game is discriminatory. According to Will, who strongly disagrees with that position, "Extremists who want government to seem silly and disreputable have reason to hope that HEW's 'civil rights' enforcers will declare a six-player game illegal."

Gobbledygook and HEW

A $100,000. grant was recently made to New England College by HEW for developing a project which "Adapts the best aspects of the Elderhostel model to the regular academic year so that older adults can participate in short coherent blocks of instruction while full-time students receive a complete academic course. The project encourages intergenerational learning within the realistic limits of the older adult's lifestyles."

Congressional Insight newsletter somewhat whimsically called for the development of a course which would "explain the explanation."

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IRS Considers Quotas for Private Schools

The IRS recently held open hearings in Washington, D.C. on its proposed regulations which would declare private schools guilty of illegal discrimination—and therefore ineligible to receive tax-exempt status—if those schools which operate in areas where public schools are undergoing a voluntary or court-ordered school integration plan fail to increase minority student enrollment. Under the IRS guidelines, in order to prove itself innocent the school must take affirmative action to bring its minority student enrollment up to a level which is equal to 20 percent of the minority school-age population in the surrounding community.

The December hearings saw 200 witnesses testify, the great majority of whom disagreed with the regulations. Several members of Congress attended the hearings.

The major controversies center around whether or not the regulations constitute racial quotas and therefore are against the Supreme Court's Bakke decision and whether or not church-related schools should be affected by the IRS orders. More than 3,500 schools would be affected by the ruHng. Minimum Wage Increases Youth Unemployment

At the first annual Conference of Teenage Unemployment, sponsored by the National Federation of Independent Business, Temple University economist Walter Williams presented a paper which showed that higher minimum wages lead to increased youth unemployment. According to Williams, "high unemployment for some population groups is directly related to changes in the level and extent of coverage of the minimum wage law."

Dr. Williams has produced extensive research on the subject and has been Editor: Clifford J. White I

published widely.

His research deals primarily with the impact of minimum wage laws on minority citizens. He notes that the highest unemployment rate in this country is experienced by young blacks who are priced out of the market by the minimum wage.

Williams further notes that minimum wage laws reinforce racial discrimination, since it is usually black youths who are the most inexperienced and therefore the easiest to fire when the minimum wage is raised and the employer has to cut back on the number of his employees.

The Temple University economist sees government-imposed economic regulations as the major barriers to minority advancement. Cited as such barriers are the DavisBacon act, which forces government contractors to pay the union wage, restrictive licensure laws and high minimum wages.

Communist Chinese Spies Arriving, Posing as Exchange Students

With the recognition of Communist China by the Carter Administration, FBI Director William Webster expects that his agency will have to cope with the influx of a significant number of political spies who will enter the United States as exchange students and diplomats. Under a special arrangement agreed to even before official recognition of each other's governments, the United States and mainland China agreed to begin an extensive program of foreign study for students from each nation. Thirteen American students have already left for China and a like number have arrived from China. Several hundred students will be involved in the program.

Webster said of the exchange students, "If they are not coming over as espionage agents, they are coming over as intelligence gatherers."

The FBI has already been forced to step up its counter-intelligence operations, according to the Washington Post. The FBI is currently transferring agents to the task of monitoring the activities of suspected Communist Chinese agents now living in this country.

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Frank Donatelli, Attorney and Foundation Board Member

Frank Donatelli has been a member of Young America's Foundation's Board of Directors for six years. He served as President from 1973 to 1977. Under his leadership the organization enjoyed much growth, making it possible for the Foundation today to expect its most active year ever in 1979.

Frank, despite his age of only 29 years, is a leading figure in Washington, D.C. He served for four years as Executive Director of Young Americans for Freedom, the

Hillsdale President Debate on Affirmative Action

Hillsdale President George C. Roche III

In a debate sponsored by Young America's Foundation at the University of Colorado at Denver, Hillsdale College President and Foundation Advisor George Roche debated against Douglas Hunt, Special Assistant at the Office of Federal

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nation's largest conservative educational and political youth group. He began his activity with YAF in 1969 and currently serves on its Board of Directors. Frank has appeared several times on national television, including such programs as public television's "Firing Line" and ABC-TV's "Good Morning America" show. According to Frank, "Many of the things I have been able to accomplish over the last few years were made possible by the leadership and intellectual training which I received in Young Americans for Freedom."

As a student at the University of Pittsburgh, Frank majored in Political Science.

He was active in several extracurricular activities. He had a regular column in his student newspaper and served in student government and on the program board. In his latter role, Frank tried to bring balance to Pitt's speaker program and was instrumental in inviting author and columnist William F. Buckley, Jr. to his campus.

After graduation, Frank entered law school at Duquesne University. After arriving in Washington in 1973, Frank continued with his legal education, as an evening student at the Washington College of Law at American University. Frank is now a member of the Bar in the state of Virginia.

Frank stepped down as Executive Director of YAF in order to manage the campaign of James Baker for attorney general

in Texas. Baker, a Republican, was narrowly defeated in a strongly Democratic state.

Last December, Frank and his lovely wife Becky, who were married only eight months ago, returned to the Washington area and now reside in the Old Town section of Alexandria, Virginia.

Fortunately for the Foundation, Frank continues to offer his experience to the organization on an on-going basis. He sees great things for the Foundation in 1979.

"In my opinion," he says, "Young America's Foundation ought to be and will be the paramount youth educational foundation in the entire country." According to Frank, the Foundation is unique in that it tries to acquaint American youth with the principles of American government and the major arguments surrounding important issues of public concern. It has a broader function than most other foundations which serve a youth constituency. Adds the Foundation Board member, "If we are able to expand our financial base, then there is no limit to what the Foundation can accomplish in terms of book distribution, scholarships to worthy students, speaker programs and the like. I am glad to be a part of the Foundation during this time of expansion and growth."

And the Foundation is fortunate that Frank is helping to make that growth possible.

Contract Compliance, on the issue of affirmative action. The debate, which drew a large audience composed of University students and local public officials, was reported by the local newspapers and radio stations.

Dr. Roche took the view that affirmative action was counter-productive and that it wastes million of dollars each year which could be better spent on educating the students it is designed to help. Roche also claimed that policies which take into account the race and sex of applicants for college admissions and faculty hiring have lowered the quality of students and teachers one sees on campus today. Merit, not race or sex, should be the only criterion in admitting students and hiring professors, said Roche.

Hunt vigorously disagreed, claiming that racial and sex discrimination is systemic in American society and that only a broad program of affirmative action can eliminate the effects of such racism. He added that the Bakke decision, in which the Supreme Court ruled that strict quotas in college admissions were unconstitutional, had no effect on federal requirements in academia.

Rules for hiring a certain percentage of teachers and admitting students according to race and sex would remain in effect. The Department of Labor spokesman also said that affirmative action was a natural progression from earlier anti-discrimination regulations which began with President Franklin Roosevelt.

In criticizing federal affirmative action requirements, Roche pointed to his own case at Hillsdale College. The federal government is trying to force Hillsdale to undertake an affirmative action program in admitting students. Since Hillsdale does not accept federal aid, however, Roche contends that his school is exempt from federal regulations. The government has countered that if Hillsdale does not buckle under to pressure from Washington, D.C, then those students who rely on federal loans in order to attend that school will lose their money. Roche is currently battling the federal bureaucrats in court.

According to debate coordinator Mark Travis, the debate was highly successful and several radio stations are interested in broadcasting a tape of the debate in a special program on the issue.

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Dr. Rowe from pg. 1 private education, Chamberlain pointed out several of the advantages and disadvantages of various proposals which would grant a tax credit to parents who have children that attend private schools and colleges. The only real disadvantage, but a potentially major one, said Chamberlain, is that the federal government might use the credits as a means of increasing its control over private education.

Barbara Keating, head of Consumer Alert Council, was represented by Patricia Matzye, who discussed mandatory student fees. The panel sessions were arranged so that there was much interaction from the student participants. This approach allowed Miss Matzye to ask the students what amount of fees are paid at their schools and for what activities. Consumer Alert Council has established a task force to study the issue and asked several of the participants to join. Possible legal action is being considered by Mrs. Keating's group.

Dr. William Schneider, aide to Rep. Jack Kemp (R-NY) and a Policy Analyst at the Hudson Institute, spoke on the U.S. defense posture with respect to the Soviet Union. Schneider predicted that the SALT II proposal which the Carter Administration expects to bring to the Senate for ratification early this year will lead to a comparative disadvantage for the United States.

The students who attended the symposium represented 17 different schools, including Columbia, Dartmouth, Brown and Boston College. By all accounts from the participants, the conference was a success.

It afforded the participants a chance to learn about the nature of public policy discussions at other schools and how biased most college lecturers are. According to one student, the symposium concept is "an excellent idea and should continue. It is very important to meet other college leaders to discuss common problems and in general to communicate."

Several similar symposia around the country are planned for 1979.

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This new book on China is now available through Young A merica's Foundation

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Marxists on Campus from pg, 1 vious, but equally as invidious, adversaries—Marxists who mask themselves as academics."

Many who fear the growing threat of Marxism on college campuses claim that Marxists are incapable of presenting both sides of most issues to their students. Their philosophy requires that they indoctrinate.

This claim was supported somewhat is the case of Dr. Bertell Oilman. A professor at New York University, Oilman was recommended to be chairman of the government and politics department at the University of Maryland. In the course of the controversy over his appointment, which was later rejected by UMD president John Toll, several previous statements made by Oilman were revealed. For example, while a candidate for the presidency of American Political Science Association (APSA) in 1976, Oilman pledged that "If elected.. .1 shall use every means at my disposal to promote the study of Marxism and Marxist approaches to politics throughout the profession." Oilman is further quoted by columnists Evans and Novak as saying, "Our prior task before the revolution is to make more revolutionaries. The revolution will only occur when there are enough of us to make it."

Further evidence that the campuses are not as sedate as is widely believed was uncovered by a recent study conducted by the Cardinal Mindszenty Foundation which reported that leftists dominated the list of most sought-after campus speakers. The list was topped by Georgia state legislator Julian Bond and included such individuals as Jane Fonda, Dick Gregory, Bella Abzug, Angela Davis, Betty Freidan and Cesar Chavez. The only non-leftist speaker on the list was William F. Buckley, Jr. Marxism on campus is not an entirely new circumstance. University of Rochester Professor Eugene D. Genovese is a well known American historian. During the Vietnam war, he said that he "welcomed a victory by the Viet Cong." He currently edits a periodical called Marxist Perspectives.

The immediate future remains bright for Marxist academics. According to U.S. News & World Report, a Marxist will head the Organization of American Historians for the next two terms and Marxists have been nominated for two top positions in the APSA. The long-term impact on the students who will be taught by the Marxists, however, is not so clear.

HEW Sports Bias Regulations Remain Unclear

The federal Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) recently issued revised regulations in regard to college and university sex bias in athletic programs. The rules, which are expected to be refined even further in the early part of this year, were promulgated pursuant to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which outlaws discrimination based upon sex in programs which are in any way financed by federal aid. The rules are designed to equalize athletic opportunities, in terms of scholarships and other athletic programs, between men and women.

The regulations have been greeted with a mixed response. Many educators oppose the federal intrusion into educational policy and the potential for huge new costs to be incurred by the schools affected. Others are upset because HEW makes allowance for disparities which are caused by large expenditures for men's football and basketball programs.

According to the Congressional Research Service, colleges and universities spent $75,000,000. for federal affirmative action programs in the academic year 1974-5.

More recent figures are not available. In 1976, $2 billion was spent by higher education in order to comply with federal regulations—the total amount received through private contributions.

Book <fe Film Review from pg, 7 toons which explain the theories of the eighteenth century philosopher of capitalism.

The film was produced by the Liberty Fund to celebrate the 2(X)th anniversary of Smith's book. "Libra Colony," also produced by the Campus Studies Institute, is another free market film, using actors in a fictional account of the world in the next century.

"The Price of Peace and Freedom," a film on national defense, was produced by the American Security Council. It is very effective in communicating that organization's view that the United States is in a dangerous military position vis a vis the Russians.

There, in capsulized form, you have the books and films now being offered by Young America's Foundation. We are adding to our library and we welcome suggestions for future additions.

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Young America's Foundation Announces 1979-80 Scholarship Awards John Parker Memorial Journalism Award

Young America's Foundation will present the First Annual John Parker Memorial Journalism Award this Spring to the outstanding high school senior or college undergraduate who demonstrates the intellectual excellence, writing ability and commitment to freedom which was possessed by John Parker.

John Parker was killed in an automobile accident in November of 1978. He was only 21 years old. At the time of his death, John was editor of Young Americans for Freedom's magazine. New Guard. He edited the Texas Forum, a successful statewide college newspaper, as an undergraduate at the University of Texas.

While in high school, he was editor of his school's magazine and newspaper. lohn was also an accomplished cartoonist.

The Coleman—Timolat Scholarship

One of the goals of Young America's Foundation is to encourage and assist future leaders of America now in school.

The development of dedicated, knowledgeable leadership will be of major importance in keeping our nation free in future generations. For this purpose.

Young America's Foundation provides scholarship funds to outstanding patriotic students who need assistance to complete their education in important fields such as law, political science, journalism, education and economics.

As a major part of its scholarship program, the Foundation administers the Coleman-Timolat Scholarship, established in honor of the late J.D. Stetson Coleman and Louis K. Timolat, two distinguished patriots who provided assistance for countless worthy causes through the years.

Each year the Coleman-Timolat Scholarship grant of $1000 will be presented to a single outstanding undergraduate for use at the college of his choice. In addition.

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Russell Kirk Addresses Midwest College Students

Dr. Russell Kirk spoke at a symposium held for Midwest college leaders

In a keynote address sponsored by Young America's Foundation, Dr. Russell Kirk told a group of college students at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan that America is in need of more "leadership with imagination." Kirk, the author of several

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books, including The Conservative Mind, said that the challenge to young people is to produce ideas which can later be translated into policy. The well known lecturer and scholar said that the process of effectuating ideas into concrete policy takes about thirty years. He said that a philosophical movement which rejected government solutions to economic and social problems was begun in the 1950's arid it is now having an impact on public policy and the current political trend toward less government spending.

In his opening remarks, the "sage of Mecosta," as he is sometimes referred to, also noted the role of accidents in history.

He cited the assassination of President John Kennedy in 1963 and the Watergate scandal of the early 1970's as events which slowed down the process of limited government theories becoming public policy.

Professor Kirk called for a "philosophical habit of mind" in college which would lead students to develop new ideas and then try to translate them into action. He said that we have a powerful elite of

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Scholarship grants will be awarded on the basis of three primary criteria: academic qualifications, financial need and the relationship of the applicant's future plans to the purposes of the Foundation.

If you know of a student who might qualify for these awards please pass along his/her name and address to the Projects Director of Young America's Foundation.

Interested students should send the following materials: —School and home address and telephone number; —Transcript of grades; —A Hst of other financial aid being sought; —A statement describing financial need; —Any writing samples; —A 500-word essay which discusses the applicant's future plans and their relation to the purposes of the Foundation.

The application deadline is April 15, 1979.

All correspondence should be addressed to: Scholarship Program Young America's Foundation Box 1002 Woodland Road, Suite B Sterling, VA 22170 technocrats who lack this "philosophical habit of mind." He called for universities to teach the liberal arts and not just narrow scientific specialties.

Kirk also lamented the poor quality of elected officials in this country. He observed that most elected representatives sought office because of the higher salaries they could earn in public life.

Ending on an optimistic note. Kirk recalled a meeting he had with President Nixon. Kirk was invited to the White House for a private meeting with the President to discuss the general state of the Western world. In the course of the rather philosophical exchange. Kirk told President Nixon that despite the current sad state of Western civilization, hope for the future was a necessary ingredient for success. According to Kirk, "hope must be a matter of belief."

Also speaking at the conference was Foundation Projects Director CHff White, who discussed affirmative action in academia. Other speakers were Prof.

Ronald Trowbridge of Hillsdale College and Foundation Board member Ron Pearson.

The conference was attended by students from Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin.

Book and Film Review In this space each issue, a review will appear of a new book or film which the Foundation is making available at greatly reduced prices. This book distribution program is designed to acquaint more people with important books which deal with economics, political science and foreign policy. The reviews which will be featured in the newsletter will hopefully increase interest in the most recent books and films available through the Foundation. If you are interested in receiving a copy of any of our books, please see the ad on page five for details on blow to order. If you would like to show any of our films (they are free of charge), please write to the Projects Director and he will try to make the requested film available to you on the day of your meeting.

The books which the Foundation currently has in stock are of two types. First we offer classic works in economics or the social sciences and more contemporary books which are important additions to any library on such subjects. These books are all too seldom used as textbooks at colleges and high schools, but they are works which should be read by young people who desire to receive a broad background in their areas of study. The second type of book currently offered deals with foreign policy and represents a "New Look at the Soviet Union and China."

Leading the list of classics is Dr. Russell Kirk's Conservative Mind. (South Bend, Ind.: Gateway Editions Ltd., 1978). First published in 1953, Conservative Mind was a seminal work which helped to lead to a generation of study into conservative poUtical philosophy. Kirk traces American conservatism back to the Adams family of Massachusetts, but says that the real roots of contemporary conservatism rest in England with eighteenth century philosopher Sir Edmund Burke.

In his opening chapter. Kirk lays out six principles of conservatism and the rest of the book tries to show evidence of those principles in the thought of the representatives of conservatism whom the author describes.

The Conservative Mind was reissued last year, with revisions made by Dr. Kirk. It is must reading for any serious student of American intellectual history.

Milton Friedman, a Nobel prize winning economist, wrote Capitalism and Freedom (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press,

1962) back in 1962. Friedman won the Nobel prize for his monetarist economic theories which call for less government involvement in the private sector of the economy. Monetarist economists believe that the supply of money is the major factor in our economy and that fiscal policies are counterproductive. In Capitalism and Freedom, Friedman lays out a philosophy which he believes is both economically sound and morally right. Friedman claims that economic freedom is an absolute precondition for political freedom and that the only prosperous economies are those which allow free enterprise to flourish. His work is an attack on socialism and a reaffirmation of his faith in capitalism.

The Incredible Bread Machine (San Diego: World Research, Inc., 1974), is based on a 1966 book which was revised by the student staff of the Campus Studies Institute. This is a very popular book among college students and a film of the same name (and based on the book) has been shown extensively to college audiences. The Incredible Bread Machine provides a concise analysis of the advantages of the free market economy. The work is all the more remarkable because it was written by six authors, none of whom were older than 26.

The final classic offered is Sen. Barry Goldwater's Conscience of a Conservative (Sheperdsville, KT.: Victor Publishing Company, Inc., 1960). According to many, this was the book which propelled Sen. Goldwater to the 1964 G.O.P. Presidential nomination. This brief, but power-packed book explains the philosophy of a man who in many respects represents current-day American conservatism. Goldwater produced a very readable and convincing call for a turn away from liberal domestic and foreign policies. Instead, he urges less government intrusion into our citizens' private lives and a stronger national defense policy. Many of the things written by Goldwater in 1960 remain very relevant today.

On the foreign policy front, the Foundation is offering three books, led by Nobel prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's Warning to the West (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976). The book is made up of several talks given by the world renowned Soviet dissident after his expulsion from his homeland. The two addresses he made in the United States were sponsored by the AFL-CIO. This very chilling

book warns the Western nations to "please interfere" with the internal policies of the USSR which threaten the well-being not only of Soviet citizens, but of the entire world.

Young America's Foundation has also reprinted Solzhenitsyn's Harvard commencement address and we are offering that free of charge.

John Barron, an editor with Reader*s Digest, produced a very thorough analysis of the Russian intelligence network and the threat it presents in KGB (New York: Reader's Digest Press, 1974). Barron, along with fellow journaHst Anthony Paul, also reported on atrocities under the Communists in Cambodia. Murder of a Gentle Land (New York: Reader's Digest Press, 1977) contains a very vivid and gruesome account of the events which transpired in Cambodia after the fall of Phnom Penh to the Communists in 1975. A story of barbarism and genocide is told, with several eye-witness accounts included. All those who doubt that a blood bath ensued in Southeast Asia after the Americans left should read this book.

Professor Anthony Bouscaren also reported on Southeast Asia in All Quiet on the Eastern Front (Old Greenwich, CT.: Devin-Adair Company, 1977). Bouscaren's book brings together the opinions of several experts on American involvement in Vietnam, including Gen. William Westmoreland, Sen. James Buckley and himself. The book is composed of sections taken from other books, articles and speeches given on the subject. Very enlightening. All Quiet should be read by all those who hope that this country never blunders in another war as it did in Vietnam.

Our final selection is a Commentary magazine reprint by Harvard professor Richard Pipes on "Why the Soviet Union Thinks It Could Fight and Win a Nuclear War." With the current debate over SALT II negotiations with the Soviets, this article is extremely informative.

As for films, the Foundation has five excellent films which would be appropriate for any audience which wants to learn more about economics or foreign policy. We have "The Incredible Bread Machine," based on the book which was described earlier, in addition to "The Second Battle of Britain," "Adam Smith and the Wealth of Nations," and "Libra Colony." "The Second Battle of Britain," a CBS-TV commentary, describes the current struggle for that country's economic survival. The film recounts England's move toward socialism and the economic upheavals such a policy has brought. "Adam Smith" consists of carBoo A: & Film Review continued on page 4

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Column Dear Foundation Supporters:

As we inaugurate a new Foundation publication, Libertas, we also enter another year of opportunity for Young America's Foundation. We expect the Foundation will continue to build a successful program of campus activities.

In 1978 we were able to expand our programs to reach thousands of eager students and young adults through an impressive array of textbooks, literature, films and speakers. Qualified students were assisted in increased numbers and amounts through the Foundation's scholarships and with Foundation research programs.

With your continued interest and support, 1979 should be an even more productive year. Among the Foundation's programs in the year ahead are: Intern/Research Program: Young America's Foundation will sponsor a dozen undergraduates who will undertake original research projects while they are in W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . attending the Georgetown University Institute. This project will be sponsored in conjunction with the Charles Edison Youth Fund.

Campus Speaker Program: We are all aware of the imbalance on the college lecture circuit. Young America's Foundation will continue to expand our efforts to bring more interesting and knowledgeable speakers before college audiences. This program is coordinated under Clifford White, the Foundation's Projects Director, and is the major program of the Foundation. Cliff is a graduate of George Washington University where he labored for four years to balance the campus speaking program.

Among the lecturers Young America's Foundation sponsored in 1978 included columnists M. Stanton Evans and John Chamberlain, National Review editors Joe Sobran and William Rusher, Professor David Nelson Rowe and Dr. George Roche.

Literature Distribution: The Foundation has continued to research and make

available some of the "classic" educational pieces that are not easily made available.

Works such as Alexander Solzhenitsyn's speech to Harvard graduates. Or Richard Pipes' excellent article in Commentary magazine that warned of the Soviet Union's war making resolve. The Foundation also distributes works by the likes of Nobel Prize Winners Milton Friedman and Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Reader's Digest Editor John Barron, former Treasury Secretary William Simon, Professor Russell Kirk and Senator Barry Goldwater.

Scholarships: Concurrent with this issue of Libertas, the Foundation is inaugurating a special commemorative journalism scholarship in the name of the late editor of New Guard, magazine John Parker. John represented the highest standards among student journalists. He edited his own newspaper. Forum, wrote for his campus paper. The Texan, and later became the Publications Director of Young Americans for Freedom. The John Parker Memorial Scholarship will augment the ColemanTilomat and other general scholarships that Young America's Foundation makes available.

1979-80 Debate Handbook: Every high school and college debate team looks for

useful information on their respective debate topics. Once again. Young America's Foundation expects to offer some unique and well organized materials for these students. The debate topic will be announced in February and the research project will begin shortly thereafter.

Conferences: Among the Foundation's most rewarding activities have been our college leadership conferences. These weekend activities allow some of the several campus leaders to come together with outstanding professors, authors or lecturers, to study a set of issues in-depth. Our first conference in 1979 will be held at William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia. It will study, "The American Political Tradition."

These programs are vital to any college student's education. Without a program along these lines an average college student may only have access to leftist lectures, Marxists professors, and liberal textbooks.

Works such as William F. Buckley's God and Man at Yale, John LeBoutillier's Harvard Hates America and M. Stanton Evans' Revolt on Campus have catalogued how, at different times, the left-wing monopoHzes campus life and activities. Any generation that fails to hear and learn of moderate and conservative principles cannot be expected to provide the well educated leadership America needs.

With your help, and that of the Advisory Council and representatives of the Foundation, we can continue to fill a critical void.

That shall continue to be the Foundation's mission in 1979 and beyond.

Sincerely, Ron/Roe Pfeident

Ron Robinson,President of Young America's Foundation

How to Plan a Speakers Program

To all college students who are tired of hearing the same old biased speakers on campus semester after semester: Would you like to hear a fresh voice and receive a more balanced perspective on important public policy issues which are discussed on campus today? Does your school provide visiting speakers who offer only one side of every issue? Would you like to invite and sponsor the speakers you want to hear?

Young America's Foundation has an ongoing speakers program. We will try to line up a speaker for your school, under your

sponsorship (or that of a campus organization you're involved with).

If you are interested in this service, then please write for our specially prepared manual on "How to Plan a Speakers Program." There is no charge. Just write us at: Projects Director Speakers Program Young America's Foundation Box 1002 Woodland Road, Suite B SterUng, VA 22170