Word: editor
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...tempest that ensued was more notable for the heat rather than the force of its arguments. Despite the fact that all nine members of the senior editorial staff had signed the endorsement, Tigar's opponent declared that "a candidate must be on good terms with the editor" to get support. Tigar's later defeat, it would seem, should have taken the air out of the issue, but after a week the Student Government drew another breath and charged windily that the Daily Californian "had not pursued an editorial policy of honesty and decency." The President of the Executive Committee accused...
Currently there are six student newspapers on widespread campuses of CCNY, all of which are subsidized by the college. The semi- Observation Post is one of two newspapers put out by day students at the uptown . Its editor-in-chief since February of year has been Peter Steinberg, 19, who is reputation a leader of liberal causes...
...became more heated. Gallagher charged for the first time that Steinberg is a "Communist sympathizer." He said that the Observation Post had been "captured" by a "small disciplined group" of Marxist-oriented students. Citing Steinberg's activities in connection with the two Communist-run World Youth Festivals, which the editor attended in 1957 and 1959 (and wrote approvingly of), the president declared that the editor's college career has "indicated a clear and unvarying pattern of activity .. sympathetic to Communism...
...valid are Gallagher's accusations? While it is doubtful that Steinberg's alleged Marxist prejudices have significantly influenced the Observation Post's editorial and news policies (a nine-student board decides policy), it does appear that the editor has demonstrated some Leftist sympathies. On the other hand, Gallagher's criticisms of the May editorial and of the September articles seem rather flimsy...
...EDITOR'S NOTE: The following article, an excerpt from Professor Tillich's informal report on his recent lecture trip to Japan, appears by special permission of Dr. Tillich. The full report was not intended for general circulation...