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By JEANNIE

LEEDOM

Assistant Managing Editor
$1.7 million
Approximately
and 120 high school students are
presently in a state of limbo.
The existence of the Lincoln
School, an institution for economically deprived but academically
gifted high school students, has
been in Jeopardy since Monday
when the Democratic leadership
of the Kentucky legislature proposed eliminating funds to run
See editorial On Page

eral Assembly as a state supstudent yearly cost averages
ported institution.
around $500.
At the Lincoln School full
Previously the facility, financed by the state since 1909, room and board and all schoolwas the Lincoln Institute, a ing expenses arepaidbythe state.
boarding high school primarily
About half of the coed student
for Negro youths.
body is from Louisville and JefElimination Of Funds
ferson County, with the rest of
The reason given by the the students coming from 25 other
Democrats for eliminating the school districts throughout the
funds from Gov. Louie B. Nunn's state.
executive budget was that the
Dr. Marvin J. Gold, director
school's
cost is higher of the Lincoln School, said the
than the most expensive preparacost
seemingly high
tory school in the nation.
'resulted from the school's resicost at the dential
The
program and the low
Lincoln School amounts to about t-teacher
ratio necessary for
$5,000 a year, while in other individual instructional attenschools across the state the per- - tion.
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the school for the next two years.
The Shelby County school was
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Dr. George Denemark, dean
of the UK College of Education,
the agency which administers
the school, said, "I think it would
be a great tragedy to lose the
excellent educational laboratory
that the Lincoln School repre-

sents."

Numerous teachers and
Lincoln
visit
School to observe
teaching
methods. The school plays an
important part in the University's study of gifted children.
studen-

Dr. Cold, objecting to the
legislators' reasoning in eliminating the funds, said, "Any residential school of our nature would

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cost Just as much or more. We
could have Just a normal school
in a boarding school setting and
I suppose we could get the cost
down to about $3,500 per capita.
"But when wescaleour pupil-teachration down to
and when we introduce new
teaching materials we increase
the cost of education. We also
meet the requirements of this
school as the 1966 legislature
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Provides Funds For Evening Buses
By JIM FUDGE
Kernel Staff Writer
Student Government rules
were suspended Thursday night
to allow immediate passage of
a bill to provide funds for evening bus service for the remainder
of the semester.
The move came during a Student Government Assembly meeting, held in the Commerce Building. The bill, submitted by representative Kenneth Kapp, provides for Student Government to
appropriate $600 to continue bus
service, 10:30 p.m. to midnight,
Monday through Thursday.
According to the bill, the service would provide one bus to
route through
run a "figure-eight- "
campus, with King Library as
the focal point.
Endorsed School Funds
The assembly also passed a
resolution submitted by Steve
Bright endorsing the proposed
$1.7 million legislative appropri-

erence tax on coal and other
mineral resources of the state,
to meet the educational needs
of Kentucky in 1970.

The resolution, passed unanimously, named Lincoln School
as an invaluable aid to UK students and the academic community, an important facility for testing new teaching techniques and
an outstanding educational opportunity for academically gifted
but economically deprived stu-

dents.

Three other resolutions were
passed concerning University judicial matters. The first was a
suggested revision of the Student
Code to allow freslunen on
dicial boards.
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The second measure suggests
an amendment of the Student
Code that would give campus
organizations the right to appeal
decisions of the vice president
for student affairs to the University Appeals Board, which then
would have final authority.
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The assembly also passed a
resolution urging quick merger
Norman E. Isaacs 'seated), president of the American Society of
of the Student Center Board and
Newspaper Editors, spoke to members of the Lexington and Louisthe Student Activities Board, a ville
chapters of Sigma Delta Chi Professional Journalistic Society
been planned for
move that has
Thursday night in the Student Center. President Otis A. Single-tar- y
about a year and a half.
introduced the vice president and executive editor of the
Student Government Presi- - Courier-Journand Louisville Times.
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Isaacs Demands Truth, Fairness

Lincoln
ation for
By J. PAT MATIIES
School, expressing as well its.
Assistant Managing Editor
expectation that the Kentucky
General Assembly might consider
"The role of the press is to
additional methods of raising rev- seek to tell it as it is. Not in
enue, including possibly a sey- - any editorial way. Not in any

slanted way. But honestly and
fairly."
Norman E. Isaacs,
and executive editor of the
Courier-Journand Louisville
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Times, addressed approximately
200 new and old members of the
Louisville and Lexington chapters of Sigma Delta Chi in the

pressing good news, of slanting
everything to fit our biases, of
trying to tear down the nation.

Student Center Thursday night.
Cynical Youth
"The young tend to look on
Sigma Delta Chi, the profesus as being in collusion with the
sional journalistic society, initiated for the first time fourteen establishment. They are cynical
about both the government and
females into the fonnerly
society. Twelve men were initi- the press."
ated also. The initiation cereResponding to the recent atmonies were held in the journalism building preceding the tacks on the television media by
vice
banquet in honor of Norman Isaacs president Spiro Agnew,
criticized newspaper men
the president of the AmerIsaacs,
for not defending their colleagues
Ediican Society of Newspaper
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Attending the banquet were
Sr., editor and about TV is not who owns the'
Barry Bingham
air waves, but whether the men
publisher of the Courier-Journand Louisville
Times; Fred who operate the stations do the
Wachs, editor and publisher of job responsibly and whether
Leader journalism must surrender its
the Lexington-Heral- d
function to tell the tnith as it
Co.; and President Otis A.
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commenti as
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Tim," a probable reference to Student Government President Tim

Futrell.

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In his introduction of Isaacs,
Dr. Singletary described the British-born
editor as "a distinguished American newspaper editor." Isaacs has won both national and international acclaim
for his newspaper work.
In his address, Isaacs said
that the older generation of this
country thinks that "we of the
press are traitors and worse. We
are accused of deliberately sup

Isaacs described television as

"the newest and most powerful
of all the amis of communication" which "has provided politicians w ith the mostfonnidable
weapon imaginable.

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buttal to catch up with misstatement, whether the error be innocent or willful. For this reason
alone, intelligent informed commentary is essential."

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By DAN GOSSETT
Arts Editor
Lester explained to us in exemplary

Where Julius
symbols
that the white man can never understand the black rage, Nathan
C. Heard, in "Howard Street," published by New American Library, outlines, details and describes another facet of racial misunderstanding and distrust, the ghetto mentality.
In what is basically a commercialized novel, Heard is able to
vividly illustrate the confining vicious circle that is a Newark
ghetto. Heard talks about ghetto residents as being "strecters";
dope addicts, whores, pimps, homosexuals, thieves and murderers.
They all thrive and flourish in the black slums because it is in the
streets and back alleys that despair reigns, leaving the
dimly-li- t

"strecters' no hope for a different style of life.
Several years ago in a song entitled "Dark As a Dungeon,"
Merle Travis described coal mining as cancerous and addictive.
According to "Howard Street," ghetto living has the same hold
on its victims. Lack of educational opportunities, poor living conditions, occupational discrimination, all of these serve to keep a man
on Howard Street. Even if a'st Teeter leaves his rancid environment,
more often than not he returns. His conditioning and ghetto mentality have spoiled him for any other way of life.
Other than an excellent depiction of the ghetto mentality,
"Howard Street" has very little to recommend it. The characters are
stylized and overdrawn, the plot is weak and the whole thing smacks
of sensationalism. If we are to take the author at his word, no one
In the black community is referred o by his real name. They are
all called Cowboy or Red-ShiCharley or Cypsy Pearl. None of
them have legitimate occupations either. If they work at all, they
are criminals of one sort or another.
who is
The plot involves a prostitute, her dope addict-procurereferred to as Hip, and Hip's straight brother, Franchot. The
prostitute, Cypsy Pearl, falls in love with Franchot and begins
to yearn for a straight middle class life and some kiddies. (Again
d
we get the myth of the
whore.) It is never explained
how the girl can take on every dude in six counties and never
contract the social disease.
One of the side plots involves a boy who went to Rutgers on
an athletic scholarship, but was bounced out for smoking grass.
After a brief stint at trying to reform the 'streeters,' he becomes
despondent and ends up a wino. To make matters worse, ,a teenage
boy who has idolized the older athlete also adopts a life of crime
and-enup as shot down in an abandoned tenement.

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'Deep Freeze' Unites Community

plained how they got their name.
By JIM KINBERG
The words stand out, white "We got it from the business
that was here before we came.
on black. "This cataclysm
It was one
brought to you by operation Deep store frozen of those places that
food for people, so
Freeze." Sounds, music sounds,
we Rot the idea of 'deep freeze'
seep through the door.
Inside, people are sitting from that."
The purpose of 'DeepFreeze',
around, lying on pillows, some
according to Lips, is to unite
some listening. Lights
talking,
flash and black lights illuminate the community through music
s
and to erase the ethnic
posters. The low tabletops are
that divide and separate
strewn with pop bottles.
The place is Operation Deep people. Lips comments, "The
idea is to involve the whole
Freeze, a newly opened "place,"
at 150 N. Broadway. Howard community, both inner city peoof this ple and college kids as well, in
Lips, the
effort
a
unique blend of community de- - .is group on to find out what
in each other's
going
and entertainment, ex- velopment
heads."
While serving for a year as
a Lexington social worker, Lips
became interested in what he
calls "grass roots" social work.
The concept manifested itself in
the form of a place that would
be more than just a coffee house
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Arts Department and the Black Student Union.
The production, directed by Sara Howard, will be
presented Feb. 13 and March 2 in the Laboratory
Theatre, Fine Arts Building.

Cast members of "In White America" by Martin
Duberman rehearse a scene in which they are
discussing women's rights. "In White America"
is being presented as a joint effort of the Theatre

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could come. Some of the activities that 'Deep Freeze' sponsors
include rap sessions and several
guest speakers, among them Dan
Armstrong, Lexington social
worker, and Jay Silvestro, Lexington narcotics agent.

The ultimate aim of the entire project, according to its articles of incorporation, is "to
assist, particularly those whose
lives contribute to their emotional and spiritual disintegration;
to demonstrate, especially to
those who resort to artificial retreat or stimulation, that the
best high is people."
During the next few months
bands from throughout Kentucky
and Ohio, plus local performers,
will provide the entertainment
for the club. This Saturday night
the Exiles will be appearingwith
disc jockey Jim Jordan.
Future plans include jam sessions and the formation of a
'living theatre' group.

Beethoven Concert Planned,
Soprano Marshall To Sing

Reknowned soprano Lois Ma
will ie a featured soloist
as the Louisville Bach Society
performs Beethoven's Missa
Solernnis in D major. Opus 123,
on Saturday and Sunday, Feb.

ite soprano of conductor Sir

Thomas Beecham.
Melvin "Dickinson, founder of
the Bach Society, will conduct
the conceits, which are. being
given in iionor of the 200th anniversary of Bettltoven's fcirth.
Ticket "reservations may be

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Both .concerts will he held
.at Louisville' Brown Theatre. --made ijy writing to . the LouisThe Saturday performance will ville Ba?h Society, 2540
begin at 8:30 p.m. and Sunday's
Road, Louisville 40205, or
at 3:30 p.m.
in Louisville.
by calling
A native of Canada, Miss Marshall lias sung and recorded under tlie baton of Arturo Tosca-nin- i,
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Jerry Thornton, president of the UK chapter of
the Environmental Awareness Society, holds a sign
which quite accurately displays the society's feelg
of Eastern Kentucky. The
ings toward
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Environmental Awareness Society is one of the
groups which plans to protest the presence of
representatives of the Bethlehem Steel Company
on the campus when they arrive next week.

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New Agricultural Building Underway
Kentucky's livestock industry
and consumers will have an even
stronger ally in the College of
Argiculture now that the new

ulty under one roof, according
to Dr. W. P. Carrigus, chairman of the department.
"The extra space and modem
facilities will not only allow our
programs to grow, but will give
the scientists, extension personnel, and teachers the opportunity
to work together more closely,

Animal Sciences Building is underway on the University of Kentucky campus.
ceremonies
Groundbreaking
for the
dollar structure,
described as one of the finest sharing laboratories, equipment,
in the nation, are planned for and ideas," Carrigus stressed.
The new Animal Sciences
February 17, Dr. Charles E. Barn-har- t,
Dean of the UK College Building will be located on the
of Agriculture, announced this south side of the campus next
to the Agriculture
week. The building is scheduled
Sciences
for completion early in 1972.
Building. A dairy processing labBarnhart pointed out that this oratory, a meats laboratory, small
expansion within the college was and large animal research facili- timed perfectly with Kentucky's
agricultural progress. "Livestock
is taking a more prominent place
in the state's agriculture, conbiltributing more than one-ha- lf
lion dollars annually to KenContinued From Page One
tucky's gross income," he said.
dent Tim Futrell said the merger
"This new facility will allow
us to increase our teaching, re- of the two would make for more
search, and extension support efficiency, Futrell also expressed
the desire to see both boards
to the producers, packers, procome into Student Government.
cessors and consumers who will
A directive directly aimed at
buy these products," he added.
students living in the dormitory
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structure
The
will house, for the first time in Complex also was passed by the
modem history, all of the UK assembly. According to this direcAnimal Sciences Department fac- - tive, Complex students would be
allowed to take their cars onto
the Complex mall from Tuesday
through Saturday of finals week
to load their cars "with the least
possible delay and frustration."
Alpha Lambda Delta Freshman Woman's Honorary Society
is selecting its outstanding senior
member.
If you were a member of this
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organization as a freshman please
contact Miss Boot on in the Office Tower. Ext. 3555.

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conference rooms.
The department's teaching,
research, and extension programs
encompass dairy animals and
dairy products, meat animals and
meat products, poultry, and light
horses.
Major areas of research include animal nutrition, genetics,
physiology of reproduction, animal breeding, and animal food
science.
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6, 1970

James W. Miller, Editor-ln-ChiII. Jepson, Managing Editor
Mike Hrrntlnn, Editorial rage Editor
George
Robert Duncan, Advertising Manager
Frank Coots, Associate Editor
Dan Gossett, Arts Editor
Chip Ilutcheson, Sports Editor
Gwen Ranney, Women's rage Editor
Don Rosa, Cartoonist
Patrick Matlies,
Jcannie St. Charles, Jeannie Leedom, Bill Matthews,
Jean Renaker
Assistant Managing Editors

The Lincoln Question
The Lincoln school, the special
school in
offers an interesting
Shelby County,
University-administere- d

study of contrasts.
The school is unlike any comparable educational facility in the
state in offering advanced education to bright students who do not
have an opportunity to get such,
an education on their own.
It is extremely gratifying to know
that there is such a program in
existence for that minority of students who are too often deprived
of a quality education because they
lack adequate funds.
But, unfortunately, the gratification may be limited if plans of the
Democratic leadership in the Legislature are executed. The plans
center around elimination of the
sustenance fund for the Lincoln
school for the next two years.
The plans would literally force
closure of the school and eliminate the advanced instruction about
120 Kentucky youths now receive.

The big gripe of the
force, led by Rep. Ralph Mitis that it costs
chell,
the state about 10 times more to
educate these students than it does
the average high school student.
What the legislators must realize
is that these students are not average high school students. Accordingly, they should not be restrained
by slower students when they actually need an education, such as
the one offered at Lincoln, to maintain a pace more suited to their
individual needs.
anti-Linco-

To add insult to injury, the
General Assembly is considering
a second bill which would ban
the advertising of whiskey and beer
in any campus publication.

It is not that these bills, if
passed, will make any significant
difference in the daily lives of the
18,000 University of Kentucky stu-

dents. They would, however, go a
long way toward undoing what

has been developing into a good

thing.
Apparently those who sponsored

the firearms legislation felt that
it would be a little added insurance against a mass student rebellion. Of course, that is a hazy

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In a time when politicians vocally extoll Kentucky's youth as
its most valuable resource, they
should actually take it to heart.
The Lincoln school offers a program unlike and far above that of
an average high school. What the
state gives these youths in education will be reaped many times
over in dividends much greater than
money.

A Legal Blunder

Recent state Senate passage of
a bill which would increase the
punishment for illegal possession
of firearms, explosives etc. on college campuses would seem to be
the poorest form of public relations.
If passed by the House into
law, it will go on the books as
another in a series of backlash
legislation against "those longhaired subversives on campus."

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form of reasoning in itself. If students here did decide to sack the
Administration Building, the threat
of a three-yea- r
prison sentence
would not deter them.
The ban on booze advertising,
we assume, is an attempt at preventing students from falling victims to the evils of drink.
That isn't such a bad idea
either, except it is extremely doubtful that reading such advertising
causes student liquor orientation
in the first place.
What our state legislators aren't
taking into consideration is that
establishment-studen- t
relations are
on a slightly rosy glow.
taking
Not only was last semester relatively free of open confrontation, some
hint of compromise seems to be
in the offing for this semester.
Led by Student Government
President Tim Futrell, the students
have been actually indicating a
willingness to obtain wanted legislation through proper channels.
The passage of one or both of
the proposed bills could be interpreted by some students as a refusal on the part of the power
structure to meet them halfway.
In short, we? contend that the
proposals are not only unnecessary,
but negative in their approach. It
is our hope then that the House
sees what the Senate failed to
consider.
This should not be interpreted
by Frankfort as a threat of demonstration or violent reaction on the
part of students, but merely a
peaceful appeal to common sense.
It certainly isn't asking too
much.

'It's these young longhairs that's got

me worried'

Kernel Soapbox
F. MICHAEL CREUSERE

snakes and one copperhead in a cage in
the Zoology department that could not
After listening to the absurd reasoning possibly conjur as much venom in their
and wailings of some of our students lifetime as you did in a single Kernel
at the University of Kentucky, I could Soapbox column. I would like to see all
no longer restrain myself. The first and militant blacks and all militant whites
most ridiculous was the question "How meet in some arena and fight it out.
can a white man's jury possibly know Then I would like to see the survivors
what is going on in the mind of a black shipped-of- f
to a deserted island outside
in such a state of mental anguish?" in of the country and left there so that the
reference to the recent trial of the four people still in this country could try to
accused in attempting to damage public work out the many problems that do
property. To this I reply, the law is exist without some radical stirring up the
the law and no one has the right to break hatreds that people sometimes have, unit at will. The law isn't concerned that a justified as they may be. However, since
drunken driver who killed three people simple solutions do not exist then one
in a head-o- n
collision, became drunk must work hard at finding a solution.
because he was mentally distressed over
Suppose for instance, everyone in the
losing his job. It is only concerned with Biology department decided that protestthe fact that the person violated the law ing and pointing out the dangers of enwhich prolubits operating a vehicle while vironmental pollution was not
getting us
under the influence of alcohol, and noth- anywhere. Let us assume that a few
ing else. Why should it be any different of us decided to dynamite certain atomic
with those four who were on trial, simp- energy plants or chemical factories because
ly because they were black? Frankly, they were trying to destroy us by killing
I resent any one trying to destroy any our environment. Or what do you think
property on this campus, from burning the reaction would be if ecologists climbed
buildings to painting names on buildings to rooftops and started to shoot at any
during elections, simply because as a tax- drivers of cars because they are pollutpayer I am entitled to use the property ing the atmosphere? How long do you
as much as the next person. By destroythink it would take a jury, an all white
ing property or even attempting to de- jury at that, to convict us and lock us up
in prisoji? The average person would fear
stroy property, these four were infringing
or attempting to infringe on my right us so much that he would not even attempt
to use this property.
to hear what we would have to say, even
And to you Miss Clark, I can only though we may be completely correct in
reply that if a jury found these on trial our charges. Yet this is the same thing
guilty of committing a felony, then tliat that goes on in the minds of most white
is just simply too bad. There are too many men when they hear "Give us our rights
people who feel that they can violate and equality" on one hand and "But
the law and not have to pay the price. don't you dare convict us for looting
Messrs. Pratt and Malloy, while displayand burning" on the other hand.
I hope this letter will not cost me
ing a great deal of courage, still had to
pay the full price of violating the laws the black friends I have as I did not try
against draft evasion. Any one has the to condemn black radicals, but all radright to protest and try to bring about by icals regardless of what they represent.
peaceful means changes in any law which To all radicals I would like to close with
one feels is injust. However, tliis does not the following advice: Play with fire if you
give one the right to blatantly spit on the insist, but don't come crying for symvery laws which guarantee the rinht to pathy when you get burned, because no
peaceful. protest. There are three rattle-- . .one is going to give you any.
By

Zoology Senior

� THE KENTUCKY

KERNEL, Friday, Fc1. f,

1970- -5

The Observer
By WILLIAM D. STOCKTON
Last summer, a person with
whom I worked related to me
the intriguing details of a job
he had had during a previous

summer. The Job paid well, he
said, about $3 an hour, but he quit
it after several weeks because
of well, let me tell you about it.
My friend was employed by a
certain agency, and his Job involved calling people over the
phone, offering them a year's
free subscription to a major magazine. His spiel went something
like this: "Good afternoon. Your
telephone number has been selected at random, and you have
won a year's subscription to
Magazine absolutely free
as part of our advertising campaign. Now that doesn't make
you angry, does it ha, ha."
Let us examine this pitch line
by line. The phone numbers were
not chosen at random, but dialed
in numeric order i.e.
379-136-

CLASSIFIED
ClaaaMWt aavartlalaf will fca
la
U aa. a
basis aaly. Aaa aaar
aa alacaaT la aaraaa Maaaar
rrliiir ar ay mall, aaymaat laoloaoa,
ta THE KENTUCKY KERNEL, Baaaa

traa

111, Jaaraallsm Blag.
Rataa ara flJU far U waraa, 9t.M
far tare
asscatlr lascrtlaaa af taa
sans a4 af
waraa, aaa 9S.7I aar
watk, to waraa.
Taa aeaallaa la 11 a.m. taa 4a r
arlar ta yaaUeatlaa. Na a4Trtlsatal
mar all rasa, rtlirUa ar aaUaaal
riimi ar rar amaiajmaaiy

JOB OPPOKT

etc., indicating that no
real giveaway was involved. The
pitch itself was written down for
my friend to deliver, even down
to the laugh at the end. There
was no "advertising campaign"
involved on the part of the firm.
And as far as the year's free
subscription went. . . .
If the person on the other end
of the line acquiesced tothedeal,
he was informed that a man
would come to his residence with
a "guarantee" for him to sign.
This "guarantee" turned out to
be a contract by which the person subscribed to 5 magazines
for 5 years each at a total of $120.
The firm involved, incidentally,
received the magazines gratis.
Few, if any states have effective laws against thedeceptive
practice specified above, and the
matter brings up the controversy
over governmental protection of
the consumer. I will attempt to
present here the arguments both
for and against consumer protection in this specific instance. The
reader must realize that I tend to
favor such protection laws, and
that the nature and content of
the arguments fluctuate with the
various kinds of deceptive business practices involved.
First, the side which favors
the general principle of caveat
emptor, or "let the buyer beware." Plausible points of this

view hold that the customer was
under no obligation to take the
subscription, that the person
could have rejected the "guarantee" and inany event should have
read the contract, and that the
price of the magazines was below

379-136-

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large sum of money for an average American family to spend on

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of income is social security. No
wonder my friend quit this job.
Unfortunately, this specific
type of practice of its own naturewill probably be among
the last to be cracked down upon if effective consumer protection laws are ever enacted. While

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