tl19701106-000 "Photographer Richard Kirstel will speak here Wednesday! Nader comes in two weeks! Towerlight Vol. XXII, No. 8 Towson State College, Baltimore, Maryland 21204 Nixon's Envoy at TSC by George Weinberg At the suggestion and invitation of President James L. Fisher, Edward J. Blakely, Special Assistant to Michael Collins, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, visited TSC Wed-nesday, November 4, 1970. Blakely's primary responsibility in Washington is coordinating the State Department's Youth Par-ticipation Program designed to open channels of communication between the State Department and young people across the nation. Blakely noted that there are young people, under 30, who have been appointed to the various advisory committees under this program. Blakely explained that ""this channel of communication is responsive to young people and does in fact incorporate their thoughts and opinions into the Department's foreign policies."" For example, ""during the recent Jordanian civil war in which 40 American hostages were held prisoner, American troops were standing by for possible in-tervention. The Secretary came to me and asked for student opinion pertaining to the crisis. Student opinion was negative. This negative opinion was factored among other variables into the State Department's decision not to directly deploy American combat strength in the Middle East."" Blakely further explained that one point his department has repeatedly tried to get across to the Nixon administration is ""young people don't want to hear about a military victory in Vietnam, they want to hear about peace in Vietnam."" Blakely noted that one problem he has in relating this point is that what peace means to young people means surrender to the White House. Upon arriving on the Towson State campus, Blakely met with Dr. Fisher, Dean Shaw, Dean Gillespie, and several other distinguished members of the Towson State administration in the President's Office and candidly discussed several matters of general affairs. Blakely expressed his opinion of the recent elections by stating that he did not think the mass media political broadcasting or the President's campaign had much influence on the voters. ""The people knew the issues and voted accordingly."" Dr. Fisher expressed his pleasure in the state Department's effort to bridge the generation gap. Dean Gillespie then began questioning Blakely on several specific issues. ""Why hasn't the Clark Clifford Report on the Vietnam War been released to the public?"" Blakely replied that ""the national security Council has its own security mechanism."" The Council will not allow the report to be made public for fear that it might bear a negative effect on foreign government in Southeast Asia. Dean Gillespie then proceeded to question Blakely on the ""hang-ups students have about the CIA."" The CIA is not as powerful as people imagine, replied Blakely. It is directly related and controllable through several committees in Congress, who allocates financial support for the CIA. The President also has the ability to bear pressure upon the CIA, and this usually leaves him hanging on a limb. In a meeting later in the day with TSC students in the college Centre, Blakely disclosed that the Youth Participation Program was being established in the state Department at the time of the Cambodian invasion of May. After student disruptions on college campuses throughout the country, Blakely joyfully commented that ""all the sudden the State Depart-ment was falling all over me, and suddenly I had everything I had been fighting for."" TSC is one of the first campuses Blakely has visited this year. As Towerlight was going to press it received unconfirmed word that President James L. Fisher had appointed his four line officers to the position of vice presidents: Dr. Kenneth A. Shaw, Dr. C. Richard Gillespie, Mr. Wayne N. Schelle, Mr. Paul E. Wisdom. If this is true, it is the first time in the history of the state college system that a state college has had vice presidents. photo by Lightner Edward J. Blakely, Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, visited Towson State campus Wednesday. Pictured above, he is visiting the seminar on Foreign Policy conducted by Dr. Pritam Merani. November 6, 1970 Homecoming 1970 ""fantastic success"" Pictured above is Miss Schneider, 1970 Homecoming Queen and Towson President James L. Fisher Homecoming 1970 at Towson State College last weekend was in all aspects, a ""fantastic success."" Though adverse weather conditions prevailed on Saturday afternoon, the dampness didn't affect the spirits of thousands of students, faculty and alumni who cheered the Towson State Tigers to a fantastic 33-6 victory over Johns Hopkins' Blue Jays. Quar-terback Al Dodds threw two touch down passes and went in for one to score for Towson State. Detailed information can be found on page 8. Saturday night found Towson students and their guests dancing to the music of Pen Luq9 and the Notations. The main event of the evening was the crowning of Dottie Schneider as 1970 Homecoming Queen. Finally, on Sunday afternoon Towson was entertained with the sound and personality of Kenny Rogers and the First Edition one of the most exciting groups Towson has ever had. See page 5 for further details. Dottie Davidson, Davis, Kirstel to speak next week Two controversial speakers, Carl Davidson, a principal con-tributer to the independent radical newspaper ""The Guardian"" and Rennie Davis, charged in the now famous Chicago Conspiracy Trial, have been invited by a student group to lecture on the Towson State campus next week. The student group, under the auspices of the Student Govern-ment Association, is sponsoring speakers ""of all stripes- during the academic year. Davidson, former National Organizing Secretary of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), will speak Tuesday, November 10. at 4 p.m. in Un-thicum Hall. Room 100. Davis. who has achieved notariety through his activities in the New Mobilization To End The War and the Chicago Democratic Convention protests. will speak Friday. November 13, at 8 p.m. in Stephens Hall Auditorium. A third lecture. including a film presentation, is scheduled for Wednesday. November 11, in Van Bokkelen Lobby. Richard Kirstel, Baltimore Photographer, will deliver the lecture sponsored by the Towson State Special Events Series Committee. "
