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Republicans Win Debate Over Abolishing HUAC

HYDC Calls Committee 'Illicit'

By Bruce L. Paisner

The HYRC won the victor's huckleberry wreath for their defense of the use Un-American Activities Committee last night, but most objective felt that a superior HYDC team outclassed them in the "great debate."

Taking the affirmative side of the proposal: "Resolved: That the HUAC should be abolished," HYDC speakers James G. Vaughter '63 and Charles A. Stevenson '63 condemned the Committee as "illicit in its operations, ineffective in holding hearings determine needed legislation, and a source of danger to Constitutional safeguards."

The Democrats proposed that "the importance between necessary investigations guaranteed civil liberties" can best corrected by abolishing the HUAC and its functions to the House Committee. "The job of investigating treason and subversion in the United States is by law a duty of the Committee--not the HUAC," asserted.

The HYRC, "yielding to no one in its for civil liberties," began by that the United States is engaged world wide war with Communism. speakers Richard B. Olson '63 A. Barry Wickland '64 claimed that HUAC has been effective in investing subversion.

Unless we are willing to junk all station against Communism in the States," Whitland claimed, "we conclude that the HUAC is operator under a legal mandate." But at no during the constructive speeches or rebuttal did he or his colleague refute answer the affirmative plan to after the HUAC's functions to the Committee.

Informal Prize

the absence of a judge, moderator K. Henrikson '62 decided to award prize--"the only thing he could find the Square resembling the ancient laurel wreath"--to the team that more people by its argument. before the debate started showed people in favor of abolishing the Committee, 13 supporting its activities, and undecided. By the end of the hes, before a heavily Democratic once, four people had changed their in favor of the HUAC, and only had been converted to the HYDC on that it should be abolished.

Taking the affirmative side of the proposal: "Resolved: That the HUAC should be abolished," HYDC speakers James G. Vaughter '63 and Charles A. Stevenson '63 condemned the Committee as "illicit in its operations, ineffective in holding hearings determine needed legislation, and a source of danger to Constitutional safeguards."

The Democrats proposed that "the importance between necessary investigations guaranteed civil liberties" can best corrected by abolishing the HUAC and its functions to the House Committee. "The job of investigating treason and subversion in the United States is by law a duty of the Committee--not the HUAC," asserted.

The HYRC, "yielding to no one in its for civil liberties," began by that the United States is engaged world wide war with Communism. speakers Richard B. Olson '63 A. Barry Wickland '64 claimed that HUAC has been effective in investing subversion.

Unless we are willing to junk all station against Communism in the States," Whitland claimed, "we conclude that the HUAC is operator under a legal mandate." But at no during the constructive speeches or rebuttal did he or his colleague refute answer the affirmative plan to after the HUAC's functions to the Committee.

Informal Prize

the absence of a judge, moderator K. Henrikson '62 decided to award prize--"the only thing he could find the Square resembling the ancient laurel wreath"--to the team that more people by its argument. before the debate started showed people in favor of abolishing the Committee, 13 supporting its activities, and undecided. By the end of the hes, before a heavily Democratic once, four people had changed their in favor of the HUAC, and only had been converted to the HYDC on that it should be abolished.

The HYRC, "yielding to no one in its for civil liberties," began by that the United States is engaged world wide war with Communism. speakers Richard B. Olson '63 A. Barry Wickland '64 claimed that HUAC has been effective in investing subversion.

Unless we are willing to junk all station against Communism in the States," Whitland claimed, "we conclude that the HUAC is operator under a legal mandate." But at no during the constructive speeches or rebuttal did he or his colleague refute answer the affirmative plan to after the HUAC's functions to the Committee.

Informal Prize

the absence of a judge, moderator K. Henrikson '62 decided to award prize--"the only thing he could find the Square resembling the ancient laurel wreath"--to the team that more people by its argument. before the debate started showed people in favor of abolishing the Committee, 13 supporting its activities, and undecided. By the end of the hes, before a heavily Democratic once, four people had changed their in favor of the HUAC, and only had been converted to the HYDC on that it should be abolished.

Unless we are willing to junk all station against Communism in the States," Whitland claimed, "we conclude that the HUAC is operator under a legal mandate." But at no during the constructive speeches or rebuttal did he or his colleague refute answer the affirmative plan to after the HUAC's functions to the Committee.

Informal Prize

the absence of a judge, moderator K. Henrikson '62 decided to award prize--"the only thing he could find the Square resembling the ancient laurel wreath"--to the team that more people by its argument. before the debate started showed people in favor of abolishing the Committee, 13 supporting its activities, and undecided. By the end of the hes, before a heavily Democratic once, four people had changed their in favor of the HUAC, and only had been converted to the HYDC on that it should be abolished.

Informal Prize

the absence of a judge, moderator K. Henrikson '62 decided to award prize--"the only thing he could find the Square resembling the ancient laurel wreath"--to the team that more people by its argument. before the debate started showed people in favor of abolishing the Committee, 13 supporting its activities, and undecided. By the end of the hes, before a heavily Democratic once, four people had changed their in favor of the HUAC, and only had been converted to the HYDC on that it should be abolished.

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