Helping Apartheid?

To the Editors of The Crimson:

Excuse my presumption in asking, but wasn't it only about a month ago you were admonishing other newspapers and television stations about their lack of humanity in accepting ads for South African Krugerrands because of the support thereby implied for the apartheid policies of South Africa? I seem to remember both page one news stories and editorials on the topic. How then could you accept an ad of more than half a page in last Wednesday's Crimson from De Beers Consolidated Mines, possibly the biggest exploiter of black miners in South Africa? The prices for those diamond rings no doubt bring the firm quite tidy profits (probably larger than the ad brought you). And, no doubt, the company would like to continue making those profits and exploiting those miners. You're helping. Ladies and gentlemen of The Crimson, I think that's called hypocrisy. H.T. Werbie

The Crimson replies:

The ad ran by mistake, and will not run again. The Crimson appreciates the comments.