LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ON THE CIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73-00475R000202100004-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 20, 2013
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: December 16, 1966
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

STAT THE HUNTER ENVOY
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DEC 1 6 1966
On the CIA L
' Dear Editor:
? i; The Career Counseling and
;. Placement Bureau is an office of
? Hunter College, one of whose
i aims is to aid students in ob-
taining jdos after they. receive
'degrees.
There have been protests to
1: the Central Intelligence Agency.
(CIA's) use of the Bureau for
the recruitment of future cth
ployees on the grounds that the
school will Le used to "facilitate
I a government agency:" IBM al-
so recruits on this campus; so
i? does Equitable Life Assurance..
If there is to be a protest, why
fj isn't the use of the school to
facilitate these private Concerns
protested? Or, if one is in sym- ?
pathy with business and not with
government, why did the? Peace ?
1.. Corps recruitment go unpro-
.. tested? Isn't the Peace Corps
also an agency of the govern-
ment?
?
The issue here perhaps goes
deeper. Students fear, that an
atmosphere of "super-secrecy"
in the interest of the national
security may somehow eventu-,
ally pervade the entire college
and lead to an end of free
,-..speech. While it is.trop that_the.'
? ; CIA, necessarily, has secrets,'
I. this is not an issue here. They'
have come to Hunter to recruit',
future employees; there 'is no'i,
secret as to: what the conditions:
'; of employment are to be. The',
applicant is told what will be
.? expected of him, which is no.
less than he is -told by private
P organizations and other govern-
Orient agencies. There is no se-
? t. crecy _about the job to be filled
? and to fill jobs is the only
purpose the CIA has in coming
here. 'If there is free inquiry
about this purpose, which, after
: all, is the only purpose, then no
'atmosphere of "super-secrecy!'
can
or does exist. ?. ? -- ?
.
IL But perhaps the largest issue oy polemics, the arguments of
?of all 'is that of student involve- those opposed .to this resolution,
ment in the decisions of .the ad- ? 'including my own Were not heard
o
'ministration. The Career Coun-
r objectively considered. I am'
o 4`
seling, and 'Placement ,Bureau opposed to the content of the
resolution because I 1,vlieve that"
sets up a schedule of interviews
:
' as a service to the student. At the Counseling and Placement-4
Bureau should not have the Soler
registration' each semester, every
senior is informed of the re-
right to, decide which organiza-
should( !I
? cruitment schedule for that term be allowed to re-
tions !
and is invited to register with cruit on campus. The studentsl
. I-
:the Bureau. If any organigation, of Hunter are vitally concerned
with this ? service and should
j government or private, wishes.'
have a
interview students after theaVe a strong voice about its:
Noperatir. It is for this reason
'initial list is published, notices that I voted against the resolu-'
' of this are sent to the chairmen: tion and raise this objection to
what passed Council. 1
of all departments. Employmenti:
'
interviews, with any organization Marilyn Monosson
Sophomore, Political Scienc6
are . -eorn?pletely voluntary and1 - - - -
(1'
.1 dent. If one disagrees with. the ;
-PA.SC Critic '
are never forced. upon ? the stu-
aims of the CIA, he can simply , Dear Editor: .
decide not to be interviewed by ..
'
The rnost recent Student 1
them. The -schedule of inter-
l'Council meeting, held December
views is just a convenience to
:?:.l
the student who is, seeking em-
13th, not only seemed to follow
ployment. the trends of past meetings, but
i
sincerely, .
surpassed all previous meetings. i 1
To quote ' from Shakespeare, the ;
?:: Kathleen Smith, .
meeting was ". . . full of sound :
h
Sophomore, English , and fury, but signifying noth;
i
., A N ? o Vote J ing . . ." This past meeting
i turned into an emotional ses-
sion in which members cultivat- 3,
, 1::lear 1? . --1-A ed their hang-ups and took out
I - ,.. -, ? ? their aggressions on the other ;
!. .1. am a 'club representative to
members of the body. Unfortu- t
; Park Avenue Student Council nately, .name-calling was resort-
a.nd I want to strongly object to ed to, during which people were
: a? decision made by that, body ; called such things as "sabo-
i.at the PASC meeting of Tues-
? ,' teurs." The representatives
, day, December 13. Unfortunate- I
ly, the meeting generated a :seemed to be acting in their own 1,
?.:'
t
. interests, disregarding totally:*
great deal of heat and very lit- 'the interests of the ?,students-i
i
tie light. The resolution that they were supposedly represent- i.
: was introduced by the Executive '
ing. These ,-voting members of
'Board and pasSed by Council Council had access to the, agenda 'l
.. stated that, "Resolved: That the from the Friday before. the'',
Park Avenue; Student Self-Gov- meeting, ' but I doubt whether .."
. erntrient Association adopt' a po- any of these "student 'represen- 1
"'hey of noninterference With the ? Wives" went back to:_their con-'4,
(functioning of. this Bureau, C,Ca-
1 reer Counseling and Placement], :_stb6ituents , and . consultfd. them::
ut? such _issues' ? as ...stuiley41
I specifically with regard to the .1"1" .
;
prospective visit of the C.I.A. re-
-
. cruiter .on December 22, 1966."??
Because the issue was obscured
Cant inuod
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_representation on the FacpIty,
Council, or the CIA's recruit-,
ing on campus.
I guess I "was mistaken in hay--i
? ing the notion that a student '
representative was not to im-
pose his .'personality and opin- ?
ions upon every phase of stu-
dent government. I felt that the
Council meeting just wasn't the "
. place for it. Individuals, as well'
,.as the .body as a whole, showed-
no courtesy to any of the speak-
ers, and seemed ' to spend the
i major part of the evening de-
? bating whether or. not they.-
( should debate: The nieeting was
? completely successful-only if one ? ?
:wanted to ignore issues corn-?
pletely and, vote .in a state of
? hysteria. "
' Certainly,' I blame the Indi- :
viduals present, the executive
board, and Student Council as
a whole, but the students are.;
f_also to blame. Student Council
?and: its representatives should
; be working in your interest; if
:they are not, it is your respon-
sibility as students to make your
voices heard by your represen-
tatives.'
Sincerely,
,Lisa J. Moskowitz
? .Sophornoretory.;
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