Goldmark
Jury Rejects Right-Wing Theory
By DAVE SANDS
Emerald Staff Writer
A victim of a right-wing smear
campaign told a University audi
ence Friday night his suit for li
bel forced the defense to “put its
whole theory before a jury — and
the jury rejected it."
John Goldmark, a 46-vear-old
Washington farmer and former
member of the Washington legis
lature, told his 100-person audi
ence that when he sued four
Okanogan. Wash., men for tell
ing voters he “was under Commu
nist party discipline" the defense
chose to attempt to convince the
jury anybody opposed to the rad
ical right must be taking orders
from Moscow.
"That was our worst sin—we
were opposed to the radical
right,” Goldmark said.
He won the trial and a $40,000
judgment, now being appealed.
Word-of-mouth Campaign
The trial, in the fall of 1963. j
arose from the activities of the
group of men during the 1962
primary, but a word-of-mouth
campaign against him had be
gun the previous year, he said.
One of the defendants in the trial
somehow got secret House Com
mittee on Un-American Activi
ties testimony given by Gold
mark’s wife Sally to use against
her in the campaign, he said.
The smear began against Mrs.
Goldmark, stressing her mem
bership in the Communist party
in the 1930s. and later swung
to Goldmark because he was a
Liberties Union (ACLU), which
Liberties Union (ACLO), which
they alleged was a "Communist
front.”
‘Moral Force of Freedom'
The Harvard law school gradu
ate stressed the "right to dis
sent” in his speech. He told the
audience the concept of rights of
the individual is a difficult one
to defend, especially to American
Legion audiences, but that he
felt “our ability to lead the
Music Recital Set
At Noon Tuesday
The first in a series of noon
music recitals will be held Tues
day in the school of music audito
rium.
Students who will present the
first noon program are David
Farr, harpsichordist; Marian
Thomas, organist: Larry Sowell,
flutist; Kathleen McIntosh, harp
sichordist; Lottie Schuh. hardsi
chordist; and Vicki King, cellist
The program will open with
“French Suite No. 3 in B mi
nor” by Bach. Other numbers
will include Paul Hinsmith’s “So
nata No. 2” (1939); Bach’s “Par
tita No. 1 in B-Flat”; and "Sonata
No. 2 for Flute and Continue” by
Handel.
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free world still depends upon
our belief in the moral force of
freedom.” The ACLU was found
ed and is based upon that belief,
he said.
Telling his audience that t h e
“theme the far right keeps harp
ing on" is the premise of inter
nal danger from communism,
Goldmark said the American Com
munist party has a maximum of
10,000 members, and “as a force
to influence the thinking and be
Duncan to Speak
At U0 Assembly
Representative Robert B. Dun
can, member of the United States
Congress from Oregon's Fourth
District, will address an assembly
meeting at the University Wed
nesday.
Appearing under the sponsor
ship of the University Assembly
and Lectures Committee. Duncan
will speak at 4 p.m. in the Dads
Lounge of the Student Union.
His topic will be "Issues in the
Present Congress.”
The Medford Attorney, who
was for a number of years a mem
ber of the Oregon Legislature
and was Speaker of the House
during his last two terms, is com
pleting his first term in the U S
House.
Law Student Awarded
Scholarship for Term
The Lane County Lawyers’
Wives Association has awarded a
$110 tuition scholarship for
spring term to Douglas Leo Mel
vin, a second-year law student at
the University.
Members of the awards com
mittee for the association are Mrs.
Donald Husband, chairman; Mrs.
John Leahy and Mrs. Ernest Lun
deen.
havior of 190 million Americans (
—I can't see it."
‘Simple Answers’
“The strain of the cold war"
leads to membership in far right
groups which offer "simple an
swers" and exert a "magical
power over world history” to
convince themselves the concept
of total victory will "make all
those nasty people beyond our
borders disappear."
People sold on John Birch So
ciety interpretations of events be
come totally dedicated, think they
possess a revelation, believe only
their own sources of information
and cease to think of the peo
ple around them as fellow Ameri
cans but merely as things to be
manipulated, Goldmark said.
Birch Charges
The Birch Society has the idea
the “American citizen is a boob,"
he said, "reviewing Birch charges
that Kennedy was both a Com
munist and that Communists kill
ed him." Citing a JBS “joke"
which had as its punch line "JFK
should be assassinated” told at
a Seattle JBS rally in the summer
of 1963, and the advertisement
appearing after the assassination
stating the President's death was
due to Communists, as examples,
Goldmark said the Society talks
out both sides of its mouth.
The John Birch Society is mon
olithic, its tactics are Communis
tic, and its effect on elected offi
cials is "terrific," Goldmark said.
His defeat in the primary was
laid to the smear campaign
against him and his successful suit
was filed after it. He called for
action against right-wingers by
individuals and groups, asking for
exposure of their activities
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