Veritas Foundation Hits Alumni Bulletin Policy

The Alumni Bulletin's rejection of a Veritas Foundation advertisement, "without even giving us a reason, indicates a rather cavalier attitude," Archibald B. Roosevelt '17, a trustee of the Foundation, declared yesterday. Pertaining to the nomination of Ralph Bunche for the Board of Overseers, the full-page advertisement that was submitted gave "complete documentation of Bunche's record, including editorship of a paper which carried the hammer and sickle on its masthead," Roosevelt said.

Henry N. Mahon '23, Business Manager of the Bulletin, explained yesterday that he does not ordinarily accept advertising copy concerning a candidate for the Board of Overseers. "We do not want to get involved with the Foundation," he said, "and the Bulletin is certainly not going to help those people in any way."

In response to Roosevelt's charge that the Bulletin "evidently does not want to give the alumni any information on the nomination of Dip Bunche," Mahon pointed out that he is not required to give reasons for the rejection of any advertising copy. "If we did not have these restrictions," he continued, speaking "in general terms," the Bulletin would "be at the mercy of every crackpot in the world." Mahon added that "the Veritas Foundation seems to thrive on the controversial aspect of things."

According to A. Brooks Harlow '25, another trustee of the Foundation, "we are currently taking steps to reopen the Bulletin matter." If they will not print our advertisement, he added, "we may have to take a statement to the newspapers, and try the case in public."

The Foundation's third trustee, William A. Robertson '31, revealed that the group will be "getting out some publicity on the Bunche affair within the month."