The cultural confrontation of more or less conventional Americans and the longhaired young at times savors of Roundhead v. Cavalier, or H.G. Wells' Morlocks v. Eloi. How elemental the face-off can become was demonstrated last week in Monterey, Calif., when the state unemployment-insurance office ruled that jobless men with long hair can no longer collect unemployment benefits.
The office had surveyed 900 employers in the Monterey Peninsula area; 81% of those who responded would not hire anyone with hair that was not neatly trimmed at neck and ear. Said James E. Hammond, director of the Monterey office: "We feel that if...
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