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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Thursday, January 15 1953
Th views expressed by columnists and letter
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the views of the Daily Nebraskan.
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Nebraska Compromise
Through the recommendations ot what might
In future generations be appropriately called a
"compromise committee" the Student Council
voted down quite decisively Wednesday afternoon
a by-law amendment which would rule ticket
elections off our campus. The Council's consider-
tification card would be required, each student
could vote only once and the ballots would not be
part of each ticket. v
Such a proposal has merit, without question.
But It entails the very error in principal that tho
ations seemed based on two questions considered originators of this entire movement were trying to
by the committee that was formed only to draw
out the opinions of various affected organizations
on the anti-ticket-balloting move.
One consideration was that the Council has the
legal right to regulate activities, including elec
tions, ot all campus organizations, but the question
arose at to whether they have the moral right to
interfere in organizational election procedures.
Throuch the entire text of a council member's
report ran the strong suggestion of a compromise progress in student government relax into a plan
solution. After several questions from Council that keeps the very essence ot what was objected
membera and ruests. the statement was made that to in the first place.
the proposal came from the committee as a con- The backers of the initial petition are still
census from the persons Interviewed and from able, under student government law, to appeal the
members of the committee themselves. Council's decision on their by-law to the appro-
tva MMmitfo Arcroni tirtn that r nriat facultv committee. This they may do. In
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make illegal on our campus. Under the compro
mise plan, the system of ticket-balloting still con
Unites. The only difference is that it has been re
stricted to one ticket per person, which means one
vote, and only University students will be allowed
to vote.
The Council will vote on this compromise at its
next meeting. Many things can be said on behalf
of any compromise plan. However, it's extremely
disallusioning to this writer to sea the beginning of
IELMER DAVIS BROADCASTS
Lincoln's Reaction To Anderson Case
Praised As 'Healthy' By Commentator
financially affected by the anti-ticKet-ballotini
move. Strongest in voicing their disapproval of
the plan were members of Kosmet Klub. It was
told the Council that most organizations inter
viewed favored the compromise plan and would
comply with any action ot the Council.
The compromise plan is that ticket -elections
would still be allowed. However, a student Iden-
the meantime, the Nebraska Compromise will be
up for vote at the next Council meeting.
This writer was disappointed at the commit'
tee's reoort and with the Council's ensuing vote.
But If anybody finds the answer to our election
systems In the haze of this current situation, it will
be worth the effort and extremely gratifying.
R. R.
1,400 Signatures
Your Student Council voted 20-3 Wednesday
evening to give the Junior-Senior Class Board a
chance to show its stuff.
Board members asked the Council for help
Wednesday because its treasury held only a few
cents over $7 and the Junior-Senior Prom was
coming up. The Board feels that it is its respon
sibility to give the students a prom, but without
aome financial help, it simply would not be possi
ble. Therefore, as a result of a life-or-death meet
ing Tuesday, the Board brought its troubles to the
Council. -
The Council came through, after a great deal
of discussion, with a motion promising the Board
$500 loan Ifand this is a very Important "if"
because It has to do with student desire for a
prom the Board could ret 1,400 students to un
derwrite the event. To get the $500 loan the
NUCWA Progress
The Nebraska University Council of World Af
fairs made an extremely progressive move in its
plans for the annual Spring Conference this year.
Instead of simply assigning all applicants to repre
sent a country in the mock conference, NUCWA in
terviewed persons desiring to represent certain
countries.
The countries being vied for by the applicants
are United States, China, United Kingdom, Union of
Soviet Socialist Russia, France, India, Iran and
those nations where there is a duplication ot choice.
The organisation announced, when It first In
dicated that Interview would be held for the ap
plicants, that prospective delegates should be ac
quainted wtih the way the country usually votes
In the Nations' action In Korea.
NUCWA has a campus tradition of sponsoring
very worthy projects. Its spring conference hag the
reputation of being conducted on a high level of
seriousness and similarity with actual United Na
tions activities. To add to its previous standing on
the campus, NUCWA has now instituted a plan
which will add even further to the standing of its
Spring Conference.
The Nebraakan is pleased to commend such
action. Many- Individuals and organisations
would benefit by following the example of service
set by NUCWA. R. K.
(Editor's Note: The following is
the Dee. 26. 1952 ABO broadcast
by commentator Elmer Davis on
the subject of academic freedom
In general and on the Lincoln Le
tt ion E, N. Anderson case In par
llcular. Monday The Nebraskan
published Davis' Dec. 29 broda
east on the' subject of academic
freedom. W e d n e s d a y's mall
brought the following article.)
Some things have been happen
ing lately, in Lincoln Nebraska,
that are symptomatic of what has
been happening in other parts of
the country; and the way Lincoln
has reacted is very healthy. On
December 8 Joe Vinardi of Omaha,
Chairman of the state American
Legion Committee on un-Amer
ican activities made a speech to
tho Legion Post at Lincoln. As re
ported in the papers, he told them
that if they could find some good
Communist literature and really
fight it, they would get more
members. And he went on to give
them a lead by saying that a cer
tain professor in the University
of Nebraska uses a certain text
book, and the students can't swal
low the stuff.
The local Legion Tost ap
pointed a committee to look into
the matter, and the professor
and the textbook were soon
identified. I decline to name the
professor, because there are
many people who regard ac
cusation as equivalent to con
viction, and while they didn't
call him a Communist, it was
Insinuated that he was using
Communist literature. The book
was "The State of Asia," put
out by one of the best commer
cial publishers but under the
auspices of the Institute of Pa
cific Relations. It was edited
and three of its chapters were
written by Lawrence Rosinger,
who was attacked as a Com
munist before the MoCarran
Committee and according to its
report refused to answer ques
tions on the ground of self-incrimination;
and one of its chap
ters had been written by Owen
and Eleanor Lattimore. There
is no indication that at that time
anybody in the Legion had read
the book, but the state director
of Americanism said he would
look with suspicion on any book
by the IPR or Lattimore. The
eampatgn against Lattimore has
apparently been so successful
that it is becoming a crime even
to read him.
All this had been started by two
or three anonymous pnone caus,
apparently from students; one of
whom said that the book had been
presented as gospel truth and
nothing in it could be contra
dicted. If this had been true it
urnnli rw hart tAnrhlncr nn matter I
what the book mieht have been: People,
of students, however, said they
were disgusted because the profes
sor was a Democrat; so maybe
that was the real objection.
At any rate, the Legion com
mittee issued an interim report
saying that the use of the book
as a factual textbook was ques
tionable; the Legion's state
Americanism director said that
professors ought to take a loy
alty oath only It turns out that
they do; and an enthusiastic
state Senator says he is dis
turbed about reports of extreme
liberalism on the part of the
head of the University. We can't
have anything like that All this
incidentally Is about what hap
pened last year; the man who
is teaching that course now uses
no textbook, but only the New
York Times. He needn't think
that will save him; the eagle eye
of Westbrook Pegler has de
tected Communist influence,
even in the Times.
So far, a familiar picture. But
l the
other side is that plenty
in the university and
but there is ample evidence that
it was not true. The professor said
it was the best general textbook
he could find; he disagreed with
some of it and said so in class, and
so did the students; they had a
large list of collateral reading and
there was constant and general
discussion. This was borne out by
students interviewed by the col
lege newspaper; some of them
were opposed to using the book
said one girl, because she was
against Lattimore but they ad
mitted there was fair presentation
and plenty of discussion. A couple
Council would have to submit a supplementary
budget to Dean W. C Harper's Student Activity
Office, Since that office has not yet been con
tacted on the subject, the Council's promise ts not
official. Furthermore, it will not be official un
less the Board can prove what It said Wednesday
that it Is an enthusiatic group of students de
termined to give the campus a successful prom
and get 1,400 signatures.
To pet that manv students to underwrite the
prom would be a man-sized job tor a group much
larger than the Board. It would also be a big job
tor a group with much wider student acceptance.
But the Board has promised The Nebraskan that it
is going into this thing with its eyes wide open
and will do vervthine in its cower to get even
more than 1,400 signatures.
Getting these signatures is only the first part of
the battle because it will mean that the Board has
the Council's and the students' approval to put on
a prom. Putting the prom on is a huge problem in
itself. Immediately after the Council decision,
three members of the Board went to the office of
Duane Lake, Student Union director, and asked
if he would recommend to the Union Student Ac
tivities Committee that that committee go in with
the Board on the prom. This would mean. Lake
said, that a good band would have to play for the
event because the Union wouldn't have anything
to do with the prom on any other conditions. It
would also mean that the show-producing know
ledge of the Union would be thrown behind the
event. Furthermore, it would mean that the Union
would accept half the responsibility and the 1,400
students would be underwriting only half the
possible loss.
-
Of course, the Union would also partake of
half the earnings. There is a great deal more
chance of earnings with the Union also behind
the function.
The Board is not trying to make the students
risk their money by backing the event What it
would actually amount to is this: The students js "Do Colleges Have to Hire Red
Professors.
Better yet If Terrible Terry
is elected governor and rives
free liquor and slot machines
to the Legion, maybe the Legion
won't again deviate from the
policy of freedom from politi
cal, religious, or economic bias
as they did when resolving in
the National Convention amem
bled in Miami Florida, Oct 15-
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in
the town, stood up on their hind
legs and roared. Ruth Raymond,
editor of the student newspaper,
puDiisned a liery editorial on
guilt by insinuation. The profes
sor under attack delivered a dis
course on what academic freedom
really means; another history
professor lectured on the perils of
tne irresponsible smear and un
warranted suspicion. The Student
Council, the local council of the
Association of University Profes
sors, and the Lincoln chapter of
ADA all backed the professor; so
did a retired colonel of military
intelligence, who even dared to
defend publication of the Institute
of Pacific Relations, whatever Ihe!
TerrMe'...
Dear Editor,
I see in the Star (Jan. 7, 1953)
tnat. Terrible Terry, the Hitler
admirer when he was campaign
ing for governor before the war,
is back on the war path. Maybe
we should elect him governor.
Anyway if Terrible Terry would
become governor, he might bring
back slot machines and give free
liquor to the American Legion for
having promoted his philosophy.
If Terrbile Terry would do this,'
maybe the American Legion
would stop promoting for him;
because they would be able to get
enough money from slot machines
to promote their membership.
This maybe would stop the Ameri
can Legion from demoralizing our
public schools- for the sake of
more members and money.
I was quite Impressed with
the ingenious way the American
Legion omitted John Gunther's
"Inside Asia" in their release
of suggested books the Univer
sity should use in place of the
"State of Asia." Could it be the
Legion omitted John Gunther's
"Inside Asia" because of what
John Gunther said in his "In
side U.S.A." (pare 77-85 and
325) about a certain Senator
from Nevada, author of the
controversial Immigration act
and a certain Senator from Wis
consin well known for smear
tactics?
Maybe if Terrbile Terry would
be elected governor and give the
Legion free liquor and slot mach-
ins, the Legion woman t have to
have a man, as a former top
Communist leader Louis F. Bu-
denz and now a faculty member
of Fordham University, write ar
ticles as he did in the November
1951 issue of the American Legion
Magazine." The title of the article
would insure their support of the prom by under
writing it If they have to pay the loss, they will
attend.. If they agree to pay the loss, the prom
can be well worth coming to. The Nebraskan
urges the student body to back up the underwrit
ing campaign when the Board begins it. D. P.
Headquarters of the American
Legion be dif$cted to recom
mend to the Posts of the
American Legion that a copy of
'The Key to Peace' be placed
In the library of each high
school in the United States."
This book, which was written
by a former Dean of Notre Dame
Law School, was promoted by the
Legion Sunday morning Jan. 4,
1953, over the radio. This book
was also promoted for the Legion
by News Commentator Paul Har
vey 10:15 p.m., Jan. II, 1953 over
ABC Network Chicago via KFOR,
During this broadcast Paul Har
vey criticised the American Book
Reviewers for not passing this
book. After reading this book, I
agree with the stand of the
American Book Reviewers,
So far I have tried to point
out the bad side of the American
Legion. Now I will try to point
out the good side of the Ameri
can Legion in fairness to my
self and the readers of this
letter. For actually the good
side of the Legion, I am sure,
outweighs the bad side. Some
of the good points of the Ameri
can Legion are:
1. They try to protect the rights
of the veteran. 1
2. They have year by year pro
moted loyalty to our government
and the American way ot ale. ;
3. They sponsor many good
projects as:
a. Boys' State and Girls' State.
b. The national oratorical
contest.
c. Junior baseball
d. Safety education, and
e. Child welfare.
4. They maintain a joint com
mittee with the National Educa
tion Association to coordinate the
efforts of veterans and teachers
in improvement of education for
citienship.
5. They join with other spon
sors each year in the observance
of American Education Week.
I am a Legionalre who doesnt
agree with many of the Legion's
policies and hopes, some day in the
near future, the shallow men that
control the American Legion will
became men with depth and fore
sight
Sincerely yours,
ORMAND MEYER
faults of seme of its past execu
tives. The Legion Committee main
tains that it is the right of any
citizen to evaluate the material
taught to their children, and
quotes a motto on the state eap
itol "the salvation of the state
Is the watchfulness of the clti
sens." But they admitted that
they are not educators; no In
dication that thoy knew any
thing about the subject they
were studying, or about the
book except who wrote it The
salvation of the state does In
deed lie In the watchfulness of
the citizens if they know what
to watch out for and how to
watch for it
One thing to watch out for is
this widespread movement against
the freedom of the mind against
difference of opinion, and the
right to find out all about a sub
ject and then decide what you
think. The men in this movement
regard themselves as super
patriots yet many of them seem
to think Communism is so good
that anybody who ever hears
about it must fall for it; which it
is not: others are using anti
Communism as a cover for a drive
against all freedom of thought
Communism is against freedom of
thought too. I do not know how
far this movement is organized.
The affair in Lincoln seems not to
have been organized; it began as
an attempt to boost a member
ship drive for the Legion. How it
will come out remains to be seen;
but a salute to the people of Lin
coln, in the University and out,
who know that the watchfulness
of citizens is tho salvation of the
state; and that above all things.
we who believe in freedom of the
mind mustn't let them scare us.
Rented Lands
Board Meeds Help Movj
To Plan formers' fok
. Chuck Beam
Finals haven't stopped the plan
ning for the 1953 Farmers' Fair
which will be held April 24
and 25.
In a short period of 12 weeks
the members of
the Fair board
will have to
c o m p 1 ete all
the arr a n g e
ments for the
tradition a 1
event on Ag
campus.
the 12 mem
bera of the
Board can't I y
wiim re-
sponsion 1 1 y Beam
for the Fair. This year's Fair
Board is having a hard $me in
getting the necessary co-operation
from the student body la
making this Fair one that the
College of Agriculture can be
proud of. It seems to me that if
we on the Ag campus want
such an event every year, many
students will have to buckle
P' ft
down and help the Fair Board
in the necessary arrangements.
Final weeks will bring three
special conferences to the cam
pus, Jan. 21 and 22 has been set for
the Sprinkler Irrigation Clinic.
Planning for sprinkler irrigation,
including crop water require
ments, timeliness of water appli
cation, water intake rates of soils,
basic hydraulics of the system.
system capacity and management
are included m the course. Tha
Ag Engineering staff is the co
sponsor of the conference which
will be open to 40.
The Agronomy department
will sponsor tne Fertiliser Deal,
ers Conference Jan. 22. Pieb. .
lems dealing with soil fertility
will be included la this eonrse.
On Jan. 26 the department will
also sponsor the Nebraska Crop -Improvement
Association's annual
meeting. The program will deal
with problems in crop production,
stressing new varieties and cul
tural practices.
Strong AUF
The old and new executive boards of the AH
University Fund spent all day Saturday inter
viewing applicants for regular board positions and
ended the day by choosing 18 persons to manage
the organization for the coming year.
The 18 new AUFers look like good workers,
organizers and sincere persons to add to the
activity membership roll. The exec boards did a
good and thorough job of choosing their new
board, and a job that must have been difficult
since they had 36 applicants. The Nebraskan
Wishes the best of success to the new AUF lead
ers and their capable board.
Good For The Union
Jean Davis, chairman of the Union Convoca
tions Committee, is working industriously to set
up a discussiqn seminar, especially for faculty
members and upperclass students for this second
semester. "To give faculty and students a chance
to gather for an informative discussion of challeng
ing subjects, both current and non-current," is
What the purpose ot this inaugural seminar is
to be.
It sounds like an excellent idea It seems to
bave developed from requests for such a group.
"Miss Davis has indicated that the plan will suc
ceed on the basis of student and faculty support.
The Nebraskan sincerely hopes that such support
Is forth-coming.
It Might Help
"The Nebraska College of Medicine is below
the standard of an acceptable school." Such a
Teport has been publicly indicated by several
groups lately, particularly in view of the Uni
versity's request to the Unicameral for a needed
six million dollars to improve the College of
Tiediclne.
Latest group to come with this fact is the
Bouse of Delegates of the Nebraska State Medical
Association, through the efforts of a report made
Thinkinff
by Dr. D. B. Steenburg of Aurora. The House
of Delegates policy-making group for the state
has done something with Dr. Steenburg's find
ings. They have adopted a resolution which re
ceived much attention in Lincoln and Omaha
newspapers requesting the Unicameral to specifi
cally appropriate funds for the College. The Ne
braskan is in favor of the legislative appropriat
ing as much financial aid for the University as
possible. We are particularly interested in see
ing that the med college doesn't lose its accredi
dation. This latest resolution to the Unicameral might
help. We hope it does.
JIvl (Baihf Vkbhaihuv
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