Friday, September 24, 1960
Page X
The Nebraska
EDITORIAL
Johnson Doesn't
Pull Punches
LBJ didn't set the campus on fire with his speech
yesterday afternoon. It was typical political conversation
supposedly geared to college level. However, he was ex
tremely tired from a grueling campaign schedule which
has kept him going for two weeks at an extremely fast
pace.
Much more impressive were his answers to questions
directed to him by students. The questions covered wide
territory and except for one, were well thought out.
His answer regarding his stand on the loyalty oath
required of recipients of the National Defense loan
he supports it showed that he is not going to be evasive
in his stands. This is not a man who regards reelection
or election whichever the case may be as he is it riin?
for both senate and vice presidency as ta-amount.
The majority of opposition to the oath has come from
the campus and he knew he was going out on a limb by
answering the question honestly.
Lyndon Johnson is a politician in every sense of the
word. He has become one of the strongest majority
leaders in the history of the United States senate. His
motives for accepting may never be known. The New
York Times probably came as close to anyone in guess
ing them when they simply said he knew that vice
presidents got their names in history books more often
than majority leaders.
It is ridiculous to attempt to compare him with Henry
Cabot Lodge, because their careers have followed two
different paths. Many forecasters have said that voters
will cast their ballot on the basis of the vice presidential
candidates. How they will make such a choice and on
what basis is hard to visualize, because these men are
both as American as any two persons in the country
today. Both would serve their country equally well.
When the time comes, the intelligent voters will cast
their ballots on the basis of the presidential candidates,
because between these two men is the real differenc.
Massachusetts Frats
Pool Finances
Fourteen fraternities at the University of Massachu
setts have pooled their financial resources to form a
fraternity manager's association. The aim of the non
profit association, which will have the purchasing power
of approximately $250,000 annually, is "to promote and
maintain a high degree of financial competence in the
policies and operation of social fraternities at the
school."
Under the new arrangement the fraternities will co
operate in the purchase of food, fuel, supplies, furni
ture, equipment and services for all fourteen houses.
Based on similar operations at other large universities,
the new system will involve training of stewards, house
managers and treasurers; central buying procedures;
more efficient accounting of finances and maintaining
of records; and development of centralized resource
material on menu planning, kitchen operation and house
keeping practices. '
A professional fraternity manager, to be employed on
a full-time basis, will be in charge of the entire opera
tion. He will be responsible to a board of directors which
will oversee all association activities. The board is com
posed of two fraternity presidents; the president, secre
tary and one member of the council of fraternity stew
ards; a fraternity treasurer; two faculty members; two
alumni; and the faculty adviser to the Interfraternity
CounciL
This would be a program for the University to inves
tigate. Fraternities are probably hampered mora by
financial problems than any other, including bad pub
licity. The IFC would do well to make a thorough study
of this plan which appears quite sound.
Student Council
Off to Good Start
The Student Council wasted no time in getting off to
ft good start Wednesday. If the first meeting was any
indication the Council should have a successful, pro
ductive year.
The dictum set down by President Ken Tempero on
absences is a sound policy. To produce effective legisla
tion needs the help of all members and the small amount
of time available to devote to the Council means a co
operative effort from everyone.
In the past, there has been little if any attendance
at the meetings by the student body. Although this has
not been encouraged, it is welcome and important.
In many cases where legislation would have meant
Improvements on the campus and would have provided
added benefit to the students, there has been no opinion
from the outside and this has resulted in the failure of
sound proposals.
If necessary the Council will meet in a larger room.
But for an hour or two each week, it wouldn't hurt the
student to take a more active part in his student govern
ment If the same support is shown of the Council as has
appeared at the Young Democrats and Young Repub
licans meetings, there cannot help but be a sounder
Student CounciL
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By Sam Jensen
I Lyndon Johnson visited
the campus yesterday.
I After announcing that he
would take the second spot
I on the Democrat ticket, he
said at Los
Angeles:
' I looked
into John
I Kenned y 's
1 eyes and I
I liked what
I saw."
This ad-
m i ration
I f o r Sen.
Kennedy
was rather
late in appearing for a man
who differed with Sen. Ken-
nedy 238 times in votes in
the Senate in the period be-
tween 1953-60.
Sen. Johnson looked into
the eyes of Nebraskans
Thursday. Whether or not
he liked" what he saw, his
visit to the campus in the
first week of classes sig-
nals increased political ac-
tivity at the University.
This column and the column
of my Democrat colleague
will be a part of that activ-
ity a part that is designed
to provoke interest in gov-
ernment, for politics is gov-
ernment.
Regarding the other col-
umn in this series, one of
my few regrets is that one
day I happened to mention
to Dick Shugrue that be
The
By Dick Masters
I Enough of the "welcome
I eager faces" jazz! Peace
I to the old crib rats and
I grill goers! Papa G e i s,
I Black Sam Hall and the
bearded sage, Tom Sloan,
I are cavorting among us.
I When the solitary reaper
I know as Seniontis stalks
these elders, rebellion is in
I order.
I Ward off graduation, chil-
dren. Remain and party
I perpetually 1 So be it for the
I somber addages depart-
ment. Time and column
1 inches sends us to the heart
I and core of these obtuse
I ramblings.
1 First, congratulations to
I Myron P. and cohorts for
a sparkling and interesting
1 column. Second, a few
I words of criticism on said
I bit.
It behooves each and
every one of the b a d g e-
bearers t give assistance
to tbe brothers less forln-
nate than ourselves. On the
other hand, to condone the
I actions of which we Lave
all been guilty shows an
I incomplete grasp of the sit
I nation.
I As for criticism of the
I IFC in this instance, it is
I completely out of the ques
i tion. The action was taken
I by the administration and
I the Fraternity Board of
I Control i(This comment is
I not intended to point fin-
gers at adrninny with looks
I of bitter regret.)
I By our past actions fand
I this meanE all of us) the
I system has just been put
I ting its chin in tbe way of
I a big' punch. It is my ob
i servation that the system
I is dragging its heels. By
i this I mean that we are
I failing miserably to make
THE BAND WAGON
Strictly Partisan
should apply for a position
on the Rag. He applied and
got the job probably be
cause he was qualified.
Since this time he has
wielded his pen or type
writer in an irrresponsible
manner, that is, he has fa
vored Democratic candi
dates and Democratic plat
forms and promises.)
Back to yesterday's visi
tor. LBJ. and his leader.
The Democrats at Los
Angeles, where Sen. John
son changed his mind about
the youthfulness and inexpe
rience of JFK. wrote a
civil rights plank which
promised the moon and then
nominated for the number
two spot a man who has
spent 20 years in Congress
voting against or watering
down civil rights measures.
In I960 Johnson voted
against ending debate on the
civil rights bilL He opposed
temporary aid for schools
which have desegregation.
Johnson, apparently
siezed by the White House
bug, did vote for civil
rights bills after 1957. How
ever, here are a few ex
cerpts from his past his
tory: He has voted against leg
islation to outlaw lynchiags.
He has voted three times
against legislation to out
law the poll tax, a promise
of the 1960 Democratic plat
form. Satyr'
our set of behavior pat
terns change to meet the
patterns of "acceptable"
societies today.
Fraternities, from the
time of their conception,
were intended to be bands
of brothers sharing con
genialities, a few nearly
rounds and friendships that
naturally arise when Chris
tian gentlemen gather.
The system here is a
very fine one and we may
pat ourselves heartily on
the back. Nonetheless, in
order to exist both locally
and nationally, fraternities
must 'realize their obliga
tion to the University com
munity and to the city sur
rounding that University.
We must do more than
clean old people's homes,
sponsor orphan parties once
a year, collect for AUF,
and all the rest of the
charitable things done each
year. The impressions that
the system will make upon
alums and visiting parents
must not be a shallow cov
eruig oi more notorious
activities. Only through
constant improvement of
our individual conduct and
our conduct as a group, will
we be able to keep the
place on campus that we
deserve.
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Another promise of the
Democratic platform, the
FEPC Bill or Fair Employ
ment Practices bill, failed
to get his support in 1950.
In 1959 Johnson an
nounced that he, as Senate
majority leader, would ac
cept a mandate for leader
ship in the recently expired
session of Congress. Later
he devised the so called
"Bobtail session" of Con
gress after the conventions
for his own political pur
poses. It didn't work out
very well for LBJ or the
"majority leader's leader"
JFK.
Sen. Everett M. Dirksen,
the Republican Senate lead
er, speaking in Xebreska
Wednesday expressed some
doubt about tbe leadership
ability of Johnson and the
leadership "potential" of
Sen. Kennedy. Rightly so.
Johnson and Kennedy vot
ed to table and as a result,
not discuss a civil rights
measure offered by Dirk
sen. Minimum wage legisla
tion couldn't be reported
out of conference commit
tee even though Kennedy
was manager of the Senate
conferees. A school bill
couldn't be rousted out of
committee even though the
Democrats outnumbered
the Republicans 8-4.
Sen. Kennedy promised in
July to offer farm legisla
tion in the bobtail session
because "January would be
too late." He named per
sons who would help him
draft the measures. No leg
islation was introduced by
either the "New Frontiers
man" from Massachusetts
or the "Old Frontiersman"
And yet, these men who
can not lead their own over
whelming majority in tbe
Senate, denounce tbe lead
ership abilities of Richard
Nixon, Henry Cabot Lodge
and Iwigbt Eisenhower.
On. May 17, in Eugene,
Ore., 'referring to the U-2
flight. Sen. Kennedy said
this:
"1 certainly would ex
press regret at the timing
and give assurance that it
would not happen again. I
would express regret that
the flight did take place."
On May 31, in Spokane
Wash., Sen. Johnson shout
ed: "I'm not prepared to apolo
gize to Mr. Khrushchev. Are
yon? I'm not prepared to
send regrets to Mr. Khrush
chev. Are yon?"
On July 2, Sen. Johnson
suggested that Mr. Kennedy
as "a young man who needs
experience" might take sec
ond spot on the ticket "It's
a good place for a young
man who needs training."
If our visitor of yesterday
was suggesting that perhaps
Sen. Kennedy is inexperi
enced, immature and some
what naive, I agree.
Inside
. By Phil Boroff
The . 1960-61 University
Theatre season will offer
three classics of dramatic
literature, an original
opera, and the winner of
the Fred Ballard play
wrighting contest. All should
prove stimulating and en
tertaining since every pro
duction is centered around
the playwright and the cor
rect interpretation of his
play.
On November 2, 3, 4, and
5, the season's premiere
show will be Luigi Piran
dello's finest work, "Six
Characters in Search of an
Author." Pirandello, Italy's
greatest modern play
wright, won the Nobel Prize
for Literature in 1934.
"Six Characters in
Search of an Author" is
continually produced and
recieved as a true classic
of modern theater. As re
cently as December, 1955, it
was presented in New York
City as part of the Phoenix
Theatre season. That pro
duction starred Kurt Kasz
nar, currently of Rod gers
and Hammerstein's "T h e
Sound of Music".
Tennessee Williams Pul
itizer Prize winning play of
1948, "A Streetcar Named
Desire," is the most popu
lar play of the season. This
American classic will be
seen December 14, 15, 16,
and 17.
Providing strong char
acter studies in almost
every role, "A Streetcar
Named Desire" has at
tracted such talented per
formers as Tallulah Bank
head. Diana Barrymore,
Jessica Tandy, and An
thony Quinn. The 1951 mo
tion picture won Academy
Awards for three of its
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principle players Vivien
Leigh, Karl Maiden and
Kim Hunter. The play and
film also rocketed a young
actor to fame in his torn
T-shirt and slob manner
isms. The young actor was
Marlon Brando.
Nebraska's own take their
place among the impres
sive list of authors with
the February 8, 9, 10, and
11 opera. The Department
of Music will collaborate
with University Theatre on
the original opera entitled
"The Sweetwater Affair."
This 'Cattle Kingdom' west
ern with music was written
by composer Robert Bea
dell, Assistant Professor of
Music, and author Bruce
Nicoll, director of the Uni
versity of Nebraska Press.
Another
?inal' offering
will have
tion in Hov
first produc-
ITheatre when
the Fred
lard playwrit-
ing contest
vinner is pre
sented March 15, 16, 17.
and 18. Last year's winning
play was "Rockspring" by
R. G. Vliet. Another of
Vliet's plays, "Legions of
Noon," had several engage
ments on the summer stock
circuit this past June, July,
and August.
Through translation and
adaptation, two of the fin
est European playwrights
are associated with the
May 17, 18, 19, and 20 pro
duction, "Ring Around the
Moon." The original French
version was penned by Jean
Anouilh who also wrote
' Legend of Lovers," "The
Waltz of the Toreadors,"
and the retelling of the
Joan of Arc story, "T h e
Lark."
The adaptation is by the
famous English playwright
Christopher Fry.
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