The Daily Nebraskan
Monday, Nov. 20, 1961
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Legislative Poll Will Indicate
Solon's Views on Tax Study
The results of a poll to de
termine whether or not the
state legislators are in favor
of a series of University spon
sored tax institute workshops
will be released later this
week according to Jim Wen
ger, vice president of Think
and Act. Inc., a Grand Island
organization which conducted
the poll.
Wenger said he did not
have an exact tabulation of
results yet, but that of all the
senators who had responded
to the poll to date, all but
two were opposed to the tax
study.
Meanwhile, three senators
have gone on record during
the past week as being in fa
vor of the workshops. They
are Sens. Kenneth Bowen,
George Knight and Joe Voso
ba. Sen. Richard Marvel had
approved the project earlier
after a conference with Ev
erett Peterson, professor of
agricultural economics.
Both Bowen and Marvel
had questioned the propriety
of the tax workshops. Bowen,
chairman of the Legislative
Council tax study committee,
also released favorable com
ment after a conference with
Peterson.
Workshops
"Since land grant colleges
are authorized to conduct ed
ucational workshops, I be
lieve a study of the effect of
different systems on Nebras
ka's economy is as important
as any could be," Bowen
aid. .
Dr. Peterson has assured
me these workshops will be
for the purpose of educating,
not advocating the effects of
various taxes," Bowen said.
"They will give information
on both advantages and dis
advantages of not only our
present tax system, but those
of other systems, such as the
sales tax and an income tax.
"In addition to informing
community leaders on the
backgrounds of these various
taxes, the workshops will en
able them to reach decisions
once they have the facts, and
then show them how to make
their decisions known to gov
ernmental agencies with tax
ing and spending authority.
"I am sure the University
will approach these work
shops on a strictly scholarly,
educational basis." he con
cluded. Sens. Knight and Vosoba
voiced their approval of the
tax workshops in response to
the poll conducted by the
Think and Act organization.
Questions
The group sent these two
questions to all state sena-,
tors:
(1) Do you feel that tax
money budgeted to the Uni
versity should be used to con
duct public, off-campus work
shops on an issue as contro-
verisal as taxes?
2 Do you, as a legislator,
feel a need for guidance on
tax matters from the Univer
sity faculty?
In both cases, a yes or no
answer is required, with
space alloted for comments.
With the two questions were
copies of radio talks given by
Think and Act President Bill
Moore and Vice President
Wenger.
Sen. Knight wrote Think
and Act that "I am a tax
conservative and would base
all taxes on ability to pav.
To do otherwise is confisca
tion of property for income
as the only source available.
"Now who is to work out
the solution for this problem?
Tax Study
"I welcome any attempt on
the part of anyone to make a
complete study of the tax
systems here or elsewhere
and their impact on our eco
nomic structure.
"The motto of the research
department of any university
must be 'What are the facts?'
Somewhere there is an an
swer and I will welcome any
contribution the University
may make.
"We must keep all chan
nels of communication open
at all times ... I believe
that our people are alert
enough to detect any ulterior
motive or slanting of the
facts in such a seminar and
would react accordingly.
"The University does re
search in other lines that
have been of tremendous val
ue to the state and I look for
Second Year Law Students
Complete First Moot Round
Results of the first competi
tive rounds of the Allen Moot
Court competition have been
announced.
Twenty-seven Lincoln attor
neys judged the second year
Law College students who will
compete this spring and again
next fall when they will be
narrowed down to two teams
who will compete before the
Nebraska Supreme Court.
The results arei
Sharon Hackett and Ivan
R. Ashleman defeated Glen
Eurbxidge and Ronald Svobo
da.
Jess Johnson and Carl
Kpines defeated Richard Wood
and Donald sass.
Dean Dalke and William
Hemmer defeated Gray Bush
and Harold Hon.
Thomas Wagoner and Her
bert Brueh defeated Dennis
Winkle and Peter Hemstad.
Fredric Kauffman and Rich
ard Spaedt defeated Claris
Robinson and John wigntman.
Robert Battey and Harvey
IWmI defeated Earl Ahlsch-
wede and David Maser.
Lonnie Bayer and James
Gilsdorf defeated Delbert
Dirrim and Gary Gustafson.
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Jack Barker and Ralph Can-
aday defeated Robert S n e 1 1
and Morris Moyer.
Michael Smith and Richard
Hove defeated Robert Grimit
and Howard Ach.
William Stukas and James
Sheldon defeated Denis Stack
and James Dunlevey.
Gilbert Grady and Clayton
Yeutter defeated Neal Dusen-berry.
them to give us a factual
study that will assist all of
us in thinking through the
tax problem." Knight con
cluded. Vosoba criticized the Think
and Act group for the man
ner in which it expressed op
position to the tax workshops.
He also added that he did not
think the University should
be criticized for undertaking
to educate Nebraskans on
taxes they are paying.
Information
Vosoba, in a letter to
Moore, stated that his "sole
source of information of the
tax seminars is what I have
read in the newspapers.
"Based on that informa
tion, my experience in the
Legislature and as an inter
ested citizen of Nebraska,
and the scripts of two radio
broadcasts which you spon
sor, I think you are all wet
on this matter.
Vosoba said he found the
two radio scripts "are dis
tortions, misleading and illog
ical propaganda which (while
probably not intended) is
very effective at destroying
public confidence in vital pub
lic institutions.
"Any intelligent person
knows that one's education is
never complete, and anyone
with experience in govern
ment certainly knows that a
lack of knowledge by a citi
zen about his own govern
ment is one of the real
sources of danger to this
country ...
Disagree
"If you disagree with this
position of mine, then you
must believe that education
for the public is wrong, that
only a certain self-appointed
few should know what is go
ing on in government. This I
wiU never subscribe to.
"I will tell you also, frank
ly and sincerely, that I be
lieve the University is a great
institution and is one of the
great things in our state. I
do not agree with everything
done by or at the University,
and when any person has
facts and grounds of fairness
to criticize that institution,
then it should be criticized,
"But I certainly do not
think it should be criticized
for undertaking, as part of
its broad over-all program of
educating Nebraska, to edu
cate Nebraskans on the taxes
they are paying, in the same
manner that it educates
farmers oa what they are
growing," Vosoba said.
Vosoba said the Think and
Act group should continue ex
pressing its opinions even
though he (Vosoba) may dis
agree with them. "This right
to express opinion is vital to
our system of government,"
Vosoba said.
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They can do this merely by
silencing some men on Cap
itol Hill who would other
wise publicly support him,
just as the pressures in his
own Massachusetts district
silenced him when, as a
a young Congressmen, he
privately yearned to speak
out against McCarthyism.
Any leader the new ex
tremists may place in
Washington would have a
glorious booster-stage as
cension on the magic carpet
known as Page One, quick
ly followed by a sputtering
descent. FoV he would be
obliged both by his support
ers and his opponents to
specify, to name names, to
prove the existence of trait
ors in high plates; and he
would end. up, as McCarthy
ended up, proving the op
posite. The real battlefield in the
war with Communism, . of
course, is outside, not inside
this country. And the real
issue inside this is not be
tween those who believe
and those who do not believe
that we have Communists in
high office. The issue is be
tween those who believe
that the Russians have lim
ited aims, that Communism
is chiefly a concept of life
that must be opposed by a
more attractive concept,
that conciliation can end the
cold war and that those
who believe that the Rus
sians have unlimited aims,
that Communism is chiefly
a weapon for political ag
gression, that we must vig
orously prosecute the cold
war by every possible
means from local negotia
tions to local force, if we
are to stop both the cold
war and its cause, which is
Communist aggression.
The President warns
against belief in "total vic
tory." Even among those
who follow the second line
of argument few believe in
that, in the sense of eradi
cating Communism in i t s
heartlands. They do beblieve
in victory in the sense of
preventing or eradicating
Communism in areas criti
cal to us.
True enough, as the Pres
ident begs the people to un
derstand, the problem is
complex. But the art of
leading and organizing the
will of a vast and diverse
nation has more to do with
simplifying than with com
plicating. There is some
thing to be said for Gold
water's plea that the Presi
dent make the plain dec
laration that we intend to
win this world struggle.
When the leader does not
simplify in responsible ma
ner, frustrated citizens will
simplify in responsible man
ner, which can be a foolish
and divisive manner as the
aforementioned extremists
are demonstrating.
Zoology,
Physiology
Will Merge
The Board of Regents has
approved a merger of the de
partment of zoology and ana
tomy with the department of
physiology to form a new de
partment of zoology and
physiology.
Dean Walter Militzer of the
College of Arts and Sciences
said members of the two de
partments desired the mer
ger. It is scheduled to take
effect next February and will
allow the pooling of resources
between the two departments.
The Board also approved
renaming of the department
of mathematics and astron
omy to the department of
mathematics. Dean Militzer
said the University no longer
offers astronomy because of
the limited interest in the field
and the need to strengthen
other areas of mathematics.
The University's astronomy
equipment will be cared for
and used by the department
of physics, he said.
In other action, the Board:
Approved a leave of ab
sence for Thompson Stout, as
sociate professor of geology,
who will do basic research
on fossil rodents and geologic
sections at the Basel Museum,
Switzerland, and the Munich
Museum, Germany, from Jan.
31-June 9.
Accepted the resignations
of Florence Hansen, assistant
director of the department
of social science at the Col
lege of Medicine; and Ray
fred Stevens, assistant pro
fessor of geography.
Approved the appointment
of Brian Deverall as assistant
professor of plant pathology.
Deverall is a Harkness Fel
low of the Commonwealth
Fund of New York. He will be
doing research in the area of
physiology of host parasite
relations.
Named 15 faculty mem
bers as Summer Research
Fellows, carrying a stipend
of $1,000 for the summer of
1962. Those receiving the
grants are Robert Beadell,
music; John Birch, Douglas
Guy and Gary Meisters,
mathematics; William Bow
sky, Robert Forster and Jack
Sosin, history; Richard Gil
bert, chemical engineering;
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ana jonn KODinson, English;
Harold Manter, zoology; John
Staba, pharmacy; Reino Vir
tanen, romance languages;
and Peter Worth, art.
Accepted the low bid of
$25,862 from Braun-Brumfield
of Ann Arbor, Mich., for the
manufacturing of 12 books bv
the University Press.
Judging Team Wins
International Second
The
judging
college
placing
judging
University livestock
team finished their
judging careers by
second in the top
competition in the
c o u n t r y, the International
Livestock exposition, over the
Thanksgiving vacation.
The first five finalists of the
38 team field are: Oklahoma
State University, University
of Nebraska, University of
Illinois, Michigan State Uni
versity . and Virginia Poly
technic Institute.
Meetings
The Student Council activi
ties committee will meet to
day at 8 p.m. in 349 Student
Union. All Student Council
associates who are working
on this committee are asked
to attend.
Theta Sigma Phi will not
meet today as scheduled. The
next meeting will be Dec. 5.
A film and other entertain
ment will highlight the French
Club meeting at 7 p.m. in 320
Burnett tonight,
Board members and work
ers of the Women's Athletic
Ass'n. will meet at 7 p.m. to
night in Grant Memorial Hall.
Jed Johnson, national field
representative for the Col
legiate Council for the United
Nations (CCUN), will speak
to interested students tonight
at 7 p.m. in the Student Un
ion. He will discuss the CCUN
program in general and also
the possibility of forming a
chapter on this campus.
Nebraska's coach R. R.
Warren said the team scores
and the individual scores
were among the highest ever
posted in the history of the
contest.
Oklahoma State's team
garnered a total of 4,731
points out of a possible 5,000.
The Husker team received
4,657 points.
In individual competition
among 190 contestants, Ne
braska placed four men in the
top ten. They were: Jerald
Loseke 6th with 954, Vance
Udcn 7th with 948 points,
George Alschwede 8th with
947 points, Herb Kraeger 9th
with 945 points.
The 5th member of the NU
judging team is Ron Christ
enson. Coach Warren said that in
past years a score of 930 was
usually sufficient to place in
the individual judging.
Nebraska's team placed
first in the sheep judging
event, and 4th in the beef
cattle and swine judging.
During the program. Coach
Warren was elected president
of the International Intercol
legiate Livestock Coaches
Assn.
University of Nebraska
teams compete yearly in the
international judging contest
along with several national
contests. An NU team also
placed second in the contest
in 1958.
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"Cure for job boredom:
I made my favorite
pastime my career!"
Richard Bertram, Prtsidant
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"When you stop to think what percent of our total waking
hour is spent bread-winning, you realize how tragic it is
for anjr ma to work at an occupation he doesn't enjoy.
Besides frittering away life, it reduces chances of success
to just about zero. I know . . . because it almost happened
to me!
After college, I did what I thought was expected of me
and joined a solid, Manhattan-based insurance firm. I
sooa found office routine wasn't for me. I lived only for
nf'nii inn
lunch hour when I could walk to the Battery and mentally
ail with the ships that stood out in the Narrows . . , and
for the summer weekends when I could go sailing. Fortu
nately, the company I worked for is one of the leading
insurers of yachts and after two years I was transferred
to their Yacht Underwriting Department Enjoyment and
interest in my work improved immediately 100.
After World War II, I started my own yacht brokerage
firm and yacht insurance agency in Miami, combining my
marine insurance background with an even closer rela
tionship with boats.
My only problem ever since has been a feeling of guilt
that my work was too easy. I love boats and boating
people. That affection has paid me rewards way beyond
the financial security it has also provided.
The moral's obvious. You have an odds-on chance for
success and happineos working at what you enjoy most
what comes naturally! And if it's not just frivolous, your
life's work could well be what you now consider just a
pastime. It's certainly worth thinking about, anyway!"
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thirtiM, became on of the country'
leading yacht broken. Today he heada
up eight companies covering yacht manu
facturing, insurance, repair, storage, fi
nance and brokerage. A resident of
Coconut Grove, Florida, Dick became a
Camel fan while still in college
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