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Monday, March 21, 1966
The Daily Nebraskan
Vol. 81, No. 83
Businesses Picketed
M
archers Protest Apartheid
Sixty marchers picketed
four Lincoln businesses Satur
day morning in orderly pro
test against the "apartheid",
or racial separation policy
of the South African govern
ment. The march was sponsored
by Students for a Democra
tic Society (SDS) and the Ad
Hoc Committee Against
Apartheid. They were protest
ing the four companies' bus
iness interests in South Afri
ca. The businesses that were
picketed are Traveller's In
surance Co., Aetna Insurance
Co., Connecticut Mutual Life
Insurance Co. and Interna
tional Harvester Co.
Aid To South Africa
The insurance firms, ac
cording to Carl Davidson,
secretary-treasurer of SDS,
hold stock in a consortium of
banks that loan money to the
South African government.
International Harvester, he
said, lends technical assis
tance and advice to the gov
ernment. A salesman at Connecticut
Mutual commented that the
march seemed like "an aw
ful waste of time." He said
that the "finance department
pays no attention whatsoever
to our suggestions. That's the
Viet Nam
Question
Discussed
By Nancy Hen'rtckson
Junior Staff Writer
The question of whether or
not the United States should
stay in Viet Nam was debated
at thp Delian Union Literary
Society meeting in the Ne
braska Union Saturday eve
ning. Support for the United
States' role in Viet Nam was
presented by Bashir Ahmad
and Kenneth Keath. Opposing
them were Carl Davidson and
Miss Jane Adams.
Ahmad said that the US.
did not go into Viet Nam as
an aggressor, but by invita
tion of the elected government
and because of commitments
already made by the Geneva
Conference.
He said that the United
States holds two commitments
in Viet Nam m oral and
treaty.
"The United States gave
its word, and it must be hon
ored," Ahmad said. "Prestige
and work are involved, and
an honorable settlement is
very important."
Rejecting his theory, David
son said that the United
States' commitment is phony;
that it is committed not to the
Vietnamese people but to the
United States itself.
Stressing that Viet Nam is
one country, he said, "There
is no such things as t w o in
dividual nations in Viet Nam."
Davidson stated a belief
that the United States should
negotiate out of Viet Nam, and
any solution has to view the
National Liberation Front.
Preconditions for a settle
ment are withdrawal, and
possibly an electoral provi
sion, he said.
Affirming the United States
role, Keath said that the ul
timate goal of the United
States is to maintain stability
in an area which is suffering.
"We have stopped Com
munist aggression, and we
want to stop aggression from
the north which would lead
to success of the Viet Cong,"
he said.
China is not aggressive,
Miss Adams said, and has not
introduced arms. Drawing
analogias with World War II,
she charged that the United
States is violating many laws.
Keath said that if victory
Is given to the Communists,
the United States will be al
lowing a slow degeneration in
Southeast Asia.
Davidson cited two alter
natives for settlement. One
was to have the same people
negotiate as at the 1954 Ge
neva agreement. Another sug
gestion, which he said is not
possible, is to have only the
army generals negotiate, and
not governments or political
t parties.
way it is in most major life
insurance companies."
Davidson suggested at the
afternoon teach-in on S o u t h
Africa that if the employes of
the Lincoln firm were to get
together and protest their
company's investment in the
consortium banks, something
might come of it.
The salesman from Connec
ticut Mutual said that even
if this did happen in his of
fice, the suggestion "would
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DEMONSTRATION ... in downtown Lincoln Saturday
morning included sixty students carrying protest signs
against the United States' dealings with South Africa.
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Chatravarty: 'India
Hemispheric Link9 j
A speech on the political
aspects of Indo-American re
lations given by Dr. Amiya
Chatravarty highlighted the
annual India Night Saturday.
Chatravarty is currently a
professor of Oriental religions
at the University of Boston.
In 1950-51, he served as of
ficial advisor to the United
Nations Indian delegation. He
was a companion of Gandhi
from 1946-48.
In his speech Saturday
night, Chatravarty compared
India to the United States, ex
plaining that the two coun
tries were alike in that both
are founded on a multi
lingual, multi-racial and
multi-religious basis.
India and the United States,
he explained, have never con
templated getting rid of other
cultures by excluding them.
He said, "Our nation (India)
is a meeting place for cul
tures. India has historically
been the hemispheric link be
tween the two great hem
ispheres of culture."
In relation to this, Chat
ravarty advised that if India
forgets the large variety of
factors in the nation, it will
be committing suicide.
"The very existence of In
dia depends on the delicate
balance of all cultural
factors," said Chatravarty.
He said that the more com
posite a nation is, the more
staying power it has. How
ever, he warned, if a nation
is engaged in civil war, it
cannot have international se
curity today-
In this respect, Chatravarty
noted the caste system prob
lem in India that runs paral
lel to the racial problem in
the United States.
He explained that the new
constitution in India does not
allow the caste system. Chat
ravarty said he is in favor of
the principle of integration in
the United States.
In the field of international
Early Registration
The registrar's office will
soon be mailing a letter to
University students about
early registration procedures
for next semester.
The letter will point out
that worksheets are now due
in April rather than in May
and that the class reservation
deposit has been increased
from $25 to $50. v
This year the letter indi
be ignored. In fact," he said,
"they'd probably tell us to
mind our own business."
'No More Money'
A representative of another
of the insurance firms ex
pressed annoyance at the
marchers' plans. "If this is
the type of thing that Univer
sity students do," he said, "I
don't feel the Legislature
needs to give the University
any more money."
The Rev. Hudson Phillips,
relations, Chatravarty said,
"Who has ever heard of India
playing the role of the aggres
sor." "India has to act as a
bridge between nations," said
Chatravarty.
He stated that this principle
has been followed in India's
positions as a mediator in
Cyprus, Indonesia, Korea and
between the Arabs and the
Israeli on the Gaza Strip.
He noted that it is the
United States that most wants
European unity, though not
out of selfish motives. The
power of the United States is
exerted towards being a good
neighbor, said Chatravarty.
Chatravarty received scat
tered applause when he stated
that in his opinion, the United
State's military policy in Viet
Nam is not in accordance with
the general wishes of the
populace, nor is it in the
nature of the United States.
The differences of opinions
in this country on the Viet
Nam issue, said Chatravarty,
"spells out a central split in
the conscious of this nation."
Chatravarty was questioned
about the wisdom of military
aid from the United States to
India if the latter country was
attacked by China.
"It would be an impossible
military position for the
United States," replied Chat
ravarty. He explained that
such an action would open
the United States to direct at
tack at every point in the
East.
He stated further, "We can
not afford the luxury of a
nuclear war."
Chatravarty is being spon
sored by the Unitarian Uni
versalis! Association, the Uni
versity Council on Religion
and the Unitarian Church of
Lincoln. He is presently trav
eling across the country un
der Unitarian Church sponsor
ship. cates that the registrar's of
fice will start pulling cards
the first of April.
Priorities will be as fol
lows: graduate students and
undergraduates with 75 or
more hours as of Jan. 29,
April 4-15; students with 35-74
hours as of Jan. 29, April
18-22; and students with 0-34
hours as of Jan. 29, April
25-29.
a participant in the march,
said he felt the march "cre
ated an awareness on the
part of the businessmen of
Lincoln" in regard to the situ
ation in South Africa. He is
pastor of the United Campus
Christian Fellowship.
Steve Abbott, another par
ticipant, assessed the value
of the march as "bringing
the problem (in South Afri
ca) to the attention of the
people in Lincoln."
'Disgrace'
Shoppers who viewed t h e
picketing had varied reac
tions. "They (the marchers have
the right to say what they
think," one man commented.
One woman commented
that the march was a "dis
grace to the country. I think
they should throw all of those
students out of the Univer
sity," she said. "They should
be going there to be edu
cated." "They (the marchers) all
look like Communist s,"
another passerby said.
'General Unconcern'
Tom Mesner, a march par
ticipant, said he noted t h e
four basic reactions from peo
ple viewing the march as "vi
olent hatred, little old lady
muttering and shaking her
head, an overawed reaction
and total unconcern."
"I expected the reactions
we got," Mesner said, "gen
eral unconcern with a bit of
amusement."
One ASUN student senator,
Kelley Baker, took part in the
march. "There should have
been more student senators
there," Baker said. "This
isn't something that only SDS
should support."
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REGISTRAR . . . Hoover ponders the University's future enrollment.
Administrators Praise
Registrar's Predictions
By Bruce Giles
Senior Staff Writer
Despite criticism regarding
enrollment figures and regis
tration, Dr. Floyd Hoover has
received praise from his fel
low University administra
tors. Hoover's enrolment projec
tions, according to Lee W.
Chatfield, associate dean of
student affairs and director of
the Junior Division and Coun
seling Service, have contained
"an error that is generally
about two per cent or less."
He emphasized that Hoover
is "working with variables
that can't always be identi
fied and when they can be
identified, can't always be
evaluated."
"Any time you come within
two per cent, you are doing
about as well as you can do,"
Chatfield said.
Many Variables
As an example of the vari
ables involved. Chatfield
pointed to the GI Bill and its
effect on next fall's enroll
ment. "All we can be sure of is
that it isn't going to reduce
enrollment," Chatfield said.
A. C. Breckenridge, vice
chancellor and dean of facul
ties, commented that Hoover
has, on the whole, done a
good job of dealing with a
great problem.
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TEACH-IN . . . Saturday afternoon was concerned with United States and South African
relations.
South African Holdings
'Like Stock Exchange'
By Julie Morris
Senior Staff Writer
The United States has
"dragged its feet" in respond
ing to the "immoral and il
legal" apartheid policy of the
South African government, ac
cording to one panelist at the
South African teach-in Satur
day. "I would condemn Ameri
can policy in South Africa
more than any of you," Dr
David Trask told the audience
which numbered about 120.
Trask, associate professor of
history, was one of eight pan
elists at the teach-in spon
sored by Students for a Dem
ocratic Society (SDS).
Trask said the reason the
He said that in making en
rollment projections, the reg
istrar "has to use some hind
sight and must work with a
whole host of factors over
which he has no control."
He said the problem exists
in many other colleges, too.
"It gets irritating to us, stu
dents are annoyed, parents
are annoyed, and the regis
trar is helpless," Chatfield
said. "He has to deal the
cards as they are given to
him to deal."
Limitations Unknown
Breckenridge also noted
that many times the Univer
sity does not know the limita
tions that many be placed on
students at other colleges,
thus encouraging more s t u
dents to attend the Univer
sity. Hoover, who has been reg
istrar since 1956 and worked
in the registrar's office prevl
ous to that, described his part
in the enrollment projections
as "five-finger exercises."
That is, his projections are
the fundamental beginning at
tempts, but not the completed
product presented to the Ne
braska Legislature.
However, Hoover said he
does not claim to be infallible
and is in fact, the first to ad
mit it when he is wrong.
Hoover called his estimates
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United States has not spoken
out openly against the apar
theid, or separate develop
ment of the races, policy of
the South African government
is because "in the point of
view of our government Af
rican questions are less im
portant than European ques
tions and than Latin Amer
ican and Asian questions."
Business Interests
Carl Davidson, secretary
treasurer of SDS and coordin
ator of the South African
Weekend program, said that
the list of U.S. businesses with
locations or interests in South
Africa "reads like the New
York Stock Exchange."
There is "a perceptible con-
of the 1957 enrollment "t h e
fiasco of 1957."
"I was off 10 per cent and
that is an absolutely intoler
able margin," he said.
He cited five specific rea
sons why his projections for
1957 were off. They included
a rise in tuition, four days of
hot stifling wind across the
state that killed many of the
crops, unemployment as 1 o w
as in the late 1930's, and over
400 students more than usual
being suspended or. poor
scholastic performance.
"These and a thousand oth
er imponderables cancel cut
the best of efforts to make
predictions," he said.
Factors Involved
Hoover pointed out that
Nebraska economy is, to a
great extent, tied to agricul
ture, but he had no way of
knowing about the four days
of kiUing wind, nor did he
have any idea that the Uni
versity would tighten their
scholastic requirements.
"I haven't felt at all com
fortable since," Hoover add
ed. "I shouldn't be off more
than two per cent. I have
been coming close to it, but
none of these disasters has
occurred since."
, "All you can hope to do is
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nectlon between the comforts
of this country and the slave
labor of" millions of black
South Africans.
"I don't think this country
is going to change its policy,"
Davidson said. "They can say
a lot of nice things" but will
take little or no action.
Sue Orrin, field represent,
ative for the World Univer
sity Service, said that white
South Africans "really deeply
and intensely believe in the
philosophy of separate
development" of the white and
Negro races.
Separate Schools
Whites and Negroes in South
Africa, she said, attend sep
arate schools which have dif
ferent curriculums because
"black South Africans are not
suited to learn all the things
the white Africans are," ac
cording to the whites, she said.
Esrom Maryogo, a student
from Tanzania, stated, "Ev
ery condition for totalitarian
government is present in
South Africa today."
Godwin Dubay, a student
from Rhodesia, discussed the
effects that affluent, power
ful South Africa has on other
African nations. He said that,
to white Rhodesians, South
Africa is "where the white
man in Africa has found a
solution to the problem of the
Negro."
Dubay said the "common
thing" today is "to talk about
Rhodesia as if it were very
different" from South Africa.
In reality, he explained, Rho
desia is "very similar" to
South Africa.
'White, Negro Towns'
Townships in Rhodesia, he
said, are separated into white
towns and Negro towns. He
said Negroes are not allowed
to go into the white towns-
Dubay said that the ' sep
arate, but equal" education
policies for whites and non
whites in Africa is a '"very
big fallacy."
"What are you going to do
as an American?" Dubay
asked his audience. "Are you
going to raise your voice?"
The teach-in was the climax
of a weekend of activity aimed
at explaining the situation of
South Africa to the campus,
according to Davidson.
SDS contends that. the Ne
groes of South Africa , have
little or no freedom, because
of the oppressive apartheid
policy. According to a pam
phlet distributed by the group
the "official policy of the
United States toward the gov
ernment of South Africa is
opposition," but the "actual
policy toward the govern
ment of South Africa is co
operation." r 7.
Other speakers at the teach
in included the Rev.-Hudson
Phillips of the United Campus
Christian Fellowship. Rev.
Phillips said that the church
in South Africa "has become
a tool of the government and
that the church assists in
"prolonging apartheid", be
cause it cannot speak out now
"without radically affecting"
its position.
To sidestep the issue all to
gether, the church In South
Africa maintains that apar
theid does not fall into the
category of spiritual matters
and therefore it is not the
church's business to become
involved in opposing it.
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