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Friday, November 17,
Patrol Will Allow
Marijuana Spies
'Nothing In The Law'
Forbids Using Agents
By ED ICENOGLE
Senior Staff Writer
Undercover agents, possib
ly students, will be used to
investigate drug abuse on the
University campus, accord
ing to State Patrol Chief
James E. Kruger.
Kruger gave no indication
when the agents will begin op
erations on campus.
The announcement followed
an opinion earlier this week
expressed by Nebraska At
torney General Meyer that
funds appropriated to the
Drug Control Division of the
Patrol could be used to spon
sor the agents.
"There is not anything in
the law that covers this," C,
C. Sheldon, assistant attor
ney general, said Wednesday.
'But I don't think there is
any question that agents could
be used."
Sheldon said there is noth
ing in the law requiring the
Patrol to obtain permission
from University officials be
fore hiring agents to work
on campus.
COOPERATION
"As a matter of policy," he
said, however, "this would be
done in cooperation with the
University."
He also indicated that stu
dents, carefully screened by
the State Patrol, might be
used in gathering information
for the patrol. The students
would not be Involved in ac
tual arrests.
A "variety of people" have
expressed concern over the
use of such agents, according
to G. Robert Ross, dean of
student affairs.
Ross said Thursday his first
reaction to Kruger's an
nouncement was that the
State Patrol head had changed
his position on the use of such
agents.
"But then I realized he
didn't indicate a plan to do
this on a wholesale or wide
spread basis," Ross said. By
using the agents only on spe
cific cases or when there is
concern over the abuse of
of d r u g s, the present policy
would not be greatly changed,
Ross saift.
Ross had said last, week
that to his knowledge no un
dercover agents have been
present on the University
campus. His statement came
a wsek after a Univeristy
student withdrew after ad
mitting to the use and pos
session of marijuana in a
University dormitory.
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"The staff (the office of stu
dent affairs) got together this
morning," he said, "and there
were a few concerns ex
pressed." "It was the consensus of
the office of student affairs
that we should spend time on
more important affairs than
the presence of agents."
$100,000
The undercover agents
would work through the Drug
Control Division, financed by
a $100,000 appropriation by
the state legislature.
State Sen. Terry Carpenter
of Scottsbluff had requested
the opinion of the attorney
general's office earlier this
week in regard to the use
of the funds for sponsoring
agents.
Carpenter said in an inter
view that he thought the
agents are needed to elimin
ate any present problems of
drug abuse and prevent fu
ture troubles.
Nebraska does not have the
problem that several other
states now have, Kruger said,
but immediate attack of the
problem of drug uses is need
ed. WILLING
Carpenter said Thursday he
is willing to speak with stu
dents on the use of under
cover agents.
The Unicameral legislator
will hold the discussion Mon
day evening in the Selleck
cafeteria, according to M 1 k e
Eyster, Selleck president.
Eyster said Carpenter is
anxious to discuss the use of
agents with students and that
the meeting will be open to
anyone interested.
Whitehall Dance
Saturday Night
The Whitehall Committee
and the Whitehall School
student council will sponsor
a dance featuring the Chan
cellors Nov. 18 at 8:30 p.m., :
Saturday night in the school
gym at 57th and Walker.
This dance is the first
project planned by the new ,
studnt council of the school
for dependent children. The
council was formed under
the direction of a Univers
ity Red Cross committee
working with students be
tween the ages of 14 and 16.
Admission for the dance
is $1.25 per person. Pro
ceeds will be used to pur
chase an ice water drinking
fountain for the school.
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Union Construction
orth Entrance Closed
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As Building Continues
The north entrance of the
Nebraska Union win be
closed beginning Nov. 27 as
construction moves into its
second phase, Allen Bennett,
union director, said Thurs
day. With the construction of
'Jie framework of the addition
to be completed in about two
weeks, construction crews
will begin interior work.
Students will be required
to enter the union by the
south entrance or a temporary
entrance cn the west side,
Bennett pointed out.
The north entrance will be
closed until construction is
en
By DAVE BUXTAIN
Senior Staff Writer
New Orleans District At
torney Jim Garrison has the
evidence to tell the American
people who really assas
sinated President John F.
Kennedy, author Mark Lane
told a Nebraska Union audi
ence Thursday.
The controversial lawyer,
who authored the best-seller
Rush to Judgment, outlined
his objections to the Warren
Commission report and de
fended the investigations
being conducted by District
Attorney Garrison.
With an obvious reference
to the Warren Commission in
quiry, Lane said, "the first
serious investigation since
the shots were fired is taking
place now in New Orleans."
When the investigation is
brought into the courtroom,
"there will be a great shock
in this country people are
ill-prepared for what will
happen.
'GOING TO LEARV
"They are going to learn for
the first time who killed Pres
ident Kennedy, why he was
killed and why the federal
government from Lyndon
Baines Johnson on down have
acted to suppress relevant
evidence."
Lane said suggesting a mo
tive for such a conspiracy
University of Nebraska
completed in about six or
seven months, he said.
Work has started this week
on the administration offices
and the activities coordina
tor's office.
The offices have been
moved to the music rooms
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would be merely speculation.
and added that "when the
trial takes place we will be
able to make a well-educated
guess as to what the motives
for suppressing the evidence
are."
He t o 1 d a near-capacity
crowd, "no doubt you have
heard about the crazy district
attorney in New Orleans at
least this is how the p r e s s
has presented it."
'INTELLECTUAL'
Terming the district attor
ney an "intellectual", Lane
dismissed news stories which
branded Garrison as "psycho
pathic" or "flamboyant."
Disturbed by the pro-Warren
Commission tenor of t h e
news reports, Lane moved to
New Orleans two months ago,
"because I wanted to k n o w
who killed President Kenne
dy." Since that time he has be
come close friends with Gar
rison, has read his files and
has become completely ac
quainted with the evidence.
"There is no question in my
mind," he said, "that he has
turned up the most signifi
cant evidence since the d a y
of the assassination."
This evidence cannot be re
vealed until Clay Shaw, a New
Orleans citizen accused of
conspiring to assassinate the
president, is brought to trial
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and the T.V. room. They will
occupy this temporary space
until construction is com
. pleted, Bennett noted.
The main desk has also
been moved to the lounge.
When construction is finished
it will occupy a space at the
head of the north entrance.
The campus activities office
will not return to its original
place on the main floor but
will be moved to the third
floor when construction is
completed, Bennett said.
The 1.3 million dollar proj
ect will add 68,000 square feet
to the union and will allow
11 to serve 20,000 students.
early next year, he said.
Lane attacked reports
claiming that Garrison is pur
posely delaying the case to
gain added publicity, pointing
out that Shaw's attorneys are
the ones who have requested
the delays.
He also scored statements
hy U.S. Attorney General
Ramsey Clark, who said
at the time of Shaw's indict
ment that the FBI had cleared
him in December, 1963.
The Attorney General seems
to be vouching for the in
nocence of the accused con
spirator, Lane pointed out.
In addition, it has never been
explained what Shaw was
cleared of doing in 1963.
Clark's intervention brought
"an almost orchestrated re
sponse on the part of the
news media" in denouncing
Garrison's activities.
Lane said the Garrison in
vestigation and other similar
ones have been hampered by
the supression of relevant
evidence by such groups and
individuals as the Warren
Commission, J. Edgar Hoov
er, President Johnson, the
Secret Sendee and the Cen
tral Intelligence Agency.
President Johnson has per
sonally had 400 files classi
fied in the National Archives
so that they cannot be sub
Students Protest
Use Of Napalm
Demonstration Planned
Against Dow Cliemical
By JAN PARKS
Junior Staff Writer
A . student demonstration
protesting the manufacture
of napalm by the Dow Chem
ical Company will be staged
Monday with the appearance
of the company's college re
cruiters on the University
campus.
An organizational meeting
for students interested in
demonstrating against the use
of napalm will be held Satur
day at 10:30 a.m. in the Ne
braska Union, according to
Richard Littrell, president of
Students for Democratic So
ciety. Napalm, an explosive gel,
utilized by the U.S. military
to make bombs for use in
Vietnam, is produced by the
Dow Chemical Company.
"These demonstrations are
not to be directed against the
Dow Company itself,' Littrell
stated, "but against the prod
uct they manufacture."
Littrell explained that Sat
urday's meeting would coor
inate the efforts of SDS and
several other groups that have
expressed interest in demon
strating against the use of
napalm.
Several members of the
Nebraskans for Peace in
Vietnam, a non campus or
ganization, have said they .
would like to participate, he
said. Littrell explained that
there are student members
in this organization.
"About 20 people have said
they want to demonstrate
against the use of napalm."
said Littrell, "and some of
them are representing groups
of people."
The SDS president said that
the purpose of this demon
stration is to point out what
sort of a weapon napalm is.
Muslim Students
Conduct Seminar
The Muslim Students' As
sociation will conduct a sem
inar on "The Status of Wo
men in Islam" in the Ne
braska Union at 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 37.
Asad Ali Khan, president
vol the organization will be
the head speaker for the
seminar. He said a question
and answer period win fol
low a general discussion.
poenaed by anyone until the
year 2039.
These files include such ti
ties as "The Relationships be
tween Jack Ruby and the
CIA" and "The Relationships
between Jack Ruby and Lee
Harvey Oswald," Lane said.
Among the files which John
son classified are the pho
tographs and diagrams made
at the Kennedy autopsy which
show the exact nature of the
wounds he sustained.
"Not one member of the
Warren Commission ever
looked at those photographs,"
the attorney said. "The gov
ernment's constant refusal to
aUow an outside pathologist to
examine those files is indic
ative of what they may in
clude." An examination of the files
would be extremely relevant
to the new allegations Lane
makes in Rash to Judge
ment. He explained that his
attack on the Warren Com
mission report is predicated
on a belief that "at least five
shots were fired from at least
two sources" during the as
sassination. The autopsy diagrams
would indicate whether only
three shots were fired from
a single source as the War
ren Commission maintained.
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"We also want to make peo
ple aware that napalm is used
on the civilian population in
Vietnam," he said.
Littren said that SDS wiH
not attempt to block students
from talking to the recruit
ers or to prevent the recruit
ers on campus.
"We are planning to pick
et," he continued, "a n d to
pass out leaflets on the ef
fects of napalm."
He said that the location
of the anti-napalm demonstra
tion would be decided at Sat
urday's meeting.
Other campuses have had
similar demonstr ations
against the use of napalm in
Vietnam, including Iowa State
University students who held
a protest last week.
Frank Halgren, the direc
tor of student placement,
said Thursday that the Uni
versity's policy is to let any
bona fide company recruit on
the campus.
He said that he didn't know
what action would be taken
in the event of student dem
onstration against the recruit
ers. Although Halgren felt that
a demonstration would reflect
unfavorably on the Univer
sity, he said, "it is proper
for students to express their
opinions, as long as they do
not interfere with the righvs
of others."
Halgren said that demon
strating against the Dow
Company recruiters would
be unfair because napalm is
only a smaU part of the com
pany's production.
"Dow producer over 900
products," he said, "which
include paint, medical, agri
cultural and household prod
ucts." Halgren also explained that
the Dow recruiters win be
looking for people who are
interested in marketing their
products.
He also said that a dem
onstration against the Dow
Company would be unfair be
cause "there is scarcely a
major corporation in the U.S.
which is not helping the war
effort."
"It is impossible to localize
the guilt of the war effort,
he explained. Halgren ex
plained that food producers
and textile producers who
send their products to Viet
nam could also be blamed for
the war effort.