THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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' Subscription rate ar tl.50 per semester. $2.00 per semester mailed, a
$2.00 for the college year. (3.00 mailed. Single copy 6c Published daily during
the school year except Mondays and Saturdays, vacations and examination
tertods. by the students of the University of Nebraska under the supervision
sf the Publication Board. Entered as 8econd Class Matter at the Post Office
n Lincoln, Nebraska, under Act of Connress, March S, 1879, and at special
rate of postage provided for In section 1103, act of October , 1917, authorised
September 30. 1922.
The Pally Nebraskan Is published by the rtndrnls of the Vnlvrrslty of Nebraska as
a expression of student news and opinions only. According to article II of the By laws
ttoverninc student publications and administered by the Board of Publications: "It Is
the declared oollrv of the Board that publications under its Jurisdiction shall be free
front editorial censorship on the part of the Board, or on the part of any member of
the faculty of the university ; but members of the staff of The Dally Nebraska are per
sonally responsible for wbat they say or do or cause to be printed."
(Ed. Note: The pinions expressed by columnists in The Daily Nebrasksa fe
t necessarily represent those of the University er The Daily Nebraskan.)
JlttoALjl.
Dear Editors:
The purpose of this letter is to criticize the Daily Nebraskan.
This letter is not meant as a personal criticism of the editors, the
staff, or any individual or group of individuals on the faculty. Since
we are not fully acquainted with the administrative set-up, the
finances, the censorship or other restrictions which control the pub
lication of the paper, we are precluded from leveling specific re
marks of censure against anyone when ignorant of these facts and
of where responsibility lies. Possibly more enlightenment as to the
genuine and honest difficulties which prevent the publication of a
good newspaper will adequately stifle much of the present dissatis
faction and adverse comment concerning the Daily Nebraskan.
Now for the criticisms:
First: Compared to other schools in the United States, the Uni
versity of Nebraska ranks 24th in size, yet when we observe uni
versity newspapers of schools of similar enrollment, we find that
they have either Associated Press or United Press wire service and
many have wire-photo service. If such news services are not ob
tainable here, certainly there are many other legitimate methods of
obtaining news i.e., a composite process as, we understand, is
used at Minnesota.
Second: The students of this school each pay fifty cents a se
mester, which amounts to total receipts of roughly $9,000 a year
for subscriptions to the Daily Nebraskan. The cost of publishing the
paper each day is approximately $67, the receipts from advertising
each day are over $70. Thus, advertising pays for the paper, and out I
of the $9,000 comes the editors' salaries, leaving somewhere between
seven and eight thousand to surplus. If this surplus goes into a build
ing fund, why mislead the student body by putting "Daily Ne
braskan" Subscription on the tuition slips instead of "Building
Fund?"
Third: Notices of the meetings of the thousand and one clubs, as
sociations, boards, etc.,-should not take the place of news, but should
be compactly classified in a back page of the paper in a column de
voted to sucrT notices.
Fourth: A recent privately conducted survey showed the aver
age reading time of the Daily Nebraskan to be 45 seconds (exclud
ing the advertisements and the sports section).
Fifth: The majority of the students are interested in reading
news of local, national and international importance, timely edi
torials and at least the traditional weather report in addition to
campus news.
Sixth: If the Daily Nebraskan is having trouble finding re
porters, why not offer to pay them something? The fund seems ade
quate for such a policy.
Seventh: To lend a more professional atmosphere to the paper,
the Daily Nebraskan should be staffed and edited by journalism
student.:.
Sincerely,
Fred Metheny
Survey Reveals Students Favor Aid
To Greece and Turkey to Curb Ru
ssia
Ed Murphy
Charles Chase
Joseph Moore
Tyler Gaines
Dick Harnsberger
John Binning
Charles Bocken
Bill McBride
. John Peters
Rod Monismith
Richard Svoboda
Neal Hilmes
Bill Schaumberg
Wallance Angle
(Editor's Note: Valid and constructive criticism is greatly ap
preciated. We thank the gentlemen for their interest in wanting to
see a better campus newspaper and agree heartily with them on points
1, 3, 5 and 6. Invstigation of the possibilities of securing wire serv
ice and paid reporters is being carried on now.
The financial figures in the letter are inadequate and do not
agree with the actual facts. It is not the policy of the Daily Nebraskan
to publish the financial statements, but a complete monthly report
of operations is made to the Publications Board and information can
be obtained from that Board by those who specifically desire it.
Our only remedy for No. 4 is to work harder for a better
paper, but neither the staff nor the school of journalism believes
that the Daily should be a strictly school of journalism paper, as ex
pressed In point No. 7. The purpose of the paper, in addition to pub
lishing the campus news, is to provide experience for students In
newspaper work. Many students other than journalism majors are in
terested in ; the field and working on the paper can increase
that interest. If only one school is represented, the view of the news
and knowledge of what is going on is limited to that one school. To
eover the campus and students adequately, we will repeat, that any
BY PAT MEEIIAN.
Seven of ten university stu
dents interviewed replied in the
affirmative when asked if they
believed "the United States should
give aid to Greece." Those stu
dents were also asked to desig
nate the form of aid they recom
mended.
Of the remaining ten, two per
sons believed such a policy should
not be followed, and one was un
decided.
In answer to the question, Mer
rell Shutt Grant, senior, replied
"It seems to me that the people
in the United States are over-con
cerned with Russia's expansion
Communist control in and around
the government in Greece has
been unstable for many years.
Aid from us from governmental
purpose, I feel is unnecessary;
wherever people are starving, tho,
it is the duty of some nation to
give money to aid the situation.
Idealistic Basis of Aid.
Arden Kers"ey, senior in arts
and sciences believes "we should
give aid in the form of food and
clothing. It would be aiding fel
low human beings, as well as
curbing any designs that Russia
may have on these countries."
Two reasons for giving aid to
Greece were advanced by Carol
Frederickson, senior in teacher's
college. She stated that "on a
purely idealistic basis ,'we should
neip them because they are
brother human beings who are
starving." Secondly, she assert
ed that "the communists are at
tempting to spread their domain
by every possible means. The
Greeks represent democracy and
should be supported by us
through our presentation of a
solid front in our form of govern
ment. To avoid conflicts, we
allowed the Grmans to gradually
creep into the small countries,
then larger countries, until we had
major conflict on our hands.
Therefore, I believe the Russian
bluff should be called now, if it
is a bluff!"
Another affirmative reply was
made by Marcia Tepperman, arts
and sciences freshman. She be
lieves that food and clothing, as
well as financial aid, should be
sent Greece.
Stew Tangeman answered that
help should be given Greece if it
would further democracy. "How
ever," he continued, "if the main
motive for such aid would be to
further only the oil interests of
the United States in this sur
rounding area, I would personally
say, no, and recommend that both
Russia and the United States for
get the internal issue in Greece
and Turkey and openly try to
solve their real problems. This, I
think, is the case, but, if aid is
eiven Greece and Turkey, I be
lieve it should be in the form of
money and financial advice by
government economists.
Pre-law student Edward E. Gal
lagher declared that "giving aid to
Greece and Turkey will not stop
the spread of communism. It will
only restrain the spread of what
we consider to be an evil doctrine,
Is this the safest policy? Will it
accomplish the purpose for which
the aid is intended? That is, will
this aid assure a democratic gov
ernment in these countries? The
answer is undetermined. Turkey
is not, at present, and in fact
never was, a democracy. To ex
pect a suddent change of govern
mental policy to result from our
financial aid is the absolute height
of optimism. Greece is virtually
dominated by the communist
party. In view of this fact, aid to
Greece will ultimately be of bene
fit to the communist party. They
have the influence, and we give
thf mnnpv. This is a nnnr nnlirv!"
Balkans Left Open.
"Since Great Britain will be un
able to fulfill her commitments in
the Balkans," James Brundage,
ireshman, pointed out, "the field
has been left open. The two great
political forces in modern world
affairs, communism and capital
ism, will be competing for dom
mation of Balkan affairs. The
United States, which is at pres
ent, the foremost capitalist nation
in the world, will have to inter
vene in the area.
"The question of communist or
capitalist combination," he con
tinued, "is fundamental. From
present reports, it appears that the
aid will be given."
Willard Visek, ag senior, dis
cussed the question by reminding
that "Our world todav is becom-
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Two students, who preferred to
remain anonymous, replied with
the following statements:
"No, aid must not be given In
the first place, do we really know
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