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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Friday, February 18, 1949
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Intercollegiate Press
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EDITORIAL.
Editor Norm titer
Managing Editor Cab Clem.
FrIU Simpson
New Editor. . .Louise McDIII, Bnsle Reed,
M. 1. Meliek, Gene Berg, Bruce Kennedy
Ac New Editor Myron Gustafson
Assistant As; Editor Jean Fenster
Sports Editor Bob Phelps
f eature Editor Emily Heine
(Editor' note Printed below I a letter from the president of the Ntmlcnt
Council. It clearly Indicates the editor' Ignorance af what the council Is doing, but,
what I more Important, It reveal that too many students "do not know the activities
of the council." We would like to remedy this by urging all council members who are
working on project to let The Dally Nebraska know of their progress. Council
activities should ret more coverage, we think, than the one-a-week report ol
council meetings. In a forthcoming editorial, Louise McDIII, member of the council,
will answer our editorial of last Wednesday, point by point. And bats off to Dale
Ball and Jack Maxwell for their contributions to our editorial page! More copy
from the council, please.)
Editor of The Daily Nebraskan:
I read your editorial comment on the Student Council
with a great deal of interest. You bring forth questions that
are on the minds of many members of this student body.
I would like to take this opportunity to point out that there
is not one of your questions but what has been considered
by members of the Student Council during this school year.
I think there is a good reason why you and other
members of the student body do not know of the ac
tivities of the Student Council. Let us use your case as"
an example. During this entire school year, up to the time
that you wrote your editorial, you had only attended one
Student Council meetings, and that was a time when you
came to ask the council for some particular thing. Until
after you wrote your editorial you had never attended a
council meeting this year in order to find what the council
was doing.
The Student Council was glad to welcome you to your
first meetling last night. We hope you come often. The
Student Council would welcome all students who might
wonder how well they are being represented on the coun
cil. All meetings are open to the public. All suggestions as
to possible projects are very welcome.
Dale, Ball, president
Student Council
Phillip Frandson., Former University Student,
Writes Letter Telling of Russian Encounter
(Editor' not An engrossing letter of
an Incident which happened In Kurope ba
come to our olflce from I'hllllp Fraadson,
former University student and president
of the city campu YMCA. Mr. Frand
ou 1 currently studying geography al
the Inlverslty of Faris on a French
Government fellowship.
His narration ot an encounter with the
Hussian I filled with enough horror to
serve aa another vivid reminder of the
gravity of the present International sit
uation. I-et the Isolationist and pacifists
answer toll one!)
The journey through this oc
cupied country (Austria) was ex
tremely interesting but not with
out a multitude of difficulties.
There were three of us in our
party, each holding the necessary
passes, etc. (mostly etc.), going to
Vienna. At the border between
the American zone of occupation
and the Russian zone, the Enns
river, the Russians ordered my
two friends off the train. To this
day I know not why they left me
on the train to continue my trip
into Vienna. Had I kaownf what
was to follow, I doubt if I would
have continued. My friends were
released and taken back to the
American zone. (I met them later
in Venice, Italy.) The trip into
Vienna was with the company of
a Russian soldier, who searched
me completely, searched my bag
gage, took films out of my cam
era and took a large sack of food
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BUSINESS.
Baslne Manager Irv Cheaea
Assistant Buslenas Manager . Merle Btalder,
Bob Astell, Keith U'Hannoa
Circulation Manager Al Abramsoa
Assistant Feature Editors. Rath Ana ISaod
stedt, frank Jacobs
Society Editor Pat Nordln
Faculty Advisor William Mice
Night News Editor M. J. Mellek
we planned to enjoy while in
Vienna.
During the six hours while in
Vienna I was followed 24 hours
a day by some gentleman who
stayed in the same hotel where
I was residing in the American
zone of occupation. The Russian
headquarters in Vienna gave me
a pass to go south through the
Semmering Pass (border of the
Russian-British zone of occupa
tion) to Venice. This route is not
in the corridor agreement, an
agreement permitting the passage
of troops, civilians, goods, etc., by
the British, French and Americans
into Vienna. Therefore, it was
necessary to get their permission,
which they gave quite willingly.
I sensed something was going to
happen, what with the freedom
in delivery of the pass.
The story from there on is ex
tremely long. Here is the meat
of it:
The pass was good only from
8 p. m. until midnight. The train
left at 8, and we were to be
through the Semmering Pass at
11:45. Because of sleet we were
delayed did not arrive until
11:45. The Russian soldier dis
puted my passport, said the pic
Meddling
By
Roses, orchids and every other
type of acceptable vegetable to
the hard-working students who
pumped some life into the dying
carcass of UNESCO. It was tough
sledding every inch of the way
with a lot of broken heads and
jangled nerves but the end has
been achieved.
The whole show has been a
bitter struggle between the
UNESCO committee and the le
thargy of the student body. From
the very first the conference has
been shaded by a conviction, even
among its proponents, that the
project was doomed to failure.
Several times the conference was
on the mat and stayed there to
the count of 9 but it always man
aged to stagger to its feet before
the final bell sounded its demise.
Dr. Rosenthal and Dr. Gustav-
son commented on the authentic
ity of the session. Both felt that
it was of national consequence.
The laurels for the success of
the conference really should rest
on the shoulders of two people
who have literally given it "blood.
sweat, toil" and especially "tears."
They are Shirley Sabm Quisen-
berry and Sue Allen, the real
creators of the campus UNESCO.
Our personal rating sheet would
Campus Chapel
Holds Weekly
Sunday Service
BY BEV SIEVERS
The University Campus chapel,
15th and U streets, holds interde
nominational and interracial serv
ices every Sunday morning at 11
a. m. These services are led by
members of the Deputation team
of the Religious Welfare council.
The deputation team is com
posed of one representative from
all denominations participating in
this program. The group leads
the worship by preparing the pro
gram and handling the accompani
ment and special music. A local
minister or outstanding layman
gives the sermon. Past sermons
ture was either false, or I wasn't
I, or something like that. (Don't
understand Russian very well.)
He ordered me off the train with
out being able to take my baggage
with me. He led me up a hill to a
bleak little shack where I got my
first good scare I hope the only
one of the European visit.
Between 11:45 and midnight
several soldiers looked at the pic
ture and at me, all agreeing
something was wrong. After mid
night the head officer came in,
clicked his heels, saluted, and In
almost perfect English, shouted,
"Your pass has expired. You are
under arrest of the Russian army!"
With that I wanted to be face
tious and say "I want to go home."
I'm quite willing to admit that
I was a bit frightened; had some
one asked me my name, I prob
ably would have shouted, "Joseph
Stalin."
The heavily braided officer
wasted no time in starting an in
tensive questioning that lasted 20
minutes. He covered every phase
of my life, even wanted to know
what I had. studied at the Uni
versity of Nebraska. 'He con
cluded his questioning, that went
at the pace of some rapid court
With Meli'ck
M. J.
run something like this: Honor
able mention to Marian Crook
and members of the Executive
Board, particularly those repre
sentatives from Belgium, Norway,
Mexico, India, Australia, United
Kingdom and Czechosolavkia.
Special awards also go to sec
retariat workers like Mary Lou
Horstman and Jerry 'Young. Fac
ulty honors to Dr. Sorenson, for
patience and understanding, and
Dr. Arndt and Don Kline, for fine
cooperation. Of course there were
a host of others who did their bit,
Members of the junior class,
Dotn male and female, were con
spicuously absent from the per
sonnel who "put tne conference
over." Undoubtedly these usu
ally eager individuals were busy
in some less worthwhile but more
"profitable" endeavor.
All in all the conference was
inaugurated and completed by a
group of people who really be
lieved in the thing they were do
ing. Although we feel that thev
deserve personal recognation, we
realize that they have achieved
the highest reward they desire
the success of the conference.
Though nobody cares what we
think, we d still like to say con
gratulations for a job well done.
have been given by Chancellor
Gustavson, the Rev. Gordon Lip
pett, the Rev. Richard Nutt and
the Rev. Rex Knowles.
In addition to the 11 o'clock
service, there is a Sunday Study
group which meets at 10 a. m. in
the chapel. The minister who is
giving the sermon acts as resource
leader. Continuity is achieved
through the student leaders who
remain in that position throughout
the semester.
The chapel was not organized
with the idea of taking students
from their regular Lincoln
churches. The chapel's purpose is
to facilitate church attendance for
students on the campus.
The sermon this Sunday will be
given by the Rev. Rex Knowles,
University Presbyterian pastor.
All students are welcome and
anyone who does not already at
tend a Lincoln church is urged to
attend.
cross examining, by asking me a
question that made me turn blue
and have a dry throat.
"And why did you want to go
to Hungary?" he asked.
I was stunned to think that
here was a border policeman who
"knew that I had applied at the
Hungarian embassy here in Paris
several months ago for a visa to
enter Hungary from Austria. (One
week before I left Paris, they in
formed me that I was rejected
without reason.) If nothing more,
the question impressed me; to
think of the so-called spy system
that must be involved to keep
tab on people traveling through
out this area. (Would like to in
form Mr.. John Gunther of the
episode. .Only recently he has
printed that travel throughout Po
land. Czechoslovakia, Austria,
Yugoslavia and Hungary is with
out difficulty for ordinary tour
ists. Maybe he didn't have diffi
culty, but had he experienced
what followed in that shack, he
would have changed his mind.)
The Russian officer left, locked
the door, leaving me to meditate
about the fate of the orgy. The
shack was bare; no window, no
cracks through which I could peek
to see if the train was still there;
no heat to combat the below zero
air; no nothing except a dirt floor
and, a broken down chair. Time
passed slowly as I thought of new
JlDWL JtllSL
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BY BRUCE KENNEDY
THE AMERICAN Farm Bureau
federation accused certain gov
ernment farm officials of trying
to stampede the farmers in what
they termed, "an unsound sys
tem of high farm supports." The
United Press reported that the
Farm Bureau has been against
the continuance of present rigid
war-time supports.. And it favors
the new support law which goes
into effect next year.
AN EIGHT-MAN Russian re
patriation mission was ordered by
Gen. Lucius D. Clay to leave the
United States Occupation zone.
Even though a protest was reg
istered by the Soviet government,
Clay said that their relatively in
significant duties could be easily
managed by the regular Sov
military mission.
GENERAL CLAY also got re
sults on his orders to the special
spy trial in Munich. The trial
Thursday raised its veil of se
crecy and revealed the name of
the first defendant and the ver
dict to the press. Frontisek
Klecka, 31-year-old waiter, was
charged with spying for Czecho
slovakia. He was sentenced to 20
years of hard labor. The remain
der of the trials will also remain
in secrecy, it is believed, with
only the names of the defendants
and the verdict being announced.
FLOOD POSSIBILITIES still
was the main topic in weather
talk today, as reports of minor
flooding were expected late
Thursday. While the weatherman
does not look for big floods, tl
possibility of small streams leav
ing their banks is becoming more
evident. Gravel roads will soon
be impassable because of the
thaw, and the advice to farmers
is "to stock up."
THE HOOVER commission con
tinued to wage its battle for a
more efficient executive branch
government. In a report on the
postoffice department, the com
mission labeled the present post
office administration as "obsolete
and over-centralized."
ways I could help them mine
uranium in Siberia.
It was 12:20, then 12:45, 1, 1:30,
1:45; about 2 a. m. two soldiers
entered. They made me strip
completely; they went through
a
every siucn oi my cioining, tear-
ing open the lining of my coar I
and the soles of my shoes. Un
able to find anything, they let
me dress my almost frozen body.
One of the soldiers led me out
of the cabin. To my amazement
I saw the train still waiting in the
valley below. He took me to the
platform, handed me my passport
and motioned for me to get on.
No sooner had I stepped on the
train than it was on its way to
Venice. Obviously they had been
holding it for me. When I got
back to my compartment, I found
the contents of my bag all over
the floor. Everything had been
microscopically examined. The
only thing missing was the film
from thA ramcra I stuffpd the
things back into my suitcase. anP
dropped into the seat completely
fatigued. That ended my visit
with the Russians.
June Graduates
June graduates who have not
made applications for their de
crees and certificates should do
so not later than March 1. Stu
dents should apply In the regis
trar's office. Room B 9, Ad
ministration building Office
hours are: 10-3 Monday
through Friday and 19-12 Saturday.
