The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, March 18, 1952, Page 2, Image 2
i -Cou ! mi ve , an i ve I th ) lei t m j as til Wi !n ac ar o D th si - bi v. Fi t I i 1 , 1 P a: ei tl ; ; P i tl ; d si '' r : 3 ' h ti I I C pe th ei; te I I a i i oi 01 T U U V' - v V t t '4 I n THE DAILY NEBRASKAN 4 Tuesday, March 18, 1952 EDITORIAL PAGE Seeking The Governorship After Nebraska's two Republican candidates to offer In concrete suggestions, for governor finished talking, "answering" ques- Both candidates opposed present proposals for tions and refuting each other Monday afternoon, Universal Military training; Anderson opposed the audience wasn't much farther ahead than any form. Crosby would favor an extension cf when they sat down to hear the candidates, the national guard program and military training Neither Bob Crosby nor Victor Anderson would in schools a suggestion which The Daily Nebras- give the audience direct answers, neither would kan feels would be a good substitute for UMT. give much concrete evidence and both beat around Although Bob Crosby was not overly con- the bush. crete in his proposals for state government, The What Am I Doing Here? Despite this, if the chairman of the meeting were to have chosen a winner, it would have been Bob Crosby's hand that would have been raised at least for this round. And it was the question and answer period that turned the tide In Crosby's favor. Nebraskan feels that Nebraska voters need just a little more clarification of Yictor Anderson's ideas than the point what Nebraska needs is a businessman to run the governor's office. JK. Now Is The Time At the close of the opening 10-minute speeches, n wm be interesting to SP iust hmv Son. Htish Vic Anderson had said something; Crosby had not. Butler back in Nebraska for awhile, will explain Anderson outlined about five major points on how to improve state policies, spending several min utes on University appropriations. Crosby, on the other hand, neglecting the University, discussed the national budget, the communist threat, finally reaching the state level long enough to tell the listeners he favored a reorganization of state gov ernment which has been lacking since 1919. However, the audience had a good many questions for both candidates, and Crosby well overcame any disadvantage he had at the end of the opening remarks. Admittedly, Crosby too, was vague In answers, but Anderson seemed to rely on one point that what Nebraska needs is a man with a business background to run the state affairs. When pinned down, he had little some of his senatorial voting policies and answer the Peterson-For-Senate camp's criticism. The Nebraskan is anxious to learn why Senator Butler opposed the Senate's bill to re form the Bureau of Internal Revenue by placing it under the civil service. We are eager to see what his stand on Universal Military Is. The senator verbally opposed it, but then voted for a bill which included a provision for it. It would be nice also to see why he opposes statehood for Hawaii and Alaska. In fact, it would be nice to see just what the man who has been representing Nebraskans for 12 years really stands for. The Nebraskan feels voters should know, and now is the time to find out. The senator is here in person. J.K. Are Students Afraid? Eight University students, four men and four instructors of students might be jeapordized by women, were interviewed on their opinions per- taking political stands, sonal, public and private regarding the campaign -fa speeches made by gubernatorial aspirants Robert But The Daily Nebraskan can conjure up no viu&uy ana victor Anderson at the Union Mon- possible or plausible reason, whatsoever, for stu day. A Daily Nebraskan reporter asked these dents refusing to state cubliclv their views. Manv eight students how they felt about the platforms University students have joined groups and have presented, what they thought of the two Repub- allowed their names and political affiliations to lican candidates for governor of Nebraska and be published. The Nebraskan commends these what their general opinion was regarding state groups and students; but it is a mystery why the politics. Each one of the students had something defi nite to say in regard to the YWCA-sponsored speeches. Definite political leanings and beliefs were apparent. irowever, not one of the eight students would agree to have his name printed in connection with his or her political statements. Only one of the students gave a valid reason for not wanting his name attached to the statements. Occasionally The Daily Nebraskan encounters eight students fear making a public statement. Perhaps Time magazine missed the point in their Younger Generation article when they called us "the silent generation." The eight University students weren't silent. They ex pressed their views, but they were not willing to stand up for them. The Daily Nebraskan feels that such attitudes contribute to the forces of apathy toward politi cal and policy-making bodies. If each one of the flmn tt :..:. ... .... instances nf fannitw i.0ho 4 , umvciauy Muuenis reiused to let people Senator Taft And NATO Charges have been made recently that the Taft rampaign in the New Hampshire primaries reeked of smear-tactics and widely-circulated untruths aimed at Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. General Eisenhower, 3,000 miles away, not having com mitted himself on his political intentions, with stood the rumored attacks to gain a significant victory with the first New England primary voters. Along with the charges hurled at General "Ike," has come a report that Senator Taft has circulated a note to all Republican senators, members of the Senate Republican political com mittee, headed by the senator of Ohio. In the lMe, Senator Taft pointed out that western European nations (excluding Britain) are con tributing less than 10 per cent of the total mili tary expenditures of the North Atlantic Pact nations. He emphasized the $11 billion that has been voted by Congress for Allied defense, and that the United States is by far the leading contri butor in the defense of western Euorpe, headed by General Eisenhower. The North Atlantic Treaty organization is on trial run in this United States election year of 1952. General Eisenhower, as NATO head, is also on a trial run in this election year wilh the heads of the western European countries, with whom he must work. And, not to be forgotten is Senator Taft on trial this election year with the voters of However, in this rumored maze of political the United States. knifing and dirty deals, everyone concerned seems to have forgotten the most important factor in the world today which is on trial, not with the voters, not with European diplomats and not with the Congress of the United States. Since World War II ended, we have had the United Nations, working in every possible ay, to insure the peace of the world. And in this election year, it becomes increasingly difficult Margin Notes Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower cabled his New Hampshire backers that he was "proud, by golly," of what they did for him in their state primary election. This happiness generated by General "Ike" is one of the first messages that might .in dicate that Eisenhower is playing a mighty shaky political game from his lofty position in Europe. General Ike just might plan to come home at the psychologically right moment this spring before his party's July nominating convention. The Ne braskan wonders just who has the answer to the to remember that the peace and subsequent future of the very world in which we live is also on trial. Senator Taft wants "to be president; General Eisenhower reportedly might desire the same job. The voters of the U.S. want a competent man to guide their country. But the world wants peace; it wants freedom from the cruelty and hideousness of war; the western world wants to stop the spread of communism which would deny it freedom. In this trial time of world peace maneuvers and this election year, the American public and the candidates for office must not jeopardize the future of the world by mere condescensions to the political plum of the moment. Eisenhower or Taft is not the entire question. War or peace is the question and political shenanigans must not decide the outcome. R.R. Utah Stresses Letters An important thing to know how to do before you leave home to enroll in an institution such as this, according to the Utah Chronicle, is how to write letters. Not just the ordinary letter that you write your girl, but heart-rending, soul-searching letters to your parents. Learn the technique of self pity. Tell them how you have to go hungry at lunch time be cause your allowance isn't enough; but also men tion that you don't mind because you realize how much they are sacrificing for your education. Always remember to remind them that the cost of books has gone up, and you'll probably have to buy a torn, tattered, eye blinding, used book if there Isn't more money In the next mall. Coloradoan 'Cracks Up' scnooi lire often gets quite complex, contrary Bob Recfienbacfi I hope most of you went to the YWCA-sponsored meet ing of the two Republican candidates for governor. Doris Carlson and her com mittee are to be congratu lated on the fine work evi dent in the presentation. My own personal opinion of the "debate" is that they should have stopped the fight in the sixth round and given it to Crosby on a TKO. Lots of peo ple will feel just the opposite. That's the trouble with a deal like that where neither person really says anything you can't tell for sure who won. This, by the way, is oife cam paign which yours truly can view objectively. Speaking of politics, there are a couple of things that I would like to mention here and now. First, all of you who are inter ested in backing Sen. Kefauver in the coming campaign in .Nebraska can help a lot by coming to the meeting which will be held in Parlor X, Union, tomorrow night at 7:30. Mrs. Arthur Smith, the Lincoln supervisor of the Kefau ver campaign, will be the fea tured speaker. The Young Demo crats for Kefauver are in touch with Kefauver headquarters in Washington, so there will be plenty for everybody to do. The second thing concerned with politics involves the' other political group on campus. If any club which is actively backing some candidate for any office, in the state or on the national level, cares to send the reasons for their support of that candidate to me I will do my best to print a brief, objective summary of these rea sons and the names of the people who submitted them. Some people have expressed the desire to be a guest columnist in this column (at times when 1 was perfectly capable of writing it), but this solution would be rather impractical. So in order to get the views of as many of the groups as possible I have decided to use the method of summary, mentioned above. Send your com ments to Bob Reichenbach at The Daily Nebraskan. oiaee mis column appeared iast Thursday, in which I came nut in support of Kefauver. I have had a lot of people ask ma if I really thought that Kefau ver would make a good presi dent. A good many students, it seems, have been seriously con sidering Kefauver as a presi dential candidate. As I said in my last column. I think that Kefauver is the logical candi date. The more I find about him the more I am convinced that he would make a fine president. The slate that would look mighty good to me in November would be Sen ator Kefauver for president and Senator Douglas of Illinois for vice-president. Those are two mighty intelligent gentlemen. By the way, the statement which was attributed to me in yesterday's Daily Nebraskan which said that a certain group of students are backing Kefauver because he is a POLITICAL GUIDE Old Guard Butler . . . Liberal Peterson By KEN RYSTROM News Editor When . T.-i wrenared his master's Hugh Butler seems to have a tradition of run- When yai . ... , nintf mrainst werv Nebraska governor for the thesis at tne unvclB" - office of United States senator. governor's office, he undoubtedly had little idea r , j v. term envernor of the state In 1940, at the age of 62, when most men be- ne wou.a oe - gin to think of retirement, Butler, a wealthy fifteen years later. . . , Omaha grain man, handily defeated the Dem o c r a t i c candidate, Roy L. Cochran fwho was the incumbent gov e r n o r ) by a margin of 93, 000 votes. S 1 x years later Butler faced Gov. Dwight Gris wold in t h e Republi can primary. His almost two to - one v 1 c tory over Grlswo 1 d, who favored the New Deal it Jr., , . - .. , Courtesy Lincoln Star HUGH BUTLER foreign policy, was considered by politicians as a victory for midwestern Isolationism. Today, the same Butler except 12 years older than in 1940 is campaigning against a third gov ernor, the liberal Republican Val Peterson. Most observers consider Peterson, a popular third-term governor, as Butler's toughest opponent during the twelve year period. he became campal g n manager for Hugh Butler In his suc cessful b i d for the sen ate in 1940, he could would be running against But ler for the Republic a n nominat ion for that same position. But such has been the career of a political hardly have foreseen the J ,l, Yt A science major, school superintendent, editor and gubernatorial secretary (for his predecessor, Gov. Dwight Griswold). Today, after six years as governor, Peterson has set his cap for the senate hatrack. His cam paign, thus far, lias been conducted on two points: 1. His own record and popularity as governor. 2. Butler's age and senate attendance record. His Own Record As to number one, Peterson likes to pomi xo Courtesy Lincoln Journal VAL PETERSON Campaign On Policies But Butler doesn't seem much concerned. He the state taxes during his years as governor. isn't campaigning particularly hard because, as he sayS) took the lowest percentage of the state's he has said, "things look pretty good throughout income of any state in the nation during the the state." Besides, Butler argues, he is cam- period and the lowest percentage in Neb.aska's paigning on policies not on personalities. And Butler's policies are pretty well known through his record in the senate. Traditionally he has been opposed to the poli cies of the New Deal and the Fair Deal from foreign policy to domestic policy. He bitterly fought the administration's reciprocal trade agree ments program in 1946, calling it "a gigantic hoax on the American people" and a policy designed "to destroy our system of tariff protection." (But ler favored "a plain, old-fashioned tariff to pro tect the sugar industry" in 1946 when sugar con trol became a congressional issue.) Although he voted for American entrance into membership in the United Nations, he has opposed the Marshall Plan and the Truman proposal of aid to Turkey and Greece. (He called the latter a return to the basic philosophy of the New Deal "the way to meet any prob lem is to spend government money.") He also opposed extension of price control, the first United Nations relief and rehabilitation ap propriation (UNRRA), extension of the trade agreements act, first price control administration bill, loan to Great Britain, repeal of the neutrality act and lend lease. Foreign Trip Reports history. He has promised, If elected, he will try to see "that the principles of Nebraska's efficient government be applied on a tatlonal level" and will "fight to instill Nebraska's Ideals of law enforcement and decency in government on the federal level." Undoubtedly the "law enforce ment" refers to Peterson's crackdown on state gambling and his reorganization of the state liquor commission and the board of welfare. Butler's Record Speaking on campaign point number two, Peterson has frequently called Butler a "part time," "do-nothing" Senator. He has released fig ures which show that his opponent "missed ex actly half of the critical spending votes in the first session of the present 82nd congress." He has also attacked Butler for his failure to exert any influence or leadership in the fight against corruption in federal government. Peterson has invited Butler to tour the state with him to debate election issues. When But ler's campaign manager declared that the sena tor felt that he should remain in Washington. Peterson criticized him for his lack of interest in the voters. (Butler recently publicly asked Peterson to make up his mind whether he wanted him in Washington or in Nebraska.) Wa has cnnqistpntlv orjDosed statehood for Alaska and Hawaii. (He once suggested making Pick-Sloan, ROTC Hawaii a county of California.) As chairman of Peterson is an advocate of the Pick-Sloan plan, the senate committee on public lands in the 1947- serving as chairman of the Missouri River States 49 Republican Congress, Butler made a trip to commission and testifying in congress against Alaska, Hawaii and the Virgin Islands. His sub- Missouri Valley Authority. He is opposed to fed- sequent report suggested a few administration eral grants-in-aid for education. He has declared policy changes, but it fell far short of raising the that some form of national welfare or social in trospective statesman," should jfuror created by a report on his 1943 trip through surance is inevitable and has recommended that have read "progressive states man." There is a world of dif ference. In Tom Rische's column today you will find that he says that none of the "big wheels" of the Democratic party are in favor of Kefauver. In the same column he says that there should be a change in parties in power be cause there are too many bar nacles which will tend to cling to the administration if another Democrat is elected. To me, these two statements are very much related. It is a big point in Kefauver's favor that the Democratic "machine" is not backing Kefauver. The kind of a rank and file, grass roots campaign that is being conducted for Kefauver is much more in the American tradition than any machine politicking. It stands to reason that if the Truman machine is against Kefau ver that Truman's aides, or "bar nacles" as Tom calls them, will certainly find themselves out in the cold if Kefauver becomes president. As for the little barnacles that will not be cleaned; I'm sure that Tom knows that people in politics to what outsiders think. At the University of ,have a way of knowing, all along Loioraao a ireshman admitted robbing a cab driver, stealing the cab, being chased by policeman, crash ing the cab into a curb, getting shot in the leg, and finally being arrested. Detectives said the freshman "cracked up" under his studies. JIvl (bedh TMhjcuJiarL FIFTY-FIRST YEAR Member Associated Collegiat Pre iS the line from top to bottom, who backed one man and who backed the other. I doubt that there would be very few barnacles that would escape the keel-hauling that is sure to result if a Trumnn oposed candidate is elected. Remember, "GET THE BES TES', VOTE FOR ESTES!" NU BULLETIN BOARD Tuesday spring elections for Intercollegiate Press Th. nan. Nhrkn I Duhllihed by th itudenti of th Women's univeriiy o Nehrrnhk. Mj;?"'"'" Vh.dT J?nir?; Coed Counselors, AWS, Barb Ac ton on y. Accord nf to Artlclo H of rlw ny-Lwi fovcrninf ... ' ur A 4 tiulent ruhllmtlona and administered by the Board of I'ubllca-.tlVltieS Board for Women, WAA, n..n.. "it i. the iwi&rril imllcy of tho Board that nulillcnilont. ! on j m, riioon O a m. fn fi n.m 1-1 . i i . . .... . ... i i . .. i -. i u . 1 1 K r..,. i.nm .il 1 1 nrl I nfiralilll OI . . . . . prooiem oi timing in xnis popular political game ft'" ' 7 Vi parV : of w member f th. in Ellen Smith hall and Ag union Of playing coy. faculty of the tnlvenilty, but the member, of the taff of The Dally Nehrankan are personally responsible for what they say or do or cause to ho printed." . . Subscription rates are 12.00 a semester, 12.50 mailed or IS.00 When President Truman and Chairman Frank for the coiieire year, t4.oo mailed, smu. copy t. published . . i.Ti. i dally during the school year except Saturday and Hundays, McKinney Of the Democratic National committee vacations and examination periods. On. Issue published durln , ,, . t-,, Tri no MVinnov rv,irVi ,ne month of Auciist by th. University of Nebraska under the meet for talks at Key West, Ela., McKinney might .up,,,,,,,, of the committee on Student Publications. Entered rpppiv a sillffht dressing down from the nation's as Second Class Matter at the Post Office In Uncoln, Nebraska, receive a Sllgni dressing uuwn iiuia me jmuuu undM, Act of t.on(trMll Maren 3, 1079. and at special rate of "Street Scene" ticket sale starts. YW Battle for Ballots commis sion, Ellen Smith dining room 4 p.m. Syvia Krasne, leader. YW Current World Problems group, 4 p.m., Ellen Smith south east room, leader, Nancy Dark. "First Glace" meeting in Build ers' office, 5 p.m. YW Comparative Religions chief executive. McKinney urged Truman to file i,0 provided for m section no.i. Act of comm. of October .... , ., 8, 1817, authorized September 10, 1922. in th Wmir TTamnshire nrimaries where the rmTmiAi oTrir President received a shellacking from Sen. Estes Editor h'TTJ commisesion' Elle?m!lh TnVw v n,.. M,irinn w4 o ' El""': 'iL, ! 'SS i I00- 5 P-- Barbara A!uta K llti.pa Mall V anuria. It Ml Hv Hi rum. af nil niruniii l Hal Hatselhaleh, Sally Hull Sports Editor Marshall Kushner Assistant Hpnrt Editor.... Glenn Nelson Feature Editor.- Kathy Radaknr An Editor Dal. Reynolds Society Editor Connie Oordon Thntoirrapher , ,. . .Boh Sherman Reporters Dick Ralston, Sara Stephenson, I-enimrd BnJIepk, Hhlrley Murphy. Jan Hnrrlynn, Rob Pinker ton, Darlene Podlesak, Peg Bartlinek. Ann Carlson, Klalnn Miller, itjnes Anderson, Lnnls Schoen, fireta (rain, I'at Nellls, Mary Jane Met irllcuirh, Bob Decker, Natalie Katt, dan llcnnlngson and Hea Huetel. BUSINESS STAFF -u.n11 tVia nrneJa nf Ticinh Pulitrpr BO ViA Business Manager Jack Cohen l.ft WO "Viu w vvf.. " Assistant BuilneM . sharp ear to suggestions from the President from now on, and follow the old adage that children "should be seen and not heard." Daily Thought With the Dolltical primary race heading Into the home stretch, one cannot help but launched The New York World: "Performance is better than promise." Assistant Business Manager! Stan SlPPle. Arnold Stern, Pet. Berirsten rirrula'lnn Manager George Wilcox Might Jevs Editor Ken Kymom YW Jobs and Futures group, Ellen Smith dining room, 5 p.m., Mary Ann Pasek, leader. Baptist's annual waffle supper, 5:30 p.m., First Baptist church. Union board member, commis sion chairmen, pool workers, meet at 7 p.m.. Union. 313. Medical Career discussion, Lbve Library auditorium, 7 p.m. Governor Val Peterson speaks, Union ballroom. 7:30 p.m. Senator Hugh Butler speaks, Lincoln hotel, 7:30 p.m. Latin America. At that time he submitted a re port to the senate and published a condensed ver sion in the Reader's Digest, criticizing the Ameri can policy of aid to Latin American countries. He the Republicans work to check an "untrammeled and ever-growing bureaucracy" instead of oppos ing social reform. He is opposed to universal military training declared the aid was "naively conceived and badly and would substitute for it expanded national coordinated boon-doggling," on which "at least guard and reserve units, as well as ROTC In all $6 billion had been wasted." A senatorial con- colleges ard many high schools, with training troversy arose and several of his colleagues ques- controlled oy civilian school authorities, tioned his facts and figures. bn the national level Peterson would reduce In 1947 Butler, with Sen. Harry F. Byrd federal spending through reductions in extrava- (Dem., Virginia), introduced a resolution to re- gance in military spending. form the congressional method of budgeting ap propriations by establishing one "omnibus" ap propriations bill or a "legislative budget." The bill was intended to "unscramble the mess of government corporations and put spending by such organizations on basic principles of business." EC A Praise , He has been lavish in his praise of leadership given Europe by the United States. After ten days in Europe and Africa last summer as a reserve officer, he reported that European Cooperation administration (EC A) was successfully getting countries to their feet, that Europeans were heartened by American troop commitments and Last March he (and the late Sen. Kenneth that much of the success of the opetlor has For Or Against UMT? Wherry) voted for an amendment that would have stripped universal military service from the draft manpower bill. When the bill itself came up for a vote (the amendment having been defeated), But ler (and Wherry) voted for it. It provided for been due to the respect Europeans have held for General Eisenhower. Last October Peterson was elected president of the Council of State Governors and was appointed a member of the Civil Defense Advisory Council 18-venr-nlrf draft universal militarv sprviro onrf b? the President. training. Butler, however, maintains he is op- . "on's policies provide a sharp contrast posed to UMT. " 086 h RePUDl,can opponent, Butler. The voter snouia nave no atrncuity distinguishing between the platforms of the two men. At present, Butler is the ranking Republican member of the committee on interior and insular Thft nnlv nrnhlom ) txrhlnh ...111 4UA affairs, third ranking Republican of Senate finance voterg of 1952? vv committee ana cnairman or tne Kepublican com mittee on committees. When Butler and his policies face Peterson and his policies April 1, many of the same is sues that plagued the 1946 Republican voter will be at stake. Butler Is the same conserva tive; his votlnr record still follows the sa ne general outline. ferent. Will the voter? ferento. Will the voter? April 1 will tell. Congratulations should go to the Red Cross college unit for its latest organizational and pro motion efforts for University blood donor recruit ment. The Daily Nebraskan hopes that the new might be a good idea to include Stalin's sidekick, recruitment delegates will be able to make students Georgi Malenkov, for no one seems to know now more aware of the need of their donations on that adays, Just which one is running the Communist Margin Notes' Congratulations to Bob Sand, University track star, who romped through 17 hours first semester and ended up with an 8.35 average. Sand seemi to be one athlete that won't take the de-emphasis problem evils personally. Will all the recent escapes from countries be hind the Iron Curtain, it is unfortunate someona can not kidnap Uncle Joe and bring him along. It rocky peninsula called Korea. party. KNUS On The Air 870 ON YOUR DIAL Tuesday 3:00 "Interlude" 3:15 "Guest Star" ' 3:30 "Round Up Time" 3:45 "Memorable Music" 4:00 "Shake Hands with the World" 4:15 "Final Sports Ed." 4:30 "Road to Rhythm" 5:00 Slgi. Off The Daily Nebraskan want ads have a reputation for quick ..-economical results. TODAY! "THE MOST COLOSSAL MOVIE EVER MADE!" Attmd Th! Matlh-aa Avald Th! Orowds! M-O-AV C01O IT TECHNICOLOR Will Not Be Shown Again In This City Before 1953! Doors Open 11:30 A.M. Features begin: 12:00 8:00 6:00 9:00 Prices "Quo Vadls" Matinee: 90c 'til 5! Eve.: $1.25 after 5! Child. 50c Anytime ....