'V Vt 7 t i! l i THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Thursday, March 20, J 952 EDITORIAL PAGE Big Brother And YOU If somehow the world lost Its grip on itself wealth and Intellectual "reforms" vera made by and the Iron fist of totalitarianism took over, what the despot, Big Brother, in the society we know would be like? How would man live in a world now, and the worth of the individual was melted without freedom? Is it possible that sometime into the power pot of the Party. The hero of the book, if it is proper to can What Am I Doing Here? -Bob Reichenbach- POLITICAL GUIDE . . . Two-Year Term Republicans For Senator STROM tnr Dwight P. Griswold rmt h1w;Ivs successful figi him a hero, was a little t:an named Winston political news long enough to Smith who remembered the past and thus coin- uiu wridc s going on in ii.j - u i i-(., Tt. the outside world. I don t care Winston learned, was what the Party wished it .much for it. T1ifr.?ok' Tr- to be; it was subject to change as convenience demanded. An ugly process of torture removed all desire to fight the oppressive Party and in the end, Winston wholly submits to the power; he loses his individuality. President" bv William Hill man, which seems to be con-' Democratic) nected with President Tru man somehow or other, has created quite a furor. everything, thought included, would be controlled by a tight group of fanatic despots? For a spine-shaking look into the world of the future if totalitarianism were to capture man, read "Nineteen Eighty-four." "Nineteen Eighty-four" is a fantastic novel written with the author's tongue in his cheek, but it shouts a message all the world should hear and think about. That message: If any totalitarian govern ment takes over the world, man as an individual is lost. The author, George Orwell, calls the book a "show-up of the perversions to which a cen tralized economy is liable, and which have al ready been partly realized In Communism and facism." In a somewhat more tempering vein Orwell added, "I do not believe that the kind of society I describe necessarily will arrive, but I do believe (allowing of course that the book is a satire) something resembling it could arrive." JL attempt to work the world's problems out in a stand it myself, What does Orwell believe could arrive? His rational way are good places to start, as college On the women's page (just uh- foorihae Vio f msf rafin a lifo nf an individual students, we must ioin this fiuht. We all know and happened to be passing by) I who lives under the burning spotlight of the Party, appreciate this, but perhaps our desire to fight Every thought, movement, breath or word is would be more positive if we, were to read "Nine watched and studied by an invisible patrol of teen Eighty-four" and mull over the possibilities Thought Police. A weird system of language, of an existence under totalitarianism. D.P. By KEN RYSTROM News Editor A. A. Miseaadis One of the Republican candidates for United A familiar but not always successful-figure IStates senator (short term) is a strict advocate of in Nebraska politics is Dwignt i ainmi I finally eot awav from thelthe original rennbliean (as distinguished from candidate for the Republican nomination for Republican) schooJ. The candidate A. A. R'.ise- United States senator (snort xtmw. tnree-ierm iovbui v ...... gadis of Talmage would remove all democratic government (mean ing government directly by the oeonle. as distinguished from traces of Although a Misegadis speaking at a public meeting in Lincoln, re cently attacked democracy as "a political hydrophobia and no good." Specifically he would It may not become a best- Winston Smith's world seems fantastic; it was seller, but it may become the meant to seem fantastic. But, as Orwell describes cause of a lot of big yelling. it: "If not fought against, it could triumph any- j Or it may not be the mostjabolish primary election, direct where." Naturally, we must fight against "it," but .talked about book of the year election of United States sena how? J but it is sure to be the most tors, initiative, referendum and A rp-Hofinitinn nf nolitical ethics, a nositive sauawked about. Also Rita direct vote for president. -(Un- desire to bring public morals to a reasonable level, has tossed Aly Khan into the jdoubtedly this last point would remove the elec- Jhree-Fourths Of Votes Two -Year Term The political figures ana lyzed today are Republican candidates for the unexpired two-year term of the late Sen. Kenneth Wherry. Fred Seaton, Hastings pub lisher, is filling the senate po sition during the second ses sion of the 82nd congress. He was'appointed by Gov. Val Pe terson with the understanding that he would not run in the November election. spectacular margins of elec tion victory), Griswold has been defeated five times by Nebraska voters. The first, in 1922, was by eight votes when he was run ning for his second term in .the state house of representatives. The election for which he did not campaign taught Griswold it always pays to campaign dili gently. Since then he has been an active campaigner when it comes to elections. an emphasis on the truths of religion and a sober can in the alley. I can't even'toral college from even a moral requirement of following the people's vote;. Representativet Government A New 'Best Seller?' Reports of the new book about President Tru man have caused quite a flurry. As usual, when a public figure allows a book to be published about his informal thoughts concerning the affairs of state, repercussions ensue. Any paragraph in the publication which does not appear well in print now is vigorously de nied by the persons concerned. Then, the Amer ican public is faced with the question of which man to believe. Already two of President Tru man's former cabinet members are irritated about the book by William Hillman, former newsman presently a Mutual Broadcasting sys tem commentator. in one of the most crucial times in history to re South Carolina's governor, James F. Byrnes, ceive criticism favorable and unfavorable. Be former secretary of state, denies Truman's story sides, this is election year, and both sides will use that he roundly scolded Byrnes in 1946. Henry the book to prove their points. Wallace has sent a telegram to President Truman demanding to know if he was the "Mr. X" dis- It is a book for Americans to read, analyze and cussed in the book. If so, the former vice president make up their own minds noticed that the Fashion Acad emy has named Mrs. Estes Kefauver (that name sounds fa miliar) as the best-dressed woman in America. She won the award because of her simplicity of dress, so they say. So far, I haven't received anyj communications from any of the political groups on campus. If any of you want your group's ident had followed the advice of the four sena tors, "we would not be in the mess we are in at this time." And so the battle rages. Undoubtedly there will i be more denials and indignations. This publica tion will probably be tossed around as much by Republicans as Democrats toss around Sen. Robert Taft's "A Foreign Policy for Americans" continu ing the now famous contradictory statements. It's not unusual for such a book to receive wide attention. In fact, it is quite in the stride of world events for a book about the most widely known man in the nation today, perhaps tne world, and the New Hampshire election) and how this fact has many of the old guard Democrats concerned, has this to say about Kefauver's cam- The second, third and fourth defeats were in 1932, 1934 and 1936 when he was the. Republican's nominee for governor. In 1940, however, he was elected, breaking the gubernatorial voting record with 74 per cent of the votes cast. His voting margins increased in 1942 and 1944. In 1946, the popular three-termer tackled Senator Hugh Butler in the Republican primary and got thumped two-to-one. His defeat, political observers have said, marked the victory of a con servative, isolationist Republicanism in the state. Such a plan if carried to its logical conclu sion would create a government operated entirely by representatives. These representatives (both state and national) would then choose the execu tive officers. The populace would have no means of changing legislation or executives except through the representatives Misegadis bases his plan on a return to the nnnctitutinnul form nf fnvprnment. Misegadis, a "professional lobbyist" (he has An Internationalist views on a particular candidate, 'said) for 27 years, is 64. He is a cement finisher Griswold's record as governor, while not I will be glad to print it. Besides, an(j building contractor. He has been a long-time world-shaking,, was liberal in its efficiency and I imagine most of you are get-bb j t before the Unicameral in a variety of economy. Griswold. an avowed internationalist. about Senator Kefauver Not you ' fields- He has also been active in various road and supported the New Deal foreign policy, lend lease Democrats, of course, what few conservation groups and in Nebraska farmers ten months before Pearl Harbor, the loan to of you there are. 'union. Britain following the war and opposed (in the Cabell Phillips, writing in the; At present, he is president of the Southeast early days of the war) a negotiated peace. New York Times under a date-lNebrriSa Taxpayers association. After his defeat by Butler, Griswold was line of February 16, in an article, appointed (at the request of Gen. Lucius D. kS ,""!,'. lfher Political Planks Clay) t0 serve in the American c!vil adminis. . r - f 6 a f ho " -nanks n his Dicitiorm are 1. Drastic curtailment of all foreign finan cial aid, "but I would help feed the hungry." 2. Military training in high school. (Mise gadis is bitterly opposed to universal military shown (this was written before paign. while exhibiting a rather surpris-1 3-. A leasl one resl no,Ile 1UI 6CU a"u Greek economy. ing Duoyancy at the grassroots tne Diino in eacn congresMuiiai uismu. tration of occupied Germany. In 1947 the Republicans cried aloud when the President appointed Griswold as the head of the American Mission for Aid to Greece. In that posi tion he held the pursestrings on the $400 million the Truman Doctrine siphoned into the tottering has threatened to charge Truman with "character assassination." To counter President Truman's views about four senators who tried to advise him following a tour of Europe Sen. Capehart (R., Ind) told the Senate that President Truman said in 1945 he was "more afraid of England and France than he was of Russia." The senator says if the Pres- Frem present information, one fact stands clear: Someone is wrong. It is indeed unfortun ate that the integrity of the present leader of this country should have to be doubted, and it is indeed unfortunate also that the integrity of former prominent leaders of this nation in whom the people placed trust, should be doubted. Some where, a trust has been broken. J.K. Rude Awakening The American people believe in the United Nations. In this union of nations there is great -ength and vision. In it barriers to international understanding and peace are being attacked and the finest international minds of the world are planning for a better tomorrow. The United Nations is out to capture the minds By DR. FRANK SORENSON (Editor's Note: Following Is the first psrt of an article dt Dr. Sorenson. which appeared In the national bulletin of Delta Kappa Gamma, honorary women's educational fra ternity. Dr. Sorenson it well known for his work with the Lnil.-d Nations.) v America has had a rude awakening in the last half dozen years. Without being conditioned this youthful nation has been thrust into a position of unprecedented world leadership. Every decision, of rnen jts pr0gram is motivated by a great cause every action of the American people in response World peace and development. People in every to a world problem or issue is a driving force in nati0n can rally behind this cause. The major the modern world. This position of world leader- problem is one of providing opportunity for wide ship places on the American citizen and his gov- participation in the United Nations program. This ernment responsibilities for which there has been means even the most remote of the world's com- little time for preparation. munities will share in the decisions of this world In fact there are so many changes call them organization. level, is still somewhat wobbly in terms of finesse and purposeful ness. It lacks experience and it lacks direction. Whether it can ac quire these benefits, and in time 4. Superhighway system across the United States, to be built with federal gas tax money not to exceed two cents a gallon. Misegadis has declared that the re-election of Walter A. Nielsen "America first!" and "immediate war with revolutions if you like in the several parts of the world that known methods and techniques , would probably not work successfully in pro viding needed assistance. It would seem that the approaches will necessarily have to be ex ploratory and time for reverses will have to be recognized in the American time-table. In this new role of world leader the American people must learn to be patient. They may often b e frustrated ;fr:. : : by the mores - , of world cul tures which seem to block p r o g r ess, by the problems created by over - popula tion and lack of resources, b y the reluctance of people to ac cept the same moral and spir itual values which point the way in Amer ica. At times America in its role of leader mav be SUD- FRANK SORENSON porting forms of government little appreciated by the American citizen. The path ahead promises to be a strange one with its many curves and dan gerous ruts. But America' must adjust to this world of frustrations if we are to avoid a third world war too horrible to think about andor communist-dominated world with its pattern of secret police, slave camps and disregard for human wel fare. There is every reason to believe that Amer ica will accept the challenge of our time and prepare for the world leadership task ahead. In this new development several ideas deserve recognition: 1. Today's world Is but a single neighborhood. This is the result of man's handiwork. His com The chief approach used by the United Nations in its struggle for the minds of men is "propa ganda." The press, radio, television, motion picture, and lecture schemes are used extensively in telling the United Nations story. In the propaganda ap- j campaign. Most folks seem to nmarh thf pmnhasis is larpolv nnp nf k-ppnintr tVioagree that he Was a fine candi worlds' nennlc informed: nartirinatinn on thp nartidate: Maybe the people still know of the masses is limited. !pe a UlL3 the con": Senator Hugh Butler is a "must." on what President Truman de cides to do." 0 After the New Hampshire mas sacre we don't know what to think. But Mr. Phillips is cer tainly right about one thing. From just my own limited exnerience it I has been apparent that there are a lot of people who are for Kefau ver and would like to do some thing to help. But, for the most part, they are beginners at thr game and are at a loss when i', comes to directing their efforts ii. the right way. There are a few old hands who have been willing to do anything to help the novices but not nearly enough to weld them into a good organization. The lack of "machine" support may cost Kefauver, any chance he ever had for the nomination, but that lack of support on the part of party regulars is one of the big reasons that I feel the way I do about him. The present situation is some 'Most Powerful In Greece' The New York Times Magazine called him the "most powerful and very likely the busiest man in Greece." Griswold remained for a year. He attempted to simplify the Greek tax structure, raise and en force income taxes, reduce military budget, shrink a bloated civil service and establish wage-price policy. But the important thing, from the Ameri can point of wav. was to save Greece from the Russia" are the campaign cries of Omaha attorney Communists. Within a year Griswold had strength- WnltPr A. Nielsen. ReDubhcan candidate lor United States senator (shcrt term). Nielsen, 45, challenges one of his primary election opponents, Dwight P. Griswold, on his "Republicanism." He has declared that Griswold "hasn't said yet what he is for" and goes on to charge that "he accepted a job under the (Democratic) administration." (Nielsen is refer ring to the position Griswold held in Greece as the administrator for Truman Doctrine funds.) School Board Candidate ened the Greek economy and the Greek govern ment to the point where they could continue to function without immediate fear of Communist overthrow. In September, 1948, he returned to the United States. He purchased controlling interest in a Ger ing bank and has lived in Scottsbluff. In 1950 he was elected to the University board of regents. Nebraska Citizens Council Six months ago Griswold was instrumental in forming a Nebraska Citizens Council (incorpor- A law practitioner in Omaha since his grad- ated in December), intended to "furnish leader- uation from Creighton university in 1934, Nielsen ship in studying and influencing tax legislation was a candidate for the school board in 1936 and and efficient, economic operation of all levels of There is a second approach which is receiv ing favorable support from the United Nations Department of Public Information, UNESCO, and the educators of the world. This is the educa tional approach, one that reaches children and youth through the regular channels of education. What a challenge is offered the classnjpm teach ers of the world! It is in the classroom that the greatest social invention of all time the United Nations can be taken apart, examined piece by again in 1938. In 1937 he was author of a county-wide con solidation measure presented to the Nebraska leg islature. He was also the author of a school legis- what similar to the one in 1940 Nation bill changing the method of election of when the GOP's nominated Wen-Omaha school board members. The bill was passed dell Willkie after a grassroots ; imo Nielsen's hobbies are military tactics and horsemanship. what they are thinking better than a bunch of politicians who try to tell them what they are thinking. In the September 11, 1949, Nev. York Times magazine section Kefauver, then a freshman just completing his first session in the Senate afte:: ten years in the House of Representatives, wrote a starching article about Congress. The things ho wished to im prove or do away with, to mention a few, were the legislative log jams at the end of a session (much in evidence at the close of tne 81st Congress referred to piece, and then put back together again. Students i here); the lack of germaneness of may even discover the wheels that must be oiled amendments in the Senate; and from time to time so that the machine mny run smoothly. Margin Notes' Students attending the First Piano quartet to night probably will be well pleased with the per formers. The records Union committee members have been playing in the Union lobby the last sev- C'nuricsv Lincoln Journal prul rlnvs. favp a fnvnrahlp nrfvicu; in thp mnsirTi L'vtnv J ' r entertainment. The program begins at 8 p.m. in the Coliseum. J An (baiky. TlobhasJicuv FIFTY-FIRST YEAR Member Associated Collegiat Press Intercollegiate Press Tho Dally Nehrankan it published hj the students at the University of Nebraska as exp-esslon of students' news and opin ions only. 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In this World neighborhood tnere aie tWO al SM,.n CXlulll Matter at the 1'ost Office In Lincoln, Nebraska. j .i.itv, urlrloUr rliffprinff wavt Of under Act of Congress, March 3, 1819, and at special rate of recognized leaders with widely aniering ways 01 provl()Pd fr ,' u3, Act of Confess of October life fhe Union of Soviet Socialist' Republics and . n. authorised September 10. ua. the United States of America. Emor ...EP"!.f.T..F:. .. Krucer 3. This world neighborhood operates under the a; - Watchful eyes Of the United Nations. In this Or- Nw, Eai,0rs Sally Adams. Ken Rystrom. Jan steffen, canizatlon, which is an association of world states ; . .iKS and not a world government, steps are wing ieu Jy;;-"', a halt aewrresslon and to work for the welfare a Kditor iaie Reynolds tO nail B(jKieai"' o"" Society Kditor Connie Oordifh of the world's underprivileged peoples. Daily Thought He who must shape his conduct with ref erence to Its effect on others and on man kind. Is learning to love. Anonymous. I'hntoatrapher 1 , , Bob Sherman Keporlers , Dirk Ralston. Sara Slcphcnsnn, I-onard ZaJIrck. Shirley Murphy. Jan Harrison, Bob I'lnker tnn, Itarlene fndlesak, Pes Bartunek, Ann Carlson, Klnlne Miller, Atrnes Anderson, Louis Schocn, tireta t'ralic, Tat Nrllls, Mary Jane MeCiilloimh, Bob Decker, Natalie Katt, Jan llcnnlniion and Bra Huetcl. BUSINESS STAFF Business Manatee J Cohen Assistant Business Managers Stan Slpple, Arnold Ntern, Fete Berrsten Circulation Manager George Wilcox. Mi-ht News Editor eally Adams the necessity of executive officers defending their program budgets "in quadruplicate" caused by the arrangement that has all appro priation bills controlled by foui committees, two in the House and two in the Senate. To correct these and other bottlenecks in the legislative procedure, Senator Kefauver, in 1949, suggested four main areas of improvement. Those areas are: 1. Reduction of the "errand- running" function of Congress men, that is, constituents de manding that they get the per sonal attention of their Congress man for a matter which could be handled just as well, and a good deal less expensively, by one of his administrative assistants. 2. Improvement of the methods of work, particularly in the Sen ate, which would involve a tight, ened closure rule, an electric roll call and voting device such as we have in our legislature, the so called omnibus bill which was in troduced in that year by Senator Byrd and Representative Byrnes and others. 3. Enforcement of the reforms under the Legislative Reorganiza tion Act of 1946 with certain modifications proposed by Kefau ver. 4. Party discipline which would speed things up because there would not be the lack of strong leadership and the constant bick ering that exists now, with the possibility of greater co-operation between Congress and the execu tive resulting from stronger party leadership which could be brought about by the return to the party caucus and by having committee chairmen chosen by the party leadership instead of by seniority. It looks to me like this Senator Margin Notes- At first glance, it would appear that Ag college is going all-out for Senator Estes Kefauver. The college Is holding its annual Estes Carnival Fri day night. Actually, the event is designed to raise money for Ag YM and YvYCA trips to Estes Park, Colo. The Daily Nebraskan throughout the semes ter has encouraged readers to express their views one way or another in the Lettetip column in the paper. However, The Nebraskan empha sizes that no letter will be printed unless it is signed. Names will be withheld at the request of the writer, but anonymous letters will not be used. The YWCA has come out with some pretty enticing suggestions for ways to spend the summer months. Possibilities range from jobs in this coun- government." A local newspaper termed it "what could become the state's most powerful organization in government finance." Griswold was elected president of the corporation but recently re signed in order to devote more time to cam paigning for senator (remembering his 1922 les son). Although a supporter of the New Deal's foreign policy, Griswold recently has called the state department "weak" and declaied "we have done a lousy job in presenting the true attitude of the American people to the rest of the world." "We cannot continue to carry on the (foreign aid) program as it now stands," he has said. "We cannot continue to appropriate money without ruining our economy." Cot Aid Program Most of Europe and Asia could be removed from the aid rolls, and should be, he added, "ex cept in a few isolated cases." Griswold has pledged himself to economy in government and points to his record as governor of Nebraska as proof of his ability to cut expenses. The list of government employes during his terms, he has declared, was smaller than the lists during terms of his successor or his predecessor. In analyzing Griswold's efforts in Greece, the New York Times Magazine said that two of his noteworthy abilities are those of withstand ing political pressure and of delegating authority. me tuucie lurmer declared that he is a try to tours, study and worn in Europe, ii you are lormright, blunt and simple man who (says) undecided about summer plans, it might be worth what he (means)." His friends, the article re your time to examine what the YW suggests. There ported, say he never gets angry, never raises his is a booth in the Union. In a residential area of Los Angeles, it ap pears that some of the neighbors or perhaps just interested onlookers don't care to have Negro families living In the area. Early Sunday, two bomhs planted in front of two homes and set off simultaneously by timing devices dam aged the houses, one occupied by a Negro family apd one in which a Negro family were about to move. Be it through bombs or whisper cam paigns, minorities are constantly being discrimi nated against in our democracy. The Los An geles incident heaps fuel on the fires of com munist propaganda in the world today. That Senate Seat Speaking to students groups at separate meet ings Sen. Hugh Butler and Gov. Val Peterson both seemed to be making favorable bids for Univer sity students' votes. At the Students for Butler meeting, Senator Butler had some pretty smooth sounding explanations for his recent, voting poli cies, and made a good impression on students cam paigning for his re-election. At the Union, Governor Peterson impressed stu dents with his forthright comments concerning his policies and views. Apparently he was reversing tactics used at an appearance last fall at the Uni- voice and never gets excited. Little Talking "Griswold," Marquis Childs once wrote, "does very little talking either on or off the recol'd. The impression he gives is of a man who knows he has a tough job and is getting down to it in a hard, slogging sort of way." In 1940 Griswold supported Willkie for presi dent (an indication of his internationalism). By 1944 Griswold had become a top contender for the position of vice presidential nominee on the Re publican ticket. Although he figured in the 1944 convention (he nominated Thomas E. Dewey for president), Griswold lost out to Sen. John Bricker in the vice presidential nomination. Since then Griswold seems to have been a Stassen man. Stassen even stumped for Griswold in 1946 when he was running against Butler. Griswold's faith in Nebraska Is exemplified by his wartime wagers with 27 other governors (he bet a hog with each of them) that Ne braska would outdo their states in the war bond drive. Griswold lost all 27 bets. When and if University students turn their attention to the atomlo energy exhibit In the Union lounge, they might ponder long and well on the peaceful uses to which this released power can be nut. In thl i.i. versity when he was accused of beating around the horrors of the atomic bomb, student eninha- tho Vinsh whpn nnswprinff nuestinns Trip fhinoo 41.- 1 . . 1 Kefauver is a mighty scholarlyi',. ..u.t.. k "Vl vi. J" , """ane potent.al of atomic power at name is pro-U1. 1U""""'",U' " "u ""' turn a possible evil power to a Drotresslv I M 4. 1 .. - " gentleman. That Inounced Kuh-FO-ver. turning point of the human race. ... f ..'I- '