EDITORIAL PAGE Loss Of Freedom ThefjJIowing remark! were made Wednes day by Professor Edgar N. Johnson to the mem ben of "History 237). Since this is a class for mature students on the History oi the Western Tradition, I do not see how we can pass over the attack made upon one of my friends nd colleagues, both in the Department of History pnd the University, and upon one who may also be your friend and teacher. The history of the Western Tradition, we have' Sold this semester, is the history of demo cratice freedom,, We have looked upon it as the history of ft arowing religious and Intellectual freedom promoted by such historical movements at the-Renaissance, the Reformation, and the early Jilstory of liberalism and science. We have tried to take as a guldinr theme the growth of humanism, ft confidence In the capacities of free Individuals, under proper circumstances, to create a better world for everybody. What has happened to our colleague, teacher, and friend Is one incident in an increasing num ber of similar incidents in this country. It is a reminder of how fast democratic freedom is dis appearing from our midst, and how meagre is the Jaith"la.the trustworthiness and capacity of the in dividual It la ft reminder as well of how necessary it Is, fn' the ease of an Incident such as this, to have some knowledge of and faith in this West era Tradition, and some conviction about hu manism, Christian humanism at its best if you please, to form the essence of our trust in our . fellow human beings. We have been asked in " tola bloody twentieth century tq destroy mil lions of young men and old, young women and old, and children, to risk civilization itself, for th sake f something called the Western Tradi tion, democratic freedom and humanistic values. Yet .some members of an organization composed of those who did much -to carry on this struggle, act as if they had never heard of democratic free dom, and certainly not -of the dignity and trust V worthiness" of the individual. These few among those who were called upon to defend the tradi tion are now actually helping to destroy it. We are all members of an institution called a university. It is an old institution, going back to medieval centuries when erouns of students and teachers united in a self-governing organization to consider what, in the light of new learning from the East, was truth and the meaning of life. The university is one of our most precious institutions, t and one of the, few where men and women may t ; work.'together in freedom to discover what the : trtith is. Tlie university depends upon the friend ship and cooperation,; and above all upon the mu j , tual ..trust-oi I -teacher and student.. Without these I i it cannoi faction properly. The relationship be- f tween teacher and student moreover is bne1 of the "" inbst sacred of all human relationships. ! i . The university is being destroyed - in our . , 4 midst today by such attacks as this one upon Dr. Anderson. .. We are told that it Vas a student " (' stude nts jWhoT Initiated it anonymously, it , i . Fonmy member of the faculty who prefers ' to trust his students,' this Is difficult to believe. Under'cbffditions of anonymity we don't know whether It actually was a student or not, or whether we are not being led astray by irrespon sible men v-hd want to weaken the proper func tioning and destroy, the freedom of universities. ITU" was a student (or students) I think we should all want to express our contempt for such indecent, unsportsmanlike conduct At the same time we should want to ask how it is possible, in what is presumed to be a democratic society, for young men and women to have so little moral re sponsibility as to wish to act as anonymous spies against their fellow men. '- I can't believe, in any case, that the student (or students) in question knew they were helping to ruin, not only a professor, but a university, this university, and therewith all universities, as cen ters of responsible freedom seeking the truth. Jf I come to my classes every day under condtions of mutual suspicion and distrust, I have to assume that sitting before me there may be one or more little spies, betrayers of a' sacred trust, who are taking down what I have to say in order that they can report me on the following day, or months later, to.the local McCarthy's and the local super patriots. Under these circumstances some profes- 8) sors may close their books, their eyes, their mouths, and minds, and seal up their hearts in order to live at peace. This is the peace that withers and kills. It is the peace that destroys a university. And how can students come to class to listen to a professor who has been Indirectly branded as subversive, and against whom his fellow citi zens have begun to point the finger of suspicion, and not be Influenced by the intangible currents of suspicion? What will some of them do when he begins to talk about Marx and Lenin, Stalin and Communism? How seriously will they take him when he sings the. praises of our democratio society? Will not the weaker among them be tempted not to listen, or to remove themselves from contamination with the tainted teacher? This incident is highly disturbing for other reasons than that it is destroying our democratic freedom and our university. Some members of an organization which would have us believe that it is patriotic and democratic (and this is what we wish to believe) take up or manipulate an anonymous protest of what we are told Is a student (or stu dents) in the University, and without thought for the condemned individual. I call this cruel irresponsiblity on the part of those concerned, whether cynically deliberate or unconscious. This organization could have refused to act upon anonymous charges. If it wished to act upon them it could have come to the Unlver sity or to the professor himself, Dr. Anderson, who with a generous faith in enligntened opinion, gave many hours of his time last winter for a series of talks to the American Legion. It could first have read the book itself.- In stead, it chose to listen to uninformed persons outside our Immediate community who make cynical remarks about increasing membership in the Legion with attacks of this sort, and pick up still unfounded charges against the Institute of Pacific Relations and the Lattlmores, made pop ular by what ought now to be well known as the McCarthy technique, and all this without regard to what it might do to a very splendid teacher, scholar and public citizen. It is hard not to be lieve that they knew what they were doing. If these individuals do not know that this kind of conduct is a violation of all that traditional western freedom represents, then their ignorance is a sad commentary upon our whole educational system. If they do know it, it is a blot upon our system of public morality. The"se are the men who have so much trust in you and men that they seem to wish to determine what textbooks we shall read and teach. These are the men who have so much faith in truth that they do 'not wish us to listen to the other side. They arp' also the men who seem to wish to set up anew .the conditions under which we may be considered loyal or dis loyal. -. ! : . '. i With this irresponsibility the attack' is launched, the investigating Committee is appointed, the ma terial goes to the front pages of the Jocal press, and is more important than woriA 'news 1 for the local radio. 1 The smear is on. In a few hours, no more than this, the effectiveness -of a fine and dis tinguished member of the faculty,' in and out of the classroom can be limited or spoiled. Possibly for only a while. Possibly for good. Not only is his life made miserable but also that of his wife, and his son. He is, the hounded.' the suspected man. , This is what; has happened in all totalitarian societies. What has thus be gun with the universities we are tbfd will con tinue with the clergy. We are building up the hysteria of a totalitarian regime In which no questions can be discussed or dealt with ration ally. I Loss of freedom results In tyranny whether of left or right, Communism or some form of Fasc ism. This'freedom is being lost in America today. To stop this development wUl take all our strength, courage, and faith in democratic freedom and in the dignity and value of the individual. The first place for us to stop it is in the University. I there fore hope that this incident will result in a much closer cooperation between faculty and students to keep ourselves free and responsible. Tomorrow it may be ycfur or me. Let us close ranks. Let us demonstrate in some way to the cbmmunity, the state, and) the nation that we, shall resist always tflte destroyers of freedom, no matter whom. THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Letterip Don't Stop ... Dear Editor, It is pleasing to learn from the Dec. 9 Journal that the Lincoln American Legion is taking an in creased interest in the University and that "Lincoln American Le gion Commander Mary Ellen Lor- ton has appointed a three-man committee to investigate a charge that 'a certain professor in the University of Nebraska uses a cer tain textbook and 'students can't swallow the stuff.'" I hone the Legion will not stop with this Investigation but will Investigate other texts used in the University. Most of the teachers are trying only to pre sent the truth about their sub jects and choose texts with this end In mind. If the American Legion can find, through its In vestigations, that some of the Information in the texts is not true, certainly it should point out any falsehoods found In the texts. Tnasmnrh' as some of the Infor mation in the texts used in physics and mathemitfcs courses is ques-j tionable, anf perhaps even false, it would, bej well for the Legion long as thejLegion is seeking to point out falsehoods wnicn it may find in textbooks, it should be en couraged. ! I I would vreloome investigation of my Greek text of the "Apol ogy," and hope that the portions of Dean Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" which are printed in the Eighteenth Century fcngusn textbook will be investigated. Since parts iof the Bible, the Homeric poems, Faust, and Walt Whitman are printed in texts at the University, they are also worthy of Investigation. tv Tjurftor ha beffun its in vestigation with one book. Let us hope that It does not end there, but that it will critically investi gate every Jext used in the Uni versity from agricultural econom ics to zoology, so inai any isise hw4 n Vi tvt can be brought to light and the truth discovered. Yours truly, WILLIAM J. BARNDS Thursday, December 11, 1952 . ..i -..,, n,-! Kv rnlnmnist. and lettcr- ino views cAyicoow. " -nn-itpra on this page do not particularly represent the views of the Daily Nebraskan. UN-AMERICAN PROBE Indianant Students, Faculty Defend Dr. Anderson Against Legion Charges ,,...,. 4 it tn Ui Work. Frank Z. Glick, com. One Chance Remark One chance remark by a certain Joe Vinardi,' chairrnaalof the un-American 'Activities Commit ,tce fof3re Department of Nebraska,, American Legion, 'has accomplished the fantastic, right here St ourown University. Vinardi's remark, re portedly taken from what VTnardl was told by R. C. Patterson, state adjutant of the Legion, ques tioning loyalty and Integrity of a University professor, a textbook and a history course, has cast irrepa&able aspersions upon the reputation of Eugene Anderson. In lengthy interviews Wednesday with nearly '. all persons concerned with the situation, The Ne braskan editors iound that all persons now con sider the incident "unfortunate." However, a three-man investigating committee ' appointed by Legion Tost No. 3 Commander Maryellen Lorton will meet today or met Wednesday night "to in vestigate the entire matter." Details of the inves tigation wen not available to Nebraskan personnel late 'Wednesday . , This writer would like to suggest, particularly to Ilia Investigating committee, that it go ahead wiQt" th Twork delegated io It by the Legion Post although they are not actually the quali fied agency to conduct "un-American investiga tion and. r. publicly announce that they have found to be true what students and friends of Dr. Anderson know to be true. That the charges against Ir. Anderson, his book and History 102 are unfounded and wrong. The damage, typical of the damage without proof caused by the smear and insinuation tactics of the Joe McCarthys of this country, has been done. The details of this incident have been thoroughly provided to out-state people through the press--Many unthinking persons will uncon sciously fHfik subversive hi reference to the Uni varsity and leftist in reference to Dr. Anderson. The Legion and its committee may back down--which well they thould but the typical character cssassinatlon of thoughtless individuals has gotten a good start. The question now comes: What can we do to repair the Samage done to Dr. Anderson? What can we &a to refute these charges In the eyes of By ED DeMAR Staff Writer Students and famltv members joining in . the rising feeling of indignation, decried American re gion efforts to intimidate Dr. E. N. Anderson. Although some persons wished to reserve comment pending a clarification of the Le gion's stand, campus sympathies were quickly aligned in favor of Dr. Anderson. Said Wayne White, president of the Student Council, "I feel that the Legion has made a foolish mistake in accusing a man of Prof. Anderson's stat ure. I think that they have acted hastily and unadvisedly in the matter, and I question the mental ability of the students who reportedly Informed Legion authorities about the course." Asked if the College of Engi neering were concerned in the Anderson attack. Dean Green re plied, "we are always concrned when people attack an institution or persons without having infor mation." , Pat Mcllnav. Panhellenic presi dent, declares, "all the people I have talked to tori a v aeree that the Legion's action is silly. Stu dents in Professor Anderson s class with whom I have spoken do not feel that he was in any way Witch-hunters' . . . rnr.ATJ ttdttoR: t desire to eo to bat lor my friend, that very fine gentleman and very lqyai American, rroies sor EugeneiNv Anderson, who is i.nrW attartr t)V B local (frOUD Of witch-hunters with more broom sticks in their paws than Drains in their heads. tf thm-A was ever a man who is absolutely NOT pro-Communist and who could not be such it is Gene4 Anderson. It is witn very bad grace that the local Post of the" American Legion should attack- Professor Anderson or permit him to be attacked through its agency. For the f ftst year, he has de voted every other Monday eve ning to giving the local Post a very competent review of world affairs. f He participated, on my invita tion, severalf months ago. in a round-table wiiscussion of world affairs; onejspf the addresses of this commufiication was on the nanel alsn. fThis letter was sent to The Lincoln Star, The Journal, Chancellor Gustavson, tne com mander of the Lincoln American Leeion Posf.'and The Daily Ne braskan.) Professor Anderson is ft prac titioner of that enlightened democratic principle which re quires that one look at all the evidence, select the true from the false, and endeavor to aid his associates In doing likewise. Whether or, not he ever used trying to convert them to Com munism." Continuing, Miss Mclinay said, "I am myself positive that he was not attempting to In culcate the students with Com munistlo doctrine. I resent such efforts on the part of the Le gion to dictate what books should be used In University courses. Such action Is an en roachment on academic free dom." Dean of Teachers College, Frank E. Henzlik, pointed out that "all nrnfacenre tnWo lOVBltv OathS. "! c nni a ci en of intelli eence." he stated, "to accept lrresponsioie statements oi ouxsiae persons wuu iio nnt Durnro nf the situation. It is true that professors of eco nomics, history and social science study communism; but what is more Important, they TEACH de mocracy. , A . Dean Henzlik rurtner poiniea put that "we study communism ' as we study cancer; advocating neither, but learning about it. so that we may evaluate and combat It." Rocky Yapp, Junior Class presi dent, said, "I know that the Uni versity students nave an me con fidence in the world in Dr. Ander- ial Work, Frank Z. Glick, com. mented, "an incident of this kind Is regrettable because it Is an unfair blow at the repu tation of a cltisen, of the Uni versity and of publio schools in general. I am not familiar with the book In question, but I do know Professor Eugene Ander son personally, and have the highest respect for hint as ft scholar and as an American. Frederick K. Beutel. prt-fessor of law and recently elected presi dent of the Nebraska chapter of the American Association of Uni versity Professors, declared that "There is no excuse for this kind of sensationalism in attacking anybody connected with ttn Uni versity. It is ciear 'Jiai jrruiessor Anderfon is a competent scholar, "It Is equally el tar," crfhtin ued Beutel, "that the me' at tacking him have no knowledge of Oriental hlstorr. If anyone desires to attack the competence of n University ftottsnot, the University has th propel ma chinery which is Mways wall, able tor responsible peopR" Condudii., Professor Beutel said, "There is not any indication -.".I... . . x-l-i--i IL.t iVti TTr.0eit son. I hope that tne statements wn a isuever .uwk wo viwy made by various legionnaires are authorities have failed in their not indicative of the thinking of duties to supply cimpetent and the entire Legion." - . -. impartial scholars in the field of Director of the School of Soc- I social science. Rented Land Short Course, Conkmce Offered By Departments The hiff news of the campus for this wfk is the short course and conference being offered by two Ag departments. The conference is a "feed and nutrition" conference set for Thursday and Friday. The fee for this conference Is $2. The eon ference Is ft two-day ses sion, the frist of which will be devoted to the feed dealers and his responsi bility to the feeder. The second da y will he de voted, to a Beam more technical discussion of the recent developments in animal nutrition and manufacturers' problems. The feed and nutrition confer- nt Asia ."I neither know nor care It is an important boon on Asia ence is being jointly sponsored by the animal, poultry and dairy husbandry departments; agricul tural chemistry: tne iwiaweM Feed Manufacturers' Association; Nebraska Feed Manufacturers' Association and the Nebraska Grain and Feed Dealers Associa tion. . Th hnrt course scheduled for j December will be held. Thursday, riaay ana Saturday, uuring um time a farm income tax snor: fnnrn irU Via hplH in Animal Husbandry hall. The j fee for the short course is $5. ' This purpose of this course Is to study and explain the new tax laws to those people who help farmers prepare their tax returns. Sponsor of the short course is the Ag economi department. Awav from t). .lpademip Sid of the campus aud over to the activity side. First, the Union Is sponsoring fanifi nt pertain of its past Di rectors, is an important institu tion which, wltn its international connections, engages in the most enlightened study, encourages the most competent students, and publishes the most authoritative books of ana on tne rar mm. As an old Intelligence Officer and one of the organizers of the Central Intelligence Group (now the Central Intelligence Agency) I have been cleared many times by FBI, ONI, and all of our Se curity Agencies, for handling documents of the highest classi fication. would nut even a McCarthy to shame. I had no Idea that the American Legion could stoop so Rut T nm n member of the or recommended Rosinger's "State Institute of Pacific Relations and. since the Far East is my field of mnior interest and concern I IS till 11UIU1VM. v.. u. uuju v and any student of the Far East should be a fool if I were not a who overlooked it would oe a low! HARRY F. CUNNINGHAM. Colonel. U.S. Army, (Intelligence) ret'd, U.S. Legion of Merit, French Legion of Honour and Croix de Guerre wPalms, Belgian Order of the Lion, etc. NUBB Thursday YW Noon Discussion Ellen Smith Dining Room, 12 p.m. YW Worship Workshop Ellen Smith Dining Room, 4 p.m. snouiu uc AU"f. " , -Arii." I Sudent-Faculty Coffee Hour m l rpw it, tma fT tha nnim it mr Tne prrors i)t some ui - , iMl . i nc gnuic ta u . uuu,. - ..... - , books by Owen Lattimore who is, ist past officials, it is not on any without any doubt, one of the FBI list of pro-Communist, sub- as well as bn Central Asia. The To attack even to permit to be RcHrions Ellen Tn.it PaMfin Nations, attacked such an American gen- !:B"l.ro""Truen whatever may have been the'tleman as Professor Anaerson Chuck Beam a card tournament before the Christmas holidays. Pinochle will be played with the start cf the tournament set for Wednesday afternoon. The Union general en tertainment committee is direct ing the tournament! As for the Yuletime programs, many of the organizations 'are holding their annual parties and the Ag Exee board Is sponsoring the all Ag-campus Christmas party Tuesday evening. Ag col lege 'choir will present several Christmas carols at the party. The other TTnlnn nrtlvitv for the week is the weekly movie Sat. uraay evening. This weeK s movie is "I'd cumb the Highest Moun With the ending of the week for the Union I will also , end the week's tour of the campus. KNUS 3:00-3:15 Purple Grotto 3rl5-3:S0 Shake Hands with the r;;t? TVorl4i ,. 3:30-3:45 Ithythra and Rhyme 3:45-4:00 Sports Parade. 4:00-4:15 4:00 Class $ 4:15-4:30 Songs of the Saddle 4:30-4:35 This I Believe ; , 4:35-4:50 World of Wax 1 ' J50-5:00 News j J j ; ) Straight frnm 7UfU TV.11I. George Olsen and his orchestra played at the Homecominir Danre in 1947. An estimated 10,000 dancers and spectators attended the 1937 Mili tary Ball. YW Office Staff Ellen Smith Dining Room, 5 P-m., , YW Commission 'Comparative eligions Ellen Smith Northeast Room, 5 p.m. S v i i out-state taxpayers and parents? What can we , do to Insure ourselves and our University that further actions of this kind will not be tolerated. It's a difficult question to answer. And frankly, we admit that we don't have the answer. But the Student Council did something Wednesday after noon which other University organizations might do well to follow. They passed a resolution ex pressing their support of Dr. Anderson in this matter. They are publicly voicing their faith in Dr. Anderson and their trust in the ability of an individual to sort right from wrong. Perhaps something that we as individuals can do to combat the fear that an incident like this generates Is. never to be afraid to voice our opin ions on ideas. We must not become afraid of what well be called when we say what we think. And yet we must be doubly careful that we do not judge a man on heresay, on rumor, on his statements or actions taken out of context. We must be sure to hear the whole story before we pass Judgment on any one of our fellow men. In this way we might ateviate the damage done by one chance remark. And we might be Insuring that this sort of thing cannot happen in the future. If we think twice in our actions and judgments, the-McCarthya be they of the American Legion or any other group might also think before they talk. R. R. JIul (Daihf. 7l&MAfiajL FIFTY-FIRST YEAS Member Associated Collegiate Press Intercollegiate Prem EDITORIAL STAFF Hm OaRr Ntfcnukaa k .oMUIm ft Os4mti M 0 ITaftw. fttr at Ntbnuka m orwlo of ntdrati tm aaS Mom Ml. Arrorrfini la Artld. II Kr-lmn t"nitn n!nt mMkij ttow mmi 6minitttn4 ft Km Board of PnMtcuHvu, "ll to rh. V iind awiiin of ik. 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