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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Wednesday, March 25, 1953
lust Between Us . . .
By DON PIEPER ing. For Instance, Professor Carl J. Schneider
Editor teaches a political science course in comparative
A student at the University of Kansas raised European government. He uses the USSR as the
this question in a letter to the Daily Kansan: basis of his comparison. Professor Norman Hill
" . . What do I as a college student know explains the Soviet system of government with
about Russia, its government and people? What the emphasis on foreign affairs in his courses on
International relations.
This is just a sampling of the courses in which
the Russia of today is explained and studied.
must confess that the courses mentioned are ones
witli which I have had personal contact. I am
class is offered that will teach me about these
things? My professors would rather not discuss
the subject either in class or in private, and with
good reasons, too. Look at the number of teach
ers who have been lalled Communist sympa
thizers and lost their jobs. American college stu- sure that there are more available
' dents are having a vital part of their education Stalin's death played1 a big part in pointing up
purposefully ignored." the importance of knowledge of the Russian gov-
ernment. Very few Americans, I am sure, know
I don't know what the situation is at KU, but the exact position Stalin held in the hierarchy of
no student could make the same complaint at the Russian government. Even less know the relation
University of Nebraska. Professor A. T. Anderson of the Communist party to the state government
: . a vigorous and well-informed scholars-teaches of the USSR. Terms like Supreme Soviet, Coun-
r a history course on Russia. Although students cil of Ministers, Persidium and so on don't mean
may complain because this is a hard course which much to the American reader. The Kansan was
just makes it more valuable in my estimation
they could never complain because it failed to
teach them about "Russia, its government and peo
ple." This course deals with the KU students'
problem directly. But it isn't the only answer the
University of Nebraska has for him.
right when he indicated that the need for infor
mation was important. On our campus, such in
formation is available and instructors are not
afraid to talk about it in class.
If there is a campus where instructors should
feel that they had better avoid Communism as a
Many and I use that word advisedly other school topic, this should be that school. The re
courses discuss the Russian situation. Although cent American Legion episode fixed that.
they may not be primarily concerned with the But we go right ahead and I think that this is
Soviet system, they certainly explain it in pass- a tribute to the courage of our faculty.
NEBRASKAN EDITORIALS
Turnabout Is Fair Play
Tuesday news reports tell of Senator McCar
thy's latest efforts to block the Dulles' sponsored
appointment of 'Chip' Bohlen to the ambassador-
ship to Russia.
This is, of course, within the prerogative of a
senator.
And no one can deny the influence of a sena
tor's prerogative, particularly Nebraskans who wit
nessed an ex-governor hopeful of an ambassador
. ship finally given a post not subject to Congres
sional approval.
But it is not the matter of prerogatives that
provokes The Daily Nebraskan.
1 It is, rather, the method by which Sen. Mc-
: Carthy intends to prove his point.
. ; He proposes to use a lie detector in further
: questioning of Bohlen, a technique usually re
served for determining guilt in the case of sus
pected criminals. Aside from the obvious slap at
Secretary Dulles, this is an unprecedented insult
to the Eisenhower administration, which has sup
ported Bohlen in face of the demogogic charges of
McCarthy.
The point of The Daily Nebraskan is this:
Would this not be a grand opportunity for
dented demand and in return suggest to the Con
gress that Sen. McCarthy answer some ques
tions concerning his motives on the same lie de
tector?
It is doubtful that Congress will resort to the
lie detector as a means of determining anyone's
innocence or guilt; the device is not universally
recognized in the eyes of the law as producing ad
missible evidence.
But the idea, nevertheless, might not be en
tirely valueless.
If the precedent were established and wit
nesses were compelled to submit to the lie detec
tor, in all fairness, it would not be out of order
to demand that the so-called investigators be re
quired to submit to the device when there was
any "reasonable doubt" concerning their motives
or integrity.
Certainly ah honest and sincere legislative in
terrogator would not refuse to have an oppor
tunity to prove his good motives.
Perhapc Sen. McCarthy's proposal has some
good in it, for this might well be the solution to
unsubstantiated charges and headline-seekers.
Without realizing it, maybe McCarthy has sug-
Bohlen, any so-called guilt or compliJity notwith- gested the very means by which "McCarthyism"
standing, to readily submit to such an unprece- could be eliminated. E.D.
Dowager Queen Mary
It seems as if life is getting rough for high tied around a pillar of monarchy. True, recent
government officials. Last spring, King George years have seen the direct power of the mon-
VI of England passed away. Josif Stalin, Premier
of Communist Russia, died this month. Shortly
afterward, Premier Klemet Gottwald of Czechoslo
vakia died.
Tuesday's broadcasts told of Dowager Queen
Mary's critical illness.
It is almost impossible for Americans to com
prehend the sentimental attitude the British have
' for their monarchs. To many of our American
cynics, English monarchy is nothing more than a
hole down which Britons pour US money. When
such persons look at the bill for the impending
coronation and then at the English debt to the
United States, they scream and wail. "This king
stuff is nothing more than a lot of sentimental hog
wash," they say.
It may not be practical in the American defin
ition. But it is as necessary to the Enelishmen as
archical system transfered to the more democratic
parliamentary form. But the tradition of mon
archy still lives.
Newsrcels have shown the Englishman's love
for Ihe pagentry of monarchy. It is part of the
English system just as much as colorful campaigns
are part of our system.
The importance of monarchy in England ex
plains the grief that the whole commonwealth
feels over the death of Queen Eliza
beth Ill's grandmother. Queen Mary has lived
through an exciting period of history and she
has been intimately connected with a great many
of the more important events during that pe
riod. She was a great woman and history will re-
food, and air. Britain's proud history has been member her as such. D.P.
Yesteryear Ht MU . . .
By DICK RALSTON
SUM Writer
Editor Brownell's editorials were hard hitting
and aggressive, and they eventually hit nearly
every organization on the campus, big or small
Many of his editorial criticisms of campus organi-
as the Panhellcnic council adopted, is a field of
work not yet touched by the council. The co
operative efforts of the council in making infor
mation available to rushees has never apparently
been broached by the council.
"The Nebraskan has for semester after semes
rations are as true today as they apparently were ,er attacked the council. The political hopefuls
In 1933 as I pointed out a few weeks ago in con
nection with the Student Council.
-His criticisms of the Inter-Fraternity Council
are also of a contemporary note:
. , . (The Nebraskan) objects to the tradi
tional Idea of the organization, as apparently con
ceived by most of its members, that there is
continue to rest easy in their jobs as interfrater
nity council delegates. The Nebraskan still be
lieves, therefore, that some reorganization is neceS'
sary to alter the idea that there is no work to be
done by the council. If the politically minded
juniors would be interested in getting down to
work, the Nebraskan would not say another word
about reorganizing the council. Neither does the
Nphrasknn insiqt that tratArnitv nrocMont umnlri
nnH.mi mii.L 4a 1 -J i . ...
j V P sPI1S0r a 0311 make the best representatives.
.w - ""H"c, in ouier woras, me altitude is, ..But we do believe that a shakedown of some
BS w poimea out previously, that membership in sort might stir the councll lo take a ,iule acUon
the organization is a good sinecure stepping stone Such action ls especially necessary this spring be
fore the rushing season opens next fall. If no
for the politically ambitious,
"These ambitious individuals usually have so
many other activities that they have little time
to work on council activities, and because there
seem to be few activities to work on, the job is
just a political plum.
"As a matter of fact, the sinele ion of snnpr-
signs of action are shown by the present council
members, The Nebraskan will push vigorously
the idea of reorganization of the council.
"The fact that the council customarily meets
only once in three or four weeks does not neces
sarily mean that they could not hold special meet-
vising the 'rushing activities of the fraternities, if ings to clear up the rushing rules mess in a hurrv
done as it should be, would take the combined They have diddled along all year on this matter
time and effort of every member of the council. Let's see some action soon and let's hear some
The cooperative efforts at reducing fraternity ex- discussion by the council itself on the question
penses by such means as using uniform party bids, of reorganization."
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EDITORIAL 81AFV
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WORLD
REPORT
By PAUL MEANS
Staff Writer
By PAUL MEANS
TODAY'S HEADLINES.
Dowager Queen Mother Mary,' the
grand old lady of Britain whn.w
frail figure became a symbol of
age-oia royal traditions, died
peacefully in her sleep Tuesday
night at the age of 85. . . .
Sens. Taft (R-0) and Sparkman
(D-Ala) spent three hours study
ing a secret FBI report on Charles
E. Bohlen Tuesday and strongly
indicated they found nothing in it
to question the loyalty of Presi
dent Eisenhower's nominee as am
bassador to Russia. . . . The Wis
consin demagogue, Sen. Joe Mc
Carthy (R-Wis), who has led the
fight against Bohlen, told report
ers that if Taft and Sparkman
"say they're satisfied" that Bohlen
is not a security risk, "that will
satisfy me on security.". . . The
senator, however, said he is now
going to attack Bohlen on the
grounds that he was "part and
parcel" of the Truman-Acheson
foreign policies.
Tidelands Action
Might Be Illegal'
inuiTUK'B ROTKt Th following edi
torial appeared recently la th St. Louis
Post-Dispatch.)
Senator Anderson of New Mex
ico has made a brilliantly con
structive suggestion about off
shore oil. He says there is a con
stitutional question whether Con
gress can legally divest itself of
responsibility for the conduct of
me nation's external affairs with
in the marginal sea belt. He sug
gests that one of the 45 states that
would be aggrieved if Coneress at
tempted to vest title to offshore
oil in lexas, California and Lou
isiana might be able to challenge
the constitutionality of such an
act before the United States Su
preme Court.
Up to now, there had bfn
disposition to question whether
Congress possessed authority to
vest title to offshore oil in the
coastal states. Senator Anderson's
proposal suggests a powerful new
avenue or attack against this raid
on the national oil resources. Why
the question of the constitutional
ity of a Congressional quitclaim
has not been strongly raised be
fore is something of a mystery,
for the Supreme Court tlainlv
suggested it in its decision in the
uauiornia case six years ago. Said
me court:
The crucial question on the
merits is not merely who owns
the bare legal title to the lands
under the marginal sea. The
United States asserts rights in
capacities transcending those of
a mere property owner.
In one capacity it asserts the
right and responsibility to exer
cise whatever power and do
minion are necessary to protect
this country against dangers to
the security and tranquility of
its people. . . . The Government
also appears in its capacity as a
member of the family of na
tions. In that capacity it is re
sponsible for conducting United
biates relations with other na
tions. It asserts that proper exercise
of these constitutional responsi
bilities requires that it have
power, unencumbered by state
commitments, always to deter
mine what agreements will be
made concerning the control
and use of the marginal sea and
the land under it.
In the California case the Su
preme Court did more than assert
that the constitutional responsi
bilities of the Federal Govern
ment were inseparable from its
dominion over the marginal seas.
It further declared that "the"state
is not equipped in our constitu
tional system with the powers or
the facilities for exercising the
responsibilities which would be
concomitant J with the dominion
which it seeks."
Senator Anderson's thinking on
the subject has opened the way
to a promising and, it would ap
pear, potent means of defending
these crucial reserves of oil. A
challenge on the issue of consti
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From The Glass Box
Criticism Of Eisenhower
Policies Is 'Premature'
Peg Bartunek
President Eisenhower has been be expected of any new admini-
in office a little more than two
months now. Already he is being
criticized. It would not be sur
prising were this criticism coming
from Stevenson supporters.
But, the large share of gripes
originates with those who voted
and campaigned for him in the
election period.
Some say he hasn't reduced
taxes. Others don't like the way
foreign affairs are being handled.
When it was announced that
many changes were being made
in Washington offices, the Demo
crats became indignant.
President Eisenhower put him
self in a difficult position when
he was elected on promises to re
duce taxes, balance the budget
and try to end the Korean War.
Somebody is bound to be dissap
pointed when he expects a man to
do all that in a matter of weeks
or even a year.
A victory in either the Korean
War or the cold war means spend
ing. Taxes will have to keep rol
ling in if military expenditures
are to remain high and no budget
balancing is to take place with
out a period of heavy taxation
preceding it.
Taxes may be reduced after
while, but it is absurb to expect
a reduction two months after the
inauguration.
Ike also promised some consoli
dation of Washington jobs. He
accomplished part of that right
away. When he fired lots of what
he considered to be deadwood and
gave some Republicans govern
ment jobs, he was doing what can
TWO ON THE AISLE
stration
It has been so long since a new
party took over that the public
has forgotten what it is to have
a partisan shake-up. The longer a
single group controls a mass of
workers the better the workers
know how to get by with the least
amount of work.
Furthermore, the longer a party
is in office, the more political
debts it incurrs which are easily
paid with the placing of the cred
itor's name on the public payroll.
9
Some of the changes desired by, moY.1.es'
the President were mere extreme
and non-partisan than his backers
could stand. It wasn't easy for
him to get the secretary of labor
or the secretary of defense he
wanted. With his reorganization
measures, Eisenhower is trying to
accomplish a few things that will
definitely result in lower expend
itures a step toward the eagerly
awaited goals of lower taxes and
a balanced budget.
It appears that the new admini
stration bears more watching be
fore complaints are registered.
A canny Scot was engaged in
an argument with a conductor as
to whether the fare was to be five
or ten cents. Finally the disgust-j
ed conductor picked up the Scot's
suitcase and tossed it off the
train just as they were crossing
a bridge. It landed with a mighty
splash.
"Moot, Mon," screamed Sandy.
"First you try to rob me and now
you've drowned my little boy!"
Two Oscars
Draw Long
Movie Lines
By BOB SPEARMAN
Staff Writer
At the age of 73, Cecil B. De
nmio, has his first Oscar. Cecil
got his Oscar for "The Greatest
Show On Earth." Personally I
disagree with the title and the
selection.
Over the weCKena yuu nau an
opportunity to see the movies
which won Gary Cooper and
Shirley Booth their Oscars. "High
Noon" and "Come Back, Little
Sheba" both drew long lines of
people in front or me dox-oihc ,
last Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
This proves that people like to
see what made these movies good
enough to win an Oscar. This
also proves that Oscar-giving is
probably the greatest stimulus to
movie-going in the United States.
I doubt if even general advertis
ing draws so many people to the
aters. O
Yet, an interesting note on this
year's Academy Awards is the
fact that several big motion pic
ture companies withdrew their
support from the presentations.
The boycott of the Awards was
theoretically due to the fact that
TV was hurting so, that the in
dustry couldn't afford to support
the Academy Awards.
To me this is stupid. True, the
Awards do not necessarily reflect
the views of movie critics. But
none-the-less, Academy Awards
do bring theater-goers to the the
aters. It seems to me that the
movie industry is biting the hand
that feeds it.
In the past I have personally
lauded and disclaimed various se
lections of the Academy Awards
Committee. This year again, I
was about 50-50 in favor of the
Awards. But so be it.
I cannot necessarily justify my
selection as a movie to critique,
this week. I saw "She's Back on
Broadway." I felt like being en
tertained last weekend. And since
thf linps were so lone in front nf
I the theaters showing the rated
' rvrMrto T rlopiHnrl in talrA th t
parking place I found near the
Varsity. It just happens that I
thoroughly enjoyed this musical,
"She s Back on Broadway.
The script for the movie was
well-written. Normally the script
for a musical is something woven
around a couple of songs, so this
was a pleasant change.
Virginia Mayo leaves a little
to be desired as an actress in
some of the more tender scenes
in this movie, but she looks aw
fully nice.
For that matter, there is an
almost logical ratio between the
amount of clothes Miss Mayo
wears in the movie and the
amount of interest I could main
tain. Since it is my strong convic
tion that a motion picture's jus
tification for existing depends on
how much it entertains, I felt that
this movie was good. -
Or perhaps I enjoy this movie
because I am a college boy at
heart and enjoy a little intellec
tual "Pablum" once in a while.
SPECIAL REPORT
7
Will Election Bills See Light Of Day
Nebraska's presidential primary date to withdraw from the pn-ispecific delegates favoring each
elections, particularly in 1948 and mary "if he files, with the Secre- candidate would be determined in
less so in 1952, attracted nation- tary of State within 48 hours after'order of the number of votes cast
wide interest. In each,
contenders for the presidential
nomination were pitted against
each other.
But in the 1952 election a write
in vote "was: necessary .to put the
names of leading GOP candidates
on the ballot. And in both, the
preference vote had a negligible
effect on controlling delegates to
the national conventions.
Improvements in primary laws
were suggested by the score. But
that was last spring.
Criticism of the election would
naturally be expected to have died
out by now. No one could be ex
pected to be much concerned
leading, the filing of the petition, a state
ment that he will not accept the
nomination of his party for President."
tutionality should by all means be anyone for another three years.
for them.
5. Delegates and alternates
would be bound to vote for the
candidate they supported in the
2. The same bill would provide 5 .17,, as JonS as that candi
for delegates to all national con- ?a? ?na11 e 8anng votes on any
ventions to rj elected by the vot-i a lot at the national convention,
ers of the entire state, not by dis-!0.r unP at candidate gives no
tricts. ll.ce of the withdrawal of his can-
candidateTodelegatUer- if dclegat 0r oIternat not
nate, to a 2
declare the candidate he favors Sea L r,r Ca?dldate r
as the nominee of his party for finni? raate J0 any na"
President. Only names of candi-1! na. ' state or county conven-
brought before the Supreme Court
if Congress attempts to remove
the oil from safe-keeping in the
hands of the Navy where Harry
S. Truman wisely put it.
Unless Senator Anderson's state,
New Mexico, or some ether state,
quickly takes the initiative in
bringing any quitclaim act before
the Supreme Court, Missouri
should do so, either in combin
ation with other states that may
wish to Join it, or, if necessary,!
alone.
J. E. Taylor as Attorney Gen
eral of Missouri was one of the
few state legal officers in the
United States who refused to join
the National Association of At
torneys General in the hue and
cry for state ownership, and he
stoutly opposed the grab.
Mr. Taylor's successor, Attorney
General John Dalton, now has an
opportunity to extend this excel
lent record of Missouri's with re
spect to safeguarding offshore oil
COLLEGE PAPERS
'Campus' Switch 3s
To Daily Status
(From the University of North
Carolina Daily Tar Heel)
While most college papers seem
to be tightening their belts in ef
forts to meet one financial crisis
after another, the Connecticut
Campus, University of Connecticut,
has just announced its switch
over irom a three-times-a-week
to a daily.
"The new publishing schedule,'
says the Campus, "will mark the
culmination of a long-t l m
dream." But the Campus didn't
forget to call on the administra
tion for a "re-evaluation of the
University's arbitrary distribution
ol the Student Activities Fee."
A week before (Jan. 7) the
Eastern State News, a weekly at
Eastern Illinois State college, be
gan publishing its "diminuitive
economy size issue," a four-column
affair.
But one University student,
Dick Hansen, has refused to for
get the mess created in last
spring's primary. He is determined
to streamline the election proce
dure at any effort.
The story of his efforts to ob
tain legislative support for his
ideas is told in the adjoining ar
ticle under Hansen's by-line.
His report should inspire other
students who are interested in
pushing public projects but who
fear that the men with he au
dates who support presidential
candidates entered in the Ne
braska primary would have their
names on the ballot.
4. The number of delegates each
tion."
7. L. B. 261 would eliminate the
present law which provides for a
second choice, on the nrimarv
ballot, for President and for first
a'U.V,? " , ".cn;and second choices . ---Vi::;pvM-;
vvuuiu ictcive WOUla r ,
depend upon the number of votes! vm. i mary Voter? would
cast for him in the primary. Thel President "
NU Student Plays Vital Role
In Drafting LB. 260, 261
DS me, was to
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thority will pay no attention to' in 5 peop e of Ne-of the state and to m-ST
braska
ably.
has increased immeasur- th.i ft 1!, 10 m.aKe nam
... VIX1U nol merely De a t0fjl
It has come about th,, " ,:,".iI"Ub..PeP w would
:perience that began with th-l".. V.. wished, or dis-
them.
The rest of the story of the
bills, Nos. 260 and 261, prepared
by Hansen and Sen. Bridenbaugh,
is not so beautiful. Although the
bills were read the first time
thp T jpis1atiir nn Jan 27 nnhlii
hearings have not been set for that July spectacle.
pithpr nf th hills. Nebraskans saw another rip-
Lack of public interest may yet Pre ssinS si8ht in the presidential
i. 1 i . .l . nrimarv a rnunlo r, f mrt,u
prevent propusea ciiaiigus in ineif. - -r"- i muuuis ear- ms 011t , . r " :
election system from coming beJlier- Th leading contenders for thrill r,f S' whad, the
t u. t. ithp nomination .m,M r,t . v" or seeing our bills intro-
(All bills must come before a the ballot, and even if they did
public hearing before they can;tnere was no assurance that the At thi T-i f . .
be passed by the Nebraska Uni- delegates would feel bound by the'dict whrlthor kV naraL.V? Pr?,T
resuns 01 tne vote. .; ;v "c i""ry duis win
This sad state of affairs led mcTeairte,Slature; But 1 have
to embark on research on the I , Lone less0n already; it has
various state primary laws, withltw Zm every Pe"on, bar none,
irind-iw iwit :aJlJiat 1 nave talked with in hi
ucKdii w .n innfiKi . :m a. - -
political conventions last summer1 ved verv h.ln", . 8
and the fantastic shenanigan that very .heIpful advice. We
ln our supposedly thoughtful, sincere' encouraged all .1. , ft? WB WCr8
UC and wise politicians displayed in I MlmrthL?1'?!!
arranged for a meeting with Sen.
, h B"denbaugh of Dakota City,
.... 0.ia.ea our views. After iron-
1 lew kinks, we had the
seeing our bills intro-
cameral.)
The main provisions of the bills
are as follows:
1. L. B. 260 would provide two
methods for placing names on the
ballot for presidential candidate.
The first would enable any per
son, approved as a presidential
candidate either by the chairman
of the national committee or by
the state chairman of his party,
to request that his name be en
tered on the primary ballot.
The second method would place
the name of a candidate on the
ballot "by r. petition signed by at
least 750 electors from each con
gressional district. Although only
100 signatures were previously re
quired from each district, L. B. 260
would no longer limit candidates
to those who consent, in writing,
to having their names on the ballot.
The proposed amendment, how
ever, would enable such candi-
the hope of taking the best points I DrnhwL. v talked with in this
from each and coming up with a tlu ! Young people should
ovmvc pari m government
roueh draft of an pffprti vn 1 a Mr
which I hoped, somehow or other,
would be introduced in the Ne
braska Legislature. After the re
search my colleague, Fred Schroe
der, and I began calling various
state political and educational
leaders. We talked with a wide
variety of people Democrats and
Republicans.
It was amazing. Here were busy
people, many of them in very
high positions, who were willing
to talk to a couple of college stu
dents with an idea and nothing
at every level.
This experience has taught me
never to be afraid to approach
the "powers that be" on any
worthwhile project. Young people
who undertake such projects will
find their ideas welcomed.
Of course, you may have to dig
a little, argue a little, and above
ail convince these people that you
Know what you are talking about,
but it is well worth the effort.
i erhaps we can all take our cue
from a great American who once
said:
"It is for the new generation to
more, uuer tnari a lew wise n 77 . generation 10
cracks about the recent election ParUciP"te in the decisions and to
a: .... 'BlVP fit ron rrtK r. n r ...
partisan pontics never entered r.7u -"6" nu spirit ana con-
into the discussions. liy ? our government and to
The desire of these leaders, like!)1 ljfe (Franklin P.
