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THE NEBRASKAN
Friday, December 4, 1953
EDITORIAL PAGE
k Matter 0 Principles
Th editorial policy of The Nebraskan has
ben criticized.
Pint, an unidentified person questioned
The Nebraskan's right to publish editorials
concerning non-campus affairs. He main-
Slips Are Showing
How much does a down slip mean?
To 1350 Nebraskans who received them,
they probably represent a wide range of sig
nificance. Activity-minded juniors and below are no
doubt feeling somewhat resigned as they
Milnk of the 5.3 and 6.0 weighted average re
quirements for the Innocents Society and
Mortar Boards, respectively.
To the girl who came to college to find a
man (and there are some, although anyone
making an estimate of the number Is a fool),
It may mean she had better try a different
hair-do before grades force upon her an
early spinsterhood.
To the vet, it probably indicates the read
justment to civies and the books is just a
little more Involved than he had imagined.
To those who were ill, it may mean just
another obstacle to hurdle in a chain of bad
luck.
To the serious scholar, it's a jolt. He is
learning that perhaps he is not the student
he thought he was.
To the playboy here on another vacation
on the old man's money, It's . . . well, Just the
way the ball bounces, I guess.
To the pledge, it means study halls and less
partying, first and foremost.
And to his big brother, the active, ' it
amounts to little more than social pressure
because of having his name tacked up on the
bulletin board.
To the student going to school under a
scholarship, it means an embarrassing ex
planation. To the athlete, It will mean mandatory
tutoring or else.
To the second-semester senior, it means
turning on the power for that last, long six
weeks.
To the student forced to work his way
through school, it may pose a dilemma. Put
ting in fewer hours at work may mean a sat
isfactory grade, but what will I eat in the
meantime?
To those who had planned a relaxing va
cation, it might mean the cancellation of
plans and carrying a suitcase of books home
instead of a pair of skis. .
To the perpetual soaker-upper of suds or
guzzler, it could mean an involuntary dry
apell. But, then again, it could also mean a
better reason to guzzle ...
To someone who only missed a test, it
means little or nothing. A make-up test will
remove the down.
To the average student, it signifies that his
time will have to be budgeted with more care
and a few movies must be missed.
To this writer, for I too was greeted, it
means one helluva irony. How come I'm
moralizing when I should be studying? E.D.
Who's Civilized?
Dozens of young Australians today are
hacking through unexplored jungles of West
tern New Guinea in a major campaign to
tame stone-age cannibal tribes by the end of
next year.
So reads the first paragraph of a news
story headlined "Australians Seek To Tame
Cannibals."
Reports had indicated that two patrolmen,
SO and 21, had been "cut to pieces ... by a
savage pygmy tribe." This incident touched
off the largest expedition ever to penetrate
northwestern New Guinea.
The Australian minister for territories di
rected his administration to wipe out all
forms of head-hunting, cannibalism and black
magic.
Now let's examine this report in the light
of events which have and are transpiring in
the civilized world.
The cannibals killed two policemen. Henry
Caboa Lodge Jr. reported the Communists
killed 38,000 U.N. soldiers and Korean civil
ians in acts of atrocity.
The natives ate their victims. The Ger
mans manufactured soap and lamp shades
from theirs.
Some authorities say the reason for canni
balism is a meat shortage. Miss Beatrice
Blackwood, a distinguished British anthro
pologist who spent many years with the
tribesmen, is convinced that shortage of pro
teins among the pygmies is the main reason.
Most authorities agree that the "civilized"
killings were for political or hate reasons.
The article claims "their (the pygmies)
lives are untouched by any form of civiliza
tion." A close analysis of the situation, however,
would seem to indicate that the savage,
pygmy cannibalists have merely progressed
one rung farther up the ladder of civilization
than have their "civilized" counterparts.
S.H. '
tained that such editorials merely reflect the
propaganda of a political party.
Second, the author of a Letterip accused
the editors of not being "satisfied, with ex
pressing their personal opinions, but are also
pawning off meaningless stereotyped propa
ganda which they believe is material of edi
torial calibre."
He implied that the editors "substitute ap
peasement for clear-thinking argument, sac
peasement for celar-thinking argument, sac
rifice their inherited rights for a purgatorish
peace founded on inhuman slavery, and . . .
believe the infidel although their all-seeing
intellectual ideas are always wrong."
The right of students and student editors
to state their views on any subject of publio
interest is essential to the development of a
democracy. As The Nebraskan has stated in
previous editorials, intelligent citizens are not
developed in a vacuum. To prepare for en
lightened adulthood students must be in
formed in government, world conditions and
trends in society.
And they must have the right to speak their
opinions on every subject of public interest.
Perhaps their opinions are wrong. Perhaps
they are based on half-truths or misconcep
tions. But at least, expression indicates that
the speaker has done some thinking. Not un
til the student has spoken can any one tell
what he is thinking. And not until he has
spoken can mistaken idea be corrected.
Concerning the charge of stereotyped
propaganda, The Nebraskan was unaware
that it was following any "party line" of
propaganda. The fact that Nebraskan edi
torials sometimes agree with those in other
papers is not a matter of regret. We, the edi
tors of this paper, arrive at our own decisions.
If The Nebraskan takes the same stand as the
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the New York Times
or the Denver Post, we are pleased, since our
reasoning must not be too illogical.
The writer of the Letterip may be inter
ested to know that we base our opinions on
a number of basic principles.
The following are some of them:
1. The Nebraskan believes that given the
essential facts, the American public is capable
of arriving at sound conclusions. If the news
columns of a newspaper are objective, we
never fear that editorials or columns of
opinion will indoctrinate or warp the minds
of readers.
2. The Nebraskan maintains that individ
uals are more important than ideas, organi
zations and government (a thoroughly Christ
ian concept.) We therefore attempt to de
fend the rights of Americans against what we
sometimes feel is the sacrifice of a few in-,
dividuals for the welfare of the state (a
Communist, totalitarian point of view).
3. The Nebraskan believes that a man is in
nocent until proven guilty. Although current
loyalty investigations appear to be rendering
this principle obsolete, we are not afraid of
being old-fashioned on a matter as basic to
American democracy as this.
4. The Nebraskan is convinced that the
United States Constitution is anchored so
firmly that it will weather any storm in
which its opppnents attempt to utilize a part
of the Constitution to destroy the American
government. We have enough faith in the
Constitution and in democracy to believe that
we must use democratic methods to fight
Communism. To use the methods of our
enemies is to destroy the very principle for
which we fight.
5. We refuse to believe that the only solu
tion to present world tension is armed con
flict between East and West. Although the
path may not now be clear, a road to peace
must exist. In this day of nuclear weapons,
to believe in the necessity -of war is to be
lieve in the destruction of the human race.
6. The Nebraskan believes in the right of
free speech in the classroom, on the streets,
in the editorial columns. We agree with the
Board of Regents that professors have the
right "to freedom in research and to publica
tion of the results thereof, limited only by
the precepts of scholarship and faithful per
formance of other academic responsibilities."
This right applies to all fields of study and
all professions.
Upon these principles we, the editors of
The Nebraskan, have based our thinking. We
believe that the principles are basic and
sound.
If the letter-writer believes that the deci
sions we reach represent "appeasement" and
"sacrifice inherited rights," that is his opinion.
He, as a fellow student, is entitled to reach
that conclusion.
We believe, however, that our arguments
are results of clear thinking. We believe we
have dedicated ourselves to the protection of
basic human rights.
If men disagree, intelligently, with our
opinions, their objections speak well for both
them and us. Our purpose is to stimulate
thought and investigation. If American news
papers accomplish this, the American reading
public will never be victims of propaganda.
K.R.
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Letterip
Fair Play And The Faculty
"I SAW rofl foul him THAT'S A rOUl
Daily Californian
McCarthy TV Speech
Examined Analytically
(The following editorial Is re
printed from the Dally Califor
nian, student publication of the
University of California, Berkley.)
There has been much said on
the subject of McCarthyism.-both
pro and con. Most of it has been
emotional rather than factual. For
a change, let us see if McCarthy
ism can be examined on a basis
of fact and analysis rather than
emotion.
This attempt will be made by
quoting some of McCarthy's state
ments in his nationwide radio
television speech of Nov. 24, 1953,
and breaking them down by anal
ysis. The quotes, as given in the text
of the speech as published by a
San Francisco newspaper, and the
analysis, is as follows:
1. McCarthy: ". . . Harry Dex
ter White, a known Communist
spy . . ."
Analysis: Harry Dexter White
was examined before a New York
grand jury concerning alleged
subversive activities. He was not
indicted. There has been no proof
to the effect that White was a spy.
Attorney-General Brownell has
backed down from his charge that
Harry Truman knowingly pro
moted a Communist spy; he now
says that Truman did not take
proper precautionary measures
and was lax in his vigilance
against subversives.
2. McCarthy: "Trumanism can
perhaps best be defined as the
placing of your political party
above the interest of the country."
Analysis: Truman appointed a
Republican to the Supreme Court,
appointed John Foster Dulles as
a principal state department ad
viser, and incurred the wrath of
the Southern wing of his party by
his stand on civil rights Jo the ex
tent that they found it necessary
to form a Dixiecrat party in 1948.
3. McCarthy: "Certainly there
is no division alone party Hnes
among the mothers and fathers
and wives of the 140,000 Korean
casualties whose miseries have
come to them from trickeries and
betrayals of an administration
whose foreign policy was ao care
fully shaped by the Alper Hisses,
the Harry Dexter Whites, the
Owen Lattimores, the Dean Ache
sons and the John Carter Vin
cents." Analysis: This statement is
least in need of analysis. It is
obviously an emotional and incor
rect allegation. To call the Ko
rean casualties the result of trick
ery and betrayal ignores the fact
that North Korea started a war,
and the United States, as a mem
ber of the United Nations, en
tered it to show the Communists
that such an attack on the free
world would be resisted by force.
4. McCarthy: (In reference to
English trade with Red China.)
". . . those Allies who are in turn
shipping the sinews of war to the
Communist enemy."
Analysis: Great Britain is trad
ing only in non-strategic mate-
rial with Red China.
McCarthy ignores the fact that
trade is a two-way matter. Great
Britain is getting many valuable
things from Red. China in trade.
The economy of Great Britain,
and thus the stability of the free
world, is in part dependent on
trade with Red China.
5. McCarthy: "Democrats from
coast to coast join the chorus of
the Communist Daily Worker and
shout, 'Oh, isn't this McCarthylsm
an awful thing?' "
Analysis: The latter part of the
quote was drawn purely from
emotion, of course, and if any
thing is an understatement. The
first part shows the McCarthy
technique which reasons that to
oppose McCarthy is to be auto-,
matically a Communist.
The fact that many of the anti
McCarthy leaders are some of the
most responsible and outstanding
citizens of this country, Republi
cans and Democrats alike, is ig
nored. . McCarthy: "When the Com
munists and fellow travelers in
policy-making positions sold out
our friends to our enemies with
the result that 620,000,000 people
disappeared behind the Iron Cur
tain between 1945 and 1953."
Analysis: The first assumption
is that Communists and fellow
travelers controlled our foreign
policy. They formed, in fact, such
an infinitesmally small part of the
people in policy-making positions
that the allegation, by examina
tion, is baseless, and has never
had any facts to back it up.
Secondly, we can ask our
friends sold to the enemy: The
assumption is made that the Com
munists had nothing to do with
taking over these peoples that
we handed them to the Commu
nists. Senator McCarthy also for
got to give the Truman record
over these years. It includes the
Marshall plan, European Defense
community (NATO), armed re
sistance to Communism in Korea.
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ited I 0 words, tnslfned lettora will
net h published l however, um" "T
be withheld on request. Th editor re
serve the rlht to edit all lttr. Ut
ter do not necessarily represent lb
vlswi of Th Nebraska).)
Freedom of thought, and free
dom to express it are the very
foundation of Americanism. There
are two or more sides to any
problem that arises in our domes
tice or foreign fields of action;
and it seems obvious that in order
to make our own conclusions or
decisions, it is essential that all
sides of a problem should be
given a chance to become known
to us. This is also demanded by
a principle of fair play.
Now, it is a great satisfaction to
see that this spirit of fair play Is
being held high by our students,
as expressed by the leaders of
their organisations, such as the
committee on convocations, and
as voiced on the pages of The Ne
blaskan. It would be good to hear
that the faculty too is subscribing
to the principle of fair play. Now,
Is it? .
THE FOLLOWING examples
from the past are, unfortunately,
not assuring.
There was a case of dismissal,
of a professor a decision made
by the head of his department,
and approved by the respective
dean and for what? He had
dared to submit his suggestion
for re-organization of the depart
ment; and so he was silenced and
punished by his colleague, who
happened to be his administrative
superior.
Indeed, the action of his supe
rior and of the dean was con
demned by a special committee
of professors and also by the
chancellor. But the University
lost this courageous professor just
the same.
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Another case: A former Chan
cellor of Austria, Dr. Kurt Schu
schnigg, was invited to speak at
one of our convocations. Upon
hearing of this, a group of pro
fessors, headed by a dean, pub
lished a letter of protest against
the very idea of inviting such a
man to speak to us, whom they
condemned as being not a good
democrat and who allegedly had
not acted in the best interests of
his country.
. Again, our Chancellor, who was
present at Schuschnigg's convoca
tion, expressed his view thus:
"We wish to know all sides of
this, or any other cases of history,
so that we can arrive at our own
conclusions."
Unfortunately, the courageous
professor, who was the chairman
of the convocation and who in
vited Schuschntrg to speak, did
not stay long with us after this
convocation. He resigned from
the staff, expressing his regret,
when doing so.
ABOUT TWO years ago, C.
Clyde Mitchell, professor and now
head of the Department of Agri
cultural Economics at our Uni
versity, spoke repeatedly to va
rious groups at Lincoln and
Omaha about the war in Korea.
He was suggesting that the only
solution of the thorny problem
was for us to withdraw our rec
ognition of the president of the
Korean Republic, Syngman Rhee,
who dared oppose Mitchell's owrj
idea of what kind of agrarian re
form President Rhee should un
dertake in Korea.
One of Mitchell's talks was
made at the Lincoln Rotary Club,
On The
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1
Realistic Sea Story
Based Upon Whaling
The new feature at the Lin
coln Theater is "All the Brothers
Were Valiant." A stirring out
door , adventure, it follows the
voyage of a whaling bark from
Massachusetts to a position south
of the Gilbert. Islands.
The scenery and settings are
quite good, the bark itself being
a close reproduction of a whal
ing vessel of the mid -nineteenth
century. There is a whale chase
which is handled well. In the
style of the era, a whale boat is
lowered from the side and we
see the harpooning of a whale
and the subsequent attempt of
the monster to free himself by
running and sounding.
Photographic effects in this
chase are excellent. There are
times when quite obviously a
real whale plays the important
minor role.
Robert Taylor and Stewart
Granger play two brothers who,
although at odds throughout
most of the picture, reconcile at
the end. While these actors and
Ann Blythe, the leading lady,
submit adequate characteriza
tion, the best single job is per
haps done by a minor character.
James Whitmore plays this part
and is up to the fine job he did
in the preceding film at the
Lincoln, "Kiss Me Kate."
The other characters worth
note are Betta St. John, of
"South Pacific" fame, and
Keenan Wynn. The former is a
lovely south-sea-island beauty
and the latter a mutinous sailor,
showing himself able to portray
other than comedy parts.
In general the plot is good,
although based on a somewhat
weak foundation. Suspense in
spots is built nicely, particularly
in regard to the disappearance
of one of the brothers.
The movie is not great by any
means, but should provide good
entertainment for the regular
theater-goer, especially if he has
an interest in the sea. Roberto
Arrowman.
By CHICK TAYLOR
DICTION-NUTTY
Hill-billy. Mountain goat.
Itch: Something that when'
you have two hands full you
have always.
Minuet: What one cannibal
asks another .... "How many
minuet?"
Moth: What gwowth on
wockth.
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There's always the sculptor
who fell in the. mud .... the
dirty chiseler!
of which I am a member. After
his talk I asked the president of
this club, a member of our fac
ulty, to allow me to present a
view opposing that by Mitchell
but my request was not granted.
In view of this, I wrote a letter to
the editor of The Lincoln Evening
Journal, and which was pub
lished; then the editor of Tha
Journal suggested that both
Mitchell and I write our views to
be published side-by-side in his
paper. , I wrote and submitted my
part, but none was ever written
by Mitchell; and so the editor
dropped the matter.
IT WOULD seem proper to ask
Professor Mitchell if he sub
scribes to the principle of fair
play, and can we expect that he,
as head of his department, will
allow freedom of thought and of
Ha expression, for the membora
of his department who may hap
pen to differ from him in their
opinions? '
LET US pledge adherence to
the principles of Academic Free
dom as laid down by our Board
of Regents and as applied in the
case of Mitchell; and let ua
pledge that we shall follow and
practice them in our life, lnsida
and outside of our University.
MAXIM K. ELIAS
Paleontologist in Conservation
and Survey Division with
Rank of Professor
'Oil And Water'
Dear Editor:
Many a time while glancing
through the editorial page of
The Nebraskan, we have won
dered just how long it would be
until The Nebraskan was speci
fied as a publication reflecting
Communisttic views. We were
therefore not too surprised when
a letter was published in the
paper this week inferring ex
actly that. What did surprise us,
however, was the coupling in
that same letter of a plea for
"clearthinking argument," with
a defense of Senator McCarthy.
We hasten to point out to tht
writer of that letter that Mc
Carthy and "clearthinking argu
ment" are like oil and water
they just don't mix. Using his
present system of reasoning, the
junior senator from Wisconsin
couldn't pass a Basic Logics
course.
There is something extremely
Illogical in a aeries of statements
purporting that:
(1) McCarthy, Is against com
munism. (2) Some persona are against
McCarthy;
(S) Those people must be com
munists, or, at the very least
(quoting the letter-writer), "re
flecting the typical Jargon of
o' ts who have succumbed to
&cu propaganda."
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There is something illogical
about the discard of basic prin
ciples of the American state in
the frenzied rush to , sweep
Washington clean of communists.
There is something illogical in
Senator McCarthy's - expressed
view that foreign countries
should conform to the American
viewpoint or else "not get on
cent of American money."
We would also remind th
writer, who made the statement
that Senator McCarthy "risked
his public career to firht com
munism,'' that the Wisconsin
senator had no career until be
began to "fight communism." -For
three years, he waa Just an
other senator In Washington, un
til he hit upon the issue of com
munism as one which would
cast him into the national spot
light. The writer seems to take issue
with the Fifth Amendment; we
remind him that it is this
amendment which protects us
against the making of forced
declarations of statements ob
tained by coercion, an event all
too common in the Russian-dominated
part of the world.
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In short, we are more than a
little disgusted with right-wing
extremists who would destroy
America under the guise of try
ing to save it. We are more than
a little tired of hearing persons
express the belief that, no cost,
even the loss of individuality, is
too great a price to pay for tho
rooting out of subversives, sus
pected subversives, and just
persons who do not agree with
the 200 per cent American point
of view. We, unfortunately, have,
never got past the 100 per cent
level.
We do not ask the letter
writer's acceptance of our or The
Nebraskan's convictions; how
ever, we feel we are at least en
titled to his toleration of these
views, rather than the barrags
of accusations, insinuations, and
counter-charges we have re
ceived. JEAN PAUL SMITH
MICHAEL PHILIP BOERNER
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