Page 2 THE NEBRASKAN Tuesday, April 20, 1954 3 EDITORIAL PAGE Liquor Md 74 Busy Men Recent activity by the State Liquor Com mission enforcement officers has caused a ripple of comment from University students those who had first-hand experience with the men and those who sympathized with their friends who had had the first-hand encounter. Several theories as to why the agents were active on the campus have been ad vanced. One of the more logical has fallen en more than a few receptive ears. Ac cording to this prominent theory, the State Liquor Commission has been unhappy with the enforcement program pursued by the Lincoln Police Department concerning drink ing andor possession of alcoholic beverages by minors. A check with the Lincoln Police and with Tal Coonrad, chairman of the State Liquor Commission, turned up these facts. First, the State Liquor Commission did have a group of enforcement officers on the Uni versity campus during the recent State High School Basketball Tournament. Second, the officerse did make a number of arrests on the campus, primarily in the parking lot of the Union. Third, the action was not un usual in any respect, for several reasons. The State Liquor Commission sends several enforcement officers to particular areas at non-regular intervals throughout the year. The action on the University campus is part of the standard operating procedure for the Commission. Lincoln police also noted that they did not think drinking on the University cam pus was on the upswing, noting that in any "community" as the University, where there is a great number of minors, a greater chance for violation exists. In view of these facts, The Nebraskan was inclined to believe the whole matter Total Welfare Warfare between the Communists and the free world is being waged with desper ation on different types of battlefronts over the entire face of the earth. The weapons are those of physical war in Indo-China, as they were in Korea. These weapons are easily understandable they can be coped with in a practical manner. A different type of weapon is being used on battlefronts as important as the physical field and hill. The weapon is propaganda, and Communists excell in its use. This method of warfare is difficult to understand and, as with Communism itself, one must understand it to fight it. The American people are traditionally prone to resolve problems into one big prob lem and attempt to solve that problem once and for all. This is the primary reason we allow ourselves to be outdone in the prop aganda field. This country, however, is gradually real izing the importance of the printed and spoken word in a new type of total war fare. University students throughout the world ire a primary target and objective of the weapon of Communist propaganda in the war for minds. An organized group of students is at tempting to combat the deluge of Commu nist propaganda which is poured upon uni versity students in southeast Asia, South America and underdeveloped parts of the world. This group is the National . Student Association and the director of the associ ation's international headquarters is an American student. The organization splintered from the International Union of Students in 1949, when that group became Communist-controlled. This fact alone indicates that free tudents will not be spoon-fed opinion. That they work with their own truthful propa ganda to show the value of democracy and its way of life to groups within many coun tries is a healthy indication that this seg ment of the world population and its Amer ican members recognizes the need for ac tive combat, using the more subtle type of weapon necessary in an age of total 'war fare.' 8. H. , Broken Eggs The Easter bunny brought m&re than the usual surprises during the week re served for we students for rest, quiet and chance to "get away from it all." Unfor tunately, the restful bunny dropped a bas ketful of eggs, and the crash reverberated across the nation. One of the err was decorated with a magical sounding name or Oppenhelmer, the well known "father of the atomic bomb." Another err had Dien Bien Phu written on Its aide and American men are In danger of getting splattered. Smaller eggs represented a Nebraska Senator named Griswold and the plight he left for the Republican party, a penitentiary murder and the murder of a Nebraska pa trolman. It's nice to be back, and "get away from it all" in studies and activities. K. N. was nothing more than a "tempest in a teapot," severe enough for those "in the tea pot," but actually of very little importance. However, "the ;chalrman of the State Commission changed this view during an interview held before the spring vacation. One of the reasons the recent action by the Liquor Commission came as such a sur prise to many University students is that many have never heard of the Commission. The organization, hough it is expected to fulfill a wide range of tasks, is sadly under staffed. Coonrad noted that there are only 14 enforcement officers for the entire state of Nebraska. These 14 men are assigned specific areas for which they are held re sponsible. For those who would doubt the Commission is greatly undermanned, one man is responsible for Omaha, a city hav ing over 600 places licensed to sell alcohol, several large distributing centers and sev eral breweries. This man receives assist ance from the Omaha police department, but that city agency is also busy with its own specific responsibilities. Also, though the individual assigned to the Omaha area may receive help from other officers of the Commission, each of these men is respon sible for his own area. The evils of such a situation are readily apparent. In some areas, enforcement might be quite lax because Commission officers are not able to cover their "beats" as com pletely as is necessary. Also the public is ready to rise in righteous indignation when an arrest is made, complaining, "The Com mission is inconsistent sometimes it en forces, sometimes it doesn't," when the Com mission is guilty of nothing more than not having enough men to do the job assigned to it by law. Coonrad cited another case where an officer of the Commission had spotted a car of teenagers drinking beer. "When the offi cer curbed the car," he noted, "the young sters turned out to be boys, several of them over six feet tall." "When all of them had gotten out of the car," Coonrad continued, "there were five of them. They told the officer to 'beat it,' and were prepared to back up what they said." "Though the officer was armed and pretty rugged himself, he left," Coonrad said. "If that officer would have argued or attempted to arrest the boys using his gun, someone would have gotten hurt and the publicity would have been all bad, no mat ter how it turned out." Coonrad noted that this type of thing could be solved with radio equipped cars, and said that there was a possibility that radio cars would become part of the Com mission's equipment. However, The Nebraskan feels that, the State Liquor Commission is trying to do an impossible job when the number of persons in the department is considered, The law setting the "legal age" at 21 is of dubious quality and might well be wrong. In any case, a State agency has been charged with the responsibility of enforcing the law whether it is right or wrong, popular or unpopular is not of basic importance. The State Liquor Commission should be staffed to do Its job. The advantages of consistent, complete enforcement would be well worth the added expense. T. W. Margin Notes 'Buy At Home' In Advertising 147, professors emphasize the. power f advertising. And a good ex ample of the influence of the printed word is a recent incident in Lahore, Pakistan. A "Patronize Pakistan Products" cam paign resulted in a marital deadlock. Abdul Majid, a bridegroom, refused to allow his unseen bride to bring in, as part of her dowry, any product of foreign make. This caused a four-hour delay in the wedding, until it was decided to re-dress the bride in clothes made in Pakistan and remove her foreign make-up and jewelry. It seems that in the process he sacrificed half his dowry. What price patriotism! Who Knows? How many famous persons of fame would you know by their real names? Would you recognize Rocco Marchegiano, John Joseph and William Harrison as Rocky Marciano, Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey respectively? ' Walker Smith, Barnet Rasofsky, Fran cisco Guiledo and Anthony Zaleski are bet ter known as Ray Robinson, Barney Ross, Pancho Villa and Tony Zale. Then there are Norman Rothwell and Ralph Geordano who fought in the feather weight and welterweight classes as "Terri ble Terry McGovern and Young Corbet III. They say a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but we wonder if a fighter could win a world title under his real name? FIFTY -THIRD Yt.AU Member: Associated Collegiate Frets Advertising representative: National Advertising Service, lae. 420 Madison Ave., New fork 17, New Terk EDITORIAL STAFF rtm Hebenetcaa M oofcltebed T the todente of tbe (talvamlfr m Nebraeka ee aa eapreeeton of etutfenta' J entelnoa only. 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Brett Chlleo OrrniaMnn Manager Ron Innee Might Metre , Dick I'eUmaa LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler The Student Forum k Second Glance "How's about delivering your speech at the level of the college Freshman, Senator?, then perhaps some of the professors would enjoy It" Aggie News, Views Emphasis Is On Rodeo For Ag College Events BY DALE REYNOLDS In an effort to insure against any great loss, the Farmer's Fair Board and Rodeo Club have ex panded this year's Farmer's Fair Rodeo to include two afternoons of rodeo entertainment. Previously, the rodeo was held only one day, but this year it is scheduled for Friday and Satur day afternoon, April 30 and May 1. The rodeo is being held two days because previous year's ex perience has shown that it al most always rains on rodeo day, and two days will give a better chance for a good rodeo. Also, if the rodeo is held on Friday afternoon, the Fair Board thinks there will" be a greater chance for high school seniors to come down for it on a sneak day. This seems to be a good idea, because they are strengthening the strongest part of Farmers Fair the Rodeo. Other fea tures, which are lesser attrac tions than the rodeo, include a barbecue, parade, midway and cotton and denim dance. These all seem to be profitable parts of Farmer's Fair and help contribute to a successful Farm er's Fair week, with the excep tion of one the midway, which appears to take more time and work than it is worth. Ag college organizations are usually busy building floats for the parade, and devote little time to the mid way. It does not ordinarily add enough to the fair for the work involved. But all in all, this year's Farm er's Fair sounds as if it will be one of the' best. e The big Ag college events seem to be crowding in at about the same time of the year. Sat urday night the Block and Bridle club will hold its 20th annual Livetock and Horse Show. Ag College students are now getting their livestock in shape and are training them for the fitting and showmanship contests. There will be seven horse classes in the show, including a new Palomino Pleasure class, which should add very much to the show. Other classes are: three gaited, five gaited, fine harness, jumper, parade and a coed western stye horse riding contest. The Block and Bridle Show ussed to be named Jr. Ak-Sar-Ben, and was changed just last year so that it would not be con fused with the Omaha show. But I doubt that it will make much difference in the publicity or attendance. After all, what's in a name? Of course, it makes a differ ence in other situations, ac cording to the latest comment . of the week, wondering if Zsa Zsa Gabor's fame would have reached its present height If she had been christened Maude. e Switching to economics, Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, who formerly presided over the Predents Council of Economic . irs, said Monday in a. semini is cussion that the farm prob. i is the correct adjustment of gov ernment responsibility and pri vate enterprise responsibility. Dr. Nourse said that in order to take care of the farm sur pus, a flexible plan should be put into effect to adjust the sup ply of agricultural products down to the demand. It appears that he is in favor of the flexible price support program which President Eisenhower is advo cating. But it seems to me that it is the wrong approach to the prob lem and that demand should be adjusted up to the level of pro duction, and not give the prob lem right back to the farmers, and cut their wages. By PAUL LAASE Congressional storm warnings were hoisted high last week after Vice President Nixon an nounced that, in his opinion, if the French, couldn't do the job in Indo-China, then the U. S. would probably have to send troops and "clean house." Im mediately; of course, indignant objections were raised. Amid the cries from both sides it ap pears that neither Nixon nor his critice took time to analyze the situation. What began as a war of in dependence by the native pop ulation was quickly taken over by the Communists in an effort to put more territory behind the "bamboo curtain." A good snare of the native population today, however, has rejected the Com munists and are fighting- with the French Union forces. Many of them apparently realize thate imperialistic oppression as prac- ticed by the Communists is even worse than the degree of free dom offered by the French un der the new French Union. It has been seven years since the war began and the price paid' by the French has been high, both in men and money. Imagine the Korean war lasting another four years and you can see what the French have been through already, with the end not yet in sight. This is not just a battle for Indo-China, but rather the whole of southeast Asia. Indo-China is just the first and most vital link in 'the chain of defense for this strategic area. Burma, Thai land and Malaya would be di rectly threatened should Indo China fall, with India and In donesia in a less secure posi tion. Today we find a small scale guerilla fight in Burma, Malaya, Indonesia and to a lesser degree, Thailand. Once we lose Indo-China, the Communists would be able to exploit these small-scale conflicts in the same manner as they did in Indo- China. A small revolt would grow larger and larger until finally the country Is lost to the Communists. Who is to say ex actly where the point of Com munist inerven-tion is to bt find? a e Of course we can ignore th entire situation. We ignored Kaiser Wilhelm from 1914 until 1917. We ignored another man named Hitler in 1933, in 1936 when he occupied the Rhineiand, in 1938 when he took Austria and the Sudaten, in 1939 at Mu nich and when he invaded Po land and France. We sat by and watched Mussolini take Ethiopia in 1935. Tojo marched the Japa nese army into Manchuria in 1931 and into China in 1937 while we sat and watched. Shall we watch and wait again? ' It is no longer a few native rebels fighting against tho French in Indo-China. All tho supplies aifd equipment used by the Communists come across th Chinese border. Chinese "vol unteers" drive the supply trucks through the jungle. Anti-aircraft units around Bien Dien Phu, currently shooting down clearly marked hospital planes, ar manned by Chinese. We havo even had reports of Chinese of ficers leading some of the Com munist troop units. The Viet Minh troops of GeneraL-Ho re ceived their training in China. New native units were recently moved back across the frontier into Indo-China after undergo ing training. Apparently the Chinese Com munists haven't learned their lesson. The Russians seemingly are smart enough not to openly intervene again after Korea but not so the Chinese. As things stand now it appears that the. French cannot hold Indo-China alone. The free world cannot afford to lose mineral-rich southeast Asia. It Is better for us, here In tho United States, to give aid to the French now even troops if nec essary than to try and recon quer the area at some later da to as we have done In the past. In the long ran it would be far the wiser coarse. From The Cornell Sun Congress Faces Problem To Lead Or Not To Lead Copped Copy Females Help 'Sandhogs;' Professor Fools Class By BRUCE BRUGMANN Sandhogs (tunnel diggers) have come into their own on the Pa ccific University campus. Last February the boys in one Mc Cormic hall started a rather am bitious project, namely tunneling under their dorm over to Herrick hall, a girls dorm, of course. The school paper ran an article on the underground work, and shortly thereafter a very alert administration put a quick halt to the digging. Things didn't stop there, however, lor a fun-loving group of Herrickites got the lay and angle of the proposed tunnel and took up where the boys left off, only from the other end. When reviewing the events a columnist in another college news paper, the Wyoming Brand's fe male columnist noted that if it weren't so tar from the men's dorms to the lady's she "might present this means as a possible solution to the problem of keep ing Wyoming Hall full." e e At Kansas State, a professor gave his ciass an interesting lec ture on protozoa. He explained at the beginning of the period that it had recently been learned the protozoa could taik. While the class sat tense with excitment, the protestor proceded to play recordings of the discourse of the microscopic forms. After the class was over, and the students were putting away their many pages of notes, the prof added "April Fool." t O 0 From the Pittsburg State Teach ers College Collegio: Garageman: "What can I do for you, lady" Lady: "They say I have a short circuit. Could you lengthen it while I wait?" ' 00 A Minnesota University student thought he found the perfect pet, but officials wouldn't let him keep it. The pet, three and one-half foot boa constrictor, had full lib erty of the room when the student was in, though it had to stay in the bottom dresser drawer at all other times. The snake never made any noise and the only care it needed was a mouse a week for food, ob tained from the university hos pital lab. Nevertheless the "pet" had to be returned to its former owner, the student's brother. , e A Melbourne university student decided to write his thesis on a provocative subject so he chose "Psychoanalytical Synthesis of the Application of Ecological Transcendentalism to the Motiva tion and Behavior Patterns of Adolescent Female s," which, stated In brief, is "How Girls Grow Up." In recent weeks, the already overcrowded melodrama of our lives has been further weighed down with a controversial Boston lawyer Sam Sears. Having over stayed his welcome on the na tional scene, Mr. Sears resigned from his new-found post yester day. Sears' resignation comes as a ' relief to those who have wearied of the smokescreen continuously thrown up in Washington to hide the real issues of the day. The Army-McCarthy dispute is much more than a "who is lying?" dispute; Senator McCarran chooses to describe it as the key to "who in the United States Army promoted and discharged Peress?" 00 Only the demagogues of both parties can leave it at this, for it is not this at all. It is more; It is the time for McCarthy's open hearing. . Long ago a man so often ac cused should ,have either dis pelled the charges against him personally, or have been made to do so, especially if he Is a United State Senator, once an exceed ingly reputable position. Instead, he has gone on spray ing his charges hither and yon. In his latest address, the junior senator from Wisconsin exhumed the old "blood trade" speech for another go-round, and last night, in taking over the spot proffered by Edward R. Murrow, he was to present a 25-minute film prov ing Murrow a liar rather than de fending himself. It is an old tactic, this, of using a good offense as the best defense. And this is how Sam Sears fitted into the picture. Whether or not McCarthy and Cohn used their influence to obtain favors for the storied G. David Schine has been beclouded as the main issue, the Sears controversy made it pos sible. When this is combined with the recalcitrance of the members of Lelterip Cooper Raps Rowen-Elliott Letter; "Chaperonean' Travels With Students Dear Editor: One cannot escape the conclu sion that Elliott and Rowen's "Letterip" is merely a very ver bose attempt to justify shying away from a debate with Mr. Pepper. Mr. Friedman's own silence is welcome, but conspic uous. The City Campus Relig ious Council is cheating the stud ents out of a chance to hear a vital issue discussed' Most of the quotation from Dr. Hedley'i book was super fluous. Mr. Pepper made It aule clear In his first reply to Mr. Friedman that he Is com petely in favor of dissemina tion of knowledge. The CCRC's interest In knowledge remains to be demonstrated. There is an obvious self-contradiction in asserting, as Eliott and Rowen do, that there is no common ground of argument or some argument and some agree ment, or complete arguement and no agreement; agreement and argument cannot both be ab sent simultaneously. The CCRC will have to offer a 'better ex cuse than that for its failure to accept its responsibility to the student body. Janet Cooper Dear Editor: In an argument over the truth, Religion has a tremendous ad vantage, in that it claims a God who can demonstrate His pres . ence and make known His will easily. This advantage, however, turns into a disadvantage when their God never shows himself. The very fact that these people have to try to prove God's exist ence is evidence of his absence. Howard McKay Dear Editor: During the Mortar Board's Foreign Students Tour, each per on had a name tag, on which we also wrote the name of our re spective c3'.;ntry. As we were getting acquainted with one an other, one of the foreign students from a high school in Lincoln came up to Mr. George Round, one of our chaperones, and after looking carefuly at his name tag, asked graciously: "Which country are you from Chape rone? . .. " And Mr. Round ex pained seriously that he was a Chaperonean, from the island of Chaperone, and that this island was a submerged land in the Gulf of Mexico. As a foreign student having participated In the Mortar Board tour, and having noticed that we did enjoy the above mentioned little incident, I thought It might be well to let you know about it. Just in a passing, I want to say again that the student who mistook a Chaperone for a Chaperon aen Is not from the Univer sity, but la a high school stud ent. Lichu Chen the investigating subcommittee to handle the issue, with excep tion of Mundt and McClellan, it is easy to see how political bar gaining could be carried on be hind the scenes while Sam Sean cavorted mround the scene insist, ing that he had never taken a public or private stand on Mc Carthy. He had, however, tried to rais a fund in the senator's behalf, and had defended McCarthy in a public debate at the recommen dation of Jean Kerr (now Jean Kerr McCarthy). There should have been no debate as to whether or not Sears wag quali fied; he was biased, as the facts proved. The senators were try ing to find out whether or not he was merely biased, or a biased liar. Thus we are able to view Sam uel Sears as a sign of the times. And although, he has passed out of the picture, the furor aroused by his presence should not bo abated, but maintained as a safe guard against the future employ ment of the demagogic tactic of confusing Issues with personality as the device. It behooves the investigators to go on looking until they com up with a counsel who can truly fit the assigned role. The chances are that they will be unable to come up with this rare, impartial individual which they seek. Th better course of action, then, would be to retain Sears as Mc Carthy's counsel and Welch for the Army, turning the proceed ings over to a panel of three or four members of each party in the Senate who are not subject to election contests for the next five years or so. Given this qualification, they might be relied upon to coma to some decision relatively un colored from the immediate political standpoint. These men would serve as a sort of jury and, for further encouragement to the proceedings, throw in Vice Presi dent Nixon to maintain order and keep the questioning moving on both sides. But just once, it would be heartening to see our elected rep resentatives face up to an issue, rather than cloud it with side questions in their accepted, rela tively perfected fashion. The Administration had several chances to put such sideshows at this on a "put-up-or-shut-np" basis, but early Indicated Its de sire to administrate, not to lead. It Is now up to Congress, wholly or In part, to demonstrate the responsibility for which it wit elected. University Bulletin Board TUESDAY Journalism Convocation, 4 p.m., Love Library Auditorium. Dr. George Sarton,' informal lec ture, "Leonardo da Vinci, Inno vator and Man of Science," 1:30 p.m., faculty Lounge, Union. Young Democrats election, 7:30 p.m., Parlor B, Union. Audobon Screen Tour, 8 p.m.. Love Library Auditorium. YWCA Picnic, Peter Pan Park. WEDNESDAY Orchesls and Pre-Orchesis can didates practice session, 7 p.m.,1 Grant Memorial Gymnasium. Departmental Recital, 4 p.m., Social Science Auditorium. Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, seminar, "Council of Economic Advisors and Joint Committee on the Eco nomic Report," 10 a.m., Room4 816, Union. Dr. George Sarton, "Ptolemy (Second Century after Christ'." 8 p.m., Love Library Auditorium.