The Nebraskan
Wednesday, October 5, I960
EDITORIAL OPINION
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Congressman W eaver
Contradicts Himself
Lost in the aftermath of Saturday's football spectacu
lars was a 30 minute television show devoted to intro
diwing the candidates for the House of Representatives
fwn Nebraska' first district. For the politically unedu
cated, the GOP candidate is incumbent Phil Weaver and
the Democratic candidate is Gerald Whelan, an attorney.
As is noted by Dick Shugrue in his column Strictly
Partisan, Weaver has dodged any type of debate with
his opponent We were rather surprised, therefore, to see
the two appearing together on the same show. Unfor
tunately, the program was poorly produced and provided
little insight into either of the gentlemen.
After a brief resume of their backgrounds, both
men were then questioned by newsmen. We use the
term newsmen loosely. For rather than questions de
voted to problems that a congressman deals with, we
heard questions like "What would you do about Khrush
chev if you were elected." In -such type programs, the
questions make the difference and the more percep
tive the newsmen, the harder it is for the candidates to
fool the people.
The men questioning Weaver and Whelan missed a
golden chance to catch Weaver at his evasive game
when ha contradicted himself on the question of federal
aid to education.
Early in the program he stated that he had no
specific disagreement with the Republican platform
adopted at the party's national convention. However, a
few minutes later he .said he opposed any type of fed
eral aid to education. If one examines the Republican
platform he finds that it pledges "Federal support to
the primary and secondary schools by a program of
federal aid for school construction-pacing it to the
real Jieeds of individual school districts in states and
territories, and requiring state approval and participa
tion." It would seem, then, that Weaver does differ with
the platform. He certainly must agree that education
Is an important part of the platform and that a dis
agreement with the provisions for support by federal
aid would be a specific disagreement. This is a point
that directly concerns congressmen, because it involves
an issue directly affecting Nebraska. If Weaver is the
qualified representative that he thinks he is, he should
at least take a stand on federal aid, and if he knows the
problem, he should support such aid. First he says in
effect that he supports it, then he says he does not We
question whether Weaver has even read the Republican
platform: If he has, he doesn't remember what it says.
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'TOUCHEr
Strictly Partisan
Cannon Moves
To Safer Ground
We are glad to hear that World War III has been
prevented by the moving of the football cannon to neutral
ground.
Saturday it echoed rather noisily in the stands and
had a few sportswriters ducking for cover in case the
glass in the press box shattered.
The solution last week would have been to aim , the
barrel towards TomWatkins, the Iowa. State -fullback
that tore so many holes through the Nebraska line. Since
this would not be quite ethical, though, we will settle for
just hearing the blast a little more frequently on coming
Saturday afternoons far enough away that fans leave
Oe stands without their hearing impaired.
Nebraskan Letterip
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way, constitutes a society
within itself).
We could do this by ;r- I
mitting drinking in t h e
houses or on the lawns.
This would eliminate the I
necessity of going to the
"woods" or "rod and gun
clubs," etc., thus, keeping
drinking people off the Lin-
coin streets. The campus
police could control drink- s
ing on campus by periodic
checks during the weekend
to make sure that the
drinking did not get out of
hand. Also, the fraternities 3
would police themselves to I
insure continuation of their
privilege.
I must sincerely add that 1
all ideas presented are
based on the assumption f
that the people at this Uni- 1
versity are basically inlel- f
ligent and responsible peo-
pie who want to get an I
education and to e n j 0 y
themselves; not irresponsi-
ble animals as some people I
might unintentionally im- ij
ply. I
Publius
I By Dick Shugrue
John Cooper's attempt to
I get into the g"ood graces
I of the University was a mis
I erable failure. His trick let-
ter designed to gain sym-
pathy and
I to assure
voters in
I college cir
I c 1 e s has
1 been tagged
for what it
I is: a poor
I p u b licity
I stunt.
I Cooper
5 must learn
I that he has
I to live with his re c 0 r d.
I Again and again Nebras
I kans have heard him say
I that what seems to be an
1 inconsistent stand adverse
I to him "is taken out of con
1 text" or "is a misquote."
1 1 seriously doubt that the
I newspaper profession in the
I state is going to put up with
that lousy excuse much
I longer.
I ' Here, however, is a direct
I quotation from Cooper's
S trick, letter: '
1 If I am elected Governor,
5 the University and the toi-
leges and all other scg
2 ments of our educational
system will receive the com
plete support of my state
administration.
Just what does that
mean? Does it mean that
any liberal teacher will be
free from the intimidation
Cooper and his colleagues
subjected members of this
University's faculty to less
than two years ago?
And does Cooper remem--ber
that he said, "We can't
use that philosophy in Ne
braska, especially in the
education of our youth."?
It therefore follows that
Cooper is opposed to teach
ing liberal literature. Could
it not be said that Cooper,
if he is consistent, objects to
teaching Kant, Spinoza or
Santayana?
Here is what one newspa
per writer said about Coop
er and Company in the
spring of '59:
Sen. John Cooper of
Humboldt and any others
who subscribe to the witch
craft and character assasi
nation connected with the
Merlon Bernstein case have
succeeded in dragging the
State Legislature down to
a new political and moral
low point. (They) have
dragged the state and their
colleagues; particularly,
through such a mass of
mud that they will face a
major task in cleansing
themselves."
Would John Cooper, as
governor, hold the axe over
the University's budget to
force the University to dis
miss liberal thinkers?
The Lincoln Star pointed
out that this is what Cooper
did before:
Cooper actually threat
ened the University's budg
et as a means of exercising
job patronage .' . .
He carried out his threat,
too, and voted against a vi
tally needed $400,000 for the
University.
If Cooper believes that
obtaining excellent teachers
is vital to the education of
our youth, would he object
to "left-winger" Arthur
Schlesinger teaching
here? Would he object to
Roscoe Pound or Archibald
Cox?
You answer that question
yourself. He crucified one of
the best labor lawyers in
America and he'd crucify
any of those other men
above mentioned, if he is
consistent. And if he isn't
consistent, he has no busi
ness being governor anyway.
(Author cf"I Wat a Tten-cqt Dwarf". "The Many
LmioJ Debit Gxllis", tic)
WHAT TO DO TILL THE ,
PSYCHIATRIST COMES
Once upon a time at the University of Virginia there was a
coed named, oddly enough,' Virginia University who was hand
some and kindly and intelligent and ingeniously constructs!
and majoring in psychology. Virginia went steady with a youn8
man on campus named, oddly enough, Oddly Enough who was
supple and fait and lithe and animated and majoring in phys ed.
Virginia and Oddly enjoyed a romance that was as idyllic as
a summer day, as placid as a millpond. Never did they fignt-r-never,
never, never 1 because Virginia, who was majoring in
psychology, did not believe in fighting. "Fighting," she often
Baid, "settles nothing. The scientific way is to look calmly for :
the cause of the friction."
So whenever she and Oddly were on the verge of a quarrel,
she used to whip out a series of ink blot tests and they would
discover the true underlying cause of their dispute and deal
with it in an enlightened, dispassionate manner. Then, tht
irritant removed, their romance would resume its tranquil,
serene, unruffled course. '
i Tmy a fin
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. After six months of this'sedate liaison, Oddly was so bored
he could spit. He loved Virginia well enough, but he also be
lieved that people in love ought to fight now and then. "H
opens the pores," he said. "And besides, it's so much fun mak
ing up afterwards." A
But Virginia would not be provoked into a quarrel. One night
Oddly tried very hard. "Hey," he said to her, "your nose looks
like a banana, and your ears look like radar antenna, and your
face looks like a pan of worms."
"My goodness, we're hostile tonight!" said Virginia cheerfully
and whipped 120 Rorschach cards out of her reticule. "Come,"
she said, "let us examine your psychic apparatus."
Oddly tried again. "You're fat and dumb and disagreeable,'!
he said, "and you'll be bald before you're thirty."
"Hmm," said Virginia thoughtfully and lit a cigarette. "This
sounds like an anxiety neurosis with totemism, anagogic trauma,
and a belt in the back."
- "I hate you," said Oddly. "I hat your looks and your clothes
and your toenails and your relatives and the cigarettes you
smoke."
"Now, hold on, buster V cried Virginia,' her eyes crackling,
her color mounting, her nostrils aflame. "Just keep a civil
tongue in your stupid head when you talk about Marlboro!
Nobody's knocking that filter, that flavor, that pack or flip-top
box while there's breath in my body ! It's a full-flavored smoke,
it's a dooiy, it's a dilly, it's a gas and anybody who says a
word against it gets (hit." 1
By "thit" Virginia meant a series of combinations to tht
head and liver, which she now delivered to Oddly and turned
on her heel and stormed away.
Oddly brought her down with a flying tackle. "I love you
with all my heart," he said.
"And Marlboro?" said she.
"And Marlboro even more," said he.
And they kissed and plaited love knots in one another's hair
and were married at Whitsuntide and smoked happily ever after.
Fou too can tmoke happily with Marlboro, or with
Marlboro's unaltered companion cigarelte, Philip Morrit
available in regular size or tht tentational nw king tut
Commander. Save Commander-' welcome aboanll
Publius Replies
To Editorial
To the Editor:
You have made an excel
lent point when you ques
tion why it is the Univer
sity which should alter its
policies rather than the fra
ternities modifying theirs.
If the problem were
merely a question of right
and wrong when it comes
to drinking, there would be
no other course of action
than to support the Uni
versity's stand against
drinking, since their stand
is based upon the written
law.
However, our problem is
one of practicahty rather
than law or theory. If we
accept the premise that
University people will drink
regardless of the law, then
we should face this reality
and try to isolate this prob
, lem to our own society
(and we ca n acknowledge
that the University, in a
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