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Page 2 The Daily Nebraskjn Tuesday, December 12, 1961 EDITORIAL OPINION Communist Party Growth! Noted In Magazine The Daily Nebraskan does not usually induge in plug- ging any type of commercial concern which we come 1 in contact with in the form of public relation releases or other such devices. However, we have received one advance release from the editors of American Heritage which may be of interest to many readers. "American Heritage Traces U.S. Communist Party I Record," is the subject we are concerned with in the December issue of this magazine. The article is written as a primer of the history of the Communist party in the United States by Moshe Decter, author of McCarthy and the Communists in 1954, and managing editor of The I New Leader from 1958, is currently working on a book dealing with Communism's effect on mass com- munications media in the U.S. It is our feeling that the early release contains f many facts not generally known. Any opinion included in the following quotes does not necessarily reflect our own thoughts. On the whole, however, the statements I might conceivably serve to enlighten us. "Until 19?'., the Ameri'an Commurst party, found- ed in 1919 by left wing elements of the Socialist party, I had little influence. Sects within the party warred with each other; leaders were dumped when the party failed to achieve impossible goals; and in its zeal to find a scapegoat, the party seldom focused on the basic cause 1 for failure. Organized Communists were a tight and f tiny group; by 1929, they were a section of the Commu- munist International, completely controlled by Russia, Yet, in the 1930's and afterward, they effectively man- ipulated the ideas and passions of large numbers of non- communist Americans. I ' . : The American Communist party was able to spread its influence, Dr. Decter suggests, by exploiting a strange confluence of historical, political and psychological cir- I cnmstances present in the U.S., during the 30's: "1, The Depression made it comparatively easy for f American Communists to urge the adoption of what they I called Soviet economic democracy (however imperfect) 1 as a complement to our existing 'political democracy, also imperfect.' Many intelligent Americans felt guilty about the inequities of capitalism, about their own rela- tive security while others were standing in bread lines. 1 They thought of themselves as vaguely committed to the ideals of Marx or to the welfare of the working class anil tha rVmi-niinict nartv nffernH 9 readv-maHo nlan ana me iOmmumsi pany onerea a reaay-maae pian for decisive action. 2. The election of F.D.R. helped eradicate -the isola tion of radicals and left liberals who, hitherto, had small hope of access to governmental power. By 1933, every body knew somebody else close to the White House. "'3. The recognition of the U.S.S.R. in 1933 enhanced the pn ige of the domestic Communist movement. "4. The success of theazi party, in Germany .and,, the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War gave the ComiiH tern the big-best chance of all to picture itself as the main enemy of fascism (although the Soviets had earlier supported it), and thus, the chief friend of democracy. Communists in the Western world had little trouble mobilizing the emotions of men of good will to combat brutality and horror abroad, and by extension, injustice at home, which the Party exploited to its own advan tage. "Although the Hitler-Stalin pact of 1939 disillusioned many fellow travelers, some of them plus new recruits, took op the Communist cause again during World War II. As late as 1947, Russia was invited to join the Mar shall Plan. The Communists coup in Prague symboliz . tag once again, a decade after Munich, the folly of trust ing a tyrant opened many American eyes to the con sistent objectives and means of Soviet imperialism. In 1948, in the campaign of the latter-day Progessive Party, overt Communist political activity in the U.S. showed real strength for the last time. ''During the 1950's, Mr. Decter pointed out, a wide chasm developed between those who saw in fellow travel ing a willful conspiracy to undermine our institutions, and those who regarded it as an honest attempt to cope Idealistically with the realities of political life. The article concludes: "This regrettable, unhappy sequence of events contains a lesson for all Americans, liberal and conserva tive alike, who wish to interpret intelligently their own past so as to avoid being condemned to repeat it, at even greater cost. 1 ZZ-.l I CAUSHT THE fflfST A I SNOUfUKE OF UWTKf I t SWhRAME.' 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And when this i happens a host of ideas begins to mount within us and continues to grow, and everything about us acquires sharper focus i and extended meaning, i Then, when wrongs and I obvious inconsistencies are seen and felt,' they do : more than serve as glanc- ing blows; they burrow deep. Tremendous pres- sure builds up until thoughts and judgments spill from the weary mind, and restraint and 1 forebearance are at last dismissed with a sigh. 1 And of what inconsisten- cies could I possibly be speaking? I will tell you. Its those between educa- tion and sensation; its the nominal allusion to our day-to-day activity in this community as "academic life," and the very realis- tic debasement of that same activity by such en- shrined institutions as that noise born in the Crib on Friday afternoons at four. Another is that society which exults in leading bright, young, male scholars by very tight mind-clamping col lars, a society which is the very antithesis of the academic and the crea tive, namely the Remote Or Thought Controllers. And of course there is the eek system, whose motto seems to be something like "Come grab yourself a great big fat, greasy, gooey hunlr of happiness." The 'eek system . . . now there's a gem! I was real ly quite passive toward it . . - until talkathon. It was like that straw and the camel thing, and I felt so badly that the tears came to my eyes. Oh America!! What in the name of de mockeracy is going on?? What would you have us pitiful leftouts do, you to getherness people? David C. Hendrickson F ormer Councilman Questions Action 1 To the Editor; Every so often every lo- gical mind on the Student Council has a fainting spell. When this occurs, all the hairbrained hor- 1 rors ever conceived by the reactionary defenders of 1 the status quo slither out I of the Council chamber and into print. Take, for instance, the I recent Council decision i that the student body as a whole was not competent 1 to select the Council pres- E ident. This pronouncement was made straight in the , f ' . TV I l r .! ' - ..... TUG -OF -WAR Nebraskan Letterip teeth of a stiff gale of stu ", dent opinion still blowing off a 2-1 campus vote fa voring such an election. Moreover, the Council stated that not only had they lost confidence in the ability of the student to make an intelligent choice, they were afraid the Coun cil itself was incompetent, to pick the best candidates for the job. Now there is a pair to draw to. If the Council is incompetent to pick the two ablest of their nunv , bers for candidates, pray how are they, nnder the present system, able to pick one man best Suited to lead them? Further, if the student body will make a popular ity contest out of the pres idential election instead of voting on the basis of mer it, what does that suggest about the present Council members who, I believe, were selected by the stu dent body which they now seem to distrust so com pletely? I guess them that is, must know, huh? Former Council Member BAINS-ites File Protest To the editor: A Constructive Sugges tion: The past few nights we BAINS) have been sub jected to vocal, caco phonies (otherwise known as serenades) originating from various sorority-fraternity gatherings. Their meetings of the night are marked by screams, dis sident voices insisting they're happy, and no end of vanglorious tribal chants. A serenade by it's def inition requires singing. Our suggestion is that the would be serenaders try it some time. BAINS (Benton Associa tion for the Improvement of Night Sounds) - Reader Backs Kansas Cowboy To the Editor; On the day Custer was slaughtered, people in New York were saying the 'old" west was gone forever and it was such a pity that we had ought to have some way of saving a slice of it to show the kiddies. The people back east, it is to be observed, are still trying to save the "old" west, this time in the Flint Hills of Kansas. Their ef forts are just as miscon ceived and misdirected now as they were then. With single-minded de termination, easterners in sist on associating the "old" west with great stretches of relatively empty real estate. They fail to realize that the west is an ideal, an atti tude,, . a spirit that has nothing to do with the land itself. Ideals and attitudes are creations of men. The west is the men who inha bited it and still inhabit it. Better Stuart Udall should make a national park of Carl Bellinger ra- - ther than the- land which " Mr. Bellinger and men like him have made a part of themselves and acci dentally thereby a part of the "old" west. Better still. Mr. Udall should leave the conserva tion of the "old" west to those who created and perpetuated it They have some clear idea of what it is all about. PUBUUS Bernl is 'Boint? Not Brent is Boink! Dear Sports Editor (The "Old Pro"): v; - r : To me it seems even a sports editor should spell names correctly. In Wednesday's edition of the Daily Nebraskan, in one of the small portraits of a basketball player in your column you present ed the senior "Brent ' 'Boink' Elle." As a per sonal friend of this man I would like to correct a mistake made Wednes day. His name is Bernt, not "Brent" This is a Norwegian 'name which - may have -faked you out. . His nickname is "Boint," the nickname being a take off on his own Brooklyn accent. I think the connec tion will make itself known if you will think about it a little. Sincerely, Larry Donelson Friend of "Brent 'Boink' " (Editor Note We wish to apologize for this spell ing mistake and thank Mr. Donelson for bringing it to our attention. We would appreciate any critic sm, good or bad, from Husker sports fans. Sports Ed.) Graduation Change Arouses Student Dear Editor: Upon reading your edi torial comment today re sentment and indignation arose within me toward those forces trying to de stroy one of the oldest traditions at our Univer sity. I am a senior and have always been awed just to think of the day when I would be sitting in the Coliseum ready to receive my degree. This marks the end of the clos est bond a student can have with the University and to. remove this from the campus seems very unjust. In this day and age traditions go quickly. It seems to me that there should be enough con cerned students to protest against this action. Pauline Hill Staff Views All I read something in the recent past that provoked some thought. It dealt with a border dispute between Iowa and Nebraska. There was a proposal that each state select a committee to deal with the other state in settling this mat ter. The governor of Iowa decided not to do it this way, and said that he was not going to select a committee. THEN, our governor selects a com mittee for the purpose of dealing with Iowa's com mittee, after the an nouncement that there would not be one. Make sense to you ??? Another reflection on our government is the re fusal of the state legisla ture to grant the Univer sity budget that was asked for. In my opinion, and cer tainly in many other that are better qualified, Clif ford Hardin is the best chancellor ever to grace this campus. He is re spected locally and nation ally for his many abilities. I think we are lucky to have him. The budget is not drawn uo overnight. A great deal of study and research went into it so that it would accurately indicate the amount of money that the school would need to progress during the next two years. The legislative committee did not see fit to go along with the budget. Chancellor Hardin even went down to the-capital and made a last ditch at tempt to at least get an amount sufficient to main tain our present position. 7 FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA America is a great country. America's cities we full of houses. America's forests are full of tm. America's rivers are fuli of water. But it is not house and trees and water that make America freat; it i curiosity the constant quest to find answer!! the endless, restless "Why?" "Why?" ''Why?". Therefore. 'ben I was told that Marlboro was a tp v-I!fT at colleee from USC to Vale, I was not content merely to accept this gratifying fact. I had to find out mhy. I hied myself to rampuse in every sector of this mighty land. First I went to the Ivy League dressed, of course, in an appropriate costume: a skull-and-hones in one hand, a triangle in the other, a mask-and-wig on my head, a haty pudding in my chops. "Sir," I cried, seizing an Ivy Leaguer by the. lapel. which t no mean ta-k considering tlie narrowness of Ivy Ieagut kpels, but, I, fortunately, happen to have little tiny hands: in fact. I f pent the last war working in a small arm plant where, I am proud Ut say, I was awarded a 'ay "E" for excellence and won nrnny friends- "Sir," I cried, seizing an Ivy Leaguer by th lapels, ' liow come Marlboro is your favoril filter cigarette?" '"1 'M wv. . ,vr:.. ' 'J" ' I'm glad you asked that question, Shorty," 1 replied. "Marlboro is my favorite filter cigarette became it is the filter cigarette with the tmfiltered taste." "CWi. tliank you, sirr I cried md ran posthaste to several emnpuHea in the Big Ten, wearing, of cour,, tlie appropruito . costume: a plaid Mackinaw, hirling boots, a Kodiak W and frost-bitten ears. pymg an apple-cheeked young coed, I tugged my forelock and iid, "Ewuse ne. torn, but how ,,,, Marllwro is your favorite filter cigarette?" Tm glad you asked that question, Shorty he replied. Marllxira my favorite filter cigarette Wue the flavor is flavorful, the flip-top bos flips and the soft-pack aoft" "Oh, thank you, appe-cheeked young coed," I cried and bobId a curtiey and sped as fast as my little fat legs would cam- ine 1 wveral campuses its the Southwest, wearing of oourne, the appropriate costume: cha canteen, and aeveraJ oil leases. Spymg a group of undergraduates singing "Strawberry Roan." I removed my and said, "Excum roe, friends, but why w Marlboro your favorite filter cigarette" 7aarC T t,Utt C,UeKtion' yS m'lied. Marlboro our favorite filter cigarette because we, native sona and daughters of the wide o,n space, want a cigaret te that i. frank and fortnight and honest We want, in short, MarlWo "Oh, thank you. all," I cried and. donning a uu muu. I set aa.il for Hawaii, because j Hawaii, as in mm- state wIhtc Old Glory flies, Marlboro the leading seller in flip-top bo On campus, off campus, in all fifty states, wherever people smoke for pleasure m tla great laud or our,, you will find Marlboro. ' juei Nu Suuunsa And you riO abo Hnd unotr dinner from th nUr, of Murlboro-the t"l-iz. unfitted fhilip Morri, Commander nuuU by . neu, proceM to bri , mtldne. Have m Command. Welcome c board. Right!! By Mike MacLean The result? The amount asked for was a little over $30,000,000. The amount granted Tust un der $28,000,000. The legis lature evidently thinks that this is enough, not only to retain the status quo, but to progress as we ought to. There was another dead flower in the Unicameral's gift to Hardin. The ap propriation stated that the money had to be' spread evenly over two years, in stead of allowing hedg ging a little the first year to make it possible to raise salaries the next year. Does the illustrious group of legislators think that we are going to ef fectively compete for the best instructors this way, when one of the main con siderations is salary 7 I don't sea how we are going to keep the excep tional teachers we have now, much less attract new and better ones. Gentlemen, of the legis lature, you will get what you pay for. I know, I know, it is the taxpayers money well, you are getting the taxpayers a potentially first-rate school in all respscts that is saddled with a second rate reputation because it never quite keeps up with the pack. Gentlerrs2n, is it really that hard to figure out why the young people leave the state? Read over the figures on the ap propriation again and then think about it. How long do you ex- (Continued to p. 4) Avthorof'Bnniool Boy WM Check", "T I Many Lorn ef Dobie Gillk", etc.) ?! 4; II I--. ' X v 5