Wednesday, January 17, 1962
Page 2
The Daily Nebraska
EDITORIAL
Campus Needs
Democrats Too
As the campus is slowly settling down for the
long final exam period, the general mood on all fronts
seems to be one of serious intent. This is also true
on the campus political scene.
Both the Young Republicans and Young Democrats
have kept themselves busy preparing for the upcoming
primary and general races since the Presidential elec
tion of over a year ago. Now the preparation seems
to be somewhat complete with the release of the re
sults of the Young Republican survey on campus po
litical tastes and the subsequent statements from
Young Democrat President Ted Muenster.
It does not seem too unlikely that the campus pop
ulation will witness another mud-slinging campaign
from the word go next semester. With the primaries
only a few short months away both organizations have
made their presence known.
Although the press has often been wary of ac
cepting political statements as the complete truth, we
might well see a point made by Muenster in today's
issue. We are making reference to the availability of
both points of view to students and faculty in a strong
Republican state.
This University should be the grounds for the inter
change of ideas, opinions and philosophies; even those
pertaining to state and national politics. We feel this
should be true in this particular case when one con
siders the important role politics play in forming na
tional, state and local policy which in turn dictates
the rules by which we live. This procedure is a part
of the American way.
It would seem to us that the atmosphere is too
easily filled with one party's views in a state where
one party dominates year after year. We are not say
ing that what the leading party says is not good. Our
concern is that it is often too easy for a party (such
as the Republicans in Nebraska) to become complac
ent, and corrupt. There must always to the lother side,
the other party and the dissenting voice in our way
of life. This is what the YD president is saying and
we fully agree. It is therefore necessary that the
. Young Democrats be given the opportunity to present
their cause to the public market for acceptance, and,
in our environment where ' intellectual achievement is
the ultimate, we must strive to listen even to the
dissenting minority.
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read Mr. Baqai's opinions had the chance to decide,
expressed about India Pakistan attacked Kash-
which were full of inao J nbes1
curacies and misleading from North West Frontier
contentions. Briefly the who were so happy to go
facts are: there to rob and murder
, . .... . T people. Where ever they
dia SsfafSame nt buraed the
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whereas India became a ' assaultd and
secular state where Wn- d murdered
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and people of oth er reh-
g,ons had equal rights w done
and opportumties. the name of bringing free.
t. At the tune of parti- dom to the people 0f
tion there were more than Kashmir. To stop this
500 states in India, the carnage both the ruler of
rulers of which had been tne state as weu as the
give power to accede to leaders of the National
India or Pakistan, provid- People's party appealed
ed such a decision satis- to India india naturally
fied foUowing conditions: couid not sit quietly and
1. The State had viabil- watch this tragic drama.
. ity with the country it was After a short war, India
acceding with. succeeded in repelling the
2. The decision met with attack and ejecting invad
the wishes of people. ers, from territory
Two major problems of Kashmir. India would
arose as an aftermath of have been able to possess
Partition, Hyderabad and control over the . entire
Kashmir. territory but it agreed to
In Hyderabad, the pop- U.N.'s orders to cease
illation was 95 Hindus fire,
and not 65 Muslims as Instead of vacating ille
Mr. Baqai contends. Phys- gal territory occupied by
ically the state is sur- Pakistan, the ruler of Pak
rounded by India very istan who overthrew de
much as Nebraska is sit- mocracy and became MU
uated within U.S.A. The itary dictator of Pakistan
State had viability only demands that India should
with India. The ruler, of have a plebiscite ta Kash
the State was kept in vir- mire,
tual captivity by small Since the cease fire
minority of Muslim Sol- Kashmir has already had
diers. They were fanatics two free general elections
smd were engaged in wide- and the elected represent
epread acts of assault and v atives have irrevocably
arson. The ruler had no decided to accede to In
free choice. The Indian dia. Thus the accession of
Police action only enabled Kashmir is Complete on
the ruler and the people all counts i.e.
to decide fo themselves 1. The ruler of the State
Which was inevitably the has decided to accede to
one to accede to India. India.
The question of Kashmir 2. The State has viabil-
was different. The State ity with India,
has common border with 3. People of Kashmir
both Pakistan and India. through their elected rep-
iEven though the majority resentatives decided to ac-
f people profess Muslim cede to India,
religion they were led by Therefore Mr. Baqai's
a party who were against arguments are not valid,
the division of India on - Truly yours,
religious grounds and per- Sahib Malkani
Bistently opposed Mr. Jin- Haryashp Gugnani
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OPINION
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Campus
BY
Beginning with the problems of Lincoln
I students, this column has touched many
1 phases of the life of the University these
1 past four months. It seems appropriate.
I for me to close the semester with an
1 optimistic analysis of a disappear-
ing campus phenomenon the damag-
ing and phony issue of Greek-Independ-
1 ent conflict.
1 DAMAGE
1 The Greek-Independent conflict or split
1 has impeded the progress of the Univer-
sity. Not many years ago, callous invec-
1 tives and more solid missiles were hurled
1 m the courts of Selleck. Biting criticisms
1 of both systems have been used as argu-
ments in the competition for promising
I young men.
' Fairness has suffered at the hands of
ignorance and intolerance. The split de-
veloped antagonistic attitudes and false
i disctinctions. It replaced healthy compe-
I tition with prejudiced separation.
1 CHANGE
1 Time strides ahead and brings signifi-
I cant changes in its bolds steps. Independ-
ents have assumed positions of leader-
i ship and honor. Dormitory construction
plans create staggering implications for
I the future orientation of life on the cam-
I pus-
s As recently as last spring, I was great-
1 ly afraid that fraternities would not rec-
1 ognize the importance of these changes
and would waste valuable effort in a
A Student Speaks Out ...
I Young Democrat Aims at GOP;
ISays Students Get Unfair Picture
(Ed. Note: The following
is a story based on ex-
i elusive interview with
Ted Muenster, president
i of the University Young
Democrats, printed in
light of the upcoming
state and national pri-
mary and general elec-
i tions.)
University students are
not getting a clear pic-
I ture of politics and gov-
ernment on both the state
and national levels at a
time when it is most im-
I portant that they do be-
cause of a "predominance
of a decadent Republican
1 ' Party in this state," ac-
cording to Ted Muenster,
president of the campus
Young Democrats.
"This dominance has
lead to the degeneration
of the once vital Repub-
lican Party of George
Norris to a position of
blind, ludicrous obstruc-
f tion as exemplified by
Carl Curtis, Phil Weaver,
Congressman Cunningham
i and Co.," Munster noted.
1 The YD president said
due to this situation he,
as the top spokesman for
the campus Democrats,
I plans to institute a pro-
1 gram to offset the mud-
i died picture students are
getting. "Now that Con-
gress is back in session
we want to take the lead-
I ing issues including the
medical aid to the aged,
federal aid to schools,
tariff adjustments among
others and present them
g to the campus so as to
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inform students on these
vital issues in our Re
publican state," he add
ed. Muenster explained that
Governor Frank Morri
son's postive program for
state development and
"realistic talks with all
Democratic candidates
who have filed for state
or national office" will be
included in the new YD
program.
"In the fall before the
general elections we hope
to be in a financial and
organizational position to
maintain a leading role in
the Democratic campaign
in Lincoln.
"It is not our aim to
create a similar domi
nance within the state but
instead a two-party sys
tem where both sides
might have thie points of
view presented and d i s
cussed," Muenster said.
The , Young Democrat
program is just a part of
a national movement of
the Young Democratic
Clubs of America to in
crease in size to take on
the role of informing stu
dents on state and na
tional issues, Muenster
explained.
"Our real difficulty lies
in the fact that we are
working in the heartland
of the Republican party
and in a state dominated
by Republican conserva
tive newspapers. It is ac
tually difficult to get our
point of view out to the
students," be said.
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but voua Put sa&
weird sort of defensive activity instead
of constructive planning. This has not
happened.
PROGRESS
Norm Beatty (with whom I have not
always agreed) expressed the matter
well in his editorial last Monday. "Fergu
son and Co. have done much in the last
year to better Greek-Independent rela
tions," he wrote. "It is interesting to
note that the IFC and Residence Asso
ciation for Men (RAM) no longer stand
opposed to each other. Leaders in both
oi ganizations have rightfully arrived at
the conclusion that they are seeking the
same goals. Their combined interest in
all phases of campus life including the
Student Council is heartening."
For another view of the subject, the
article "The Majority Speaks" written
regularly for the Nebraska alumnus by
Steve Gage revealed his clear insight on
the subject as early as November of
last year.
John Nolon, who is slated for the IFC pres
idency and the likely candidates for presi
dent of RAM have been raised in an
atmosphere of cooperation between the
systems. May the good sense of these
and other student leaders succeed in
blotting out permanently this ridiculous
. "split." Right now it is vanishing, and
all of us who have witnessed its ugly
consequences in the thought and actions
of our friends will be glad to see it gone.
Commenting on the re
cent poll taken by the
campus Young Republi
cans, Munster said he
was delighted to see that
the President has over
twice the plurality of any
Republican candidate.
"I am grateful to the
Young Republicans for
publishing the results of
their poll, which I be
lieve to be reasonably ac
curate," Muenster said.
He added that he was
surprised that Governor
Morrison, who has been
the "greatest champion
that this institution ever
had in the Capital," ran
behind Republican Fred
Seaton.
"Seaton is apparently
the fair-haired boy of Ne
braska politics today.
However, as soon as the
luster of his pseudo na
tional image has worn off
the people shall find that
he has no understanding
of Nebraska problems and
he will have no program
that will compare with
the already-instituted pro
gram of Gov. Morrison,"
Muenster replied.
In emphasizing his feel
ings toward the Republi
can party's situation on
the state and national lev
el Muenster said "even
the house organ of the
Republican party, the
Wall Street Journal, said
the Republicans are mere
ly whistling in the dark
if they expect to regain
the White House and the
Congress in the fore
seeable future."
Staff Vietc
Out Of The Woods
The "take cover alert"
has sounded. The first
"bomb" has already ex
ploded with a direct hit
on campus and if I were
you, I
.would
head for
your
n e arest
"p o liti
cal bomb
shelter."
The
i n i tial
a t j a ck
has sent
L
the lead- Forrest
ers of the Young Demo
cratic group, who are the
home guards for the
forces of national liberal
ism, to the front in an
attempt to regroup their
vast forces used so effec
tively in the 1960 presi
dential and gubernatorial
campaigns in which the
forces of liberalism won
a sounding victory against
the political armies . of
conservatism who until
that time had managed
to retain political domi
nance in the country. For
eight years the Republi
can party held sway un
der the leadership of an
ex-war hero and against
markedly diminished
strength of their forces in
Congress in the last
years.
After the victory of
Democratic leader John
Kennedy (another war
hero), the forces of the
home guard (the Yonng
Democrats), were dis
armed and dismissed.
However, the campus
Young Republicans have
taken the initiative and
have pulled the rug out
from under the Y.D.'s fa
vored position in the re
flections of the national
political spotlight on
Washington, D.C. Forces
headed by Y. R. chair
man Larry Roos planned
and executed a well tak
en campus political polL
This poll was taken be
fore Christmas vacation
in view of the Y. D..
forces (and I have an
idea many of the Y. D.'s
and their supporters took
part in the poll) but the
liberal home guard did
nothing to prepare for
the possible results of the
poll . . . that's confi
dence. And so, in yesterday's
Daily Nebraskan, a cam
pus newspaper that fa
vors the liberal camp,
printed the results of the
poll which exploded on
campus as loudly as any
multi-megaton nuclear de
vice from the stand point
of campus Republican
Democratic relations.
However, the poll-"bomb"
was clean. Fallout was
limited to the voicing of
comments, the breaking
out of arguments and
maybe a few friendships.
The poll was accurately
taken and tabulated and
reported in the Rag. A
few of the statements
made bv Roos are disput-
ible and perhaps ill found
ed, but very little valid
criticism of the poll it
self can be voiced. In
fact, the leader of theYD
forces, after the initial
shock of the article, com
mented: "I am grateful
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to the Young Republicans
for publishing the results
of their poll, which I be
lieve to be reasonably ac
curate." This "reasonably accur
ate" is very generous of
Ted Muenster, president
and "top spokesman for
the campus Democrats,
but then his hero-leader,
JFK, came out with
over twice the plurality
of votes over' any Re
publican candidate for
1964. As leader of the
Democratic forces on this
campus (do the campus
Democrats really consider
Muenster as "top spokes
man?"), he planned a
counter-attack. I mean
attack in all this wordy
ugly and vicious context.
In today's Daily Ne
braskan under the feature
title of "Students Speak
Out . . ." (which gives
the "attacks" of the
Young Democrat leader
an undeserved air or re
spectability) President
Muenster set off his
counter-balancing bomb in
an out right and o y r t
slam against the Republic
can Party. This bomb,
' unlike that of the Young
Republican's, is not
clean. The fallout is thick
with mud-slinging, name
calling tactics and slant
ed glorifying all's-right-in
the Democratic
camp propaganda. I en
courage all subscribers
and readers of the Rag
to read this article. His
tory majors and students
of American politics will
recall, upon reading it,
the horrid, unjustified
days of smut politics of
by-gone days.
This leader of the lib
eral forces on campus
says without even a hint
of supporting evidence
except for his own pe
dantic party allegiance
t h a t the ''predominance
of a decadent Republican
party lead to degeneration
of the once vital Repub
lican party of George
Norris to a position of
blind, ludicrous obstruc
tion as exemplified by
Carl Curtiss, Phfl Weav
er, Congressman C a n
ningham and company."
He attempts to hide the
dirty "fallout" of this
harsh statement by say
ing, "It is not our aim to
create a similar domi
nance within the state
but instead a two party
system where both sides
might have their points
of view presented and dis
cussed." Fine, Muenster
and apparently the camp
us Democrats got their
points of view presented
in today's editorial col
umns. In addition, comments
were made to a Rag re
reporter in which Muen
ster said in relation to
the poll's revealing re
sult that Fred Seaton is
the popular gubernatorial
candidate for 1962, "The
gap between Gov. Frank
B. Morrison and Fred
Seaton should greatly di
minish as the people of
Nebraska realize that
Seaton has no under
standing of state prob
lems." (Continued on page five)
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