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Tuesday, July 17, 1962
Nebraskans Travel to Truman Library
Addressing Students:
Truman Says
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QUESTIONS. PLEASE
of former president Harry S. Truman by NU political
science students was one asked by a young visitor from
Rufugio, Tex. Bill Cullinan received an affirmative an
swer to his question, "Sir, may I shake your hand?" In
addition to shaking hands with a former president, Bill
ias met six state governors, one former governor and
has visited 16 state capitals.
South American Forum
Will Discuss Education
A forum on Education m
Latin America will be held
at 4 p.m. today in the Union
auditorium. Speaker will be
D e 1 m e r Holbrook, who
worked in the field of educa
tion in South America for 12
years.
Holbrook and his family re
turned to Nebraska from
South America in June, 1960,
and anticipate returning to
their work there in perhaps
one more year, he said. He
is now a part-time instructor
at the University of Nebraska
and Union College, while
studying for his doctoral de
gree. "Education is the answer in
South America, Holbrook
said Our bringing students
here from- there is not paying
off. Our guns and planes sent
down there don't do anything
constructive for the United
States. We need to help them
build their educational sys
tem," he added.
Speaking of the North
American image south of the
border, Holbrook said, "We
need to be more conscious of
Latin America than ever be
fore. It is an explosive area,
but has tremendous possibili
ties. Much good will toward
North Americans exists in
Latin America." '
By Latin America, he re
ferred to all the countries of
Spanish and Portugese influ
ence south of the United
States.
Holbrook said there are
many opportunities in South
America awaiting properly
prepared instructors.
He said bi-national schools
(half English and half Span
ish) are now being organized
in Brazil; there is one in
Mexico already. The Ameri
can Association of Bi-Nation-al
Schools regularly an
nounces more and more job
opportunities, he said..
Holbrook was born, in Sao
Paulo, Brazil, while his par
ents were there as mission
aries. He received his under
graduate education in Wiscon
sin and North Dakota and
earned his master's degree in
Eastern archeology at An
drews University in Washing
ton, D.C. in 1354.
From 1948 to 1951, Holbrook
was a superintendent of
schools ki Bolivia. He served
Second World Affairs Previiw
President of UN Trusteeship Council
To Discuss U.S. Role in United Nations
Jonathan Bingham to Visit NU. Campus Thursday
The U.S. representative and
president of the Trusteeship
Council of the United Nations,
Johnathan B. Bingham, will
speak on the "U.S. Role in
the United Nations" Thursday
at 2 p.m. in the Union ball
room. The public is invited to at
tend the session, and "any
one wanting to know about
the U.S. role in the UN had
better be here to hear this
man they'll never get a bet
ter chance," said Dr. Frank
E. Sorenson, director of Sum
mer Sessions, which is spon
soring Bingham's visit as the
second in a series of World
Affairs Previews.
"I doubt if there is anyone
better informed about the
United States' role than Bing
ham, unless it is Adlai Steven
r,on (U S. ambassador to the
UN)," Dr. Sorenson said.
Bingham serves as deputy
to Stevenson and is his prin
cipal adviser in the field of
colonial and non-self-governing
territories. As the U.S.
representative to the Trustee
ship Council, Bingham has the
rank of minister.
'Among the questions asked
as president of a junior col
lege in Lima, Peru.
Holbrook said he believes
"capable North American in
structors shaping young
minds in South America
serve to improve internation
al understanding. Teachers
do a better job of teaching
here on the home front after
several years experience in
South America."
Steam Cools
NU Buildings
Steam has been keeping
you cool this summer if
your classes are in air-conditioned
buildings just as
it has been cooling campus
buildings for the past 27
years.
The University's air-conditioning
system involves a
steam-jet chiller, which
cools water. The cooled wa
ter is then pumped to the
various buildings, according
to Charles F. Fowler, direc
tor of buildings and grounds.
The steam used in the chill
er is the same kind of steam
which heats the campus
buildings in the winter, he
said.
The 200-ton capacity chiller
unit which was installed in
the power plant in 1935 was
one of the first such plants
in the, nation to cool water
at one location and then
move it to other buildings,
Fowler said.
A 400-ton unit was installed
in 1944, and the two units to
gether now cool the library,
Social Science, Burnett Hall
and Administration buildings.
The Nebraska Union has its
own central 390-ton air con
ditioning unit.
Not For Human Comfort
The Law Library also has
its own unit, but not neces
sarily for human comfort,
Fowler said. The 75-ton unit
was installed to maintain a
humidity to preserve the
many priceless books, he ex
plained. The University is consider
ing the practicability of air
conditioning the remainder of
the older buildings on cam
pus, he said. This would re
quire approximately 10,000
tons of air conditioning ca
pacity, he added.
"It's particularly important
for Bingham to be here at
this time, because we've just
had Bowles here speaking on
foreign policy, and a very
important part of foreign pol
icy is being implemented
through the United Nations,"
Dr. Sorenson said.
"Bowles gave the over-all
view of foreign policy, and by
having Bingham here, we're
getting a special look at a
branch of U.S. foreign policy,"
he added. "Bowles, President
Kennedy's special adviser on
Asian, African and Latin
American affairs, visited the
NU campus last month.
"Bingham is a very well
known authority in U.S. gov
ernment circles as well as in
the United Nations groups,"
Dr. Sorenson said. "He has
traveled around the workd in
the interest of the U.S. gov
ernment, and particularly to
the 'Point 4 underdeveloped
countries in an effort to deter
mine the exact plan the Point
4 program should take in as
sisting them to improve their
programs of health, education
and agriculture," he said.
Dr. Sorenson added that
much of the Point 4 policy
can be credited to Bingham,
Is Up to You
Former president Harry S.
Truman told a group of Uni
versity of Nebraska summer
students that it's up to them
to find the answers to make
the United States government
what it's supposed to be. "It's.
up to you. I've done my best
what happens now is your
fault," he said.
The former chief executive
answered questions to put him
by members of the Political
Editorial
Comment
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Science 20 class, which visit
ed the Harry S. Truman Li
brary in Independence, Mo.
last Friday.
In answer to questions, Tru
man had this to say:
There is no formula for
becoming president of t h e
United States. Those who pur
posely work for that goal usu
ally don't work out.
The United States should
not declare war with Red
China if she attacks small
islands. "We strive to main
tain peace we never, want
war," he said.
"Next to the 28th Amend
ment, the 22nd Amendment
is the worst one ever made.
It was made as a slap at
President Roosevelt and
that's all there was to it."
There will be no Kennedy
dynasty. "There never has
been a dynasty in this country
and there never will be."
"The most satisfaction I
had was to get out of the
White House," he said in an
swer to a question as to what
gave him ihe most satisfac
tion from being president
"No, I really can't answer
that without being a braggart.
The history of .a president's
success can be known only
about 25 years after he retires
from office."
He didn't have to endorse
the 1954 Supreme Court de
cision on descgretation. "It's
been in the Constitution since
1868," he said.
The former president ad
vised amateur piano players
to "go ahead and become pro
fessional that way there
won't be any problems. If I'd
have been a musician or pian
ist, the country would've been
better off," he said, smiling.
One questioner began his
question, "Sir, as leader of
your political party" at
which time Truman laughing
ly interrupted, "Am I?" .
In closing, Truman told the
Nebraska visitors he was
"happy as can be" that they
came down to Independence,
and that he hoped they en
joyed visiting the museum.
who was the first deputy ad
ministrator of the program.
"In fact, for some time Bing
ham was the acting adminis
trator because the first chief,
Dr. Henry Bennett, was killed
in an airplane crash in Iran
while making his first official
visit abroad," Pr. Sorenson
said,
Sorenson Served Point 4
Bingham and Dr. Sorenson
are personal friends. Dr. Sor
enson served directly under
Bingham as the first Director
of Education and Technical
Training for the Point 4 pro
gram. "We worked and
traveled together in the in
terest of the Point 4 pro
gram," Dr. Sorenson said.
Dr. Sorenson was on a
leave-of-absence from the Uni
versity of Nebraska from
1951-53 when he served the
Point 4 program.
Bingham retired from the
Point 4 staff when the Eisen
hower administration came
in, and returned to his law
practice in New York. Soon
afterwards he was named
deputy to Governor Averill
Harriman of New York.
Upon Harriman's retire
ment, Bingham again re
turned to his law practice un
TRUMAN'S .OFFICE University of Nebraska visitors to the Harry
Mo. view the office where Truman now works. Roy V. Loudon, NU director
more, and Richard H. Hansen, instructor for the Political Science 20 class,
formerly in one of Truman's White House offices.
Students
A group of 3l" University of
Nebraskans arrived at the
Harry S. Truman Library in
Independence, Mo. after a seven-hour
busride over slippery
mud roads last Friday to view
numerous historical displays
which are part of the national
archives of the United States.
The presidential library,
dedicated in ---1957, contains
shelves of filed letters and
documents from the Truman
Administration. Many of them
are used for research by grad
uate students, and some of
them cannot be made public
until Truman's death or a
specified number of years af
ter his death, his secretary ex
plained. A large wall mural inside
the entrance to the museum
part of the library depicts the
Indian and white man life of
covered-wagon days. The mu
ral, "Independence and the
Opening of the West" is by
Thomas Hart Benton.
Inside the museum the Ne
braska visitors saw letters and
gifts to President Truman
from leaders of various na
tions, gifts to him irom sev
eral states, the china ana sil
verware used by the Trumans
in the White House and on the
presidential plane, "The Inde
pendence," and DeWuldon's
model of his bronze sculpture
of the raising of the flag at
til his appointment as deputy
to Adlai Stevenson. --niiigiiam
is an attorney with lots of ad
ministrative know-how," Dr.
Sorenson said.
Bingham has delivered sev
eral speeches recently in the
United Nations praising the
emergence of new nations
from colonial status int6 full
equality in the world com
munity. He' termed one of the
biggest problems the fact that
the Union of South Africa has
refused to recognize any in
ternational obligation whatso
ever with regard to the terri
tory of South-West Africa. He
has particularly condemned
the policy of apartheid.
A native of Connecticut and
descendant of Deacon Thomas
Bingham, an American col
onist of the 17th Century,
Bingham was graduated from
Yale University in 1936 and
received his law degree from
Yale in 1939. During the sum
mers of 1935 and 1938 he
traveled extensively in the
Soviet Union and Far East
as a special correspondent for
the New York Herald Tribune.
He is the author of the
book, Shirt-Sleeve Diplomacy;
Point 4 in Action, published
in 1954.
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Iwo Jima during World War
II.
Cartoons About Truman
The original drawings of
cartoons about Truman, auto
graphed by the artists, line a
downstairs hallway. Other dis
plays include coins issued dur
ing the administrations of
each U.S. president, the table
on which the United Nations
Charter was signed in San
Francisco, and letters and
Mosquitoes Are Fewer
Due to Breeding Control
Mosquitos are less prevalent in Lincoln this year than
they were a year ago, according to Orville De Frain, assistant
director of sanitation in the City-Lancaster County Health De
partment. De Frain said that this was due primarily to controlling
the breeding rather' than to spraying for the adult mosquitos.
The two main types of mos
quitoes to be found m Lin
coln are the salt-water breed
ers and the flood water breed
ers, according to De Frain.
The saltwater breeders can
be controlled by doing away
with stagnant water while the
flood water breeders are
more difficult to handle be-
i.iJ
cause trie eggs may De rain
on dry ground and may lay
for as long as a year until
a flood or heavy rain to
hatch, he said.
The two mosquitoes which
cause tne most concern m
Lincoln are the Culex tar
salis and the Aedes, De
Frain said. These two types
of mosquitoes are the cause
of many encephalitis cases.
Owner Must Control
The L i n c o 1 n-Lancaster
County Health Departments
job is primarily to make sur
veys in Lincoln and the sur
rounding area, saia u a.
Sanger, director of sanita
tion. After the suspected area,
such as a stagnant pond, is
found to be a breeding place
for mosquitoes, the county is
notified and the county in
turn notifies the p r o p e r t y
Index
documents of each U.S. presi
dent. Among the presidential dis
plays are George Washing
ton's draft of his letter asking
Madison to rent a house or
lodgings for him in New York
City, then seat of the new
federal government; Wilson's
proclamation of war with Ger
man; Garfield's last message
to Congress; the Alaska Pur
chase Treaty,, signed by An-
owner. The property owner
must then take immediate ac
tion for control.
According to Sanger, there
are two common courses the
property owner may take.
The owner may drain the
stagnant pond or he may
choose to spray with chemi
cals every ten days. The first
is far more effective, Sanger
said.
As an example of control
in action, Sanger said, when
Capitol Beach was found to
be a breeding place for mos
quitoes, the problem was
solved by digging out the
shore line so the mosquitoes
would have no shallow water
for hatching.
The mosquito is not the
only problem the Department
of Health and Sanitation has
to cope with, as roaches are
very much a problem in Lin
coln, De Frain said. The most
common kinds of roaches in
Lincoln are the American, the
Oriental, and the German
roaches, he added. Although
roaches are not known to bite
they may carry intestinal
diseases.
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S. Truman Library in Independence,
of personnel, Bob Weaver, NU sopho
admire the furnishings which were
Displays
drew Johnson; and Lincoln's
suspension of the writ of ha
beas corpus.
Lincoln's Pardons
Pardons for civil and mili
tary crimes, granted by Presi
dent Abraham Lincoln, are
written in Lincoln's own hand
writing on a small tablet. Sav
ing a soldier from a firing
squad, Lincoln's pardoning
statement was "Let him fight
instead of being shot."
For another pardon Lincoln
wrote, "Our little disinterest
ed woman of last year is again
upon me for the pardon of
Isaac Lambent. I propose to
the attorney general that the
pardon be granted."
The president's job is really
six jobs, according to Harry
Truman. The museum houses
displays depicting each of
these s i x jobs chief execu
tive, chief-of-state, legislative
planner and partner with Con
gress, head of his political
party, commander-in-chief of
the Armed Forces and direct
or of foreign relations.
After the library tour, Rich
ard H. Hansen, instructor for
the political science class, pre
sented to Truman's secretary
some sirloin steaks, a gift to
Truman from Governor Frank
B. Morrison.
The NU group returned to
the Nebraska campus about
11:30 p.m. after a day's trip
that, according to one student,
"was great."
YWCA Sponsors
TV Discussion
The KUON-TV series,
Problems of Nuclear War
and Disarmament, may be
seen from 8-8:30 p.m. Fri
days during the summer ses
sion in the basement party
room of the Union.
Williard Smith, graduate
student in political science,
will lead discussions follow
ing the programs. The YW
CA invites all interested stu
dents to attend.
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