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ef ill i ' I Page 2 EDITORIAL Monday, October 8, 19621 UGH COST OF WAR . . . ii ; i: I i ! f Is Death So Exp ensive? Those citizens who are disturbed and alarmed about the "high cost" of our arms program have not really studied the economics c-f modern warfare. The total picture is bright indeed. The billions we are spending for arma ments may seem nigh, but in reality the cost of killing men (not to mention women and children) has become cheaper than ever before. It is almost, one might say, a bargain. It has been estimated that in the American Revolution, it cost about $500 to kill a single man. During the Civil War, the cost rose to about $5,000. In World War I it was $25,000; in World War II it was $65,000. Thanks to the brilliant technological innovations of the last dozen years, in a nuclear war we will be able to kill a man for only $50. As Norman Cousins, editor of the Saturcay Review, has pointed out, "a hydrogen bomb with the power of 20 million tons of TNT costs no more thaw $250,000. If TNT has been used, the cost would be more than $10 billion." Nuclear bombs have extremely high explosive power per dollar of investment. When you double the destructive power, you don't add much to the cost; even when you increase the power a thousand fold, the cost is low. Attractive as this Is to us, from a oisnd bookkeeping point of view, it is also democratic the nnclear bomb is a boom to the smaller, poorer, more back ward nations. After the initial investment, the smaller countries can afford to stock pile enough bombs to blow np half the world. This gives them a parity with the larger nations, and allows the less privi leged people of the world to share the ' blessings of the more advanced nations. At last, we are becoming thoroughly democratized. In the darker ages behind us, only large countries were able to wage effective war usually against their smaller and fatter neighbors. In the atom ic age, however, even a third-rate power can amass enough bombs to blow cur planet into the next galaxy. The nuclear bomb offers real equality of opportunity to all. On a cost-accounting basis, not many men were killed In World Wars .1 and II. The ratio between fatalities and total war expense was embarrassingly low. Men were hardly worth murdering at those exorbitant prices. Modern efficiency, however, has final ly caught up with the facts of extinction. The cost of living may be rising stead ily, but the cost of dying has become a source of fiscal gratification. When you can kill tens of millions at only $50 a head, you are pretty near the break-even point. I hope that these warm and encourag ing words give heart to the distrubed among us. No dollar the government is spending brings such a high return on in vestment as the nuclear bomb program. You can be dead certain of that. CHICAGO DAILY NEWSI f v"fil j W v '1 FRESHMAN His face is like a girl's, Grandmothers see their Only one thing can "help heartshaped and bead- sons in him, grandfathers him: TIME that hardens wo hi their own early strife, saplings into logs and less, tie wouia nice 10 matrons wouid i0Ve to wrings the girl-face of a seem more weathered pamper him, girls to boy into the old man's than he is. But how? Pup- marry him, and teachers anguished mask, pies betray with silky to shine their honor dilys laing coats and bungling paws through his mind. But he (from THE REPORTER they are not dogs. is wary of them all. with permission) Daily Ncbraskan SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR OF .Kh'T" &W55F9Z publication .-tej- ssrz fVLK s Telephone 432-7831 ext. 4225, 4226, 4227 ""..tr . ism. Member Associated Collegiate Press, V.7. International Press Representative, Na- Kdw .. . j,T.n. tional Advertising Service, Incorporated, m m Published at: Room 51, Student Union, &Er,v ::T"BE2 Tinonln MAhroskn Cw Editor . Un Jnnm. fum Rottpr, I.rmi Onm UnCOin S, meBraSKa. stllH Vrtie Sn BoTlk, Oarr htetr. Kureii Gtnillcw Entertd memd lt matter, pmtafe Ow Junior Staff Wrltera Jim Moore, aa office hi Lincoln, Nckraaka. Smltliberrcr. Tom McGlnalt The D.I1, T.l.r..n I. pnbll.hed Mimdaj, Wcdncad.,, KX1'"' Wan. S,"jK Thnradaf and Prldn darhx tbc school rear, mm dnrlnn ' vacation and exam ocriods. and once darlna Anenat. br ' BTTftrVfcSS wTAFr . atndenta of the Unlrcraity f Nrbraaka andcr the author!- Baalnm Manarer .. J? lw ob of the Committer on 8tndent Affairs as an "repression Assistant Business Manartrs . Bill Gunllcna. Bob Oinninr m stadent opinion. Publication nnder the Jnrlsdiptlon ol bam. Tm J1c the aabcommltt-e en Student Publications shall be free Circulation Manarer J mUT . . Yes, it was a Beautiful day for Corn nusker football. We can all be proud we're Nebras lcans today as the boys from Devaney Hall stretched their win streak to three with this thrilling battle against the Iowa State Cyclones. No ene watching Saturday's game could dispute the mag nificence of Husker play in a great show of power. The stadium is about empty now as the nappy Husker crowd files out with visions of Orange Bowls dancing in their minds. Oh, I see a lone spectator sitting across the field . . . must be a Busker fan too happy to move." from local radio sta tion broadcast Republican Tactics To the Editor: In this present cam paign, on both the state and national level, I have noticed that charges of "blind obstructionism" have been leveled at the Republican party. I bad not paid much at tention to these charges until I saw them so blandly admitted by the llniversity Young Repub licans in the "Political Contrasts" column which appeared Wednesday Sept. 26). The section of the col umn to which 1 refer reads as follows: "Morrison failed In leading the Legislature to accept the budget proposals of the Univer sity administration. Seaton will have a great deal more Influ ence over the predomi nantly Republican legis lators to get the needed money. In other words, the au thor is saying that in spite of the fact that Mor rison made an unprece dented appearance before the Legislature to appeal for the full budget pro posals of the University administration, the Legis lature, being predomi nantly Republican, did not approve it simply be cause he is a Democrat. To prove this point, the author goes on to say that if we elect a Republican to the office of Jovernor, the Legislature, being predominantly Republi can, will be ready to ga along with him. I now see that there are definite grounds for these "blind obstructionism" charges, and it upsets me to see that these tactics of the Republicans have deliberately crippled the efforts and expansion of our University. Bruce Bollinger Questions For Re-reading the recent criticism at the Greek letter fraternity system I am stimulated to ask and ing questions. By neces ity and for simplification I direct them to j.j.g. How "many members of this campus community will you be able to con sider as intimate friends upon your graduation? How many personalities are yoa permitted to real ly study? In whom are you find ing admirable or distaste ful characteristics? Upon what are yon building your own scale of values. In other words, just bow are you developing your own individual personality without the benefit of knowing what a personal ity Is. Is your realm of realism at the "little art theater" or in the latest "Tropic" novel? I would suppose your sociology and psy chology textbooks have the necessary graphs and scales needed to guide you on the path toward being a well adjusted, well rounded human being. Fiddle-Sticks! You had better try life. Live with fifth or f'xty close friends, exhault in their triumphs and share their failures, and just try remaining shallow and insignificant. A 3 a.m. ball ses sion can be more valuable than eight semesters of K.OOO. Yon had better study your fellow man, and study him intimately, prior to judging what is to be respected and what reformed (The reforma tion of one juvenile al coholic is mers challeng ing than any research paper). Our world is a demand ing one, and to face it one must have a scale of values. Where else are you going to find the whole panorma of values if it is not here and now? Remember, one must live life to enjoy, change, or contribute to it. Life itself is dynamic and kaleidoscopic, its properties peculiar in what they become ap parent only in relationship to one another. a.g.b. 7 It Bad Again To Be An T? Is it bad to be an I? Is a meeting and falling in love and respect and effort and recognition and tradition and idealism and entertainment and security and pride and leadership and a goal essential to college life? Do these things called fraternities help the stu dent here? Are they the key to success Here at the University? Must one learn how to live with and grow up among bis fellow man to be outstanding? Is it bad to be an I? the GilB CiyiVEItSITY MEN We have 'Set Aside Rooms at "Winter Rates for Students tor Information Cal or Stop By CONGRESS IW 477-4488 L.J h -1,-1 ft Lei LJm' CX SAO: PAPER BOUND BOOKS-50 ea. 125 WE ARE MOVING FURNITURE AND CHANGING OUR SHELVES NOW WE FIND WE HAVE TOO MANY BOOKS FOR OUR NEW SHELVES SO WE NOW OFFER TO YOU A CHOICE OF BOOKS FROM FOLLOWING BOOK SECTIONS (IN THE BASEMENT) FOR $1.00 EA. 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