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V TIME & PLACE: Monday, November 11, 1963 A GUIDELINE FOR: College Nights Tht maddening dilemma of College Nights has been solved; and the ironic part was that it wasn't a dilemma at all. There is, however, a guideline to follow. Sunday G. Robert Ross, vice -chancellor of Student Affairs, gave the Daily' Nebraskan the administrative policy concerning college nights. A college night dance Is subject to University diclpli nary action only if the event is sponsored by or exclusively for University Students. Friday night there was a College Night dance at the Playmor Ballroom. Two charactertistics made it different from previous College Night dances. First it was not directly sponsored by a University student or group, and second it was advertised by poster as "open to the public." These seem to be the criteria for staging a dance and keeping the University calm, " As is pointed out in today's story, however, there were minors drinking at the dance. They should realize that they are doing this at their own risk, and if caught are subject to University disciplinary measures. It is usually the Uni versity's policy to place students convicted of "minor in possession of an alcoholic beverage" on conduct probation. Second offenses usually result in expulsion from the University. GARY LACEY Yankee In Mexico Student Shamefully Makes Excuses For U.S. Policies In Latin America By Susie Rotter Democracy versus Com munism. Kennedy versus . Khrushchev. Red Propagan da versus United States Foreign Aid. New Alliance lor Progress versus years f anti-Imperialism. Yankee money yes, intervention no. Anti-Americanism. It is truely a unique feeling for an American, a citizen of the perfect model of suc cessful democracy and with out a doubt one of the most scientifically and technical ly advanced nations in the world, to shamefully be making excuses for his country's foreign policy. This is the case in Latin America. Twenty countries with more than 200 million peo ple are emerging under the impact of the twentieth cen tury and breaking the bonds of traditional society and and social institutions. Lat in America: a country in revolution. la spite of the magnitude of the changes that have been taking place in recent years and the military coups in the past month, the United States has failsd to s n s e the signifi e a a c e or take firm action. Too often it has been as- f sumed that ,' the neglect -of Latin Miss Rutter America could be corrected with additional ,1 o a n s and grants, more generous eco nomic assistance. The real problem that ex ists in inter-American rela tions is the lack of under standing and sympathy for those south of the border a lack of knowledge of the actual s i t a a t i o n and thoughts in the minds and hearts os the people. In the 1950's when the Communists managed to ac quire a dominating position in the government of Guata mala, U.S. policy makers were momentarily shocked' out of indifference. But un der a successful counter revolution backed by U.S. aid, tne Americans of the north once more settled back bfto an aura of secur ity. Then came the expression The Daily JOHN MORRIS, manain editor: LARKY ASMAN. KHAKI JOHNSON. la PUam cmmj i n.Dn.vjr nni wwii SUSAN SMJTHBERGEX. .r m 1 1 J ARNIE ARSON, oopr editors! HAL FOSTER, photosrapker. MICK ROOD, sports editor: MIKE JEFFREY, circulation manager, JIM DICK, subscription msraureri HILL GUNUUKS. BOB CUNNINGHAM. PETE LAGE, business Subscriptions rates H par semester or H per rear. Entered as second class matter at to post office in Lincoln. Nebraska, andCT toe act of Ausust 4, U1Z The Daily Nebraska! Is pobDahed at Room JL Nebraska Onion, on Monday. Wednexdar. Thursday, Friday by University of Nebraska students wider the jurisdiction of the Faculty Subcommittee on Student Publications. FuMrntima ahull he tree from cen u'Ship by the Subcommittee or any person ontnde the University. Members of the Nebraskan are responsible for what tuey cause to be printed liaaii :: IMS' of "popular acclaim" ac corded Vice-President Nix on in Caracas and Lima. And then came the Cuban Revolution: a fight led by patriot Fidel Castro to rid his country of tyranny and establish national independ ence. Early in the history of the United States it was realized that the security of the hem isphere depended greatly on the independence of the countries under the Spanish and Portuguese empires. . The Monroe Doctrine and the Treaty of Rio de Janeiro are manifestations of this concern. Economic interests and trade are also an important link with Latin America and evidence of the influence of U.S. Investments and re gional interdependence has been shown in the Cuban sugar fiasco. Not to mention the power ful blocs of support the Lat in American countries pro vide or provided against the Soviet Union and Commun ism. Yes, Latin America is im portant to the United States. Latin America is important as long as we continue to benefit from the economic exploitation and imperial ism that we are known for. Obviously there is some thing wrong with our Latin American policy: they don't like us. Hostile opinions are voiced loudly, restating an tagonisms of half a century ago. Latin American young intellectuals consider us as the embodiment of nasty capitalist imperialism. We are charged with sup porting dictatorships, of eco nomic discrimination, of disregard of human rights, of putting our interests over those of Latin America and of in general manipulating the political, economic and social situations for our ben efit The lack of respect which the United States has suf fered in Latin America now appears as a threat to our national interests and secur ity. The influence of Commu ism and the Soviet Union threatens to extend itself to other countries with the ap peal of revolutionary inde pendence and power. This Nebraskan SITE HOVIK. news editors: FRANK iunJoi' staff writers; PATTY KNAPP. a i sua uuiv.fiii ascium ni.m j tvc.i t lll ... . . tb .S A. . JJ""""M"W ."NOW POMT.TM appeal of Fidelismo and sympathy for the Cuban cause has been evidenced many times by the actions of the people and their rep resentatives in the Organi zation of American States. Latin American support in world affairs has also shown signs of weakening. la the United Nations, Cuba is a voting member of the Com munist bloc and former al lies have assumed neutral positions. Communist infiltration in the Western hemisphere is a threat to all democratic institutions; Cuba is the spearhead which has brought the cold war ninety short miles from our shores. Why are we the "Ugly Americans"? Fear of intervention stem ming from U.S. policies of the past such as Roosevelt's action in Panama plays an important part in our losing popularity contest The Organization of American S t a t e s, a re gional unity created to solve the ills of our hemisphere and promote our security and peace, was relatively in effective when faced with the Communist triumph in Cuba. At Punta del Este in 1962 the action of six Latin American countries and their refusal to agree with the exclusion of Cuba from the inter-American system reflect the growing differ ence in viewpoints that has developed. Cuba is representative of the widespread social and political unrest that exists in the republics today as evi dence the r e c e n t military takeovers in Honduras and the Guatamala. Social and political unrest which has made them more suscep tible to Communist penetra tion and agression. To meet the threat of the Soviet Union and gain an other victory for our side in the cold war, we propose a phenomenal foreign aid pro gram. Twenty billion dollars minimum to Latin Ameri ca in the next ten years. We hopefully call the plan the Alliance for Progress. Result: No Alliance and Little Progress. After an initial enthusiam cn the part of both sides the Latin American countries failed to come through with the required development plans and the United States (according to Latin Ameri ca) failed to distribute the promised funds. Latins seemed to interpret the pro gram as another cash hand out or some form of magic that would transform them overnignt into prosperous and progressive nations of the wo id. It is true- that it must be rat ME THERE'S k EASY remembered that it is un fair to judge the results of such a long term program bow; much money has been spent and some of it useful lythe Latin American gov ernments are beginning to understand that the pro gram involves a two way partnership and mutual co operation. However, at present and with a skeptical viewpoint the Alliance for Progress cannot be considered to have accomplished its pur pose to re-establish a firm basis for continued inter American cooperation and understanding. . One reason may be the built-in resistance all Latins have to any pressure from the North; the resentment of "interference" is strong est in countries that believe themselves capable of mak ing and carrying out their own economic decisions. They seem to be saying in all their complaints: "Give us the money or make it possible for us to earn it and then leave us alone." One Latin American stu dent here offered the follow ing choice opinion when questioned about the Al liance, "You have to give us the money because yoa are afraid of communism. We need the money for our development and if you don't give it to us then we can get it from them." Thus the latest brainstorm of our government has as of now failed to better re lations with Latin America and possibly for the reason that again we tried only to "buy" the southern repub lics and there still exists little real understanding of the actual conditions in the different countries and little real understanding of the people and their motiva tions. Whose move is next? C udder Ambassadors Dear Editor: I had the privilege of ac companying the football team to .the University of Missouri game two weeks ago. Football fans have been justifiably proud of the team's recent accomplish ments on the field. But, I am certain the citizens of Nebraska would have been especially proud of the team's conduct during the entire trip. They served as fine ambassadors for this state. Sincerely yours. Prof. Ray H. Steinacher College of Dentistry W THf 6AI1I WATER." Floatin' In The Breeze How many cakes must an old lady bake, Before she is called a cook; Oh how much wood must a woodchuck chuck Before he learns to chuck wood; And how many projects must a boy scout do Before he earns his merit badge; The answer my friend is floatin in the breeze The answer is floatin' in the breeze. How many roads must a folk singer walk Before he can write his first song; ' Oh how much labor must a laborin' man do Before he caa retire to his farm; And how many answers must you find in the wind Before a folk song makes sense; The answer floatin' in The answer the breeze. my friend is the breeze is. floatin' in E NEVER CLOSE w Cigarette! DIVIDEND BONDED GAS 16th & P Sts. Downtown Con JFK Articles: Fact Or Fiction? By Murry Shaeffer In recent weeks we have been informed that Barry Goldwater, the golden boy from Arizona, is a shoe-in for the presidency (even though he is not assured of the Republican nomination yet) and that JFK has in a short period of three years fulfilled not one of his cam paign promises, has given the whole world to the com munists, and at the same time has lost all his nation al support and popularity. If this was the case; or if ihe accusations hnu we slightest tinge of validity there certainly would be cause for concern. But no. these articles were not of fact, rather they were lifted from two campaign propa ganda leaflets, "How Gold water Will Win the Presi dency" and "Barry Gold water Talks about Labor and Farm Problems," which are being distributed by the "Youth for Goldwa ter". Just to refresh the readers' memory, the column being referred to slated, that right now meaning if the elec tion were held today: Mr. Goldwater would receive SOI electoral votes as op posed to 197 for President Kennedy. Two hundred and seventy electoral college votes are needed to win. A breakdown of v o t i n g strength by regions shows Mr. G. trailing in only the North, East and "Border States" (meaning heaven knows what?) This pamph let shows that this Republi can will receive all the votes from the South and nearly all electoral votes from the Midwest, Moun tain, and Pacific States. The only note of pessimism is California, whose forty elec toral college votes, are clas sified as "doubtful." In oth er wrords Goldwater has al ready won the 1964 presi dential election, why sweat it? This is a "great" poll, and should work wonders with the emotional segment of our population, but what about the rational members of our nation? The first thing that enters the mind of a thinking per son is the definition of "poll." A "poll" in present day terminology is a study of public opinion obtained from a specific group (ideally a representative group and then generalized to the whole population.) Polling comes in two dif ferent varieties, area poll ing is the interviewing of every person within a pre determined area, e.g., an Lincoln area two miles square, while quota polling is the in terviewing of a representa tive portion of the total pop ulation. If the total popula tion of a country is com posed of 10 Negroes and 90 whites, your quota of ten people will have to in clude 1 Negro and 9 whites with the appropriate num ber of Catholics, Protes tants, etc., a miniature population. Now if you come out with a fairly accurate quota, the results as generalized to total population, should be within 20 per cent one way or the other, of the actual vote. Well then, after a brief lesson in polling procedure, the question arises what group was polled for the re sults found in the "Gold water Will Win . . pamphlet? The executive board of the "Draft Gold water Commiteee", Maybe? Mr. George GaDup in his latest poll, published last Sunday, obtained the follow ing results. Using the ques tion, "Suppose the choice for President in the Repub lican convention in 1964 nar rows down to Barry Goldwa ter and Richard Nixon, which one would you prefer to have the Republican con vention select?" people who identified themselves as Republicans showed the fol lowing opinion: Resabneans anbrt Prefer Niicon 5? Prefer Goldwater n Obviously Barry Goldwater is a shoe-in for the Republi can nomination for the Presidency! The Gallup Pell of October 27th, using the question, "Suppose the Presidential elections w ere being held to day, if Barry Goldwater were the Republican candi date and John Kennedy were the Democratic candi date, w hich would you like to see win?", obtained these results: Would like Kennedy Lu,umii SB Would like Goldwater I ndeooed . C Con'L on Page 5 OK NEW TIRES lifetime Cuormtet as low e nor as U 7.50-I4 Nylon Tubrlest Fins tax and BecsppaMe lirs BRAKE RELEVE 12.95 - Gaaraalaed I s Is t l ean n I I ItlUl utu Alignment 6.95 Mod i Sotmr OK RETREADS 6.70x15, 730x14 Tabalett BUcL Other Sizes Proportiooatefv Low. Ttm ss aad Beeepeiale (Irs add (X ler Wassesrsl W ALSO CAP ALL COMPACT (IZE TIKES -HOUR CUSTOM CAPPINS ISO MONEY DOWN PAY AS YOU BIDE T. 0. HASS West "O" 500 f I ! j ! .v ? II I A it J I ' ' - J 'j ' rO7aV 435-ni