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SOME THINGS:
On CiW Rights
The Coordinating Committee for Fundamental Ameri
can Freedoms, according to a January edition of GROUP
RESEARCH REPORT, has been distributing pamphlets
and placing newspaper ads opposing the civil rights legis
lation. In addition, it has been writing opinion molders in
states believed to have key votes in the Congressional bat
tle over passage of the civil rights bill. It has also held
off-record breakfasts for Washington lobbyists for a variety
of business interests, GROUP RESEARCH REPORT said.
It is headed by William Loeb. editor and publisher
of the Manchester. N.H., UNION LEADER, as chairman.
The secretary and principal author of its printed material
is John C. Satterfield, a recent president of the American
Bar Association and legal advisor to Gov. Ross Barnett
of Mississippi. The group is headquartered in the Carroll
Arms Hotel, across from the Senate Office Buildings.
The Coordinating Committee was formed last sum
mer to oppose the pending civil rights legislation. It has
reported contributions of $108,475 and expenses of $104,357
for the last quarter of 1963. A report filed with the Clerk
of the House of Representatives shows that the group's
principal source of revenue is still the Mississippi Sov
ereignty Commission, the agency of that state which op
erates on tax money and until recently also supported the
White Citizens' Council. A new name appearing this
this quarter is that of James Lucifer. Last November, Lu
cifer had had the featured article in AMERICAN OPIN
ION, the magazine of the John Birch Society, which was
an attack on Martin Luther King, the Negro leader, ac
cording to GROUP RESEARCH REPORT.
Nebraska: Key Votes
It is significant that Nebraska is considered to be
among those states with key votes in determining the
future of the civil rights legislation, passed in the House
and now in the Senate. At least, the DAILY NEBRASKAN
has been receiving almost daily the committee's opinion
molders. In the case of the civil rights bill in which each
vote may turn out to be a key one, "speculation" has
been that Nebraska's two senate members, Carl Curtis and
Roman Hruska, will vote 'Nay.' But, it is far from over
and that word "speculation" sometimes means "guess
ing." Satterfield: Some Objections
With this background in mind let's take a look at what
Satterfield lists as wrong with the civil rights bill in one
of the committee's recent releases:
A power-laden provision is section 711 (b) --"The
president is authorized to take such action as may be
appropriate to prevent the committing or continuing of an
unlawful employment practice by a person in connection
with the performance of a contract with an agency or in
strumentality of the United States." This ties in to Title VI
permitting withholding of funds in any program or activity
which is supported by Federal financial assistance by way
of grant, contract or loan. The bill is so drawn that the
procedural protections of Title VII do not apply.
Neither do the meager provisions of Title VI con
cerning judicial review apply to executive orders issued
under section 711 (b). That questioned section, Satterfield
says, did not appear in the proposal of the Judiciary Sub
committee No. 5.
Section 711 (b) covers "persons", not "employers".
"Person" is defined in Section 702 (a) as "one or more
individuals, labor unions, partnerships, associations, cor
porations, legal representatives, mutual companies, joint
stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations,
trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, or "receivers".
Such "persons' are covered even though they do not
have 25 or more employees and even though they are not
engaged in interstate commerce.
No limitations, guide lines or protections against ar
bitrary executive action are included. Cancellation of con
tracts, calling of loans, blacklisting, withdrawal of credit
or financial support and similar sanctions may be imposed.
"The word "discrimination" is not defined in the
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Some other faults, in Satterfield's opinion, of the bill
are included.
The Negro And Civil Rights
Whatever thought these objections may bring to the
reader's mind, it is hoped they have been put into proper
perspective by (1) the nature of the Coordinating Commit
tee for Fundamental American Freedoms included in the
background above and (2; the fact that the bill has al
ready passed the House. If these are legitimate faults, it
Is reasonable to conclude that the Senate, an extremely
able body, will delete them. In all probability the bill will
emerge greatly compromised.
In addition it should be remembered that Congress
may not be trying to "legislate" equality" as has been a
common complaint. It is, however, attempting to secure
or to make positive in the letter of the law what the Ne
gro has coming to him as a human being and citizen
of the United States.
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What the Negro does get at a human being is and
will always rest in the attitude of the non-Negro American
citizen, no matter, to a certain extent, what the legal pro
tection afforded him.
What and how the Negro has done is commendable.
Just as the Italian and the Irish have made great strides
in the United States in the last 100 years, the Negro has
made some and if he continues true to form should make
more.
The Negro should command much respect for how he
has made his strides. He has not formed barn-burning
parties to force sentiment or conviction to his side. Nor has
he been obnoxious in his justified demands. In fact, he has
conducted himself more as a human being than some
southern Whites. There are exceptions to every rule, but
the Negro deserves what he asks. He should not have to
ask.
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By Dick Recker
The purpose of this col
umn is to provide a com
mentary of a political na
ture on domestic affairs.
Obviously, it is impossible
to present political view
points without personal bias
entering and the comments
expressed herein will be de
cidedly conservative.
This introductory column
will approach the subject
in a rather general vein
which, of course, leaves the
author open for a barrage
of criticism. However, the
author also realizes that
HAD Senator Goldwater re
cited the Gettysburg Ad
dress or issued the Ten
Commandments the Lib
. eral Establishment would
have accused him of deal
ing in vague generalities.
This year we face that
quadrenial madness known
as the Presidential election.
The usual cry arises as to
what are the issues and what
are the candidate's stand on
them. This, in itself, is
blatant nonsense. If it were
true then all that would be
needed to determine the
winner would be a s c o r e
sheet from the League of
Women Voters.
The fact that Senator
Goldwater is against Medi
care, or that Senator Hum
phrey is against right-to-work
laws, signifies little.
The question of importance
should be why does a poli
tician take a particular
stand.
A political Conservative
or Liberal derives his posi
tion on the issues from his
political philosophy. The
political philosophy of a
candidate provides the only
realistic context for under
standing his views of the
issues.
This line of reasoning sug
gests the appropriateness
of presenting the modern
conception of a Conserva
tive Politican's Philosophy.
The Conservative philoso
phy has at its base the con
ception of the nature of
man. Man, while equal in
the eyes of the Creator and
before the bar, has inher
ent differences of ability
and intelligence. Any at
tempt to equalize these
differences is a contradiction
of human nature. The Con
servative wants to accept
Man as he is rather than as
someone thinks he should
be.
The Conservative places
a nign value on tradition
and has a great respect for
the institutions of our Re
awraoari of tne Nabraakan are
from The Right
public. He believes Man's
nature is unchanging;
hence, the past can offer
good guidelines for the pres
ent and future.
The Conservatives' essen
tial differences with the
Liberals are these: Liberals
make a distinction between
' property rights and human
rights. The Conservative be
lieves the two cannot be
separated. The right to
property is a human right.
The Liberal believes that
government's function is to
provide security for the
Good Year,
The past semester may
have been a glorious one
for varsity athletics, but it
still doesn't detract from
the rotten situation here on
campus.
I am speaking of the way
athletes with their semi
professional contracts (i.e.,
athletic scholarships) have
made in the past and are
making a mockery of the
scholastic system at this
university. The preparation
that freshman athletes re
ceive for their freshman
English courses is a ludi
crous example.
Free tutor and complete
syllabuses of the course
Burr Kisses?
I wish to comment on the
following passage that ap
peared in the Monday, Feb.
17, issue.
"At least kissing is al
lowed here. At Indiana Uni
versity the women's resi
dence unit staff has banned
kissing in the lounge of the
dormitory. No romance be
yond 'holding hands and
conversation verbally': is
permitted'." "
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I feel Miss Peterson
should do more research on
such subjects concerning
college life before making
rash generalizations.
The exact problem quoted
does exist on the Univer
sity campus, that being the
Burr East Residence Hall.
If Miss Peterson is looking
for a crusade, here is an
ample opportunity. Why not
follow University of Colo
rado and ask students to re
frain from attending classes
in protest to this severe so
cial problem.
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people. The Conservative
believes that its function is
to secure the people's liber
ty. As Jefferson said, That
government which governs
least, governs the best."
The Conservative wishes to
maximize the individual's
liberties and to minimize
the government's interfer
ences. So when a Conserva
tive politician is asked to
judge an issue he will ask:
Will this measure preserve
or extend ir vidual free
dom or will it deprive the
individual of his basic
rights?
For Athletes
have been the tradition car
ried on by the Athletic De
partment in order to "help
the boys along." The honest
student who puts in his
hours of study would justi
fiably scream "unfair!' 'aft
er observing these and
many other practices which
are done in the name 'of
varsity athletics and school
spirit.
To me these athletic pro
grams do not represent the
student. If there is any
athletic program that is sup
ported by the student it is
the intramural program.
Where else could you find
6uch a wide variety of stu
dents in different fields par
ticipating in sports at the
university?
In other words, when are
university officials going to
take action, not according
to how many alumni's feel
ings are going to be hurt,
but according to whether it
is the right and fair thing
to the majority of students
on this campus.
The Observor
Response
Dear Editor,
The position that Mr. Gar
son took in his column on
Feb. 19 about the Univer
sity's response to Sen. Paul
Douglas in comparison to
Sen. Roman Hruska is a
vague one. I do not feel that
students should be ashamed
that their interest for Sen.
Douglas seemed greater
than that for Sen. Hruska.
The fact that Sen. Douglas
seems to have more Uni
versity appeal does not
necessarily imply that; (1)
Sen. Hruska is a less cap
able man, or (2) the Repub
lican weight on this campus
has suddenly switch'' to
Democratic. Sen. Douglas is
a nationally known Demo
cratic leader, and Lis rela
tive fame Is the probable
cause for the variance in
audience size not the fact
that University students are
veering from an interest in
Nebraska as a political in
stitution, as Mr. Garson
seemed to infer.
Dan Rosenthal
Overview-
Activities Nil During Finals;
Time Students Woke Up
What did you do during
finals? I mean how did you
spend all of that time? I
did a little looking around.
On two afternoons, I just
happened to be w a 1 k i n g
around the Union; The
Union, the hub of student
activity, on an afternoon
which normally is filled
with students filling organi
zational duties. Iweni
from floor to floor, from
office to office, hoping t
run into someone who ha
time to chew the fat.
Excepting Lonely Mrs.
Miles and Curt Simers, the
only office dwellers were a
few pseud o-intellectuals
cramming for tests. What
happened to all of the com
mitteemen? Where were
all of the great organizers?
During the two weeks
with the most spare time of
the whole year there were
no meetings. If these acti
Spare Parts
Clark Mollenhoff, a Pulitzer prize-winning Washington
correspondent has written a book entitled, Washington
Cover-Up, which charges that "news management" and
keeping information from Congressional investigations leads
to corruption and fraud in the executive branch.
Mollenhoff reviews the federal government since George
Washington's administration and shows that there are no
clear-cut precedents or court decisions that support the
right of administrators to deny Congressional committees
access to their files and suggests specific laws that
might insure the public's right to information on the func
tioning of government.
The crises came to light in 1954 when President Eisen
hower instructed Defense Department employees not to
testify or produce records in the Army-McCarthy hearings.
The President claimed "executive privilege" at that time.
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Benjamin Franklin (or The Louisville Slugger, as lie is better
known as) Raid, "A penny saved is a penny earned," and we,
the collcfre population of America, have taken to heart this saw
advice. We spend prudently; we budget diligently. Yet, despita
our wise precautions, we are alwayR running short. Why? Be
cause there is one item of expense that we consistently under
estimate the cost of travelling home for weekends.
lft us take the typical ease of Basil Metabolism, a sopliomorB
at UCLA majoring in avocados. Basil, a resident of Bangor,
Maine, loved to go home each weekend to play with his faithful
dog. Spot. What joy, wlutt wreathed smiles, when Basil and
S)xt were re-united I Basil would leap into his dogcart, and
Spot, a genuine Alaskan husky, would pull Basil all over Bangor,
Maine Basil calling cheery halloo to the townfolk, Spot
wagging his curly tail.
But the cost, alas, of travelling from UCLA to Bangor, Maine,
ran to $400 a week, and Basil father, alas, earned only a
meagre salary a.i a mctr-reader for the Bangor water depart
ment. So, alas, after six months Basil's father told Basil he
could raise no more money; ,e had already sold everytlung lie
owned, including the flashlight he used to read meters.
Basil returned to California to ponder his dilemma. One
solution occurred to him-to ship Spot to UCLA and keep him
in his room-but Basil had to abandon the notion because of
his roommate, G. Fred SiKafooK, who was, alas, allergic to dog
hair.
Then another idea came to Basil -a stroke of genius, you
might call it. He would buy a Mexican hairless chihuahua!
Tims he would have a dog to pull him around, and G. Fred's
allergy would be undisturbed.
The results, alas, were not all Basil had hoped. The cluhua
hua, alas, was unable to pull Basil in the dogcart, no matter
how energetically he beat the animal.
Defeated acain, Basil sat down with G. Fred, his roommate,
to smoke a Marlboro Cigarette and sek a new answer to the
problem, logetber they smoked and thought and-Eurekal-an
answer quickly appeared, fl do not suggest, mark you, that
Mar boro Cigarette are an aid to cerebration. All I say about
Marlboro. that they taste good and are niade of fine tobaccos
and pure white filters and come in soft pack or Flip Top box.)
Well, sir, Bas, and G. Fred got a great idea. Actually, the
wea was Ulmdi, who happened to be majoring in genetics.
Why not said G. Fred, cross-breed the chihuahua with a Great
Pane and thus produce an animal sturdy enough to pull a doff ;
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(Muntry. Light up und find out for yourm-lf.
vities are so important dur
ing the term, how can they
change so drastically dur
ing the half month final
period?
Or perhaps did the stu
dents change? Were our
great leaders looking for
such a good excuse to get
some sleep.
It seems that the Corn
husker and Others could
save some hair by spread
ing their work out a little.
I just don't understand. For
16 weeks, activities are
more important than
studies. For two weeks,
books suddenly are all im
portant and activities are
nil. Are our great activities
that insignificant and worth
less, or are our "jocks"
completely insincere about
activities.
Wake up, students, wake
up.
Wm. Ahlschwede
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(Autlior of "Ratty Round the Flag, Boyr.
and "Barefoot Boy With Cheek".)