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Page 2. Monday, April 20, 1964 'View' Was Dear Editor: Dear Mr. Recker: If I were relieved of my posi tion I would not quibble about whether I had been fired or not. Truman fired MacArthur from the job you and I are discussing, and that is, I believe, the only job I referred to in my let ter. You say I "have" state ments "which are both pretentious and wrong." But your pretentiousness, at your age and in your posi tition, in setting yourself up as a judge of contemporary historiography exceeds any thing I could possibly man age. Sdilesinger, Jr., is by no means the only historian to suggest Truman was right. I notice that you cite no reputable authority to the contrary, and I find this fact interesting. It is true that the armis tice did not satisfy Mac Arthur, as his bitter and pathetic tiades (recently printed) show. Like Bucky Turgidson, he apparently thought the cause of world peace would best be served by laying down a barrage of Revolution In Sex; Has It Hit Here? By Travis HIner Junior Staff Writer The greatly exploited and little understood issue of the sex revolution is the object of discussion in today's magazines, books, movies and theater. Is it a note worthy issue, or is it just a big fraud? Many of the older genera tion are shaking their heads and moaning "What, not again!" It seems that the first so called sex revolution began in the 20's with the invention of the "Orgone Box." The inventor of this contraption was Dr. Wilhelm Reich, one of the more bril liant disciples of Sigmund Freud. Hundreds of Americans bought this new product which was said to "create a powerful sex stimulant" be fore the U.S. government de clared it a fraud. But according to TIME magazine, the "Orgone Box" has turned into a gi gantic machine to the point that the entire nation may be considered "one big Or gone Box." Night and day it p 0 u n d s out the message through magazines, books, movies and dancing that "sex will save you.and li bido make you free." This national revolution of mores and corrosion of mor als is turning our society in to, as Dr. Reich puts it, "a sex-affirming culture." The -bible of many of the modern enthusiasts, PLAY BOY magazine, heartily agrees (and condones) the revolution. It feels that much of the Puritan prudish ness and hypocrisy of the past is gone. And instead of moral corrosion, man is acquiring more moral ma turity and honesty which causes the soul and body to be in harmony rather than conflict. The question consequently arises to what is the sex rev olution. Before this can be attempted, one must realize that society today is inher ently different than the so ciety of the twenties. The youth of the day were somewhat limited in their activities by their strict Vic torian parents. However, today's parents are the reminants of this first revolution. It seems their mode of operation tands on Ernest Heming way's one-sentence mani festo "what is moral is what you feel good after, and what Is Immoral is what you feel bad after." This has resulted in a free Pretentious atomic radiation in Man churia, possibly involving the West in a full-scale war. Truman, fortunately, thought otherwise. In refer ring to Viet Nam policies as insane, you seem to me to be arguing for full-scale military action, regardless of the result, much as Mac Arthur did in Korea. What establishes, the sanity of this? I do not think I delivered an emotional tirade against you, Mr. Recker. I merely suggested that anonymity is a poor guarantee of truth, and that you did not estab lish your right to speak as an authority on the matter. You have now revealed your name, and I drop my first charge. Your April 16 column still does not es tablish you as an authority of any sort, and you will note that you have initiated the charge of pretentious ness. Frederick M. Link EDITOR'S NOTE: Dick Recker never concealed his name. The editor suggests that Mr. Link read the edi tor's note at the bottom of his first letter (April 15). dom of youth which has never been seen before. It's a universal agreement that today's youth are pushed to ward adult behavior far too soon. This . is partially caused by ambitious parents who want to see their chil dren become "well rounded' and popular. From this stems the rea son for teenage champagne parties, padded brassiers for twelve year olds, and "going steady" at even younger ages. Even the traditional moral standards are less ac ceptable to youth because they sense that even adults don't believe in them. Youth today live as though adolescence were a last fling in life, instead of a prepara tion for it. Children have few rules to rebel against. Par ents, teachers and guardians of morality still say "don't", but only half-heartedly. The Reverend Mrs. Jerry Mclnnis of the Wesley Foun dation here at the University feels that "As Americans, we always talk of freedom. We have more freedom than anyone else, but we don't know how to handle it. Many children are complely free with no restrictions. Howev er, it's a proven fact that a child can function better knowing what the limits are." The change is a logical consequence of the national attitude toward youth. Moth ers used to ask "what shall I tell my children about sex," now the question is "What is there left to tell them?" A few years ago parents were shocked to hear their daughters were, accustomed to be kissed, to day they're glad if that's all , they do. It is said that the Victorian age knew a lot about love, but little about sex; today little about love. The blame for the sex rev olution is commonly put on the college student. How ever, as Mclnnis feels "col lege is jv;st a reflection of society in general, just as is the drinking problem." The problem is well de veloped before college, as can be seen by the high number of high school drop outs caused by pregnancy. Time magazine says the same thing in different words. "Few communities anywhere are as compulsive about the dicta of modern psychology as the contemp orary U.S. college campus . .. . and the typical coed quickly learns a short hand '-and distorted version of the Freudian manifesto: Continued on Page 3 Mil, h'i : rM&m MAIL n i. qi astg The Pristine This column may well vary somewhat from the usual treatment, but the last few days for this writer have been spent in bed fighting another part of the "Communist conspiracy plot thing" called the flu. I urge you all to try this recuperative measure, not as patients, but as a once-in-a-lifetime experience. You will be amazed at how much goes on in this old world while you are sleeping, tos sing and turning. In fact you do not need to go to the world scene. If you just take a look at our own wonder ful America, you w il 1 be fascinated at how much takes place in the short per iod of, for instance, a week. During the week that I waged warfare on germs, virus, and sundry other waylayers, an untold amount of activity was tak ing place. The Mormon Church held a national meeting out in Utah. That was one thing. For another instance, some Indians in the Southwest held some sort of pow-wow, confer ence, forum, or the like. . There was a presidential primary in the eastern Mid west and a party Founder's Day in the western Mid west. Fishing season began in many places. Now there is an event for you. Well, that's just a start. There was someone from Jordan in Washington de manding action from our Federal government (which is rather ironic in itself); and in reply the President took visitors and newsmen on tour of the flower gar dens around the White House. All this activity has sure ly gone on before, but it has never arrested my attention before. It is surely a mani festation of spring fever, and everyone is happy ex cept Hubert Kumphrey and Kenneth Tabor. The cause of our discon tent is very simple to relate. It seems that all of the above mentioned little af fairsall of them some how involved members of the U.S. Senate. Though it is considered very improper, allow me to quote from one of my own articles. "Perhaps even more im portant: how to preserve the issues ... from the veil of esoteric confusion which us ually settles over such mat ters during a political cam paign." Well, there is at least one set of issues that have not been able to withstand the onslaught of the prepara tions for the coming con xyastaut KDisewuere- JOHN MORRIS, editor, ARNIE OAHSON. managing editor; MJ8N SMITHBEHOKR. news editor! FRANK PARTSCH, MICK ROOD, senior staff wrberss KAV ROOD, Jl'DI PETFRRSON. BARBARA BERNEY. PRISCI1XA 1WLLINS. WAL Llt LINDEEN. TRAVIS HINER, Junior staff writer! RICHARD HAI.BERT, DALE HA.IEK, CAV LEIT8CHIICK, copy edi!iij D".NNIH DrPRAIN, photographer! PEOOY SPEECE. sports editor; JOHN HALLGREN, assistant sports editor! PRESTON LOVE, etrculatinn manager: JIM DICK, subscription manager! JOHN ZEILINGER, business manager! BILL GUNLICK8. BOB CUNNINGHAM, PETE LAGE, business aaaUtanta. Subscription igtes V) per semester or $5 per year. En'erei- a econd class matler at the post office In Uniuln Neunska. under ne act of August 4. 1012. Tin' Dully N'braakan is puhllched at room 31, Slude-it I'niun, on ft.' .rd.iy Wednesday. Thursday. Friday by University of Nebraska students under the jurisdiction of the Faculty SiiIh-'oiii i'tt' e on SKfient Publications. Publications shall be free from censorship by the Subcommittee or any person outside the f'niversity. Members of the Nebraskan are r' ipoixlble for what thev cause to be printed TO THE CHIEF i World of the ventions, and that set of is sues is the pending civil rights legislations. Last week, for the f i r s t time in two years, there were not enough senators on the floor for that house of our Congress to even con duct its own business. Over 60 Senators were missing. A good percentage of that number are supposed sup porters of the civil rights bill. Among that number are some of Humphrey's lieutenants. Senators were off talking to Indians. Sen ators were off talking to Mormons. Senators were off talking to foreign visitors. Senators were off talking to Republicans, and Senators were off talking to Demo crats. Only thirty-nine Sen ators were not off some where doing everything un der the sun except the very thing which every single one of them was elected to do prepare, study, and pass legislation. In a word, most of the members of the U.S. Senate were acting every bit as if they were the picnic com mittee of the local PTA. And how the world situation at the time of this writing could appear to them as one big picnic at which they could eat, romp, and play is be yond the poor mental pow ers of this writer. When the members of the world's foremost legislative body start thinking that re-election is more import ant than passing laws, then we are indeed in a rather potty mess, I should say. It breeds one big viscious circle of stagnation of the legislative process, passage of bills with regard not to the Nation's interest but to the return to Washington of the "status quorum" of Sen ators, further stagnation, and, eventually, an open and blatant "sell-out" of the rights of the citizenry. As an additional note, it also de bauches moral values and subverts national unity. Now, I fully realize that a Senator can not be expected to be on the floor all of the time. I also fully realize that a Senator has to do much of his own work to get re elected. I would not ask that it be otherwise. But I also realize that since the dust hit the plans three decades ago, farmers have been awaiting some solution to their problems. I also realize that for one hundred years a racial mi nority in this country has begged for public attention to their plight; and that they no sooner get this attention than our Senate decides to sit on its collective duff or hit the campaign trail until U.S. Senate' by kenneih tabor the nation's attention span is exhausted. Perhaps the members of our Senate are not aware that the issues and clashes which the United States is involved with do not cease and desist for several months just so we can go through a three-ring circus every four years; that mi norities are not going to quit screaming for their rights just so half of the Senate can go out and please its constituency; that farm ers faced with a loss of their land and livelihood are not going to quit pushing for solutions just so the Senate can pull another leg of chicken out of the picnic basket. I cannot ask a Senator to be on the floor every day, and I can't ask him to go about in complete disregard of his own career. But by damn, when there is an is sue on the floor which may affect half the known world and at least affects every single American living and yet to live, I can ask them to be there and be about the business they were elected to do. And if they don't want to be there at times like that, if they are not prepared to be about their business, if they do not choose to act like U.S. Senators, if they would rather hop off around the country side, then the American system of govern ment offers the means to answer their every desire. What has happened is an intolerable abuse of the trust of 180 million people. The voters of this populous must make sure that it is not repeated. Rosenthal To Get New York Trip Dan Rosenthal, associate editor of the Cornhusker and cartoonist for the DAILY NEBRASKAN, will be the guest of the New York City Advertising Club next week in New York City. Each year the top student in the advertising sequence at the University is given an invitation to the Inside Ad vertising - Marketing Week Program, Rosenthal will be also taken on tour of the World's Fair. He will be accompanied to the marketing - advertising meetings by Albert Book, associate professor of journ alism and director of the Journalism's School's adver tising sequence. ERIC SEVAREID- Our Gift Of Time I . Can Rebuild Heritage Eric Sevareid It is beginning to appear that history may be offering to this generation of Ameri cans a precious gift, and that if we do not recognize and use this gift we will lay a curse on the gen eration to come. The gift is time. For twen t y - f i v e years of the great war and the cold war per Sevareid haps for thirty-five years of fighting depression, noi war and cold war we have not enjoyed this precious bene fit. Our nerve ends and our very speech have adjusted to the emotional state of hur ry and combat. We are un able to think of anything ignorance, poverty, discrim ination, cancer, mental ill ness, cold war or space save in terms of "conquest" or "race." If it truly be so that we are now offered time for re adjusting both our thinking and out actions, this has not been brought about by our common sense; events have forced this upon our unready selves. Only the very hasty will now say that the cold war is over and the world is go ing to leave us alone. The cold war continues in a hun dred subterranean ways and places but not in the mas sive, frightening fashion we knew. The many movements lor subversion in Latin America, Asia and Africa hold danger for us, in their totality and in the long run, but this form of cold war is not a form that can com mand our full energies or the attention of our whole so ciety. This is a fragmen tized, very specialized con frontation. What seems almost every where evident is a forced slowing down of great expec tations, indeed, of practical timetables. Red China is not able to expand either her economy or her territories anything like the pace her leaders seemed confidently to expect ten years ago; the best estimate is that she has had to put off her nuclear power expectations by sev eral years at least. Khrush chev obviously has no real istic hope, anymore of "catching up with America" culture in his own time. Rus sia has failed to outmatch us in weaponry and she has, pretty surely, been forced to abandon the "race" for the moon. We, on our part, have had to extend radically our own timetables for reaching the moon, for putting manned platforms into space and for achieving the much talked about anti-missile missile. We have come to under stand that it is simply not within our power to make the poor countries econom ically viable on anything like the schedules we had WITH THIS RING... Whether your wife It a bride or a veteran of the domestic scene, check Into CML's brand new development, the Family Protector. You can secure pro tection for yourself and your wife -- all in one policy. The cost is low and the policy is tailor made for your needs. Just call or write for further information. BILL COMSTOCK LINCOLN BLDO. SUIT! 707 432-3289 Connecticut Mutual Life INSURANCE COMPANY Pf(Jflf: set for ourselves. What we said we would do, with help, In Latin America in ten years we obviously cannot do in less than a generation, If then. The relationship of time to resources, financial and oth erwise, is a direct one. As timetables are lengthened, yearly budgets can be re vised downward, since we are learning that money cannot force the pace of these projects as much as we once thought. But a great people must have great enterprises al ways in hand. Since our en terprises abroad have lost their drama and their pace (even the Peace Corps be comes a chore, not a cru sade) we must look inward. The tasks ahead are im mense and challenging, if not dramatic. They are not so exciting as settling the wilderness or creating an in dustrial base. What we have to do now is not to move mountains the mountains have been moved but something much more on the order of cultivating a garden. The American garden is over grown with weeds, raddled with bare spots and becom ing ugly to look upon. We have to rebuild our educa tional system, fill up again the many pockets of sheer poverty, rationalize city life and transportation, make civilized existence possible for our Negroes, save what natural beauties and grace ful old buildings remain and take back every Inch of our natural heritage that we can get back from the concrete spreaders, the billboard erectors, the builders of raf fish motels and all the other get-rich-q u 1 c k vulgarians who are turning America in to what Senator Fulbright foresees as a "honky tonk of continental proportions." We have lived on easy space and easy resources; we have been devouring our heritage. With this genera tion we have reached the point that smaller, older European countries reached long ago. 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