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VOTE NOW:
Benefit Later
By the time most students get this copy of the DAILY
NEBRASKAN, they will have between seven and eight
hours remaining to vote in the campus general election.
The polls close at 7:30 p.m. They opened at 7 this
morning.
Last year the student body made a miserable 21 per
cent shewing at the polls. Yet, this year a much greater
portion iias complained about and argued against Council
affairs. Those who voted gained their right to complain
and condone. But those who could find neither the time
nor effort to drop their ballot cannot justify their criticism
on the basis of being an interested party an "affected"
party, yes, but interested, no.
It has become increasingly clear with the passage of
the present school year that the Student Council, because
of the nature of the issues and because of the nature of the
Council itself, will be concerned with issues which "will more
and more affect a greater proportion of the student body.
That fact makes the need for a large number of student
voters a prerequisite to a qualified responsible Council
"responsible" in the sense that it can be blamed without
a waste of time.
If a voter, and care enough about yourself and others
to have a Council which will represent vou, and haven't
kept up on the candidates, read today's FIRETRUCK,
talk with friends and informed sources and vote before the
polls close.
The present Council has made many efforts to make
voting this time faster and more convenient for the student.
At least, let's not waste that effort.
insight Elsewhere
What to do with Pompidou?
If you wander down the
beach at St. Tropez, it is
just a possibility that you
will see a gentleman about
fifty years in age sun bath
ing and mixing with the bi
kini set.
The particular man in
question is known to Ameri
cans as "Pompey". To the
French he is Premier Pom
pidou, the nominal head of
the French government.
Until de Gaulle brought
him into his government,
Pompidou was a complete
unknown in French politics.
His career had been suc
cessful and varied. A mas
ter of literature, he taught
the subject for some years
and gathered various works
of French poets into an ex
cellent anthology. Turning
from this some years ago,
Pompidou went into the
banking under the Roth
childs. In a comparatively
short time he had risen to
general manager, a post
second only to the Roth
childs themselves.
His present pastimes re
call his past. He is much
more likely to be entertain
ing French authors such as
Malraux or American movie
stars such as Jane Fonda
than he is to be acting as
host for members of the
French government. His
austere home is conspicous
ly covered with modern art
topped off by the presence of
a lovely, blond wife.
In a word, Premier Pom
pidou is both worldly and
witty. And in another word,
none of this seemed to mat
ter much to Frenchmen let
alone the rest of the world
until recently, when word
was given to the world press
that de Gaulle was in the
hospital undergoing an oper
ation of his prostate gland.
Then it began to matter.
When Pompidou was not
at de Gualle's bedside, he
was busily engaged in lead
ing the Parliament. And his
lead presented a rather
startling contrast from that
of Charles de Gaulle. For
the first time in many
years, those in attendance
at the meetings of govern
mental bodies were allowed
the privilege of smoking.
The "de Gaulling" austerity
was not to be found.
And just somehow
throughout all of these pro
cedings, Pompidou made it
quite clear to his colleagues
in government that two sig
natures were needed to pass
a bill into law and that one
of those was his. The
government was left with
the rather heady inference
that his signature was not
always so easy to come by
as they had formerly
thought.
Despite the impression he
left with the French legis
lature, only one difficulty
between him and de Gaulle
has ever received much if
ny publicity. When de
Gaulle announced his inten
tion of beheading or other
wise executing Edmond Jou
haud for his supposed trea
son with regard to S. A. 0.
Monday, May 4, 1964
by kenneth tabor
activities involved in the Al
gerian crisis, Pompidou and
de Gaulle split forces and
walked off in two different
directions. Fortunate
ly enough for the French
government at the time,
their two paths converged
as soon as the crisis was
over.
Now, and not any too odd
ly at that, the French and
American press are talking
of Pompidou as a likely
successor to de Gaulle in the
future, or even by the next
election should de Gaulle
choose not to run or if ill
health should forbid his can
didacy. This man whom the for
eign press has conveniently
ignored for some time is
sure to figure ever more
largely before the public
eye. De Gaulle joined hands
with the American govern
ment in the Cuban crisis,
then turned around and
broke policy with this coun-
try by recognizing Red
China. This hardly presents
a situation which any simple
idea will solve or even cope
with. Many will desire to
know how Pompidou will
stand on similar issues. I
rather suspect that even
Frenchmen and St. Tropez
bathers will be asking such
questions.
As far as we here in the
states are concerned, the
question is not whether
Pompidou will do what we
would like him to do or even
if he would do what de
Gaulle would do. The ques
tion is whether Pompidou
could maintain a unified,
strong French government
as de Gaulle has done. And
looking at the post-war his
tory of France, the ques
tion is not only could he do
the job, but also what could
we as an allied nation do to
help him should he gain
leadership of the French
government.
We could wait and play it
by ear, but it would seem
much better for us to plan
ahead; because if he does
become the true head of the
French government, there
would not seem to be much
of alternative left to us but
to help him if we are sin
cerely interested in the
strength and welfare of the
countries of the free world.
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Firetruck:
Little To
But Here's
By Arnie Garson
The polls will be o pj n
today from 7 a.m. to 7:30
p.m. Last year only 21 per
cent of the student body
took advantage of the Stu
dent Council polling hours.
For the last week or two,
the campus has been
plagued with silly looking
students on silly looking
posters. The DAILY NE
BRASKAN has been clut
tered with unintelligible
platform statements. The
IFC has been pushing their
slate. Diners have been
rudely interrupted by sing
ing (?) coeds.
Little, if anything has
been done to help the 21
per cent of the students
who do care to vote make
intelligent decisions at the
polls. The lone effort to
elevate the Council election
from a popularity contest
to a meaningful battle of is
sues was the IFC forum.
Yes, it was a miserable
flop.
So now that election day
Is here and issues have been
Is Recker
Dear Editor:
Is Dick Recker for real?
In recent columns he h a s
(1) rewritten history (re.
General MacArthur): (2)
redefined one of the basic
concepts of our society
(getting fired); (3) dismiss
ed all contemporary histor
ians; (4) diagnosed all the
ills of campus organiza
tions; (5) elevated Nebras
ka's toleration quotient to
the highest in the nation:
and (6) made individualists
out of the backers of Sena
tor What's-his-name. This
last deserves comment, if
only because the first five
could not conceivably sur
vive any comment.
Youth for What's-his-name,
we are told, has
stayed small only because
there are only a few rugged
individualists around. In
the same column, Recker
makes the following points:
1 student apathy stems
from a lack of good "lead
ers" in campus organiza
tions. 2 some anonymous bad
guy type dares oppose those
promoting the political for
tune of What's-his-name.
J an opinion poll is to
in
VOTE TODAY
ARTS & SCIENCES
HIM LISTEN TO
Ofter Campus
Some Tips On
mostly ignored, any analysis
would probably be futile.
Yet hopefully, some of the
following thoughts will stir
the imagination of a
would-be voter.
In Teachers College five
boys and eight girls are
vying for four positions.
Tradition has it that three
boys and one girl will be
elected. Yet the IFC, in
t'' interview sessions de
clined to slate a single
man. This seeming lack of
quality among the Teach
ers College men might
best be rectified by elect
ing three girls from the im
pressive list of hopeful
coeds. Associates Pam
Hedgecock and Susan Gra
ham also have earned con
sideration. Among the Teachers
College coed candidates is
Halle Drake, Mho along
with one of her sorority sis
ters (Janie Agee, Arts and
Sciences candidate) sub
mittedone of the best
new ideas I have heard in
a long time a campus
For Real?
clude the opinions of non
Republicans. 4 Spring Day is more
important than political con
cerns (all those people are
working so hard in the
houses.)
5 a parade might jeop
ardize campus - community
relations just when City
Council is building good will
with its apartment statutes).
Mr. Recker's kind of indi
vidualism is what we need.
Let's form an Anarchist's
Club. We can meet in the
crib. We'll show contempt
for social modes by wear
ing hand-embroidered jack
ets and flying our own
planes. We can avoid being
used by outsiders or hav- j
ing our image smeared by
excluding all those why try j
to corrupt us. And once we i
get strong pinko profes
sors beware! We'll burn the J
history department, appoint
good leaders for the campus
organizations, and resched
ule Presidential elections so
as not to interfere with
Spring Day. Nothing can
withstand the might of
righteous individual
ism, once it is properly or
ganized. K. D. Briner
HIM PURR.''
Voter,
Candidates
bank. I don't know where
the idea originated, b u t it
certainly deserves consid
eration. In the College of Arts
and Sciences, four boys and
seven girls are competing
for five positions. Unfor
tunately only one of the
girls will probably be elect
ed as the IFC slate usually
reigns supreme. But sever
al of the seven girls includ
ing incumbent Susie Seg
rist, and associate J e an
McClymout would make ex
cellent Council members,
judging them on the basis
of past performance.
Business Administration
and Graduate College elec
tions will be insignificant
contests with only as many
candidates filed as there
are positions open. In Ag
riculture three men are
competing for two positions
and the girl will be auto
matically elected. Only one
of the four candidates will
not be elected in Engineer
ing and Architecture.
That filings were so scant
is unfortunate. But that
most students will vote on
the basis of popularity or
the Slate is even more des
picable. Voting is not a hap
hazard action. It requires
thought and intelligence.
If we as students of higher
education cannot act ac
cordingly, it is a sad reflec
tion on our socio-education-al
system.
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By ERIC SEVAREID
Negro leaders are fore
casting a "longv hot sum
mer" in the civil rights
struggle. There is a growing
sense of foreboding in the big
North
ern cities ;
a n d the
seems,
indeed,
to be mov
ing toward
some kind
of climac
teric. In
Wmir Vnrlf
where Sevareid
this is written, there is
much private speculation
about the possibility of an
explosion in Harlem, that
festering prison where
Negroes are hemmed in as
if by glass walls through
which they can see the un
touchable good life all about
them.
There can be little doubt
that there is a stiffening of
resistance among many
white people through North
ern and Western states.
There is not doubt at all that
a younger, angrier, more
irresponsible type of Negro
leadership is appearing here
and there, although they
have had a setback in New
York with the failure of
their threat to wreck the
opening of the World's Fair.
They will impatiently re
j e c t the w o r d "irrespon
sible." What is happening is
indeed a revolution in terms
of the status sought for the
Negro, but it is a revolution
which can only be set back
by the u s e of revolutionary
methods. Since Negroes
constitute only 10 per cent
of the population, it is the
height of irresponsibility for
any of them to try to shift
from methods of civil dis
obedience to criminal dis
obedience. This social revo
lution cannot succeed with
out the support of white
liberals. For any Negro
now to sneer at the while
liberals as fair-weather
friends is neither justified
nor sensible.
The young hotheads trying
to strike out blindly against
all of society in their long
pent-up and totally under
standable resentment will
have to consider that their
point of view is not reflected
or represented in a single
constituted organ of au
thority in this society not
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in the Congress, not in state
legislatures, not in city
councils. The attitudes of
the old-line Negro leaders,
those of the white liberals,
those of the "Uncle Toms,"
those of the white segrega
tionists, even the attitude of
sadistic policemen all these
are represented. But angry
young Negro leaders who
seem to welcome violence
can expect no help except
from the street. ,
What is now happening
was predictable and pre
dicted, because it has many
precedents in history. It is
not when a submerged
people is far from its goai,
but when it senses the goal
is near and attainable that
its behavior becomes frene
tic. The civil rights move
ment has come into the
period of splitting, of vio
lent intramural disagree
ment on strategy. But
t h i s is not a situation in
which the Lenins can take
over from the more moder
ate Kerenskys, because the
Negro movement seeks and
can seek only a just place
within an existing society,
not its overthrow. In t h e
long run, extreme methods
cannot comport with moder
ate goals, not, certainly, for
a minority group.
The movement will get
through this uncertain
phase, and one way or an
other its goals will be achi
eved; it is too widespread,
too fervent and too obviously
justified to fail. Voting
barriers are falling and will
fall more and more rapidly.
"Public accomodations"
will open up because,
save in Southern back
country regions, this is not
really a fighting issue. More
and more employers are
seeking qualified Negroes
now, and this movement will
accelerate; recalcitrant
craft unions will not w i t h
stand the pressures against
them.
But even when these sped
fic barriers have fallen,
there will be anguish and
protest because the funda
mental barrier to the full
accreditation of the Ameri
can Negro in American so
ciety will give way only in a
time scale measured in de
cades, not years. This bar
rier is education. It is, per
haps, a sad coincidence of
history that the Negro revo
lution has come about
simultaneously with a revo-
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