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JOURNALISM AND YOU:
Mutual Confidence
This is the first of several editorials on the newspaper
and you, the student as a citizen.
Saturday evening the University school of journalism
nonored what must be the most outstanding group of stu
dents gathered in its history and what must be one of the
most talented and socially conscious groups in the coun-,
try. Friday afternoon an experienced newspaperman said
jokingly, "Wait until you've been mellowed by the business
interests."
There is a lesson here, for journalism students and
professionals, but most importantly for you, the student
citizen.
Newspapers are businesses, advertising is the profit by
which they can serve you. Advertising influence on edi
torial content in newspapers had been almost completely
eliminated by socially conscious newspapers and advertis
ers who want to do their job better. Inside, they need each
other. Outside and always, they need you and you need
them. They do not try to offend you.
What that experienced newspaperman must have re
ferred to was not advertising influence, but simply the
human politics of social interrelationships which play back
and forth daily in a newspaper office.
But, with each new modern journalist, the Ideal of ob
jectivity in news reporting is closer to realization.
A bad newspaper sticks out like a plane wreck or a
needle in a haystack, according to the odds of human en
deavor. To the public it is a source of scorn. But, to the
newspaperman in general it is a source of fear because
he knows what it can do to society.
As each new journalist reaches for that ideal of objec
tivity, which must be the ideal in news reporting, he and
the profession will grow and two parallel pheniomena will
occur the public will place confidence in him and he
will place more confidence in the public, increasing the
competence of each individual journalist.
It is doubtful that any human endeavor will achieve
perfection. That holds for journalists who, believe it or
not, are humans. But, with the quality of persons entering
the field today, as evidenced by the journalism awards
banquet Saturday, you, as their contemporaries, may have
confidence in what they do and say for you.
WSJ! EflKttJMI
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Dissent And
Dear Editor:
Mr. Recker gave me an
Interesting week. At least
none other quickly comes to
mind in which I have been
called "literary Yahoo,"
"bigot," and "bar."
My epithetical talents,
alas, do not cover so impres
sive a range, and I shall be
forced to confine my reply
to an area quite alien to Mr.
Recker 's usual field of
operation namely, the
facts.
His misstatement of my
argument on the duty of pro
tecting the democratic cen
ter is too obvious a use of
hyperbole to warrant any
k i n d of restatement on my
part. I predicted that he
would not understand it; he
did not, and, until he learns
the differences between sup
pression and democratic self
preservation, and between
infiltration and invitation,
' he will not understand it.
Recker's paean to NA
TIONAL REVIEW-and to
HUMAN EVENTS does,
however, deserve at least a
short confrontation with the
objective evidence.
I repeat that both maga
zines have engaged in a
steady advocacy of the sup
pression of dissent. The
evidence is blatantly obvious
in the case of HUMAN
EVENTS, as a few exam
ples show:
June 26, 1963. Advocates
banning of Communist
speakers on American col
lege campuses.
September 28, 1963. Goes
Into a blue funk over Com
munist Labor Day picnics.
-March 14, 1964. Attacks
Women Strike for Peace
members for taking Fifth
Amendment before Congres
sional committees.
But all this is really not
fair, for Mr. Recker based
his prime case on the NA
TIONAL REVIEW, afar
more civilized periodical.
Fortunately for both our
sakes, Mr. William F. Buck
ley has taken two opportuni
ties to clarify his thinking
on dissent. The more gen
eralized of these appeared
In the January 14, 1964, is
sue entitled "What Johnny
Doesn't Know." It deserves
quotation, which the DAILY
NEBRASKAN has once be
fore given it:
"If, out of piety for the
First Amendment, we end
up encouraging man to use
his freedom to cultivate and
vangelize whatever is his
belief Communism, say
we are actually very close to
saying that our own disbe
lief in Communism is less
Monday, May 25, 1964
Intolerance
strong than our belief that
Communism should have
continuivg opportunities to
win over a majority; we are
renouncing implicity, our be
lief that our indictment of
Communism is sufficient for
all the ages. If man is to
be encouraged to exercise
his freedom to deny the
bases of American life, the
bases of American life are
presumptively suspect. . ."
The key words in Mr.
Buckley's argument are "for
all the ages." If Mr. Buck
ley is sure that his indict
ment of Communism is suf
ficient; more, if he is sure
that it is so "for all the
ages;" then his "toleration"
of the Communists is only
an Intellectual amusement.
His sureness on the subject
would justify him in em
bracing intolerance.
That it has so justified him
is evident in his conduct be
fore the Yale Political
Union in early 1962. This
club had heard George Lin
coln Rockwell on April 11.
Gus Hall, of the CPUSA,
was scheduled to speak on
May 2. Buckley intervened
and talked the Union into
withdrawing its invitation to
Hall.
His reasoning on this oc
cassion closely paralleled
that of the passage above.
The opening of his argu
ment at Yale warned his
listeners :
". . . we must tread on
highly delicate ground, step
right over one of the m o s t
highly cherished dogmas of
the modern age, namely, the
notion that all ideas are
created equal, that it is the
responsibility of academic
freedom to guard the gates
of epistemological
relativism."
And step right over it he
does, proceeding to praise
"the bond whatever it is:
but fragile though it is, it is
about it that holds together
Republican and Democrat,
Manchestrian and socialist
.-. ." and half a dozen
other segments of Ameri
can political spectra.
But the Communists are
omitted; the Communist,
you see, has renounced that
tenuous bond, and "for the
duration of that renuncia
tion he cannot speak to us,
and we cannot speak to him,
because however deep we
reach, we cannot find a com
mon vocabulary."
Unless Mr. Buckley is the
victim of uncommonly se
vere defects of speech and
hearing, that sounds to me
very like a rationalization
for intolerance.
Continued Page 3
VNIF I OUU
Firetruck:
Armed Girls, Film And Ad mini;
Panty Raid Just Not Worth It!
By ARXIE GARSON
Ever want to start or
even participate in a panty
raid? Lots of men have
thought about it, but here's
some advice: DON'T!
If you think you wouldn't
get caught, think about this :
Rumors are that there are
high powered cameras at
the immediate disposal of
dorm housemothers which
would record the whole
event on film. So. there you
are, recorded for all time
and easily identifiable.
If you think nothing would
happen even if you were
caught, ponder the fol
lowing: A large group of
students were permanently
expelled for the last panty
raid in the 1930's. Several
more were forced to drop
out of school for a semester.
It is even rumored that
severe disciplinary action
was taken against a few
men for the fortunately fu
tile attempt to arouse in
terest in a panty raid here
a few weeks ago.
If you think it would be an
evening of fun without too
much of a fight from the
coeds, you haven't asked
any of the NU dollies. One
coed told me recently that
Don't Cry
Poor little boy
Don't cry
Why cry?
Mother, father
Why cry?
Friends?
Love you
Why cry?
Back.
Poor little black boy
Please don't cry
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a lot of the girls have
thought about what their
reactions would be and
have decided that the thing
to do would be to plug in
their iron as a defense
medium.
And in addition to w-eild-ing
a hot iron, girls are
given instructions each year
on what to do in case of a
panty raid. Girls with pri
vate phones in Selleck last
year were given special
police emergency numbers
to call, just in case. Other
instructions dispensed
through house meetings and
instruction sheets are: turn
out the lights, lock the
doors, lie on the floor under
under the bed and don't
make a sound.
The already famous pan
ty raid at Iowa State last
Tuesday, caused thousands
of dollars damage to both
houses and clothing accord
ing to the IOWA STATE
DAILY. Typewriters were
damaged, windows broken,
doors demolished, clothing
Title VII
(CONTINUED)
INVESTIGATORY POWERS
Sec. 710. (a) For the pur
pose of any investigation
provided for In this title,
the provisions of sections 9
and 10 of the Federal Trade
Commission Act of Septem
ber 16, 1914, as amended
15 U.S.C. 49, 50), are here
by made applicable to the
jurisdiction, powers, and
duties of the Commission,
except that the provisons of
section 307 of the Federal
Power Commission Act
shall apply with respect to
grants of immunity, and ex
cept that the attendance of
a witness may not be re
quired outside the State
where he is found, resides,
or transacts business, and
the production of evidence
may not be required out
side the State where such
evidence is kept.
b) The several depart
ments and agencies of the
Government, when directed
by the President, shall furn
ish the Commission, upon
it request, all records, pa
peu, and other information
in their possession relating
to any matter before the
Commission whenever dis
closure of such information
is not prohibited by law.
NOTICES TO BE POSTED
Sec. 711. (a) Every em
ployer, employment agency,
and labor organization, as
the case may be, shall post
and keep posted in con
spicuous places upon its
premises where notices to
employees, applicants for
employment, and members
are customarily posted a no
tice to be prepared or ap
proved by the Commission
setting forfci excerpf? of
this title and such other
relevant information which
the Commission deems ap
Of ITS EARS..
and furniture were thrown
from windows. Girls fought
off the intruders with
pledge paddles and pop
bottles, and one housemoth
er was injured, perhaps
seriously, when she was
trampled by the unweildy
Ames mob.
Iowa State officials are
now in the process of identi
fying the guilty parties and
Dean of Students Millard
Kratochvil has called the
situation "not a very laugh
able matter."
At Nebraska, as an addi
tional precaution, faculty
members are on call to
help identify participants in
any mob action, it is
rumored.
So men, think twice or
three times. If its worth
being fought off with pop
bottles, hot irons and pad
dles; if it's worth being ex
pelled from school ; if its
worth a permanent black
mark on your record if it's
worth all that, then you
don't belong in the Uni
versity. The Civil
propriate to effectuate the
purposes of this title.
b) A willful violation of
this section shall be punish
able by a fine of not less
than $100 or more than $500
for each separate offense.
VETERANS'
PREFERENCES
Sec. 712. Nothing con
tained in this title shall be
construed to repeal or mod
ify any Federal, State, ter
ritorial, or local law creat
ing special rights or prefer
ence for veterans.
RULES AND
REGULATIONS
Sec. 713 (a) The Commis
sion shall have authority
from time to time to issue,
amend, or rescind suitable
procedural regulations to
carry out the provisions of
this title. Regulations issued
under this section shall be
in conformity with the stan
dards and limitations of the
Administrative Procedure
Act.
b) In any action or pro
ceeding based on any al
leged unlawful employment
practice, no person shall be
subject to any liability or
punishments for or on ac
count of (1) the commis
sion by such person of an un
lawful employment prac
tice if he pleads and proves
that the act or omission
complained of was in good
faith, in conformity with,
and in reliance on any
written interpretation or
opinion of the Commission,
or (2) the failure of such
person to publish and file
any information required
by any provision of this
title if he pleads and proves
that he failed to publish and
file such information in
good faith, in conformity
with the instructions of the
Commission issued under
this title regarding the fil
ERIC SEVAREID-
Hotel Moral: Big Units
Can't Serve Small Needs
By ERIC SEVAREID
Historians know about
Mrs. O'Leary's cow and the
Chicago fire. They rarely
know for sure what obscure
individual and what obscure
i n c i dent ,
Drovide the S V
o r i g inal
impetus for
an historic
So we
thought we
would
m a k e it
easier for
them this
time. We Sevareld
would be happy to be known
as the inciter of the coming
rebellion against the mam
moth American chain ho
tels and their cubicle
rooms which can be oper
ated only by a licensed me
chanic with plenty of time
to study the manuals which
cover the desk, the dressing
table and the closet and
bathroom walls.
It is quite clear why these
hotels make money. They
are run for the benefit of
the staff, as are modern
hospitals. The hotel guest,
like the hospital patient, is
not allowed to interfere with
the efficiency of the sys
tem. If he expects service,
if he is not of the do-it-yourself
type, he had bet
ter stay home or well.
Fortunately we were in
full vigor, only slightly grog
gy from a long plane ride,
when we entered the hotel
room in which this mani
festo is being written. So
we survived that first night,
and now, in calm repose,
can piece together the me
mories in some sequence,
although the full emotional
experience can never be re
captured. This is nature's
way of preserving us by
blotting out the memory of
pain.
First, the door lock had
to be mastered. This re
quired only a minute or two,
since the porter had
switched on the anteroom
light, and we still had our
eyeglasses at hand with
which to read the instruc
tions engraved on the met
al. No mechanical monster
prevented us from unpack
ing our suits. The non-detachable
clothes hangers
were another matter. Each
suit slipped in a heap on the
floor at least twice before
the thing was mastered.
Ten minutes of exploring
with our fingers found the
modernistic, half-concealed
switches for the various ta
ble lamps. This enabled us
to institute a search for the
air conditioner controls.
There were two, one on the
wall behind the bed, one
under the vast, unopenable
picture window. We moved
from one switch to the oth
er, baffled as to which did
what, giving up ultimately
and resolving to throw a
coat over the blanket if the
Rights Bill
ing of such information.
Such a defense, if estab
lished, shall be a bar to the
action or proceeding, not
withstanding that (A) after
such act or omission, such
interpretation or opinion is
modified or .rescinded or is
determined by judicial au
thority to be invalid or of
no legal effect, (or (B) af
ter publishing or filing the
description and annual re
ports, such publication or
filing is determined by
judicial authority not to be
in conformity with the re
quirements of this title.
FORCIBLY RESISTING
THE COMMISSION OR
ITS REPRESENTATIVES
Sec. 714. The provisions
of section 111, tiUe 18.
United States Code, shall
apply to officers, agents,
and employees of the Com
mission in the performance
of their official duties.
APPROPRIATIONS
AUTHORIZED
Sec. 715. There is hereby
authorized to be appropri
ated not to exceed$2.500,000
for the administration of
this title by the Commission
during the first year after
its enactment, and not to ex
ceed $10,000,000 for such
purpose during the second
year after such date.
SEPARABILITY CLAUSE
Sec. 716. If any provision
of this title or the applica
tion of such provision to any
person or circumstance
shall be held invalid, the re
mainder of this title or the
application of such pro
vision to persons or circum
stances other than those
to which it is held invalid
shall not be affected there
by. SPECIAL STUDY BY
SECRETARY OF LABOR
Sec. 717. The Secretary
of Labor shall make a full
and complete study of the
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cold proved unbearable dur
ing the night.
The bed, once the center
piece and glory of a fine
hotel, came out of its hid
ing place with a minimum
of pushing and pulling and
revealed itself as a pre
tentious cot. We mustered
up enough courage to chal
lenge the bathroom, first
unwrapping the plastic pa
per that sealed the toilet
and the drinking glasses.
The bathtub control was a
modernistic dial. We turned
it; nothing happened. We
studied the situation and
discovered some fine print
ing on a label pasted to the
wall. We went back to get
our eyeg'jsses. The thing .
worked. We pulled at an
other gadget and wera hit
by a blast of cold water on
top of the head.
Back in the room, .we
cleared away seven bro
chures advertising brother
hotels in Hawaii, the
World's Fair, Hong Kong
and other places we have
no present desire to visit,
even if we get out of here,
and got at the telphone. It
was not possible to pick up
the receiver and ask for
what we wanted. First, a
plastic card had to be pulled
out of its hiding place and
studied. This required find
ing the glasses again. We
told the sweet-voiced oper
ator we wanted no calls un
till eight in the morning.
"Not even calls from oth
er rooms?" she said.
We said no.
"Well," she said, "that
will mean completely dis- .
connecting your phone, be
cause other people in t h e
hotel can dial your room
direct."
We went off to sleep, men
tally composing a speech
to the Grand Sachem who
owns these hotels, telling
him to build just one inn
where the staff solves the
problems for the guests, not
vice versa.
At 7:30 in the morning a
maid wakened us. "Just
checking," she said. We
telephoned for breakfast,
having refused even to try
the automatic coffee mak
ing gadget in the bathroom.
The boiled eggs were full
of pieces of shell. There
was no spoon to eat them
with, anyway. Instead of the
toast we had ordered, there
were cold fried potatoes.
As we write this, with
our bags packed and in a
state of confidence that we
have mastered the double
row of buttons in the ele
vator, our eyes fall on yet
another brochure in the
form of a questionnaire.
Would we please fill it out.
telling them what we liked
and did not like about their
service. Grand Sachem, we
have but one thing to say
to you: Big units cannot
serve small needs. But we
don't think you would understand.
factors which might tend
to result in discrimination
in employment because of
age and of the consequences
of such discrimination on
the economy and individuals
affected. The Secretary of
Labor shall make a report
to the Congress not later
than June 30, 1964, contain
ing the results of such
study and shall include in
such report such recom
mendations for legislation
to prevent arbitrary dis
crimination in employment
because of age as he de
termines advisable.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Sec. 718. (a) This title
shall become effective one
year after the date of its
enactment.
(b) Notwithstanding sub
section (a), sections of this
title other than sections 704.
705, and 807 shall become
effective immediately.
(c) The President shall,
as soon as feasible after the
enactment of this title, con
vene one or more confer
ences for the purpose of en
abling the leaders of groups
whose members will be af
fected by this title to be
come familiary with the
rights afforded and obliga
tions imposed by its provi
sions, and for the purpose of
making plans which will re
sult in the fair and effective
administration of this title
when all of its provision be
come effective. The Presi
dent shall Invite the partici
pation In such conference
or conferences of (1) the
members of the President's
Committee on Equal Em
ployment opportunity (2)
the members of the Com
mission on Civil Rights, (3)
representatives of State
and local agencies engaged
in furthering equal eiacloy.
ment opportunity, (4 rep.
resentativajj of p r 1 t 1 1
agencies engaged in furth-
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