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News In Perspective . .
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Bv MICK LOWE
Senior StaffWritcr
It was a close call. The
new draft law appears to
have taken the heat off col
lege students. No more
class ranking, no more ap
titude tests, no chance you
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can be drafted out of col
lege, it seems.
But the route to an edu
cation before the service
can still be a tricky one. as
Steve Abbot is finding out.
Lt. Colonel Edwin A. Scott,
chief of the Nebraska Man
power division of the Selec
tive Service System, dis
cussed some of the lesser
known short-cuts to Saigon
with the Daily Nebraskan
Thursday afternoon.
Probably one of the least
known, and potentially most
fatal rules in the new draft
law is the new definition of
school enrollment. Under
the old law, according to
Scott, any student taking at
least twelve credit hours
was considered a full-time
student, and received a de
ferrmenL Not anymore.
Under the new law which
started Oct. 1, 1967, a stu
dent must be completing
one-fourth of his education
toward a baccalaureate de
gree a year, Scott said.
This means a student will
have to take about fifteen
hours a semester, each se
mester, to continue his de
ferrment, according to Scot
And, most important, an
"F" in any one course will
put the student below the
necessary fifteen hours.
The only way students
can continue their deferr
ment in that case is to go
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Draft
to summer school to make
up the necessary hours,
Scott pointed out, since the
Selective Service defines
"school year" as a "twelve
month" period.
The new law, officially
entitled "The Miilitary
Selective Service Act of
1967," became effective on
June 30, 1967, after lengthy
congressional hearings and
debates.
Consequently, the ques
tion most. University stu
dents want answered is
whether or not the law is
retroactive, since they en
tered school under the old
act.
"Eastern draft boards are
already applying this law to
students in school now,
which means that if you
take more than four years
to complete your studies
you're out of luck."
But Scott said the Nebras
ka System does not intend to
apply the law retroactively.
This means students now in
school can switch majors or
take extra hours until they
are 24, at which time they
will most certainly be
drafted under the new law.
However next year's en
tering freshman class will
be affected by the law,
meaning they have just four
years to earn their degrees.
But, as Scott is aware,
many students change ma
jors after they begin their
higher education, frequent
ly requiring more than four
years to earn their bache
lor's degree.
Exceptions are also made
within the law for five-year
programs, like engineering,
Scott added.
The outlook is less hope
ful for graduate students.
They are granted one year
to earn their master's de
gree, Scott said.
Again, the law is not be
ing applied retroactively in
Nebraska, but grad stu
dents in areas not impor
tant to national defense can
look forward to a 1-A classi
fication next fall.
The value of Kant, George
Eliot, and the bow-wow the
ory in rice paddy conditions
is yet to be determined, but
since the government does
not consider graduate study
in the humanities draft de
ferable, tbey seem to ques
tion it's value in the states,
too. Which says something
for our system of values.
At any rate, students are
advised to check their II S
deferrment with their draft
board, to be sure that they
take fifteen hours a semes
ter, just in case, and. as
Steve Abbott will probably
attest, apply for CO status
as early as possible, if
they're serious about it.
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By DAVE BUNTA1N
Senior Staff Writer
Protest demonstra
tions probably have little
effect on the making of
American policy, according
to Dr. Willard Hogan, chair
man of the political science
department.
Demonstrations like the
recent ones against the
Vietnam war can only be
effective if they "influence
the outcome of an election
or change the mind of a
public official.
PROTESTS INEFFECTIVE
"There has been a lot of
Hyde Park
Latin America
Sparks Debate
Bv ANDY CORRIGAN
Junior Staff Writer
Thursday's session of
Hyde Park revolved around
the United States policy on
aid to foreign countries,
particularly Latin America.
The two hour debate was
kicked off by Don Sutton's
remarks about Che Gueva
ra, instigator of the Boli
vian guerilla action.
"Revolutionists like Che
cannot work effectively in
a country which has the
support of the people. Che's
existence pointed out the
fact that the totalitarian
governments in Latin
America, which we sup
port with U.S. dollars, are
oppressing the peoples of
these countries," Sutton
said.
He continued that by sup
porting these governments
the U.S. is violating our so
called love of freedom and
that he revealed the hypo
that he revealed the hypr
critical American policies
which help the communists.
In qualifying this state
ment Sutton said that we
are supporting communism
by causing these people to
hate the U.S. because we
support their oppressors.
"We're concentrating on
Vietnam and we won't fo
cus on Latin America trou
ble spots until they turn
into other Vietnams," be
said.
Examples cited included
the Dominican Republic.
Sutton stated that Juan
Baacb was overthrown by
a military coup supported
by the Civil Intelligence
Agency.
According to Sutton,
Baach's crime was being
neutral and the United
States will not support this
type of policy.
At this point the discus
sion turned from the revo
lutionary movement in Lat
in America to U.S. foreign
aid.
Again Sutton took the
stand of opposition to U.S.
policy. He said that the
only purpose of our aid to
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protest activity regarding
our position is Vietnam,"
he said, "but how much ef
fect has it had on the John
son administration? It can
only make a difference if it
can be focused enought for
the presidential election."
President Johnson and his
top advisors are "convinc
ed they're doing the right
thing that history will vin
dicate them," Hogan said.
Demonstrations .will not
force them to alter this
stand.
Hogan said both Presi
dent Truman and Lincoln
these countries is to bol
ster the coiffers of Amer
ican corporations presently
in Latin America.
Citing facts and figures
Sutton said that for every
dollar the U.S. puts into
the underdeveloped coun
tries it receives five in re
turn. At this rate the coun
tries can never get their
heads above water.
In rebuttal another stu
dent said that without our
aid the Latin American in
dustries could never devel
ope. Sutton returned that
the industries are owned
and operatied by U.S. cor
porations and that they
have not tried to develop
Latin American resources.
One audience participant
who agreed partially with
Sutton's stand asked him
how he could explain the ad
vancement of social condi
tions in these countries.
In reply to this challenge
Sutton stated that the so
cial results are indirect and
meaningless when one com
pares them to the living
conditions in the U.S.
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faced unfavorable public
sentiment in carrying on
war efforts. He also cited
the "Oxford oath" move
ment that denounced Win
ston Churchill as a war
monger in the 1930's.
EFFORTS SUPPORTED
For each group that op
poses the war there are
other ones like the Ameri
can Legion which support
the war effort, Hogan said.
This clash of "pro vs. an-
The rising frequency of
protest demonstrations is
symptomatic of a "general
disenchantment with the
system on all sides," ac
cording to Joseph Julian,
sociology professor.
Citing recent opinion
polls, Julian said, "I think'
that very few people like
the war. Taken in this con
text, the sit-ins and other
demonstrations are not as
bad as they seem. Most
Americans are protesting
the war vocally, he said.
"The next step organized
demonstrations is not
that much more difficult to
take."
Demonstrators can no
longer be regarded as
"kooks and deviants." he
added. "We should not be
asking 'Why are there dem
onstrations?' but rather
'Why weren't there demon
strations sooner?"
LARGER MOVEMENT
The Vietnam demonstra
tions are part of a larger
protest movement, Julian
said. They are the culmi
nation of an attitude that
has been building since
World War U. This "gener
al disenchantment" has
spurred protests on other
issues such as de facto
segregation, he pointed out
The racial violence that
raged last summer in many
American cities is some
what related to this protest
mood Julian added. He said
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Hogan said he is skepti
cal that the influx of dem
onstrations will make a dif
ference on next year's
Presidential elections. "It
takes more than that to add
up to enough influence to
make a change.
RELATIONS
UNAFFECTED
. The demonstrations also
do not affect our relations
Or Effective?
pie don't feel they have
enough so-say about how
they live their own lives."
"These people feel the
system cannot resolve their
conflicts, so they go outside
the system," he said.
"Groups have found the
techniques of passive resis
tance are working, so they
are expanding into other
areas of concern," he said.
PUBLIC OPINION
On the Vietnam question,
public opinion polls may
have a band-wagon effect
in developing opposition to
the war. "People who are
opposed to the war see that
others are, too, and they
are less reluctant to speak
out"
Julian noted that there is
little enthusiasm for protest
movements on the Univer
sity campus compared with
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with other countries to any
great extent, he said, since
these countries deal with
the United States govern
ment, rather than its peo
ple. "I am not impressed with
arguments which say tlv.l
demonstrations are 'giving
aid and comfort' to ' e
enemy," Hogan explained.
"Any expression of public
opinion is important in a
democratic society."
other schools. He suggest
ed that this may result
from a lack of "strong, vi
able political groups" which
encourage student activism.
Demonstrations like those
stated at Berkeley, Califor
nia, a few years ago re
quired a high degree of or
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