Friday, April 5, 1968
The Daily Nebraskan
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Alan Reitman, associate director of the American Civil Dberties Union,
spoke Thursday on the seeds of hostility and Black Nationalist movements
of the American Negro.
Alan Heitman
Lack of 'father image'
plants idea of hostility
in American
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by John Dvorak
Junior Staff Writer
Negro children view their
father as a pawn of a soci
ety that has deprived him of
his manhood, according to the
associate director of the
American Civil Liberties Un
ion, ACLU.
Alan Reitman said Thurs
day at the East Campus Un
ion that the squalor of the
ghetto and the corresponding
lack of a father image has
prepared the seed bed for
Black Nationalists to plant
their ideas of hostility.
Reitman joined the ACLU in
1949 and helps coordinate and
supervise the work of the or
ganization's Washington of
fice with emphasis on policy
concerning legislation and pol
icy questions.
Writings published
His writings have appeared
in various publications like
the New York Star, the New
Republic and the Negro Dis
trict. Reitman is a member
of the NAACP, CORE and
National Association of Inter
Group Relations Officials.
The ACLU is a non-government,
non-profit organization
that works for rights of peo
ple as contained in the first
10 amendments to the consti
tution. It works mainly
through the courts.
"The Civil Rights struggle
can be divided into two
phases," Reitman said. "The
first phase began in the mid
1940's and ended approximate
ly two years ago. This was
the 'legal phase.' "
Involved court decisions
The first phase mainly in
volved court decisions, such
as the 1954 Supreme Court de
cision on school segregation.
In this phase, minority races
discovered their legal rights
Reitman said.
Now, in the second phase,
Negroes are trying to exer
cise the rights which they le
gally have won, he said. "We
now see Negroes fighting to
achieve their gains."
The Negro race must make
these gains mostly in the area
of economics, he said. "Ne
gro people don't really have
the fundamentals of life it
self." 'Society hasn't helped'
"They are in a society that
hasn't helped them," Reitman
said. They have no money;
they can't achieve the per
sonal progress and sucess
that they see others have
made."
Social disturbances result
ing from such conditions are
merely the Negtoe's way of
finding himself, of establish
ing an identity, Reitman said.
He used last week's distur
bances in Memphis, Tenn. as
an example.
"Negro young people car
ried signs saying 'I am a
man,' " he said. "Such iden
tification of the Negroes is
welcomed. It will make them
feel more as full people."
Advance civil rights
Reitman said that industry,
education, law enforcement
authorities and the news me
dia have done little to advance
civil rights.
"If industry wants stability
in its factories and in the ci
ties, it must open up more
job opportunities for Ne
groes," he said. "Up until the
present time, industry didn't
really accept Negro employ
ees. But we are just now
about ready to turn the cor
ner in this regard.".
"Despite the 195 Supreme
Court decision, only 10 per
cent of Negro students are
attending school with whites,"
Reitman pointed out. This
comes 14 years after the court
decision, he emphasized.
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"I was always taught to
believe that the country was
founded on the ideas of Locke
and Montesque . . . John Ken
nedy's statement 'Ask not
what your country can do for
you, but what you can do for
your country' is a rather fac
ist statement.
"I prefer to ask what my
country can do for me," he
said.
Alternatives to draft
Rev. Bill Phillips of the
United Ministries for Higher
Education said that he has
talked to ten young men about
their alternatives in evading
the draft.
He said in defense of all
draft counsellors that be does
not know how such people can
avoid being counsellors on
their own when the Univer
sity will not take up draft
counselling.
The members of the clergy
are also being shown up to
the point where the counsel
lor stands for the moral
point of view that should be
defended by the church, Phil
lips said.
Statistics pointed out
He pointed out several sta
tistics about the effect that
the draft has had on those
eligible:
Nearly 10,000 young men
have sought asylum in Ca
nada since escalation of the
war began.
There are no fewer than
1,000 young men In prison for
refusal to bear arms, but that
there are so exact figures
since the government does
not release such information.
And that 1 of every 350
young men eligible for the
draft applies for a conscien
tious objector classification
compared to 1 per thousand
during World War II and 1 of
every 600 during the Korean
War,
Many enrolling in seminaries
Phillips a d d d that many J
church ministers and con'
cerned people are trying to
enroll young men in semina
ries so they may qualify for
a ' 'eferment.
It has gone so far that one
eastern group is enrolling
young men in a seminary that
is non-existant, he said.
Hugh Shanks, formerly of
the Job Corps, was the third
panel member to discuss his
view on the draft.
Law broken
When you disobey the draft
law, he said, you have brok
en a law that is applied ad
ministratively and not judic
iously; when you oppose the
war in Vietnam, you oppose
a political action.
Shanks said he would advise
young men to go to jail for
violating Selective Service
laws only if their resistance
superceded the draft and was
against all violence.
He added that he was
against the draft movement
because it is "a place for you
to hide."
Movement not needed
"If each person believes
that violence is wrong, then
you will believe that war is
wrong and you won't be slap
ping your kids or your girl
friends around. You will be-
brother against
wrong and you
a movement," he
lieve that
brother is
won't need
said.
George Olivarri, a graduate
student in French, answered
that the movement does not
hide men but brings them for
ward to protest in public.
Individual resistance is all
right, he said, but in terms of
the movement, two people or
ganized together are stronger
than two people individually.
Ideologies developed
Rabbi Sanford Ragins, a lo
cal minister, said that move
ments, especially ones like
the draft resistance move
ment, tend to develop ideolo
gies, which "have a way of
becoming handv devices for
people to rationalize what
they are undertaking."
If anyone is going to parti
cipate in an ideological move
ment, he added, then that
person must be cynical and
rationalistic about the ideo
logy in that it may be dis
torting reality to purposefully
draw young people into tie
movement
A young lady in the audi
ence stepped forward to say
that the people involved are
able to distinguish between
the ideology of the movement
and its rhetoric of words like
peace, brotherhood and love.
Senatorial candidates made
more platform statements to
the Daily Nebraskan before
the April 10 elections. Touch
ed on various subjects includ
ing the education work ASUN
can do and the need for bet
ter communication between
Senate and students.
Teena Kudlacek, freshman
candidate from Business Ad
ministration, felt that much of
the communication problem
between students and their
senators was due to the lack
of initiative on the part of the
students to be involved with
what Senate was doing. She
added that this might be im
proved through action on the
part of both sides.
Miss Kudlacek also noted
that in order to take quicker
and more effective actions the
advisory boards and Student
Senate must work together
more closely.
Wenzel proposes coordination
Teachers College sopho
more Ed Wenzel suggested
that the Senate set up a co
ordinating body within the
Senate to study housing for,
off-campus students. This
would take the responsibility
partially away from Adminis
tration and give the students
themselves a larger voice in
their choice of housing.
He also encouraged the Sen
ate to take a larger part in
education and improvement
of student-senate relations,
Noting that her mam con
cern was education, Teachers
College junior Georgia Glass
said that it was important for
Senate to c a r r y on and en
large upon the work it has
already started such as the
pass-fail system and faculty
evaluation.
Student seminars may help
She added that student sem
inars and perhaps a senate
newsletter might encourage
better communications be
tween Senate and students. -A
course in Afro-American
history and membership in
the National Student Associa
tion were among the things
Carol Maas, Teachers College
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Cindy Hunter, Delta Delta
Delta junior in Teachers from
Rockport, Missouri, to Gary
Meyer, Theta Xi graduate
student from Beatrice.
Gary Rose, Selleck junior
in accounting from Scotts
bluff, to Beverly Blehm of
Scottsbluff.
Maryelien Flack, Alpha Chi
Omega junior in Economics to
Bill Heggen, Phi Kappa Psi
Navy ball
to be held
The annual NROTC Naw
uau u to be held Saturday
evening at East Hills Country
Club. Highlight of the eve
ning will be the crowning of
new queen.
The three finalists for queen
are Jane Kinkead ZTA, Linda
Olmstead Kappa Alpha Theta
and Joleen Philips. Sandoz
IliU. All are juniors In Arts
and sciences.
junior, would like to work on
in the Senate.
She noted that continuing
trie work of the education
committee was also impor
tant.
Sophomore Teachers Col
lege candidate Gary Toebben
suggested publishing commit
tee work and role call votes
in order to improve Senate
student communication.
In the area of education he
added that the passfail sys
tem could be broadened, more
classes might be dismissed fo
for notable speakers, and per
haps a change in the physi
cal education requirement
within the Teachers College
should be considered.
Glenn Nees, fourth year ar
chitecture student, noted that
he planned to instigate pro
grams with as much student
involvement as possible to
make the Senate aware of the
financial problems within the
College of Engineering and
Architecture.
He also said that he will
tinue to work for a student-
administration housing com
mittee. Rosenbaum wants combined
senate
Junior Business Administra
tion student Gary Rosenbaun
proposed a combined faculty
student senate in order to
make resolutions passed more
effective and disprove the Ad
ministration's allegation that
ASUN is ineffectual.
He stressed the need for
mutual respect of both groups
policies in order to have a
working University. ,
Two main issues were sun-
ported by Ron Murdock, jun
ior in Teachers College First
he said that he would encour
age senatorial seminars and
office hours so that students
and senators migh work more
euecnvely together.
second he stated that hp
would support the idea that
students above the freshman
level may choose their own
housing.
Cochran sees difference
sophomore David Bingham be
lieves the Student Senate
should take a solid stand re
garding the problems of open
housing.
Stand taken against drugs
Taking a stand against the
use of drugs and narcotics on
campus, the Pharmacy Coll-
lege student plans to promote
speakers and seminars on
drug usage.
Larry Anderson, a Law
School freshman, wants to
continue the reform concern
ing the University disciplinary
system. He is a candidate
for the Graduate and Profes
sional College seat.
Desiring to protect the
rights of the students, Ander
son wants them to receive
due process, including the
right of council, notice, and
a concrete statement of
charges and rules students
have violated.
Plans provide better
communication
Junior Jim Sherman, run
ning from the College of Engl
neering and Architecture,
pians to provide better com
munication between students
and ASUN by attending soci
ety meetings of that college,
Introducing the possibility
or a cooperative study pro
gram which would allow stu
dents to go to school part time
and work at a major company
part time and the instigation
of a course evaluation for the
college are among Sherman's
proposals. He also plans to
promote better service to the
students concerning the buy
ing and resale of books.
Running from the College of
Engineering and Architecture
junior uei btorK lavors in
creased communication be
tween students and faculty by
placing students on important
faculty advisory committees
Stork favors public notice
Stork believes it is impor
tant fur the senator to vote
as his constituents feel, and
not by personal interpretation.
He also favors public notice
on ASUN committee reports,
activities and the vote of each
senator on major issues.
Junior Ron Pfeiffer, running
from the College of Arts and
Sciences, plans to improve
the dual communication fail
ure between the faculty and
students and the ASUN and
students by forming a student
faculty joint committee and
discussion sessions similar to
Hyde Park among students,
Pfeiffer would also like to
explore the problems of Stu
dent Health. ASUN would
work in conjunction with the
nealth center or suggest so
lutions to the Administration,
he explained.
Moseman interested in
communication
Running for the College of
Engineering and Architecture
seat, Junior Mark Moseman
is interested in arranging bet
ter communications between
senators and their constituant
arid a more equitable sena
tor allotment to that college.
Moseman favors a complete
judicial structure for the
whole University. Separate
student courts now exist with
overlapping jurisdiction, he
explained.
A freshman in engineering,
Jim Ochsner favors ASUN
emphasis on current problems
of the University which can
be solved or influenced by
Senate. He also seeks elec
tion from the College of En
ginee'ing and Architecture.
Stronger representation
necessary
Ochsner believes that
a stronger representation
from the College is necessary
to obtain added power in
ASUN for engineering stu
dents, acknowledging a ital
and necessary element in Uni
versity life.
Students unavailable for
comment were: Business Ad
ministration: Tom Morgan,
junior, Jerry Sieck, freshman,
and Tom Wiese, sophomore.
Teachers College; Bruce Blan
chard, sophomore, Helen Lar
son, junior, Chris Seeman and
Paula Teigler, freshman, Sue
Thompson and Lynn Trimpey,
sophomores.
Engineering and Architec
ture; Bill Chaloupka, sopho-
more, John Tiwald, junior.
James Wobig and Tommy
Woodruff, sophomores. Agri
culture and Home Economics
John Atkins, freshman, Fred
Boesiger, junior, Kent Boyer,
sophomore.
Arts and Sciences; Dennis
Collins, junior, Mary McCly
mont, freshman, Timothy
McNaney, freshman. Bernie
Theisen, Margaret Van
Cleave, Joseph Voboril, and
Dick Wegener, sophomores.
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