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The Doily Nebraskan Thursday, April 25, 1968 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Commentary -Editorials Pagt 2 '1' 1 A a )! i .v. I ' : 'i'-A ."iK'-H v 'i rM 4 I ', ' -4 i i $ --:? '-s'M i V- i '1 Spanglcr ; A growing crowd around SDS It is not without a certain twinge of irony that many of the New Left politicos are discovering that their anti-war acitivity for the past few years has resulted in the McCarthy and Kennedy campaigns of this election season. Strange Day Carl Oglesby, the former SDS president who Is currently the intellectual leader of the New Left, believes that SDS and other radical groups Z must change their political focus in order to avoid becoming the unwitting victims of their own T myopia. I In his opinion, SDS ought to have seen that the McCarthy-Kennedy phenomenon would occur, and " that SDS now stands the chance of losing Its mem- 1 bcrship and energy to the liberal political camp. '. Two or three years ago it was not politically safe to oppose our war in Vietnam. Today it is a political asset to do so. Two or three years ago, " as their voting records show, McCarthy and Ken- nedy played it safe. Today, despite all the talk of political heroism, things haven't changed very ' much. After all, It is not difficult to oppose ancre, and nearly nay foreign policy proposals sound sensible in the light of recent history. The New . Liberalism has, however, let the air out of the New Left's balloon, even if we won't hear Gene ' and Bobby talk about American imperialism abroad. The important question for the New Left Is what they will say about the "discovery" of t h e President's Commission on Civil Disorders that Is, that the root of this countrys racial trouble is Z none other than white racism. The embarrassingly predictable predictions of ' the Commission are politically volatile, and a wrong move by either Kennedy or McCarthy be- 2 tween now and the time of the Democratic Nation- al Convention will make the summer even hotter : for them than it will be for the rest of us. The white (free and 21-years-or-older) elector ... ate in this country does not like being called ; "racist" by anyone, let alone by those who seek " their support at the polls. - A vacuum is being created by the disparity between what needs to be said and done about our - racial troubles, and what it is safe to say and do .about them. Enter: the New Left. At the moment, unfortunately, the New Left is rTTiir political Hamlet, standing alone at stage left, rourmering "What to do? What to do?" Oglesby, "and others are urging SDS to re-enter the fray wijth a new face put on, and with a new challenge te-ihe liberal Democrats. .TIT.. The time has come indeed, is long overdue " -te.face the realities so long pointed out by their IlffiSfck brothers and sisters. iuiillllUlinilIinilIIIllIlIflllltflIllltlllilItHI!!!!IIl!l!in!II!flHIIIllIIIlIIIIIIIIIltllIIIIIlll i E Campus Opinion .DEAR EDITOR: At last the IndeDendents and Greeks on this Tampus are actively trying to co-exist, and making Ziiupressive accomplishments. An excellent case in -"joint is this up-coming weekend. Though this period involves both Spring Weekend and Greek Week, the -respective committees have planned their activities "laa events so as not to interfere with the other. Btitli have urged active participation of their mem lEers in BOTH events. It is the committees' hope - that the student groups they represent will continue Zjheir spirit of planning and "make the scene" both "wenings. At last, long time adversaries are work Zuhg together, let us hope it continues and that their -"members follow their groups responsible leader rnip. Remember, whether Independent or Greek together we make up the student body. And to gether we must unite to insure ours, the student's, -position. . Student body member. Pear Editor: WeU, they almost had me worried. All those ter """ribly liberal speakers, like Harold Stassen, per- mitted on campus. C The actuality of Nebraska students participa ting in a national subversive movement such as Choice '68. Things were looking pink for the old campL But Nebraska-brand sanity has once again pre vailed. Against the suggestion (horror of horrors!) that Nebraska become the first state university to adopt a general pass-fail grading system the Jfaculty Senate rose nobly to the occasion and 7dodged (about 2.5 worth). Afterall, having a pass-fail system definitely would be a trend movement. Might even qualify Ne- "brjiska as a slightly progressive university. And -everyone knows that NU only follows trends about 25 years later. . Sleep peacefully students your Faculty Sen &W is. , zzzzz TlHUiS BEGIMNG, l"lf-THAr I ENCOURAGED fT THE COURSE JLTHEN S0MEX"-tJJ SO IW HAVING 1 T0U THBIA THE CLASS 1 FREE DISCUSSION J I WAS INFORMAL ) SMART- LONGHAIR. J THEM READ THREE J " WAS OPEN... ) AT ALL TIMES... f LAND OPEN TO BEGAN ASKING kMORE ROOKS. S tTS lQUESTIONy K QUESTIONS. J j ' If - - 1 I IL 1 1 "SO, THIS IS THE WAR OM POVERTy." i!IIIIIIIWIIIIIlllllllllllllllll!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH I Presidential hopefuls, state positions Editor's Note: The following is a summary of the positions of the four major Presldcn- Humphrey Higher Education Ability, not privilege, must determine the amount of edu cation young people receive . . . Must recognize that op portunity for higher education is dependent on such pro grams as Head Start, Follow Through, and Upward Bound, and cannot rest solely upon financial aid to college age students. A person's college education begins at birth and we must strive for an edu cational system which recog nizes ability and encourages motivation from early child hood. On Youth We need the, constructive help of university students and faculty alike in meeting the challenges to our society. We need their help on the high, hard road for freedom, for progress, for social jus tice, here, at home and throughout the world. Selective Service Favors adoption of Fair and Impartial Random (FAIR) system to determine order in which young men are called. (System would call youngest first. ) Lower Voting Age Favors lowering voting age to 18 . . . has been a long time advocate . . . believes it would establish voting practice more firmly and broaden the lev el of citizen participation in our political system. Kennedy Higher Education Favors expansion and im provement of existing govern ment loan programs, making more money on easier terms available to both undergrad uate and grduate students. Favors Loan programs that make money available large fbiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii minimi iiiiiiiiiimmiimiiiiiiiiii i miiiiiiiiiiiii iiimimmmi u iiiiniiiifiiii i iiiimiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiii iiiiiiimiiimiiiiiiiiiiii Joseph Alsop Saigon A single, simple fact reveals the degree of sincerity of Hanoi's response to President Johnson's latest and boldest try for peace. The fact is that the Hanoi war-leaders are now making the biggest, most taxing and costly reinforcement effort that has ever been attempted in the whole course of this war. The effort began toward the first of March, undoubtedly as Hanoi's initial response to the dire losses suffered by all enemy units in the Tet of tial candidates on issues of special Interest to students the draft, lowering the vot- ly without reference to the in stitution the student chooses. Favors exploration of n e w means of repayment per haps assessing a small, fixed percentage of income over a number of years instead of imposing an absolute short term obligation. On Youth The gap between the gen erations will never be com pletely closed. But it must be spanned. For the bridge across the generations is es sential to the nation in t h e present and it is the bridge to our own future and thus in a central sense, to the very meaning of our own lives. Every generation has its central concern, whether to end war, erase racial injus tice, or improve the condition of the working man. Today's young people appear to have chosen for their concern the dignity of the individual hu man being. Selective Service Favors drastic reforms in our draft system, which is inequitable in many respects, and believes it is of great importance that its defects be remedied. Favors study of various proposals for a ran dom selection process and prompt enactment of most workable one. Favors drafting of youngest men first, so they can plan their education and careers with more certainty. Favors experimentation with a system of alternative service in peace time to give all young men an opportun ity to serve the varied needs of their country at home and abroad. Favors rescinding ac tion of Congress reversing the Seeger decision, in order to protest people whose consci fensive. Unprecedent ed truck sightings and other indicators reveal that the ef fort continues, full speed, and is even being augmented. Hence, it is clear that this huge movement of military manpower to the south must now be regarded, in addition, as responsive to the Presi dent's initiative for peace. The already ascertained troop movement is at least on the level of 35,000 men, and it is expected to reach the eventual level of 45,000 ing age, higher education, and the role of youth in society. These positions were given in entious objection is not based on traditional religious grounds. Lower Voting Age Co-sponsored a Congression al resolution calling for a Con stitutional amendment to low er voting age to 18. Believes it is imperative that young people be given both the opportunity and responsibility of having a voice in the selec tion of public officials. McCarthy Higher Education Has long been an advocat of federal aid to education at all levels. Favors giving every child a good, sound basic education and every adult either a skilled trade or an advanced degree. Voted for College Housing Act, National Defense Educa tion Act, Higher Education Facilities Act, and Elemen tary and Secondary Educa tion Act. On Youth This is the time when the country is looking ot its schol ars and students for advice and counsel more than ever before in order to have a bet ter understanding of the prob lems of poverty, urban change, the complexities of our economic system, and al so for historical judgment with reference to Vietnam and beyond. It is important that young people be involved because we are really mak ing a projection of America into the future and the young people have a greater stake in that future. The 1968 campaign, I antici pate, will be one. Selective Service Favors elimination of de ferments and institution of random selection system. Fa vors conscientious objection men or even more. In addi tion to this movement of re placements reinforcements to fill gaps in the ranks far ther south, it is probabl that Hanoi will move down two additional division-equivalents . of the North Vietnamese home army to bring pressure on the demilitarized zone. There are several things to be said about this. To begin with, anyone who still cherish es illusions about this being a "civil war" in South Viet nam is an even bigger fool response to a National Stu- dent Association query. to particular wars with objec- tors serving in some form of alternative service or in the military reserves. Favors permitting consci- entious objection on rational as well as religious grounds. Opposes present autonomy of local boards, would favor more national standards. Favors restoring right of a person appealing a classifica- tion to a personal appearance at levels higher than the lo- cal board. Also favors giving appellant the right to counsel of his own choosing. Opposes Hershey's memor- andum of October, 1967 Lower Voting Age Favors a Constitutional amendment to lower the vot- ing age to 18 . . . believes young people should have more of a voice in determining the policies that will af- feet their future. Nixon Higher Education No statement provided. On Youth Politics, as usual, is not enough for America today. Diplomacy, as usual, is not enough for the world today. We need new leadersip. We need new ideas, leadership and ideas that come from your generation. America needs the vision, the dissent, the constructive action that this generation can promise for it in the years ahead. Selective Service Favors abolition of t h e draft and reliance on a volun- teer army after the Vietnam war. Lower Voting Age Favors lowering voting age to 18 . . . has always been in favor of this proposition not because young people are old enough to fight but because they are smart enough to vote. than he was when that pecu liar thesis was first pro pounded. The true guerrillas in the hamlets and districts are still, in the main, southerners, where they still exist for in three-quarters of the country both village and district guer rillas are being militarily cannibalized on a large scale to provide extra replacements for the big units. In one-quarter of the country, the Delta, the .big units are also com posed of southerners. First Hurrah Editor's Note: The following article was sub mitted by Peter It. Battling, Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Political Science. Room 332 of the University of Nebraska's Stu dent Union doesn't offer much in the way of aesthetic beauty: bland walls and functional furniture. Tues day night, however, it featured expertise all out of proportion to its surroundings. Three advance men from the national cam paign staff of Richard Nixon were occupying the premises and spewing forth pearls of wisdom on what they referred to as "The Great Experiment:" utilitzation of rally techniques heretofore untried in presidential campaigns. John Niedecker, a drama instructor set the stage for future performers with a sell so soft you could hear it purr. He credited Richard Nixon's decision not to demand a recount when fraud was discovered in the counting of ballots in the 1960 elec tion to a desire to "preserve the Presidency," to insure that the nation had a President during the perilous decade of the 60's. A recount would have left a Presidential vacuum for at least six months according to Mr. Niedecker. He also attributed Gen. Eisenhower's failure to campaign for Nixon as a result of Nlxon'i honor, ing of Mrs. Eisenhower's plea not to ask him as Tie was too sick, and his sickness should not be ventilated before the country. Following Mr. Niedecker's portrayal of Richard Nixon as a man who places the Presidency above petty partisan politics, comes Boyd Gibbons, mas ter jouneyman of the campaign rally, who ex plained that "television is the media" and, con sequently, everything must be done "for the Camera." After paraphrasing a quote from Plato (which allows Mr. Niedecker time to find a seat in the au dience), Mr. Gibbons begins to intimately dissect the living parts of a campaign rally. An ordinarily mundane act like a balloon drop becomes an amazingly intricate procedure if prop erly executed. Teams must be organized, air com. pressors requisitioned to fill balloons that "fall" and helium tanks to satiate balloons that "rise," tying methods structured, etc. Producing a map of Pershing Auditorium (scene of Nixon's Lincoln appearance), Gibbons indicated how the seating arrangment permitted the utiliza tion of card and cape sections. Indicating that Nebraska was to be a test market for new rally techniques, Gibbons said that only a shortage of personnel and a lack of human imagination prevented the employment of such de vices as slat signs featuring Nixon's name in tan dem, aerial mobiles, and massive verbal support from a multitude of glee clubs and bands. After Gibbons terminated his remarks, Mr. Ni decker again took the floor to give a few examples of his pragmatic experience as a political practi tioner. Stating that a campaign worker had to be a bit of a "con artist" to achieve desired results, he listed one of the most effective techniques, among several, ever employed to communicate with vot ers as the plastering of mirrors in "public build ings." If Frank Skeffington is dead, his subordinates still live. If Nixon's not the one, his lieutenants certainly don't know it. If campaigns as seen through the mass media are all movement and color, one wonders if he isn't missing something with only fleeting glances at the likes of such po litical activists as Niedecker and Gibbons. Student protest forces wage hike Durham, N.C. (CPS) A week-long student protest at Duke University has brought an increase in the minimum wage for non-academic employees. The university administration has agreed to in crease the minimum wage from $1.15 an hour to $1.60 an hour by July 1, 1969, with an intermediate increase on July 1 of this year. Previously, the in crease to $1.60 was not to have taken effect until 1971, when it would have been required by federal law. The administration has also agreed to set np a commission to consider recognition of a collective bargaining unit for the university employees. It is still unclear whether the commission will include only administrators or whether representatives of the students, faculty, and the workers will also be included. The students have given the administra unit 10 t0 make decision on the bargaining The protest began April 5, when 300 students went to the home of Duke President Douglas Knight They spent two nights in his house, then moved their protest to one of the campus quads where they stayed until April 10, the number of demonstrators rising to about 1,000. 1 On April 10 Wright Tisdale, chairman of the Duke board of trustess, who had taken over the negotiations after Knight went into the hospital on doctor s orders, spoke to the students and agreed to meet their minimum wage demand. He also agreed to consider the collective bargaining unit me students than rose and sang "We Shall Overcome " then went to the school auditorium to consider Tisdale's proposals. They debated for twS days whether to suspend the protest or take evl! more militant action. The students and faculty f ally agreed to the proposals, provided students faculty, administration and labor would be repre! sented on commission and that a decision would be handed down within ten days. I i f I I s s s i I I I I I I s I I 1 I I I i i Daily Nebraskan Vol. 81, No. 100. Second-clMi putag paid it mitte. on Student Publication. bHc.tanT?h.H h? fblp by the Hubcommituw or any peSST o Un1vX THE B..neOc."OCi"el C"1"" National Educational Advar- EDITORIAL RAFT Edlto, Curm Kaufman. '..llCuMt Sm, tou 5SE uoronn ii parka Joan MttTullouKh line) Maxwell ndv Cunnma- Murrain Photographera ban Ladaly and Jun Shaw. BUSINESS STAFF Rr"'lT,inaHer u'OTn 's Production Manager Charlie Baxter Notional d Manaaer Leeta Manheyi Bookkeeper and rla- w """'f" ar H'nS""i;U: Rus'nem Secretin J man. uUmptior. Mananei Jane Koaii; Salenn.tn Iran Cronk. Daa L?nS wJnSEqu. S"""""er- O"""" MiK-aeli. April 3S, 1M Lincoln. Kab. a, . IS y,a-. r.rm.v I ft
