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Page. The Daily Nebraskan Thursday, May 2, ,lv68 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Editorials .omme ntary r i 71 Discrimination policy improved The University announced two new policies this week which represent some of the most progres sive action yet to promote and aid minority groups on campus. One policy statement comes from the Housing Office and represents the firmest stand it has taken regarding the practices of landlords of approved University Housing. The letter or informal contract which will be sent to these landlords conies very close to being a threat for discriminatory renters. A landlord who is faced with losing students or incurring the anger of the.mayor's civil rights com. mirtees may discontinue his policy of telling Ne groes or foreign students there's no room in the inn. As in the past enforcement of this policy will be difficult. Telling a student he must move out of an apartment rented by a landlord the Univer. sity knows to be discriminatory will not be a pleasant task. But from appearances the Housing Office seems fo be more determined enforce its housing policy than it has been during the past year. Just the fact that the office has redefined and strengthened its stand is a promising sign about the office's future actions. ' The most impressive action the University took this week, however, was to make possible tuition waivers for 20 needy and underpriveledged fresh men next fall. This procedure coupled with a vigorous recruit ing program could make college educations possi. ble for many students especially those from min ority groups ) who could not otherise consider col lege because of their financial situations. .Now that the University has made very appar. At 4&r" position -in the area of minority groups on campus much of the success of these programs will depend on students. Earlier this year the Student Senate passed res olutions calling for an investigation of the Univer sity's housing policies and the Administration has complied rather quickly. But what would be a student's reaction next fall when the University asks him to leave his apartment because his landlord is a racist. Unless a student is willing to submit to a higher princi ple and refuse to rent from a discriminatory land- : lord the Housing Office's job would become even more burdensome. While the Housing Office will increase its sur veillance over this aspect of housing policy the Student Senate should continue a close watch on the Housing Office. Although the Administration should tighten discriminatory regulations it can not be allowed to take this nnnnrtnnifw tn oic rather than liberalize, other student housing poli- QierylTrltt J "X. , William F. Buckley Columbia University island unrest Al Spangler Illegal but not immoral ton say you're going to graduate, and you've already received a notice to report for a pre-induc-tion physical? Is that what's bringing you up-tight brother? Well, don't tell anyone you "have to so," because you don't Whenever the subject of "draft dodging" comes up for discussion, someone Invariably invokes the They say that Dean Cole man, of Columbia University in New York, is a very calm man, which is fortunate in one way. It takes a great deal of calmness to put up with " what he has been putting up ' with, indeed it is just possible that he is too calm. Perhaps one day Ralph Hochhuth will write a play, "Dean Coleman's Calmness," suggesting that calmness is not altogether appropriate in a situation that requires ra ther energetic, even passio- nate. actiML.Tbe ild-timers in -"New- YorkTecall the response of the late President Fred erick B. Robinson, president of City College, who in May 1933 en route to review a pa rade of ROTC students, found his way barred by pacifist stu dents. Without calling a single fac ulty meeting, or telephoning to tfce NAACP, or even con sulting the National Confer ence of Christians and Jews, President Robinson lifted up his umbrella and struck out to his right and to his left, and eventually made his way through to the parade ground. His comment on the incident was that it had been "trivial but annoying." Alas, even if the authorities of Columbia had Mr. Robin son's sangfroid, they could not likely get away with call ing the present mess trivial, or merely annoying.: Colum bia University is for all in tents and purposes shut down. Classes are suspended, the campus is in anarchy, student rioters control a half-dozen buildings; and (at this writ ing), still the police are not called in. It was resolved by the presi dent, Dr. Grayson Kirk, to call them on Thursday. But his "own faculty, or parts of it, raised such a storm of protest, that he finked. Why should the faculty object to calling the police in order to release imprisoned university personnel, and permit stu dents free access to universi ty buildings? Because the fac ulty, or rather a significant part of the faculty, at Colum bia as elsewhere, is irrespon sible. These are the people who sign manifestoes in favor of Dr. Benjamin Spock and the Reverend William Sloan Cof fin when they break the law. Professor Richard Greenman, of the French department an nounced, in the accents of Charlotte Corday, that "there can be no education and no thought that is divorced from action." The trouble with that statement is, a) it isn't true, and, b) even if it were, it is no justification for what the authorities of Columbia have been tolerating. Although the strikers have four objectives, two of them calculated to serve their own personal interests (they do not wish to suffer any punish ment for what they are doing, rather like a graduating class of West Point asking for un conditional guarantees that they will never be scratched in action). The most imflammatory is sue , has bd to . do with the proposed construction of ath letic facilities on a public park adjacent to Columbia. The park in question is a nice stretch of green, dividing the Columbia campus from Har lem, which however is about as safe to traverse as the DMZ. It is the principal out door training ground for ap prentice muggers, thieves and rapists. Southern students plan more action Strange Day 1 4 argument that "the law is sacred; draft dodging is illegal; therefore, no one ought to attempt to avoid conscription." None of these claims is true. It can certainly be maintained that, in a democratic society, citi zens have a prima facie duty to obey the law. But this does not mean that it is always wrong to break the law: order is certainly important, but not more Important than considerations of jus tice and morality. Also, not all cases of draft dodging are illegal. A potential draftee can leave the country, lose enough weight to flunk the physical, or employ countless other legal means to escape service. He can also confront the draft laws and the Selective Service System directly, by refusing in duction. This latter course of action is, needless to say, most illegal. But it is iot, under the pre sent circumstances, immoral. Indeed, in the eye of many people who oppose the war and the draft is praiseworthy. Last October 19, Steve Abbott, a 19G6 Univer sity of Nebraska graduate, refused to take the in duction oath into the U.S. Army. That day marked the end of a two-year struggle by Steve to obtain Conscientious Objector status from Lancaster coun ty Draft Board No. 58. For refusing to serve, Steve has been indicted by a grand jury and his case Is pending in Feder al District Court in Lincoln. Possible punishment in cludes a five-year jail sentence or $10,009 fine. Steve sought conscientious objector status based upon his religious training and belief as a Catholic His views on war were well-known by his contem poraries here, and be has received the endorse ment of the Daily Nebraskan and the Student Sen ate. Steve's action is clearly praiseworthy, and those who would praise him are being asked to contri bute to a defense fund of $600 to defer costs which Steve cannot meet All of us who oppose conscrip tion owe Steve a debt of gratitude. Donations nay be sent in care of the Steve Abbott Defense Fund, Newman Ceater, 330 North Uth, Lincoln, Nebraska. Do your thing. Atlanta (CPS) Black stu dent leaders on many white campuses in the South are planning to increase their de mands on white students and administrators in the near fu ture. So far, black students at predominately white colleges and universities in the South have been relatively quiet, especially when compared to students on black campuses and black students on white campuses in the North. Many white administrators frequent ly have pointed to the inac tivity of the black students on their campuses as evidence that they do not have racial problems. Black student leaders, bow ever, say they do have prob lems, and they plan to be come more militant in press ing their grievances. If they carry out their promises, white administrators at both public and private institutions may have more headaches than anyone else. The public institutions have to bargain with conservative state legis lators for financial support, and most private institutions have conservative governing boards and depend on con servative donors. The black students say they have been inactive in the past primarily because of their small numbers. In most cas es, blacks compose less than one per cent of the total stu dent enrollment. But they now realize they do not need mas sive armies to carry out ac tive protests. Within the last year black student organizations have been started on numerous white campuses in the South. In a few cases, the black stu dents already have been suc cessful in getting administra tions to meet certain de mands. But they have not yet gone as far as the black students on some campuses on the North. Among the demands al ready made by black students in the South: At the University of Georgia, the Black Student Union has demonstrated for desegregation of the rest rooms for employees and more courses about the Ne gro. They have demanded that black students be includ ed in the honors program and that campus jobs be made available to blacks. The stu dents recently held a "stand- in" in the snack bar to pro test the segregated restrooms. The "white" and "colored" signs on the restroom doors were painted out during the day. A new Afro-American As sociation formed last month at the University of Alabama is demanding that the uni versity hire black professors and black campus policemen. They also have demanded that the athletic teams be in tegrated. The Black Student Union at the University of Kentucky bas spent most of the year demanding that black-oriented courses be added to the curriculum. After months of laborious petitioning and dis cussions, the Administration agreed to add a new course next fall entitled "Afro-American life and culture." uiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis Campus Opinion Dear Editor: Unlike their elders, who have become tone deaf from decades of listening to political double-talk" students can tune in at once to the quiet voice of honesty of a unique political candidate, Eugene J. McCarthy. We of his home state so admire the McCarthy character, ability and style, that in 1964 we returned his to the Senate with our largest vote . ever given a Democrat, and we work for him now, despite the Humphrey machine which has been in control for many years. The critical question now (for all the Ameri can people) is how we can give him the largest vote for the nomination when his opponents flash those two familiar weapons big money and big political pull. The cynics, even among his admirers, sit down and say it can't be done. They lack the faith that Thomas Jefferson, the great intellectual, had in the political good sense of the common man. It was interesting to see McCarthy showing that' same kind of faith as he stood up, absolutely alone, to take the issue directly to the people. When he saw that it was safe, Candidate Me too Kennedy leaped into the race with a $500 million . family fortune to buy advertising gimmicks like the hiring of two brass bands to impress Mexican Americans, a glamorous sister-in-law to parade, etc. and r.fw Candidate Humphrey with a happy-warrior, smile tightens the screws in his vast machine. But McCarthy has only his qualifications, his insight and his integrity and his volunteers. This will be enough only (if) there are enough vol unteers to personally reach the "willfully illiterate' who won't take the trouble to read and ponder the issues. Instead of dying patriotically in Vietnam, start living patriotically in America. Volunteer for McCarthy. " I " Norah OXeary Sorem ; 1 St. Paul, Minn. Dear Editor: The initials A. L. might signify American Le gion, American League, or possibly Airborne Le gions. Tuesday afternoon, however, they belonged to Americus Liberator, fearless foe of evil, a can didate for those who have no candidate, champion of the non-thinker. Americus Liberator is in the vanguard of at least one contemporary political movement-the demi-feminist challenge. He is the only Presidential candidate that has a woman (his wife) for a cam paign manager. That, however, is about as far as his coeval political mares enable him to go. Prior to the initation of his campaign rhetoric. Liberator stated that he would read his prepared . text to preclude the possibility of being misquoted, apparently assuming the presentation he was about to offer was worthy of eminent consideration by all within the confines of the premises. While the majority of those in the audience undoubtedly patronized tfce performance out of a desire to communicate with their curiosity, many departed realizing that far from a Midwestern Med icine Man, Liberator possesses a political perspec tive, the depth and magnitude of which Is difficult " to penetrate. Perhaps it would not be amiss to suggest that some of the state's political charlatans return to a home where candidates roam, where sons of tho. sou return to the earth, where a liberation of poli tical dialogue is quite possibly in the embryonic stages of development Peter R. Bartling Ph.D. Candidate-Dept ofPoLScL Daily Nebraskan Vol. M. Na. KM Mr L IMS IKa m aeuJml PDbltottm tn7crSi.ll Jli " "" tuJilZicmKUVbi CMtM NU1 EdneMtoiitl A4vcr EMTOCUL STAFF fi l i, "T Evincer. Barb Hum Mark BONNES STAFF I Stallions only ... They're off and running 3 5 3 Entry Lumberjack S. B. Anthony Moses Van Gogh Guildenstern Speed Rojo Beefy Fondu Walrus Eggplant Rosencrantz Hod-carrier W. G. 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