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I .... . ... ... f ..... Wednesday, October 9, 1968 Edge 2 The Daily Nebraskan DAILY Commentary .ditorials NEBRASKAN V5 V 1 Time out for the 5:30 war If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs Bitten as the cud Of vile, incurable sores on .innocent ; tongues, My friend, you would not tell with such ; high nest To children ardent for some desperate : glory, The old lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori. I Wilfred Owen Each week night at five o'clock a weary nation trudges home from work, full of thoughts of Budweiser barbecues, hypnotized by the towering trivia of another dull day, ready to settle down for another night with the tube. Television, that merciless one-eyed master of the home, however, insists that our weary worker spend half an hour choking down the spinach of the Vietnam War before the eight-hour dessert begins. - Once again, it is time for the 5:30 war. " FOR HALF AN HOUR real men fall, real jets spit napalm into burning villages, real refugees clog the roads out of this or that nameless Viet Cong stronghold. At six o'clock, the ww is over. Out come the pop-top cans, the TV dinners, and Lucille Ball. Perhaps this is as it should be. Depending on the viewer's attitude, this is either a foolish, amoral war or a necessary holding action designed I stop the spread of the Yellow Peril. War has never been viewed in quite this light before, and perhaps ignoring it will make it go away. There are people, however, for whom the 5:30 war is as real as either of the two preceding conflicts. One of them, an ex-Marine named Warren Storms who has become a frequent contributor to this page, is plainly distressed by the attitudes of the homefolks. HIS GRIPE, quite naturally, is against the protesters, the demonstrators, and the Daily Nebraskan for allying itself in opposition to the war. Ironically, however, it is these protesters and demonstrators who join him in attempting to make the public realize that this is something more than a TV soap opera. Only in this incomprehensible age, perhaps, could a war such as Vietnam have become so unreal. It is a nightmare, necessary to those who have helped fight it, absurd to those who opppose it. To those who have arranged for us to be there through their neglect or tacit approval, however, it is only the 5:30 war. We have always known it, but this btest bit of irony has made us even more aware: there is nothing sweet or proper about dying for one'! country. Jack Todd George Kaufman . . . There goes the old hall game The other day I ran into my anthropology friend in the cafeteria. "Say, how about that World Series?" I said to open a conversation. ' "WORLD SERIES?" he asked, puzzled. "You know, baseball ... the championship between the National and American Leagues." "Oh, yes." A glimmer of recognition came into his eyes. "When does it start?" "Start? It started a week ago. The Cardinals "Oh of course. I completely forgot ... the Cardinals. Say, those Yankees gave them a battle right down to the last game, didn't they?" I looked at him, but he wasn't joking. '-; "NO," I said as calmly as possible. "That was in 1964. This year it's the Cardinals against the Tigers." - -"Oh, yes... Hie Pittsburgh Tigers. " "No, no, no. The Tigers are from Detroit It's the Pittsburgh Pirates, and they're in the National League." "He looked at me quizzically for a moment. Oh Well, I've been busy recently working on research paper and I haveat had much time to pay attention to things like that" "Oh?" I said. Here at last I thought to myself, was a really scholastic individual who didn't worry about petty things like baseball when there were such important things to do in the world. It was truly refreshing. "What are you writing about?" 1 queried, with true anticipation, my blood literally singing through my veins at finding such a dedicated and unique person. "ITS QUITE intesting really," he replied. "I'm researching the importance of the Dundlewot Crab Meat Ceremony to the growth of Hazlenut trees as a socio-religious rymbol among the Katchalayter tribe of the Uppw Hemongolia River groups." "Oh." I made some polite chatter and excused myself, but I'm sure I didn't conceal the disappointment la my voice. I quickly left the cafeteria and raced down to the Union auditorium to find a good seat for the Tiger-Cardinal battle. After all. I felt iad to save tune in my life for the reailv important things. mm of aircraft are vmar. It) A FEW J' MLL HOfJSTRATE m use. im 6as MASK. WHICH uxmo w w TH SOOTH SV6 OF CHICAGO. mm in HOLOCAUST ARGOTS US yicS CF TH5" PS. 1W? RI6HT soke wm7. CHANWfl- OJe, THfJ HuMfTOa) amti qpeecm OF SHOW. Wis FW6HT CAFTM 6(0)11 OFF. aMcfw.ja Esca Be JL f By Calvin Rife Not too long ago three great Americans (John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy) were tragically struck down by assassins. Recently in Chicago peaceful demonstrators and tolerant policemen clashed in a bloody free-for-all. And just last week here in Lincoln, a man stabbed a woman because she wouldn't give him a ride downtown. None of the assassins had talked with or even met the men they killed. It's also doubtful that many of the policemen and demonstrators had met before, personally. Nor had the man that stabbed the woman ever met her. YOU AND I pass each other on this massive campus of ours without either of us acknowledging the other's presence. You keep to yourself and I keep to myself. Day after day this goes on but why? Why do I keep to myself? Could it be that I fear you, even thoungh I have no real reason to? What's wrong with us today? Why are we afraid to stick our necks out and try to get to know one another? Could it be because we don't know exactly what that person sitting beside us will say next? Is it because we fear that he might have some strange, uncommon, way of looking at things and thus threaten our prefabricated security that we brought from home? rom menta Could it be the fact that subconsciously we know that if we come into contact with people who have varying opinions on various subjects often enough we just might be forced into a position of having to think about our own views? That is pretty scary, isn't it? You may even find that you've overlooked some vital factor in drawing a conclusion about some thing. A factor that yon had not even been aware of, yet would have surely influenced your conclu sion. So there it is staring you right in the face. That individual has made you aware of something new and important. That individual has proved to you that you have been laboring under a miscon ceptionthat you are wrong. Now what do you do? Do you get mad, withdraw, and refuse to face what you now know is true? Do you close your mind and try to forget about it in hopes that the thought will not rise into your consciousness again? Or do you say to yourself, "Yes, I see now where I was wrong. I thought I was right, but I guess I didn't get enough information from enough different sources to draw a reasonably objective conclusion." DO YOU FEEL resentment toward the person that possibly set you straight or ar? you grateful imgeoFi Inside report . . LeMay's mushroom cloud poses threat by Rowland Evans and Robert Novak Toledo, Ohio As George Wallace finished his speech to a rally at the baseball park here, a news correspondent approached the speaker's platform in hopes that Gen. Curtis LeMay would expand his views on the use of nuclear weapons. LeMay was willing to oblige with answers, but Wallace definitely was not Joe Fine, Wallace's able young political lieutenant, declared that the General was not available. The reported was hustled away by Secret Service agents. THE INCIDENT, coming less than 12 hours after Wallace unveiled the semi legendary bomber commander as his running mate, reflected the com pulsion by the Wallace camp to muzzle LeMay following his Goldwaterish musings on nuclear arms. Thus, LeMay had cast a small, mushroom shaped cloud on the Wallace move ment inadvertently posing a threat to it that neither Democratic nor Re publican politicians could con coct It is, assuredly, only a threat If LeMay is prevented from meandering off in more nuclear - flavored barracks room talk, no permanent dam age may be done the Wallace r e v o 1 ution. Nevertheless. Le May's selection represents a deviation from Wallace's populistic strategy that has proved spectacularly sue; cessful. All year long, Wallace and some key advisers notably, Seymour Trammel, his fund raiser have eyed Republican LeMay as a means of broadening their appeal among upper-income. pper'lass voters. Cut when Trainmeil made overtures to the General dur ing the summer, LeMay declined. (Because, In tne private opinion of the Wallace camp, h e underestimated Wallace's potential strength). That produced a sign of relief from some Wallace insiders, who doubted LeMay could convert the Republican gen try to Wallace. They favored a populistic running-mate former Gov. Albeit (Happy) Chandler of Kentucky to reinforce Wallace's working class appeal. Although Chandler was vetoed by right-wing ideologues supporting Wallace, the Wallace cam paign has taken on the earmarks of a white working man's movement. The Northern union member resentful of his government union leaders, and the Negro has turned to Wallace. And Wallace, while not changing basic positions, has become more populistic in tone. Wallace no longer describes himself as a "conservative" in speeches. He is unequivocally on record against "right-to-work" laws. He makes favorable references to Robert F. Ken nedy, a hero to many working men now backing Wallace. His campaign plane carries a dozen local union leaders from Alabama who are ex hibited in Northern industrial cities. Sometimes Wallace's populism is overt. By remov ing the tax exemption for giant foundations, he tells rallies, "you could lower the working man's tax." While mixing populistic rhetoric with appeals for law and order, Wallace refrains from sabre-rattling. If the Vietnam war cannot be won by conven tional weapons, he implies, we will have to get out. JUST AS this strategy was reaching full flower last week, Gen. LeMay had a change of heart He was disturbed, the old aviator told Wallace men, about Nixon's dalliance with Rockefeller Republicans (Although Wallace men suspected LeMay also was influenced by Wallace's rise in the polls). Having found a Vice Presi dent Wallace privately warned him to weigh his words to the press at the unveiling in Pittsburgh. To no avail. While actually opposing nuclear weapons in Vietnam. LeMay blundered by ruminating in public about their hypothetical employ ment Newsmen searching for Daily ISVhraskan 7t-tHW rem m Off "Hvrraty $nmnitf'i4 poKtftff pair t lnontt Nrt rRiiCPHONm editor n-ram. m m-em SutMcrtptHil wiet mrr f pet rmrtf. tK TP fMrtfir vmtmtmm n eur pennon P m of Mubrpok tmtm thr torndM-tmr ml t TprpW VPhnplMnp ub(u PCX. 4hpl t trap nm epfipnrvtup p Ojp pr pn p. mp ivuno bp ' 1 mverptt. -mliw tw pirppppp tor tbrt cptwrai Pr rintra Mpmtar ppppopw riitanpir " Kttmrtmem UttraW amrr Editorial Staff IWM Jack To; Kmppni fcdnui tta wrap: Krvt tMwi Crw Guttprtipik. VvM Npwp E4iar Kent CorKpur. fcidttimal Fpgr M.ipUttn Molly MurreM; 4mpippm Mifh apwp pml iuha Krandp; fcporw fediior Mirk Gordon. AKWUiat pporte Eaittv kPltdv VmHi twntor Stpft r1lrr Juhl Ovwaii ljtn .t'IMx'. 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One plan would keep him away from the press and schedule him in private meetings with fat cat Republicans, thereby preventing him from scaring the wits out of Wallace's working men. Pathetically, LeMay's gar rulousness is now the best hope of the traditional parties that Wallace will yet decline. With neither local organiza tion, patronage, nor a pro fessional staff, Wallace is running second in electoral votes and is prevented only by Hubert Humphrey's weakness from becoming a possibility to run first. Even with the threat of LeMay's mushroom cloud, Wallace is the political miracle worker of the year. (c) 1968 Publishers Hail Syndicate Campus Opinion Dear Editor: We wish to take this op portunity to thank you for the publicity we received in the "Daily Nebraskan" of Oc tober 2, 1968. An unintelligent, unenlightened, biased cartoon is belter than no recognition in jour esteemed campus publication. Tom Brader Ron Dana Acacians to that individual for sharing those bits of knowledge and opinions that he possesses with you? After all, if through communicating with another individual(s) you gain a better understand ing of something, the only thing you really lose is ignorance. But look at what you gain: an awareness that there just might be more than one way of reasonably looking at a situation. Now what did all this cost you? A few minutes of that valuable time you would have spent sulking in yonr room, listening to the same records over and over again and thinking the same old thoughts over and over again, and winding up going in the same circles hour after hour. Why not come out of that mental dungeon of yours and make an effort to communicate with someone? Today, why don't you be the brave war rior and stick your neck out? Try saying, "Hello!" to someone. It may hurt a little at first, but the more you do it the easier it becomes. But be careful; you just may get to know someone and someone may get to know you. niiHiiiiiiiiii:!niniiiiuii!iiiiiiinniniimHiiimmiiiiiiiiiuniiinuiHiiuiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiii'i j Larry Grossman ... Thought food You Are What You Eat Book Review Diet and the Mind edited by the staff of the Department of Political Husbandry nf th TTni ty of Nebraska, 160 pages. The Bench Press. $3.50. A cursory glance at human eating habits reveals that man has always concentrated on quantity rather than quality in his diet This recently published work suggests the existence 'f a link between diet and political behavior. Its chief proposal is that an unbalanced diet leads to an unbalanced mind. The editors of this book, drawing upon the results of three years of voracious research, have divided mankind into three categories: fats, carbohydrates, and proteins. The thoughts and a. tons of each of these "groups is distinctive. THE MEN who subsist on a Daley diet uf fats are generally affluent, corpulent, and recalcitrant. These fata are advocates of conservatism, demagoguery, and self-righteousness. When threatened by imaginary foes, they react with excessive force and later White Paper over the matter. Carbohydrates are stodgy and form the bulk and roughage of society. They are noted for thei plodding manner, total lack f imagination, and fear of change. They tend to live in suburbs, shop at Sears, and vote Republican. Proteins are noted for their energy and effi ciency They are the building blocks of society. Proteins tend to gather in the fields of literature, fashion, music, and painting. They are rarely ftwnd in politics which is the exclusive domain of 4ie carbohydrates and fat cats. The editors of this book also eendaeted research into the phenomenon of mixed diet. Their finding show that people who cave spiced their life with variety often defy classification. For example, the New Left has adopted the diet of hamburgers and cokes. This combination of 19 proteia and K carbohydrates explains why New Leftists are generally quiet except for brief periods of wflD tHized energy. Their universal habit of bolttn their food demonstrates why so many of their ac tions are only hot air. The carbohydrate people generally were pro teins in their uth but as they climbed the ladder of dietary success they lost their early progress! v; and liberal attitudes. A small percentage of the carbohydrates become fats, as shown by the research of Professors Dow and Jones. Diet and the Mind suggests that the best wa to change man is to change his food. Only ( there is a fundamental change in the dietary ord.'i of society will there be fundamental changes :.a socjiI behavior. Dietary reformers have their iwr tions cut out It is up to them to implement ; e findings of modern research so that we may ail earn to et in peace. m - - .