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Incur able indigestion
We've had our bellyful of Terry
Carpenter.
There are two amendments which will
appear on the ballot Nov. 5 with which
this newspaper and this campus are very
directly concerned. One is ' a proposition
to abolish the income tax. The other is
an amendment to extend the suffrage to
19-year-oids.
A yea' ago Terry 'threw his con
siderable support behind both the 19-year-old
vote and the income tax. Now he has
pulled one of his characteristic about-faces
and announced he will present a three-night
series of prime-time telecasts across the
state in a last-ditch effort to throw out both
the youngsters and the income tax.
TERRY WILL fight the 19-year-old
vote, he says, because "I've had my
bellyful of young people." Young people,
you see, are net always on the side of
the majority. They don't like to play tricks
in the legislature, they don't like Terry's
brand of political double-dealing. Therefore
the dear senator from Scottsbluff , where
the-editor and business manager of this
-newspaper are unfortunate enough to be
among is constituents, has decided to show
them, a la Richard Daley, who's really
king around here.
Enough for the 19-year-old vote. Suffice
it to say that Terry knows what that would
mean to politicians of his stripe.
Now for the income tax. Even more
than the suffrage issue, the maintenance
of the income tax is vital to this University.
With the biggest budget in the school's
history coming up for review by the
legislature, the loss of the income tax would
be a devastating blow.
Detractors of the income tax admit that
it permits greatly increased stale expen
ditures. In one of the most backward and
under-taxed states in this country, that.
hardly seems a just criticism.
THERE ARE many reasons f o r
students to ignore this election, particularly
on the national level, out of apathy or
disgust with the entire mess. Terry's
belated decision to hack away at these
issues which so directly affect our student
body, however, considerably changes
things.
If the income tax goes out, it is pro
bable that a five or six percent sales tax
will come in. That will affect YOU, right
in the pocket-book, the place where anyone
attending a University is very sensitive.
It is time for us to mount a counter
offensive. If you can vote, vote for 19-year-old
suffrage. Vote against the proposition
to abolish the income tax.
If you cannot vote, do some work on
your parents. Eugene McCarthy proved
they are willing to listen to their sons and
daughters. They should be even more will
ing to listen if the education they are paying
for is to be directly damaged by a senile
senator.
TERRY CARPENTER has been
pushing the people of this state around
according to his whim long enough. He
is a tough, if misguided opponent. It takes
some guts to stand up to him. There is
still time to do some work. Terry Carpenter
is fiddling with your rights and with your
education. Put him in his place.
Jack Todd
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Our man Hoppe . .
The tale of an obedient boy
by Arthur Hoppe
Once upon a time there was
a little boy whose friends
called him "Dolf." Dolf was a
very good little boy, who did
everything his mother and his
father and his teachers told
him to. He even kept his room
straight.
"I want to do what I'm
told," said little Dolf,
"because, above all else, I
want to be good." And his
mother and his father and his
teachers all agreed he was
very, very good.
OF COURSE, occasionally
he fell into bad company.
Once, in his student days he
met an Anarchist who told
him the Anarchist creed:
"Always do what's right,
even though the authorities
forbid it; never do what's
wrong, even though the
authorities require It."
Young Dolf was shocked.
"But society depends on obe
dience to its laws and respect
for order," he protested, "de
ciding for themselves which
laws they'll obey and which
orders they won t. Why, that
way lies anarchy 1"
So Dolf grew up to be a
very, very good citizen who
believed, above all else, in
law. .and order.
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UNFORTUNATELY, THE
Nation was suffering from a
terrible malaise. There were
riots and arson and all kinds
of agitators went around
disobeying laws and
creating disorder.
The people grew pretty sick
and tired of this and
demanded a return to law and
order. And a man came along
who promisd them just that.
So they elected him their
leader.
Dolf was very happy. "Now
we can all be good citizens
and repsect the laws and obey
the orders of the authorities,
he said. And everybody did.
Because everybody who
didn't was shot.
PRIVATELY, DOLF wasn't
too happy about that. But
because he believed so deeply
inlaw and order, he had risen
to a trusted post in the
government. And it was his
job to help carry out the
leader's laws and orders.
"But after all," he said,
"you can't have people
deciding for themselves which
laws they'll obey. That way
lies anarchy!" So he carried
out the laws.
Then the Leader blamed all
the Nation's troubles on
scheming malcontents in the
ghettoes. And he issued
orders to wipe these
troublemakers out.
PRIVATELY, DOLF wasn't
too happy about that, either.
"But after all," he said, "you
can't have people deciding for
themselves which orders they
won't obey. That way lies
anarchy!"
And sure enough, thanks to
the Leaders stern measures,
the Nation became the most
lawful and orderly country in
the whole, wide world.
Unfortunately, it got in a
war, lost and Dolf was cap.
tured. He was even put on
trial. Naturally he was
flagbergasted.
"BUT I'M THE last person
to be accused of any crime,"
he said. "I was the most
dutiful of citizens, who obeyed
every law and followed every
order. I am therefore good."
But the world disagreed.
And because he had obeyed
every law and followed every
order, Adolf Eichmann was
hanged by the neck until he
was dead.
MORAL: the Anarchists are
right.
Chronicle Features
It is with deep regret that
we announce the death at his
home i n Berchtesgaden,
Alabama, of George Corley
Wallace, the President, the
Congress, and the Senate of
the United States of America.
Despite rumours over the
past few weeks that the
President was actually alive
and well and living in Argen
tina, journalists and
historians who fought tfheir
way into his smouldering
bunker at dawn today have
confirmed to their various
publishers that the corpse in
side was that of Mr. Wallace.
A Confederate pistol was
taken from the scene of the
tragedy by Newsweek, and is
now in the hands of Time
Magazine.
Goerge Wallace was born
simple George Wallace, and
stayed that way. A tireless
fighter for the American Way
from his earliest struggles
against the integration of
Alabama University and the
registration of Negro voters
in the 1960's, right up to his
fearless refusal to stop gass
ing high-school graduates on
ly last week George
Wallace repr esented
something close to every
American heart. Terror.
HIS RISE TO power reach
ed its first peak in 1968, when
the American electorate,
failing (for reasons too un
complicated to go into here)
to remember the names of the
other two candidates, settled
for the next worst thing. In
deed, thirty per cent of them
had always supported
Wallace; as he said in his in
augural speech: "Some of
man best friends is
minorities."
His first term was marked
by much progressive legisla
tion: Wallace had always
defended the small man, and,
faced with the in
egalitarianism whereby only
ten per cent of Americans
received a college education,
Wallace countered it by
abolishing colleges.
NEGROES WERE freely
offered the chance to become
white; those who declined
were not victimised, but in
stead became valuable
members of the community
when their new reservations
went over to a cotton
economy.
After 1980, with eighteen
million Negro soldiers bogged
down in Vietnam (after
clandestine agreements were
reached between the Presi
dent and Mr. Ho Chi Minh),
the U.S. unemployment
figures fell at last to a new
low of seventy-nine per cent.
BUGGIES BEGAN to ap
pear on the streets again, and
there was talk of reopening
the Oregon Trail.
Levies of the President's
famous Death's Head Bat
talions (so called because of
the desperate lack of rations)
were sent against Mexico, in
the hope of preventing the
natives from crossing the Rio
Grande and sleeping with
American women, as foreseen
by the President in his tea
leaves; but they were routed
almost at once, and it is this,
experts believe, which led to
the fit of depression in which
Mr. Wallace finally took his
own life.
He had been in office fox
only twleve years. Which was
exactly nine hundred and
eighty-eight years short of the
target he had originally promised.
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Our man on the campus
From the time I first read
the Daily Ncbraskan I was
shocked to find that this
newspaper seemed to be a
product of subversive pro
paganda with only a one-sided
view on the issues of our
time. In fact, I was expecting
to find the editor, Jack Todd,
dressed in motorcycle garb
with beard and hairdo of a
hippie.
So furious was I over
several of his articles that I
stormed down to the editor's
office with my guns loaded
ready to do battle. When I got
there I was equally shocked
to find the editor to be a lean,
quiet, clean-shaven young
man who was more than just
interested in my views. He
was not only interested in
having my side of the story
but encouraged me to express
my views on his editorial
page.
SINCE OUR first meeting,
Jack has shown me only the
utmost of courtesy and
respect. I would like to take
this opportunity to thank our
man on campus. Jack Todd,
for being very open-minded
and rightly concerned over
the issues with a willingness
to hear all sides of the story.
Jack and I do not agree on
many things, but the criticism
he has received lately is
perhaps a little unjust. He is a
good editor, contrary to
popular opinion, who has the
guts to say what is on his
mind though it may be a bit
disturbing to us at times.
The other night Jack at
tended a meeting at the
American Legion Club where
he was entertained by a group
of Vietnam war veterans. The
purpose of this meeting was
to hash over the issues and
see if any conclusions could
be made. When I first pro
posed the idea to him he was
more than willing to attend
the meeting, and this i.
typical of our man on cam
pus. WHETHER OU not any
conclusions were reached r,
mains to be seen, but the fact,
remavni that Jack Todd cam.,
to our meeting, expressed his
views and listened to ours.
As- long as we have editors
like Jack Todd, who may not
agree on many issues ex
pressed by veterans, but who
are concerned and willing to
listen, I think we are
fortunate. Before you criticize
him go talk to him and you
will see what I mean.
I hope this doesn't build
your ego too much, Jack,
because I will probably tear
you apart over the issues in
the near future. But I thought
it's about time someone told it
like it is. Keep on doing as
fine a job as you have been of
being open-minded with a
willingness to listen to both
sides of the story.
Inside report ...
Nixon keeps 'em in the dark;
voters not happy with campaign
by Rowland Evans and
Robert Novak
Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The
caution with which Richard
M. Nixon has pursued his
meticulously planned cam
paign has backfired into a
deep-seated and probably in
eradicable public belief that
he is ducking the issues.
That is the only possible
interpretation of door-to-door
interviews with voters in this
Hudson River Valley commu
nity, the last of several such
surveys we have conducted in
cooperation with the Oliver
Quayle polling organization.
Accompanied by pollster
Quayle himself, we probed
lower-middle to upper-middle
income white voters here not
only for their presidential
preferences but for their im
pressions of the candidates.
THE RESULT was a
curious contrast. Although
our sample indicated Nixon
running well ahead in an area
that went heavily for Presi
dent Johnson in 1964, these
same voters regard Nixon's
campaign as one of evasion
a conclusion we had begun to
find in earlier voter in
terviews. Indeed, although he
probably still will win the
election, Nixon seems to have
lost the campaign.
The raw figures from our
interviewing here with Quayle
provide little cheer for Vice
President Humphrey. Out of
51 voters surveyed, 67 percent
backed Mr. Johnson four
years ago. Their 19 68
preferences: 23 for Nixon, 17
for Humphrey, 5 for George
Wallace, 6 undecided.
Despite this confortable
Nixon edge, however, a
substantial majority of our
sample were not happy about
margin, they agreed that they
now think less of Nixon
because he is not specific
enough on the issues.
INDEED, THERE are signs
this is costing him votes. A
Poughkeepsie postal worker
who generally votes
Republican but may back
Wallace this year told us
Nixon "keeps you in the dark
about his policies." A Baptist
minister is forsaking his usual
Republican loyalty and
switching to Humphrey
because "Nixon always says
he's going to do things but
doesn't say how." A retired
toolmaker who splits his
ticket and is still undecided
complains that Nixon "just
doesn't make his policies
clear."
On the other hand,
Humphrey's aggressive
underdog campaign has won
grudging admiration. Despite
their own criticisms of his
appearance, voice, and
"wishy-washy" image, more
than half of the voters
including many Nixon sup
porters told us they think
more of Humphrey because of
his hard campaign.
This combination of Nixon's
caution and Humphrey's
pugnacity, our Poughkeepsie
interviews indicated, results
in Humphrey picking up
strength at the expense of
undecided voters. What
retains a big lead for Nixon,
is widespread longing for a
change in Washington.
BECAUSE OF that desire
to have done with LBJ's
Great Society, Humphrey's
aggressive campaigning is
counteracted by his link
indissoluble in the minds of
the voters with Mr.
Johnson.
A radio announcer here who
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is undecided this year told us
he cannot yet bring himself to
back Humphrey because "he
isn't disassociating himself
from the present administra.
tion." Another disaffected
Democrat, a high school
teacher, put it more bluntly:
"Humphrey ought to say once
and for all whether he's his
own man or Johnson's."
Nor would a bombing halt
negotiated by the Johnson
administration help Hum
phrey among these
Poughkeepsie voters (who
showed no enthusiasm for
deescalation). Humphrey's
close associations with
Negroes is a positive han
dicap with these middle-class
whites. Summing up,
Humphrey's greatest asset is
Nixon's caution.
INDEED, NIXON is a Ion.",
way from being the strong
man of the ticket here. II?
runs well behind liberal
Republican Sen. Jacob Javits,
who had 76 percent of the
decided voters interviewej
against two foes. Again
demonstrating how thin are
Nixon's coattails, Democrat
John Dyson had 55 percent of
the decided voters interview
ed against Republican
Hamilton Fish, Jr., in t h e
Congressional race here.
More menacing by far for
Republicans than Nixon's
lack of coattail impact,
nature of Nixon's support
revealed by our interview?
here. We found enou'h
lukewarm Nixon supporters
who, combined with the rem
nant of undecided voters,
could mean serious trouble
for Nixon Nov. 5 if the
backfire from his campaign
of caution grows worse.
(c) 1968 Publishers
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Dear Sirs:
The days have returned
when the Klan strikes in the
night. Wednesday morning
my roommate and I awoke to
f indT our room number
emblazed on the sidewalk
carrying the legend that we
wanted a date to Kosmet
Klub. Since then we have
done little else besides answer
obnoxious, obscene telephone
calls. - Thank you Kosmet
Klub gentlemen that you
are.
Two Smith Hall Coeds.
Dear Editor:
Clarifying the October 23
story on the Keep Biafrans
Alive campaign:
I don't know whether the
radio program "Lifeline is in
volved with our campaign.
Lifeline is the name given to
candlelight vigils to be held
Friday night in Lincoln and
across the nation.
Students, faculty, admhi
strators and members of the
off-cfliapus community are en
couraged to participate. We'll
be in Woods Memorial Park
from 4:30 p.m. to about 11
p.m., and we hope to have
sporadic folk singing.
A $1,500 check was
deposited by the campus
group in the city-wide account
at the National Bank of Com
merce Wednesday. It did not
include proceeds from meal
skipping by independents and
Greek houses; which will
probably push the campus
total over $5,200. This does
not include funds which may
be donated later through the
All University Fund.
Thanks to everyone who has
helped.
Stu Frohm
Dear Editor,
I just wanted to express my
appreciation and compliments
to all involved with the Time
Out Program, especially Hap
pening '68.
All of the performing artists
were good but I feel that spe
cial recognition should go to
the American Liberation Band
for their splendid perform
ance. I HAD THE privilege of
knowing two of the members
of the group back in the days
when they were grinding it
out for the hot sweaty teen
agers in western Nebraska. I
am happy to say that they
have come a long way since
then.
For Lincoln, Nebraska, even
for the rest of Nebraska, this
is probably the best musical
' happening since FM went
Progressive. I want to wish
them continued success in
their musical endeavors and
even more, may the people of
the state of Nebraska learn to
appreciate this kind of music.
Joha L. Schmidt
Dear Editor:
Last Sunday night, I at
tended the debate at Grace
Methodist Church (Lincoln) la
which Congressional can
didates from the first district,
Denney, Callan and Hamilton,
exchanged ideas on the issues
of the current campaign. I
was most Impressed with
Bruce Hamilton, and with the
fact that he answered ques
tions directly, honestly, and
with more than considerable
insight.
I had long agreed with Mr.
Hamilton's policy and views
on Vietnam, and I was over
Joyed to learn that he has
constructive idear about
education, law and order,
civil rights, farm problems
and production, and the
urban-rural crisis as well.
AND, ODDLY enough, he
loves this country, and
believes in its people many
of whom demonstrated in the
nation's primaries that they
are deeply disturbed by the
present administration'!
policies.
A great der' has happened
since the primaries, and I
believe that many more peo
ple have been touched by the
tragedies of the last year.
Bruce Hamilton is the one
candidate in this election I
can support without reserva
tion, because he speaks for
the people.
Anne Lee
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