The Daily Nebraskan
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1968
George Kaufman
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This is the day of decision;
the day you must decide what
you, as a conscientous citizen,
will do tomorrow when you
enter that voting booth and
exercise your privilege of
sharing in our democracy.
In order to help you make
up your basically wishy
washy mind on this matter of
deep import, I will now make
available to you the final
results of the famous Kauf
man Poll on all the major
issues.
GOING ON A basis of the 17
students polled, they
represent the views of the 1.7
million people of Nebraska
and provide a fair range of
opinion.
The most important ques
tion, of course, was the choice
for president. Eliminating
those who had no opinion or
planned on refusing to vote,
2 were for Nixon, 1.3 for
Humphrey and .2 for
Wallace.
The first district con
gressional race was just as
closely-fought as tho
presidential: 51 were in
favor of returning Robert
Denney to Washington, 48
were for Callan and 1 were
for Bruce Hamilton.
ON THE LOCAL issues 23
were in favor of flouridation
in Lincoln and 77 were
against Communism.
Many pollsters have been
having fun by testing the
popularity of the vice
presidential candidates in
dependent of their running
mates, so here are the
popularity ratings for the
VP's:
Curtis LeMay-2.10953
Edmund Muskie 95.7362
Spiro T. Agnew 3.976524
"Who's Spiro T. Agnew?"
1.735106 Who's Guy
Fawkes? 99,327.
The reason the total came
to more than 100 is that
many of the people voting for
Spiro Agnew were also in
cluded in the category called
"Who's Spiro Agnew?".
,
AS A PA?IT of my final poll
before the election, I included
I
a
ecisions
the question "What was your
opinion of Time-Out?" The
response was highly
favorable as evidenced by
the following statistics:
Liked the rock band 93.4
Attended a forum
session 2.3
Who's Spiro T.
Agnew 1.345
I forgot the question 79.739
As you can readily see by
the results of this probing
poll, the voters this election
year are highly informed and
enthusiastic on almost every
race and issue. (Or is it,
highly enthusiastic about the
Race Issue?)
ON THE BASISof this poll,
I predict that Americans will
flock to the polls as never
before to exercise their
sacred right to select the
leader and issues of their
choice.
As for my personal predic
tion after closely examining
the reams of data gathered for
the poll, I will state an un
qualified: "Who's Spiro T.
Agnew?"
Soul in the air:
election eve
ditoriaL
Commmeimtarj
From my prison cell, I have watched
"America slowly coming awake. It is
not fully awake yet, but there is soul
in the air and everywhere I see beauty.
Eldridge Cleaver
Soul m Ice
In the months since Eugene McCarthy opened
his campaign in New Hampshire, the best and the
worst in the American people has come to the
surface; for better or worse everyone has bared
their soul this year. In the process they have at
least buried hypocrisy and revealed America in all
her combined ugliness and beauty for all the world
to see.
At one point it appeared the nation would not
survive the campaign. But, as Norman Mailer inti
mates in his reporting from Miami and Chicago,
we have successfully picked ourselves up off the
bloody grass of Grant Park and staggered bleeding
in body and soul, up to election eve, a battered but
honest people.
AMERICANS, THEIR BODIES stuffed with
carbohydrates and their minds crammed with cellu
loid, have trimmed off much of the fat this year.
Those who hate war have said so, as have those
who hate blacks. Eugene McCarthy brought out
the best in us, George Wallace brought out the
worst.
Neither the McCarthyites nor the Wallacites,
however, can approve of Richard Nixon or Hubert
Humphrey. There is a soul in the air of America,
but Nixon can't buy it and Humphrey can't learn
it. The result in the next four years could be dis
astrous. The Great Middle of the American system
may be satisfied in its curiously cow-like way, but
the Americans who have revolted against the sys
tem cannot be placated by the machinations of
comprosmise politics.
Americans like to think of themselves collec
tively as a great misunderstood giant out to save the
world. Only recently has it become clear that to save
themselves will be a much greater task, a task
which neither Richard Nixon or Hubert Humphrey
are equipped to perform.
In January a candidate with all the charisma
of a fencepost will take over the reins of a country
that, having finally faced up to itself, was forced
to vote for the old hypocrisy. The people have
shaken the stigma of Chicago; neither major can
didate ever will.
THE ABSURDLY LONG campaign, however,
bas drawn to a close. We are still the greatest
nation, the greatest people, who ever trampled a
black or napalmed a village.
. But, as Mr. Cleaver said, there is soul in the
air. If someone can channel that, if someone can
make it work, we just may survive. The tools are
there; we need only someone to handle them. If
we haven't run out of the old American luck, we
may just make it through the next four years in
spite of ourselves.
Jack Todd
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aking of a president a century later
As we approach Election
Day, 1968, it is well to con
template some strange twists
of history and what they
might possibly portend. My
personal research has pro
duced some curious historical
parallels between the lives of
Presidents Abraham Lincoln
and John F. Kennedy.
Both Lincoln and Kennedy
were in their 30's when they
married. And they both mar
ried 24-year-old brunettes who
spoke French fluently. Presi
dent Lincoln had a secretary
in his e m p 1 o y named Ken
nedy. President Kennedy
employed a secretary named
Lincoln.
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A COUSIN OF Abraham
Lincoln became a United
States Senator. Another Lin
coln cousin was mayor of
Boston. And htili another
relative, one Levi Lincoln, a
Harvard graduate, became
the United States Attorney
General. Robert Lincoln, the
President's son, was Minister
to London for 4 years.
John F. Kennedy's relatives
held similar positions in
government. Robert F. Ken
nedy, the President's brother
and also a Harvard graduate,
was the Attorney General of
the United States and later
became the Junior Senator
from New York.
JFK's other brother.
Edward Kennedy, is Senior
Senator from Massachusetts
President K e nneiv s
grandfather was mayor of
Boston. And the father ot the
Kennedy brothers. Josej.ii
Kennedy, was Ambassador io
England
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KXAMI.Y A en.
tury diiJed the election ol
Abraham Lincoln and John
Kennedy to Congress. Lincoln
was elected in 1847 and Ken
nedy in 1947. Both men com
peted for the Vice-presidentia
nomination again a century
apart. Lincoln competed in
1856 and Kennedy in 1956.
The Presidential campaigns
of both Lincoln and Kennedy
were marked by dramatic
and decisive public debates;
Lincoln debating Stephen
Douglas and Kennedy
debating Richard Nixon.
Abraham Lincoln was elected
to the Presidency in 1860 and
John Kennedv was plected in
1960.
The tragic assassinations of
Lincoln and Kennedy are
strangely parallel. Both men
were shot in the back of the
liead and in the presence of
their wives. The wives of both
men, incidentally, lost
children while they were liv
ing in the White House. Both
Lincoln and Kennedy died on
a Friday.
THKRE ARE also strange
parallels in the lives of the
alleged assassins of Lincoln
and Kennedy. John Wilkes
Booth, the alleged assassin of
Abraham Lincoln, was born
in 1839. Lee Harvey Oswald,
tiie alleged assassin of John
Kennedy, was born a century
later in 1939. Both alleged
assassins were themselves
assassinated before they
could be brought to trial.
Booth allegedly shot Lincoln
in a theater and fled to a
warehouse. Oswald allegedly
shot Kennedy from a
warehouse window and fled to
a theater. The full names of
both alleged assassins each
have 15 letters.
Both Lincoln and Kennedy
were succeeded to the
Presidency by Southerners
named Johnson. Both suc
cessors had served in the
United States Senate. Andrew
Johnson was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson was born a
century later in 1908.
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TIIE FULL names of the
successors Andrew
Johnson and Lyndon Johnson
each have 13 lettert,
Neither Andrew Johnson nor
Lyndon Johnson succeeded
themselves for a second
elected term.
When Lyndon Johnson
chose not to succeed himself
in the election of 1968, the
Republican candidate turned
out to be a man named
Richard Nixon. Both names
Ulysses Grant and Richai
Nixon have the sam
number of letters.
In the election of 186:
Grant ran against a ma
named Horatio Seymour,
the election of 1968, Nixon
running against a man name
Hubert Horatio Humphrey.
The equal number of letter1
in the names Ulysses Gran
and Richard Nixon pose pn
interesting exercise i:
numerology. And if history
does indeed repeat itself, tl
pattern is already established
and Richard will defea'
Horatio in the 1968 election.
Wade Allen Syndications,
Inc.
Dear Editor:
On Wednesday. October 30.
I experienced one of tho
frustrations of a political
campaign when I found that I
had been grossly misquoted
by (he press.
On Tuesday morning 1
received a phone call from a
UPf reporter inquiring as to
the effect of Senator
McCarthys lukewarm en
dorsement of Vice-Presid'.-M
Humphrey. I informed the
reporter that the Senator's
announcement in no way af
fected my campaign.
AS I YnDERSTAVI)-
Senator McCarthy's state
ment, he simply staled that
he finds the Vice-President to
bj the best candidate for the
Presidency of tne three
choices available. 1 can
un:.'rrs.aiKi ri.'a tension
was not surprised by it.
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However, although this
reporter did not ask me who I
will personally vote for in this
Presidential election and
although 1 in no way
volunteered any such in
formation, the headlines in
many of Wednesday's papers
read. "HAMILTON WON'T
VOTE FOR HUH." I simply
never said this.
I have stated many times
that 1 am not at all en
thusiastic about any of the
Presidential candidates, I
have continuously cited a re
cent Harris Poil which in
ciica'ed that 57f of the
American public wotild prefer
to vote for someone othr
than Humphrey. Nixon or
Wallace.
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IT IS (LEAF! that a
ii'b' 'anfial portion of :!;
electorate, regardless o f
political affiliation, have been
denied a candidate in 1968.
But nevertheless, one of
these three men will be
elected President. And I
recognize that not exercising
my right to vote may well be
only an exercise in foolish
self-indulgence.
Therefore, I personally, like
Senator McCarthy, will cast
my vote for Vice-President
Humphrey. He simply is the
best available candidate in
terms of grasping the com
plexity of the problems which
are currently dividing
America.
I WAN. IO repeat
however, that this decision in
no way affects thr- purposes
an I ?opIs of 'uy campaign..
Tin re are ;hrce Coni e- sioiial
candidate; in ;he 1st Con
gressional District and I have
no doubt as to who Senator
McCarthy would vote for
were he a resident of this
district!
Respectfully yours,
II. Bruce Hamilton
New Party Congressional
Candidate
1st Congressional District
Dear Editor:
It is about time that this
country gets some conscien
tious candidates into its law
making bodies. It must be
done now! We cannot wait, if
thir country is to survive as a
leading world figure
The useless venture in
Vietnam must be terminated
and the human miseries
which people would like not to
recoenize as existinp in
America must be al'eviaK'1. 1
believe Bruce Hamil'rm cv.n
and will do this
Aruie Mediiis