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THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1969
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
VOL. 92, No. 89
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Jm petitions seek
parties on ballot
disconcerted ASUN senators have
fl:ed two petitions against an ASUN
t ectoral commission decision con
cerning the 1969 spring elections.
Sen. Bob Zucker, probable ASUN
presidential candidate, said he will
jupear before the ASUN student court
i an attempt to force inclusion of
pjlitical party affiliation on the elec
tion ballots.
"Change of the election system
should occur through legislative ac
tion," Zucker said. "The issue should
lave been determined in Student
Senate."
'ucker acknowledged that he wants
the party names included for
r cognition purposes. The electoral
cimmission decided last month to
drop party affiliations on the ASUN1
ballot.
"OBVIOUSLY IT'S EASIER to tune
in to one party name instead of
memorizing 15 individuals' names,"
hp said.
lucker said that under the present
A -'UN constitution the electoral com
l , ssionner, John McCollister, must
esent changes in the election
methods by the first week of each
be nester.
"Under no circumstances can the
r nth week of school be construed as
t j first. he said, referring to
I :Collister s presentation of the
i.ianees at me senate meeting lasi
v, -eK.
"erry Schaaf, member of the ASUN
s uaent coun or appeals, saia me
1 earing for this case
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Members of the University community gathered on Wednesday to
demonstrate their concern with U.S. involvement in Vietnam and
the plight of people, black and white, in our nation's cities. The
peace vigil was a part of Martin Luther King Week.
Students hold silent vigil
to commemorate King
by Susie Jenkins
Nebraska)! Staff Writer
About 150 University students stood
f-om time to time In silent vigil
' pdnesday during a Martin Luther
l ing Week commemoration. They
(' stributed 1500 copies of excerpts
l -om a speech delivered by Dr. King
I- April 1967 on the Vietnam war and
s )od In small clusters watching peo
p' walk by.
Recipients of the leaflets stopped
tnd stood with the vigil participants
r metimes, but mostly glanced at the
words and walked on.
"... Every man of humane con
victions must decide on thg protest
tint best suits his convictions, but
w must all protest," King said.
Many passersby wadded the leaflets
Into a ball without reading the words.
Several students in KO'l'C uniforms
ii nd some in civilian clothes self-con-
-iously refused to accept the ofler-
. .
. . THE WORLD NOW demands
u maturity of America that
we may not be able to achieve," King
said. "It demands that we aJmit that
we have been wrong from the begin
ning of our adventure in Vietnam, that
we have been detrimental to the life
of the Vietnamese people."
Some of the vigil participants
brought loaves of bread to share with
the others as a symbolic communion.
This practice has been started by
iome students involved In a new
underground church, which promotes
ireedom and community.
"... As I have walked among
the desperate, dejected and angry
young men I rave told them that
niolotov cocktails and rifles would not
sulve their problems," King said. "I
have tried to offer them my deepest
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"Freedom Movement "1877 to present
I - "Martin Luther King, Jr: A Man of Peace" I
I - "Martin Luther King"
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SCHAAF SAID THE court court will
decide whether to grant a temporary
injunction preventing the electoral
commission from printing the ballot
until after a decision has been made.
The court will also decide whether
Zucker has grounds to demand a trial,
at which time the court would rule
on the inclusion of the party names.
McCollister said that a second suit
has been filed against the Electoral
Commisson by Sen. Jim Humlicek,
asking that the March 28 ASUN
Constitutional election be declared
invalid.
McCollister said that Humlicek
plans to use a rule under the present
constitution which states that any
amendments to the constitution must
be published once a week from three
weeks before the election. The con
stitution was printed once before that
election.
"Voting on that constitution is not
to be misconstrued as an amendment
I election," he said. "The students were
voting on an entire new constitu
tion." Besides, McCollister said, the elec
toral commission's responsibility is to
notify students of the dates and
purposes of elections.
"Just because not enough students
voted doesn't mean the election itself
was invalid," McCollister said. "Some
people think the small numbers in
dicated a "no' vote."
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compassion while maintaining my
conviction that social change comes
most meaningfully through non-violent
action.
"But they asked and rightly so
what about Vietnam?"
Both whites and blacks participated
in the vigil, talking In small groups,
staying for a while before the Afro
American Collegiate Society's
memorial service In the Nebraska
Union.
"... We HAVE REPEATEDLY
faced the cruel Irony of watching
Negro and white boys on TV screens
as they kill and die together for a
nation that has been unable to seat
them together In the same schools."
Dr. King said. "So we watch them
in brutal solidarity, burning the huts
nf a poor village but we realize tha
they would never live on the same
block In Detroit."
Several local news media represen
tatives showed up to take pictures
and Inquire about further plans. The
public affairs director for the educa
tional television station interviewed
several participants. He Is preparing
a program on the lack of activism
and pervading serenity on the Univers
ity campus.
"... NOW, IT SHOULD BE in
candescenOy clear that no one who has
any concern for the integrity and life
of America today can ignore the pres
ent war," Dr. King said. "If America's
soul becomes totally poisoned, part of
the autopsy must read Vietnam. It can
never be saved so long as it destroys
"So It Is that those of us who are
determined that 'America will be' are
led down the path of protest and
dissent, working for the health of our
land."
Programs
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scheduled for Friday at 1 p.m.
the Law College moot court room.
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Wayne William.'?, president of
a memorial service Wednesday in honor of the late Dr.
King
unity,
by Connie Winkler
Nebraskan Staff Writer
Crying "mercy, mercy, mercy"
isn't going to get blacks aivi oppressed
peoples any closer to liberation, said
Tom Windham, black professor of
psychology at Nebrakan VVcsleyan, at
the memorial service for Martin
Luther King Wednesday.
"Let us go out into the community
and hold hands with our brothers and
sisters who didn't get the chance to
go to college," he said. Blacks and
poor people can no longer remain
divided.
"Don't stop with your A i r o
American Collegiate Society because
beyond your world, oppressed peoples
are being exploited by th.? University
of Nebraska and 'O' Street mer
chants," Winnham charged.
It is time for blacks to look at what
condition their condition is in,
Windham said. "And our condition
isn't in a very good condition."
Windham feels that blacks have
been given a colonial status. Since
1619 blacks have been subject to the
laws of the whites. ' When we came
to America we had a heritage, a
language and a land. Now we must
reunite ourselves with this
heritage."
Whites should r e-e x a mi n e
themselves. "What whites are not
willing to give up, blacks will have
to take," he said. "1 can't stand to
see kids without clothes any more.
Tell your brothers and sisters. You
can do your own thing, but when it
is time to push, I want you all In
there shoving. We need to do it for
tach other," Windham admonished.
One of Dr. Martin Luther King's
greatest achievements was that he
made whites and society -a Marge
aware of what society was really like,
said Dr. Phil Scribner, asst. professor
of philosophy. And even more Impor
tant was that King was a profoundly
moral man.
He was committed to a community
Peace Corps
gels
average
response
The three Peace Corps recruiters on
campus this past week have had an
average response from University
Students, according to recruiting team
member Ellon Shiippy.
She said that several people have
stopped at their booth in the Nebraska
Union arid taken Information. A few
have picked up applications and, as of
Wednesday afternoon, five were
signed up for the language aptitude
test, she continued.
The exposure and publicity of the
Nebraska recruting effort has been
very good, Miss Snippy said. Response
has been about average for this time
of year, she added.
Recruiting results are usually better
in the spring than In the fall, because
seniors are beginning to make definite
plans in the spring, she said.
Besides keeping its booth in the
Union, the recruiters have made sev
eral speaking engagements. They
have spoken to classes, living units
and civic groups. Miss Snippy said.
She added that these programs have
elicited a good resj)onse.
The recruiting effort will end Thurs
day evening, she said. "Give Me a
Riddle", a movie on the work of the
Peace Corps in Nigeria, will be shown
at 7 p.m. Thursday In room 213 of the
Union. The public is Invited.
Miss Shippy returned in November
from a tour with the Peace Corps in
El Salvador. She worked as' a home
economist with the agricultural ex
tension service in that country.
Kathy Schneider, another recruiter,
taught geography and math in Ethi
opia. The third recruiter, Diana
Roberts, worked with primary educa
tion and birth control in Tunisia.
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the Afro-American Collegiate Society
rally encourages
community
of mutual trust, respect and coopera
tion, Scribner said. King felt that
nonviolence would make a moral ap
peal to the people of the society. When
people are aware of the problem, they
will do something to change it
King made us aware that society
exploits poor people and blacks and
that those of us who are well-ofl
financially profit because of the poor,
Scribner said.
"I think we have made a mistake
about the nature of society, as I think
Dr. King was beginning to realize it,"
Scribner said. Even if man is
moral when he is part of an institu
tion, he follows the rules ol that in
stitution. It takes a courageous man
to change an institution. Most people
can't change the affect of institutions
without risking their job.
The president of General Motors
thinks of General Motors first. Politi
cians also have a fundamental
allegiance to their parties so that they
will be re-elected. And institutions are
IFC kills charter clause
Interfraternity Council (IFC)
Wednesday failed to consider a motion
which would have referred any
fraternity failing to sign or abide by
the pledge education contract to the
Dean of student affairs and the Board
of Regents with the recommendation
that the house lose its charter.
By a vote of 17-5. the council upheld
objection to consideration thus
preventing the motion made by Sid
Logemann of Sigma Nu from reaching
the floor.
Logemann said after the meeting
that his principle aim in introducing
the measure was just to get it on
the floor so fraternities could thmk
about it.
"Revoking the charters of fra
ternities who don't reform their
pledge training programs is the first
step in forcing fraternities to change
directions and assume an educational
role in University life," he added.
Logemann feels a short-term ad
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Holding a peaceful discussion on the Peace Corps are Ellen Shippy (left) Peace Corps representative
and Ingrid Lintz, a University student.
addresses faculty and students in
Martin Luther
King.
action
designed to prevent changes, Scribner
said.
These must be pressure on the in
stitutions so that the leaders know
that the survival of their institution
depends on taking into account the
interests of the people. "We must
recognize the problem as one of in
stitutional change." Scribner said.
In her eulogy of Dr. King, Miss
Lonetta Harrold asked why God could
take D. King. "God must have loved
Dr. King so much that he wanted
him himself," she said.
"How many ways must we be
punished before we can live together
and yet, we still refuse to face the
problems. Instead of open housing,
we have ghettoes. Instead of love,
we have hate. Instead of the right
to live, many of us have death," she
said.
Martin Luther King can't threaten
us anymore, but we can think of him
before another church is bombed or
before another John F. Kennedy is
shot, she said.
vantage of such a measure would be
to eliminte the unfairness incoming
freshmen face when confronted with
many fraternities all claiming to have
excellent pledge programs.
"Freshmen don't know who has a
progressive program and who
doesn't," he continued. "What's more,
freshmen are extremely im
pressionable." "If fraternities are going to survive,
they are going to have to make a
relevant contribution to he university
community," Logemann said. "They
must become educationally orien
ted." "Fraternities won't ever change
unless they are forced to change.
.Gradual change just won't work.
"The Centennial Collego Is an ex
ample of an educationally relevant
living situation which will attract the
good freshmen men. Look at how
many Greek leaders flocked to It.
They have given up trying to make
their huaises ducationally rele
vant." 'V
'High court
won't uphold
draft ruling'
The Supreme Court would not tak
a chance on ruining the whole United
States by declaring the Selective
Service Act of 1967 unconstitutional,
Lt. Gen. Guy Henninger, head of the
Nebraska Selective Service, said
Wednesday.
Henninger voiced this opinion in
reaction to the recent ruling by a
federal district court judge in Boston
which stated that the 1967 act is un
constitutional because it fails to grant
draft exemptions to conscientious ob
jectors on non-religious grounds.
CHIEF U.S. District Judge Charles
E. Wyzanski Jr. made the ruling in
granting a motion for arrest of judge
ment in the case of a 22-year-old
Massachusetts citizen claiming a
conscientious objector status.
John H. Sisson was convicted in
March by a federal jury for refusing
to submit to induction. Sisson claimed
he was a conscientious objector to
the Vietnam war though not on relig
ious grounds.
Wyzanski said in his decision that
the draft act was unconstitutional
because it discriminates against
atheists, agnostics and those who
"Whether they be religious or not,
are motivated in their objections to
the draft by profound moral beliefs
which constitute tht central convic
tions of their beings."
THE JUDGE concluded that in
granting to religious conscientious
objectors but not to Sisson a special
conscientious objector's status, the act
violates the First Amendment pro
vision that "Congress shall make no
law respecting the establishment of
religion or prohibiting the free ex
ercise of religion."
The assistant U.S. attorney for the
prosecution said the g o v e r n m e n t
would appeal the decision. The case
will go directly to the U.S. Supreme
Court.
"The Supreme Court has said in
more than a hundred cases that the
entire act is constitutional," he added.
"1 am not going to pay any attention
to what a district court judge in
Boston has to say," Gen. Henninger
said.
CHIEF U.S. District Judge Charles
E. Wyzanski ruled the drait law un
constitutional because it discriminates
against agnostics, athetists and those
who object to war on moral grounds
even though they don't belong to
traditional "peace churches."
"Members of non-peace churches
would probably still not qualify for
conscientious objector status if the
Supreme Court would happen to
uphold the ruling even though atheists
could qualify," Henninger said.
According to Henninger, the court
has ruled that non-peace church
members are not eligible to be cons
cientious objectors in the past and
the Court probably wouldn't reverse
itself.
WYZANSKI'S DECISON was based
on what he declares is a violation
of the First Amendment of the Con
stitution which says that Congress
may not make laws respecting the
establishment of any religion or pro
hibiting any religion.
Henninger said that the Selective
Service Act hus been reviewed by the
Supreme Court many times in the
past.
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