THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1969
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
PAGE 3
Film
r
silen t do lie y
on
1
JL c
attempts to shoiv
ort
.11 imiMi iemi inn ii -mi niiiiiiiiirt . i - t, .,;.. ' ' - - 1.jA kzJLmmtmtim
Mini people will ride the minibus on the mini-line which makes mini-stops and mini-turns around the
mini-stores and mini-shops in downtown Lincoln.
ew transportation: Mini-line
Many students are taking
advantage of Lincoln's newest
public transportation, the red
and white mini-bus, according
to Ben Prieb of the Lincoln
Chamber of Commerce.
The Mini-Line, which began
service Nov. 13, is a private
enterprise, underwritten by 96
Lincoln businesses, Prieb said.
There are four of the 16-
fen NU students
to debate in Iowa
The University of Nebraska
students from the department
of speech and dramatic art will
take part in a debate tourna
ment Dec. 4 through 6 at Iowa
State University in Ames, Iowa.
The students are David Dom
ina of Coleridge; Sue Houchin
of Kearney: Wally Dean of
Omaha: Ken Wald of Lincoln;
Stephanie Scholtes of Omaha;
Clary Schlieger of Lincoln; Roy
Baldwin of Lincoln: Terry
Wightman of Norfolk; Barbara
Koory of Omaha; and Steven
Prowett of North Platte.
NU scientists
receive awards
The International Award for
Distinguished Service to
Agriculture has been presented
to two University of Nebraska
scientists, Dr. Virgil A.
Johnson and Dr. John W.
Schmidt, from Gamma Sigma
De ta, the honor society of
agriculture.
(tea
Help Wanted
Colleee Men, Pert time work. Puatlble
U 4e per hour. 4M 4414.
Can vow work pert time toor evenlnei
weekly, 4c vow fcave car arl need
to earn over 1100 wrr-llly? leedlne
local photography ilu-irt h. Ihlj
iuto opportunity. Call 4JJ-43M.
Wanted- runtime detk clerk HI cm.
S dayt wk. No eaperlence neceuery
Appiy ki perton Clayton Home Motel,
toth ft O It.
Waitresses wanted to work part or tun
time II OB a m to I JO p m. So
perfence nocei.tarv Will train Apply
In person tlark ketrons, Lincoln Uni.
veMlty Club. Ilrh tloer, Stuart llda .
m ft si.
taper typlil
retnonehie last, thesis.
Pat Owen ill toot.
term
Personals
Interested tormino Conservative ' A y n
Rand discussion ree.irch arooa1 Cesv
tact Ml South II Apt. Ml.
Clrl to har apartment. Rent tree In
chenoe tor eaby sm.no. It m pnvl w
am I nights, week. Close Unlvartlty
4J.'Da
Alterations coet hems l So cutfed penh)
II 00. Call evening 4J144M.
I'll bet yow never thought H sea pea
Hble. a proven method which manes
taking tests ea-vi Send lodev: Better
5iwh. pept 14, v.' H. Monficeiw.
Chiceae. Illinois. 40421.
Itfm Offtrtsi
part time work tor men II a.m. -I
W pm.. i e m i mlMioht can be
dlusted to Khedvkj. Call STMesa.
passenger buses, running a
downtown route from 8:45-5:45
daily. The Mini-Line runs from
13th and 0 St. south to J St.,
then east to the State Capitol,
back to K St., east to 17th, then
to R St. On R St. the Mini-Line
stops at 13th (Campus Book
Store corner), turns to 0 St.,
goes west to 11th, 11th to J St.,
J to 10th to 0 St., then back to
13th.
The entire route takes about
20 minutes, Prieb said, depen
ding on traffic. The are is a
dime, and passengers can
catch the bus about every five
minutes.
The Mini-Line has had about
500 passengers a day, ac
cording to Prieb, "We hope to
double that before the year is
out." The weather has not been
bad enough for heavy usage of
the buses, Prieb said.
Operating on a 15-month trial
basis, the Mini-Line has been in
planning for about a year, ac
cording to Prieb. A California
firm demonstrated the Mini-bus
here last fall, he said. Lincoln
businessmen then conducted a
finance campaign to buy them,
and the buses were ordered in
July.
The mini-bus has several
advantages over larger city
buses, Prieb said. They do not
burn (licst'l fuel, rtntucine ex.
HrJSSStSi
heated than larger vehicles,
Also the mini-bus handles
easier in traffic, pulls right up
to the curb, and has no in
convenient step-up.
tft&s
I track, Mark VIII, RCA Stereo, two
wki old. Retail tiavtS tor I73.0O.
A now 41 track steree piayor tor
car, IJ5 ralall valu. tor IO 00.
call art S alter 4 00.
Muil foil lifco now ropossottod Cplphono
tltctrlc (vitas with cast, Contact Time
Credit Center,
prune 47-443J.
Flrjt National lank.
Record your fovorite sonas In stereo at
one third ot erlolnal price. Stereo
cassettes cheap. 4U5 1531.
Repossessed 144 Bandmaster-fender am
plifier and control Ml. two I '4 New
conio speakers, A bargain at J.'50
Nebraska Teacneri Credit Union, 405
South 14th. Room 101 Phone 4JMDM,
New guitar ter iaie, call 4yinu.
WE TRY HARDER!
BESIDES THE USUAL BUYING &
SELLING BOOKS, WE HAVE GIFTS, CARDS
NOVELTIES AND OUR GREAT "SERVICE
WITH A SMILE"!
THE BOOKSTORE THAT CARES
CAMPUS BOOKSTORE
1245 R
Advance Tickets $5
The Minibuses are being used
in many cities, he said, either
as the total transportation or as
a supplement to older systems.
Lincoln is the only city where
the Mini-Line is a totally
private enterprise.
In Washington, DC, for in
il,lii..l.lil;,n;;lrtilrniiii.m,.l.t. ,mrt,
Thursday, Dec. 4
Nebraska Union
12:30 p.m.
Placement
3 p.m.
Pi Lambda Theta Tea
Free University Personal
Deve.opment Lab
3:30 p.m.
Union Talks & Topics Bill
Russell
4 p.m
Builders Culture
4:30 p.m.
Union Talks & Topics
AWS Commission on Women
YWCA Cabinet
( p.m.
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
Latortue will speak
at Business
Professor Gerard R. Lator
tue will speak on "Current De
velopment Strategies in the
English-Speaking Caribbean"
at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in room
328 of the College of Business
Administration.
The current chairman of the
Department of Economics Ind
Business Administration at Inter-American
University, San
German, Puerto Rico, Profes
sor Latortue holds a law de
gree from the University of
Haiti and completed his grad
uate training in political econ
omy development at the Uni
versity of Paris.
Professor Latortue has wri
ten extensively on problems ol
economic development in the
Caribbean. He is a consultant
432-0331
ID
. World Famous Rock Group Direct from Carnegie Hall In Concert
CUSHSNG COLiSIUMECEAKWEY
stance, the mini-buses are
operated by a federal grant,
Prieb said. In Detroit, another
city where mini-buses are
being used successfully, the
buses are financed partly by
the city and partly by private
enterprise.
AUFExec.
6:30 p.m.
Union Talks & Topics Dinner
YWCA Juvenile Court
AUF Board
Christian Science Org.
7 p.m.
YWCA Cultural Crafts
NU Flying Cub "Red Barons"
Quiz Bowl
NU Chess Club
ASUN Human Rights
ASUN Staff
Quiz Bowl Isolation
7:30 p.m.
Math Counselors
8 p.m.
Young Democrats
NHRRF - Teen Age Project
College
to a number of industrial con
cerns in the West Indies and
has held important govern
mental positions in Haiti.
Zales helps you
make the erode!
REMINGTON
84 CHarocter Keyboard
Bock Spot Kay
Automatic line Findef
Includes Cos
lightweight
W9 A
Vife'rc nothing without your love.
1329 O Street 432-3217
-
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13 8 P.M.
by PAUL IDEKER
College Press Service
Washington In the shadow
of the Washington Mobilization
against the War in Vietnam,
the United States Information
Agency (USIA) has produced a
film which attempts to
establish the actual existence
of a so-called "silent majority"
of Americans who support the
president's Vietnam policy.
The USIA, which is directly
responsible to the Executive
branch of the government, has
shipped the film, entitled "The
Silent Majority," in nine dif
ferent languages, to 104 coun
tries including Vietnam. It took
12 days to produce the 15
minute film which cost $29,000
to make.
United States citizens are not
allowed to view the film or any
of the material produced by the
USIA without an act of
Congress, because the material
is not intended for American
audiences and could be con
sidered politically in favor of
the party in power.
Spokesmen for the USIA
maintain that the purpose of
"The Silent Majority" is to
take the "other side" to the
people of the world the story
that does not get covered in the
regular foreign commercial
press.
However, the film appears to
have had a very different effect
on others, outside the agency,
who have viewed it so far. Two
Congressmen important to
domestic and foreign informa
tion committees, John E. Moss
ID-Calif.) and Ogden R. Reid
(R-N.Y.), were quick to
criticize the fi m after a special
showing in Moss' office.
Reid indicated that he was
"not entirely satisfied" with
the film while Moss told
newsmen that the film in
dicates a subtle change by an
agency committed to informing,
to a commitment of propagan
da. "That was not the role
assigned to the agency." com
mented Moss. "I think it most
appropriate to show
demonstrations for or against
U.S. Vietnam policy or both,"
he added.
To estab'ish the reality of a
"silent majority" In America
the film uses a Gallup Poll
taken immediately following
President Nixon's November
speech. The poll, conducted by
telephone, involved 500 ran
domly selected respondants
from across the country. At one
point in the film, George
Gallup, president of the
American Institute of Public
Opinion, is questioned by the
film's Black commentator
Wiley Davis.
The scene is prefaced by
SPECIAL
$3900
IkMYourCrwtt at Zales
ftm
uj
Send stamped
Davis asking his audience;
"But how can President Nixon
tell that these people support
him? How does he know that
they make up a majority? . . .
Well one way to find out what's
on their minds is to conduct a
nationwide poll. I did the next
best thing. I talked with so
meone who directed a poll, a
researcher respected for his
objective approach and
renowned for the reliability of
his methods."
Gallup explains his method,
and offers the accuracy rate
his organization has had con-
J . a.
aucung previous pons as a
means of substantiating the
legitimacy of this most recent
poll. No other evidence that the
silent majority does In fact ex
isi is onerea during the re
maining minutes of the film.
In another scene, former
Vice President Hubert
Humphrey, described by the
film as "President Nixon's
chief opponent in the last elec
tion ... and a leader in the
Democratic party" is talking
with newsmen just after an
earlier visit with the President
at the White House.
"I think we have to realise
that the President is moving,
he is trying and I believe he 13
making some progress. "
Humphrey continues, "I think
what he (Nixon) has done is
good. I hope he can do more. I
believe that no man in this
country is more desirous in
bringing about the exception of
a workable settlement in Viet
nam as the President in the
United States."
The film's main purpose
seems to be to install the
"silent majority" as a truism
rather than mere conjecture on
the part of the President. After
the interview with Gallup,
there are no qualifications at
tached to the term "silent ma
jority." For the purposes of
this film, and presumably for
its audience, it has become an
established fact. To further
substantiate that fact, quick
clips of farm workers, factory
workers, mothers, and just
plain folks, including noticeable
representation of Blacks,
chicanos, and orientals are us
ed "symbolically" to give
visual "life" to the "silent ma
jority." To a lesser extent the film
deals with the right to dissent
in America. The film opens
with Davis speaking from a
balcony above a part of the line
of march which is moving up
Pennsylvania Avenue. The
RANGER II
Hera's the baby for family
fun! Up to 12 HP gives you
all the power you deed to
keep the family cheering.
We've doubled the fuel ca
pacity to keep you going
longer without refueling. The
Ranger II is osy to handle,
too. Weighs only 286 lbs.
Skims along on an endless
12" molded rubber track
with sno-grip tread.
SPORTSuSp&ILI!V2lTEO
V7
sell-addressed envelope to Steppenwolf Box 724 Kearney.
Sponsored by Kearney Jaycees
crowd is out of focus in the
background as he begins to
speak: "Today I'm watching a
demonstration against
America's policy in Vietnam.
These demonstrators were
given permission by the
government to carry their pro
test right through the heart of
the city within sight of the
White House. Climaxing the
three-day demonstration is a
rally at the Washington Monu
ment." There is no discussion in the
A PROGRAM OF AWARD WINNING NEW B
.
i I
1
If ,
li II
Vmi A
SHELDON ART CALLERY
Tuesday December 9 8;0O p.m.
Wednesday December 10 7:00 and 9:30 p.m.
Admission $1.00
Sponsored by Sheldon Art CaHsry
and The Nebraska Union Film Committee
.L..
jyo1ja'W
FORESTER II
Move out with the power of
the Forester II. Up to 28 HP
and a 15'" wide track to
take you and the gang over
practically any terrain. You
can have either sno-grip
tread or steel cleats. Carry
mon than six gallons of fuel
for long hours of roaring
over the mountain. Standard
equipment includes 40-watt
Hi-lo sealed beam headlamp.
12 volt starter optional.
Divtsien ! All Industrie
350S Nv 1th
462331
IL P
film of the confrontaf
between the demonstrate
organizers and the U.S. Ju
Department oover pars
permits prior to the march
spokesman for the
dismissed as "nit-picki
contentions by a reporter '
the march, in fact, was not
view of the White Hou.e, ii
that most 0 fthe people al
the sidelines were actual
trying to make their way to t
grounds of the Capitol to join
the march.
EXPLORER II
This is the way to got Twenty-eight
romping horses pow
ering a full 20" wide track.
Choice of sno-grip tread or
steel cleats. Big fuel capacity
for long treks. Big storage
space and big comfort. Carry
all the gear you need for a
full day of fun on snow cov
ered peaks. You're boss with
the Homelitt Explorer II.
IS'
a-
l-'v '
h
' i
i,
i.'
it
it
V;
i'.
sV
'
v
t
-
