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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1970
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
VOL. 93, NO. 58
Rep.
By BILL SMITHERMAN
Nebraskan Staff Writer
New York City
Congressman Adam Clayton
Powell yelled a challenge at
"the establishment" that he
claimed "is not running the
country, but running it into the
ground."
Powell told the audience of
about 600 at East Union
Thursday that youth stand on
the threshold of a new world.
"Many of you have your hand
on the door knob into the future
our forefathers dreamed of and
wrote about but never achiev
ed," he said. "The future
belongs to you."
If youth do not take the reins
of leadership the United States
is destined to be a second rate
power in the near future,
Powell predicted.
In order to gain leadership
roles, youth must understand
the logistics of politics, Powell
said. "You can only learn this
by getting into the smoke-filled
rooms and asking questions."
"Americans at the polls have
no real choice", he said. "The
choice is made in deciding
which candidates will run and
this is done behind closed
doors."
Powell characterized the
candidates of the 1968 election
as "Tweedle-dee, tweedle-dum
and tweedle-dumber."
"There are a lot of good
people in this country who are
aching for your support," he
said. "If they don't get it
though they will be captives of
the old establishment and
unable to do anything." -
"The first step in winning in
the 1972 election is to get out of
Vietnam now, and I mean
now," Powell exclaimed. "We
need to get the money bdng.
spent in Vietnam out of Saigon
and into the mainstream of
American life." His remarks
were met with a burst of ap
plause. He added that the United
States needs to get rid of the
idea that it can "Walk around
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Black demands
Powell yells challenge
the world and impose a kind of
democracy on a country that
we don't even practice in
America."
Powell, a congressman for 26
years, called Black Power the
most significant catalyst in the
ongoing moral and spiritual
revolution in the country.
"Black Power has made
people think," he explained. "It
has made, people realize you
can't just keep the niggers in a
corner."
He said that Black Power
does not mean blacks are anti
white. "We are only anti-white
to the degree you make us anti
white," he added.
He added that Black Power
does not necessarily mean
violence. However, Black
Power advocates have lost
faith in total non-violence, he
said.
Black Power means black
dignity, Powell continued. "We
are proud to be black and dif
ferent," he said. "We want
you to be proud of our pride the
way we are proud of your
racial pride."
Most young blacks no longer
want integration, he said. All
they want is opportunity and a
fair chance.
"Black Power means that we
want to run our own organiza
tions," Powell added. "The
day of the NAACP and the
Peterson campaign
tiideBts meet, question
More than 75 students met
informally Wednesday evening
in the Nebraska Union to hear
Wallace Peterson discuss stu
dent support for his upcoming
senatorial campaign.
A student organization is
crucial to winning the Lincoln
vote, and it will serve as a
nucleus for student organiza
tions throughout Nebraska,
said Jerry Loos, the ex-offlcio
head of the group.
Peterson said he was pleased
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Urban League is dead."
Blacks want to control black
organizations, he said. He ad
ded that whites were invited to
help, "but as troops, not as
generals."
Powell said that he was
proud of the Black Panthers.
"The Panthers stand for
freedom," he said "and are as
American as the corn that
grows here in Nebraska."
"The number one architect of
by the number of students who
have offered to help in the
campaign. He feels students
can do anything to help in the
campaign that the older people
can do.
Peterson, chairman of the
NU Department of Economics,
is running for the Democratic
nomination for the U.S. Senate.
If he wins the May primary, he
would undoubtedly oppose in
cumbent Republican Senator
Roman L. Hruska in the
November general election.
The candidate made a brief
presentation of his views and
then answered questions from
the students.
"The key Issues of this cam
paign are the survival of this
country, the quality of national
life and the equity of national
life," Peterson said.
Pollution of the environment
Is a critical problem that can't
be solved in a few years, he
said. "It will take a lot of
money to stem the tide of
pollution."
He called for a reduction of
the arms race and a cut back
in military spending. "If we
fail to cut arms spending, we
will have few resources left to
meet domestic problems."
Peterson feels the United
States must deal with the Issue
of armaments. "Vietnam is
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the genocide being conducted
against the Panthers is J.
Sdgar Hoover," he said.
Powell added that what hap
pens to a Black Panther today
can happen to anyone tomorrow.-
Powell explained that this is
the country where the com
mittee chaired by U.S. Sen.
George McGovern found 11.5
million Americans on the verge
of starvation. At the same time
only one aspect of the bigger
problem of the militarization of
American society."
To solve the problem of the
cities, Peterson believes there
must be a massive infusion of
resources including federal
resources into the cities. "The
role of the property tax must
be questioned in an Intensive
look at the tax structure," he
added.
To fight poverty Peterson
wants more medical care for
the poor and better housing.
"We must also try "to find
equality of job opportunity," he
said. Even though the
unemployment rate is down to
ASUN solicits
new senators
The ASUN Senate has two
vacant seats because of re
cent resignations.
Applications are being taken
for an Arts and Sciences sen
ator and an Agriculture and
Home Economics senator, ac
cording to ASUN President
Bill Chaloupka.
Interested students can ob
tain more information and ap
plication blanks in the ASUN
office, third floor, Nebraska
Union.
the Department of Agriculture
through its subsidy program is
paying farmers $1,600,000 a
year not to feed them.
Powell said it is past due
time for American youth to
"stand up and be the kind of
Americans our forefathers
wanted to be but never were."
"The United States is doomed
if you don't stand up for your
right and do it soon," he added.
about four per cent, there are
still distinct minority groups
which make up the bulk of the
unemployed, Peterson ex
plained. Our challenge of all these
issues is to deal with the pro
blem of neglect, he stressed.
Zink rally
postponed
A peace rally scheduled for
Friday afternoon has been post
poned indefinitely, according to
Steve Tiwald, chairman of the
Nebraska Moratorium Commit
tee. The rally will not be held
because there has been a
change in the sentencing date
of Larry Zink.
Zink burned his draft card
in the Nebraska Union a year
ago and was to have been
sentenced in Federal Court Fri
day. Due to a conflict in his
lawyer's schedule, however,
the case has been postponed.
"Since the rally is being held
to show support, we want to
hold the rally when he's ac
tually being sentenced," Ti
wald said. The rally may be
rescheduled for Feb. 27.
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