Frank B. Morrison
At one minute before the March 13 dead
line, ex-Gov. Frank B. Morrison filed for the
Democratic nomination to the UJS. Senate.
Morrison joins University of Nebraska eco
nomics professor Wallace Peterson and David
J. Thomas, Doane College business professor
in the primary race. A primary campaign
that might otherwise have been colorless and
even unimportant is now highly significant.
FOR MORRISON, a big win in the primary
is needed to make him well-known to Ne
braska voters once more and regain his image
of a winning Democratic candidate based on
three gubenatorial victories? Morrison lost
some of that image in 1966 when he was de
feated by Carl Curtis in the senatorial race.
Morrison's problem then, and maybe now,
was a close identification with an unpopular
Lyndon Johnson and his policies.
For Peterson, the primary race must be
viewed in a completely new perspective. What
might have been a victory for one little-known
professor over another little-known professor
in a low-keyed and inexpensive campaign now
must be a hard-fought and expensive one.
The one man who can benefit most from
such a campaign is Wally Peterson. If Peter
son defeats Morrison, he will no longer be
just another University professor, but a vi
able candidate in a position to win the senate
seat from Roman Hruska. Just as Norbert
Tiemann strengthened his candidacy in 1966
by defeating Val Peterson, so could Wallace
Peterson strengthen his candidacy by defeat
ing ex-Gov. Morrison.
BUT WHY did Morrison enter the race?
How does he stand on issues now? What is
his record? According to the former governor,
he is running because of a speech by Hruska
in which the senator blamed all the nation's
problems on the Democratic Party. Sure. Mor
rison is running partially out of personal van
ity, egotism and ambition, and partially be
cause no well-known or well-financed candi
date emerged during the early days of filing.
Morrison's stand on the Vietnam war
now and his refutation Hruska's record and
statements are commendable. But his own
past support for the Vietnam War and Presi
dent Johnson leaves him slightly tarnished.
In announcing his candidacy, Morrison said
he was in Asia two years ago and came away
"with the conviction the war in Vietnam was
a mistake and much of our South Asia policy
was wrong." What did Morrison say about
this "conviction" then? Did he join the in
creasing number of important citizens who
were criticizing the war?
THE EX-GOVERNOH has run in Nebraska
campaigns every two years since 1958 except
in 19G3. As long as there are races to run
and offices to covet, Frank Morrison will be
there. But voters should remember that he
lost to Hruska in 1958 and Curtis in I960.
Unless Nebraska Democrats want "leaders"
in the Senate who are proud to support medi
ocrity (it docs have its place, right Roman?),
they should give Wally Peterson an oppor
tunity to be a Nebraska senator.
Jim Pedersen
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Gall in the Saddle
SACRAMENTO Maureen Reagan, daughter of California Governor Ronald Reagan, re
cently returned from a USO tour of Vietnam. An advocate of military victory before
her visit, she told newsmen that she now favors a negotiated settlement. Reacted her
father the Governor: "While I'm partial to my daughter and love her very much. X dont
think foreign policy should be decided by USO entertainers."
our man hoppe
by ARTHUR HOPPE
Vice President "Agnew
devoted most of an hour-long
interview with the New York
Times the other day to
criticizing, if you would believe
it, us ace newsmen.
His main criticism of us was
that we cr'ticized our Govern
ment too much. Why, he asked,
didn't we criticize the
governments of Russia, China
and North Vietnam instead?
Their ace newsmen d o n t
criticise their governments, he
pointed out. They critizc ours.
And why can't we be more I'ke
them?
Mr. Agnew ended the In
terview by saying he didn't
want to be President. "The
thing that's become Increas
ingly attractive to me," he
said, "is a syndicated column."
It should be a great column
bold, fearless and daring
political analysis. He could call
it, "Out of My Head." You can
envision its tremendous
possibilities.
WASHINGTON The Silent
Proletariat stands unanimously
behind our beloved President,
and genius military
Commander in Chief, R. Nixon, '
in his glorious determination to
thwart the power-mad North
THE''' DAILY NE&RASKAN
Vietnamese imperialists in
their insane ambition to seize
the freedom-loving, democratic
Kingdom of Laos.
The rafters rang with
thunderous cheers as R. Nixon
told the Republican Party
Congress that North Korea,
China and Russia were all
paper tigers. "Capitalism is the
wave of the future," he said.
"We will bury them."
It Is widely known that
millions of exploited peasants
are starving in China, while
millions of exploited Kulaks are
drunk In Russia, he said.
Revolution, led by the
freedom loving, democratic
" bourgeoisie, Is expected to
break out In these oppressed
countries at any minute
PARTY MEMBERS at the
Congress pledged once again
their allegiance to the Revolu
tion of 1776 and vowed to dou
ble their work quotas in order
to achieve R. Nixon's Eight
Year Plan.
The only foolish criticism of
R. Nixon's brilliant address
came from W. Fulbrlght, trie
infamous revisionist who has
publicly suggested revising the
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
In the interest of unity and
harmony among The Silent.
Proletariat, this foolish
criticism will not be printed.
But the Party members
unanimously resolved that W.
Fulbright should be forced to
parade down Pennsylvania
Avenue with a dunce cap on his
head.
Turning, to the East German
revanchists and the Cuban
adventurists, it Is high time
these power-mad, Imperialist
lackeys and their runlng
dogs . . .
NO, it Just won't do. The
American public simply Isn't
ready for Coramunlst-style
journalism. Nor is it going to
help world affairs much, if we
ace AmetJcan newsmen devote
ourselves to rrltlelslzlng the
misdeeds of Russia, China and
North Vietnam.
The basic problem, which
Mr. Agnew has overlooked, is
that Moscow, Peking and Hanoi
are outside our crlculation
zones.
So Mr. Agnew is making a
terrible mistake. If he wants
to get anywhere by criticizing
Communist governments, he
shouldn't become a syndicated
columnist.
He should run for President
instead.
v VEDN EbAY, MARCH T8; 1970
