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by C EORGE KAUFMAN
Editor's note: George Kaufman Is a former
University jsjtudent now living n
Canada.
What can I say to you that you don't
know?
I can tell you your country Is bombing
defenseless villages and killing innocent
people and calling it pacification. Even
Life magazine is telling you that today.
I can tell you there is no longer the
remotest possibility for a bloodless solution
to the race problem in the United States.
William Kunstler is living proof.
I can tell you pollution and urban
sprawl is choking a country once thought
to be limitless.1 The press and the scientists
are screaming it at you.
I can tell you Nixon and Agnew are
bringing America down around them in
a final furious attempt to save American
capitalism In . a world that has grown
mature enough; to hate it. You know that.
I can tell you America is a time-bomb.
You'll find that out soon enough, if you
don't know it now.
IT IS INTERESTING to read the Daily
Nebraskan that is sent to me. Cip's stift
telling you thht this Saturday's game is
the big one. The greeks are still worrying
about all the important things in life and
trying to rationalize their lack of relevance
by telling themselves they're working from
the Inside to "change the system."
The campus radicals and liberals-wlshing-to-be-radicals
seem perplexed as to
whether they ehould settle for another
march on somewhere (the Capitol again?)
or start throwing gas-bombs at ... the
Lincoln police?
You've been told It all, many times.
You know it. If you need an issue, keep
Larry Zink from going to jail. He doesn't
deserve jail; he is putting himself behind
bars in the place of Richard Nixon and
Lyndon Johnson. He's martyring himself
for four years that Mendel Rivers and
Strom Thurmond can kill for another four
years. He's allowing the generals to order
him to jail rather than order him to Nam.
NOW EVEN William Shirer is telling
you where you're at democratic fascism,
totalitarianism of the silent majority. Never
thought the United States could be called
totalitarian? Forget the bullshit teacher told
you. The checks and balances don't exist,
if they ever did. Nixon pats Thurmond
pats Westmoreland pats General Motors.
Julie Hoffman got a standing ovation from
the Washington press corps.
Maybe there Is one small thing I can
tell you.
You're hated as much In Canada as
you are in China. Maybe more, because
Canada's closer. You're the villain, not
a knight in shining armor; the armor's
rusty and the lance is out of control, killing
people for money; the horse has been
bought off. The only friends you have are
the ones you've paid for, and they're
waiting for the contract to run out.
THERE'S no reason to write anymore,
but no excuse not to. The sun never sets
on the American Empire, man, so don't
give up, real live lives are being lost.
(Q. Surely there must be something
you miss about America? A. Yeah, the
green beer at Casey's on St. Pat's.)
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Editor:
I would like to address a few
remarks to Mr. Allan Bennett:
Sir, I respectfully request,
and in fact Insist, that you
refuse to show any of the
following films at the Nebraska
Union, should the opportunity
arise. Each of them degrades
and humiliates the
personalities of all human
beings for the reasons stated.
Adultery, fornication: The
Graduate, Goodbye Columbus,
John and Mary, .The Sterile
Cuckooo, Camelot.
Alcoholism: Days of Wine
and Roses.
Anti-Semitism, murder:
Ben-Hur, The Robe, Dairy of
Anne Frank.
Exploitation: They Shoot
Horses, Don't They?
Fraud, misrepresentation:
The Music Man.
Gambling: The Hustler,
Funny Girl.
Government oppression: A
Man for AH Seasons, Dr.
Zhivago, Sound of Music.
Hallucinatory experiences:
Wizard of Oz, Alice In Won
dcrland, Fantasia.
Kidnapping: Teter Pan.
Larceny, prostitution: The
Reivers.
-Lesbianism: The Fox.
-Meddling: Hello Dolly.
Racism: In the Heat of the
Night j
-Rape: To Kill , a Mock-
ingbird, Anatomy of a Murder.
War, brutality: Gone With
the Wind.
Witchcraft, malformity:
Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs.
This is, of course, only a
partial listing, subject to my
revision at any time as I see
fit.
John King
Editor:
This letter is In response to
an article which appeared in
the Wed. (18th) issue of the
Dally Nebraskan. The article
concerned the Hunger Con
fcrence. "The Hunger Conference was
a chance for all the so-called
liberals to talk about all the
good things they are doing for
the poor. There were no poor
people there." That statement
is a gross misrepresentation of
the facts. I do agree that
sometimes one must be very
skeptical of the structure and
benefits of conferences, yet the
poor were represented at this
conference.
This was very obvious when
at 10:43, approximately 150 low
Income (poor) left the con
ference to caucus and then
returned to submit six resolu
tions. Those resolutions are as
follows:
(1.) removing the maximum
figure from welfare, (2.) in
creasing state responsibility for
school lunch and breakfast
programs, (3.) applying for
immediate federal help to feed
' the hungry and provide
medical help for Nebraska's
poor, (4.) revising food stamp
guidelines and distribution
practices, (5.) employing in
terpreters to work with non
English speaking poor and (6.)
Including the poor in planning.
These resolutions were
adopted at the conference and
will be implemented through
Project 93, which was asked to
be made a permanent commit
tee under the Governor.
Much effort waas put into
Inviting grassroot people the
poor from all over the state.
This is why Project 93 asked
Abel Hall and Smith H a 1 1 to
house all the poor people who
would not be able to afford
Iwusing if they arrived in the
evening before because of the
distance to be traveled. This is
why we sought to lower the
cost of staying overnite in the
Dorms from $2.50 to $1.50.
At this point I would like to
thank the residents of Abel and
Smith halls along with the
Dean McGrath, Mr. Meyerson,
and Mr. Kuncl who ac
complished those steps.
I hope that my response to
the article on the Hunger con
ference will encourage more
responsible journalism.
Bradford Kollars
by TOM WIESE
To "raise and support armies
and the navy, to call forth the
militia, to suppress insurrec
tions and repel invasions, and
to make rules for the govern
ment and regulation of the land
and naval forces," are the ex
pressed powers of the Congress
of the United States. Also, the
Constitution expressly grants
Congress the power to "declare
war."
Today, the U.S. finds itself in
a war in Southeast Asia (as if
you didn't know) that has never
been declared. There is no
other term to describe the
situation other than WAR, for
long ago this conflict passed
the proportions of being a
limited police action! My ques
tion is how did all this happen,
and can it happen again?
I feel much of the blame falls
on those age-old tools of
diplomacy and international
politics: treaties. It was a
treaty which initially coaxed us
into Vietnam with advisors and
military supplies, and it's any
one of a large number of
treaties which may again force
U.S. commitment of military
aid elsewhere in the world.
Congress reserves the con
stitutional right to ratify any
and all treaties in which the
U.S. Is a party. Conclusion: a
good portion of any military
commitment finds Congress
responsible.
HOWEVER, a different type
of treaty the executive
agreement has evolved.
Somewhere along the way the
powers of the legislative
branch were by-passed, namely
the powers to make treaties
and to declare war. Conclusion:
We must look somewhere else
to find the remainder of the
responsibility for commitment
of U.S. men and machines. You
have to look little farther than
the Whitehouse.
The President is the "Com
mander in Chief" of our armed
forces. In this title is vested the
understanding that he may use
discretion to act without the
expressed consent of Congress
In matters of strategy, etc.
In our present situation, the
past eight years of executive
decisions has left us fighting a
war with huge numbers of men
and billions of dollars.
It becomes rather obvious
that the position of President
has evolved into a position with
tremendous power in deciding
the military future of
America.
THERE have been many in
stances in our history of one of
the three branches of govern
ment gaining power at the ex
pense of the others. When this
happens, it seems the weaken
ed branch attempts to "fight
back" with any powers that it
has at its disposal to regain
htose lost.
An example which comes to
mind is the Court Executive
conflict of the Roosevelt Era.
What should occur today is a
confrontation of the executive
powers by the Congress. I
believe the beginnings of this
struggle are evident in the
controversy over U.S. involve
ment in Laos.
It has become apparent that
much is going on in Laos that
neither the American people
nor Congress know anything
about. Somehow that just
doesn't seem right.
If such executive power con
tinues to remain unchecked,
the possibilities of future Viet
nams is large. Unless this is
what you want, I'd suggest
rooting for Congress in any
upcoming fight with the Presi
dent for power.
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