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The military draft is still with us following the
Senate's passage of a bill Tuesday extending the draft
until June 30, 1973. Although the extension delayed
the creation of an all-volunteer military force, the bill
contains several excellent provisions that will have an
impact on the future development of the U.S. military.
The bill carries the strongest statement yet written by
Congress on the Vietnam war urging the President to
withdraw all U.S. troops from Indochina as soon as
possible. The Vietnam war has demoralized the Army
and it is imperative that the U.S. withdraws its troops as
soon as possible to reorganize the Army.
A $2.4 billion military pay increase is included in the
legislation. Provisions like this should help attract
volunteers and minimize the need for the draft.
The extension bill also abolishes deferments for new
college students. The college deferments have long
worked to the advantage of the wealthy over the poor.
Although the draft has been extended, the country
should still re-examine its military manpower needs.
The Army clings to the concept of the large standing
force and feels it needs the draft to get enough
manpower. However, many military experts have
concluded that a smaller all-volunteer military force is
feasible to protect the country. In the future quality
could be more important than quantity for the military.
The military should develop ways to drum up
recruits, as it had to do throughout most of American
history without disastrous results. A high priority for
the next two years should be to make the transition
from the draft to an all-voluntary military force.
Gary Seacrest
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Dear Editor:
Here is urgent information
for living groups of all sizes.
Save your newspapers,
cardboard and cans and carry
them on Saturday to the
Burger Barn parking lot on
south 48th Street.
These materials will be
recycled, thus decreasing our
garbage problem and the drain
on our natural resources.
1 suspect a lot of cans are
emptied in your dormitory
kitchens. Demand that you be
allowed to flatten them! And
along with the boxes provided
for passing out the fresh Daily
Nebraskans, there ought to be
boxes for collecting them when
discarded. This is one way,
admittedly roundabout, to save
a tree.
A recent news article stated
that only one per cent of
Lincoln's citizens have
responded to this same appeal.
Surely we University citizens
can do better than that.
Belva D. Clement
Dear Editor:
It seems that I take students
a bit more seriously than Gary
Seacrest does. In Monday's
Daily Nebraskan he asserted
that a staff member paid by
the administration and called
an ombudsman would be more
effective than a "student
advocate." Quite the reverse is
true, and the reasons will
expose the lack of depth in Mr.
Seacrest's research.
His basic argument is that a
staff member could have more
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
power and exert more pressure
than a student. Good grief!
Doesn't he know that staff,
faculty and administrators have
power and pressure only where
their position defines it?
Doesn't he know that an
ombudsman isn't supposed to
use power or invoke pressure?
An ombudsman generally is
effective only by power of
reason and exerts only the
pressure of good argument.
Although it is traditional to
view staff members as more
capable in these abilities, such
is a paternalistically false
assumption. At Chicago
University-where they have a
choice-the people generally
choose a student for the
ombudsman.
Unfortunately, the student
ombudsman at Chicago has a
problem. He doesn't know who
he's responsible to. Conflicts
of interest between students
and faculty or administration
often arise, and he can't decide
whose side to take because he
is a student but he's hired by
administration.
That is why I authored the
"student advocate" proposal.
Administrators have their jobs
and their channels for redress
are clear to them. They don't
need an ombudsman. Faculty
gripes are cleared within the
various departments or by the
Faculty Liaison Committee.
They don't need an
ombudsman either.
So if the grievances to be
handled are student grievances
and if students have been
proved effective persuaders,
then why not have a "student
advocate?" The "student
advocate" proposal, now
before ASUN Senate, would
provide the best possible help
for students in conflict with
faculty or administrators. It
would also provide for easy
replacement if he doesn't do a
good job.
This University needs
someone who can be a
student's road map through the
complex channels, and
students need a friend a
fellow student who can help
make those channels work.
Ed Anson
Dear Editor:
I shouid like to thank all of
you big red hooter rooters in
the south and east stadiums
Saturday for your unsolicited
cooperation in adding to our
bottle collection in the
spontaneous CUE campaign
(Clean Up Early; not to be
mistaken for that CUE of the
recent past though its goal was
of about equal relevance). It is
refreshing to find that it is
possible to get a large group of
people on this campus involved
in anything.
However, due to the obvious
hazards of a repeat
performance and because most
of you who could add to the
collection likely will have
impaired aims, we ask that this
be limited to a one time only
event. You'll just have to find
something else to get involved
in. Take a look around.
madame george
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