friday, february 8, 1980
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daily nebraskan
Canada gets American thanks for friendship
Last week there was a bright
moment in the now-three-month-long
ordeal in Tehran, when the
United States found out that its
neighbor to the north is a first-
class friend.
Canada, which hardly has been
a major international actor, receiv
ed the thanks of Americans tor
the return of six diplomats from
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iUW- CANAWAN, J
The effort by the Canadians
show guts. Forging passports, clos
ing an embassy and protecting
U.S. citizens in a country so anti
West is a clear indication of that
intestinal fortitude.
The move came at a time when
the international picture is moving
back toward bi-polarity , as nations
analyze what move is best for
them in the face of a possible con
flict between the United States
and the Soviet Union.
Clearly, Cana'da has decided it is
behind the United States.
It would be easy for the
Canadians, like many of our other
so-called allies, to pay lip service
to U.S. concerns. Action is
another matter, and the leaders of
this country must recognize and
reward that decision.
They also must take advantage
of the attitude that led to the
decision.
Admittedly, Canada is not an
international military force, But
that country's heroic action in
freeing our people from the tur
moil in Iran affords us an
opportunity to send a message to
the world.
The Canadians deserve whatever
American aid they need or want.
Other allies, such as the French,
who have failed to actively
support U.S. moves against Iran,
should be penalized.
This country definitely owes
Canada. If foreign aid priorities
must be adjusted to pay that debt
of gratitude, it should be at the
expense of allies who have not
been so helpful.
Perhaps rewarding Canada
would make other allies rethink
their attitude toward supporting
the United States with something
more than rhetoric.
Rewarding Canada for its brave
ry and friendship would do some
thing else; It - would show the
world that the United States re
wards those who treat it well, and
would cement an already strong
alliance in this hemisphere.
Randy Essex
I must call to question Skip Volkmann's Feb, 5 article
on Abraham Naharin and - its title , "Physicist hopes to
calm illogical radiation fears." First, I ask how Prof.
Naharin plans to do this and second, I would like to know
what is illogical about fearing my white blood cells may
begin to multiply at a cancerous rate.
The article said nothing to .answer either of these
questions but instead centered on Prof, Naharin's research
on the damage the radiation does to living things and the
genetic alteration of the DNA molecule. Other findings
mentioned were that mammals are most susceptible to
radiation, germs and viruses are least affected, and that
children are more susceptible than adults.
I must thank Mr, Volkmann for putting these illogical
fears into the public eye.
Glenn Simonsen
Sophomore, English
Cartoonist praised
You probably receive more than your share of
vehement. screeds from advocates of the left or right. Per
haps this note will break the monotony, it is a letter of
congratulations for the "Rag", not denunciation, Specific
ally, I wish to commend the art work of Dave Luebke.so
consider this a fan letter.
I've been a regular reader of the Daily Nebraskan since
August of 1971, and during that time, there have been
two talented cartoonists who have been regular contri
butors: Greg Scott, and now Dave Luebke. Sure, they
differ, but they both draw cartoons with a style that
shows their humor and attention to detail. Don't tell
Luebke, but I think that he is the better caricaturist. (You
see, if you do tell Luebke, he will have to draw a larger
head on his self-portrait.)
So much for my opinion. I also have a question about
Luebke. His technique reminds me of someone. The way
that Luebke uses hatching in his caricatures reminds me of
a Briton (?) by the name (I think) of Gerald Scarfe. If
you print this letter, or if someone decides to answer it, I
would like to know if anyone notices a resemblance be
tween Luebke's work and that of other political cari
caturists. It's an academic question that I pose, but then,
that is what I'm here for.
JohnWiltse
Junior Law Student
Minor Bureaucrat
Cohcervation or war?
In respect to U.S. foreign policy, the Mid -East crisis,
and the issue of military draft, a recent letter published
in v the New York Times put the matter something like
this
'The referendum must be put clearly before the
American people. Are we willing to go to war in order
to keep our large, fast automobiles, to continue to use
more and more energy in our homes, plants and bus
inesses, and to continue the yearly style changes in our
clothing, largely made of synthetic fabrics?
"If the answer to that question is yes, then the youth
of this country will simply have to submit to the draft,
just as the young maidens in ancient Mayan culture
submitted to be sacrificed to their gods."
I find it hard to beat the directness and clarity of that.
Hypocrisy alleged
Larry Doerr
Campus Minister
, UNL
Has Vice President Hubert Brown compromised the
self-righteous allegiance he gave to "academic freedom" at
the regents' meeting in November? It seems that speakers
who have on occasion advocated totalitarianism are mere
ly contributing to the "ideological debate."
But the South African coins to him are clear symbols
of oppression, I will not lecture Mr. Brown on his specious
analogies comparing the South African government to the
Nazis. But I would hope to give attention to Mr, Brown's
hypocrisy on the issue, if he has not noted it already him-
Stanford Sipple
Junior, Economics
Law not the answer
Friday's article on the fledgling "Students, for Life"
organization prompts me to add my opinion to the dozens
which have appeared in the Daily Nebraskan on the
subject of abortion. It is a subject which has become so
very polarized that reason and intelligence often fall by
the wayside.
I would simply like to suggest to all who are contribut
ing their honest efforts and time to pro-life organizations
such as Students for Life that legality of abortion is ulti
mately beside the point, I don't like abortion, I feel it is
immoral, but making it illegal simply will not stop it from
happening. It is estimated that there were as many as a
third of a million abortions annually in the years before
the Supreme Court decision on abortions. If abortion is
proscribed by law now, its incidence might decrease some
what, but it would not stop.
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Even little things' concern Warner
By Julie Bird
If there ever was a hot seat, Sen. Jerome Warner of
Waverly sits on it.
Warner chairs the Legislature's powerful appropriations
committee, which decides how much money goes where
and to whom. The dollar amounts soar into the millions.
What concerns the man in the hot seat? Is he bothered
with the university's contention that they need far more
than the amount allocated them in Gov. Charles Thone's '
budget? v
Does he worry that schools may have to cut programs
to live within a 7 percent spending lid? Is he afraid some
important program in the state will have to be dropped
because there isn't enough money available?
Yes, he is. But something else captures Warner's atten
tion as well. It's styrofoam cups.
Warner, who is known by legislative pages for his large
coffee mug, looked around the chambers one day at all
the styrofoam coffee cups lying unused on tables and
desks. , -
"If people had to haggle over the budget every day like
I do, they'd bring their own coffee cups," he sighed.
Nitpicking? Maybe, but those cups cost more ..than a
penny apiece. Already this session the state has spent
nearly $300 on coffee supplies and that's just since Janu
ary. And, as Warner said, the little tfongs add up.
For example, this week the Legislature addressed a pro
posal to increase mileage reimbursement five cents a mile
for some state employees.
"That didn't sound too bad until I found out it would
cost the state another $100j000 for every cent increase,"
Warner said. "I was surprised when I sat down and figured
it out."
He was reminded of Lyndon Johnson's term when the
president used to make an issue of turning out the lights
in the White House for energy conservation. At tneimic,
people touched because it seemed insignificant, he said.
little things eat up the budget, just like energy " he said
Warner said his four years chairing the appropriations
committee have made him more cost conscious in most
cases, but said his wife jokes that the best time to get him
to agree to personal expenditures is when the Legislature
is in session.
"I guess that when you're used to dealing in thousands
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