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I'm glad the Daily Nebraskan was able to print the
letter of Mr. Hubert Brown. From the ideas, insight and
accusations made, he must be a political scientist, socio
logist and personal friend of the Coes.
I didn't have to, Mr. Brown, but I looked up 'apar
theid' again. Webster's New World Dictionary defines it
. . the policy of strict racial segregation and discrimina
tion against the native Negroes and other colored peoples
as practiced in South Africa . . . lYn sure, or at least I
hope, everyone has a fair understanding of the word.
To briefly answer your three questions. Most church
groups have condemned South Africa, and various cities
have discouraged their citizens from buying Krugerrands,
and the three networks have refused Krugerrand ads be
cause the South African government is wholly racist. I
agree with you. Mr. Brown, on every point.
If I agree with you, why am I one of the "fools" that
helped with the KEEP petition? Because I don't think Mr.
Coe is the . . shrewd . . . racist . . Jiar" you accused him
of.
I don't know Mr. Coe personally, but I seriously doubt
if he is the type of man to come up with the scheme you
mentioned. As for your quote "Coe knew the coins would
do no good in the Engineering College," I can see you are
not in that college. $680,000 is going to help no matter
how you look at it.
In the letters Mr. Coe has written I've been unable to
detect a man that ". . never had a kind thought about
black people." I think that he gave the coins in the spirit
that we need the money, and he wanted to help UNL in
some way. 'To accept the coins in this spirit of gracious
ness " was the reason behind the petition.
If the circulation of Krugerrands is so crucial a matter,
why did you wait until a donation of them was made to
cry out, thus endangering other types of donations as
well?
Our differences are in how you, I and 5,000 other
people view Mr. Coe.
Roger Stage
Sophomore Engineering
Thanks for signing
KJE.EP. (Krugerrands Enhance Educational Progress)
was recently organized to facilitate an avenue through
which students could express their appreciation for Mr.
and Mrs. Coe's recent donation of 1,300 Krugerrands.
K.E.E.P. thanks the 4,700 students who signed our
petition. A special thanks is in order to the ISO students
who helped collect signatures. We feel extremely satisfied
about the overwhelming campus response. This has been
the most successful petition drive at UNL in the last four
years. In addition, many thanks and compliments were
received from UNL faculty and staff.
This massive turnout has demonstrated that students
greatly appreciate" Mr. and Mrs. Coe's gift. The univer
sity community also desires that the Krugerrands remain
at UNL for enhancement of the educational quality.
KJ2.EP. transmitted the petition and a cover letter
to Mr. and Mrs. Coe this last weekend. The Coes have not
informed K.E.EP. if they have changed their minds; how
ever, we believe that they may reconsider their donation
to UNL's Engineering College.
Again, we thank all those who made this petition drive
a success.
John A. Kreuscher, Senior
Mark A. Knobel, Senior
KKK resurrected
It has been very enlightening to observe the actions of
those who distort principles in a strained effort to justify
UNL's desire to profit from the tainted Krugerrands.
Words have been twisted and wrenched into misshapen
things without meaning. Conduct (acceptance of the
Krugerrands) has been bleached of all moral content so
that to the uncritical, it may appear neutral-much in the
manner that the Krugerrands, themselves, were "launder
ed" by the university's bag man, the NU Foundation.
Uncleanness cannot produce cleanliness.
The reigning ethical norm at UNL seems to be, the end
justifies the means; i.e., let the end be desirable and it
matters not what means are used to achieve it. This
premise justifies for "educational" purposes, the profit
derived from prostitution, dope-pushing, child porno
graphy and Nazi-made lampshades from the skin of Jews.
UNL would welcome it all; but of course it must first be
laundered by the NU Foundation. Fine human beings
sprout from such an environment of moral expediency.
This Krugerrand issue is fraught with symbolism too
striking to ignore. Look at the petition drive (called
KEEP) whose aim is to tighten the foundation's strangle
hold on the Krugerrands. The two leaders, according to
the Daily Nebraskan, are named Kreuscher and Knobel;
thus giving us "Kreuscher & Knobel for Krugerrands"
(KKK). Freud could not have contrived better imagery.
That trio of letters has always been at the center of much
of the brutal, ugly history of American racism. Though
the "KEEP'ers" have resurrected them and are trying to
dress them in new clothes, they cannot alter the nature
of the vicious scoundrels who' will wear them.
Ernie Chambers
State Senator
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