thursday, September 24, 1931 page 4 daily nebraskan City council should conduct last rites for radial Lincoln residents who disapprove of the Northeast Radial apparently will have at least an additional two months to express their displeasure with the roadway thanks to the City Council's vote Monday night. By a 4-3 vote, the council defeat ed an attempt to remove the radial topic from the authority of the Com prehensive Plan. The plan coordinates the city's road building and development poli cies. Joining Council members Joe Hampton, Donna Frohardt and Louis Shackelford in delaying the death of the radial was William Danley, who earlier had said he would vote to re move the issue from the authority of the Goals and Policies Committee. Weicker deserves respect for heroic integration stand If we are to succumb to President Ron ald Reagan's exhortations and return to the heroic age, let us at least honor those men and women who are worthy of our respect. If we need heroes as role models, we must choose people who get the most out of their talents, and people who are willing to stand up for their beliefs; people such as Rod Carew, Fran Tarkenton, and Lowell Weicker. lumps Yes, Lowell Weicker, the Republican senator from Connecticut who first became famous with his unswerving quest for the truth during the Watergate hearings. It was Weicker who steadfastly fought for the ideal that politics did not have to be a backroom affair. This summer, it was Weicker who showed the nation that ideological stands do not have to be fruitless. He exemplified the fact that our leaders may appeal to our reasoning powers as well as our sentiments, that our politicians are not all crass, and that the sports world no longer needs to be the only source of our heroes. Weicker's achievement was his two month filibuster in the Senate, against an amendment to a Department of Justice spending bill. This rider was introduced by Sens. Jesse Helms of North Carolina, and Bennett Johnston of Louisiana. It would prohibit the Justice Depart ment from spending any money to achieve racial integration, (i.e. busing) and allow ci ties in which efforts towards integration have already been initiated to backslide without any federal interference. From the beginning Weicker denounced the bill as "anti-constitution," but it was n o nebraskan Editorials do not necessarily express the opinions of the Daily Nebraskan's publishers, the NU Board of Regents, the University of Nebraska and its employees or the student body. UPSP 144-080 Editor: Tom Prentiss; Managing editor: Kathy Stokebrand; News editor: Steve Miller; Associate news editors: Dan Epp. Kim Hachiya, Alice Hrnicek; Night news editor: Martha Murdock; Assistant night news editor: Kate Kopischke; Entertainment editor: Pat Clark; Sportf editor: Larry Sparks; Art director: Dave Luebke; Photo graphy chief: Mark Billingsley. Copy editors: Linnea Fred rick son, Patti Gallagher, Bill Graf, Melanie Gray, Deb Horton, Betsy Miller, Janice Pigaga. Phyllis Schroeder, Reid Warren. Tricia Waters. Business manager: Anne Shank-Volk; Pro duction manager: Kitty Policky; Advertising manager: Art K. Small; Assistant advertising manager: Jerry Scott. Publications Board chairperson: Margy McCleery, 472-2454. Professional adviser: Don Walton. 473-7301. The Daily Nebraskan is published by the UNL Publications Board Monday through Friday during the fall and spring semesters, except during vacation. Address: Daily Nebraskan, 34 Nebraska Union, 14th and R streets, Lincoln, Neb., 68588. Telephone: 472-2588. All material in the Daily Nebraskan is covered by copyright. Second class postage paid at Lincoln, Neb. 68510. Annual subscription $20, semester sub scription: $11. only part of a concerted conservative effort to limit the powers of the courts in the United States. Weicker was essentially alone in his stand against the effort to ne gate a Supreme Court verdict through legis lation. Though there appeared to be a majority of senators willing to vote for the Helms Johnston amendment, Weicker's persua siveness, and especially his persistence, en ticed enough senators out of their cocoons to stop two attempts to end his filibuster Sixty votes are needed to end a filibuster Just as he was during the Watergate hearings, Weicker was demanding thai American ideals be carried beyond the prose of some politicians. "I want to make it clear that there art those of us on this floor who are going tc do everything that we can to preserve th integrity of the Constitution of the Unitet States. We are not going to play fast and loose with it," Weicker said. In a situation that is full of ironies, it is interesting to note that Weicker's most for midable ally during his filibuster was an unsuspecting Reagan. The president had Congress so occupied with his budget and tax-cut legislation, that conservatives had little tune to mount a substantial effort to corral Weicker. Weicker cannot expect such a boon again. The cubnination of the fight was merely postponed, and Weicker needs allies on the Senate floor. Helms and Johnston are still around, and there are indications that the Reagan administration is now ready to join the fight with all its forces. Perhaps it is another irony in this legis lative battle, but it really seems more de pressing than anything else, that only towards the end of this filibuster was Weic ker aided by any Democrats in Congress. Weicker is earning the enmity of his own party's establishment for the sake ol his ideals. Meanwhile, the Democratic sen ators who should be at Weicker's side have been scurrying about trying to protect their tails since last November. Weicker made a heroic stand this past summer, but the fight is by no means over. Everyone should take note of his achieve ment, despite the dearth of press coverage. Perhaps some Democratic leaders should take Reagan's cue, and pick a suitable role model, like Lowell Weicker. What do yoi think, Teddy? Letters policy The Daily Nebraskan welcomes letters to the editor from readers and interested groups. Letters will be selected on the basis of clarity, timeliness, originality and space available in the paper. Letters sent to the newspaper for pub lication become the property of the Daily Nebraskan and cannot be returned. The Daily Nebraskan reserves the right to edit and condense all submitted letters. Readers are also welcome to submit material as guest opinions, subject to the editor's decision to print the material as a letter or as a guest opinion. Anonymous letters will not be consider ed for publication. Letters should include name and year in school. Requests to withhold names will be granted only in exceptional circumstances. Submit all material to the Daily Nebra skan, Room 34, Nebraska Union, 1400 R St., Lincoln, Neb., 68588. Council members Mike Steinman, Margrethe Ahlschwede and Eric Youngberg all voted to remove the wording from the Comprehensive Plan. Supporters of the radial want an alternative plan implemented before they vote to end plans for the North east Radial. This amounts to replacing the ra dial plans with a similar roadway plan to ease traffic congestion. The council members who voted to remove the radial from the plan should be commended for their ac tion. After all, Lincoln voters soundly elections. After years of bickering the issue went to the voters and it failed miserably. Lincoln voters should be outraged that no steps have been taken since April to change the city policy. The radial is ancient history. Yet, even though practically every, one, including Danley says the radial is dead, not enough people have de cided to join together in the cere monial last rites. While the radial is a dead issue, there are still some shortsighted mem bers of the council who are the radi al'sonly life-support system. W mm s to fthe editor Producer apologizes Though we regret that this letter must be written, it is attendant to those respon sibilities assumed when we undertook the production of the Fifth Annual Great Plains Blues Festival. The concert was unreasonably late in starting, and for this we must assume re sponsibility. There were unexpected and unforeseen technical difficulties, particular ly with the audio and recording equipment. The apologies remain ours to make. The University Program Council and Nebraska Union personnel took every step possible to present a quality program. John Hammond and the Luther Allison Band gave outstanding perfonnances, and we sincerely hope that any persons incon venienced by the delay found their wait worthwhile. We hope to have future opportunities to provide the university community with more excellent programming; you have our assurance that every possible caution will be taken to avoid similar and foreseeable difficulties. Keith A.Wagner, Producer MTS Productions, Inc. Hispanics celebrate Thanks you for your piece on Hispan ic Week. Let me clear up a couple of inac curacies, due possibly more to my lack of clear communication over the telephone than to anything else. The truth is, Hispanic groups in Lincoln have, indeed, coordinated their efforts in various ways in the past. The large attend ance at Hispanci Week functions this past week testified as much to that fact as to the present efforts. Secondly, Mexicans and other Hispanic people have lived in Lincoln for a good many years. The large influx of Mexicans and Cubans beginning around 20 years ago was, therefore, by no means the first. Finally, the church-sponsored events were not held to raise money (wonders never cease, right?), but rather to raise awareness . . . and to celebrate! Father Tom Kozeny Cathojic Hispanic Community Suicide not confined Today, women are faced with numerous options. Years ago, in our own mothers' times, these options were limited. In Ms. Gershenfeld's opinion most women who married in the 40s and 450s grew up with traditional notions of marriage and family. Today, these same women are bombard ed with new concepts of independence and self-sufficiency. This may be new way of looking at life for many women, but to generalize as Ms. Gershenfeld does about the ability for most women to adapt to these progressions, is not only an ovw generalization, but a support of the stereo type of the neurotic, ignorant housewife. The next question, I suppose, is should housewives give up their careers for mot herhood in order to keep their sanity? Should women have to make that choice? In Gershenfeld's opinion, it seems women are unable to assume separate roles as mother and producer. What is Gershenfeld getting at? Women may be suicidal, but so are dentists. And dentists are predominantly male. Many wo men may have difficulty adapting to new roles, but men too, are learning new roles. Suicide may be a reflection of this frustra tion, in general, but is in no way restricted to houswives and women in general. Ann Fletcher Senior, English Julie Jordan Junior, Environmental Health