Wednesday, February 6, 1935
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ffl ha tinniest thing hs.ppsr.ed In Washington
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leader batted hesis ever a moral i.
the rc'Jdous leader taking the sid
iscnoruiiy.
The issue b South Africa apartheid and the
current U.S. policy of constructive- engagement.
The debaters were Son. Edward Kennedy and
right wing fundamentalist Jeny Fahvell.
Constructive engagement, in principle, requires
the United States to quietly urge South Africa to
end its legally tr.i often violently enforced
seiyegsifcn no public condemnations, no
economic cr political sanctions, no pressure at
all. Just chitchat. In practice, the policy is o
American stssp of approval for fpartheid. It
tills the white minority rulers cf South Africa
thst we do not oppose their tkiast ifcuce cf
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But the Began administration and other
proponents of the policy have their rcr.cr.3 for
supporting it. One springs from the popular view
that the Soviet Union and its leftist lackeys are
the sole source cf evil in the world today. South
Africa is a rightist regime; therefore, it cannot be
evil.
That appears to be the logic behind statements
like this: "We must not, like the moral policeman
of the world, do anything that would hand this
very friendly and valuable country over to the
Soviet Union." So said Falwell today, according
to a Reuters News Wire report on the confronta
tion. Where was Fahvell with that statement when
the CIA. was mining Nicaraguan harbors?
His moral indignation was not aroused then,
because it's not the morality of a given action
that bothers Falwell, but the political orientation
of the actor.
That philosophy is a major tenet of Falwell
and his Moral Majority cronies' modus operandi
in the world of political influence. On the
apartheid issue, among others, he's gone so far
right he's left his religion.
Kennedy, on the other hand, is one of those
Democrats who President Reagan says has gone
so far left he's left the country. This particular
"leftist" now dares to advocate putting some
teeth into an American stance against human
rights abuses, . namely, impose sanctions on
South Africa if it fails to abolish or at least move
toward abolishing apartheid. Kennedy wants
America to mean what it says, and the actions he
is proposing are not new; indeed, they are
traditional gestures for a "moral policeman"
nation who fought World War II to make the
world safe for democracy, won World War I to end
all Wars and imposed economic sanctions on the
Soviet Union for invading Afghanistan. Further
more, some South Africsn experts' observations
indicate that constructive engagement just may
defeat its own end. South Mica is growing
increasingly imst&Me some revolution is
possible. If the United. States 'continues its
support of the white minority government, that
ration will certainly not be Mendiy to us. But
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Letters hard to trace
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concerned about its potential danger to cur
national interest, which apparently comes first
in Falwell's credo.
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friend of mine recently received a chain
letter in the mail. The opening line cf the
.letter read "With Love All Things Are
Possible."
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People who send these chain letters know
little about the possibilities cf love. They know
much about the possibilities of fear, intimidation
and Mse hopes.
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The particular letter my Mend received and
gave to oe wsms of the consequences of
brewing the chiln. One min, according to the
letter, "... lost his wife six d.tys after receiving
the letter. He filled to circulate the letter."
If however, the letter said, you send 2D
photocopies cf the letter to people in need cf
good luck within 3 hours, you will receive gocd
fortune. It lists a few people and money they,
received for not breaking the chain.
It ends by telling cf a man who upon receiving
this chain letter didn't believe in its "power"
and threw it away. Nine days later, he died.
These letters are senseless harmful past times
of truly deranged people.
Recently an old woman wrote to Ann Landers
explaining that her husband died just ays after
she threw such a chain letter away. She was
actually blaming herself for her husband's death
because she hadn't sent the letter on.
I wonder at the conscience of these people
who write these things. Is there some morbid
pleasure in knowing that some woman is going
through the torment of blaming herself for her
husband's natural death?
There are chain letters that specifically ask
for money to be sent to say, the next person on
the list. For example, it might sy, send $25 and
this letter to someone and put your name on the
bottom of the list, with the hops thit eventually
many people will send you $25.
Fortunately chain letters are against the law;
Lincoln Postmaster Jerome Wiescr said anyone
who receives such a letter should take it to the
nearest post office. They in turn will forward it to
postal inspectors, who will try to trace it back to
its origins.
Wieser ssid tracing a chain letter to its
originator is difficult but that it has been done.
If the letter does not specifically ask for
money, he said, they ax not investigated.
However if, as in the case cf the letter I have
quoted, a letter contains what Wieser called
"Veiled threats," the postal service will investi
gate. Postal Inspector Stewart Fatten siid a person
caught sending a chain letter could face up to
two years in prison and a $1,000 fine.
Anyone who receives a chain letter and sends
it on is considered a 'Victim operator," he said.
They are ftsked to step it fa
charges will be filed.
Patton knew cf the letter my Mmd received.
He said that specific one ho been going around
for quits sxhile and such letters ere dslacuit to
trace, since it has no list cfmtes et the bottom.
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University should hire
iters, attorney says
As you reported last week, the Nebraska U.S.
attorney is on the faculty of the busineis college,
teaching business law. The students cf Eon
Lahnsrs are getting more than a lecture on
contracts or torts they benefit fesi asso
ciating with a leader in lesl circles, the
opportunity to view current legs! issues feom his
perspective and contact with an influential "rele
modeL"
Vthy doesn't the University make mere cf an
effort to esccme this type cf "masters"
instruction? Every Ml a hsndM cf "mssters" m
brought to campus for & weekend, the idea being
that students, can meet and question him cr her.
But why net tcJ:e f!i advsstsge cf the
cf thea UNL rrsduitca r'.i tez&zi crsctiti
introducticn courses. Architects, withers, bis
cists .... ill the to fssth dlrectora r
xoclcsts, would wclccme the chssce to return
to the copus and share thdrexperiesee, to see
what's happening with ccllsg? students we read
so ctsch about,
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If it is felt that teaching three hours is too
much for them, these "masters" could teach one
credit hour seminars or recitations. The p:y
scale wouldn't need to be inereised; this wouldn't
dent the budget tnd would attest to the dedica
tion of the masters. After ell, the U.S. attorney
isn't teaching for the money!
I speak from ray own experience. Although I
practice law for a living, the challenges cf my
Marketing 341 classes offer a special satisfaction.
Jan E. Button
Lancaster County District Court Beferee
Other prejudices
deserve attention
I was distressed end saddened to learn about
the ricist defacing cf a pester presetiM the
KSfciCK UiNLP;
letter to the
a leiussie rnrm w-
mc3 shown in an engineering class. How cn
that
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BtliV Nebraskan tn fa a ie??
wmuz tAvjas mma acts at UNL 1
kwuuiiuii tits liaiiuiL
It turr.3 r.y stossch to re "J sirt these her- '
rendous injustices perpstrsted upon my fellow
students tad faculty. Esccstly I ws denied even
the opportunity to spply for an Internship
because cf ray sex my nee. It effected my
Me, ray future and say prdissionsl career.
Racism and geiiasi are nuch mere vMd when
confSroiited directly by eh Individual. I fiaaly
stsnd behind the belief that we should all be
' treated as equals without Mas to race, sex, age
or religion.
Ease idiot scribbled seaetfcfcs foolish on a
poster. A'zn3v1e produced twenty yssrs ago was
unprcteslsnd. Yes, these thio m offensive.
However, I feel cy grfraisce b cla much greater
miritude. I c.:i not ny nee end I'n net my sex.
Vthy should I be singled cut because cf these
Qualities which have nothing to do with my pro-
This stxtn Kid ftilzn shsu!J be challenged.
It should be elinisat-:! I deserve dignity and
respect. Vthat I dsn't u.!r;tar.d is why the
ccrpcrstica cr our p!accncr.t cZzs didn't just
come rit cat jr.d zz?t 'T.ldte E-s Used Not
