UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN editorials
Unsigned editorists represent the opinion of the Kansan editorial staff. Signed columns represent the views of the editors.
March 18.1980
Establish credit now
Although seniors at the University of Kansas, and elsewhere, have been receiving a steady flow of credit card applications in the mail lately, chances are that this assault by companies anticipating seniors' entry into the housing- and spending-money will be short-lived, with possibly fatal results.
President Carter announced last Friday measures aimed at controlling the rampant inflation plaguing the United States economy. Inflation that has been rumbling close to 20 percent for the past year is one of the rules restricting credit to consumers, businesses and banks, which was last done during the Korean War.
In accordance with Carter's plan, the Federal Reserve Board, which is the governing body of the Federal Reserve System and which implements federal monetary policies, is authorized to issue the credit markets, drive up the amount of borrowing money for those who are able to obtain credit.
That last phrase, "for those who are able to obtain credit," should be more than slightly distressing to college seniors getting ready to enter the job market. They're taking loans, mortgages, car payments, household management and family support.
Economic analysts say the credit crunch should have little effect on
interest rates, which are restricted by state usury ceilings, imposed on credit card users. However, obtaining higher credit limits on existing cards and having the right credit account could become very difficult, if not almost impossible.
Less money will be available for consumer credit because the Federal Reserve is going to require large financial institutions, including credit card companies, to set aside 15 percent of the new money they acquire.
Numbering high among the credit casualties inevitably will be college students, very few of whom have the weight of evidence stacked in their favor when it comes to justifying themselves as good credit risks. Many jobs with the government of confirmed jobs when they are not paid no past credit ratings. Many may not even have a definite address to give for billing purposes.
Seniors, and others, take note. If you ever plan to take out a loan, open a new account or even cash a check, don't wait to start establishing a line of credit for yourself, relying on your honest face and good reputation to see you through. The credit card application yesterday as junk mail could soon carry more clout than Mastercharge ever dreamed of.
State Sen. John Vermillion, R-Republicance, ought to retire from politics if his latest piece of legislation is an example of his logic and progressiveness. Congress to exempt women from the draft, is obviously the product of a fogged mind.
Sexist mind behind draft resolution
The resolution, introduced in the Senate
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early this month, is intended to be a voice heard by national political leaders. Vermilion has said. A voice of what, Senator, 19th century thinking?
Vermilion objected to the registering and drafting of women, because it would put "death into the thinking of young women," and "diminish the importance of the home." That kind of reasonning holds up as about a hundred years of cardboard in Kansas windstorms.
Why would the registering and drafting of women put death into their thinking and not allow them to be held accountable by a senator implying that it's perfectly all right for men to think of death and destruction? Reasoning like that is responsible for the deaths of millions of people. Grow up believing they must uphold. Death and killing are not pleasant thoughts for anyone, but no less pleasant for men than women.
Your reasoning. Sen. Vermillion, places men and women into invalid stereotypes. What makes you so sure that I am less able to handle the death of death and killing in a school setting? A pediatrician, Tony Munoz, the grade school teacher, or my brother, who works with preschool children in a day care center? These are gentle men, loving and affectionate. You dare to presume that they are more capable of dealing with violence than I am?
PERHAPS THE senator simply means that women can't take the thought of death at work, but when they reasoning were valid, Kansas never would have been settled, because pioneer women watched their husbands and their children from marauders to protect their homes from marauders.
VERMILION ALSO said the drafting of women would destroy the American home. The loss of fathers is also damage, Tell that to the children and wives of the soldiers killed in Vietnam. Tell that to me, Senator. Tell that to the year of my own father spent in Vietnam.
parents are drafted, why should their sex be considered? Families can and do function without resident mothers, just as they do without fathers.
Vermillion tried to gain support for his resolution by evolving the image of pig-tied girls coming home in coffins or with horrible bounds. What but of tow-ened little boys? Why do little boys play little boys of my life, who now play with innocence and joy? Would you send them to
The drafting of parents should be unnecessary, since there is a large pool of unmarried, draftage Americans. But if
war, send them back to their families and to me in boxes? To do that is an abomination, a crime, but no more a crime than to send Christie or Bart, the little girls I love.
IF YOU SEND my brother to the horrors of war, send me, too. My life is no more important than his. If you wish to save little girls from war, why not save little boys, or do you have something against little boys, let us get, just save all our从全the battle of hell.
Vermilion concluded his arguments against the registering and drafting of military life. He asserts that endure the rigors of military life, he said, requires that one give up "freedom to think for yourself, and to be a beautiful, beauty, your vanity and personal likeness."
If that statement is an example of the best of Sen. Vernilion's milestone, I don't want to see his worst. If military life is so awful, why subject anyone to it, men or women? Men are less statistic than women. Senator. They are no less vain and have no fewer personal likes.
MILITARY LIFE is hard. As a 20-year veteran life, it requires one hour of an acting role that involves the ability to keep one's mouth shut, training and discipline. But women are no less capable of fitting into military life than men. When you watch a cat at work; they can work as teams—watches nurses in an emergency training—watches trainers—watches women Marines at boot camp.
Senator, would you arbitrarily place young men into an environment that robbed them of individuality, freedom, privacy, the ability to make a decision, the cruel man. But the draft is arbitrary and cruel; why subject anyone to it? If you will subject everyone at least fair, be at least women, and treat equally.
OBVIOUSLY, SENATOR, you mean well. You are only trying to protect women. But with friends like you, no one, men or women, needs any enemies. Your resolution is a sextis, archie piece of legislation that says women should not blind to see the folly of our ancient ways.
The registering and drafting of men or women is unsecessary now, and it is always unfair. But Senator, if you must take my masters, my friends, my colleagues, take me.
UNIVERSITY DAILY letters KANSAN
Dykes a recipient of unjustified abuse
To the Editor:
I feel the petition against Chancellor Archie R. Dykes is very unjust. I think suspending Norman Forer and Clarence Dillingham's pay during their leave was unfair, but it is important that this school be taught to the knowledge of people. One of the reasons that Forer and Dillingham were hired was to teach the students their knowledge. If all teachers were givling off to it from because they were not supposed to, universities would be without professors.
The suspension of pay that Dykes gave and Dillingham any opinion, was just because he had not been given the two men. Had this not been done, then any professor at any time could think he was a lawyer.
When they returned, their jobs as professors were waiting for them, a very fine gesture on the part of the University. But did they leave well enough alone? Not given she straight up from, leaving his responsibilities at the University once again.
Both of these men left their positions during finals of last semester. I think this is very hypocritical in the eyes of the public. As a student I am obligated to go to classes and take my finals. But these actions of the Guglielmagh presentation a totally opposite picture.
Although it was at his own expense, it was a low blow to the high-standard image that KU has upheld throughout its many years as a university. It was as if for Woerse was sifting in the face of administration and having his contract to terminate. If he wanted to go to Iran, why be'd become an emassador instead of a professor?
KU doesn't have the time or the money to be messing around with politics. It is a hard job for me, but I think this kind of ignorance of the professors. In conclusion, I feel that Dykes' suspension of Forer and Dillingham was very helpful in clearing their ideals and standards of the professors at KU. Furthermore, the termination of Forer and Dillingham should also be taken under consideration.
Matthew D. Wilhm
Banner Springs junior
'Church of Silence' mute on holocaust
A House Committee on Immigration reported, not estimated, that between 1917 and 1920, 92 Catholic bishops, 12,000 priests and 58,000 laymen were executed for their religious beliefs by the USSR and its satellites—imprisoned or dead. Bishops, 32,000 priests, 10 million laymen, 4 million other communist occupied countries—in Vietnam, Cambodia, Cuba and elsewhere—whole座 can be made. Catholics, Christian missionaries in the true "eucumenism" of imprisonment,
To the Editor:
torture and martyrdom, in a holocaust going on right now so much worse than Hitler's as to begging the imagination.
It is well-documented and obvious. Communist tactics include the manipulation of well-meaning, sentimental clergy in well-written, naturally protected unsuffering West to weaken people to defend themselves and their suffering brothers who lie bleeding in the ditch. They pray for peace but do nothing, a presumption they never apply to the church. Many Catholics are barrassing for Catholics to read in the Daily Kansan such as "a peace priest," as Cardinal Mindzendz called him, quoting from an uncanonical organization "representing" the church. His doctrine is an effeminate, moral counsel clear; contrary to the spirit of the unchangeable teaching of the Church in natural law—confront both justice and the mercy of the soldier than whom none has greater love because he gives his life for his friend. Christ said the Roman centenion: "Such Faith I have not seen in all Israel."
John Senior
Professor of Classics
An Iron Curtain bishop has commented on the current "trainship des cesiers"：“We are not the real 'Church of Silence', for we bear witness daily and our voices cry to heaven. But it is the Church in free countries which is the 'Church of Silence' if the faithful there insist about our tragedy . . . and worse than they are the kings-sisters of silence.
We would like to comment on J.D. Wilhite's low opinion of Joe's doughnuts "a landmark in establishment, as Wilhite says it, because there are quite a few hedonistic junk food connoisseurs in this town who can tell you all the ingredients, flour, grease and refined sugar. To you, Mr. Wilhite, the great-grand-great-sweet little sunkist who they are life-long members of study and post-party munches.
Joe's doughnuts are late-night lifesavers
Wildlife compares the nutritive value of a Joe's doughnut to a sponge soaked in motor oil. If you're looking for nutrition, Mr. Kramer, for the goose, it has more fiber.
Laurie Kubatzky
Cindy Meyer
St. Louis sophomores
As for Joe, he deserves a medal for his ability to create a first-class confection out of "gut-bombing" ingredients. We hope he will show his successor how to do the same. I can't imagine a better recipe than empty calories once in a while. We can't speak for everyone, but if we're going to eat junk food (and we are), we'd rather die from Joe's "concoctions" than any other meal on the table any day (except Saturday). And as for you, Mr. Willhite, you deserve the holies.
To the Editor:
Media coverage key for Anderson
By ROGER D. MASTERS
N. H. C. CHOICE
HANOVER, N.H.-John B. Anderson's very strong showing in the Massachusetts team is that he hasn't primaries were not predicted, but it need not have been quite the surprise it seemed to the fans.
Anderson has been the paradox of this car's presidential race. Informed officers at the University have professors—have often said that the Illinois congressman is the best candidate in either race.
Equally widespread, however, has been the judgment that he isn't a serious contender.
The results in New England have proved the palsis wrong. Why were the media so quick to see the Republican nomination as a battle between Reagan Reason and George
Bush? Will Anderson remain a key contender?
As a matter of fact, the early primaries are often not as difficult to do if you can't get and keep media attention, you lose. Candidates consistently score low in the polls and in election results because they don't get enough attention.
John Connally, Howard H. Baker Jr. and Robert Dole have dropped out of the race. Philip Crane is continuing his campaign with almost no support.
TO GO BEYOND superficial judgments,
however, it is necessary to study detailed
figures.
When looked at closely, New Hampshire tells us some interesting things about the campaign—in particular, that newspapers are more important in establishing voters'
images and attitudes than have been presumed.
For example, the Manchester Union Leader, New Hampshire's only statewide newspaper, campaigned vigorously for Reagan in 1984, and obviously influenced the outcome: In Manchester itself, Reagan had 7,361 votes; in Charleston, he had 2,509. Reagan's lead elsewhere was about 12%.
ANDERSON'S performance in New Hampshire is best measured with this in mind. In the early primaries, name recognition is the crucial factor. Given the high visibility of, and national media attention, commentators should have looked at towns where Anderson had more favorable press exposure and name recognition.
Significantly, many papers there announced editorial support for Anderson.
Among them were the Concord Monitor, the Keene Sentinal, the Portsmouth Harbor and the Valley News (covering Hanover and Lebanon). These papers, like national television and news magazines, gave most of the information they received. But by endorsing Anderson, they provided the first clue to the emergence of a third major contest in the race.
WHILE REAGAN led Bush in Keene, Concord, Portsmouth and Lebanon, Anderson beat Baker in all four cities. Lumping these cities together, Gogan got only 34.8 percent of the vote (compared to 38 percent statewide), Bush 26.9 percent (vs. 23 percent New Hampshire) and Anderson 18.4 percent—almost double his state average.
In Durham, the home of the University of New Hampshire, and in the region around Dartmouth College in Hanover, Anderson is the highest vote-getter in either party, with 644 Republicans and 140 Democrats to Bush's 591 and President Carter's 514.
IN BOTH Massachusetts and Vermont, key newspapers also endorsed Anderson. In Vermont, the mayor of Burlington, in Vermont, for example, Anderson ran well ahead of Reagan and Bush in all five cities; papers had endorsed him burglarizing the White River Junction and Belle Falls). New England has therefore indicated that Anderson is very much part of what has happened at Burlington.
Looking to November, since only a quarter of the American electorate is Republican, Carter can be defeated only by Democrats and Republican Democrats as well as independents. Anderson seems well placed in this regard. In particular, he appeals to young veterans—abbit half of whom are independent voters, who support Gov. Edmund O. Brown Jr.
AS A MATTER of fact, the evidence to date is that he was born in 1932, when party alignment matters. In such elections, some Democrats vote for a Republican while some Republicans shift their votes.
If this trend materializes, it could put John Anderson in the White House. Roger D. Masters is professor of government at Dartmouth College.
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