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January 30,1980
Dole should take hint
To paraphrase a recent Kansan story, the big decision should be no decision.
Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., is getting more than just a gentle nudge out of the 1980 Republican Presidential Nomination Campaign. Friends, colleagues and constituents all are soothily, but firmly, suggesting to him that he should bid his bid for the White House and raise his bid for the U.S. Senate.
The suggestion is a reasonable one in light of Dole's showing in the Iowa caucuses last week. The senator finished last behind George Bush, the former Republican and lead Johnson, the unexpected loser, and all other Republican hopefuls.
Dole was elected to the Senate in 1968, after serving as a1st Congressional District Representative. He was reelected in 1974 for a second six-year term and would be running for his third term this year. He is ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee and, according to Dave Owen, his campaign chairman, Dole could become one of the most powerful men in the nation if the Republicans were to succeed in taking over.
So why does this Russell native continue to court disaster in presidential campaigns that never quite carry him to the top? In 1976 Dole ran as Gerald R. Ford's vice presidential candidate. After the Ford-Dole duo lost to the Carter-Mondale team, there were those who, justifiably, did not want to be Dole. Now, in his campaign for his party's presidential nomination, there is no one to blame but Dole for his failure to recognize the inevitable.
Every day that Dole delays announcing the certainly imminent decision to dicard his presidential candidate puts him another 24 hours behind in a run for the Senate. It should be evident to the senator by now that Americans just do not see him as a potential president.
Kansans, however, seem to appreciate Dole's talents as a senator, enough so to have supported him for almost 12 years.
Undoubtedly, they would appreciate him much more if he would concentrate on serving well the office to which they elected him instead of using it as a political consolation prize after unsuccessful shot at the White House.
One would be surprised at how many people still believe racial myths about blacks. Many take these myths for truth, despite the blacks' contributions to this
Black recognition late but deserved
"Did you hear the one about all the lazy jacks up yonder in the North trying to get jobs?" said Irene, "trying to go to medical school. We all know them fall man only and dance—except we don't."
The observance of National Black History Month could serve to educate all Americans of the accomplishments of blacks in this country.
By exhibiting works of the blacks, many myths and prejudices could be challenged.
Most certainly the one about blacks being shifftless and lazy would disappear if the country knew about the efforts of Soujoware to mobilize young blacks to the forbids South to free her people.
And the old myth about blacks being less than intelligent would surely die if the story about James McCune Smith, a black who in 1967 was in a law practice in New York, was told.
However, not much could be done about
was the highest ranking black in the U.S. Army and led a squadron in an expedition against Pancho Villa, there would be no need for a Black History Month.
Perhaps if the history books used in public schools during the '60s had mentioned that Benjamin Bannerke, as a 22-year-old tail, ack, was the first person in the North American colonies to build a clock, an American colonist. He built a blacks shouted, "I'm black and I'm proud."
If the history books in public schools mentioned that Oliver Lewis, a black man, rode the winning horse in the first Kentucky derby in 1875, then Carter G. Woodson, "the father of Negro history" would have found inspiration for the Study of Negrie Life and representation for the Study of Negrie Life and
Perhaps if Americans would take time to attend some of the events planned for Black History Month, they too would learn to be more aware that overlooked part of America's history.
In 1918, Woodson launched the Journal of Negro History which later led to the observance of Black History Month.
Or maybe if black children could go to public schools today and learn about the exploits of Col. Charles Young, who in 1918
Ironically, February, the shortest month of the year, has been chosen as the time to reflect on the black man's contributions. In March, he gets 200 years of sweat and tears in 28 days.
Black history should be entwined into the whole history of America. While I was a student in the Kansas City, Mo., school system, there was very little mention of the accomplishments of blacks in this country, and there were few parents and specialized courses in college.
A thirst for knowledge on black history
As the black protest of the '60s grew, historians began to give small sections and subtitles to blacks, but no entire chapters.
could be quenched only through outside reading and conversation.
The annual observance of Black History Month could help the country to get a better understanding of the black man.
The history courses in colleges touch more on the negro slave than on the black man's contributions. If it were not for the literary works of blacks themselves, their history in America would probably be lost or at best be told with subjective views.
A black man was on the Santa Maria when Columbus discovered America, and his ancestors are not planning to leave anytime soon.
It is important for Americans to know about this ingredient in the melting pot because it helps make this country run. The recipe for dipping dog dilts. They can be seen on television.
February could do much to teach Americans about blacks but there is no substitute for better documentation of the blacks' contributions.
New Senate faces crucial months
Carter rejects old notions
For years, KU's 1,300 classified employees, whose jobs include everything from secretaries to vertebrate zoologists, wunounced in the University community.
SECOND, THE EXPLICIT Carter commitment to defend the Persian Gulf region against a Soviet attempt to control it is a clear sign of Russia's military power; also there are difficulties. An effective barrier against Syria aggression would depend on two conditions, neither of which
And then a group of determined classified employees at KU sought a stronger voice in University matters affecting them.
One would be the willingness of Moslem Persian Gulf states to give such priority to the Soviet threat as to provide us with a chance to deal with the challenge to change an American-sponsored resolution
as for economic sanctions, to be really effective they would have to be imposed not only on the states but also on all allies. This is unlikely for reasons that amount to a mix of interest, fear and distrust of an American leadership whose oscillations have left many of our allies
Just a few months ago, the classified employees celebrated the birth of the Classified Sister. But in its infant stages, the classified will have some obstacle hurdle.
N.Y. Times Special Features
BRIAN MIDDLETON, Mass.-President Carter's
CAMPAIGN. Massachusetts does not so much a new foreign policy as a repudiation of two (animal notions of the 1970s).
Because KU officials feared that the Classified Senate would have the legal right to unionize if formally recognized, they decided to grant it only a few token rights.
By STANLEY HOFFMANN
In other words, the task of defining an integrated foreign policy purged of the early Cold War era is no longer a matter of relations and the solution of global issues in accordance with American ideals, yet concerned with pursuing both sets of objectives simultaneously and coherently, has only just begun.
of the Palestinian problem that would go far beyond not only Menacham beign's notions but also the ambiguities of Camp David. Mr. Bashar will be the keynote address are unlikely to prove adequate.
One is the Nixon Doctrine: We have discovered that we cannot rely on other nations to meet major Soviet challenges because there is no substitute for our own forces.
This is not to say the members are inep, just inexperienced. This lack of experience can hamper the Senate's early drive to gain momentum.
THE HUSPENSION OF SALT II is likely to hurt us far more than it is Moscow, for the treaty allows America to pursue all of its objectives without curtailing those Soviet programs that threatened us most. Especially if, as many observers have, we lack a strategic doctrine in a war-fighting doctrine, SALT II makes it more difficult for the Russians to have invasions at a surgical level.
When the Senate met in full force for the (in) election last month, most the Senate's newly elected senators even knew each other. Because classified jobs are easy, not all employees see them.
For example, the Classified Senate can now use the University mail service. But, a
Obviously, personal differences will have to be resolved—whether conflicts will develop remains to be seen.
The charge leveled unfairly against the administration—that its human rights policy undermined the shad—might be hurried at any attempt to make our aid centralized. It would violate internal-reform commitments by the military dictatorship. It will be easier to get congressional cooperation for a simple, or simpleminded, policy of renewed universal cold war than for a complex policy that tries to preserve our security new our world-order interests.
The other notion is the Carter administration's original belief that our government should be treated as a less important issue than, and a separate problem from, the global issues of world order such as human rights, non-violence, environmental issues, message on, the contrary, stresses the interaction between Soviet contact and these issues, but the new tough line raises two problems.
few token privileges will not get the Senate off the ground and on its way to being an effective governing body.
Classified Senate will suffer from inexperience.
The other condition is a reduction of the hostilities and rivalries, such as those between Pakistan and India or between Iraq and Hamas, so that no fragile the barrier of containment so fraggle.
The varying classified jobs could create problems with special interests. In other words, the Senate could become divided if
Only the classified employees can ensure the livelihood of their own creation.
First, Mr. Carter has warned Moscow that "its decision to use military force in Afghanistan will be costly to every political group in the region." The sanctions decided upon or envisaged likely to oblige Moscow to change course? A boycott of the Olympics would be of great symbolic value, but for Moscow the loss of the loss of Afghanistan
david COLUMNIST lewis
The next few months will prove to be crucial for the Senate. In this time it is imperative that the Classified Senate assert its rights to be organized body. That will not be an easy task.
MOREOVER, the main threat to Western positions in the area is not likely to be outright Soviet aggression: Moscow knows that Russia will try to wrest Pakistan would be far riskier than in Afghanistan. The greatest peril lies in internal turmoil and subversion, in a pro-Soviet regime's taking over in one area or in-sponsored separatism disrupting
Stanley Hoffman is professor of government at Harvard.
different categories of employees want different things.
If the president's commitment to resist Soviet attacks to "gain control" does not extend to such eventualities, our defense must be better, and if it does extend to them, we could soon find, as in Vietnam, that American military power is no substitute for local political and social cohesion and that the key problem is whether our military power but its importance in such situations.
Finally, the classified Senate has no safeguard against apathy. The Senate will have to meet during the night, not in the day when most of the employees are working.
Employees will have to devote time to the Senate, away from their homes and families.
THE OTHER set of questions raised by the message concerns the relations between the new policy toward Moscow and the other countries. The United States has resisted the Kissinger tionation of linking all of them to the Soviet-American rivalry and has reaffirmed his commitment to the war. We are still using weapons. But the tougher line toward Moscow becomes, the more attempts at promoting human rights or non-intervention have been subordinated to the priority of containment.
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However the Classified Senate has been fortunate to have been blessed with natural leadership and will discount the large numbers of employees who turned out to vote for the Senate.
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There is no question that the interest is there, but the Senate in the next few months will have to prove to its constituents as well as to KU administrators that it is a capable
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In the words of Tom Collins, active Senate member, KU's Classified Senate is a "milestone in the history of the state civil service."
But without continued hard work and dedication, this progress will go for naught and the milestone will mark the way to nowhere.
The Senate has made unbelievable progress in such a short time. No other organization exists in the state of Kansas.
Otherwise, the administration will not take the Classified Senate seriously, and the Senate's own members will lose interest.
If it does not integrate, the Classified Senate more than likely will be an outsider, idly sitting by while decisions concerning classified employees are made by KU office.
The first and most important step the Senate must take is to integrate with the University government. It should interact with the various University committees.
The Classified Senate must do everything as a "formally recognized" Senate would do. "Formally recognized" is only a term; nothing should prevent the Classified Senate from becoming an influential and active member of the University government.
Because of this, the integration issue should be the Classified Senate's No. 1 priority, except for merit salary increases.
U.S. must back Pakistan pledge
To the Editor:
Lately Pakistan has been a subject of concern to us Pakistanians and to interested Americans. A statement by the Pakistani government says that it has also raised a few eyebrows. I would like to explain a few understandings about Pakistan and its relationship to America and that relationship history.
I would like to start out with a brief history of formal pacts that Pakistan has had with the United States. The first one was the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, established in 1945-48. It was formed by the noncommunist members of the United States who were immensely concerned with the defense of Indochina and Southeast Asia.
The original organization consisted of Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Pakistan and the Philippines. The United States held the insular trust territories, Britain was a member with zones in Borneo and Hong Kong, and France represented French
Besides this treaty, Pakistan had a separate treaty with the United States that amounted to an agreement to provide military assistance and advice to local leaders in India. In this way, this presented a major obstacle to a potential communist desire to expand.
The second major pact with the United States and the Central Treaty Organization. Between the two, a number of other countries like Turkey and Iran were included in the pact. President Eisenhower and President Obama joined in the doctrine of the pact, which recognized the threat of communist aggression and sub-judgment on U.S. interests.
There were a number of other small pockets between Pakistan and the United States that were oriented toward training and deployment. One such pocket is One of the agreements reached also inincluded the use of Peshawer Air Base by Americans.
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In all fairness, appreciated the time. But it is also far better to point out the circumstances that led to the later deterioration between a military and a civilian United States
It started in 1962 when the Soviet Union it started up by plane that had allegedly taken off from *Fiji*. Soon, Soviets were extremely upset, so much so that Pakistan had to ask the United States to provide a base.
Three years later, Pakistan had its first assault on Osama bin Laden's compound, depended upon U.S. help. Instead, to everyone's surprise, the United States stopped all the military aid to Pakistan in exchange for the host nation.
Five years later, Pakistan had another war with India. Again, Pakistan was denied any help whatsoever. India has a very tough fight against it, clearly states that an attack on either country would be considered an attack on both countries. Russia has always fulfilled India's military aid to the last bullet, but India had any reliable source of military aid.
All these facts have considerably changed the Pakistani people's attitudes toward Americans. Pakistanis no longer think they are foreigners, but they really need it. Abrupt American foreign policy changes, like breaking relations with Taiwan and putting arms embargoes on Turkey and other Arab countries, have not helped the situation
It is time that America should realize that
pledges to help are not enough. When the United States makes a commitment, it should back it up when the situation becomes worse, and it should commit to itself save Pakistan's integrity and has offered $4 million in military and economic aid, even though it easy to prove that$ 4 million is by no means sufficient for a powerful country like the Soviet Union.
they don't broadcast whatever the Soviets tell them to.
Khalid A. Soofi
Amenny International reports that the Soviets have been ensuring a good appearance by rounding up all suspected ethnic, religious and political dissidents in the Moscow area and shipping them off into Europe, and embarrassing demonstrations this summer.
Pakistan demands only that the United States stick by its word just this time, and for its own and Pakistan's sake not show any sign of weakness to Russia.
Rohan A. Abdul
Pakistan graduate assistant
Abdul Hameed Chaudhary
Pakistan graduate assistant
Boycott idea sound To the Editor
"The Olympics should be protected from the dirty hands of politics," so spoke Eddie Williams III in his article in the Jan. 25 Kansan, "olympic boycott is cheap politics." He then went on to demonstrate how the Olympics can shape world history and the current world situation.
But what the Soviets are planning will make the spectacle of 1963 look like a Sunday school picnic. The bigshots at NBC-TV will make sure of it. They had better, they didn't. The Soviet Union's exclusive right to broadcast the Moscow Olympics will go down the drain if
In 1936, the Olympics were hosted by Nazi Germany and there was substantial support for a boycott. But the supporters of the Nazis opposed it. The head of the U.S. Olympic Games, gloated, "Certain Jews must now understand that our government is not their boysy against the Nazis." The 1936 Games went to become one of the biggest political propaganda shows the world has ever seen.
the attempt of the USSR to crush the freedom-loving people of Ukraine under the influence of the latest example of this barbarian behavior. The United States has no guarantee whatsoever that what has happened to the athletes in Moscow. At the very least they will be subjected to much insult and embarrassment by the political propaganda
Although a successful boycott would not result in the economic collapse of the Soviet Union, it would be more difficult. But better yet, the Soviets would be dead a tremendous blow to their prestige before they could sell their weapons. A successful boycott would be a safe but very effective way of telling the USSR just how the world should respond.
Of course, a boycott of the Moscow Olympics should not deprive our athletes of opportunities to play. I have offered its Montreal Olympic facility, and Britain also has offered to host part of the games.
As the boycott movement gains momentum, other nations will most certainly do the same. The absence of the boycott would mean that characteristically blantet baking, will not be mourned. In conclusion, Carter's efforts to boycott the Moscow Olympics should be met with enthusiastic support. It's just good enough that good thing he'd done since taking office.
Joe Reimers Gardner Junior