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University Daily Kansan Thursday. Nov. 16. 1961
THE NATIONAL CITIZEN SERVICE
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The U.N. and Reality
The U.N. General Assembly political committee adopted a resolution Tuesday outlawing the use of nuclear weapons in war. It was passed by the Asian and African states with the support of the Soviet bloc. The United States and Great Britain opposed the resolution.
THIS RESOLUTION IS A REFLECTION OF the Asian and African states' fear of nuclear war and weapons testing. There is no doubt of their sincerity and concern with the nuclear weapons problem. But they are being unrealistic when they pass such resolutions as this one. And there is no better indication of it than the cynical attitude of the Soviet Union in supporting the resolution.
The Kremlin just completed a series of nuclear weapons tests in the face of hostile world opinion and has repeatedly threatened to use nuclear weapons against the West and any nation supporting the West.
THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT Britain frankly opposed the resolution, knowing that it was pointless in the face of international realities. Certainly it is completely impossible to enforce.
The hard truth which the resolution cannot change is that both the great powers are committed to the use of nuclear weapons in any future war. The Soviet Union has repeatedly emphasized this and the NATO Allies have long relied on nuclear weapons to provide an effective deterrent to Soviet expansion.
Only the great powers can decide whether or not nuclear weapons will be banned, because there is no way to force them to abandon their policy of reliance on nuclear weapons.
PERHAPS ONE OF THE reasons the resolution was backed by the Asian and African states was a hope that it would help persuade
the United States and the Soviet Union to abandon their reliance on nuclear weapons. If this was the case, it shows an unfortunate misunderstanding of the effect world opinion can have when it is not backed by the strength of a committed world power.
The underlying problem behind the nuclear arms race and the Cold War is the basic goal of Soviet foreign policy: expansion. The actions of the West are a reaction to that policy. They represent a desire to prevent Soviet expansion and contain the imperialistic drive of the communist bloc. The West's nuclear retaliation policy is part of the effort to contain communist imperialism. This policy obviously will not change while the Soviet Union and its Red Chinese ally continue with their aggressive policies and development of nuclear weapons.
SOME NATIONS HAVE EXPRESSED THE opinion that the West's resumption of nuclear testing shows it is just as bad as the Soviet Union in regard to the Cold War and the nuclear arms race. They ought to remember that it was the Soviet Union that broke the nuclear test moratorium, unnecessarily tested massive terror bombs and ignored outraged world opinion. The length of the Soviet test series—over 30 tests were conducted—indicates that the Kremlin spent much time planning the tests. This shows the Soviet Union never meant to keep the nuclear test moratorium and that it has no respect for the world opinion that the U.N. resolution symbolizes.
When subjected to the cold light of reality, it is obvious that the U.N. resolution outlawing the use of nuclear weapons in war will be recorded as another futile effort to oppose the harshness of international power politics with man's desire for peace and security.
—William H. Mullins
'Dark of the Moon' Applauded
By Richard Currie
The Theater Corner
Several trends which are applicable to modern society are stated and dramatically developed in Howard Richardson and William Barney's "Dark of the Moon," running at the Experimental Theatre this week. The play runs through Monday with performances nightly.
Based on the folk tale "Barbara Allen." "Dark of the Moon" is set in the mountains of West Virginia and the conformity, fanaticism and superstition typical of the people who live there dominates the play. Barbara Allen is in her late twenties, a fully developed woman without a husband. Her family, friends and the preacher press her to marry. She stoutly refuses.
JOHN, A WITCH-BOY who lives on Bald Mountain, meets her and falls desperately in love with her. He appeals to a conjurer-
woman, also a witch but one who has more magical power than John, to change him into a human being so he can marry Barbara. She grants his request provided Barbara is true to him for one year. John and Barbara marry, have a child who dies because it is a witch. Barbara is beseed by her mother to give John up and repent her sin. This she does at a revival meeting, just before the one year agreement is up. Barbara dies in John's arms at midnight when John reassumes the form of a witch.
The pressure John and Barbara are subjected to reminds one of the pressure certain political groups apply to the individual. But relation to politics is a facile interpretation of the play. Accurate as it is, "Dark of the Moon" probes deeper, exploring the right of individuals to decide for themselves what they will do.
THE QUESTION IS: may Barbara and John, coming from classes which hate each other for obvious reasons, marry and live lives of their own. They are given a chance, almost through expedition on the part of both the classes they are members of, but their marriage ends abruptly when the child they have dies upon its birth as a witch.
The forces of conformity win out when Barbara and John are persuaded to realize the error of their thinking and return o their respective flocks.
The authors' conclusion that individuals cannot exist through decisions of their own is rather unnerving. Especially the religious fanaticism of a revival meeting which convinces Barbara she is wrong. The tragedy of it is—and "Dark of the Moon" is a tragedy—that people today are essentially in the same position as Barbara and John were
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CASTING ASIDE the obvious similarity to the totalitarian states the play has. "Dark of the Moon" points to the elements in modern society which clamor for adherence to a particular set of beliefs and customs. The demands of America's high middle class and the dogmas of the social structure stifle the individual and his aspirations much as the taboos of the mountain society smother Barbara and John.
The development of this theme is done effectively. The cast does a good job, combining mastery of the mountain people's dialect and their superstitious emotions with obvious skill.
Short Ones
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him. - Voltaire
History is little else than a picture of human crimes and misfortunes.—Voltaire
Election Results
PRATERNITIES (1089 votes cast, first five elected)
Lee Ayres (UP) ... 217
Dean Salter (Vox) ... 196
Robert Cash (Vox) ... 171
Jerry Dickson (Vox) ... 170
David Gough (UP) ... 158
David Knudson (Vox)* ... 149
SORORITIES (539 votes cast, first three listed were elected)
Jo Snyder (Vox) ... 163
Trudy Meserve (Vox) ... 146
Martha Smith (UP) ... 114
Nancy DeFever (UP)* ... 109
Rebecca Shier (Vox)* ... 63
MEN'S LARGE DORMITORIES (464 votes cast, first two elected, third representative to be decided after Thanksgiving)
Hollace Cross (UP) ... 177
William (Joby) Jobson (UP) ... 148
Jeffrey Hubrig (Vox) ... 51
William Brier (Vox) ... 49
Gary Grazda (Vox) ... 26
Kenny Kahmann (UP) ... 25
WOMEN'S LARGE DORMITORIES (203 votes cast, both candidates elected)
Patricia Wilson (UP) ... 109
Karen Cowell (Vox) ... 92
MEN'S SMALL DORMITORIES (188 votes cast, first one elected)
George Hahn (Vox) ... 105
Carl Logan (UP)* ... 81
WOMEN'S SMALL DORMITORIES (166 votes cast, first one elected)
Nancy Ray (UP) ... 116
Carolyn Kranzler (Vox)* ... 52
FRESHMAN WOMEN'S DORMITORIES (358 votes cast, first two elected)
Holly Thomson (Vox) ... 119
Elizabeth Stoddard (UP) ... 118
Judy Smith (Vox)* ... 116
PROFESSIONAL FRATERNTIES AND CO-OPS (7 votes cast, one representative with speaking privileges only)
Jan Flora (Write-in) ... 3
Other write-ins ... 3
UNMARRIED-UNORGANIZED (179 votes cast, first one elected)
Michael Miner (UP) ... 83
Charles Allphin (Vox)* ... 76
Charles Menghini (write-in)* ... 29
MARRIED (17 votes cast, first one elected, speaking privileges only)
Douglas Reed (Vox) ... 16
Byron Stout (write-in) ... 1
*—means candidate was defeated, and will not be a member of the ASC
Ballots voided or blank—230 or 6.2% of total votes
Freshman Totals
PRESIDENT
Robert Stewart ... 485
Rodney Kuehn ... 469
Henry (Jack) Zinn ... 235
Six write-ins ... 6
1223
VICE PRESIDENT
Sal Allessandro ... 428
James Caven ... 342
Fred Slicker ... 231
Michael Fisher ... 169
1223
SECRETARY
Marilyn Huff ... 561
Mary Ann McConahey ... 329
Arthur Spears ... 274
Write-ins ... 7
1222
TREASURER
Jon Alexiou ... 460
Betty Ann Bennett ... 384
Carolyn (Kelly) Anderson ... 322
Write-ins ... 7
The total figure for each office included voided or blank ballots.
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