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University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, Sept. 30, 1952 Little Man on Campus
by Dick Bibler
Writer Eats Crow For Rash Editorial
A week ago today a Daily Kansan reporter attempted to register a complaint against a situation which arose during the Texas Christian-Kansas football game.
Today, that same reporter regrets his precipitous action, which appeared in an editorial entitled; "Did TV Jitters Cause Boner at KU-TCU Tilt?"
Registering an opinion about any subject, whether it be about a referee's decision, the reputation of a coed, or about the merits of a teacher, can be dangerous practice. No one should realize this more fully than a person who takes it upon himself to editorialize for others because he in a position to do so.
Although the editorial, which decried the timing used during the game's halftime ceremonies, was not intended as a smear upon the University band, it was interpreted as such by many.
If motives behind a student or University action are not logical, we will question such motives or action. By the same token we are open to questioning by the student body or the administration. Through its "Letters" column, the Daily Kansan will print any argument or refutation of its editorial opinion.
It is not the intention of the Daily Kansan editorial staff to write in generalities. We will never write "ivy-tower" editorials, as many editors do. We will comment on campus issues above all, for we realize that the campus is to a large extent the "world" of the average student.
No newspaper relishes having to apologize for its actions or opinions. If facts behind an editorial are well-established, no apology is necessary and will not be forthcoming. If an editorial, however, is not fortified by facts, the writer is open to valid criticism.
Ramifications of last week's editorial are a forceful example of the "check and balance" system by which we operate. Although the writer thought an injustice had occurred, he irresponsibly blamed the wrong parties. Developments have shown that other factors were at fault in the situation.
One week later, that reporter would like to apologize publicly to Prof. Russell L. Wiley and the University of Kansas band.
Bob Stewart.
Where and When of Pach Meetings Puzzle Student Interested in Politics
Dear Editor:
I am a freshman at KU interested in politics. I was invited to a FACTS meeting Thursday night, and I went. I know now that there was also a Pachacamac meeting that same night, but in spite of my efforts during the previous week I was unable to discover the time or place of the Pach meeting.
For some reason the Daily Kansan published the report of the Pach meeting on the front page of Friday's paper, while it did not see fit to even mention the FACTS meeting. Does the Kansan take sides in student politics? Even if it does, some of your readers might be interested in what happened at
FACTS meeting.
I still have been unable to discover anything about Pach, but I was very favorably impressed with the free and open manner in which FACTS conducted its business. Apparently anyone was welcome at the meeting, and the time and place were announced ahead of time.
They explained party structure, and it seemed very democratic. They had a report on the student housing committee they set up last year. They explained about the freshman election, and they also had a very interesting debate over a proposed election.
Will Gants,
college freshman.
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Lodge Needs Ike's Help In Bid for Re-election
"Well, looks like this term will just about wind up th' G.I. bill."
Henry Cabor Lodge Jr. is facing the most important fight in his career. It is a fight not only for his senatorial seat but for the life of the Republican party in Massachusetts.
Editor's Note: Second in a series of articles on election campaigns in key states showing their relation to the question of who will win in '72
Lodge returned to his home state last August flushed with an Eisenhower victory in Chicago. While this victory was a great personal triumph for him, it cost him months of campaigning in his own territory.
During these months of absence a youngish, slightly rumpled looking representative was making himself known to Massachusetts' voters. Jack Kennedy, son of former Ambassador Joseph Kennedy, was hand-shaking his way through 351 cities and towns of the state.
Kennedy, a Catholic himself, was steadily boring his way into a Lodge stronghold—the heavy Irish-Catholic vote of Boston. Ever since the senator's grandfather started finding jobs for thousands of Irish immigrants years ago, the name Cabot Lodge has been a household word in otherwise Democratic homes.
Massachusetts is strongly Democratic. It has not gone Republican since the Coolidge election in 1935 and the GOP has only a slim hold in the state.
The candidates' qualifications are remarkably alike. Both are Harvard men. Both come from good families. Both have a strong drawing power with the women voters, and have excellent war records. A point of difference, and it could be a large point, comes in their stands on foreign policy.
It is hard to dispute Lodge's record for foreign aid. He has backed the Truman Doctrine; the Marshall Plan, the North Atlantic Treaty and other European aid plans.
Of late, Kennedy's record also has been good, but not strong. On foreign aid he has run hot and cold. He believed in the Truman Doctrine, but didn't think much of aid to Western Europe and recommended cuts in Far Eastern aid.
On the liability side of the ledger, Kennedy still has to prove to the internationalists that he is not holding on to his grandfather's isolationist coattail and can speak out with a definite foreign policy.
Republicans have much to worry about in Massachusetts if Lodge's ace in the hole fails. Their one hope is Eisenhower. If Ike can do for Lodge what Lodge did for Ike the GOP will have a strong hold in the state.
soon as Eisenhower won the candidacy, Taft headquarters was said to become a Kennedy headquarters.
Lodge stepped on a lot of toes in Chicago and it will take some time for those Taftmen's to toe. As
Lodge's plight was aptly summed up by Sherman Adams, Eisenhower's chief strategist; "Cabot is in trouble." — Don Moser.
Phone 1503 1801 Mass.
Owen Field, the stadium at the University of Oklahoma, has a seating capacity of 55,000-one of the largest in the nation.
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Eight states, four in the Midwest, two in the East, and one each in the South and West, control 221 of these votes. If one of the candidates could capture all or most of these votes he could begin moving his furniture into the White House.
One Man's Opinion
Bv CHUCK ZUEGNER
The magic number "266" is popping into the news with increased frequency these days and is the all-important element in the Nov. 4 election. It represents the number of electoral votes that will decide the election's outcome.
The key states with their electoral vote are California (32), Illinois (24), Massachusetts (16), Michigan (20), New York (45), Ohio (25), Pennsylvania (32), and Texas (24). Each state stands in the doubtful column and could go either way.
Tentative estimates by Newsweep magazine show New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Ohio leaning toward Eisenhower, with Texas, Illinois, California, and Massachusetts probably for Stevenson. This would give the general 123 votes and the governor 98.
In his current whistle-stop tour, President Truman will visit some of these key states. If he is as successful as he was in 1948, he may yet win another election, this time for another candidate.
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