4 Tuesday, October 13. 1970 University Daily Kansan KANSAN comment 'If we'd wanted your critical opinion we'd have asked for it!' Morality and the Definition of Abortion LETTERS To the Editor: One cannot agree more with the implicit principle in Tom Sliwa's book *The Old Myth*, that is, that we should clearly articulate the real nature and when considering abortion. Mr. Slaughter, you seem to suggest that this question should be a one-word answer, but who is trying to decide whether or not she should have an abortion. In fact, you state quite explicitly that the woman asked the question altogether Moralists like philosophes from Dietrich Bonhoeffer to John Stuart Mill, "morally sound" diatribes decrying abortion and affirming sanctity of human life, the moment of conception. The classic argument attempting to pinpout the precise moment when the fetus becomes a living being in response to subverts the issue at point. One cannot agree less with his statement of that issue. Mr. Slaughter, you argue that the real issue in the abortion question is "the right and privilege of each woman to determine her own maternal relationship, irrespective of legal and moral sanctions against such an act." The issue at hand in the question of abortion is not "The right and privilege of each woman to determine her own health prior issue: when you abort the fetus, what are you aborting?" right to slaughter the fetus at her own convenience? Mr. Slaughter, are you suggesting that it really makes no difference to the woman being bête lautée the other human being? Are you arguing that even if it is a real person she must still have 'the right and privilege to determine her own feelings' more truthfully, that she has the Robert K. Carlson Billings, Mont., Graduate Student Registering to Vote: Some Imperatives To the Editor: Reynolds Shultz is, of course, well known for his regard for human life as well as his attempts to interfere with the autonomy of the Given the problems confronting the country and the University, the upcoming elections are critical. The deadline for registration is 9 p.m. today, and I would suggest three reasons that make everyone's imperative: Reynolds Hall, Larry Winn, and liquor-by-drink. Larry Winn Jr., the present Congressman, for this area has accumulated a particularly unfortunate voting record. It was only last October that he advocated escalation of the Vietnamese War. Progressive magazine has given him an "anti-war" rating of zero out of five in its rankings, and it has been against national parks, fish conservation, the Youth Conservation Corps, and only last week, urban mass transit development authorizations. This has earned him a spot on Environmental Action's list of "Dirty Dozen" Congressmen. These—when coupled with his role as chairman of the Republican Reform funds for the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, loan and scholarship programs for needy students, manpower training, Headstart, the Peace Corps, ad infinitum while supporting every military project to come down the pike from ABM to the B-bomber and increased spending for space ventures, make him totally unacceptable for these times of redirecting priorities. Liquor-by-drink, in addition to its obvious social benefits, provides a needed source of revenue and thus tax relief for the overstated taxpayers. This tax money is, needless to say, necessary for providing the needed educational services for the state of Kansas. If teachers should receive the salaries it only makes sense that the teachers should vote to preserve their earnings and tax votes to at least maintain their level of taxation. MAKING OUR CASE I would encourage everyone, teacher and student alike, to concern himself and get involved in the political process. Talk to friends, neighbors, and parents; make sure everyone is registered and informed. I would add a note of caution over-zealous students. If you have any concerns, be wise and wisdom of your ways, you aren't going to convince many strangers, these upcoming elections provide a source of real power for the people. Letters to the editor should be written in double-spaced and all capital letters. All letters are subject to editing and condensation, according to space requirements and judgment. Students must provide their name year in school and contact information. Letters Policy Fee Allocations: Civil Liberties at Stake? By BRAD SMOOT Chairman, Student Senate Executive Committee We must rise to the defense of our civil liberties, lest we compromise our highest principles. It is unsafe to rely on legalities and governance to protect our freedom. We must assiduously seek information; openly and honestly explain legitimacy of existing authorizations vigorously respond to crimes against our community. The vivid illustrations of our stolen rights are too numerous to be imprinted. The real issue is that these politically-motivated gubernatorial appointees were juggling dollars that belonged to the students of the University of Kansas. It all comes from our campus (a year) and goes back to our campus organizations. money should be controlled by students. The regents proved that they had little regard for our own work and responsibilities or high grades. On Friday, September 18, the Kansas Board of Regents arraigned student budget allocations, consequently destroying the responsibility of students to regulate their own moneys. The central issue is that the board allocations for Catalyst, the Black Student Union and the Women's Center, so that the Rifle Club, the Engineering Council, would be financially advantaged. The Code of Student Rights, Privileges and Responsibilities, and University Honor Code. University, was completely disregarded. It states clearly our responsibility to be a good student. Regardless of our personal political stands or community roles, we were all violated. which enriches on our field of privilege. Wern must recognize that as a community, attacks on our parts is a tresspass on the whole. This disease, which threatens our buildings, build safe housing conditions. But the regents constitute only a portion of the contamination Individual students paid the price. It demands the resignation of professors who work outside the university against sexual discrimination. It attempts to choke the pleas for unbiased education in Liberation Front. It tries to destroy student inputs in university affairs. It denies our education help guide our own education destroys our inspiration and New Books: Students, Censorship, Blacks THE PLOT, by Irving Wallace (Pocket, $1.25). THE SEVEN MINUTES, by Irving Wallace (Pocket, $1.80). Irving Wallace has an extraordinary capacity to take minor episodes and turn them into hage, though scarcely major novels. These are two of his most recent books, "The Plot" dealing with the intrigue surrounding a nuclear disarmament meeting in Paris, the second concern with censorship of a controversial book. Wallace has a great propensity, as well, for a episode, though his handling of this popular literary quantity is much more subtle and tactful than the ones in temporaries. Neither of these books will be remembered a dozen years from now, but each provides dividing reading, if you can devote the several hours that will be necessary for fighting through these behemoths. THE STUDENT AS NIGGER, by Jerry Farber (Pocket, 85 cents!) This one will be a hot one with the university student. Jerry Farber, a teacher himself, published the book in 1969 though already it had considerable publicity through extracts. Those students who are unaware that there are a put-upon minority will love the book, though there are some doubts that university students really are slaves, as Jerry puts it. THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK and THE GIFT OF BLACK FOLK, E. B. D. DuBois (Pocket, $9 cents each)—Two neighbor-class books of the notable experience in America. DuBois was one of the notable men of his time, a notable notable Negroes of his time. He published the magazine Crisis of the NAACP, and in his late-life frustration finally joined the Communist front. The first of these books was published in 1905; the second in 1924. KANSAN reviews TAYOA!*, by Henry W Allen (Pocket, 75 cents); TANNER'S LEMMING, by John W Hillman (Pocket, 75 cents) two corry tales of high adventure. The first is about three people searching for a last witness; the second is an exciting story about an adventurer involved in stopover and takeover, commanderdefying a plane whose plies died in mid-air, and becoming part of the inner circle of a senator, who then was killed. PRO FOOTBALL 1970, by Jack Zanger (Pocket, 35 cents)—An illustrated guide that will be handy to have around Saturday night, Sunday afternoon, and now Monday night, as we proceed through that grand time of year when football takes over much prime time. Backgrounds, biographies, schedules, histories, and all kinds of statistics are available here. HORSE HEAVEN HILL, BOULDER DAM, CODE OF THE WEST, THE RAINBOW TRAIL, FUGITIVE TRAIL, THE DRIFT FENCE, THE BLOOD PUMP, THE MOUNTAIN STAR, THE MYSTERious RIVER and THE LIGHT OF WESTERN STARS, all by Zane Grey (Pocket, @ 8cents each)—Reprints of some of the mysterious, beautiful, yet often old-fashioned to many readers, and they are, for Zane Grey this day. But if you go for horse operas in print you'll find these interesting. THE SCARLET CORD, by Frank G. Slaughter (Pocket, 75 cents)—Historical stuff, more or less, about Biblical days, with a beautiful slave and the armies of the oppressed struggling to reach the Holy Land. THE CASE OF THE MythICAL MINONKEYs, by Erle Stanley Gardner (Pocket, 75 cents) - Perry Mason, Lieutenant Trapp, Della Street, Paul Drake, the people you know and love, and a number of others you may not know about are back in this standard courtroom tale. THE LONG LAVENDER LOOK, by John D. MacDonald (Gold Medal, 95 cents)—The new Travis McGee book, in which our inimitable and always entertaining hero gets involved with a gal, guns, and hoods in Florida. VALDEZ IS COMING, by Elmore Leemard (Gold Medal, 60 cents) \ western that looms on the horizon as the new movie Burst '13 THE MISTRESS OF ORION HALL, by Claudeette Nicole (Gold Medal, 60 cents) - A cliff above the ocean. A fortress-like old house. Cyprus. A handsome and mysterious Greek. A young archaeologist. A damsel in distress. That's it. imagination by refusing our frustrated pleas for academic reform. This wide-ranging sickness denies us the right to advocate and defend human equality on and off campus. How many students knew that their $24 a year was pupeted by the regents? How many erroneously thought that their purchase required a munition for the BSU? (Even after the attorney general tried to correct this falsehood. How many students know that foolish students can get into hospitals us from hiring doctors at our understaffed Watkins Hospital? And how many know that the Kansas Board of Regents was originally created to protect the students from outside political pressure? It strikes in the form of political pressure to oust an academic draw. A team draws financial support. And it squeezes from all sides. But its greatest tool of repression is the use of conflict, confused and unorganized. William C. Hunter, KU Class of 1965, Cleveland, Ohio There are hundreds of other examples. And most of the time we have no legal recourse—so where do we turn? When can our counsel change our positive changes? When are we to feed from this parental rule? The answer is when we decide to come of age. Now. When we go out to be a kid, we decide when we are ready to stand up for our principles; when we are ready to take time for the journey at hand; when we organize. The time has come to band together, to make all aware that we won't roll over and play dead. The burden is on each of us because organization begins with the commitment to give up for reason, responsibility, and resistance. They go hand-in-hand. On Moral Dilemmas To the Editor: on abortion thoroughly obscure. The subject of abortion is one of those vast gray areas where there are no easy answers and we need to be careful not to appear to be the lesser of two evils. When we consider the painful factors involved, it is hermaphroditic that allows other options, whatever they are. But to dismiss as irrelevant the question of whether abortion amounts to the destruction of a woman or the worst kind of moral evasion. I find Tom Slaughter's editorial on abortion thoroughly obscene Slaughter's reasoning seems to be: This is desirable because it removes certain obstacles to human happiness. It is common practice that anyone who objects is a stupid obstructionist. Such thinking, of course, could be used to justify almost anything, including bombing Vietnamese villages, burning American intiwarns, buying and selling black people, keeping the poor in wretched subjection, pouring poisons into air and rivers, or blowing up university buildings. Slaughter hopes Slaughter's brand of "thinking men" does not prevail. Parents and child suffer when an unwanted baby is born; parents also often suffer from pregnancy if they choose abortion. So the problem of unwanted pregnancy must be approached with compassion for both parents and child. Slaughter laws require that we give to garbage disposal. I'm sure we all would prefer not to have to face a moral dilemma in this matter. But it just isn't that way. Linda Sieffel Moore 1835 Missouri St., Lawrence More Kansans, Please Mary Don Eric Palo Alto, California Sophomore Thank you. I would like to suggest that the woefully inadequate Kansan distribution boxes be replaced by larger ones, and that additional Kansans be placed in each. It is time-consuming to run from place to place, but not impossible. If you need to empty it, it seems that within just a few minutes of distribution, all the copies are gone. I know many other people who miss being able to obtain their paper daily. Editor's note: We of the news-editorial staff have received several complaints concerning the Kansas's daily distribution. 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