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University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, May 10, 1960
Political Clubs Aid Education
By Tom Turner
(Editor's note: This is the last in a series of articles concerning the political education of the American people. Today, Republicans and Democrats are young Democrats are reviewed.)
Political science education on college campuses is supplemented by the Collegiate Young Republicans and Young Democrats.
The function of these groups is to enlighten the student about the inner-workings of his party and are perhaps closest of all political education groups to the center of the political arena. Direct controversy and criticism sometimes pass through the order of business. At times, the campus organizations are the center of statewide attention.
National and state politicians frequently are brought to the campus to speak.
DALE SPIEGEL, leading Kansas Democrat, addressed the Collegiate Young Democrats Oct. 12, 1959, telling them to "wash their dirty laundry in their own laundry room."
On Jan. 13, 1960, the KU Young Democrats again made the headlines -- this time through a member's open criticism of Frank Theis, state Democratic chairman and the evening's guest speaker.
In his KU speech he also openly criticized Republican John Anderson, state attorney general.
The Kansas Collegiate Young Republicans boast an active membership of 200, while the campus Young Democrats report a membership of 150.
William Cronin, Kirkwood, Mo. junior and past president of the Young Republicans, however, deemphasizes the finality of taking definite stands in an issue:
"Rather than aiming at taking sides in an issue, we feel our organization is more geared to educating our members than directing their opinions. On the college level, we must deal with many special interest groups — the same policies may not
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be in the best interests of all of them."
LARRY WELCH, Lawrence law student and president of the Young Democrats, emphasizes "party" education a little more:
"We try to some degree to propagate the basic propositions of the Democratic Party. We dwell on the advantages of the Democratic Party, its candidates and platforms."
These campus party-training groups do not always deal in state and local matters, however. On Oct. 16, 1959, the KU Young Republicans heard three United States congressmen speak on three related issues in Federal government.
REP. MELVIN LAIRD (R-Wis) spoke on Democratic opposition to space developments, Rep. Robert Griffin (R-Mich) spoke on the labor bill he co-authored The Landrum-Griffin Bill), and Rep. Albert Quie (R-Minn) spoke on the economy of the government.
Because of their size, the groups do not call general meetings, except in the event of guest speakers, but program, membership and often group stands on an issue are established by executive committees. The organizational charts of these organizations are somewhat similar to their respective party's national committee charts.
UNLIKE THE AFL's Committee on Political Education and the National League of Women Voters, these campus groups do not engage in a scientific study of the pros and cons of specific issues — nor do they present both sides to their membership.
The Young Republicans and Young Democrats are strictly partisan groups which actively support the policies set down in their respective party constitutions and conventions.
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