4 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Wednesday, September 25, 1968 Law, order一1970? 1970 Gather the family around the TV set. We're going to watch the President give his State of the Nation address. —Don't forget little Charlie. Is he still playing in the sandpile? And, Daddy, bring out the gun case and set it next to the television. While we watch the President and hear his stirring words on the lowering of the crime rate by throwing any and all trouble-makers into jail, we want to be able to gaze on the symbol of our freedom. —Go and bring him in quickly or the Good Policeman might mistake him for a dissenter. —If any of our neighbors ever tries anything ... if anyone ever infringes on our right to discriminate as we choose . . . just wait. Just look, twenty-five guns: an automatic pistol, a shotgun, a rifle, a Luger, and even a mortar. The guns are our symbol of freedom, aren't they, Daddy. The President is making sure we have law and order no matter how many soldiers have to patrol the White House. —But, the beauty of it is that we can keep our guns to protect ourselves from our neighbors and any—"outside elements." — Mommy, what are "outside elements"? -Shh, Charley, someone will hear. Besides, the President has thrown them all in the Potomac. —Here's the President now. Watch carefully, Charlie. He's talking about the wonderful law and order in America. —Did I hear our President clearly, Daddy? Did he really say that for our better protection and safety from outside elements and our neighbors, all our guns are going to be confiscated? —Yes, but the President is assuring us that this is law and order, not a police state, Mommy. -If our President says so, Daddy, it must be true. He speaks the truth-right to the people, doesn't he, Daddy? Compromise not dirty The word compromise has taken on dirty connotations these days. Don't dare suggest it to local radicals. They're outraged at the mere mention of such an agreement with the "establishment" administration or with even more moderate liberals whose philosophy and concern isn't so violently different from their own. To compromise, so the argument goes, would be to sell out your ideals. To move one inch from your position would be to taint your character. We support Voke's views about gaining greater student and minority rights and representation, on the Hill and off. So do many other students, and believe it or not, faculty and administration members. This support from the silent majority, not the uproar and threatened sit-in by Voice, brought about the proposal for a Student Senate with membership in the University Senate. If this silent majority, represented by five-sixths of the committee created to recommend ways to implement student representation, had not supported Voice's basic demands, the proposals would not have been made by a group respected enough to win adoption by the necessary procedures. The recommendations now seem likely to gain approval and for the first time in University history, students will be members of the University Senate. Voice, even though it instigated the movement, needed non-members and non-radicals to carry through the revolutionary ideas. And in the future, like it or not, Voice will need this same support if its ideas are to be implemented. Monte Mace Managing Editor New Paperbacks TO MOVE A NATION, by Roger Hilsman (Delta, $2.95) —A vast and scholarly treatment of foreign policy in the administration of John F. Kennedy. And such a work seems likely to stand longer than the eulogistic biographical memoirs that hit us a few years ago. Hilsman, a professor at Columbia, treats Vietnam, the Congo, Indonesia, Laos and of course that which seemed most significant, Cuba. Besides providing a historical treatment Hilsman includes considerable philosophizing on the presidency and foreign policy. His contention is that Kennedy was both leader and hero and that the nation lost very much in the President's death. *** CHILDREN OF CRISIS, by Robert Coles (Delta, $2.45) —An analysis of children involved in America's racial strife. Coles is a psychiatrist, and he penetrates the question of how a small, impressionable child survives conflict and the impact it has upon him. The author also looks into parents, teachers, civil rights workers and segregationists. The work is readable and not at all for the specialist only. \* \* \* THE FALL OF JAPAN, by William Craig (Dell, 95 cents) —History of the final weeks of World War II. In the style of "The Last Battle" and "The Longest Day" the writer tries to provide a picture from several sides, including such individuals as Emperor Hirohito, General MacArthur, General Wainwright, Tojo and so on. OUR CROWD, by Stephen Birmingham (Dell, $1.25) —A book about the great Jewish families of New York, The Loebs, Lehmans, Lewisohns, Strauses, Schiffs, Seligmans, Goldmans, Warburgs and Guggenheims. They are names prominent in the arts, government and high society, and the book represents a depiction of New York philanthropic history. Birmingham interviewed many persons and used family documents for this book, one which has been extremely popular and highly enjoyable to many readers. \* \* \* THE PRESIDENT'S PLANE IS MISSING, by Robert J. Serling (Dell, 95 cents) —A political thriller keyed to events of today. Air Force One, the President aboard, leaves Andres Air Force Base on a routine flight to Palm Springs, and over Arizona the plane disappears. And the search begins. This kind of book, well done, is about as good as any popular fiction today, and this one is well done. KILLING TIME, by Thomas Berger (Dell, 95 cents); NIGHT PILLOW, by Hugh C. Rae (Dell, 75 cents) —The kind of book, in each case, that prompts all those outcries about violence. "Killing Time" is a murder thriller, concerning a Christmas eve when two people find three other people murdered, but not by the psychopath everyone assumes is responsible. Remember "The Collector"? This is a kooky one * * in that vein (jugular). "Night Pillow" is pure sensation. Young girls, young boys, motorcycles, sex, violence, and probably headed for American International studies, with Peter Fonda and Nancy Sinatra. The Hill With It by john hill I saw this friend of mine sitting in the Gooselight bar reading, of all things, the Daily Kansan. "Glad to see you're improving your mind," I said. "What's new?" "There's more on that student rights stuff," he said, adjusting the turned up collar on his yellow windbreaker so it hid his new, slowly-growing sideburns. "That's something I'm really glad to see happening—we should have more rights. Taxation without representation, or something." "Then you're sympathetic with Peoples Voice, and their goals?" I asked, unsure of his attitude even though he wore the tell-tale penny loafers with no socks. I tried to stand in the shadows so he couldn't see my white ones. "Beard City? You think I like all those lousy campus activist militant radical protesting non-conforming agitating demonstrating hippie beatnik pinko anarchists? And most of them probably aren't even in a fraternity!" he said, accusingly. "But you like the emphasis on student involvement now?" "Of course!" he said. "Look, I'm not one of these apathetic students. I know what's going on! Don't think I don't take an interest!" "What do you think of Voice's proposal to abolish AWS, the office of the deans of men and women, and the ASC?" I asked. "Abolish Talk City? Sure—everyone knows that the ASC is ineffective. I know that for a fact; I saw it once in print." "But you want increased student rights?" I asked, watching him check to see if his sideburns had filled out any more in the last hour. "Whatever's right." "Well, do you agree with some members of Voice that the proposed student-faculty ratios in the University Senate, the senate council, and SENEX don't fulfill the concept of participatory democracy? What do you think about their views on ROTC on campus? And in their dissenting report, their proposals on aiding Indians, and—" "Hey! What's all this stuff about Kill City and Scalp City, and all those committees and ratios and stuff? All I know for sure is that, uh, we sure need more rights, or something. Somehow." He went over to join some less inquisitive people. "Later," he said, giving the standard sign-off signal. "Well, uh, Goodbye City," I said, trying to get with it. Well, uni, Goodbye City. Please, sorry. As I turned to leave, I stopped and thought about this guy, who was about as Joe Average as they come, and I turned around to get some final impression concerning his interest and understanding in the student rights issue at KU. I left quickly, not very excited about watching him, with a complacent expression on his blank face, industriously attempting a finger tonilectomy through his nose. . . Quotable quotes... (All Gregory quotes taken from Write Me in.) "My foreign-aid program will mainly consist of sending money and food to needy people in foreign lands--like Mississippi and Alabama." Dick Gregory "Just think, Spiro Agnew is coming to KU. My ideological hero for YEARS; that dynamic innovator: Spiro Agnew. Just think! Spiro's the one." "Some white folks I just can't understand. They're more concerned about busing a kid to school than they are about shipping a kid to Vietnam—That's like worrying about dandruff when you've got cancer of the eyeballs." Dick Gregory KANSAN Newsgroom—UN 4-3648 Newroom—UN 4-2645 Published at the Merrick Kansas daily, during the academic year except holidays and examination periods. Mail subscription rates: $6 a semester. $10 a year. Second class postage paid at Lawrence, Kansasc. Kindergarten services and employment advertised offered to all students without regard to color, creed or national origin. Opinions expressed are not necessarily of those of the Kansas or the State Board of Regents. Managing Editor Monte Mace Business Manager Jack Hainey Assistant Managing Editors Pat Crawford Charla Jenkins Alan T. 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