Editorial policy to the readers Daily Kansan editorial editors, like football coaches, come and go. And the students, some of whom read the editorials and some of whom go to football games, must be as confused by the change in page two opinion as they are about the new offensive line formation. Of course, Coach "Pepper" Rodgers will have all the space he wishes in other pages of this paper to explain his line—be it offensive or otherwise. But here, on opinion page two, is our line. WE ARE BOTH LOYAL AMERICANS, although we reserve the right to look suspiciously at the ends of the American Way if not angrily question its means. And we do this out of the belief that no man has cornered the market in loyal Americanism. We are both loyal to KU, but not to any one administrator, football coach or "approved" organization. AND WE SAY THIS out of the belief that we work for a newspaper and not a public relations sheet. Finally, we are both loyal to the students, even if this loyalty means we have to argue with them, criticize them and, upon occasion, expose them. And the only reason we would ever do that is because— as every editor who has ever put type to paper would say—it is our duty. IF, AFTER READING the above, you are still confused, it's because we are too. Next week, one of our opinions on Vietnam, LBJ, or something as redundant as the ASC may change. If that happens, you may be treated to a battle of words. If that happens, you may be treated to a battle of words. And because such battles are happily devoid of napalm bombs or selective service boards, you too may join the fray. —Dan Austin and Barbara Phillips UDK POETRY CONTEST "Perhaps no person can be a poet, or even can enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind." Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay The Editorial Editors of the Kansan are sponsoring a poetry contest for all KU undergraduates. Any form of verse, within the limits of the Supreme Court guidelines of decency (you can fool them if you try), may be submitted to the Kansan, 112 Flint Hall, until 5 p.m. Feb.11. Winning entries those judged by the two editors and a member of the KU English department will appear on the editorial page the following week. (Entries should be typewritten and double-spaced, and accompanied by the name and address of the author. Anyone connected with the Daily Kansan is ineligible.) Air pollution in Kansas “AIR POLLUTION HEAVY,”— “SMOG ISSUE PRESSING” Public concern is great. No less a personage than the Secretary of Headlines such as these point out that the huge problem of air pollution is fast becoming an important, top news story. Health, Education, and Welfare John Gardner has said that if we do not cope with the problem of air pollution soon, we may one day live indoors "like moles or have to put protective domes over our cities." MORE THAN 7,000 U.S. communities have smog problems. There is not a major urban area in America which does not suffer from air pollution. Three hundred of these cities have quite major problems. "Hello ---- Obstructionists Anonymous?" "We are fish at the bottom of the fishbowl and the water is getting muddier every day," Tony Resnik, environment health director of the Kansas City-Wyandotte county health department, says. Despite these facts, state and local governments have been slow in taking countermeasures. Kansas is among these states. Kansas has not spent a cent on air pollution problems, even though the federal government has a grant program which provides air pollution subsidies of up to 75 per cent of local expenditures. Control measures are needed there, for a recent report listed Kansas City's air pollution as "heavy." It recommended a 60 per cent decrease of emissions from that city's industries which produce more than half of the air pollution there. HIS CITY'S STEPS are the only bright spot on the cloudy Kansas horizon. It is working on air pollution abatement problems with $97,000 in federal grants. If Kansas City is beginning to make progress in its air pollution problems, the rest of Kansas is standing still. The Kansas Legislative Council now has an air pollution bill before it. It is not among the priority measures of the coming Docking administration. It should be made one. Kansas has too long gone without doing something about the air. —Maury Breecher The people say... To the editor: I am sorry to have to write this letter; I am sorry that there are people who make it necessary. Those people are William Weaver and Harry Young, who commented on Hamilton Salsich's letter. These people are the ones who threw eggs and ice and obscenities at peaceful demonstrators, and all those who condone the violent reaction. MR. SALSICH DID NOT, as Mr. Young stated, "censure people in general for taking action." He expressed the shock and sorrow Daily Kansan editorial page Wednesday, January 18, 1967 so many people felt at the insanity which swept Leavenworth. He did not object to the Counter-picketers, but to the hysterical anger that inspired them. Whether the cause the demonstrators was marching for was brilliant, stupid, or indifferent, there is no room in a true democracy for violence over the expression of the cause. The cause, indeed, becomes unimportant, and the issue returns to freedom of expression. Or is that dead now? Yes, hate which "massacred the Indians, scorched the Japanese landscape and murdered Alabama Negroes" is part of our heritage. But need we admire it? And need we perpetuate it? Frances Gentry Lawrence freshman THE UNIVERSITY DAILY kansan Serving KU for 77 of its 101 Years The Daily Kansan, student newspaper at The University of Kansas, is represented by National Advertising Service, East 50 St., Lawrence, MA. 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