Monday, Nov. 2, 1964
University Daily Kansan
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Major Platform Issues Outlined to I-Club
Rv Janet Chartier
Speakers for the two major political parties presented issues on a platform, rather than personal, basis Saturday night in speeches to the International club.
Klaus Pringsheim, assistant professor of political science, was moderator of the panel discussion.
Representing the Republican party was Arden Booth, manager and owner of KLWN radio. George Brown and Herman Lujan, assistant professors of political science, spoke for the Democrats.
"It is not Lyndon Johnson, Texan versus Barry Goldwater, Arizona," he said.
The real question is on social democracy begun by Franklin Roosevelt in the fair deal, he said. This was carried on by Harry Truman and, later, by John Kennedy, he said.
WHILE SPEAKING on domestic stands of the Democratic party, Herman Lujan said the real issue is not personality.
Lujan feels domestic issues can be presented in the four categories of civil rights, social security, roles of federal government in the economy, and uses of government resources and revenues.
One the question of civil rights and liberties. Lujan said, all citizens ought to have equal opportunity under the law.
"In 1957, 1960, and 1964 Johnson, as a senator, voted in support of civil rights and led the fight to present a civil rights bill." he said.
GOLDWATER VOTED to withhold the power of the Attorney General provided in the bill which made the bill inoperative, Lujan added.
"All American citizens regardless of profession ought to be able to count on social security payments during their later years," Lujan said. "This should extend to medical care for the aged." he said.
While Johnson voted to extend and increase social security coverage and supported the medi-care bill, Goldwater opposed all social security legislation, Lujan said.
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On the issue of federal governmen in economy, Lujan said the Democratic party feels the federal government ought to play a functional rob in economy. The government would invest in support where private factors cannot do well themselves, he explained.
Lujan also said Johnson has been active in depressed area programs while Goldwater voted against every program for development in urban affairs from 1961 to 1964.
"JOHNSON URGED THE Tax Cu Bill passed by congress this year," Lujan said. "He has openly stated he has no intention of modifying or selling TVA."
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"We should make use of all government resources and revenues in some way to provide a better society." Lujan said.
Johnson's program for farm supports has been geared to maintaining farm programs at moderate parity levels, Lujan said. Under this program commodities are dealt with one at a time.
"My reason for being here tonight is the reaching of a climate of understanding," Arden Booth, supporting the Republican point of view, said.
LUJAN ALSO POINTED out that Goldwater voted in favor of a bill requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to abolish price supports.
"I am a Christian and, as such, I believe that man is a creature of God, not a creature of his environment, a creature of the state," he said.
"I'm not a political scientist, a Ph.D., or an authority on the subject," Booth said. "But I am a conservative as opposed to, quote, 'liberal.'"
BOOTH EXPLAINED that it has become increasingly difficult to use words such as peace, morality, honor, and integrity because they have different meanings.
"Are all intelligent, educated people liberals?" Booth asked. He pointed out that all people added to the political science faculty in recent years have been of the same political faith.
"Are there conservatives on the faculty, those who are reluctant to express their views in public?" he asked.
"Along with academic freedom comes academic balance." he said.
There are two points of view, and the campaign conflict is between these two points, Booth said. This is not a popularity contest, but a campaign of ideas, he added.
"PEOPLE DON't hate Goldwater just because he is Goldwater," he said. "He's not a monster or a madman. It's his ideas they hate."
These ideas, Booth said, include the idea of a free man and his right to work.
"One of his most elusive victories to gain is victory over apathy, over moderation." he said. "Let's not get excited. Let's take the moderate road, a moderate amount of capitalism, socialism, freedom, and slavery."
Booth asked if we should choose a policy that helps communism by soft foreign policy, or choose to contain communism. By strengthening our national fiber and through containment we could allow communism
to fail because it is wrong within itself, he added.
"WHEREVER THE WELFARE state has been tried, it has failed," Booth said. "If there were no Bobby Bakers, no Ostes, no Walter Jenkins, no growing bureaucracy, my vote would still be Republican on the single basic issues of peace."
Booth explained this issue by saying the soft foreign policy, economic disaster at home, and policies which promise more of the same will bring a big choice. This choice, he said, will be between surrender and the big war nobody wants.
In stating the Democratic position on foreign policy, George Brown said we will live with the communists and not destroy them.
"We will try to induce changes in the leadership in communist countries so we can live with them," he said.
BROWN QUOTED President Johnson as saying significant changes are now seen in the communist world. While we can't expect them to
become a democratic society, they are making changes beneficial to us, he said.
Communists argue strongly for making what they call genuine peaceful co-existence, Brown said. This has hit hard the idea of maintaining strength but using it with restraint.
"The Democrats offer nothing very new or startling," he said. He cited the situation in Viet Nam as an example.
"We will do just about what we have been doing."
"FOREIGN AID IS part of the national security program and should be continued." Brown said. The policy toward neutral countries will continue to be one of toleration. There will be no attempt to cut off aid to countries such as Pakistan and India, Brown said.
The Democratic party will continue to support the United Nations and NATO, he said. "A way to sum it up is 'Let us continue,' as Johnson says," Brown said.
Greeks Collect $2,000 in Drive
The drive for the muscular dystrophy campaign Oct. 22 netted $2,000.
The drive, sponsored by KU's fraternities and sororites, constituted the traditional service project usually held during Greek Week.
Bob Funk, Bartiesville, Okla,
sophomore, and chairman of the
Greek Week service project,
announced the results after the money
was totaled by a Lawrence bank. The funds have been added to those collected in a drive in the greater Kansas City area last week.
More than 600 persons canvassed Lawrence seeking funds. Delta Gamma and Sigma Kappa collected the most money in the sorority division. Sigma Chi and Sigma Alpha Epsilon led the fraternities in money collected.
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