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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Oct. 21. 1964
Sunshine Patriots
WHEN THOMAS PAINE WROTE:
"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will in this crisis shrink from the service of his country, but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman."
he was considering, first of all, the soldiers of the American Revolutionary Army who had retreated to Valley Forge.
THESE RAGGED SOLDIERS suffered hardship and battle for what they believed in most... the right to be represented in their own government. A government in which they had the right to select the leaders, and have a voice in the policy. This government was democracy.
The same words can be applied to Americans today as the 1965 presidential campaign draws to a close. The battle now is between two men, but the right involved is the same . . . that is, the right of the people to have a voice in the selection of the leader of the United States.
TOO OFTEN the "summer soldiers and sunshine patriots" are a majority of the eligible voters in America. They can deliver long diatribes on the inalienable right to vote, yet they, year after year, refuse to play their part in preserving that right.
THEY REFUSE to enlighten themselves with the issues of the campaign. They don't bother to find out the truth about the men running for office or the facts about the party platform. Since
they cannot find out the truth for themselves, they cannot spread the truth to others.
These "lazy" voters are among those who refuse to aid either the party of their choice or the national "Get out and vote" cause because they are too busy with the daily chores that a democracy allows them to practice unhindered.
WHILE BASKING in the privileges afforded by a democracy, they often vote with a background based on prejudice, family bias, or sectional dictates, rather than finding out facts for themselves.
For some, getting the facts during the election means finding the man that will "do the most for me." Too often this means seeking personal material gains, i.e. higher wages, lower taxes. Of course these are, in many cases, worthwhile objectives; but when this materialistic spirit takes the place of consideration of long-range effects, voter ignorance and selfishness are displayed.
THESE ARE THE TIMES that try men's souls—conscientious men and questioning souls. He who "stands it" now and honestly questions men and issues and claims on both sides of the political divider, deserves the love and thanks of the rest.
HE IS THE MAN who will be facing the mental struggle of trying to conclude in favor of the candidate who will be the best for America. He will be keeping the democracy of America safe for those who will come after . just as the Revolutionary soldiers won the right to democracy for the generations who came after.
— Bobbetta Bartelt
It is Amazing!
- how the alums have asked the cheerleaders to relinquish the microphone when they yell, "Give 'em hell Big Blue." Those with children feel the cheer is a bad influence on the youngsters. After our first three games, they probably swore all the way home, anyway.
- HOW WELL the pep rally to send the team to Topeka came off. In the future, it may be profitable to have a rally at the Jayhawk'Cafe to send everyone off to the field house.
- how everyone could laugh at the Senior Cheerleaders when the same nine men have been performing the same act on their own for the last three years.
- HOW THE ADMINISTRATION can back efforts to increase school spirit, but still refuse to allow the TKE bell on the field. Of course, the Pinkerton police could not watch the game and the bell at the same time.
- how the library has not begun to tighten its security. Perhaps, it could hire some police-women to search the delinquent coeds, and patrol the stacks with dogs.
- why the Lawrence High cheerleaders have not added another girl at KU's games. This way half the senior class would have someone to lead them in cheers.
- HOW TED OWENS, head basketball coach, has kept from having a nervous breakdown. With the season more than a month away, KU already is nationally rated—and just ask Jack Mitchell what that can do.
- how the Civil Rights Council, alias KULAC, has gone this long without picketing something. Surely, the Union has not run out of magic markers.
— Clare Casey
Viet Nam: Candidates Unclear
VIETNAM, for all the world tension the small country has created,has brought little more than a few generalizations from the two major presidential candidates this year.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON has remained conspicuously quiet on the subject, his actions speak for themselves and, while Mr. Goldwater maintains that something should be done, so far he has been rather ambiguous as to just what, in fact, he would do.
The party out of power always has the advantage in a situation such as this, where a crisis is
brewing but not yet exploded. The candidate out of power has free reign to criticize and extrapolate, without actually having to carry the blame for anything that has happened.
FOR ONE THING, the western powers, for all their technological advancements, have yet to find a means of combating the Mao Tse-tung guerrilla tactics being employed by the Viet Cong army.
HOWEVER, in this case neither the candidate in nor the one out of power has come up with any concrete solutions.
President Johnson gained national respect for his retaliation this summer when 20 U.S. ships were attacked in the Bay of Tonkin. But this was on a battleground where we are equipped to fight.
WE CERTAINLY ARE NOT getting very far under the present policy, but finding a way to get tougher without challenging the communist world to an allout nuclear war seems impossible. Or, if either of the candidates has found a way to do this, he is keeping it a secret from the American people. — Kay Jarvis
Ohio: Barry Creates Panic
"THE REPUBLICAN PARTY organization in this county must overturn all tradition and make a Herculean effort to convince Republicans that this year they must go to the polls and vote, regardless of how they feel about Senator Goldwater."
That appeal, one imparted by an editorial in the Oct. 3 issue of the Cleveland Plain Dealer,
NEEDED MOST, that is, for a man named Taft and other Congressional and state Republicans who fear voters will turn to Democrats in their reaction to Barry Goldwater.
could be recited fittingly in hundreds of counties this fall. But the message was made in Ohio, where it possibly is needed most.
PRINCIPAL FOCUS in the state is the race between Republican Robert Taft Jr. and Democratic Sen. Stephen Young for the U.S. Senate. Earlier, interest dwelled on the Democrats when Col. John Glenn made his bid for the party's nomination.
Roy Miller
The People Say...
Dear Sirs:
IN YOUR FRI, OCT. 16 issue you printed a letter by John Garlinghouse, who described the recent events which occurred at the Dunes Club, and then proceeded to accuse conservatives of being responsible for the retaliations against the demonstrators. He has absolutely no evidence whatsoever to support this charge, and it is therefore just as irresponsible as the charge that Mr. Eisenhower is a communist. I am sick of people like this who apparently think they are the only ones who are right, and that anyone who has an opinion which is one shade different than theirs is a conservative, a rightist, a hatepeddler, a racist, etc., all of which are equivalent to them.
WE HAVE in America the whole spectrum of political thought, and "general" opinion appears to be that ideas which are close to the center of this spectrum are the best for the overall safety and welfare of our nation. If those who are classified as liberals would take a closer look at this spectrum they would find that they are on one side of the center and the conservatives are on the other. Such being the case I don't understand how anyone can, in all honesty, contend there is a nonbridgeable gap between liberals and conservatives, and that liberals are the only people who have the correct solution for everything.
SO FAR in this campaign about the only thing which has been heard from people to the left of center is how extreme the people are that stand on the right. And yet most of the examples of "extremity" which I have seen around Lawrence are from people to the left of center. Examples: People with "Let's Bury Barry" buttons (haven't seen any "Let's Lynch Lyndon" buttons or anything similar); bummer stickers saving "Barry G. and World War III," pro Goldwater bumper stickers which have been ripped off. (In at least one case I am sure I can guarantee it wasn't a Goldwater fan who suddenly became enlightened, as some people might like to think, else how do they explain the fact that he stuck a second Goldwater sign over the one which had been ripped off.)
NOW, IN light of the foregoing,
I think it's fair to ask people like
Mr. Garlinghouse to at least con-
sider the possibility that conservatives have ideas well worth considering, and that they aren't to blame for everything that's wrong with the U.S. today.
Sincerely Robert L. Russell Chem. Grad. Stud.
Dear Editors:
FOR THE TREMENDOUS UP-set of Oklahoma. KU football fans owe a debt of gratitude to Mike Lemoine who, unknown to most, played an important part in the big victory. As chairman of the ASC Traditions. Committee Mike organized Friday's pep rally which did so much to generate enthusiasm in the student body. Planning the rally which was hailed by Henry Shenk, head of the physical education department and former head football coach, as "the best football rally in 20 years" was no easy task. Mike worked a full week with Vince Bilotta and Wade Stinson of the administration to clear the many technical problems encountered in gathering the band, the
cheerleaders, 'the pep clubs, the football team, and the student body at one time. I believe that it was this long-absent student enthusiasm originated at least partially at the rally, which inspired our team to put forth that extra effort which beat OU.
Mike McNally
Bartlesville, Okla.
Sophomore
To: THE University Daily Kansan IN THE PAST FEW YEARS at the University of Kansas, the subject of racial discrimination has become an emotional issue on the Hill. As a believer in the principle of individualism and freedom of association, I can sympathize with those who profess the belief that the admittance of members into fraternal organizations should be left in the hands of the organization. The main argument for this point of view, it seems, turns on the question of private control of what is considered to be a "private" question. Is the practice of segregation by a private organization subject to public control? Certainly, in some instances, private property, or the use of private property, does come under public scrutiny and regulation. A restaurant must observe health laws. An individual can rake the private leaves in his private yard, but he may not burn them if the wind is blowing at a certain speed. The nature of this type of public regulation of private property hinges on the possibility of public harm.
BUT A PERSON who is refused admittance into a fraternity because of the color of his skin is done no physical harm. He may suffer deep moral revulsion. Society agrees to protect him from physical harm from the misuse of private property, but can society make him socially acceptable? Is discrimination because of color of skin in a private place such as a fraternity subject to public control?
ARGUING HYPOTHETICALLY, it would seem that the person who believed that the public does have a say about discrimination in fraternities must also agree that other types of physical "liabilities" should come under the purview of public scrutiny. A person who is obese because of a glandular problem might be discriminated against when applying to enter a fraternity. Or, a boy who is intelligent, who is personable, and who has a father willing to make a large contribution to the fraternity, might be discriminated against if he were physically ugly.
BUT THESE LATTER instances occur rarely. Discrimination because of color of skin in fraternal organizations is never private. When a situation arises in which there is "pervasive, consistent" refusal to admit Negroes into fraternities, it is public discrimination. If the grocers of Lawrence combined and created a monopoly which threatened to raise food prices to very high levels, the public would not tolerate this monopoly. In our society, the white man has a near monopoly on the best jobs, the best education, the best housing, and the highest social status. A fraternity is a collective approach to social status, and this avenue to social status, which is dominated by whites, must be open to all.
Lester D. Langley
Graduate Student
Borger, Texas
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