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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Oct. 9, 1964
It's Time to Start
I'M THE TYPE that normally doesn't worry. I figure it doesn't do any good. As Shakespeare said, "Things without remedy should be without regard."
But lately, I've changed my policy. I'm worried. The newspapers scream of death, disasters and dilemmas daily. The examples are myriad-Bay of Tonkin, Gladys, national presidential elections, unsurpassed and massive migrations to all college campuses, ad nauseam.
True, we are better equipped to handle our problems than our parents were. But we also have bigger problems. Filled with youthful optimism, I have always been ill-disposed to the bearded soothsayers who predict doom and destruction if the younger generation does not change its evil, booze-guzzling ways.
I'M NOT PREDICTING disaster. Man is amazingly adaptable. He will, in all probability, survive more than one more tyrant or disaster. It is not so much a question of survival as a question of our future plane of survival. We have all heard that it is our responsibility to carry on, etc. I think perhaps now is the time to realize what they are saying is true. We will have to pick up where our parents leave off.
The 'beat' element will immediately yell (in blank verse form, of course) that because they
did not ask for this responsibility, they should not have to shoulder it. That, unfortunately, is not the answer to the immediate need for leadership and education. Neither my parents nor my grand-parents asked for the two world wars. This did not mean they did not have to fight in them.
BEGGING THE QUESTION does not alleviate, or lessen, our obligation in any way. The obligation has always been there and it always will be. It is perhaps one of the unchanging forces that mold our lives.
It takes a certain type of courage to fight a war and an entirely different kind to face the intricate complexities of governmental policy and social reform. We must have the latter kind.
By virtue of our superior education, we are whether we like it or not, going to be thrust into positions of authority in all fields.
The young are supposed to be idealistic. Okay, so let's be idealistic. Not all of us can join the Peace Corps. But we can become aware of the problems and possible solutions that exist in our own fields. The happy-go-lucky attitude is fine for the high schooler, but not for college students.
It's time we started.
IT'S OUR TURN NOW.
— Leta Cathcart
A Heartbeat Away
Editor's Note: This article is one in a series of articles written in the 1964, Presidential election.)
On Nov. 22, 1963, the American people inherited a new President. Everyone was asking "Who is Lyndon Baines Johnson?"
If the senator from Arizona is elected this November, he would be just as vulnerable in the lens of a telescopic rifle as the late President Kennedy. So concludes the Warren Report.
A REPEATED tragedy like Nov. 22 would then leave everyone asking "Who is William E. Miller?"
The importance of the VicePresidency is all too fresh in the minds of Americans. In this campaign, that office and the candidates for it have become serious issues. President Kennedy, in naming Johnson his running mate, said he gave long and serious consideration to choosing the man most capable to carry on if the Presidency is vacated.
Senator Barry Goldwater gave Bill Miller the nod and explained: "No one gets under Johnson's skin like Miller. He drives Johnson nuts. And this could force just the campaign break we need."
WHO IS THIS New Yorker that the Arizonan chose as his possible successor to the White House? Given the events of last November, it is only reasonable that we should ask, "Who is Bill Miller?"
He is strong on State's Rights and has condemned recent Supreme Court decisions. He is quoted in the Congressional Record in 1958 as saying: "... I tell you that in my judgment the Communists and Communist sympathizers and the hoodlums
He advocates a stronger U.S. position on national security, South Viet Nam, Cuba and Berlin. He opposed the sale of American wheat to Russia, but his voting record indicates a willingness to aid "friendly countries." He voted for the extension of reciprocal trade acts in 1954 and for military and economic aid to combat communism in the Middle East.
in this country have hardly lost a case in the Supreme Court in years . . . it is high time that in some tribunal somewhere the American people ought to win a case."
Miller, after first introducing the 1956 civil rights bill, reversed his stand and opposed it. But since then he has voted for the 1957, 1960 and 1964 Civil Rights Acts. On this year's civil rights bill, which Goldwater opposed, Miller said: "I have some serious reservations about its constitutionality but I elected to cast my vote for the bill."
ALTHOUGH NOT QUITE as conservative as Goldwater, Miller was given an award by the Americans for Constitutional Action, which rated his voting index last year as 81 per cent as compared to Goldwater's rating of 100 per cent. The liberal Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) rated him as voting 11 per cent of the time in accordance with the ADA's views, while Goldwater was rated zero
While failing to win distinction as a legislator, Miller has won acclaim in Republican circles as a party loyalist and a quick-witted, sharp-tongued campaigner. Even a fellow Republican who doesn't like him had to admit that "Miller was the best we've ever had" when the Republicans, in 1960, gained 21 seats in the House with Miller as Congressional Campaign Committee chairman.
In 1961 he was elected Republican National Committee chairman and was in a good position to work for the nomination of Goldwater, whose views coincide closely with his own.
RECENTLY, Democrats have counterattacked with charges of corruption aimed at Miller. Mississippi's former Democratic Congressman Frank Smith has said that Miller, in 1951 or 1952, offered to get him a $300-to-$500 monthly public relations retainer. Smith was a member of a subcommittee considering a bill, co-sponsored by Miller, dealing with private development of Niagara Falls power.
Since San Francisco Miller has been waging a rough and tough campaign, interpreting Goldwater's statements and leveling charges of corruption at the Democratic administration.
He also has been accused of fighting bills adversely affecting the Lockport (N.Y.) Felt Co. He has been the $7,500-a-year director and assistant secretary of the company, and also owns $27,000 worth of stock in Lockport Holdings, Ltd., a Canadian outfit in which Lockport Felt has interests.
Democrats also accuse him of reversing his stand on the 1956 Civil Rights bill in exchange for southern aid to fight a public power measure for the Niagara River. (He advocated private power for Niagara.)
MILLER HAS DENIED all of these charges, and Goldwater has added: "Bill Miller's honesty is beyond reproach. The smears against him have my utter contempt."
If Miller, with his quick wit and sharp tongue, can "force the campaign break" needed by Goldwater, it seems that he will have fulfilled his only function.
ACCORDING TO HISTORY, the man elected Vice-President this November has about one chance in three of becoming President. Of the 37 Vice-Presidents since 1789, 11 have taken the Presidential oath of office.
Eight of the Vice-Presidents have inherited the Presidency. If some people find it hard to accept Goldwater, they find it even harder to accept Bill Miller who, if the Republicans win in November, will sit just a "heartbeat away from the Presidency."
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To the Editor of UDK:
I know that the Daily Kansan had an early tip about the effigy hanging; yet, the Monday issue ignored the affair. A student news executive made the decision not to give publicity to the publicity seekers and libelers who arranged the hanging. Libelers? Yes. Hanging in effigy is a libel.
If more news media denied publicity, we might have fewer such malicious efforts to damage reputations. In my opinion, the Daily Kansan should be congratulated for refusing to help the publicity seekers.
Elmer F. Beth, Professor of Journalism.
TO THE EDITOR:
I think that the students involved in the effigy hanging and burning of Coach Mitchell might be interested in knowing the full implications of their actions.
The Kansas Criminal Statute defines libel as a "malicious defamation of a person, made public by any printing . . . representation or effigy . . . tending to provoke into wrath or expose him to public hatred, contempt or ridicule. . .." The penalties provided by law are a fine and a jail sentence not exceeding $1,000.00 and one year respectively.
The effigy burning cannot be laughed off as antics and pranks of normal youth. Any participant in the incident seventeen years of age and older could be held legally responsible and punishable if the burning were ruled bellous.
Eileen M. Wilcox Lawrence junior
So, kids, better check with your lawyer before you pull another stunt like this.
EDITOR:
I write with reference to the leading feature article in the UDK of September 28. The article was concerned with the British General Election to be held on October 15, and omitted any reference to the Liberal Party which held the apparently small number of seven seats in the recently dissolved Parliament. The election will be close as Mr. Newsom pointed out and as the Liberals are contesting some 360 seats, it is a likely possibility that they might hold the balance of power in the new Parliament. This party can claim some two million out of 35 million votes and its importance in the country cannot be ignored by any self-respecting reporter. Unbiased and respectable British papers have noted that the Liberal representation is more than likely to be significantly increased and I feel that it was a pity that Mr. Newsom should have failed to have given your readers a single mention of the party whose ideas about entry into the E.E.C. and the abandonment of the British "independent" nuclear deterrent, among others, were belatedly adopted by the other two major parties, and whose win in the now famous Orpington by-election caused the dismissal of one-third of Mr. Macmillan's Cabinet.
Anand Chitnis Graduate student Birmingham, England
Looking back on the game played last Saturday reveals many things. The installation of the platoon system proved to be quite effective, especially defensively speaking with the exception that our pass defense needs a little more work and our offense needs more passing and more effective blocking by the ends for sweep plays.
Those who viewed the game shouldn't feel so bad about the loss because of the big revelation . . . the quarterbacking potential we have in Bob Skahan. The question I pose is this—"can we profit from our experience?" The answer to this question may come from the results of the meeting of coaches and squad held last Sunday in Allen Field House.
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We should all be proud of the fine team effort by our men who played their hearts out until the last second as the clock ran out. Tribute should be paid to Steve Renko who is perhaps the finest all-around athlete to hit our campus and who also is a real swell guy.
But perhaps we're not making full use of Steve's potential. Could the answer to our near 0-3 record be — Skahan at quarterback and Renko at end where we need someone desperately who can block on sweep plays as well as catch the ball or should we put him at fullback or in the No. 2 quarterback spot.
For those in the stands, pretend for a moment that you were the one's playing your best out on the field and then were booed at that. Let's get behind our team, we can still have a 7-3 season.
T Crayea
Ron Hurst