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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, May 14, 1968
Politics in America-1968
Political mainstream flows in liberal direction
(Editor's note: This is the last in a five-part series exploring political differences and their effects on the presidency, Congress and public policy making.)
By Arnold B. Sawislak
By Arnold B. Sawislak WASHINGTON — (UPI)—The political "mainstream" in the United States seems to be flowing, as it has for nearly four decades, in the liberal direction.
In simplified form, that means a stronger federal government becoming more active in both domestic and foreign affairs.
Some conservatives say there are signs the current is changing. Despite Barry Goldwater's overwhelming defeat, they still take some comfort from the fact that the long liberal lock on the Republican presidential nomination was broken by the former Arizona senator.
They see more help coming in the rise of Gov. Ronald Reagan of California, the continued efforts of former Gov. George Wallace of Alabama and the resurgence of the congressional conservative coalition;
But even with these developments, it is hard to identify a clear conservative surge. For example, the 26 Republican governors as a group generally are regarded as a liberalizing influence on the party, and a number of the new GOP senators and congressmen who came to Washington in the 1966 party rally have not earned high conservative scores.
In addition, despite short-run retrenchment forced by rising war costs, there is no sign of real retreat from the federal commitment to eradicate poverty, improve health care, upgrade education and provide many other social welfare services that were considered only a few decades ago to be outside the government's responsibility.
As for the influence of the 1968 elections on the nation's ideology.
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for rural, generally Republican, control of legislatures and state congressional delegations as well as some metropolitan political machines, usually controlled by Democrats.
ical movement, Sens. Robert F. Kennedy, D-N.Y., and Eugene J. McCarthy, D-Minn., are both even more liberal than President Johnson on domestic issues.
On the Republican side, former Vice President Richard M. Nixon has conservative support, but he is not talking about rolling back liberal-passed programs of the Kennedy-Johnson era.
Finally, a major ideological change appeared to be under way in the field of foreign affairs.
of the established figures of that ideology charged his only real message was one of racial prejudice.
been too conflicting to show what has happened.
Wallace launching a third party presidential campaign, made his pitch to conservatives, but many
There were some political and ideological changes of note under way in the mid-1960s. The once solid Democratic south was becoming a two-party region as conservatism gained in the area. Possibly countering that was the rise of Negro voting—expected to be liberal—as a result of the 1965 voting rights law.
The racial crisis is, of course, part of politics. However, because the national leadership of both parties is firmly committed to racial equality and reconciliation, it cannot be put down as a partisan issue. There has been talk of a "white backlash" against politicians who favor civil rights legislation, but election results have
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In the recent past, liberals had been pictured as internationalist; conservatives as isolationists. But as U.S. policy in Southeast Asia began to go sour and require an unprecedented amount of money, liberals started to question the basic premises of the worldwide American presence.
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A series of three approaches to the theater will be spliced together to form "Revelations: An Evening in Total Theater," to be presented at 8:20 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday in the Murphy Hall Experimental Theatre.
Dance workshop presents three theater approaches
A second change was the Supreme Court's rulings that congressional, state and local legislative districts had to be as nearly equal in population as practical. This was seen as the death knl
"But since the students in the workshop are also drama majors, we thought we'd combine it to make a more exciting evening," she said.
Created by the members of a dance workshop, the three-act presentation will combine singing, dancing and dialogue with films and psychedelic lighting.
Anita Sorrels, instructor in speech and drama and director of "Revelations," said the workshop usually puts on an all-dance show.
Act one of the presentation is a "psychedelic" play which is an adaptation of Ferlinghetti's "Stygian Shore."
The second scene combines Russian folk songs with Russian
dances and "tells about Russian life in general." Mrs. Sorrells said.
The last act is a combination of Broadway shows and numbers, including selections from "Half a Sixpence," "Man of La Mancha" and "Sweet Charity."
Professors to hold draft discussion
A discussion on "How the Draft Works: For or Against You?" will be presented at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the lobby of GSP.
Michael Maher, associate professor of zoology, and Capt. William Silvey, assistant professor of military science, will explain the present draft regulations and discuss the pros and cons of the system.
The discussion is sponsored by North College within Centennial College.
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