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University Daily Kansan Thursday, May 17. 1962
Strassenburg Is Outspoken Critic of U.S. Nuclear Policies
Arnold A. Strassenburg, associate professor and assistant chairman of the physics department, is one of KU's most outspoken critics of the U.S. policies on nuclear testing and disarmament.
"I have always been inclined toward being a pacifist," Prof. Strassenburg said in a recent interview. "But until recently these have been private feelings.
"I WOULD PREFER to regain the world as we live in it today from a state of tyranny than from a state of nuclear devastation."
He said he had not previously voiced his opinions openly for two reasons. He was not well enough informed, and pacifists were in such a minority that it was not prudent to openly admit pacifist tendencies.
He said the threat of nuclear destruction has now become so great that he feels he must become as informed as possible and arouse the interest of others by stating his opinions openly.
"I FEEL THAT WAR is an impossibly uncivilized way to settle disputes," he said. "I feel there must be another way and we should do what we can to find it."
Prof. Strassenburg works closely with the KU chapter of the Student Peace Union, an organization dedicated to becoming as well informed as possible on nuclear testing and disarmament and to exploring all possible alternatives to war.
During the interview, Larry Lau-
dan, Lawrence graduate student and acting chairman of the SPU, came into Prof. Strassenburg's office. He wanted to discuss the SPU's attempt to show films on the horrors of nuclear war in the lobby of the Kansas Union. At the same time, Navy recruiters were showing films on what Laudan described as the glamorous aspects of military service.
THE INTERVIEW resumed briefly, only to be interrupted by the ring of the telephone. Harry Shaffer, assistant professor of economics and opponent of atomic testing and the deterrent theory of military might and war, was at the other end of the line. Prof. Shaffer and Strassenburg discussed the possibility of a debate on atomic testing and the arms race.
Prof. Strassenburg and Laudan agreed that if the Navy recruiters were allowed to show their films, the SPU should be allowed to present its position on the military at the same time in the same place. He advised Laudan to go through the proper channels of authority before taking the matter to the chancellor and said he would help in any way he could.
After the telephone conversation Prof. Strassenburg turned back to the interviewer and picked up his conversation precisely where he had stopped to talk on the telephone.
At another point in the interview, Prof. Strassenburg's secretary came in with a book received through the
Three students took a canoe Saturday and the other three took a raft Sunday.
KU Students Find New Sport on Kansas River
Six KU students fought floating logs, edged around small islands and bucked opposing winds as they cruised down the Kansas River last weekend.
Students in the canoe were Bill Murdock, Webster Groves, Mo. junior; Ron Marsh, Kansas City freshman; and Mike Calwell, Bonner Springs junior.
"WE SAILED FOR about $13^{1/2}$ hours before we reached our destination, Bonner Springs," Murdock said. "We had several problems on the trip."
Murdock said that they pulled over to the bank after they were four miles down stream because, "we weren't moving fast enough. We cut down a sapling and tied beach towels to it to make a sail. This increased our speed."
Calwell said that they were forced to walk along the bank and pull the canoe when they met strong winds.
The Hawaiian type canoe was 15 feet long and made of wood and canvas. A pontoon held by two rails extended on one side.
"One of us stayed in the front of the canoe and another stayed in the back." Murdock said. "The third man stayed on the pontoon."
"WE RAN INTO a few logs that were floating just below the surface." Marsh said. "Fortunately, none of them damaged our canoe very much."
"We had to steer clear of small islands in the middle of the river," Calwell said.
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ON THE DESK were other books and papers stacked in neat piles. The precise arrangement of the stacks of paper went well with the orderliness of everything in the office.
mail. Prof. Strassenburg slowly opened the package, took the book out of its box, glanced at the title and lay it on his desk—never losing the thread of the conversation.
He spoke quickly and softly with a serious tone. His face and eyes bore little expression—the very lack of which suggested calmness. His manner suggested long-standing emotional involvement that had been subdued in favor of reason.
Murdock and Caldwell said that they plan to take a canoe trip in September down the Missouri River from Kansas City to St. Louis.
Three students who took the raft Sunday were Gene Spalding, Kansas City junior; Mike Sherman, Oakland, Calif., junior, and Tom Guest, Jefferson City, Mo., sophomore.
HE SAID NUCLEAR TESTING is "much more of a problem involving human values than it is a scientific problem.
"We got as far as Eudora, about five miles down stream," Spalding said. The students were forced to stop because of a chance of becoming severely sunburned.
Late Sunday night the three students were admitted to Watkins Hospital suffering from third degree sunburns. They were dismissed Tuesday.
"If it does more political harm than it does scientific good, then there is the question.
"If you're going to be armed and have committed yourself to the deterrent philosophy, then you had better make sure that your arms are as strong as your enemy's.
"But I don't want to be strong. I don't want to be prepared to fight because I don't want to fight."
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