University Daily Kansan
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Friday, March 20, 1964
News Coverage
Editor:
I am writing in regard to two matters- 1) the Latin American Night program of March 7, and 2) the CRCC picketings to be held later this month.
The People Say...
In regard to the first matter, the Latin American students at KU put on an excellent program and dance on March 7, and over 200 people attended. The Kansas had been notified three days before the program that it was to be on March 7, and an ad was placed in the Kansas that ran an March 6. However, the only article that appeared in connection with the program was one with publicity content that was printed the week after the program was over.
The second matter concerns the civil rights issue at KU. The International Club has been asked to join the Civil Rights Coordinating Committee and to give it support. As a social organization, International Club cannot join CRCC. However, the club will give moral support to CRCC and to strictly-planned and well-organized picketings of short duration for the purpose of supporting civil rights, so long as such picketing is not carried out in an insulting manner, and is not carried out for the purpose of destroying any particular organization.
On Monday, March 9, a frontpage spread was given to the Anti-Military Ball, an event which was highly publicized but poorly attended. Although the International Club did not feature any "trained murderers" or beer-throwing and fist-swinging pacifists, it did present an informative and entertaining program which was well-attended by students, faculty, and Latin American educators who were attending a conference at KU at the time.
International Club is interested in letting other people know what types of programs it carries out, and where it stands on issues involving human dignity. However, as a social and educational organization, it cannot join a united front and act like a political organization. Individual members are free to determine their own actions. The club itself, however, acts under limitations due to responsibilities owed to its members, the student body, and the administration.
Charles A. Marvin President of the International Club
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CRCC and Holy Week
I feel it necessary that I share, in part, a letter dated, Friday, March 13, 1964. I received this letter as chairman of the Civil Rights Coordinating Committee. It reads in part: "... all your activities fall within Holy Week. In one sense, there is no more appropriate time for such demonstrations, for this was the moment in human time that all human distinctions were abolished by the suffering and
death of Jesus Christ. After the crucifixion of our Lord there is no sense in talking about Jew, Greek, white, black, male or female. In this sense, the timing for the demonstrations is perfect."
George Ragsdale Kansas City senior
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Draft Shy
Mr. Miller (note my sincerity and sign of deep respect): I, for one, believe that there is nothing wrong with killing in defense of one's country if there is no other course of action readily available. What I do object to is a person who must resort to flagrant name-calling and distortion of facts in "defense" of his beliefs instead of offering constructive criticism, which, I believe, would be the more mature approach.
However, Mr. Miller, since you say that the Military Ball is the real objective of your letter (funny how so many people seemed to miss that point), let's discuss it for a few lines. In your letter of March 3, you stated, "... the ball is in no way related to the function of the ROTC program or the military in general except as a social 'extra' that helps make the program more attractive to both present and prospective members." Therefore, I interpret your display of "creative writing" to mean that, for the above reasons, the Military Ball should be eliminated.
If that is your meaning, Mr. Miller, please answer the following questions. Is the annual Homecoming Dance related to the process of education or is it merely one of the university's social "extras"? What about the SUA Carnival, Greek Week, Rock Chalk Revue, etc. Are they related to education or are they merely social "extras"?
Let me assure you, Mr. Miller, the cadets support the Military Ball in both physical organization and financial assistance. No one is forced to attend.
forced a win. Mr. Miller—BE SERIOUS! Rarely have I ever seen someone so scared of being drafted.
Kenneth J. Costich
Oak Park, Ill., senior
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Twisted Minds
With apologies to Mr. Tom Coffman, I would like to say that for reasons usually related to amusement of a rather low form, I frequently scan the editorial page of the UDK. And on my masochistic days, I seek out those items signed by one Larry Schmidt. Where does he get off?
In his dialogue of March 10, he makes an appeal (to whom I am not certain, but that's OK—he probably wasn't either) to the effect that the Civil Rights issue be resolved in the individual human heart—physiologically, psychologically, and sociologically impossible. The least we can do is to leave this mythical arena and move into the arena of the individual human mind. But do we stop there? What
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about the little and twisted (a value judgment on my part) minds? Do we make no attempt to winten them?
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There are two basic appositive routes to the eventual resolution of the Civil Rights issue. One is that we wait for public opinion (a crude totality of that which exists in private minds) to change and take action only after this action can be smugly accommodated by public opinion. At best, Mr. Schmidt, this is a rather slow process. The other is that there are those amongst us who would be bold enough to implement certain types of action in hopes that this action hastens the change in public opinion, and thus, the eventual resolution of the issue. And if any one thing can be said about the issue, it is that its resolution must be hastened.
Terry Brungardt Hays graduate student
JFK's Visit -development of Central America.
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ment attributed to "recognized communist elements acting with countries of the same ideology."
SINCE 1945, the total had amounted to $412 million. Guatemala received $150 million. It was the largest single share and reflected U.S. hopes to prevent another communist takeover such as put Guatemala in communist hands from 1951 to 1954. Nicaragua, a dictatorship, received $52 million; Honduras, $40 million; El Salvador, $17 million, and Panama, $75 million.
But, while the San Jose Conference had sought to avoid political issues, the six Central American presidents could not avoid them at home.
On March 31, the government fell to a military revolt led by defense minister Enrique Peralta Azurdia who became provisional president.
President Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes of Guatemala returned home to meet a wave of sabotage and terrorism which the gover-
ON SEPT. 25, 1963, the Honduras government of President Ramon Villeda Morales fell to a military coup d'état headed by Col. Osvaldo Lopez, chief of the armed forces.
In both Guatemala and Honduras the revolt leaders accused the former governments of negligence and blindness against communist infiltration and subversion.
Fearing the rise of extreme rightwing military dictatorships, the U.S. response was a temporary cut-off of its economic and military aid.
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