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Summer Session Kansan Tuesday, July 23, 1963
Seeds of Hatred
Now we know who is to blame for the racial troubles in the South: President Kennedy.
Gov. Ross Barnett, the esteemed Mississippi bigot, is the source for this revelation. He told a Congressional hearing in Washington last week that President Kennedy has "sown the seeds of hatred" and race violence in the South.
THANKS A LOT, Ross. This simplifies things greatly. There were some of us who erroneously thought that several hundred years of treating humans like animals was the cause.
Some of us even had the mistaken notion that the trouble was greatly amplified because you and that other artifact of demagoguery, Gov. Wallace of Alabama, had abdicated your responsibility as leaders of our two great sovereign states.
But now we know; President Kennedy is to blame.
TAKING THE logic behind this bit of wisdom. a person can reveal several other neverbefore revealed truths.
According to the light of this logic, the postoperative death of a cancer victim is attributable to the doctor, and the high crime rate in the country is caused by policemen who make arrests.
The weakness of this logic in all three instances is that it is a bit short-sighted. It fails to take into account the cancer victim had no chance to recover except through a highly dangerous operation. And it ignores the fact that, while it is true no act is a crime until committed and punished, law and order and decency require sowing "seeds of hatred" among criminals.
AND IN THE instance of the racial violence in the South, it ignores the all-too apparent facts of the year 1963.
It ignores the fact that the Negro wants more than lip service rendered to the U.S. Constitution.
This logic of yours, Ross, ignores the inevitability of Negroes realizing that, if they are willing to pay the price of confronting bigots like you, they can better their lot.
IT TAKES A blind man, Ross, not to see that nothing is going to stop the Negro short of his deserved full measure of equality. His drive has behind it the moral suasion and legal force to succeed.
So, while it may be true by your reasoning, Ross, that President Kennedy has "sown the seeds of hatred," it is also true that you and I and all white men have tilled the land well so that "seeds of hatred" have a fertile garden in which to grow.
Your noises of late, Ross, sound much like the cries of, "the South shall rise again:" and, "save your Conferedate money."
AND IT IS interesting to note just what kind of Confederate courage it is that you are fighting to preserve.
Basically, your demagogic fury is focused on not just maintaining the status quo, but instead, turning back to the pre-Civil War days of mint juleps and Southern belles.
You can't preserve the status quo, Ross; things have "deteriorated" too greatly. That kindly old darky wants a slice of the good life.
TO YOUR GREAT displeasure, Ross, the Voice of America has been reaching even the oppressed masses previously enslaved behind the Cotton Curtain.
We could laugh at your "seeds of hatred" statement, Ross, if it weren't so tragic. For one thing, it won't work. And for another, what you want to continue doing to human beings goes against the grain of decent humans.
You will have your momentary Bull Run victories, Ross, but the Civil War of 1963 shall be won by President Kennedy and other persons bent on sowing "seeds of hatred."
— Terry Murphy
Expensive Water Is also Filthy
The major thoroughfares in town are being resurfaced, we have radio and television reception, and modern hospital facilities. But one of the most essential needs of everyday life has been neglected.
If we are going to put first things first, the race to the moon must be taken out of high gear until a problem right here in Lawrence is solved.
SOME PARTS of town are without an inexpensive supply of clean, germ-free water.
What makes the situation even more critical is that both of these establishments are frequented by the public. One of them even serves food.
Granted, 99 per cent of the areas in town have a source of inexpensive, safe-to-drink water, but at least two places in the city limits are in a bad way. water-wise that is.
YOU HAVE NO idea how surprised I was to learn that here in the 20th century two establishments of public accommodation are without modern water service.
Without knowing for certain how critical it is, enough is still known to indicate that it is no laughing matter.
These two establishments are so hard pressed to come by water that they have to charge 25 cents for a small tumbler of the precious fluid.
AND THE PUBLIC'S confidence in the water served at these places is incredibly low. Everyone that I saw buying water at these places must have been plenty worried about germs.
So worried, in fact, that they used 90 proof alcohol to provide a margin of safety.
So you can see why I am so concerned about cutting back on the race to the moon. It would be nice to get there before the Russians, but first things first.
THESE TWO ESTABLISHMENTS are run by good, taxpaying citizens, and they too are entitled to city water service. It is unfair competition. The restaurants downtown get their water so much cheaper than the two places I saw, that they can even afford to give it away.
In the Course of Events
If they don't act quickly, surely they will go bankrupt. No one can compete for customers when they have to sell water at two-bits a glass. — Terry Murphy
If I were the owners of those two establishments, I would first try to get the city fathers to do something about it. If that fails to produce water which can be sold at a cheaper price than two-bits a glass, I would then take it to the attorney general in Topeka.
Pursuit of Material Goods Occupies Man
By Marick Payton
Men spend most of their time in the pursuit of material wealth. This is an understandable pre-occupation since their sustenance requires food and shelter—both economic goods.
And, beyond this elemental level, most of men's other desires require the use of material: to build a house one needs bricks and lumber; to be dressed one must have clothes; to travel rapidly one must have a car or bus, train or air fare; sportsmen want their guns and golf clubs; artists want paint and canvas; the musician wants an instrument; and the scholar wants books.
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS . by Bibler
**SECTION II - LIT 3A, A SAULSON WILL ASK FOR A REPORT- AND**
**IN SECTION III, WATKINS WILL ASK FOR - TAKE SAULSON-**
WHILE MEN'S desires seem infinite, the old earth's boundaries are strictly drawn. With this limited supply and unlimited demand, the question of who will exercise authority over (own) what, is a constant and crucial one, but it is one which must be answered by recourse to even more general considerations.
In the first two articles of this series it was argued that it will profit men to disdain the use of force in dealing with each other. This conclusion was deduced from these premises: that man is an entity—that is, that he has his own purposes and the means to seek their realization; that he can maximize his satisfaction only if his liberty to seek it is not infringed upon by others; and that a man cannot hold his own human satisfaction to be of high value unless he holds human satisfaction in general to be of value.
A corollary of this thesis is that it is unwise to lay claim upon the time or labor of another. And, a respect for the labor of others compels a respect for the produce of that labor.
THUS, IF WE hold the life of a human being to be of worth we must not restrict, license or tax (forceably interfere) in his productive endeavors or with any wealth he accumulates as a result. We must not deny him the liberty to sell his labor or its produce if he can find a buyer at his price, nor should we limit his liberty to buy the labor or product of another if he can find a seller at his price. We ourselves must not coerce another to sell his goods to us, nor should we make another buy ours.
As the maximization of our own satisfaction requires that we not restrict another's exercise of authority over himself, it also requires that we not restrict his exercise of authority over that which he creates.
BOOK REVIEWS
HORIZON, July 1963 ($4.50).—The new Horizon is a magnificently illustrated volume, beginning with the rich Holbein on the cover and continuing through the Peale and the splendid Eakins reproductions inside. But besides the paintings there are excellent articles. These include an attack on modern-day English by critic Lincoln Barnett; an article about Philadelphia; the confrontation of Mary of Scotland and the Presbyterian John Knox; the battle of Lepanto of 1571; the Finnish artists, Tapio Wirkkala and Rut Byrk; the question of prizes in literature, always a controversial matter; Orson Wells, who is now an adult, not infant, prodigy; the art collection of British royalty; erotic lyrics believed to be antecedents of the Song of Solomon; Sir Richard Burton of Arabian Nights fame, and the world of the artist, John Hold Jr.
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THE GREAT ESCAPE, by Paul Brickhill (Crest, 50 cents)—The novel which inspired a new film about World War II. Brickhill tells here about 600 American and British air force officers who engineered an incredible and daring escape from a German prison camp. The story has tension and meaning as the men are shown tunneling their way, sinking shafts, building underground railroads, forging passports, drawing maps, faking weapons, and tailoring uniforms. Here is a rousing tale, one especially made for summer reading.
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