Monday, March 18, 1963 University Daily Kansan
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Republican Blasts-
(Continued from page 2) paper should present campus news. On issues outside the campus both sides should be presented accurately and fairly."
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According to the Nebraskan, one NU official said state tax funds are not used to finance the student newspaper because the faculty advisers perform their duties without extra pay and beyond their regular work.
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The Nebraskan reported that Simmons said he made the report because every citizen should know about these things, and also for the Republican Party, because "the paper is slanted in the opposite direction."
THE CHARGES made by the ex-senator were counterattacked, the Nebraskan said, by William E. Hall, director of the NU School of Journalism, and Neale Copple, faculty adviser to the newspaper.
The NU official said the facilities used by the Daily Nebraskan are located in the NU Student Union, which was financed by non-tax funds.
HE ALSO said the $1 a semester fee paid by NU students for the Nebraskan is the same as any special fee paid for student facilities and services, and are "handled in their entirety outside the budget of the University."
Hall said those who made the charges should exercise "half the sense of fairness shown by the students they are attacking."
"No group of youngsters ever made a more determined effort to present both sides than have these kids on the Daily Nebraskan. Liberal and conservative viewpoints have been fairly presented. Fanatic left and right wing viewpoints have been omitted as common sense dictated.
"I HAVE expressed my confidence in these students and the people of Nebraska. For both the students and the rest of the taxpayers I intend to get back to my work and suggest the critics get back to theirs."
Former Nebraska Governor and newly elected Board of Regents member Val Peterson has asked for an investigation concerning Simmons' charges because of the seriousness of their nature.
Peterson said he would ask the Board of Regents to suggest that the Nebraska Press Association appoint a committee of three representative Nebraska editors to study the charges made by Simmons.
"INTELLECTUAL ferment is not only desirable, but absolutely essential in a university community." said Peterson. "Such ferment is possible only when all viewpoints are fairly presented. Less than such presentation makes an educational
institution a propaganda mill. This surely would be abhorent to all Nebraskans."
Peterson's call for an investigation of the controversy has been backed by former Nebraska Congressman Howard Buffett, now an Omaha investment banker.
In a letter to the Board of Regents, which was quoted in part in the Nebraskan, Buffett criticized NU faculty members, saying "their response was a personal attack on Simmons. Instead of answering the charges by reasoned discussion, they resorted to insolent abuse and ridicule."
SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM director Hall said in the Nebraskan "the students are not going to be duped by left-wingers, or intimidated by either Mr. Buffett or Mr. Simmons — nor will the School of Journalism faculty."
The Nebraskan received solid support from the NU Student Council, which unanimously passed a resolution during the controversy and submitted it to the student newspaper for publication.
Hall said an attempt to silence those who have a sharp difference in opinion with others is the "antithesis to Americanism."
The resolution stated that the NU Student Council wished to "go on record as (1) reasserting its belief in an uncensored student newspaper, and (2) heartily supporting the Daily Nebraskan as an objective news medium and a vehicle for the expression of individual opinions."
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