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Emerald Editor - ConihiueJ Inmi pane 6) lo freedom. To prove to the world that we are right we must show it a prosperous coun try resulting from a truely cap italistic system. And this is ex actly what our war for freedom in Viet Nam is doing! Just lulk to anyone who has been to Viet Nam and he will tell you how much our industry is stimulat ed by pro American companies investing in Viet Nam Our pa triotic labor unions realize that to withdraw would mean to put a million people out of jobs. Only a traitor would want to degrade America in the eyes of the world by having millions of unemployed roaming the streets having to he fed by busi nessmen who have better things to spend their money on. Of course, not enough people (at least American and not Asians) are lieing killed to solve any la bor problems so it would be silly to say that too many people are dying to help the economy. The only way to keop our country strong and powerful is to keep our businesses going as hard as they can so the right thinking people will have the money they need for the au thority they deserve It is peo ple like our President and Hon aid Keagan who have made our nation what it is today and if there were more people like this defending freedom and tell ing the world what correct think ing is then we wouldn’t have to allow all those intellectuals to criticize and destroy the unity of the system that made Amer ica what it is today. Don Fitz Junior, Psychology * • • Prime Fallacy Fmcraid Editor: I hate to have to keep insist ing on this point, but the letter of Miss (I presume) Kim J. Adams in the November 15 Kmerald contains the same fal lacy that I had noted in my letter in the November 14 Em erald First, for safety’s sake, let me repeat that 1 share Miss Ad ams' negative judgment on the YAF Mag burning. However, 1 repeat that the USSR flag is not the symbol of any nation, nor is the ideology with which it is associated the ideology of any nation as such. It is a prime fallacy to equate the Soviet Un ion with Russia, or to regard it as a nation, which it is not, either constitutionally or in reality. Miss Adams might find the topic a rewarding one to in vestigate. Miss Adams' reasons for ob jecting to the YAF action raise a problem. She appears to re gard it as a principle that any "national ideology" deserves re spect. Would she extend this principle to cover Nazism? Miss Adams' judgment that the ltolshevik Revolution did much for Russia, and her impli cation that objections to the So viet system are necessarily based on narrow minded intol erance of “other socioeconomic political systems.” are also de batable. Since, as Mr. "Buzz'’ Willits demonstrated in these pages last year, anyone who ven tures to take exception to the currently popular rosy view of the situation in the USSR will be immediately identified as a partisan of Nixon. Duvalier. and Franco, fand. oddly enough. Frodo Baggins. the one associ ation I did not find objection able). I recommend that Mias Adams read the November 13 is sue of I. F. Stone's Weekly and reconsider whether the 50th anniversary of Soviet rule ought to be honored. I trust Mr. Stone will not be villified as a fascist because of his abil ity to call a spade a spade even if it is red; and this year I will take the easy way out and hide behind him rather than stating what I know to be the truth and awaiting the inevitable con sequences. Stephen C. Reynolds Assistant Professor. Department of Religious Studies Represents Who? Emerald Editor; f resent and oppose being represented by the ASUO Sen ate as supporting something which 1 do not actually support. I do not support legalization of the use of marijuana nor do I support the suggestion that the penalty for its use and or pos session be reduced. I feel that SL. 2>yL; ten North Vietnamese Official Says North Winning War Editor's Note: The following is the find of two articles by Steve D'Arazien, the (u1legr Press Service correspondent in Viet Nam. He stopped in Mos cow on his way to Viet Nam. While there he talked to a North Vietnamese government official about the views on the war and about prospects for peace. The abbreviation DRV used throughout the article stands for the Democratic Re public of Viet Nam, the official title of North Viet Nam. MOSCOW (CPS) — Although it is clear that the North Viet namese do not trust the U.S. government I found it relative ly easy to talk to the North Vietnamese representative I met with on two occasions here. He agreed to see me be cause I came as a representa tive of the college press — the North Vietnamese are very much aware of opposition to the war among college students. All in all, I talked with the Frst Secretary of the DRV, Do Kiem, for about five hours. He spoke Vietnamese, an attache translated into Russian and my Intourist guide translated into English. We drank green Viet namese tea and smoked Dien Bien Phu cigarettes. Do Kiem was extremely gracious through out our discussions. I went to our first meeting prepared with specific questions about the technicalities of ne gotiations. Some of these were touched upon at our second meeting, others were ignored. It is my general impression that once the DRV is convinced the United States sincerely wants peace, these difficulties can be surmounted. Power Shifted Americans should realize, whether it is true or not — at this point I have no way of knowing — that the North Vietnamese believe they art winning the war militarily. In the last two years, the Sec retary said, the balance of pow er has shifted. He believes the DRV and NLF forces now have the advantage. In the last five months, the DRV claims to have 'killed 150, (MM) troops, of which 70,(MM) were Americans They also claim to have stalemated U.S. offensive operations. Do Kiem said that 2,407 Am erican aircraft had been downed by DRV or NLF fire. This fig ure includes 43 types of air craft, including B52s. Later 1 saw an edition of the Herald Tribune, still published in Par is which said we had admitted to 2,709 losses, but that not all the losses were due to enemy lire. The First Secretary also said that because captured pilots are now' often older men, and of higher rank, the DRV believes the United States faces a pilot shortage. Economy Rising In spite of the heavy bomb ing by U.S. plans. Do Kiem claims rice production in t h e North has been increasing, that industries have been started where there were none before, and that “the educational, cul tural and medical aspects of life are being developed.” In a country with a population of 18 million, five million young peo pie are in school, including in stitutions of higher learning, the First Secretary said. At the present time, Hanoi and Haiphong have not fceen leveled. American attacks on the port of Haiphong, 1 am told, have been carefully executed so as not to sink any foreign ships. Presumably some targets in both cities are still restricted. Nuclear Attacks? I asked Do Kiem whether the North Vietnamese were pre pared for the leveling of these cities or for the possibility that all the escalation is merely a prelude to nuclear attacks' on China itself. My question was misinterpret ed to mean nuclear attacks on North Viet Nam. Do Kiem said they could absorb even that. "Modern weapons are useless in Viet Nam," he said. Later another journalist told me the North Vietnamese are prepared for anything. They have already written off Hanoi, a city they regard as too French. They have drawn up plans for a new city. "All the Vietnamese people believe in the victory over Am erican imperialism." Do Kiem said. Their belief in eventual vic tory is bolstered by a four - thousand year history of resis tance to foreign domination. “In the 12th and 13th centuries the Vietnamese fought the Mongol invasions. Later it was the Chi nese. "More recently we have oust ed the Japanese and then the French,” Kiem said. The North Vietnamese believe the Americans are just another group of foreigners to be ex pelled. The theme of liberation, of the just struggle for self-deter mination. recurs throughout the propaganda Do Kiem gave me. Ho Chi Minh has said, "nothing is more precious than a fight for freedom.” These North Viet namese pamphlets assert that the Vietnamese people will win their fight because of "moral superiority.” Morale Maintained They place considerable em phasis on non-military factors such as these, and on programs such as land redistribution, as the reasons the ■superior morale of the NLF forces has been maintained. They believe their own morale is superior to that of the Army of the Republic of Viet Nam (ARVIN). whose lack of morale has often been noted in the U.S. press, and to that of our own forces as well. The acknowledged corruption of the Ky regime is a strong factor in their favor, the North Vietnamese believe. They see the South Vietnamese govern ment as a mere puppet of Amer ica and say that 'without its support it would fall in a day. "The Saigon government is like a stable in which the horses are fighting for a piece of hay. They are even ready -to kill each other for their own interests. And the Army of South Viet Nam is helpless. They can’t even pacify their backyard,” Mr. Kiem said, explaining that the liberation movement has spread from the countryside to the cit ies. the use of marijuana is unsafe, foolhardy, and damaging to the mind and body Please. Mr. Pagan, and all you "freethinkers” of the ASUO Senate, if you must sub mit a statement supporting legalization of the use of mari juana and its penalty being re duced, do not presume to think that you represent the feelings of all students at the University of Oregon. Whether anyone else is possessed of the same con victions. I don't know; but YOU DO NOT REPRESENT ME in this piece of legislation.,. Margaret E. Daugbitv Junior. English Speak For Yourself Emerald Editor: The ASUO Senate, that small and insignificant body of politi cal imitators which represents a comparatively small segment of the University populous, is again on the road to outspoken failure. This great body of minds has now decided to discuss and probably solve the problem of marijuana usage on the cam pus. Their answer will. I'm sure, be worth hearing—for minority groups do have a right to be heard. It can be argued by these student officials that campus opinion can be implemented in influencing the laws of the state, and even the nation. This may very well be true But the reality of their tragic flaw be gins to appear. Their punch car ries a cursory wallop, and for it to be thrown at all seems supercilious to the students thomelves. The Senators and other offi cers In this student government were elected in an extreme apathetic manner. Of the small percentage that voted for a can didate. an even smaller group voted on particular issues ■ and by isues I do not mean the can didates opinion on marijuana, the Salem rally, or Viet Nam). In effect, what we have running the campus government are a few people who were elected on no real political basis: people whose ideas on the "issues" were no issue at all. The paramount fact that "our" representatives should either remember or learn is that they speak for a minority, not the University of Oregon. Certainly the entire student body is to be blamed for al lowing this type of leadership to attain office, but given the fact that college students are generally not concerned with student government it might be expected that our officers would act with some restraint and di rect their activities to more per tinent and isolated disputes. Thomas Jefferson said "great innovations should not be forced on slender majorities.” The ASUO gover n m e n t should bear this thought in mind — for their being in office is by virtue of one of the classic majorities of all time; a slight majority of a not much larger minority. So in dealing with the rally in Salem, the Viet Nam war. or marijuana usage- speak for yourself Scotty nut for us. Or perhaps all of these actions are just a part of yonr bigger plan — to get students out of their apathetic stance and bring them to the polls. If this is your scheme you arc headed in the right direction — for the mis use and misrepresentation of power, or just plain bad govern ment, may wake us up and re place you all. Randy Miller Political Science To Msncman ’Po'R. A. Matnemnn. whose let ter (of sorts) appeared in tlie November 20 edition of the Emerald: Wow!—I’m really impressed. You know how to use four syl lable words like all the Big Boys. I'm sure you must be horribly proud of your ability to turn even the most simple concept into a monstrosity of polysyllabic terms. Far be it from me to try to impinge upon your obviously very comprehensive grasp of all subjects under the sun but in the interests of education I would like to endeavor to ex plain the Emerald's require ment of a " *. . typewritten and triple-spaced' letter.” If you were familiar with copy editing procedures. Mr., Miss, or Mrs. Maneman, you would be cognizant of the fact that it is immeasurably easier to correct errors when there is sufficient place to write in the corrected copy This can best be accomplished when letters are triple spaced. "Errors’" you say with mingled disbelief and horor. How could, say. a graduate stu dent in counseling psychology, make (shudder) errors’ I would direct your attention to a small mistake of grammar at the end of the second para graph. Unless the "what?” was in tended to he a new invention in phrasing, the expression is "eh, wot?” The second consideration, Maneman (do you mind too much if I make you titleless or sexless or whatever?) is that rot everyone's concept of "leg ible" coincides. For the sake of fairness we would be re quired to give each potential correspondent a writing test to see if he had the minimum standards of legibility. This should appear impractical even to your theoretically oriented mind. Appropos to this. I seriously doubt that there exists a stu dent on this campus who has neither access to a typewriter nor the savoir faire to get one of his friends to help him out. However, if there is such a blighted soul on this campus who feels a deep pyschological need to communicate, let hint solicit the aid of one of the many manuscript typists in the University area. As you can see. Maneman. this really isn't as discriminating and unfair a policy as it may at first seem As a side comment, your con demnation of tile students who write in defense of the Peanuts cartoon seems typical of the overall character pattern you exhibited throughout your let ter. It is obvious that you are incapable of appreciating the worth of ideas put simply, clearly, and above all readably. The cartoon form, when used skillfully, meets all of these criteria admirably. And Shultz is a master cartoonist. If this "meaty fare" doesn't suit your tastes, why not try being a vegetarian for a while and see how you like it? In conclusion. Maneman. I hope that when you grow up. you will finally learn that the purpose of communication is to say something, not to exhibit your mastery of the dictionary. Barb Fields Sophomore, CSPA Alternative Emerald Editor: 1 have written to Senator Eu gene McCarthy of Minnesota, urging him to become a candi date for President in the pri mary elections next year, and I urge all Oregon Democrats to do the same. Senator McCarthy's name on the ballot will be welcomed by all citizens who are appalled not only by the extent of our involve ment in Viet Nam but also by our increasingly powerful mili tary apparatus, an apparatus which is becoming less and less responsive to the will of the peo ple. It is extremely important that Democratic voters have the opportunity to choose an alterna tive to the Johnson administra tion. # Although the present pros pect for Senator McCarthy’s nomination is remote, his candi dacy will not be quixotic. It is needed to provide expression for all citizens seeking a path of responsible dissent. Lewis E. Ward. Jr. Professor of Mathematics
