Emerald Editor
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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
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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
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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