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Kennedy, Nixon, McCarthy & Hershey Inter By LARRY H. MANS By MARK PINSK\ Hurricane •dlter Hurricane Keperter Midway through a question and answer session The spirit of Adlai Stevenson is alive in Wiscon­ after Robert F. Kennedy's Nashville speech, a middle- sin. Two weeks ago it was alive in New Hampshire. aged man leaped to his feet and began shouting a The question that must haunt Bobby Kennedy is tirade of accusations at a slightly taken-back Bobby whether it will still be alive on the floor of the Chica­ Kennedy. go Colliseum in July. "You are taking unfair advantage of President Before the candidacy of Senator Eugene Md Johnson on the Vietnam War issue. Your family is rich and you're powerful and you just want to be presi­ thy, few Americans under 25 could quite understand dent. You're taking unfair advantage of President the depth of feeling and sentimental attachment their Johnson on the Vietnam War issue," screamed the older contemoraries felt toward the late presidential irate critic. The audience was momentarily stunned. candidate. Today they know. Kennedy had to interrupt The plain looking, soft- the barrage of accusations in spoken candidate, with his order to get in an answer. • • • * • * scholarly manner and quiet Three members of the Carthy and Richard M. Nixon wit has inspired a quasi-reli­ "The present course of the Hurricane staff traveled in Wisconsin, and David war to win a military victory gious following among many- north last week to puisne Brown, Hurricane news edi­ will not work. I do not sug­ col lege students. three presidential candidates tor, met with (ieneral 1 ewis gest that we surrender or The voung people who are and obtain interviews estab­ Hershey in Washington DC. simply pull nut of Vietnam. running the Wisconsin cam lishing their positions in Mans and Pinsky were What we need is a gradual part of the press corps which paign of Eugene McCarthy de-escalation which will lead relation to the present and accompany the candidates on feel that there is only one to negotiation and a diplo­ future Selective Service Sys­ tour. Pinsky left Wednesday profile in courage being matic solution. A purely tem. and joined the McCarthy etched on the presidential military solution cannot be The initial purpose was to entourage in Wisconsin and campaign scene in 1968 — achieved and will not work." procure information for a later picked up Richard M. and that it the outline of special edition of the Hurri­ \i\on who is also campaign­ "their" man. But Kennedy's unrelenting cane which will explore and ing to win the primal v Mans antagonist yelled back, "You analyze the draft. left Thursday morning to join I he candidate's day ol changed vour mind nist so Hurricane editor, 1 arrv Kennedy In Washington and campaigning begins with a you could be presidenl Hi Mans, covered the activities travel with him on his toi. brief review of troops at the is a copy "I a I!!<)_' \ew York of Senator Robert F. Kenne the south. Brown Interviewed state headquarters in Mil­ limes article where vou are dy during his swing through Hershey in Washington, then waukee's Hotel Wisconsin. quoted as saying we can and the south. Hurricane reportei covered the activities of stn On the lirst floor is the re- Senator Kolwrt F. KeniUM.y and columnist Mark Pinsky dent protests at Howard S naior Eugene McCarth) . he changed his mind (Cont. on Pg. 2) joined Senator Eugene Me University. (Cont. nn Pg. 2) . the spirit Of) Slet« flfOM is alive Vol. 43, No. 40 Tuesday, March 2ft, l<>f>8 Phone 281-1101 Ralph Nader. 'Crusader9 Tonight In Ibis Cafeteria By CRAIG PETERSON said to he planning a major Hurricane Stall Writer offensive against Swift and Ralph Nader, self-styled consumer crusader and Company, one of the Indus­ one-man reform movement, will appear tonight at try's largest meat packers. 8:00 p.m. in the Ibis Cafeteria. Other immediate obJSJCttVl I Speaking about "consumer affairs," the 33-yiMt- for the busy Harvard gradu­ old author of "Unsafe at Any Speed" will also discuss ate Im ludk sn sttacfc sgsinsl the aspects of the new aura of politics he helped General Electric and a re­ create — that ui Uaifkf aW for the consumer. newed tirade versus the De- troll aUtO makers. Nader helped begin the 1966 safety furor and has since continued to snipe at the industry's efforts at Nader frequently t MH I II the e ollege < ire uli and tp building safer cars. •n\ at a Newark univc rsl iv last month. The lawyer's influence for building unsafe cars has ii. c ondm i weekly semi­ helped create the National ever been won by a plaintiff. nars at Primeton and has Highway Safety Bureau, Nader's last major score written numerous srticles on which has ordered dozens of corporate abuses for leading K.tlpli Nader safety devices added to new was Federal legislation to . 'lender ciiie" (nr the consumer cars. ban un-meaty meat. He is publications, The proposed safety stand­ ards for next year include mandatory speed governors, Student. Administration Reactions Vary more heavily-padded inter­ iors, plus 19 other devices. Mis name has become a nasty word in the dialect of millions of American sports Peace Demonstrations End or stock car enthusiasts who object to the addition of of the Army re - ruiters, said safety devices to their cars. By MEI.INI VAN PETTEN themselves with national and anti Amerii sn - of all k Hurricane Stall Writer worldwide issues. I'm happy I to Monday's di Nader has been personally i week's "peace demon that apathy is dead," he fin­ Another former service­ der, The students at I'M effective in cutting Corvair si i,ii ion" and the response it ished. man, presently a DM stu­ • showed what dis sales by a huge margin, and ed from students was dent, Ira Moskowit/, com­ organization i sn eio. i h e y it has been rumored that the something decidedly different Other I M indents were mented. "I here's a right way were not SI tually set up in adverse publicity of Nader's for the UM campus. The not too pleased with the pro and a wrong way of Ameri­ "f order, and I he- book could cause the demise rear tion to the overall effect test John C I'c-dmond, a can expression. Erccdom of result v. lerday's fi- speech allows them lo vote of the Corvair, a car he la­ on the university by stude nts veteran eif the Korean War ISCO " and support their candidate. beled "unsafe." ami administrators was var­ and a student at I M, state d. one- mo resting • omment This is an election year, the Carni Gras '(M None of the stores of law­ ied. "My stand is that the pi so was made I- ll news­ suits against General Motors wrong way is what they did. Fun and Iridic for nil people are- d<-(initclv shield. man, conducting interviews That sort of activity under­ — Phcto bv ALAN VOLLWEILER Dean of Men, Robert ing cowards, draft i aiei l uesday on the student Un­ mines the national security." Hynes, who was present burners, and di.aft dodgers, ion patio; " I his university is SAFAC during most of the three-day That is whv I oppose them, finally getting to he a unr demonstration, said, "There III definitely shielding I t Ie II' H< i n Carni Gras '6-8 Closes, were some tense moments. Recommends This was indicative of tin­ type of emotional topic that Allocation was under consideration. Lambda Chi Alpha Wins I here were some heallhv debates going on, and that By LINDA KLIINDII NST Hurncane Stall Writer was good — I think ihcie By JOHN ASHLORD Lambda Chi Alpha was the success." While 60",', of the were times when we all could Recommendations for the Hurricane Stall Writer overall winner of Carni G proceeds were returned to have behaved a little more distribution of the $400.00(1 Carni Gras '68 drew to a the 66 sponsoring organiza­ like ladies and gentlemen." and then fore was ineligible Student Activity 111 were close last Friday night after tions, the other 40% went to to win their division. All n leased last week by the two big evenings of "fun and the Paul R. Yarck lund. Ihis Student Activity Fee Alloc a Mrs. Louise Mills. A .so. mte frolic"' A carnival fair atmo­ entering organizations re­ money goes towards the tion Committee (SAFAC). Dean of Women, made the ceived spirit points. construction of student activ­ sphere was predominant. as comment. "I think the stu- ities and facilities like the Ihis recommendation foa- this annual I'M tradition dUCted then; Ihe independent orange tennis courts located near the fiscal year ending May brought a myriad of divi well on I uesday and division went to Alpha Kap­ the 730 Last dormitory. 31, HXS'l, has not yet been booths as well as a number Wednc d i; I think t -• ntial- pa Psi. Delta Sigma Pi won ided upon by the universi­ of amusement rides to the Iv the 'I Nllt of the demon­ the green independent divi­ ty Budget Committee. campus. The Carni Gras executive stration v. sion. In the sorority division. The 122 booths, ranging committee included Ted people had to think and got Delta Phi Epsilon won t h e According to the proposal, from food delights and novel­ Peck, over-all chairman; to talk.

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