UN Correspondent Condemns Arms Race
By DAHLIA
Kernel Staff

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In a quiet but determined voice, NBC news correspondent Pauline Frederick condemned the United
States, the Soviet Union and Red China Friday night
for what she considers excessive military spending and
an obsession with the arms race.
Miss Frederick, veteran UN correspondent for the
network and winner of numerous awards in journalism,
spoke in Memorial Coliseum as part of the Central Kentucky Concert and Lecture Series.
"Fear that was born in the past is flogging nations into the arms race," she commented. "The arms race today is reminiscent of the cave-ma- n
days, when security
was determined by who had the biggest club."
Miss Frederick explained that the "fear" which she
said resulted in the arms race was provoked by war-b- oth
the wars of the past and the current Cold War.
Largest Exporter
After citing the U.S. as the world's largest exporter
of arms, with the Soviet Union a "close second," Miss
Frederick said: "This devotion to weapons says much
about our society."
In the opening moments of her speech, Miss Frederick had classified present-da- y
society as one in which
"differences, rather than similarities, seem to guide behavior."
The UN correspondent was particularly critical of
what she called "an attempt to justify weapons by calling them 'necessities for defense.' "
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"The smaller nations, as well as the large, are encouraged to give expenditures to war. We call this 'defense'
to make it more palatable."
She added that small nations make good markets for
war equipment, and for this readiscarded,
son they are encouraged by the larger powers to spend
much money for "national defense."
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According to Miss Frederick, many small nations have
duel among
"already been sacrificed' in the three-wa- y
the United States, the Soviet Union and "Commie Come
Lately" Red China.
Even so, she said, the smaller nations may rise to
No. 1 in power if the present trend continues.
"Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Czechoslovakia have
all exposed the fact that, the more the United States,
the Soviet Union and China attempt to make themselves
secure in this manner, the less secure they become,"
she said.
Ideological Clash
She referred to Czechoslovakia as a case in particular
where "the Goliaths of the 20th century have met their
Davids" and in which, she explained, beliefs have not
been altered or convictions changed by displays of force.
Throughout her speech, Miss Frederick described the
products of the arms race in such terms as "awesome
kill machines" and "chemicals that can turn men, women, and children into blithering idiots."
In an attempt to justify the use of such weapons, she
said, the current struggle for power has become in part
a
ideological clash" in which nations devise
slogans to prove that they represent the "good" side of
a good-ev- il
controversy.
North Vietnam
Miss Frederick blasted such a view, saying that "the
Crusades proved that a belief cannot be imposed by
killing a
She added that it also became apparent during the
Crusades that "baser" drives ignorance, greed and desire for power sent the Christian on his "duty" at least
as often as did dedication to a "good" cause.
Referring to North Vietnam, Miss Frederick said that
country, which is "about a quarter the size of Texas in
land area," has already been bombed more times than
all of Europe and Asia in both World Wars.
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She also stated that the United States now spends
about three million dollars an hour to wage war in
Vietnam, adding: "This is what your society and mine
is doing to thousands of people tonight, but, since these
people are thousands of miles away, their anguish docs
not seem very important."
United Nations
Concerning the United Nations, Miss Frederick said
that, since World War II, the UN has provided a "debating arena for the United States and the Soviet Union
to score propaganda points."
Miss Frederick later read the three basic principles
which the United States pledged to support when it
joined the UN. The principles upheld the peaceable
settlement of disputes by negotiations and condemned
the use of force in resolving international disputes.
According to Miss Frederick, the war in Southeast
Asia has "held up to question the devotion of the United
States to these promises."
Ten Years
"U Thant has remarked that we have just 10 years
disto curb the arms race and prevent a world-wid- e
aster," she said. "The way we are going, there may not
be ten years left to turn off the arms race and turn-o- n
the human race."
In a question and answer period following her speech,
Mrs. Frederick was asked how the UN could be made
more effective.
"Not by a change in charter, but by a change in the
attitude of the United States and the Soviet Union
toward their original commitments to the UN," she
replied.
When asked if the United States should withdraw
from the United Nations, her reply was definitely negative.
"I see no hope at all if that happens," she answered.
"I only hope things change."

Tie Kentocky Keenel
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UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON

Greeks Help Reclaim
Strip-Min- e
Devastation

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RON HAWKINS
Kernel Staff Writer
The "exploitation" of Eastern
Kentucky was viewed first-han- d
by members of the Phi Delta
Theta fraternity as they planted
tree seedlings Saturday on the
slope of a
strip mine
site.
The mine was on the headwaters of the Redbird River,
near Pineville, Ky.
Under state laws effective 10
years ago, the strip mine fulfilled its legal reclamation obligation.
But when the fraternity arrived Saturday morning, the site
was barren, with only an occasional sprinkling of grass interrupting the coarse uneven slope.
The dusty, dirt road surrounding the mine was cluttered with
worn-ou- t
automobiles and young,
dirty children.
The difference between a fraternity member's life and that
of a poor person from Eastern
Kentucky impressed several of
the Greeks.
Old, weatherbeaten wooden
shacks located at the juncture
of two slopes were a common
sight.
Laurence Holbert, activities
director of Phi Delta Theta, arranged the planting of tree seedlings. He said he wanted the
fraternity to do something other
than "paint the walls in a home
for unwed mothers."
During the course of the day,
the Creeks managed to plant
2,000 black locuses and 1,000
white pines. Although the number was not as large as forestry
officials had hoped, they expressed gratitude for what had
been done and the attention it
drew to the problem of old strip
mines.
A writer for United Press International expressed the opinion
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UK International

Show

Greek dancers erformed the 'Kalamatianos' and a 'Zorba the Greek'
danre Saturday night at the International Show. Sonsored by the
Cosmoolitan Club, the International Show featured UK students
from around the world erforming songs and dances of their homelands. The show was an attempt to raise money for loans for foreign
students. The jer formers ranged from undergraduate students to
faculty members. Story on page 2 and an additional picture on
Kernel Photo by Dave Herman
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Bright, Jennings Comment
On SG Election Outcome
JERRY LEWIS
Kernel Staff Writer
The Student Government election is over. Steve
Bright will be sworn in as the new SG president
while the janitors are doing another type of swearing.
Ched Jennings, Dright's nearest contender for
president, has decided not to contest the election
results. Monday would be the last day to take
any such action.
Both of the former candidates have after
thoughts alx)ut the election.
"Evidently more students knew what was going on than most people thought," Bright said referring to the near record turnout of 4,482 voters.
The new SG president called the campaign
"lackluster" but expressed the belief that most of
the students "knew the diiFerence between the
two main presidential candidates."
Bright explained that he felt that he and Skip
Altholf were elected because "we gave the students an opportunity for change in Student
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"The assembly which was elected has one of
the greatest potentials for success that I've seen,"
added Bright talking about the SG representatives
that he will be working with.
He explained that the "success of the ACT
party" shows what students who aren't really
"politically inspired" can do if they are interested.
How does the new SG president view his future relationship with the administration?
"I think we will deal very well with each other," said Bright. He added that he would try to
be very honest, open and straight forward with
the administration and that with a "modest use of
intelligence" they should have no trouble.
Jennings Comments
Ched Jennings had some comments to make on
the election, but not too many of them dealt
with the future.
The defeated candidate said that he would not
contest the election but that he felt the make-uof the ballots did have some influence on the
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that he was glad to see that the
fraternity people were "different" from others on campus
"who go around carrying placards."
However, Holbert countered
this what the fraternity was doing and what the November
Vietnam march on Washington

attempted were quite similar.
He said, "I wish protesters would
go out and do something like

November in Washington . . .
It's good, it's changed things."
Holbert said the fraternity
members were "pretty depressed
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Former UK VP
Gets Promotion
Robert L. Johnson, former
has been
UK administrator,
named by the University of California Board of Regents to a
senior vice presidency of the
university.
Presently, Johnson is
for the
Berkeley campus. He will
vice president of the university for administration before
July 1.
Chester O. McCorkle was also
named to Vice Presidency. He
replaces John W. Oswald, former UK president, who becomes
president of Pennsylvania State
University July 1.
Johnson, born in New York,
earned his bachelor's degree at
State Teachers College, Cortland, N. Y., and his master's degree in Public Health at Yale.
He was director of state and
local services for UK Medical
UK vice
Center from 1960-190president for student affairs from
1905-68- ,
and has been a vice
chancellor at Berkeley the past
two years.
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