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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Jan. 18. 1956
Is 'Brink Of War' Our Best Policy?
John Foster Dulles, our sometimes impulsive secretary of state, is receiving a barrage of criticism because of an interview published in the latest issue of Life magazine.
Secretary Dulles is quoted as saying that the United States walked to the brink of war three times in the last three years but action by the administration headed off a worldwide conflict.
Only a few months ago Mr. Dulles asked that foreign policy be kept out of political campaigns. Now, partly because of the magazine article, our foreign policy is being thrown into the middle of the campaign. The Republicans are defending the interview. Sen. Kefauver (D-Tenn.) has accused Mr. Dulles of plunging our bipartisan foreign policy into politics. Other Democrats are hurling charges at the secretary.
The Soviet press has accused Mr. Dulles of distorting history, and newspapers in France and Britain are strongly criticizing his statements.
Mr. Dulles says there is a "pretty fair inference" that the United States's readiness to fight on a broader scale if necessary brought the Korean War to an end and the same policy kept Red China from going into Indo China prior to 1954.
Mr. Dulles calls the administration's policy a policy of deterrence. He says deterrence is the necessary art of going to the verge without getting into war.
Many people in the United States are unhappy with certain phases of our foreign policy. The Communists have gained in many areas while we seem to be pouring money into a losing battle.Although the Soviets have been forced into a battle of economic competition we cannot outbid them forever. A defeat in the battle of economic aid can be as disastrous as a defeat in the race to make hydrogen bombs.
The Soviet Union is stepping up its offers of economic assistance to India and other Middle Eastern countries. Indian officials have confirmed Russian offers for aluminum and hydroelectric projects. It has been estimated that the Russians have offered $120 million aid to India. In the past four years the United States has spent $250 million to aid India.
Has this $250 million been wasted? U. S. economic assistance helped to halt communism in Europe. Now the Middle East is in danger and anti-Western sentiment is rising in this strategic area. President Eisenhower wants the United States to assure the people of the Middle East of continued economic assistance.
Should we continue pouring our millions into foreign aid. We halted communism in Europe for a brief time but it continues to spread.
The question of our foreign policy is a vital one. Whether we have a policy of deterrence or a stepped-up policy of economic assistance or both we must avoid going over Secretary Dulles' brink of war.—Darline Montgomery
She Says No Cuts This Spring Except-
January 1 resolutions are already broken and forgotten. This is a good time for students to make semester resolutions. In a few days final exams will be over and after a week-end of rest the second semester grind will begin.
This is the time to list resolutions for the second semester:
I will study at least two hours each evening even if I have to do so during the commercials. I know most of them by heart anyway.
I will spend my free time thinking about a constructive problem such as whether Grace will marry the Prince in Monaco or in Philadelphia.
I will not be late for any date without a reasonable excuse. "I don't want him to think I'm anxious."
by Dick Bibler
I will get from my 9 a.m. class in Fraser to my 10 a.m. class in Lindley on time. I will wear ice skates or roller skates, depending on the weather.
I will not sleep in class except on Monday Wednesday, and Friday.
My conscience will bother me each time I go to the movies when I should be studying. It will bother me only during the newsreel.
Darline Montgomery
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
"MIND TAKING THAT NERVOUS BOY NEXT?"
a bit o' blarney
By LEO FLANAGAN
BY LEO PLANXAIR
(Daily Kansan Editorial Editor)
If you haven't done anything in the past for this group, try to put together a little package soon. One such package that costs but a few dollars, does us 100 per cent more good-goodwill-wise than does an H-bomb or sub super.
As we pick up the odds and ends in an attempt to clean things up for our successor, we think it appropriate to mention that today is the 10th anniversary of CARE, the relief organization that has done so much good in destitute and wartorn areas throughout the world.
With these inches this old Mick winds up his stay as editorial bigwig and Hibernian (that's Irish to those who wish you were) antagonist. In passing we'd like to thank our associates, Larry Heil and Lee Ann Urban for their help, and also thank you, Jane and John Q. Student and Professor for the interest you've shown in this page. In fact, we'll even extend thanks to our old palsy-walys, Mr. Wispy, for his antagonistic interest.
Peringuing through our files of useless information, we came across the following excerpts from allotment letters sent to the government:
"Please send my wife's form to fill out."
"I have already write to the President and I don't hear from you. I will write to Uncle Sam and tell him about you both."
"Sir; I am forwarding my marriage certificate and my two children; one is a mistake as you can see."
"In accordance with your instructions, I have given birth to twins in the enclosed envelope."
"Unless I get my husband's money soon, I will be forced to lead an immortal life."
"I am glad to say my husband who has been reported missing is now dead."
With that we'll call it quits. Who said "Amen?" If you disliked us and thought we were troublemakers, in the words of Al Jolson, "You can't see nothin' yet." Old Sam "Chromedome" Jones steps in here next, and he should be able to stir up more controversy than the inimitable Fred Hall.
FRANKFORT, Ind. —(U,P)—The Powers boys are going to be mighty powerful in Frankfort come Jan. 1. Kenneth Power was elected mayor. Brother Sam is county prosecutor. Brother Ray, a fire department veteran, is expected to be named fire chief.
More Power
The second largest telescope in the world, second only to that at Mount Palomar in California, has been unveiled at Hamburg, Germany.
January Dates Are Significant
A new year, end of Christmas vacation, bowl football games, final examinations and the end of the first semester—that's what January means to most of us. More unfamiliar are the historical events of the United States which have occurred in January.
Here are some of the more important events: On Jan. 17, 1706 Benjamin Franklin was born; Jan. 12, 1737. Hancock was born; Jan. 3, 1777. Washington defeated British at Princeton; Jan. 15, 1782 first U.S. mint was established; Jan. 18, 1782 Daniel Webster was born; Jan. 9, 1793, first balloon ascent in the U.S.
Jan. 7, 1800. President William Fillmore was born; Jan. 21, 1824. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson was born; Jan. 26, 1837. Michigan entered the Union; Jan. 11, 1843. Francis Scott Key died; Jan. 24, 1848. gold was discovered in California; Jan. 28, 1878. first telephone exchange opened; Jan. 27, 1880. first all-incadescent lamp patented.
Jan. 30, 1882. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was born; Jan. 4, 1896. Utah entered the Union; Jan. 25, 1915. first transcontinental telephone call made; Jan. 5, 1933. President Calvin Coolidge died.
The 688,000 civilians employed by the Army work at more than 400 plants, offices and camps throughout the United States and at almost 100 stations in more than 40 foreign countries.
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Hitler's Big Day Was In 1933
Jan. 30,1933, was a fatal day in history.On that date German President Paul von Hindenburg appointed as chancellor of the German Reich the leader of its largest single political party,the fiery Adolf Hitler.
This was the beginning of an era which was going to lead the world into unbelievable destruction and misery for millions.
Hitler's National Socialist German Workers' party, "Nazi," for short, was only one of several political groups, all minorities, which had kept Germany in a virtual state of brawling for a number of years.
Coming into power Hitler proclaimed complete martial law in Germany. His purpose was to "restore public security and peace."
At the time, Germany had been torn apart, largely by the violent terrorism of the Nazis themselves, fighting bloody street battles with all their enemies, and particularly with the Communists.
Having declared martial law, Hitler continued to find new troubles occurring during the historic year 1933 and this status was never repealed.
This was the beginning of the rise of power for Hitler. By making more promises he was able to convince the Germans that he could get them out of the chaos of depression.
Hitler encouraged the German people by maintaining that strength was not in defense but in attack.
By always finding an enemy, Hitler was able to perpetuate a movement to increase the confidence and to build up the ego of the German.
It is difficult to see how Hitler was able to get a foethold in Germany, but as a German student at the University of Kansas said, the people were not fully aware of the danger until it was too late.
The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a great lie than to a small one, Hitler explained in his method on how to influence people.
He continued to use this method when he began to destroy the constitution of Germany. Hitler actually abolished the constitution through legal processes. Within the constitution was a stipulation that the president had special powers.
Hitler was sure that he would be given these powers. He felt the national leader should prevent the diversion of the people's attention and always concentrate it on a single enemy.
The next step for Hitler was to eliminate the Communists. He did this by accusing them of burning the Reichstag. Following this accusation the Reichstag gave Hitler full power for four years. He never relinquished this power.
Within the first month of 1933 Hitler was able to mold public opinion and place himself in a powerful position. One of his first acts in that year was to take Germany out of the League of Nations. As long as Germany remained in the League, Hitler realized, he would not be able to stimulate the nationalist spirit necessary to accomplish his ends.
In quick moves, Hitler placed the Communists under arrest and eliminated the opposition of the Social Democrats.
With the Communists no longer a threat he then concentrated on boycotting the Jews.
By the end of the year Hitler was able to muster 92 per cent of all the votes cast for his party. It became a one-party election when the opposition's 3 million ballots were declared to be invalid.
Therefore, within a short period, Hitler was able to control Germany and to begin his dream of conquest.
Hitter believed that a nation had only one real statesman once in a blue moon and that he was the statesman destined to lead Germany.
The German people were highly intelligent and did not want a devastating war. However, that is exactly what happened.
The influence of Hitler was unbelievable. The Germans couldn't spot what happened to their political thinking.
It has been 23 years since Hitler instigated his rise to power. From this we should be able to realize the dangers.
David Webb