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University Daily Kansan Tuesday, October 5. 1954
Real Election Issues Are McCarthy, Labor
The upcoming November election in which a new Congress will be elected is, at present, a very scrambled affair.
Pollsters are arguing about their findings, supporters of specific candidates are arguing the merits of their candidates, and the candidates themselves are telling and arguing that they are the most capable of performing the congressional duties for their people.
And on top of all this, which is more or less commonplace in every election, the state of Maine further confused the campaign by electing a Democrat for governor, the first time since 1934 that the usual staid Republican state had done such a thing.
Now some pollsters and the Democrats are saying that the Democrats' sweep in Maine will set the pace in the upcoming Congressional elections.
And the Republicans and some of the pollsters are saying that, although Maine didn't elect a Democratic governor, it will have no bearing on election results in other states.
Vice President Richard M. Nixon, campaigning in a nation-wide tour for the Republicans said only that the Maine vote should serve as a warning to the Republicans to "run scared."
But with all this babbling and double-talk, what are the main issues of this election?
Probably the two BIG issues are a man named Joe McCarthy and a five-letter word—labor. Others, too, will play an important part—foreign relations, economic prosperity, taxes, agriculture, and atomic energy.
Both of these issues have already gone a long way toward deciding the election. Pro-McCarthy supporters are meeting defeat every time they turn around (or run for election, in this case) and labor factions are blasting the 83rd Congress for its do-nothing attitude toward labor.
But more than these two important issues, the election resembles more of a Democratic-Republican mud-slinging fight than it does a down-to-earth fight about issues.
The Republicans believe they can still win by running with that name that thrilled millions—Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Democrats, meanwhile, believe that the American public already has gotten its fill of the Republican administration and wants to change back to the Democrats.
Adlai Stevenson, unsuccessful Democratic candidate for the presidency in 1952, voiced this belief the other day when he told his fellow Democrats, "The Republican party is so deeply split that it cannot pursue consistent policies anywhere . . . Drift, division and demoralization have for 20 months obscured American purposes, discredited American leadership, and heightened the perils and tensions in this tense and perilous world at home and abroad."
But the Republicans are still hanging onto the Eisenhower coattail as witnessed by Rep. Joe Martin's talk to the people of New Jersey on the election of liberal Clifford Case.
"It would ill serve Republicans of any stripe to turn Dwight Eisenhower over to a hostile Democratic Congress," said Rep. Martin at one point.
And at another point, "You can't make a better contribution to Eisenhower, to the country, or to the Republican party than to elect Cliff Case to the Senate this fall . . ."
Yes, Eisenhower is the Republicans' watchword. But the GOP may find also that President Eisenhower is not as popular with the American people as he was two years ago.
—Ken Bronson
With reference to the recent note about the availability of pay typewriters on the third floor of the University library, I do want to report that these typewriters have been installed through the courtesy of the Student Bookstore. The typewriters are the property of the Student Union and the income is used to keep the machines in good working order. For myself, I very much appreciate this cooperative assistance from the Student Union.
Director of Libraries
Robert Vosper
... Letters
To the Editor:
In your Friday Kansan was a story headed: Painter Drips Drops of Art. It was on page 2. Mr. Shank has a very cleverly written article there. But obviously, Mr. Shank is no artist.
I'm not either.
Nor do I pretend to be.
To the Editor:
From Mr. Shank's column, I presume he spent quite a while pondering the Mr. Sdugikovskry (this is a name?)'s "work of art." If he did, he's a man of strong will-power. If he didn't, then his column is misleading:
Either way, he must be a little nuts.
Or he's a brave man.
Or ugh!
But he hasn't discovered just what Mr. Sdugikovsky (again already) has done for the college student. And—aha—here I'm up one on him. I know what the painting of Mr. That-Name-Again is for.
It's this way:
I don't like to study. I'm no genius, so I have to study. But I'm weak-willed. So I try to find an easy way out of studying.
Mr. Ouch has afforded me that "way out."
Try it: Just sit silently in front of his work for a few moments (as long as you can take it). If at the end of that time you don't give up everything with a "the hell with it" attitude, then you like to study.
Sincerely yours for More Fine.
Sincerely yours for More Fine Art,
Joe Fink
Special student
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"I that I'd be considerate and tell her that her hose were wrinkled—but she wasn't wearing hose."
Fall Campaigns Enter Last Stage
Strategists of both parties seem to agree that the crucial battles in six states will determine the outcome of the struggle for control of the Senate in the 84th Congress.
The fall election campaigns are now entering their final and furious stages with the election just four weeks from today.
Republicans feel they have their best chances of unseating Democratic senators in Delaware, Illinois, and Ohio. Democrats think their best chances of picking up seats are in Kentucky, New Jersey, and Wyoming.
The present Senate lineup is 48 Republicans, 46 Democrats, and Sen. Wayne Morse of Oregon, an Independent who has previously announced he will vote with the Democrats in organizing the next Congress in January. An election is now scheduled in Nevada to fill the seat left vacant by the death last week of Democratic Sen. Pat McCarvan.
The Democratic candidate in Kentucky is Alben W. Barkley, who served in the Senate 22 years before resigning upon his election as vice president in 1948. He faces a strong Republican vote-getter in Sen. John Cooper.
Thirty-seven Senate seats are at stake next month. Maine voters have already given Sen. Margaret Chase Smith, a Republican, a second 6-year term.
Democrats in New Jersey are hopeful of a split in Republican ranks to put over their candidate, Rep. Charles R. Howell. The Republican nominee, former Rep. Clifford P. Case, is opposed by some GOP elements in the state.
Besides the six key races the Republicans are optimistic about their chances of picking up seats in New Mexico, Iowa, Colorado, and Montana, while the Democrats are hopeful of gains in Massachusetts, Oregon, and Idaho.
Joseph C. O'Mahoney, a Democratic veteran, is trying for a comeback in Wyoming. Defeated two years ago after 19 years in the Senate, he is opposed by Rep. William H. Harrison.
The Republican candidate in Illinois for the seat now held by Sen. Paul Douglas is Joseph T. Meek, who until his nomination was head of the Illinois Federation of Retail associations.
Republicans are confident of unseating Sen. Allen Frear, in Delaware. Their candidate is Rep. Herbert B. Warburton.
Rep. George H. Bender is seeking to oust the Democratic senator, Thomas A. Burke, in Ohio. Sen. Burke was appointed after the death of Sen. Taft, and this fall's election is for the last two years of that term. —Court Ernst
Washington college has liberalized class attendance following an extended study made by its Academic Council. The faculty expressed the belief that to release more students would result in a higher standard of academic performance. Under the new policy, juniors and seniors with cumulative averages of 1.75 or better through their last complete semester will be allowed unlimited absences. Further, juniors and seniors whose averages for the preceding semester were 2.00 or better shall be permitted unlimited absences, regardless of their cumulative averages.
The fate of the new whistle depends on whether it can be heard throughout the campus. We're afraid it can, but it won't be above some of us who preferred the less startling one to answer this question in the negative. At least there won't be so many students sleeping through the new whistle.