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Page 2 University Daily Kansan Monday. May 3. 1954
U.S. Unloved - Let's Face It
With international tension mounting to the breaking point more and more every day,it becomes necessary for U.S. citizens to face up to one fact—like it or not!
The U.S. is not a popular nation abroad.
We have some friends, yez; but in numbers, the enemies and neutrals far outnumber them. Indeed, at times it becomes apparent that even our "friends" are friends by only a slim majority, as appears to be the case in Great Britain at present.
It would be extremely hard to pinpoint all of the reasons for the internal feelings of the various nations towards the U.S., but at least two reasons should be apparent to every citizen.
First, another nation would be extremely foolish to place absolute trust in our country. Our Constitution, alone, rules that trust out. The very fact that it is possible for our government to change leadership every four years makes it impossible for any other government to rely too much on us—or even on some of what appear to be our basic policies.
Until the U.S. establishes a firm, continuous foreign policy, it is unlikely that our world standing will rise in this respect.
Second, we have "bought" the neutrality or enmity of several nations. Take away a person's self-respect and you have an enemy. Instead of dealing with persons, we have in effect done the same thing on an international scale.
Gratitude for what? They realize as well as we should that many of the "gifts" were made in order to preserve our present world position in the fight against communism. Perhaps many of the gifts were charitable—many more were policy.
We have fed, clothed, and in some cases even saved the lives of their children—now we sit back and expect, and in many cases DEMAND, gratitude.
They would have been foolish to turn down the gifts—we will be even more foolish if we believe that the gifts will guarantee life-long friendship.
What kind of gratitude can we expect in this situation? A certain degree of warmth, perhaps, but we cannot expect them to fall in line with every change of U.S. policy. The conditions of their peoples, their neighboring countries, national characteristics, and numerous other qualities must enter into the picture.
Too much pressure from our country on an "obligated" country merely causes uneasy relationships—and in some cases an actual feeling of ennity.
Today, we have already reached the "uneasy" stage in far too many countries.
Undoubtedly, many of the poorer nations are jealous of the U.S., some are envious, and some are openly amazed. Many misunderstand us, through our own fault.
Our progress in physical properties since the birth of the country has been tremendous. Our failure to understand and use foreign diplomacy has been equally tremendous.
Until the problem is seriously and maturely met, we will continue to be disliked.
Clay Brandon
Across the Campuses
2 Professors Cleared Of Red Charge at M.U.
Two teaching assistants were cleared of Communists connections at the University of Minnesota, the dean of students and student body president argued vehemently at the University of North Carolina; an "All-round cowboy" was honored at the University of Texas, and Brigham Young university inaugurated new student body officers in their fieldhouse in news across the nation's campuses this week.
University of Minnesota—Two part-time University of Minnesota teaching assistants were cleared this week of charges labeling them members of the Communist party. President J. L. Morrill said he accepted the recommendations of a special five-man faculty committee appointed by him to conduct hearings on the case and advise him of its findings.
The two men, Jules Chametzky and Eugene Bluestein, were named Jan. 13 by Mrs. Barbara Roehrich of Minneapolis as being Communists during the time she was a member of the party.
The editor of the Minnesota Daily commended the action as being a good one, and an example of how a problem may be solved sans "hysteria."
University of North Carolina—Dean of Students Fred Weaver and President of the student body Bob Gorham came to verbal blows on the subject of coeds visiting fraternity houses and on student drinking.
President Gorham said, "the administration has simply handed us another student government lollypop and said go on out and play. Now that we have had the guts to stand up and say, 'some changes should be made,' the administration is trying to push us down and hold us under water until we squeal."
University of Texas-Jim Rosser, a UT football player, won first prize at the University of Texas Rodeo for being the best "AllAround cowboy." His prizes included a silver buckle, a cowboy shirt, and a $100 pair of boots.
McCarran-Walter Act Becomes Political Issue
The McCarran-Walter Immigration act is becoming more and more of a political issue in the United States.
The act went into effect Dec. 24, 1952, and was criticized abroad as a repudiation of American traditions. A provision of the act, calling for screening of alien seamen on ships entering U.S. ports, resulted in 271 crewmen on the French liner Liberte being barred from the U.S. during the Liberte's stay in New York harbor.
Sen. Pat McCarran (D.-Nev.), co-author of the bill, defended the law, denied it was biased against certain races, and said the security of the U.S. was of paramount importance.
The law was passed over former President Truman's veto, and Gen. Eisenhower expressed opposition to the act shortly after returning to America from Europe to seek the presidency.
An act to authorize the issuance of 214,000 special-quota immigration visas was approved by President Eisenhower Aug. 7, 1953, and became Public Law 203. This act will permit the entry of the number of refugees aliens during the next three years, above the regular quotas. Provision was made for eliminating Communists and other subversive foreigners.
The law will permit entry of 55,000 aliens of German ethnic origin and 35,000 of other origins from the Soviet occupied countries. Other refugees will include 45,000 Italians, 15,000 Greeks, 15,000 Dutch, 2,000 Arabs, 3,000 Asians, 2,000 Chinese from Formosa, 2,000 non-Asians from Asia, 2,000 Polish vet- erans living in Great Britain, 4,000 orphans, and 10,000 individuals who escaped from
Communism and are living in NATO countries other than Great Britain.
Under the McCarran-Walter Immigration act, aliens are divided into three classes: quota immigrants, nonquota immigrants, and nonimmigrants.
A quota immigrant is anyone who is not a nonquota immigrant. Aliens totaling 154-657 are admissible under quotas from specific quota areas.
Nonquota immigrants include those who are unmarried children under 21 or spouses of U.S. citizens; immigrants lawfully admitted for permanent residence who are returning from temporary visits abroad; immigrants born in the Americas and their spouses and unmarried children and other special cases.
Nonimmigrants include ambassadors, officials, ministers, and servants of other foreign countries accepted by reciprocity; foreign press representatives and others of a similar nature.
Those definitely excluded from entrance into the U.S. include the insane, feeble-minded, psychopaths, drug addicts, those afflicted with contagious diseases, paupers, beggars, criminals, polygamists, those seeking unskilled work when plenty of U.S. workers are available, those excluded or deported who try to reenter within one year without the Attorney General's permission, stowaways, those not in possession of the necessary documents for entrance, illiterates, those who enter to engage in activities of a subversive nature or those which might be prejudicial to the public interest, those accompanying other aliens excluded for physical or mental reasons, and those who at any time knowingly assist or abet other
aliens to enter in violation of the law.
The peak year of immigration into the United States was 1907, when 1,285,349 aliens were admitted for citizenship. The number remained high year after year until 1931 when the quota was cut sharply due mainly to the depression. After the low point in 1933 the number began to rise again, and has been rising rapidly since 1946. Passage of the McCarran-Walter Act in 1952 brought about another decline in aliens admitted in 1953.
The two provisions of the law which have received the most criticism are those excluding workers if there is an abundance of workers in the U.S. and keeping crew members of foreign vessels in U.S. ports from coming ashore.
Those who are in favor of sweeeping changes and adjustments in the immigration law say that the action is necessary for political and propaganda reasons if no others. It is difficult for the U.S. to be regarded as the stronghold of democracy and a leader in the belief of equal chances for everyone when our own immigration law impresses foreign nations that we don't practice what we preach.
It is now generally conceded that President Eisenhower is going to have to work fast to get major portions of his program through Congress prior to election time this fall, and in the rush it seems likely that revision of the immigration law may be by passed by this session of Congress.
However, the act is becoming more and more of a major political issue, and if it is bypassed this year, it seems certain that some action will be taken to revise the law at least by this time next year.
Court Ernst
...LETTERS...
To The Editor:
The editorial which appeared in the Daily Kansan on April 22 was the opinion of one individual and should be respected as such. However, it is my feeling that the condemnation of all persons participating in campus politics is too great a generalization. Assuredly, the necessity of voiding an entire election due to illegalities, some accidental and some premeditated, should cause all students to realize the seriousness of the situation. However, it should also be noted that the All Student Council passed legislation proposed by members of the Allied Greek Independent party which will prevent many of these illicit acts from re-occurring.
Bob Kennedy Engineering junior
I might also mention that the Daily Kansan could, play an important role in improving student government if it would publish a series of articles explaining election procedure and the PR system. Even more important, if the student could be informed of the purposes and responsibilities of the ASC and be told of what it has done or failed to do in the past, perhaps it would never again be necessary to denounce government or those participating in it as ridiculous farcical, and cheap.
It takes 25 tons of coal to make one ton of titanium.
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