University Daily Kansan Tuesday. Sept. 22, 1953 Political Pigskin Season Now Open Announcement of the appointment of Jean Schanze, fine arts junior, to fill a vacancy in the All Student Council senate created by the untimely drafting of Maurice Casey, education junior, and of the election of Fred Rice as campaign manager of the Pachacamac-NOW-FOR political group's freshman election effort, hails the start of another year of politicking on the campus level. Freshmen and other new students soon will learn that Hill politics is not the glorious KU Plan of Student Government which they might have anticipated from the University's pre-induction literature. Experience will point out to them that campus politics at KU is concerned primarily with a battle for power between two factions—Pachacamac and anti-Pachacamac (pronounced "PATCH kamack"). (Editor's note: In some glossaries, Pachacamac is pronounced "PATCH ka mack" and anti-Pachacamac is pronounced "FACTS." They will learn to ask two questions: "Why is this power so desirable?" and "what can these amateur politicos do with it after they get it?" Lacking satisfactory answers, they gradually will adopt the air of crusty indifference which a large portion of the student body already has acquired. Just as important is the responsibility of the campus political leaders to conduct student government on a high moral plane—without the favoritism, bickering, indecision and reluctance to enforce ASC regulations which have characterized student government in the past. This "crusty indifference" is in large measure responsible for the deplorable state of affairs into which Hill politics has been plunged in the course of the past 25 years. It isn't the student's fault entirely if he's fed up with the whole business, for no public will support for long a pseudo-government which does not serve the will of its electorate. Yet it is to the student's advantage to watch the proceedings of the All Student Council. With its power—delegated to it by the Board of Regents—to regulate non-academic student activities, with its control of student-managed publications and with its power to arbitrate or to assist in arbitration of disputes, the ASC potentially is a powerful instrument for the student's benefit. It will not be the fault of the Council if he does not use it. He should ask intelligent and penetrating questions about particular ASC bills—why they are desirable, if they are desirable, which group is sponsoring them and "what's in it" for that group. It would be wise to make a friend of an ASC representative. The responsibility for good student government rests squarely on the shoulders of those for whom the ASC was created—the students. It is only the student who can determine whether the Council serves the entire student body or only the politicians. —Jim Baird. Impatient Citizens Eye Assembly Line Justice There is in progress now a con game in which the sucker is the whole of the American public. This deception is what Attorney General Herbert J. Brownell, Jr., calls a Communist campaign "to install in Member of the Kansas Press Assn., National Editorial Assn. Inland Daily News Press Assn., Associated Collegiate Press Assn. Service, Association of Business Service, 420 Madison Avenue, N.Y. City Mail Subscription rates: $3 a semester or less, in Lawrence, MA; $10 a semester or Lawrence, Published in Lawrence, Kan. every afternoon during the University year except Saturdays and Sundays. Entered second class matter Sept. 17, 1910, at Lawrence, KAN - Post Office address. our citizens contempt for our judicial processes." NEWS STAFF It is strange that Americans, who despise the "justice" dished out by the one-way court behind the Iron Curtain, are also moved to anger by the slow, cautious movings of the courts in their own country. Certainly, there is nothing rapid about the process of apprehending society's enemies and punishing them in this country. It is a long task, with almost all of the breaks in favor of those who may eventually be found guilty. But is this a fault? Our laws and manner in which our courts are conducted reflect that, above all, Americans will not let a man be called guilty until testimony and facts prove him so. Executive Editor Clarke Keys Managing Editors Ken Coy, Rozanne Atkins, Shirley Piatt, Chuck Morelock National Office Erin Kolb Society Editor Velma Gaston Sports Editor Don Tice Asst. Sports Editor Ed Howard News-Editorial Adviser Calder M. Pickett EDITORIAL STAFF Editorial Editor Mary Betz Editorial Assistants Jerry Knudson, Jon Stewart BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager Gordon Ross Retail Adv. Mgr. Ed Smith National Adv. Mgr. Jane Meafkin Circulation Mgr. Sam Kayr Management Mgr. Anu Acknowledgement Business Adviser Gene Bratton When a person is on trial, his reputation and life are also on trial. For this reason, the courts must move slowly, because the stakes for which they are playing prohibit them from making mistakes or reversing their position. "From start to finish the Korean war was mainly American business. It started as a result of a bold and idealistic American impulse. It was carried through to victory mainly as a result of American effort and sacrifice," the Express said. "For those who enjoy the sport it is one of the best seasons in record," the newspaper which claims a circulation of more than 4,000,000 said in an editorial. The Express said the "American baiters" want to "pick a quarrel with America's approach to the Korean peace talks." "He is out at it every weekend and sometimes on working days too," the newspaper said. "Bang-bang he goes, with a right and a left, and every one is a damaging shot." The Express said that Laborite Clement R. Attiee, leader of the opposition in Parliament, "leads the hunt." The newspaper said that the right of the United States to take the lead in settling the Korean question "should not be disputed." The "American-baiting" season is in full swing in Britain, Lord Beaverbrook's Daily Express announced this week. "It is a ridiculous and despicable objective," the newspaper said. Britons Begin Back-Biting Aimed at U.S. "I put a desk at both ends of 'h' classroom—confuses heek out of those students who always sit on 'h' back row." Iran--Where East and West Meet --Key Spot in Allied Defense Plan Don't be taken in by those who would "streamline" our courts and laws at the expense of the rights of those on trial. This could only serve to make uniform the views on both sides of the Iron Curtain. The tempo of life now imposes impatience upon the public. They have accurately determined that an unhealthy thing — Communism is thriving in their midst, and they want it cut out immediately. Nothing will be served by applauding the antics of drum-beaters like the ever noisy Senator from Wisconsin. The number of times his shots have gone wide is vast; the number of useful leads he has turned up is too small to make the whole of his activities worthwhile. It is one of the ironies of history that it was through Iran that Russia was saved during World War II. Stalin called the country a "bridge of victory" because it was through it that US sent more than six million tons of ammunition, food and lead-lease goods to the Soviet Union. Historically, Iran has been a buffer state. For 150 years the country has existed simply because its existence was to the interest of the great powers, principally Great Britain LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler President Eisenhower has said, "To me the most important point strategically and economically, is that part of the land between the Caspian sea and the Persian gulf." He was referring to Iran, the land that since the fifth century B.C. has been a bridge between the East and West. Here the great conquerors of the world have had to pass to reach their goals in either continent, and here too is the key to present-day Russian expansion. Two factors have shaped Iran's political significance: geography and oil. A communist Iran would break the land link between the non-communist West and non-communist East. Sea routes would be threatened as Iran's warm-water ports were opened to Russia. From Iran, Soviet armies could travel by land through Pakistan or Afghanistan to India. All these countries would find themselves between the Communist forces of Russia and China. Strategy, not oil, is beginning to dominate Western policy toward Iran, weak keystone in Western defense. But nevertheless, oil is a big complicating factor. Only three countries (the U.S., Russia and Venezuela) surpass Iran in its production. The Iranian oil field near the Persian gulf covers 100,000 square miles and is the richest single field in existence. On the Iranian island of Abadan in the gulf is the world's largest refinery, built by the British Penny Come Quick and Poverty Island are names of areas within Aberdeen proving ground, testing station for the Army's big guns on the upper Chesapeake Bay. Yet nearly four-fifths of Iran's 17 million people live and work on farms. The vast and rich oil industry, principal source of income for the Iranian government when it was operated by British, provided employment for barely 60,000 Iranians. —Dot Taylor. The seat of New Hampshire government is at the state house in Concord and has been for more than 136 years although the present capitol building has been twice remodeled. Twice strong efforts have been made to move the capitol to Manchester, the largest city in the state. The Russians are eager to seize control of Iran's oil fields, not only to increase their own reserves, but primarily to deprive the West of a vital source. Though desired by outsiders for its strategic location and rich oil reserves, Iran itself is a poor country. A beautiful, but hard land, Iran has an area of 628,000 square miles, roughly one-fifth the size of the U.S. Half of the area is arid; only ten per cent of the land is cultivated while 15 per cent is grazing land. The rest is mountainous, forest covered, or barren desert. -Tom Stewart. From the Middle East, Russia would threaten the Mediterranean and North Africa where the U.S. has a big stake in sea and air bases for Europe's defense. Iraq and Syria contain little but geography to halt an invasion. Military leaders have estimated that a Russian force rolling through Iran and Iraq could reach the Mediterranean in less than ten days. None of the countries between Turkey and the Suez canal has military forces capable of halting an invasion by a major power. If communities take over Iran, British will be forced to build up her strength at Suez. and Russia. Today Iran is a buffer between two worlds. She is also one of the ripest plums now being eved by the communists. The Russians since the time of Peter the Great have tried to establish themselves on the Persian gulf. And there is no significant difference between the aims of the old White czars and those of the present Red czars. If Russia seized Iran she could control the entire Middle East. Iran outfanks Turkey and provides easy access to the valley of the Euphrates river, traditional route of conquest from the East to the Mediterranean.