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University Daily Kansap
Monday, Jan. 19, 1953
Little Man on Campus
by Dick Bibler
Soviet Purge Trials Point to Larger Plan
The recent purge trials of the 14 former leaders of the Czech Communist party, 11 of whom were Jews, and the trials of the nine Russian physicians, six of whom were Jews, indicate not just another rise of anti-Semitism in Russia, but the carrying out of a well formulated plan.
Russia, especially under Czars, has had a long record of Jewish persecution. Under the Czars anti-Semitism was more or less a policy of state that was backed up by mob action.
If it doubtful that Soviet leaders today will allow anti-Semitism to get out of control; instead, it seems as if it will be used as a weapon in power politics.
The contradictory policy of the Kremlin towards the Jews in the past few years is an example of the cynicism in foreign policy that Russians are so adept at.
The ideals of Zionism and communism have always been far apart. Yet Russia aided in the creation of the state of Israel, as did the Soviet bloc. When, in 1947, the Soviet bloc voted for the partition and establishment of the Jewish state, the move came as a surprise to the Jewish world and to the satellite delegation.
Sympathy for the Jews was not the motivating force behind the Russian vote. Russia has a habit of voting only for things that will further her interests. The actual motivation behind the vote was to elbow Great Britain out of the Middle East.
It is evident that the Russian plan is working with ease and perfection. Great Britain is fast losing its hold in Egypt; Iran has also split with the British over the oil problem, and Syria and Iraq are sleeping volcanoes of discontent.
Conditions are about ripe for wide spread Communistic infiltration. Communism's three greatest allies, poverty, discontent, and confusion, are making perfect targets of the Arab nations for Russian overtures of friendliness.
The first act in Russia's new game of Arab appeasement is this wave of anti-Semitism. The recent Prague and Russian purge is an obvious play to the Arab world. Its object is to remove from the Arab minds the recollection of the Soviet vote for the state of Israel.
So again the Jewish people have been used as scrape goats for the furtherment of a totalitarian nation. The Jews have served their purpose in the Kremlin timetable of destruction and they are about to be dropped.
Today it is the Jews; tomorrow the Arabs will take their place for the furtherment of Soviet imperialism.
—Don Moser.
Proposed T-H Revision Defends Laissez Faire
The Republicans have promised that the first bit of legislation to be considered in the 83rd Congress will be a revision of the Taft-Hartley law.
Tabbed as the worst and the best piece of labor legislation in U.S. history, the Taft-Hartley law recently hurdled an obstacle when the Supreme Court ruled its use of the injunction was within the law.
In this case the injunction is a court order restraining the strikers from doing irreparable damage to the employer's property. Violation of an injunction is contempt of court.
The injunction has been a thorn in the side of labor since it first was used by management in 1833. Since that time, labor has demanded that the injunction be ruled unconstitutional many times. The recent Supreme Court ruling, however, proves that the injunction, as a legal instrument, will stay in the Taft-Hartley law.
In general, the Taft-Hartley law pertains only to those industries which are considered essential to the public health, safety, and welfare. Elaborate procedure is set forth in the law in case of a strike in such an industry.
Its essential features are a Presidential board of inquiry, a waiting period of approximately 80 days (enforced by an injunction) and a secret ballot of the workers on the question of whether or not to accept their employer's last offer.
The board of inquiry is required to investigate the situation thoroughly; however, it is required to act solely as a sounding board. If the strike is not settled after 60 days, the National Labor Relations board must hold an election to see if the workers wish to accept the employer's last offer.
If the workers refuse the offer, then the injunction is dissolved, and the parties are free to fight out their dispute. The matter is then transferred by the President to Congress whether that body is in session or not.
The law was introduced in Congress following an enormous rate of strikes following World War II. The bill created a national furor. It is a masterpiece of vague, legal terminology, and few persons at the inception of the law could understand its many provisions and legal manipulation. Labor leaders decried the law as "slave labor." Management leaders cried out that the law was their Magna Charter. The end result was a complete state of confusion.
Most laboring men as the bill became law stood against the law However, a reliable poll pointed out that most workers were in favor of many of the individual provisions of the law. But when the provisions were group together and placed under the name of the Taft-Hartley law, they were whole-heartedly against it.
The law was passed over President Harry Truman's veto in 1947 after he had branded it as a slave labor law.
Sen. Taft, in viewing the proposed revision, has stated that he is in favor of the revision as long as the basic principles of the law are left intact. He would like to require company officials to take the non-Communist oath as union leaders are now required to do. He also would vote to remove the ban on voting in a representative election by strikers who have been replaced in their jobs.
The one point in the law which its co-author Sen. Taft would not touch is the key injunction feature.
The proposed revision of the Taft-Hartley law could lead to a more middle-of-the-road attitude for the government. As it now stands the law is designed to correct some of the ills that previous legislation created—legislation which has given the edge to labor.
If the proposed revision is carried out—without adding a ban on company or industry bargaining on a nation-wide basis—the government will be able to defend its stand on the 'labor question as laissez faire. —Bob Longstaff.
Short Ones
Hal Boyle's "fuzzy forecast" for '53 predicts gloomily that "as more women take jobs now held by men, a male movement for equal rights will soon be launched." We can just see the picketing suffragers demanding more equitable treatment from Security Administrator Oveta Hobby. But they better resign the national purse strings to Treasurer Ivy Priest. The gals won't give up the budget and bargain departments.
Alex Bell may roll over in his grave with a giggle but we think there are great possibilities in the new device that they've announced—it will answer the phone, deliver a transcribed message and record everything the caller says. Maybe someone will come along with an even more welcome gadget—to get some people from phoning us at all.
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Flashbacks
JANUARY 19
5 Years Ago
Kansas jersey number "42" will not appear again on a football field. The number, worn by Ray Evans since he first donned football togs here in 1941, was retired permanently from service by Athletic Director E. C. Quigley. It is the first time that an athletic number has been retired here.
Freshman students will be given special attention next semester by a new counseling program started by the YMCA.
"The building, equipment, and facilities of the University department of geology are the finest I have yet seen." D. Marland P. Billings, professor of geology at Harvard said today.
More than 7,000 soldiers saw a close - guarding Camp Crowder quintet upset a cocky Kansas team 35-31 at the camp field house Thursday night.
Last semester the University trained more students than at any time in its history, according to a report from Fred Ellsworth, secretary of the Alumni association.
10 Years Ago
As part of its Kansas Day celebration KFKU is broadcasting a special "Brainbusters" program Friday evening, it was announced today.
After six months of intensive practice the University tumbling team is ready to present its performance this evening between halves of the Kansas-Iowa game.
The first great all-American opera "The King's Henchman" which broke several records at the Metropolitan Opera house in New York will be heard in the University auditorium Jan. 25.
Articles written by three University people are printed in the January issue of Intercollegian magazine.
25 Years Ago
Letters
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To the Editor of the Daily Kansan:
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The bill originated in the Pachacamac meeting of January 8, and it is the result of the combined effort of several Pach members.
To the Editor of the Daily Kansan:
In the January 14 issue of the
Daily Kansan you credited the bill
on the Student Planning board to
me. I feel that there is a need for
clarification on this point, because
the bill is not due to the work of
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