Page 2 University Daily Kansan Friday, Dec. 5, 1952 Library Index in Need of Revision Robert Vosper, the new director of libraries, has promised many policy changes in the operation of Watson library. If Mr. Vosper is open to ideas, we have one suggestion that would ease a situation that has been one of the main grips of library users for years. The way that the card catalog is set up now there is no possible way to tell if a book is on the reserve list or not. This inadequacy in filing causes not only delay and bother for the borrower, but much extra work for the librarians. As a hypothetical case let us say that a student has to have a paper turned in the next day and wants to check out books on a certain topic. He looks up the titles of three books in the catalog, fills out the slips, and gives them to the person behind the circulation desk. If the book is not in the stacks on the main floor, the librarian has to go down stairs and carry the books back up. Then, as will happen, nine times out of ten, when the student is given the books, he is told that at least two of them are on reserve and cannot be taken out of the library. Now he has to go back and look up two more books, the librarian has to take the reserve books back, and the student and librarian have to hope that the next selections are not on reserve. The solution of this problem should not be too difficult. With all those mysterious little numbers on the catalog card, one of them should pertain to the reserve status of the book. If it does, very few students know about it; and, so it seems, none of the librarians know about it. We hope that all it would take is a clarification of this number system. If not it would probably mean a revision of the catalog system. This would be a lot of work, but it would result in a lot of grateful students. —Don Moser. News from Home Can Cheer Gl's A letter from three GFs in Korea has been received by the dean of men asking if any students here would exchange letters and snapshots with them. They have been stationed there quite some time and for the past three or four months have received very little mail. Their addresses are: Their addresses are. Pfc. James H. Iler Pfc. Reynold Zimmermain Pic. 55-159-410 R.A. 17314189 Co C 62nd E-CB Pfc. Raymond Lateu APO 301 co PM Pic. 55-153-011 San Francisco, Calif We have been unable to find why these fellows chose to write to KU. It may have been a good idea. We are suggesting that anyone who is interested write at least one letter. A new friend might be made and certainly a good deed will have been done. When a person is a long way from home, a letter with a little news is wonderful. Certainly the fact that the receiver is in the middle of a war and wondering if anyone at home ever thinks of him adds to the letter's value. We doubt if everyone is going to be interested enough to write these three fellows but surely everyone on the campus has relation or a friend in the forces if not in Korea. Have you been thinking of them as often as you should? Especially at Christmas time, when away from home, things can look mighty gloomy. Right now is a good time to write a Christmas letter for delivery overseas. A few minutes of your time can bring a lot of happiness to someone who may be very lonesome. —Roger Yarrington. Post-Season Ban May Be Lifted Presidents, faculty representatives and athletic directors from the Big Seven schools are now meeting in Lincoln. The main piece of business which will be considered at the meeting is the rule preventing post-season competition by league members. A change in the post-season ban on bowl games and tournaments is entirely possible. As it now stands, it would prevent a Big Seven team from competing in the NCAA basketball tournament which begins in March. KU won the tourney last year and K-State has a very good chance of going a long way in it this year if the rule is changed. Judging from past statements, Chancellor Murphy and Coach Allen are going to oppose any such change. Both favor a good athletic program but do not favor post-season competition. We can see arguments both for and against the ban. But, those arguments supporting the ban fail to overcome our hope that it will be done away with. In two years KU may be ready to go to another NCAA tournament. We hope when the time comes the team will be free to go. —Roger Yarrington. Bv DON MOSER Rep. Clare E. Hoffman (R-Mich.) recently suggested tightening the ring of censorship that surrounds the people of this country. His plan was to curb the amount of editorial space a newspaper may use in backing a political candidate for election. If Rep. Hoffman's plan, which he suggested to a special House committee considering loopholes in the election expenditure law, were to be carried out, Congress would have to pass a law that would tell the editors of all the papers in the nation just how much space they would be allowed to use in backing a candidate for office. By suggesting this plan, he is asking Congress to vote on a bill that is as flagrantly unconstitutional as any bill ever planned. The first amendment to the Constitution of the United States declares that the Congress shall make no law . . abridging the freedom of speech or of the press." Why a man who has been as conservative and as great an isolationist as Hoffman should come out with an idea as unconstitutional as this is hard to figure out. Anything that seemed in the least bit socialistic has turned into Constitution, he has voted against in the House. Rep. Hoffman voted against a raise in social security benefits, government ownership of tidlands, government power lines and public housing. He has consistently voted against any type of other extension for foreign affairs. Yet, he wants the government to control the press. Whether Hoffman had a personal grudge against a certain newspaper, a want of publicity, or just made a rather inane statement is hard to tell. Whatever motivated his action, the whole business makes one wonder just how far certain Congressmen and Senators will go to destroy American liberty in order to attain their devious ends. Comments What amazes us is the consistency with which storms arrive in Kansas at the same time vacations start. ** Notre Dame is being raked over the coals for its sneak play, which causes the opponents to jump offside. Guess who will be using it next fall? 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Dale Novotny Mail subscription rates: $3 a semester or $5.40 a year (add $1) if in Lawrence. Published in Lawrence, Kan., every afternoon during the University year except Saturdays and Sundays. University holidays and examination periods. Entered second class matter Sept. 8th of a Lawrence Kan., Post Office under act of March 3, 1879. Liberal GOP Senators Will Aid Senate Unity In spite of the fact that the Republican majority in the Senate is very slight, nobody seems to be very concerned about unity in the Upper House. This is due in some measure to the fact that a good many of the "Old Guard" Republicans were replaced by the "New Guard" Republican senators. However, the retention of some of the liberals in the Senate is another important factor in forming what seems to be a better united Congress. Sen. William F. Knowland of California is one of the Republican "liberals." In other words, he is a middle-of-the-roader. He has been classified with such others as Sen. William Langer of North Dakota and Sen. Wayne Morse of Oregon, who bolted the Republican party in order to support Gov. Adlai Stevenson for the presidency. Sen. Knowland has been accused by some of being a conservative, largely on the basis of his stand against some of the major Democratic liberal issues. He has supported some Democratic and some Republican measures, and follows no definite party line. On the conservative side, he supports the Taft-Hartley act, the Republican stand on Tidelands oil, and the Republican viewpoint on wage and price controls. On the liberal side of the picture, Sen. Knowland favors the Democratic civil rights programs. He has indicated a preference for such Democratic reforms as anti-lynch, anti-poll tax, and FEPC legislation. When the FEPC bill was introduced in 1948, it was being filibustered to death, but Sen. Knowland joined in the vote to pass a cloture of the filibuster. He has a decidedly liberal point of view on most international relations, including a strong advocacy of admitting Hawaii to statehood. Thus, with such men as Sen. Knowland in the Senate, political debates will be between liberals and semi-liberals instead of between liberals and conservatives. There is a much shorter distance to go to reach a compromise with such a situation. —Don Nielsen. Short Ones At Missouri's request, the Tigers and Kansans have switched their original March 7 basketball date in Columbia to March 12. Barring a meeting in the Big Seven tournament the Columbia affair will be the 135th between the two ancient foes. The roughest part of the school year is the interlude between Thanksgiving and Christmas vacations. - * * Question of the week is why the Kansas ice and snow storms seem to time their arrivals to the first days of student vacations. A University professor thinks a schedule should be worked out so athletic events and concerts will not conflict with scheduled astronomical observations. Just imagine holding up Halley's Comet for a previously scheduled basketball game with K-State. Taft's recent explosion at Eisenhower's labor secretary appointment still leaves room for doubt as to who's really head man—Bob or Ike? - * * Martin P. Durkin, only Democrat appointed to Ike's new cabinet, must feel as unwanted as a Democrat on the KU campus. Little Man on Campus by Dick Bibler "Hey, Coach!"