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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Sept. 26, 1952
Book Review
Stevenson Boom Is Publishing Boon
The suddenness with which the relatively-unknown Adlai Stevenson has been brought into the political limelight the past year has been somewhat of a boon to the publishing business.
Besides many stories and articles that have been published since the Illinois governor received the Democratic nomination, several notable books have been published.
Noel F. Busch's "Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois" appears to be the best of the current crop. Many biographies of political figures are even more vague than the men themselves. Mr. Busch's book is as true to the point as its subject.
The biography tells not only of the man himself and his background, but also of his stand on specific issues. The reader will learn why Mr. Stevenson chooses a seemingly-lighthearted approach to issues he considers grave, and how he stands on such issues as labor, civil rights, foreign policy and the Truman administration.
Another slightly less worthwhile new book is "Adlai Stevenson" by John Bartlow. This book presents a less-detailed account of Mr. Stevenson than it claims. Instead of the intimate portrait it strives for, the book approaches something more shallow resembling a Time magazine profile.
Smallest, and perhaps easiest for busy people is a brief but interesting 12-page booklet being issued by the New Republic magazine. "Adlai Stevenson, the Man and His Views," is campaign literature that claims no objectivity but is worth the time it takes to read it.
The most appealing feature of the little book is its price—10 cents.
-Roger Yarrington.
"Dear Friends: Congratulations to your fraternity for taking top scholastic honors this year, heard you didn't have a 'TV set—please accept this slightly used one as a reward for such outstanding
Comments
SURVEY ON CLASS CUTS . . .
SURVEY ON CLASS CUTS ... Faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts at Syracuse university are cooperating in a survey to determine the classes which are most frequently cut by students. Results of this survey may revise the present cut system.
Under the present system, students are allowed to cut 25 per cent of their classes. The only extra penalty for cutting comes 48 hours before and after vacations. At that time students receive double cuts but do not lose any honor points. TO CURTAIN APPEALS . . .
University of Wisconsin faculty has adopted a recommendation to abolish both its Student Council and Appeals committees. The action, it is planned, will clear up a situation in which one group of the faculty can reverse the original decision of another.
Letters
FACTS Vote Change Retold by Member
Dear Editor.
May I submit the following information to announce the changed prerequisite for voting in FACTS primaries.
Students may now vote in FACTS primaries by merely registering with the party instead of purchasing membership cards as formerly was necessary. All other privileges of FACTS party will be limited to those paying 25 cents for membership cards. This nominal fee gives the party necessary operating funds.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF NEW STUDENTS: FACTS is a campuswide student political party concerned with issues affecting the student body. Participation in the party is open to all students regardless of race, residence, or any other superficial boundaries. FACTS discussions are announced and open to everyone. FACTS representatives on the All Student Council welcome suggestions and criticisms.
Dennis Henderson college junior.
Press Differs Over Nixon
Eugene J. McFarland, '30, has been appointed director of the Wichita art museum and the head of the University of Wichita art department. Mr. McFarland will be introduced at an exhibition of his paintings at the Wichita art museum Sept. 21-30.
KU Alum Gets Art Post
Editorial comment continued to flow today over the speech by Senator Dick Nixon Tuesday night when he presented an accounting of his private expenses to American over television and radio.
Most newspaper editors seemed to agree that the presentation was a powerful one. Many thought Nixon had turned the tables on Democrats by changing what could have been a confession of guilt to a powerful appeal to the emotions of his listeners.
Others believed Nixon had adap-
ly sidestepped the issue and instead
had diverted his listeners' suspicions
to Democratic candidates.
A sampling of the nation's editorial comment follows:
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: It must be said for Senator Nixon that he has nerve. Only a man of colossal nerve would undertake to convert the liability of his "trust fund" into an asset by arguing with a straight fact that he used it to save the taxpayer's money . . . There is one simple test of this amazing defense. It is to ask how much of the taxpayers' money Senator Nixon saved. Were there any allowances or perquisites available to senators which he did not draw upon; there were not. He used all the funds the law allowed—a total of $75,000 a year. What he saved the taxpayers, then, was about what a bureaucracy would save by not spending appropriations that were not available to be spent. . .
He might be forgiven a certain laxness of political morality if he didn't know any better, but when he tries to hoodwink the people into believing that his lapse was merely an incident in a great moral crusade, the hypocrisy of it is too much.
New York World-Telegraph and the Sun (Scripps-Howard: An extraordinary speech. . . and it was a challenge—an inescapable challenge—to Adlai Stevenson. Governor Stevenson, by open confession, is in
the same fix as Senator Nixon. He took money from outsiders for political purposes—money which, conceivably, could influence his decisions however altruistic the donors, however honest the beneficiaries . . . Governor Stevenson is under the same obligation as Senator Nixon to tell his story on radio and television and to submit his accounts to impartial certified public accountants. Only then can the voters compare.
New York Post: Poor Richard's narrative was plainly designed to beuffdle the issue. The issue is not why Mrs. Nixon has been unable to purchase a mink coat. The issue is whether a candidate for vice president ought to occupy the peculiar position of spiritual indebtedness to special interests in
which Nixon finds himself . . . . When he equates the "millionaires' fund" created in his behalf with Adlai Stevenson's raising of supplementary income for state executive personnel, he was similarly missing the point. . . He sounded like a glib attorney defending a guilty client.
New York Journal American (Hearst): An eloquent and manly explanation of his financial affairs down to the last detail . . . He was fighting against what—in the gleeful manipulation of the leftists—amounted to a colossal smear . . . He was, in our opinion, simply magnificent. . . Who will sneer at this report to the country by one who loves his country? Watch. Mark them. . What is your answer, America?
Short Ones
My roommate says the Republicans have a new secret weapon . . . Chlorophyll mud. They want to use it to clean up the stinking mess in Washington.
All England was aghast when Winston Churchill was seen smoking a pipe instead of his traditional cigar. Next thing you know he'll be drinking orange juice.
Only a few weeks ago General Eisenhower said "The issue of this campaign is corruption in government." Isn't it too bad Senator Dick had to go and change the subject?
The other day a radio commentator said President Truman is going "whistle-stopping" all over the country soon. I wonder what the President has against whistles.
Wouldn't it be nice if a special P.A. system speaker could be set up near the band at the football games. They can't seem to hear those requests to be quiet while someone else performs.
The Chinese Reds built a 200-room hotel to house delegates to a peace conference. Built of papier mache, no doubt.
One Man's Opinion
BY BOB STEWART
Adlai Stevenson, the so-called "captive" candidate, found himself the "captive" of another group of Americans Tuesday when he was unanimously endorsed by the convention of the American Federation of Labor.
This endorsement, the first an AFL convention has given a candidate since its founding in 1881, will no doubt leave the Illinois governor open to Republican charges that he is a tool of labor.
It doesn't appear that Stevenson will be a tool of any special interest. His statements and actions since his nomination have shown him to be an iron-willed independent.
His treatment of Democratic Governor Shivers of Texas is an example of this independence. Though Shiver's support might have meant the capture of the Lone Star state's large electoral vote, Stevenson refused to compromise his position on the important Tidelands oil question.
Other indications of his independent attitude are found in his decision to run his own campaign from Springfield, III., and not from Washington, and his blistering attack on overzealous, imprudent patriots in a speech before a large potential pressure group, the American Legion.
He has asserted his unwillingness to align himself with any persons who sought his nomination as the Democratic aspirant and has publicly admitted there was a "mess in Washington" that needed cleaning up.
Does all this add up to a "captive" candidate?
Pioneer Days Mural Finished by Student
A 50-foot mural on pioneer days painted by a KU graduate, Harold Crain, is now ready for the Trailer room in the Union.
The Mural, which took two months to paint, required a great deal of research. The artist had to become familiar with the customs, costumes, natural vegetation, of the period.
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