Page 2 University Daily Kansan Friday, February 8,1952 Letters Daily Kansan Editorials Absence Of Members An Ailment Of ASC Eight members of the All Student Council were absent from the meeting Tuesday night. This is something of a record, at least for the last year, although three or four members are usually missing at every meeting. The eight representatives probably went to "The Bartered Bride," stayed home and studied, or even went to a movie in preference to the meeting. Why? Because "the Council doesn't do anything anyway" is the usual excuse. It's a good one, most students agree. The present administration did secure a half day of grace before final week, and set up a housing committee, and is struggling for universal quiz files. Considering the ASC's limited power, the present Council is probably more constructive than any before it. But it has been a fight all the way, and the average student still doesn't see much that the Council does around the campus. So the members, elected amid much bitterness last spring, now show up at meetings only when they feel like it. Frequently they are valid excuses. However, even more often, they are alibis by which we attempt to justify our laziness. But buried in the "six proposals" the depleted Council took action on Tuesday is one measure which may be cause for hope. A committee was appointed to look into the plans for reorganization of the Council. If they come up with a plan which will insure a fair representation of all student groups on the Council, without cut-throat political parties, the Council may begin to merit the trust of the University administration. The reasons many of us give for not attending church while at school away from home are numerous and varied. The Council can certainly see its own ills when its members look around the empty Pine room table. It's up to the Council, for the sake of the students it represents, to cure itself. —A.L.S. Reasons For Skipping Church Often Excuses For Laziness The weaknesses in some of the more common reasons are humorously illustrated by adapting them to the heading, "Why I Don't Attend the Movies." The result looks like this; 1. The manager of the theater has never asked me to go. 1. The management of the theater has never asked me to go. 2. There is no special program for the college students. 4. Every time I go they ask me for money. 5. I went so regularly back home that I don't need to go now. 7 I don't like a lot of the people I meet there. 8. I don't always agree with the theater's choice of shows. 9. The audience doesn't seem to be friendly enough. 10. The shows are always in the evenings and on week ends, and that is the only time **1** have for study. —Joe Taylor. Quill Club Chooses Two College Women Emily Enos and Eleanor Burton college freshman, were chosen as new members of Quill club Tuesday night. The group plans to have two faculty members as speakers twice a month. Robert Ziesenis, college senior, was appointed program chairman in charge of arranging for the speakers. In order to have more time to read and discuss manuscripts, the club will meet for two hours at night twice a month and for two one-hour afternoon periods. The county clubs, sponsored by Statewide activities, will again promote high school activities in their local area during spring vacation. Plans are being made for parties, meetings and assemblies. The objectives of the organization are to create good will and interest concerning KU among students in local high schools, to raise funds for a Jayhawker to be given to high schools within the county, and to provide hosts for high school students visiting the campus. News Room Student Newspaper of the Ad Room KU 251 UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS KU.376 Member of the Kansas Press Assn, National Editorial Assn., Inland Daily Press Assn, Associate Editor, National Advertising Service, 420 Madison Avenue, New York City. 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Published in Lawrence, Kan., every afternoon during the University year except saturdays and Sundays. University holidays and examination periods. Entered as second class matter Sept. 17, 1910, at Lawrence, Kan., Post Office under act of March 3, 1879. Letters: Reader Disagrees With Word Usage Dear Sirs: What is a politician? Who are these professionals who "can't always control the convention delegates?" Reading your Feb. 5 editorial concerning Senator Kefauver, one might be led to believe that your yardstick for measuring the degree of a Democrat's immersion in the vile slough of politics is whether he supports Senator Kefauver, or picks some other candidate, presumably one selected by the "Democratic bosses." Aside from the fact that I found your statements concerning the alleged reasons for "Democratic politicians" alleged opposition to Senator Kefauver to be wholly untrue, your editorial disturbed me on a more fundamental plane. Like so many voices heard today, the Daily Kansan editorial page seems to cry out that all politicians are per se evil men. The word "politician" appeared in each of your other Feb. 5 editorials, and in one student comment: "Ickes was . a refreshing change from the ordinary politician;" "... we need diplomats and not politicians;" "Di-Salle admits he is a politician." Only in the last instance where you paraphrase DiSalle's comments is the word used in a sense which can even be called polite. This, I know, is only a reflection of the times. But a student newspaper has a duty to be more than reflection of the times. . it should be the chief trumpeter for a better time. It seems almost plattitudinous to say that our generation will need to have the very best of its men take an active interest in politics. Yet, unless the evil odor which you are helping attach to the word "politician" is removed, many of our best will be frightened away. There are politicians—many more of them than you might believe, who are not self-seeking. They practice politics because they know that the chief enemy of good government is public inertia. They are politicians because they aren't too lazy or indifferent to work or fight for what they believe will benefit our government, and because as you paraphrase Mr. DiSalle, they are "proud to serve (their) country in every way." We need more politicians. Camilla Klein National Committeewoman Young Democrats of Kansas Editor's Note: National Committeewoman We agree there is too much confusion over terminology, but insist that part of the blame for that confusion rests squarely on the, shall we say, active members of political parties themselves. A "machine boss" may run the opposition party, but a "political leader" leads one's own organization. Editor's Note: The Daily Kansan fervently hopes for "better" times, and is not particularly concerned about whether Republicans or Democrats are the ones who will make those times possible. But if being "the chief trumpeter for a better time" means blind acceptance of the dogma of this or that party then the Daily Kansan will not trumpet. "Chiselers" who received wages in employment at the same time they were claiming benefits, paid back the Missouri division of employment security to the tune of $30,255.55. It just proves again you can't have your cake and eat it too. "The cafeteria is all right if you like frozen food." Gov. Kohler Could Help Truman Oust McCarthy President Truman, in his recent speech dedicated to the new Washington headquarters of the American Legion, denounced "McCarthyism" as a "smear technique trying to create fear and suspicion among us by use of slander, unproved accusations and just plain lies." Manifestly, the presidents wants to spike "McCarthyism," which he believes, is maliciously intended to rock the Democratic administration by giving rise to the people's distrust in the government. On Oct. 24 last year, the President discussed with Jerome Fox, Wisconsin Democratic chairman, possible strategy to defeat McCarthy in the senatorial election next November. At the meeting, Fox indicated the best chance of eliminating McCarthy from the Senate would be in the candidacy of Gov. Walter J. Kohler of Wisconsin in the Republican primary. Is Governor Kohler powerful enough to defeat McCarthy? More fundamentally, will he run against his Republican colleague? Kohler has expressed aversion to the way McCarthy has denounced the Truman administration. At the 43rd annual governor's conference at Gatlinburg, Tenn., Sept. 3 he stated that he "could not condone irresponsible attacks on anyone." However, he never has criticized McCarthy by name. The governor himself does not seem to know yet if he will bid for senator. Last September Kohler said he wouldn't commit himself for three or four months. On Nov. 16 he denied that he had decided not to run, but added he had not yet made up his mind. Whatever his attitude toward "McCarthyism" may be, it is obvious that high possibility of his re-election as governor if he should run largely accounts for his indecisiveness. Republican leaders in Wisconsin are in favor of the policy of "McCarthy for senator and Kohler for governor." Some observers think resentment against "McCarthyism" is not so powerful in the Midwest as in other parts of the country, and therefore McCarthy is virtually assured of re-election unless an opposition movement strong enough to deprive him of his nomination should develop before the primary. At the Gatlinburg conference, Kohler repeated his statement of the preceding week that he admired General Eisenhower "because of his great sense of duty" and said the general "might feel it his duty to seek the office of president." His subsequent praise of the general intimates his whole-hearted support of Eisenhower if the general decides to run. Kohler knows McCarthy will never be beaten by a Democratic nominee in the November election and therefore knows that Truman supports him in the primary as a possible means to oust his arch-foe. Whatever the result may be, the McCarthy-Kohler primary, if it should materialize, is significant in that it means the final battle between "McCarthyism" and "Trumanism." —Yujiro Maeda. News From Other Campuses Hanover Wins Trophy Again California Dims 'Searchlight' The Hanover college Interfraternity Council has been awarded the class "B" trophy of the national interfraternity conference. The award makes Hanover the first school ever to receive the regional trophy two times consecutively. Hanover won it last year in addition to winning the national trophy. The University of California store committee last week passed a resolution prohibiting the sale of the magazine News in the student book-store. Published in Moscow, the magazine calls itself a "fortnightly searchlight on world events." The resolution now goes to the executive committee for approval.