Page 2 University Daily Kansan Friday, Feb. 1, 1952 Letters: Daily Kansan Editorials Ike-Taft Fight Splits Ranks Of Kansas GOP The Republican state committee meeting at Topeka early this week brought the first open clash between the Eisenhower and Taft wings of the party. The Ike forces emerged victorious by a 56-46 margin on a resolution aimed at testing the strength of the two groups. The resolution recommended that four party officials be included among the delegates-at-large to be selected at the state convention in April. The catch came in the fact that those named are known Eisenhower supporters. Heading the list was Harry Darby, Republican national committeeman. Since the reins of the state convention also will be in the hands of the pro-Eisenhower group, this resolution will not have any great effect on the final outcome. However, it did make certain the fact that there will be a hard fought campaign to win votes for Taft in Kansas. Already several Taft-for-President clubs have been formed. At the same time of the meeting of the state committee the Taft forces set up an organization on a state-wide basis. This was not an outgrowth of the committee action but had been in planning for several weeks. After the resolution recommending the choice of delegates was pushed through, the Taft leaders contended they had been "steamrollerled" and that it would "split the party." However, most observers agreed that the division was inevitable and that the real gripe was that the backers of Taft realized that the Ike forces had gotten a head start on the delegate contest. The two groups are thus beginning to line up in exactly the same manner as they did in the 1948 election. Four years ago the progressive wing of the Republican party in Kansas led by Harry Darby battled throughout the state for delegates. The result was a solid 13 delegates to 6 delegates victory for Darby over conservatives led by Alf M. Landon. Thus far this year Landon has not entered the fight. But it is the same men who were with him before who are arrayed against the Eisenhower movement. For example, the group includes Willard Mayberry, the Landon group's unsuccessful candidate for the gubernatorial nomination in 1950. There will be several more party fights over this same issue before the state convention time rolls around. Between now and next April there will be six congressional district meetings. In each case a tough fight is bound to result. In several of the areas it is obvious now which way the wind is blowing. But in at least two and possibly three districts the results will not be known until the meetings are over. In 1948 the conservative group was in a better position to win the election than it is now. Then it had control of the counties in which Wichita and Topeka are located. Today the control in those places is with the Darby forces. It is the obvious desire of the Darby group to send a solid 22-member delegation to the national convention in support of Eisenhower as a favorite son candidate. This at the moment is out of the question. But indications are that the general will have the votes of at least 15 to 16 of his fellow Kansans on the first ballot with the remainder going to Senator Taft. Joe Taylor. 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 Associated Press, National Association of Publishers, and by th National Advertising Service, 420 Madison Avenue, New York City EDITORIAL STAFF EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief Jack Zimmerman Editorial Assistants Anne Snyder, Joe Taylor Editorial Assistants ... Anne Snyder, Joe Taylor NEWS STAFF Managing Editor ... Ellsworth Zahn Assistant Managing Editors .. Helen Lou Fry, Ben Holman Joe Lastoste, Jim Poweri City Editor ... 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Entered as second class matter Sept, 17, 1910, at Lawrence, Kan., Post Office under act of March 3, 1879. Pickled Peaches Cause Regret It was with some regret that I, a Kansan and also a former student of Mr. Ise, found that the fancy-food column of a New York paper is heaping praise on the dark colored pickled peaches served in his home. Dear Mr. Editor: What has happened to agrarian radicalism? Will future Kansans have to rally their comrades to action with the slogan, "Raise more hell and less pickled beaches?" Jay V. Grimm, '49 New Haven, Conn The article referred to by Mr. Grimm was in the daily column conducted by Clementine Paddleford in the New York Herald-Tribune. It appeared on Jan. 23, 1952. It said as follows: "Pickled peaches, dark colored, are the best-liked meat relish, and with all types of meat. A pip of a recipe we borrowed from Mrs. John Ise, whose husband is professor of economics at the University of Kansas, yes, the same John Ise who wrote "Sod and Stubble." When it's peach time again we will pass the recipe along in our Sunday "How America Eats" series." The Teachers College Index, Kirksville, Mo., decided recently to let the students blow off some steam. The question put to them was, "What is the most common fault among teachers?" Comments .. Some of the answers received were: The attempt of the teacher to cover the prescribed amount of work regardless of how slowly the students do the work. Too often a student must rush to finish the material in the last two weeks of the quarter. . . Over emphasis on grades... Too many persons being teachers because it afforded them the easiest escape from reality. . . Too much psychic trauma and insolence toward students. Editor's Note: Don't know too much about some of those faults but that last one sure sounds good. College girls have been described as listless, pessimistic, confused and obsessed by a fear of the future by a professor of English at Harvard. In an article called "Have College Women Let Us Down?" Howard Mumford Jones states, "A dark, unreasoning fear has the college girl in its grip. This is her fear of the future dominated by the atom bomb." Jones feels that the college girl of today is no longer interested in the world around her and does her class work without applying her mind. He adds, however, that possibly the listlessness now evident may be shadowed overnight by some dramatic turn in history. Editor's Note: Do you think Professor Jones has been dating enough college girls recently? Department Of Architecture Gets $250 Anonymous Gift An anonymous gift of $250 has been given to the department of architecture. Prof. George Beal, chairman of the department of architecture, said the money would be put into a fund and later used for educational facilities. Other anonymous gifts have been put into the same fund for department equipment, he said. "Control tower to pilot—coming in too fast—lower your flap." Who's In The Worst Spot? Because of production increases during the past two years, the United States has had a much greater need for raw materials. This need has resulted in an economic snag which imperils our relations with several nearby nations. Pressure is being applied to the situation from this end. The Reconstruction Finance corporation has refused to meet the Bolivian price, in the hope that the South Americans will back down. Up to now the United States has managed to enforce this refusal. The RFC has bought tin in good amounts from Malaya and other areas at its own price of $1.12 and sometimes less. About 50,000 tons was purchased in 1951, which accounted for more than half of this country's needs. Besides, the U.S. has a reserve which it can fall back on if necessary. Bolivia, our best source for pure tin, has raised price demands on that material to $1.50 a pound, even though the amount offered by the U.S. ($1.12) is 50 per cent above the pre-Korean price. But how long can this pressure continue? Bolivia may soon go before the Organization of American States to charge the U.S. with economic aggression. Other Latin American countries sympathize with her position. On the other hand, if the RFC backs down and pays the requested price, other nations will start raising the prices of vital products. Should war break out, the U.S. would have to pay. And Malaya and other t countries would hop on board the money train. The problem is further confused by the fact that the U.S. built a smelter during World War II to handle the low-grade tin from Bolivia. No other smelter in the world can handle any large amount of Bolivian ores. Bolivia may either back down or go into an economic tailspin, for her tin trade with the U.S. has been her livelihood. If her economy folds, all South America will blame this country. Millions of tax dollars went into the smelter, so if it stands idle, U.S. taxpayers will squawk. But if it runs, we will need Bolivia's tin. The question: Which country is over the tin hoard? Jim Powers. News From Other Campuses Pressure To Win Harmful Nothing is wrong with intercollegiate athletics which a release from the pressure of winning at any cost will not cure, declared President Stewart H. Smith of Marshall college, Huntington, W. Va. Experience over the years has demonstrated the value of wholesome intercollegiate athletics to the athlete and the educational program, he added. Study Hall For Pledges During the first semester of each year all freshmen women and sorority pledges at the University of Idaho will attend compulsory study hall from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.Monday through Thursday. Exceptions are provided for community concerts, plays, church nights, school functions and library permissions. During the second semester those who make a 2.5 average or better are excused. 'Human Relations' At Baylor Baylor university is offering for young women students what is believed to be the nation's first collegiate course in "human relations." President W. R. White announced that the program is planned to "present factors which will contribute to the balanced life of the college young woman." Attention will be given to areas of health, manners, ethics, group and family relationships and personality development. More Liberal Studies Urged Most engineering colleges are producing highly competent specialists, not educated individuals, according to John Day Larkin, dean of liberal studies at Illinois Institute of Technology. Dean Larkin recently decried the trend away from humanistic-social education, and urged a more militant stand by teachers of liberal studies.