Lee Sheppeard Football Gets Kicked Around Allen Jackson was a first-string guard at the University of Michigan. He won his letter on three championship teams and played in the Rose Bowl. His football and college career ended, Jackson took a long, penetrating look backwards, and decided that football these days is hardly worth the effort. In this month's Atlantic Monthly he states his case. Jackson estimates he spent about 1350 hours on the football field in his four years at Michigan. By contrast, he spent about half that much time studying for and attending history classes. He also finds fault with the "bigotry" in football: "At Michigan one of those bigotry-fostering, tradition-conscious pre-game speeches which were impressive to sophomores but tiresome to seniors was to this effect: "The men whom we were about to play would be battling Michigan; they would as a result be intimidated; and we should take advantage of this fine opportunity to dominate them." But just in case Michigan doesn't win, there is a slogan to fit the occasion: "When Michigan loses, someone has to pay." "This slogan," says Jackson, "not only implies that Michigan shouldn't have lost, but it also suggests that the loss was caused by something wrong somewhere—perhaps something shady on the part of the other team." Jackson says that the idea of team spirit has been perverted by bigtime football. He blames this in increasing specialization, too much publicity and fierce competition for individual berths on the team. "The point of view suggested by this slogan becomes positively unchristian in its implication that revenge will be sought at the expense of next week's opponent." "So," concludes Jackson, "after four years of seeing everything there is to see in bigtime college football . . . of being known as a 'football player' rather than a human being . . of having my natural desire for physical exercise corrupted and commercialized. I have decided that bigtime football is a poor bargain for those who play the game." short ones Phog Allen compares a successful Campus Chest campaign to a basketball field goal, but we're sure he doesn't mean that $2,500 is just a drop in the bucket. Surprise-Of-The-Year; a press association story reports that the Republican and Democratic parties will watch election trends. We've always been suspicious of these home permanents, and now we see the headline, "190 Dead From Cold Wave." The judge who's trying the Communist party "second string" at least is dealing with people who know what it's like to be on the bench. Rappaport Gavel, the chapter president, read about these congressmen who are going to Europe on the taxpayers' money, so he's trying to get the fraternity to pay for his weekend in Lincoln. Daily Hansan News Room Student Newspaper of the Adv. Room K.U. 251 UNIVERSITY OF KANSAST K.U. 375 Member of the Kansas Press Assn., National Editorial Assn. Inland Daily Press Assn., and the Associated Collegiate Press. Represented by the National Advertising Service, 420 Madison Ave., New York City. EDITORIAL STATE Editorial Editor... Lee Sheppard Chief Editor... Jack Zimmerman Writer... Jason Baxter NEWS STAFF Managing Editor Alan Marshall Assistant Managing Editors Nancy Anderson Charles Price, Elizabeth Zehlm City Editor Anne Snyder Sports Editor Don Sarten Telegraph Editor Don Jaretle Screen Editor Cynthia McKeever Adviser Victor J. Danilov by Bibler BUSINESS STAFF BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager Bob Dringle Advertising Manager Bob Sydney National Ad Manager Jim Murray Circulation Manager Virginia Johnston Electrical Manager Elaine Brooks Promotion Manager Bill Taggart Tiger R. W. Dornert Little Man On Campus Think we should pass 'th' plate again Professor Snarf? Some of 'th' students are kickin' 'bout th' extra tuition." FBI Hopes Ruling Won't Stop Citizens' Reports But the Supreme court yesterday uphold a lower court decision allowing libel suits against untruthful, malicious FBI informers. Washington—(U,P)—T h e FB1 haped today that its flow of tips was not cut off by a Supreme court ruling that spitful informers who give false information may be sued for libel. Justice department attorneys gava assurance that honest citizens still may freely report suspicious activities to the FBI without fear of prosecution. The only persons who have to fear a libel suit, they are, are those who give false information with a "malicious intent." FBI director J. Edgar Hoover had warned that to permit libel suits against FBI informers would seriously hamper his agency's investigative work. He pointed out that the public had been encouraged not to try to evaluate suspicious activity, but to report it immediately to the FBI. The suit was brought by Cecil E. Flotz Jr., who complained that false information supplied to his former employer, Moore - McCormack Steamship lines, kept him from getting a government job. He sought $350,000 damages, and under yesterday's ruling now may proceed with his suit in the New York federal district court. In its first decision day of the term, the court also ruled, 8 to 0, that Communists are entitled to the same reasonable bail as all other defendants. Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson emphasized that by law a person is innocent until proven guilty. If bail is so excessive that it keeps a person in prison while awaiting trial, he said, "the presumption of innocence, secured only after centuries of struggle, would lose its meaning." The decision stemmed from an appeal by 12 indicted California Communists whose bail had been fixed at $50,000 each. They claimed they could not raise such a high bond, and as a result were forced to remain in jail until tried on conspiracy charges. The government had argued that high bail was necessary because other Communist leaders have jumped bond. But Vinson said each defendant must be considered on the basis of his record alone. Your Support of the Campus Chest drive can go far in helping to relieve the world of sickness, starvation, and suffering. The six agencies of the chest provide for the underprivileged in other nations as well as our own. This is one time it is necessary for us to forget personal biases and unite in one common cause. Let us all give generously to the Chest during the week. A substantial contribution from each of us Is Needed News From Other Campuse Cagers Need Longer Beds Special longer beds for freshman basketball players have been ordered at Syracuse university due to the large number of tall boys in school this year. A "Fair Bear" contract project is in progress at the University of California. The contracts are with Berkley merchants and guarantee minimum wages to working students. CK Minimum Wage Plan noid one full-time job. They are paid full-time employee wages and live in campus dormitories. Two-On-One Plan Pays Well A work-study program enabling students to earn virtually all of their college expenses has been created by Wilmington college in Ohio. The plan provides that two students Adds New Required Courses Three new courses have been made mandatory for freshmen at the University of Houston. The courses are communication arts, biological or life science, and social science. The reason for the addition of these requirements is that the school feels "that the first two years of college study have become too specialized..." Page 12 Plan Log-Rolling Contest Women students will compete with men in a forestry club-sponsored log-rolling contest at the University of Washington. University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Nov. 7, 1951 News Roundup Truman To Call Russian Bluff Washington—(U.P.)President Truman will call Moscow's peace bluff at 9:30 (CST) tonight by offering the world a global arms control, plan as the best way to prevent World War III. Advance word on Mr. Truman's address forecast an appeal for peace in Korea, easing of other world tension spots and steps toward "real peace" backed by specific measures. These call for limiting armies, navies, air forces, heavy armaments and atomic weapons following an arms census and creation of a UN inspection system. Unwrap Disarmament Plans Paris—(U.P.)The United States, Britain and France will unwrap world disarmament proposals tonight in a major bid to halt the cold war during the new United Nations session. A simultaneous announcement at 4 p.m. (CST) from Washington, London and Paris will provide the first official glimpse at a global plan drawn up by U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson with full support from Britain and France. Bureau Investigates Itself Washington—(U.P.)-The Internal Revenue bureau said today it is so busy investigating itself that it has fallen behind in checking alleged tax frauds by taxpayers. A spokesman said most of the bureau's 1,200 agents are tied up in the investigation of the staff of the scandal-rocked bureau. He said that tax fraud inquiries, which uncovered more than $285 million in unpaid taxes the past year, are piling up. Rail Strike Sidetracked Washington—(U.P.)-The Bretherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen served notice today that it has only sidetracked, not scrapped, plans for a major railroad strike. The Brotherhood's stand that it would not be bound by the board's recommendations raised the possibility that it might reject the proposed settlement terms at the end of the 60-day period. Seattle, Wash.—(U.P.)—Twenty-eight seamen who abandoned a burning India-bound grainship—the George Walton, tossed helplessly in three life-boats today as 20-foot seas prevented a rescue ship from pulling them to safety. The Coast Guard said the entire rescue operation might take hours because of the difficulty of maneuvering the light Japanese vessel. Two other merchant ships and two coast guard cutters were en route to the disaster scene, but the closest was still several hours away, the Coast Guard said. But Assistant Secretary of State George C. McGhee scheduled another session with the premier today in a new effort to crack the deadlock which has cut Iranian oil off from the West. Washington—(U.P.)—Premier Mohammed Mossaadegh has rejected an American-backed proposal that a foreign company run Iran's stalled oil industry, an Iranian spokesman said today. Iran Rejects U.S. Proposal Rough Seas Hamper Rescue London—(U.P)—Winston Churchill's new conservative government announced today an immediate cut of $980 million a year in British imports from countries outside its pound sterling trade area to curb a drift toward national bankruptcy. Chancellor of the Exchequer R. A. Butler said that a system of quotas would be set up for imports from European countries. He said that unless the wide, and steadily widening excess of imports over exports can be reduced, "we shall find we can not buy what we want." Britain Slices Imports UN Refuses Red Demands Panmunjom, Korea—(U.P.)—The United Nations rejected today a new Communist demand for a formal agreement to end the Korean war on the present battlefront. At the same time, the Communists formally rejected a two-day-old UN proposal to base the cease-fire line on the battleline existing at the time an armistice agreement is signed. The armistice committee will meet again at 8 o'clock (CST).