PAGE SIX UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS 12 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1950 Thought For The Day — "Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is poverty. What is the matter with the rich is uselessness."- George Bernard Shaw. From Elections To 'Scare' With the Nov. 7 elections past the mass of political propaganda furnished by all parties can be discarded and America can contemplate the significance of the voting. can contemplate the significance. One thing which is apparent is that, contrary to the claims of the Republican party, the G.O.P. has not received a "mandate from the people" to take over the reins of America's domestic and foreign policies. If the people of the United States had given such a mandate to the Republicans it would have at least made the 49-47 senate majority favor the Republicans and not the Democrats. For the people did return the Democrats to power in both the senate and the house—they showed this at the polls. Of course, some political "experts" say the South will bolt from President Truman because of his Fair Deal policies—particularly the Fair Employment Practices measure—and join the Republicans in the senate. This could happen on such measures as the F.E.P.C. or other Fair Deal legislation Mr. Truman might propose—indeed it has in the past. But on the remaining legislation, which constitutes the vast majority of the issues before congress, the South will stay Democratic. Even the Republicans must concede one qualification to Mr. Truman. He is a politician and a good one. He showed this in 1948 by throwing Dewey and Warren into the discard pile. Thus it does not seem likely that Mr. Truman, knowing the significance of his two-vote majority, will alienate it. Yes, the "Communists-in-our-government" theme is about to begin Round Two in the congress. The Republican attacks on secretary of state Dean Acheson will be stepped up with only one view in mind: to expel Mr. Acheson from the state department. Regardless of its effect upon our foreign policy, the relations of the United States with Russia, China, and others, or the dignity of the United States as a responsible power, these attacks will continue. Thus the Republicans knowing, and they know it, that the majority of legislation will carry on the Democratic margin, have turned to their old attacking ground, however harmful to individuals and the nation's prestige it may be. Secretary Acheson has proved time and again that he is not only an able diplomat but an asset to the United States. This apparently does not matter, for he once knew Alger Hiss and since Hiss' trial Mr. Acheson has been labeled pro-communist and un-American. None of these charges, however, was ever proved. So the Republicans, knowing that the 49-47 senate majority will, in the majority of instances, go against them, pick up their own slanderous attacks on men in our government to discredit Truman for the coming 1952 campaign. With complete disregard for the fact that in ensuing weeks Mr. Acheson and our representatives in the United Nations will be striving to settle the Korean question with the Chinese communists to finish that war and prevent further fighting and bloodshed, the Republican party will hammer away with their scare tactics. From Senator McCarthy's brutal and baseless attacks upon state department personnel—shown to be wanton and unjustified—to the election campaigning attacks on the head of American's state department the Republicans have sought one end: to kick out Dean Acheson and embarrass the administration in Washington. The G.O.P. took this issue to the voters on Nov. 7. They had some success with it, yes. But they forget to add that the people did keep the Democrats in power and did not give the much vaunted "mandate" to the Republican party. vaunted mandate to the Republicans. Also, in off-year elections the party in power loses seats. Even Franklin D. Roosevelt's Democrats lost seats in the 1938 and 1942 elections. On the basis of the average off-year loss the "Red scare" theme of the G.O.P. (which someone once defined as "God's Own People") did not bring the Republicans as much success as they assert. Perhaps some of the better motivated Republicans, of which fortunately, there are some, will use their influence to keep the Republicans from wrecking America's foreign policy for purely political purposes. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, yes, but even 20 years out of the White House should not make the Republican party stoop so low to try for a return there in 1952. If the Republican party expects to return to Congress with a majority—or to the White House—it will not be on "scare" tactics but on constructive work. Not the tearing down of our foreign policy regardless of the cost but on co-operative work toward making the world peaceful and secure. —John S. Hill. He looks at me . . . with the leer of a Wall Street broker to an East Side paper boy. He tries to impress me . . . as being an All-American, Phi Beta Kappa and most-likely-to-succeed all compounded into one perfect creation. He covers me . . . with a thick coat of Oread top soil. Who is he? . . . the obstinate, conceited, inconsiderate So & So who speeds through the campus parking lots and along dusty campus roads in the serene comfort of his car. Who am I? . . . a poor, defenseless pedestrian, who can afford neither a car nor a cleaning bill. The Decline Of The Iseian Empire The Public's Pulse Dr. Ise's speech at the "World in Crisis" lecture reflected in part his years of growth and intellectual maturity, but his basic contention, "That the only way that peace can be preserved is through vast rearmament by the U.S.," is so absurd and contradictory to historical revelation that I was beginning to wonder if Dr. Ise had suddenly lost control of his ability of historical interpretation. History has authenticated beyond every reasonable doubt that armament races on a gigantic scale have but one logical conclusion; war and chaos. Every political scientist who has any respect for his profession would discredit this Machiavellian outburst with firm conviction. In a world that has become distraught and pinicky, the ability to retain one's faculties does, I admit, pose quite a problem. Recently only eight congressmen emerged out of the sea of fear now flooding the country with full possession of theirs. Riding the crest is none other than Joey McCarthy and voices once heard too loudly are now but whispering murmurs from a far distant wilderness. It is readily noticeable, that the crest-rider's efforts have not been in vain. I have not the time to argue whether or not rearmament is desirable and necessary, but I am saying that it will never lead to peace, a word which is gradually becoming obsolecent with upiopan aspects. Renowned scientists have stated vehemently that an atomic war will undoubtedly lead to universal destruction. This warning also seems to have joined the whimpering voices in the wilderness. Perhaps God will try rabbits next time. Chester I. Lewis, Jr. 1st Year Law Editor's Note: We hope Dr. Ise can regain "his ability of historical interpretation" by reading this gem. Read the Daily Kansan Daily University Daily Hansan Member of the Kansas Press Assm. National Assm., and the Associated Collegiate Press. 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Virginia Coppedge Promotion Mgr... James Murray Less than a century ago many of the "best people?" bitterly denounced all proposals to finance schools through general taxation. "That's Socialism!" they cried. At the same time one of the most "radical labor unions was free schools for all American the dividend-climbers were horrified. "That's Socialism!" they sneered. Before the income tax amendment was adopted in 1913, the large property holders and robber barons of free enterprise vigorously condemned and defeated all such proposals. "That's Socialism!" they blustered. When the federal government finally got around to giving the working man at least a minimum of protection in his efforts to better his economic conditions, industrial and big business leaders saw America "on the road to Moscow." "That's Socialism!" they snorted. In 1935 the Congress passed the Social Security Act and there were many who felt sure that it was revolutionary, a blow at democratic government. "That's Socialism!" they shouted. And now we have an administration-sponsored bill proposing a program of national health insurance, and the same monotonous voices are heard crying, sneering, blustering, snorting, and shouting. "THAT'S SOCIALISM!" —J. A.B. German Film Reviewed By RUDI HOFMANN The man who made the English titles for the German film "Seven Journeys" certainly was no poet, neither had he an "A" in English grammar. But the poor translation of the story had one advantage, it showed the lack of action in almost every one of the seven episodes of the film. In the German original, this had been compensated for by an excellent dialogue, because the complicated developments in the characters of the episodes needed some explanation to be understood. It seems that Helmut Kaeutner, the director, made it with regard to the re-education of the German people, and therefore tried to find new angles in every scene which gave a connection with the situation in Germany of 1947, the year when the movie was made. And what in 1947 was a problem to the Germans, might be clear for them in 1950, and for a non-German audience it is simply a riddle. Moreover, many events and facts about life in Germany were only indicated and left the foreign, that is, American audience wondering what had happened. However, time couldn't do anything to the simple and convincing interpretation of the human idea in this movie. Therefore it is still worth showing and certainly better than thousands of the routine productions of modern film industry. YOUR EYES should be examined today. Call for appointment. Any lens prescription duplicated. Insurance Office. Lawrence Optical Co. Phone 425 1025 Mass. DUE TO THE DEATH OF C. G. COE OUR STORE WILL BE CLOSED TUESDAY. 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