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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27,1950
Thought For The Day —
"The great, all-embracing reform of our age is the Social Reform-that which seeks to lift the Laboring Class, as such-not out of labor, by any means-but out of ignorance, inefficiency, dependency, and want." - Horace Greeley
How To Fight Communism
There are two frightening possibilities that might eventuate from the Nov. 7 elections. One is that, because the technique of McCarthyism was so successful in defeating Senator Millard Tydings in Maryland, this technique may be picked up again and amplified. This would mean that a man's reasons would be ignored but his motives impugned. It would mean that, at a moment when Americans need to draw together and work in harmony, they would be further divided by resentment and mutual suspicion.
The other frightening possibility is that, because criticisms of the administration's foreign policy seemed to be so effective criticism will be continued, taking purely a negative form. This would mean that the nation might not be able to reconsider its foreign policy in Asia. On the contrary, the administration, hampered by its own pride and prodded on by its critics, might become irretrievably involved in war with Red China.
The domestic and the foreign sides of McCarthyism are related, of course. On the one hand, any effort to change our domestic system is called pro-Communistic; on the other hand, any effort to come to a workable arrangement with Red China, if one is possible, is called a sell-out to and an appeasement of the Communists.
This way catastrophe lies.
There is another way of fighting communism. It was illustrated on the domestic side in New York during the recent campaign. The Democratic, the Republican and the Liberal parties agreed on a single candidate, James G. Donovan. As a result, Vito Marcantonio was defeated for re-election after seven terms in Congress. Whether Marcantonio carries a Communist card or not is academic. He has voted the straight Communist line, not on one issue or several, not now and then, but on all issues and at all times.
The three parties knew that, regardless of the specific differences they had among themselves, they were agreed on fundamentals. So they joined hands and won.
It isn't necessary or desirable for members of the various parties that work within the democratic framework to agree on the same candidate in most instances. But they should recognize their agreements on fundaments and put their tactics and arguments on a level that does not undermine these fundamentals.
The same strategy is desperately needed in foreign policy. Without a doubt, mistakes have been made. But that is all the more reason why future mistakes should be avoided. Whether China could have been saved by the United States from the Communists is a debatable matter. It wasn't. The important question is, What should be done now? The anxious American people would feel better if the leaders of all the factions of both parties could meet and approach the problem of foreign policy the way the three parties approached the problem of how to lick Marcantonio—St. Louis Star-Times.
Little Man On Campus
by Bibler
"I thought I told you boys NO jam sessions in the practice rooms."
Time For Change?
Dear Editor:
May I second the motion made by graduate student Myron Feldman concerning the Alma Mater song of our fine University? I have never been affiliated with any institution which has had a truly satisfactory one. In high school, it was the traditional Cornell parody (actually North Carolina used it before Cornell).
As an undergraduate I was forced to sing to the tune of "Flow Gently, Sweet Aft-m." At Illinois, the loyalty song harped too much on athletic victory and the fight song sounded like an Alma Mater. At Michigan, which is not an agricultural college, the Alma Mater was devoted largely to agriculture. At Kansas, I am back again to the Chapel Hill or Cayuga parody, which is admittedly a beautiful melody but it is not ours. And the fact that Missouri uses it is not sufficient reason for retaining it.
I, too, wish that someone in the music school would become interested enough to write a masterpiece, or perhaps even an inspired engineer could hum a good original tune to be perfected by some music scholar.
J. H. Burckhalter Professor
Editor's note: Professor Burckhalter requested to have his name omitted, but we thought that it would do the cause more good to have students know that some of the faculty agree with them in their desire for their own Alma Mater. We explained the situation to him and he consented to the use of his name.
We are interested in finding out how the students feel about the Alma Mater, so feel free to let us know.
Dear Editor:
I have experienced the same feeling as Myron R. Feldman concerning the Alma Mater. I would approve of a change. How about using the melody of "The Sunflower Song." It's known from coast to coast and has plenty of pep.
C. E. Reed Fine Arts junior
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The annual sale of Christmas seals by the National Tuberculosis association was begun in 1907 and the proceeds of the sale are the sole support or the organization. The NTA co-operates with the government and affiliated associations in studies to control the disease. It also helps state associations, through grants, to develop services and new organizations in areas where income is low or the TB problem particularly grave.
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Persecution Complex
Does "Big Business" have a persecution complex?
If one were to judge from the full-page advertisements which plague newspapers across the nation everytime a strike threatens an industry, the answer would have to be "Yes!"
From these full-page "appeals to the public" one would get the impression that the corporations or industrial associations were philanthropic organizations which, having bestowed benefits on their workers for many years, are now the hapless victims of the tyrannical, merciless unions.
The unrestrained generosity of these corporations is only equalled by their public demonstrations of self-pity.
If this were the case of one or even two industries or corporations, it might be more believable. But, when the public relations staffs of the Coal Association, the Railroad Association, the telephone companies, General Motors, and the Steel Manufacturers' Association try to persuade a gullible public that these organizations are being persecuted by unions, it's just a little hard to swallow.
Then, when we turn from these full-page crying towels to the financial page, the inconsistencies become ludicrous. We read of the records being set in net profits, dividends, and production, by these very industries—we smother our laughter at the earnest seriousness of the "full-page farces."
Doesn't it seem strange that the big bad unions from the other side of the tracks are picking on the pure, innocent corporations for no reason at all?
Now, honestly, what do you think?
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