PAGE SIX UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 27, 1950 The Editorial Page- Elastic Monroe Doctrine Senator Robert Taft seems to be fascinated by the Monroe Doctrine, but he shows little evidence of understanding just what the Monroe Doctrine either was or is. Some months ago he proposed that, instead of joining the North Atlantic Alliance, the U.S. simply extend the Monroe Doctrine to Western Europe. The Monroe Doctrine at first meant "America for the Americans." It certainly would be stretching the concept to the breaking point to make it now read, "Western Europe for the Americans." The Monroe Doctrine has changed in the Americas from a one-sided policy administered by the United States to a many-sided and mutually obligatory system of alliances between the American nations. What Mr. Taft was proposing was that the U.S. should assume all obligation for Western Europe without at the same time receiving any allies there. Last week the senator from Ohio suggested that the United States extend the Monroe Doctrine to cover Formosa. What American policy should be toward Formosa is certainly debatable, as illustrated by the arguments now going on in this country. But it is a wild proposal indeed to think that it could come under the Monroe Doctrine. In recent history Formosa has been considered to be a part of China, taken away by Japan in 1895, returned to Chinese rule in 1945 after the surrender of Japan. The Asiatics, not only Red Chinese, but Indians and Burmese as well, are critical of American policy toward Formosa also on the grounds of the Monroe Doctrine. They argue that the extension of the principle of the Monroe Doctrine to Formosa would be "Asia for the Asiatics," certainly not Senator Taft's interpretation of "Formosa for the Americans." Senator Taft is one of the best-informed and hardest working members of Congress' upper chamber. But he has always shown little comprehension of foreign affairs. His new twist to the Monroe Doctrine doesn't improve his record. Kansan Comments ... Environment's role in personality development can hardly be denied when observations are made on the habits of professors' children. The seven-year-old son of a dean surprised us with this pointed remark. The boy heard his father groan with dismay when he eyed a platterful of liver on the dinner table. "Well, if you don't like it, liv-er there," said the youngster. Puzzled when he overheard a senior rehearsing a newly acquired vocabulary of elementary German phrases, a naive freshman scoffed at the upperclassman's enrollment in a freshman course. The freshman's curiosity was curtailed and his ridicule squelched, however, when the senior displayed mail from Uncle Sam indicating immediate intentions of changing his address and abolishing his civilian classification. Little Man On Campus "I guess ours is the first sorority to have an outside dressing table—we use it to get ready to go in." A draft for dishwashers will begin Sunday, Oct. 8, in Wesley Foundation, Methodist college group, after $2\frac{1}{2}$ years of a unique "volunteer" system. Robert Strobel, engineering senior who is "overseer" of the kitchen staff, is discarding his beans, thumbtacks, tape, black shoes, red dresses, and similar items for a sheet of paper and lists of names. Dishwashers Beware --- Draft To Begin When Strobel was given the task of securing kitchen help for the Sunday evening meetings, he conceived the idea of marking 15 or 20 glasses, plates, chairs, sandwiches, or napkins or mentally selecting a certain style or color of some article of clothing. Those who "But I figured if I didn't do it now, I'd always have a little nagging feeling later on in life that I hadn't done the thing I wanted to do," Invernizzi explained. Hollywood—(U.P.)—Commercial artist Bill Invernizzi, 24, who bicycled here from Somerville, Mass., vowed today he'll return on a train—or stay in Southern California. The young World War II infantry veteran said there were times during his 3530-mile trip when "people thought I was crazy." Weary Veteran Discards Bicycle Rains in Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, and Texas slowed him "just a little" he said. The only other mishap Invernizzi had was a tire blowout. He said he pedalled all the way, never once accepting the offer of a ride. He cycled to the Pacific beach at nearby Santa Monica in 63 days travel time. The trip cost about $200, most of the money going for food because "you work up a good appetite riding all day." While regaining some of the 25 pounds he lost en route, the commercial art graduate was looking for job opportunities here. "And I'm walking," he said. happened to pick the marked articles or were wearing the specified clothes were automatically the dishwashers. He announced the "trick for the night" sometime during the meal. "I think I got the idea from Tillman Peters," 50, who used it a few times when he was in charge of kitchen staff," commented Strobel. "I continued to use it because it is interesting, has an element of chance in it to prevent discrimination, gives everybody a kick in trying to outguess me, and it is easy because no one refuses to help." Most of the ideas were original, although he sometimes used suggestions. "I think the best one was with beans," he added. "I gave one person at each table several beans, but there was one less than the number of people at the table. That person threw the beans in the middle of the table at a given signal and everybody was to grab. Those coming out minus beans were dishwashers. It worked pretty well." Then why change? Some people somehow were being used several times, and Wesley officers decided to make sure the job was passed around. "It's a good chance to get acquainted and a lot of fun and we wanted everybody in on it," he said. Under the new system, he will post a list each week of the ones who will help in two weeks. Names will be taken from those who have attended meetings these first few times. "This way," Strobel thought, "we will be sure to use those who will be here, and give them a chance to Football Toughest-Soccer Roughest Says German Exchange Student Many of the foreign students studying at K.U. this semester were among the crowd filling the stadium at the K.U.-T.C.U. football game. Ekkehard Wicher, exchange student from Germany, said: exchange shifts if they planned to go home that weekend or something. We're going to try it, anyway." Charles A. Harkness, University of Kansas Extension representative with the Lawrence center, has been called to extended active duty with the U. S. air force. Harkness Gets Call To Active Duty casualties than those he saw Saturday. Harkness, a staff sergeant in the reserves, will report Oct. 10 to Norton air force base, Sacramento, Calif., which is part of the air materialiel command. He joined the K.U. staff July after having taught in the high school at Satanta. BEAT DENVER Harkness is the third member of the Extension staff to be called to active duty this month. Clarence Resch, engineer for radio station KFKU, and Carl James, assistant to the dean, have previously received orders. "This was the first football game I ever attended. In my home country we don't play it. Our most common sport is soccer. Though I didn't know the rules I enjoyed it very much for one mustn't know all the rules to see that football demands not only rapid action, courage and well-trained muscles, but a good portion of brains, too." He said that in Europe one thinks of football as the roughest sport of all, but a soccergame usually causes more University News Room Adv. 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