PAGE SIX UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1950 Little Man On Campus By Bibler "Worthal says to keep our eye on Professor Snarf—He says he has his chair wired for an electric shock." The Editors Report — McCARTHYISM EQUALS False Alarms The McCarthy method of catching Communists has been compared with that of the fellow who helps the fire department by ringing false alarms all over the city. Senator Flanders has a plan for correcting this abuse. He has proposed a resolution which would considerably cramp misuse of the fire alarm system. It would require future charges of disloyalty to be heard by the Tydings investigating committee in private. This is in line with the repeated urgings of Senator Lodge, a member of the committee, to "take this show off the road." Senators Flanders, Vermont Republican, who has been dissatisfied with much of the State Department's policy in China, is convinced, however, that further bandying about of charges can do no good and is damaging not only America's position abroad but the morale of "able and conscientious public servants." His resolution may not pass. But there is reason to hope that the inquiry will not follow the Flanders plan. Senator Tydings may now recognize that public hearings simply hand the fire alarm system over to McCarthyism. For he now declares that, except for one or two persons publicly accused by Mr. McCarthy who should be permitted to answer publicly, he hopes to conduct the hearings in private. This course should prove simpler in the atmosphere that has developed in the last week. One after another McCarthy charge has been deflated. He has at times shifted to the defensive. He was put on the grill on the Senate floor regarding the repeated watering down of his charges. Later trying to justify his character-lynching, he pleaded that he was forced to use "brass knuckles." Finally, following the release of the State Department files on his 81 cases, he has retreated onto a very precarious limb. This is his demand that all government files must be opened, including those of the Central Intelligence Agency. He did not mention the Atomic Energy Commission, but its secrets would hardly be more valuable to an enemy. Apparently he wants the files to be made public, since he has repeatedly implied that no government official nor even the senators on the subcommittee can be trusted. This is another example of the amazing McCarthy squirming technique when pinned down. But it is unlikely he will stay long with this proposal to open up all the files. For anyone can see what a help that would be to the Kremlin. We have always felt that even when honestly motivated, the McCarthy method, by increasing suspicion and jitters among Americans, was assisting the Kremlin's psychological war immensely. We have felt that it fostered tyranny in an attempt to defend freedom. Now it would betray secrets in the name of maintaining secrecy. Isn't it time to put our trust in genuine investigation along the lines of the Flanders' resolution?—The Christian Science Monitor. Copyreading Book To Be Published By Journalism Instructors In 1951 What its authors say will be "the first casebook used in the Journalism school" has been scheduled for publication in the spring of 1951 by Rinehart and company. The book is a copyreading manual tentatively entitled "A Day on the Copydesk." The authors are Emil L. Telelf, assistant professor of journalism, and Charles G. Pearson, instructor. The book is now being used, in mimeographed form, by Editing I classes in the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information. We call it the first casebook because all the copy used in it has been chosen with care to illustrate the problems that might be encountered by a copyreader," Mr. Telfel said. "All the copy is actual copy used by one of four newspapers." Editing II students in charge of the copy desk for today's Kansan are Marilyn Marks and Raymond Soldan, journalism juniors. Daily Hansan University News Room K.U.251 Adv. Room K.U.376 K. U.376 Student Newspaper of the UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Member of the Kansas Press Assn. National Editorial Assn., Inland Dally Press Assn., and the Associated Collegiate Press. Represented by the National Advertising Service,420 Madison Ave., New York City. James Morris Editor-in-Chief Editor-in-Chief Doris Greenbank James Shiver Managing Editor Business Mgr. Asst. Man. Editors Norma Hunsinger Kay O'Connor John Hill Ralph Hemenway City Editor Edward Chapin Asst. City Editors Nelson Ober Macmillan Music Elaine Elvig Steve Ferro Feature Editor Francis Kelley Photograph Editor Frankie Walts Telegraph Editor Robert Sigman William Graves Richard Trench Lloyd Holbeck Sports Editor Richard Dilsaver Asst. Sports Editors Bob Leonard Ray Solidan Arthur McInttle Mona Millikin Society Editor Faye Wilkinson Asst. Society Editors Billie Stover Emily Steward Editorial Assts. Keith Leslie Adv. Mgr. Charles Reiner Gr. Mgr. Yvonne Joserander Nat. Avg. Mgr. Forrest Wearl Classified Ad. Mgr. Lee Dyer Promotion Mgr. John Wiedeman SENIORS! We've got the hook baited! When they ask you what you want for graduation - Tennis Rackets Send Them To Us - Golf Clubs - Rods & Reels Guns KIRKPATRICK'S Sport Shop 715 Mass. 1018 The new workbook will have two innovations to help the student, Mr. Telfel said. One will be a section that will show the copy as it was edited and headlined by the professional, and the other will be a directory of names and addresses which the student can use to check the accuracy of the reporters' copy. "Our workbook will be the first to simulate actual working conditions." Mr. Pearson commented. "The directory, for example, will ] train students in habits of accuracy, and that's one of the biggest problems in teaching journalism." The copy in the workbook has been taken from the Leavenworth Times, of which Mr. Pearson used to be telegraph editor; the Akron (Ohio) Beacon-Journal, the New Orleans Times-Picayune, and the New Orleans States. Did You Know That- - You could leave your winter clothes in Lawrence this summer? - Independent will store those clothes for you safely? We have a new, large and beautifully-boxed selection of the very latest Eaton Fashion Letter Papers. 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