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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN. LAWRENCE. KANSAS
FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1950
The Editors Report —
DANGERS OF HASTE:
Tariff Situation
For some years this newspaper has been committed to the proposition that if this country expects to sell abroad, it must also buy abroad; that foreign trade could not be a one way affair.
So it is as proponents of that proposition that we fear what appears to be a disposition to clothe it with the fervor of a sort of moral crusade; to tell the American people that they somehow have a duty to the world which requires them consciously to select and pay money for foreign goods.
It has long seemed to us silly to refuse to buy foreign goods where such purchases were to the advantage of the consumer. It seems to us equally silly to propose to buy foreign goods just because they are foreign. The only good reason for buying them is the self-interest of the purchaser.
Yet we are being told that when American financial grants to Europe cease, as they are scheduled to do in 1952, Europe will still need dollars, that the way for it to get dollars is to sell goods here and that the American consumer therefore must perform his duty. The real situation is that the Europeans must find ways to sell goods here by making them attractive to Americans.
At this point-if not before-someone suggests that Europeans can be assisted by making American tariffs and American customs practices less rigorous.
Already Congress is hearing from manufacturers and their organized employees who say that their industries are being injured by foreign competition. In light of that we think it would be well to proceed cautiously.
Let enough industries and their workers carry that plea to Congress and there arises the basis for a combination of sectional and local interests which will not only stop any further opening of American doors to foreign goods but will go much further and close those which have been opened.
Mr. Herbert Hoover once said that he could conceive of a demobilization of the American tariff structure but that hasty and ill-considered action to that end would cause "grass to grow in the streets" of some American cities. No man was ever more misrepresented and pilloried for saying something altogether wise.
The idea that America must import if it is to export is not one which can be jammed down the throats of people even though it is sweetened by lectures on morality. To attempt to carry out the idea faster than the country is willing to accept it on the basis of self-interest is to postpone any acceptance whatever.—The Wall Street Journal.
Editor's note: Seems to us we have heard this same economic question advocated by a certain so-called "radical" economist here on the Hill.
WHAT'S GOING ON In The World
Minnesota state conservation officials are trying to convince Congress that the answer to full-scale continuance of the nation's iron ore output lies in the peat bogs of Minnesota.
John, John, get back to the mines!
After years of experimenting, the Swedes have finally developed powdered butter. This is just what everyone has been waiting for to round out a breakfast of shredded wheat, powdered milk, powdered eggs, ersatz bacon, sawdust coffee, and paper linen.
Head of the Soviet Institute of Philosophy, Georgi Alexandrov, has been told to eliminate "faults" in the institute's work or face the possibility of being fired from the job.
Either the manpower situation in Russia has become critical or the Iron Curtain is beginning to fray. This is the first time we ever heard of a fellow over there having "possibilities."
We found it . . . Hilton's Shangri-La.
There is only one drawback to this perfect state. Swat is allied to Pakistan. If Pakistan went to war, Swat would too, for as one native put it, "We would have to help our friends."
It's a happy little valley called Swat, tucked away in the hills north of Pakistan. There are no income taxes; exports exceed imports; education is free up to the tenth grade; there are only 500,000 people in 4,000 square miles; everybody has enough to eat; bubbling streams abound in mahseer, a handsome firm-fleshed fish.
Marshall Tito assures us there will be no war in the foreseeable future.
General Kenny says he can name the day the next war will begin.
Rodney Nipnap says one or the other must be right.
Senator Tobey reportedly became indignant when a publisher of a horse racing newspaper described a defendant who had served a year and a day for defrauding the U.S. government as a man "of very high reputation."
He really shouldn't have flown off the handle, though. Maybe the horses like him fine.
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Spanish Club Burns Judas As Part Of Celebration
The Spanish club, following a Latin - American custom, burned Judas in effigy at a meeting held at the Potter lake picnic grounds Thursday.
It is a tradition of Latin-American countries to burn Judas in effigy during the Easter celebration.
Following the demonstration, the club held a scavenger hunt.
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The citation, traditionally presented during Commencement activities, was awarded Dr. Hoskins several years ago, but he has been unable to visit the University until this time, said Fred Ellsworth, Alumni association secretary.
Forty-five thousand business firms are training 58,000 disabled veterans.
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