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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE. KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1950
Little Man On Campus
By Bibler
The Editors Report一
TELEPHONE STRIKES
Hamstring Defense
ye ED
Trouble and disruption of service once again threatens telephone service. Ten thousand equipment installers have gone out on strike. Eventually, an estimated 300,000 workers of the Bell system may be affected.
Union officers directed long distance lines be jammed with "hang up" calls. This, it was felt, would bring Bell around to terms in short order. While the union, the C.I.O. Communications Workers, said the move is legal, it's a moot point to argue.
And yet, clearing away the verbose verbage, is it a moot point to argue? Is what the C.W.A. says not actually a defense that sabotage is legal? Would the result on telephone service be any different if the lines were blown up instead of being jammed? Strictly speaking, of course there is. But—
This is the twentieth century. It is imperative that communications be maintained continuously. The reason for this is simple. Man, has after many thousands of years of search, at last found the means of wiping himself out.
He has B-bombs, A-bombs, and H-bombs in profusion. He has jet and conventional type aircraft that can carry these bombs a quarter of the way around the world in half a day. Half a day, . it will soon be less than that.
It follows that if death and destruction can be carried over tremendous distances in a matter of hours, a country must be able to instantaneously intercept any invader. To do this, a country must have an efficient and ever-working communications system.
By communications system we mean radar, radio, telephone, their relations. Perhaps most important is telephone or wire communication. It is relatively easy for radar and radio to be put out of service. It can be done long distance—as the "Voice of America" has found. But wire communications is quite a bit harder to put out of commission. It must be done at close range.
For this reason the C.W.A.'s contention that jamming telephone lines is legal becomes dangerous. If the lines could be legally jammed only half a day, what might result? We're not trying to frighten you with bugbears but it is possible that a subversively-dominated union could put the nation's communication system out of order for subversive purposes. And there have been cases of subversively-dominated unions.
What we're trying to point out here is that a strike against a natural monopoly such as the telephone should not be tolerated. Aside from the serious damage that could be caused to business and individuals by a rupture in communications, the effect on the country could be fatal.
As we see it, there is only one sensible way to prevent rupture of service of a natural monopoly. Like the postal service, it should be run by the federal government.
Bailey will celebrate fifty years of service Friday. Rodney Nipnap, who has been valiantly struggling with chemistry all semester, hopes the occasion will be properly celebrated by the detonation of a small atom-bomb.
TODAY'S MAIL Two Per Cent
Sir:
In April 19's election, better than two per cent of the students voting turned in their ballots for Martin Kallikak-a person living at the time of the revolution. He fathered a long line of idiots.
These Kallikak fans were not trying to be funny; they believed it was their democratic duty to vote.
As it was explained to me, the Kallikak movement was begun Wednesday morning by students who felt voting for a student government which cannot govern would be a complete waste of time; an organization which can do little more than recommend in the students' behalf is useless.
If university men and women are unable to govern themselves, nothing is possible. Given an opportunity to vote for something other than the extending of an honor to a fellow student, the student body of K. U. will vote.
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Terryl W. Francis College junior
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