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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1950
The Editorial Page-
The Pot And The Kettle
An editorial from almost any American paper (as it might be):
An editorial from almost any American paper (as it might be): "Subversive elements in our country are presently complaining that America is practicing "thought control." It is paradoxical that these Communists should criticize America when it is Communist Russia which is notorious for its "one party" system of government.
"In free America, it has long been the glorious tradition that any citizen is free to stand up and publicly say what he thinks about the president and so on down the line. This has always been true, except in the days of the Alien and Sedition acts during the term of our second president. In Russia, who dares to criticize Stalin or defame the memory of Lenin? Even if a person felt that it were safe to speak out, the newspapers and other media of communication are in the hands of the government, and they release only Communist doctrine.
In America, we pride ourselves on our open-minded consideration of all issues which are not inconsistent with our democratic system. We cannot, of course, allow free expression of doctrines which are subversive of the capitalist system itself. We cannot stand by idle when an imminent danger challenges our economic and governmental system as does the dangerous, false doctrine of Communism.
"The proper place for Communists is Russia or Leavenworth." And now for an exercise in translating into Russian:
"The vestiges of bourgeois elements in our country are presently complaining that Russia practices "one party" government. It is paradoxical that they should criticize Russia when it is America which is developing a notorious policy of thought control.
"In Soviet Russia, despite its brief history, we have rapidly promoted the liberty of any citizen to publicly criticize a commissar. Yet, in America, who dares defame government officials like Medina or arouse the ire of an attorney general? Even if a person felt that it were safe to speak out, newspapers and other media of communications are in the hands of those who preach only capitalist doctrine.
"In Russia, we pride ourselves on our open-minded consideration of all issues which are not inconsistent with our proletariat ideals. We cannot, of course, allow free expression of doctrine which is subversive to our socialist system itself. We cannot stand by idle when an imminent danger threatens our economic and governmental system as does the false doctrine of capitalism.
"The proper place for capitalists is America or Siberia."
James Jackson'49.
'Small Things'
The new super 3,600 pound curtain in Hoch auditorium cost $32,000. This comes to around $9 per pound or just slightly more than a good cut of sirloin.
The manufacturer claims that the new curtain is "almost exactly like the one in Radio City Music hall." O.K., we've got the props. Bring on the Rockettes.
Kansans consumed 161,367,573 packages of cigarettes in 1949, and Johann Iceberg, professor of economics, says that's a lot of money to be going up in smoke.
Jack Gardner's next claim, of course, will be that J. R. Lovellette is telescopic.
We hear that there is a beauty shop downtown where the receptionist looks out at the world through rose-colored vertical venetian blinds.
"Informal 'ribbon cutting' ceremonies Wednesday will signal the putting into use of two additions to Watson library," and while the seissors are out, why not snip away some of the red tape cluttering up the reserve book situation?
Only two more shopping days before finals. Shopping through the quiz files, that is.
And as for finals, the sophomore wolf says that "seldom have so many owed so much to so few," but adds that he's speaking of misery.
"Final examinations should represent a challenge to the student," says a dean, and we could probably look upon them in that way if we only had our choice of weapons.
Little 1950 is only 17 days old, and already he's stirred up nearly as much trouble for the secretary of state as the late 1949 did in a lifetime.
Noble Eight Thousand
"Finals to the front of them
Finals to the left of them
Finals to the right of them
Volleyed and thundered.
Was there a man dismayed?
Frankly, yes.
Chickens Lay Medical Eggs
Racine, Wis.—(U.P.)—Ralph Smith, farmer, stroked the fuzz on his otherwise bald head and said he got it from eating the "high-powered" eggs his chickens have been laying. He claimed the eggs helped his wife's heart trouble, too.
Mr. Smith, who runs a poultry and fruit farm near here, said he isn't too clear how the eggs work. But he said he is certain that their peculiar qualities are the result of experiments he made to improve the health and vigor of his Hanson leghorns.
Mr. Smith said he began his experiments four years ago. He spent $5,000 and a lot of time, he said, developing an elixir for his chickens. It didn't work. Egg production dropped sharply. But recently, he said, his hens began laying the eggs again at a near normal rate. And Mr. Smith, who had been eating the eggs, said he began getting hair on his head for the first time in 20 years.
He now is the possessor of a three-inch fringe around his previously barren pate, and a little fuzz on top.
Mrs. Smith claimed the eggs were making her feel "just like new born again." A doctor examined her, but couldn't say whether the eggs were the cause of her improvement or not. For an explanation, Mr. Smith
For an explanation, Mr. Smith said, "ask the chickens."
Apple Ice Cream Now Perfected
Geneva, N. Y.—(U.P.)-The latest thing in the ice cream line is a product with the genuine flavor of well-rined apples.
Apple-flavored ice creams have been tried in the past but did not prove satisfactory. The latest development of the New York State agricultural experiment station has overcome previous shortcomings by adding juice and apple juice concentrate worked out in its food laboratories.
By freezing the juice and removing the ice, station workers obtain an apple juice concentrate having more than two and one-half times the amount of solids of the regular juice. The new juice and apple juice concentrate are the basis of the station's apple ice cream and an apple ice.
Ascorbic acid, or vitamin C, is added to the apples just before they are ground and pressed for juice. The result is a juice with a pleasing natural flavor and good color.
"Both the ice cream and the ice have been a pleasant surprise to everyone who has tasted them," said Prof. J. C. Hening.
New York—(U.P.)High above Manhattan's East river, the permanent home of the United Nations now thrusts its 39 stories into the New York sky, a symbol of man's hope for peace.
The design of the $65,000,000 project was worked out by an international panel of distinguished architects headed by Wallace K. Harrison of the United States, who has described the world organization's permanent home as a "workshop for world peace."
New Skyscraper Home Of UN Should Be Ready In 1951
This area will comprise three council chambers for the Security, Economic and Social, and Trusteeship councils, and three large conference rooms. Building contracts for it will be let soon.
The original plans included a design for a building similar to, but smaller than, the secretariat building to house the U.N.'s specialized agencies at the northern end of the six-block tract of land which fringes the East river from 42nd to 48th streets.
The starting of the conference hall area has been delayed by several factors, not the least of which was the steel strike which threatened to cripple American industry for a time last fall.
The Assembly hall, to house the annual "town meeting of the world" and any special Assembly sessions, was closed until the regular fall session of 1952.
In time, the waterfront area, once a jungle of slums and slaughterhouses, will become a metropolis of peace. North of the sixblock tract donated to the U.N. by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., will be erected the new permanent home of the Carnegie Foundation for Peace. South of it, plans are underway for the ultra-modern Bellevue hospital-New York University Medical center.
Erection of the outer shell of the structure already has made a striking change in the city's East Side skyline. The jagged skein of surroundng construction work graded to smooth and smooth, futurist group of buildings, roadways and landscaping.
The modernistic glass-and-marble secretariat building should be ready for occupancy by the more than 3,000 members of the U.N. secretariat early in 1951. Plans for moving offices from temporary headquarters at Lake Success, 20 and at Lake Island, may hinge, however, not only on completion of the secretariat skyscraper but also on the pace of work on the conference hall area, which will be the next unit to go up.
With the agencies holding most of their meeting abroad, it is now problematical whether that building will be put up.
The unconventional secretariat skyscraper has a simple, rectangular shape. Narrow ends face north and south and broad sides face the river and the center of New York.
The ends, only 72 feet wide, are solid walls of "patchwork" white Vermont marble. The 287-foot transparent sides are a grid of heat-resistant green glass, designed to lower the temperature of the sun's rays at least five degrees as they pass through it, and thin aluminum window sections.
The outer surface of the building is all but complete. But workmen have a year's job ahead of them in decking out the interior with the latest in equipment, decoration and comfort-providing devices.
One of the building's unique features will be the 2,700 individually-operated air-conditioning controls that will allow adjustment of each room's temperature to the liking of its occupants. The system is the architects' answer to the steady flow of complaints at the UNS temporary headquarters from shivering delegates from the tropics and prespiring representatives from the trigid regions.
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"Say, Ma, it's only 105 days
'til we see 'West O' Abilene', isn't it?'
"That's right, Pa, and you best hurry . . .
. 'cause the big show starts May 2.
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