PAGE SIX UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1949 The Editorial Page— Hjalmar The Genteel Hjalmar Schacht, the bespectacled, prissy, little financier who was Hitler's economic minister and Reichsbank president has written a book. Schacht calls his book "Settling an Account with Hitler," and the volume has sold more than 300,000 copies to date. You'll remember that he was acquitted in full at the trial, primarily because of his alleged participation in the 1944 assassination plot against the Fuehrer. Hjalmar also spent the last few months of the war in a concentration camp, but as the Oct. 11 Reporter noted, he had a radio in his cell, "a convenience not available to most other inmates." Quite a comeback for Hjalmar, who, a few short years ago was one of the unhappy defendants at the Nurnberg war crimes trial. Schacht looks forward to the day when nationalism will again be given expression in Germany. And through men like him, that day might not be too far away. Schacht and his type have always claimed a warm spot in the hearts of certain Britons and Americans — the "really-they're-our-own-kind" people. From the title of the book, one would expect a somewhat conscience-stricken condemnation of the Nazis and all their works, along with a repudiation of the German mentality which has twice torn up half the world. Not at all. Instead, one finds that Hitler's real crime was being "half educated." Schacht speaks of Hitler in the tones of a socialite discussing the uncouth ways of a garbage collector. It seems that "Little is known about Hitler's childhood. Surely he must have lacked a good upbringing. . ." and "Once I looked at a little oil painting by Hitler. . . Its architecture was very badly drawn." Schacht looks back on the days of the Nazis with regret and sorrow. His comment is, "How did we know what it would lead to?" Just who he means by "we" is difficult to fathom. The German airforce and armored divisions didn't grow on trees. They were bought and paid for through Hjalmar's Reichsbank. So please, let's not be vulgar and connect Herr Schacht with such nausea as the S.S. troops, Dachau, the Luftwaffe and Buchenwald. Hjalmar never once fired a "burp" gun or tortured a child. He was just head bookkeeper. J. W.S. Small Things History professors fainted all over the stadium Saturday when the announcer at halftime quoted "Abraham Lincoln's immortal speech which began, 'Four score and 10 years ago . . .'" The state department has kissed the Chinese Nationalists goodby, but what is the word of Dean Acheson beside that of Steve Canyon? A fine arts student tells us that the massed bands at Saturday's game were searching for a new harmonic idiom when they played the national anthem. You don't really appreciate the K.U. band until you hear a few others beside it. "The man's just a plodder," said a student, speaking of his professor. "Just a great, Cyldesdale horse of a man." One crimson-faced student demands to know if the State Board of Health (Saturday's guests of honor) sat on the shady three dollar side or the sunbaked student side. -J.W.S. Dear Editor- Traditions Committee Since before the beginning of this fall term, Richard Menuet, chairman of the traditions committee of the All Student Council has repeatedly misused his authority and, in my opinion, has done more to hinder and less to promote pep at K.U. Dear Sir, Although I have no objection to the cheerleaders we now have, it is worth noting that Mr. Menuet replaced at least two cheerleaders who were ineligible on his own prerogative rather than by going through regular channels. One of the functions of the traditions committee is to coordinate the Jay James and Ku Ku's. In my opinion there has been no effective coordination between these two groups through the chairman of this committee. Without consulting the All Student Council, Mr. Menuet went ahead and bought sweaters for the Cheerleaders have informed me that Mr. Menut threatened them with dismissal if they failed to comply with certain regulations arbitrarily imposed by him. cheerleaders which were not satisfactory to them. Moreover, no All Student Council committee chairman is allowed to spend Council money without having it appropriated by the Council first. Furthermore, Mr. Menuet's committee was instructed by the All Student Council to count the freshman caps before they went on sale to the students. He admittedly failed to do this. There are over 20 caps unaccounted for. At the last meeting of the All Student Council, he admitted giving away two6 of these hats. As president of the Jay Janes, I feel that it is my duty to inform the student body of the inefficient job which Richard Minuet has done as chairman of the tradition's committee of the All Student Council. 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