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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1940
As The Kansan Sees It. A Capital Idea'
Three Democratic state senators have proposed a "Little Hoover commission" to check into state administration efficiency in Kansas.
To point up the need for such an investigation, the senators referred to a statement made Tuesday by a Republican senator. The latter had pointed out there had been a 300 per cent increase in the number of state employees since 1938, and that the state payroll has increased more than 100 per cent in that time.
They also believe the 108 boards and commissions now existing in Kansas should be studied to see if there is any overlapping in function where consolidation would result in a saving.
In view of the economic changes since 1938, it is hard to judge whether the increases mentioned are out of line, but a study of the problem should be enlightening.
If the commission can be kept strictly bi-partisan with the chairman selected by a vote of the commission as is recommended, it might prove an easy way for the state to get added revenue without dreaming up new taxes.
What Our Money Is Accomplishing
An article published in the London Daily Mail recently serves to illustrate where Marshall plan dollars are going, and what they are doing for the impoverished countries of Europe.
The Daily Mail, the same newspaper which published the "Uncle Shylock" articles 25 years ago, tells its readers that England would be in a sorry state without this aid. It says Britain would lack 50 per cent of its present supply of bread, cake, and pastry; $ \frac{1}{3} $ of its butter, cheese, and sugar; all cotton goods, and most of its footwear; and 75 per cent of its cigarette and tobacco supplies.
It also would mean 50 per cent fewer houses; private motoring cut from the present 90 miles a month to 40; and a layoff of an estimated one million and a half workers.
Sir Stafford Cripps declares the Marshall plan is worth 45 cents a week to every man, woman, and child in the British Isles.
Robert J. Enright
What Did They Expect?
Falls City, Neb., (U.P.)—The Pres-
byterian church ran the following ad:
"Come and see what the men can do."
About 300 persons turned out to see what it was all about. The men prepared a sausage and pancake supper, served it and then washed the dishes.
Chop Food For New 'Choppers'
Tacoma. Wash.—(U.P.) —A woman entered a local cafe and ordered her food "all chopped up." The puzzled chef, Antoine Barcott, followed instructions. After the woman left, a waitress brought him a folded napkin from her table. It contained a new set of false teeth.
Wilton, N. H.—(U.P.)—Miss Marie Champagne was peeved when she had to pay a $1 fine for overtime parking in Nashua during a shopping trip. Back home in Wilton, she wrote a steaming letter to the Nashua Chamber of Commerce. By return mail, she received a letter expressing regret and a $1 bill.
Her Objection Sustained
The state of Oklahoma is famous for its diversity of agricultural products, among which are wheat, cotton, corn, oats, rye, barley, peanuts, sorghum, hay and broomcorn. It also ranks high in the production of petroleum.
Painting Still Missing From Danforth Chapel
The painting, "Christ In Gethsemane," still has not been located, Lawrence police said Wednesday. The painting which hung in Danforth Chapel was reported missing Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Poindexter, St. Louis, Mo., gave the copy of Hoffman's original masterpiece to the University for Danforth chapel in 1946.
Dear Editor
Intention Was Good
Dear Editor
Robert Simonton, in his editorial "It Can Happen Here," is concerned with the future of the American universities. That is commendable. But perhaps he should be more careful in choosing his history lessons.
I heard before the war some theories about the degenerate French people. Hitler said that. I thought naively that this myth was a joke among the American people. Quoting General Giraud, Mr. Simonton repeats that immorality and the spiritual corruption of the university was a major contributing factor in our defeat
I happened to be with 500 students in a unit of the French army in 1940. Were we drunk? Perhaps—when we could not fire 9 mm. cartridges, the only ammunition we had been issued, in our 7.5 mm. rifles. Or when orders from the "top" forbade us to use our anti-aircraft against the Nazi planes bombing the near-by town. In the face of facts like this, how could General Giraud accuse the men on the firing line for the defeat?
The French university was not a cause of the defeat but, on the contrary, was a center of resistance against Nazism. The proof lies in the number of students and professors now dead.
I thought American students were aware of this. Perhaps I was wrong.
A "degenerate" Frenchman
Jean Delord
Graduate student in Physics Editor's Note: We are glad to hear, first hand, a French student's view of the matter. It is too infrequent that we as Americans get to hear from other than the "ton."
We did not intend to reflect on the French people, since the dangers of which General Giraud was warning result from weaknesses which are universal. The purpose of the editorial was purely to serve as an eye-opener for students at the university. We apologize.
I noted with interest the petition authored by the United World Federalists, which Robert Bock is to introduce in the Kansas legislature. I have the greatest respect for both Mr. Bock and the United World Federalists, even when, as in this instance, they act like high school sophomores.
UN Veto Power
Dear Editor:
To put it mildly, I am inclined to doubt that a resolution passed by the legislature will have much effect on the course of the United Nations. The resolution would be little more than a declaration of principle, and as such, not a very sound principle.
An increase in the amount of democracy within the United Nations would be of greatest convenience to the Western Powers as long as those powers command a numerical majority. But will this situation always exist? The trend is toward the other extreme and its culmination may put the West in an extremely embarrassing situation.
One of the University's fraternities will give a formal dance soon with over 600 guests from independent groups and other fraternities. This shows that the Independents and Greeks can get together when a group is willing to shoulder the responsibility to plan such an event.
Chalk Talk
BY JOHNNY JAYHAWK
Walter Kollmorgen, professor of geography, entered a lecture room to find a thick coating of dust on the desk top.
As he brushed off his sleeve,
he said to the class:
"The geologists must be waiting for this to become a shale formation. The trouble with dust in Lindley is that the janitor never sees it, the geologists love it, and I get my elbows in it."
When curvacious Tish Laming, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and vivacious Mary Jo Meyers, Alpha Chi Omega, withdrew from school at the end of the fall semester, one student moaned:
"This must be a conspiracy to make the library a place for study only. There won't be anything worth looking at."
The past Saturday when the streets were glazed with a very slick coat of ice, one student trying vainly to descend fourteenth street hill in an upright position, remarked:
"Bet they built the University on the hill so that it wouldn't be bothered by spring floods."
Classic remark overheard at the Nebraska basketball game:
"Oh you bum, any fool could see that was a foul," said the student referee baiter as he threw up his hands in disgust.
"That's where you've got the advantage over the referee," retorted another student a few seats away.
It is one thing to advocate abolishing the veto power when such action would prohibit Russia from using it to block our programs. It would be an entirely different matter were we abolishing what had become (or what was to become) our only effective block against the programs of Russia.
I do not believe that any of the parties connected with either the petition or the resolution intend to do this.
Jack Hines Graduate student
University
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