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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE. KANSAS
TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1949
The Editorial Page-
Let Us Know The Facts
The Chambers-Hiss investigation has caused the government to reveal the contents of a number of secret documents. Many of the documents revealed were reports from our officials concerning the contemplated action of other governments.
Is it right for the duly elected or appointed representatives of the people to conceal information from the public, especially when it affects the life of every person in the United States?
America is a democracy—a government of the people. It is not a government of one, two, or three, but of all the people who take part in an election. It is in the interest of these people that the government acts and it is a right of the people to know how their chosen representatives are acting.
It is also a right of the people to be informed by their representatives as to what is learned about another nation's course of action. If the diplomats decide that what they have learned is important enough to be cabled to Washington, then it is especially important the public should know what is happening.
The trouble seems to be that diplomats of all nations are holding too many confidential conversations and making too many secret agreements. If the agreements and conversations are disseminated to the public for their information and action, the fear and distrust among the nations that has been thwarting world peace will fade into nothing.
—Gerald E. Edgar
Now that we have been assured that everything will be fine for '49, we can stop worrying about such trivial matters as the housing shortage, the high cost of living, and the threat of war.
"Thanks For The Memories"
The show staged by Bob Hope for soldiers in besieged Berlin at Christmas will stir nostalgic memories among many men who served overseas during the shooting portion of the recent war.
Millions of men in combat areas found life more bearable and war less burdensome when Hope, resplendent in civilian clothes with bright shirts and ties, showed up with his troupe which invariably included pretty girls. On hastily erected stages, the evening gowns, lipstick, perfume, and Hope's unending wisecracks brought a bit of home into the pandemonium of separation of war.
Legends have grown up around "Old Skid Nose" who probably covered more miles during the war than anyone except a few men in the air corps. Giving up high salaries and the comforts of home, he traveled by nearly every known means of conveyance, including bomber, ship, jeep, mule, and on foot.
One of his visits to a small Pacific island will always be fondly remembered by a group of ex-marines. Hope had a much-needed afternoon rest scheduled, but cancelled it to fly with his troupe, in a tiny lionia plane, to a remote atoll after listening to a marine's unexplained request to "please come today." He soon had the men roaring with laughter. Many of them died the next day in an assault on another island.
Hope still has a firm hold on the affections of men doing dreary occupation duty. His recorded stateside radio programs are rebroadcast weekly over army radio networks and these are as popular now as during the war.
Every week, millions of ex-servicemen in this country echo his theme song, "Thanks for the Memories." There could be no finer or more sincere tribute to a great guy. —John C. Butler
One motorist has recently stated the only wreck he ever had resulted from taking his eyes off the road to read a sign board safety slogan.
Like to Write?
"I'll write my senator about this!" is a familiar cry of the man in the street.
An excellent idea, mister, but it may not do you any good in the state legislature.
According to constitutional provision, Kansas legislative seats are to be redistricted every five years to keep pace with population shifts. This is to be done by the legislature but the provision has not been observed. The problem of reapportionment has been overlooked, consideration being given it on a piecemeal basis if at all.
The constitution also limits the total number of legislators to 125 representatives and 40 senators, and at the same time provides that each organized county have at least one representative. This leaves 20 representatives to be distributed among the more populous counties in a state that is 42 per cent urban.
The result is heavy over-representation of the rural areas. An extreme example of the inequalities may be seen by comparing Wyandotte and Grant counties. In the former there are three representatives, one for each 48,357 persons. In the latter, there is one representative for a total population of 1,946.
Go ahead and write, mister, but don't expect miracles if you favor reaportionment. —Keith M. Wright.
We question the psychology of a restaurant owner in the campus vicinity installing a "quizzer" machine in his place of business. Most students find that they are already well supplied with this type of amusement.
The army can blame the veterans for ruining their enlistment program. Too many have told the truth about the army "careers."
With traffic accidents on the rise, insurance companies may soon charge pedestrians higher rates for having a hazardous occupation.
The army gave soldiers 12 discharge points for each child. His landlord now gives him notice to move.
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"All God's Chillun"
The Federal Council of Churches representing twenty-three Protestant denominations and four Eastern Orthodox groups, has just reaffirmed in precise terms the principle that all men are equal in the sight of God. It is the precision rather than the principle that caused some Southern delegates to withhold support, even though they offered no opposition.
We presume those delegates had no objection to the basic freedoms, to equality at the polls and before the law, and to equality of opportunity, all of which the council's resolution reasserted. What they appeared unable to accept was the "renunciation of the pattern of segregation as unnecessary and undesirable, and a violation of the gospel of love and human brotherhood."
Here, indeed, is one of the most difficult problems in our American society. The South has frankly adopted a "pattern of segregation," both by custom and by law. In many Northern communities this pattern persists by custom, though it cannot be enforced by law. The Southern liberal rarely attacks the pattern, but limits himself to what seems to him the more practicable objective of improving the special accommodations for Negros and of protecting the Negro's civic rights.
He would count it progress- and so would the rest of us-if Negro schools were as good as white schools; if Negroes had equal access to good hospitals; if Negroes going on journeys could count on as much comfort for their money as their white neighbors enjoy; if offenses against Negroes were as much frowned upon by courts and juries as offenses committed by Negroes; if Negroes were as uniformly rewarded as white people are for their ability and their industry. But he believes there would be more loss than gain if an attempt were made to mix the two groups in public places.
Capper Quits Senate Post After 30 Years' Service
Washington.—(UP)—Arthur Capper has ended 30 years in the United States senate.
A benign, white haired little man of 83, Capper was succeeded by Andrew F. Schoepel of Wichita, a husky, hearty one-time all-America mention football star.
The Northern liberal, whether or not a church member, has his own row to hoe. He can support federal legislation to suppress flagrant violations of the rights of citizens in any state. If he sincerely believes that men's worth is determined by character and conduct, not by race, color or creed, he can express that belief in his own individual life. Presumably this is what those who drew up and supported the Council's resolution mean to do. If so this is another step forward toward a more complete democracy.
—New York Times
Jailed Burglar Requires Latest Dope On Safes
New York—(UP)—A man with an "R.S.F." address at Snipe, Tex., wrote to the Mosler Safe company here asking for the free booklet, "What You Should Know About Safes." Because of the puzzling address, John Mosler, company executive, suggested to the Houston representative that a personal call be paid to the prospect.
In a few days, Mosler received this response:
"The prospect is serving a life term in the Retrieve State Farm, a unit of the Texas prison system, for repeated burglars.
"P.S—I did not leave the booklet."
Nazi Luxury Limousine Puts Marine In Hock
Washington — (UP)— A marine captain has offered his big ex-German embassy limousine for sale.
Capt. Louis W. Benjamin, Jr., listed outstanding features of the long, black car, for which he paid $3,140. Among them are jacks attached to each wheel, a bar that holds 12 whiskey bottles, reclining seats, eight-cylinder engine with two drive shafts, two clocks and two cigarette lighters.
The captain's reason for selling was that the car "eats him out of house and home," getting a little better than 10 miles per gallon of gas.
Breaks Same Bones Twice
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Ware, Mass.—(UP)—Little Patricia Limbach fell while playing in her yard and broke two bones in her left arm. Less than four months later, she fell again and broke the same two bones.
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In his three decades in Washington, Capper founded and led the powerful "farm bloc" in which representatives from agricultural states for the first time organized to obtain legislative aid for farmers.
Capper helped write and guide to successful passage acts paving a route, run out cooperatives, 4-H youth clubs and the curbing of grain exchange gambling.
Publisher of daily newspapers and farm weeklies and magazines, he kept in close touch with his constituents. Capper's personal mail was reputed to be the largest in the senate.
Capper recently reviewed his long senate service in a radio address transcribed and broadcast from his home town of Topeka.
In it he said: "If I had to sum my philosophy of life in one sentence, I would say: Live and let live—and lift a little more than your share."
Bet Benny Cried As He Said This
Hollywood — (UP) — Jack Benny expected a letter from the government today telling him he's going to make about $1,000,000 less than he expected on his switch from NBC to CBS.
But he picked up an unexpected four-bits on the deal. He said he would save a 50-cent parking fee by moving his broadcast the half-block from the National to the Columbia broadcasting studios.
"Doesn't cost me a cent to park now," he cracked. "I paid NBC 50 cents a week for 17 years."
That, he said, softened the blow dealt him by the internal revenue collectors. The tax men were about to notify Benny that instead of paying only 25 per cent capital gains tax on the $2,260,000 paid him by CBS, he'll have to pay 75 per cent about $1,695,000—in personal income tax.
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