PAGE TEN UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS FRIDAY,OCTOBER 22,194 2.1.3.1.3.1.3 The Unwilling Mountain Climber By Daniel Bishop, St. Louis Star-Times Real Social Security One of the longest standing and most legitimate criticisms of capitalism is the lack of security for the average working man. The contention is that once a person has reached a place, either due to poor health or advanced age, where he is no longer of value to the economy in a productive capacity, he is tossed to the scrap heap. This has been true in the past and it still is true today to a certain extent. The Editorial Page— With the passage of the Social Security Act in 1935 and other state pension and welfare provisions, the United States accepted the principle that correcting the abuses of our economy is a rightful area of public activity. The financial burden of most government sponsored social welfare schemes has been placed on both the employers and the workers. For this reason there has been considerable opposition, especially from management, whenever attempts are made to extend the coverage of the various welfare laws. Perhaps the greatest weakness of the present social welfare programs is the ease by which political power can prevent the execution of social justice. Attempts to raise social security benefits are never considered on their own merits, but on the basis of how many votes they will win or lose. The creation of the welfare fund of the United Mine Workers through royalty payments from the coal operators is another attempt to provide security for the victims of capitalism. It is the theory of the mine workers that management has a responsibility to provide for its employees, whose labor has helped to build up the wealth of the owners. There is nothing new or startling about the miners' welfare and pension plan, except for the size of the benefits to be paid to the miners. Instead of token payments of a few dollars a month, the miners asked for and got real social security. Other unions have similar welfare plans in operation which also are financed entirely by management, but none of them go as far as the payments allowed from the miners' fund. Usually, such union programs amount to nothing more than token payments similar to the pitifully inadequate government payments. In establishing their welfare plan, the mine workers have set an example which other unions would do well to follow. They have recognized the futility of depending upon government planning, or charity from management. They also have shown that American labor unions can do more than merely bargain for higher wages and better working conditions. JLR. Truman tells us we can't sell democracy abroad as long as we get bad advertising from the South. Perhaps an iron curtain would fix that. John L. Lewis has denounced Truman, but he doesn't care much for Dewey either. Perhaps a fourth party is in the offing. Or is the sixth? President Truman is worried about the Dixiecrats. Apparently he doesn't think the presidential seat can be secured by bolts. Dear Editor Verbal Insults Dear Editor: We read your recent editorial, "Savages In The Stands," and were forced to admit that the sideline situation is getting more serious than perhaps many K.U. students realize. If we persist in hurling verbal insults at our opponents and game officials, we are due for some unpleasant publicity. We feel that such conduct usually arises from only a very small group, but the blame for it falls upon the entire student body, which then becomes justly responsible. The Cheerleaders. Therefore, we have two suggestions which might help to combat it. First, that we keep in mind the fact that unsportsmanlike conduct in the stands is likely to put the team at a disadvantage by unconsciously prejudicing the officials. Second, that the energy wasted in these channels could so easily be diverted into organized cheers with the pep sections and produce the best K.U. spirit we've ever had. Jealously Dear Editor: In regard to faculty library privileges, I sympathize with the three teachers who expressed their umbrage in the Oct. 20 issue of the Kansan. It is a real shame when workmen are expected to supply their own tools. Since some students are only here for four years, I am sure they will not miss the books checked out by teachers as far back as 1919. But I believe they will miss those books which are pertinent to the courses these teachers are conducting. If this were not true, why would faculty members have the nerve to take offense? The letter mentioned five things you did not have: (1) parking permits; (2) activity books; (3) convertibles; (4) walkouts; or (5) bank rolls. How many of the 9,500 students do have all five of these things? Harold Shigley Fine Arts junior. Jealousy will get you nowhere. Perhaps,you are in the wrong profession. Greek Life At long last some of the outrageous antics of the University against Greek life have been brought before the public. Although the University has been pulling the same sort of "grade school tricks" in the three years I have been here, the article in Tuesday's paper is the first I have read about the denial of social privileges and raising of grade standards. Dear Editor: I think it is about time everyone realized that Greek organizations are as much a part of the life and well-being of the University as any class, dean, or chancellor. When the University wants to make a big hit with an idea or a plan, the Greeks are the first to be asked to co-operate and on the whole it is the Greeks who put it over. But what happens when the Greeks want something from Union Finance Report The following report of income and expenditures was made to the All Student Council Tuesday by Ogden S. Jones, chairman of the Union operating committee. It is printed here in full as a service of the University Daily Kansan in order that students may be better informed about the operation of their Union. KANSAS UNION Ogden Jones, Chairman Hermina Zipple, Director Balance from 1946-47 (Student Organization) ... $ 3,236.42 Balance from 1946-47 (Transfer account) ... 811.21 $ 34,047.63 Receipts Cafeteria ... $466,061.24 Fountain ... 58,955.52 Building ... 7,891.23 Interest ... 194,444 Transfer account ... 3,902.08 $537,004.51 Total receipts... Disbursements Disbursements Expenses: Dining room ... $ 17,560.55 Fountain ... 3,210.38 Building ... 7,822.57 $ 28,593.50 Purchases: Dining room ... 270,179.01 Fountain ... 27,978.23 $298,157.24 Equipment: Dining room ... 6,311.34 Fountain ... 331.71 Building ... 1,298.08 $ 7,943.77 Salaries: Cafeteria ... 107,659.64 Fountain ... 20,124.52 Building ... 21,058.79 $148,842.95 $571,052.14 Capital outlay ... 50,797.75 Allocations ... 2,700.00 Withholding tax ... 7,948.46 Kansas sales tax commission ... 10,731.80 Handling charge ... 600.00 Transfer account ... 4,904.79 Total disbursements $559,599.62 Balance forward to 1948-49 ... Balance to 1948-49 (student organization) ... $ 10,744.02 Balance to 1948-49 (transfer account) ... 708.50 $ 11,452.52 Balance from 1946-47 ... $2,509.70 Disbursements Transfer of funds ... $2,500.00 Miscellaneous expense ... 8.80 Handling charge ... .90 Total disbursements ... $2,509.70 KANSAS UNION SUNFLOWER CAFETERIA Transfer of funds $2,500.00 Miscellaneous expense 8.80 Handling charge .90 Total disbursements $2,509.70 The study group read and discussed Selections from Science and Sanity, and introduction to non-Aristotelian systems and general semantics, by Alfred Korzybski. John F. Rynerson, College senior, was elected president of the General Semantics club Wednesday. Other officers are: Phillip Persky, College senior, vice-president; and Jean Murray, secretary-treasurer. Barney Graham, College senior Balance forward to 1948-49 Semantics Club Elects the University or do something which the University does not strictly condone? The University continues to dictate what it wants. I remember in 1839 when another party started dictating to free people as to how they were to live, and I also remember what those people did to stop this sort of action. If the University continues to cut off its nose to spite its face, then I suggest the Greeks work together and put a stop to something which has become a sort of "neighborhood battle." Feed bunks and racks reduce feed waste when cattle are being fattened. Each animal needs $2\frac{1}{2}$ to 3 feet of feeding space. University Daily Kansan Student Newspaper of the UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Member of the Kansas Press Assn., National Editorial Assn., Inland Daily Press Assn., and the Associated Collegeate Press. Represented by the National Advertising Service, 420 Madison Ave., New York City. Editor-in-Chief... James L. Robinson Managing Editor... Wallace W. Abbey Asst. Man. Editor... John Stauffater Man. Editor... Harold D. Nelson City Editor... Don W. Clemens Asst. City Editor... Leonard Snyder Asst. City Editor... 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