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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1948
"I wish the 'Cyclones To Keep Kansas Dry" would hold their committee meetings some other place."
Regardless of the result of the balloting Kansas will have its liquor. The prohibition law as it is now enforced is meaningless For this reason the rest of the nation has been having a lot of fun with such barbs as "Kansas staggers to the poll."
November 2 Kansas voters will go to the polls and decide if the tipplers will have their liquor legally or continue to drink and wink at the law as is the case now.
Arn's Alcoholic Rainstorm
The battle lines have been drawn for some time. The drys with the United Dry Forces and the W.C.T.U. providing the ammunition have waged a thorough and at times spectacular campaign.
Attorney General Arn has been commended by some prohibitionists for his efforts to check the illegal flow of liquor in the state. He describes the situation as "trying to sop up a rainstorm with a sponge."
The Kansas Legal Control council is leading the wet campaign. The council claims to want the liquor business taken away from the bootleger and brought out into the open and regulated. So far the council has restricted its activities to an extensive advertising campaign.
About the only visible result of the campaign to date has been to make the drys drier and wets wetter. Come November 2 the voters will have their say. But regardless of what they say, Kansans who want liquor will have liquor.
Try Crawling Next Time
Every year an amazing number of students turn up with twisted ankles, skinned knees, and bruised buttocks. These minor injuries are nothing to become alarmed about, but most of them easily could be prevented.
The injuries are so commonplace they might be classified as occupational diseases of K.U. students. Especially those students who are unfortunate enough to live at Corbin hall or on Louisiana street between Eleventh and Twelfth streets.
The west sidewalk along this block is an obstacle course which would do justice to anything the army ever devised to torment a draftree. The old bricks are worn smooth from long usage. Even in the best of weather they are slippery and treacherous. When it rains or snows, the street is lined with casualties. One misstep and even the most agile co-ed ends up with sore haunches.
Roots from the trees lining the walk have pushed up so many of the bricks that pedestrians have to hop along like rabbits to keep from stubbing their toes. Four years of this mark a student for life. Many are the Kansas dowagers who still are identified by their "Corbin Bounce."
It isn't enough that this walk, like most others in Lawrence, should be uphill. This one is even tilted sideways. To walk safely one leg should be at least three inches shorter than the other one.
Then too there is the added danger which comes from the lack of street lights. Shadows may be an asset to romance and catching a husband, but they certainly play havoc with hips.
If the city of Lawrence has some money it would like to spend, we suggest a new sidewalk for this block. If the city doesn't have the money, now would be a good time to start looking for some.
The improved appearance and disposition of K.U. students would be well worth the small investment required. And who can think of a better use for money than the preservation of posterity's posterior?
Dear Editor Labor's Buddy
Dear Editor:
The editor seems to be under some misconception about just what the Socialist party advocates. It does not advocate a nationalized economy. It advocates a democratically socialized economy with the basic industries, monopolies, and utilities controlled by cooperatives and community enterprises, with control decentralized, and with unions retaining the full right to bargain collectively and to strike.
It is absurd to suggest that the Socialist party, which has grown out of the labor movement, would try in any way to restrict labor's rights.
In Europe, where the masses of workers have been organized for a much longer period than in America, labor groups endorse socialistic parties almost unanimously.
The practicality of labor supporting Norman Thomas is not a question of whether he will be elected but whether or not he represents labor's interests. It is more practical for labor to support a man who represents their cause though he may not be elected, than to help elect a man who does not represent them.
Dean Gregory, Bromleigh Lamb Walter Conrad,
Representing Students for Norman Thomas
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Baltimore, Oct. 19—(UP)—The Midshipmen thought the man dressed up in the vice-admiral's uniform looked too young. When they called police to a Baltimore hotel, a warrant officer came to the admiral's aid.
But police locked up both, anyway, for impersonal Navy officers. "the admiral" was 32; the became a warrant officer, the man "warrant officer 25. Asked when he replied the "admiral" made him one.
Chicken Thief Believes In 'Rubbing It In,' But Good
Greenville, Miss-(UP)—A chicken thief stripped John Ballard down to one rooster. The thief made off with 33 fryers and 25 hens, leaving one rooster in the chicken house. Over the chicken house door the thief had scribbled "hen house for rent."
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It Was A Poor Location To Spend A Quiet Niah*
Hillsboro, Ohio—(UP)—A service station attendant jumped back in surprise when he lifted the hood of Edgar Williams' car to check the oil. On the engine sat one of the farmer's white hens, somewhat greasy and warm but clucking her disapproval of being aroused from the perch she'd picked out the night before.
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Savina Money Is Expensive
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Boston—(UP)—Richard Marshall was fined $72 for illegally parking his automobile 11 times. Nearby is a parking lot that charges 75 cents nightly.
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