PAGE SIX UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1948 Now Is The Time if you have spent the past two years complaining about the way your government has been acting, here is the chance you have been dreaming about. It really is very simple and requires but little effort on your part. All you have to do if you can meet the legal requirements is to drop in at the city clerk's office and register sometime before 10 p.m. Thursday. Then when election day arrives next month you can go to the polls, take your ballot in hand, and cut the throat of the nearest politician. Registration is important for college students this election as it will determine if you have an opportunity to vote on the question of prohibition in Kansas. If you elect to vote an in-state absentee ballot, you will not have a change to help keep the state dry, or make it wet. In-state absentee ballots are good to vote only for the candidates for regular state offices. If you want to vote on prohibition you must register. -J.L.R. Savages In The Stands College football has been established as a national institution for a long time now. It is just as much a part of American life as apple pie, or Norman Thomas running for president. Every so often some idle dreamer with a few extra minutes on his hands comes up with a suggestion that colleges abandon football and concentrate on education. So far these suggestions generally have been relegated to the scrap heap where they belong. America is not about to get rid of college football. We are not attempting to build up a defense for the gridiron sport. It needs no defense from us. But we would like to drop a gentle hint. College men and women appear to be doing their best to kill off their major extra-curricular entertainment. We don't have in mind the conduct of the players on the field, or the coaches on the sidelines. We are talking about the blood-thirsty K.U. students in the stands. The recent game with Colorado university is a good example of the kind of conduct for which K.U. students rapidly are becoming famous throughout the Mid-west. From some of the remarks made by individual students and organized houses during the game, we got the idea they would have preferred to have seen the Colorado players lined up at the north end of the stadium in front of a firing squad. You might call it school spirit, or supporting the team. But to us it is nothing but uncivilized depravity, and we are ashamed to admit that we are attending the same school. —J.LR. Letters To The Editor Here's That Man Thomas Again Forever Norman Dear Editor: I should like to register a protest to the editor's note which appeared with the letter concerning Norman Thomas and labor. I was especially shocked to read that comment because there have been so many excellent editorials appearing over the initials of J.L.R. in recent issues. The 1948 platform of the Socialist party specifically demands: "Repeal of the Taft-Hartley act which undermines the right to strike, the right to organize, the right to sign contracts guaranteeing union security and furthering the economic interests of organized workers; and which permits the power of the state to be used in behalf of employers and against workers with just grievances. The Socialist party pledges its full support to organized labor in its effort to repeal the Taft-Hartley act and similar laws." A statement in the editor's note said "Labor would be cutting its own throat if it supported Norman Thomas." The man who would cause labor to cut its own throat has this record behind him: In the Passaic textile strike of of 1926, Norman Thomas was arrested as he led a dramatic free speech fight against the imposition of government-by-sheriff decrees. He fought Indiana Gov. Paul McNutt's "Hoosier Hitlerism" in the 1935 Terre Haute general strike by speaking there at a mass meeting organized by the American Federation of Labor and the Socialist party. His bold challenge led to the restoration of the right to picket and the abandonment of martial law. He initiated the organization of sharecroppers into the Southern Tenant Farmers Union, now the National Farm Labor Union, A.F.L. He challenged Mayor Frank Hague's attempts to stifle free speech and undermine labor's right to organize and was "deported" from Jercey City as a result. The struggle against Hague was later won in the Supreme court. The above description of Norman Thomas is from a thumbnail sketch in the platform. The Socialist party's candidate for vice-president, Tucker P. Smith, has a similar "anti-labor" record. He has served as the regional director of the C.I.O.-U.A.W. for the Pontiac, Mich., district. In 1940 he became regional director for the United Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Employees of the C.I.O. He served as a member of the union's international executive board. --laborers, and consumers. They also support the right of unions to organize, to remain independent, and to strike in this industrial democracy. Ralph A. Smith Graduate student Hoof In Mouth? Now, I ask you, do you think labor would be cutting its own throat if it supported men like this? Also, do you think that either one of these men would advocate drafting strikers into the army? Dear Editor: Mr. Robinson, in his editorial appendage to the letter in defense of Norman Thomas, commits the grievous sin of speaking with his foot in his mouth. The entire section reveals a total lack of knowledge of the policies of the Socialist party and might better pass as propaganda for the N.A.M. K. U. STUDENTS ONLY! Clip this ad for a 15% Discount on all Xmas Photo Orders Taken Before November 15,1948! Take for instance his use of "nationalization." The Socialist party, which is strongly opposed to a police state of either right or left, has long since learned that this is no magic key. They realize that regardless of the economic system unless people are vigilant, organized, and prepared to defend their liberties they are likely to lose them. RACHELLE STUDIOS The Socialists therefore advocate extension of co-operatives and the establishment of decentralized public corporations divorced from politics and democratically controlled by managers, Phone 302 Bob Karnes, student representative Moreover to equate the "nationalization" of the coal mines and railroads under the Truman administration to public control of a democratic socialist society is at best to be tragically confused; at worst it betrays a sinister scheme of reaction. Editor-in-Chief ... James L. Robinson Managing Editor ... Wallace W. Abbey Assist. Editor ... Mani Assst. Man. Editor ... Harold D. Nelson City Editor ... John Wheeler "Each individual is a cell," the Rev. Lynn Hodges, director of "The Way of Life" heard over WREN, told the Inter-Varsity Christian fellowship Oct. 14. "Strong cells build strong bodies," he said. "A strong Christian is one who seeks the Kingdom of God. He is one who seeks His teaching, work fellowship, and will." I. W. Elliott, Graduate student. 730 Mass. Good Christian Seeks God, Reverend Tells Fellowship Member of the Kansas Press Assn. National Association of the Assn., and the Associated Collegiate Press. Represented by the National Ad- University Student Newspaper of the UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Business Mgr. Paul Warner Advertising Mgr. Bill Nelligan Civilization Mgr. Binion Assist Clin. Mgr. Elizabeth Clayton Classified Mgr. Rubish Berry Assist Admin. Mgr. Don Waldron Natl. Ass. Mgr. Don Tennant Promotion Mgr. Don Tennant Daily Kansan "As you know Christ, you Him known," he said. Read the Daily Kansan daily. Expert Watch REPAIR Electronically Timed Guaranteed Satisfacton 1 week or less service. WOLFSON'S 743 Mass. -By Bibler The Bus- (Adv.) "I can understand your concern for the K.U. student's safety durin' the rush hour, Reginald, but don't you think this 'cow-catcher idea is a bit thick?"