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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1948
The Editorial Page
Disruption of the Marshall plan, destruction of the proposed union of Western Europe, or full control of the industrial riches and uranium deposits of Czechoslovakia may have prompted the bold Communist stroke in Prague.
Czech Coup
The proposed union, though a strong factor, could not have disturbed Moscow enough to cause the present coup. Instead the Communist move may only serve to add to the determination of the western unions and encourage a united effort as an act of self-preservation. Uranium Deposits
Control of the uranium deposits of the Joachimith mine in Czechoslovakia can not serve Russian atomite hopes any more than in the past. True they will have full authority to exploit the mine, but a reasonable deduction is that Russia was extracting uranium from the mine even before the coup. With the withdrawal of Russian and American troops from Czechoslovakia soon after the war's end, Russian guards from the German zone moved in "to guard the mine."
The industrial potential of Czechoslovakia cannot be over-emphasized. Before the war Czechoslovakia competed with Germany for the economic and industrial leadership of Europe. With the end of hostilities the Czech industries filled the vacuum left by the prostrate German nation. The important Skoda works in Pilsen have been a factor in aiding the Russian drive for military supremacy on the continent. The output of munitions and machinery from the Skoda factories is tremendous. Most important, control of the industries riches of the Czechs would greatly enhance Russian chances for disrupting and destroying the Marshall plan.
The high percentage of trade with
The rich mineral deposits of the Czechs and their enormous agricultural output will be lost completely to the needly nations of Europe and to the Marshall plan. The livestock, grains, sugar-beets, and forests of the Czech plains, and the coal and iron of the highlands are now a powerful club in Communist hands. Trade With West
the West which was planned for Czechoslovakia by the non-communist minister of foreign trade, Hubert Ripka, will not be available now except where Russia plans to throw her weight in a move to propagandize the nation she chooses to aid. Czechoslovakia would have been an important factor in helping the nations of Europe to help themselves, as the Marshall plan calls for.
In her move toward the West and the Atlantic, Russia has achieved victory again. This time her seven-leagues leap has carried her to the very heart of the continent, placed her astride the communications and transportation routes of Europe and strengthened her chances of nullifying the American plan for European recovery.-Ozzie Bartelli.
The birth rate in England has risen rapidly during the past year. This would seem to indicate more British emphasis on posterity rather than austerity.
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Sportsmanship Praised
Congratulations to the students for their fine sportsmanship at Monday's basketball game. The game was a struggle in which both teams and students showed not only a fighting will to win against odds, but a spirit which was becoming to a host institution. Good manners should always be one of the educational aims at the University of Kansas.
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Laurence C. Woodruff Dean of Men
Dear Editor Vanishing Faculty
Dear Editor,
With the announcement of the resignation of Dr. Laudon of the geology department, a question arose in my mind: Why is the University of Kansas unable to keep its excellent professors?
Professor Mattern of the art department has announced his resignation, and there have been other instances of similar actions taken by some of the University's finest teachers. Although I have never had any classes under these professors, I have heard nothing but glowing reports from other students about their abilities. It is wrong that our school should lose these and other equally astute men to "foreign" institutions.
No doubt these men resigned to join other schools to increase their material or social prestige, but surely K.U. can offer them as much as any other school along those lines.
This question is rapidly gaining momentum as a topic of discussion among the students who wonder if the chancellor and the Board of Regents are not as vitally concerned with this problem as are the students?
Don M. Johnson Graduate student
Editor's note: Any university with as large a faculty as the one at K. U. is certain to have periodical shifts in its faculty. The exchange is reciprocal. While the University is normally losing a few good men, it is constantly gaining prominent professors to teach in all departments.)
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