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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1948
The Editorial Page
He'll Learn, If He Remembers
You know, it is most remarkable how short a memory the human mind has, at least when it comes to remembering misery and suffering and the bitter pills of life. Perhaps it's a good thing, this short memory. If humans never forgot, the insane asylums would be more jam-packed than they already are. On the other hand—maybe we forget too much.
I can't help but shudder when I hear someone say, "We should fight the Russians now, damn 'em, and get it over with. We'll have to do it sooner or later anyway." Or, "Why doesn't the United Nations give up? All they do is yakety, yakety, yakety. Besides, Uncle Sam shouldn't have to take any lip off anyone. We won the war and we paid for it—the least we should get out of it is to be able to dictate the peace to those yokunks."
The really astounding aspect of all this mouthing is the persons who do it. They aren't exclusively politicians and draft-dodgers as you might think. Many are ex-GI's.
GI Propaganda
In an army of 11 million men such as the U.S. had, everyone wasn't in a foxhole. There were plenty of the "never-had-it-so good boys", and they are doing their share of the war-mongering.
But the infantry man, the dogface, the guy that actually dug and sat in the foxholes, the guy that got trenchfoot, the Joe that shed the blood is also shedding his share of "America fight the world" propaganda. How can he forget?
In just two or three years how can he forget what it was like to see a man die? How can he forget what it was like to be so scared he couldn't breathe, but yet so tired and cold and hungry and miserable and disgusted he wished the next barrage would get him? Yet when the next barrage came, he prayed to God that it wouldn't. How can he forget?
Short Memory
In just two or three years how can he forget what it was like to go without a bath for a month at a time, to eat food that any self-respecting dog would turn down, to haw nothing to look forward to each day but the prospect of getting an arm or leg blown off—or maybe just a belly full of 30 caliber slugs. How can he forget?
It seems to me that those memories would be so sharp in the real fighting man's mind that he would fight his heart out—for peace.
He, above everyone else, should realize the futility of war. He shouldn't scoff and make fun of the United Nations—he should pray to the good Lord above that it will
work. He shouldn't want to fight anyone at any time—because he is the one who will have to do the fighting. He should pray that the world's problems will be settled in a conference room and not in a ready room. He should want peace so badly and appreciate it so fully that to take it away from him would be harder to do than to tear his arm from his shoulder.
'We Have Failed,' Rabbi Declares
Democracy has not failed, but Americans have failed democracy. Rabbi Joseph Levenson told the Lawrence Kiwanus club Thursday.
How can he forget?
How can he forget?
—I W. Robinson
Rabbi Levenson is the regional director for the Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
"There must be no master class and no slave class," he added. "The best slogan for America would be, 'Let us live for freedom and not die.'"
He also said that college students of today have an idea of the world they live in and the kind of world they would like to see.
Duck hunters in the Midwest should be red-faced when they read that thousands of ducks are dying in Missouri of self-inflicted lead poisoning.
Comes word from Hollywood now of the promising young actress who shocks people with her sage, witty conversation. Chances are she won't be around long enough to become a star.
Seems likely the song writers would starve to death without such standby rhymers as "you" "do" "true" and "blue." But then it could be worse if they all started grinding out such monstrosities as "Bloop, Bleep."
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Ex-Chaplains Discuss Faith
Three ex-chapains of protestant, Catholic and Jewish faiths, reached an agreement last night at an informal meeting in Myers hall "that although religious conflicts are inevitable, cooperation is necessary before civilization will survive."
Rabbis Joseph Levenson, speaker here during the current World Brotherhood week, said he respected Dr. John Patton, of the First Presbyterian church, and his right to believe in Protestantism and understood Father George Towle's love for Catholicism.
Giving examples of cooperation among the religious faiths in the United States, Dr. John Patton stated that sympathetic respect should be given every man's beliefs, dogmas and concepts, "even if they oppose your own."
The discussion was in observance of the current World Brotherhood week.
"I understand a man's devotion to his religion because an individual learns to love his religion from birth." Rabbi Levenson said.
Father George Towle, in agreement with his fellow-ministers, asserted that he respected a man's religious faith if he was sincere.
Positions Open On K-Book Staff
The K-Book staff is in need of additional personnel according to Betsey Sheidley, chairman of the A. S. C. publications committee. Anyone interested in working on the new K-Book may submit their application to Miss Sheidley at the Kappa Kapna Gamma house. Applications should be in by Feb. 18.
Washington.—(UP)—The bureau of printing and engraving admits it is purposely going to misspell Mississippi on its forthcoming stamp commemorating the state's anniversary.
But it doesn't want the nation's school children to take offense. There's a reason for the mistake, spelling in setting up sample designs of the state's official seal. It The bureau spotted the mis-
Anniversary Stamp Lacks 'S,' So Does 'Mississippi' Seal
Richland, Ga.—(UP)—Postman Lee Rey Lungsford was making his rounds in his automobile when he met an airplane coming down the highway. He passed it by driving under one of the plane's wings.
asked state authorities to take another look at the official seal, and, sure enough, there it was: M L S J S U I P J P L. only three "S.'s."
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Oh — if you want me, I'll be eating all three meals at Jim's Lunch."
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