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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY,OCTOBER 17,1947
As The Kansan Sees It
Rolling Freedom
During the next year, citizens in 300 communities across the United States will have a chance to see the seven-car diesel-powered, streamlined "Freedom Train," aptly named the "Spirit of 1776."
Under bulletproof glass, may be seen the original Bill of Rights, George Washington's copy of the Constitution, and 126 other historic United States documents.
This traveling showpiece is sponsored by the department of justice but it is being run and paid for by the American Heritage Foundation which is supported by such unrelated groups as the United States Chamber of Commerce, the C.I.O., the A.F.L., the Girl Scouts, and the Loyal Order of Moose. The estimated cost is $200,000.
Attorney General Tom Clark fathered the idea of the Freedom Train. He and a group of advertising men felt the need to inspire the rededication of Americans to their historic freedom.
The Freedom Train, painted red, white, and blue, rolled into New York city last week where 3,000 persons waited in line to catch a glimpse of the priceless documents.
Although such a patriotic move should inspire the greatest praise from everyone, that is not the case in this land of free speech.
Several attacks have been made against the Freedom Train charging it as a Democratic "buildup for 1948." Even the Communist party flayed its backers as being "reactionary big businessmen" with a "demagogic purpose." Such criticism, however, will not derail the Freedom Train as it speeds on its journey.
This will be the first time that many of these great documents have been shown to the general public. The papers have been carefully preserved by special methods to protect them many years to come.
It would be a worth-while effort for everyone to make it a point to see the Freedom Train while it is in this locality. What better understanding of these documents could be had than to see them in their original form?
—Dave Clymer
Dear Editor
Union Game Room
Dear Editor.
The Union operating committee (or at any rate those "powers which be") recently made a new regulation which I don't like. I consider it noteworthy because of the seeming narrowness and snobbery involved.
From here on out to eternity, it appears, the Union game room will be closed at 6:30 p.m., regardless of circumstances. This is so student groups which need a meeting place can find room. According to the Union hostess, it is to broaden the
room's usefulness. Instead of the "10 or so" students who usually frequent the place, "it must be made to serve more of the thousands of students, etc., etc., —"
It hasn't occurred to the Union committee that the whole third floor provides for the part of our University which finds entertainment impossible, except in organized groups of more than 25 persons. Neither has it occurred to them that a good share of that group of "10 or so" (of whom I know at least 25 as speaking acquaintances) benefit in no other way from their $5 Union fee.
Must we donate this fee for the rare privilege of paying restaurant prices for "chow hall" quality food, a few easy chairs, and accorded copper-clad tower? Maybe some of the frequenters of the game room are not joiners, and would not benefit from meetings of the "Society for the Prevention of Injury to Southwest Kansas Cities."
Do we just donate five bucks a head to benefit groups who might as well meet below Potter dam? Or does everyone benefit from what he gives?
Name withheld by request Engineering sophomore
Miss Zipple Savs
Here is the reply of Miss Hermina Zipple, director of the Union:
Due to the vast use made of Union facilities, the Union operating committee in its recent ruling to grant use of the game room for meetings after 6:30 p.m., endeavored to give wider use of this facility.
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