PAGE SIX UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS TUESDAY, SEPT. 30, 1947 As The Kansan Sees Itendent Party? Public Postcard Independent Party? The dissolving of the Progressive Student Governing League last week brings with it a number of questions. These include more than the reasons for the falling apart of this men's Independent party. Is there a need for a party representing Independents? The ideal solution would be a party containing both Independents and Greeks and interested in both groups. Facing the facts, one concludes that such a visionary scheme would hardly work. With the Greeks as keenly interested in politics as they usually are and widespread apathy on the part of the Independents, it is hard to see how a coalition party could keep from being led and eventually dominated by the Greeks. There is a need for an Independent party. Under a democratic system, each group should have representation. Representation comes only from men elected to government positions. Men are elected only through party backing, "machines" if you will. That's the way American politics works, and that's probably the way campus politics will work. The Independents will not be represented unless they have a party to focus their efforts, elect their candidates, and see that the candidates carry out the wishes of those they represent. The question, "Why have any student government at all?" can well be raised here. The answer is that, despite the mistakes of the past, student government is one tangible vehicle for citizenship training. What then must the Independent party do? Because most Independents feel that politics is "a lot of hogwash," an Independent party must do two things. First, it must make some definite effort to represent all Independent students whether they Not Infallible People who are not scientists often envy the men who work with test tubes, slide rules, and formulas. Scientists are always right, and their methods of building from truth to truth leave no possibility of their "being called." Those who deal in such intangible and controversial matters as news, economics, and human psychology get discouraged sometimes. They seem always open to being proved wrong. The non-scientists, therefore, must have read with a great deal of interest and satisfaction of recent discoveries in the hydrogen atom. A news item told of recent experiments at Columbia university which showed the possibility that two of the numerous energy levels of the hydrogen atom may not be equal as scientists have believed. Entomology Club To Elect If more experiments prove that the levels are not equal, a fundamental block in the explanation of atomic science may be knocked out. Non-scientists meanwhile can breathe a sigh of relief in knowing that once in a great while their scientific brethren might just possibly be wrong. The Entomology club will hold it's first meeting at 4 p. m. Friday in 301 Snow hall, Jack Bacon, graduate student and president said today. Officers will be elected and new members will be voted on. Speech Department, Dear Friends. A pat on the back for striking out of the beaten path to give the University some "mouth-filling" dramatic fare. We await the results with interest and anticipation. Sincerely yours, Sincerely yours, University Daily Kansan live in Battenfeld hall, or in a twoman room somewhere in town. The Independent part, must make a sincere effort to maintain contact with all Independent men in town. This can be done, perhaps, by a ward system with ward captains who know all the men in their area. By this method the ideas as well as complaints of the individual Independent can be sent through the ward captain to the party leaders. These leaders can start action themselves or through their elected ASC members. The second thing the Independent party must do is to search for and work on issues which will benefit students as a whole as well as their Independent constituency. Only by showing the value of their party in getting things done can they get out the Independent vote. Suggested issues might include a cooperative enterprise for students. Other issues might include investigations of student rents, wages, and eating facilities. Organizing and backing up Independent activities such as intramural teams could all be included in a program. All such issues coupled with the idea of representation and a definite interest in the Independent student would provide a year-around program. It would draw capable Independent students who don't care to work in politics now. It would get out the vote and get men elected. And it would provide the party with a chance to be and a reason for being. Our Problem, Too The programs now being put into motion by high government officials to promote a voluntary food conservation program bring out a much older question. Does America have a right to her high standard of living when many of the other peoples of the earth starve or live on the thin edge of poverty? Can we boast of our incomes, automobiles, and homes with a clear conscience when we see the rest of the world and their state? Now comes a definite inquiry as to the conscience of the American people. Is this people willing to live at its own highest possible standard and let the rest of the world suffer hunger and death? Or will it become its "brother's keeper" even at the risk of lowering its vaunted standard of living? Amhurst, Mass.—(UP)—The University of Massachusetts reports that bumping into doors may cause "contusion of the periorbital integument, subcutaneous hemorrhage, occhymosis of the conjunctive and the periorbital cuticular tissues, discoloration, tumefaction and abrasion of the supramalar epidermis." In Other Words, A 'Shiner' Launderette Service 9 lbs. of wash, 25c 21 Bendix Washers 813 Vt. Phone 3368 Dear Editor (Editor's note: All letters to the editor must be signed and must give the writer his address with the writer's withheld from publication upon request. Letters to the editor must be prior consideration. The editor reserves the right to edit letters to meet whose requirements and to comply with the laws of libel and public decency.) A Bouquet Our Way Dear Editor. Dear Editor, I wish to congratulate you as editor of the University Daily Kansan for the way in which you handled the story as it appeared in Friday's issue concerning the Bitter Biter. I agree with the writer of the editorial in the same issue who said that the All Student Council was wise in not attempting to keep the matter of last year's financial situation a secret from the student body. Far more was accomplished by bringing the whole matter into the open. The University Daily Kansan is to be commended for taking the initiative. It is my personal hope that a similar policy will be continued by the ASC as well as the University Daily Kansan during the school year to come. Byron C. Shutz, Editor, The Bitter Bird Required Listening Dear Editor, Martin Hall's speech Thursday should have been required listening for every American, citizen and diplomat alike. Mr. Hall, a native of Germany who fled from the Nazis in 1936 and subsequently became a naturalized citizen of this country, presented facts such as few speakers have the courage to do. The speech was based on a recent three-month tour of Europe. His topic, "Can We Avert a Crisis in Europe?" might well have read, "What We Must Do To Avert a Crisis in Europe." The solution is quite simple but the real problem lies in getting the people to act. We have the money and the industrial might to divert the spread of Communism in Western Europe. The question is, will we? Mr. Hall said we can if: One. We will lend financial assistance without the usual political strings. Two. We look at the situation as a moral obligation. We have blundered seriously to date. Our loan to Denmark was made The University DAILY KANSAN Student Newspaper of the UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Member of the Kansas Press Assn, Na- Assn, and the Associated Collegiate Press. Represented by the National Ad- miss Service. 420 Madison Ave, New York, NY. Editor-in-Chief ... Clarke Thomas Managing Editor ... William T. Smith Asst. Man. Editor ... Marian Minor Man. Editor ... Allan Crowd Sports Editors ... James Lagrin Bill Barger City Editor ... Alan J. Stewart Picture Editor ... Mark Ammons Picture Editor ... Wallace Abbey Wire Editor ... Charles Hayes Business Manager Kenneth White Counselor Elizabeth Burke Classified Adv. Mgr. Bettie Bacon National Adv. Mgr. Ruell Reddoch Promotion Mgr. Bert Morris with the provisions that the Danes would not make trade agreements without our consent and that our representatives should supervise the spending of the loan. In France, it is American goods which supply that country's tremendous black market—one of the greatest evils plaguing the French government today. The same story applies in nearly every country of Western Europe. Because of our questionable tactics in political dealings with those countries, the United States has gone from a wartime position of great respect to one of apparent disrespect. Yet, most of the countries retain democratic ideals, in spirit if not in practice. Free enterprise has never exactly worked in Europe, yet we are attempting to force it down their collective throats. They have come to feel that we will give no financial aid whatsoever unless they agree to accept our economic form. Mr. Hall said the return to a system of free enterprise in Europe is merely illusary. In nearly every European country including Poland Mr. Hall found strong anti-Russian feelings. But, at the same time there exists an attitude of little concern over either Communism or democracy as the trolling government. So far, we have given them nothing materially. We have made promises but these do nothing to advance the democratic theory. Consequently, could we honestly blame Europe if it turned to Russia in search of something concrete? Mr. Hall predicts that Italy will turn to Communism within three months and that France will follow, unless we take immediate action. He has proposed a two-point plan which is simple and feasible. Speed is essential. 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