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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
APRIL 29,1947
PAGE SIX
"Ho Hum-Care To Read The Paper?"
HERBLOCK
Kansan Comments
Our Responsibility In World Trade
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Since the end of World War II the United States has become an "Angel" to other countries to a degree that few people realize.
The federal budget bureau has made public the figures on our civilian aid to other countries. Our government has approved, or is about to approve, $152 billion dollars in cash and goods for foreign countries since the shooting stopped in World War II.
Four billion dollars of this tremendous total has been written off. We have no hope that it will be repaid. We do expect repayment of the remainder though part of those payments will be stretched over a period as long as 50 years.
This money has gone only for civilian purposes. If military equipment were included, the figure would probably be several billions higher.
Oddly enough, we have a powerful card of our own to play in determining whether these aid debts will be repaid. That important element is the type of tariff and world trade policy we pursue.
As long as a large share of the globe is economically prostrate, or nearly so, we can have little hope of realizing a return on these appropriations. High tariffs and other restrictive trade policies will only strangle further the economies of many of these countries that are struggling to get back on their feet.
Some members of congress are beginning to talk of higher tariffs President Truman tried to squelch this movement earlier this year when he made an address at Baylor University. At that time, he made a plea for a sane foreign trade policy that would work to the mutual benefit of all countries.
The repayment of these aid debts is only one element in the whole world trade picture. Totalitarianism can find no better breeding ground than a country that has fallen into economic stagnation.
If we really mean to pursue a policy against tyranny as the Truman Doctrine states, we must be
consistent and maintain a world trade policy that will foster economic stability the world over.
Dear Editor--to slip and slide through mud to reach the stadium.
Eagles Not Consistent
After rapidly scanning the Eagle to see what us average college Joes are supposed to be thinking I found a spot where the editorial board of that reac—uh "middle-road journal" slipped up.
It is nice to have our own campus publication featuring all of the "hate Russia" crowd, the good old defenders of property rights and free enterprise, the staunch friend of other races who would rather have segregation and discrimination than have their friends needlessly stamped into trouble by those agitating reds, and the emancipators of the laboring man who are dedicated to destropping the "ol' debbil" labor unions.
But regarding the place where they slipped up, I was wondering how that article sneaked in defending those socialistic New Deal relief agencies and arguing from the point of human values. Upon reconsideration I'm sure that the editorial board can't be held responsible. They probably overlooked it in the rush to re-educate us poor students who have been too long subjected to subversive propaganda.
College Senior
College Senior (Name withheld by request)
No Time For Holdup, Thug Told To Leave
I wish to express my dissatisfaction with the means of access to the stadium from Mississippi street.
There is a hard-surfaced walk from Frank Strong hall to the stadium but there is no hard-surfaced approach from Mississippi street to the stadium.
Improve Stadium Approach
Chicago—(UP) A r.n.an walked into the office of Walter Tromper, 65, at a storage company.
In dry weather it is unnecessary but during wet weather (for instance the day of the Relays) the present approach is a sea of mud. Sports fans will often brave bad weather to see a sports event but there is no reason why they should have
"This is a stickup," the stranger growled.
"Eh?" asked Tromper, who is hard of hearing.
"This is a stickup," the intruder repeated.
"Have to talk louder," said Tromper. "Can't hear a word."
"THIS IS A STICKUP," bellowed the exaggerated bandit.
"Oh," said Tromper. "Got no time for such things. Now, you—GET OUT OF HERE."
The bandit left.
It's A Mean Driver Who Blows A Horn
Chicago— (UP) —H o r n blowers now get tickets—on—courtsey—from Chicago traffic policemen
The tickets read: "Be a courteous
demon to blow your horn-except
to blow your horn."
The cards, issued by the Chicago Noise Abatement Commission in cooperation with Police Commissioner John Prendergast, were meant especially for the second man behind a traffic light, who, surveys show, usually blows his horn when the light turns green.
Prendergast said drivers may be fined from $5 to $200 for persistent horn blowing.
Car Meets Steer; Tables Are Turned
Omaha, Nebr. —(UP)—When car meets livestock on the highway, it's often disastrous for the livestock. But the tables were turned by a two-year-old steer west of Omaha.
A sedan driven by Bontas Gonzales tangled with the rugged bovine. Damage to the car: broken headlights, smashed bumper, grills, radiator, hood and fenders, and undetermined damage to the motor. Damage to the steer: minor cuts, a slight limp, and some hair scraped off.
Jury Wants Pay Raise, Too,
A Judge's Survey Reveals
Chicago—(UP) — A survey by Judge Elmer J. SchenackenB shows that jurors would like a wage increase, too.
Schnackenberg polled 47 men and women who served on juries in his court.
Most of them thought the present pay of $5 per day was too low. They suggested sums ranging from $8 to $15 per day. One man who has a family of six said he lost $5 during his 10 days in the jury box.
I hope the University will take some action soon to remedy this condition.
Robert D. Judy
The University Daily Kansan
College Junior
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Prohibition In Painting
Artist Paints Sign; Loses His Beer, Ale
New York—(UP)—Waldo Peirce, one of America's best known painters, is burned up. He wants to know what happened to his beer and ale. And he is resolved not to yield until he finds out.
The "beer and ale" he is referring to appears in his picture "County Fair" as a sign on a tent where bottled drinks are sold. A Boston newspaper reproduced the painting in rotografie. But the "beer and ale" sign was blocked out before printing.
Wrote Editor
Model T Business New Trim
"County Fair" is a particularly well-known example of contemporary American art. It went to Paris in the Museum of Modern Art American exhibition.
Annoyed, Peirce wrote to the editor:
it was selected for color reproduction in "America" the O.W.I. Russian language newspaper, Life Magazine and Art News reproduced the painting in color—Art Digest in black and white. The New York Times, the New York Sun and the Philadelphia Record recently reproduced the painting to illustrate book reviews of Alan D. Gruskin's "Painting in the U.S.A."
"... Is 'Backward Bay' and its newspapers still under prohibition? Signs are integral parts of a picture, too. Or did somebody like the beer and ale part so well they took it home with them and left the rest of the picture?"
Printed In 'America'
"In all my wide experience," Peirce said, "this is the first time I have come across an instance in which a reputable publication has deliberately altered an artist's work without the artist's permission."
N.Y. Veterans To Get Mobile Mental Hygiene Facilities
Syracuse, N.Y.—(ACP) An estimated 60,000 up-state New York ex-servicemen will soon be provided with mobile mental hygiene facilities, according to an announcement recently by George F. Havell, regional manager of the Veterans administration in Syracuse.
This mobile service is organized in order to provide psychiatric care for ex-GF's in more than 35 up-state New York communities. Mr. Havell explained that the service provided by the mobile units will be available only to veterans with service-connected mental ailments as determined by VA mental hygiene clinics.
Salem, Nebr. — (UP)—John and Thorval Emmert have completed at least one-twelfth of their plan to coax their 1914 model T Ford, "Flagship," through all of the 48 states and to visit the governors of each. The Emert brothers have met the governors of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico since leaving Salem recently in their 35-year-old car.
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