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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE SIX
APRIL 28,1947
Kansan Comments
Put The Blame On Mame, Boys
When Secretary of State Marshall saw that the Moscow conference was about to break up he made the blunt statement that Russia was entirely responsible for its failure. His statement is reminiscent of the recent novelty song with Molotev occupying the place of Mame.
Secretary Marshall contributed little in that charge to an understanding of failure of the seven-week conference. No single nation scuttled the Moscow meeting. What really happened was that each of the Big Four ministers went to the meeting with blueprint demands on which they would not compromise and which were unacceptable to at least one of the other members.
But are all of Russia's motives sinister? There may be other very understandable reasons why she has refused to budge on the reparations question.
One of the biggest stumbling blocks of the meeting was the question of reparations. Russia wants 10 billion dollars in reparations and she wants payments to begin now out of current German production.
We further object to placing disorganized Germany under a heavy economic servitude to Russia. Such a condition provides the groundwork for eventual Russian domination of Germany.
Our government objects to heavy reparations out of current German production. The state department maintains that economic aid we send Germany will be swallowed up by this burden of reparations.
Russia has a tremendous job of rehabilitation to carry out. The task ahead of her would be a strain on any economic system. A recent dispatch from a British correspondent who visited the ruined area of Leningrad has this to say.
"Russia needs reparations now. Not only Leningrad's suburbs are ruined but towns and villages over a staggering area, too. The need in a short-term, urgent one-15 years hence is no good."
Recent reports of large scale starvation inside Russia bears out the belief that her economic system is under a heavy strain. It hardly seems logical that Russia would allow labor power to starve to death if it could be prevented.
We must recognize that Russia's reasons for refusing to compromise may be just as logical and reasonable to her as ours are to us.
To dismiss her actions as being purely arbitrary and obstructionist and designed only to scuttle the peace will give us no better understanding of the problems on which we differ and will only postpone their solution.
Believing an intelligent electorate should know how its representatives vote on important issues, the Daily Kansan is inaugurating a new editorial feature.
How They Voted...
We will endeavor in the future to publish on this page the votes cast in congress by representatives and senators from Kansas on particularly important legislation.
On Friday of the past week, the House of Representatives passed a stringent labor bill (The Labor- Management Bill of 1947). The entire Kansas delegation, Representatives Cole, Hope, Meyer, Rees, Scriv-
ner, and Smith, voted in favor of this bill.
The bill passed by an almost three-to-one vote. Senate labor legislation is now being debated.
Dear Editor----
It was with interest that I noted the letter published April 21. I wish the contents would have been more truly critical of the A. V. C.
The A.V.C. Answers
Mr. Joyce concludes that the A. V. C. has not been appreciative of the many benefits which the government allows to the veteran and has adopted a strictly "gimme" attitude. Nowhere does Mr Joyce cite any facts to substantiate his conclusion.
We invite Mr. Joyce to examine the active program of the A. V. C both nationally and on this campus. Our motto "Citizens First, Veterans Second" is no meaningless plattitude to those of us who actively work in the organization. We have been the only veteran's organization which has recognized the economic stupidity of the bonus plan and similar "gimme" programs.
We feel that wars are unnecessary and we are concerned with presenting ideas and means which may prevent another conflagration. We intend to work for the kind of country and the kind of world we were told we were fighting for.
We do not claim perfection, but we ask those who are sympathetic with our ideals to actively work with us. Criticism from the outside is helpful but it reminds me of those who always damn politics but never vote. We would like to have Mr. Joyce and all other veterans come to our meetings and really get acquainted with the A. V. C.
Our organization does not purposely intend to antagonize any group or interest on the campus. But we do not intend to alter democratic ideals to curry favor with any quarter.
If there was ever a need for dispassionate thinking the time for it is now. We invite all veterans and all others interested to examine our past and present program and join us in our efforts to foster a program of high ideals.
Marko L. Haggard
Chairman
K. U.A.V.C.
(Editor's Note: A letter from H Bruce Wilder, College freshman, expressing similar views has also been received by the Daily Kansan.)
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Professor Eastwood Speaks To Art Club
"You can't paint landscapes from an automobile," Prof. Raymond Eastwood told Art club members recently.
He maintained that people who paint landscapes ought to like their scenery. He said it is necessary to examine actual scenes and not paint them from memory. Knowledge of botany, geology, and related subjects is desirable in order to interpret correctly, he said.
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