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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE-KANSAS
FEBRUARY 25.1947
Another Boomerang Thrower
—Daniel Bishop in St. Louis Star-Times
Kansan Comments
Stop Monopoly
Early this week Senator Ellender Louisiana Democrat, in testifying before the senate labor committee had this to say: "It's such bullies as John L. Lewis who cause all the trouble between labor and management."
It is this type of talk and thinking that has clouded the issues in labor-management affairs all along, and has postponed the achievement of any workable solution to present day problems. Such name-calling will accomplish no constructive good.
No man can shoot you if he does not have a gun. Lewis can threaten the life of this nation, our movements, our pocketbooks, our health, and our safety because he has a gun powerful enough to do so. That gun was made legal and put into his hands and other giant interlocking, interstate union combines legal.
In 1941 there was a Supreme court case, known as the Hutcheson case. In that decision the court ruled that labor unions should be exempt from the provisions and penalties of the Sherman Antitrust act. The court exempted them from responsibility toward the conduct of national commerce and from the major restrictions that apply to trusts, monopolies, and those who attempt to restrain trade.
In the final analysis there is little difference between large organized economic power, whether it be wielded by organized business or organized labor. Either can paralyze our economy to achieve personal ends if it so desires.
It makes little difference, from the viewpoint of public interest, whether all the owners of light companies in America refuse to make electricity or whether the combine of John L. Lewis refuses to supply the coal from which the electricity is made. Therefore there should be no difference in their treatment under the law.
There is little value in damning
--the following breakdown of the activity fund for the spring semester
Lewis or any other labor leader. As long as our present laws exist there will be those who will attempt to exploit the public. The answer is to change the rules under which such persons have the power to cripple our economy.
Congressional leaders have promised some sort of labor legislation by March 15. One important part of such legislation should be to make the provisions of our antitrust laws applicable to large labor combines.
—LeMoyne Frederick
AVC members at the University of Oregon dashed out of their meeting to help fight a dangerous warehouse fire last week. Such a group of strong, resourceful men can be a weighty factor in whatever project they undertake, and should be able to do a lot for their fellowmen.
One student commented that Uncle Jimmy Green must not have minded being painted last week-at least he was well oiled Saturday.
The University Daily Kansan
Thought For Today:
A Tower Of Faith
Student Newspaper of the UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
By the All-Student Religious Council Devising Committee
Member of the Kansas Press Assn., National Editorial Assn., Inland Daily Press, National Advertising Press. Represented by the National Advertising Service, 420 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10026.
Managing Editor ... Billie M. Hamilton
Editor in Chief ... Alamada Bollier
Assst. Man. Editor ... Marcelia Stewart
Assst. Manager ... William T. Smith Jr.
City Editor ... William T. Smith Jr.
Assistant City Editor ... John Finch
Manager ... Mark Ellis
Assst. Telegraph Editor .. Wendell Bryant
Assst. Telegraph Editor .. Marian Minor
Art Editor ... Eloise West
Advertising Manager ... Bob Wainwright
Circulation Manager .. John Beach
Classified Adv. Man .. LaVere Keevan
Kennedy .. Kennet
Promotion Manager .. Ed Adams
Life is projected on a basis of danger and difficulty. It is essential that there be some "high tower" to which we may flee for detachment from the swirling throng, for quiet security in some cloistered spot, and for far-vision to guide us along the exacting road once more.
"God is our refuge and strength. A very present help in trouble. Therefore will we not fear. . . The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. . . The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. . . I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. Be strong and of good courage."
Never Have So Many Paid So Little For So Much
"Never have so many paid so much for so little."
That is the attitude of some students toward the spring semester activity book. After taking one look at the lone three performances listed, two of them non-guaranteed, some immediately howl, "We wuz robbed."
The following breakdown of the might be enlightening: athletics, $1.90; Daily Kansan, $1; All Student Council, 35 cents; concerts, 42 cents; drama lectures, 21 cents; forensics, 11 cents; glee clubs, 7 cents; band travel, 10 cents; A.T. reserve, 10 cents; unalotted 95 cents; federal tax, 62 cents; state tax, 6 cents. All of which makes a total of $6.18.
When these iteps are checked with events listed in the K-book the prices seem like charity. For eight concerts the student pays 42 cents. That is 6 cents a concert. Three of these are by non-University artists.
To hear Ellis Arnall and T. V. Smith, the student paid 21 cents. The public is paying far more just to hear Arnall.
Fraser theater may not resemble a Broadway playhouse and the proteges of Prof. Allen Crafton may not be Bergmans or Marchs, but when one pays 29 cents for two evenings of entertainment he has no beef coming.
For a buck the student gets more than 75 issues of the Daily Kansan—a little over a cent an issue for complete coverage of campus news and a digest of world news. Incidentally, most of the Daily Kansan revenue is obtained through advertising.
One dime goes to the activity ticket reserve. It pays for the printing of the tickets. The remainder is left for unexpected expenses. Student groups may apply for part of this fund. Last fall the student bookstore was aided by $3,000. This loan will eventually be returned.
Available for 7 cents are concerts by the Men's and Women's glee clubs. That's for 3.5 cents a concert.
For a dime a student, the University band makes a tour of the leading cities of Kansas, one of the best advertisements the University can have.
Unallotted is 95 cents of the total. It goes mainly for the intramural program to buy equipment, pay officials, and maintain the playing fields.
Yes, the activity book is a racket,
concludes the narrowwinded student.
When one pays 6 cents for concerts and 15 cents for plays, it's too much.
Twenty per cent of disabled American war veterans now are employed.
Engineering School Sponsors Radio Club
The Amateur Radio club will be officially sponsored by the department of electrical engineering, V. P. Hessler, professor of electrical engineering said today. Faculty sponsor will be Melyin Cottom, electrical engineering instructor.
The department will furnish the club with equipment and space for a radio station. Plans are now being made to set up a station in the Electrical Engineering laboratory.
A reorganizational meeting of the club will be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday, n the laboratory. Any students interested may attend, Paul Gratny, president of the club, said.
Bolton Heads Press
Nathan Bolton, '26, has been elected president of the Louisiana Press association. Mr. Bolton, who was graduated from the University's department of journalism, owns and publishes The Morehouse Enterprise at Bastrop, La. His brother, Victor Bolton, is a student in the University's School of Medicine.
Phone KU-25 with your news.
BRICK'S CAFE
Will be closed at 6:30 tonight in order to entertain the Football Team.
W. E. MURPHY