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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN; LAWRENCE; KANSAS
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APRIL 26,1940
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Student Newspaper of the UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Student Newspaper of the UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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Mail subscription: $3 a semester, $4.50 a year, plus 2% tax (in Lawrence add $1 a semester postage). Published in Lawrence, Kan., every afternoon during the school year except Saturdays and Sundays, University holidays, and examination periods. Entered as second class matter Sept. 17, 1910, at the Post Office at Lawrence, Kan., under act of March 3, 1879.
Moscow Tells Its Story
During the consideration of the Soviet-Iranian dispute by the Security Council, the Russian delegate chose to say little about its side of the question. But a recent editorial in Pravda went into great detail explaining the Soviet position to the Russian people. The following are excerpts from that editorial.
For a long time the Soviet Union's aspiration to establish good-neighborly relations and firm cooperation with Iran encountered the systematic resistance of the reactionary ruling circles of Iran. . . From the very beginning of its existence the Soviet Union resolutely renounced the former imperialistic policy of czarist Russia and adopted toward Iran, as well as toward other neighboring small countries, a policy of respect and the recognition of sovereign equality between countries. February 26, 1921
However, in that same year Iranian ruling circles granted, in violation of the treaty, to a foreign company (the Standard Oil company) an oil concession in northern Iran, right at the frontier of the Soviet Union.
concession in northern Iran, right to the hostile "But matters did not end at this. After the annulment, upon the demand of the Soviet government, of this concession, Iran, in violation of a treaty of 1937, again granted to an American company a concession situated near a frontier of the U.S.S.R. and two years after the annulment of this concession, they granted to an Anglo-Dutch company a concession of oil fields situated south of Baku. This concession was also annuled upon the demand of the U.S.S.R., but not until 1944...
of respect and the recognition of his merit. "To accordance with the treaty signed in Moscow on February 26, 1921, which up to these days formed the basis of Soviet-Iranian relations, the Soviet Union voluntarily turned over to Iran numerous concessions . . . and refused to exact payment of loans granted to Iran by the Tsarist government.
"Such actions of the then existing Iranian government, which roughly violated the treaty of 1921 in favor of foreign oil companies and stubbornly refused to grant concessions to the Soviet Union serve as vivid evidence of the hostile policy of those circles toward the U.S.S.R. ...
"When the Soviet government was convinced that the new Iranian government, headed by Ahmed Ghavam, showed the desire to establish good-neighborly relations between the two countries, there arose the possibility of a favorable settlement of the problem of the evacuation of Soviet troops from Iran. Therefore, very weak grounds existed for bringing up the so-called Iranian question before the U.N. Security Council . . ."
The question of whether the Russian oil concession will satisfy the Soviets or whether she is determined to make a puppet of Iran will be answered by future events.
There has been comment in congress and elsewhere recently about the proportions to which legislative lobbying has grown. This added discussion of an old pressure group practice is mostly the result of the activity during the past few weeks of the real estate and building lobby that has been fighting the Wyatt housing program.
One Lobbyist's Opinion
It is said that this group of lobbyists is operating on a fund of between one and five million dollars, allocated expressly for the purpose of furthering their interests in Washington.
They continue to point out that they are acting in the interests of the nation as a whole and that they are as anxious to give relief to the veterans in their search for a place to live as any one else. That's the impression they want to give to the public.
But privately they have shown their true colors. One of the most ardent of those lobbyists is Cotton Northrup, of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association. Recently one congressman asked him not to block veterans housing for selfish interests because after all the veteran had been fighting for him. At this, Northrup snapped back, "They weren't fighting for me."
That's about as good a statement of policy by this group of lobbyists as one could ask for. It explains a lot of things.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
April 26,1946
Chemistry club dinner reservations should not be made later than Tuesday noon. The dinner will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the English room of the Union. Non-members are invited.
P. S.G.L. Senate will meet at 10 p.m. Tuesday at Battenfeld hall.
Westminster Vesper club will have an outdoor meeting Sunday. Students will meet at Westminster hall at 5 p.m.
Linnaean club will meet at 4:30 Monday in room 417, Snow hall. Mrs. John Nelson will be guest speaker. Guests and prospective members urged to attend.
Prof. Frederick A. Pottle, Yale University, will speak in Fraser hall theater at 8 tonight in "Boswell in
London" Professor Pottle, an international known scholar and teacher, is best known as editor of the intimate letters and diaries of James Boswell. The lecture is open to the public without charge.
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Theta Epsilon Founders day dinner will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Hearth.
University Housemothers' association will meet for a covered dish luncheon at 1:15 p.m. Monday at Miller hall.
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All students who began "Western Civilization" during the spring semester will take a preliminary examination at 9 a.m. Saturday, room 426, Lindley hall.
Young Democrats club will have an organizational meeting at 7:30 tonight in the Pine room of the Union.
Rock Chalk
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Things your best friends won't tell you. What's this we hear about the unconquerable Delts? They take pride in bragging that, though they have been raided countless times, none of their trophies has ever been taken. Check your mantel again. You might be minus three.
BY TINA FOTOPOULOS
One way to get an Easter outfit, Commander Baum had to pay for a new Easter outfit after a wager at the PT-8 house party. Mrs. Baum was sure that she heard baby chickens but her husband thought the idea was absurd. An investigation revealed 100 baby chicks which were later given to the guests.
All for one. Frank Patttee nailed himself in his room at the Sigma Chi house when he was being blitzed by some "buddies" who were after his new socks. (It seems their laundry never came back.) Frank saved his socks but had to break the door down to get out of his room.
It was a nice thought anyway Carl Metz started to spend his Easter vacation swimming at Knapp-singer's lake. He volunteered to test the depth of the lake for his companions and jumped in. When they brought him to, he was suffering from a fractured shin and a badly deflated ego.
Upside down slaps downs. A tournament to end all tournaments will be held in the near future between the Nu Sig's and the Chi O's. The Nu Sig's raided the Chi O's before Easter and made off with a trophy that now hangs from their flag pole. The kind hearted Nu Sig's have decided to give them a chance to win it back in the approaching jack tournament.
Washington. (UP)—President Truman has directed 30 days of public mourning for the late Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone. The flag will be displayed at half-staff on all public buildings, and military and naval honors will be observed.
P. S.G.L. independent men's party will hold its primary convention at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the ballroom of the Memorial Union. All independent men may vote.
Allies Put Out Fire Of Hitlerism But Nazis Keep The Embers Glowing
BY LOUIS F. KEEMILE (United Press Staff Correspondent)
The leaders of the movement have been arrested and the organization is described officially as having been smashed. Nevertheless, British and American officials do not think this is by any means the last of such efforts.
The vitality of the Nazi idea among certain classes of Germans, notably the younger generation, has been shown by the American-British discovery of a highly organized underground movement to perpetuate Hitlerism.
tions.
A United Press dispatch from British headquarters in Germany said authorities there believe similar organizations may be expected in increasing numbers and under various guises and that the "peaceful conditions of the first nine months of occupation are not likely to be continued."
The growth of "incidents" involving British and American troops was noted. Although small so far, they were taken to indicate that the sullen, rebellious spirit is growing. It apparently is being encouraged by the return of many arrogant Nazi's from prisoner of war camps in other countries, who consider themselves undefeated and are spreading the doctrine of internal betrayal which was made gospel by the militarists after the previous war.
after the previous Events such as the July, 1944, attempt against Hitler and the high command are being used as arguments to bolster this new version of the previous legend.
The present movement, judging from official accounts, was notable for its efficient, long-range program, mapped with typical German genius for organization. There was to be no sabotage. On the contrary, these survivors of the Hitler jugend (Hitler Youth) and the Bund Deutscher Madel (League of German Girls) planned an appearance of co-operation with allied occupation authorities.
The stress was on economic as well as political infiltration. From the long view, economic control was necessary to some day get the Allies who could be pressured into joining Germany in another war effort, to say nothing of being weakened by Germany's economic domination of central and eastern Europe, as before.
The potential danger of this movement is evident. The only consolation is that American and British intelligence officers were thoroughly alert to it. They tracked its developments for ten months before making mass arrests, with a complete case in their hands.
At the same time, the conclusion is inequitable that no time limit can be set safely yet on the length of allied military occupation of Germany.
The present generation of younger Germans has in large part been irrevocably inoculated with the Hitler poison. Their children, who will begin having a voice in affairs 20 to 30 years from now, might conceivably be "educated" toward a better viewpoint by allied supervision. The prospect seems more likely that parental influence, exercised in secret, will offset any attempts at education.
This is as Hitler planned it, even though his werewolf idea proved impracticable. It probably explains France's reluctance to consent to a centralized government of Germany for the time being. Although the French have shown signs of moderating their previous demand for complete separation of the Ruhr, Rhineland and Saar from Germany, the latest exposure of the real German spirit may tend to stiffen their attitude. The French, who have been invaded from Germany three times in living memory, are incurably suspicious.
Cherokee, Okla., (UP)—Three 13-year-old boys appeared in county court today to tell their story of an unsuccessful attempt to steal an airplane and fly to Texas to hunt coyotes "because we were bored."
Three Boys Steal Plane To Hunt Coyotes in Texas
The boys were arrested after two planes nosed over at the municipal airport. Sheriff Ted Guffey quoted the boys as saying their only knowledge of airplanes was about models they had built.
Time for a Magna Carta From Our King John
—From the St. Louis Star-Times