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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FEBRUARY 18, 194
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Student Newspaper of the UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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A Look At Teapot Dome
The current "scandal" involving several members of the administration, and concerning the use of government oil properties, has been compared by many persons, among them the former secretary of the interior, Harold Ikes, to the infamous Teapot Dome intrigue of the early 1920's.
Since the two situations have to some degree the same symptoms of a corrupt liaison between government and big business, an examination of the facts of the Teapot Dome affair provides an interesting background for the present case.
The facts uncovered by a senate investigating committee in 1923 provoked the most unsavory incident of its kind since Grant's time.
Denby, Harding's secretary of the navy, had, with the president's approval, transferred to Secretary of the Interior Fall the administration of certain oil reserves which had been set apart by Taft and Wilson for the exclusive use of the navy.
In 1922, Fall without eeking competitive bids secretly leased a reserve (Teapot Dome) near Casper, Wyo., to H. S. Sinclair, and another and larger reserve at Elk Hills, Calif., to E. T. Doheny.
Though in each case the government received a royalty on the oil extracted, the fluid itself was diverted from its intended purpose to the enormous gains of private commercial interests. However unwise, the transaction bore no sinister aspects until a senate committee discovered that late in 1921 Doheny had loaned Fall $100,000 without interest or security, and that after Fall's retirement from the cabinet in March of 1923, Sinclair had similarly loaned him $25,000.
As far as can be determined, Harding played no part in these transactions. Those close to him have since said that the inevitable scandal and the knowledge that he had not fulfilled his public trust brought on his premature death in office, August 2, 1923.
Sinclair had similarly loaned him $30,000. Government suits ultimately secured the return of the reserves in 1927 and two years later the conviction of Fall for bribery.
It would be foolish as well as unfair to say that the present situation is wholly comparable or even likely to turn out in such a disgraceful way as did the Teapot Dome scandal.
Ickes, however, in his letter of resignation to President Truman on Feb. 13, pointed out that in 1946 as in 1922, the department of the interior had been subjected to outside political pressure, and that Secretary Fall's decision to submit to that pressure brought about the Teapot Dome "incident."
Ickes' charges against Pauley are truly tremendous, since the secretary charged that Pauley offered to arrange for the contributions by California oil men of $300,000 to the Democratic party treasury if the government would release its claim to rich California oceanic oil fields.
This offer, if it were actually made, is nothing less than attempted bribery.
In the current instance, to whatever extent big business has actually sought to exploit the public domain, the affairs of '22 and '46 are similar. O.R.
The Way To Go Home
It happened at the Don Cossack concert last week, as it happens every time.
The minute a concert is over, a few members of the audience reach for their coats and wait tensely for the applause to stop and the performer to leave the stage, so they can beat everyone else to the nearest exit. Some of them even crowd toward the aisles and stand grudgingly through the encores.
They may think that the convention of applauding for encores is a foolish waste of time.
"Why should we sit there clapping for something we didn't especially enjoy, just to inflate some singer's ego?" they may ask.
But the encore has long been an accepted and expected part of a musical program. If an audience shows that it appreciates his efforts, the artist often saves one of his most popular numbers until last, the "something extra for your money." It is not very gratifying to him when a part of the group obviously wants to go home.
If those listeners who are so busy can afford to spend two hours at a concert, surely they can spare two or three extra minutes for the sake of good manners as well as for the sake of those who really want to hear the encores.—M.T.
It's beginning to look as if plans for the student co-op bookstore are going to be put on the shelf.
With air travel approaching the speed of sound, telephone operators will probably think twice before stirring up any more antagonism. In a little while a phone call may be just so much red tape, anyway.
The robin is no longer the earliest sign of spring to most people. Notification comes now in the form of income tax blanks.
Senators Wheeler and Johnson used an especially weak argument against the proposed loan to Britain saying it would look like favoritism to the rest of the world. Perhaps their home states, Montana and Colorado, are so far west that they can't see how close the United States and Britain really are.
A feather to every student and every other Jayhawk fan who booed the referees and the Nebraska players at Friday night's game.
Rock Chalk Talk
By FRANK CURRY
The ice wasn't broken—it melted. Marge Free, Kappa, was coke-sipping with John Conard, returned vet, in the Union fountain when she absent-mindedly lit a match to the lip-sticked off her straw. Later the waitress cleared away the debris and was intrigued by the burning embers. Marge tossed one sultry glance at John. "Hot lips," she murmured.
Wrong train-of thought. Did you know that part of the Navy is gone? Doris Bickel, Harmon Co-op, was voyaging only to Emporia, but when the conductor asked her destination, she answered dreamily, "Great Lakes."
A bird in the hand. Theta's are still vibrating over the Valentine Dineen Somers sent George Robb, Sig Alph. Dineen, inspired with the thrill of giving, gave the lucky boy a canary. (YES, A CANARY) . . . It's got just enough love-bird in it to be interesting," chortles Bob Cox, self-styled fowl expert.
The Sig Alph's really don't need the yellow and black passion-symbol because they're busy educating a very young white cocker named "Gismo." Gismo is a bright pup, but "pups will be pups," you know. Canaries, well, canaries will—too.
A project for Russian I. One of the autograph seekers brave enough to approach the booted Russians was Carol Anne Dergase, 1529 Kentucky. Carol admits the guy spoke English, but she can't read what he wrote. If it translates into something good we'll use it next week. And if she doesn't, one about the traveling commissar and the collective farm will "".
The dull thud. Mary Detwiler, Sleepy Hollow (we hate us for this sentence), got a big bang out of her first class. Her mind awhirl with the new semen she wore presheed on the floor in one unhappy heap.
One wonders when the pride wenth.
What men do to be beautiful. A disillusioned and disparited Battenfeld man has only 25 more lessons before he'll be a full-fledged expert on Swedish massage.
And all the other members of the hall are tired from the muscle-making gadgets that Lyle Wheatcroft lends to followers of Charles Atlas.
There is one particularly hellish instrument designed to produce chest muscles, or else. It isn't so bad, except when one of the springs comes loose and twangs through the
hall. One sucker slipped one of the two handles over his toes and then tried to pull the other handle up. (This is exercise No. 17, designed to fashion steel-cable stomach muscles). The handle slipped off the toes and slammed the nooor foe on the chin. They were all very kind when I opened my eyes.
Letters to the Editor
No to Conscription Ex-G.I. Says
To the Daily Kansan: A certain L. K. took up a lot of space in the paper yesterday throwing around a bunch of big words for the apparent purpose of asking one simple question about conscription? I am a G.I. I am going to be big about this thing and tell the gentleman what I think,
This national question is comparable to a contest in which two prizes are offered. First prize is permanent world peace. Second prize is preparedness in case of another war. We must devote our primary argument to winning first prize. Missing that we want a cinch, second. To survive, we must win one of the two. Doesn't that suggest a compromise?
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First, education toward active international cooperation. But L. K. didn't ask me to discuss that. Second, preservation of our national strength. And that, L. K., I think can be accomplished through disciplined compulsory high school physical training and diet supervision, maintenance of a highly trained military
Monday, Feb. 18
The College faculty will meet 4:30 p.m. tomorrow in the auditorium, Frank Strong Hall.
Dramatics worship meeting 4.
p.m. tomorrow, Little Theater, Greec
hall. Attendance required.
All-Student Council will meet
7:15 Tuesday, Pine room, Union.
Petitions will be accepted 10 day following date of this notice for candidates to fill the vacancies of All-Student Council caused by the resignations of Dean Corder, Lea Brown, Cecil Langford, Representatives from district II, the School of Engineering and Architecture; and Shirley Corlett, Mal Margaret Gaynor, representative from district I, the College.
Meeting 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, auc itorium, Frank Strong. All veteran invited.
nucleus, continuation of research in military science, and the conservation of our natural resources. N military conscription is necessary or desirable. Want me to expand or defend any of these statements, of boy? I like to write letters.
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