PAGE SIX UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22,1940. The Kansan Comments -w l-k bert and Ru EDITORIALS The tight gubernatorial fight does not mean that Ratner was a bad governor. It doesn't mean the people were incensed over his administration. Most Kansas governors are the same, and have been ever since frugal Alf Landon laid down the unbreakable tradition and characteristics which a governor of Kansas must observe. Ratner has been no different. BOOKS★ LETTERS★ Neither does the near-defeat show that Rather is a bad politician. In fact he is one of the hand-shakingest, back-pattendingest politicians in the state, and he's not too obvious about it. On the Thanksgiving day he refused to observe, Governor Payne Ratner had reason to give thanks yesterday. Out-state absentee votes were all in, and the final count showed Ratner re-elected governor by 427 votes, finishing just a hair ahead of W. H. Burke, who led up to the last. Eleven-Year Foresight Ratner can be thankful because of something he did 11 years ago when he was serving his first term as senator in the state house. Ratner it was who introduced and pushed the bill to allow out-state absentee voting. He fought for the bill until it was passed and that act gave him the election yesterday. But the election does show that the so-called Landon machine needs a few more mechanics. In the Republican national convention, Landon had his way against the wishes of Clyde Reed and other Republican dignataries. Apparently the ruie was that as Landon went, so went all state Republicans. But things don't always happen according to rule. The "other Republican dignitaries" apparently resented the rule of the Landon forces. They had a chance to show their resentment in the race for governor. It appears that Ratner was just an innocent victim of the whole internal struggle. Ratner became the target not only of the Democrats, but of the bolting Republicans. The target-practice almost cost Ratner a defeat which would have crippled seriously his political career. PATTER★ YOU SAID IT Editor, Daily Kansan: Representative Martin Dies and the sleuths of the House committee investigating un-American activities are again playing cops and robbers, accompanied, of course, by the customary fanfare of publicity. When the tumult and the shouting of the chase have died away, it probably will be found that the committee has made its usual small fry catch of fingerling saboteurs, fifth columnists, espionage agents and others who fall into the general classification of the subversive element. So blatant are Mr. Dies' methods in hunting out these unpleasant persons that it requires no great stretch of the imagination to picture the Texan leaning back in his chair and saying to his secretary, "Miss Jones, take a sensational disclosure." Yet, lest Mr. Dies be put into too harsh a light, it must be admitted that his tactics are sportsmanlike, for he never takes after his quarry without having given them at least a week's notice, enabling them to dispose of whatever evidence that might be embarrassing. There can be no misunderstanding that investigations such as the Dies committee purports to do are necessary, particularly now that industry has been stepped up to furnish materials for national defense. But there is a general misconception of the worth of Mr. Dies and the committee's gumshoes. The Federal Mr. Dies, it also must be admitted, makes "good copy." Almost always the workings of his committee are worth a column on the front page of any newspaper, even in competition with an election and its aftermath and a first-rate European war. It does seem, however, that the American taxpayers are paying rather highly for their reading pleasure. Bureau of Investigation, because of its outstanding record, should be allotted sufficient funds to increase its personnel and scope, and the Dies committee, because of its record of no runs, no hits and all errors, should be laughed off the books. UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Student Paper of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Lawrence, Kansas Subscription rates, in advance, $3.00 per year, $1.75 per semester. Published at Lawrence, Kansas, daily during the second week except Monday and Friday, referred as second season. Mail address: 17, 1910, at the post office at Lawrence, Kansas, under the Act of March 3, 1879. EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief Gray Dorsey Editorial Associates: Helen Houston, Mary McAnow, Pat Murdock, and Eldon Corkill Feature Edition Wandalee Carlson NEWS STAFF Managing Editor Stan Stauffer Campus Editor Bob Trump Sports Editor Don Pieve Society Editor Ann Netley News Editor Virgina Gray Wire and Radio Editor Art O'Donnell Copy Editors: Orlando Epp, Russell Burrett, Margaret Burrett BUSINESS STATEMENT Business Manager ... Rex Cowen Advertising Manager ... Frank Huntner Advertising Assistant ... Ruth Spencer BUSINESS STAFF UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS OFFICIAL BULLETIN Vol. 38 Friday, Nov. 22, 1940 No. 49 Notices due at Chancellor's office at 3 p.m. on day before publication during the week, and at 11 a.m. on Saturday for Sunday issue. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION: The Christian Science Organization will hold a regular Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 in the Pine room of the Union building. All students, graduates, and faculty members are welcome.-Patricia Neil, secretary. DRAMATIC CLUB: The Dramatic Club will meet in the Little Theatre, Green Hall at 4:30 Tuesday afternoon.—David Watermulder, secretary. DELTA PHI SIGMA: There will be an informal dance at the parish house this evening from nine till 12.—Freda Zimmerman, reporter. KAPPA PHI: There will be a covered dish supper at the church this evening at 5:30. The pledges are conducting the program.-Kathryn Schaake, publicity chairman. MEN'S STUDENT COUNCIL: There will be a regular meeting of the Council in the Pine room Monday at 8 p.m.—Jim Burdge, secretary. THETA SIGMA PHI: There will be a meeting Monday at 3:30 in the sky parlor of the Journalism building. -Polly Gowans, secretary. NEWMAN CLUB: The Newman Club will have its regular monthly Corporate Communion after the 9:30 Mass next Sunday morning. Breakfast will be served after the Mass. At the business meeting after the breakfast there will be an election of officers. All members are urged to be there. Non-members may make reservation by telephoning 783—Joseph A. Zishka. PSYCHOLOGY CLUB: The Psychology Club will meet Monday at 4:30 in room 21, Frank Strong hall. Mr. Haley of Czechoslovakia will speak. Everyone is invited—Lois Schreiber, secretary. W. S.G.A. COUNCIL: The W.S.G.A. Council will meet Monday evening at 7 o'clock in the Pine room.— Doris Twente, Secretary. NOTICE TO ALL STUDENTS: Dr. E. T. Gibson will be available for personal conferences at Watkins Memorial Hospital on Tuesday afternoons from 2 to 5. Appointments should be made at the Watkins Memorial Hospital—Dr. R. I. Canuteson. PORTUGUESE: A course in Elementary Portuguese will be offered next semester, provided at least fifteen students indicate their interest in advance. Since it is necessary to prepare the second semester schedules by the end of this month, students are requested to leave their names in my office (115 Frank Strong Hall) before November 28. The course will be Portuguese 70, for three hours credit, and will be taught by Professor Osma. Prerequisite, ten hours of Spanish. Since the course is a junior-senior course, sophomores must petition if they want to take it.—W H. Shoemaker. NOTICES★ PSI CHI: Psi Chi will hold a short business meeting Monday afternoon in room 21, Frank强 Hall at 4 o'clock. All members be present if possible.—Lois Schreiber, secretary. THE BOOK SHELF Young America's Aviation Manual edited by Frederick P. Graham and Reginald M. Cleveland; Robert M. McBride and Co., N.Y., $2.00. Publicity releases on this book describe it as being "profusely illustrated." That's putting it mildly since well over half its pages have been filled with excellent photographs, many of them only recently released by the army and navy. If you have plastered your walls with photos of all the current airplane pictures, you would do well to stop and get this book. With America looking into the sky, more and more, following the signals of the radio beam, and arguing the relative merits of every new plane which takes to the air, certainly it would behoove everyone to know a Curtis Hawk from a Vultee and a directional gyro from a retractible landing gear. The progress made by the aviation industry since the Wrights first skidded across the dunes at Kitty Hawk, and more especially the progress in the last decade, is unprecedented in the history of transportation. But the general public's knowledge of aviation has not kept pace, whereas it most certainly should. Aviation is a specialized field, a specialized industry. The average man knows little or nothing about what goes into the making of plane, or, for that matter, a pilot. The written material in "Young America's Aviation Manual" is distinctly high-schoolish, slanted for the younger generation of aviation enthusiasts. But the story of aviation it tells in pictures is for everyone. Its authors plan to make this an annual affair, revised with additions every year to keep pace with a fast growing and even faster changing industry. If they are able to keep up the standard of near-perfect photos which they have set in this their first issue, the project is very worthwhile. They have done an excellent job of covering the several phases of the industry, for the chapters of the book read—commercial aviation, military flying, naval aviation, manufacture, research, instruments and aids, private flying, and it even has something of American aviation schools. Your aviation library incomplete without this one. ROCK CHALK TALK Otto Kiehl picked up his gun and went bang. At the turkey shoot he got the bird. But last night he demonstrated that he is not so expert with a knife as he is with a gun. After Tom Arbuckle staggered in with the huge platter, Kiehl began his work as cut-up. He started out like a veteran, he soon decided to sacrifice the beauty of candle light rather than slice off his thump. So on went the electricity. "White meat, or else!" called the brother Phi Psi's. "Papa, I want the gizzard." While he stabbed and sweated, everybody else feasted since house-mother Mrs. Nelle M. Hopkins, to prevent jealousy, had bought turkeys enough for the whole house. Honored diners at Kiehl's table were Seth Gray, Sonny Jones, "Mugs" Evans, Jack Cadden, Baldy Bolin, Anne Jones, Virginia Elliott, and Jean Brown. Bill Jones, Ruth Beeler, Tom Ballinger, and Charlene Baker did not see pink elephants on the way home from Columbia last night, but they almost ran over a horse and found a car wreck. Trouble-shooter Beeler says it was fun. Two Sigma Chi pledges sent the following telegram collect, to their girl friends from the K.U.-M.U. game: "No money but lots of love." Who said it is the man who pays and pays? The K.U. band was also the K.U. cheering section yesterday. And according to those who heard, they did a good job both on the sidelines and between halves. "Too bad we didn't play the second half first," Hal Ruppenthal, cheerleader, remarked. So say all of us. New face among Kansan proof readers is Henry Haldeman-Julius. In an interview today he said, "In my opoubq bps pkstk. Just sejsk lk now-djfhtus." When further questioned, he explained, "I always try to do my beast, butt now and then their is a terror I veil to catch. Ksd pfts dakeecf." We thought the White Carnation had retired into private life, no more to plague innocent sorority houses. But he must merely have gone out for a quickie, because now he is back on the job as mystery man. To an unidentified Alpha Chi he promised, "I will send white carnations on Thanksgiving and Christmas." All we want to know is this: who is he? Please report clues to the Silky Dink detective service in the newsroom. 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