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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1940
The Kansan Comments --
EDITORIALS★
One At A Time
IN regard to the United States' entering the war, some persons are in accord with Macawber and his famous line, "... which, I may say, I am hourly expecting."
Latest scare among these hourly-expecters is the situation in the Caribbean Sea area. Martinique island in the West Indies is owned by France and maintains allegiance to the Vichy government. The Vichy government is moving into closer cooperation with Germany. By the Act of Havana, the United States, has the sanction of the Western Hemisphere in taking over possessions of any foreign power in the Western Hemisphere in the case of a threat of change of sovereignty in that possession.
Some persons say "if Germany wants to control this area, war would burst loose for sure in the Caribbean."
These persons overlooked four things:
1. The United States is not going to declare war on Germany.
2. Germany is not going to declare war on the United States until she is prepared to conduct it with some hope of success.
3. Germany is very much occupied with war against England and contemplated war against Greece.
4. Great Britain is still in control of the Atlantic Ocean. Germany's ships operating today are almost all designed as hit-and-run raiders, which would not be suitable to conduct of a war across two thousand miles of water.
The situation in Martinique is aggravated by the presence there of 100 planes, Americanmade on French order before the collapse of the democracy. The United States asks that these planes be returned to this country.
This demand may cause friction between Nazi-dominated France and the United States and perhaps even between the United States and Nazi Germany, but Hitler will not declare war when his own interest can best be served by peace.
A man who is fighting for his life, reaches for a brickbat to fling at his enemy. An interested spectator decides that is unfair and grabs up the brickbat before the man can get his hands on it. The fighter would be "plenty mad" about it, but the chances are that he wouldn't take on the second fellow until he had disposed of the first.
Guard Mexico Way
TREMENDOUS explosions in two Pennsylvania powder mills and a New Jersey railway torpedo factory Tuesday, all within an hour and a half, are the latest in a series of "accidents" that smack strongly of sabotage.
Handling explosives is never safe, and the present increased activity in the manufacture of explosives multiplies the possibilities of accidents. Even so, three explosions within such a short period of time can not easily be accepted as coincidence.
A reassuring note is found in a statement made by the State department last week. The statement: that the United States southern border has been closed to "undesirables".
Since Canada entered the war, United States agents, in cooperation with Canadian officials, have been checking on persons who enter the country across our northern border.
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Supervision of entries from Mexico sews up
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the last gaping hole through which persons actively opposed to our governmental system and democratic principles can pour into this country unchallenged.
At ports of entry, machinery already in operation needed only to be tightened to exclude anyone whom the government thinks it advisable to keep out. Entrance into the United States, whether by land or by sea, is now controlled.
Model laws for regulation of subversive activities are now being prepared by federal authorities for presentation to states in an effort to get uniform, effective legislation for state action.
For three years the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been gathering information about persons who, in case of a national emergency, might be considered dangerous. This material is filed and the person's future activities are carefully watched.
To weed out all or even almost all of the persons who might be dangerous to our government is an almost Herculean task, but it is encouraging to know that a start has been made and that work is going forward.
Close-packed bomb shelters are breaking down class consciousness in England. Sociologists report that the wealthy and the poor are being drawn together into a new sort of English democracy by common suffering and a common admiration of individual heroism and bravery.
In consideration of the number of University women now appearing in ski suits, slacks, ad infinitum, it might be observed that another winter like the past one and the men and women on Mt. Oread will be wearing clothing so much alike it will amount to somewhat of a new order right here.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Student Paper of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Lawrence, Kansas
Vol. 38 Friday, Nov. 15, 1940 No. 45
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
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: Christian Science Organization will hold a regular meeting Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 in the Pine room of the Union building. All students, graduates, and faculty members are welcome.-Patricia Neil, secretary.
KAPPA PHI. Pledge meeting this evening at 7:00 at Rev. Price's, 1290 Tennessee. Very important that all pledges be there. No excuses accepted. — Kathryn Schake, publicity chairman.
--manager for a travel agency in directing Germans. On arriving in New York City, German visitors believe that the canvas covers which they see on the telescopes atop the Empire State building conceal machine guns. The are puzzled by the fact that there are no armed guards about New York. They look in vain for uniformed soldiers and wonder why we have not placed troops on the Canadian border. When they are conducted through Chicago, the Germans are universally of the opinion that the beacon on the Palmolive building is for anti-aircraft defense.
I. S.A. MEMBERS: Get your I.S.A. directories now in the office of the Men's Adviser, room I Frank Strong hall—Charlotte Steele.
SOCIOLOGY CLUB: The Sociology Club will meet Tuesday at 4:30 in the Old English room of the Union building, Miss Amaretta Jones, Supervisor of In-Service Training, State Board of Social Welfare will be the speaker. The Psychology Club is cordially invited. Anyone interested in Sociology is welcome—Patty Riggs.
KAPPA BETA: Kappa Beta will meet Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 6:30 at Myers hall. The speaker will be Mrs. A. J. Mix—Lois Worrel, president.
PHI CHI THETA: Pledging services will be held Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 4:30 p.m. in the Pine room.-Marjorie Newmann.
SQUARE DANCING: There will be square dancing tonight at 7:30. Students and faculty members are invited.-Ruth Hoover.
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German Tourists 'Can't Believe It'
The blissful ignorance of the German people, caused by government censorship of the press and effective propaganda, is shown in an article by Paul Martin in a recent "Living Age" magazine. Martin's article is called "As Nazi Tourists See Us," and tells his experience as tour
"How large is your army?" and "What is the price of butter?" are the first two questions of the visiting Germans, says Martin. They are amazed at the price of butter and dumbfounded upon hearing that until the new conscription bill gets results, we have a standing army of less than 200,000 men. They are surprised to find that we get free matches with cigarettes, and that we are not forbidden to take pictures of the George Washington bridge.
Nazis, who are still waiting for the car-for-the-common-man, are astounded at the streets crowded with cars owned even by lowest wage
earners. The fact that millions of acres of our land are not in use is sickening to the Germans. They believe that we purged the Indians as they did the Jews. As they think that Germany invented good roads, it is painful for them to find that, with the exception of a few hundred miles of their military roads, this country has ten of thousands of miles of roads which are far better.
They can't see how all our nationalities can live side by side in harmony and have any "national unity." Many of them seriously think that the President's real name is Rosenfeld; that American banking is a Jewish monopoly; and that Morgenstein (J. P. Morgan) started the World War single-handed. They think the New York Times is a Bolshevik newspaper and to any press opinions which they read here and which are contradictory to their own, they say, "It is all a lie."
How impressed the Germans are after their visit to America can't be told. They keep all their opinions locked in their minds, because they fear that any statement, contradictory to what they are told at home, might get back to the "proper authorities" and cause the Gestapo, instead of their relatives, to greet them at the dock in Germany.
ROCK CHALK TALK
Joan Elliott, blonde Theta pledge, and Bob Brown, Sigma Nu pledge, were in the Union fountain yesterday. And right there in front of the soda squirt and everybody they kissed.
Do Kansas City girls pack a punch. Ask Brown. Or the spectators.
Sigma Chi's seem to be finding their way around without any trouble this week. Maybe the cold snap brought back their sense of direction. But last Saturday night when some of them went on a steak fry, they beat around miles of bush before finding a cabin. Such a beautiful night, too.
Three Sigma Nu's from Oklahoma A. and M., who are coming to Lawrence next weekend, have written to request dates with Rita Lemoine, Shirley Tholen, and Marjorie Owen, three of the lassies pictured in the September "Sour Owl." It seems the "Owl" circulates 'way down to Still-water, and these lads saw and decided to come and conquer.
Missouri turkeys would be wise to migrate to Kansas tomorrow, and return to Mizzou next Saturday, thus missing both Thanksgivings. There's always some way to beat the rap.
Have you read those spine-freezers about the Shadow and the Spider? K.U. now has its own mysterious personality—the White Carnation.
This week sorority houses have been receiving phone calls from the White Carnation, inquiring girls' names "for a book I plan to write." Suspecting this ruse, they tried in vain to discover the identity of this character.
Now that he has spoken, we wait fearfully for the White Carnation to strike.
Gibson Resumes Mental Hygiene Conferences
Dr. Edward T. Gibson, psychiatrist at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City, will resume mental hygiene conferences here with students next Tuesday afternoon.
Students desiring a personal consultation with Dr. Gibson should register at Watkins Memorial hospital before Tuesday. The conferences cover a wide field of subjects, such as social adjustment, studying, love affairs, and family problems. Some medical cases are also referred to Dr. Gibson.
Because of injuries received in automobile accident in September, Dr. Gibson was unable to begin his conferences at the first of the year. He resumed his office work two weeks ago.
These consultations will be held by Dr. Gibson weekly.
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