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EDITORIAL
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1940
The Kansan Comments-- EDITORIALS LETTERS PATTER
For International Economic Plan
Two ideas of economic planning, though widely differentiated in character, are gathering support on national fronts today. One calls for an extension of Secretary Hull's program for more trade agreements with foreign countries. The other advocates such intensive internal economic planning as will make the United States a completely self-sufficient unit and allow it to turn its back on a world fraught with disorders, economic and otherwise. Then it can concentrate on a prosperous America. As well as Americans like to speculate with the latter plan, evidence weighs heavily in favor of the former as the eventual practical solution to America's problems.
Briefly, Hull's reciprocal trade program, which has now emerged as a first-rank political issue, calls for a downward revision of our tariff laws, the removal of the tangle of restrictions blocking the free flow of international trade. Since 1934 our exports to trade-agreement countries have been greatly stimulated, and import statistics of other nations show that they used more American products after 1934 than before the agreements were made. But the effect of trade agreements on our imports is not apparent from the statistics. It has been overshadowed by our purchases, from non-agreement countries, of raw materials used in the 1937 boom and the 1936 drought. The administration must admit that not much can be done with trade agreements in war times, when outthreat competition is on a world-wide basis.
Proponents of the national self-sufficiency theory declare that America would fare well in a world system of nationalistic, autocratic, self-dependent nations. This is the plan many nations are now attempting to use. The Army and Navy Munitions Boards have asserted that in the event of war and an effective blockade of foreign sources of supply, the United States would be able to survive without undue hardship. Of twenty-one strategic raw materials needed by American industry in time of war, only eleven are believed to be vital, and practically all of these could be made synthetically. If the United States can thus become almost completely self-contained in war, would it not be wiser and easier to attempt self-sufficiency in peace?
The other side of the picture is this. Self-sufficiency would mean a sacrifice of American sales in foreign markets as well as an end to American buying abroad. To adopt a "buy and sell American" policy, the United States would have to find some other use for half the acres now developed agriculturally, mechanical production would have to be curtailed by at least 10 percent, and many new industries would need to be started to manufacture goods we could buy abroad for half the price. Vast amounts of capital would lie dormant for want of profitable investment channels. Withdrawal of America from world markets as buyer would create untold havoc with business.
Thus, a national economy seems doomed in America, simply because of the jealous motives of big business. Many logical and spiritual reasons, however, exist to support a theory of "live and let live". And just as if tradeagreements were God-sent, Secretary Hull is slowly winning his fight in Congress. No one can deny that there is charity in the decision of
the United States that national interests are tied up with world interests. Likewise, while all realize that charity begins at home, few are willing to embark on a national self-sufficiency plan and forget about their "sacred cows" abroad.
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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Vol. 37 Sunday, March 10, 1940 No. 108
Vol. 37 Sunday, March 10, 1940 No. 108
ALPHA PHI OMEGA: All members must make final reports on Boy Scout financial drive at 4:30 tomorrow afternoon in the Pine Room of the Union building. An important business meeting will follow the reports—Kenneth Cedarland, president.
A. S.C.E.-ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY; There will be a joint meeting of the A.S.C.E. and the Architectural Society Thursday, March 14, at 7:30 p.m. in 206 Marvin. Mr. H. K. Shideler Postland Cement Association will give an illustrated lecture on reinforced concrete construction—Leonard Schroeter.
ATTENTION: All cases to appear before the Student Court should first be appealed to the Clerk of the Court, Bob McKay, telephone 2903.-Gene Buchanan, chief justice.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION: The regular weekly meeting, open to students, graduates and faculty members, will be held Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 in Room C Myers hall.-Jack Dalby, secretary.
CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE LECTURE: Mr Maurice Hatch will review "The Yearling" by Margaret Rawlings, at 3:30 Wednesday, March 13, in 305 Fraser. While this lecture is primarily for freshmen, upperclassmen and graduates are cordially invited. W. S. Johnson, chairman, department of English.
FIRESIDE FORUM: Fireside Forum will meet this evening at 7:00 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hilden Gibson, 2201 New Hampshire, Transportation will be provided for those who find it more convenient to come to the church. Everyone is welcome.—Lorraine Polson, publicity chairman.
HOME ECONOMICS CLUB: The Home Economics Club will meet at 4:30 Tuesday at the Home Management House. Miss Ingrid Frestadius will speak on "The Home Life in Sweden."—Audrey Bateman, president.
JAY JANES: The Jay Jane initiation banquet will beheld Tuesday at Evans Hearth. The initiation will be at 5:30, the banquet at 6:00.-Ruth Wiedemann, vice-president.
MUSIC ROOM: The Music Room in the Memorial Union will be open today from 2:00 to 5:00. It will be open Monday from 3:30 to 5:30 and from 7:30 to 9:30. A special program will be played Tuesday at 4:30—Ernie Klema, chairman.
MEN'S STUDENT COUNCIL: There will be a regular meeting of the M.S.C. tomorrow at 8:15 in the Pine Room.—Irving Kuraner, secretary.
NEWMAN CLUB: The Newman Club will hold its regular discussion and business meeting Tuesday evening at 7:30 at the St. John's Church Hall. All Catholic students are urged to attend. Non-Catholic students are welcome—Albert Protiva, vice-president.
ROGER WILLIAM FOUNDATION: The Roger William Foundation will meet this evening at 6 o'clock at 1124 Mississippi. Guest speakers from the Wesley Foundation will talk on "The Objectives of the Christian Youth Conference."-Emily Wray, secretary.
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS: All applications for loan and gift scholarships for the year 1940-41 should be filed before March 15th with Miss Persis Cook, Executive Secretary, Committee on Aids and Awards, Room No. 1, Frank强硬 hall—Persis Cook.
GIRL RESERVE TRAINING COURSE. The second meeting of the Girl Reserve Training Course will be held Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 in Spooner-Thayer. Mrs. Quayle, director of the Girl Reserve work at Topeka, will speak on "The Philosophy of the Girl Reserve Movement"—Eda Paddock, secretary of Y.W. C.A.
WESTMINSTER FORUM: Donald Herrington, a graduate student in sociology, will lead a discussion on "War and Propaganda" at Westminster Forum this evening at 7:30. Paul Gilles will lead devotions and a mixed quartet will provide special music—Charles Yeomans, president of forum.
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Then Came the War--- Campus Custom in 1914 Frowned on Over-Gayety
By Art O'Donnel, c'41
"Throw away that stogie and let's go to class," was probably as familiar in the speech of undergraduate men of 1914 as it is today. Cigarettes were illegal in Kansas during that era, and smoking in the buildings had been banned by order of the faculty.
Smoking must have been confined to cigars and pipes. The students of that day were part of the bucket brigade when fires did break out, and to smoke where it was dangerous only made them liable for a job of bucket carrying.
Morals and bad habits have always been protected and corrected by faculty rulings. Punishment was given to the wrongdoers. Possibly petitions were circulated and cries of "We want our inalienable rights" were heard.
Although they were blushingly speechless, resentment was probably exhibited by 35 coeds in 1914 when they were tried for breaking the rule that forbid weekend dates. Engagements with men students, in that year, were confined to weekends, when couples rode the trolley up to Robinson Gymnasium for a few hours of chicken-reeling, waltzing and imbibing sarsaparilla.
It was during 1914 that the entire Men's Student Council was thrown into jail for posting dance advertisements around the campus.
Yes, morals were adequately protected back in K.U.'s younger days, when the "Hill" was still just a spot where natives of Lawrence brought visitors to show them "the purtiest view in Kansas".
ROCK CHALK TALK
By HARRY HILL
By Benny Lemons, second course
A paragraph in the Kansas State Collegeig slightly sneered at peace proposals between State and K.U. and asked if the boys on the Hill were afraid. Ignoring for the moment the simplicity of the writer, we'd like to ask him to look for a bit at the athletic situation existing between Iowa State University and the University of Iowa. Those schools "had at it" in best Kansas style for a while. Finally, the situation got so bad that the schools severed athletic relations altogether, and have never played a game since. Think it over.
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Another aside to the K-State columnist who writes that unless a "certain 'prissy-pants' element at the University ceases to refer to this institution (K-State) as 'Silo Tech'—I'm POSITIVE such an agreement wouldn't last."
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Take a look at the treaty we now have which abolishes pre-game inanities. Given teeth in 1936, the agreement has done a right fair job in protecting property on both campuses before the games.
Since Hill is not writing this column today it might be okay to talk about him. Handling the sport page while Open-Faced Simon is in Oklahoma, Hill went to the Union's recreation room to get a story on the three-cushion billiard team tryouts. Hill, who is as careful with the cue as the Shin is in observing accuracy, tired of watching the tryouts and seized a stick himself.
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He made the team.
And a sequel to that: A reporter who failed to write a story announcing Allen Crafton's screen tests for the K.U. movie. When the reporter went around the next day she found Crafton in a hissy because no one showed up to take advantage of all the equipment he set up.
As a last resort Crafton made the erring reporter take the screen test herself.
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Now she has a part in the forth-coming movie.
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Finding our athletic department's financial problem too much of a problem, we'll have to hand it to athletics over at the "Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science." (Always a pacifist.) State's football team pushed the blue side of the athletic ledger up to $24,-731.72, which is about $24,731.72 more profit than the local boys made during the football season.
Afterthought on yesterday's talk about M.S.C.-purchased f.o.tball players for the University. Those boys who hawk programs in the stadium could yell; "Official pro-
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