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EDITORIAL
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1940.
The Kansan Comments -- EDITORIALS LETTERS PATTER
Mr. Hoover Leads With His Chin
Emotional appeals by former president Herbert Hoover on behalf of the beleaguered Finnish republic have an ominous ring of presidential politics. His continued campaign for foreign relief may result in Mr. Hoover's being accused, just as he accused Franklin Roosevelt in 1932, of "playing politics with human misery."
That Mr. Hoover led no movement for Austrian relief when Hitler marched into that country, threw thousands of persons into concentration camps, and sent thousands more into homeless exile, does not seem to be in keeping with the former president's present attitude. That Mr. Hoover led no movement for relief in Spain, China, Czecho-Slovakia, or Poland shows again a right-about-face in position.
Never has the ex-president shown for imporverished and debt-ridden people in the United States the great passion he is now exhibiting toward Finland. Hoover fails to state
Labor Against The World
John Lewis and his CIO and William Green and his AFL are still banging away at President Roosevelt and at the National Labor Relations Board.
Claiming that the re-election of the president in 1936 was the result of a coalition between the Democratic party and organized labor, Lewis, at the Columbus, Ohio, convention of his United Mine Workers of America last week, charged that "the democratic party and its leadership have not preserved their faith."
Lewis reiterated complaints he has been making for time past: that there has been no attempt on the part of the administration to seek or to heed labor's advice on any question; that seven years after its instatement, the administration has still failed to do anything of significance in solving unemployment, relief, debt, taxation, and many other problems.
But Mr. Lewis has failed to realize that Franklin Roosevelt has given organized labor more support than it has had in many years. Roosevelt has been a strong proponent of labor throughout his entire stay in the White House. That the Labor Relations Board has been more than arbitrary in handling labor is little justification for Lewis' present stand against the president.
At the same time, the executive council of the AFL termed the work of the Labor Board the result of "bias, stupidity, and incompetence." The council charged that the terms granted the board under the Wagner act do not allow such abuses as have been practiced in administering labor disputes. Each of the labor organizations, AFL and CIO, also feels that the board is favoring the other.
It is known that the board is not perfect, that it has been partial in many cases and too arbitrary in others. Yet it is also an accepted fact that the Board has been even less favorable toward employers than toward labor. But regardless of the abuses performed by the Board, the correction of the trouble does not lie simply in modifying or reorganizing that Board, as the labor groups have suggested.
his position regarding the critical and tragic relief crisis in Ohio, where Governor Bricker—apparently to keep a balanced budget balanced—refuses to take action. Nor has Hoover made any mention of securing fair treatment and trial of WPA workers charged with labor conspiracy in Minneapolis. And the "Grapes of Wrath" Okies in Hoover's home state of California have yet to see the Republican leader lend his support to a crusade in their behalf.
Effective revision of the Wagner Act, stip-
Mr. Hoover made part of his original reputation as the American relief director in Europe during the first World War—a reputation that helped into the presidency.
With a crucial presidential election to be held this year, it would appear possible, then, that Hoover may be dramatizing the plight of the Finns in the interest of his own eagerness to build up political popularity with the American people.
The one-time president apparently thinks he has taken hold of a popular presidential issue, since the American people have a greater regard for the Finns than for the Russians. Thus he is now willing to throw overboard his cautious attitude of a few months ago to carry on a crusade for the Finns. In so doing, it is possible he may set fires that will be hard to quench. Once Hoover succeeds in giving momentum to his relief campaign, the next step to follow is that the United States will be expected to extend loans to the small countries in distress or to offer more than monetary aid.
ulating for the Board certain powers beyond which it could not go, and thus guaranteeing fairness and justice to laborer and employer alike, should automatically heal the sore spot now caused by the Labor Board.
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Republicans who fear the Roosevelt popularity in the coming election are advised that an effective way of lessening the chances for his re-election would be to suggest that the president go for an automobile ride with one of his sons.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Vol. 37 Thursday, Feb. 8, 1940 No. 86
FIRESIDE FORUM: There will be a penny carnival at the Congregational Church at 8 o'clock Friday evening, Feb. 9. Refreshments and dancing will follow the carnival. Everyone is invited to come and join the fun—Lorraine Polson, publicity chairman.
KAPPA PHI. The regular meeting for Friday night has been postponed. There will be a Cabinet Meeting tomorrow at 7:00 o'clock at 1209 Tennessee. There will be a tea for new Methodist girls Sunday afternoon at 1527 Massachusetts—Mary Rose, publicity chairman.
ROCK CHALK TALK
NOTICE TO ALL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: Dr. E. T. Gibson is at the Watkins Memorial Hospital each Tuesday afternoon for discussion with students on problems of mental hygiene. Appointments may be made through the Watkins Memorial Hospital—Dr. R. I. Canuthes.
MEN'S STUDENT COUNCIL: Because of the basketball game, the meeting for Monday, February 12, will not begin until 9:15. -Irving Kuraner, secretary.
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Wisecracks about the third term don't seem to be getting any funnier. The more of them we read, the more we miss Will Rogers. Democrat though he was, the cowboy comedian never sacrificed a good joke for the sake of the party. His dry Oklahoma humor was at its best when applied to such topics.
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The news that British troops are being recruited for service in Finland surprises us. We had expected it to be the other way around.
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After disclosing that Father Coughlin would not make his usual Sunday broadcast, the announcer said:
"Be assured Father Coughlin knows what he is doing."
We weren't in doubt about what the radio reverend does. But what he says is another matter.
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One thing that lovers must decide Now that cars in romance Have replaced the hack. Is whether modern cupids like t
ride In cramped up front seats.
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Jim Farley says he loves his country better than the Democratic party. Which is no sacrifice of political loyalty considering the fact that all he has to do is develop a kindly feeling for Maine and Vermont.
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The Leavenworth prison farm is said to need guards to keep men on the job. That's one problem the Kansas farmer hasn't had to face. On the other hand, the prison ruralists
don't have to compete with the WPA for labor at harvest time.
A controversy that threatens to rival the third term as a political issue is developing over Thomas E. Dewey's alleged attempt to "age" himself artificially. But there's really nothing new about trying to look older or younger. Women traditionally have fought the birthday habit. They try to look 25 at 15 and 15 at 25. The college freshman in an effort to appear mature, affects a pipe and starts shaving twice daily in the hope a beard will sprout.
In Mr. Dewey's case, however, the argument concerns the method he should use. His mustache, some contend, makes the district attorney flippant, and more youthful. This school holds he should acquire some horn-rimmed spectacles. Probably neither one is the best. We knew a rosy-cheeked youth with a distinct high schoolish appearance who campaigned for county treasurer in a small Kansas town. He made a regular practice of walking through the business district with his wife and three-year-old child. And he won.
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An Oklahoma A. and M. senior,
first ever to major in philosophy and
psychology at that school, is said to
have read a complete non-fiction book
every day since he was five years old.
If "Gone With the Kind" had a little
more factual basis, we'd be skeptical.
The thaw was making steady progress on icy sidewalks yesterday. But we haven't decided whether we'd rather slip or swim.
YOU SAID IT
EASTERNER.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The editors are not responsible for opinions or facts given in the letters published in this column. Letters more than 300 words are subject to cutting, and all letters must be signed, although the name will be withheld if the writer desires.
What is the business school trying to do—be exclusive? I suggest there be some equalization of opportunity around this University, in the form of more equitable fees.
I want to know why we students in the business school have to pay a larger tuition fee than students in the college. I see no reason for the difference in the fees, for the business school is no more specialized, offers no courses requiring expensive laboratory equipment, and leads to a degree that guarantees no more than an A.B.
The fact that I am not a resident of Kansas means that I have to pay greater fees, no matter in what school I am, but the added burden of having to pay more in the business school is just too much.
KNOCKS BUSINESS SCHOOL
To the Editor:
ASKS KANSAN TO TEMPORIZE To the Editor;
The Kansan must have a wild hair. Whence all these letters from
students seeking to have a change made in closing hours? Doesn't the editor of the Kansan know that the mere printing of letters from readers can do little good toward effecting an amendment of the present regulations?
Because of the difficulty of ever making any changes in such a strongly entrenched rule as that of closing hours, it seems to me that the Kansan is only wasting space when it devotes part of its columns to letters such as these.
Why not, instead, give more play to letters from students who are really speaking their minds on important topics, issues that can be discussed? Certainly this would be of more general interest to all the paper's readers.
CONFORMIST
CALLS DIES AGITATOR
To the Editor:
Conditions are developing in this country, largely by reason of war reactions, that threaten an outbreak of
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