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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE. KANSAS
Kansan Comment
Radio Static
America prolonged her adolescence as a nation to the point of international nausea. Our "youth" is growing old. Such psychology carries over into law enforcement, and the "newness" of the radio industry as an excuse for ominous private and government censorship of free speech is beginning to wear a bit thin.
Radio is a relatively recent development in the field of communication, but the basic principles of free speech have been with us since the Bill of Rights was tacked onto the Constitution, and denial of this right is indubitably unconstitutional. Yet is there a loud cry out of ragged patriotism? Does the voice of democracy challenge such action as the decision of the National Association of Broadcasters to refuse to permit the sale of time on the air for the discussion of "controversial" issues? The spirit of democracy lies in the fact that there is more than one side of a question. Controversy can exist only in a democracy. Totalitarian states must be made up of "yes men." Freedom of debate and democracy are synonymous.
Specifically the Townsendites and Father Coughlin have been denied time on the air. True, many people do think their ideas are wrong. Discrimination, however, because of difference in opinion is censorship and restriction of freedom of speech. "Freedom for the thought we hate," said Oliver Wendell Holmes, "is the guarantee of personal liberty." The N.A.B. will not permit time on the air for the sale of ideas, but time to sell products from soap flakes to breakfast food can be obtained by any corporation with enough dollars. Such a decision, quite ridiculous, could be challenged legally on the ground that competitive advertising is clearly controversial. Such a challenge might smoke out of hiding the real motive for censorship.
The press has fought a long battle for its freedom. Radio should prepare for a similar struggle to preserve its integrity and independence. New Deal propaganda on the radio has become as familiar as Amoe and Andy. Radio, it seems, has an insidious way of easing suggestions into the public mind without jarring the normal reactionary instincts. There lies the power and the danger of radio. Wisely used, radio can be a power for progress; but censored and limited by commercialism and partisanship, it degenerates into a propaganda media.
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Lucky Adolph
"The voice of Nazism is trumpeted, but the true voice of Germany is a murmur so low that only the patient and gentle can hear it," is the remark of a young German girl, a member of the Hitler Mälsen, when on a visit in England recently. The true voice, it would seem, is beginning to get somewhat louder. It was a definite explosion day before yesterday when someone tried to crush Hitler under the mass of debris of the bombed Munich beer cellar.
By no means is this the first time that an attempt has been made to "get" Hitler; it is perhaps the closest the Fuehrer's scalp has come to being taken. While plans for this coup were well-laid, the timing was just a little askew.
When Hitler pushed his abortive campaign on Berlin in 1923, it was from this same beer cellar that the National Socialists marched. They got a face full of lead bullets from regular troopers who tried to put Adolph on the spot the cellar to mend their wounds, lap their beer, and await developments.
The Nazi leader has miraculously escaped several direct attempts at assassination. In 1934 one of the men on the list for that day's blood purge rushed on Hitler with a drawn revolver. He was shot in the back before he could pull the trigger. Two of his own storm troopers who tried to put Adolph on the spot in 1935, killed Hitler's chauffeur instead. Persons with embryonic plots on the German leader's life in the making have been discovered. Doubtless there have been many attempts and many plots of which the world has been kept ignorant.
Thus far in the history of Nazism, the voice of the German people has been only a murmur, with an occasional shout. Will Hitlerism die with its leader? Will Hitler's luck continue?
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War
Jitters
Once, while upon the desert road to Bagdad, a caravan met Pestilence in the form of a blood-stained devil.
From the Daily Trojan:
"Why," asked the Arab chief, "do you hasten to Bagdad?"
"I go to take 5,000 lives," was the answer.
Upon the way back from the city the caravan met Pestilence agilin. "You de-
celived me," cried the chief, "Instead of 5,000 lives you took 50,000."
"Nay," replied Pestilence. "I took 5,000 and not one more. It was Fear who killed the rest."
We are not living in the Arabian wastes, not does Pestilence stalk our land, but still Fear takes its toll and strikes from us our prosperity, freedom, and very lives. Across the seas a bitter war is being fought and though our statesmen have assured us that we need not involve ourselves in that holocaust, the knocking of national knees and the chatter of national teeth may be heard from coast to coast. All about us the war-mongers have begun their doleful dirge, while thousands of so-called "thinking Americans" have adopted a strange fatalism; have resigned themselves to war, violence, and death; have washed their feet and said their prayers. They have become the victims of a strange shibboleth: "We don't want to fight, but . . ."
"But what?" you may ask. They cannot answer. They cannot answer because they can't think straight. They don't think straight because they think their fears and misgivings rather than with their minds. These fatalists spend their time searching for reasons why America cannot avoid being involved. They regard war as inevitable and seek to rationalize it so that their tender minds may be better cushioned when the storm strikes. They are the type who see the hole and not the doughnut.
“Open minded” they call themselves. “We are not fulling ourselves into a sense of false security.” But merely having an open mind is notting. The object of opening the mind, like opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid. The fatalists have opened their minds and shut them on a phantasy of fear.
But why have so many been thus duped. Why so many solid citizens sacrificed at the altars of hysteria? The answer lies in the fact that it is easy to be carried away by fear, resignation is the philosophy of weakness. The fatalists are but pilgrims on the path of least resistance. Courage, stamina, faith, intelligence; these are the requisites of those who would combat this tenacious rot that is so viciously undermining America's independence. The situation cries out for citizens who can mould our destiny, not weaklings who can rationalize our fate.
Let us strike back at this strange fatalism. Let us respond in clear, cold shafts of reason Repudiate hysteria and resignation; arise from the rut. For, remember, the only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
--desolate. The skyline came down.
The streets lost their definite form.
Then came the plows; and
the land which Governor Charles Robinson, the first executive of Kansas, gave to the University back in the 60's was no longer a city site but a fertile Kaw valley farm.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Friday, Nov. 10, 1939
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1939
Notices due at Chancellor's office at 3 p.m. on
Monday, and at the work, and at
11 a.m. on Saturday for Sunday.
CANDID CAMERA FIENDS. Until further notice the Jayhawker magazine will pay 25 cents for every acceptable candid picture submitted by students or faculty members—Richard MacCann, editor.
CREATIVE LEISURE COMMISSION: Are you interested in going on a hike? If so, be at Henley house at 2:30 afternoon. November 12. Please bring 15 jacket. Please wear Joyce Milker, Charles Wright, Jr., co-chairmen.
ROGER WILLIAMS FOUNDATION: The Roger Williams Foundation, through its evening group, invites University students to hear Wm. J. Glattrup, rpr., speak on the subject. Mr. Glattrup, David Skeler, Kansas City, Mo., attorney, and recent graduate of the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago, on the subject, "What Jews Believe," Sunday夜会, Nov. 12 at 6:30 pm, at the First Baptist Church in Knoxville and Kentucky arches—Zeke Cole, program chairman.
KAPPA PHI: Kappa Phi women will have a picnic meeting today. Everyone planning to go should meet in front of Frank强尚礼 at 4:30. Those who have been invited please do so today — Mary Rose, publicity chairman.
Y. M.-X.W. REINTERPRETATION OF RELIGION COMMISSION: The commission will meet at 4:30 today at Hensley house. Gordon Brigham will lead a study of Concusiae—Corrine Martin, Gordon Brigham, co-
MEN'S STUDENT COUNCIL There will be a regular meeting of the M.S.C. on Monday, Nov. 13, at 8:15 p.m. in the Men's Student Center.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Lawrence, Kansas
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Third Largest City Wiped From Map in a Week
In one week's time the third largest city in the state of Kansas has disappeared completely from the map. Its streets, water and sewage system, vast police force, communication network, and food stores have been torn down and land turned back to the snow.
--desolate. The skyline came down.
The streets lost their definite form.
Then came the plows; and
the land which Governor Charles Robinson, the first executive of Kansas, gave to the University back in the 60's was no longer a city site but a fertile Kaw valley farm.
Most Kansas maps will not show that Cornell vaulted, but it did for a period of three days, four miles northwest of Lawrence. Its population of 122,000 attracted by the National Cornell Contest, made more famous as a competition with the exception of Kansas City and Wichita.
Corrville had more police officers per square foot than any town of its size. It had food supplies enough to support an army. It had enough newspaper, radio, and news communication to make a journalistic Valhalla.
The next day saw Cornville nearly
ON THE OFF B-E-A-T
By Roderick Burton
Postscript to Joe Louis: Over in fermany they're looking for that brown Bomber.
This department is hardly in favor of celebrating Armistice Day — in fact, you may inform the German, British, French, and Russian governments that we wish there were two of them.
Things we did not expect would happen department: the Kansas City Star had an editorial praising the New Republic on its twenty-fifth anniversary.
When Coach Ducky Pond unceremoniously demoted nine of his football regulars at Yale University, a sports fan quipped: "The American League should hire him to manage the New York Yankees."
Seenec the Journalism shock one afternoon with Elizabeth Kirsch as the Tiaxta Sigma Phi candy bar and the Eleanor Born as the prospective purchaser.
Born: Throw me a Hershey,
Kirschey.
The younger generation evidently reasoned in the recent state elections that one can't eat his ham and eggs and have it every Thursday too. But the fast that youth opposed the pension plan should not discourage the old-age supporters. The kids undoubtedly will change their minds as they grow older.
Miss Kirsch: That's mighty corny.
Borny.
300 Roundtable  Discussion
Freshman Debate Squeal, Leo
Rheodes coach. Topic "Resolved
the issues on the road"
own and operate the railroads."
RFKU PROGRAM FRIDAY, NOV. 10
6:00 "The Future of Education in Kansas." C. O. Wright, Secretary, Kansas State Teachers Association.
KFKU PROGRAM
6. 15 University of Kansas String Quartet. Waldemar Gellch, first violinist; Karl Kuesterstein, second violinist; Olga Eitner, violist; D. M. Swarthout, violocellist.
MONDAY. NOV. 13
2:44 Campus News Flashes
2:47 Spanish Lesson.
2:44 Campus News Flashes. 2:47 English I
6:00 Sports Scrunchbook, E. R. Elbel
TUESDAY, NOV. 14
2:30 German Lesson.
2:30 German Lesson.
2:44 Campus News Flashes.
2:47 Science News.
-5-30 Drama, "Hamlet", Cast
Cast from Department of Speech
and Dramatic Art, directed by
Bolla Nuckles.
2:30 French Lesson.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 15
2:44 Campus News Flashes.
2:47 Spanish Lesson.
00-6.15 University of Kansas Band directed by Russell Wiley.
THURSDAY, NOV. 16
102988 *Investiture by *Kunisu Reemble Remainder* *Trade Expansion* *America-Latin America* L. Lloyd Faust; Peter chairman; Lloyd Faust; Peter Palmer; Members of the Economics Dept., School of Business.
2:44 Campus News Flashes.
2:47 Books and Reading.
6:00 Your Health, "Appendicitis".
Y.M.C.A. Group Meets with Hi-Y
6:00 Your Health, "Appendicitis."
9:00 10:00 University of Kansas
The travelling forums group of the Y.M.C.A. held the first of three meetings with the Bi-Y Club of Lawrence High School this morn- erday. The Stapleton Skippe was discussed by Mac Hedges, c'40 und Bob Hedges, b'40.
Purpose of the group is to create outside interest in problems relating to Y.M.C.A. At the next meeting, Nov. 16, the topic for discussion be "Should the United States Bomb Neutral in the First World?"
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Lv. Lawrence 6:30 a.m.
Lv. Lincoln 11:30 a.m.
Lv. Lincoln 6:00 p.m.
Lv. Lawrence 11:00 p.m.
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Brune Shows Improvement; To Be Released This Week
Daniel R. Brune, e'42, who received serious internal injuries in a sandlot football game Oct. 22, will probably be released from Watkins Memorial hospital this weekend, the attending physician said yesterday afternoon.
Brune probably will not be able to return to classes for several
--weeks, the physician indicated. The student received a crushed kidney and ruptured abdominal blood vessel in the game.
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