PAGE TWO UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1939 Kansan Comment Will Pump Go Dry If Law Prohibits Further Priming? The President's budget message, outlining a spending program that will boost the national debt $3,300,000,000 in the next fiscal year, brings close to hand the day when government red ink marks will add up to a figure which legally cannot be exceeded. Back in the Coolidge era, at a time when government, business, and public alike talked in ten-digits with a recklessness prompted by boom optimism, an unconscious Congress placed what was then considered a fantastic limit on the federal deficit. The figure arrived at—probably by asking a page boy to name the largest sum of money he could think of and then multiplying that amount by one million—was $45,000,000,000. Next June, when the government year ends, the debt will approximate $41,000,000,-000. This, added to Mr. Roosevelt's proposals for 1939-40, leaves the national debt but by $700,-000,000 short of the maximum set by a strangely prophetic Congress more than a decade ago. What, then, will be the policy when the law says no more water can be poured into a stubborn pump? Two courses are obvious. Congress can raise the legal limit. Or. Congress can pull the zipper on the public purse. Several factors indicate the former will be followed. President Roosevelt, in the first place, has said he believes the United States can safely stand an $80,000,000,000 national debt. So the efforts of the present administration to stimulate business probably will be continued if a New Dealer is elected in 1940. If such a policy is carried on, no successful results will be obtained before the legal ceiling is reached. For the desired $80,000,000,000 national income requires large amounts of long-term private investment. And so long as investors fear labor disorder, government competition, tax burdens, and public distrust of big business, fostered by government opposition, pump-priming may bear little fruit. A second fact, fundamental to federal deficit, provides serious doubt that the spending program will be discontinued even should reactionary Republicans or Democrats gain administrative control in 1940. This difficulty is that large-scale governmental spending is rooted in political causes. Loans, relief, pensions, larm subsidies, have logical support in the one word, "necessity." But the amount is governed by pressure groups in Congress, groups which are willing enough to see rival factions eliminated from the federal gravy table, but which consent to continued deficits in order to protect their own share. It is unlikely that any strong administrative power, whether conservative or liberal, could overrule the powerful legislative log-rolling. It behooves both the Roosevelt administration and the new Congress, therefore, to effect many possible economies, while preserving the necessary expenditures. Thus spending might not be stopped, but certainly a start will be made toward checking instead of rationalizing it. It is our understanding that Mussolini wishes the Spanish loyalists would give up so great Britain would grant the rebels "belligerent rights." Policy of Modified Isolation Might Keep U.S. Out of War The President's reasoning in international affairs was made clearer by the American ambassadors' reports to the Congressional military affairs committees Tuesday. The envoys, Joseph P. Kennedy, ambassador to Great Britain, and William C. Bullitt, ambassador to France, are reported to have predicted a general European war this spring. The President apparently assumes that an European crisis leading to war will come in the next few months. For this reason, he thinks that the United States should make a stand with Great Britain and France against the totalitarian, aggressor nations; that the United States should make it clear to these countries that this country would probably be drawn into any war; and that we should have a large navy and particularly a large air force to make Germany and Italy respect our stand. The odds are that the result of this policy will be American participation in European war. But as the thesis for the President's policy and larger armaments is apparently based upon the assumption that the United States cannot stay out of a general armed conflict in Europe. The President appears to be willing to take this chance. Since we are to be involved in the war in any event, the argument runs, is it not better to make a definite stand before the war starts, in the faint hope that such a stand will maintain peace? If the United States, to stay out of war, has to follow a complete isolation policy, economically, then it could hardly be expected to stay out of war. But there is hope that the United States can stay out of war with a limited "isolation" policy—by "cash-and-carry" trade, by the prohibition of munitions shipments, by the refusal to permit the excess profits that would be caused by war. Certain it is that the United States can stay out for a while—and it has a much better than even chance, many authorities believe, to stay out during the whole war. Preventing the war before it starts is of course a good idea, but unfortunately it seems rather late for the United States to do any preventing. Many writers think the war is already under way. The time to prevent war was in 1919—by making the treaty of Versailles a just treaty—a treaty that would insure a peace without vengeance. Because the World War had aroused so much hatred and passion for revenge that a decent treatment of the vanquished by the seeming victors would have been hooted down by the voters, this was practically impossible. The United States should not let the same situation occur again—as doubtless it will, if we join in another war. America can do more lasting good for the world by refusing to be drawn into the European struggle and by keeping its reason in a war-drunk world than it can accomplish by taking military sides. Nothing is so revealing as a cross-examination. Testimony in the hearing of Jack Benny before a New York grand jury brought out the facts that (1) his name is not Jack Benny; (2) he was born in Chicago, and not Waukegan, Ill. The next thing an eager public can expect to learn is that there are but five delicious favors. As we understand it, one of the purposes of Roosevelt's defense program is to repel the Republican invasion of Washington. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS OFFICIAL BULLETIN Vol. 36 THURSDAY, JAN. 12, 1939 No. 72 Notice due at Chancellor's Office at 3 p.m., preceding regular publication days and 11:30 a.m. for updates. ALES. The Jan. meeting of the K. U. branch will be held at 7:30 this evening in Marvin auditorium Come up and "Brush Up on Your Brushes" with PrepMaster. Election of officers. Refreshments—upholster. A. S. M. E. There will be a meeting of A. S. M. E. a 8 o'clock this evening in 119 Marvin Hall. An informa talk on radio will be given by Ernest Ponti of WREN Everybody is welcome—Charles Godfrey, Secretary. FRESHMAN Y.M.C.A.: There will be a meeting of the students and teachers of the Union Building, Jim Report, the Physical Education Department, will talk on "Student Recreation. All freshmen meet are invited to come—Brent MATHEMATICS CLUB: The Mathematics Club will meet at 4:30 the afternoon in 2022 Fradk Strong Hall. Accolades we speak on "Chemistry and Mathematics" are invited to attend = Dorothy Bubitz, President MEN'S FENCING TEAM. The men's fencing team want for practice today at 5:00 p.m. - Kalan Aman Owlet MU PHI EPSILON. The picture for the Jayhawk who at 12:30 today at the Lawrence Studio PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS: There will be a meeting at four o'clock on Monday, January 16, in Fraser Theater of all persons desiring to enroll in the Teacher Education program. The positions for the next school year should be present. The work and services of the bureau will be exchanged. Information will be distributed — H.E. Chandler, Secretary. TAU SIGMA: There will be regular meeting of Ta u University evening at 7:30 in Robinson gymnasium— Arlson Levin UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Official Student Paper of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE, KANSAS Managing Editor Campus Editors Telegraph Editor Makeup Editor Sunday Editor Sport Editor Business Manager Advertising Manag Publisher Marvin Goebe Editor-in-Chief, Editors; Muriel Mykland, and Borden Burger. Kinchman Associates. Editorial Staff News Staff George Classen Barry Hill and Stewart McGregor Stewart McGregor Jim Bell and Jim Bob Agnes Munster Milton Mole Mitten Smith Edwin Brown ADVERTISING FOR NATIONAL AWARDS BROKEN BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative, COLLEGE PUBLISHERS REPRESENTATIVE, MADIO MADIAVE, NEW YORK, YOUNG, KENTUCKY Edwin Brown Orman Wanamake Subscription rates, in advance, $3.60 per year, $17.50 per semester. Published at Lawnss, Kansas, daily, during the school year. Expected annual magazine fee. Entered as second annual expiration date, 10.10. at lawnss, office at Lawnss, Kansas, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Blind Students Transcribe College Texts into Braille Although many blind students are enrolled in American universities, there is relatively little material available to them in the way of college textbooks and reference works in braille. These young men and women, in addition to their great physical handicap, are thus forced to go through college with the expense of having their lessons read to them, together with the extra time involved in such a process. By Mary Jane Sigler, c'39 Three University students who are blind are earning their way through school by transcribing college textbooks into braille. Both the blind students and the students who read the books aloud o them are employed on the College Students' Employment Project. When completed, the braille books will be given to the Watson library. This project is one of the most worthwhile of the C.S.EP. projects on the Hill; it helps the six students employed, both financially and by giving them reading material in braille, and will aid the blind students who attend the University in the future. If this work were carried on in a large scale throughout the nation, many more blind people would be encouraged to attend college. Books Selected by CSEP Committee The books being transcribed at present are a reference work for elementary sociology, the textbook that is used in the English history law school, a reference work for law students. As the books are all quite lengthy and must be reckoned, the blind students believe that it will take the remainder of the school year to finish transcribing the present books. They began working on them the first of October. If each of the three students transcribes only one These books were selected by the University C.S.E.P. committee from a list submitted by the heads of several departments of the University. The committee has obtained permission from different publishers to transcribe other books when work on these is completed. notes'n discords by John Randolph Tye A letter from Christopher Columbus to Queen Isabella promoting her half the western hemisphere sold recently in New York for more than $4,000. Harry Hill claims that a lot of letters promising much less have brought higher prices. Our nomination for the most intriguing name for a column of any in the Kansas press goes to Dorothy Heller who writes for the Ablene Chronicle. It's called "What I Learned Last Night." Non Sequitur department: The University of North Carolina student paper claims that it would be undemocratic to admit colored students to the university because if they were admitted against the will of the student body, it would deny the right of a supposedly democratic social unit to make up its own mind. Sometimes we wish we were a music critic. Especially tonight when the University Symphony Orchestra plays Schubert's "Unfinished symphony." Just think of the opportunities that title suggests in a critical. --book a year, over a period of three or four years a sizeable library of braille books will be built up. Witness is John W. Wooden Or If we understand his message to congress correctly, President Roosevelt doesn't think the neutrality act is belligerent enough. Football Club Will Meet Tonight Only a few weeks ago we were certain that the season would produce no song comparable to "My Heart Belongs to Daddy." But tempu fuit and all that, and now the song of the little strip teaser has been written for the praises of "What This Country Needs is Foo." Boy, that's a number! And the reason? Because that's what the country really needs. Congratulations to Roderick Burton for his editorial, "The Story of Americana," which appeared in yesterday's Yukman Hisake. Take a look at the story. It was enough to make any editorial writer grist his teeth in envy. The recently organized Football Social Club will meet at 7:30 o'clock tonight in Green hall, room 105. Jay Ciorney, president, announced yesterday. All members are urged to attend. John Urich, 141, will get his A.B. degree this June. He is transcribing "Common Law" by Oliver Wendell Holmes. James McGinnis, c'40, is working on Lunt's "History of England." He is majoring in sociology and wants to go into welfare work for the job. Common Law Work Oned in Issue,肯尔，'c41，is transcribing "Folkway Books" as a psychology major who plans to go into educational work. The process by which the student transcribe books into braille is quite remarkable. A set of stuff paper is placed on a board and a steel slate is clamped over it. The slate contains rows of cells, rectangular holes which are scalloped around the edges. With a styrax, a steel pencil with an extremely keen point, the student perforates around the scallops of the cells to form the various letters of the braille alphabet. In perforating, the student works from right to left, so that when the sheet is turned over to the rougher side of the perforation, the material can be read from left to right. The process is a slow and a pain-taking one, but the finished product will more than sufficiently re-engineer the computer. It compliled it, for they realize its worth to themselves and to the blind students of the future. Bellanca Sells Planes To China Wilmington, Del., Jan. 11.—(UP) —G. M. Bellanca, president of the Bellanca Aircraft corporation, disclosed tonight that his company has contracted to sell 200 fighting planes costing approximately $8-300,000 to the Chinese government. The contract was signed by Bellanca and Dr. Leonard S. Shu, counselor for the commission of aeronautical affairs of the Chinese government, on Aug. 9, 1938. The agreement was conditioned on the approval of the Chinese government and its ambassador to the United States. Flanes specified in the contract a re combination fight-bomber type, useful for hot combat and fighting purposes. Bellana said he said delivery had not started but was ready to scale manufacture was iner way. The proceeds will be used to expand the Bellanca facilities for mass production of military planes. Shin-doesn't have any good old saloon for her to go around busting up. Continued from page 1 The State-wide Student Activities Commission is inviting the state legislators to visit the Campus en masse soon. Just before finals is a good time to invite them—they'll be convinced that this institution is one dedicated to serious study and so forth. About the time I began wondering why the Union Fountain didn't hang up a "No Bridge Playing Allowed" sign to keep certain people from monopolizing the booths, Jim Bounds informs me that the Union Fountain does not have cards. And Jim being the president or something should know. Announce Track Schedule For University Team The schedule: HUQOE Feb. 11—Kansas vs. Nebraska at Lincoln. Feb. 18—Illinois Indoor Relays a Urbana, Ill. Feb.. 25—Kansas vs. Missouri at Columbia. March 18—Butler Indoor Relays at Indianapolis. March 3.4-Big Six Indoor meet at Kansas City. Outdoor: The schedule: April 1—Texas Relays at Austin. April 8—Kansas vs. Nebraska at awrence. April 22—Kansas Relays at Lawrence. April 28-29—Drake Relays at Des Moines. May 6-Kansas, Nebraska, K-State at Manhattan. May 13—Kansas vs. Missouri at Lawrence May 19-20—Big Six Outdoor Meet at Ames, Iowa. June 3—Mo. Valley A.A.U. Meet at Kansas City. June 16-17—National Intercallegiate Meet at San Francisco. Frankfurter Will Appear Before Senate Committe Washington, Jan. 11.-(UP)-Felix Frankfurter of Harvard University agreed tonight to appear personally before a Senate Judicial Subcommittee hearing into his qualification for nomination to the supreme court. Deluxe House of Beauty KANSAN CLASSIFIED ADS Phone K.U. 66 DRAKES BAKES *Hair Styling Specialty* Moved in when OSCHIE Moved Out Most Modern Beauty Shop in Town 814 Mass. Phone 309 UNION CAB CO. Phone 2-800 When Others Fail, Try Us Baggage Handled - 24 Hrs. Service Personnel Andy Zollo and Jack Edmonds 411 W. 14th. K. U. BARBER SHOP UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT START QUICK with Standard Red Crown Gasolin Hartman Standard Service 13th and Mass. 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