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University Daily Kansan Tuesday. Dec. 2, 1958
What France Can Do
The runoff elections in France Sunday gave Premier Charles de Gaulle a big majority that will permit him to push through his programs for the restoration of France.
Yet now that Gaulists command the National Assembly, a fear has risen among Western observers that the new government has swung too far to the right. De Gaulle himself seems worried over the absence of a balancing moderate or liberal wing.
Jacques Soustelle, leader of the army-colonist revolt in Algeria last spring, is now leader of the right-wing forces. He has been a Gaullist from the first, but now there is a question whether de Gaulle can control Soustelle's bloc of deputies. The two agree on Algerian policy—France will continue to rule. On other points, the bouilla-baisse of Gaullist winners has no clear policy, but will be more conservative than de Gaulle would like.
The general is already being called a prisoner of his supporters. The British weekly Tribune mourns "the curtain is rising on the tragedy of France."
But it is hard to conceive any government more
muddled and helpless than the one which preceded de Gaulle's second rise to power. At the mercy of splinter parties more interested in themselves than in France, the nation could only drift toward disaster in Algeria and an impossibility in its economy. It seems unlikely that the French people will submit to a Nazi or Fascist-style government, with their memories of the Occupation. And the government is still as responsible to the people as most Western governments.
The history of the 20th century is a tale of bad governments, and perhaps the Fifth Republic will be another one. But alternatively, it may be the saving of France. It had to be tried.
The big item facing the new government is Algeria. France's knotty economic and international problems are tied up with Africa, and a workable Algerian answer must come before any other snarls can be unraveled. De Gaulle and the new Assembly are eye-to-eye on this most important point. Whether the Fifth Republic lasts or not, it should be able to cure France of its colonial ills.
That will be a long step toward making Marianne an honest woman again. —Alan Jones
Average KU Male Disappointed
To pick up where Saundra Hayn left off in "Average KU Male A Disappointment" yesterday: True enough, the local male is a sad specimen.
The charges against the Average KU Male, wherever he may be, have some validity. But they certainly couldn't apply to us! Point by point, we can dismiss these calumnies.
We have never been called sharp, and only rarely a nice guy. Mental giantism has never been our failing, either.
Nor is clever conversation our speed. We
rather sink into a comatose condition which is unbreakable. The claim that we would throw glassware or food is patently ridiculous. They cost too much. We occasionally douse a cigarette butt in the coffee, but ...
And we are not the type which resorts to A Zone parking at the end of a date. 1. The campus police check there too often, and 2. The jalopy needs a downhill run in lieu of a starter.
You'll find us of an evening on 14th street hill,
proving our case. But she's right about the rest
of you guys. —A.J.
Females No Better
Editor:
On your society page of December 1st, across the page from that compelling news item entitled "Pretty Eyebrows a Must," I noticed an equally compelling and philosophically challenging article: "Average KU Male a Disappointment."
The young miss (I assume that she is a miss) bemoans the fate of
the (here again I must assume) average KU coed. She, who seeks for the wild, gay, carefree life of college, is soon disappointed by the ineptitude of her dates. They turn out to be mental midgets, conversational clods, and illmannered bores. Truly, Miss Hayn would have us believe, things have come to a pretty pass.
Yet Miss Hayn loses her argument when one asks the question: To whom is the average KU male
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS By Dick Bibler
a disappointment? Does she speak for the average KU female? I think not, for by her own words we find that the average KU female is "enthralled" with this male who "cannot carry on a reasonably intelligent conversation" and who entertains her by "throwing food and glassware with the greatest of skill." The average male is no more incompatible to the average female than the male gorilla is incompatible to the female gorilla and vice versa.
"SORRY, BROTHER HAMMOND, WE JUST DON'T HAVE ROOM
——HOWEVER. IF THIS BOY IS AS GOOD BY YOU SAY——"
Thus when Miss Hayn states that: "The 'average' KU male is a creature who is not only a disappointment but also a disgrace to the campus, this generation, and to his all-impressive self" she insults not only the males but also the females who consider themselves quite fortunate to be "loved, cherished, honored, and obeyed" by this brute. Thus exists our society, Miss Hayn, let us make the best of it we can.
Arly Allen Junior, College Lawrence
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What They're Saying
The news that Vermont had elected its first Democratic Representative to Congress in more than a century made headlines the day after the election, but most newspapers failed to report the even more astonishing news that William H. Meyer, the victorious candidate, campaigned on a platform which included planks calling for:
Abolition of the peacetime draft.
An end to the testing and manufacturing of atomic and hydrogen weapons.
Basic revision of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles' sterile foreign policy.
More extended negotiations with the Soviet Union.
Steps leading toward the admission of Communist China to the United Nations.
A greater emphasis on technical assistance and economic aid—and an accompanying reduction in military assistance—for our allies and the underdeveloped nations of the world.
Here are some of the ingredients of a truly creative American foreign policy, but no politician representing one of the major parties has dared embrace them until Meyer courageously stepped forward in, of all places, ultra-conservative Vermont. He won by the content of what he had to say and by saying it to everyone who would listen. Representative of the forthright position expressed by Meyer—to the horror of professional politicians—was this statement which appeared in his campaign folder:
"I propose that we take a calculated risk and announce that we will stop testing and manufacturing atomic and hydrogen bombs so that we can lead all nations to accept disarmament on a greater scale. We must work for the creation of an international system for inspection and control but that is not enough. We must lead and we must help develop an international system of law and order that will police the troubled areas when the threat of war arises.
"We must do our best to promote justice and understanding and help others to achieve a better life. Finally, we should realize that others fear us just as we may fear them. We are not always right and completely justified. Therefore, we must remove the spots that sometimes blind us to the need for changes and compromises where they are honorable and just. Only in that way can we gain the friendship and confidence that are vital to our survival. Certainly a failure in that direction would be more sensible than a failure in atomic destruction."
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