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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Feb. 22, 1957
CAMPUS NOTABLE REPLIES — Sarge, an institution at this noble institution, brings a letter to the editor.
... Letters
Request Spurned
(Editor's note: The following letter from a campus notable is written to John Husar in answer to his request printed in Wednesday's University Daily Kansan.) Dear John:
Thank you very much for your impassoined plea concerning my welfare.
I must admit that it's not as easy to get around as it used to be, but old age is a problem that we all must face.
However, I have by no means reached such a position that I must resort to charity for my livelihood.
You are right, some of my sons are becoming rather old and feeble. I feel fortunate in that I have enjoyed very good health in my life, and this fact I attribute to the care given me by my friends and associates on Windmill Hill.
Often I wish I could spend less time on the campus( as does everyone else). Unfortunately coffee breaks and my required Western Civ classes keep me pretty busy.
I thank you for your misguided efforts and hope that my fellow students will refrain from feeding me so many candy bars during my coffee breaks in Strong basement.
Now if there are a few generous people who would like to contribute to a "Sarge Foundation" I thank them very much. I would, however, rather they gave their contributions to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for those less fortunate than I, or possibly to buy yourself a dictionary.
Sarge,
Sarge.
Lawrence graduate student
Some For Battin
John Battin's "New Tax Sources Needed" deserves the Pulitzer Award. Extras should be printed, bound in leather to preserve from bigotry, perversity, and hypocrisy and distributed to the state legislature and churches throughout the state of Kansas. Now that the editorial 100 years past due has been written, maybe some of the religious panels meeting this week will be stimulated to elevate the Kansas moral code into the 20th century. Thanks, John, for the 'best editorial we've read this year.
Larry Miles, Holyrood senior,
Ken Ciboski, Goodland senior
Some Against Him
This is in rebuttal to the article written by John Battin in Tuesday's Kansan, whom inquiry reveals is a fourth-year journalism student. The inconsistencies in the article, the lack of knowledge of taxation, state problems, and people provide the amplest of proof that the University was more than justified in forbidding the Kansan the editorial privilege of engaging in politics. The article was written as though Mr.Battin had done only enough research to write a passing article to meet his journalism assignment requirement.
. . .
Mr. Battin suggests increased taxes on gasoline. Does he know that taxes, both direct and indirect now constitute half of what we pay for gasoline? Does he know that cigarettes aboard a boat at sea cost 5 cents a package only because state and federal taxes may not be imposed on them outside of the United States.
Does Mr. Battin know that the federal government takes about $500,000 a year from you Kansans? When he and myself were born our national debt was such that each child was born with a debt of $113. Now each child owes almost $2,000 when he is born. Taxes increase this not decrease it.
We agree that there definitely should be material reductions in government spending, but the first step is to cut it down at the federal level — so that when taxes are levied, the money so raised does not have to pass thru so many bureaucratic hands accompanied by the resultant shrinkage. If this could be accomplished, it would then be possible to increase local and state taxes to the point of adequacy, and still have a reduced budget.
Let's earnestly hope when Mr. Battin graduates that he changes his residence to another part of the country or the world where his political and or tax philosophy will be more appreciated.
His article is clearly an illustration that there is a need for more funds for instruction so that seniors will show more mature judgment than that shown in his article on problems or education and taxation. And to think, someday he may have a part in influencing public opinion through the press.
Daily Hansan
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EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
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Most newspaper headlines carried news of the thousands of people being left homeless in Louisiana as the Mississippi flooded its banks. The roaring 20's were still roaring, with speakeasies flourishing and socialites doing the town.
Jerry Davenport ... Editorial Editor
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT
BUSINESS DESIGN
Dale Bessett Business Manager
Dave Dickey, Advertising Manager; John
Hedley, National Advertising Manager;
Harold Metz, Classified Advertising
Manager; Oshay Brown, Circulation
Manager.
Lillian Gish was the toast of Hollywood and was starring in her hit movie, "Annie Laurie." George White's Scandals had been running almost a year, a record for Broadway. Rogers Hornsby was leading the National League in batting, and the Pittsburgh Pirates were in first place.
It was May 1927.
The country was buzzing about the cross-continent flying record set by a young man named Charles Lindbergh. He had flown from San Diego to New York, with one stop in St. Louis, in 21 hours and 20 minutes. Now he was going to try a non-stop flight from New York to Paris. Attempts had been made before, but they had failed.
30 Years Ago-
People read with wonder about Mr. Lindbergh's plane, "The Spirit of St. Louis," a huge monoplane weighing 1,515 pounds and propelled by a 225-horepower motor. It had a wingspread of 46 feet.
On the afternoon of May 19 Mr Lindbergh received word that the weather might clear, and he arrived at Roosevelt Field before 5 a.m. the next day.
"Is that all you're taking?" one
bostander asked incredulously.
The big gray plane was towed onto the runway at 5 a.m., and its tanks were filled with 445 gallons of the specially made fuel. Mr. Lindbergh was going to take no baggage with him and only five sand-wiches.
On May 16 Mr. Lindbergh was ready to go. The plane had been test flown, and mechanics had made the necessary minor adjustments. The special gasoline made for the trip had arrived from the West Coast.
Charles Lindbergh Flies Atlantic
"Yes," he answered. "If I get to Paris, I won't need any more, and if I don't get to Paris, I won't need any more either."
Crowds milled around the carefully guarded hanger, hoping to witness the beginning of a history-making flight, but the weather was foggy and rainy and the crowds and the impatient pilot had to bide their time.
On May 17 the weather was still poor. Mr. Lindbergh had lunch at the Newspaper Club. A large crowd of admirers who recognized the tell, smiling figure, followed him wherever he went.
At 7:52 a.m. that day, May 20, the gray monoplane taxied down the runway. It rose once and came down again almost at the end of the runway. Then it rose again just in time to avoid a crash and disappeared into the clouds on its way to Paris.
All day people waited for news of the brave pilot. At 7:15 p.m. he was sighted over St. Johns, Newfoundland, the last land he would see until he arrived over the Irish coast.
On May 21 all conversation in the subways, theaters and on the streets of New York centered around Mr. Lindbergh. At the newstands little groups gathered to scan the latest headlines and buy papers, looking for word of the flier.
Newspaper offices were swamped with phone calls. The New York Times received 10,000 between 8:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Bulletins followed his progress, coming from Dublin, London and Cherbourg. At the Hotel Biltmore 1,500 school teachers at a convention stood for a moment of silent prayer when it was announced that he had passed the French coast.
In Paris 25,000 people waited at Le Bourget airport for Mr. Lindbergh's arrival, stamping around in an effort to keep warm. They had been waiting for hours, hoping to see the American aviator land safely. The time he was expected had come and gone, but they still waited. No one wanted to be the first to give up.
At 10:20 p.m. (5:20 p.m. New York time) they were rewarded with the sight of the gray plane coming in for a landing, 33 hours and 39 minutes after it took off.
bergh!" Soldiers with bayonets tried to keep the crowd back, but unsuccessfully. They finally gave up and joined the race to the plane.
Cheers went up in the crowd.
"Vive 'I'Americanin'" "Vive A Lind-
In New York an anxious crowd waited on Broadway outside The Times Building, eager to learn what had happened to the young American. At 5:30 p.m. the bulletin announcing his safe arrival was posted. One shout and then many arose in the crowd. Automobile horns took up the cheer and spread it around town. From the windows of the city's tall buildings a deluge of paper floated down to the street.
In the theaters moving pictures were stopped for several minutes of celebration. Within a few minutes the factory whistles were blowing at the request of Mayor Walker. Fire stations sounded their sirens, and the boats in the harbor took up the cue.
Radio stations broadcast the French and United States national anthems. Where there were loud-speakers on the streets men stood at attention until the anthems had been played and then rejoined the cheering throng.
President Coolidge sent his greetings to the now famous man saying, "The American people rejoice with me at the brilliant termination of your heroic flight. The first non-stop flight of a lone aviator across the Atlantic crowns the record of American aviation, and in bringing the greetings of the American people to France, you likewise carry the assurance of our admiration of those intrepid Frenchmen, Nungesser and Coli whose bold spirits first ventured on your exploit and our continued anxiety about their fate."
American Embassy. Newsmen crowded into the embassy wanting to talk to the hero.
"It was easy after I hit Ireland." Mr.Lindbergh told him. He added that the most dangerous part of the trip was his reception in Paris.
In Paris Mr. Lindbergh asked only for a bath and a glass of milk at the
"Never in my life have I seen anything like that human sea."
Explaining that there was nothing freakish about his trip, he told the reporters. "Airplanes and men can do it, and every attempt, even though they don't all succeed, is helping aviation forward. Though my monoplane is the first to make the trip from New York to Paris it is going to have many successors."
The progress in aviation since he made his historic flight 30 years ago has been phenomenal. There have been many "firsts" in aviation since Mr. Lindbergh's flight, but none has been greeted by such a celebration as his.
By flying across the Atlantic Mr. Lindbergh brought two continents to within hours of each other instead of days, and the closer two continents are the quicker the peoples on each can come to understand each other.
Last month three B-52 jet bombers attempted and succeeded in setting another first. They flew around the world in 45 hours and 19 minutes to set a record.
Their time was only about 11 hours longer than it took Lindbergh to fly from New York to Paris. As Lindbergh said, it is necessary to make the attempt in order to progress. It is to those who have made the attempts, whether successful or not, that we owe the great developments in aviation over the last 30 years.
—Peggy Armstrong
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