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T»i'iiT T5HPH nv the associated students of PUBLISHED^ TH|rAsity ORFGON University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon FDITORTAT. OFFICES: Journalism building. Rhone 3300 ED FHitnr loral 354 : News Room and Managing Editor, 353. BUSINESS OFFICE: McArthur Court. Phone 3300—Local 214. MEMBER OF MAJOR COLLEGE PUB[.ICATTONS^ ^ Renresented by A J. Norris Hill Co., 355 E. 42nd St., Ne York City- 123 W Madison St., Chicago; 1004 End Av<u, Beattie; 1031 S. Broadway, Los Angeles; Call Building, Francisco. Robert W* Lucas, editor Eldon Habcrinan, manager Glair Johnson, managing editor ■ The Oregon Daily Emerald will not he responsible for returning unsolicited manuscripts. Public letters shouM not more than 300 words in length and should he accompanied by the writer's signature and address which will be withheld requested. Al^communications are subject to the discretion of the editors. Anonymous letters will be disregarded. The Oregon Daily Emerald, official student publication of the University of Oregon, Eugene, published daily during the college year, except Sundays, Mondays, holidays, examination periods, all of December except the first seven days, all of Slarcli except the first eight days. Entered as second-class matter at the postofjjce, Eugene, Oregon. Subscription rates, $2 50 ajea. AH advertising matter is to be sent to the Lmerald Business office, McArthur Court. The Good and Bad Of the Student Union THERE has been some agitation on the campus lately for an expanded support of the newly formed American Student Union, which was formally organized last month at a meeting in Columbus, Ohio. In the report of the first meet ing, published in the Jnaury 7 bulletin of the Student Union, the first conclave of 500 students was termed "an impressive cross-section of the growing progressive movement in American schools, meeting in a period of the most desper ate reactionary outbreak which has visited the nation." The idea of centralizing student activity and discussion revolving about heightened interest in national and international affairs and education is encouraging. The dullness of the average col lege student with reference to active interest or acquired information about contemporary affairs is a marked fault. And to organize such a group as the American Student Union might well be a step in the direction of stimulating debate and discussion on topics that will some day directly affect college students as adults. However, there are also dangers in such "br ganizations especially when they are set up on a national scale with centralized publications in the hands of enthusiastic and ambitious young men. Too often their success is expressed in terms of exciting confusion and conflict. The danger does not lie in the presence of communism or the promised growth of subver sive and destructive un-Americanism. The danger lies in the rotten psychology and tlie accompanying lack of tact in dealing with subjects to which the average American is sensi tive. For instance, in the Student Union program of six major planks, there is one: 1. Peace: Endorsement of the Oxford pledge committing the Union against "support of any war which the United States government may undertake”; support of an annual strike against war and the war preparations of the United States government; carrying on of a vigorous campaign for abolition of the ROTC. Assume that the foregoing is absolutely justified. Assume that the physical and economic isolation of the United States makes future war entirely unwarranted. Assume that the statement presents the correct policy for preventing war. Assume all of this. Yet, what is the result. For a group of young people to arbitrarily declare that they will not support ANY WAR WHICH THE UNITED STATES MAY UNDER TAKE is the finest example of stupid technique and “red flag waving" that could be constructed. The truth of the matter is that very few of these young enthusiasts are communistic. But they lead with their chins in adopting courageous sounding programs that, while satisfying their own subconscious desires for sensationalism, stir up needless antagonism in the public press and among naturally conservative and matured society. The University of Oregon group, if it recog nizes the necessity for prudence and tolerance, and steers clear of the control by and affiliation with similar student organizations of a less desirable nature, might well receive the support of the students in general. Can Townsend Economics Justify a Third Party? r | 'HERE are many minority groups talking about third party action and trying to muscle into the major planks for the coming political inferno, but one of the most persistent and most insistent is that group headed by the benign Dr. Townsend, creator of the $200 a month old age pension scheme. The leaders of the major parties who might like to use Dr. Townsend as a fall guy in order to obtain the votes of the old gentle man’s followers, are repelled from the idea by the very evident ordor of bad economics. The Townsend scheme, in order to pay its stipulated $200 each month to each citizen over 60 years of age, plans to finance it by a simple expedient called a two per cent turnover tax— a two per cent tax on each sale of the product, not on the retail sale alone. Townsend ballyhoo has estimated that there would be between eight and ten million persons pensioned if the scheme were put into effect. By simple arithmetic, then, we come to an annual total cost for pensions of between 19 and 24 billon dollars. Competent economists have computed that 1932 turnover transcations in the United States —the Townsend tax base- amounted to 400 bil lion dollars. A two per cent tax on this would yield only a third of the necessary revenue. Moreover, economists accept the fact that a two per cent turnover tax amounts to a ten per cent retail tax. Therefore, to finance the Town send plan would require a retail tax of 60 per cent. This would hardly serve to invigorate retail trade. Moreover, Townsend boosters overlook the fact that their money—coming from sales taxes— creates no new markets, but merely transfers buying power from one group to another, finan cing said transfer at the expense of the average citizen, the wage earner, the office worker, who supports the country’s retail trade. The Townsend plan sounds nice. But like other nice things, it has to be paid for. It won’t work unless it is paid for, and it looks, from an eco nomic and not a humanitarian standpoint, as if it would cost too much. Nevertheless, Townsend and his loyal seekers after something for nothing are forces to be reckoned with in the coming battle of the polit ical giants. " TTXTTTTTI I » » | The Safety Valve t -I't L T 'I L 'I'T 'f 'f rf 4* L *f T LI■ L L T11L T T L L 'tI' '1’ L L ’t 'I ‘f Letters published*in this column should not be construed ns expressing the editorial opinion of the Emerald. Anony mous contributions will he disregarded. The names of com municants will, however, he regarded as confidential upon request. Contributors are asked to be brief, the editors reserv ing the right to condense all letters of over 300 words arid to accept or reject letters upon the criteria of general editorial importance and interest to the campus. My dear Chuck: Your prejudiced, inaccurate and highly emo tional letter has caused me much sorrow and shame. Did it come from a student in the arm chair disciplines of social science or literature, I might forgive the blunders appearing therein, but for one who is a science major (in spirit if not by registration), no such forgiveness is pos sible. For the benefit of Emerald readers let me state the thesis: Should Quartz Hall be herein after designated as the “Rat Shack” or the “Mouse House”? Naturally, you, as nursemaid to the mice, are supporting “Mouse House” as the preferable appellation. On what grounds? Be cause it is euphoniously perfect. But did you, Chuck, ever try to say “mouse-house” aloud ten times as rapidly as possible ? If you have, you Dught to know that the sound by the tenth time will have degenerated to that unlovely noise “moush-housh.” Or better ask the first person you meet on the corner of 13th and Kincaid at midnight of a clear Saturday evening to pro nounce “mouse-house.” The probability is very great that the sounds which come forth will be “moush-housh.” Would you disgrace our worthy building in such wise ? Another of your arguments is frankly ad hominem. You say plaintively (that is not like you) that the rat has always received publicity and it is high time the mouse got some. Do you realize that the rat's fame is based upon signifi cant accomplishments? Were the mouse to make equal contributions to our knowledge of the world, he too might have “news value.” Were I to list the bibliography on the rat it would extend six times (by actual measurement) around the world. How many times can the mouse circum scribe the globe ? Not even once, I should surmise. No, Chuck, emotional appeal is no substitute for sound achievement. It is true that Dr. Heustis's mice matriculated at the University some seven years ago, but even before that date rats have been surreptitious, albeit, willing inhabitants of the campus. It is natural for rats to seek out a superior environ ment; mice (poor dears, like many students) must be fetched unwillingingly to school. But this is the worst "the ladies coo over the mice and ignore the rats.” I doubt the ver acity of this statement, but granting its truth, it makes the mouse out a very sissy-sort of annual. As a matter of fact, mice are very fem inine. The chorus of high-pitched little squeaks which greets my ears when I open the door to our building bears close resemblance to the noises emitted at a sorority pledge-party. Rats, sir, never squeak. Lack of space and the editor’s indulgence prevents me from writing more. In closing let me suggest a, compromise name for our building. Let it be called hereafter “THE RAT HOUSE" a truly distinguished name for what is probably the most worthy building on the campus. Cordially yours, Calvin Hall. W oriel Famous (Continued from I'age One) music carries t Ire pathos of gener ations of heart-break, frustration ami tragedy which is found in the true Russian people who, until late years, have been the puppets buf feted ubout by one harsh ruler af ter another, in the midst of war fare for centuries, losing regardless of the identity of the visitors, l'oignunt Theme to Songs Borders changed, the people adopted themselves to their new rulers only to have others replace the last, piling disciplinary cruelty upon cruelty until the heart and spirit of these people was com pletely broken and their outlet in botu that 01 the native peac ant and that of the cultured com poser carries a hopeless, incomplete quality which is so poignantly touching to those of the western world whose very life is freedom. Politics Needs (Continued from Page One) were able to stand on their own feet and not be afraid of displeas ing someone. Governor Martin further be lieved that nothing would help this country more thau the move ments now being fostered to help youth. “Not these pseudo-youth move ments for the purpose of doing away with war.' (lam(Hits Calendar (Continued from Page One) The International isolations clul will meet tonight at 7:30 in tin women's lounge of Gerlinger lnill The YWCA dance committei will meet this afternoon at *: o'clock in the College Side. Black Maria will meet at tin College Side at 7:30 o’clock to night. Senior Cops will meet at : o’clock in the Susan Campbell roe reation room. The wavelength of light is aboui one lift;,.thousandths ot an inch. The Marsh of Time •:* ._? By Bill Marsh Thanks Whoever the broken down bard was in yesterday’s safety valve eolumn, many thanks from both of us. Barney and I have often gotten our heads together and won dered If the stuff we write had any plausible excuse for existence. Un til yesterday the answer baffled us. But now, thanks to you, my dear sir, miss or madam, we go joy fully on our way, serene in the comforting knowledge that no mat ter how bad either of us gets, we can never quite achieve the ulti mate in butchered rhyme and me ter, that literary nadir of your horrible poetry. Some jokes are like wine. Age lends to them an aroma, an inef fable something which cannot be acquired except by the passage of time. This one made its first ap pearance when Barnum was still running a sideshow. It seems that a sideshow midget departed this earth. So the owner of the show placed the midget’s mortal remains in a small coffin and let the coffin remain for a day at the funeral parlors in order that the midget's friends might have a chance to pay their last respects. Sometime along toward noon, a single visitor appeared, entered the room where the body lay, then presently came back out. The fu neral director looked up from his tvork. “Did' you shut the door when you came out?’’ he inquired. The visitor shook his head. “Better go back and shut it,” the director advised. “The cat’s gotten in and dragged him clear outside three times today.” * * * Moscow Russia now has, under arms, the largest standing army in the world. Compared to last year’s record of 940,000 troops, she now has 1,300, 000 soldiers. The Soviet union is also building submarines, destroy ers and increasing their land forc es of tanks and gas warfare units. * * tjs The University of Kentucky has unearthed prehistoric skulls on its football field. Them were the days when foot ball was a man’s game, and ladies in the stands were expected to faint at least once a quarter. * * * Spelling A newspaper publisher, a maga zine editor who is also a Phi Bete, a successful lawyer, and an Eng lish teacher got themselves waxed in a spelling bee with a team of New York City high school boys a day or so ago. Publisher, editor and English teacher that can’t spell. Well, the world is up side down these days anyway, so it can’t make much difference. Innocent * Bystander By BARNEY CLARK EDITOR'S NOTE ON BARNEY CLARK: There comes a time in every man's life w hen thoughts are turned from the strictly | absurd to things more serious and purposeful. And much to the sorrow of Oregon’s student body, who for four years, has enjoyed the terse, epigramatic gun-fire Barney Clark, a slow, but un deniable change has crept over i this little man. Clone are the ex plorations into the private lives of campus big and little wigs. And why? Because ye old In nocence himself has pulled in his brows, pulled out the books, ami settled down to the neces sary business of preparing for ' straight newspaper practice. But the genius is still there! lie needs ammunition, facts, choice morsels of truth to ' 1 flavor with spice—the monopoly of the Bystander. Show him team work and watch him go. Therefore the Emerald now ad\ertisrs for 1 volunteers: They shall be known as the "7 STOOC1ES OE THE INNOCENT B\ STANDKK” and will lie the i officially appointed agents ot and responsible to Arthur Ber nard Clark. The above adver tisement may be answered in the editorial offices of the Emerald 1 today at ± o ilock—either in person or by phone. The pleasure is all yours. How does one write a column anyhow ? We have never found out. These occasional faint scrawls you see sullying the editorial page of the Emerald are arrived at by a pro cess of unconscious thought trans mission. We just write and there it is. Practically no mental effort whatsoever. An attempt to analyze the busi ness this evening was a complete dud iso was the column, but that’s beside the point). First we sat down and ran a fresh sheet of pa per in the machine. Then we sat back and whistled a selection from II Trovatore. Nothing happened, so we switched to the St. Louis Blues. That, too, brought forth nothing but groans from the as sembled staff. Two unidentified military marches were equally fruitless, and The Red River Valley evoked cat-calls from the news room. We quit. We thought about Alpha Phi. | There didn't seem to be anything there, so we thought about Sigma | Nu. All we could get out of that was a mental image of Bill Barker I talking about second-hand cars. We tuned in on College Side next and got a sharply outlined picture of Ted Hunt bidding four clubs and going down five. Since we were his pardner. this seemed hardly funny. Then the crystal cleared and we saw Mrs. Smith sitting in a booth incased in a large pair of blue spectacles. The spectacles were ! protection for an eye damaged by an encounter with a dog. Some i kind friend had placed a saucer in [front of the stricken lady, backed by a sign labeled Help the Blind.'' Air Y’ Listenin?’ By Jimmy Morrison Emerald of the Air That popular team—Ned Gee and 3huck French, who have appeared many times on the air via KORE, will once again entertain you at 3:45 today with vocal and piano selections of popular nature. Local Bands Scott Held and his band will be at Willamette park tomorrow night, direct from an engagement at the Trianon ballroom in Seat tle. Students here from California who danced to his music in the South last summer, report the band went over very well there. Gerry McLean and his Willam etteers and Eddie Scroggins’ Jeff Beachers (augmented to ten piec es) have been signed to play for the President’s birthday ball Jan uary 30. The Air Angle Organized' only six months ago, the Sophisticates, a new Chicago girls’ singing trio, specializing in “symphonic jazz” or modern har monies applied to popular and semi-classical music, began making their bid for national recognition Tuesday. They are Mildred Maur er, 20; Marie Nash, 19; and Jane Willard, 23. The Sophisticates will be heard Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays each week from 9:15 to 9:30 a. m. over an NBC-KGO network. Chalk up another probable song success for Johnny Green. The ver satile maestro of the Jack Ben ny program has written a new tune, “The Night Is Beginning,” which Kenny Baker will sing on the Benny show Sunday. Lyrics to the new number were written by Gus Kahn, veteran lyricist. Green is the author of such song hits as “Body and Soul,” “I Cover the Waterfront,” “I’m Yours,” “You're Mine, You,” “Easy Come, Easy Go,” “Out of Nowhere,” and “Rain, Rain, Go Away.” Deane Janis will sing “So This Is Heaven” and Pee Wee Hunt will warble a new ditty, “If You Want to Dance You Got to Pay the Fid dler," as highlights of the Camel Caravan tonight at 8:30. O'Keefe's “Disrepertory Theater” will be running full blast with his Broadway hill-billies in action, while Glen Gray's Casa Loma lads will play “Singing in the Rain,” "Every Time I Look at You,” and Ding Dong Daddy.” Joe E. Brown, wide-mouthed screen comedian, and Percy Grain ger, outstanding pianist, will share top guest honors of Bing Crosby's Kraft Music Hall on NBC at 7 to night . . . Lanny Ross will sing the new hit “Alone” and “Cling to Me” on the Show Boat at 6:00 o'clock . . . Frank Fay, comedian, will again be among Rudy Vallee's guests, at 5:00 during the Variety hour. \BCA'BS Programs Today 9:15 a. m.—The Sophisticates, girls’ trio. NBC-KGO. 10:00 — You Name It. KGO. (Please turn to page four) PROMENADING t « :■ b H arilli C N\ Fellow members of the WEAKEN SEX we must all join together in this extraordinary / vear of OPPORTUNITIES—What am I talk ' ing about ?-why LEAP YEAR, of course— It will be four long years before this gieat occasion will arise again—and then most prob ably we will all be too old—but NOW we are ' in the PRIME OF LIFE—so they say—The ~ merchants of EUGENE are cooperating with * us by showing the absolutely most ALLUR ING clothes and things to help us win the heart of that SECRET Romeo — Y'ou know confidence in your appearance is the very best v way to get confidence in your personality— —* so—it’s high time we were all dressing up a bit . . . —To start at the bottom of things •—how is your figure??? Probably it would take on new SHAPE if you stocked up with some very spiffy new FOUNDATION GARMENTS THE BROADWAY, INC. carries two of the very best nationally known products—the BON TON and the PRINCESS A—in girdles and bras—in your size and style—Expert CORSE - TEERS will be in the store ready to fit YOU . . . T --v ^9^ 2 S Are you having a hard time finding GRADUATION CARDS ^ f> for your high school friends—Then try the ORIENTAL ARi * SHOP—They have a fine selection of commencement cards— * 5 also very appropriate gifts—We suggest you make this store ^ ■h your next stopping place— I? [?4?4,4?4?4?4?4v*,4?4”i,4?4,'i,'I,,i,'i,,i’r] “What are little girls made of?? SUGAR AND SPICE and every thing nice—that’s what little girls are made of”—and you’ll think so too when you see these simply COLOSSAL shirt maker frocks of the new “sugar and spice” material—The one POLLY fell in love with was cf TOURQUOISE blue with big brown CON CAVE buttons—The dress is made with the in verted pleat giving the ACTION BACK and a split skirt—It really is a DREAM . . . and only $12.95 ... To get down to fundamentals again—you know mere is nothing like a neat coiffeur to strike the eye of every male . . . BERT KOEPP in THE MILLS BEAUTY SALON will give you the most DISTINCTIVE hair-cut—just to suit your features and personality—if you haven’t already become a steady cus tomer of his—now is the time to start—one appointment and you will be convinced . . . I suppose you are all shopping for INITIATION presents this week—anyway we are, and one glimpse into the window of the GIFT SHOP invites further inspection .. We simply couldn’t resist the collection of little DOGS and other ANIMALS -Some are the FURRY variety—then there are china figures and other kinds—Some are actually no more than a half an inch long and high—They absolutely won POLLY’S heart . . . CO-ED’S CORNERS By Jane Lagassee Can it be a thrill Coming to me from the gloom? Oh no, it isn’t a thrill. It’s a BETA’S room. Every girl wonders at some stage in her college life—that is if she ever uses her imagination—just what a boy’s room looks like in a fraternity house. Here’s the answer to your maiden’s prayer. A hint to the wise will be sufficient so tip toe quietly or if you fear the risk, clear your throat loudly and we will ascend to the second floor of the BETA domicile. It’s mannish from top to toe so please bring your imagina tion with you. Mine failed after one glimpse into this world untouched by feminine hand. JOHN ALLEN and his teammates, JACK NEWMAN and BILL CRANE, were “at home’’ though I can’t say they were having tea hours. One step over the threshold dampened my artistic spirts. It was comfy, yes, and neat too, but what a jolt to my illusions! The window facing the mill race was draped with brown velveteen curtains and the window to the left was curtained with gay print—maybe I’m wrong but this certainly was no symphony in brown. Three desks of various size, color and descriptions disclosed books, papers, ink and ash trays (full of ashes). One black roll top desk that looked as though the auctioneer had called it and it couldn’t come, stood in one corner, a brown steamer trunk in another corner, and a black book case with books varying from freshmen English comp to Webster’s best leaned against one side wall. On the top of the jpook case rested a radio with its clear sharp tones booming, “Little Man You’ve Had a Busy Day.” To be sure no boys’ room would be complete without a tie rack or two in the most conspicuous spot, with brown, purple and blue ties leering at every visitor. Table lamps showed the room was at least conducive to study though we won’t go into that. A floor lamp near the book stand looked a little the worse for the wear but with a stiff upper lip was battering for the survival of the fittest. The round waste basket in the most inconvenient spot in the room was the other half of a Palmolive and Peet soap box, and the three chairs that assumed the air of having weathered many a storm took their places as valuable articles of service. A brown tappa cloth adorned one wall and the sign—gasoline for eleven and one half cents—took its place on the table. Two closets on either side of the door as you entered the room were not open for inspection but a closet is a closet in any language so we will skip that. You can understand this is a man’s world, but why not, a man’s a man for all of that and underneath it we like his nonchalance. Feeling kind of blue and discouraged???—There is nothing like a good SHAMPOO and FINGER WAVE to fix you up and put your spirits back to the top—Your friends will notice the improvement too—you know you owe "old sol" something for this lovely display he has been putting on the last few days— Just call KRAMER'S and make an appointment—You won’t even have to go down town as the SALON is on KINCAID on the campus . . . SCOBERT'S STYLE SHOP is featuring some new PRINTS in a variety of lovely colors—These dresses are as good as a doctor's prescription for what ails you . . . They put life into your MIDWINTER WARDROBE . . . and more important, into yourself!!! POSITIVELY the latest in college footwear are those new sport oxfords with brightly colored soles—red, gray, blue and brown ... A pair for every costume and mood—These will complete your LEAP YEAR costume—Be sure to see them at GRAHAM'S SHOE STORE . . . POLLY strolled to class the other day in the greatest of ease with her new Permanent with soft waves and small end curls she got on one of the LOVE’S BEAUTY SALON'S new' Frederic machines. She has a distinction all of her own and so can you! Now is the time for all wise CO-EDS to BUY and SAVE!!! Those shoes you saw at BURCH'S are now being sold at less than half price. Don't miss these amazing values--See those brown suede oxfords with perforated tongues—A BARGAIN— Believe POLLY!!!