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4 The World’s Weekend: Turmoil and Tension Grip Nations as Hitler Makes Far-Reaching Demands PAUL DEUTSCHMANN (Editor, National Sideshow) Put down February 20, 1938, is your little black books of significant dates of the present era! As as often been pronounced, his is being made in these “troubled times.” Over the weekend no small amount of incidents occurred which will eventually take their place in the histories of the world, if the results of these events lave any histories in which to record them. Paramount feature of last Sunday was the three-hour, 18,000-word speech of Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler, who shout ed Europe into one of the most aroused conditions since the war. Hitler said in brief: 1. Germany must have her colonies; 2. German peoples in Austria and Czechoslovakia must have political auton omy; 3. Manehukuo is recognized as an intrinsic part of the Japanese empire; 4. Germany wants peace, BUT if she is pushed too far by “false propaganda of the foreign press” she will not be afraid to answer with “steel and iron.” Results reverhated through parliaments, diets, assemblies, presi dential quarters, and seats of governments of the world. In England, Anthony Eden, foreign secretary who has been endeavoring to keep Germany and Italy from "treading too insistently on the British toes,’’ was forced to resign by pro-Nazi Prime Minister Neville Chamber lain. In France plans were made for laying keels of two new 35,000 ton battleships and the building of an augmented fleet of bombers. A shap note, suggesting that political invasion of Czechoslovakia would mean war, was dispatched to Germany. In Austria liberated Nazis battled in the streets with the storm troops of Schuschnigg, while the Nazi hold on the formerly anti-German dictatorship was strengthened with the appointment of a pro-Nazi minister of finance. * * * In Hungary plans were made for a complete re-armament program. To put it mildly, Europe seethed. At home in the United States, of ficial programs were not "officially’’ changed. "No comment” was the statement from Roosevelt. The state department merely reiter ated its reciprocal trade agreements policy, with no comment on Hit ler’s three-hour blast. In Congress things were not quite as peaceful. An unidentified member of the foreign affairs committee gave the press statements purported to have been made by William K. Dodds, ex-minister to Gcr many, outlining plans for a new “Holy Roman Empire” in Europe. Dodds was quoted as saying that the plan provided for a new German empire, augmented by the Netherlands, Switzerland, the Polish cor ridor, as well as Austria and the Germanic portions of Czechoslovakia. To Italy the plan, as quoted, goes Spain, Morocco, Egypt, and other strategic Mediterraneon points. The United States was further shaken with the announcement that Japanese interest had made steps toward taking ever the vast Mexican iron interests with the understanding that a port, strategically near to the Panama canal, would be “improved” by the Japanese. * * * Thus the word picture was painted all Sunday evening by vibrant radio reports that lashed the United States at regular intervals. The newspapers Monday morning added to the news with calmer details, but the same underlying tension. Additional Monday reports from England indicated that Anthony Eden, well-dressed diplomatist, would not retire without a fight. Backing him and his program of forcing Italy and Germany back into line was Ex-premier Lloyd George. Hot parliamentary debate is ex pected before England definitely turns to a pro-Nazi and Italian stand. Although Hitler stressed his lack of territorial designs toward the west, French Premier Chautemps was not satisfied, and today the ministry and chamber will meet in extraordinary session to consider the challenge flung by Germany. The Nazi political penetration ot Austria "'"t" a, wedge between France and her Balkan allies; Hitlers a\owed inten tion of autonomy for Germanic Czechs would mean further weakening of the “Versailles” ring, forged by Clemenceau after the World war, in an effort to perpetually isolate Germany. * * * Possibilities of immediate conflict are still remote, however, in spite of the tense situations. France may issue ultimatums but Eng lish backing would be necessary before armed action is taken. The present disrupted English situation makes that doubtful. Hitler was insistent in his declarations for peace. Then too, his doubtful ally, Mussolini, was remarkably quiet. His Oriental allies, the Japanese, upon whom he laid much stress by indicating that they would come to the aid of the European dictatorships if danger threat ened, are bogged down again in China. Further political rents disturbed the usually stolid Japanese over the weekend, when the dictatorial president of the diet was attacked in a free-for-all started when pro-American business interests protested against “strong-arin” policies of the war administration. Back and forth the pendulum swings, from security to tension. And every new tense situation seems to give more and more promise ^ of becoming too tense, perhaps even bursting into the conflict which is thought by too many to be inevitable. From Where I SIT •niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiii'Hiffti'iitHiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiitiniiniiiimiiiiii By CLARE IOOE Thrilled and excited was Wayne “Blondie” Harbert, Ore gana editor, recently when he received a real, genuine fan let ter, from a girl in the deep, deep south. The girl, it seems, had seen Wayne’s picture somewhere and was just too utterly intrigued with it, so she just had to sit down and write to Wayne and ask him all about himself. She wanted to know if Wayne play ed football, and described her self as tall, blonde, and ugly. So far Wayne hasn’t been able to frame a satisfactory reply, but, says he, “It doesn't matter how ugly she is, if she has a southern accent.” Yassuh! * * * One of our friends the other day walked by the Phi Belt house, observed the boys in the process of dragging bales of hay up to the door, caught echoes of conversation about cows and goats, and asked, naturally enough, if they were having a barn dance that night. “Oh, no,” answered Clyde Carroll innocently, “this is just our regular winter informal.” * * * A bit of neat and ingenuous throat-cutting was perpetrated the other day by one Delta Up silon. Bob Corby by name, and we think it deserves this bit of mention. It all started when a Pi Phi called Jerry Huntley with whom she had been going around and about, to ask him over to the house for tea. Unfortunately for Huntley, Corby answered the phone, re ported Huntley was out, and queried, obligingly, if he wouldn't do. The gal apparently thought that was all right, for she asked Corby over to tea instead. That unscrupulous gen tleman went, and to all reports did very well indeed. Fine fraternal spirit, that. Professor Arthur Murder, who prides himself on never being at a loss for a quin, was a bit taken aback recently by John Pink, no mean quipster himself. The other day Pink ambled into Mr. Murder’s class a good five minutes late. Interrupting his lecture, Mr. Marder asked Pink where be bad been. Well, answered the unflustered Pink, 1 have been talking to an intelli gent professor. For a space, Professor Mar der was at a loss for words, finally managed to mumble something feeble about the terms being contradictory, and retired, a beaten man. Experience No Teacher-for Stone Is Back Fire is not the great purifier. Bo believe the Kappa Sigs and the Tri-Delts after their picnic Sunday. About 13 couples decided to roast marshmallows, so sticks were collected and a fire was built. Foison oak was gathered by Bob Stone. When told of the mistake, the wood was thrown on the fire. Yesterday, seven in each house were laid up with the "plague. ' Stone and Vent Tcrjeson were in the infirmary. "1 guess that stone boy will never learn," said an infirmary nurse. ‘‘He was here about three weekj last September with poi son oak." LEROY MATTINGLY. Editor WALTER R. VERNSTROM, Manager LLOYD TUPLING, Managing Editor Associate Editors: Paul Deutschmann, Clare Igoe. /he Oregon Daily Emerald, official student publication of the University of Oregon, published dally during the rolle^e venr excej t Sundays, Mondays, holidays and final examination periods. Entered as second-class mail matter at the postffice, Eugene. Oregon. Editorial Board: Darrel Ellis, Bill Peace, Margaret Ray, Edwin Robbins, A1 Dickhart, Kenneth Kirtley, Bernardine Bowman. Bill Pengra, City Editor Lew Evans, Assistant Managing Editor Bill Norene, Sports Editor Ul 1 .1 It »T .J .1 1 /l l’ J. Martha Stewart, Women’s Editor Don Kennedy, Radio Editor Rita Wright, Society Editor Alyce Rogers, Exchange Editor Hetty Jane Thompson, church editor Milton Levy, assistant chief night editor Election Insurance—No Gas Masks, Please 'T'HE nominating committee of the AWS held its first, meeting and women’s poli ties, with elections coming winter term for the second year, are underway. The maneuverings of the committee last yerir produced a, poetical situation which seemed certain to go down on the records as, *dl in all, one ol the most questionable bits of polit ienl skullduggery to occur on I his cam pus for many years. And the ladies would have received the gilded loving cup for con ducting the shadiest election of the year had not the prime sophomore class melee stolen that distinction late spring term. Last year, as always, nominations were made* in committee. The necessity for this was defended by wo men's officials on grounds it enabled them to best place eligible women. Officers for three groups, AWS, YWCA, and WAA, must be chosen and girls may hold only one office. So the nominating committee was devised to insure the proper placing of every girl. . # # * . • 'JMIIS procedure may be justifiable on those grounds but the manner in which it was used last year was not. No announcement was made before formal nominations—by instruc tion, from the floor of an assembly meeting —of the findings of that committee. Had the committee announced its choice in candidates for each office, the privilege of nominating any one else from the floor would have justified, to some extent, the closing of the nomination meeting. Since this was not done, no girl outside the committee could know what was to transpire before nomina tions were actually called for and the open nomination privilege was thus scant excuse for a neat job of committee “railroading.” * * * JJUT the ladies, thorough persons, didn’t stop with “setting up” the nominations. Carrying the idea that election proceedings should be entirely secret to the extreme, they burned the ballot following the voting. This was the prime political move id’ till time—or the most terrible miscue ever made by an election board (except the sophomore board of spring term notoriety which permit ted someone to steal the ballots!, and, because the evidence was burned, no one will ever be entirely certain whether it was mistaken or shady practice. This nomination committee has apparently started proceedings early enough this year to permit it to complete its work with dignity and leisure. Hut it. should make it a point to announce its lindings at least one day be fore the formal mass meeting. The assembly will then provide a means for any adjustment wliieli girls or groups of girls not on the com mittee may see lit to make, but further nomin ations. m # # ''JpllL idea of burning the ballots is, when analyzed, silly. it was announced as done to prevent “hurting the feelings of the defeated candi dates.” Any girl who accepts a nomination must realize that she may lose—if the office isn’t worth the risk and if her chances are not sufficient to insure her making a satis factory showing, she should decline or take the risk of a “whitewashing.” And, if the committee does a good job, there should be no landslides anyway. It per haps works with the idea in mind that the best candidate, in its opinion, should run for AWS president, the next best for YWCA or WAA president, etc. If this is the basis on which it makes its nominations, it is wrong and is unfair, both to the candidates who are pushed summarily into secondary positions upon the judgment of the committee and to the organizations involved. Nominations un der such conditions can have one of two re sults—either the second candidate is decid edly inferior but may be elected to the detri ment of tin' office or the committee must name a “second” candidate so weak that the committee is practically electing the officers by itself. Destroying the evidence ends, also, all means of checking up on the political activi ties involved, even if the election committee is strictly honest and conducts its work pro perly. ’* # * nPHE women’s nominating committee and election board should both do everything possible to make this year’s elections examples of honest, endeavor and proper technique. Little can be done to rectify the mistakes of last year but every effort should be made to avoid them this time and to put women’s polities back on a respectable basis. Democratic and ethical procoedure in AWS, YWCA, and WAA matters is just as important as ii is in ASl’O or national presi dential, for that matter—elections. If women's affairs cannot be conducted on a higher plane than has been tho case in the past, they must necessarily defeat rather than accomplish their purpose. There isn’t really much future for a generation of people, men or women, who can’t play fair in school elec tions or who don’t, to quote Dean Kebec, play the game for the candle and "for all it's worth." Sophs' Treasurer (Continui'd from page one) If those expenditures had been budgeted and approved, a large part of the loss on the dance might have been saved and the class would not now be so far in debt." Hutchison also struck tit the idea promoted by class officers that, the class should return an actual fifty cents worth of good for every fifty-ccnt class card sold. • This idea would be okay for a strictly sophomore dance," ho said, "where the expenditures would not be so great, but. the class cannot afford to cut sopho more's ticket prices tn half at ait all-campus dance. Members of a class should expect to get some thing more than actual cash return from their membership. Decoration I'ee Taken Another fault in the present method of haudliug the funds was' put forward by Hutchison. "When the classes were each asked to pre sent the University with $50 to f* re cum W € m t ra l C> ---- REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING BY National Advertising Service, Inc. Collet* Publishers Representative 420 Madison Ave New York. N. Y. Cniutio • Boston - Los Ancclis • San Francisco j 1937 Member 1938 F^soc'idod Cblleftide Press Reporters l.eonaui Jermaiu hugoue > da Muriel lutktu&u Parr Aphn Bet tv llamiltm l’.ttiiu.a Eiikson BUI Scott Clemi 11a^ el;o th Ken Kutlry L)ot"th> Meyer l|i'ieth\ Htnke Bettv lane riiompsoQ Klizaheth Ann Jmes C itherine Tavlor John Bigg > .1 auk Br> * • Monday Night Desk Staff 11 '•!'!! 1 Kuokka iioui "i Ri Jg aa Monday Night Sift Chief Night Edttot tln> i>> ■ Bill i»rant A t -1 «nt \ -g ‘ - L-.-. Betty Fikxlal \\ ;. a K<: . Jituicc Jolm>ou purchase decorations for McAr thur court.” he continued, "it was my understanding that the money i would be taken from ttie dance1 fund when the class desired to i make the payment. This money j has been taken, without the ini- ; i mediate okay of the class officers, j and is another very definite factor . t in the class' debt." j He argued that if the class mon-! ] ey was handled by ttie individual , > classes in a private account. ( cheeked regularly by tho Univer- j sity, there could only be one or ; two in direct responsibility for the fund ■. and therefore unnecessary , expenses would be greatly mini- e inized. Such a situation as devet- f oped over the informal would be . an impossibility, tie said. Each 1 class would have a very definite cheek upon its funds and stricter watch could be made upon expeu- t ditures. , J 40,300 Per Year—The Automobile Toll jt^ powerful seven - passenger automobile whizzes around the corner, screeching as rubber tears from the tires on the sharp turn, then zooms up the straight-away. No, the scene is not the General Motors testing ground, and it isn’t the local race track either. It is- Kincaid and Thirteenth between classes with a local “student” at the wheel, making his eleven o'clock. Eugene, as a whole, can boast of a very good traffic record. The campus also, despite its hazardous magi thoroughfare has also maintained a good record. However, merely because the record has been good in the past gives no one the right to embark on a cam paign of carelessness. Facts recently released in regard to the age groups of persons involved in fatal acci dents reveal that over .‘10 per cent were people between 18 to 24 years of age. This is the college age, and it is not very creditable that young people of this age are inovlyed in al most half as many fatal accidents as all other age groups together. # # # Tj' ROM time to time the older generation A has violently accused the younger of reckless driving and responsibility for a major portion of the needless traffic fatali ties. Almost always the younger generation answers heatedly that it is not responsible. The above facts give the youngsters some thing to think about. Some other pertinent facts that might stop these young corner cutters (as well as the old ones) are that 40, 300 people met death on the road last year, and that 1,221,090 citizens of the United States were injured in automobile accidents. \ The majority of the accidents took place * with cars that were not defective, on roads that were in good condition, by drivers that j were experienced. Furthermore 25,500 of the i slain were killed because drivers were violat ing fundamental regulations. The largest single cause of deaths was exceeding the * speed limit, which accounted for 36.8 per cent 1 of the above total. These facts are not pretty. But they are t something for every driver, and especially ' every young driver, to think about. The cam pus here by the nature of its location is a A hazard. However, the most dangerous por tion, between Kincaid and University, is clearly marked. There is no excuse for students to take needless chances in this area. Even if that . new Lincoln Zephyr will do 80 in two blocks, tj the campus corner-cutters might remember jj the 40,300 killed on the highway front last jj year, and take their feet oft' the gas.—P.U. £ E.P. Hoyt to Talk of Propaganda Threat Dregonian Managing Editor Will Discuss Current Affairs Fascist or communistic dictator ship and its threat to a democratic government such as that of the United States will be the subject sf a talk to be given by E. Palmer 'Ep" Hoyt, managing editor of The Oregonian and graduate of the University school of journalism, at in assembly of students and towns people Thursday at 11 o'clock in Gerlinger hall. In his talk, entitled “It Could Happen Here,” Mr. Hoyt will dis cuss methods of propaganda as a means of bringing a leader into power over great nations. Upon graduation from the Uni versity, Mr. Hoyt was in the em ploy of the Pendleton Blast Ore gonian before joining the staff of The Oregonian as reporter. From that position he worked up to man aging editor, and since 1933 has been in charge of the news depart ment of the publication. Mr. Hoyt has taken a prominent part in activities of the national Associated Press Managing Edi tors' association, and has served on the board of directors of that or ganization. He was recently elect ed a member of the board of di rectors of Sigma Delta Chi, na tional journalism fraternity. The Portland nawspaperman is also the author of numerous short stories and articles. During the war Mr. Hoyt served is sergeant-major with the United states army in France, and since hat time has continued his obser-. ,-ations of conditions in Europe. Mr. Hoyt has made a number of iddresses on freedom of the press md other phases of newspaper vork during his career as a jour talist. The speaker will be introduced >y Dr. C. V. Boyer. Thursday afternoon after his ssembly speech. Mr. Hoyt will be he guest of Sigma Delta Chi at a uncheon banquet at the College itde. All members are requested o be present by Darrell Ellis, iresident of the national journal istic society. Mr. Hoyt, an alumnus member of • ignui Delta. Chi. was recently looted to a post on the national ' xecutive council of the society. I leaders Use Gloves (Continued from one) he north cud of the room contain, j ewiih, Russian, Indian, Arabic j and Persian volumes. Possibly the rarest and most esteemed books in this collection is a copy of a four teenth century Jewish prayerbook, ‘‘Die Darmstadter Pessach-Hagga dah,” which was used for passover services. Another book of general interest is a text and beautifully illustrated plates of oriental car pets. A book containing twenty-one volumes takes up a large portion of the Japanese cases along the east wall. These volumes deal with selected relics of early Japanese art. It is one of the few books that has English descriptions of the illustrated plates. The book, “Challenge Behind the Face of Japan," which was refer red to by the author, Upton Close, ! in his speech presented to Univer sity students last Thursday, may also be found in this collection. Ducks Meet __ (Continued from page one) sonians all season. Hobby's boys! have only won one and lost three from these two teams this year. The burly, though relatively short, Idahoans have been virtually unsurmountable in their last 11 games, winning 10 of them. Beaten in three of its first four games, Twogood’s club suddenly did an about face to become the real sur prise of the 1938 season and a real pennant threat. Belko Leader When the rampaging Vandals sweep onto the Igloo maple to morrow night they will be led by a quartet of the conference's high scorers. Steve Belko, diminutive forward, is the spearhead in the Vandal attack which also centers around a left-handed shooting wiz ard. Bill Kramer, and a ball-hawk ing Indiana boy named Brendon Barrett, not to forget a bruising backboard expert. Captain Don Johnson. Rounding out the Idaho quint will be either Lyle Smith and Roland Winter. Every starter, with the excep tion of Barrett, a sophomore, is a veteran "1" wearer. Barrett Tallest Barrett at center is the tallest man on the starting five at six feet-two, but what the Idahoans lack in height they make up in ball-handling ability and passing accuracy. Kramer and Winter or Smith will start at. forward and Seiko and Johnson at forward. All in all. Idaho will show Ore gon fans one of the best rounded aggregations ever to romp on a northwest floor, in th>- opinion of L H Gregory of the Oregonian. > rts to Start Oregon will depend upon 3ts veteran combination of Dave Sil ver, Laddie Gale, SUm Wintermute,, Bobby Anet and Wally Johansen to vanquish the Vandals. Gale lost his shooting eye on the Inland Empire road trip, but if practice sessions are any indica tion, he has it back and should be a very long thorn in the neck of the Idahoans if he gets “hot.” It is on McArthur's maple where Gale pots them from all angles. He has not had an "off” night on McArthur this year, adding up a big part of his new northern divi sion record on the home boards, and doing more than his share in keeping Oregon undefeated in seven games at home. In the Wash ington series he hit 19 and 25 points in two nights of work. Near End for Silver Big Dave Silver will be playing in next to his last series at home and will be out to make it a profit able one, especially at the back boards. Anet and Johansen's driving play has been one of the features j of Oregon's play all season, and these two boys too have a debt to settle with Idaho. Bulk of the scoring burden to morrow night likely will be placed on the high shoulders of Winter mute, the “human mooring-mast,” j who towers about his fellows like ; [ a beacon in a storm. Hobson may E instruct his boys to feed the bail1 [ to Wintermute under the basket if j [ Gale is bottled up much as they j1 did at Moscow. | Wednesday night's game will | [ alcn Viflrrin of " .On Campus Calendar Student - faculty luncheon at Westminster house at 12 o’clock, nth Dr. Frederick Eliot. Reserva ions must be in by 9 o'clock. There will be a meeting of Phi !eta in the AWS room in G Tim er hall tonight at 7:15 o’clock. Un tour de chapeaux meeting onight at midnight at 1883 Uni ersity street. The YMCA cabinet will meet at p.m. today in the Y hut for elec ion officers. Attendance is urged. WANTED: Fraternity jewelry salesman for West Coast terri tory beginning March 20. Write letter giving personal details about yourself to H. V. 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