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.
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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."
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LLOYD TUPLING, Managing Editor
Associate Editors: Paul Deutschmann, Clare Igoe.
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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>
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thur court.” he continued, "it was
my understanding that the money i
would be taken from ttie dance1
fund when the class desired to
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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
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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
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(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. Furrer,
care Eugene hotel.
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