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Devilish Diplomacy
^JIIARLlFi Chaplin, Hint occasional soeio
funnyman of' Hollywood whoso comic
antics and outlionnd fed were once scream
ingly ha-ha, lias readied new and unparal
leled heights of popularity because his mus
tache was cojiicd by llcrr Hitler, Ihe Nazi
bogey-man. In keeping with Charlie's amaz
ing box-office value, ihe powers-tliaf-bo in
Hollywood have decided he will make another
funny picture—to lampoon the Reirhfuhrer.
Our first impulse is to dap hands and
shout, huzzas to the movie masters for 1heir
genuine and candid contribution to give Am
erican people something to laugh about. Rut,
we note with some misgivings that Holly
wood’s publicity purveyors add a cryptic,
verse: “The picture, as yet unnamed, follows
product ion of ‘ ('onCessions of a Nazi Spy ’. . . ”
acquire a particularly rancid taste
when trying to justify (lermany’s toler
ance of Herr Hiller’s tactics to achieve his
aims, and. aided and abetted by continual
perusal of anti-Nazi articles, some emanating
from reliable courses, others not, we have
probably as much prejudice as is good for any
ordinary human being, vis.. Hitler is a cad
♦ and a bounder and ought to have his Teutonic
ears boxed.
Rut our bad taste is only made worse when
we perceive one of America’s educational in
stitutions, the movies, eating pickles and poi
son and saying boo! There is certainly much
-need for improvement in the type of motion
pictures stuffed down the throats of people
nowadays, but out of fairness, we concede
that some great and masterful (i.e., educa
tionally valuable) pictures have been made
in the last few years. We applaud and hope
for more of t ha I type.
As lor Charlie’s forthcoming picture we
already anticipate many laughs, and we will
probably be rolling in the aisles with the rest
of the victims, but alas, at what a price! As if
propaganda wasn't already subtly inter
spersed enough in our daily reading . . . as
if diplomats at Washington weren’t having a
difficult time enough now trying to keep our
fingers (and our bayonets) crossed . . . as if
public opinion already wasn’t sour enough
against countless millions of good Herman
people . . . no, we have to take more of hate
breeding propaganda with our cinemas and
pay to see it!
JT is just such apparently innocent jests as
Hollywood imposes in condemning; foreign
governments that helps propagandize wars,
or at least inflames converted nationals of
home governments to treasonable and inhu
man acts in times of crises. The ill-feeling that
results from needless war baiting is a wound
hard to heal; witness the intolerably eruel
acts against Hermans in this country during
the last debacle. We hold no torch for Herr
Hitler, but why should organizations such as
the einema industry aggravate a situation
that already is hopelessly burned over with
vising hate and prejudice?
Hollywood might well take care of its
own problems, and leave diplomacy to Wash
ington.
As for lampooning Hitler, lie's funny
enough now.—Y.G
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The Calliope!!!!
By BILL CUMMINGS
Complications appeared in the ASl'O political
camps yesterday as the medicine men began danc
ing their war dance in earnest to prepare for the
first l»ig ASl'O political meeting of the year, held
last night at the Chi l*si lodge.
There was little indication that definite blocs
would be formed, due mainly to the fact that
the meeting seemed to be a preliminary caucus
• • •
Side Show
By GORDON RIDGEWAY
If Neville Chamberlain should be a man of the
hour, then it may likely be that today's prime
question can be about this thing called “collective
security.” Collective securtiy it is a new form
of Marxism, can it be a successful scheme for the
democracies to stop or at least hinder the Rome
Berlin axis, or is it only a plot to precipitate Uncle
Sam into another European argument ?
Dismsising the first premise, we are interested
no end in the second and third considerations. No
matter how it has been known or spoken of before,
this idea of security in numbers is certainly not
one new to international politics. Britain and the
continent employed such a plan successfully to de
feat the schemes of Napoleon more than a century
ago It was used in the World war fo two decades
ago, and Woodrow Wilson planned to perpetuate
this sort of safety through a League of Nations.
Wilson's hopeful truce had evidently bogged
down when Italy was allowed to invade Ethiopia
without more than casual protest from the rest
of the world. We are inclined to attribute this
failure to the simple selfishness of the democratic
nations who would not put themselves out to the
extent of enforcing the provisions made by the
league. The dictators might have been easily
thwarted at that time with measures short of
war. Whether America was guilty of this same
selfishness is a highly controversial question which
we shall not attempt to answer, bu tthere is an
issue in that spot.
* * *
Since the time when Italy, Japan, and Ger
many struck the death-blows which resulted in
the league's eclipse, the idea of collective security
met steady decline in favor of appeasement. This
decline evidently reached bottom about two weeks
ago, and the necessity for united action is again
being emphasized, this time under the direction
of Downing street’s famed “Umbrella Man.”
* * *
The gist of Mr. Chamberlain’s current argu
ment is that the present is the time to stop the
dictators because any delay will only tend to in
crease their strength. Why it is that Mr. C. didn't
figure this out long ago, we cannot say. Over here
it is known that F. D. Roosevelt believes in adopt
ing “measures short of war” to stop Hitler, Musso
lini, et al. In a way it does seem reasonable that
it would be better to nip any of their plots now
before they reach their full height.
There’s only one hitch. Sure, Uncle Sam already
saved democracy for the world, 'way back in '18.
(Next: The so-called neutrality of alleged iso
lal ion.)
called chiefly to fool out the strength behind the
Sigma Nu prospect, John Dick.
Hesitant to cast their lot before they know
what the rest are going to do, politicians kept
their plans pretty much to themselves. Only a few
houses, notably the Fijis, came out with a definite
statement that they would back John Dick. The
Sigma Nu prospect was nominated by Lloyd Hoff
man, Kappa Sig, who did so “because nobody else
would take the lead." Most of the evening was
spent in trying to organize the houses behind Dick,
but Sigma Chi and Phi Delt representatives were
shown a bad time by continual questions fired at
them as to what Verdi Sederstrom and Scott Cor
bett planned to do.
Houses which met were Sigma Chi, Phi Delt,
Beta, Kappa Sig, Sigma Nu, ATO, and Chi Psi.
The fusion of these houses into a bloc runs against
the grain of former years and will be a hard task
to perform.
Political promises have already started to gum
up the works, however, and the first cause for
argument seems to be the aspirations of two dif
ferent factions for the office of senior class presi
dent. Dorm politicos indicate they will throw their
way, have indicated that they will throw their
200-odd votes toward the bloc which can promise
them the senior class presidency. Their candidate
will most likely be Boyd Brown. So far, they have
not demanded a position on the executive com
mittee.
on ih<‘ otnor hand, it is known that Sammy
l?urt Burr lias aspirations himself for flic senior
elass presidency, a fact which will directly afleet
the way the Simula Alpha Mil votes fall. One bloc
cannot satisfy both these groups by promising
the senior prexy job; hence, complications.
\n opposing bloc was partially formed Tuesday
night by Dick Williams, SPK, who talked over
plans with a few organizations meeting at the
Delta Cpsilon house. Prospects for VS HO prexy on
this side id' the fence, if any, were kept dark, hut
groundwork tor a III' bloc was laid.
Ibis faction has already contacted the dorms,
hut the hall boys are keeping an open mind until
they hear offers from the other side. Gordon
Ridgeway, incdientally, is no longer at the controls
ot dorm polities, as he has forsaken the political
stump for studies. John Biggs, Sherry Ross, and
Joe Frizzell. Alpha, are the co-leaders of the
dormitory bloc and are likely to gain a united
political front. The 200-odd votes they represent
will be an important factor in the student body
campaign.
* * *
Freshman politicians got off to a flying start
last night at a meeting at the Kappa Sig house,
forming a partial ticket and talking promises
which may or may not hold the embryo bloc to
gether.
•lack Iainsing, Kappa Sig host for the meeting,
was chosen as tin1 candidate for sophomore class
president, and Cullen Murphy, Chi I’si, was placed
on the ticket as a candidate for treasurer.
Mouses present were Fiji, Sigma Xu, Sigma
t hi, Beta, Phi Delt, Chi Psi, Kappa Sig, Sunnily,
and A TO. The vote to support Lansing was close,
in tact, almost too dost1 to lie comfortable.
Representatives of all the girls' living organi
zations will be asked to attend a meeting of the
freshman politicos next Thursday night at the
College Side, when an attempt will be made to
explain the setup to the girls and gain their votes.
The most stubborn coeds, and the one represent
ing the most class cards, will be coaxed into joining
the alliance by offers of the vice-presidency and
the office of secretary.
In the Mail
To the Editor:
Re: Howard Kessler's article
in the Oregon Daily Emerald,
Wednesday, April 12, 1939.
Not only to the alert mind of
the Oregon student, bui also to
the casual reader, Howard Kess
ler’s authoritative ( ?) observa
tions must, at least, have
aroused grave doubts as to their
validity as a statistical analysis
of so vague a subject as the
Jewish problem. In his subtle
method of presenting his facts,
Mr. Kessler has cleverly been
able to imply the erroneous con
clusion that the great majority
(if not all I of our 130 million
Americans don’t give a hoot if
Herr Hitler does kill off every
Jew, not only in his, but. in other
countries as well!
Further, our naive Mr. Kess
ler does not hesitate to uphold
the superiority of his cash-and
carry “tow-bit” poll over the
opinions of Dr. Hendrick Van
Loon (whom even Mr. Kessler
is compelled to condescendingly
acknowledge as “an outstanding
humanitarian and scholar) -
If Mr. Kessler's article is not
an attempt at reportorial sen
sationalism, it undoubtedly at
taches a multitude of unfair
stigmi to our American popu
lace. Our rambling reporter has
found (he implies condoningly)
intolerance, race hatred, and
narrow-mindedness implanted in
the characters of his fellow
countrymen.
I for one (and I am sure I do
not stand alone I can find no
favor with his misleading dis
tortlation. I would like to re
mind Mr. Kessler of the basis
upon which this great and glor
ious country was founded. Our
country was born out of the
chaos of revolution and was
strongly founded upon a founda
tion of freedom. The heart of
our constitution is freedom!
Race, creed, color, and religious
belief have been removed as
elements of differences. “Equal
ity,” shouted our forefathers,
and the trend of our constitu
tional amendments stand as a
symbol that we have not for
gotten the cause for which they
lougnc.
By what tight, then, can
Howard Kessler uphold the peo
ple of the U. S. for the intoler
ant mass of nit-wits which they
are not? His words are an insult
not only to the intelligence of
every open-minded, clean-think
ing Oregon student but to every
person in these United States
whose every thought and action
depends upon the unreserved
maintenance of good American
justice not to concentration
camp subjection.
Murray Klapper.
IMPLICATIONS
To the Editor:
Howard Kessler’s article this
morning observing the "amaz
ing opinion" on the Jewish prob
lem will no doubt bring a hail
of criticism, both on his article
and also on the editorial policy
of the newspaper. Although I
myself am doubtful if such
vitriolic attacks will be justi
fied, it is true that the article
does create an erroneous im
pression of the situation as a
whole.
The article intimates that the
mass of the American people
resent the presence of their
Jewish neighbors. I doubt this,
and I doubt it very much.
First of all, the self-styled
poll was taken mostly in the
South, where racial prejudice of
all kinds is predominant. Sec
ondly, although Mr. Kessler is
no doubt a conscientious poll
Pownder Wins in
Advertising Contest
Word has been received by Mr.
W. F. G. Thacher of the winners
of the advertising problem on Tea
Garden Products sent in to Bots
ford, Constantine & Gardner, the
advertising company who recently
conducted a contest for Oregon
students.
Glenn Pownder, junior in jour
nalism, has been awarded the first
prize of $15. Second award goes to
Betty Wagner, senior; and third
award of $5, to June Dick, sopho
more. Keith Osborne and Dale Mal
licoat received honorable mention.
The judging of the advertising
problem was handled by four
members of the organization.
Miss Gorham will be in the social
room of Gerllnger this afternoon
and tomorrow to interview Oregon
girls desiring Campfire positions.
taker, the poll merely repre
sents the views of a few ran
dom observers. Mr. Kessler inti
mates that their views are the
opinions of the entire American
public when he asks the follow
ing- question: “Would you say,
for instance, that the following
statements are typically Am
erican’’ and then goes on to
state the opinion of three per
sons whom he contacted. This
intimates that the perverted
opinions were held by the ma
jority of typical Americans, a
statement for which Mr. Kess
ler has no statistical justifi
cation.
Then Mr. Kessler says that
“many Americans resent the
success of Jews in business and
finance. This I found particu
larly true among farmers, of
whom there are 20,000,000 in
this country.” By this state
ment Mr. Kessler intimates that
most of the 20,000,000 farmers
do resent the success of the
Jew. This is a very sweeping
statement, to say the least, and
1 am sure that Mr. Kessler will
see, if he reflects upon it, that
the opinions of the one or two
farmers with whom he came
into contact in the South do not
necessarily represent the opin
ions of 20,000,000 farmers scat
tered throughout the country.
Mr. Kessler closes with the
suggestion that because of the
scarcity of Jews in manual la
bor and agriculture (implying
that these vocations are the
hardest, and the rest easy) ac
counts for a great deal of anti
semitism in the United States.
Would Mr. Kessler say that
jobs as doctors, lawyers, sales
men, and the like are much
easier than other kinds to ob
tain, or that the pursuits are
adaptable for the less-cnergetic
workers ? If so, 110,000,000 Am
erican people who are not far
mers are “taking all the easy
jobs, and are cheating the poor
farmers out of a living!”
B.B.
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Musicians Confer _ J
Key Underwood and Igor Gorin . . . director of the University or
Oregon symphony orchestra, and star concert baritone, confer over
the score of their recent concert given in McArthur court.
W.A. Dahlberg Joins
Willakenzie Grange
W. A. Dahlberg, member of the
speech faculty, recently joined the
Willakenzie grange which is locat
ed a few miles northeast of Eu
gene.
He believes that people today
are breaking the shell and taking
a greater interest in rural living.
There are several members of the
University faculty who belong to
granges.
The thing that surprised Mr.
Dahlberg was that a large number
of the members were not farmers
but people who live a little way
outside of the city limits and hold
a job in town.
“Their social life is caught up in
grange and rural activity,” he said.
He believes that the revived inter
est in this sort of thing has been
helped by the improved conditions
of transportation and communica
tion.
“For my own reason,” he went
on, “I wanted to join not only for
that, but so I might know more of
the rural state of mind to more
intelligently promote grange inter
est for symposium work. You see,
we send speakers to about 20 or
25 granges a year.”
Mr. Dahlberg found three of his
former students in attendance at
the Willakenzie grange as mem
bers.
Archery, Tennis
(Continued from page two}
As Fortmiller will not defend his
title, the race will be evenly con
tested with several top-notch golf
ers entering.
Only five participants signed up
for archery this spring. The reason
for the lack of interest in this sport
landscape Majors
Co Take Field Trip
Group to Travel
To Spokane, Wash.;
Will Return May 4
About thirty majors in land
scape architecture from the Uni
versity and Oregon State will leave
the campus April 27 for their
mnual field trip.
F. A. Cuthbert, associate profes
sor of landscape architecture at
the University, will be in charge of
the trip, while Dorr Legg, profes
sor of landscape architecture at
the state college, will also accom
pany the students.
Purpose of the outing is to study
private estates, parks, and city
planning. The group will travel by
both train and bus, and will return
May 4.
Spokane has been chosen as this
year’s destination because it has
the best park system in the Pacific
northwest, Professor Cuthbert
said. Last year the landscape archi
tects went to San Francisco, while
the year before they visited Se
attle.
The outing, according to Profes
sor Cuthbert, will be divided: the
first three days all the students
will take part; after leaving Port
land, only upper division students
will participate. About half of the
group are lower division students.
Thursday, April 27, they will
visit gardens and the new capitol
grounds layout in Salem; the fol
lowing two days will be spent in
Portland, studying private pro
perty and parks.
Sunday morning, the remaining
fifteen will leave for Bonneville
where they will see the model vil
lage and be the guests of the for
est service in a visit to the Eagle
creek recreation area.
Another government village will
be studied Tuesday after a bus
trip to Grand Coulee. The rest of
the time is to be spent seeing pri
vate places and parks in Spokane,
Thursday noon the wandering
landscapists will return.
is probably due to the compara
tive newness of the sport on the
campus.
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