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Oregon W Emerald -—- p- ■ The Oregon Daily Emerald, published daily during the college year except Sundays, Mondays, holidays, and final examination periods by the Associated Students, University of Oregon. Subscription rates: $1.25 per term and $3.00 per year. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon. Represented tor national advertising by NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICE, INC., college publishers’ representative, 420 Madison Ave., New York—Chicago— Bos ton—Los Angeles- San Francisco—Portland and Seattle. LYLE M. NELSON, Editor JAMES VV. FROST, Business Manager ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Hal Olney, Helen Angell Jimmie Leonard, Managing Editor Kent Stitzcr, Xt#s Editor Fred May, Advertising Manager Boh Rogers, National Advertising Mgr Editorial and Business Offices located on ground floor of Journalism building. Phones JJOO Extension. 382 Editor; 353 News Otnce; 359 Sports Office; and ^54 Business Offices Editorial Board: Roy Vernstrom, Pat Erickson, Helen Angell, Harold Olney, Kent Stitzer, Timmie Leonard, and Professor George Turnbull, adviser. UPPER BUSINESS STAFF ■\nita oackberg, Classified Atsvernsing Manager •<on Alpaugj . Layout Production Man ager util vvaiian, circulation jvianager Emerson Page, Promotion Directoi Eileen Millard. Office Manager Pat Erickson, Women's Editor Bob Flavelle, Co-Sports Editor Ken Christianson, Co-Sports Editor UPPER NEWS STAFF Ray Schrick, Ass’t Manag ing Editor Betty Jane Biggs, Ass’t News Editor Wes Sullivan, Ass't News Corrine Wignes, Executive Secretary Mildred Wilson, Exchange Editor Two Excellent Films rJ"'HERE is no doubt about (he educational value of the two films which will be shown to the student body today in Chapman hall. Both “The River” and “The City” are pictures which have won national acclaim for their presenta tion, in an interesting understandable form, of some of the economic problems confronting America. But there is another side to the two films which might have escaped advance notices. That is the entertainment value. Both are extremely well narrated and have met Ihc approval of movie critics throughout the nation for enter tainment as well as educational value. It was this value which led Archer Winsten of the New York Post to write about “The City”: “The outstanding documentary film. It’s absolutely magnificent, a true work of cinematic art in conception, photography and cutting, as well as uproariously funny. ’ ’ The narrative in both stories runs along like a well-planned adventure story, but with a background of fact and events which places both films high in educational value. It would have been difficult to have found two pictures more com plete in educational and entertainment value than these two which were selected by the sub committee of the educa tional activities board. # # # gOTII pictures are built upon the economic problems con fronting the nation. “The River” depicts the various phases of life on the river, the shipments of hundreds of dollars worth of agricultural products, great cities built up along the river banks, etc., but with the land and resources around the river becoming virtually exhausted. From this atmosphere the picture moves on to the great floods along the Mississippi, where some excellent photography brings the catastrophe home, and then to the rehabilitation program of the Government. “The City” is a beautifully conceived and last moving story of the life in a large metropolitan center. It is a plea for the decentralization of industry—a plea which is given added importance in times of airplane warfare. “The City” is one of the most stirring arguments for smaller, better planned cities that has ever been put in film. This picture ends by showing some of the newer, smaller cities where a man may work in model factories, live in clean, well-furnished homes and where his wife and children may breathe fresh air free from smoke and soot. It goes almost without saying that both films should have a wide appeal to a University audience. Pan-American Puzzle rJ'HE United States’ Latin American neighbors trust her with cat-like watchfulness. Their nervous distrust has been encouraged lately to a tentative dislike by the impending U. 8. decision on the lease-lend bill. Back in 1931) American statesmen felt that the need for western hemisphere solidarity was becoming immediately imperative. The democracies of the Americas must face the world—and Germany—with a united front. United States diplomats suddenly knew that South America was a possible weak spot in this brave front. And they gave the hot headed Latins little credit for having rational power to do the right thing in emergency. * # COORD1NOLY, Secretary ot' Statu Hull scored heavy diplomatie hit>> at the October, 1939, Havana conference when he got all the American countries to sign a pact; none would permit belligerent ships to use their ports as bases and none would outfit belligerent vessels. This was to keep Germany from getting « toe hold in South America. Now the Latin American countries are eyeing the lease lend bill. To them it looks like a violation of the Havana agreements. 1 hey have not been consulted as to an abroga tion of the treaties. They must see the vital and pressing need for the lease-lend measure, but insidious voices whisper to them, that they, too, should have a share in running the hemisphere. Their fear of United States “imperialism” is a flame that is being fanned. If their whole-hearted support is not forthcoming in the future, it may not be hard to understand why they don’t be lieve in treaties and cooperation. —^l’.L. No Salary for Proxy ASl 0 Proxy Tiger Payne has found it increasingly diffi cult of late to explain uhat lie does with the salary which he 0 gets (or supposedly get a> president of the student body. Many students, Payne reports, apparently have the impres sion that the president and other ASUO officers receive a regular salary. This is deeidcly untrue as any investigation of the facts will reveal. Neither the president nor any ol‘ the other Asl O ^ "J’' *’w 4 . ! 1 ’ ' Parade of Opinion i By ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS While the lease-lend bill and defense appropriations have been claiming all the black headlines these several weeks, some other governmental issues have been receiving atten tion in a quieter sort of way. One of these is the so-called Hatch Clean Politics act. Purpose of this legislation is to curtail the political ac tivity of federal employees and of state and local workers employed in connection with any activity which is financed in whole or in part, by loans or grants made by the United States. Specifically exempt are federal officials who hold elective offices, state executives who are directly concerned with formation of public policy or arc elected, and city mayors. Apparently, observes the Oregon Emerald, “these pro visions would indicate that federal employees are prohibited from attending, actively participating in, or speaking before political meetings. This would seem to be a curtailment of the right of free speech and the right of peaceable assem bly.” The Emerald goes on to point out that Section 15 of the measure “authorizes and directs the civil service commission to promulgate rules or regulations defining the term ‘active part in political management or in political compaigns.’ May we point out,” asks the Oregon publication, “that this would appear to be delegating legislative powers to the commission? On this point the constitution seems quite clear: ‘All legis lative powers herein granted shall be vested in a congress of the United States, which shall consist of a senate and house of representatives’.” The Minnesota Daily feels the act is “based on dangerous concepts,” and the Wisconsin Daily Cardinal echoes this view by pointing out what it considers “questionable con cepts.” “The Hatch act,” says the Daily, “aims to secure clean politics by sacrificing two important concepts funda mental to American society — academic freedom and free elections. Wc favor legislation which will encourage clean politics and minimize corruption. But we deny emphatically that these things can be secured by the provisions of the Hatch act, which deprives federal, state or local employes, paid in whole or in part by federal funds, of almost all poli tical rights except the right to vote. The whole philosophy of these clauses of the Hatch act seems to be that any political activity is a corrupt and corrupting activity. These can be no more dangerous concept than this, at a time when daily problems of all people turn upon political decisions and ac tivities of every kind. Casting a ballot is only the culmin ative aet of many which constitute the institution of free election. The right to propose candidates, discuss their rela tive merits and advance the cause of one—these elements are also essential to the electoral process.” The Ohio State Lantern feels that “ University of Wisconsin professors who are agitating for the repeal of the act have put their finger on the repressive weakness of the bill as it applies to educators. It makes no distinction between aca demic political discussion and unsolicited expression of opin ion. Professors have, no right to force their opinions on stu dents under the guise of professional comment, but students have a right to expect interpretative comment by those whom the state pays to educate its youth.” From All Sides Exchange by Mildred Wilson Sixty-eight faculty members of Harvard university recently sent President Roosevelt and members of the house and sen ate a statement flatly opposing the Lend-Lease bill, “because we believe that the defense of this country can be achieved with out any such abdication of pop ular government as the meas ures of this bill effect.” The first of its kind to come from the faculty and the most forthright statement against the bill to be issued at Harvard, the paper setting forth their views reached Washington but a couple of days before Presi dent Conat, head of Harvard, testified before the senate for eign relations committee in fa vor of the bill. —The Harvard Crimson. * * * Finally he has turned up - the absent minded student. The professors should really enjoy this one. Don McCulloch, from Montana State university in Missoula, decided to take a night off from the fierce grind and see a show. Almost home from the show, he reached in his pocket, for his earmuffs and could find only one. So, back he tramped to the theater, and searched the aisles on hands and knees as incon spicuously as possible. Eventu ally he found the missing ear muff in his pocket . . . he had forgotten that the two muffs were attached to each other on a metal band. Oregon State Barometer. Blind Date Fine time. Me too. Unite i 1'nitc Slam Wait'll 1 get hold of Bill! —The Utah Chronicle. Richard Anderson, zoology sophomore at the University of Minnesota is searching desper ■i. .w . . a ijiii-. .. f.t 1-•• minster. Although he has a col lection of 25 snakes, lizards, and alligators, Anderson only desires that this special pet have a name. “I simply call him ‘Gila’ now, and that sounds so formal,” An derson declared mournfully. “How much friendlier it would be if I could call him ‘Joe’ or ‘Chauncy.’ But I just can’t think of a good name." Finally in despair -he has in stigated a contest to which stu dents submit names - and he’s going to give an award to the one which hands in the most suitable name. The Minnesota Daily. Throe sure fire tobacco cures have been formulated by David Janison, from the University of Colorado, in his column, “Sine Die.” 1. rian extraordinary. When you feel the urge to take a smoke, twiddle your ears, nose, aiid lips, let out a loud whistle, and shout at the top of your voice, "Ibisco! Tibisco! Tabisco!' Tobasco! Tobacco! Hooray!” (If you habitually get the urge in your classrooms, we suggest you wire home now for your train fare. 1 2. The Decapitation Method. Cut off your head. This will leave no aperture in which to insert the cigarette, rendering smoking very difficult. The Lucius Beebe Touch. Use only $5 bills to light your cigarettes. This will soon ren der your financial situation such as to make smoking an im possible luxury. —The Silver and Cold. Don Jackson. University of Iowa student, recently suffered a terrible blow. He wrote a story for “Sketch" of serious import, containing what lie thought was an earnest, moral Recently he learned that the .nidges had awarded him first prize in the "Sketch" contest for humorous stories. Utah Cine-. wright or wrong With TOMMY WRIGHT Wracked with burning fever — spring—How sweet the warm sun, the birds, the bees, green grass, no eight o’clocks; Gee whiz have we got it. All that is left now, is for our thoughts to turn to love. But wimen, as in winter, is fickle! And they have been thinking about it all winter. We suppose you want to hear all the flash news; crash news; and trash news, so push back the coffee cup and drag down the colyum. S-MINUTE POEM . . . In the place of the usual un poetic lines wfcich usually ap pear about this far down the col umn, we reserve this space for the latest rantings of the co hort (also with spring fever) on our right: Two trains were rushing towards each other on the same track at breakneck speed. On one train was ROY VERNSTROM, and on the oth er, BILL FENDALL. The trains did not crash head on, but why? Because Norse is Norse and Souse is Souse and never the twain shall meet. PAN LIST VI . . . Number one, ADELE SAY of Hen hall, seems to be causing a few unnecessary heart throbs in the Alpha hall domicile . . . (2) NORMA BAKER of Alpha Delta and Pie, challenges YT to dig anything out of her past worth printing—as far as we know all the angels are still in heaven; and what is the alibi that keeps you out so late, and on week nights, too . . . (3) Sigma Kappa RUTH “GUM SHOE" JORDAN, past imper fect, present imperfect, and the future is tense ... (4) LEIGH TON PLATT—censored again, darn it— CAMPUS WHISPERS . . . Oregon's “G" for glamour boy GREG DECKER and CYN THIA CAUFIELD decide it wasn’t for better but for worse and part—what sweet sorrow— we’ll give you 1293 gueses as to who will be next for the Sigma Nu kid . . . BILL FENDALL plants his pin on a farmer girl (OSC)—so be it . . . And Ag gie BILL CARROLL makes a reality out of SEESALL’S in tuition—the pin: ATO, the girl; MILODENE GOSS of the Alpha Chi Os . . . BILL and BILL have some sort of a bet on who will keep the pin in place the long est—bets will be paid between 10th and Broadway on Oak . . . just together—JIM THAYER and Delta Gam’s STEVENS . . . Alpha O’s JEAN CASSIDY goes to Washington for the rifle matches and JONELLE MEL VIN goes along to see BILL MORRIS, Husky basketball player . . . And you should have heard ADELE SAY cry in a fu tile attempt to keep her name out of this colm . . . ’tis a cruel heart that beats beneath this stuffed shirt . . . just under the deadline is the report that AL LINN planted his brass on DG MARGE MADDREN Sunday afternoon—Cawote AL—“It was just a carryover from Saturday night." CONCLUSION . . . It is better to have loved and lost, than never to h^ve loved at all—but what about a three time loser . . . So long for a while. Oregon H Emerald Tuesday Advertising Staff: Elizabeth Dick, Tuesday Ad vertising Manager Marilyn Campbell Barbara Schmieding Night Staff: Ted Goodwin, night editor Mary Ann Campbell, assistant Art Litchman Marjory Major Bob Frazier Peggy Kline Evelyn Nokleby Betty Sevier Jo Ann Supple Connie Avcrill Margaret Stark Neal Begin Chan Clarkson Copy Desk: Bernie Engel, copy editor Kuby Jackson, assistant Herb Fenny, assistant Art Litchman Yvonne Torgler Barbara Lamb Betty Jane Bigg., Helen Angell Helen Rayburn International Side Show By RIDGELY CUMMINGS According to Charlie de Mon tesquieu, who lived before there were any democracies to speak ~ of (1689-1755), the quality most necessary to a republic is "vir tue.” X learned this yesterday lis tening- to Dr. Lesage lectur ing on French “merauire ana Cummings would ordinarily have filed it away until final exam time if I hadn’t read a statement by Mrs. F. D. Roose velt last night. The First Lady said she thought people should prepare UNION NOW! By Ann Reynolds Where'll we put it? That's another thing Oregon students will have to decide concerning the proposed student union building. Since very definite financial encouragement was given union plans Saturday, we feel that it is safe to start planning where the building should be placed on the campus. The five different sites available for the building are all owned by the University. The first site can be described as bordered by Alder, Kincaid, and Fourteenth streets, running to the alley and to the section where the Fiji house now stands. This site is admitted to be a near central point on the campus, but there are also some objections to placing the build ing there that should be con sidered. • When the architects surveyed this property as a possible build ing site they pointed out that there the building would per haps be crowded ino the half block without the sweep of lawn that would best set off the building. In addition to this point the rent that is paid by the Fiji house to the University is a definite source of revenue for the proposed financial plans of the student union building. Gerlinger Addition It has been suggested that an addition to Gerlinger be built and that the women's building be converted into a building for student use. How ever, the plan has been met with the argument that the stu dents will want a new building if thy are to pay for it. A wo man's building would have to be built to accommodate the facilities now taken care of by Gerlinger, and additional funds would have to be raised. The site opposite the art mu seum is the third possible site. Again the fact that the site is a central point on the campus is a vote for it. And again the ob jection that would have to be cleared up is that a large build ing, such as proposed, would be likely to shut out the view of the museum from Kincaid street. The fourth site is opposite the president's house on Univer sity and Thirteenth streets. The University owns the entire block with the exception of the property on which is located Dr. Henry Sheldon’s house. Some students object that the building: would be off the cam pus, although this site would af ford enough room for an attrac tive building. Fifth Site The last site, and the one which has received the most approval is the srweep of lawn opposite Deady and VilJard, ex tending to Eleventh and Kin caid streets. Because the build ing would be ideally set off by the amount of lawn space and would face the proposed mall leading to the center of the campus, this site has been con sidered more seriously than the others. Flans for enlarging this part of the campus would soon make the building a central point, as it is planned that, the state highway commission will re route the highway and move the railroad tracks across the millraco toward the river, and the property across from the old part of the cam pus on the sidg of the mill race would be added to the cam pus Thus this part of the orig inal University of Oregon cam pus would again be a central ized location of act., it.. their minds to “follow sugges tions” for postponing certain kinds of purchases when and if the government makes the “sug gestion.” Shortage in Kitchen Her argument is that alum inum will be required in such quantities for airplane manu facture that there will be a shortage of new kitchen uten sils, and that “eventually con sumption of some types of foods might have to be cur tailed.” Now according to de Montes quieu, who liked to reduce ev erything to a formula, the qual ity most necessary to a despot ism—he had in mind Oriental despotism but we can well sub stitute modern fascism — is obedience. Do you see my point? Mrs. Roosevelt thinks we should pre pare our minds to "follow sug gestions.” Suggestions from whom ? From Mr. Roosevelt, of course. Have to Get Along If you want to get along with Franklin D., you must learn to say “Yes siree.” Mrs. Roosevelt’s "suggestion” ties in perfectly with what took place on the floor of the senate yesterday. The partisans of the Roosevelt dictatorship bill had the floor and Senator Barkley, administration wheel-horse, said the present version of the con troversial bill will enable the U.S. to become the “larder as well as the arsenal” of embat tled democracies. It is easy to see that if the bill passes- and contrary to a prophecy I made several weeks back, I’m afraid it will—and we start sending corn, wheat, meat, guns, planes, ships, etc., etc., abroad, “lending them,” that the nation’s standard of living is going to suffer. Liberty Steak It is logical, however, to be lieve that the “suggestion” to curtail consumption of certain kinds of food will come most strongly in the form of higher prices. When the price of pork chops becomes prohibitive then willy nilly the poor man must order hamburger—or will we be calling it “liberty steak” again? The foes of the lend-lease bill get their innings today, but yes terday the shining words were trotted out again. Senator War ren R. Austin after shivering over a possible invasion of New England: there are "much worse things than war” and American youth will go out and fight to “save Christianity and the principles of freedom from ruthless destruction by a fiend.” I’m suspicious of all these generalities. It’s high time Brit ain announced her war aims so we’ll know what all the shouting is about. HANDBAGS, GLOVES New styles for spring to go with your new suit. 1004 Will. St. Phone 633 Oregon*# Emerald Classified Ads Phone 3300—354 Room 5, Journalism Bldg. READER ADS Ten words minimum accepted. First insertion 2c per word. Subsequent insertions lc per word. DISPLAY ADS Flat rate 37c column inch. Frequency rate (entire term) : 35c per column inch one time week. 34c per column inch twice or more a Ads will be taken over the telephone on a charge basis if the advertiser is a sub scriber to the phone. Mailed advertisements must have sufficient remittance enclosed to cover definite number of insertions. Ads must be in Emerald business office no later than 6 p.m. prior to the day of in sertion. • Found CLAIM at Depot, foot of Univer sity street. Books: 1 Essay 3 Prose 4 Social Science 2 History of Europe 2 English Poet3 3 Composition 1 Physics 1 Psychology 1 Reporting 2 English Essentials 3 Literature 5 Looselraf Notebooks 8 Notebooks 1 Elements of Spanish 1 Accounting Principles 1 Dictionary 1 Healthful Living 1 College Mathematics 1 Shakespeare 1 Term paper 1 Geometry 1 Spanish Reader Miscellaneous: 1 String of Pearls 2 Rings Kerchiefs Gloves 13 Pair Glasses in cases 3 Purses 1 Slide Rule 14 Pens 10 Eversharps 1 Debate Pin 1 Pledge Pin 3 Girls’ Hats 3 Men's Hats 7 Umbrellas 1 Black Overcoat 1 Leather Jacket 1 Slicker 2 Raincoats 1 Bible I HERE L.1x fi£CO'. ESP I'LL • Lost “STORY of Architecture,” by Tall madge. Has stamp of Oregon State College Library on inside. Please return to school of Busi ness Administration office. WALTHAM wrist watch within one block of. Me Arthur. Phone 3300-324. 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