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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1942)
9am fob RbeakfoU By TED HALLOCK Today we shall commence with a thumbnail discussion of the T. Dorsey sixteen. Discussion Tom is ready. What I mean is: the usually slightly soggy masses are ready, at long last. They are get ting with the right ideq, which is personified by the ydunger Dor sey and men. Many assorted characters, with me on the same list, have been blowing their lids for a long pe riod of time re-Tommy’s groovi ness, but what happens every time we start making with the like mad talk about the newest Elman solo or Sinatra vocal. Well, I’ll tell you what happens. Great clearing of throats ensues amidst shuffling of feet and mumbled excuses about fourth uncles be ing sick at home and requiring instant bedside attention. Ah, now you are beginning to dig what I mean. Nobody understood Tom’s stuff. Especially with the new crew. # He out-Lunceforded Lunceford and out-subtled Basie. And now he is finally latching on to the public’s mentality. They Put the Finger on Mutual’s spotlight orks ordeal courtesy cokes company was the first to put the big time finger on Tom, and with a will, too. Very clever how they snared themselves into having to bring the tram man and band back each week. First they gave him a fifteen-minute slot on one of their wee night shows with no particular enthusiasm attendant. As per custom, at the week’s end, the band which sold the most rec ords got thirty minutes to throw around on Saturday eve. So who should the week’s results indicate as the nation’s best but Tom. By a close margin he beat out other strong contenders such as Sammy Kaye and Lombardo. So Dorsey played his half hour, killed every one and was brought back the next week for another spot, again sold the most records, played again on Saturday eve, again it was nothing but solid murder, and again he was slated for the spot this week. Of course slight interference of a harmless nature prevented absolute crystal clear reception in Eugene (what I mean is it was cold as hell and the ra dios wouldn’t work). But I fore cast another Dorsey return this weekend cause it looks like the “Skunk Song” will edge out “God Bless America” on the wax coun ters. Hardin Good This Hal Hardin band is truly with it. A very versatile combo which is, strangely enough, very versatile. Six men who double on everything from a comb wrapped in Scot’s tissue to the larger type toe zither. Whatever they play they play like mad and they really play a lot of stuff. Stu Lay on accordian and Fred McKinney on 88 are amazing all the more because they are students at this university. So dig it if you get the chance. One more thing. Corky Corcor an has left Sonny Dunham to go with James. Knew that would make you feel real good. We all need some good news in times like these. Members of the Home Econom ies club at the George Washing ton university in Washington, D. C., are aiding the national de fense program by working as dieticians for the Surplus Foods Commodities and the Red Cross. They are also studying means of ci nserving vital defense materials in the home.Texan. Oregon H Emerald HKLEX ANGELL, Editor FRED O. MAY, Business Manager Associate Editor. Hal Olney Ray Schrick, Managing Editor Hob Frazier, News Editor Betty Jane Biggs, Acting Advertising Manager Elizabeth Edmunds, National Advertising Manager I'PPER HI SIX ESS STAFF Helen Rayburn, Layout Manager Lars Gilson, Circulation Manager Maryellen Smith, Special Issue Manager Helen Flynn, Office Manager [’eggy Magill, Promotion Director UrrKK J\KWS MAhJ Jonathan Kahananui. Eee t latoerg, Co-Sports Editors Corrine Nelson. Mildred Wilson, Co-Women’s Editors Hern fenny, Assistant Managing r.auor Joanne Nichols, Assistant News Editor Mary Wolf, Exchange Editor The Oregon Daily Emerald, published daily during the college year except Sundays, Mondays, holidays, and rinal 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 for national advertising by NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICE, INC., college publishers’ representative, 420 Madison Ave., New York—Chicago—Boston— Los Angeles—San Francisco-- Portland and Seattle. What About Politics ? JT is no longer news when a member of the ASUO executive committee “pulls stakes” and leaves school. In fact, after four major losses this year, the governing group’s personnel is scarcely recognizable as that elected by bloc-minded Web-foots last spring. The latest loss is that of Bette Morfitt, ASUO secretary, who graduated from the University at the end of fall term. She will be replaced by council appointment. Interesting to note is that there was no question of how Miss Morfitt should be replaced. In the case of Jim Frost, Jean Spearow, and Bill Moshofsky, there was always at least some speculation on the possibility of an ASUO election to fill the gap. The decision to use council appointments to fill resig nations instead of elections came only after serious considera tion by the committee of the political issues involved. # * * * JN this case, there was no argument. No one even mentioned the possibility of an election. To get the matter over in the shortest possible time and with the least trouble, to provide the student body with an adequate secretary, were the principal considerations. The idea of a white-heat political battle built around the highly-localized issues usually employed in such campus affairs is completely overshadowed by the aspect of war. Campus politics, though certainly not obsolete, will have a rough time holding the center of the stage. There will be Independent-Greek battles in the spring, to be sure, but they will not be like those of yesteryear. The spark will be gone. There is every reason to believe that the age-old “battle of the blocs” will never live in all its glory again until the collegians who made it famous have done their part in remem bering Pearl Harbor. 'Snap/ fludkfmetii By DON DILL And so it begins again—this business of gleaning an educa tion and this weekly over-ex posure of stuff photographic (re putedly). Which means right now it should give some stuff on the role of the shutterbug and de fense, since everyone is doing it. This bit is taken from the Ore gonian of several days back but is repeated on the supposition that some overlooked it and if you didn't you should get more ac quainted with it anyhoo. “In the interest of national security,” it says, “citizens in the western theater of war operations are ad vised against taking photographs showing army units, headquar ters, transports, camps, buildings, installations, projects, weapons, equipment, supplies, movements, or other military material or ac tivities. The western theater comprises California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and Alaska. Orders for Cameramen “Citizens are further advised against taking photographs at this time of non-military struc tures, installations and activities of importance in connection with military operations and national defense. In this category are rail road and highway bridges and tunnels, shipping facilities and railroad yards, reservoirs and water distribution systems, elec tric and gas generating and dis tribution units, telephone, tele graph, and radio installations, and manufacturing and assembly plants turning out material of primary importance-for national defense, such as plants manufac turing munitions.” If you can think of anything left to snap a pix of let me know. And for taking a picture of our men in uniform, please don’t select an 18-ton tank for the background. It’s not so silly when you think of the damage which can be done if a “harmless” snapshot of the boyfriend with his outfit’s insig nie plainly showing and the scen ery showing him to be in Wash ington when they are supposed to be in Florida comes under tl^ knowing eye of the enemy. What to Do Each of us can do a tangible share in helping win the war by conserving our supplies of metals by saving empty film cartridges, spare spools, or used film pack packets. We may not be able to get certain supplies and acces sories soon so our equipment should be checked and repaired when- necessary in order to give it longer life. How did you like the silver thaw? I don’t get the thaw part but at least it did afford some of the-best photographic material to come our way for many 8 tr-* clocks. Perhaps there may be some good shots for the Coop to display—which they need badly. We could all pay more attention to composition, focus, and ex posure. Don’t shoot till you see the slants of their eyes. In a recent questionnaire, stu dents at the Arizona State col lege (Tempe) were asked to give their ideas of the most difficult position to play on a football team. Here are some of the answers: Quarterback, guard, center;' “because he always sees things upside down.” Coach, “because he never knows just what’s going to happen,” Water-boy, bench warmer, flat-on-your-back, and season-ticket holders.—Cardinal. Should the United States Army Bomb Axis Civilian Population? - Yes, Says Johnnie Kahananui No# Says Don Treadgold A war of arms, in which the world is now engaged, entails the annihilation of the enemy mili tarily, the crushing of “military objectives’’ which will necessar ily force his capitulation. With this as fact, I will endeavor to prove that “civilians” are “mili tary objectives,” and thereby for tify my contention that it is not only inevitable they will be bombed, but it is almost impera tive this bloody task be prose cuted. Why should so-called “helpless civilians” be destroyed ? How is it that they constitute “military objectives?” Custom dictates that oil docks, food storages, comba tant supply lines, manufacturing centers and the such are “mili tary objectives.” But custom cringes before progress ... or retrogression . . . and war today is of such a nature that not one single living, human is divorced from its confines. • ’ A Military Objective Like a malignant vine, it has crept out to cling with lecherous tenacity upon a trellis of whicn every living person is a rung. War has acquired so much scope that it has become hellishly evi dent that any person or thing contributing to the prevention of the enemy’s capitulation mUst necessarily be a "military objec tive.” More specifically. Axis “civil ians," concentrated in cities or otherwise, are working furiously to turn out guns, planes, and mu nitions. They are obviously fur thering the enemy’s war effort; they are “military objectives.” Axis “civilians” are frantically manufacturing clothes to shield and shelter their armies; are rais ing food for their armies’ stom achs; are being educated in en gineering, medicine, and other professions necessary for conduct of the war, and in many more essential ways for enforcing the shackled peace to be imposed should they triumph. Potential if Not Actual Axis “civilians” are nearing the age at which they will be armed and hurled into the holo caust against the Allies; are en gaged in bolstering morale on the home front. Continue the process to its natural and logical conclu sion, and one will discover that every Axis "civilian,” in varying degrees, of course, is contribut ing to the prosecution of the war in his nation. By reason they are all “mili tary objectives,” are all prevent ing the capitulation of the enemy, and therefore should be subject to destruction. Many point to the apparent in effectiveness of “wanton bombing of civilians" in London, flay it as ruthless bestiality. But herein lies the problem; the bombings have been more or less “wanton" for (Please turn to page seven) After seeing the Japanese bomb Manila, plunder and tor ture Chinese and Malay civilians, attack Pearl Harbor while still feigning friendship, we see clear ly the undisguised bestiality of the Japanese military. Following such horrors, some have tried to extend the argument to cover ev ery Jap man, woman, and child, and assert that all Japs were just savages anyway until 1853 when we tried to civilize them, and now they are simply reverting to type. Let us not take this trash se riously. Never suppose that ev ery Japanese is as cruel and bloodthirsty as Admiral Yama moto, any more than every Ger man is as immoral as Hitler. If we are ever conquered, Ameri cans who will not hesitate to use Nazi giethods will probably ap pear. No nation has a monopoly on immorality. What Is Gained? But let us suppose the ridicu lous contention is true that every Japanese is a self-revealed beast worthy of death. Before we start bombing, we might well consider the results gained by the Nazis in their civilian bombings. Seeds of hate were sown in conquered Europe which are now sprouting fast enough to shatter the indus trial strength of Hitler’s new or der, even with Nazi troops in command. On the other hand, the British people seemed to thrive bombing; they were welded into a solid mass of heroes with one united, unshakable determin ation to resist. It does not seem that we can afford to throw away expensive bombs on civilians when such results are assured. It is simply not a good military in vestment. We must save our bombs for military objectives which count. Bomb Tokyo, yes! Wreck the transportation system, destroy the factories, blow up supply depots! This Is war, this is no pink tea party, as those who would bomb civilians are fond of_ telling us. But we must conserve our strength. Is It Practical? And supposing we don’t carfe whether all Japs are bad or not, and have plenty of bombs to spare, and not particular how we get revenge for Manila. Yet as a practical and essential measure, I do not believe we can afford to do else than to FIGHT ACCORD ING TO THE RULES. We have said that we are fighting for tjie four freedoms,'for international law, for the sanctity of promises, for a world ruled by law instead of by brute force. If we do not believe we are fighting for these things, let us just call it quits. For these are the very things wherein we differ from Hitler. If there is no difference between our way and Hitler’s way, might w-e not just as well invite the Nazis in? When we win this war, (Please turn to page seven)
