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Oregon® Emerald MARJORIE M. GOODWIN EDITOR ELIZABETH EDMUNDS BUSINESS MANAGER MARJORIE YOUNG GLORIA MALLOY Managing Editor Advertising Manager ANNE CRAVEN News Editor Norris Yates, Joanne Nichols Associate Editors Betty Ann Stevens EDITORIAL BOARD Edith Newton Mary Jo Geiser Betty Lou Vogelpohl, Executive Secretary Carol Greening, Betty Ann Stevens Warren Miller, Army Editor Co-Women’s Editors Bob Stiles, Sports Editor Betty French Robertson, Chief Night Editor Mary Jo Geiser, Staff Photographer Elizabeth Haugen, Assistant Managing Editor Published daily during the college year except Sundays, Mondays, and holidays and final examination periods by the Associated Students, University of Oregon. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon. VatUuj, P>iutilexj,e . . * Oregon students of voting age seem to be taking their privi lege seriously this year. It is a healthy sign, and one which shows that students are more and more concerned with local, state and national government. The students on this campus who arc urging that every other student of voting age obtain his absentee ballot, and the stu dentswho have formed a new'club in support of Wayne L. Morse for United States senator, are doing what college stu dents who have formed a new club in support of Wayne L. est in public affairs. * * * * Before the May primaries, more students will have registered, and more will have organized themselves to discuss candidates and issues. For example, the Wayne Morse for United States Senator club has just begun to function and all students who arc interested may join. In letters to the editor Harry Skerry, Barbara Younger and others have shown their belief in intelligent voting, and the possibility that many students are particularly interested in the senatorial race in Oregon. That such interest is keen in other circles is obvious. It ap pears only natural that students should form a spontaneous organization to support the man they know, the man who is the type of leader that college students like, intelligent and liberal, to quote Mr. Skerry. * * * * Seniors and others who have now or will soon have the vot ing privilege have the responsibility that falls upon citizens to speak their minds and to try to clarify issues. Such political awareness on this campus is valuable.—M.M.G. Ear to the Ground By ELIZABETH HAUGEN The probability of drafting 4-F’s brings up the question of peacetime military conscription, following the war. Do the stu dents feel such a move is necessary for preparedness measures, or do they think it threatens the ideals for which this war is being fought. University students asked this question registered widely varied opinions: “We need a standing army of at least 100,000, but no short-time conscription for a shtirt period. It takes years to really train tough soldiers,” claims an ex-soldier. Another viewpoint is, “It's a good thing if they leave me out of it.” Explaining this statement, one student staid. “There are some people who, because of their tem perament and talents, just don't lit into the army.” The chief objection of another to such a program is that it would deprive all young men of their per sonal liberty for a certain length of time. “I realize that we’ll need an army of occupation for a number of years after the war is won, but when this immediate need is past, no one should be forced to join the army for any length of time,” commented a graduate student. “It teaches discipline under others, ra ther than self-discipline and in dividual responsibility.” Draft Favored In case of future emergency, it was suggested by auother that an immediate registration should la called for every man and woman JU years of age or over. Each should be required to stay at the job he chooses, just as soldiers. All young men would be trained im mediately for war service and as they reached draft age would go itno the army. Under this plan, militarization at all times would not bo necessary. A senior pre-med said, “It wouldn’t hurt any fellow, beyond interrupting his life for a while, but I can’t see any particularly good reason for it.” Most of the fellows who have thought about peacetime armies after the war feel that liOTC and the National Guard can take eare of the physical and military train ing, which they think important, for those who want it. Some of those questioned favor ! a more rigorous basic training pro gram in the high schools, so that more boys will be reached, and .at an earlier age. A few women, not a cross-sec tion, were contacted, and most of them felt that at least four to six ! months’ life as part of the army : would be a good measure, both to ! raise physical standards and as a precautionary measure. Some even i went so far as to say that women ' should be included in the program. Globally Speaking By BILL SINNOTT With the Red' army poised upon the Carpathian passes in Bukovina, the battle for Russia that Adolf Hitler launched thirty-three months ago is drawing to a close. The battle for the Balkans, the opening phase in the battle of Germany, is about to begin. The Red army has driven back the wehrmacht with amazing speed. At its present rate of pro gress it should reach Rome ahead of the Fifth army. Hitler’s Balkan satellites realize that all is lost. They are concerned solely now with saving themselves from the Rus sians. Prince Borbu Stubey has been holding parleys with the allies in Cairo concerning Rumania’s with drawal from the war. Prince Stubey was not a happy choice as an envoy. He is a mem ber of the £hanarist clique that exploited the country for so long. He is best known as the lover of the late Queen Marie. The only time King Carol ever posed as a defender of the sanctity of the home was when he punched the prince in the eye when he found him in the palace upon his return from exile. Rumanians for Hitler The Rumanians gave the most wholehearted support to Hitler of any of his satellites. The Ruman ian armies have suffered astronom ical losses at Odessa, Sevastopol, and Stalingrad. The Ploesti oil fields are vital to the Third Reich. Hitler showed in his Hungarian coup that he had not lost his skill. The visit of Admiral Horthy, the Hungarian regent, to Berchtes gaden followed the classic pattern of calling state heads to his Bavar ian snuggery to discuss the aboli tion of their country that he in augurated in February, 1938 with the visit of Kurt von Schuschnigg, of Austria. Admiral Horthy lias been regent of Hungary since 1920, when the communist regime of Bela Kun was overthrown. Like Poland, Hun gary was an anomaly in the post Versailles world. The country was governed by and for the aristocrats. The inbred, prolific noble families owned all the land. They were the outstand ing Anglophiles of Europe—Bond street was their spiritual home. Hungary Wanted Territory The Hungarian obsession was “Revision”—revision of the Treaty of the Trianon that gave Hungar ian lands to Rumania, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia. Hitler bribed the Hungarians to enter the war with pieces of territory that had been taken from them after 1918. Hungary was out of the war after losing ten divisions on the Russian front in 1942. Her leaders were ready for peace and this fact caused Hitler to launch another “blitz.” Hitler first tried to use Belo Imredy as his Quisling prime min ister. In 1939, Imredy had to retire as premier when it was found that his grandmother was a Jewess. Imredy had failed to get any stooges to join his “cabinet.” Hitler now governs Hungary through the ex-Hungarian minister EUGENE HOTEL Presents ART HOLMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA Every Sat. Nite Dancing 9 ’til 12 in the Persian Room to Berlin, Field Marshal Roeme Sztojay. The Balkans — the soft under belly of “Festung Europa,”’ are vital to Hitler. His eighty divisions in the Ukraine are dependent on the Hungarian and Rumanian rail lines for their existence. A quarter of Germany’s foodstuffs come from the Balkans. More important to the reich even than this is the fact that its sole source of bauxite, or aluminum ore, is in Hungary and Yugoslavia. In the last war the collapse of Bulgaria precluded the end of the war. It is a good omen that Sofia was “blockbusted” by our air force this week. Playus-Dayus—April 1 (Continued from Page one) opportunity to go on an all-time big binge which lasted until April 1. At the present time we only celebrate on that one day . . . for tunately, because after a week of raising sulphur and brimestone, Oregon style, even Robinson’s and A1 Young would run out of beer. Use of Masks in Drama (Continued from page one) the firm groundwork they have had in dramatics, and both were rewarded last night with particu larly large presentations of flow ers. The play will be given again to night as well as April 4 and 5. Pill Palace Roster Lists Three Guests Several reasons might be given for the slack in Pill Palace pa tients. One that the Mortar Board dance is this weekend, and another that it’s just plain spring. At any rate the report for Friday listed only three passive recipients, Helen Robson, Dale Harter, and Dorothea Wilson. Civilian and naval students on the Georgia Tech campus are con ducting a contest to name the queen of all Techmen’s girl friends. The winner will be dubbed: “The Girl I’d Rather Be Restricted With.” P^a and Go*tT To the Editor: Of late, we have been following the local political fracas with an avid, and now quite thoroughly disgusted, interest. The whole cam paign has, it seems to use, degen erated into something which we soldiers think personifies the so called “Oregon spirit.” Take, for example, the part played by the Emerald in the pres ent campaign. Now, in the normal course of events the Emerald is a nice little news rag. It serves the students and faculty. It provides the school with a house organ, ^jd in general it satisfies the require ments of a good college newspaper. We read the Emerald and, for the most part, enjoy it; but dur ing the past two weeks we have been thoroughly taken aback by the boorish political campaign con ducted in behalf of Miss Audrey Holliday. Now, we haven’t a thing against Miss Holliday other than the fact that she seems to be a little too much for Miss Holliday, but we do feel, as Professor Turn bull felt, that the paper has vio lated a good many of the precepts of honest journalism. Actually, of course, it doesn’t matter too much who is elected. We can’t recall a student leader who has accomplished a lot while in office. Though perhaps we don't give enough merit badges for ef fort under our system of evalua tion. In the final analysis, however, our entire thesis rests upon a premise that engulfs a far larger issue than that exemplified by one small college paper . . . one per sonality ... or one petty action. It involves the essence of idealism that lies, if somewhat dormantly, beneath our heart. It encompasses our faith in humanity. The intang ible belief in an endless stream of life that flows forever toward "the failing sun. It poignantly cuts through our shallow coat of synicism and throws salt on the wound that sheds a copious tear for humanity. These things that are far greater than man . . . greater than the sands of time ... or the tragic sea clawing away at continents’ edge. These things, they are all a part that will some day fit the puzzle. That will, when completed, shatter the still evening sky like a shoot ing star from the most distant galaxy. AL YOUNG Mankato (Minn.) State Teachers college is celebrating its seventy fifth anniversary this year. Pointers on Point Savers 1. Best cuts for your points. 2. Meat with nutritious food value. 3. Attractive and well-bal anced dinners. Order your Easter Ham now EUGENE PACKING CO. 675 Willamette ' Phones 38 and 39