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.
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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
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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
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