Oregon M Emerald
ANNE CRAVEN
Editor
ROSEANN EECKIE
Business Manager
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Managing Editor
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MARGUERITE WITTWER
News Editor
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Betty French Robertson, Women’s Editor
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Gloria Campbell, Pat McCormack,
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£ducatuuz-l&i Peace.. . .
Wednesday night’s forum brought up some interesting ques
tions on the United States’ foreign policy and a world union.
Everyone has his own idea as to how the next League of
Nations can best bring about lasting peace but we think
iWayne Morse really put his finger on the basic point to be
remembered. At that meeting he said, “You can’t change
human nature. A world union cannot be strong until the peoples
of the world arc conditioned into habits of peace.” In other
words peoples of the world must be educated to believe in
peace and to take it as the natural thing while the word “war”
would gradually become obsolete. Such a changed attitude
will not come in our generation and possibly not in the next.
It will be a matter of evolution over a long period of years.
But what has that to do with college students? How appro
priate that a large portion of the audience that heard Morse
and the other two senatorial nominees were college students.
It will be our duty and responsibility to help pave the way for
that distant time when peace is “the accepted thing.” We must
prepare ourselves now for the job that lays ahead—a propa
ganda job, yes, but one in the better sense of the word. No
matter what field you intend to enter upon graduation, the job
will still be there. We must start with the attitude that peace
and a world union can work. The new League of Nations may
not please you entirely but it will be a start. If we support
it and bring the people to a habit of thought which depends
on this organization rather than war as a means of settling
disputes, then the union will work. And as time goes by our
world union will evolve into a smooth-running organization.
[We are glad Mr. Morse brought that up. It’s something for
college students to remember and work towards.—M.A.C.
Jletk tyLf, the fyloxf . • .
. . It is during times like these that a glimpse of ‘Old
Glory’ gives every heart a lift.”
Yes, indeed, a lift, a renewal of hope, and a reconviction that
the “American” way is the right way.
An observing coed noticed at the assembly Thursday that
McArthur court, even on Columbus day, failed to display an
American flag. She didn’t just notice, comment, and then forget
same. She wrote to the Emerald, suggesting that Mac court
should display a flag, not just on Columbus day, Flag day, and
the Fourth of July, but permanently. And we agree.
Displaying a flag in Mac court wouldn’t be just an outward,
insincere sign that the University had jumped on the patriotic
bandwagon. It wouldn’t be just an excuse to demonstrate in
its presence that most of us know at least the first verse of the
“Star Spangled Banner.”
It would be, rather, a living symbol of that which we, as
Americans, want from our world—a reminder to us that to
maintain such a world we must also realize our duties and
•obligations. And that we must work to live up to the traditions
that have been established for us in the name of “Old Glory.”
We’re provided with instructors to remind us that conjunc
tions are preceded by commas, that Shakespeare wrote son
nets as well as dramas; so why shouldn’t the center of or
ganized student activity—McArthur court—provide us with
an ever-present reminder of the past that has brought us our
“American Way" and of our obligations to maintain that "wav.”
We, the students, need this reminder.—C.Y.C.
No democratic world will work as it should work until we
recognize that we can only enjoy any right so long as we are
prepared to discharge its equivalent duty. This applies just as
much to the states in their dealing with one another as to in
dividuals within the state.—Mr. Anthony Eden.
Qlaballti, SpeahitUf.
By BILL SINNOTT
The British invasion of the Peloponnesus highlights the Gre
cian situation. Greece has always been in the British sphere
of influence. The rapid advance of the Russians into Yugoslavia
and Bulgaria must have caused the brass hats of Whitehall
to order this obviously hastily-prepared expedition.
The classic aim of Russian diplomacy for centuries has been
to secure a warm water port on
the Mediterranean. Britain cannot
tolerate the strongest European
power, Russia, alongside the jugu
lar vein of the Empire—the Suez
canal. Thus -the British attempt to
forestall Russia by securing con
trol of Greece.
Chaos Keigns
Greece is in a chaotic state; of
the country’s 7,000,000 people 500,
000 have tuberculosis, and- 2,500,
000 have malaria. The two con
tending factions; the Elas support
ed by Russia, and the Earn, sup
porting the government in exile,
fought each other more than they
did the Nazis.
Both hunted down the Greek
collaborationists backing the Quis
ling Balli government. The “secur
ity” troops of the puppet govern
ment prefer to surrender to the
British in order to escape the vio
lent death awaiting them at the
hands of their compatriots.
George Papandreou is premier of
the government in exile. Some
Earn members from the Greek un
derground have recently been tak
en into the ministry.
King Awaits Vote
King George is patiently await
ing his fate. All parties in Greece
have decided that the king may
not return until a plebiscite decides
whether the people want him.
The king is an Anglophile—a
great friend of the British royal
family and of Mr. Churchill. The
king was deposed once before in
1922. During his years of exile he
lived in Brown’s hotel, London. The
king is a charming English gen
tleman with all the mental powers
of a typical foxhunting man.
Churchill has tried to force .the
king back upon the Greeks with
out a plebiscite. This led to the
mutiny of the Greek army and
navy in Egypt last year which was
suppressed, not without bloodshed,
by the British army.
First King- Fled
Greece has had a checkered his
tory since its liberation from Tur
key 115 years ago. The country’s
first king was Otto of Bavaria.
The Wittelsbach was sent packing
ijn 1862 because his gang of Ger
man favorites were a drain on the
country.
Prince George of Denmark was
chosen the new king of Greece in
1862. George was chosen because
the Gluckbergs were related to all
the royal families of Europe. One
sister of the king was Queen Alex
andria of England — another was
the Empress Marie of Russia. So
the Greek politicians believed they
were buying their country an in
surance policy against the danger
of future Turkish invasion.
Greece suffered a severe defeat
at the hands of Turkey in. 1896.
The country doubled its territory
by the two Balkan wars of 1912
18. Old King George was assassin
ated in Salonika in 1913 after a
reign of fifty years.
Another King Abdicates
His son, Constantine, who had
married the kaiser's sister, Sophie,
succeeded him. Constantine was
pro-German and tried to keep
Greece neutral during the first
World war. Venizelos, the greatest
modern Greek, was pro-Allied and
forced the king to abdicate in 1916.
Venizelos was the stormy petrol
of Greek politics for 30 years. He
won his country immense spoils at
Versailles by his eloquence.
Post-war disillusionment over
threw Venizelos and Constantine
was called back to the throne.
The Greeks were defeated by the
Turks, under the command of their :
i present president, at Inonu in
1921. Constantine was dethroned;
the prime minister, Gounaris, and
his cabinet were shot. The present
king ruled a year until he, too, was
kicked out.
Greece had a turbulent history
during the period between wars.
Britain put over the restoration of
the monarchy in 1935 to oust Veni
zelos who was pro-Italian.
Dictator Appears
King George made General Me
taxas a dictator. The general, who
was called the “Little Moltke,”
made Greece a dictatorship on the
Nazi model.
However, Metaxas valiantly re
sisted the opera bouffe invasion of
Greece by the Italians in October
1940. The Greeks first made a
laughing stock of Musso and the
tinsel splendors of the new Roman
Empire.
Letters To
The Editor
Emerald Editor:
Overheard on a street corner''”
“You know I went up to McAr
thur court to the ASUO meeting
and there wasn't a single mention
of Columbus day, no flags or any- ^
thing. You’d think that a building
like that would have a flag. I
don’t believe I’ve ever seen one up
there.”
The woman who made this state
ment has unknowingly made her
point. The point isn’t just that it
is Columbus day, but rather that
McArthur court doesn’t have a
flag, or if it does, doesn’t display
it.
Flags are those things which
seem to blossom out on the 4thjaf
July and Flay day and then retire
into the background for the rest
of the year. Such an attitude dur
ing times of peace may be all right
but it is during times like these
that a glimpse of “Old Glory” gives
every heart a lift. There is no real
reason why McArthur court
shouldn’t display a flag and keep
it that way.
LORRAINE R. BERKINS
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NufSed
By CHAS. POLITZ
Young Democrats II
The president’s first words dangled from his mouth (due
to lack of space and an excess of advertising in last night’s
paper). At last he could contain himself no longer, said them.
His first words were a resounding chord to his constituents
to “conduct a good clean fight.” Our observations were that he
looked like a good clean-cut kid himself, and thus probably
eminently qualified to conduct such
a campaign.
He then went on to state that
the present administration had
brought about “a new economic
stabilization based on freedom of
enterprise and freedom of oppor
tunity.” This curious utterance,
sounding very much like Genesis
1:2 of the National Association of
Manufacturer’s version of the King
James text, made us wonder even
more as to the president’s basic
affiliations.
He then consulted his prompt
sheet and came up from that con
ference with a decision to open the
nominations for secretary. This
was quickly done and three girls
were nominated—the third by one
of the gaydogs without sanction of
Ra, Osiris, or local donkey head
quarters.
The president appointed an un
dergraduate member of the law
school to count the votes. He then
immediately prepared to start the
voting. One of the nominees sug
gested a secret ballot. “Maybe we
should go out,” she said. The chair
man seemed to be a bit taken
aback by the novelty of the idea,
but upon considering readily
agreed. “Yes, I think that w’ould
be a very good idea,” he said. The
three girls were asked to leave the
room.
1-2-3-4 Tally
The tallyman took his stand to
the front of the room. The presi
dent called for a voice vote. Some
one suggested that a show of hands
would be easier to count. The chair
again appeared a bit at a loss.
"Yes, I think hands should be suffi
cient,” he agreed. The members
finally showed their hands and
they were counted. The count re
vealed that the gaydog’s candidate
was elected, much to the surprise
of several people, including the
gaydog.
With that over the chair turned
its attention to more universal
matters. He addressed the gather
ing: "Someone, anyone, or all of
you. What would you like to do as
Young Democrats?” The Commun
ist was silent but you could see
he was thinking. The chairman
went on, "A breakfast, picnic,
show, dance?”
Someone took up the theme: “I
think a dance would be good.”
The chairman took the ball from
there: “How many of you would
like to have a big Democratic
dance ?”
All heads nodded and the girls
twittered slightly.
The Communist was silent but
you could see he was thinking.
The speaker cleared his throat
gracefully from his temporary seat
in the front row. The president
took the cue, a breath, and pre
pared for the introduction. He in
troduced the speaker as “a distant
relative of the great John Nance
Garner.” Everyone seemed to be
lieve him. The speaker arose and
took the stand. He was a goodlook
ing chap, middle-young, blonde,
carnation-cheeked, and from the
minute he opened his mouth ejen
the most naive members of the
audience would have sworn he
spoke with a drawl. It sounded like
a mixture of Texas, Massachu
setts, and Louisiana gumbo
shrimps. He later cleared up the
dubiety by declaring that he was
from West Virginia.
His opening words were signifi
cant as they were to appear often
to punctuate his speech at critical
stages. “Good evenings boys and
girls,” he said. He then went on
to say that in his opinion the re
tention of Mr. Roosevelt in the
White House is inevitable, and that
he expects a Democratic house and
senate as well.
Gasp En Masse ~
From this not of optimism he
proceeded to startle his audience
into a chorus of gasps with this
revelation: "Don't kid yourselves
for a minute, boys and girls, there’s
plenty of people in this country
who dislike Mr. Roosevelt,” he re
vealed. He was faced with terraced
rows of open mouths.
(And After the Mouths Closed—
Tomorrow.)
DANCING
EVERY SAT. NIGHT
with
Art Holman and his
Orchestra
EUGENE HOTEL