JletteAA. To the Editor To the Editor: Unless Mr. Dewey’s supporters are hopelessly blinded by partisan ship, they must be appalled by the falsity of his charge that Mr. Roosevelt “did nothing to prepare the American people for the war.” Indeed, this accusation is so far from the truth that it justifies Mr. Roosevelt’s assertion that the Re publican candidate is resorting to Hitler’s technique of having a lie believed by making it big enough and repeating it often enough. How large this particular falsehood is can readily be established by the record. There were three principal mea sures which prepared this nation for war and which saved western civilization from conquest by Nazi Germany. They were: Repeal of the arms embargo, adoption of the draft and passage of lend-lease. Mr. Roosevelt initiated and sup ported every one of these mea sures. From the Republican side came almost overwhelming oppo sition. Here is the actual record: On repeal of the arms embargo, 15 Republican senators voted against and 8 voted for. In the house, 143 Republicans voted against and 21 for. On the adoption of the draft, 10 Republican senators voted against and 8 voted for. In the house, 112 Republicans voted against and 52 for. On the passage of lend-lease, 17 Republican senators voted against and 10 for. In the house, 135 Re publicans voted against and 21 voted for. And on the very threshold ol Pearl Harbor, after General Mar shall had appealed to Congress for retention of the draft, the Repub licans voted this way: In the sen ate 13 voted to demobilize the. se lective service army, 7 to retain it. In the house, 133 Republicans voted to deprive America of her army and 21 Republicans voted against this madness. So there is the record. Had only Republican votes been counted, there would have been no repeal of the arms embargo, there would have been no selective service and no lend-lease. The votes of the Republican party could have destroyed Amer ica. It was against such irresponsi bility and such partisan stupidity that Mr. Roosevelt fought for the only measures of preparedness that we had. BKTTY LEE STUART To the Editor: On Tuesday of this week an in teresting editorial entitled ‘‘Hate Must Go" appeared in the Em erald. Whoever wrote it (it was initialed L. H.) should he com mended for the general thought expressed therein. The author pointed out that, in order to have a peaceful post-war world we must rid ourselves of the hatred we have assumed toward the Japanese peo ple and must welcome home, whole heartedly, all those Japanese-Am ericans returning from the reloca tion centers. It is refreshing to hear such expressions of thought when we have heard, for so long, only the doctrine of hatred. We know that the important factor in war psychosis is neither justice nor reason, but rather, a blind disgust and unreasoning hat red directed not against the poli cies of a people so much as against the people themselves. I would like to take exception, however, to the statement which the writer made, that ‘‘when the military fighting is over, a great reconversion will take place. Fignt ing men will return home to take up relatively normal lives, and in a 'normal,' peaceful world, there is no room for hate.” I doubt, myself, that such a re conversion will be possible. It is (PIcase turn Id fki Greetings, fellow dial twisters—pull up a radio and sit down while we make with the latest radio gab. But before we get hopelessly entangled in radio chatter, we’d like to point out a few of the more prominent stations you can pick up. There they are: The local radio station which clutters up the air waves at 1450 on your dial is known as KORE and belongs to the Mutual broadcasting system. Most radios will at least pick up KORE. KOAC is a state-owned station which comes in on a kilowatt and a prayer from Corvallis at 530 on your dial. Most of the University programs are broadcast from the KOAC extension station here on the campus. Portland Stations You can pick up NBC programs over KGW at 620, CBS programs over KOIN at 970, and Blue net work programs over KEX at 1190. These are all Portland stations and with a little coaxing you may be able to get them in the daytime. Now to maul a few radio pro grams. Last Wednesday night we eluded our books and turned on the radio for several hours as we are often wont to do. (To my instruc tors—please strike the preceding statement from the records.) Time to Smile with Eddie Can tor over NBC came on schedule from 6 to 6:30. With Nora Martin and Leonard Sues’ orchestra, Can tor was good, per usual. A new, song called “A Yankee Christmas” was introduced by Eddie Cantor, Harry von Zell, and Nora Martin, and it sounded as if it might be headed for the Hit Parade. Listen to the program next Wednesday if you don’t get too interested in your supper—Eddie is always good for a few laughs. First Nighter The First Nighter program wri the next show on our list—6:30 to 7 over KORE every Wednesday. If you like romantic comedy, don't miss this program next week— they’ll have a new play and the program is always tops. One hour of music for you hep cats, dispersed with gags, and a quiz program—that’s the College of Musical Knowledge with Kay Kyser and Georgia Carroll. The music was good, Ish Kabibble aired some gags that obviously needed airing, and the quiz part of the program, which for a time re sembled Truth or Consequences, was all right if you like that of thing. NBC, 7 till 8 every Wed nesday — don’t miss it you jive hounds.