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MARGUERITE WITTWER-WRIGHT
Editor
GEORGE PEGG
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TED GOODWIN, BOB FRAZIER
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BILL STRATTON
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News Editor
BERNIE IIAMMERBECK
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DON FAIR, WALLY HUNTER
Assistant Sports Editors
WAI.T McKINNEY
Assistant Managing Editors
BOBOL.EE BROPHY and
JFUNE GOETZE
Assistant News Editors
JEANNE SlMMUJNUb
Feature Editor
DOUG EDEN
Advertising Manager
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New Deal for Dads
Our sympathy goes to Bob Wallace and his committees, to
beautiful Mrs. Jerry Holcomb—the official hostess, and to
every student who tried to make his visiting Dad think
Oregon was wonderful—despite twfc rain.
Despite bleak bare trees dripping rain on the muddy side
walks, despite the overcrowded Dads’ Day luncheon, despite
the red tape which hampered initiative in planning for the
occasion—Oregon’s 20th annual Dads Day was certainly
auspicious.
But it could be better.
Why have Dads’ Day during our unpredictable winter
term? Nothing could be less welcoming than the drenching
we had last weekend. We realize that the basketball games
are a drawing card, but baseball is probably just as popular
with the Dads.
Why schedule Dads’ Day separately from Mothers’ Day?
The Oregon Moms usually come to the campus during Junior
Weekend and have their Mothers’ association business and
social meetings at that time.
We can see no plausible reason why the Dads and Mothers
should not have their respective days in conjunction with
junior Weekend. There are many advantages to the proposal:
Suggestions
1. The campus itself is most beautiful during the late
spring months.
2. In addition, Junior Weekend brings a delightful festive
air to the whole campus. Signs and posters, the suspense in
selecting the queen, the honoraries who do their tapping, the
old traditions which are dusted off and tried again—all of
these factors contribute to memory-making Junior Weekend.
We think our Dads would enjoy it as much as our Mothers.
3. Furthermore, our Dads usually accompany our Mothers
visiting for junior Weekend. It would seem quite simple to
arrange meetings for the Dads simultaneously held with the
Mothers’ meetings. The business of both groups can readily
be taken care of at separate sessions, \vhile the social affairs
would really be much more enjoyable mixed.
4. Financial arrangements specially for the Dads and
Mothers' affairs could be integrated with the Junior Weekend
budget. Bob Wallace was given no budget to work with. It
was necessary for the ASUO executive council to appropriate
$30 for his use. It would certainly be more efficient if a defi
nite sum was set aside annually for use on these occasions.
Entertainment
5. Entertainment would he simplified. The traditional Ju
nior Weekend festivities would make any other special ar
rangements for entertainment of guests superfluous. Perhaps
it would he possible, in the future, to schedule a baseball game
Friday afternoon of Junior Weekend. The ticket proceeds
could be donated to the Dads’ treasury.
(). Student management would be minimized. We know
that this past Dads’ Day was administered almost entirely
bv the Dads’ association in Portland. The student chairman
actually performs the duty of a top sergeant with Dean On
thank as liaison officer. But the command rests in the Port
land group. If Dads’ and Mothers’ Days were held during
Junior Weekend, students could handle entertainment, pub
licity, and similar functions, but the Dads' and Mothers’ clubs
officers would be in charge of their own functions. This
"chain of command" business is what we mean by red tape.
It could be dispensed with.
Promotion
7. Promotion of the Dads’ and Mothers' associations could
be facilitated. It was brought to our attention that an esti
mated HOD' of the students had no information about the
splendid work done by the Dads on behalf of the University.
We believe the good work done by these parent groups
should be publicized. For weeks before Junior Weekend the
Emerald and newspapers throughout the state carry news and
Toward One World♦♦♦
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Chinese Student Tells Background
Of Civil War on ‘The Good Earth’
By the One World Club
(Editor's note: This article on China’s political
struggles was written for the One World Club by
.Jue Stanton, political science major from China. The
concluding installment will be published tomorrow.)
Commentators on the Chinese civil strife have
been recently perplexed because they have not thor
oughly examined the historical essentials of various
oligarchies in the internal struggle for power. For
relatively long periods, on the national scene, Kuo
mintang or the Nationalist party dominated a single
party government.
After the intellectual ferment in 1919, however,
the intellectuals in China not only proposed a demo
cratic reform program in government, but agitated
against imperialistic sentiment, and thus were in
strumental in encouraging the founding of organs of
public opinion. This pragmatic movement toward de
mocracy in terms of contemporary Chinese life and
problems, and in the light of modern sciences and
thought, showed the influence of Professor John
Dewey on that generation of Young China, and
was due to the number of Chinese who, while in the
U. S., came into contact with him and his school of
thought.
Communists
Simultaneously Chen Tu-hsiu, one of the intel
lectuals, organized the Marxism Research Associa
tion, in Shanghai, and it became the official Com
munist party in 1921.
From a general knowledge of the divergent classes
and interests in a Chinese society one might expect
numerous parties to be formed to represent interests
with conflicting aims and objectives. It was the op
posite, in fact; that minor parties did not take an
active role in politics until the end of the second world
war when they exerted some influence upon the na
tional government for representation of all minor
groups.
Internal Struggle
Communist insurgency nevertheless flared up
during Chiang’s north expedition in 1927, and in the
following year, internal struggle for control of the
Kuomintang between the leftist and the standpat
element of Chiang Kai-shek had produced an impor
tant factor of the present Chinese civil war, that is
to say, part of the Leftists in Kuomintang had joined
the Communist party.
In order to grasp the state of the Chinese civil
war it is necessary first of all to analyze briefly the
historic structure and operation of Kuomintang and
the Communist party. Kuomintang was founded in
1895 and did not carry out fully the great doctrine of
Dr. Sun Yat Sen’s Three Principles of People, which
consist of the principle of nationalism, the principle
of democracy and the principle of livelihood Or public
welfare.
Parties Split
Because of the inefficiency in carrying out Dr.
Sun’s political doctrine by the Kuomintang in the
past, the leftists of the Nationalist party split from
the party in 1927-28 but they were unable to find a
common platform under which they could unite. As a
consequence, they joined in with the handful of Com
munists to gain power. It would be manifestly im
possible, as well as fruitless, to trace the develop
ment of all minor parties; nevertheless it is feasible
to indicate the activities of the Communist movement,,
in an effort to ascertain its role in Chinese political
life.
Soviet
During Chiang’s north expedition 1927, the Chi
nese Communists had formed their own Soviet gov
ernment with their own independent army and, for
the ensuing six years, supposedly subsidized by the
Comintern (Communist International in Moscow),
held out against Chiang’s government in south cen
tral China, particularly on the borders of Hunan and
Kiangsi Provinces. Finally they were driven out in
1933, and retreated to the far northwest, where they
established themselves in 1935 at Yenan with an army
of 8,000 troops.
(To be continued)
publicity releases. The promotion job is terrific. It would be
only proper if the Dads and Moms received a cut of all this
valuable publicity—and it would be easy to do in conjunction
with the Junior Weekend stories.
Our Dads and Mothers are doing a tremendous job. Many
of us are in school today because we matriculated with a
Mothers, scholarship in one hand. Let’s reshuffle and give
them a better deal.
Tempest In A Tin Cup
Portland's venerable Oregonian editorialized Monday
morning on the tin cup and veteran march situation and
seemed to find a significant tie-up between Olympia’s bonus
march and a rumor that Webfoots are carrying their own
cups to beat the high cost of coffee.
First of all, the tin cup rumor is news to the campus. Sev
eral students, noted for darting in and out of local coffee shops,
say they never heard of it. The manager of the ’’Side" says
he never heard of it. He's been getting a dime for his java
since fall term began. “The Bird" has nickel coffee and no
tin cup problem. "Tayor’s,” .another popular dispenser of ten
cent coffee, never heard of such tin cups till Monday.
As for the bonus march up in Olympia, the press services
carried stories Saturday night, well in time for the Monday
papers, saying that all the regional and state veterans’ organi
zations have called the thing “ill-advised” and are giving the
marchers no support whatever.
We cannot view with great alarm the marching of a few
idle characters when they have no support from organized
vets. We still think Oregon’s veterans are fairly level-headed
and realistic.
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ABOUT IMMIGRATION
Your editorial “Restrict Immi
gration?” in the Feb.' 8 issue is
completely convincing and sound.
If you haven’t already done so,
won’t you send a marked copy or a
tear sheet of this editorial to every
member of the state legislature?
There are 90 of them, and it would
be best if you addressed copies in
dividually. I think it might do great
good to put a halt to what started
out to be a memorial rushed
through the thoughtless, conserva
tive legislature without opposition.
A hearing is set for Monday, and
your editorial should arrive as soon
thereafter as possible.
Monroe Sweetland, Publisher.
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Editor’s note: The editorial was
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