Oregon #> Emerald ' MARGUERITE WITTWER-WBIGHt"~~ _ ‘ TED GOODWIN, BOB FRAZIER Associates to Editor _ " BILL STRATTON BIi?L Managing Editor _Jvews Editor__ " “ ~~ BERNIE HAMMERBECK Sports Editor DON FAIR, WALLY HUNTER Assistant Sports Editors __ walt McKinney Assistant Managing Editors BOBOLEE BROPHY and JUNE GOETZE Assistant News Editors JEANNE S1MMONDS I iterator Editor BARBARA TWIFORD Advertising Manager L>on Jones, stair rnorogrctynci ________ REPORTERS . ^ . Beth Balder, Leonard Bergstrom, Bettye Jo Bledsoe, Hugh Davies, Diana Dye, Ruth Ea^es, ,/irgioia Fletcher. Lejeune Griffith, John Jensen, Donna Kletzing, Dick ^ Ji'"c Conned, Kathleen Mullarky, Barbara Murphy, Laura Olson, Joan O Neill, > Marjorie Rambo, Katherine Richardson, Adelaide Schooler, Helen Sherman, Jackie letz, Gloria Talarico, Aaify Waller, Hans Wold, Phyllis Kohlmeier, _ MEMBER — ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS * ASSOCIATED PRESS WIRE SERVICE_ Signed editorial features and columns In the Emerald reflect the opinions of the wiiters^ They do*not necessarily represent the opinion of the editorial staff, the student body, or the ^ ' Entered as second class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon. Take It From There The Pacific Northwest College Congress, which met for the second time at the Reed college campus in March, was an outstanding succes: as far as the meetings in Portland are concerned. As the first student organization in the world to receive official recognition by the United Rations, and with Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt as an official advisor as well as a guest speaker, PNCC has received wide-spread attention and interest. Commending the work of the Congress, the Ore eon State Barometer said editorially: Resolutions were far more concrete and showed more famili arity with United Nations problems than did those of the first congress. Delegates were generally better informed, more ef ficient, and better qualified than were previous delegates. Certainly the aim of the Congress to stimulate college students to a fuller acceptance of their responsibilities for good government, to probe student thinking on world problems, to emphasize o student participation in world affairs, and to provide a medium for expression of student thought was suc cessful as far as the delegates themselves are concerned. * * But that is not enough. If the impact of the Congress on the delegates rests within them, the Congress is worthless— as the Oregon Daily Emerald said last year, “ I he impact of the Congress and its interest in the United Nations must be transmitted to the students and through them to the rest of the nation." For this reason, we of the University of Oregon have reason to be proud of Ted Hallock and to appreciate his dy namic, driving insistence that students must be informed, must think, must act; that our ability to grasp the importance of endeavors such as PNCC, our reaction to the resolutions, our concern with United Nations, our actions reflecting and im parting meaning to pur thoughts are of primary importance. O Quoting again the OSC Barometer: University of Oregon sent, as one of its delegates, Ted Hal iock, a senior in journalism. The irrepressible Ted, often the Peck’s Bad Boy of Portland and Oregon eampus affairs, did an inmsually good job despite his habitual overbearing attitude. He was complimented as the one committee chairman who seemed to know meeting procedure. Hailoek was everywhere, offering suggestions, mailing motions, handshaking, phoning stories to tire Emerald, and reflecting unbounded enthusiasm for the whole affair until the last gavel rapped. At limes he became too ener getic, but this was far better under the circumstances than apathy or displays of childish temper. * * * We are proud of the job Hallock did at Reed. We are even more proud of the job he is doing now to bring the meaning and actions of PNCC to the University students and the people of Lane county. Making good use of his associations with local radio stations, be has arranged special broadcasts, j.ast night there was a re-broadcast of Mrs. Roosevelt's speech and a panel discussion. Tonight, Hallock and Catherine Crom bie, the* other delegate from the University, will be heard from 8:45 to 9 p. m. over KUGN and KOAC. Xext week, the J’XCC resolutions will be presented to the students at a special assembly. The final success of this movement, nevertheless, depends directly on the students themselves. The sponsors of PNCC and our delegates can only start the ball rolling. It is up to us—all of us who are conscious of the influence of world affairs on each of us individually and who recognize our own re sponsibilities in world affairs—to turn the original motion into an avalanch. Suggestion to business office executives in Johnson ball: to eliminate those long futile queues before open windows not being serviced either hire adequate helpers or close the useless windows. Requiescat in Pace Despite the definite unsettledness of international affair, apparently the people of these United States have enough faith to allow the Selective Service act fo ‘fold its tents and quietly steal away.’ Only by small stories on the front pages of newspapers was the death of the act, which directly effected one-third of the nation’s population, noted. It may be construed as an evidence of faith in international organizations. It may be construed as evidence of narrow-minded political pressure. It may be construed as evidence of military confidence in the ability to maintain an adequate defensive organization with out the draft. Probably all and none are true. P'or six and a half years since September 16, 1940, the Selective Service administration has effectively, and for the most part efficiently operated. Except for brief interludes in war times, the United States has for 150 years effectively and efficiently looked to its defenses without the benefit of such a law. No one will contend its necessity in war, but they will in peace. This—faith in the United States, rather than the United Nations, politics, and/or military confidence offers the final requiem to—Selective Service, Born: September 16, 1940. Died: March 31, 1947. May it ever rest in PEACE. _____ By DALE HARLAN All planning, be it economic, so cial or political, must take account of a great acceleration, during and after the war, of the drift of popu lation from the farms and small towns of the east. In Washington’s day, four out of five Americans lived on farms and nine out of ten of our people lived east of the Appalachian Highlands. In Lincoln’s day, about half of our population derived their livelihood from the farm and some nine out of ten of our people resided east of the Mississippi. In our time one agricultural worker feeds 16 Amer icans and an unknown number of foreigners. But of even greater significance to all planning is the continued shift of the population center westward until one out of every four Americans calls one of the states west of the Mississippi his home now. Adjustments This column is here concerned not with the economic or social con sequences of this trend, but with the political adjustments which may be necessary. In a federal de mocracy such as ours political pow er is based on the massing of popu lation and the power inherent with such massing when it comes to elec tions and representation in the gov ernment. Hence party leaders must anticipate the long range meaning of population drifts. '4,r4*,4,,4'"4,'4’*4,,4,,'4,,4,'4"4,'4,,4,,4,,4,,4,,4,'4,'4"4'''4’f4,'i' Western States As a result of these population shifts, the greatest gains are not in the older industrial states, but in the West and Southwest. States such as Oregon, Washington, and California will undoubtedly gain more congressmen, delegates in na tional conventions and electors in presidential elections as a result of reapportionment that will be made following the census of 1950. As pointed out, before the population shift is not only from the east to the west, but from the farm to the city as well. Consequently, state wide candidates, including candi dates for United States senator ships, will come more frequently from the cities and will have to slant their appeals to urban dwell ers. The Republican party’s present thinking and past habits stamp it as a Northern and Eastern small town and rural party. To hold its own with these population shifts, the Republican party must shape its policies to satisfy the needs of urban voters .If the Republican par ty is to regain complete power in 1948 it must take this factor into consideration when legislating on financial and labor matters. CLASSIFIED WE SERVE meals to students— 767 E. 15th. PRE-EASTER MEETINGS Theme: "THE OLD RUGGED CROSS" Each Evening at 7:30 WED. “THE ATTRACTION OF THE CROSS” THURS. “THE BLOOD OF THE CROSS” Candlelight Communion Service FRIDAY “THE GLORY OF THE CROSS” Choir will sing “THE SEVEN LAST WORDS OF CHRIST” by DuBois EASTER SUNDAY: 2 morning services, 9 and 11 o’clock. Theme: “THE BROKEN SEALS” BIBLE SCHOOL at 10 o’clock FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Broadway and High Dr. Vance H. Webster, pastor everybody loves the new eat treat! Footnotes Froia the Editor’s Scrapbook THE OUTLOOK Peace is now upon the scrool, but we are battling an intangible. Dur ing the past six or more years, peo ple have been battling every con ceivable foe so it is not strange that we of the campus kingdom should be battling; but it is inter esting to note that we have picked, a new adversary. When people bat tle against men, they do so with * weapons designed to stop heart beats. Wars between men are predi cated on the idea that the way to cure is to kill. The particular bat tling I refer to is not against men but against a specific idea that re sults from a specific act of thinking. We do not assume that to cure we should destroy minds. This intangible may be a logical one if we wish to accept certain things as axiomatic and it may be waved aside as unimportant if we are both lazy and stupid, but we are not accepting axioms without ques tion and we are not mentally tired and not dumb. This intangible is one of those vague fears held by only a very few persons, but it might easily become a group one. It is dangerous be cause it is easy to acquire. It’s a sneaker and a sticker. The expression, What’s the world coming to, tells the tale. Even though only a few are emotionally unstable because of a fear of the future, the few are making it dif difficult for the many. These fev£ are presenting pessimistic pictures that force all who wish to carry out a fine program to go into action. An irritation for those in the front of fices, yes, but also a problem for all students! There are many problems facing the student and many obsta cles to overcome, but every task can be completed and every objec tive reached. Confidence is essen tial. The directive for the future of America doesn’t have the word “failure” in it. —R. E. Manchester • Replaceable filter in new Frank Medico Cigarette Holders, filters the smoke. • Cuts down nicotine. • Cuts down irritating tars. • In zephyrweight aluminum. | • Special styles for men and women. ^ | • $2 with 10 filters, handy pouch