Eugene and vicinity, cloudy to-fl ^ h I Hi ll |1kT l_^]k J* I M II IT "O’
day, with possible showers; Ore-B B §-C ■- I ■ | Y\\ > IVI J- M h\ B § g
gon, showers in northwest portion.^ Bill ill! B I V B i 11 I ft I j.1 1 1 S I R
VOLUME XLIX_UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7. 1947 NUMBER l£
UNITED FUND PLANS OFF
r-—- j
Homecoming Head Selected!
Mo Thomas
To Direct
Festivities
Morven C. “Mo” Thomas, junior
in business administration, was
named chairman of Homecoming
last night by the executive council
of the ASUO.
“ Thomas has served on the Red
Cross council, and in Red Cross
promotion, on the March of Dimes
drive, on Kickoff weekend promo
> tion, and as program chairman for
the 1946 Homecoming rally. He is
a member of Alpha Tau Omega.
His petition was selected by the
executive council from a stack of
about 50.
The council also went on record
as thanking John Stehn and the
band for their “fine cooperation
with the rally squad.”
This year’s Homecoming, No
vember 21 and 22, will feature a
football game with. Oregon State.
Other traditional events at the an
nual weekend are dances, rallies,
and a frosh bonfire.
Benny Di Bennedetto, who was
graduated from the school of ar
chitecture and allied arts in June,
was chairman of the 1946 Home
coming celebration.
Highlights of the weekend in
cluded the premature burning of the
bonfire, selection of Dawn Carson
as Homecoming Hostess, and re
vival of the flaming “O” on Skin
ner’s Butte. Jack Teagarden and
his orchestra played for the dance,
the first large-scale one of the year.
Sociology Prof.
Talks Thursday
Jack Parsons, assistant profes
sor in the sociology department,
will be one of the speakers at the
fourth annual conference of the
Oregon juvenile council to be held
October 9, 10, 11, at Hotel Gear
hart, Gearhart, Oregon.
“Care, Custody, Treatment, and
Training," will be the title of Par
sons’ talk to be given on Thursday
afternoon of the conference.
The council that will attend the
coast meeting is qomposed of mem
bers who are actively servicing the
youth of the state. Representatives
are from the law enforcement
agencies such as the state, county,
and city police, the federal bureau
of investigation, district attorneys,
and judges.
ji Other members of the council are
' representatives from universities,
college, clinics, and private agen
cies. '
Librarians to Confer
A meeting of the house librarians
will be held at 4 p.m. in the brows
ing room of the library, Donna
O’Brien, president, announced yes
terday.
'Y' Leader
BJORG HANSEN
President of campus YWCA which
will hold open house and initiation
today.
Former Missionary
Speaks Tonight
Miss Rosalind Rinker, former
missionary to China for many
years, will speak tonight at the
Inter-Varsity Christian fellowship
meeting at 7 p.m. in the dining
room of John Straub hall.
Miss Rinker, who, at present, is
the staff representative for Inter
Varsity International for colleges
and universities in Oregon, plans
to return to China in March of
next year. She will accept a simi
lar position on the Inter-Varsity
staff in Shanghai.
Sweater Boys to Meet
Skull and Dagger, sophomore
men’s honorary, will meet at 7 p.m.
today at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon
house. All members are asked to
attend and wear their honorary
sweaters.
Lu Hansen
To Appear
For 'Y' Day
Lulu Hansen, national vice chair- ^
man of the student YWCA, and j
Marilyn Seefield, delegate to the1
Oslo world conference of Chris- j
tian youth, will be guests of the j
YWCA for the meetings to be held J
today at the Y as part of AWS i
week.
Open house has been planned by 1
the luncheon club at noon and Miss
Seefield and Miss Hansen will ad
dress the Y cabinet at their meet
ing at the YWCA at 12:15.
The foreign affairs committee
under the leadership of Laura Ol
son and Dedo Misley have arranged
for a tea honoring foreign students
at the Y from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Janice Kent, entertainment chair
man, has announced that Pat King
will give a reading, “The Cat and
Mouse,” and Jean Lichty will sing
"Musetta's Valse Song” Jfccfim “La
Boheme” by Verdi.
Charlotte Ann Johnson will play
(Please turn tn page three)
Special Election
Polls Announced
From 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. today, poll
ing places will be open for the spe
cial sales tax election. University
high school, 16th and Alder streets,
is the polling place on the campus.
The election is on state sales and
cigarette taxing proposals.
WAA AskVolunteers
Girls interested in working on
the poster committee for WAA are
asked to contact Beth Basler at
the Delta Delta Delta house.
Membership in WAA is not neces
sary to serve on this committee. I
Hanrich, Page Take
Series For Yankees
NEW YORK, Oct. 6 (UP) —
The New York Yankees won the
world series today when two of
their old pros, Fireman Joe Page
and big Tommy Hcnrich, came
through in the clutch and final
ly flattened the battling Brook
lyn Dodgers, 5 to 2, in the sev
enth and deciding game.
In the climactic game of the
bitterly fought, fantastic series
which saw the emnattled under
dogs from Flatbush come up off
the floor time and time again,
Big Tommy slashed a fourth inn
ing single with the bases loaded
that provided the ultimate mar
gin of victory.
And Page, with $75,000 riding
every pitch, went to the hill in
relief in the fifth before a roar
ing crowd of 71,548 baseball fan
atics and shut the desperate
Dodgers out all the rest of the
way.
Baccaloni Opens
Concert Series
Salvatore Baccaloni, basso buffo,
will be the guest star for the open
ing of the annual concert series
this Saturday at McArthur court.
The civic music association plan,
headed by G. E. Gaylord, which is
responsible for bringing the series
to the campus is a nonprofit or
ganization. "These programs are
attended by the largest audience in
the United States and therefore,
Eugene’s civic music plan is con
sidered the ideal example of what
can be done to improve group au
diences,” Gaylord revealed.
There is no admission cost for
students and those holding ASUO
cards. The doors open at 7:30 and
the concert starts at 8:15 with
Kwamas doing the ushering.
See additional details on page 6
Professors Express Opinions
On Sales Tax Controversy
By BARBARA HEYWOOD
Oregon voters, including Uni
versity students of voting age
will go to the polls today to de
cide the fate of the sales tax bill.
It provides for imposing a three
percent tax on gross receipts from
all retail sales, with the exception
of food, motor fuel, newspapers,
and certain other commodities.
As the bill has excited some con
troversy, an Emerald representa
tive visited two professors of eco
nomics who represent opflbsite
sides of the issue. Dr. Calvin
Crumbaker, professor of econom
ics, favors the tax chiefly because
it will retnove a burden from pro
perty owners "who already pay
more than their property is worth
in taxes.”
Great Inconvenience
Dr. P.YV. Ellis, associate pro
fessor of economics, argues that
enough revefiue is raised from the
income tax, and the sales tax im
poses great inconvenience on the
business man.
Dr. Crumbaker agreed that the
income tax meets present require
ments, and has raised an “em
barassing surplus.” This surplus
of about $20,000,000 was raised
through income tax and cannot be
used except by the legislature
placing it in the general fund,
which they have not done, he said.
“Nevertheless,” said Crumbaker,
"experience justifies the belief
that this surplus will rapidly dis
appear when adversity comes.
Then all state levies will ava
lanche upon property holders. All
committments now made, and to
be made, will run property ta.xes
to fantastic heights."
Spread Load
“The sales tax," he continued,
“with all its faults will help spread
the load when the storm strikes.
It is the only proposal now before,
the people which will not unduly
increase the burdens on the pre
sent taxpayers when the ‘bust’
comes.”
Crumbaker said he did not
maintain the sales tax is good
from an “ideological standpoint.”
"Oregon does not have a tax
which, from a scientific stand
point can be called good in its
present form,” the professor said.
“Oregon is justified in using the
sales tax on the theory sometimes
advanced that a good tax system
may be built from bad taxes, if
(Please turn to page eight)
Combined
Campaign
Cancelled
Dimes, Red Cross
National Charters
Prevent Accepting
The Campus United Fund drive,
postponed from its original open
ing date September 29, has been
cancelled because of the inability
to participate on the part of the
Red Cross and the March of Dimes
organizations. It was decided that
it would be impractical to stage a
drive for the only remaining or
ganization, WSSF.
Prohibitory clauses in the nation
al charters of the two organiza
tions prevent them from accepting
funds raised through a single drive
of this kind. No exceptions can be
made for college campuses.
Organized by ASUO President
Stan Williamson and his commit
tee, the drive aimed to combine the
annual Red Cross, March of Dimes,
and World Student Service Fund
drives into one to relieve students
from frequent contributions.
Reasons Presented
, The committee presented the fol
lowing reasons to the Eugene rep
resentatives of these organizations,
(1) students are not financially
able to give to three individual
drives, but would probably be able
to participate in one drive, where
with extreme effort more students
could be contacted and in that way
spread the burden to a greater
number of students, (2) it would
be a service to the students to get
rid of the recurrent demands for
donations and less painful to them
in the long run, (3) students were
growing tired of so many drives,
and (4) the amount received by
each group would stand every
chance of exceeding that which the
individual organization could col
lect.
WSSF Agrees
The WSSF agreed to accept
funds apportioned from the one
drive but the Red Cross and March
of Dimes representatives could not
participate because of their nation
al charters.
Primary reason behind their re
fusal is that each organization
wants to present its educational
program to the students, and feels
their purpose would be thwarted
by the one drive.
It was suggested that the money
be collected in one drive as sched
uled but that at the proper time
these organizations would be al
lowed to bring their educational
campaigns on the campus without
attempting collections. This idea
was also refused.
Ban Considered
The drive committee met again
(Please turn to />aye three)
Ticket Booth Open
For Washington Tilt
Tickets for the Unviers.cy of
Washington football game in Port
land October 18 are on sale at the
ticket office in McArthur court and
at a special booth located at Broad
way and Willamette streets, Mrs.
Dee Wren, ticket manager, an
nounced Monday.
The office in McArthur court is
open from 8 a.m. to noon, and from
1 to 5 p.m. daily. The downtown
booth is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
and from 4 to 6 p.m. daily.