Oregon W Emerald
ALL-AMERICAN 1946-47_
The Oregon Daily Emerald, official publication of the university of Ormi
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What Did He Say?
What did Senator Morse say?
Well, he said there was "no more hypothetical question.
He let his audience know that he considered it all rather
funny.
That’s what Senator Morse said when a student asked him
Wednesday night if he were interested in the Republican vice
presidential nomination this summer.
Of course he.also said that he was interested only in doing
the best possible job in the senate. The learned men who teach
PS 201 would have us remember who it is who presides over
tjiat body. '
And many a learned student remembers, too, the old poli
tical custom of chosing the presidential candidate and his
running mate from different wings of the party. .1 hat narrows
the field of candidates, if Morse were to run for the Number 2
spot. Few admirers of the Senator, few who share his politi
cal beliefs, desire that he run for office at such a price.
In the very recent history of our own state we have a
parallel. When Senator Charles L. McNary ran for vice-presi
dent in 1940, it didn’t add anything much to the prestige of
an already famous man. It didn’t put the state on the map ap
preciably either. There is no reason to think^that it would
work differently in Senator Morse’s case.
For Another 20 Cents
Dick Jurgens, of whom most dancers have at least heard,
will play for the Senior ball January 24 in McArthur court.
The.freight, our contacts tell us, is to be $3. No corsages will
be expected, for this is to be an austerity affair, the austerity
of which is-to be tempered only bv the fact that the senior ball
is traditionally formal.
All this should prove something. In the past there have
been large groans nearly everytime a dance band was signed.
People complained about the committee’s choice. They said
they’d much rather pay more money and hear a big name.
Well, January 24, they’ll have one.
If the senior ball pans out financially the students may
have the "1 told you so.” If it can’t make the grade, then we
shall be doomed to generations of Willie Gleeks, who will
drop in with their five zithers to play for the all-campus
dances.
Actually the $3 asked for the Jurgens dance is cheap as
those things go. When Curt Sykes played for the Homecoming
dance last fall the tariff was $2.80. The difference should
be worth 20 cents.
Perhaps the hue and cry over the Sykes price would not
have come about, had the price been lower ,sav $1.50 or $2.
We submit that students will pay for a name—even though
the music may be no better than the music of an unknown.
We further submit that they will go to a dance where the
orchestra is unknown, or known in the home-town way that
Art Holman was endeared to us all, if they are not asked to
pay through the nose.
But we also submit that the middle group—the middle
sized names at the high prices—bear a marked resemblance
to the fabled lead balloon.
CMT Conference
Slated for Portland
The Oregon youth conference on
compulsory military training, a
conference sponsored by the Young
Patriotic Citizens association in
cooperation with the AVC and the
Methodist area youth council, will
be held Saturday, January 10, in
the Multnomah hotel junior ball
room in Portland.
Several speakers, both local and
* 1 I l I
from other parts of the country,
will spea kduring the morning ses
sion from 10 to noon.
The afternoon session, starting
at 1 and lasting until 5, will be
run on the form of discussion pan
els in which the topics of the morn
ing speakers will be discussed. The
meetings are open to everyone in
terested, but those attending are
advised to register as early as pos
sible Saturday^ morning.
Ex-Emeraldite Now in Europe
Savs Swiss Are Profiteering
(Herb Penny, former news editor of the Em
erald, who was graduated last June, is now study
ing at the University of Grenoble in France. This
is the second of his articles on life at the French
school. His address is:
chez Mme. Corblier
No. 7, Kuo Turenne,
Grenoble, Isere, France)
By HERB PENNY
GRENOBLE, FRANCE, Jan. 2.—Gren
oble is a town about the size of Eugene,
situated in the Isere valley of the Dauphine
section of France. It is built on the outer bend
of the river and on the opposite bank on
the inner bend are high bluffs topped by an
old bastille. Some of the rooms of the bastille
have been converted into a night club, and I
and the other American students here have
spent several enjoyable evenings there. There
are bluffs all around the town, and close
behind these are high, snow-capped moun
tains. Some of the best skiing country in
France is very close by.
The university is not large and consists
of only two buildings but I find its courses
for foreigners quite adequate. There are 20
other Americans here on the GI bill, about
the same number of Norwegians, some Eng
lish, Czech, Yugoslav, and others. Most of
the foreigners are enrolled with me in the
preparatoirc intensif course, which consists
of from 13 to 15 hours of class work per week
in French.
The chief recreation for foreigners in
Grenoble, is to go to Switzerland. Geneva
is only four hours by train from here and
one can go and return the same day. I have
been several times and can testify now that
all Europe is not devastated and torn. A trip
to Geneva is in many ways like a return to
the States, for Swiss shops have everything.
There are typewriters in profusion, more than
I ever saw in similar States stores, marvelous
cameras .clothes of all kinds, and, of course,
watches. Prices are higher than France but
similar goods are unobtainable in France.
The Swiss Eat
The Swiss today are eating like horses.
For a dollar and half I can get a meal such
as is obtainable only in the very best res
taurants in the States and nowhere in Ore
gon. After becoming accustomed to the
French diet it is impossible for me to finish
all that is set before me in Geneva.
The Swiss, however, are giving nothing
away. Their attitude toward foreigners, and
especially toward the French, is distinctly a
mercenary one, and a person without much
money is given the cold shoulder in Geneva.
In spite of the comfort that is available there,
I know of no Americans who prefer Switzer
land to France. Our trips there are strictly
ones of necessity, to buy food, load it in
rucksacks, and return as quickly as possible
without spending too much money. I am al
ways thankful when hiking back toward the
border with a rucksack of food on my back
that 1 am returning, to France and the friendly
spirit 1 have found there.
The Money Changers
One of the big businesses in Switzerland
now is money transaction and you can find
places to change money all over Geneva.
Switzerland seems almost like the bank of
Europe and exchange rates in Paris and Lon
don papers are always given in Swiss francs.
The Swiss get a rake-off on the exchange, of
course, and the fact thas much of the foreign
money exchanged is smuggled illegallv into
other countries doesn’t appear to bother them.
There is now a new French government,
but it seems to be little changed, still being
run by the so-called “Third Force,” who still
command enough weight to steer between
the deGaullists and the Communists. Most
of the French people 1 met, however, were
not as interested in the new government as
they were in the death of General LeClerc,
which they took as a personal blow and
some are still sadly shaking their heads over
it.
Communists Strong
There is quite a strong Communist or
ganization here in Grenoble, which was one
of the key points of the resistance and is,
therefore, quite a “political” town. During the
strike industry in Grenoble almost stopped,
the town was isolated so far as transportion
was concerned, communication was difficult,
and public services erratic.
During the strike I witnessed the occupa
tion of the local Poste by the strikers. I stood
in a crowd of spectators while shock police
attempted to clear the building with little
success, but I soon found that what 1 thought
were spectators were also strikers, Com
munist of course, as, in response to a call,
they began to charge the police lines. From
the top of a near-by-ash can I watched while
the police used their carbines as clubs, but
although some fellows went down and much
tear-gas was used, watering everyone's eyes,
the police were outnumbered and were forced
to leave the building.
To much singing, jeering, and raising of
clenched fists the police marched back to
their trucks, the strikers surrounding them
and, in a sense, escorting them as they went.
The next day, however, the building was
cleared but it was several days before mail
began to arrive normally. In other sections
of the country the papers told of derailments,
explosions, cutting of cables, and attacks on
trains and stations.
Workers Hold Out
It was apparent during the strike, how
ever, that the Communists do not hold con
trol over all labor. Few of the people I talked
to were in favor of the strike and it was de
feated at the ballot box when, in industry
after industry, the workers voted their de
sire to return to work. Without this backing
of the ordinary French worker the govern
ment would probably have been powerless
and, in my opinion, America owes the French
worker a real debt for the way he stood up to
the Communists, in many instances in spite
of real personal danger.
The arrival of the Friendship Train here
also proved to me that the French people are
well aware of the sacrifices that America is
making on their behalf. It was well reported
in all the press except the Communist, and
was a frequent topic of discussion in the
cafes and among the French people I have
met. Drew Pearson’s name was frequently
mentioned and, in spite of snide opinions to
the contrary which I have read in some
Stateside papers, I belive he deserves a lot
of credit for his promotion of this idea.
Now that the strikes are over “normalcy"
has by no means returned to Grenoble. The
rooms of American students and of everyone
here are still cold, 200 grams of tough bread
is still all that one can get per day. I some
times think that if we had enough bread we
could have enough to eat, but it’s never pos
sible to get enough bread. But my land
lady, after making the rounds of the boulan
geiies and the ailmentations, still manages
to have a smile each evening. She looks for
ward to a better new year so I think I shall
also.
Vets' Office Asks
Complete Dates
Veterans corresponding with the
regional office of the Veterans Ad
ministration in Portland should
include full information, including
name of the school or business firm
where they are in training, Richard
Mengler, VA training officer for
this area, advised today.
Regional files are kept in sev
eral units, depending on whether
the ex-GI is enrolled in a school,
college or in job-training. When
the veteran does not include this
data, a search of all the units
is necessary until his training
folder is located'.
Other information needed in-)
eludes full name, present address
and C-number, Mengler said. If
correspondence concerns G.I. in
surance, it should also include the
number on the insurance policy, he
added.