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Confusion of State aud Government ' i rsynueo from page two) between government and state that we today uphold a theory which threatens our very ex istence. The Threatening Theory \\ hat theory do I mean ? I mean the theory that all we need for world peace is the proper machinery of world government. Let me illustrate this theory by two ex amples. What criticisms were directed against the League of Nations, this century’s first at tempt at a world government? You know the know traditional answers. Critics said: “The League of Nations lacked power. It had no teeth. It could not enforce economic sanctions.” Did these same critics ask why it was weak? Did they ask for facts behind the fail ure of the League to preserve the peace? No indeed. The League was condemnod not in the light of fact—fact which illustrated that the League was a good machine but in a hos tile world—but. the League was condemned as unrealistic, imperfect, incompetent ma chinery. Criticisms of U.N. Again, what criticisms are now directed against the United Nations, the world’s sec ond recent attempt at a world government? You know these criticisms too. Critics say: “We must abolish the veto. A world police force must be created. If we could only amend the United Nations’ Charter, we would have peace." Are not these criticisms similar in nature to the criticisms of the League of Nations? Are they not all levelled against the machin ery ? Not long ago, John Foster Dulles pointed out that the United Nations is not a perfect governmental scheme. Said he : “Any school boy could construct a better plan on paper. But the United Nations Char ter is the best which the facts of our interna tional situation will allow. Orchids are beau tiful flowers, but it'would be folly to attempt to grow orchids in Iceland.’’ Many of you heard this as a criticism of the L'nited Nations in terms of its machinery How many of you heard and understood those words as a defense of the United Na tions in terms of the facts concerning a non existent world state? Today I plead not for the United Nations. . not for an Anglo-American Alliance, not for a Federation of Democracies—no, not even for a. World Government. I plead instead for your recognition of the difference between the state and its government, between the in stitution and its machinery. There is a chain of logic we are prone to repeat over and over. We say : World government brings peace; The people of the world want peace; Therefore, let us establish a world govern ment. Common Unity Needed If today we blindly persist in following this reasoning, the only result will be con tinued disillusionment and chaos. Whv? Be cause machinery, or government, does not bring peace unless it represents the common unity of the people, the state. We amended our constitution to validate a law prohibiting the consumption of liquor. But because we were not united in desiring the goal, the law was soon broken. Time and again on a larger scale it has been demon strated that the existence of a great, all pervading common unity is concurrent with and essential to the growth of the institution we call a state. No state, other than that of a conqueror, has ever survived without the overwhelming unity of the people it governs. That is a fact. And if the institution of the state does not exist, how can we expect a government supposedly based upon it to be successful? Our basic question is. then. “Do we have this all-pervading common unity which is necessary to the development of a world state?" True, we all want peace, but do we all want peace to attain the same goals? Communistic goals are not Democratic goals. Fascistic goals are not Socialistic goals. And if we must start with these antithetical basic goals, neither reason nor logic will ever resolve the conflict. We want peace, but we all want different kinds of peace. If facts dictate that these essential objectives differ, it follows that the world state does not exist, and the erection of a machinery of world government is not enough to create the world state On Better Reasoning When the time comes that the supreme power of a common unity among the people of the world exists; when the people of the world accept the validity of the premise that peace may be obtained through a world state; when these events have occurred, we will then have the facts which will allow us to re state our syllogism. Our major premise will then be: We, the people of the world state, have and wish to preserve a supreme com mon unity. The minor premise: World government alone will maintain this unity. And the conclusion : Therefore, we the people of the world, want world government. Until that conclusion is validated by fact, man forever must keep his thinking clear. He must distinguish clearly between the world state and a world government. Today he need not discard the United Nations. In stead, he should measure its imperfections against the facts of world politics. He must evaluate it as the expression of our present imperfect world state. Man must strive to develop the common unity in which the world state is to be nur tured. For it is only as the world state emerges and is developed that there can be the growth and perfection of the world gov ernment. Must man continue to fail in his efforts for peace? Does he lack necessary moral or ethical fibre? Does he lack mental power to reason? Have human communications broken down so that the necessary facts are hidden from his view? No, man is handicapped by none of these. Man has standards of value. He is capable of intricate reason and logic. He is exposed to and does comprehend facts. And in his possession of these, man has the tools with which to build a permanent world peace. Grads Talk (Continued from page one) KUGN will be mistress of ceremo nies at the tea and will describe the dances. Countries represented in the dance will be Ireland, Mexico, Greece, Norway, the Netherlands, and China. The first International festival was held on the campus three years ago with “Students in One World as its theme. International festi vals, which are held nationally on college campuses, were started af ter a series of discussions spon sored by the YWCA in the spring of 1945. The purpose of the festivi ties is to promote better relations between American and foreign stu dents both in the United States and foreign countries. Committee chairmen who have helped organize the festival are Billijean Riethmiller and Jessie Becker, invitations; Diana Dye, publicity; Marilyn Turner, promo tion; Nancy Peterson and Joan O'Neill, discussions; Mildred Chet ty and Marcia Summers, Friday night Discussions; Marjorie Peter sen, registration; Rhoda Williams and Helen Gatewood, cleanup. Chairmen for the Gerlinger tea include Genevieve Siskey, refresh ments; Marguerite Johns and Ame lia Diamant, program; Anita Ha ger, decorations; Velma Snellstrom UO BUILDINGS APPROVED SALEM, Ore.—(UP)—The state emergency and control boards meeting here jointly' today unani mously approved construction of a new laboratory and administration building for the University of Ore gon medical school in Portland. The total project will cost $720, 000, to be paid out of the emer gency building fund set aside for institutions of higher learning. and Norma Stearns, costumes; Barbara Hinton, cleanup. Adult adviser for the “Friendship Festival” is Miss Lois Greenwood, executive director of the YWCA. fyeAtival Ptopiam 9 a m.-.Registration at “Y” Bungalow 9:30 a.m.Discussions at “Y" Bungalow 12.15 p.m.Luncheon at Eugene Hotel 2 P m.Discussions at “Y” Bungalow 4 p.m.-5.30 p.m.Tea in Alumni hall, Gerlinger University, OSC (Continued from page one) vestigation by the board of higher curricula, it was decided to dis continue the University’s profes s i o n a 1 engineering education courses. University sentiment was that some reciprocation should be made. The University was awarded the commercial department, but exist ing courses at the college were au thorized with the provision that they only fulfill the aims of that institution. However no criterion was set up .Oregon State’s curricu lum was also limited to undergrad uate courses. Technical accounting courses re mained undeveloped. Only three courses were offered the 193 regis trants. Changes were instituted within the next few years by Wal ter Morton. In 1920 Morton was succeeded by Dr. E. C. Robbins, who worked out a plan of practical business training based on scientific ac counting' and the use of business law. In March, 1931, a survey of the conditions in the two state insti tutions of higher education was published, reawakening the con troversy. It recommended the transfer of all business administra tion to the University. In the fall of 1931 the board of higher education attempted t o work out mutually satisfactory agreements. The next year the school of business administration was placed at the University. Here it remained until the ac tion taken by the state board in a special meeting Thursday night which changed the Oregon state college division of business and in dustry to a school of business and technology. Students majoring in the new field, will be required to take 36 hours in another field, such as agriculture, engineering, or geology. Today's Composers Are Mozart, Berg Monday’s audio-visual sponsored noon concert will feature music by Mozart, and Alban Berg. Mozart’s “Concerto in A flat, no. 4” and the Berg selection and excerpts from the opera “Wozzeck” will be in cluded. Every noon hour from 12:15 to 12:45 the concerts are held in the browsing room. They consist of records from the Douglass room and the audio-visual department. It’s Feb. 28th The end of another month of service for '48 Here's wishing the Ducks a successful beginning in March 1116 Willamette Municipal Electric and Water Utilities f Nita and her hoy friend hike it Over hill and dale, or hike it. If rumor runs contrary, spike it: 1 He fell for HOSIERY V 1 TVS. if