Oregon daily emerald., April 21, 1948, Page 3, Image 3

Three-Way Draft Plan Offered
By Editor of Methodist Publication
Students from colleges tnrough
out Oregon listened last week-end
to a proposal for drafting thou
sands of American youth for con
structive service in countries
abroad. The author of the proposal
is Harold Ehrensperger, editor of
Motive, magazine publication of
the Methodist church, and drama
professor on leave from North
western university. He is visiting
campuses throughout the United
States.
Ehrensperger talked to several
hundred students last weekend at
a state Methodist student confer
ence at Bar View. Sunday he spoke
at Oregon State college, and Mon
day he talked at Westminster
house and the Wesley foundation on
the Oregon campus. He left yester
day for Willamette university and
will continue to a state conference
of Methodist students in Washing
ton. While on the coast the editor
and professor also will speak on
California campuses.
World Traveler
Ehrensperger, who returned re
cently from a year’s trip through
India and the Orient, has traveled
in all parts of the world, including
Russia and Palestine. He prepared
the draft proposal following a con
ference in Washington, D. C., ear
lier this month, when he and other
religious leaders in the United
States were called there by the
state department to discuss prob
lems of keeping the peace.
At the meeting, he said, the 150
religious leaders were confronted
with the question of how the
growth of Communism can be
stopped. Ehrensperger’s proposal
follows the Washington conference.
Copies are now being sent to
church leaders and congressmen
throughout the country.
The plan calls for an alternative
to the present idea of a draft,
(Ehrensperger said he felt selective
service was inevitable) which will
offer, instead of a two-way choice,
a three-way choice: 1. To enter the
armed forces; 2. To refuse service
as a conscientious objector; or 3.
To enter a division of special ser
Kwama to Award
Full Tuition Gifts
Kwama, sophomore women’s
honorary, announces that it is
awarding three full tuition schol
to sophomore or freshmen women.
Applications for the scholar
ships, should be made to the Dean
of Women by May 7. The awards
will be announced at the Mortar
Board Ball.
New shock and fire resistant
lighting fixtures now being tested
by the navy on vessels are made up
of 10 layers of glass cloth coated
with melamine resin.
vice to give aid to foreign coun-,
tries.
Although many problems con
front the carrying out of such a
proposal, Ehrensperger said he felt
the placement of thousands of
American young people, “un
armed,” into needy countries would
do an immeasurable amount of
good above and beyond any which
might be accomplished by the
placement of armed troops. He
proposes that students, both men
and women, be given a chance to
give their services in the form of
teacher trainers, doctors, nurses,
engineers, journalists, and many
others.
Ehrensperger called the plan a
“constructive alternative” to pure
draft, and declared that he was
“convinced it would impress So
viet Russia tremendously. The
United States must find a con
structive way to meet the problem
of the Soviet and, in my opinion, it
must be more than a voluntary
program.”
"The Truman doctrine which
calls for America to arm other
countries to fight their wars was
said in Washington to be the most
drastic change in American gov
ernment since the constitution,”
Ehrensperger reported.
“America, as a Christian coun
try, should practice Christian prin
ciples,” he declared, “not distin
guishing between politics, as in
the Marshall plan, to feed foreign
countries.” He said he believed the
“fascist” government in Russia
would kill itself and that “true
communists do not want war.”
“It is not the democratic way to
force democracy on other coun
tries,” Ehrensperger declared, “but
rather, it is for Americans to un
derstand other nations and through
understanding, come to an agree
ment for disarmament and inter
national control of the atomic
bomb.”
The editor said, however, that he
was not for immediate disarma
ment. Rather, he expressed a hope
that through a plan for construc
tive service to foreign countries
the world could reach a stage at
which disarmament would be the
next obvious move.
Answer in Youth
“Communism must first be
! stopped by food,” according to
| Ehrensperger. “At that moment
j;ive the country a chance for
something better,” he said, “for you
cannot kill an idea until it can be
replaced with another idea.”
It was his belief that perhaps
only in American youth does the
answer to the problems of peace
lie. In a plan such as he is propos
ing, Ehrensperger hopes youth in
foreign countries, as well as the
United States, can be given a bet
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ter understanding of each other
and build for peace.
Today’s problems are the result
of a division of two dominant ideol
ogies, not only economic theories,
but political ideas, he said. On one
side is communism, fascism, and
atheism, and on the other, democ
racy, capitalism, and Christianity.
The question is how to relate the
two, or stop the one. Our govern
ment’s present policy is force, ac
cording to Ehrensperger, and in
the proposal for a youth draft for
constructive service, rather than
military armament, he believes lies
the answer to peace.
AWS Schedules
(Continued from (age one)
the Nickel Hop scheduled from 9
p. m. to midnight in all women’s
houses.
The first activity planned for
Saturday is exchance luncheons.
These luncheons will afford the
guests an opportunity to visit the
different types of living organiza
tions.
Saturday afternoon a Fun Fest
featuring short talks by the pres
idents of AWS, YWCA, and WAA,
and a special talent program will
keep the girls occupied from 2 to
4 p. m. The Fun Fest was planned
to let the girls meet campus lead
ers and let them meet the girls
here for the weekend. The fest will
be held in Gerlinger Annex.
All women’s living organizations
will hold an open house from 4 to
5 p. m. Saturday. The open house
will be informal and visits will be
limited to 15 minutes.
Dinner wil lbe served in thfe
houses Saturday evening and the
evening is free for the girls to at
tend “Midsummer Night’s Dream”
or to date if they wish.
The girls may attend church'
services Sunday morning, and they
will be guests at another exchange
dinner Sunday noon.
Kwama and Phi Theta Upsilon,
sophomore and junior women’s
honoraries will greet the high
school seniors Friday and will help
register them.
Registration will take place
from 4 to 9 p. m. Friday and from
9 to 12 Saturday morning in Alum
ni hall, Gerlinger.
K. F. Scene of
Student Survey
Thirty-five journalism student
will go to Klamath Falls this week
end to take a readership survey of
Klamath Falls Herald and News
under the direction of Douglass W.
Miller, professor of journalism at
Stanford university.
Professor Miller will meet with
the students here on Friday before
the group leaves. The survey will
determine just what people see and
read in a newspaper in the way of
news, advertising, features, and ed
itorials.
Two years ago a similar student
survey was made of the Salem Cap
ital Journal.
Sing Heads to Meet
The all-campus sing committee
for Junior Weekend will meet at
the Pi Phi house at 6:30 p.m. Thurs
day.
Older and wiser, we now see that
nature does not remove the snow.
The federal government grades
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utility.
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