OregonWEmerald
ALL-AMERICAN 1946-47
The Oregon Daily Emerald, official publication of the University of Oregon, published
daily during the college year except Sundays, Mondays, and final examination periods.
Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Ore.
Member of the Associated Collegiate Press
BOB FRAZIER, Editor
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BOB CHAPMAN, Business Manager
BILL YATES
Managing Editor
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JUNE GOETZE, BOBOLEE BROPHY
Co-News Editors
DON FAIR FRED TAYLOR
Co-Sports Editor
JEANNE SIMMONDS, MARYANN THIELEN, BARBARA HEYWOOD
Associates to Editor
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VIRGIL TUCKER
Advrtising Manager
DIANA DYE
Assistant News Editors
Editorial Board: Larry Lau, Johnny Kahananui, Bert Moore, Ted Goodwin, Bill Stratton,
Jack Billings.
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PHYLLIS KOHLMEIER HEI>EN SHERMAN
Asst. Managing Editors
National Advertising Manager -.-...—.Ju?5'Cr
Circulation Manager ..-...-.—--Billijean Rietbmiller
For a Big Vote
Agitation over ASUO politics is astir again, and spring term
is truly rolling toward its big campus election. The Independ
ent Students Association has thrown the first whammy of the
political race, with a petition requesting a change in the nom
inating day, with its consequent change in election day.
The Independents seem justified in this appeal. A Tuesday
election, which is now planned, does imply a lesser turnout at
the polls. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays see almost
every student on the campus sometime between 8 and 6. Tues
days and Thursdays are slack class days (proof of this is the
quasi-official Wednesday date night that allows students to
“sleep in" Thursday mornings.) And it is certainly true that
it’s easier for a student living at 15th and Alder to hop down
to the YMCA when he wouldn’t normally be on the campus,
than it is for the student who lives at 25th and Willamette. A
Tuesday election does appear to load the vote.
A further detriment to a Tuesday, May 25 election, as now
planned, is that Henry Wallace has been scheduled to speak
that night, and confusion in Mac court would be rampant.
On the other hand, it would seem that a Monday election
(the result of a May 19 nominating assembly) wouldn’t be
desirable either. There is no Sunday or Monday Emerald, and
election publicity might suffer. However, if the nominating
assembly were held May 21, a week from tomorrow, the el
ection, by constitutional decree, would fall on the following
Wednesday, May 26. This seems to be the solution.
It is probably unfortunate that the traditional losing party
should be forced to take the initiative. Their request is reason
able, when viewed from within the ISA, or ASA. Their peti
tion carries the legend that “Elections are designed to follow
public opinion; therefore, the largest possible vote is the
most democratic vote.” That is certainly irrefutable on even
a non-partisan basis, and it will be up to the Executive
Council at a special meeting to decide on the merits of the
appeal.—J.B.S.
The Student's Lobby
PNCC—Pacific Northwest College congress—is something
new among pressure groups. The assembly, meeting for the
first time three years ago, represents intellectual, not selfish,
interests. And it represents students.
Student interest in international affairs was perhaps not so
great before the war as it is today, but those students who
did wrinkle their foreheads now and then over the problems of
war and peace had no official body which would represent
their viewpoints. PNCC, organized in 1946, filled this rapidly
increasing need. Tt was the first student group to carry its res
’ olutions to the United Nations assembly, and its efforts were
recognized by congress in the second year of existence. The
delegates felt triumphant when the foreign affairs committees
of the senate and house called for the PNCC proposals.
Students in several other regions of the United States have
emulated the 37 colleges and universities of the Northwest,
Canada, and Alaska, banded together to promote the under
; standing of international politics, to fight provincialism, and
■ to develop and spread ideals.
PNCC has the beginnings of a powerful student movement,
and thoughtful vote is your share in this movement.—B.II.
The Eyes of 48 States
Are on Oregon's Primaries
By LARRY LAU
Recent public opinion surveys, as was ex
pected, show that the hard working Mr.
Dewey has forged nearly abreast of Air.
Stassen in Oregon’s hottest presidential pri
mary. Not since the days of “54-40 or fight
has this land of late spring received so much
national attention. Newspapers the length
and breadth of America are front-paging wire
stories on the Oregon campaign. Life maga
zine has had photographers in the state since
mid-March.
Why this tremendous fuss over only 12
convention votes: oimpiy
this:
Oregon’s primary election is
the last one before the Repub
lican national convention in,
I June. It is the only indication
l the politicians will have on
\ what the people of the West
I want in a president. It is the
only primary, far from both
1 Minnesota and New York,
where the two leading contenders have de
liberately clashed head-on.
If Stassen wins a decisive victory in Ore
gon newspapers throughout the country will
banner the news as evidence that the Stassen
steamroller is still potent as ever. The Man
from Minnesota will be able to go into the
June convention with just claim to being the
people’s choice.
If Dewey wins a decisive victory he will be
able to go into convention and point out that
in the only state where he chose to fight, he
won. He will have demonstrated that he has
n’t lost that magic touch that gained him 22
million popular votes in 1944. He will have
greatly slowed down the Stassen bandwagon.
If Stassen wins, it will virtually eliminate
the New York governor from further con
tention. If Stassen loses he may have To con
tent himself with dickering for No. 2'spot on
the ticket. Should either candidate Win by a
very narrow margin the real winner may be
either Vandenberg or Warren whose chances
lie in a deadlocked convention.
The next president of the United States
may be elected May 21st. Oregon’s 12 dele
gates to the convention may find’their in
fluence far out of proportion to their num
bers. The campaign itself, plus the._exciting
possibility of another “Lincoln-Douglas’’ de
bate has, in the words of a recency, polled
Eugene housewife, “left us breathless!’’ "
The Trumpet was a Barnet Man
Bv FRED YOUNG
Hooray for Drake university and the at
tempt there to correct a serious situation.
Kissing on the campus doesn’t sound like
much fun anyway.
Not sure how many noticed the jazz trurn
: pet witn Y\ 1 11 usDorne.
j Named Dave Nichols, and on
I a five-week leave of absence
| from Charlie Barnet’s band,
j as Charles is dabbling in the
| Hollywood night club busin
I ess. Unfortunately, Osborne
I only capitalized on Dave’s
I ability hourly with a short
solo and then returned us to the doldrums,
which were danceable. The reaction to Os
borne's music seems indifferent, with the
majority of the after dance talk relating how
to get in without paying.
new records are fewer and farther between,
sara vaughn is the second to record “nature
boy.” since it is a post-ban cutting—there is
the disadvantage of having only a chorus to
accompany her. but miss vaughn’s great in
flections and range cause this to be very
listenable. sinatra will be no. 3.
Comet records have an album in tiawn with
two 12-inch records which illustrate Red
Norvo, Charlie Parker, and Diz .Gillespie.
More good contributions to the files of mod
ern music. s~
Checking over a few dusty issues of the
past finds the addition of Parts 3 & 4 to El
lington’s “Reminiscing in Tempo” on Colum
bia. Interesting, dissonant music of the type
that never tires the interested listener. Also.
Kenton’s “Concerto for Doghouse” and
“Reed Rapture” whch Decca issued in 1941—
and have now reissued. This shows the pleas
antly relaxed Kenton that gained quick suc
cess.
Also, start saving those nickels you’re
making, Kenton’s new “Progressive Jazz
Album” is scheduled for May delivery. Lots
of this thing that’s replacing music, this be
bop.
Cottage Grove Armory, May 21, Dick An
derson’s West coast Negro band. Bop, blues,
what have youse—should be a very worth
while musical function.
The Marshall Plan and Communism
By VINITA HOWARD
When the United States warned
Italy before the elections in that
country that should that nation
go Communist the United States
would refuse to give her aid un
der the Marshall Plan, the world
saw an example of how the Mar
shall Plan has become a part of
the tug-of-war between the east
and west.
This practice of making the
Marshall Plan a part of politics is
not a wise one in the opinion of
Warren Miller, Oregon’s delegate
to the PNCC. And, for this rea
son Miller is supporting the PNCC
resolution which asks that no gov
ernment be excluded from Mar
shall Plan aid for political rea
sons.
A move to alter the Marshall
Plan by including all governments
without regard for their so
called “unsatisfactory” internal
politics would be one more step
in realizing the possibility of a
working compromise between the
east and the west, according to
Miller. By continuing to base
Marshall Plan aid on a political
basis, Miller says, we are “de
stroying the humanitarian basis
on which the plan was formed.”
If countries are to be exclud
ed for political reasons from
Marshall Plan aid, Miller asks
who is to decide what countries
should be left out. The tendency
is, at present, to label anyone a
Communist who isn’t a 100 per
cent J. Parnall Thomas brand of
American, Miller said. The way
is thus open to forbid aid to na
tions who are liberal or nations
which are merely suspected of be
ing under Communits rule. Short
sighted selfishness, Miller contin
ued, may cost American popular
support as was indicated when
Czechoslovakia was allowed to
fall without American aid.
In connection with the final
point under the resolution con
cerning the Marshall Plan, Mil
ler concludes that its only signifi
cance is that it is related to the
problem of refusing aid for po
litical reasons. “I oppose,” Miller
said, “the further overt action of
America to give military support
to nations which it favors, while
at the same time condemning
Russia for giving aid to nations
it supports.”
It is the agreement of Miller
and Bob Allen, the other Oregon
delegate to the congress, that the
only way in which a discussion of
this question may be made intel
ligent is to consider the resolu
tion as advocating a change in
the present American use of the
Marshall Plan. It is an accom
plished fact, they said, that the
Marshall Plan has been utilized
to oppose Communism in Euro
pean elections.
In tomorrow’s Emerald the
views of Bob Allen, who opposes
this part of this resolution, will be
presented.
The resolution follows:
That in order to enable success
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