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Scribe Tabs Non-Stop Flight News 'Chilling' By Mike Callahan Great events often twist the course of history without at first arousing the little man in the street. Such an event ' was the German election of 1933 which swept an | ’I insane rabble- 1 , rouser to power, ‘ or the founding ! of a small town \ i n , Tennessee i called Oak" Ridge. I' Ranking with these was the news yesterday that a United States Air Force bomber had i. flown non-stop around the World. To those of us who may have to fight the Third World War, this is chilling news. On the' day before the Air Force plane landed at its Texas air base and the news was flashed to the world, the military balance between the United States and Russia swung heavily toward our side. Our strategic' bombing force was composed of giant planes which so dwarfed earlier models that even the famed B-17, work horse of the European raids, was relegated to training and recon naisance. The range of these new sky cruisers—especially the B-36’s— could be measured in thousands of mHes, easily enough to carry a devastating atomic cargo to any Russian city, and to return. The Russian air force, on the other hand, was admittedly far inferior to ours. The biggest planes in their offensive line were copies of our old B-29 and B-50, the bomber which yesterday cir cled the world with such a short range that their crews could only have a one-way ticket to Ameri can cities. Now, at one stroke, the entire picture is changed and the bal ance is swinging against us. The technique of aerial refuel ing, which is a far easier thing to perfect than entire new plane designs, has cut down our qual itative superiority and has shift ed the weight to Russia's hordes of planes. No longer are the American giants the queents of the sky. Now, simply by station ing a few cargo planes heavily loaded with fuel at strategic points, the Soviet air force can also fly to any city on the globe, and return. That prospect is a frightening one. It has long been our custom to admit that the Bed Army out numbers our own few divisions by overwhelming odds. In the matter of navies, now' of dubious value in the atomic age, we are easily stronger. But the supremely important control of the air which we once held by strength of opr far-cruis ing B-36’s is now gone. Just how many hundreds of Russian bombers now, by the aer ial refueling process, have lengthened their ranges to in clude round-trip visits to our cit ies is a secret jealously guarded by the Kremlin. So also is the date when Russia developed, or will develop an atomic bomb. But history can offer a foot* note by way of comparison here. In 1904 Great Britain, which had long held supremacy of the seas, developed a new type of ship which revealed the balance of power between her and Germany. The result was a tremendous armaments race between the two nations—a race which contrib uted heavily to the outbreak of the first World War a few years later. Footnote: A wise man once said that history repeats itself. YOU Put 'Em There! i I1 The administration—or segments thereof—again is play ing checkers with the students. And though the checker pieces may protest loudly, they have the usual choice of shut up or find another checker board to sit on. The situation, not surprisingly, is a financial one. It recently was proclaimed that all undergraduate women and lower-division men living off the campus must move into I living organizations spring term. Why? The women’s dorms are riddled with vacancies next ; quarter. As for the men’s dorms, it’s hard to find a reason for 1 the sudden yank-in. They have had. and still have, waiting lists. Now, to build new dormitories the old ones must be filled, j for maintenance and building costs of dorms are paid for by the room and board fees of the students. (Most conveniently, the : building thus financed are then turned over, as gifts, to the j state.) But the women’s dorms, will, by present calculations, have an unusual number of vacancies next term—96. to be exact. And by coincidence there are 96 women living out. So in they must come, as many as haven't superlative reas j ons for being outside the pale. Many of these outlanders were forced into their present dwelling places by the University when, at the beginning of j the year, it couldn't accommodate all students. By this time they have their chintz curtains hung, and are ; all resigned to life where the administration put them. Our comment, then, is: YOU PUT ’EM THERE. NOW | LEAVE ’EM THERE UNLESS THEY RETURN WILL ,j INGLY. J The problem again will arise next fall when the new wom ; en’s dorm opens. But the beginning of fall term is a far better time to make I living adjustments than the present. Let’s wait until then for the checker game.—B.H. Harvard students are currently in the news with the world I premiere of their own non-Hollywood-pattern film. They I financed it in a typically collegiate manner—by selling blood j at $25 dollars a pint. The film stars X and Z. factory workers, and a non-amour ■* ous heroine. Y, who start a national craze for kite-flying. t i In an article on Oregon in the American Mercury, Author Stewart Holbrook sounds a disappointed note. Other lumber * towns in America, he says, are roaring, wide-open places—but in Eugene. Oregon’s lumber center, more students are jailed than lumbermen. Woe unto University of Oregon’s flaming youth! Emerald The Orfoon O ut y Emfrai n. published daily during the college year except Sundays. iMondavs, hat'd ns. and final examination periods by the Associated Students. University of .Oregon. Subscription rates: *2.00 per term and $4.00 per year. Entered as second-class matter lat the post office, Eugene. Oregon. iBUt YATES. Editor ~ YIRGII. TUCKER, Business Manager ! Bob Heed. Managing Editor Tom McLaughlin, Asst’ Bus. Mgr. Associate Editors: June Goetre. Uoblee Brophy, Diana Dye, Barbara lley wood Advertising Manager: Joan Mimiaugh VPFFR NKWS STAFF Stan Turnbull, Nows Editor Turn Kui(, Sports Editor Dick Cramer, Sports Editor Tom Marquis, Radio Editor Walter Dodd. Feature Editor Warren Collier, Chief Night Editor Don Smith, Ass't Managing Editor Ken Met/der, Ass’t News Editor Ann Goodman, Ass’t News Editor Open Letter: UO Conduct Gets Praise From Harris Open Letter to University of Oregon Students: It was with a great deal of satisfaction that members of the athletic department and the bas ketball players noted the splen did response to the plea of the student council for a high stan dard of sportsmanship among our rooters at the basketball game with Oregon State College last Friday night. It was particularly gratifying to hear the many fine comments by the down-town supporters and by the officials of the game. It was also very flattering to have the Oregon State College players and coaches volunteer comments indicating their respect and ad miration of the Oregon rooting sections. While the athletic staff fully realizes that the rooting sections are under the direction of the stu dents, it can not help but feel a rather direct responsibility for everything that occurs attendant to athletic contests. Certainly, rooting sections dis playing the high degree of sportsmanship exhibited last Fri day night make it much easier for the athletic department to negotiate contests with Grade A schools and secure the needed lo cal support for our athletic pro gram. May we again express our admiration and appreciation to the University of Oregon stu dents. Director of Athletics Leo A. Harris DU Chapter Host At Regional Meet The annual northwest provincial conference of Delta Upsilon was held last weekend at the Oregon DU chapter. Colleges sending dele gates included Alberta, British Co lumbia, Washington, Washington State, and Oregon State. Warren Smith, senior in archi tecture, was the conference’s pre siding officer. Chi Omicron Sigma Following the Oregon-OSC game tonight, the Chi Omicron Sigma (university and business age) class of the First Baptist church will have a sing and short fellowship get-together at Ann Judson house, 1332 Kincaid. American AIRLANES By Tom Marquis Clark Gable made one of his rare radio appearances Thursday night when he headed an all-star cast for the NBC “Screen Guild Players” version of “Command De cision,” which received the 10th annual Redbook award for “the most disting u i s h e d contribution to the art of the motion picture.” Because o t conflicting schedules' of the all star cast, which included Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson, Brian Donlevy, John Hodiak, and Ed ward Arnold the program was tape recorded in line with a new NBC policy. Such a policy will perhaps be used more frequently in the future now that the prece dent has been established, and will permit a wide variety of pro grams not possible in the past. The broadcast gave a good pre view of what to expect from our own University Theater produc tion which opens tonight. Vivid characterizations of the higher echelon mark this drama by Wil liam Wister Haines, and as such should give a good picture of a subject rarely treated in contem porary reflections on the most recent World War. Several motion picture com pames nave re cently been try ing to get the jump on one another in bid ding for the tal ents of ABC and Capitol’s “money in the bank” perform er, Kay Starr. However, Kay says that she will accept any and all film of fers IF she is permitted to sing the songs for which she has be come famous. “I don’t want to be just another actress trying to act,” she said. ”If they cast me as a singer and let me sing, I’ll go along with them.” Kay has al ready appeared in Columbia’s “Make Believe Ballroom,” in which she sang “Lonesomest Gal in Town.” What a deal to be able to hear her and see her both. * * * Probably the most popular op era in the Met’s lineup, Bizet’s “Carmen” will be presented this Saturday over ABC at 11 a.m., PST. The cast is headed by Rise Stevens, Nadine Connor, Robert Merrill, and Kurt Baum. Milton Cross will supply the broadcast commentary. * * * Sunday evening at 6:30 p.m., PST, ABC’s “Theatre Guild” presents Raymond Massey, June Duprez, and Zachary Scott in a drama popular during the 1927 theater season, “Interference.” The play is concerned with the efforts of a prominent London physician to extricate his wife from a blackmail plot. Zach Scott as usual supplies his smooth and hateable performance as the villain of the piece. Monday night Jeanette Mac Donald joins Gordon MacRae aboard the “Railroad Hour” show train for a rendition of Franz Lehar’s classic, “The Merry Wid ow.” Broadcast time is 8 p.m., PST, over ABC. * * * The National Broadcasting company’s ever expanding TV network recently added two new outlets to bring the total NBC video stations now on the air to 28. Sixteen stations on the net in the East and Midwest now re ceive programs “live.” Maybe they’ll eventually get out our way. Communists Not Fit to Teach--Allen NEW YORK (AP)—Dr. Ray mond B. Allen, president of the University of Washington, said Tuesday night Communists should not teach in colleges be cause “they are not free men and teachers must be free seekers af ter, the truth.” “The Communist party does not allow its members this free dom,” Dr. Allen said in a speech on the American Broadcasting company’s “town meeting of the air." His university recently fired three professors, two, Herbert J. Phillips and Joseph Butterworth, have admitted being Communist party members. The third, Ralph Gundlach, has denied he was ever a communist. Dr. Allen said studies at the university in connection with the (Please turn to page seven)