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daily EMERALD VOLUME LII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1950 NUMBER 33 Campus Chest Drive Has 'Long Way to Go'; Only 3 Days Remain Thirty-seven per cent of the $4,000 campus Community Chest quota has been filled, according to figures released by N. H. Cornish, professor of business administration and chairman of the Community Chest faculty, drive. “The figures, based on Thursday noon totals, indicate that we have a long way to go,’’ Cornish said. "We are all going to have to work hard and give more generously if we are to meet our quota.” - $30 Collected Mike Lally, off-campus Com munity Chest chairman, report ed that $30 had been collected so far. Solicitors are making use of the Community Chest pledge plan which allows contributors to pay their donation at a later date. Plans are being made to make appeals in the Amazon Flats area Monday and Tuesday evenings. Lillian Schott, chairman of cam pus booths, said that $35 has been turned into booths located in the SU and the Co-op. KKG Leads Women Kappa Kappa Gamma leads women’s houses in Community Chest contributions with $38 do nated. Totals for men’s living or ganizations have not yet been com puted. Each house representative is re quested by Georgie Oberteuffer, campus chairman, to contact each member of his living group indi vidually. “We would like everyone to give to this worthy cause,” she stated. “The Community Chest provides many fine services and it should be supported by the en tire campus.” Only 3 Days More This week the drive goes into its final three days. Miss Ober teuffer made this statement: “Since contributions presently are lagging, we will attempt to stage the big push this week. Flying speech "groups are visiting the houses; we hope that house mem bers will give generously. The immunity Chest not only is worthwhile, it also is much easier to contribute once to one solicitor instead of 29 separate ones.” This year the Community Chest includes organizations for cripples, delinquents, family problems and . welfare, financial aid, orphans, foundlings, and the unemployed. Welles to Speak Here Thursday Many years experience in foreign relations will background the ad dress of Sumner Welles, former un der secretary of state, who speaks at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in McArthur Court. The subject of Welles’ speech will be “The United States in World Af fairs.” His speech is under the aus pices of the Assembly Committee. Recognized as a foremost author ity in American foreign policy, Wel les was under secretary of state from 1937 until his resignation in 1943. With Secretary of State Cor dell Hull, Welles played a promi nent part in the critical world situa tion beginning with the Japanese in vasion of China in 1937 through all the early part of World War II, re signing from his state department position in 1943, a little more than a year before Hull himself resigned. Welles has served in the state de partment- in various capacities since 1915 when he was named sec (Plcase turn to page eight) Paper to Give Election News Election night information will be available for Oregon students —and anyone else who’s inter ested—for almost six hours Tuesday evening and early Wed nesday morning. Election trends and results will be broadcast over the Stu dent Union’s public address system each fifteen minutes. A direct line from the Emerald Shack to the SU will provide re sults as they come in from the Associated Press to the Emerald. At the SU, they will be compil ed and given out every quarter hour, until 11 p.m., when the SU closes. Results may also be obtained by telephoning the Emerald Shack through the University, operator. When calling the Shack for results, interested stu dents should ask for specific can didate-race or referendum in which they’re interested, so oth ers will also have a chance to call. Tabulators at the Shack will tell callers the number of pre cincts reported, votes for each candidate (or for or against in the case of measures), and time the last count was received from the AP. AP will be reporting to the Emerald from 8 p.m. until about 2 a.m. on nothing but the election. Trends of the new Congress and Oregon legislature will also be kept. Complete tabulations for all candidates and referenda will be posted on a blackboard in the Shack as they come in. The complete story on nation al election results will appear in Wednesday morning’s Emerald. Friars, Druids Tap Members at Dance Friars, senior men’s honorary, tapped six new members at the Homecoming dance Saturday night in the Student Union. They are Bill Carey, Dave Gib son, Walt McClure, Don Peterson, Bob Schooling, and Don Thompson. Druids, junior men’s honorary, took three new members at the dance. They are Dick Daugherty, Wil lie Dodds, and Jack Smith. Chinese Reply Said World War III Key TOKYO—(AP)—Sources close to General Douglas MacAr thur said Monday the start of World War III may very well hinge on the Chinese reply to MacArthur’s assertion that “alien Communists” have entered the war in Korea. Everything depends ’ on the Chinese reaction to MacArthur’s special communique, these sources said. They said they expected the answer would be delivered either in ci luimai statement—or by the dispatch of more divisions. As far as Korea itself is con cerned, as of now, headquarters was calm today and confident about the military position. The military potential of the Chinese armies in Manchuria is well known. So is the movement of the other forces in China proper. 300,000 Available Immediately available* in Man churia are about 300,000 trained troops—veterans of the Chinese Civil War. They are the 55th, 56th, 57th, 66th, 67th and 40th army g'roups. In addition there are two cavalry divisions, an artillery division and one army infantry group not yet identified. These are elite units. And Another 300,000 In addition, another 300,000 men are available and are believed to be either in Manchuria or North China. The whole force is under the command of General Lin Piao, one of the most successful commanders Partial text of General Mac Arthur’s statement on Chinese intervention in North Korea will be found in the world news sum mary on page three. in the Communist victory over the Chinese Nationalists. The Chinese Reds thus have the potentiality of vastly outnumber ing the present United Nations forces in Korea—if they intend to commit the entire force. Militarily, the situation probab ly would become a greatly expand ed version of the first days of the Korean war. Possible Retreat That is, there would be a slow, fighting U. N. retreat back down the peninsula, brought about main ly by flanking and encirclement made possible by numerically su perior Communist forces. Such action on the part of the Chinese Reds could touch off the big war. This apparently is what Mac Arthur meant by the sentence “whether and to what extent these reserves will be moved forward to reinforce units now committed re main to be seen and is a matter of the gravest international signi ficance.” The key word is “international.” Whether the Communist world is prepared to take this colossal step is a secret, most probably (Please turn to paijc ciejlit) Faculty Views Recent Commie Move in Korea Possible outcomes of the Chinese Communist intervention in the Ko rean situation are still a matter of pure speculation, according to members of the University faculty interviewed by the Emerald Sun day. The most favorable light in which the intervention can be viewed, is that Chinese Commies have only limited objectives, C. P. Schleicher, professor of political science, commented. Three Possibilities He stated that among these limited objectives, are three main possibilities: 1. Protection of the Yalu river dams, which provide power for Communist Manchuria as well ao North Korea. 2. Attempt to prevent the Unit ed States from giving aid to French Indo-China, by concentrat ing efforts in Korea. 3. A continued sapping of Unit ed States resources, to prevent the building of a stronghold in West ern Europe to combat Communism. war toast Favorable The least favorable light of speculation Is an international ex plosion into World War III—-a full scale shooting- war between the United States and China. Suoh a war would be a bleed ing operation on United States manpower and resources, accord ing to Paul S. Dull, professor of political science and history. “If the war is caused by the basic conflict between the United States and Russia, the United States would be plunged into a struggle with 450 million people, without getting to the source of the problem,” Dull continued. What Russia Wants “Such a situation would be ex actly what Russia wants now,” he explained. “Wc can’t afford a shooting war with China,” Schleicher stated. <Please turn In fiat/e right)_ Oregano Schedule. Oregana picture schedule: Monday: Stitzer Hall, Tau Kappa Epsilon Tuesday: Phi Kappa Sigma, Theta Chi Unusual Events Highlight 1950 Homecoming By Pat Dignan The biggest highlight of Home coming was probably not the foot ball game, nor the Homecoming contests, but some of the many happenings on campus which are not generally publicized. For instance, all Pi Phi’s will gladly tell about the pranksters who changed the lettering on their sign; and students and freshmen especially remember the visiting Beaver who did not like his orange coat. Freshmen were glad to ex change it for a bright green and yellow one. ^. Unusual Homecoming ' These and many more events ■ made this years Homecoming one of the most unusual and successful Homecomings that Oregon has seen. An unexpected gathering place of the Homecoming crowd turned out to be the Fiji parking lot. The bonfire, variety show, and rally, which was held in the lot, drew a crowd that overflowed the area and spread from Kincaid to Alder Sts. The crowd remained consistant at this location, as the noise parade was routed down Adler Street. Throngs of people were located in the area for the parade. The Stu dent Union was the only other place along the route where a crowd could gather. Button Sales Successful This year’s button sales com pletely exceeded expectations. Stu dents will remember that in the past sales of buttons were not too successful. This year the finance committee sold five thousand buttons. Pro fits from the sales were near one hundred percent as the only ex pense incurred was the cost of the buttons. To be commended for this fine showing is the finance com mittee, along with members of the honoraries wfio assisted in the sales. Another Homecoming crowd gatherer was living organization signs. The Pi Kappa Alpha movie had a consistent crowd Friday evening. Although it did not win any prizes, people were consist ently admiring the work of the Pi Kaps. Sig Ep Sign Remains One of the few signs that with stood the weekend and remained for Sunday visitors was the win ning Sigma Phi Epsilon sign. This one and a few others gave Sun day drivers a last look at Ore gon's 1950 Homecoming. The winning sign for the wom en’s division was unique in its makeup. It displayed a duck hit ting a cougar over the head with a huge circus mallet, the kind used to “ring the bell’’ at the circus. As the mallet hit the cougar’s head, a series of lights would blink in an ascending fashion until they reached the top where a huge sign “Union 1950’’ would be illuminated by blinking lights. Original Idea Sigma Phi Epsilon's sign, win ner in the men’s division, was ori ginal in its adherence to the Home coming central theme. It showed a train chasing a cougar with a chain around its neck connecting the two. Along the railroad tracks were such billboard signs as “When in Eugene, visit the Erb Memorial Union.” This years colorful noise parade was different in that emphasis was placed on appearance instead of noise which allowed the smaller organizations a more equal chance in the contest. This was proven by the fact that two dormitories aid (please turn to page eight)