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Play Fair When You Use Phones
About the pay telephones in the dormitories.
It's no secret to anyone that cptite a number of the boys are
“beating the system” by using pennies, slugs, etc., in place of
dimes. If this “beating the system” meant that the Pacific
Telephone & Telegraph company was taking a loss we d bc-atl
for it.
But it doesn’t. The only people who take a loss are the men
in the respective halls. Of course, it works out very demo
cratically and somewhat more complicated than by just paying
the money when the call is made. Instead of charging the fel
low who makes life call, the entire hall foots the bill.
This robbing Peter to pay Paul philosophy is selfish on the
part of the system healers. The University has to pay a flat fee
of about $10 per month for each pay phone on campus. In
addition, it has to pay 9 cents to the PT&T for each penny
found in the coin boxes. Or a dime for each slug.
In November, 1951, the business office lost $2.36 on the pay
phones. In December it was $16.08. In January it was $85.27. If
that trend continues the University will soon be only a sub
sidiary of PT&T.
But the University has a business office' which operates a>
its name would indicate. The business office just adds the
phone bill loss to the hall dues. The hall can exercise its demo
cratic right and refuse to pay the added bill if it wishes. I hen
the money is taken out of the dorm deposit paid in advance by
each dorm resident.
Xet result: A few men have cheap phone calls at^ the ex
pense of the rest of their 'companions in the hall. '1 he L m
rersity has to deduct a certain amount of money from the dorm
deposit and this means an additional cost in time and money
to the business office.
The PT&T wins the pot hands down—without even playing.
.The University business office collects the cash for the phone
company and doesn’t even get a cut in the winnings.
Those men in the hall who are honest or who seldom use
the phone are the only ones being beaten by the system.
Let’s fight this phone war with some honor or we may find
we’ve not only lost the battle, but the moral right for having
waged it in the first place—B. C.
/Jh ZditosUal. . .
W* Anoloaize- - But We Still Think We Were Right
I W
Wc wish to correct an unfortunate mis
take which occurred in the article concerning
“what fraternities say ..about deferred liv
ing in last Saturday s Emerald. 1 he sentence.
'Fraternities on this campus last year lost be
tween $600 and $800 apiece ..should have
read: "Most fraternities on this campus...
etc.”
Not all fraternities lost money. One made
$1300 last year. There are some who still say,
however, that deferred living has not been a
financial hardship to fraternities. We obtained
our figures from the Bresee-Warner account
ing system which serves 16 of Oregon's 21
fraternities, and from Herb Lombard, presi-.
dent of the House Manager's Association. We
believe they are correct.
There arc those who also take issue with the
Emerald's statement concerning Dr. N'ew
burn’s alleged plan ultimately to secure I'ni
versity ownership of campus fraternity and
sorority houses. M e were not at the meeting
when Dr. Newlutrn spoke and no record was
kept of what was said.
Those who say he made no such statement
point out that such a plan would he finan
cially impossible. The fact remains, however,
that there were important people at that meet- '
in}' who got exactly the impression printed '
in the Kmerald; this includes the past pre i- 1
dent of I.D.C., the past president of l.l'.C., and •
the present A.S.U.O. president.
We have continually maintained that the job
of a newspaper is to print the truth. While
some believe that deferred living and the Uni
versity in general can be hurt by an expression
which we believe to be the truth concerning
deferred living's detriment to thfc Oregon fra
ternity system, we cannot agree.
If fraternities are being financially hurt by
deferred liv ing, we believe this fact should he
brought out to alleviate the situation and thus
strengthen the system.—R. N.
'King's Men Uses Innovations
By Merv Hampton
An interesting technique in
play presentation and some out
standing stage sets are currently
the main attraction in the Uni
versity Theater's production of
"All the King's Men.”
Horace Robinson's experiment
in letting the audience in on
e\erything prior to the psycho
logical moment when the cur
tain rises, gives the theatergoer
the pleasant sensation of being
a legal peeping-tom.
There is no actual "curtain,"
but rather a fully visible build
up on the part of actors and
stage crew, including a miniature
last minute rehearsal, until the
moment when one would normal
ly expect the lights to dim and
the curtain to part. In general,
a nicely done job, but perhaps a
bit too calm, cool and collected
for the normal goings-on of ac
tors at quarter-to-eight on open
ing night.
We haven’t quite d ec i d e d
whether Howard Ramey's set
tings were abstract or surrealis
tic or what, but at any rate they
certainly contributed to the suc
cess of the play by fitting in
nicely with the general theme—
progress through corruption.
The plot concerns itself with
the comings and goings of Willie
Stark, a corrupt Southern poli
tician, and the circle of friends
and enemies that revolves about
him. An analytical and unemo
tionally involved professor ap
pears before the audience and ex
plains that he has asked some
actors to appear in special scenes
to demonstrate that, in the light
of history, what appears to be
immoral may indeed have last
ing moral consequences. This
method of presentation proved it
self to l>e a refreshing departure
from the conventional forms to
which theatergoers have become
accustomed.
Gordon Howard as Willie
Stark turned in a creditable and
convincing job, and Joan DeLap
played Stark’s robust and world
ly mistress, Sadie Burke, to the
hilt.
Jim Blue in the part of Juck
Burden, Stark's intellectual
stooge, and Gerald Pearce as the
a n a 1 y ti c a I professor, walked
away with the honors. Our only
regret is that Pearce didn't have
more to say.
We would have enjoyed the
play a good deal more had the
supporting leads been able to
measure up to the achievements
of the principals. Too often their
lines were nothing more than
lines. They were generally a bit
too stiff for their own comfort
as well as that of the audience.
The supporting cast was head
ed by Gilbert Polanski, Martha
Stapleton, Ben I’adrow, Jerry
Smith and LalVJe Daniel.
If you’re still lucky enough to
get tickets, jump at the chance.
You'll be missing out on a fine
experience if you don’t see "All
the King's Men.”
Letters
to the
Editor
Kmeruld Kdltor:
It is clear to us that Mr. John- -
son (Emerald columnist) knows
little about Middle Eastern poli
tics. His letter is ignorant of •
facts and irresponsible in judg
ment.
Middle Eastern countries ask
only for political and economic
independence. Can he see nothing -
lint Frankenstein monsters, ab
surdities, Kussian agencies, and ,
dirty work?
What would he know about
British politics? We would Hug
s' st that he educate himself be
fore attempting any more of his
hasty articles.
All A. JushIiii
Ail* Nabl Abdul
tyiam Ute. Mvujue...
15 YEARS AGO
Feb. 6. 1937—The Monte Carlo „
Itailet ICussc schedules an ap
pearance this afternoon in Mc
Arthur court.
5 YEARS AGO
Feb. 6, 1847—The University
accepts a $1,000 gift from the -
estate Of the late Ethel Sawyer,
former browsing room librarian. ,
The money is to In* spent for
some tangible and permanent im
provement of the UniversM^.' ,
theater.
The Atomic Age
Power of Women is Asserting Itself in England;
Italians Keep British from Mining’Enough Coal
By Phil Johnson
Never underestimate the power
of a woman.
According to reports from
England, the European defense
effort is critically endangered be
cause English wives and daugh
ters have cultivated the habit of
falling in love with Italian coal
miners.
This must be a bit disconcert
ing to Prime Minister Winston
Churchill and other Allied lead
ers who remain awake until the
wee hours of the morning, shift
ing divisions, planes and ships
from balance sheet to balance
sheet, attempting to strengthen
the forces of the West.
The new problem is quite in
volved. Europe desperately needs
coal. England, which once pro
duced enough coal to export 44
million tons annually, now doesn’t
even produce enough to satisfy
its own needs.
A coal shortage in France af
fects the price index. When the
price of coal increases, other
prices increase. When coal be
comes less expensive, other prices
decline.
i _ At the. present tiQ1©.. the price. ;
of coal in France is very high.
An estimated 75 per cent of the
funds loaned to the French by
the United States is spent to buy
coal from the United States—at
high prices.
The Dutch government recent
ly gave its soldiers an 11-day fur
lough in order to save coal.
In addition to increasing the
costs of war production in Eu
rope, the coal shortage has caused
other unfortunate developments.
Sweden now sells strategic
high-grade iron ore to Soviet-con
trolled Poland instead of sending
it to its former customer, Eng
land, because the Poles can recip
rocate by exporting coal to Swed
en. England cannot.
England’s meat ration is less
than formerly because the British
can no longer exchange coal for
Argentine beef. A similar situa
tion exists in other Western na
tions.
A large amount of coal is pro
duced in the Franco-German bor
der region, but it does not come
close to satisfying Europe’s
needs. The United States Mutual
Security agency has termed the
European coal situation as
“shocking.”
The shortage is aboveground,
not underground. South Wales
has an estimated 10 billion tons
of coal below the surface. How
ever, the Welsh and Englishmen
don’t want to mine coal. Conse
quently, there is a definite labor
shortage in the area.
This is where the Italians come
in. They are willing to dig coal
at the English wage, so the gov
ernment has decided to import
Italian miners.
This program met opposition
from English miners. Eighty per
cent of the miners’ lodges refused
to take in the foreigners. In one
area, 93 of 100 pits refused to
permit Italian laborers. The labor
shortage continues.
One of the main reasons for
the refusal to permit mining by
Italians has been offered by the
English miners: their wives and
daughters fall in love with the
irresistible foreigners.
There may be other reasons.
For example, the English labor
ers may wish to preserve the
labor shortage. HoweVer, the for- 1
mer excuse ie .tile one that they
have provided. *
Think of All Those Slugs and Pennies
“You’d be pledging th’ most popular sorority on the campus—Just
ask Pacific Telephone and Telegraph.’’