The Oregon Daily Emerald is published Feb 4 thru 8, 11 thru 15, 18 thru 22, -5 thru 20, March 10, Apr 2 thru 4, 7 thru 11, 14 thru 18, 21 thru 25, 28 thru May 2, May 0 thru 10, 12 thru 16, 19 thru 22, and May 26 by the Associated Students of the University of Oregon. Entered as second class matter at the post office, Eugene, Oregon. Subscription rates: $5 per school year, $2 per term. Opinions expressed on the editorial page are those of the writer and do not pretend to represent the opinions of the ASUO or of the University. Initialed editorials are written by the associate editors. Unsigned editorials are written by the editor. Unexpected Source A desire to get away from campus politics was expressed by a couple of unexpected people the other day. The Student Union Board has, from its inception, been ex tremely wary of involvement with political issues. That’s why ijfs membership selection runs through schools, not elections. And in the beginning there was an atmosphere of mutual wariness between the l>oard and the ASUO government, each fearing the other would try to invade its territory, and the board fearing the ASUO might try to drag it into politics. The first fear, thus far at least, has seemed to be relatively unfounded. The second was dealt a blow Wednesday. ? It seems that the SU hoard was discussing its policy of not allowing any sort of election campaign literature on its pre mises, the matter having come up when a freshman candidate littered the soda bar with leaflets. Discussion indicated that the board deemed such practices undesirable because of the mess involved. However, hoard members suggested policy modifications which would give some recognition to student body elections. Suggestions in cluded providing space for leaflets or for candidates’ names and pictures. - It’s not our purpose here to debate the desirability of either suggestion, both of which were discarded. Both had loopholes. We just thought the comments made against them were rather amusing by virtue of who made them. „Two board members who argued against the suggestions based their point partially on the following reasoning: Let's keep the Student Union a sanctuary away from campus politics ... For weeks before the elections all the students hear about is politics and campaigning... let's have one place where they can get away from it. The advocates of this point of view? ASUO President Bill Carry and Vice-President Merv Hampton.—G. G. -—The Atomic Age Reader's Criticisms Bring Reply On Egyptian, Iranian Policies ___- By Phil Johnson -- The thundering herd has spoken. Opponents of certain Middle Eastern policies obviously are "ignorant of fucts and irre sponsible in j u d g m e n t." F u r thermore, the United P r es s and other news sources appar ently should not be relied upon because they “misrep Phil Johnson resent the real news.” These con clusions can be inferred from letters to the editor recently con tributed by Ali Jasstm, Aziz Ab dul and Said Nehorayan. It is probable, but not quite certain, that their notes referred to the Feb. 4 column entitled, "Egypt ians, Iranians Discover Hate Doesn't Make Best Policy.” The column had attempted to explain that the Egyptian and Iranian anti-English moves were weakening their own chances for survival against Communism. The Jassim-Abdul letter con tained one sentence concerning the content of the column and five asserting that the columnist lacked information or education. This policy can be employed in any discussion— talk for one minute about the question and spend five minutes asserting that your opponent knows nothing. Very effective. Incidentally, the lone explana tory sentence was irrelevant. It stated, "Middle Eastern coun tries ask only for political and economic independence.” The col - - Letters to the Editor - - Big Brothers Reply Emerald Editor: We would like to thank Mr. Anawalt for wltat we believe to be a sincere letter carried in the Feb. 5 issue of the Emerald, con cerning the YMCA’s "big broth er” program. His letter corrected •some- misconceptions created by your story on “big brothers” printed on the front page of the Feb. 1 issue of the Emerald. Mr. Ana wait’s defense of the •Skipwortii Home was very much ■ In order and we can only say that the Emerald’s reporter misinter . preted our feelings about the home. We certainly had no in tention of condemning, in any way, the home Or its supervisor. Our concern was to indicate that there were areas of need at the home that a group of interested students might be able to help meet. We mentioned that there was room for improvement of the recreation facilities because we felt that that might be a place where a group of students could contribute to the effectiveness of the borne. However, Mr. Anawalt’s attack on the "big brother” movement and on our personal sincerity seems particularly unjustified. Those of us who are participating in this program, as “Mg broth ers,” are giving of our time and money in a genuine effort to be a friend to a boy who perhaps needs a friend more than any thing else. We do not seek any re ward for this other than the sat isfaction of knowing that we are doing something worthwhile. We do have a sincere concern for the boys we are trying to help, and we think Mr. Anawalt should know that as yet no boy whom we have contacted has questioned our sincerity. As a by-product of our efforts to help these boys we do enjoy (the feeling that we have done 1 some good for others, and we do feel that it helps us to have a Jxiorq itp^ajifc ;(*tti|MfiS tPFMd juvenile delinquents, and we do think that it is good training in getting along with people. And the reason we said these things to the reporter was to indicate that there are values in this for the "big brothers” as well as for the "little brothers’’ in the hope that other students would want to join with us in this worthwhile program. We were not entirely wrong on this, for already we have three new big brothers who became interested as a result of reading the Emerald article. We hope the program will con tinue to grow and that it may become increasingly effective in serving the Lane County juvenile department and the youth of Lane county. If Mr. Anawalt feels that he has so much wis dom on the matter of "sincerity” and '"unselfish concern” we would be happy to have him attend one of our meetings, which are held every Tuesday at 3 p.m. in 318 Student Union. Bob Briggs Fred Wilhelm Parking Vs. Beauty Emerald Editor: As a frequent recipient of Jens Jensen’s “citations,” I feel that I am fully qualified to make criticisms of the policy of this University toward the park ing problem. As students enter this Univer sity, they are given windshield decals which are supposed to sig nify “student parking privileges.” Actually, they very generously entitle one to park anywhere that Is not already occupied by other students, faculty, or the general public. A great privilege indeed! Student parking decals serve only to help the office bf Student affairs in identifying vio lators, and contribute nothing in the way of “privileges,” as their common title so strongly implies. Those who live a considerable distance from the campus and are forced to drive in every day !‘Sd. ‘tjUPgsjWq la arrive a half-hour early. When they find themselves in want of a parking place after touring all the likely possibilities, it is only natural that they begin to re gard some of the frowned-upon parking spots (yellow line areas, such as the waste space in the SU lot) as being acceptable. This attitude is strengthened when one enters parking lots and finds five or six "almost parking places” in each one. On one oc casion, I counted 11 spaces which were just too narrow for a car, in the Student Union lot. From my warped viewpoint, it would seem that if the traffic court sees fit to fine those poor unfortunates who are the victims of other per sons’ careless misuse of parking areas, they should at least use the proceeds to mark places in lots, and on the street, so that no one would park in two places at once. From a long-range point Of view, I for one fall to under stand just why the administra tion sees fit to destroy parking area to create beautiful land scaping. However desirable it is to have a beautiful campus, It should be borne in mind that a University is primarily an insti tution of learning, and its stand ing as such will be judged by the quality of its students, faculty, and academic facilities, and not by its superficial beauty. I cite as example the eradi cation of the old Friendly lot driveway, which could have been converted into an extended park ing lot capable of containing 20 or more cars. (More than the number of parking places cur rently used which are termed as “improper.”) As one last complaint, I would like to know who classifies these areas, and on what basis? I am referring now to the right-hand side of the new Friendly drive way, which bears no signs or yellow paint, and at which I received a ticket today. IVU. W?ep. . . j umn did not deny this. It merely stated that the methods employ ed by the Arab people led to the developments which were highly unsatisfactory for those nations. Nehorayan's letter attempts to minimize Iran's profits from the sale Of oil to England—"We were getting pruetieully nothing from the company." I n e Id e n t a I I y, “practically nothing" amounted to 43 per cent of the Iranian na tional budget. They have badly mlsHed that income since they expelled the English. Nehorayan requested some knowledge about "Russia, Com munism, Iran, oil situation, Suez Canal and the middle eastern countries as a whole.” Here are a few: 1. The people of Egypt live un der terrible conditions of poverty, but their playboy king, according to Time magazine, once gambled nway $180,000 in one week at the Riviera, lie and his crew occu pied 32 rooms at the Carlton ho tel at a cost of $2000 daily. 2. Egypt requests “independ ence," but they ulso nsk for con trol of the Anglo-Kgyptian Sudan with a veto power over the Su dan legislature's decisions. 3. Egypt demands freedom, but, according to Time, Hint; Farouk's “elections are Invari ably rigged, the budget Is hope lessly padded with Kraft, and In come taxes are hurdly ever paid." 4. When Kl Nahaa Pasha sign ed the 1936 Anglo-E g y p t i a n treaty, he hailed it as a step to ward Egyptian independence. He denounced it last fall, causing the present crisis. 5. Egypt was a major partici pant In the first aggressive war violating the charter of the Uni ted Nations. Then they accuse England of "imperialism," which may be true, but is similar to the case of the pot calling the kettle black. 6. Last July the International Court of Justice requested main tenance of the status quo In Iran until the oil dispute could' lx* settled by negotiation. Iran re fused to abide by the request. Finally, another contention by Nehorayan deserves clarification. After describing the unfortunate economic conditions in Iran, he writes, "Whom do you think is responsible for these? You, the ones like you, and British Gov ernment." This writer will Immediately attempt to cease causing these conditions. Campul und hain and four frying chickens. Thirty-five dollars was the estimated loss. • * * The showing of "For Men Only," a movie designed to point out the evils of college frater nities, was a flop at the Univer sity of Washington. The final opinion of the campus reviewers was: "We've never wasted 90 minutes more completely." • • * Students who cheat have been divided into five types by Albion college in Michigan. 1. Those who cheat only In desperation; 2. Those who cheat only occasional ly, and are conscience-stricken w'hile doing so; 3. Students who cheat while not believing in it, and excuse themselves by saying the tests were unfair or they were too busy with worthy extra curricular activities; 4. Students who boast of new cheating meth ods they have devised; 5. Stu dents who never cheat. This last group includes those who feel cheating is unethical, those who can get good marks without cheating, and those v.h» ' feel cheating is Just too much j bother. Parking Problem Ill, 75r£-r, “He taken It off when we park. Worthal can’t stand wearing a 1 1 wrinkled shirt to class.”