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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1952)
Omton Daily . _ _ EMERALD The 0*kgon Daily Emriaid is published Feb 4 thru 8, 11 thru 15. 18 thru 22, *5 thru oq March 10 Anr 2 thru 4, 7 thru 11, 14 thru 18. 21 thru 25, 28 thru May 2. May 6 thru 10, T ’ thm l IQ thru > ’ and May 26 by the Associated Students of the l imcrsUy of Oregon. Entered ns'second class matter at the post office, Eugene, Oregon. Subscription rates: $5 per school year, $2 per term. the associate editors. Unsigned editorials are written by the editor. _. Toward World Understanding “All men whilst they are awake are in one common world; hut each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own. (Plutarch: “Of Superstition.”) By Plutarch's definition, the campus will see some wide awaKe Clvizcns Ull5> wccrciiu • . . some students who are very much consicious of the importance of see ing things in global terms. The specific occasion: the Uni versity is host this weekend to two groups of students, an estimated 250 high school delegates to the fifth annual Oregon High School International Relations League con vention and a group of foreign stu dents trom I(J Oregon colleges and universities, attending tne annual YM-YW International Festival. It’s particularly encouraging to see members of our genera tion attempting to broaden their world outlook; even the foreign students, already leagues ahead of the rest of us in this regard, can benefit from meeting their fellows from other lands. We once heard the atmosphere on the Oregon campus, with its predominantly insulated concern with its own affairs—pay phones, deferred living, name bands—compared to a cocoon. Maybe we’re just getting older, but we think we’ve been see ing hopeful signs this year of a coming metamorphosis—a wak ing up from this concern over the “world of our own” into awareness of the existence of a larger world, “one common world.” An example is the great student interest in the Parli ment of World Religions; and we’ve seen more foreign student American student contact, with resulting exchange of ideas. It’s a slow process, but we have hopes. Meanwhile, a hearty welcome to our visitors this weekend. We can learn much from you.—G. G. Action Needed NOW Everyone thinks .. . and says .. . we should go ahead and re quest an interpretation of PT&T tariffs from the PUC. William C .Jones, acting president, says so. Bill Carey, student body president, says so. The dime-paying students say so. They’ve been saying it for some time. So have we. The phone company has requested time to investigate. OSC thinks this is a stall. Our officials think it’s a stall. We agree. The answer seems simple. ASK FOR AX INTERPRETA TION OF THE TARIFFS NOW. Stop beating around the bush and waiting and waiting and waiting. This is exactly what the phone company wants. Stop playing right into their hands. Let°the Fish Live The Navy has a pretty good record in its public relations field, but it would seem it’s about ready to botch it up as far as northern Idaho is concerned. In the name of national security, the Navy wants to carry out bombing and underwater explosion tests in Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho. This beautiful lake boasts some of the finest trout fishing to be found in the United States. Residents of the area are highly indignant about the proposal but for some reason the Idaho Fish and Game department has consented to the tests. The Navy has moved slowly, hoping the uproar would die down, but the Oregonian is helping keep the issue alive. The Oregonian has been the strongest voice in the Northwest in opposing any further destruction of game fish or their habi tat through stream pollution and fish-destroying dams. It is natural there should be strong editorial opposition to such an experiment as that proposed by the Navy. Recently, we read where a Navy spokesman said the tests would be conducted in such a manner as to “minimize” the destruction of fish, whatever that means. It sounds pretty weak to us. We’ve “caught” fish with a dynamite cap ... it’d be a neat job to minimize destruction with bombs or heavy demolitions in the Kamloops-stocked Pend Oreille. There must be other places to carry out such tests. Because of the secrecy of the whole affair, no one but the Navy knows just why this splendid fishing lake is such a desirable target. Certainly, if such tests are essential to national security, the people in that part of the country should be better informed on the issue. And if they are not essential, the Navy should stay away and leave the fish and the fisherman alone.—B. C. j > ; ! r Out 'Utiita'iA Speak.... 1920lncidentBrings Sovjet Separation (E«I. Note: Tlie author of this article is a special student in physics in the University. He came here In August from his home in Copenhagen, Denmark.) By Erik Norgaard The present conflict between East and West lias been the topic for some discussion in the brows ing room, so it might be of inter est to investigate some events which gave rise to the separation of Russia from the world. I came to think of one of these events when I read the notice of the death of the former Soviet ambassador to the U.S., Maxim Litvinov, in January of this year. Litvinov was one of the out standing figures from the No vember revolution in 1917 and was sent to Copenhagen in the fall of 1919 as official represent ative for Lenin and Trotsky. At this time England and other countries were fighting Bolshev ism in Russia and had landed voluntary troop* and rich sup plies in Arkhangelsk and Vladi vostok. The official mission for Litvi nov was to negotiate witli an Knglish deputy, O’Grady, for an exchange of certain prominent prisoners of war, lint secretly he was working intensely on a plan, which had worldwide importance. The negotiations with Kngland concerning this point were very difficult, but lie knew how to play his cards, so in February 1920 he and O'Grady had arrived at an agreement. The plan was of large dimensions: The Soviet Republic wanted to get into practical connection with the world. Very strong fi nancial spheres wanted to meet Russia and planned to make Co penhagen the center for the com ing enormous trade because this town had a favorable position at the entrance to the Baltic Sea. Morgan in the U.S., Barcley's Bank in London and some Danish financiers were building the fi nancial foundation in this spring of 1920. These were feverish days in Copenhagen with delegations coming, rumors all over. Every body felt something great and prospective was being formed. But all the hopes for a future with friendly relations to Russia were spoiled by powers who were against this plan. The wealthy fi nanciers In Hamburg, Germany, were afraid the center of trade for the Baltic Sea was to be moved, so they had two agents in Copenhagen w'ith the sole pur pose of compromising Litinov by any mean trick. In spite of many warnings he never guarded his offices and one night the agents broke in. They found a letter telling about a transport of 20,000 goldfrancs from the Soviet to the Russian Red Cross in Geneva, and only on the basis of this unoffending ac tion they sent sensational tele grams to the press all over the world telling about transporta tions of millions from Soviet “in order to start a worldwide revo lution.” The cool and upright answer from Litvinov came too late; he was compromised and doubted not only in Denmark but all over the world. O’Grady was immedi ately called back and the whole magnificent plan spoiled in the course of one night. Soon after Litvinov left Den mark, but at the leave-taking he made the following comment, which showed his foresight: “All the possibilities we had for getting into contact with the capitalistic countries are ex hausted. All our hopes are brok en. I can bnly see that we close our country off and take care of our own matter, not allowing any interference from others.” How often decisions of world wide importance have had to be based on narrow-mindedness and lies! The Atomic Age Chinese Massacre Disbelievers Snag in German Arms Production _ ___ By Phil Johnson —-—1 Massacres conducted by the Chinese Communist government, according to reports from that area, have accounted for millions of innocent people, since the National ists were ex pelled. A small number of the killings * have been admitted by Mao Tse tung's regime. Lust May Duy, the big Com munist h o 1 i - day, Hang- TWI Johnson chow Commu nists reported mass trials and public execution of 102 "top counter-revolutionary criminals.” On another date, the Commu nist newspapers bragged that 80, 000 Chinese attended tho execu tion of "several" counter-revolu tionaries, and un additional 10, 000 supposedly listened to radio broadcasts of the event. American Chinese have re ceived dozens or letters threaten ing tlie execution of their rela tives if they fail to send money to the Chinese government. The Free China Anti-Atrocity League has compiled some fig ures on the extent of the mass acres, although the estimates may be exaggerated, since the league understandably has a par tisan viewpoint on the situation'. * The league claims that tho. Chinese Communists have exe cuted over 2,200,000 citizens, and tjmt un additional 15 million have, perished from famines caused by government .action. It Is reported that millions more have been ex-, ported to Siberia as slave labor ers. * The crime for which these pun Nhments are awarded may In clude unythlng from actually op^ posing the government to being, persona non grata to some local Communist leader. * m • German rearmament has hit another snag. West Gcrmaft Chancellor Konrad Adenauer re eently stated that Ruhr indus trialists do not want to produce arms for Western defep.se. According to the chancellor,* “Our position Is too cxpomaPXtfts un uttuek by the ltussians, and nothing attract* enemy bomber " like having an arms industry.” » Unfortunately, he is correct.' The Ituhr lies under the shadow of Soviet air power. Its factories are so close to the Russian air fields that the Soviets would li able to provide fighter cover for their bombers. On longer flights, fighters are limited by theii1 short range, and the bomberH are more vulnerable to enemy fight ers. - CantfxuA. <MeaAU*ul - - ClleiuA&ie. Kansas'Cracks Down' on Faculty By Rae Thomas Campus police at the Univer sity of Kansas, are cracking down on faculty traffic violators. Cars of faculty members arc be ing towed away in cases where violators have received an "ex cessive number" of tickets and have ignored repeated warnings. • » • An extensive survey at I’urdue University resulted In the agree ment that the high school rec ord of a student, Is the best indi cation of his future college rec ord. * * * At Sacramento Junior college in California the president and vice president of the sophomore class were elected by a land slide. Total vote: 11. * « * Smoking and soft drinks will In* banned from all University of Texas classrooms, teaching labs, and libraries, from now or. Tn-« m»ki' up for thlH, next yearjj Christmas vacation will begin on Dec. 22 instead of the 24th, “to ' allow students who ll\e some dis tance from Austin, time to gi*t home.” • * • During fall semester at the University of Houston, the newU paper office was burglarized of . two coats, an overnight bag and a new typewriter. The latest, theft has been that of a 19t>2* ESQUIRE calendar. "It's not the pecuniary loss but I the principle of such a deed," sal I the editor. • \ * * * • At Michigan State University the girls organized a football’ team to prove that the “weaioj sex” is an Inaccurate title, fl'heo^ they challenged last year's Intri^ mural champions. The score: Men —18, Women—13. A Tip to Professors r “Oh, yes, another little tip, Louise—don't come late to , < I’rof. Knurf's class.” £