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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1952)
McGrath Fired After Morris Ouster nrAnmmnijN (U.R) Presi dent Truman Thursday fired At torney General J. Howard McGrath n few hour* after McGrath had abruptly discharged Newbold Mor rlK an the administration's corrup tion hunter. The president announced to a Jam-packed 4 p.m. news conference that McGrath had resigned add ing with a smile that all resigna tions are voluntary. McGrath immediately followed with a statement which made it clear that he had been fired. He said "1 gladly accept the penalty Which . , attaches to the perform ance of duty." Mr. Truman named Federal Judge J. P. McGranery of Pennsyl vania to succeed McGrath. Mc Granevy was assistant attorney general from 1943 to 1946. Mr. Truman told reporters that thf drive to rid tin- government of corruption will be carried on under the new attorney general. The double dismissals climaxed days of feuding between McGrath and Morris. McGrath fired Morris at 12:45 p.m. without explanation; told him in a coldly-worded letter that he was through at the end of the business day. Mr. Truman told newsmen he first learned of McGrath's action against Morris when he read It on the news ticker. The president said he had known the dismissal of Morris was under consideration, but did not know it hrd been done until he read about It. Shortly after Mr. Truman an nounced his resignation, McGrath called newsmen to his private of fice and issued this statement: •'I've rlone my duty as I saw it. r h'm’ stood up for what I believed to be groat principles of personal liberty and the fundamental rights of employes of the federal govern U'ASHINGTON (UP) New-bold Morris, ousted government clean up elilef, said Thursday that he •n-Kan to fall out ulth the ad iniuistratlon when "they found out I meant business.” "Kver.vthlng was cozy, cordial and comfortable until they found out I meant business”, he told a reporter. ment. I gladly accept the penalty which ir? this Instance attaches to the performance of duty.” McGrath's reference to "prin ciples of personal liberty” appar ently referred to the financial questionnaires which Morris hat endeavored to get McGrath anc rm other justice department offi cials to fill out. McGrath resisted the questionnaires. They called foi extremely detailed information about all aspects of the officials personal finances. There was a telephone conversa tion between Mr. Truman and Mc Grath shortly after the presiden* learned of Morris’ dismissal. Mr. Truman declined to exprep? an opinion about Morris’ dismissal The president emphasized re peat! dly that Morris was Mc Grath's man. The way the presi dent put it was that McGrath hat hired Morris and he had fired him As for the Morris questionnaire which touched off the chain ol events leading to the departure oi both Morris and the attorney gen eral, the president said he never had seen one of the documents .* 9 — he could not offer an opinion o>* the questionnaire. According to associates of Mor ris, he had discussed the question naire in detail with Mr. Truman some weeks ago. but had not shown him a copy. The question naires called for very detailed fi nancial statements from govern ment officials. Today's news conference was or€t of the most tumultous meeting# j between the press and radio am* j the chi-f executive in some time, j The White House permitted still, j newsreel and television photogra phers to record the start of the • conference before Mr. Tiuman ac tually made any announcements. During the picture- taking Mr. Truman became openly restive arxt I anxious to get at his task of an nouncing McGrath s departure. NUMBER 95 Mark Improved; Monday Classes Draw 65 Per Cent Clans attendance on Monday, the first day of spring term, was ap proximately 65 per cent of the en rollment, an Kmerald survey shows. Last term'* attendance on the firtI day was an estimated 50 per cent. The military department, School of Journalism, School of Uw, and chomlstry department had the best attendance. The military depart ment had an attendance of 95 per cent; demerits are given in this de partment for unexcused absences. High attendance was noted in the school of journalism which had from 85 tb 100 per cent attend ance. One class in the law school showed 16 attending out of 17 reg istered. Assignments are posted the last day of winter term and are due the first day of spring, so at tendance is ordinarily good, the school said. The chemistry department had an att< ndance of 80 per cent, and one class had 100 per cent attend ance. Over 50 per cent of students in the chemistry courses are gradu ate students and attendance is fairly good in that department. Business administration classes noted an increase in attendance over last term's first day. All classes in constructive accounting had 100 per cent attendance, one professor said. Spring assignments were posted winter term. Departments and schools which indicated attendance ranging from 60 to 70 per cent were political science, English, history, architec ture and allied arts, music, biology, ] economics, and philosophy. A low attendance was noticed in the geography department, where attendance ranged from 28 to 45 per cent. One class hit 80 per cent attendance, however. In one class of 14 registered, only 3 were present. | No Studying So Far? You Just Ain't 'Hep' Do students study ? A bout two out of every three college students say they put in more than 10 hours of study time during a normal school week, ac cording to a national poll of stu dent opinion taken by the Associ ated Collegiate Press. Almost half of the student popu lation spends between 10 and 12 hours a week, while more than a quarter spends less than 10 hours studying. And at Oregon . . . The question, "How much time, do you study in an average week ?" was asked 25 Oregon students. On the basis of their answers, Oregon Results of the University poll Pub Board Picks Business Head Carolyn Silva, junior in political science, was appointed temporarily as Emerald business manager Thursday by the Publications board, subject to confirmation at the board's April 15 meeting. The board lacked a quorum Thursday, and therefore the appointment is not official. The only other applicant for the job was Edwin J. Elderkin, sopho more in liberal arts. Both candi dates were interviewed by the board Thursday. Miss Silvn, who will take over the job starting with the April S issue, has worked for two years on the Emerald busines side: she served as advertising manager during winter term. The new business manager re places Bob Greenlee, senior in journalism, who resigned at the end of winter term. He in turn had replaced Abbott Taine, junior in journalism, who resigned at the end of fall term. Beginning Monday... TEhc faster ^toru ...Recounting the story of the final days in the life of Jesus of Nazareth. Narratives will appear each day next week, concluding on Good Friday. students study more than the na tional college average, showed that #4 per cent said they studied 10-20 hours and 16 per cent study 20-30 hours. Only 12 per cent as opposed to the national av erage of 28 per cent, claim to study less than 10 hours a week. Eight per cent of the Oregon students polled said they studied more than 30 hours a week. The Question Students were asked: "How much studying time do you esti mate you spend during a normal week, excluding mid-term and final weeks?" in the national poll. The results showed that 45 per cent study 10-20 hours, 28 per cent study 10 hours or less. 16 per cent study 20-30 hours, and a small number. 5 per cent in excess of 30 hours per week. Those students who didn't know the time they spent studying claim ed irregular schedules. The poll showed that graduate students seem to study most. Thirty-five per cent of them put in more than 20 study hours a week, as compared with 19 per cent for freshmen and 23 per cent for seniors. Opinions Vary Students expressed varying opin ions on the amount of study need ed. A pre-law sophomore at the University of Akron studies less than 10 hours a week, and com plained, "Most of the time you i Please turn to pape three) Business School Moves to Deady Tlio offices and most of the classes of the school of business administration have been moved from Commerce to Deady hall for spring term. Deady has been vacated by the physics and biology departments, who moved into the new science building. Commerce will be remod eled. Oregon hall, former head quarters of the department of his tory, political science, economics and sociology, is now in the process of being re-done. The business school expects to be in their new building by next tall. Commerce and Oregon will be joined to the new building to make one large building whirl), will be shared by the BA school and the social science department. The business school offices and class rooms will be in the new building which will also contain an auditor ium to seat about 250, Victor P. Morris, dean of the school, said. Cousins Tells Appeal of Communism To People of Asia in Interview By Kitty Fraser "When we think of Communism, we think of what we will lose. When they (the people of Asia; ! think of Communism, they think of' wnat they will get.” The statement was made by Nor man Cousins, editor of The Sat urday Review, in an interview Thursday afternoon following his arrival in Eugene to be the mam speaker at Tuesday’s Matrix' Table-Gridiron Banquet and speak ! to English, political science, and journalism classes. Cousins, who spent several months in India last year for the j .Slate department, was comment-' j ing on the poor economic stale of \ j Asia and the fact that they needed I help from any source. W e're Not Doing Enough The United States is not help : ing all it can, Cousins said. "Noth j ing can be done to save China" ! from Communism, but the U.S. i could save India, he said. The young people of Asia are: particularly suspectible to Com j monistic influences, Cousins point- j I ed out. "There is a real but mis-! ; taken belief in Asia today to j equate Communism with social : ! justice in all its forms. Commu-! j nism in Asia speaks largely in hu- j manitarian terms, especially to the : i young. On Basis of Needs i "Its appeal is on the basis of I Asia’s social and economic needs, i capitalizing on the natural ideal ' ism of young people who are gear ed for quick solutions, and \v!!$ know little about the basic nature of Communism totalitarianism in j ; practice or the need for political | liberation as the only means of I i maintaining economic or social. progress,” Cousins stated. This mistaken correlation be-! tween Communism and humannar I Please turn to page eight) Four Women To Be Honored By Journalists Four women chosen from Eu gene ar.d the University of Ore gon will be honored for their con tributions to the campus and the community at the Gridiron-Mat rix Table fcanouet Tuesday, April 8. The women will be picked by Theta Sigma Phi, professional1 women’s journalism fraternity, co sponsor of the banquet with Sig ma Delta Chi, men's journalism fraternity. Three will be chosen from women outstanding in Eu gee.n and one from women on the campus. The “Women of Achievement” awards will be a new feature at the University. The practice fol lows a procedure used by ether Theta Sigma Phi chapters. Main speakers at the banquet will be Norman Cousins, editor of the Saturday Review, who arrive® on the campus Thursday for a week of conferences and lectures before classes and student groups. Topic for his Tuesday night talk will be 'A Positive Strategy for Peace.” Cousins returned to this country recently after spending several months in India. Pakistan anti southeast Asia as a representative of the U.S. State Department. He is said to be especially interested in discussing with students caieer» in the State Department. Also to be honored at the ban quet are five high school senior girls who will be recognized by Theta Sigma Phi for outstanding < rifasi :urn to foot seni) AGS Okays Presidential Primary; USA Petition Deadline Is Tuesday Dinner Election Slated for Ap/il 14 Approval of a primary election for Associated Greek students’ ASUO presidential nominee was made by AGS representatives at their Thursday meeting'. The primary election has been set for April 14 and will take place in all AGS houses during dinner. In case no candidate receives a majority of the popular vote, a sec ond election will be held on April 15. AGS President Larry Dean said, and a third election between the two highest candidates will be i held if necessary on the 16th. I Deadline for petitioning for | ASUO, class and party offices is : Thursday. Petitions are to be turn ed in to AGS Secretary-treasurer Mary Gillham, or Dean. Party Primary Set for April 16 Petitions for the United Stu | dents association candidates for ASUO. class and party offices wi;P bc due Tuesday to Helen Jackson ; «.*■ Carson hall, Dick Paul at Lamb da Chi Alpha or Ben Schmidt at 1 Minturn hall. The USA screening committee 1 will interview petitioners ar.d the ! slate for the party will be voter* | on in a primary election April lt>. , All candidates for offices will bo i voted on in the primary and the . winners will run in the all-campus i election April 50. In case any person is taken off the slate by the screening commit ! tee. the USA constitution provides* [that he may get his name on the | ballot by obtaining 50 signatures I on a petition.