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Junior Weekend ... . . . will soon be here, and plan5* are going ahead full speed to as sure its success. See page 8. Volume L11I UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1952 NUMBER 117 ' Morse Says Ike Will Winr Hits Tail's Tactics By Phil Bettens Sen. Wayne Morse reassert I cd his support of Gen. Dwight ' Eisenhower, attacked the Taft u forces in Oregon—and urged people not to vote for him for President in Oregon's primary —in a press conference Tues !dav night. J' The senator, whose name ap ars as a candidate for president arj. the Oregon Republican primary allot, commented that he was in k he “novel position of asking peo ple not to vote for me.” -P> E . . Trickery, Low Standards . . |u“My name appears on the pri ary ballot through the trickery nd low standards of political eth Vs of the Taft forces in the state,” said. He added that these peo e well knew that he had rejected st summer an offer from his own jpporters to run him as Oregon's favorite son candidate. “It’s an attempt to embarrass me politically and to split the vote for Eisenhower,” Sen. Morse said. “I’m sure the voters of the state will see through it.” a Se: 1 e) fn Ike Will Win The senator feels certain that v Eisenhower will be nominated by the GOP convention "on the first * or second ballot.” ^ Eight candidates for delegates to the Republican convention in * July who appear on the Oregon GOP ballot are, if elected, not obli . gated to support the candidate chosen by the Oregon voters. Asked to comment on these eight, Morse said: “These delegates are known to „ be Taft supporters. The head of the group, Lowell Padgett, is Taft's . state chairman.” Lacks Political Courage Taft didn't have the political I courage to come into Oregon and y run as a candidate, he added, be cause he knew he would take a “terrific walloping” at the polls if he did. “In keeping with the Ohio gang’s - tactics, he has resorted to this de ’ vice of splitting the Oregon dele gation at the convention,” Morse i said. A vote for these people is a t vote to w'eaken the effectiveness of the Oregon delegation—and a vote against Eisenhower.” Foresees No Danger .•" Morse foresees no danger of a V Taft-Eisenhower deadlock at the „ convention—butTf there were such a deadlock, either Paul Hoffman or Earl Warren are “all right with , me.” If the GOP nominates Eisen •> hower, Morse predicts victory in November—the “biggest majority” ' ever given to a Republican presi dential candidate in the last 50 years. ‘It Would Be a Mistake . . . But he cautioned: “It would be a mistake to assume that the GOP can win with anyone. The nomination of a reactionary Republican would, I think, cause iidefeat by a vote much larger than any Republican apprehends.” While j not mentioning Taft by name, the senator indicated that he consid ered Taft a reactionary Republican. Blast Reported A loud mysterions blast rocked the campus at 10:37 DST last night. Police reported that their switchboard was swamped with calls for half-an-hour by worried inquirers — some of whom were bordering on hysteria. Lieut. C. A. Raines, Eugene po lice department, stated that the ' blast created “quite a disturbance” and residents of John Straub Hall ■reported it rattled windows there. Police were still investigating early .this morning. Students Go Partying — Emerald photo by Fred Schncitcr MORE THAN 250 student# from 10 western colleges attended the Hawaiian club’s iuau Saturday night at the Springfield Memorial building. Pictured above are Tommy Miles, Ed Kenney, Jane Hande and Dorothy Harris, ail from the University of Oregon. The menu included poi, lau lau, salmon and chicken. See story page 7. Group to File Valid Petition In Election Contestation Case A new petition, properly notar ized and with the signers under oath, will presumably be filed to day contesting the recent ASUO elections. The petition is to be the same as the one previously filed with the constitutional committee but with the additional authorization. Earlier Tuesday a motion to dis miss the petition was filed with the Constitutional Committee by the election committee on the grounds that the petition was not signed under oath. Hampton and his com mittee’s counsel, law students John Sabin and Lester Pederson, had in dicated that the petition would be dismissed. The name of one signer was not listed in Tuesday's Emerald. He is Basdeo Maharajh, senior in bi ology.' Further clarification of the stand of the petitioners was made Tues day by two signers, Richard Han sen and Robert Ridderbusch. Ridderbusch expressed himself as against the “inflexibility” of the constitution, stating that “if we have a constitution such as we do. that constitution must be fol lowed.” Hansen quoted a portion of the petition which was originally sent to the committee, stated that, “I want this.” The statement in the petition, (Please turn to page seven ) DeVofo Stresses Ethics, Detachment To Keep Professional Writers From Taking Themselves Seriously Writer Bernard DeVoto empha sized the necessity for ethics in writing — plus detachment which enables the writer to avoid taking himself seriously—in describing the “professional writer” at Tuesday’s assembly. DeVoto, who is a novelist, schol ar, teacher and historian—a “liter ♦ ♦ ♦ Ethics of Writing Is Lively Topic Of Discussion A writer should write what he is ! interested in, not write because of any “responsibility,” Bernard De Voto, noted writer, said in a Tues day afternoon coffee hour. “Responsibility ? I don’t know what it means.” DeVoto asserted that in express ing the thing in which a writer is interested he has the responsibility of being accurate and the respon sibility of interesting readers, but beyond that responsibility is mean ingless. Prompted by Discussion These comments were prompted by a lively discussion on ethics of j writing. It was asked if a “profes sional writer”—as defined by De ; Voto in his assembly talk—was j faced with a moral problem in re leasing his work to the possibility of distortion by Hollywood. DeVoto replied that it is “no sin” j for a writer to release his book to the movie industry “even if he knows a travesty will be made of his book." He contended that it was the job of a writer to write what he wants and to do his job well. “Beyond that I can say nothing.” Pressures Important Consideration He added that because of pres sures on his life a writer could not be held responsible for making his I Please turn to page seven) Junior Weekend Preparations Move into High Gear Preparations for Junior Weekend went into high gear Tuesday as the committees, under the general ship of Chairman Mike Lally, speeded up their work for the season's top social event. Voting takes place today for the Junior Weekend queen, who will reign over the Junior Piom Friday night. Mother’s Weekend will begin Saturday morn ing and the All-campus sing will be that evening. Junior Weekend traditions, which wTent into effect Tuesday, will continue this week. Voting on Queen Set From 8 to 5 Today Voting for Junior Weekend queen will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. DST on the Student Union terrace and in the Co-op. Voting will be conducted today only. The five candidates for the queen honor are Tat Johnson, jun ior in general science; Joan Ren ner, junior in psychology; Jo Mar tin, junior in liberal arts; Barbara Booth, junior in biology; and Nan nette Silverthorne, junior in art. The prospective queens will be interviewed over radio station •■CASH at 10:30 p.m. DST Thurs day. The queen selection will not be revealed until the Junior Prom in .ermission on Friday night. Tickets on Sale For Meal Opening Mother's Events Tickets for the mother’s break fast Saturday morning are on sale now at the main desk of the Stu dent Union and will be sold only until Thursday night when the desk closes, Ticket Chairman Kay Moore has announced. Cost of the tickets is $1.25. There are 280 tickets available for the breakfast which will be held beginning at 9 a.m. DST in Carson hall. Due to the limited number who can attend, the break fast will be only for the mothers, Miss Moore said, and students are urged to get tickets for their mothers as soon as possible. A number of other events are ( Please turn to page eight) Cups to Be Awarded At Prom Intermission Three awards for outstanding Or Oregoi^ students — the Emerald At hletic Trophy, the Gerlinger Cup and the Koyl Cup —will be present ed to this year’s winners during intermission of the Junior Prom on Friday. The Emerald trophy will go to the outstanding senior athlete of the year and will be presented by Leo Harris, Ltniversity athletic di rector. The Gerlinger Cup, awarded by Mrs. George Gerlinger, will go to the outstanding junior woman and the Koyl Cup, awarded by Charles W. Koyl, will be given to the out standing junior man. In addition to the awards, Druids, junior men’s honorary, will (Please turn to payc c'ujht) ary journalist” in the words of Hoyt Trowbridge, professor of English who introduced the Harp er’s magazine writer—told a rela tively small Student Union ball room audience that there is an eth ical quality in skill. If a writer cannot or does not use that quality, he asserted, he iw guilty of malpractice—or “sin.” And, DeVoto emphasized, thougli writing is serious, solemnity of the writer about himself or of expres sion will kill the writing. Contend ing that the writer should have a Two Editors Bernard DeVoto is the second Saturday Review (of Literature) editor to be on campus in a month’s time. Norman Cousins, present editor of the Saturday Review, was here from April 3 10, his chief address being that one given at the Matrix Table Gridiron Banquet April 8. De Voto was Review editor from 1936-1938. sense of playfulness—an intellec tual and spirited one—he said that “God didn't consecrate him and society didn’t set him apart.” Another obligation of the writer, DeVoto stated, is not to degrade words. He said that words, like . “democracy,” “beauty,” “world, federalism,” have no meaning as words, but must refer to meaning ful realities. “Words mustn't be corrupted,” he said, by being used as ends in themselves. The writer, he stated, must have the concepts of thoughts, processes, experiences and emotions in mind, or he must not use the words at all. It is the duty of the writer, De Voto asserted, to “protect the pur ity of the mind by protecting the purity of words—which express thought.” Throughout his talk, the hard-' hitting, gruff writer (with a spirit of “orneriness” which debunks: many high-blown traditions, Trow bridge stated) extolled the “profes sional writer” as opposed to the “dilettante” or literary writer, who writes for self-esteem and “art,” rather than to perform a desired - job. The dilettante “lusts for the printed page,” DeVoto stated, and through this desire may eventual ly resort to poor scruples—shock ing readers for the sake of puhli cation itself, being clever for pub lication (“Cleverness is the easiest and cheapest technique"), and even distorting fact and sensationaliz ing. The professional writer, he said, is concerned with the integrity of his job and the honesty of his rela tions to it. “The writer offers his work, his pen and his mind,” De Voto asserted, “and they are not for sale unless he is.” DeVoto also emphasized the pre requisite of skill for a professional writer—skill which can only be ob tained through apprenticeship. This “long, laborious and disheartening” process is a hard fact, he said, which the aspiring writer hopes to avoid, but cannot if he wishes to become a “professional.” Most aspirants, he said, never finish “the first lap.”