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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.”
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. . 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.”
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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.”