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Orman Daihf _ EMERALD The Oregon Daily Emerald is published Feb. 4 thru 8, 11 thru IS, 18 thru 22, 25 thru 29, March 10, Apr. 2 thru 4, 7 thru 11, 14 thru 18, 21 thru 25, 28 thru May 2, May 6 thru 10, 12 thru 16. 19thru22, 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 '^'’opinion^e^preMed’ page on the editorial 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._ Lorna Larson, Editor Carolyn Silva, Business Manager Before You Mark Your 'X' Oregon’s Republican primary ballot is doubly confusing this year. It’s always difficult to cast one’s vote for delegates to the national convention. The average voter has never heard of two thirds of the 85 candidates. But this year—for the first time since 1920—there’s an added joker on the ballot. Eight of the candidates have filed in such a manner that, if elected, they will not be bound to support the choice of the Oregon electorate as determined by the May 16 primary. And there’s no indication on the ballot as to which candidates these are. The situation arose because Oregon has two primary laws which are in essence conflicting, but which are both on the books. Under the old law of 1905, a candidate may file for con vention delegate by securing a certain number of names on a petition in seven counties. Under the 1915 law, passed when the primary was set up, a candidate signs a pledge to support the choice of the people as revealed in the primary. No one has tried the petition method since 1920. One man tried it then, and his action turned out to be “political suicide.” Apparently the reason for the attempt this year is that Sen. Robert A. Taft has refused to enter the Oregon primary, hence cannot be the choice of the Oregon electorate. The only way a convention delegate can support Taft is to be elected after filing by the petition method. Eight candidates for convention delegate have filed by this method. They are Lowell C. Paget, Irving Rand, Phil Mets chan, John R. Latourette Jr., Robert A. Bennett, Ernest Swig ert, and Mrs. George Gerlinger, all of Portland, and U. S. Balentine, Klamath Falls. Now there’s nothing legally wrong with this method of filing, and we won’t dispute anybody’s right to support the candidacy of any nominee. What bothers us is that such a situation is possible in Oregon. The object of a direct primary is to give the people, through their vote, the power to deter mine whom their delegates will support for the nomination at the national party convention. If persons are sent as repre sentatives of Oregon who are not bound to support the people s choice as shown in the primary, most of the effect of the pri mary is nullified. Governor McKay has said that the failure to repeal the 1905 law was a legislative oversight. It seems to us that the next legislature should take up the matter of the two laws and decide what they want: no primary at all or a primary that means something, as Oregon’s primary has been noted for do ing in the past. Under the latter system, if a national candidate wants to get support in Oregon, he’d have to be willing to pre sent himself openly for the electorate’s approval or dis approval.—G. G. On the Junior Weekend Broadcasts Set By D*n Collin Junior Weekend will be filling the air waves these next few days. KORE to get the exclusive broadcast from the Junior Prom Friday night. Oregon’s own Jim Magnuson will me the show at 11 p.m. ... Will feature Johnny Reitz’s orchestra. Queen candidates will be inter viewed! tonight at 10:30 p.m. on KASH’s “Studio Party.” Letters: Mr. C: As a second-rate musical rater, You’re a first-rate agitator. So why not confess your fate— For as a reprobate, ‘Twould be better to abdicate, Before it becomes too late. Mr. L. Mr. G. told me that it was my day to be right. Now that the presses have rolled over a few banged com ments ... back to radio. An inspiring depiction of the teaching that love and goodness can conquer evil will take place in “Turn the Other Cheek,” on “Greatest Story” over KTTGN, Sunday at 2:30 p.m. It Bob Trout Bob Trout, CBS newser, is heard every Sunday in a global news roundup “World News’’ over K E R G at 2:30. Each week from the foreign capital where the news is most important, trout Dnngs in tne Flying Reporter, to give the be hind-the-scenes story. New programs: “Favorites of the Famous” (HASH, Sunday at 7:30 p.m.) features the request music Of noted personalities. Last week Jackie Robinson was guest ... this week H. V. Kaltenborn’s requests will be aired. KERG rounds out its daily local news coverage by adding a 7 :S0 p.m. broadcast to its two afternoon commentaries at 12 boon and 5:45 p.m. NBC Symphony back at 3:30 this Saturday (KUGN) . . . Lily Pons on “Telephone Hour” (KUGN, Monday at 9 p.m.) . Dear Jupe: Give UslNo Rain 7 t (Ed. Note: This is the eleventh time we’ve run the Jupe Pluvius edit. In 1941 Emerald staffer Aaron (Buck) Buchwach wrote this plea for good Junior Weekend weather. It worked. Furthermore, it your laurels for awhile, and visit someone else. There is reason to believe that you intend scare us a bit. In fact, you have. The rain clou have washed our baseball teams hither and yd worked each succeeding year, ex cept last Junior Weekend. So ... we’re giving it one more chance. The weather bureau’s pessimis tic, but here’s hoping!) When the occasion demands, and in truth it has on numerous occasions,- the Portland Oregon ian and Oregon Journal have re sorted to their editorial columns in an attempt to influence weath er conditions. Now there is no exact pro cedure for a journalist to follow when he is begging for rain for potor farmers gazing at the sky with parched throats, for verily, it takes a combination of subtle demanding, varied pleading, and good-natured hoping to achieve such desired results. The Emerald, although of We want this . . . ^ b SUNNY <L-— • • • not thts our trat’K meets nave Deen nfl in semi-wintry weather, and o| golf and tennis teams have bc|! forced to completely aband4 their frolicking. Blit please, Mr. Pluvius *(^ Jupe, for we know you but tj well), don’t come around wii your clouds and your tricks'. Our Moms will be down here U the weekend activities, and fo sooth—they will be attired I their springiest of spring outfit and their hats will be Of the kin to bring male smiles. But w want to take them to the cam pi luncheon to see the queen and he court of beautiful princess/1 crowned, and my goodness hoi the raindrops do raise havoc wit even a proud mother’s fin»M apparel. course it adolescently blushes when compared to such timerhonored organs as the Oregonian and Journal, is driven to adopt such tactics, however, by Jupe Pluvius, that old gentle man Who loves the Oregon country so well and so much that he delights in spraying it every so often and thoroughly. .. especially when asked to by the Portland papers. But now, Mr. Pluvius, the Emerald asks you politely, but firmly, to shift your schedule in such a manner so as not to spoil our Junior Weekend... The farmers have had their misty blessings, and the Oregonian and the Journal have received their just due, and the city pavements, too, are washed clean by the sweet Oregon mist. What the Univer sity asks now is for you, Mr. Pluvius, to rest on The Portland papers have moi important advertisers, and have more influence perchance, Mr. Jupiter Pluvius, but not even the; will praise you with much more honest enthusiasm and open-mouthed admiration if you will but taH your vacation. v , And if you have to take that storm which is dared by some pessimistic meteorologists to be. ing from out Of Newport way somewhere, perch; ] you could deposit it at Stanford, California, or e*| use. Just for the weekend, you understand. We v/anj you as our permanent resident up here in Oregc Jupe, to freshen our flowers, to clean our street! and, to keep our soil rich and red. But not Junior Weekend, PLEASE, So THiS f 8 Oregon. My Friend Wouldn't Understand, But Impartiality Is Necessary and Mr. Hobart Fills the Bill ____— By Jim Haycox - We have a new editor, another Greek if you will. Larry Hobart is a strong fraternity man. You might, therefore, expect to see next year’s Emerald hand-in glove with the powers (barring no new election) that be on cam pus. You might expect it, but don’t. We just don’t work it that way in this corrugated mousetrap we call a newspaper office. There's an invisible hook just outside the door with a sign above it: “Hang Your A filiation Here Before En tering.” And that’s the way it has to be done; the only way it could be done. I have a friend who thought it - was great stuff when we carried news of a young man being de pledged because he refused to drop his candidacy in USA. My friend told me, just after this, that the Emerald looked better than it had all year. A day or so later, an Emerald editorial came out frankly and said, of the three AGS candi dates, one was best. If went pretty deep into the matter. Said my friend, I have never seen better journalism. Then just before the election, the editorial came out favoring Pat Dignan over Helen Jackson. It’s funny how fast our quality dropped. He wouldn’t exactly disagree with the editorial; it was just that he didn’t think a campus newspaper should have the right to pick and choose. His solution, I think, was a kind of hands-off policy for any thing that might get touchy. Oh, you know, politics and stuff like that. My friend is like a lot of people. He makes no distinction between the news columns on the front page and the editorials on two. If an editorial favored tear ing down the Student Union, and my friend liked the building, he’d think he found the same senti ment on page one. Well, in truth there would be no sentiment—no slanted news stories—on page one about the Student Union or anything else unless it was just poor writing that slipped through. But this friend can’t disassociate the two — the editorial and the news story: what’s fact and what's opinion. If the editor favors something, my friend thinks perhaps it will be reflected elsewhere in news stories and he’ll look until he finds it—no matter how slim his purported evidence. And I don’t think anyone knows just what to tell this guy. You can’t argue him out of his conviction. He won’t listen, t reason. But back to Mr. Hobart, t? Greek. I don’t think it’s ari secret that Larry was not cjrsZ the Pub Board’s choice, but als ours. » I think many of us felt tha when it comes to picking a guj who has the ability and the baai power for the job, it was obvioa: And beyond that, I think we Jfel that if there ever was a guy wj was fair, who would demand uj biased news coverage—from oi end to the other and would ui wise and unbiased judgment* his editorial page, it that Mr. Hobart. would. 1 *■ . Possibility for Hayward Field? “Mighty nice of ’em to let you use th’ dog track for track practice, eh coach!” * j ; ! f i - t Jilufi 11