Drummond: Comments & Ideas
, Roscoe Drummond is not an eloquent speaker. But he ap
pears to be a sincere one. And, what is perhaps more important,
he seems to be a man of vision and ideas. Here are some of his
ideas which interested ns after hearing and speaking with him
Monday.
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Drummond thinks there should be a “youth poll" during
presidential races for persons between the ages of 16 and JO
years. “If they’re going to take part emotionally and physic
ally, they might as well take part creatively," Drummond said.
He proposed that the physical arrangements which would al
low the nation's youth to express their presidential choice
could be handled by national high school and college press
associations.
“We are in a world war today. Korea is the visible part of
it. A third world war is not a thing of the future but a thing oi
the present. We will continue to be at war for some time. \\ e
cannot end it short of world victory.”
“This struggle must end in disarmament of the enemy or
defeat of America . . . We cannot withdraw from Korea until
we have victory.”
There existed during the campaign a greater gap in agree
ment on Korea between the people and the candidates than be
tween the two candidates. Ike's greatest problem will be to
bring national unity and agreement on the Korean situation.
The time has come for more careful consideration of our
vice-presidents. Five out of the last 16 presidents have gone to
the White House without being elected. We selected them only
for their ability to be vice-president.
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“It isn't within the province or right of newspaper to pre
dict elections. The pollsters didn't know anymore in 1652 than
they did in 1948 and were just as wrong. "It isn't within poli
tical insight to predict how. Americans will vote. Polls oi elec
tions are a disservice to the people. Polls impair the credibility
of dispatches. The public doesn't understand how writers can
be objective and still have opinions.”
It is desirable, but not certain, that Stevenson stay on the
national scene. He made a lasting impression on the nation
during the campaign. It would be regrettable it public service
lost him. The problem is: How can he remain head of the
Democratic party when he holds no political office?
Could This Be OSC?
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“A good example of over confidence is a team taking ‘victory dinner’
at halftime.”
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Notes to the Editor
From Angry Ducks
£i w. D. r
To the editor:
House rules and regulations
are a wonderful thing 'for regi
menting the lives of girls away
from home when they serve a
purpose, but when tlu-y are en
forced simply for the sake of the
rule they become somewhat ob
noxious.
Such was the case last evening
when these regulations kept a
number of University girls from
being exposed to the very thing
they supposedly seek at this in
stitution— a liberal education.
Now it seems the 7:30 curfew
that straight-jacketed these girls
last night may be amended in
case a stroll to the library or a
trip to the Emerald Shack is call
ed for. But should Roscoe Drum
mond, ace Washington correspon
dent for the world famous Chris
tian Science Monitor, appear at
an 8 p.m. assembly in the Stu
dent Union ballroom such per
mission is more difficult to ex
tract than water from the Sa
hara.
One cannot help questioning the
sagacity of bringing a man of
Drummond's stature to the cam
pus only to have a large segment
of the students kept behind clos
ed doors in their dorm reading
about men they could be seeing
and hearing in person.
Gordon Jones
* •
To the editor:
I am French, but that is not
the main reason why I disagree
with Mr. Van Natta's article,
“French Clumsy in Indo-China”
published in the Emerald last
Tuesday. This well documented
and logically built article leads
to wrong statements because it
rests on a fundamental error, and
this error is what I want to un
derline.
Indeed, as the French Consul
Monsieur de Guiringaud stated
Armistice* day in the Student
Union, France is not fighting a
colonial war in Indo-China. As a
matter of fact, from 1913 Fiance
decided herself that this country,
endowed by France with a won
derful economic organization,
could then assume its political
automony. So, on March 9, 1910,
she acknowledged the fusion of
Tonkin and Annam in a single
autonomic state: the Republic of
Viet-Nam. France's only mistake
was to put off the question of
Cochinchina.
Easy for Nationalists
In that way it was very easy
for the self-pretending National
ist Party, the Viet-Minh lead by
Ho-Chi-Minh, to rally the dis
pleased people of Viet-Nam to
the movements of revolt it has
raised up by violence in Cochin
china.
Since then all French attempts
to concialiate have failed as the
Viet-Minh, which does not hide
any longer its Communist in
spiration, went on making riots,
plunders and collective murders
against the resisting Indo-Chin
ese as well as against the French
people. * 5WJRI
In reality the question of Coch
inchina was jsut a pretense for
the Communist propaganda, al
ready very influential in China
since 1943 (long before the Indo
Chinese war).
In these conditions, France had
to introduce trpops first to pro
tect the population against Viet
Minh’s violences, then to fight
the agitators. Unfortunately, aft
er World War II, despite finan
i • . i i; '
cial aid from the U. S., French
military men were too poor, both
in men and materials, and France
alone was unable to surround the
danger she had in a very realistic
way foreseen and of which she
warned the other' countries.
The Communist agitation
spread then in Malaya and Korea
where tiro Allied forces are now
fighting.
Unjustified Suspicions
It is difficult to believe, as Mr.
Van Natta’s article would entice
us, that such a disaster is the
consequence of the “clumsy”
French attitude which would
have hurt the susceptibility of a
self-pretending Nationalist party.
It is much more likely that it
is the result of the Communist
influence against which France
was first fighting alone. And, in
my opinion, it could have only
been avoided if the Allies had not
waited until the unsolvable Ko
rean conflict to intervene, in their
turn, in the Asiastic troubles.
I do not mean to reject the re
sponsibility of the present war
on other people than tire Com
munist agitators but I just want
to discharge France of the un
justified suspicions which could
have been raised by the previous
article about the French politic
in Indo-China.
Janine Etchepare
Marseille, Fiance.
From Denmark
Europe Surprised
By ike Election
KKIK NORGAARIJ
Atllai and Ike could not have
been discussed with more ardour
and enthusiasm at any fraternity
in Eugene than on the streets of
Copenhagen.
Then we received the news of
Ike's election.
The first reaction all over
Kuropc was a great surprise. I or
20 years we have got used to
dealing with a Democrat in ihe
White House, so most people
thought Adlai would be next.
Except Karsten Laursen, for
mer Danish foreign student at
Kappa Sigma, Eugene, who a -
tually won a bet of 25 bucks on
the result.
Pessimists vs. Optimists
One week after the 4th the
opinions are more clear. The j -
simists ure ofiaid of a return : >_
isolationism, which would in
many respects be a cutustroj. .••
for Europe, if the ideas of .V -
Carthy and Taft dominate. 'I ■:
optimists know how much !i
rope owes the man who led t .“
liberation and how much insig it
and understanding of Europe m .
affairs Eisenhower showed by .r
gamzing NATO.
The only realistic way in wh. h •
Denmark may feel the chang> of
government in the U S A. might #
be by losing the very popular
American ambassador, Mrs. Eu
genie Anderson. During the ca n- '
paign she agitated vigorously for
Stevenson and according to ■
American employment practice
this may mean that she will lo-:e
her job. She won the heart of the
Danish people by considering it
her first duty to learn Danish.
Radio Review_
New Programs Appear Locall/
-—-By Don Collin
With order coming out of the
confusion caused to radio logs
by the now faintly remembered
campaign oratory, the Eugene
area has received some new and
interesting programs. (This is a
kind of a “what happened in ra
dio while the nation elected a
president.”)
A new local KORE show is
“Youth Speaks,” Sunday at 0:30
p .rn. It lets the
[high school stu
jdents get their
'licks in at the
local public offi
cials. Last week
the school super
intendent went
on the block.
This week's
topic is local vice
and a law cn
forcement officer will go before
the inquisition. The kids have
dug up a lot of poop on illicit ac
tivities in the area.
“Phonoquest”
Another local KORE show to
start on Sunday following
Thanksgiving is “Phonoquest” at
7:45 p.m. This program will put
controversial persons or issues
they plug for before people for
questions. Format is to phone in
questions and the guest for the
week answers them right then
and' there.
KERG has picked up several
new shows. “Suspense,” one of
the top mysteries, is heard reg
ularly at 9 on Monday nights . . .
Doris Day has been picked up at
9:05 Tuesday evenings. This is an
improvement over her summer
fill show because anything would
have been better. That show was
canned from audience to jokos
and just as corny. This should
give a gal with real talent the
spot she deserves.
Also added is a show cal!' 1
“Freedom, U.8.A.” It feattiies"
Ty Power as a fighting sena'or
with comments by Edwin C. 1 U.
The purpose and nature of the
show is a little disputed and will
have more to say on it n< xt w<
This program is aired on KEHG,
Mondays at 9:30 p.m.
At 1:20, Monday through Fri
day KEHG adds Bill Cullen ar.d.
Arlene Francis in a two-voh ■ I
lighter side of the news show.
"Hollywood Story," combining ■
movieland news, interviews with
stars and presenting some uf.
their own favorite melodies is
heard Sundays at 1 p.m. on •
KERG.
A Similar Gimmick
This gimmick of presenting,
favored music of the guest is
similar to RCA's promotion show
"Favorites of the Famous" heard,
on KASII at 7:15 p.m. Saturdays.
This show picks up 6. guest and
his favorite music on RCA disks,
is played for a half hour.
Henry Fowler, Director of Of
fice of Defense Mobilization, on
Sunday, 11 a.m. over KERG
CBS . . . Also Columbia’s "You
and the World” (10:15 p. m.
daily). This week's discussion is
on the Paley Report dealing with
raw materials and their increas-*
ing use and depleting supply . . •
Wayne Morse on KORE 8:30 p.
m. Sunday.
A Smug Smile
After seeing the junior sena
tor's smug smile on page 1 of The
Oregonian yesterday one of the
delegates to the Young Republl-,
can convention here last weekend
recalled what one of the most
disgruntled Morseites said*
"Morse is the only man that ex
plains his v/ell thought-out ex-,
pediency by saying, ‘I’m not a
hippocrate’.’’