The Timid Type
“Would you think it strange it I ask that we sit in th’ back seat—it’s
just that that’s the only place I can carry on a decent conversation.”
A CLOSER WORLD
Denmark Reports on Polar Route
By Erik Norgaard
COPENHAGEN, Denmark,—
(Special to the Emerald) — Nov.
20—Tonight at 9:48 p.m. Oregon
moved closer to Copenhagen and
so to Western Europe.
I have just been at the airport
of Copenhagen, and, together
with a large crowd, cheered a
welcome to the Cloudmaster
"Arild Viking,” when it landed,
after a successful passenger
flight from the Pacific Coast via
the polar regions.
Everybody who ever looked at
a map from a global point of
view knows that the shortest dis
tance from Oregon to Europe will
take you by the north pole. But
with all airlines of to-day you
have to go all the way via New
York, so Scandinavian Airlines
System wants to start this new
route they have just tried. By
this you save 1000 miles which
means that Copenhagen is about
four hours or 590 closer!
Only Two Landings
Yesterday afternoon a new
DC6B took off from Douglas
Airfield in Santa Monica and aft
er 23 hours and 6 minutes of ac
tual flying time we received the
plane here. SAS just bought the
plane and it was under command
of the Danish pilot, Poul Jensen.
On the whole 6,300 mile flight
only two landings were made,
first at Edmonton, Canada, and
then at Thule on Greenland, the
world’s largest island and one of
Denmark’s colonies.
On the whole trip the passeng
ers, including the Danish and
Norwegian Ambassadors to the
U.S., some former polar explor
ers, etc., enjoyed the comfortable
living inside a modern plane, for
getting about the mile-deep ice
cap under them, with tempera
tures down to zero. They were
still breathing California air,
when they came to the winter
rain in Denmark.
“The Flying Vikings’’
The reception tonight must
have equalled that of Lindbergh
in Paris in 1926. SAS is some
times called “The Flying Vik
ings,” as the great company was
created in cooperation by all
three Scandinavian countries a
few years ago.
Just like the vikings a thous
and years ago were pioneers ih
crossing the Atlantic and pre
sumably finding America so to
day “The Flying Vikings” are
pioneers in knitting the world
together, better, faster, safer.
Yes, it is actually safer flying
across the Pole, than crossing the
Atlantic, because you there have
something to make an emergency
landing on.
Spotlights and Flowers
The Danish Chief-pilot, Poul
Jensen, was received with flow
ers from three Danish girls from
Greenland who are studying in
Copenhagen. When “Arild Vik
ing” rolled up, just on time, bath
ed in spotlights, gleaming in the
rainy weather, on the airport of
Copenhagen, all Scandinavians
could not help feeling a little
proud.
The plane was American made,
the pilot and the important link,
Greenland, Danish, and out of
this fine combination comes a
new era in making the world
smaller.
Dailu
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Radio Review_____—
Ty Power Fights for 'The Right'
____by Don Collin
“Freedom, U.S.A.”, a three
weeks old KERO (9:30 p in. on
Monday) program is an educa
tional attempt to inform the
American people about their gov
ernment. The attempt is grat
ifying but to make the show pal
atable the locale is restricted to
the U. S. Senate and one Sena
tor.
Atier nearing
the program the
listener w o u 1 d
think Washing
ton is a senator's
crusade sur
rounded by a
pack of newspap
ermen wanting
statements and
pictures.
Senator Doan Edwards ( i v
Power carries on a crusade
each week to change things and
succeeds before the last page of
the script. He finds himself in
the unique position of unani
mously being opposed or attack
ed by the lest of his fellow sena
tors or unanimously supported
by his colleagues.
Senator Edwards can best be
described as a senator who
stands for what Morse thinks he
stands for and carries it out with
the vigor Humphrey had as a
freshman.
Triumph of Right
Eeing a freshman senator, Ed
wards bites off more than he
can chew at times, but the vener
able Judge Parker is right there
amid apparent catastrophe with
the advice or idea to finish the
last half of the program with a
triumph of right.
This triumph of light is a little
overplayed from the practical
standpoint. The backdrop of the
program is a pure republican
form of government. When the
people speak the representatives
bow down and special interests
go undernourished. (After listen
ing to HST anybody could know
better.)
This program should not be
confused with another show by
Gerald L. K. Smith’s organiza
tion. “Freedom, U.S.A.” is point
ed at objectives.
“Big Lie” Techniques
One program struck at a news
paper columnist use of the “big
lie” technique — but unfortunate
ly implied that he was an isolated
example. (Right won out and the
columnist met a Johrfson office
approved fate.)
In an unreleased program Sen
ator Edwards votes against a
“pork barrel” (flood control
dam) in his own state. The vote
is not against federal projects
but against proposed location.
The production is good and the
recordings are excellent. The
script is good and action is swift.
Technical errors are numerous.
The grossest so far was a joint
agricultural committee that au
thorized, and appropriated money
for storage bins and then let the
contract. The existence of an ex
ecutive department was ignored.
A Complex Subject
Despite all this, the producers
have a complex subject to get
over to a simple audience. How
much will be pure entertainment
Bottle Bombarding
The Idaho Bengal, Idaho State
college paper says: "We heard of
only one sour note that was
sounded during the Homecoming
weekend. It seems that a group
of ISC students found great sport
in driving up and down Pocatello
streets after the game and heav
ing bottles from their car.
“It is doubtful that those con
cerned remember the incident. If
they had had a few more under
the belt, the bottles would have
been throwing them out of the
window.”
and how much education will
probably never be known. The
radio listener is not taking a
course in government and this
program is not recommended a-s
one.
KASH and 27 other ABC sta
tions in tiie three West Coast
states are co-opeiating with Vir
gil Pinkley’s campaign blood
lor Korea. ABC stations will tape
a personal greeting from anyone
in the states to anyone in Koa-a
if they give a pint of blood. The
blood and tapes will be flown to
Korea. On the return trip, tapes
made by the troops will be heard
on ABC In a special Chiistmas
holiday program. KASII or your
local ABC station has details.
Rental TV
TV outlook has brightened
somewhat. FCC moved Kugene
from somewhere in tin thousands
on tire priority lists to 121. The
voter's OK of Spencer's Butte as
a site of broadcasting will give
reception to a wider area. Over in
Springfield a promotion is mov
ing ahead to pipe TV into homes
on a rental basis. It means spec
ial wiring at so much a month.
However when the stations start
the neighbors will be getting it
free.
Ezzard Charles meets Jimmy
Bivins tonight at 8:15 on KERG.
CBS Protests
Budget for the "Miss Brooks"
contest to find the most beauti
ful schoolteacher includes a fee
for a detective agency to in
vestigate winner's status before
name is announced.
CBS has protested to Eisen
hower for not assigning radio and
TV representatives to report the
Korean trip.
"You and the World” is dis
cussing music in your life this
week. Tonight (KERG, 10:15i
Howard Dietz will state the case
for opera in English.
Notes to the Editor
•>
“Duck Tracks" written by Lar
ry Lavello came out In Tuesdny'H
edition with nome provocative'1
statements.
These statements were “The
Beavers played a heads-up ball ’
panic while their opponent ;, for
the most part, were listl<v„s." Thin »
tacment appears ridiculous. ,\jr,
Lavcltc could not have based this
opinion on facts because the team ♦
played Its heart out. They tn,.,j
hard, made mistakes and lo t t„ j
the Oregon State team's superior#
pei formance on the Held. Tic- ta.
t isties will show Oregon perform-4
ed well. Was Oregon really that'
bad, Larry?
Mr. Lnvelle stated that Wally *
Jack-on was a mediocre half-1
back. Why? Was it because the'
boy set up a touchdown and *
played heads-up ball or wa Lar
ry feeling sorry for Oregon?
Jackson played fine ball and can- ■
not be considered mediocre or
Kip Taylor would not have played »
him. If he was compared to Sam /
Baker docs that std! make hjm .
mediocre? His is a fine player f
and might give Oregon trouble I
next year. Is he really that bad, f
Larry? ' *
Lavelle made quite a few .state
ments about Farrell Albright.
These statements aro his opinions
which he is entitled to. I should
like to know, though, where he
got his proof or upon what facts
he bases his opinion that the
game with Oregon State will
probably be Albright's last.
What a foolish statement, I.ar
ry. Where's your proof? It didn't
come from one of the varsity
football coaches or Leo Harris,
did it ? I challenge you to answer
these statements without having
to change your Tuesday edition
story.
Bill Winter
Stltzer Hall
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* • •
Dear Sirs:
Congratulations to the Univer
sity band for a most commend
able performance during the
Stanford-Oregon game.
Gordon H. Powell '35
Campbell, California
YOUTH FEAR KOREAN ASSIGNMENT \
---- I
Japanese Look to Ike for Peace
By Keiji Miyoshi
HIKARI, Japan (Special to
the Emerald) It is a very cur
ious thing that my home town is
the same as that of a Japanese
Oregon alumnus.
Maybe older people will re
member that Yosuka Matsuoka
made a speech in Eugene some 20
years ago. He was on his way
home from Geneva through the
U. S. He was Japan’s delegate to
withdraw from the League of
Nations. He was one of those
American college students who
became anti-American after re
turn. I don't know what made
him so, but it was a fact. Oregon
produced, so to speak, a man who
led Japan into war against the
U. S. I wouldn't like to follow his
way.
After observing people over
here for four months, I’ve
found that most of them are
quite at a loss to find the true
intention of U. S. towards the
Far East. Ike, before the elec
tion, said “Asians for Asian
war.” Young people are afraid
of being taken to Korea.
As you know, General Mac
Arthur gave Japan a new con
stitution which forbids it to re
arm. The old philosophy under
which our soldiers fought to
death was junked. Career sol
diers have been miserably treat
ed by the occupation authorities.
If Ike and the GOP wish Japan
to be rearmed, our soldiers would
be one of the weakest in the
world if sent abroad. I’m not say
ing that our young people would
n’t defend our country, but that
they wouldn’t fight abroad.
“Children of A-bomb”, the
movie, hat been <ih o w n
throughout the nation. Many >
people soi> seeing the show. It
was to Iw exported to the
world, hut the Cabinet decided '
not to. I don't know why, but
our people have complained I
very much about the film. It ■
should he sent to the t'SStt as '
well as I S. The Japanese are j
only qualified people to exhibit ,
it, aren't they?
Prince Akihito, oldest son of'
Emperor Hirohito, had a cere
mony for adulthood. He is a j
freshman at a university in Tok
yo. He is going to England next
June for the coronation of Queen {
Elizabeth. He might pass through ■
the U.S. He will be the next Em- i
peror upon father’s death. I can* j
not forget people’s rejoicing when
he was born after four daugh-*
tors. Princesses in Japan cannot |
succeed to the throne.
News tells us that ammuni
tions usi'd in Korea are mostly
made in Japan. We are earning
dollars in making weapons. We
cannot do otherwise or we'll
starve. In Southeast Asia, in
place of China, our foreign
trade lias been deadlocked.
Moreover, Japan cannot join '
GATT. Businessmen are wor
rying about “tuna” tariffs
again.
Anyhow, all Japanese are hop
ing that Ike will soon settle the
Korean war. All Japanese evaf
uate very high the bloodshed of.
Americans in Korea. The new _
immigration law which quotas
185 Japanese every year has been
welcomed. Scholars, technicians -
and others will apply for citizen
ship in U. S. j