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Fifty-fourth year of Publication
UNIVERSITY OF OKEOO.V, EUGENIC, VVED.NESIJAV, APRIL 1, 1933~
NO. 88
POWER PINNACLE
Struggle May Relax Terror
By Elsie Schiller
Emerald Reporter
A quiet, secret struggle on the
part of Malenkov to attain the
“same lonely pinnacle of power”
evidenced In Stalin's regime should
result in a slight relaxation of ter
ror and dictatorship in the Soviet
Union, Louis Fischer told a capa
city audience in the SU ballroom
Tuesday afternoon.
That relaxation will be partly
evident in Russia’s foreign policy,
an exact reflection of her domestic
policy, Fischer predicted.
President Eisenhower’s decision
not to back up his “get tough
with Russia campaign promises is
fortunate in view of this," the
authority on the Soviet Union said.
Just returned from a nine months
trip around the world, Fischer re
vealed a general feeling evident in
foreign countries that America
wants war for economic reasons.
Half Way
Eisenhower’s willingness to go
halfway for any meeting with Stal
in’s successor has done much to
strengthen America’s position as a
nation that wants peace, he said.
Fischer painted a vivid picture
of Stalin’s climb to power and Mal
enkov's present position as Stalin's
designated heir. He used a dynamic
speaking voice and strong gestures
to impart his message to the tense
audience.
Communism as an Ideology is
dead in modem Russia, Fischer
said. Stalin deliberately passed
over men of more experience, men
more highly steeped in party tradi
tions, in his selection of Malenkov
a3 a successor, he declared.
Machine Man
“Stalin wanted a machine man
interested in maintaining power,
not in ideas and philosophy,”
Fischer continued.
Vast changes may be expected in
China as a result of the Soviet
leader's death, Fischer said. Draw
ing an analogy between Red China
and Yugoslavia, he maintained
that no successful predictions of
relations iWtw'een the two nations
can be made.
“Tito rebelled because he does
n't want Yugoslavia to be a Soviet
colony,” Fincher said. He attribut
ed this to’ Tito’s recognition of
Stalinist Russia as a “reactionary,
retroactive*, nationalistic imperial
istic” nation.
“The size of the individual is
the only difference between a to
talitarian state and a democracy,”
Fischer said. "Russian individuals
were made small through fear of
Stalin. American’s fear of Russia
can have j^ie same end result.”
Infiltration
Korean action stopped World
War III. Fischer said. The danger
Top Position Open
For Mothers' Day
Petition deadline for Mothers’
Day general chairman has been ex
tended to Monday, according to
Pat Dignan, ASUO president.
Those interested in the position
must turn written petitions in to
the ASUO office, Student Union
301, by 5 p.m. Monday, said Dig
nan. Candidates will be inter
viewed and a chairman selected at
next week’s Senate meeting. Moth
er’s Day is held in conjunction
with Junior Weekend, May 10-12.
, today comes from internal infiltra
l tion of Stalinist techniques of re
pression, he warned. He cited Sen
ator Joseph McCarthy as an ex
ample of such Stalinist action.
"If America continues to sup
port its materialistic view and re
fuses to pay for its principles, this
internal action can destroy dem
ocracy, Fischer concluded. “Ma
hatma Ghandhi, with his philoso
phy of ‘spirit over matter,’ not
McCarthy, is the andidote for
Communism.”
Optimism Expressed
By Russian Authority
Optimism on the present world
! situation seemed apparent in the
! remarks of Louis Fischer, noted
authority on Soviet Russia, as he
answered questions during a Tues
day coffee hour forum period.
“Governments go to war to win,”
Fischer said, “but no one could
win a third world war.”
He cited the acts of aggression
which culminated in the first and
second wars, but pointed out that
the present Korean situation
marks the first attempt to stop a
local conflict and prevent its
spread into a major one.
The Soviet Union has had many
chances to provoke a world war,
he said, mentioning the Berlin air
lift, Tito's pulling out of the Iron
Curtain and Korea, but has not
taken advantage of them to carry
out such action.
Help Yugoslavia
Fischer approved helping Yugo
slavia as consistent with our for
eign policy which has the defense
of the U. S. as its main purpose.
The prevention of aggression calls
for reinforcement of all who op
pose the USSR and might be at
tacked by her, irregardless of what
their governmental system might
I be. If China came over to the U.S.
side, we would strengthen her in
the same way, he said.
In 1927, Stalin predicted during
an interview Fischer attended that
two power centers would develop,
the U. S. and the Soviet Union,
and the superior would survive,
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the weaker succumb.
The U. S. can be superior mili
tarily, politically and morally, the
latter being the most important
as the morally superior 'side will
be the one to survive, he declared.
He admitted militarism weaken
ed morals, but that the present
calls for this and a compromise
was necessary.
The individual can do the most
by fighting for a decent and moral
America, he stated, and branded
“McCarthyism" as “subversive.”
However, he pointed out that a
dictatorship such as Russia’s de
pends on tensions produced pur
posely in the populace by a fear
of war. This tension cannot be
kept up forever, he said, and if
no war develops, there must be a
relaxation of this "war scare.”
Russian Collapse
A long period of peace would
result in a collapse of the Russian
dictatorship, Fischer feels. He
quoted a statement by Stalin that
“the USSR was not likely to be
attacked.” What a dictatorship
needs is a balance between relaxa
tion and tension and Fischer stated
Stalin had failed to find this bal
ance.
The crowd of over 100 kept
Fischer talking continuously for
over an hour and one questioner
brought down the house by asking
Fischer whether or not he “was or
ever had been a member of the
Communist Party.” His answer
was an emphatic “no.”
UIS Removes
Greek Clause
Members of Greek houses may
belong to United Independent Stu
dents, campus political party, the
group decided Tuesday in a rever
sal of their previously state policy
of excluding all Greeks from the
party.
The Greek students will be ad
mitted to the party as individuals
and must be active members of the
party for one year before they will
be allowed to hold office, accord
April Breakfast
Planned by YW
With the theme of “Let a ticket
to far and wide be your guide,”
the YWCA upperclass commission
has begun plans for the annual
Junior-Senior women’s breakfast,
slated April 18 at 9 a.m. in the
Student Union ballroom.
Y chairmen working on the
breakfast are Jean Piercy, tickets;
Nancy Sewell, promotion; Eva
Jean Miller, invitations; Ancy Vin
cent, programs; Lois Powell, sec
retary; Jo Sloan, speaker; and
Judy Ellefson, catering service.
Other commission members in
clude Ann Blackwell, chairman;
Donna Trebbe and Nicky Trump.
Tickets Available
For 'She Stoops'
Tickets for Wednesday and
Thursday performances of the
University theater’s production,
“She Stoops to Conquer” are still
available at the theater box office.
The play re-opened to a “sell-out”
crowd Tuesday night and seats for
Friday and Saturday performances
are also gone, according to Mrs.
Gene Wiley, theater business man
ager.
The play, an arena theater pro
duction, is presented this week as
the theater was forced to cancel
four regular performances la^t
term because of illness of one of
the members of the cast.
The production, an 18th century
comedy, is directed by Mrs. Ottilie
Seybolt, associate professor of
speech.
MEET THElDEANS
Jacobson Is Busy Writer
By Joe Gardner
Emerald Assistant News Editor
Evenings, weekends and random
spare moments of Paul B. Jacob
son, dean of the school of educa
tion, are spent in reading, study
ing and writing on problems re
lated to the field of education.
Jacobson is the author of an
impressive list of education books
and has been a frequent contrib
utor to education periodicals. His
latest work is “The American Sec
ondary S c h o o 1,” published last
July by Prentice-Hall. Jacobson
served as editor of this volume
which was compiled largely from
the writings of Oregon authors
and educators.
A native of Wisconsin, the dean
graduated from Luther college in
Decorah, Iowa, in 1922. His grad
uate studies were conducted at the
University of Iowa from which he
received his Ph.D. in 1931.
He taught in Minnesota high
schools from 1922 to 1926. In 1926,
he entered the field of educational
administration, becoming a high
school principal. He was director
of secondary education in Hibbing,
Minn., in the years 1935 and 1936.
Jacobson began an eight-year
DEAN JACOBSON
affiliation with the University of
Chicago in 1936. He held the posi
tion of assistant professor and
high school principal there until
1944, when he became superinten
dent of schools at Davenport,
Iowa. During the summer of 1945,
Jacobson was a visiting professor
at the Teachers college of Colum
bia university in New York city.
- In 1947, Jacobson came to the
University of Oregon as profes
sor of education and dean of the
school of education. At present, he
is a member of the American Asso
ciation of School Administrators
and the American Educational Re
search Association.
Since Jacobson has come to the
University, the school of educa
tion has received a $265,000 grant
from the Kellogg Foundation, the
largest single grant ever made to
the school. Administration and
supervision of this grant is the
responsibility of Jacobson as dean
of education.
ing to the temporary rules passed
by the group. The rules will guide
the party until a formal constitu
tion can be drawn up. They will
expire two weeks after the general
student body elections this term.
In a previous decision, the party,
which arose from the new defunct
United Students association, de
cided in a straw vote to exclude
all Greek students from the party.
Those present at Tuesday’s
meeting felt that “independent"
should not be defined by member
ship in a living organization, but
according to individual preference.
Also included in the temporary
rules was a provision allowing each,
member independent living organi
zation two votes in deciding party
policy and unaffiliated off-campus
students a total of three votes.
Three committee chairmen were
appointed by Don Collin, UI pres
ident, to work on the forthcoming
elections. Those appointed were
Elsie Schiller, publicity; Tom Shep
herd, organization; and Paul Ward
and John Vazbys, finance.
The party will meet again next
Thursday, April 9, at 4 p.m.
Speakers Selected
For Easter Service
President Morgan Odell of Lew
is and. Clark college in Portland
will be the principal speaker at
the 6 a.m. Easter sunrise service
in McArthur court sponsored by
the University Religious council.
Featured in the program will be
the Eugene high school choir, Ken
neth Peterson of Wesley house,.
Rev. Wesley Nicholson of the Con—
; gregational church and Rev.
l Charles Epple of the United Lu
theran church. * •*
Co-chairmen of the service are
Janie Peterson and Sally Hayden.
Publicity committee is headed by
Dorothy Her, programs by Kamy
Chum, decorations by Bonnie
Brackin, ushers by Gwen Endicott
and arrangements by Bob South
well.
Advisers will be Russell Walker,.
Mrs. C. D. Elliott and Evan Wil
liams.
B-Negative Blood
Urgently Needed
By Oregon Student
An urgent plea has been made
for students with type B Rh nega
tive blood to donate or act as
standby donors for Nadine Crab
tree, sophomore in English, now
ill in Sacred Heart hospital.
Miss Crabtree is suffering tt
reaction from anti-histamine treat
ments, according to her mother,.
Mrs. Millard Crabtree, and her sys
tem is not now manufacturing its
own blood. The necessary fresh,
blood must be supplied through
transfusions and Mrs. Crabtree
reported she will need eight pints
initially.
Students with this fairly rare
type blood may contact the blood
bank in room 730 of the Eugene
medical center building for dona
tion appointments. Donations are
taken between 2 and 4 p.m. week
days and 10 a.m. to noon Satur
days. Those wishing to be stand
by donors in case of extreme
emergency are asked to leave their
names with the center.
Persons with any type blood can
also donate to the blood bank in
Miss Crabtree’s name, thereby re
leasing the B negative type for
her.