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Voting Confusion
At a recent meeting, the University of
Idaho Executive Board (apparently compar
able to the ASUO Senate) voted to maintain
its preferential type of voting but will also
count the ballots, on a trial basis only, under
the weighted preferential system.
During the discussion which preceded
the voting, members of the Board ques-'
tioned the preferential system because of
its administrative problems and the failure
of students to understand the system.
Apparently the main reason that Idaho de
cided to keep the system was that “no better
substitute could be found.”
Oregon’s preferential voting system can
be similarly questioned since the vast ma
jority of students have no idea of how it
works. The Emerald carries on a campaign
each year to familiarize the student body
with the system’s workings but, by the very
nature of the system, a clear and easily read
explanation is impossible.
By a redistribution of ballots on a per
centage basis, we proved that a different
candidate could, and probably would, have
have been elected representative in the
freshman class election of the present ju
nior class.
W e feel that the ASUO Senate should con
sider whether the preferential system should
be used merely because it is the system now
in use. Failure of students to understand the
system and its element of error should be
considered. — (P.K.)
The Future?
The University’s one-day Greek “Week"
is over, and it appears to have been a success
—at least it was well-received in many quar
ters.
But what about the future?
We wonder what IFC and Panhellenic
will recommend for the future of the event.
The timing was good. Holding the event
during the first week of school probably
prevented it from seriously interfering
with other campus activities and with the
studies of those who had to do the work.
The athletic contests were amusing, and
the dance was well-attended — we didn’t
know that there were that many Greeks on
campus.
The event could be renamed and retained
as is.
But if it is going to be “Greek Week” in
name in the future—we hope that the 1FC
and Panhellenic will plan to enlarge it and
make it Greek Week in spirit as well as in
name.
We would term the first Greek Week a
success for its stated purpose—to see what
could be done and to arouse interest.
But as a major event, calculated to draw
real campus and off-campus attention, it
still needs reworking.
Churchill Resigns
As expected. Sir Winston Churchill an
nounced his resignation as Great Britain's
prime minister after his Tuesday meeting
with the Queen.
Sir Anthony Eden, the new party leader
and a sure bet to become tlie new prime min
ister, will undoubtedly be an able leader,
among his many admirable 'diplomatic feats
ranks one of his most recent, the clearing of
the way for the \\ estern European Union
through the working out of compromise
measures on the participation of British and
American troops in the agreements.
But Britain, and her allies and enemies as
well, will not soon forget the man with the
derby, the cigar, and the "V” for victory
whi became a rallying point for the Allies
in the dark early days of World War II.
Churchill's entire career is worthy of recol
lection as he leaves the public scene, but
most memorable to us are the speeches which
kept Britain going in 1940 and 1941, when
war was. to most of us who are now in col
lege. just a game that was played after school.
In his first message as Prime Minister,
fifteen years ago. Churchill rallied his people
by saying, "I have nothing to offer but blood
toil, tears and sweat.”
After Dunkirk, he made the memorable
speech which contained the following words,
a speech by which we shall remember him as
he leaves public life :
“We shall fight on the beaches, we shall
fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in
the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in
the hills; we shall never surrender."
INTERPRETING THE NEWS
Rearmament, Russian Problem
Harmful to US-Japan Relations
By J. ML ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
The . Japanese government put
Secretary of State Dulles on the
spot Friday, perhaps without in
tending to, and now Dulles has
returned the favor because he
couldn’t keep it.
Relations between the two
countries have been slipping for
some time. Japan has been drag
ging her feet on rearmament,
agreed to in connection with her
peace treaty.
She has been working for a
resumption of diplomatic rela
tions with Russia, which refus
ed to sign the treaty agreed
upon by the other former Al
lies. Japan is demanding the
right to expand her trade rela
tions with Communist China
beyond embargo limits.
Now she demands another re
duction in her annual share of
maintaining American armed
forces in Japan. This was cut
from 155 million dollars to $148
million dollars last year.
The United States might have
agreed if Japan had been willing
to spend more on her own de
fense, but the Japanese insisted
political stability demanded re
duced taxes and increased social
services now.
With a new budget already
written around reduced payments
to the United States and due to
be presented to Parliament April
15, the Japanese decided on a last
minute gamble. Having been re
ceived coldly by American nego
tiators in Tokyo, they would send
Foreign Minister Shigemitsu to
Washington for a final appeal.
He wanted to come this week.
They made their request on Fri
day.
Dulles was put in a bad posi
tion. He had no time in which
to study the problems Shige
mitsu would want to discuss.
If he refused, it would be in
terpreted in Tokyo as callous
ness.. toward.. Japanese., prob
lems.
If he agreed, failure of the dis
cussions once they had been un
dertaken might be even worse.
And he could not make conces
sions without time for study.
The secretary was forced to
reply that he just couldn’t do it
now.
The Japanese government, ap
parently having believed Dulles
would help it face it’s own em
ergency, was first reported to be
shocked. Later it admitted that
its headlong approach had given
the United States very little
time. Opposition parties, how
ever, immediately seized on the
refusal as an indication that the
government cannot obtain coop
eration from the United States
and therefore must come down.
The Dulles suggestion for dis
cussions at a later date apparent
ly did not give them much hope.
This business of Japanese
rearmament and her trade re
lations with Kussia and Ked
China is at the center of the
whole complex problem of the
development of Asiatic
strength to withstand Commu
nist pressure.
Also involved is the relation
ship of her industrial strength
to tha stablization of Southeast
Asia. A step by step solution over
a period of years is required, and
it has not much more than be
gun. It’s too bad, under the cir
cumstances, that a headlong ac
tion over a relatively few dollars
should be permitted to produce
a crisis.
THE LOOKING GLASS
Hit the Deck' Is
Light, Enjoyable
By Len Calvert
tmarald Columnnl
, Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer has
packed five of ita happiest young
stars into a delightful tuneful
technicolor mualcal called "Hit
the Deck," now at the Heiltg.
Featured in Cinema-Scope and
Kastman Color are Jane Powell
(Portland's own), Tony Martin,
Debbie Reynolds, Vic Damone
and Russ Tamblyn, some of the
brightest young stars on the Hol
lywood horizon today.
Set to Vincent Yoilmans’ mu
sic and Hermes Pan’s chore
ography, the younger set sings
anil dances Its woy through a
light plot which has no mes
sage, few complications hut
which Is thoroughly enjoyable
and relaxing.
A few older movie "veterans"
are also around to lend their tal
ents for the evening. Tapper Ann
Miller, with her beautiful legs,
pretties up the landscape while
Gene Raymond is portraying the
villian with wolfish tendencies.
Also in the movie is Walter Pig
eon. who is completely wasted in
a small part almost anyone could
have played.
The plot of the film deals with
three sailors (Damone, Martin
and Tamblyn t and their efforts
to get a leave and what hap
pens to them in San Francisco
when they do get leave. Of course
they meet three girls (Powell, j
Reynolds and Miller i, have ,
trouble and all ends happily.
The movie Is hated on a stage '
musical of the tame name by i
Herbert Fields, and Is high- i
lighted by two excellently
staged musical sequences. One,
to the tune of “Iauty From the
Bayou," features Miss Miller
and a chorus of male dancers.
The other concerns Miss Rey
nolds and Tamblyn and Is
choreographed In a fun house”
at an amusement park.
M-Cl-M, who at last was able
o make a musical without How
n'd Keel, also has a good trio
■omblnation In Martin. Damone
md Tamblyn. The "Hallelujah1'
lumber sung by them and the
lubalaires la one of the mort
tnjoyable songs In the movie.
This is the second movie now
hat the studio has teamed Miss
Powell and Damone. The first
ime was in "Rich, Young and
:>retty,” which Is something Miss
3owell still Is. It Is a good com
iinatlon of two people with good
roices.
Also good In the film is Kay
Vrmen (of radio's "Stop the Mu
ilc” fame i as Damone’s mother
md J. Carrol Nash, her suitor,
ioth show just the right comic
laje.
One «f the weaknesses
of the film, we felt, was the
failure to allow Tamblyn to
donee more. The boy has great
talent in this field as he proved
as "Gideon" In "Seven Hrldi-s
for Seven Brothers," and be
should be allowed to use It.
Teamed with this musical
roth Is "The Desperate Search”
tailing Howard Keel, Patiic ;t
dedtna, Jane Greer and Keenan
Vynn. Just an average film, re
eh-ased on a wider screen which
loesn't do a thing for It.
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