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+ EMERALD EDITORIALS + * Security Snafu The latest Defense department snafu on security is terrific. The Air Force and the Army issued a list without any security classification or stamp, of all our air bases in Europe, North Africa and Japan, for use in computing service men's transportation allowances. Included were some 50 British and French bases where our planes sometimes land, together with a detailed table of airmile dis tances. This information is old to a lot of our traveling Congressmen and to a good many reporters. If it isn’t old stuff to potential enemy espionage agents, then surely our worries about security ought to end right now. If such agents have to wait on a Penta gon compilation to find out where these peacetime bases are, they assuredly couldn’t pinpoint even the location of the White House. But this wasn’t the Defense department’s reaction, even though the offending list came out over the signatures of Generals Maxwell D. Taylor and Nathan F. Twining, Army and Air Force Chiefs of Staff, wh"b didn’t rise to their present positions by flubbing security matters. Into the “breach" charged Defense Secre tary Wilson’s public affairs and information assistant, R. Karl Honoman, who was put in only last April to tighten up on security matters. Honoman tightened up with a bang. He asked for classification of the list—and promptly marked it “for official use only,” the lowest classification of all. Meantime, Honoman’s men are busily “probing” this momentous lapse of security, and no doubt some level-headed military ac countant guilty of nothing more than ef ficiency and common sense will get his comeuppance. For the public and the press, however, there is a special irony in this latest snafu. Wilson has suggested that newspaper edi tors, although they are experts on neither security' or censorship, ought in patriotic duty to censor the news themselves (an idea that Harry S. Truman also threw out in 1951.) But if the Defense department it self can't agree on security or control of its own releases, how does Wilson expect civilians to do it for him? From West to East Nothing has been settled for certain yet but there is a distinct possibility that next year’s student seating arrangement at the Multnomah stadium games in Portland will be completely changed. This is the word from Alumni Secretary Bass Dyer. Dyer said early this week that the alumni association has been investigat ing for some time now the possibility of changing the students’ seats from the west to the east side of the stadium. He expressed hope that the new plan could be put into effect before the first Portland game in 1956. According to Dyer, the student rooting section always used to be located on the east side, with the Duck players bench also on that side. It has only been in recent years that rooters have been occupying the long and narrow bleacher seats on the west side. Dyer went on to say that the main reason that the change should be made is because it would make a much more centralized root ing section and would allow a vastly super ior location for the University band. The present set-up has the students spread out along the entire length of the field in just a few rows of seats. It makes it next to impossible for the rally squad to get any kind of organization for their yells. It also makes the band spread out more than is desirable for the most effective perform ance. Another point which comes to our mind, which Dyer didn't mention, is that the cifr rent arrangement leaves only a few hundred really good seats for students. Bv good seats we mean those located between the 30-yard lines. If the new plan can be worked out. all of these difficulties will be remedied. The stu dent section can be organized similarly to the arrangement at Hayward field with the many extra rows providing for a better cen tral location. The band can be seated as it should be and students in general will have a better view of their grid warriors in action. We are all in favor of the alumni asso ciation’s idea and sincerely hope that it can be worked out as soon as possible.—(B.R.) INTERPRETING THE NEWS Streamlining of GB Armed Forces Adds to Disturbed Atmosphere By J. M. Roberts Of the Associated Press Great Britain announced more than a year ago, soon after a Similar decision by the United States, that she would stream line her armed forces to get along with less manpower. Nevertheless, her announce ment that she will reduce her army by more than 10 percent, coupled with other developing political and military trouBles for the North Atlantic Treaty organization, adds to an already disturbing atmosphere. Secretary of! State Dulles said Monday that the new face of Russian foreign policy has not yet lessened the need for maintenance of Allied power, but it is being weakened just the same. France has greatly weakened her contribution to NATO forces in Europe in her effort to subdue revolt in North Africa. That situ ation also has put her at political odds with much of the non-Com munist world. West Germany’s government has just taken an election beat ing from opponents of its pro NATO rearmament policy, and Russia is developing a powerful campaign making German reuni fication dependent on an end to that policy. The Greek-Turkish-Yugoslav entente has just been made vir tually inoperative by conflict between Greece and Turkey over their attitudes toward British possession of Cyprus and by Tito’s decision to re turn to what he calls a more “normal” relationship with Russia and the Communist satellites. Egypt, where the Allies had hoped to obtain a measure of co operation in return for British military evacuation, is playing footsie with Moscow. Generally disturbed conditions in the Middle East are interfer ing with practical operation of the Turkish-Iraq-British-Paki stan pact, and with the effort to get Iran to join it. The future of American air bases in North Africa, which carry the most direct threat of retaliation for any Commu nist aggression, is highly, ques tionable as a result of the na tionalist revolts. The British position in pre dominantly-Chinese Sing apore, headquarters for all of her mili tary force in the Far East, is far from secure. Some of these situations are in herent in the fact that the world is moving away from colonial ism, and are being exploited by the Communists for their own purposes. Some, despite the pro testations of Allied statesmen, are being produced by Rusria’s sweetness and light camp°.:'’,n. Insofar as this latte-* ap plies, Winston Churchill made a most timely statement Mon day: “What improvement there may have been during the past few years in international affairs we owe to the unity of the Western world and to... a strong, bold and united front." If this easement continues, he added, there may be a tendency to drift apart again and go their own way. That, he said, “would surely lead sooner or later to a catastrophe such as mankind has never.known.’’ .. Educational Movies Ui.ik.i ,liu 111:' fun dre*«*"i YeuC tlM- ►**!» #tlW« ****—'', smc V-Jf UH-OH-LOOKS LIKE ANOTHERMOVIE VOW.0 WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARS AWAY Public Relations Job Takes Understanding By Bud Hinkson ASUO Prttidtnt This is only the third week of a new school year, and already I've heard some of the same old complaints: student criticisms of the athletic department, the of fice of student affairs, the eity council, and even the faculty. inow, per haps some of these comp taints are well founded, but straight ne gative criti cism seldom results in positive a c - t i o n, and too much of it could be Bud Hinkson detrimental to the cause you are trying to establish. I am always glad to hear how somebody feel* about a problem, but I don’t like to hear second-hand gripes which help neither the University nor the Individual. The primary Job of the ASUO is to maintain effective public relations between the students and related agencies, such as the afore mentioned groups. We un derstand that these agencies can not an<l should not operate for our benefit alone, but we do feel that student opinion should be re spected. As an organization, we do not want to make policy or decide issues for Homebody else; this we will leave to those who are paid to perform those jobs. When we do have a sincere Interest in what la to be decided, we ceitain ly will try to make this interest known. Hight now I am convinced that all of the groups are working for the same general goal: the betterment of this University, of this community. We shall upon occasion dis agree over the means of attain ing this, but we should never lose sight of our common purpose, nor of the ability to cooperate to achieve it. With these ideas In mind, this year’s ASUO Senate and execu tive cabinet should go far in giving the Btudent what he real ly wants and needs. Certainly a large part of our success depends upon the atti tude of those groups with which we must work, but the remainder depends upon you to express what you want and to appreciate what you get. Then maybe we ll all get something worth appreci ating. or'eqor? EGC5LD The Oregon Daily Emerald in published five dayn a week during the act ool year, except [luring examination and vacation period*, hy the Student Publication* Iltard of the Uni vernity of Oregon. Entered an second clan* matter at the post office. Eugei e. Oregon. Sub scription rates: $5 per school year; $2 per term. Opinions expressed on the editorial page are those of the writer and d) not pretend to represent the opinions of the ASUO or the University. Unsigned editor lull are written by the editor; initialed editorials by members of the editorial board. GORDON RICE, Editor SALLY RYAN, Editorial Page Editor lH).\NA Kl NH 1\l<(i, Hi ninrsi M.r.grr JA( K KAlJM II, Advc lining Manager JERRY CLAUSSEN. ANNE HILL. BOB ROBINSON*. Associ.t HEditors ANNE RITCHEY, News Edita? SAM VAflhY, Managing K<!itor JOAN RAINVILLE^Asat. Advertising ^!gr. NANCY SHAW, Office Manager CHUCK MITCHELMORETSports Editor EDITORIAL BOARD: GoTd~orRice, Jerry Claussen“Siliir Anne Ritchey, Rob Robinson. Sally Ryan.San, S U",ck M‘'c,,elmore* '■ managing rvnior: Valerie Herah Ass’t. News Editors: Bill Mainwaring, Marcia Mauney, Loretta Meyer, Cornelia Fogle. Feature Editor: Carol Craig Women’s Editors: Mollie Monroe, Cay llundorfi. Nat’! Adv. Mur.: I.aura Morris Classified Adv. Mur.: l*at Cuihnie Ass’t. Office Mar.: Hecky Towlrr Circulation Mar.: Ken Klanecky Executive Secretary: Shirley J’armenter Editors: Al Johnston, Jack
