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Rotation on the Campus
Campus life is beginning for many a college
co-ed who has been sitting the war out with
nothing but a pinup of the soldier boy friend
and occasional lefters to buoy her romantic
fancies. The men are coming back, and coeduca
tional institutions no longer look like normal
schools or ladies' seminaries.
, But college life is still a bit complicated. For
one thing many of the new crop of males, GIs
nvwitly, are married, so they have to be "charged
ofr of the list of socially eligible. Then In
most institutions the number of women stu-
ents still exceeds that of men; so that a fair
proportion of the fair are doomed to be date
less unless something is 'done about it.
- Up at the state university, where there are
now 1240 men out of an enrollment of 2850,
scheme is being worked out to "spread" the
manpower, so the 400 excess females will es
cape being permanent wallflowers. The plan
Li called ;th " Rotation Plan" which provides
rotating company for the girls. The Oregon
Emerald thus describes it:
The only solution to the situation seems to
be the "Rotation Plan" i. e., no two people
will occupy the Officer's Club together more
- than once each week. Another phase of the
plan involves the pledge of women not to at
tempt to attract their escorts sufficiently to
cau.se them to propone a Sunday afternoon ap
pointment. Alco. having accomplished their
objectives, dated women and men will be re
quired to ab.ent themselves from the Side and
Taylor's to allow greater freedom of operation
on the part of The undecided.
Before this time unintroduced to members
of the student body, the Rotation Plan has been
carefully prepared and tested at many other
Institutions of higher learning with unani
mously.' rucre.ful result. Already at Oregon,
members of the, leading fraternities on the
rampus have adopted the method and testify
that "Nothing can replace it!" Gradually, on
an example basis, it it expected that the more
Women than men idea will present no difficulty.
Kvery woman at the University will go out at
leart onre a week; the men will go out every
night, and the campua CJPA will soar with the
absence of time wasted worrying about dates.
Hut what will happen to the rotation plan
when spring comes round? Then comes the
mating season, and "going steady" becomes the
rule Perhaps by that time the numbers will
be more nearly even; and that, of course, is
what the co-eds yearn for.
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Truce In China
There have been many evidences that leaders
f both major factions among the Chinese want
ad to avert civil war. The fact is there has
been very little fighting since the treaty was
icned between Russia and the nationalist gov
ernment of Chiang Kai-shek. There were omin
ous threat but little shooting developed. Gov-
ernment troops were able to enter Manchuria
without much difficulty, and only minor clashes
ae-m to have occurred Iwtween government
nd communist force. Hence it is not surpris
ing that a truce has betn agreed on to suspend
11 armed conflict between these radically op
posed elements. '
jTbe signing of a truce does not mean the
revolving of the difference which have kept
China disunited. The progresive steps now of
fered by Chiang Kai-shek freedom of person
nd speech, freedom for all political parties,
release of political prisoners, and provision for
local self-government . with popular elections
should help, promote unity and will at least
give status to the communist party. ?
China's internal problems, however, are so
great that if will take more than a military
truce and declaration of democratic principles
to insure their solution. The political problems
Involving widespread corruption and favorit
ism; the finance problem created by almost
worthless currency; the economic problem of
reconstructing Chinajs agriculture and building
tip power and industry are fundamental for
the successful functioning of the country. The
advantage of the armistice -is that it permits
the leaders , to tackle .thcae problems without
the diversion of effort and money in civil war
fare. " .
General Marshall .seems to have played the
part of mediator quite successfully. His great
prestige must have been helpful to him in talk
ing to lender? of both parties. But fundamental
ly there was the will to peace on the part of the
Chinese people. Even the leaders had to yield
to that pressure. If the same spirit of desire
for unity preSails in the approach to the re-
maimng problems this truce may well mark
most important milestone in the long history
of China.
Soldier I)emontraliotis
General Eisenhower ha reported to President
Truman that the demonstrations in protest of
delays in return of soldiers to their homeland
were not such as to call for disciplinary action.
Nevertheless the spectacle of these outbursts in
Manila and in Frankfurt and in Tokyo is not
pleasant to observe. The eagerness of service
men and womenj to get back home is under
standable : but likewise it ought to be under
stood that we cannot demobilize our armies
forthwith. The shooting phase of the war has
ended; the occupation stage Continues. Garri
son duty is sheer boredom, as a rule, and
worse when it is require din a foreign land
that has been stricken by war. Still it is just
as much a part of soldering as marching and
fighting.
Those who have served long in the armed
forces and who have gone through combat de
serve the first call for discharge; and they
have been getting it, in' such numbers as to
swamp travel facilities , at " home. But there
must be a large mmtber of men overseas who
have not been long in' service and who never
got into shooting territory. j Surely they can
wait their turn, as good soldiers, without en
gaging in unseemly protest.
These demonstrations illustrate how wt fight
wars. When the shooting starts men rush to
enlist or answer their induction call without
protest. Once the shooting stops the men want
to drop their guns and get Back home. It's
pretty hard to keep a military; establishment
in the face "of that attitude of mind. Americans
must realize the . necessity j of maintaining
larger standing army to be ready to meet our
present obligations as a world power; and that
means that large numbers of men will have to
s serve as soldiers and must, accept duty at over
seas stations. !
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The Better Atom j ;
Via an anthropologist of Londonderry, North
ern Ireland, comes a report that the Russians
already have developed a superior atom bomb.
In fact the Hanford product, itself an improve
ment on the Oak Ridge experiment, is said
now to be "obsolete." i. . .
Maybe so, but if it is true, the Russians are
much faster workers than the world has given
them credit for being. Time has alwaya been
something the Russians thought they had plenty
of. as well as space.
The story has the earmarks of wild rumor;
for there is little logic in having news about
a Russian atom bomb emanate from London
derry, whose previous fame has been restricted
to its "Air", nor from an anthropologist, of all
people. Russia may turn up with a better atom,
but not so fast. We can enjoy the privilege of
exclusiveness for some months yet.
The split atom nearly split the American dele
gation to the UNO meeting, according to report.
The fission was said to be due to disagreement
over the sharing of the secret of the process.
President Truman is said to have plarated Sen
ator Vandenberg to. avert what would have
been a politically exptosive separation. The
little atom certainly packs a powerful punch,
in peace as in war.
Interpreting
The pay's News
fly James D. White
Associated Press Staff Wrttae-
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. lO-HThe truce in
China covers a lot of grotind, but It necessarily
does not cover Important points which must be
settled through negotiations.
The truce was a prerequisite to such negotiations.
It orders the vlugging to stop, everywhere, between
communist and central government (Kuomintang)
troops, and that', a big order,
Both sides have made important concessions to
enable this truce to work. Some of them point
toward the vital concessions which.
still must e made before the
whole dispute is settled.
The communists, for instance.
agree to restoration of communica
tions, including mail, throughput
China. Thus they relinquish an
important bargaining weapon and
with it probably their own inde
. pendent postal system. !
The truce permits Chiang Kai
shek, within limits, to consolidate
in some of the areas where the
communists have been disputing
his authority, including south
China. Manchuria and the corridor into Manchuria.
Will Secure Portions
It means that these troops can be supplied and
made secure. j
Inner Mongolia isn't mentioned, however, and
It appears Chiang finally agreed to leave the com
munists as they are for the time being in that
disputed area. j
The truce allowed the Chungking political con
sultation conference today to open in an atmos
phere of greatly strengthened ; hope. That hope
grows with the prospect that the political "tute
lage" which the Kuomintang party has exercised
over' China is coming to an end.
Dramatically today, Chiang announced that his
government had granted legal status to all parties,
including the communists. j
While the communists still may doubt the full
ness of the political freedom Chiang promises in
view of the central government's present systems
of secret police, they may be reassured by -his
commitment today on local self-government, which
would appear to give the communists an open
chance in the political field everywhere on their
own meriU. !
New Election Gees Unmentloned
However, there's no mention of a new election
which the communists have been demanding; to
choose a new slate of delegates to the national
assembly which is scheduled to meet May 5. This
slate now is heavily weighted j with Kuomintang
delegates chosen before the Japanese war began.
The way may be open for the consultation con
ference to revise that situation in time, however.
Similarly, there is no mention of how the inde
pendent communist armies are to be disposed of
whether they are to be incorporated into the
national army, and how many of them, or what
That , remains to be settled, and, like the national
assembly question, still is a prime source of pos
sible trouble. '
The truce is a commitment by both sides to
eschew violence and rely on peaceful discussion
in settling these things.
The assembly issue is up to the political con
sultation conference in Chungking, on which the
Kuomintang has 8 delegates, the communists 7,
and other parties and elements a total of 23.
Enforcement of the truce Itself lis to be In. the
hands of an executive headquarters in Peiping
which will have one central government member,
one communist, and one American. Their decisions,
when uanimous (and apparently only when un
animous) will be Issued in the name of Chiang
Kai-shek as the president of the 'republic of China.
In agreeing to this, the communists acknowledge
Chiang as their commander-in-chief. ' 1
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Guidcpost
By W. G. Rogers
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BRIDKIHEAD REVISITED, by Eve
IfH Wiit (LltUe, Brs; H
Capt. Charles Ryder, in civil
ian life a painter of architectural
glories, is quartered with his
outfit on an old estate for as
long as 25 pages at the beginning
and end of this novel, aod in
between comes the extended
story of Ryder's acquaintance
with the Marchmains and his
first and subsequent visits to
Brideshead.
.Perhaps Just because of the
extra 250 pounds a year which
he got from his father, for stu
dies at Oxford, Charles was des
tined to a life colored and off
colored by Marchmains. Lord
Sebastian introduced him to
the family: The insistently Ca
tholic mother, the father who
has run away to Italy, the lovely
Julia, the young sister Corde
lia I and the stuffily upright
heir.
Sebastian and his Teddy Beer,
Ryder senior and his crotchets.
Rex Mottram and the diamond
studded tortoise, Mr. Samgrass
and the Grand Tour . . . out of
such odd sticks Waugh builds
his novel patiently .and solidly.
Catholicism, to which Waugh is
a convert, and drink and student
pranks and love in and Out of
marriage beds are the stuff
around and around which con
versation and action circle.
Waugh Is a sharp observer
with an eye for the picturesque
and a hand for transcribing it
in one arresting phi a.se. You will
remember the boring dinner
guest left to talk to the candle
sticks, the thirsty people whose
glances follow a Vay of liquor
as a hunting dog's nose points
to a plate of meat, "and the fel
low with the smiling dentures.
And you will admire Waugh for
his mischievous, caustic descrip
tions of shipboard parties and
people without sea legs.
But the novel, which is a
Book of the Month for January,
isn't jentirely satisfying. The bo
dy of it is like a piece of music
in two movements, the second
brief, fast and interesting but
the first a slow movement to
end all slow movements. You are
quite! willing to let the candle
sticks do the listening.
And though the characters
seem somewhat lifelike, they
don't stir your emotions except
perhaps in prologue and epi
logue, which isn't enough to
contain the burden of 350 pages.
GRIN AND BEAR IT
By Lichty
News Behind the News
By PAUL MALLON
(Distribution by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Reproduction la whole
or in part strictly prohibited.)
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Tax Answers
BY J. W. MALO.NEV,
COIXECTOt. OF INTERNAli
REVENUE. PORTLAND j
No. 4 ,
1. Assuming I had enough in
come in 1945 to be required to
file a declaration, is there a
penalty for failing to file or pay
the tax due on a declaration?
Yes. The penalty is 5 per cent
of the amount due and unpaid,
plus one per cent for each addi
tional month the total penalty
not to exceed 10 per cent of the
amount unpaid,
2. Is there a penalty for eti
maUng my tax too low? Yes,
but only if you underestimate
your tax by more than 33 1-3
per cent if you are a farmer, or
by more than 20 per cent if you
are not a farmer.
3. How much is the penalty for
underestimating? The penalty is
6 per cent of the difference be
tween your estimate and the cor
rect tax (but not to exceed the
total difference between your
estimate and 66 2-3 per cent of
the correct tax if you are a farm
er, or the total difference be
tween your estimate and 80 per
cent of the correct tax if you
are not a farmer).
4. Suppose I filed my 1945
declaration last March but now
find it is underestimated by more
than 20 per cent. Can I avoid
the penalty? Yes, by filing an
amended declaration or your an
nual return by January IS and
correcting the underestimate.
5. Suppose I based my 1945
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ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 10.
A sedate presidential boomlette
of Harold Stassen is recognized
here as being, under way.
The 38-year-old navy comman
der is starting out upon the path
which Willkie trod, appearing
on the quiz program of all sages
(Information Please), making
speecnes
around the
country to edu
cational organi
z a t i o n s, rug
m anufacturers,
etc.
Plainly he is
heading to fill
the Willkie va
cuum in a man
ner, by estab-
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inning a repuo- r,ol sjalloa
lican leadership of the farming
west and creating a spokesman
ship for the internationalist-liberal
uprising-of a -sort out here.
Following Greatly Extended
His speaking style is not crisp,
his comments are rarely unex
pected. Consequently he has at
tracted little publicity attention,
yet young people like his clean
cut appearance and he is greatly
extending his following.
An able young reporter, who
was closely associated with him
for some weeks at the San Fran
cisco conference, says Stassen
there established an intimate re
spect from foreign delegates, par
ticularly the Latins, who were
not sympathetic to his. purposes,
but admired him.
College students particularly.
I have found, are enthusiastic for
him. I Jiave heard an eminent
young republican express belief
that he would be the next presi
dent "ir the republicans are
"smart enough" to nominate him
May Be Eyeing; Senate Poet
The man in the street out here
suspects he is angling toward
the senate seat of Henrik Ship
stead, who is up for re-election
this year, and not exceptionally
popular. Their theory is a sen
ate seat would prepare the way
for him to assert some national
leadership.
His friends in Washington have
doubted he wHiId care to take
the needless risk involved, and
believe ' he would get further,
working outside as Willkie . did.
I do not believe he will run.
His movement will be an in
creasing challenge to the top
position of Governor Dewey. The
New Yorker must survive re
election this year to maintain
his power, and if popular men
like Farley or Forrestal get Into
the race against him (Justice
Jackson seems headed toward
the chief justiceship rather than
Albany at the moment) Dewey
will have his troubles.
Brtcker More Talked A boat
He has made no move since
the national election to establish
a personal national leadership,
except organizationally in his
loose personal control of national
headquarters.
At any rate I do not find con
firmed republicans talking eith
er Stassen or Dewey, as much as
Bricker. The Ohio ex-governor
has a strong personal following
in the party. In a three-way,
republican contest today, I b-i
lieve he would win. A surge will !
come up for him if he wins the
Ohio senatorship (Burton vac
ancy) in the fall.
On the democratic side, or In
side, the current word is that
Mr. Truman will not run, be
cause neither he nor Mrs. Tru
man like the job. They say
Byrnes Is the likely man. I doubt
both suggestions.
If Mr. Truman succeeds in
staving off unpopularity through
this crucial changeover period,
he will like the job better. Few
estimate on my actual 1944 in
come. Does that excuse me from
the penalty for underestimating?
If you based your estimate on
your actual 1944 income and fig
ured the tax at 1945 rates and
exemptions, there will be no
penalty.
Tomorrow: Where and when
to file.
"Year boy friend will Just have to eat la the kitchen with us! yoor
father's iaoeaae tax papers are spread on the dining room table till
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Aurora. K P. hall
Breitenbush. school house.
Brooks, school house.
Buttevulc. lOOr hall.
Champoec. memorial building.
L'hernawa. grange hall near Keixer
school .
Croisan, grange hall.
Donald. Masonic haU.
Englewood. school house dist No. TS.
Fairfield, grange hall.
Fairground, school house.
East Gervais. high school.
West Gervais. Lelack residence.
Hayesville. school house on highway.
Horeb. Richard's store.-
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ment. North Howell, grange hall.
East Hubbard, city hail
West Hubbard. Hovenden buQdiag.
Jefferson, Masonic ball.
Liberty, community hall.
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Marion. WOW hall.
McKee. Belle Pass! school house.
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Monitor. IOOF hall.
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West Mt. Angel. Trsvts building.
Pringle-, school house. .
Quinaby, Robertson's warehouse.
Roedale. school house
East Salem, school house.
Salrm Heights. Salem Heights hall.
St Paul, community haU.
" Scollard. Wengenroth's store.
Scott. Mills. IOOF bulktutg.
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Sidney, grange hall.
Silverton Hills, community hall.
North Silwerion. basement Catholic
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' Smith Silverton. Evergreen school.
Kat Silverton, city council room.
West Silverton. K P. hall. ,
Slay ton, Wright terminal.
East Stayton. grange hall.
West Stayton. school house, dist II
Sublimity. Foresters hall.
Turner, Masonic hall.
Union Hill, grange hall.
Waconda. Aspinwall'i garage.
East Wood burn, Methodist church.
West Woodburn. city hall.
leave the White House willingly.
Roosevelt Tactics
Furthermore, Mr. Byrnes as
yet has not established any de
gree of popularity in the hand
ling of foreign policy to warrant
long range presidential expecta
tions. True enough, he swerved
policy in December to what the
leftwing was dmanding (fulfill
ment of Russian purposes) and
thereby caused the Roosevelt
new deal-lef Meaning group to
cease its criticism of him and
the communists their picketing
of his state department.
But a lot of democratic water
will flow over dams and into
rivulets, j before its side of the
picture becomes clarified.
Immediately ahead are t h e
congressional elections and the
administration got off to a bad
start thtrre. The Truman state
of theunion speech, blaming his
own congress for all domestic
ills, was of the same technique
as similar Roosevelt attacks upon
his own party but it was far
different in effect.
Times Have Changed
With this same game. Mr.
Roosevelt always repudiated hut
held the south; nearly always
followed and approved the op
posite group interests of CIO.
leftwing labor and even com
munists (for the fourth term at
any rate )in the north. It was
quite a trick, requiring an un
usual personality to manage the
riding securely of two horses
going in opposite directions.
Mr. Truman does not seem
to have the personality tor it.
Also the nation is in new cir-,
cumstances. The class warfare
policies, spending and giveaway
programs of the depression era
are not proving popular in an
inflationary post - war period
which calls for opposite tactics.
Even the democratic congress
men repudiated by the While
House frequently rode on the
Roosevelt coat tails,! or wanted
to. This year they may find they
can do better with 0nly a nom
inal bqw to the Truman coat
tails. They probably will run on
Iheir own. No mad dutching for
White House tailing is visible
yet.
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SO bucks on the tide to get my
ticket, and now look what hap
pened" "This merely was confirmation
of a rather deplorable situation
th.it developed in many parts of
the United States over the holi
days, and still prevails to a cer
tain extent. The ordinary per
son, seeking travel or other ac
commodations, would be told
that there was nothing available.
Produce a $5 or 110 bill, how
ever, and a miraculous change
would occur. Anything from
hotel rooms to Rose Bowl tickets
immediately' was forthcoming.
"We even heard that, during
the Christmas rush. Dalles pass
engers who were willing to part
with a few extra dollars could
board trains that were denied to
other ticket holders. Nothing like
the long green to open c lowed
doors, as it were."
It would be most unfortunate
if this practice -us permanently
fastened on the public, particu
larly the traveling public. It
would mean the moral decay of
the employes who have so long
and honestly served the public.
It would meen that the cost of
travel, already high, would be
increased. It would mean that
service standards for the masses
would deteriorate.
This vice should be scotched
promptly. Supervisory officials
should make bribery for accom
modations a cause for dismissal.
The public itself, if it is smart,
will quit passing out the cur
rency to get a table at a restaur
ant, a room at a hotel or a bed
on a train. If it doesn't the evil
will be permanently engrafted
on our commercial life.
There are approximately 3,000
anti-friction ball and roller bear
ings of all ' types in the modern
commercial coast-to-coast passen
ger and freight airplanes.
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