DAILY NEBRASKAN
Wednesday, October 1, 1941
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Union, Nebraskan Start
National Defense Work
'For the duration." The United States is doing
citizen's duty is to take part in this national de
tense for the duration of the present war. Kvery
everything possible to prepare and keep up its de
fense. For this reason the Student Union and the
Daily Nebraskan this year are co-sponsoring a com
mittee for national defense to correlate student ac
tivity with the USO, British War Relief Society, and
various other agencies. The committee will instigate
projects for students in conjunction with these other
organizations.
Tn sponsoring these projects were are not crying
"War, War" or taking sides in any way. We merely
want to do something constructive in the present
crisis. During the last war students all over the
country knit and did various other types of war re
lief work. We hope that this action will lie the in
centive for other Student Unions and newspapers
thruout the nation.
First project will be the publication of monthly
news letters to be sent to all former University of
Nebraska students now in any branch of military
service. A mailing list will be compiled from names
turned in at the Student Union office by students
and oth?r interested persons.
&jon an appeal will be sent to all sororities
CJd other organized houses for volunteers to knit
lor BritUh war relief for which yarn and needles will
te received from the British War Relief Society. If
there is sufficient demand there will be a first aid
program. The former Cornhusker office in the union
will be opened for work on the projects three aft
ernoons a week. The room will be called the Na
tional Defense Room.
This plan is just a starter. Co-operation, ideas
and suggestions from anyone interested in the proj
ects will be welcomed by the committee. We're
starting the ball rolling, but with the aid of all stu
dents we should have a movement which will serve
us an incentive to all universities to help with na
tional defense.
QominsmL
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What
Oihsk. diiok&. Say.
Hawaiian Statehood
A recent survey of the American Institute of
Public Opinion was concerned with the possibility
of statehood for Hawaii. Response indicated that
of those persons polled, something like a majority
of two to one favored the passage of an act of con
gress admitting the island possession of this nation
into the union as-.a full-fledged state.
Interesting enough, Hawaii has asked for ad
mission into the union as the forty-ninth state, with
a vote of two to one for admission.
"Hawaii has come to consider herself "a state
without statehood." So closely is she allied with the
government of the United States, so completely is
she American in progress that students at the Uni
versity of Hawaii, for example, speak of this na
tion as tho it were perhaps 20, not 2,000 miles away.
Americans should be proud of that fact. We
jthould appreciate, as a symbol of something indefi
nitely worthwhile in a world at war, this feeling and
expression of faith in America, this admiration of
her as a nation, this desire to be a governmental
part of her.
The fact transcends the fact that she lies 2,1 00
miles away from out western boundaries.
We should like to see Hawaii admitted as the
forty-ninth "United State," to see the American gov
ernmental philosophy extended westward, to see a
fitate which has expressed a desire to become affili
ated with this nation become actually a govern
mental unit of this country.
Perhaps this "annexation" will come about in
the course of time. The Daily lowan.
Behind the News
By David Thompson
War Factions Differences . . .
What are the fundamental differences between
the isolationist and interventionist positions on this
war?
One's first reaction to that question is that the
answer is simple. The interventionists want us to
enter the war and the isolationists want N re
main out of it. That ,1s very true as far p i oes,
but it certainly is not a very comprehensive analogy
of the divergent viewpoints.
For the purpose of this discussion I should like
to exclude certain portions of each faction whose
position is determined by their sentimental and po
litical affiliations. That includes the Anglophiles,
the pro-German (Axis German that is), and both
the so-called anti-administration and pro-administration
forces. The position of the first two is ob
vious and to be expected, and the latter two have
been taken care of by the claims and counter claims
of the two factions and offset one another. With
drawing these groups from consideration will not
affect the proportionate strength of either group,
and their position is easily understood.
The foremost difference between the two fac
tions lies in their interpretation of the effect of a
German victory.
The interventionists are convinced that a Ger
man victory would most certainly place the U. S.
in such a position, both economically and milita
rily, that she would have to fight for her existence
without any external aid at all. Briefly, then, they
believe that we will have to fight Germany sooner
or later, and that it is better to fight now with al
lies rather than later by ourselves.
The isolationists on the other hand do not fear
a German victory, and feel that our entrance into
this war would be absolutely unnecessary. They be
lieve that our security would not be threatened by
a German victory. Both want to defend America,
but differ as to where and when it is best to do so.
Another major difference is that the interven
tionists are largely internationalists, and the isola
tionists largely nationalists. The internationalists
feel that the U. S. as a member i)t the community
of nations should take an active stand against inter
national outlaws and aggressors. The nationalists,
best represented by the "America First" Commit
tee, feel that the U. S. need not take an any inter
national obligations.
I do not pretend that this brief resume covers
the entire subiect bv any means, but it does pre
sent the general positions of both sides witntJut
going into the pros and cons of either.
By Marjorie May
Coeds donned khaki at the University of Texas
last week when 28 of them signed up for the
Women's Motor Corps. The course is designed as
a "defense organization through which women are
trained to serve in various lines of defense work,
including first aid and motor mechanics, map read
ing nnd Intellieence. elementary radio operations,
fire fighting, evacuation, and ambulance and truck
firivine"
"Any woman is eligible for membership in the
corps," the Daily Texan explained in its Sunday
issue. "The fee is $10, two of which must be paid
with the filing of the application. The rest of the
fee pays for the uniform, insignia, cap, instruction,
and headquarters supplies."
Indiana U s dream of self-government became
a reality last Thursday with the faculty's passage
on,i Di.nt9w rf the constitution for a student
"coneress."
"This action was the last step in a long pro
cedure that started in November, 1939, and since
hu hon n main tonic of consideration. . . . The
Board of Trustees approved the constitution last
summer." ... A meeting of those still in school
who were on the self-government committee last
year will iron out the final details of the congress
at Indiana and arrange for the election of 78 stu
dents who will form the governing body.
An editorial entitled "And May God Be With
Us," in the Daily Pennsylvanian advocated imme
diate United States entrance into the war recently
when it stated: "We make no bones about it . . .
We are for intervention."
The rcnnsylvanian continued. "This is not a
hasty conclusion drawn by a 'few warmongers too
old to fight,' nor is it the work of pups easily
swayed by flags and bands and idea's. It is rather
the result of careful deliberation on the part of
some of those who will do the fighting, and who,
more important, will do the living in the America
of the future."
Director of Muic
Wcstbrooh Asks Student
Participation in Activities
. . . Urges More ZSinging
"Anybody can sing," emphasized
Dr. A. E. Westbrook, director of
the school of fine arts, in making
a plea that all Nebraska students,
whether music majors or microbe
hunters, take advantage of the ex
cellent opportunities offered by the
various choral organizations on
the campus. "Some freshmen that
have sung in glee clubs all thru
high school drop music entirely
when they enter university, and
they should by all means keep it
up," said Westbrook, inviting
freshmen particularly.
All that is required of a student
to join the university chorus is
that he be interested in the chorus.
It is possible to sing in the chorus
with or without credit. Those wish
ing credit are, of course, required
to attend the Tuesday evening
meeting regularly at 7:15 and the
Thursday meeting at 5 p. m., both
held in room 103 of the Temple
building.
The acapella choir of the uni
versity singers proved to be so
popular with the students that a
second one was formed this year.
Membership in this choir is by try
out, the number being limited to
60. Fifteen now men. however, are
needed to complete the number.
Mr. J. Dayton Smith of the school
of music is in charge of this group
and applicants should see him or
Dr. Westbrook.
Plans are now being made for
the presentation of Handel's "Mes
siah," a free concert by the com
bined chorad organizations, given
annually in the coliseum.
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