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PAGE 2 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Tuesday, April 6, 1948 Jul (Dtiihf VkJbAa&kcuv Member Intercollegiate Press KOKTf -BIXTB fEAJt Sabserlptloa "ratrt Br 11.6a per semester. $t.M per semester mailed, ar fJ.M foi the cohere year. U.M mailed. Stack cop; . fKbHrnhrd dally atnrtDi tbe school year uop wannn h Baiaraaya, tMUMu H exanunauo. pernraa. yf ut UalvrrsMj f Nebraska eader the saprrvtstoa at Uw PaMleatloa Boar. Entered aa 8eceod (Ian Matter at Urn M Office la Uacola. Nebraska, aoder act af CMirreae, fare . . mma a special rata ai soeiare arhviaeei rat ea eecuee) lias, act af wetoaai m, tan. aotnoruca Bepfemoer M, isza. TV Daily Nesnufcaa pabHwea by tne ataaeata at the Calverstty af Nebraska a aa xpraeeioa ai etsjoeata news aaa apinioae only, arearaaii la arucM 11 ml taa By uiwi rmnui ataaeoi paDurcnena aaa administers) by la noara at rabueattenai "It la tbe eUrel poetry at taa Boar ttm pabUeatljaa aoder aa feartadlrlloB aball be free from editorial eeasoranip aa tbe part at tbe Board, ec ea tbe part af aa membra af the taealty af tbe enlverslty: bat meanbera of tbe staff af Tbe Daily neoraaaaa are peraooauy reapoasiMe for arbat tbey aay ar ea ar eaaaa to be printed EDITORIAL 8TAFV Fdltor Georre Miller Managinr Editors Jeanae Krrrlcaaj, Nona It;rr News Editors Cab Clem, Tultie Stewart, Bob Coonley, Lee Harris. Pat Nordln 8ports Editor Frits Simpsoa Af News Editor Loalae MeDUl Hpeelal Feature Editor bam fVarrea Photographer Bob Dots NIGHT .NKVYS EDITOR U)l ISE MrDlLX. BUSUVESS STAFF Beataeaa ataaacer .' Gould Flan Ctrcalatioa Manager Jack Helaer Assistant Buslaesa Maaacera BUI WUklna. Merle HI alder. Lnria Cbeaaa Business Drop In Nebraska Told By U. of N. Nebraska business activity, consistency above the national av- Kibitzing News Print Editor, In view of the high tide of interest in state and national politics on our campus we jointly submit this letter to the student body. The cost of your rent and food is governed bv economics which in turn is increasingly influenced bv government. In short, politics indirectly determines what you pay for a The Student Union sponsored another Bridge 1 tournament on March 13, and, for the next few weeks, I will be using some of the hands from that tourney. In erage since the fall of 1942, has stead of making up the hands in iinany Deen equalled Dy tne na- advance for the toumcv. all tion, the University of Nebraska Dlavers simolv Dlaved the first business research department re- hand dealt at each table. In this ported late Tuesday. way the players can't blame me As the state entered 1948 the for the distribution .and the - Nebraska index stood at 176.3. suits will be based on skill rather or 76.3 percent above the business average for 1935-39. The national average the first of the year was the same. Dr. Edgar Z. Palmer, depart ment director, said the decline in business activity in Nebraska was due mainly to crop failures and lower farm production. The recent break in wheat, corn and other commodity prices is not re- fleeted in the department's cur rent figures. The physical index of business activity in Nebraska and the nation for 1947, expressed in percentages of the 1935-39 aver age: Month Ncb. January 169 0 February 168 8 Men 167 5 April 166.9 May 1662 June 166 3 July 1642 August 169 1 September 172.5 October 174 3 November 181.2 U. S. ITU Lwcemoer 176.3 176.3 Laase Named President Of Speech Association ur. Leroy T. Laase. chairman of the Speech and Dramatic Art department of the University of Nebraska, is the new president of the Central States Speech associ ation. He was named at a conference held last weekend in Chicago. Thirteen states are represented in the association. Theia Epsilon will meet Tues day, April 6, at 7:30 p. m. in the Ag Union recieation room. Dr. N. H. Cromwell of the Chemistry department wi!! be the guest speaker. than luck North S AKQ9 II J87 D A52 C J 10 7 West East S 8652 S J 10 4 II 10 6 II K5 D QJ743 D K86 C Q4 C 86532 South S 73 H AQ9432 D 10 9 C AK9 North deals. First of all the hand makes seven no trump. Perhaps there 155.2 are some who would argue that 17 4 1 . 'ojc oiiuuiu fc-t muuc III me 157.4 ciud suit but l can t se any ex 159 0 cuse for this when you can play 159.6 ",c mice tiuus on me jasi mree 164.51 leads, exnectini a nup7 nf the 170 9 Person holding the Q. The real prooiem isn t in the day of the hand, however. I don't believe it s possible to call 7 N T the correct bid; there doesn't seem to be any justifieaion for this bid. I would recommend the following bidding: North East South West 1 spade pass 2 hearts pass 3 hearts pass 4 clubs pass ocuam pass 6 N T pass Pass pass If any of you readers can see another style of bidding that seems preferable to you and one that will enable the north-south team to go to slam, please send your comments to me at the newspaper office. I would be in terested in seeing your comments and printing any that seem par ticularly good. WEATHER. Tuesday may bring Lincoln April showers. Considerable cloudiness will continue with temperatures ranging from the upper thirties to the middle fifties meal. The two conflicting theories of economic regulation Tuesrlav. Winds pnctprlv. I j ,. . . . . . .. are represented in our iwo parties, it is in your interest that vou become active in the rn nf vnnr rTinipo Mayor Clarence Miles issued a I Aianffi, Aiee j : . proclaimation Monday urging the .t "c "umcaut; aiiairs, we present a observance of Army day (April united front on foreign policy. Our opposition to Communism 6). . and its Wallace apologists is unswerving. The Wallace grouD THE STRIKE SCENE. js tailor made for those who would sell our smils tn Mnwnw toPhen?ocri0lTNE'siS n0t limited These people are not welcome in either of our groups. One man was shot and two We all students to exercise their democratic privil- persons arrested in the Omaha ege of suffrage on April 13. The registrations in Lincoln and meat packers strike 'Monday. A Omaha are rlnsprl hut the mninritv nf nnr cfnrlonto am fmm . picket captain at the Armour & L4U j 1... ura. . , ,1 , . ...... , Co. plant was wounded in the "T y VULe uy au5entee auot. ne rules lor leg when strikers attempted to SUCh voting are as follows: prevent two women workers from You must apply for your ballot by April 10th to your entering the plant. rifw . Pnnntw ciah- tk Ko11. 1 j . The husband of one of the 7rz T J X Is . J T? v . , ' women surrendureH to noiirp. anH the affidavit on the envelope attested to by a notary public. admitted firing a shot when pic- and the ballot returned to the County Clerk by the day kets started to force hini from before election. thcnmnnl TfV.vi.ic nA i; Form post cards requesting such ballots are now being reported an exceptionally heavy prepared by our groups and will be distributed shortly. A concentration of pickets Monday campus get-out-the-vote drive will also be jointly undertaken morning. I v,.. : 1: uy UUl IWU UigitlllilllUIlS. D. E. Morrow, President, U. of N. Young Democrats David Ells, President, U. of N. Stassen for President Club. Editor, For many years when enrollment was much lower than morning, a Nearly all the 400.000 striking mineworkers seemed bent on lg noring the federal court order issued Saturday ordering them back to work. John L. Lewis received the or der but gave no indication of in tending to act upon it. He. con tinued to assert that he did it is at the present time, voting booths have been placed in WuSiwLr.! the Union- FaciIities have often inadequate, and it Lewis. seems strange that the booths should not be in a more Steel production, as a result of central location. will dropayto 75 percem oflesl' ThiS yeaF W0Uld an excelIen time to move tb the of capacity, according to secre-Library foyer, or better still, to the sidewalk in front tary of commerce David K. Bruce. OI tne LJDrary. He said production sagged to 87 Many, complaints have been voiced about the number of One hSdSS rovine rackets eliSibIe elfctors who actually vote if the Council is really and employees clashed at a non- sincere in' wanting to remedy this situation, here is some- Is, a fJalaa thing practical that they can do. Sincerely, Ben M. Wall. union mine in West Virginia CHESS? American move? Six American warships, lead by the 27.000 ton ?ir.Tnrr,er r.a.lley For'. This is a copy of the orie-inal document s,Wrf K f;ft good win visit. Speculation links members of the Unitersity of Nebraska student body who the visit with Russian oressures have volunteered their services in Prpsirl rn tKo Co : : i . . .. - - - v. w v """im tuumnes. in an international noiir.p fnrr-P nnrtha iTr,;taA -nto.- L wtw UllUbU AldLiWilJl. "nrrj o. irumin President. I'll ited States of Amerira h nite House Washington, D.C. to servi 'the "Z'l-nl the, University of Nebraska, do herehy volunteer euarantee to M 1m.. ,Z ""a,'Hmiln '" """"'""""I P"l'- f-rce .lertirate.l to We do not believe that peace has ever been achieved, or ever can be achieved hv ih. aTdnd'rafntVn Indicating ourselves to the securinr of peace for all men, we do therefore thrr.ueh In'JZZ'HZ""' f h'Vnt", ,Sta". volunteer our service, ind our live. iHeceMary llJZtk'"V?S:,ble ,OT .he Un,,'d Na"OM -v""P aordinu to Article ?08 of IM r L a Russian move? A British trans port plane crashed after colliding a iiuidn iienier wnue pre' paring to land in Berlin. All 14 persons aboard the British plane and the Russian pilot were killed. .British investigators blamed thp Russian pilot for the collision iney notified the Russians that KAr lighters will escort British transports unless free passage is guaranteed Dy tne Soviets. Oen. Lucius D. Clav. U.S. mili tary governor, said American craft will be given fighter escort unless the Russians satisfactorily explain the crash. THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES. Wisconsin offers the first test J.V-' 1 charter. r be rerf!anizeU accornK to : Article W o T he wr ,n, capable of fullflll.ng the hopes that were orie.nally placed in it y the common m?2 .hL,;nr.,5V,:"'Z.dfc"orld- W' hr,itvt ,hat u' h 'u'fillmenV can on y rThiewd by the United Nations' havinr avallahl. tn . . ,tnlf I milium v evi inn inieffrttv mri ... n..,.nn ... .. - ... ...OJW,,,, , peoples of the world. He. the Denple. do not nrr.fi i mm me and to civilization. We, the unriersiened to avert the trareHv that m-iu ,,ir j natlon-siates. We do. therefore; iTlviom'a ih,'!, T"" hT,rcor1,Tv!,"V- rial branches. " """" with execu Judii mnnDnciuLaDius HBdDdDIS SAIL IE THOUSANDS VOLUMES FICTION, BIOGRAPHIES, TECHNICAL BOOKS, COOK BOOKS REDUCED FOR SIX DAYS ONLY UNTIL APRIL 10TH RIDICULOUS WITH REFERENCE to PRICE ONLY J0 J I? & mmaJea, BOOK STORE !S u tj' ar j i v a .z. Kermlt Rhode Oeorr Schmid I 'on Morrow David 1'ickerill Ion Baker Kenneth Pureell Robert Mohlman the War becomes ever more destructive to are WiIIiiik to llcht and die in order between ncement of nd made t.ve and Miik Putney Clurence Iear J'hn Kurx Mervyn Cadwallader Kred Hodek KuKfne Herman for the principal Republican can didates. Although local supporters are optomistic, both Stassen and Dewey indicate they are confi dent of second place to favorite son Douglas MacArthur. Stassen made two last f-lpvpnth nour appeals in Wisconsin Mon day. e ine Tafts, Bob and Martha opened his three day bid for the ixeDrasKa preferential vote in th pannanme yesterday. Taft proclaimed the ReDubliran party as for "basic DrotPriinn" against foreign competition, speaking before western Nphrasira sugar beet growers. He reiterated his stand 'that Amerira'e "u,v-.i defense" must be built around an increased air force. In an unscheduled n Torrincton. Wvn nra r t ne preiered the ramnn.ah --('"b" IU1 HEAR Alliin T. TIEfi. 8 P.M. pledged delegates rather than in a direct primary. Mrs. Taft opened her tour at Alliance Monday morning. V Uy annis at noon, she praised the Taft-Hartley bill as "the greatest dtruevement of the GOP fir ess. con- Arndt Addresses UN Graduate Club Dr. Karl M. Arndt, university professor known for his humorous approach to international eco-" nomics, will address the Craduafe Club Wednesday, April 7, at 7:30 ' in the Studaftt Union, Parlor X. Because of his ability to inter pret economic problems into "lay men s' language, Dr. Arndt, at the invitation of the LinmTr. Rf.Tfo Journal, often appears as a guest columnist.' His talk Wednesday will con cern the major monetary systems of the world. Dr. Arndt will de scribe for the group some of the conditions and events which lead to the devaluation of the franc f-nd the debasing of the ruble. A question time will follow while refreshments are served.