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TUESDAY. MAY 5, 1936. nip nTi v Tvurnn a git a tm '1 WO 1 11 iiijiiuiijiv.in . 1331 , ' r , I 1 ' 1 1 L Daily Nebraskan . Station A, Lincoln, Nebraska. 1933 Member 193 fssocicdod CollG6iate Press This papar to rapraaer.tad for general advartlalng by tha inia nPr NbrMka Pre,t Association. Entarad aa aecond-clasa matter at the 1103. art of October S, 1917. authorized January 80, 1922. THIRTV-FOURTH VEAR Publlahad Tuesday, Wednesday, -Thursday . Friday and Sunday mornlnga during tha academla year. SUBSCRIPTION RATS Under direction of tha Student Publication Board. Editorial Office University Hall . Business Office University Hall 4A. Tu,lulnn. payi B6891I Nlghtl B688S. B333S (Journal). SlffltLubl le.ll.- of h. Un.vera.ty of N.br.sk. Official atuaenx e ulncoln Nebraska. BUMN RYAN EOITOR-IN-CHIfeP TRUMAN OBERNDORF BUS.NESS MANAGER EDITORIAL STAFF Caorgs Pipal new eDT0R, j.h.Ai. Snlnaa Dorothy Bents JfijCMB-sw at. OmVffiL Mfle, Society Editor BUSINESS STAFF ASSISTANT f.8r9aMANACEBRob W.dh.m. ssjaa. M,n,B?.,Sh,''e".. -- Can i7ie insurer Be Found in History? THAT th probkui of employment and earn ' tnir Power is challenging the best leadership said the sincerest thought of industry, of agri culture and of government is but a bare state ment of facts as revealed by Secretary of Ag riculture Wallace Monday afternoon in his ad dress to students and farm delegates from over tb eontrv. Hardly a more trite statement can be made concerning the populace s aware ness of existing conditions. Yet no announce mit needs to meet with more consideration, loot attention and more concerted action on t! part of the American people than does this most simply phrased proclamation. As Mr. Wallace puts it. "there most cer tainly is no easy way out." Without regard to political programs; opposing parties seek ing to gain control of the nation's future des tinies; candidates striving for offices, it may fairly be said that no matter who eventually falls heir to part control of this country after the next election, they will have confronting thm one of the most ghastly aspects of his tory. Human suffering, human want, human need mere words on paper, but stark trag edy m the world about us will have to be mitigated in some manner if civilization is to endure. Scoffing at these conditions as being over cxaegt sated; wiping such thoughts from be fore our eyes by merely running a hand across one's forehead; neglecting examination of pure statistics because it is inconvenient, will not produce beneficial results. In the long run such tactics are far more puissant toward ultimate destruction than the most severe present remedy could possibly become. No subject offers greater enlightenment than history. Yet no subject seems less to penetrate the minds of the people. History and literature show the catastrophes resulting from internal strife, nistory unfolds before us almost every conceivable form of govern ment, each's failure and each's own particular cause of downfall. Some nations have had economic troubles, some military difficulties due to invasion, others disintegrated because of internal strife, but in this panorama which history presents nearly all the problems of to day can be duplicated. Tudor England had to deal with her unemployed problem. Until she did so England was sorely afflicted. Pome had to care for its proper distribution of grain. Mass production is the cause of concern at present, not because there are not enough hungry mouths eager nay, desperately anx iow to obtain those elements necessary to kep body and mind intact, but because those having the want are not in a position to sat isfy the producer. Money, that horrid conven tion, $ demanded. That siu-h a medium is needed ia not to be denied. Neither is it to be daniad that people should come to look upon it es a medium and not as a goal. Until such problema are answered civilization will never b attained. Whether eugenic methods, economic meth ods, or military methods are to be employed before a satisfactory answer is to be reached is A moot question. As yet humanity has not answered it. But students of today are not battering' the world by tabooing innovations. Rather they should rejoice at experimental failures. Living dangerously is much more njoyable than following the dictates of a mind stereotyped into inactivity by conservatism. The News Parade j With Only a few guns and a few faithful native servants to aid them, the American legation in Addis Ababa has been courageously holding out against the native looting and rioting which has taken place there since the abdication of Emperor Selassie. Cornelius van Enpert, the American minister to Ethiopia, says they will try to hold out until the Italians arrive and restore order. e e With Aid Only three miles away, th American legation had to send thousands of miles for help. Engert, the American minister, believed that with the aid of a few soldiers and a machine gun the Americans could hold out indefinitely. He .tried to obtain help from the British legation, which was much more strongly fortified than the Americans, but was unable to get a runner thru the three miles that separated the Brit ish legation from the American, ne then sent a message by the wireless in the compound to bis headquarters in Washington. From there it was snt to London. The London officials wired the British legation in Ethiopia. -ho promised to send aid to the Americans if possible. Onn American Woman along with about nine other foreigners, was killed in Ihe rioting. The woman, Mrs. A. iv. Sn,lin vifii g SpVftlt h Dav Adventist mis sionary, was killed while she slept. The other foreigners who have lost their lives have chief ly been Armenian and Greek merchants who were shot down while defending their shops from the Ethiopian looters. w w w w 77i R inline started when Haile Selassie abdicated his throne and its capture appeared to be certain. Agitators exhorted the natives to destroy the mnifal en ihat nil fhnf wmild be left for the Italians would be the ruins. The natives burned th hnsinpss district of the town and looted the rest of the town. Last night, the rioting ap peared to be dying down because of the re action that had set in and because of fear of punishment from the Italians when they en tered the town. Most of the agitators were tleemg to the lulls. m w w w Rations Who were previously unfriendly to the Italians and had done everything in their power to pre vent the downfall of Addis Ababa, now urged lha. Italians to hurry to the capital and end the looting and rioting. The Italians are hur rying to the capital in the midst of difficulties. The road over which they are to come is very narrow and rocky. The Ethiopians have blocked their path by rolling boulders and trees down the narrow sides of the road. The Italians are marching thru a sea of mud caused by the heavy rains there. There appears to be no organized resistance to the Italian ad vance since the abdication of the emperor. The arrival of the Italians in Addis Ababa is ex pected momentarily. The Native Troops which have allied with the Italians are report ed to be at the gates of Addis Ababa. The Italian high command is torn between the de sire to let them enter the city immediately or wait until the main column of Italian troops arrives. The reason thev want the natives to wait is to give the Italian soldiers the glory of entering the enemy's capital first. STUDENT PULSE Brief, concise contributions pertinent to mattere of student life and the university are welcomed by this department, under the usual restrictions of sound newspaper practice, which excludes all libelous matter and personal attacks. Letters must be signed, but names will be withheld from publication If so desired. State Farm Is Liability. TO THE EDITOR: The backbone of all conversation at pres ent on and about our campus is of a Student Union building. If you, by chance, happen to be early for an appointment with one of your professors and you see several shadows on the door four out of eight times you may rest as sured that the forthcoming library is the topic. Both of these require a great deal of money. How and where can we get this? Part of it has been granted; another portion could come from the students by the way of saving and cutting on expense of the university. We all like to go riding in the country on a Sun day afternoon and comment on the neat look ing farms. Farm machinery is an asset to a farm, also a liability if left out in the wide open spaces. Eight out of ten farms show this liability and the laziness of its owner. Our state farm, of which we are very proud, falls into the eight class. Using the back or side road to the farm you can see hun dreds of dollars worth of implements rusting to pieces. H. R. CONTEMPORARY COMMENT A Fee And a Fie. Phi Beta Kappa, as most persons know, is a natioi al honorary fraternity for scholars of exceptionally high standing. Like many other eollefriate fraternal groups it is designated by Greek letters. Greek letters somehow lend a high sounding touch, you know. Rieht at present a stormy debate is rag ing amoner these intellectuals. The controversy is, of course, on a high plane and is confined almost exclusively to the quarterly journal of the group. The great ado is over the method of pro nouncing the said Greek letters, Phi Beta Kap pa. One school is holding out for Fee Betta Kappa and another is carrying on a rather dignified harangue to the effect that the proper way to say it is Fie Baita Kappa. This latter is the way the provincials around here Round it out. Likewise many easterners also champion the Nebraska form. Argumentative scholars are delving into Greek phonetics and into many another source authority for evidence to champion their point of view. The matter appears to have taken, on aspects of such great moment that the timid brethren in the clan are taking the safe way out and merely identifying their group as P. B. k. Well, now, isn't all this a fine kettle of fish tho. Fee, Fie, Fo Fum. Ho Hum. Lin coin Star. see The BOOK SHELF By Carol Clark Peace and the Plain Alan. Norman Angell Assuming the worst, that certain nations are set upon war; that no peace assurance is worth the paper it is written upon; that tha league is a failure or a sham what theuT Sir Norman Angell intelligently and argnspf.a tivelv nttnokit the Droblems of Deace. He trUes simple answers to bird quest ionr, and the answers need to be made immediately, by the plain, common man. I OFFICIAL BULLETIN Corn Cobs, There will be no Corn Cob meet ing this week. Election of officers for next year will probably be held at the meeting scheduled for a week from Wednesday, May 13. Barb Council. Barb Interclub council will meet tonight at 7:15 in room 8, Univer sity hall. Orchesls. Rehearsal for Orchesis recital will be held every night this week at 8 o'clock. There will be a full rehearsal Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. Tricolor. All froah runners are asked to come out for the tricolor meet Tuesday at 4 o'clock, according to Coach Schulte. Chain Rehearsal. Soninra in the ivv chain and those chosen to carry the daisy chain must report to rehearsal to night at S o'clock. It will be held on the east side of the stadium. Marchine for the processional wUl be practiced. Kosmet Klub. k-nompt Klnb will meet in the University hall rooms at 5 o'clock today. Tassels. Tassels will meet tonieht at El len Smith hall at 7 o'clock. WALLACE STRIKES AT THE U. S. PROTECTIVE TARIFF (Continued from Page 1). alitor "If industrv is to keen its high tariff, farmers want equiva lent help, but tney can get u oniy by protecting themselves from ex iivi exportable surpluses. And no high tariff, or even an embargo, 1 1 J .u... Will uu uinu "Bv all means, let us make tne mnif nf the home market. But I want you to think seriously about the fact that farmers have more to lose through nationalistic poi irips than anv other jrroup. In the present year, 1936. farmers are cultivating prooaDiy do to o nm lion acres that are going produce tviino-a .-hirh will be sold abroad. The most additional land they could use by cutting out imports would be perhaps 10 million acres. It just wouidn t oe gooa sense iu risk having to leave 35 or 45 mil lion seres in order to try to gain a market for 10 million acres. I don't think farmers are roousn enough to trade dollars for quar ters, no matter how strong the be bv those who are busy grinding their own axes." Overproduction Imminent, in tunmine the attending agri culturalists that the always threat ening hammer of overproduction was still hanging over their heads if another normal year were to result in a natural farm harvest, the visiting administrator recount ed the ahppenings of a few years root T remind vou." he de clared, "that all through the twen ties farmers asked for a real pro gram for agriculture, a program that Y&rnil id enable them to meet the situation of surplus acres fol lowing the war ? Ana wnai oiu they get? They got high tariffs. That is, the industrialists domi nating the government gave agri culture wnaiever ineiietiive TriAanineiess tariff increases they thought necessary to induce the farmers to stand tor sun ana fective boosts in industrial tariffs. ThA result was that agriculture was not helped but harmed. No Protection for Sales. Farmers had to buy in a pro tected market and sell in an unpro tected one. Again and again a real program for agriculture was shelved, and the farmers got this fake one instead. We came down to 1932, with surpluses three times the normal amount, corn at 10 cents, hogs at $2, wheat at 30 cents, and what did our tariff mean then?' In shifting from his attack od h. rioirf tariff nolicv. Secretary Wallace, turned to enumerate and enlarge upon the moves maae py the administration thus lar to Bmonri the distribution conflict. He pointed with pride to the treaty with Canada ana siaieu ini u the pact he saw great benefits for the American tarmer, ma grem j fart that I was unable to express myself on the subject, until after the king of England naa openeu the discussion. Benefit by Trade Treaties. "I believe that agriculture has obtained real benefits through the reciprocal trade agreement policy. Though temporary adjustments mav niwi to be made by certain producers, I believe that farmers as a wnoie nave very mutu w from tha Dolicv. However. I can assure you that whenever it seems to me that farmers as a whole are nnt cr.ttinir a souare deal in pro posed trade agreements, I hope to be the first to point mm uui wu seek for a remedy." As the speaker continued to re ....... . . . i j . late the possiDiuues ior lununuis ,k Hirfiihntinn of farm products he urged a greater industrial use of farm products. Aimougn inuua try is perhaps the largest customer tha farmer todav. it U by nO means being utilized to the fullest extent be assured, -me govern ment is hiring specialists to make turvpvi And studies in an effort to find every possible market for the farmers produce. Conaerve toil. In portraying the design of the current sou conservation prog i am being staged by the national ad ministration, the president's right band man saw another move for th betterment of the supply prob lem f Brine- AfTicultU'e. "Farmers know that the reasons for ruthless exploitation of soil have often been economic uiai under treasure of extreme supply and price fluctuations they have been alternately iorcea oy ruinous ly low returns and Induced by boom conditions to mine and sell soil fertility, or to expand the farm plant by turning under millions oi acres of grass lands which should have remained in sod. 1 believe hat farmers underatand the nilblic prlvste Importance of stabiliz ing production, stabilizing prices and maintaining the productivity of farm land for years to come. "I think they also appreciate that, while the AAA conservation program will be of immediate help in stabilizing supplies, still the program is not a direct production control measure. It is well fitted to present needs, because the drought helped to dissipate sur pluses. But farmers know that normal weather would bring sur plus problems again, and will look forward to utilizing the method which the Supreme Court left open to them. The year 1938 is sure to see an interesting experimental ef fort by farmers to meet their sup ply problem through cooperation of the stateo." The great difficulty facing ad ministrators today, the Iowan ex plained is that of distributing this vast surplus among the equally great number of unemployed who are going without in that same country of overproduction. The market which these needy men and women could make up would work toward a more perfect distribution of agricultural products simultane ously as it bettered conditions among the unemployed of our na tion. Problem Unsolved. "Our people have not yet solved this crucial problem of distribu tion, he argued. They are not ex pecting that a Utopian solution will materialize from nowhere overnight But the terrifying ex periences of 1932 convinced them that the time has come to make serious and constructive efforts in that direction. In 1933, our gov ernment undertook to cope with the problem before it was too late. "There is not time here to recite details about all the Federal meas ures which have sought to distrib ute purchasing power among masses of people who had none in 1932. People hungry or starving for want of money to buy food were placed on relief rolls, and sur plus farm commodities were dis tributed among them. Increase in employment has been sought through encouraging resumption of industrial activity by lending. Other labor and social security measures have sought to replace the children and the aged in indus try with able bodied and mature people out of jobs, and to increase and maintain workers' income. Acencies have been drawn into the hands of speculators by sale of 6haky securities. And right now congress is considering tax re forms which will encourage redis tribution of profits among the peo ple through wages and dividends." Comments on Farm Action. In commenting on the action that has been taken thus far for the improvement of farm condi tions Secretary Wallace stated. 'The state department has proved itself the friend of the farmer far more often than Congress whether it was democratic or republican. I haven't discovered a particle more backbone in regard to tariff in a democratic congressman than in a republican." And in conclusion tne cnampion of the farmer's cause among Washington administrators, de scribed the agricultural depression as being directly connected with the general welfare of the nation. "The welfare of American agricul ture is inseparably linked with the national welfare. The long de pression that beset agriculture in the decade of the 20 8 was an im portant factor in the national de pression of the 30 s." he announced. "Agricultural improvement from 1933 to 1936 has made an impor tant contribution to national eco nomic recovery. Conversely, the government's employment and other measures for industrial re vival have helped in the improve ment of the domestic demand for farm products. Interests Fight Farmers. "The interests which f i h t against the farmers' programs are really smKing a mow aiso against industry's markets. Those which fight industrial re-employment and recovery measures are striking a blow at the farmers' home market, and retarding the development of the marKet to us xuu potentiality. The outlook for agriculture is bright. But keeping it so will de pend upon maintaining the present i...i,k .nnniv nit nnt ion. reuDenins: tlCUllU OV.fp.J " - " further the channels of world trade, conserving the fertility of the farm plant, and developing the latent home market." The speaker arrived in Lincoln by train from Washington at 10:15 Monday morning and went directly to the Agricultural college campus where he met members of the press. In the press conference the secretary seemed much less ready to meet questions directed at him bv reporters than one might have expected upon hearing his firey speech a few hours later. When questioned as to the interest shown by Nebraska farmers in their sign ing with the new farm program, Mr. Wallace answered that it was impossible to make any definite statement as no report had been turned in although he had every reason to believe that the response would be practically as great as to the preceeding program. After the speech before the farmers from the state the former Iowa State student, addressed stu dents of the agricultural college with resume of the change in po litical thought that has come about in the last few decades. In his speech the secretary assured the attending students that the consti tution of the United States as in terpreted by the preamble was suf ficiently broad to meet any politi cally controversy that might face the nation. FEDERAL OFFICERS TO INSPECT R.O.T.C. CORPS Sutherland, Mc Masters Plan Annual Procedure May 13, 14. The annual federal inspection of the university R. O. T. C. corps will be held May 13 and 14. Colonel Sutherland, officer Seventh corps area. R. O. T. C, and Colonel Mc Masters, commanding officer, Fort Crook, will inspect. Both regiments will be inspected on the 14th. The classroom work will be inspected on the 13th. The military department or tne umver sity has had an excellent rating since 1924, with the exception of 1926 when it failed to merit this rating. 2500 Committee Plans Contest To Determine Best Literary Work. A' prize of $2,500, in addition to book royalties, to be awarded an nually for the best manuscript on any political, economic or social phase of contemporary American life has been announced by the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Award committee. Details of the awards may be had from the office of Dean J. E. LeRossignol, the Bizad bulletin board, as well aa other university faculty members. Rules are that the manuscripts must be not less than 65,000 words and preferably not more than 120,000 words in length. The sub ject matter, it is announced, should have to do with major aspects, in ternational as well as national, of America and American life. It should be of interest and value to a wide public, and is only open to writers previously unpublished in book form. The object of the contest is to stimulate interest in problems in American life. All manuscripts must reach the committee of judges before January 6, 1937. "The Problem of Our National Defense" was the subject of Prof. C. J. Ftankforter's address before members of Interprofessional In stitute at the Lincoln Saturday. LARGE NUMBER HEAR OF GIVE SPRING RECITAL Male Chorus Sings 'High Barbary' as Opening Number. Students with William G. Tem pel, appeared in their annual spring recital before a large audi ence, Monday evening, May 4, at the Temple Theater. The male chorus opened the pro gram singing High Barbary (Tra ditional Chantey), Bartholomew; and, Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, (Naughty Marietta), Herbert, with Alfred Reider as baritone soloist. Adding pleasant variety to the program were the Four Lova Songs (From Liebeslieder, Op. 52), Brahms, presented by a mixed double quartet ,and Brown October Ale (Robin Hood), De Koven, Wal ter Reusch and chorus. Entire Group Sing. The evening was brought to an Inspiring climax when the entire ensemble sang Go Down Moses (Negro Spiritual), Cain. The pro gram : High Barbary (Traditional Chantey), Bartholomew; Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, (Naughty Mari etta), Herbert, Baritone solo, Al fred Reider; chorus, Arthur Barne bey, James Kempthorne, Charles Reilly, Ernest Green, Wayne Krie ger, Walter Reusch, Harry Geiger, Henry Reifschneider, Elmer Bauer, William Miller Stanley Sandlovich, Paul Maxwell, John Dalling. A Spirit Flower, Campbell-Tipton, Lois Troop; The Open Road, Stickles, Paul Maxwell; O Sleep, Why Doest Thou Leave Me? (Semele). Handel, Charles Reilly; Knows't Thou Not That Fair Land (Mignon), Thomas, Virginia Reider; The Horn, Flegler, Elmer Bauer. Batti, Batti. Battl, Batti, o bel Masetto (Don Giovanni), Mozart, Elspeay Breon; If I Were King, Campbell-Tipton, Wayne Krieger; Lied des Sand manchena (Hansel and Gretel), Humperdinck, Dorothy Beaver; Vision Fugitive (Herodiade), Mas senet, Alfred Reider; Brown Oc tober Ale (Robin Hood), DeKoven, Walter Reusch and Chorus; Po' or Lazurus (Negro Work Song), Work, Male Chorus; Caro Nome che il moi Cor (Rigoletto), Verdi, Dorothy Christiansen. Adieu, forets (Jeanne d' Arct, Tschaikowsky, Wenona Miller; Myself When Yound (In a Persian Garden), Lehmann, William Miller; Four Love Songs (from Liebeslied er, Op. 52) Brahms, (a) Wras Once a Pretty Birdie, (b) In Wood Em bowered, (c) Spiteful Neighbors, d) Secret Nook in Shady Spot; Viarginia Reider, Lois Troop, Dorothy Christiansen, Elspeay Breon, Barbara Clark, Wenona Miller, Ruth Tempel, Arthur Bar nebey, Ernest Green, Elmer Bauer, Walter Reusch. Invocation to Life, Spross, Arthur Barnebey; Christ Went Up Into the Hills, Hageman, Ruth Tempel; Ave Maria, Bach-Gounod, Lucille Reilly, soprano, Ruth HilL liarp; Go Down, Moses (Negro Spiritual), Cain, ensemble. The accompanists were Louis Magee, Charlotte Perry, Beth Mil ler, Ruth Freiss, Ruth Hill, Paul W. LeBar. Prof. Jiles W. Haney addressed members of Sigma Tau, honorary engineering fraternity, at their re cent meeting. t8!AuTo FIRE STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO INS. CO. CHARLM E. 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