PAGE TWO
THE DAILY INEBKASKAIN, WEDNESDAY, JAMJAKY 5, IVM
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
TIIIUTY-SEVENTH YEAR
EDITORIAL STAFF
tdltar
Anuria! Edlfpr .
Miinailna Editor
News tdltura
,..E4 Unrrsy
.Dob Wamat
Hrlrn Paaco
Morrlt Llpp,
BUSINESS STAFF
Baaliwaa Majiatar Bob Wadhama
Ai.litant Manatrrl ,. Frank Joh&aon, Arthu Hill
Circulation Manager itanlej Ulebaal
llnnard Knplan, Barbara Roatwater, Ed Bteewa,
Mnrjorle Churchill, Joe Ztlltjr,
ON THIS INSl'B
Csk Editor
Mulit I illlor
, . . Kaplan
.Boiewatai
I'ndcr dlrectloo ol the Student Publication Board.
Mltnnal tiftlca tnlvfraltji HaU a.
Huainem Otflre I nlveralty Hall 4-A.
telephone- ! B7I1. Mti BlltW. B33SS (Journal).
SUBSCRIPTION RATE
tl.M a rear Hlnala copy Sl.M aemeitu
12.(0 mailed cent! 11.60 aeniettei
mailed
Entered aa aeeond-claaa matter at Uit poatoltlea la
Lincoln, Nebraska, under act ol exintirss, March 8, 1H1V,
and at special rats ol postage nrovlded loi la arctton
U03, act ol October S, 1911, aathorlied Jannarj to. mi.
1937 Member 1938
Plssocidcd Golloftiole Press
Distributor of
GoUe6iafc Di6cst
fnbllnhed every Tnea
day, Wednesday,
Thursday, r'rlduy and
8unday mirnlngs ol
the academic year by
students ol the UnJ.
erlly ol Nehranka,
onder the tupervlnlnn
ol the Hoard ol Pub
lication s.
National Advertising Service, Inc
Collar Pmbllsktrt Rtprmmnlif
4aOMDiaON Avi. NiwYobk. N.Y.
CMICA40 - BOSTON SAN PaANCISCO
Loa AHsstsa potuao Siattli
Shudsuu (pid&n
C. D. R. Prefers Congress lo
the People in Case of War
F. D. R. vs. Ludlow;
Congress vs. People
Holiest subject on the peace front is still
the Ludlow referendum in case of war. A pulse
writer, C. D. 11., takes up the cudgel against
the bill which he wielded forcefully before the
holidays. And on Monday of next week the
Ludlow amendment comes before the house. A
majority rote is necessary for consideration of
the measure. f this majority is commanded,
a two-thirds vote will be required for passage.
Administration opposition to the measure
looms large. Roosevelt No. 2 is shakinp n
biff stick. Administration supporter Senator
George Norris recently went on record against
the spinelessness of the democracies. He
thinks the impending large appropriations for
naval building necessary in face, of the mili
tant attitude of the three great fascist powers,
Germany, Italy and Japan.
This all pertains to the Ludlow amend
ment because the passing of the decision on
the declaration of war to the people detracts
considerably from both Roosevelt's and Nor
ris' stands. The contention is that the pas
sage of the Ludlow amendment would not
only cripple our diplomats in their maneu
vering for advantage in the international
melee, but it would be an invitation to for
eign powers to violate our rights with im
punity. This would further debilitate the
U. S. in the international scramble. Further
more, the amendment would cause added de
lay in the process of declaring war, which
is already much slower than that of the dic
tators. Such arguments as these have been di
rected at the Ludlow measure. And the presi
dent who has done just as he pleased in the
far east, all in open contradiction to the neu
trality act. does not intend to have his power
in international politics curtailed. He even
answered "No" to the question as to whether
or not t lie amendment was consistent with rep
resentative government.
ins following a Panay incident, will be consid
ered a power to be trifled with.
Furthermore, we have more to lose in
the way of democratic tradition by allowing
our president to do as he pleases in the mat
ter of international action or inaction as the
case may be, than we could possibly lose in
international prestige.
An answer to such strong objections is not
easy. In the first place we have renounced
war as an instrument of international policy.
That principal is still sound despite its viola
tion by others. The referendum is designed
to keep us out of war at any cost. What that
cost would be in the way of loss of interna
tional prestige is only a matter of conjecture.
AVe hold, in open despite of the Panay inci
dent, that this country is not likely to be sub
ject to foreign insult, nor will she lose weight
in international matters because she has a de
liberate instead of an itchy trigger finger in
case of war. There is little likelihood that a
country, which increases her naval appropria
tions as rapidly as we are on the verge of do-
C. 1). 11. in today's pulse attacks the ac
tual effectiveness of the referendum to keep
us out of war. While the Nebraskan is not
dogmatic on the minor international implica
tions of diplomacy involved in the measure,
it holds that the amendment would be effec
tive in bringing about an intelligent consider
ation of the desirability of war by the people,
should a serious situation arise. The issue
centers around the comparative effectiveness
of propaganda on congress or on the people.
C. 1). K. would prove by the authority of
historians that the people wanted to go into
the last war that they forced the hand of
congress. We contend" that the historians
whom he quotes are indefinite on the point at
best, because they must, of necessity interpret
uncertain facts. There was no expression of
popular will at the polls. Furthermore, there
has been an overwhelming amount of educat
ing for peace since 1917. Facts concerning
the futility of war, the influence of armament
makers and the causes for war have been
noised abroad freely. This bulwark of educa
tion is not to be taken lightly by one who
holds that the people would again favor war.
C. D. R. contends in his pulse that the
people would be more easily influenced than
congress. But he admits the falsity of his
own contention by admitting that both
Hughes and Wilson ran on peace platforms
prior to 1917, and that the reason for Wil
son's change of heart was the action of lob
byists in congress.
C. D. R. also gives the people credit for
the Spanish American war. His conclusion is
doubtful in view of the fact that if the corre
spondence between this country and Spain had
been revealed to the people by congress, and
the matter submitted to the people, there
would have been no war. A fact in point is
that congressmen are even now trying to bring
to light documents of importance highhand
edlv concealed before the declaration of the
World war. In the case of these two wars,
the solution for democracy, gone beserk, may
have been more democracy.
The pulse writer's final contention is that
the referendum would increase propaganda
pressure. It would also increase educational
pressure. There would be tangible evidence
for informing the people. The decision would
be theirs. We have made great strides in the
analysis of propaganda since the last war. The
referendum might give impetus to a healthy
skepticism toward1 war, and nothing better
could happen.
i, nut u uw iriitMH
NEWS
PARADE
THE WEATIIEK.
The fair weather Santa pre
sented u seemi to be lasting
at the prediction for today n
fair and little change In tem
perature. A good beginning for
the New Year, or I it?
wJ Marjorle Churchill '
, . . More "Shots
Heard 'Jlound
the World."
'. Violence continues on the va
rious fronts of the world. Today's
report finds the following state of
affairs:
CHINA: Japan launches drive
thru the "holy land" of China, and
captures Chufu birthplace of Con
fucius, originator of the ancient
Chinese religion. Firing continues
in various sectors, with Hankow,
00 miles up the Yangtze river,
facing renewed attack.
SPAIN: Both sides hold on firm
ly In the struggle for Teruel. In
surgents, given the advantage in
most reports, "battle at bayonet
points" to recapture the city. Gov
ernment forces resist staunchly.
EGYPT: Cairo is faced with up
risings from the nationalist party,
the waM. with Premier Mustapha
Nahas Pasha seeking a restoration
of the party to power. Dismissal
of the parliament, with a large
wafd representation has aroused
etrong resentment and police and
troops are stationed in the streets
to prevent nn outbreak.
PALESTINE: Great Britain and
Italy continue the battle over the
spreud of propaganda among the
Arabs of the Near East. Britain
accuses Italy of distributing thou
sands of radio sets to Amos in
Palestine. She promptly calls Mus
solini's bet and rebroadeats Ara
bic programs on medium wave
leigths which can be received on
the sets. Indications are that Italy
will retaliate with broadcasts from
powerful stations which will reach
Britain's territories, British In
dies, Australia and New Zealand.
''Jobs for the JoMpis"?
A gloomy outlook for em
ployment faces congress as the
regular session gets under way.
"The sharpest winter decline In re
cent years" is the report of the
senate unemployment committee.
WPA rolls are expected to Jump to
1.900,000 in February, says Assist
ant WPA Administrator Corrlng
ton Gill.
Alarmists view a recession riv
aling that of J 929, as reports for
October, November and December
show a loss of 100,000 more jobs
than in the same three months of
1929. Total number of unemployed
is set at nearly 11 million from re
sults of the recent census.
Railroads, building and manufac
turing are blamed for the largest
number of unemployment cases.
The unemployment committee,
however, does not Intend to get it
self Involved In the president's re
cently launched attack on monopo
lies as the cause of the recession,
says Senator Byrnes, head of the
commit tee.
HONORARY MATH SOCIETY
HOLDS MEETING TONIGHT
History of Pi Mu Epsilon
Subject of Vacek's
Address.
Pi Mu Epsilon, honorary mathe
matics fraternity, will hold its first
meeting of the year tonight at 7:00
o'clock in Social Science 101. A
short business session will follow
the program for consideration of
Important business.
Edward Vacek, senior, will Rive
brief history of mathematics, and
the function of the society will be
explained. All students interested
in becoming active or associate
members of this fraternity are in
vited to attend, and active mem
bers are urged to be present.
Til ETA NU TAPS NEW
MEMBERS AT DINNER
Bancroft Speaks Tonight
at Nu-Med Banquet
on Pediatric.
New members of Theta Nu,
honorary medical fraternity who
were chosen In secret meeting will
be tapped at the Nu-Med banquet
this evening at 6:15 In the Grand
hotel. Dr. Paul M. Bancroft, mem
ber of the Lincoln Children's clink
and former faculty member of the
Nebraska university school of
medicine at Omaha, will speak on
some phase of pediatrics. Dr
Wade, advisor to pre-med. stu
dents, will make a short talk pre
ceding a business meeting and the
annual election of wu-wed oin
cers.
tditor't Note: The following
letter has been cut considerably
because it was felt to be in
ordantly long. Every effort was
made1 to avoid weakening the
force of the article. We ask that
letters be as brief as possible.
Dear Mr. Editor:
This letter may Inspire no great
joy at the editor's desk. It is
aimed at reviving a question which
supposedly was settled by editorial
comment prior to the holidays. I
had written a letter to the effect
that the proposed Ludlow amend
ment is a dangerous mensure. The
letter used the following argu
ment: The people are less stable and
level headed in a crisis than is
congress. Their madness in 1917
illustrated this. Given the ex
plicit responsibility for foreign
wars, they will become the dupes
of Intensified propaganda, and
their blundcrous decision will be
irrevocable.
That there Is another side than
mine is fully recognized, and I am
not blind to the fact that the pro
posal was, and will be, well sup
ported, in congress and out. I
realize much of the criticism di
rected against it is silly and ill
considered. Yet I maintain that the
proposal should be defeated.
Mr. Editor, your case for the
referendum contained three con
tentions: First, the events ot
1917 did not demonstrate the
comparative weakness of the
public, for it was congress, not
the public, that seems to have
been foremost in demanding war;
second, congress Is the more
easily propagandized because of
its small number of members;
third, the common man deserves
to vote on a war he fights and
dies in.
The first point, the history of
ouu entry into the war, had not
seemed the least controversial,
but since it has become so, we had
best settle it first. Unless wc
agree on what happened in 1917
we can hardly agree on what will
happen in a similar situation.
Weather prophecies disagree if
forecasters make contradictory ob
servations. You contend that the war was
disapproved until after the decla
ration, and that the people were
pushed into the war by the gov
ernment. Agreed that mass .sentiment
stoutly opposed war at first and
afterward came around to ap
proval. But where was it mean
while? A defendant is not guilty
of murder if the victim was dead
beforehand, and Congress is inno
cent in this case if the people were
already bellicose.
The bulk of historical opinioon
holds that it was the people them
selves, and not Wilson or Congress
or the Church that forced us into
the international carnage. H. G
Wells notes in his "Outline" that
this nation's "thoughts and temper
changed very rapidly." Precisely,
and the incredible reversal occur
red previous to April 1917. Pchle
singer of Harvard, Mary R. Beard
and Charles Austin Beard have de
scribed the waves of flaming re
sentment which swept across the
country after t-ach report of Ger
man atrocities. Reports did not
have to be true to be infuriating
Robinson of Stanford and West of
Northwestern colaborate in writ
ing that Wilson was led by his
faith in democracy to submit even
his foreign policy to the test Of
public approval, James Truslow
Adams, Frederick Austin Ogg ov
Wisconsin, Dumond of. Michigan
and Muzzey of Columbia all sep
arately write that before our war
entry the public in general
staunchly believed we had no al
ternative. Mr. Editor, can you still contend
that "it will never be known
whether or not a majority wanted
war?" Let me rpfer you to the
noted Yale historian, Charles Sey
mour. In his "Wood row Wilson
and the World War," he records
that while the little group of 12
"wilful" senators opposed Wilson's
warlike moves, a storm of popu
absolutely necessary to enter the
struggle. Can you deny this?
How can it be said that the
people did not draw the deluge
of hardship and misery upon
themselves? To be sure, Wilson
and Hughes ran on peace plat
forms. That merely illustrates
how fickle and dangerous is pub
lic opinion, when expert "public
lobbyists" get at their despicable
jobs. Granted also that we had
to draft men into service, but
can't a mob want war without
realizing the sacrifice? Need all
of its individual members want
to give their lives? A draft is
necessary anyway to enlist the
calm minded minority into ac
tive services for the majority.
Such a national emergency does
not dilly-dally around with dis
senters and individualists.
You declare energetically, as a
second contention, that "it is eas
ier to propagandize some 600 rep
resentatives of the people than it
is to affect the millions of adults
in the country." Your arithmetic
dominates your judgment. Are
two ounces of gold less valuable
than ten ounces of lead? Accord
ing to your reasoning, ministers
arc more immoral than their con
gregations, since ministers are
fewer in number and occupy posi
tions of special temptation You
have ignored the factor of ability
and character, a factor extremely
vital in representative govern
ment. A committee of a legisla
tive body can do, and usually does,
work superior to thnt done by the
whole assembly. Why does it?
Because it works on the repre
sentative principle. And after all,
a senator or a congressman is not
quite the dunce John Smith is.
Draft exemption can not make a
congressman vote for war while
his electors wish peace. He can
not win an election by loud
mouthed audacity if the voters
are not in sympathy. When the
penalty is his seat Irr-congress, he
is not likely to exceed the people's
attitude. On the contrary, his
good sense frequently requires him
to trail public sentiment. He is
not willing to forfeit his office un
less sanity dictates.
Your final contention is that the
common man deserves the right to
vota on the wars he fights and
dies in. I agree that if he demands
the right to vote on the wars he
fights, he certainly shall have it.
Yet a thief does not deserve to get
the purse just because he will, nor
should his resister get a rlout on
the head because it will be dealt
him. I say a majority should not
have the referendum control, and
I say so because I believe in life
and peare, health and happiness.
Those who blatantly support popu
lar measures and who shout loud
est in the public's behalf, do not
necessarily by their own claim
hold a monopoly on good inten
tions and humanitarian sympa
thies. In reality, they are often
most injurious to the welfare of
the common man for whom they
crusade. So it is that I can have
good motives anil yet flatly say
that the millions of John Smiths
do not deserve the referendum.
There is good reason for my
stand. John Smith is more excit
able than h' congress; his un
trained mind can be blown sky
high to the limits of mania by
cleverly devised propaganda, He
has pushed wars on congress, as
he indisputably did in the Spanish-American
friction, and as he
did in 1917. The referendum meas
ure would provide that congress
could not validly declare a foreign
war without the consent of a ma
jority of the people. It Is entirely
reasonable that under this meas
ure, we would be more likely to
enter a foreign war. You may
doubt this, because congress would
still have to originate the declar
ation before it came before the
people. True, but with the final
derision resting definitely and ex
plicitly with the people, foreign
minded agitators would dig in, re
alizing that they had more chance
than ever to make their efforts
Prom Committee.
Members of the recently elected
Junior-Senior prom committee will
meet in room 106 U hall at 5 p. m.
tomorrow evening.
Corn Cobs.
All Corn Cobr will meet for a
short meeting in room 107b, So
cial Science hall at 7 p. m. tonight.
Military Students.
From Thursday on, all military
students should attend drill pre
pared to have their Cornhusker
pictures taken.
re-
,,, 1.1 ha rsnennllv tl'tie ill
gard to the United States.
The brains of deception need
then only to inflame the mass
mind to a point where congress
'would willingly pass the decision
on to the people. Referendum could
easily work into indirect initiative.
The side with the stronger "Pub
lic Information" agencies would
guide our hostility against the
side with the weaker agencies.
When our feelings reached the
danger point, congress would have
to follow. In short, the referendum
would invite propaganda activities
and would hasten congressional in
itiative by hastening the danger
point in national sentiment.
C. D. R.
For An Expression
nl Student Opinion.
In yesterday's Rag under the
heading, "The Inquiring Reporter"
there were expressed various views
as to the relative merits of the
Ludlow amendment which will
come up for congressional debate
on Jan. 10. As a member of the
commission on the World Com
munity of the recent National
Assembly at Oxford, O., I feel that
I am expressing the viewpoint of
the group in saying that it is all
very well to develop an idea and
express it but if that is all the
farther it goes it Is of little bene
fit. It needs to be pointed out to
the light person to carry any
weight.
One student said that "the con
gressmen are close enought to the
people whom they represent to
answer directly to their wishes in
such an important matter." 1
wish to challenge this statement.
Do our congressmen know how we
as students feel? Another stndcrit
said that "we who are most vitally
concerned should have something
to say about a declaration of war."
Yes, we should have somehting to
say and right now is our chance
to speak.
I wish to urge that every stu
dent on the campus who is deeply
concerned over this problem write
to the congressman from his dis
trict, expressing his opinions so
that the congressman will know
how the student feels. After all, It
will be the students who will fur
nish the cannon fodder for a war
and it is up to us to save our own
skins. Let's have action!
F. S.
ployment in the smaller schools in
the state.
In these schools trvirhprs are re
quired to give instruction in three
and often four different subjects.
Thus, he points out, those who
have made preparation in sever.il
fiM.is have the best ontiortunil v
for securing teaching jobs.
STUART
in
6:30
A
Mm If
V.vrry
WrrU1'
Hurry! Hurry J
nil 3 More Days!
"WELLS .
FARGO"
with
Joel McCrea
Bob Burns
Frances Dee
KM It A I
"March of Time"
A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS
SURE IT'S A LAUGH!
But W.iit Until
You See . . .
FRED ASTAIRE
GEORGE CRACIE
BURNS ALLEN
In
"A Damsel in Distress"
Still Is Saturday!
STUART
NPincoln
kTl-
20s
till 6
-..--ltd i
Ml"
SATURDAY!
"r"lrr ,
Starts f U. S. c
Teachers With Special j
Skills Get Preference
(Continued from Page 1.)
it must be remembered that the
student's opportunity for place
ment is in direct ratio to the num
ber of subjects he can teach. The
university educator said that it is
teachers must expect to find em-
lar defamation overwhelmed them felt. Do you ask why? No nation
and that by April, nine out of jean wholeheartedly make war
every ten Americans believed it without support nl home. This
DAVE HAUfJ
Llnrnln'
Lradlnf
Baaa
la Uw
'lhrM boya ar Bow brlnf frature4
Iradinf ballroomi. Tnrr'rc (oooi
COMING JIMMIE JACKSON -
in 1 pirv rrrrni vfUBaunn m tmrwitrr m
Rsrh Hntrl, the Trlinnit and Arftfoa at Chi- J
men. 1-rlriM- A dm. -J Of.
' -Tonite h
ADM. 25o
TODAY!
fatten,
EVEBT HISIU
JACK
RANDALL
la
"8TAR8 OVER
ARIZONA"
ALWAYS A
BEAT FOE
BIO
HITS!
UffCOLN'l
OWN
BENNY
BAKER
"LOVE ON
nwaiaii
ft 1
i
Ihan vnn
Willi IUU
TAKE IT?
Il' a lill('l l.A". ,.
"HtANhKNslH V .
lilt. ,11 h VI I. and MR,
IH UK". . .All In n::
Hanked hb the iiutMnnd
ln( plrlurc of 1!I37,
ROBERT
SaVII nUTPfiiirnu
. niuniuurvicnT
And
ROSALIND RUSSELL
"NIGHT
MUST FALL
plus HIT .NO. X
PATSY KELLY
LYDA ROBERT
"NOBODY
BABY
M T
JO
SUN
1 t.
IE V
s 4 A2-
t. r.,
It
VARSITY")
sin
MIN "J4 IIUIOW
FLOOR. . . 1-" V. M.
llon-'a thr
luntiiMl
il
IB 1 ft
4 X
Acllc-cl
Allrurllon
ANDY t I t lit
AM) NLWS 01 TMK l Y
HIT NO. 2
A llll. Ill I 1 imv I HUM
'I lit xll Kl) 111
rovr
I AMI? .5 si '
ANGEL i'-- t
TOBIN
UMIMI l Mill
MM III! h ( 111 A Al.lt K
In
"HIK nt lOM II l,Mlllll"
Hurry; r.nna jonirr;
Norman Alley'i "Bombing of Panay" JT .
Barbara Stanwyck Herbert Marshall f .r I W'fw.
"BREAKFAST FOR TWO" . V '
"THANK YOU MR. M0T0'
Starts
THURSDAY.
On Our Stage! . v
7 ttl'ZiSS&Sf
AI"" ... .ill "';
Hi"
THE THR
,,.r hfart s t AR ,
frldf
Sow "
AUMTl'B7.
I
V Ure tun on '.""-,.,. nrand
,. ,-, -
TU"JU" in Mother 0
-u- olkt .torvl
" ' L..rt.W"""' "
The Jones Family
Borrow Trouble"
. "Shirley Decme
it
T J
v n
.-:V-:.
mm
I VAN.
k, U 8
WELCOME BACK, STUDENTS!
"?tr I MftCCM.'.
rs KUbibutv-r -
And here's hoping
your holidays
have been
happy ones!
PHIL RtGKH,
JAMES GlUSt
r " M ""L and th '" : I
V Before
V v 7 TED LEWIS V. --: f "T
( Vl;V a, "UOWAY Yw tNV
Vi7 KY THOMPSON X "".A '"A
KKDiMACCK) ""-
M,vWYf IUISALBERNI f.
"M lv smuy burnette ff:
r yjH K Come
Exciuiive
Bomblno, Sinking
and Reicua Scenei
u. s. s.
PANAY
and Co!r
Cartoon
if 11 TAJ
TOAST"
LIBERTY
Kill 14 EU
.