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Tuesday, December 3, 1940
DAILY NEBRASKAN
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Conquered European peoples defiant;
near revolution Russell Wright
"People in Poland, France, and
other conquered European states
in their hearts are very defiant
about being subdued by the nazi
regime and will revolt at the first
opportunity," Russell Wright, rov
ing news photographer, observed
yesterday as he discussed life and
conditions in war-torn Europe.
"There will be starvation in
Europe this winter," he declared,
"but the Germans will eat. I be
lieve the food shortage will occur
in Norway, Denmark, the Balkans,
and Poland. At the present France
has a good store, but how long it
will last or how far it will go de
pends on how much the Germans
take. Not only is there a proba
bility of starving masses of
Frenchmen, but they also have a
very serious unemployment prob
lem to solve. Since the Lorraine
region has been declared German,
the French have been forced to
move into Poland or unoccupied
France for their livelihood."
Wright began tour last year.
Wright r turned from Europe
and the fascinating experiences of
a news iccl photographer almost
a year r.go, and has since spent his
time lejturing in the United States
showing his documentary movies
of conditions resulting from World
war II. A very young looking
man, even though his hair is gray
ing at the temples, .Wright has
been in the journalism game for
ten years. His specialty is the
field of journalism pohtography,
although he is equally efficient as
a news writer, having done both
jobs in Spain during the civil war.
Wright has inevitablly arrived in
cities destined to make history in
advance of the crises to occur, and
in time to get stories first when
they break. He explaines his fore
sight very logically. "I only en
deavor to analyze the situation,"
he said, "because by a careful
analyzation, one can usually fore
cast events and the time and place
for their occurence."
As interesting experiences as
could happen to any foreign cor
respondent have probably hap
pened to Wright. In Danzig, he
was "taken for a ride by two black
shirts" and imprisoned for 21
hours for taking pictures of mili
tary activity. He has run into
similar trouble in Austria and Ger
many and in every city, "it is like
sneaking into a fort past scores of
guards to get to the place where
I can take any meaningful shots,"
he affirmed.
"As a rule, the news reels shown
in American theaters are highly
censored," he said, "but the extent
of the censoring depends on the
subject material and the camera
man." According to Wright, it is
essential for a camera man to ex
cite no suspicion about his work
and to make contacts with the
right people.
Although he has not been in
England since Hitler began his
bombardment of that country,
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Vassar college scientists believe
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chandizing and industrial system
not unlike today's. .
Wright prophesied that the morale
of the British will not be weak
ened. He thinks they "can take
it." "The Greeks," this analytical
reporter said, "depend a great deal
on the British who are doing all
aviation work of any significance
for them. They do not have much
equipment and their position for
victory is questionable, but they
arc putting up a good fight."
Smucker talks
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Reconciliation head ends
lvo day stay in city
Don Smucker, regional secre
tary of the Fellowship of Recon
ciliation, concludes his two-day
speaking tour of the city today
with four addresses at different
group meetings. The discussions
concern the general subject of
peace-making.
Snmckers tour includes two
speeches before university stu
dents. At 5 n. m. he will speak
at the university YWCA vesper
service at uuen simtn nan. tiis
topic will be "The Value of Per
sonal Commitment."
Subject of Smucker's address at
7 p. ni. before a joint meeting of
hp- ramnus YM-YW will be "Shall
Wc Quit Working for Peace?"
The meeting will be neid m room
306 ag hall. A discussion will be
held following the regular meet
ing concerning the problems of
conscience ana war.
Charm school meets
Tuesday to hear Agnes
Charm school will meet Wednes
day instead of Tuesday this week,
Marian Craemer announced today.
The reason for the change is that
the speaker, Miss Agnes, is in Kan
sas City, Missouri, attending a
conference and will not return un
til Wednesday.
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