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DAILY NEBRASKAN
Wednesday, February 5, 19411
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By their worth we shall know them . . .
Forty three men were empowered by the elec-.
torate last November to pass what legislation they -felt
was necessary to further the interests of the
state during the next biennium. More than 500 bills
have been introduced by these men to protect those
interests. The nature of the measures passed and the
personalities of the men considering thera are ob
viously of vital concern, economically and politi
cally to every person in the state.
Yet despite these self-evident truths, how few
people really know who these men are; how few
even vaguely understand the tax bills, and correc
tive measures being considered at this session.
And on the other hand how difficult it must be
for these legislators to pass just laws for those
"groups with whom they have little contact, and
whose activities are little known to them. That the
state may enjoy the best legislation possible it is the
duty of the people of that state to make their every
day activities, their achievements and their hopes
known to their representatives.
With the aim therefore of representing the uni
versity activities to the men at the capitol on the
one hand and of stimulating a greater interest
among the students in the government of the state
on the other, the DAILY begins this week a three
fold policy of education.
The legislators . . .
That the students of the university might know
the legislators as the men that they are, getting
them away from the current idea that solons are
just cogs in a great machine which turns out at reg
ular intervals laws for the state, the DAILY plans
daily personality sketches of our senators, pointing
out the measures they are backing, something of a
biography of them and a statement of what their
interests are.
Then their presence on the floor will be of much
more significance to the students watching their ac
tivities from the galleries.
The hills ...
Tho the discussion of all the measures pending
in the legislature is both impossible and useless, in
formation on the measures around which there is
conflict, and on those of particular interest to the
students of the university would be of value. A reg
ular legislative reporter will seek to bring this in
formation to the readers of the NEBRASKAN, with
research of his own on a limited number of bills.
The student body ...
Copies of the DAILY are being distributed to
the men in the legislature. By reading of the activi
ties and creative research being done here, they will
come to better understand the function the univer
sity serves in the state.
Then by the merits of each will the legislators,
bills and students be known.
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5 by Art Rivin
A flood of new bills, 91 of them, were intro
duced into the legislature yesterday morning. Since
the formal introduction period ends tonight and
there are still over 200 measures awaiting proposal,
today's session promises to be a more than full one.
At the request of Governor Griswold, the sena
tors speeded up work on legislation bearing on na
tional defense. LB 232 authorizing the governor to
institute a state advisory commission to cooperate
with national defense activites was advanced from
general to select file.
Under suspended rules, three other defense
bills were introduced, read twice and assigned to
committees. These measures, proposed by Senator
Adams of Omaha, are for the express purpose of ex
tending Omaha's control over the 10 million dollar
bomber assembly plant which is to be constructed
there.
Senator John Mekota, of Crete, sponsored two
additional defense bills. The first would empower
the governor to establish a home guard when the
regular national guard is called to federal duty. The
second would repeal the present home guard law.
Colonial collapse
British forces continue to roll over the Italians
on all fronts in the African campaign, with victories
being reported in Libya, Eritrea, Ethiopia and
Somaliland.
Military sources in Cairo report the entrance
of the army of the Nile into Cirene, Marshal Ho.
dolfo Craziani's former headquarters, some 60 miles
west of Derna, and 100 miles from Bengasi, the next
major Italian defense point. It took the British
forces five days to negotiate the coastal road from
Derna.
The RAF is extending British operations in
north Africa, even beyond the advances of the land
forces. Violent bombing attacks have been reported
on the Libyan coast as far west as Tripoli, with
several tons of bombs being dropped on the big Ital
ian airport named for Mussolini.
Relating to operations on the eastern front, the
Italians belatedly have acknowledged the retreat
of their forces in Eritrea, and the fascist high com
mand has announced the establishment of new posi
tions east of Agordat and Barentu in northern
Eritrea. The Cairo report painti a very different
picture of the situation. According to sources there
the Italians were leaving Agordat in full retreat.
Likewise, down in the desert stretches of Ethio
pia the Italian position steadily is becoming more
critical. From Kenya a powerful British mechanized
force is smashing the outposts of the Italian array
of occupation, driving it steadily eastward toward
Condor. And from his headquarters somewhere in
the mountains of lower Ethiopia, Haile Selassie is
rallying native troops for a war of revenge against
their conquerors.
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The Dopey
Dictionary
SNOB A person who
runs around with people
who make more money
than you do.
GENIUS The fellow
who figures out the menus
for our regular 3')c Rapid
Service Plate Lunch
They're tasty and filling,
a treat you shouldn't
miss. Quick service,
pleasant atmosphere, good
food.
Capital Hotel
Coffee Lounge
Ray Hedges, Mgr.
Dictators-
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dcr the capitalists, would rise up
"in revolution" and take control.
"They will establish the dictator
ship of the proletariat. . .and ulti
mately attain a classless common
wealth as a sort of paradise re
gained, was Marxs belief.
Dr. LeRossignol declared that
the Russian revolution was act
ually a coup d'etat engineered by
a band of professional revolutionists.
Approximately a Blxth of the
1,794 students at the University of
North Dakota arc sons or daugh
ters of farmers.
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Bulletin
KEI OllKO.N.
Officer will be elected at the Rc4
('ntdoa martin tonlnht at 7:30 la. the
Motor truck laboratory.
VWCA CABl.NET.
The tint mcetlni at the new YWCA
cabinet will be held tonlfht at 1:00 la El
lea Hnilln.
I-HI SIGMA IOTA,
riil Slicnta luls Hill meet tomorrow at
7::io p. in. at the home of Mrs. Nora On-
born, 1344 A. HK-aLrrs will be Mary
lu-nirra and llctly Mueller.
(ORMM Skr.R WOUHERH.
Frenhmaa Coriiliiinkrr workers are need
ed between t and A p. m. all week.
l.MON HIT i'AIIAIIK.
Tune M'lrrti'd Hie top ten on the
I nmn juke bin hit pantile will be played
In tinier of popularity at the iiinlliieeTlanre
In Hie I ulna ballroom tomorrow at 6
p. m. I'rrM-nl ulculilliatioa cards fur
admittance.
I'M. K1H.E (M B.
I'niverslly rifle elub will hold a mcetln
at ft p. m. tomorrow In room tlO of JSe
branka hall.
t'OIlN (Oil.
There will be a meeting of t orn Coin
In room 31(1 of the I ulon today at 1: M
p. in.
Hartlwarcmen hear
I'feiler in Omaha
Dr. W. K. Tfeiler, associate pro
fessor of Germanic languages, will
address the Nebraska Hardware
Association on "The Trivilege of
American Citizenship at a meet
lug in Omaha on Feb. 6.
The
Daily Ncbraskan
FOKTIKTU If EAR.
BabM-Mptloa Bates are SI.M Per Semes
ter or SI. 60 lor the Collet tear. II. B0
Mallrd blofle ropy, t enta. Entered as
second-class matter at toe poatoftlee u
Lincoln. Nebraska, ander Aft el t-on
cress. March I. 187.1. and at special rate
et at October . 1117. Alton rl red 8rn-
ember 30. IWZZ
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I-M debate-
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of the questions, use of material,
skill in refutation, and good speak
ing. A detailed statement of the
regulations will be sent to com
peting teams.
Subject of debate.
The proposition is, Resolved,
that all English speaking nations
should form an alliance for their
common Interest and nroteetion.
The time of speaking Is six min
utes tor construction and four for
rebuttal In each debate.
Also during February and
March ten or more debates will be
held In and near Lincoln on the
subject. Resolved, that the nations
of the western hemisphere should
lorm a permanent union. On Feb.
20, a try-out will be held for a
second debate subject of the sea
son. Filings near close.
Professor White asks those who
wish to compete to file their names
by Feb. 12. Competition is open
to any man who has taken work in
the university for two semesters.
There are already two teams In
the field, nnd if there is sufficient
demand another competition may
be held to choose other teams.
Lend Your Support
by Attending
The Intramural
Round-Robin
Tournament-
Lincoln Bowling
Parlors
238 North 12 Street
l
Saturday
Febr. 15
Inter fraternity
BALL
with
Joe
Sanders
The Event
of Cite Year
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