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Lincoln, Nebraska
Tuesday, April 8, 1941
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Pictured above Is a map show
ing food conditions in Europe to
day as compiled by the National
Committee on Food for the Small
Democracies. The question of
food plans for starving Europe
was recently debated by a six man
panel in a DAILY NEBRASKAN
JJnion student roundtable.
A straw vote, sponsored by the
DAILY, will be taken tomorrow to
determine university student opin
ion concerning the merits of the
Hoover plan for sending food to
the small democracies of Europe.
Voting stands will be open in the
Union, social sciences, and some
ftg campus building.
Gray presided.
Arguing for more than 40 min
utes over the allotted hour for
discussions, the roundtable group,
presided over by Dr. Glen W.
(Gray, brought the debate to a
close and took a vote of visitors
hearing the discussion. At that
time the vote stood 11 for, 11
against, and 6 undecided.
The problems discussed by the
group were outlined by Dr. Gray
at the beginning of the roundtable
and were unchallenged by either
side. They were:
First, America has adopted a
policy of aiding Britain. Anything
that would help England's enemies
in the war, therefore, would be in
consistent Second, the peoples of Europe
are not getting enough to eat and
in places are actually dying of
Starvation.
Third, both Germany and Eng
land could alleviate the food
shortage, Germany by shipping
food, England by permitting ship
ments to pass her blockade.
i England not responsible.
Fourth, England Is not responsi
ble for the shortage, for western
Pershing Rifles
initiate 28 men
Capt. William Milek of the mili
tary department announced that
the following 28 freshmen and
sophomore men were initiated Into
the Pershing Rifles on April 3:
KuKrne Alien, Row Andrraon, John
IturmriMrr, Clifton Hloom, Harold C'ul
llnan, Adrian Do I'ntron, William Iowrll,
Edward Doyln, Robert Franipton, CharW
Hauptninn, lltrbftrt Hopklnx, John Knhl
nian, Kdward Mai ok bock, Kobrrt Mllkv,
Wllbrr Mum ford, tiny McDonald, Harry
Prrry, John l'rtin, Hrook rotter. Janir
RanmuRMn, KuKrno Rrrtf, Kidney
8rhwart, Richard Neutron, Donald Khoo
yfalt, William Thonibur, Junieg Town
send, Donald WUwo and George Heltap
paugh. All members are instructed to
attend the regular meetings every
Tuesday and Thursday nights
from now until the competition
April 18 and 19 between four mid
western universities. The Pershing
Rifles competition will be held on
UN campus, and approximately
125 men are expected to attend.
Wood grants interviews
D. E. Wood, branch manager
for Remington-Rand from Omaha,
will be here all of this week to
interview prospective ejpployejj.
Europe is 85 percent self-sufficient..
Fifth, England rightly or wrong
ly believes that the admittance of
food would soften the effect of her
blockade.
Sixth, humanity and Christian
ity demand that the peoples be
fed.
Reliability of German promise.
Main points discussed by the
group centered around the ques
tion of the reliability of Germany's
promise that the food would actu
ally reach the people needing it
Taking part in the DAILY'S
roundtable were Ralph Schroeder,
Currin Shields and Lowell John
son, leading the debate for the
plan, and those opposing were Rolf
Ordal, James Olson and Charles
Oldfather. Clifton Utley, interna
tional expert on foreign affairs,
was also present at the meeting.
In national crisis .
Students believe
should mediate
By Duke Schatz.
Labor problems are being viewed
with alarm all over the country at
the present time. They seem to be
prevalent practically everywhere
and are threatening the American
program of national defense. Stu
dents at Nebraska and elsewhere
realize the impending danger of
such continued strikes and most
have definite opinions regarding
remedies.
The consensus seems to be that,
while the federal government
should not as a rule interfere with
labor, in the present crucial situa
tion at home and especially
abroad, the government should
definitely intervene and take con
trol of the labor problems. They
believe that since peaceful arbi
tration had not yet offered a way
out, the remedy lies with the fed
eral government.
Bill Burke, arts and sciences
sophomore, Creighton univeristy:
"Due to the WPA situation, many
experienced workers have boen
taken from regular Jobs and mak
ing money just laying around.
With the WPA abolished, they
Vesper choir
presents Easter
cantata today
The vesper choir under the di
rection of Elizabeth May will pre
sent an Easter cantata at the last
regular vesper service this year
in Ellen Smith at 5 today.
Jane Dalthorp will read and
Charlotte Quick will play a violin
solo. The program has been ar
ranged by the vesper staff whose
chairman is Doris Crittendon.
The YW cabinet decided that
there would be no more vespers
this, year because of the Increased
activities on the campus after
Easter vacation.
Late bulletins
At the end of the second day
of warfare on the 750 mile
Balkan front the allied troops
Jugoslavs, Greeks, and Brit
ish met and apparently held
the full shock of the German
offensive to the west and south.
The Greeks reported that the
Invader's losses were huge in
the bitterest fighting along the
Struma river and that no sin
gle major allied position had
fallen to the nazis.
Semi-final lists
in quiz contest
meet tonight
Semi-finals in the Junior-Senior
Quiz will be held tonight in the
faculty lounge, junior teams com
peting at 7 p. m. and senior teams
at 8 p. m.
Finals will be Sunday, April 20,
at 8 p. m. in the Union ballroom.
At this time tonight's winning
junior team will meet the winners
of the senior semi-finals. Members
of the Senior Council are assisting
in the arrangements.
The five junior teams partici
pating in the semi-finals are: Dan
Atkinson, Defforest Roggenbach,
Charles Velte; Morton Margolin,
Norman Green, Phil Bordy; Betty
Perry, Alice Ann Hascall, Jane
Baird; John Kerl, Gene Schroeder,
J B. Johnson, and Paul Svoboda,
Mary Adelaide Hansen, and Chris
Petersen.
Senior teams are: Currin Shields,
Emory Burnett, James Jezl, and
George Frischer, Leonard Muskln,
and Morris Kirschenbaum.
government
labor disputes
would be working in their regular
fields, happy to be there."
Jim Popple, arts and sciences
sophomore: "The strikers are
merely taking advantage of the
present critical foreign situation."
Elise Morcross, arts and sciences
junior, North Dakota State:
"Something must be done! We
(See QUERY, page 3.)
Anderson
stresses
good health
. for defense
"A Healthy People Our Best
National Defense" was the topic
of the address given by Miss Elin
Anderson, Sirector of health study
of Nebraska, at the Faculty
Scholarship letcure last night.
"The mobilization of resources
for national defense has spot
lighted our greatest strength a
people physically and mentally
strong to carry out their duties
in peace or war," said Miss An
derson. She pointed out that one
of every three young men in the
army draft is being turned down
as physically, unfit.
Miss Anderson came to Nebras
ka in 1939 under the auspices of
the college of agriculture and the
Alexander Legge Farm Founda
tion of Chicago to undertake a
project on the medical care and
health of urual people. The pur
pose of the project is to encour
age and assist rural people to
study their health and medical
needs with a view to building
more effective health services for
themselves.
"Altho the United States leads
Delegates hear Traffic World
editor, TVA director speak
At the luncheon meeting of the third annual transportation con
ference, sponsored by the college of business administration, Henry ji,
Palmer stated that the present prospect for transportation in 1941 to
that existing facilities can handle any excess of traffic.
"Railroads claim that they are prepared to meet the demands of
the national defense program or
actual war demands," Palmer.
who is editor of The Traffic
World, said, "because they are
keeping abreast of equipment re
tirements and because machinery
has been established for co-operation
between railroads and ship
pers. The speaker warned his audi
ence to "guard against those who
. , . would seek to throw our trans
portation system into government
ownership or operation. The Inef
ficiency of government operation
must not be repeated in another
war, much less because of a threat
of war."
Palmer stated that all that la
necessary for efficient handling of
defense transportation is to set up
a proper liaison between a proper
government board and a corre
sponding railroad board so that
necessary shipments will be moved
ahead of unnecessary shipments.
Canal a 'crackpot scheme.'
Criticizing "expensive schemes
of selfish interest labeled neces
sary in the national defense,"
Palmer called the proposal for the
St. Lawrence canal "a crackpot
scheme." He also feels that labor
in the transportation field is some
times selfish and unreasonable in
its wages and hours demands.
"There is no greater racket In
transportation or anywhere else
(See TRANSPORT, page 4.)
Eight positions
open for Barb
Council posts
Eight positions are open for the
coming year on Barb Council, it
was announced yesterday. Posi
tions open to students are: sopho
more, one man and one woman;
junior, two men and two women;
senior, one man and one woman.
Filings should be made in the
activities office in the coliseum.
Eligibility requirements are those
of general university eligibility.
Elections will be held under Stu
dent Council supervision at the
regular election.
Holdover members elected for
the coming year at the last meet
ing are Harold Alexis, Budd Walk
er, Louise Woerner, Jean Echten-kamp.
Debate teams enter third
round of I-M tournament
Ranks of fraternity debate
teams still in competition for the
intramural debate championship
will be depleted tonight, as the
third round of the tournament la
held. At least one team will be
eliminated, atid, if undefeated Del
ta Upsilon and Zeta Beta Tau win,
only three teams will remain in
the running.
John Jay Douglass and William
Rist of Alpha Tau Omega are
paired with once defeated Arthur
Riven and Harold Margulis of Sig
ma Alpha Mu, who will take the
affirmative. Douglass and Rist
have a record of one win and one
loss. Team losing in this debate
will be eliminated, as two defeats
put a team out of competition.
ZBT vs. Phi Delts.
Yale Gotsdiner and Robert
Passer of undefeated Zeta Beta
Tau take the affirmative against;
Nick Douvas and Charles Harris
of Phi Delta Theta. The Phi Delta
forfeited in the first round to Del
ta Upsilon, and drew a bye last
week. Robert Chambers and Bud
Johnson of Delta Upsilon, likewise.
Lincoln Journal.
DAVID E. LILIENTHAU
Ag students
to vote for six
board members
Filings for executive
offices close Thursday's
spring election April 22
Six offices will be filled for the
ag exectuive board at the general
election April 22, and everyone in
terested chould file as soon as
possible in Dean Burr's or the
registrar's office. Filings close at
5 p. m. Thursday.
Positions open on the ag execu
tive board are two men from the
freshman and sophomore classes,
to be elected by ag college men;
two women from the freshman
and sophomore classes, to be
elected by ag college women; and
two members, one junior and one
junior woman, to be elected at
large by all students in ag col
lege. Eligibility rules.
The same eligibility rules as for
Student Council apply to the ag
candidates:
1. Candidates must be regularly
(See BOARD, page 3.)
defend an unblemished record
against Don Farrens and James
Brogan of Delta Theta Phi.
Only one team has thus far been
eliminated. Delta Tau Delta lost
to Zeta Beta Tau, and forfeited
to Delta Theta Phi. Sherwood Lar
son and Robert Ross represent
them in debate.
Question not yet answered.
Thus far, the tournament has
indicated nothing as to the proper
answer to the question for debate,
"Resolved: That the English
speaking nations should make a
formal alliance for their common
interest and protection." Of the
four debater held, two were cap
tured by teams representing each
side. The moaches were forfeited,
and thus are not considered.
Debates are to be held in the
chapter houses of the affirmative
teams at 7, and will be judged by
a former or present member of
the varsity debate team. The fi
nals of the tournament, pitting to
gether the two teams still in com
petition, will be judged by three
members of the ftquad,