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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Friday, March 7, 1947
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By Jim Coufal.
Prior to the November elec
tions the republicans had been in
the minority for 16 years. In No
vember they saw their chance to
regain the majority control, and
unleashed a barrage of criticisms
and promises that they now find
hard to overcome or keep, as the
respective case may be.
One of the more important
promises used in the last con
gressional elections by the repub
licans was the promise to lower
taxes, perhaps by 20 percent. And
to balance the budget. Once in
power, they find these vows hard
to keep.
The important obstacles in the
way of tax reduction and budget
balancing are the wish to begin
reduction of the national debt and
our foreign commitments. Under
the latter, comes the need of a
large army, funds for rehabilita
tion for destitute countries, finan
cial support for UN and immedi
ate aid to the hungry and home
less of Europe.
President Truman has fixed the
"rock-bottom" estimate for "in
ternational finance" at $3" bil
lions in his '47-48 budget.
The reasons advanced for this
Bid-to-Europe are three-fold:
Morally, there is no question
that Europe is desperately in need
of help. She needs it immediately
to stave off starvation and per
manent malnutrition.
Economically, Europe, if she Is
to regain a standard of living any
where near her prewar level, must
have basic agricultural needs,
such as breeding cattle and seeds
to form the nucleus for a revi
talized food program. Also, be
cause her industries are out
moded and in part destroyed, she
needs new industrial equipment.
If Europe is to carry this burden
of rebuilding herself, it will mean
a long period of suffering for her
people, and the necessity for
America to be constantly vigilant
lest another war rise out of the
large mass of discontented people
that would be Europe.
Politically, it is America's and
Britain's plan to fight the further
expansion of communism. As
Britain is admittedly unable to
continue giving financial support
to countries in order to keep them
from swinging left, the responsi
bility falls to America. If Amer
ica wishes to keep the Russians
from gaining partial control of the
Dardanelles, she must make sub
stantial loans to Greece. This is
only one instance in many.
Whether the afore-mentioned
facts are reason enough for the
expenditure of $34 billions is for
congress to decide, but in any case
it appears that the republican
promises for tax cuts and budget
reduction are paradoxical with
later statements of the need for
internationalism. 1
Netherlands
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eured from the Institute of Inter
national Education, New York 19,
N. Y., and must be filed with all
supporting documents not later
than March 15, 1947.
Fields of study open to Amer
ican students are: Dutch language,
Dutch history, history of arts,
archaeology, technical sciences,
and agriculture. Other fields may
be open to students who have an
adequate knowledge of the Dutch
language.
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and his orchestra
Dancing 9 until 12
Couples Only
No Stags
New Library Books Include
FDR Biography, 'Small Town'
Those who get no further than
the magazine racks in our Love
Memorial Library, should be in
formed that the library does have
books and gets new ones almost
daily.
Rather than fiction and novels
the library tries to get the type
books with educational value.
Many of them are specialized;
but some of them ar of general
interest. '
On the third floor in the Social
Studies room are a couple of
books about the late president.
"Ihe Roosevelt I Knew" by Fran
cis l'erkins, Is considered one of
the best books about Roosevent.
Miss Perkins, his intimate friend
and close political associate, gives ,
her personal account of his poli
tical evolution during 35 history
making years.
"As He Saw It" by the former
president s son, Eliott Roosevelt,
gives the story of F.D.R.'s global
thinking and of the aims behind
the conferences that shaped the
victory and set up the framework
of the peace. Elliot based his book
mainly uopn intimate talks with
his father.
A book entitled "Small Town,"
by Granville Hicks, describes the
life and economy of a small town,
Hicks writes as one who has
played a part in the life of a small
town, and not as a visiting so
ciologist. In the Education Reading Room
are a number of books on the sub
ject of colleges life and should
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3:00 p. m., Sunday, March 9
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be of interest to college students.
Three new books, "Campus
Versus Classroom" by Burges
Johnson, "College and Life" by
M. E. Bennett, and "Admission to
American Colleges" by Benjamin
Fine discuss different phases and
problems of campus life. "Inter
grating High School and College,"
by Leonard V. Koos, advocates a
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