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2 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Thursday, April 17, 1952 EDITORIAL PAGE Battle Against Nature I . . , Bg Muddy Rampages As the Big Iuddy turns the Missouri River study, but it will bo accomplished not overnight. Lenenp valley Into a grotesquely spectacular ocenn, per sonal and property losses soar continually. It is a tragic tale, and it is a tragedy affecting many mora than the valley Inhabitants who must abandon homes and property for safety. It Is a catutrophy -great enough to require a special session of the Nebraska legislature. Great enough for the president of the United States to call a special meeting with governors of the seven states affected by the flood waters. Great enough for Gov. Val Teterson to request federal aid for the disaster areas. And it is a personal tragedy to the thousands who must take a last look at homes which needed to be evacuated. It is a dramatic story also of courageous workers who have volunteered physical effort and of those who have contributed material help. It Is appropriate for the University students to help. Between 150 and 200 of them left Lincoln Wed nesday to aid in Omaha. Only those who have witnessed a flood can ever realize the tragedy and suffering accompany ing it. It is just not water invading homes and destroying property, it is filth, mud and a damage which will last for months, possibly years. During occasional breathing spells in the battle, the thought arises as to how to control this glgantlo force which periodically rampages and destroys so much. Someday, (possibly years for It will take time) but someday this force will be controlled. During this second consecutive year for the Missouri behaving In a big waylast year the $870 million Kansas river flood damage was the costliest In history the concern Is greater than ever. This editor has faith that someday this menace will be tamed. It will take time and expert Thousands are homeless and property damage mounts hourly as the raging Missouri continues to swallow everything within its path. The mon ster has left a wake of ghost towns along its flooded banks and hit Iowa's second largest com munity, Sioux City, with a record crest. Down stream Omaha and Council Bluffs are frantically raising their levees. Viewing the disaster area through the win dows of a DC-6, this writer had the opportunity to see the destruction caused by the flood mon ster. Flying over the Missouri Wednesday morning at 5,000 feet, one viewed homes and It is not appropriate now to argue which way is the best control method. Efforts now should be directed to the emergency. After that, an exten sive and intensive study must be made. University students have been aiding in many ways. During spring vacation many were vol unteers at the dikes or relief centers. Today, The Daily Nebraskan is providing students an opportunity to contribute to the care and relief of the thousands left homeless from the flood. A week long drive is being started In today's paper to which students may eon tribute to a fund which will be turned over where needed. There is nothing compulsory about donations. But at least the opportunity Is available for students desiring to contribute. This year's flooding is the result of unusually heavy snow and rain. Months ago, army en gineers began worrying about what would hap pen if a steady thaw would occur. There was little time for absorption of the surplus moisture eveept in the streams that swelled into the hig river. The thaw started and the floods started in Montana. Now they are in Nebraska. All the preparation in the world could not prevent the flood now, but efforts are being made to with stand the crest. Truly, the results of the flood are far reach ing. Radio stations operate on a 24 hour basis to bring continual flood news bulletins and make special announcements. Mobile units bring on-the-spot iterviews and news of disaster areas. The flood Is terrible; the losses tremendous, but the spirit Is great. This flood for the most part is a courageous and dramatic fight against nature. J. K. . . . Flying Over The Wide Missouri barns which stood out against the raging gray waters. Only chimneys and windmills served as final landmarks for many Nebraska and Iowa farms bordering the wide Missouri. The only sign of life in the gray carpet was a horse frantically trying to escape the vicious waters which carried him further and further downstream. Here and there, small breakages in the dikes could be seen the water swiftly sweep ing over the once dry land. Filth, mud, slime and the property of thous ands are all the elements making up the ever growing wide Missouri. S. G. McCarthy's Tactics Joe McCarthy, Wisconsin Senator who has gained much fame or nortoriety from his attacks on "un-Americans" and on those who disagree with him, seems to have gained a partner at least one of his Senate colleagues has picked up ... By Senator McCarran or to bring into line publications which run con trary to their own interests. Senator McCarthy made an extremely under handed plea to advertisers of Time magazine which had made him look rather ridiculous in its Little Man On Campus By Bibler bis tactics and put them to rather dubious use in news columns. For various reasons, rather simi- his own behalf. Sen. Fat McCarran, head of the Senate judi ciary eommitte, has taken issue with the Las Vegas Sun, Nevada newspaper. And Senator McCarran has found that the Sun's editor. Hank Greenspan, has taken issue with him to the tune of a million-dollar law suit. lar, Senator McCarran has induced several Sun advertisers to withdraw their accounts from that paper. The Sun picked up a few news items, and commented editorially, on revelations brought by the Kefauver Senate crime investigating committee. This, in itself, must have aroused the anger or at least flushed the face of the Nevada Senator. To add insult to injury, the Vegas Sun, under the pen of Editor Green spun, supported for the Senate Tom Mechling, who was challenging McCarran. McCarran defeated his opponents and went his merry way back to the Senate but obviously never forgot the audacity of anyone presumptuous enough to contest his Senate chair. McCarran's anger hit the boiling point when he began phoning Las Vegas gamblers and de manding that they withdraw their advertising Muriel Pickett, Beth Rohwer and Marv Stromer, from the Sun. His command was particularly ef- McCarran's tactics parallel those of the illus trious McCarthy in that neither man feels any scruples about pressuring advertisers to destroy Margin Notes From sounds of Editor Shirley Murphy's, plans, the 1953 Husker Handbook will be an extremely attractive and original publication. Miss Murphy and staff. Agnes Anderson, Janice Harrison, have divided the Handbook into: activities, social life, residences, finances, University services, sports, classes, campus rules, traditions and the year's schedule. Attractive titles for the sections indicate that much thought and work has gone fective when he included the warning that he could ruin gambling in Nevada if they did not comply with his request Some of the gamblers so contacted by MeCar- into making the Handbook truly representative of ran went along with his tactics and withdrew the University and of real value to incoming stu dents. Tit April 26 should be a mighty colorful day on the University campus, according to Ag college plans for the 1952 Farmers Fair parade. Eighteen Ag organizations have entered floats in the parade world. their accounts from the Sun. But Editor Green spun obviously was not one to take this sitting down or remaining quiet He has filed a million- dollar suit for restraint of trade against the Ne-i vada Senator McCarran, his secretary Eva Adams, and various members of the Las Vegas gambling and 13 entrants are scheduled for the midway carnival which will bridge the time between the parade and the rodeo. A real Mardi Gras atmos phere could be created on the campus if the float designers and midway booth creators, figuratively speaking, "lose their heads" on decorations. Such a show would add to campus tradition and color, at least for a day. Slight reminder of the short life of College Days comes in the announcement that Engineer's "Week will begin April 24. Exhibits in depart mental open houses, a convocation, field day, picnic and banquet will provide two days of fes tivities and education for the engineers. It seems extremely unfortunate that other colleges of the University and perhaps even the entire Univer sitycannot reflect the strong spirit .that moves Engine college through administrative red tape to their annual E-Week. The defunct College Days might benefit by adopting some such "national- Greenspun undoubtedly has quite a fight on his hands, as does Senator McCarran. Bet the " Sun's editor obviously likes to fight such things as advocated by Senator McCarran who now has to fight, in court, for his actions. McCarran, as McCarthy, has applied the age old economic pressure to change the policies of a free press. And McCarran, as McCarthy, realizes that without economic freedom, no free press can exist Hank Greenspun will not be fighting pri marily for that million-dollar settlement. His main cause will be the right of a free people to express themselves without benefit of McCarthys and McCarrans. R. R. JhsL (Daily, TMha&kcuv FIFTY-FIRST TEAS Member Associated Collegiate Fran Intercollegiate Press ism." ' The Dan Nebraska Is published by the etudeats ef the i University Nebmskn a eip-esetoa f students' news tnJ oola- yC Ion. only. Aeenrolng to Article H of I be By-Laws (evening pi T Ti fnThort TTnivprsit.v rlirpctor of vet- . student publication, and administered by the Board af PubUca- 1TOI. J. y. LOlDen, University cureci.ur ui vet tlon the potler of t.j Board that publications. erans affairs, has announced that vet enrollment ' stands at 868 today as compared with 5,603 in 1947-48. Perhaps there will be another surge of veteran enrollment to the University Korean veterans, not, we hope, World War III veterans. Since Gen. Dwight Eisenhower can now lay claim to most of New Jersey's 38 delegate votes. Taft forces will undoubtedly claim a moral victory lor the Senator so defeated in this latest seacoast primary. However, perhaps Senator Taft will not lose in prestige too greatly since he tried with auch diligence to remove his name from the New Jersey ballot Against the backing of New Jer sey's Governor Driscoll for Ike" the Ohio Senator would not campaign for the 38 convention votes. Daily Thought We Hate- some persons cecause we do net know them; and ws will not know them because we hate them. Coltoru Mistake? To the Editor: Your editorial, "The - China Question, A Mistake," on April 9 by Dr. J. M. Reinhardt pointed out that the U.S. made A mistake in supporting Chiang Kai-shek on Formosa and not recognizing the Chinese Communist regime at the right time. As a Chinese stu dent on this campus, I wish you will allow me to present a few of my views on this matter. I agree with Dr. Reinhardt that recognition of a govern ment does not constitute a mat ter of honor, but I doubt very much that recognition of the Chinese "People's Government" at any time will serve American Interests. Great Britain l-eoog-nized the Communist regime for more than two years and she gains no compensating advant age so far. She could; do; noth ing about the confiscation of the Shell Oil company In China and she has not yet been recog nized by Red China, The U.S. recognition will cer tainly not influence Jhaf, course taken by the cmnese communists It seems rather naive' to- assume that an offer of economic and technical aid will change Mao Tse-tung's mind. If Mao was so reasonable, then he would not have plunged into the Korean war and let Chinese economy deter iorate. Whoever entertains the il lusion that Mao could be another Tito is just engaged in wishful thinking and fails to comprehend the true nature of Communism. Besides, who is sure of where Tito stands? Dr. Reinhart mentioned the winning of Chinese people's con fidence. But the truth is that Chi nese people have no voice in the Communist government The fd regime does not rule with t. people's consent It succeeded in driving out Chiang Kai-shek not because of people's support of communism but because of the bankruptcy of the nationalist government. After so many years of war, Chinese people were then wish ing for peace, which is still de nied to them by the Commu nists. Nobody can believe that the Red troops in Korea are "volunteers." In China, the peo ple often suffer from one bad government after another with the inability of effecting any change. Regarding the continued aid to Chiang Kai-shek, I think that it is justified by the strategical value of Formosa, which served as a springboard for the Japanese adventure in the Pacific in World War II. There is no indication that the U.S. wants to do more for Chiang than just protecting the island from a Communist invas ion. It seems unrealistic at pres ent to denounce Chiang as if he is worse than the Communist's. Chiang is just human. He made mistakes and hence was driven out of the mainland. But he also served China for quite a few years. Without him, there could not have been any organized Chinese resistance to Japanese invasion in 1937, for years before the Pearl Harbor attack. To throw him out of Formosa and let the Chinese Reds have that island will cer- tainly not conform to the best in terest of the U.S. Chiang may be unrealistic in insisting the Japanese acknowl edgment of his status as the head of the sovereign state of China, and Japan may need to trade with Chinese mainland. But, under the present circum stance, her trade with Red China witt only harm the UN cause in Korea and she will not please the U.S. as she negotiates the peace treaty with the Reds. General Mac Arthur said: "The greatest political mistake we have made in a hundred years in the Pacific was in allowing the Com munists to grow to power in China ... I believe we will pay for it for a century." The U.S. is now paying directly in Korea and indirectly in French Indo-China. If one has any hindsight, then it should be easy to expose the evils of the U.S. pouicy in China. Or perhaps, as Dr .Rinehardt said, we don't learn. (Name withheld on request). Appreciation To The Editor: On behalf of the Search Week Executive Committee, I wish to express our sincere , appreciation for the fine cooperation given us by the committee chairmen, com-, mittee advisors, committee mem bers, campus organizations, the University administration and The Daily Nebraskan j The team work exemplified by all gives ample evidence that there is great concern for the in tellectual and spiritual well-being of our University community. The success of future Search Weeks is well assured by this spirit Sincerely, RICHARD W. NUTT Co-Ad visor Don't Vote To the Editor: I believe it is time the inde pendents on this campus woke up Hey, Joe Bring Helen another straw. Fries To Perform Acrobatic Twirling Throughout Nebraska By SARA STEPHENSON Staff Writer Ten years of experience and professional training in baton twirling are again paying off for Shirley Fries, sophomore from Goneca. From April 29 through May 1 Miss Fries and her energetic ba ton will become business promo ters for Lincoln. Mr. Richard W. Chapin, president of the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, has asked her to perform her acrobatic twirl ling stunts with the Lincoln Sow ers on a three-day trip to 35 Nebraska towns. This won't be the first time that residents of Nebraska towns thave been fascinated by Miss Fries' amazing feats of twirling. She will be making her second trip with the Lin coln Sowers and has done other professional and amateur twirl ling for many years in Ne braska. Miss Fries has built a fantastic repertoire. Some of her favorites include head twirls which are ac complished by an intricate maneu thing that terrifies the specta tors most is the sound of the flaming batons whipping through the air," explains Miss Fries. "But, I've only suffered a few minor burns from the stunt and that was when I was first learning how to do it. NU BULLETIN BOARD Thursday YWCA Commission Group, noon discussion, Ellen Smith hall, Dining Room, Leader Neala O'Deli, 12 noon. ilVL'A commission . group, workshop, leader, Phyllis Knerl, Ellen Smith Dining Room, 4 p.m. YWCA Commission group, on Caoitol Hill he is generally be What Am I Doing Here? Bob Reichenbach It's really great to be back, isn't it? It would appear that quite a few didn't make it back. One of the most fre quently heard expressions around campus is "if the levees hold." Let's hope they do. , Quite a few things happened over vacation what with the flood and the opening of the baseball season and all. President, the most consistent winning pitcher the Washington Senators have had for the past seven years, threw out the first pitch, apparently for the last time. A great specula tion followed his decision to hang up his spikes, as to his successor who will be the pitcher for the Nats on open ing of the next four years least. Truman hat an enviable won and lost Reichenbach record on opening day. He didn't come out so good Tuesday, though. His first game earned run avert age is slightly phenom. It's some thing like 0.00. He doesn't have a very large number of victories what with starting only seven games. Although Mr. Truman pitches for the Senators on opening day he spends the rest of the year on the other side of the field, pegging them in to the Senators who have the 96 oldest men in the Big League. Truman even seems to have trouble winning against the Senator's farm club, the House of Representatives. Both of these outfits are loaded with sluggers who delight in running pitcher Truman up to a count of 3 and 2 and then parking his payoff pitch in the center-field bleachers. While no actual computations have been made, it would seem likely that Truman's regular sea son earned run average is some thing like 10.997. At the park up at yTi I fni '" mmmtm J ver that enables her to balance! Bredthauer, 4:30 p.m a twirline baton on toD of her YWCA Commission group. head. Another twirl, tthe finger, office staff, Ellen Smith Dining twirl, is performed by spinning n.oom ieaaer, uaroara nersn- community tours, Ellen Smith ; Heved to be more of a slugger's Southeast Rpom, leader, Jane pitcher than Ralp Branca, even. Jackson, 4 p.m. lYessir! Baseball's in the air all Student-Faculty Coffee Hour,! right. YWCA Commission group, Union faculty lounge, leader, Barbara the baton on her finger tips. Miss Fries greatest achieve ment and her "show stealer" is the hard and sometimes danger ous feat of twirling two fire bajton simultaneously. The ba tons are covered with asbestos and soaked in gasoline. She still performs all her usual feats even though the heads of her batons are balls of flame. "The to the fact it is old fashioned to vote. If we independents were smart and not idealistic, we would stay completely out of the Student Council elections this spring. For everyone knows that the faction will win again. Naturally, it is too bad. Whj should we take the time to vote when our vote makes little dif ference beside the usually "whop ping" majorities the fraternitj machines ring up. I for one am not going to go near the polls this election. I'm through beating my head against a stone walL And I urge all other independent students with good minds to do the same. There are many other fields in which the independent can prove hig worth Apparently campus politics is not one of them. Yours for another machinery election. , DISGUSTED. berger, 5 p.m. Christianity and Social Prob lems, Ellen Smith Northeast Room, leader, Nancy Weir, 5 p.m. Whisker Picture for all Ag stu dents growing beards, Ag, Union, 7 p.m. Friday Publicantion committee, 3 p.m. in faculty lounge, Union. Recreation conference luncheon, 12 noon, Parlors XYZ, Union. filth aaasOB SCHOOL OF THE DANCE Connecticut College On a hilltop overlooklnr the Thame Hirer at New l-ondon, Connecticut. July 14 -August 24, 1952 Study with: Doris Humphrey. Louis Horst, Martha Graham, Jose Limon. William Bales. Sophie Maslow. Jane Dudley, and other noted dancers... Certificate end academic credit available. Co-directors: Ruth Bloomer, Martha Hill For detail writ: Bex 21 School ei the Dance, Connecticut College Now London, Connecticut Alain Feature Clock Schedule Furnished y Theater Varsity: "African Queen," 1:17, 3:18, 5:19, 7:20, 9:22. State: "Hold That Line," 2:18. 4:51, 7:24, 9:57. "Rodeo," 1:10. 3:43, 6:16, 8:49. MUMfHREY Secular Prlcre KATHARINE DOGM REFOOBn See F h Bocart'tt H Academy Award rVlnnlnr 1 Bole! A aader tta Jurisdiction snail be tree from editorial eemoraalp aa the part of the Board, or oa the part flf any member mi the faculty of the University, hut the cumber af the tarf of The Sally Nebraskaa are personally reaponctbla for what they any or do or eauae to be printed." auhacrtpttoa rate are St.00 icmenter, st.se mailed ar SS.e for the eollece yeair, 14.00 Bulled. Btnfle copy fe. 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