The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 1938 Page: 2 of 4
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PACE TWO
THE OKLAHOMA DAILY NORMAN OKLAHOMA
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 3 1938
llic Oklahoma Daily
fyacuuu tyotium
By Dr J 1L Leek
Entered in the Norman postofflce M second da T1IE ANNUAL convention of the A F of L
null under the act of congress of March 3 187a -A at Houston has come and gone without ad-
Fubliahed daily except Mondays from Septenilicr to vancing appreciably the cause of peace in the lab-
Mav both Inclusive and daily
Mondays during June and July
except Sundays and
Represented nationally by National Advertising Service
Inc New York Boston San Framiaca Chicago Los Angeles
J1V FMXCHUM
PAl 1 SHXBERSOX
RUT 1 1 ROBINSON -
CARTER BRADLEY
NANCY ROYAL —
BYRON AMSPAC1IER
E T HORERECllT
BETTE LOU OSULLIVAX
LORRAINE MILLER
Editor
Managing Editor
Vims Ed tor
Ass’! t it Editor
City Editor
Sports Editor
As't Spirts Editor
Swii'tg Editor
Ass't Society Editor
WALLACE DUNN DOROTHY MiMILLAX TED
ARMSTRONG and KENNETH IjOWE Staff Writers
IL Paul F'ippln Lois June Adams Ed Llvennore
Bob Carter Local Advertising Managers
Wayne Vernon - Oklahoma City Advertising Manager
Panaceas vs Capitalism
CRACKPOT SCHEMES for old age pensions
so radical that the Townsend plan placed
beside them takes on a mild pink hue are sweep-
ing the country Plans such as the “Thirty-
dollars -every -Thursday” movement in California
arc being espoused by a great mass of the Ameri-
can people
Why? Because of the unequal distributer
of wealth in this country Barely existing on
meager incomes millions of people see no hope of
economic security and are eagerly clutching at
the prospects of pensions It is argued that these
insane impractical schemes invented by political
opportunists will threaten our economic system
But why should they worry about the ruin of a
system that benefits them so little?
Let us take Chicago fdr example There love-
ly palatial millionaire’s homes surrounded by
huge green lawns line Lake Michigan Costly
memorials of beautiful architecture have been
erected to heroes of the past Museums endow-
ed with millions of dollars contain art and
science collected from all over the world In a
central park one of the world's largest fountains
shoots out its water over which is cast many
soft delicate colors by electric lights
But when one rides thcelevated railway one
sees mile after mile of cheap tenements For1
there packed tightly into small humid tenement
rooms are families who are living a hand-to-mouth
existence Pitiful ere the few wilted
plants put out to brighten up the flimsy wood
structures Clothes lines on which are hung
cheap coarse materials cover every available
inch Not bright clear sunlight but a light dulled
by smoke of the city enters the windows
In the slums exist even worse conditions
The delapidated houses look as tho they will
tumble any moment upon the filthy streets On
every face is a look of despair and listlessners
Ragged urchins comb the streets for waste which
they hope to sell
Dirty ragged starving — "ill-fed ill-housed ill-
clothed” — why shouldn't these people vote for
a Utopia scheme as unpractical es it may be?
Why should they spend sleepleu nights worrying
because such a scheme might cause the collapse
of the economic system under which they exist
Capitalism must reform if it continues to exist
It must find enlightened and liberal leadership
which will guarantee to the masses of people
prosperity and decent living conditions But if
the exploitation of the people continues if the
deplorable condition of millions continues o be
ignored doctrines far more radical and more
or movement despite the dramatic plea of
Daniel Tobin of the Teamsters November 14
has been set as the date for a national conven-
tion of the C I O at Pittsburg the purpose of
which is generally assumed to be the formation
of a permanent organization which will mean a
i deeper and more impassable gulf than ever
1 President Roosevelt asks for pea" and Miss
j Perkins makes a concrete proposal but nothing
happens beyond self-righteous statements from
each side blaming the other
Labor leaders may regard this impasse as a
purely internal affair in which outsiders how-
ever friendly have no right to “meddle” but
unless the breach is healed soon they are going
to find out that the results will be exceedingly
costly for the vhale labor movement One of
the most significant symptoms of public dissatis-
faction and impatience with labor is the appear-
ance of anti-labor referenda on the ballots of
each of the three Pacific coast states
Talking
Shop
THESE PROPOSALS would impose drastic
restrictions on the rights of unions in labor
disputes and in the hands of hostile administra-
tors would undoubtedly be even more dangerous
than reading of their terms would suggest And
many observers declare that these proposals have
a very good chance of passing
The trouble is that the A F of L — C I O
fight has been particularly bitter on the west
coast and frequently employers and the public
have been caught between the lines thru no fault
of their own Construction of a building would
perhaps be halted by an A F of L Strike because
the timber used had been cut by C L O union
or vice versa There are few labor actions that
more quickly alienate public sympathy than a
purely jurisdictional strike It is not surprising-
that the people should be resentful and inclined
to impose a hasty but unwise and perhaps dis-
astrous punishment on both parties
rrHE SITUATION is perhaps at present the
most spectacular instance but it is by no
means the only one in which the quarrel has hod
calamitous effects for labor The political
strength of labor has several times been nullified
by pure spite One organization would indorse
a candidate and immediately the other without
regard to the candidate’s labor record would
throw all its weight against him for no other
reason than that he was approved by the rival
Even congress and the president have been
caught in the cross-fire over such issues as the
National Labor Relations board and the wages
and hours act and the friends of labor are ser-
iously embarrassed And what an excellent talk-
ing point it gives to the nazi advocates of an
“imposed” peace! "
ACCORDING TO THE signs too the period of
conditions unusually favorable to labor is '
drawing to a close It has been frequently pointed
out that as a nation we alternate between cycles
of liberalism and conservatism and we have now
experienced some six years or more of unusually
liberal legislation and public opinion Many ob-
servers predict that we are on the verge of a
swing Ixick toward a more conservative era
If this is true and history seems to indicate
that such a development is at least likely it be-
hooves labor to put its house in order and con-
solidate its gains to prepare for the attacks which
—Lorraine Miller
To Column 4
fly Jim Flim-ham
THE REPUBLICANS are trot-
ling out the fascist bugaboo now
In order to discredit the new deal
Speaking Monday night at Bart-
lesville former Governor Alfred
M Landon of Kansas warned of
fawlsl peril growing out of gov-
ernmental “bureaucrarv” lie noinl-
ally hinted that Americans should
beware of the Roosevelt admin-
istration because of fascist tend-
encies I wish the G O P field mar-
shals would get together on their
stories One part of the command
runs yelling about Stalinist influ-
ences and the link with Russia
how the new deal is tinged with
communism and pointing with
alarm to the "regimentation”
And new cornea Governor Lan-
don whooping up the fascist scare
My my this to most revealing
Can it be that the governor has
a new ghost writer?
e
SOMETHING SHOULD lie done
about that fence enclosing the'
playing field out at the Stadium
For one thing it seems too close
to the gridron One Sooner player
by some fortune barely missed be-
in gly seriously Injured at last Sat-
urday's game when a play went
out of bounds and he was push-
ed under the fence Several such
plays have ended recently with the
players heaped up against the
wire
SOME MAX to going to come
out of those pllc-ups carrying
a piece of fence In him
Speaking of football the wisest
decision the athletic council has
made in a long time to the elimina-
tion of Tulsa and Rice from next
year’s schedule Granted that Tul-
sa and Rice have fairly good trams
this year it nevertheless would be
folly to keep them on our play-
ing list if this school ever Intends
to move out into bigger fields
One spot on the 1830 program to
as yet unfilled I hope a major
team to engaged for that game
Oklahoma needs to engage in more
Interractlonal football contests—
we have been sticking too close to
home ' -
— Bentonelli
— Rhyne
— No Romance
Fleas Page I
nMablishmoni of ‘nuule work' pro-
grams" Rhyne altriliuted the belief of many
people tiKluy that (lie government
owes them a living to tbs period from
ItKMI to 1935 when vast numbers were
forced to week direct relief without a
cliance to work in return for it
(jirmant Responsible
"it is a major responsibility of the
government to find ways and means
of pruv tiling work for all those a bo
want it If slMHikl also see that all
those who are aide to wvi do so"
he pointed nut
Fix individuals who complain of
physical inability to work Rhyne
sketched a plan fur medical and sur-
gical treatment provided ly the gov-
ernment “Recipient of direct relief without
work almost Invariably suffer In social
outlook if nut actual demoralization"
he aald
Coarse t Tuxes Today -
The three-duy short course spon-
sored by the extension divLion with
the cooperation of the WPA and tiie
school of home economics will close
this afternoon
Dramatisations of real situations in
the aide program will be given at 9
o'clock this morning under the super-
vision of Mira Catherine Schumaker
director of dramatics and women's
activities in the Oklahoma City park
department At 11: IS the National
Housekeeping Aide program will be
outlined by Mira Margaret Batjer
home economics consultant for the
WPA In Washington D C
Dr Alice Bowen will lead a dis-
cussion on "Getting Along with Peo-
ple" at 2 o'clock this afteiyioon
Fraai Fags 1
! much in presenting them she
From Page 1
feel sure that the students will en-
joy every artist who appears during
tiie series" Salter Sectored
- He urged however that tickets for
the series be purchased' as soon as
possibly in order l!hat the purchaser
may get as good a seat as possible
"The ticket sale is being conducted
on the basis of first come first served1
Salter continued” and the first ones
there are naturally going to get the
choice seats" t
According to present plans announc-
ed by ticket sale officials no single
admission seals will be available for
any of the performances during the
series
— Faculty Forum
From Golems 2
The namecalling tactics of Green
and lewis are humiliating but a pri-
vate duel between the two men would
not be Important If it did notfmake
the possibility of peace more remote
It to a commonplace that the rank
and file of workers desire peace over-
whelmingly and It to hard for the out-
sider to avoid the suspicions voiced
recently on the campus by Represent-
ative Maury Maveritek that the pure-
ly ralflfh ambitions of labor’ politic-
ians are one of the -moat serious ob-
stacles to peace Perhaps one of organ-
ized labor's greatest needs to a great-
er Infusion of democracy Into Its own
movement "
She managed her way thru high-
srhoul In two years after return-
ing to Oklahoma four years ago
Her parents returned on furlough
this summer and she bed Intend-
ed to return to Sumatra with them
Her mother thought she should
take her junior year as an art stu-
dent in the university
She stayed and now she doesn't
think she will ever return to the
south seas She wears an engage-
ment ring
Golf and tennis' are the main
diversions at the camp of the oil
company workers She plays both
games regularly how and has sev-
eral cups to remind her of her ab-
ilities when she played 1 In the
camp tournaments at Sumatra
"The south' sea islanders don't
come ui to most people’s Idea
but they 'live in a wonderful
place” she rays “Thelr mooitllght
to the most romantic In the world
when It to reflected from far ac-
crual the placid Java sea ''
— Indian Art
V'£nto£gel
a Dutchman pnd a Frenchman”
lie lamented the policy -of the nat-
tonal government which existed for
a century and a half— that of absorb-
ing the Indians Into the white popu-
lation gnd' " of ''"killing offr Indian
tribes as such ' ' ' '
v i-'' :V
"But the new deal with a contrac-
tive policy has changed all that" he
said ' "Measures of immense -benefit
to the Indians have been Introduced -"Among
them ire such actions aa
the prevention of further allotment of
Indian land thus msklhgit unavall:
sble to white men's 'acquisition the1
policy of giving Indiana the right 'to"
organize for their own ' welfare and
for business purposes''
YWCA to Discuss
Membership Drive
i
' The approved house council of the
Y W C A will meet it 5 o'ckrk tills
afternoon in the "Y” lounge It waa
c announred Wednesday
The group will make its first re-
port on the progress of the Y W C A
membership and financial ill iva which
began Tuerday
Speech Professors
To 'Speak at Edmond
Charles P Green head of the dep-
artment of speech will appear on the
program at the meeting of the Cen-
tral Oklahoma Educatipn association
at Edmond Frktov
Green T11 address the speech teach-
ers on “Probletito In Speech” and
Emery will address the Krgllsh teach-
ers on "Oral Reading of Literature”
"Today Events
v- I ks —
The 'dally Hstlag -of evnata la
this department la made possible
through-" tho- co-operation
Merman's Friendliest Store
VARSITY BOOK HHOP
of
tbs
Iligbee Services Will
Be Held at Holdenville
SertbA f! I & TTigbee 47 father
of Irving Highee university student
from Holdenville will be held at 2
o’clock this afternoon at Holdenville 1
Higbee a teacher In the Holdenville
business college died Tuesday from
a heart attack
Hia survivors include hto widow'
and son Irving a senior In the col-
lege of business administration '
taw Wtntld”
VYou
Believe
'i
1 1
he TfOTmat persmer heart throbs
92160 limes a day r
DO YOU KNOW
Gift your heart throb a break
Take HER to
friends meet
SoonerlaaiTt Hangout
Galen-— Room " -YKi Fharmary
Building 5 o’clock
Physics 'Club— Room 114 admin-
istration Bulhiftig 8 o'clock
Delta Phi Delta— Room 2ta Art
Building A o'clock
‘Kappa Kappa Pul — Risim 300
Fine Arte Building 7:30
Spanish Club— Room 120 Union
Building T)
Don't forget in come to the
VARSITY BOOK SHOP for the
blue books' that you ill be heeding
for thre right weirs quizes 1 "
Rho Chi — Rom Room Union
Building 12 o'clock
A B C E — Room 303 'Engineer-
ing Building 7:30
YWCA— Literary Group— Room
207 Union' Building 7 o'clock
YWCA— Drama Group — Religion
tiuildlngi 4 o'clock ' '
YWCA— Music 'Group— McFarlln
Methodist! Church' 9 o’clock
:YWCA Houra Council — “Y"
Lounge l£ o’clock
'Faculty Club Te--Faculty Club
4 o’clock
1 Chi Delta Phi Banquet— English
ltuobi 'Union Building G o'clock
' Debate and Discussion Group-
Room U Liberal Arts Annex 7:30
' Phi Sigma — Coffee Hour — Rissn
21 L Biology Building 7:30
PI Mu Epsilon — Honnrary Mathe-
matics Fraternity— Room 203 Ad-
ministration Building 7:30
Faculty Club— Indoor Garni
Faculty Club a o'clock
Norman Forum — Business Ad-
ministration Auditorium 8 o'clock
Mrs George Gelihorn speaker
YMCA — Fellowship Club— “Y”
t-ounge Union Building 8 o’clock
Varsity Book Shop
injurious to capitalism may be successfully fus- j may be in store for it There is no attempt here
tcred ' to assess the merits of the dispute i
Josh Billing has turned up tlito
wn-k minus his sKti-kling new pin It
nr ins that Josh went to Tulsa tost
weekend nnrl— well lie just couldn't
wuit any lunger
Tiie Delta Gums have devised a
method or tuiurlng llielr pledges in
French They make all French stud-
ents sit at rc tui ami ieak solely
in French It's iirettv touch on “D"
students
The raimir rlmilullng around
the rumps that Dorothy Shaw
wrnt In Hulls to see her trite
hive ami llmt she has a rumpus
vra-Ji on Just oar gay mas have
lava a lotta hooey Dorothy was
M-rn with at trust four different
dutes only yrfrrday
It wa all a jnk w lien Margaret I Sell "
placeii Jerry Gulln-ea Ill's Beta pin on
I ill outside lint due to tiie frumeiip
Ity her Pi lid Ulster Jean Klierle ev-:
j eryime met Margaret as she runic out '
of class with It on They ilec-hled to!
I IT Tow nr may he an exrt sC leave It that way tho and Jerry got1
working math problem hut the pro-' murk fur rigors anil randy
hlnn of ki-eplng the Iwlty quirt while '
Hie Mrs is away I our Ihut he ran't
suite
Tiie hut didn't Ml this one on
ltun Fmi-dev fur alino-t a week tie1
t
was out odd for nearly two huUM
tin- oilier ilny inul kept n-snilng In
urgent tones: "I el me go Isiys I'vri
got a (late with Itelm" They know)
I-ee Spurrier This Pi K A-Theta rom-
ance has been In the bud for quite
awhile
Martha "I just can't get enough or '
school” Kelly not only attends moat!
tf her rlasses at the university but
aim goes to night srhcicJ In Oklahoma 1
i
George Taylor popular cousin ot:
Rolsi-t ha ifiMrod so many tele-!
phoriu cults from git to he doesn't even
know ihut lie 'to unable to find time 1
to study for hto'inllilary science quia-
zea eiecially on Bundoy nlghta
1
Della Gamma vice prrxy Thee i
West who waa a number one I
dramatlsl a few years bark didn't -rmigatoe
her dormant art Hunday i
sight when the "Men from Mam" '
paid Ihrlr 30-mlaute visit In (he !
ustid
as' 1
Ikiile "I ran't give jrau anything j
Inti love” Watson seems pi lie alow-1
lug down cm hto social activities theae
days as lie confine much of hto at-'
teiiijun to one girl Belly Colili Does
tlun romph-ate mutters DovleT
Kain Blackwell completely ill-
gi iKied with lire Doggone It he just
niiKle 17 hours of “A” out of tlw 19
Varsity Corner Will
Be Pep Rally Scene
A “Beat Kansas Stale” rally and I sin :
fire will he held at 7:15 FrJday night
at Varsity corner with the three cam-
pus pep jailers helping students
whoop It up
Speeches will lie made by Paul Up-
degrarf Norman 'attorney Dewey
“Snorter” Luster - varsity buckfleld
coach and Doc Emkln freshman
coach
-Charles Mitchell Norman and Rich- j
rd Racket! Monroe I -a university:
cheer leader are in charge of the rally '
THRILLING
' - r ' - V ' A
VALUES
STARTS
TODAY!
Imt lut iiiiiuc now it's Wrvdik pus Is Salty Sawtsllv and Thant u hours lie was carrying
6op’s
Fallible Fables
RAY DOWNING Phi Deli who
tlrvKMM -snappUy In MiG cleaned
clothe Isn't a hit Iwthered by the
jilting given him liy PHOEBE
UllENAl'LT lovely toss of Ilia Pi
Phi lodge AL DENTON and
JERRY ROGERS liuvo been seen
frequenting tho Union quite oflon
lutely MARY PERRY and
JACK DOLMAN '"shave tleckled
they're In love— and are (hey hu-
py about It
JEANNE HORGOOD to planning
a ramiwlgn to capture MARVIN
SNODGRASS MARGARET
DELI anil JFRItY GALBHEATH
have derided lo be two ieople with
Mil a Mingle pin it to rumored
that GEORGE STEIN has met hto
mutch in UL'TII lll'TII Ell FOR!)
You will Is a mutch fur anyone
If you rail 000 ERNIE PAIN
iiMlNlN Hist she pnil DICK IIKKOIF
are Jiwi friend
rqaref’s
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“On Tht'Cnnier
VISIT Ol'K
SHOE DEPT
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