Show March 11 1948 THE STUDENT LIFE perish 'Forbid! Salt Lake Burns the Books in Doug Salt Lake City has its own witch hunt now The city mission asked the library board to a investigate report that Russian propaganda" is allowed on the shelves of the Salt Lake public library and the librarian Mrs Ethel E Hoimes has said that if any was found it would be removed from general circulation White House! BATESON BY KlTS5 scrambled eggs for the or at least that’s White House newspapers and Ilearct wil?t the want Yes McCormick Colonel boom is underthe MacArthur as you might expect lay and of the Ameriit’s at the expense It’s The library likes to follow the idea we have of freedom of speech" Mrs Holmes said "but not Who's fo Judg to carry it to extremes" We would like to know who is to Extremes of determine when freedom of speech is can public It hasn’t carried to extremes been too long since camp released a MacArthur the that the Genstatement "subtle” chosen by his be to eral felt that in public offellow men to serve couldn’t fice is an accolade that Freedom in US?c ommission This week the “savior of the Pacific’’ announced that he would not seek public office but would accept if he were nominated the big fight is on Undoubtedly MacArthur has a great deal of support from those who still have the idea that anything Well appearing in print is the unvarnished truth The sad part of it all that the majority of the American people do not know that n they are reading just what egr-taipublishers see fit to release Not only that ‘but in a great many instances the news is colored to the tint the publisher deis course the news of which j -- is controlled by other than publishers For instance the I speak friend MacArthur has little system of censorship All during the war nothing unfavorable to MacArthur got by his watchful censor’s eyes Now things are a little different If a reporter acts up the General just won’t him if he once leaes the MacArthur stronghold What about the General’s war record Phenomenal of course The number of Americans killed in landing operations was amazilow Needless to say there ngly is Lttle mention of the cause for this record I think that if General Kenney were fiee to speak he could shed light on the subject 'His air force and the navy under Admiral Nimitz did the lion’s share of the sotlening up with intense bombing and naval and bombardment JMacArthur’s doughfoots followed people’s his own step-ladd- us Wall Street backing or military Of course even if I take back men what I said I might I could be out last As Wallace pointed wrong again There are several week that the result of our “get nasty rumors that the MacAr- tough” policy with Russia plus thur landings were not with the dollars and military arms and troops as so many people have aid to Greece Turkey (now Chibeen led to believe but weic na and then the rest of Europe) made days and even weeks after has only resulted in Russia takthe first onslaughts when all was ing a firmer and more belligersafe and the cameramen could ent stand With our present forget some good shots of our hero eign policy sanctioned by both I hate to be put in the position the Democrats and Republicans of going against the grain of a the world is fast breaking up into lot of public opinion but I feel two armed camps The result of that with all things considered a third world war we know not better any candidate would be autocratic what than the pompous As Geroge B Shaw pointed will have too ' ' er through In case anyone thinks I’m casting aspersions on the doughfoots guess again I’m just showing how MacArthur managed to take care of his record It’s the familiar story of doing very little work and getting most of the credit And MacArthur is a past waster at taking all the credit doing all the bows and letting MacArthur MacArthur everyone else whistle for their a lot of support from such powown erful organizations as the Hearst glory Unfortunately I may have to chain but thank God the opposirecant on all this There is the tion will be strong enough to put possibility that MacArthur’s idea him in his proper light A statesman yet Ha! 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op Uopy Fay Jones Louis Bate Joan Hairison Beverly Socnjy Editor Uertun K Mot ’ TiEr t h THE EDITOR favor such an era also” I wonI was very much interested in der if in view of the facts which Louis Bate’s article Feb 25 Es- have shortly come to pass that pecially in view of the front these other parties will do much page column entitled “World more than merely favor an era War III Threat? Let Students of peace As he constructively Speak” From his article it would states “the problem is to attain appear that he has already it" Are we at the present time made Ins speech in favor of this in the process of taking or formcalamitous threat I hope I am ulating constructive steps towrong and that he would recon- wards peace? sider the matter thoughtfully in As leading liberal columnists light of the following: and writers have pointed out “Wallace and Taylor avow since the death of Franklin D their’s is the party of peace and Roosevelt and consequent thereprosperity but the other parties upon all of his close associates and men of similar ideals were ousted from the cabinet there lo he could make some of his have been no concrete actions numerous beach landings— there’s takep for peace with Russia We glamor there you know and have employed men to represent plenty of newsreel cameramen to Russia who were either of Student Life Editor: The sires Of TO LETTERS 1 A”'1 ly so dm R- 1 - c“-- d Rose mu c Karl w-Pa- t McB"d" Sterling Mcndi nhall than the Salt Lake organization Accord-Matte- r college Here ing to Dr King Hendricks on restrictions no librarian there are cost Aggie reading material here except that prohibited by Salt Lake the which PM students can read the newspaper controlibrarian aligns with "New Masses" as being too versial" to carry Also in the USAC library one can read "The Worker" the Sunday edition of the communist "Daily cabWorker" — though we wonder why it is kept in a filing rest cf the inet instead of being put on the shelves with the newspapers The fact that USAC students have an though sometimes hindered hew Tnmmifis unrestricted of reading matter does not ap out droves of compear to be sending munists with each graduating class We of accepting or rejecting At Alma Materre capable what we read and we don t need a era to make our reading matter a " of judges but affair The Literary Guild can have its board " let's keep censorship out of the libraries — D 1 one-side- d "book-burning- L Bill Mauldin-Nativ- e Liberal and policy mak- Our country's staid diplomats statesmen of one not of their ers would do well to consider the thinking generation in turope At 23 Bill Mauldin is back from army service has been hitting hard a and for the past two years his pen here at home bigotry and hyprocrisy abounding attention when his The young writer first drew national of drawings depicting army book "Up Front" a collection awarded a Pulitzer prize Hfe was published and he was Now his new book "Back Home Art St S Return "g is It too is a collection or Mouldi-- Pjone in inimitable out recently the election of razor- posfashion accompanied by his own Henry Wallace is the only s hom text He spares no sible means of allaying Russia explanatory sharp and about his fear of industrial monopoly feeling in writing and drawing confidence Quite KOnrusingfirst he is held in similar confus!ng years back home Roosevelt and respect as was of suffe ring -- ope stiH the With misery points wisely course very He of sure out that then we can not be ralfors'thoughhockedaMirst' found fhemselves buying his cooperate then will that Russia For the above reasons lovvei wanted by alprices which are realizmost everyone are never reasons the the American Legion ed For the above The conservative policies of investMarshall Plan becomes an the young authors pen Ho lyescape in Europe ment of big business Red Investigations were 1o him operated Aparoe3wood a plan of irrmad caroon material— no more Nations for Legion Through the United of the rignt to Em ope as Depriving Negroes the reconstruction of Scare well as Red For hypocrUeSi as advocated Wallace INnry are sendthe above reasons we Material commentators he says Greece and other Prove ing arms to ed wi ifh aman whose III’tie countries to secure foreign and disgr1 being can't help "one Oil of Standard etc ip to the other side it his weigh We must henceforth m t m circulation and income are threatened each decision we make W neJ scar makes Him us closer The problem of feeding Europe terms of will it bring be! hes c -- ugi n this be our TLe drastic steps to fill those kind to war or peace Let of pcitics can rev er and vote the criterion of action We come We so that people can think straight will be best for them and us that sure of anything to o her "an never look over the mounAnd he's plenty mad at Russia but we hope is Sore at Russia methods and her tains to the event v political Gem the event as she has enablebecause beyond it The mostly nan is m the andPer and Franco-lover- s j Because of Washington said Hitler-lover- s tiv can only L Kyi-m-Gerald of God We and our own world peace-DuSkunks to o fher w orld welfare for Aid H American to come out ma w nor God variety neither to us if we fail m faith Uar s ££ It rl thlngTlu t on-love- rs forgive try llui-s- The Salt Lake city some learned august body Lake librarian? Is the Red the Salt or scare going to make us give up our right to view both sides of a case and make our own decisions? When our reading matter is restricted for propaganda reasons it is not a far step from restrictions for numerous other pretenses Many have been the complaints that Russia does not allow its citizens to read publications originating outside the iron curtain but now there is an attempt at the same tactics here in America Are we to deplore Russian methods one day and then follow them the next? We can better fight the Russian menace by knowing and understanding Russia's doctrines and propaganda methods than by living in ignorance of how they No Restrictions operate Understanding the Russian viewit point does not mean we accept liberal is more The Utah State library Ofl Reading surpassed be 5 Sincerely MARSHALL FUR KINS Muskegon Mich He sees the United eventual world peace to Nations as the only salvation $ t Wv |