Show March 11 1948 THE STUDENT LIFE— 5 Perish Forbid! 5 alt Lake Burns the Books Doug in White House! d 15 V RUSS IiATESON It’s scrambled eggs for the White Housg or at least that’s what the Hearst newspapers and Colonel McCormick want Yes the MacArthur boom is underway and as you might it’s at the expense of the expect Amer- ican public It hasn't been too long since the MacArthur camp released a "subtle” statement that the General felt that to be chosen by his fellow men to serve in public office is an accolade that couldn’t be surpassed This week the "savior of the Pacific” announced that he would not seek public office but would accept if he were nominated Well the big fight is on Un- doubtedly MacArthur has a great deal of support from those who still have the idea that 0 anything appearing in print is the unvarnished truth The sad part of it all is that the majority of the AmmwiMaTtfflwjMwni erican people do not know that they are reading just what certain publishers see fit to release Not only that but in a great many instances the news is color- The Student Life Editor: ed to the tint the publisher I was very much interested in Louis Bate’s article Feb 25 Es Of course the news of which peeially in view of the front I speak is controlled by other page column entitled "Work than publishers For instance the War III Threat? Let Students people’s friend MacArthur has Speak” From his article it woulc his own little system of censor- appear that he has already ship All during the war nothing made his speech m favor of this unfavorable to MacArthur got by calamitous threat I am his watchful censor’s eyes Now wrong and that he Ihope would recon things are a little different If a sider the matter thoughtfully in reporter acts up the General just light of the following: won’t him if he once "Wallace and Taylor avow leaves the MacArthur stronghold their’s is the party of peace anc What about the General’s war prosperity but the other parties record Phenomenal of course The number of Americans killed in landing operations was amaz- co he could make some of his ingly low Needless to say there numerous beach landings — there’ is little mention of the cause for glamor there you know and this record I think that if Gen- plenty of newsreel cameramen eral Kenney vvre free to speak too ' ' he could shed light on the Of course even if £ take back air force and the navy what I said I might I could be under Admiral Nimitz did the wrong again There are several lion’s share of the softening up nasty rumors that the MacAr with intense bombing and naval thur landings were not with the bombardment and troops as so many people have MacArthur’s doughfoots followed been led to believe but were through made days and even weeks after In case anyone thinks I’m cast- the first onslaugnts when all was ing aspersions on the dough- safe and the cameramen coulc foots guess again' I’m just show- get some good shots of our hero ing hgw MacArthur managed to I hate to be put in the position take care of his record It’s the of going against the grain of a familiar story of doing very little lot of public opinion but I feel work and getting most of the that with all things considered credit And MacArthur isa past any candidate ' would be better master at taking all the credit than the pompous autocratic doing all the bows and letting MacArthur MacArthur will have everyone else whistle 'for their a lot of support from such powown glory erful organizations as the Hearst T to have chain but thank God the opposiUnfortunately may recant on' all this" There is the tion will be strong enough to put possibility that MacArthur’s idea him in his proper light in making the landings safe was A statesman yet Ha! LETTERS step-ladd- is er - Entc'ed as second class mail matter Sept 1908 at Logan Utah under the act of Mar 2 1870 Acceptance for mailing at special rate ot postage is in Sec 1103 Act of Oct 3 ' 1927 110-- 6 Telephone Campus Ncus Rooms Campus Commons BudJmg 75 a her Wednesday telephone 50 Mail subscription rate 5100 Stud nt subscriptions from student body fees per year RepresentThe Studwit 1 fe is a mpmbe- - of the Associated rn'leqiate Press ed for national advertising by National Advertising Service Inc They "Letters to the editor” and all other contributions are welcome Life Editor Campus and placed in Campus should tie addiessed to: Life office the Student left or at free mail box postoliee in The Mam postage in Common 1 1 0-- 4pm EDITOR-IN-CHIE- r Ne f: W" ill 1 'aik he f'pdnu'i'd Zol! jcr P hcUa 1 " Jocui Dick Bob Featuraban Cullen - Willie Walter ruj - - o- - C-- Miller Roberts Audrey Cooley Pickett Welti Florence Russ a Extremes of si 4 h - I favor such an era also” I won- der if in view of the facts which have shortly come to pass that these other parties will do much more than merely favor an era of peace As he constructively states “the problem is to attain it” Are we at the present time in the process of taking or formsteps ulating constructive peace? As leading liberal columnists and writers have pointed out since the death of Franklin D Roosevelt and consequent thereupon all of his close associates and men of similar ideals were ousted from the cabinet there have been no concrete actions taken for peace with Russia We have employed men to represent us to Russia who were either of Wall Street backing or military wards Bateson determine when freedom of speech is carried to extremes' The Salt Lake city Freedom in US? commission some learned august body or the Salt Lake librarian? Is the Red make us give up our right to view both sides scare goin to of a case and make our own decisions? When our reading matter-i- s restricted for pjopagan da 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 now they No Restrictions operate Understanding the Russian viewpoint does not mean we accept it The Utah State library is more liberal than tRe Salt Lake organization Accordcollege ing to Dr King Hendricks on restrictions no there librarian are reading material here except that prohibited by cost Aggie students can read the newspaper "PM" which the Salt Lake librarian aligns with "New Masses" as being "too controversial" to carry Also in the USAC library one can read "The Worker" the Sunday edition of the communist "Daily Worker'— though we wonder why it is kept in a filing cabinet instead of being put on the shelves with the rest of the newspapers The fact that USAC students have an Few ' Commies' unresrceJ though sometimes hindered choice of reading matter does not pear ° be sending out droves of communists with each graduating class We At Alma Mater are capable of accepting or rejecting what we read and we don't need a d " era to make our reading matter a affair The'Literary Guild can have its board of judges but let's keep censorship out of the libraries —L B "book-burning- one-side- men As Wallace pointed out last week that the result of our “get tough” policy with Russia plus dollars and military arms and aid to Greece Turkey (now China and then the rest of Eurdpe) has only resulted in Russia taking a firmer and more belligerent stand With our present foreign policy sanctioned by both the Democrats and Republicans the world is fast breaking up into two armed camps The result of a third 'world war we know not what As out Geroge Shaw pointed the election of B recently Henry Wallace is the only possible means of allaying Russia’s fear of industrial monopoly anc he is held in similar confidehce and respect as was Roosevelt He of course very wisely points out that then we can not be sure that Russia will then 'cooperate For the above reasons lower prices which are wanted by aL most everyone are neer realized For the above reasons the Marshall Plan becomes an investment of big business in Europe instead of a plan operated through the United Nations for the reconstruction of Europe as Henry Wallace advocated For the above reasons we are sending arms to Greece and other countries to1 secure foreign in vstments of Standard Oil and Bill Mauldin-Nativ- e Liberal Our country's staid diplomats statesmen and policy makers would do well to consider the thinking of one not of their generation At 23 Bill Mauldin is back from army service in Europe and for the past two years his pen has been hitting hard at bigotry and hyprocrisy abounding here at homeThe young writer first drew national attention when his book "Up Front" a collection of drawings depicting army life was published and he was awarded a Pulitzer prize Now his new book "Back Home" is Artist's Return off the press It too is a collection of drawings done in the inimitable Mauldin fashion From War accompanied by his own razor- sharp explanatory text He' spares no feeling in writing and drawing about his Quite Conusng first two confusing years back home of With the misery suffering Europe still' fresh in his mind his offering is naturally "radical" But it makes sense Editors though shocked at first found themselves buying his stuff "Landlords" says Mauldin "who refuse couples with children are raising untold hell with the birth rate" The conservative policies of the American Legion don’t escape the young author's pen were to him NegroeSwo°d Recl investigations — good cartoon material no more Red Scare Depriving Negroes of the right to vote makes us hypocrites as well as Prove Material being impractical About liberal commentators he says "one can't help being a little disgruntled with a man whose output was quite liberal when it was safe to be that way but who is more than willing to jump to the other side if his circulation and income are threatened" - Holly-Legio- nt etc We must henceforth weigh each decision we make in the terms of will it bring us closer The problem of feeding Europe makes him "damned scato war or peace Let this be our " Take drastic steps to fill those bellies enough red" criterion of action We can never be sure of anything to come We so that people can think straight and vote the kind of politics that will be best for thepi and us" can never look over the mountains to the event we hope is Sore Russia ' And he's plenty mad at Russia fer her event as The it George beyond political methods and her diplomals but said is in hands the Washington Because of mostly because she has enabled the of God We can only try for Hitler-lover- s and Franco-lover- s and world welfare for world peace L K Smith Gerald and own our to Skunks But neither God nor man will variety American to come out of their forgive us if we fail in faith to at Conrad McBride try Burgm We would like to know who is to Per-on-lov- Aid Ross Weaver Rosemarie general circulation "The library likes to follow the idea we have of freedom of speech" Mrs' Holmes said "but not Whos to Judg £to carry it to extremes" 4 ’Ann Lamb Bisinp s Cjaff Duff Landsavv fhaIene Twer die Art Mrr'vn Jones Geriy Hatch Roy Olsen A'ue But Bonnie Ferry Florence Piocf U H'uisikr Ci-r- Ilsrnson Beverly Nielsen II E D Bedford Duane Christensen Iliram McDonald John Wrigley Mchaud Cine r I una-rSort'nvnrMoln’iimed kamly rf Spoi ts HOB WELCH HERBERT CHAM? Nola A Pickett Eay Jones Louis Bate F BUSINESS MANAGER Associate Editor Assistant Business Manager Assistant Editor News Editor Society Editor Feature Editor Sports Ed it oi Rewrite Editor Cony Editor Proof Editor Circulation Manager r TO THE EDITOR esires sub-JectH- Salt Lake City has its own witch hunt now The city commission asked the library board to investigate a report that "Russian propaganda" is allowed on the shelves of the Salt Lake public library and the librarian Mrs Ethel E Holmes has said that if any was found it would be removed from Earl Sterling Huish Sincerely MARSHALL PERKINS Muskegon Mich — holes He sees the United Nations as the only salvation to eventual world peace —R S W |