PAGE TWO THE DAILY COLLEGIAN "For A Better Pear. State" :._•essor to the Penn State Collegian; established 1901. and the Free Lance. established 153: Published daily except Sunday and Monday during the. ulcer College •:ear by the students of The. Pennsylvania St .te "Eolleg-2. Entered as second-class matter Sul!: 5. 1534. ut the post-ort:ice at State College. Pa.. under the act 3. IST9. Editor Adam A. Srv.vs:r: '4 'I Women's Editor—Vera L. Kemp '4l: Managing Editor —Robert H. Lane '4l ; Sports Editor—Richard C. Peters ; News Editor—William E. Fowler '4l ; Feature Editor —Edward J. K. McLorie '4l ; Assistant Managing Editor— Bayard Bloom '4l; Women's Managing Editor—Arita L. Hcfreran '4l; Women's Promotion Manager—Edythe B. Ri7kel '4l. Advertising Manager—John H. Thomas '4l : Circulation Manager—Robert G. Robinson '4l ; Senior Secretary—Ruth Goldstein '4l : Senior Secretary--Leslie H. Lewis '4l. Graduate G,unselor Editorial and Business Office 313 Old Main Bldg. Dial 711 11..inaging Editor This Issue , Ile‘vs Editor This Issue Women's Issue Editor Friday Morning, November 8, 1940 Ex-Editor Henderson Disagrees With Collegian EDITOR'S NOTE:—AII of the editors who have served Collegian in the last 15 years have been invited to write the editorial they would most like to address to Penn State students to day. By HARRY HENDERSON '36 Friday Magazine When I received the Collegian's bid to do a guest editorial, I asked an old friend to supply me with a file of the papers published thus far this year. The papers arrived. I have read every word in them. Some of the editorials I have read twice. And so it is that there is only one subject open 'to me—the Collegian's pro-war mumbo-jumbo, that eloquent rubbish passed off 3'; logic in this column daily. • The Collegian has gone to war blindly, without question, without delay, without even a cursory c-xamination of the causes or character of this war, without even the liberal's customary mock debate ever' the question. It has accepted without a v - limper the role designed for it by the warmak el•s of this country—that of a streetcorner pitch man selling glittering but worthless . merchandise "cheap." The Collegian's merchandise is war, the glitter is "democracy," and the price—your life 1G "cheap." Should we fight to preserve the British right to oppress the Irish people? Should we fight . to help 1S itish imperialism maintain its criminal exploi tation and repression of the people of India? Should. we fight to keep in _power the ruling class that sabotaged the League of Nations, that betray er the courageous people of China, Ethiopia, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and France, that betrayed its own people into this massacre.? Should we fight to protect the investments of our own fat boys in South America, Mexico, Europe and the Orient? • There has never been a war as needless as this one, nor one that could have been more easily pre ented. Its character is plain. It is not a war for "freedom." It is not a war against "brutality" or "oppression;" the English record of brutality and oppression haS never been exceeded. This is not a war for "democracy." Neither the Axis nor Britain has announced any war aims, and the Collegian in stupidly assuming Britain champions "freedom and democracy" preserves, only its right to be disillusioned when the war ends. This is a war for markets, concessions, minerals zmd oil, and democracy has no mor' to do with it than it had to dd with the last war "to make the . ivorld safe for democracy." Nor is British im perialism the lesser of two evils as the mystic pot boilers_ of the New Republic declare. The victims , of any imperialism will tell you there is no dif ference in being eaten alive by either a tiger or a lion. There must be no mistake about the role the 'United States is playing. It is not arming to defend democracy. It is arming to inherit the British empire. If we fight the Nazis and their partners, it will not be to preserve democracy. It 'will be lo get the British Empire for our own fat boys: Without hesitation the Collegian has endorsed the fantastic arms appropriations, the chucking of the College expansion program,"the conscription the suppression of free speech, academic free dom and civil liberties. Let me say this: conscrip tion, arms, and the abolishment of free speech and civil liberties have never saved :ivy country, and Bu.siness Manager Lawrence S. Driever '4/ ~~rs~ ~~.asr a _C. Russell Eel Downtown Office 1.19-121 South Frazier St Dill 4372 _Ralph C. Routsonir, Jr. '9l John A. Baer '42 ...Alice M. Murray '42 PENNSYLVANIA AND DEFENSE 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 By EDWARD STEIDLE, Dean, School of Mineral Indusiries • EDITOR'S NOTE:—Because oC the wide spread interest interest in the series of six articles by the School of Mineral Industries which was com pleted last Friday, Dean Steidle was asked to Write a seventh and concluding article. That ar ticle. which is a summary of all that has ione before, appears below. At the beginning of the present conflict, Ger many did not possess a sufficient supply of min erals to hold out for any appreciable time. The potential supplies of Great Britain were over whelming and our leading mineral economists be lieved that Great Britain would win the conflict on this basis alone But the fortunes of war tell another story. Germany, by • invasion and con quest, has greatly replenished her stocks of war minerals, coal, oil, and iron ore. Thus far, she has not added much to her stocks of other essential minerals, principally copper, tin, nickel, tungsten, vanadium, mica, quartz crytsals, and industrial diamonds. Nor has she commanded an adequate supply of oil. Germany is likely to go down slow ly because of a lack of these minerals unless she can get control of the sea. Sea power is still the most formidable power in war. What is the general position of the United States in regard to these questions? Germany insists on controlling raw materials which means control of the sea: This would mean a new order for the United States since we are not self-sufficient with r.-spect to supplies of all of the minerals that are necessary to maintain our industries and military power as well as the maintenance of our standards of living. The list of so-called strategic minerals includes manganese. tin; chromite, tungsten, mer cury, mica, nickel, quartz crystals, and industrial diamonds: also certain grades of graphite and as bestos. Our first mo% e, and there is no time to lose, is to invest some of the gold hoard in at least a 3-year supply of the strategic minerals. Gold is the universally accepied basis of currency and credit. Its actual utility is less • than lead. The :,ticking of strategic minerals is not a new idea. Unfortunately, such steps as have been taken by the Government to date have not secured ample supplies. Obviously, these stocks should be regu lated by our government so that no damage would be done to the home industries. Over in Mount Vernon, Ind., the student body of Oakland City college recently had an organized cheering session—for an oil well. The school had turned to prospecting to support itself, so the guys and gals vocally got behind the field crew. Now comes some wag with this suggested cheer: Well, Wel, 0-1 . -L; RAW, RAW, RAW! THE DAILY COLLEGIAN WHY PAY MORE • WHEN YOU CAN FLY WITH . H. T. NOLL CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA'S PIONEER AVIATOR Fly With You At The Controls. Get His Opinion As To Your. Flying Ability THIS SPECIAL FLIGHT $l.OO S-Hour Dual Course $47.20 Dual Instruction $5.90 per hour Solo Flying $4.90 and $3.90 per hour NEW 1940 AIRPLANES BELLEFONTE AIRPORT COOKED OR RAW . 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