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Letters
Anti Pink
TO THE EDITOR: Th 0 recent letters pro and
» on concerning Mr. Stone's account on the Russian
activities in Europe are interesting to me. How
ever. it seems to m c that, tihe center of the opinions
'revolve about the question, “Who is best qualified
to speak? Those who were over there, or those
who have stayed in this country and who have had
'the theory and information made possible by col
lege courses and by reading?”
I am prejudiced. because I was there and T saw
hew the Russians operate. I did not like what I
caw. I am definitely opposed to the Soviet policy
n'f expansion, and particularly to the cruel, in
human methods used by them to gain their own
ends.
In Austria, where the Russians failed to gain
'l lol'itioal control of tlhe nation, they used every
means cl' Machiavellian economic persuasion in
the hooks, with utter disregard of human life.
Even today, they are taking advantage of a mor
wlly, economically crushed people in order to drag
Austria under the well-known “Iron Curtain.”
And the Austrians are definitely anti-Soviet, a
Enel which was proved by the fact that tire Com
munists polled a mere live percent of the votes ini
■the Austrian elections in November, 1945.'
While the Americans and the British try build
up th e Austrian economy, the Russians are tearing
down the very work which we have accomplished.
They have stripped Austria of her power to pro
duce; ‘they are still confiscating food and livestock
which ar e desperately needed by the population
l or survival. And they have done practically
nothing themselves to r ebuild Austria. In fact,
they are obviously trying t.o prevent that economic
reconstruction which Austria must have to sur
■■•iv.g as a free nation.
" IBu't to return to tihe question of who is best
qualified to speak; I, along with many others who
were there to get first-hand information, distrust
Rq'ssia—opp'ose her views and methods. I doubt if
there are very many men who saw these things
who will disagree with .me. Of course, ther e were
some who didn’t recognize wlh'at they saw because
they were too busy elsewhere. Rut we aren’t all
Mind.
Tho-se who remained her e in' this country to
study express opinions which are to be respected,
but not necessarily agreed with. Fcr they know
only whiat they read. And what d!id they read?
Are the opinions which are expressed in the
Hdarst new ! sp'apers to be accepted as fh e truth?
Ecr that matter, can we accept the opinions ex
pressed by any of our publications as being the
true, unbiased facts, unailtered by editorial pol
icy?
Is Russia being cooperative in any of the issues
at hand, unless they favor Russian imperialism?
The progress of the UN answers that.
'For my ,p'art, you -may consider me as being defi
nitely anti-Russian. So, Comimies, stick that in
your pipes. —Robert W. Rabold
! lt's Easy to Criticize .. .
TO THE EDITOR: D—- good editorial—“An Open
setter.” It's e'asy to sit on the bench 'and criticize,
but it s a different story when one participates.
ToUp editorial makes good sense, because nothing
ty any importance can be done here or anywhere
without cooperation .from all concerned.
—Ralph Peters
Collegian Gazette
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Tuesday, Dec. 10
- CAMERA club meeting, 5 Forestry, 8
o’clock.
'SIGMA DELTA EPSILON business-dinner'
meeting, State College Hotel, 5:30 o’clock. •
■ BLUE KEY meeting, 413 Old Main, 6:45
o'clock.
• WR'A Badminton club, White Hall gymna
sium', 6:45 o’clock.
ROD and COCCUS club meeting, 206 Pat
tei-son Hall, 7 o’clock.
WRA Bridge club, White Hall playroom,
7 o’clock.
• PI LAMBDA SIGMA, Southwest lounge,
Atherton Hall, 7:30 o’cllock.
SKULL 'and BONES meeting'.
Main, 9:15 o'clock.
At The Movies
OATHAUM: “The Killers,” Burt Lancas
ter.
STATE: “Gallant Bess,” Marshall Thomp
son. r
NITTANY: “Anna and the King of Siam,”
Iren e Dunne. .
College Health Service
■Admitted to the infirmary Friday: Wil
liam Bodulich, Richard Growers, Amy Ka
liney.
• Admitted Saturday: Marvin Dernp, Mari
anne Rahn, Joyce Ripka.
■ Discharged Saturday: William Davis,
Charles DiefendeiTer, Santo Rizzo.
Admitted Sunday: Marion Jean Fister,
Mary Madeira.
Discharged Sunday: William Bodulich,
Amy Kaliney, Marianne Rahn.
Admitted yesterday: Eleanor Brumbaugh,
Baitbarn Kriney.
College Placement Service
DEC. 11—New York, Chicago, & St.
Louis Railroad Co. will interview senior
civil engineers and graduating- senior arch
itectural and ‘E.'E.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
So Wyatt
Wilson Wyatt handed in his resignation as Fed.
era I Housing Expeditor last week and with it
seems pi have gone the veterans’ chances at hav
ing low-cosi housing. The main reason for Mr.
Wyatt's resignation was that he was receiving
little cooperation from the government. This is
easily shown by the stone wall h e ran up against
in attempting to make a loan from the White
House “jester." George E. Allen, who heads lh e
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Wyatt asked
for $60,000,000 in loans to facilitate the purchase
ol prefabric'atecl houses for veterans. Allen allot
ted exactly one-fifteenth of the amount requested,
authorising only S 4,0 j (10,0 : 00 for the purpose.
•"Compare this to the $7,000,00.0 that the RFC re
cently granted in loans through indirect devices
to ■ rebuild German business, and how true rings
the headline of I. F. Stone's article in yesterday's
P.M which stated, “Ex-Enemies Fare Better Than
■Ex-Gl’s.”
ISince his return to civilian life the veteran has
been ever-'hqpeful of finding a place to liv e at
cheap cost, but he did not realize the forces that
were opposing him in attaining this end. With a
housing exjpedildr appointed', the vet saw a ray of
Ihopg and Idlt that within a short while lie would
' be able to find a place to live that would permit
him to remain within his budget. With Wy'att’s
resignation this r-ay of hope has flickered and died,
and unless something is don e soon so will die the
Veterans’ Emergency Housing Program.
■Here are. som e of the .points recommended to th ( ,
'President in a lettci- from Wyatt when he was
asked by Mr. Truman to chart a future course for
h.is agency in the absence of price controls on
building materials:
. . during the year 1947 we can place under
construction a record number of moderate priced
homes and apartments Ll—ihut only if:
‘Nonresidential construction, public and private,
is held at approximately present levels until in
cre'ased supplies of building materials lessen their
impact on veterans’ hou'sing.
‘Rlaw materials and equipment are channeled to
the producers of building materials through pri
orities and allocation's.
‘Through priorities and set-asides, buildings are
channeled into homes for veteran's.
‘Building output is increased further through
premium payments and othe r financial aid.
‘Government agencies concerned with surplus
building materials and war pl'anits suitable for
manufacturing houses and materials channel
these into the housing program .with, energy and
.initiative.
‘Strict export controls are maintained.
‘The industrialized housing program is imple
mented aggressively by the use of emergency war
time governmental loans, guaranteed market's and
material allegations.
‘Sale and rent ceilings o n new dwellings- are
maintained.
‘The aids to rental and low-cost housing pro.
vided in the Wagner-'EUender-Taft General Hous
ing Bill are ptas’se'd e arly in 1947.’ ”
Eiach of these points would with little doubt be
instrumental in achieving housing for veterans,
yet Wyatt received little, if any, support from the
nation's executive and the government, itself. -
Wyatt _ sums up the situation very neatly in
closing his letter to Mr. Trum'an. He states, “Dur
ing the war we did not hesitate to risk dollars to
protect our fighting men from t'he enemy. We must
not hesitate to risk dollars now to. protect these
sam’e men from the bitter frustration of failulre to
fin'd a home ...” v
The veteran- wants to know why the housing
program is in its final stages When it is most e s ~
senti'al and in attempting to fin'd,the answer,-may
well ask the so-called “trite” question once aghin,
“Jus't \v!hat did we fight for?”
Repercussions
TO THE EDITOR: It is very evident that al
most anything you write will have repercussions.
However, what you have saicl in your editorial
of December 5 proves to me that you are out
there fighting for what you' believe.
Seldom do I agree with your policies, but it is
every man to his own opinion. I think that what
you are trying to say to the student body is to try
and create a littio enthusiasm about the objec
tives that are worthwhile. If this is so, then I am
wholeheartedly behind you.
Yes, it is true that many things must be revised
on this campus, in the town, in the country, and
in the world. It is a big job, so all we can do is
to think and advise. Perhaps this endless fight to
convince is of, no avail, but. again, credit is due
to those who tVy no matter what the consequences
may be.
419 Old
Edit Shorts—
• “I think it is un-American to strike against the
■government,” said coal -miner Tom of West
land, Pa., who struck anyw’ay.
• Evidently Henry Varnum Poor, who is being
■contacted to finish the Mural in Old Main, hasn’t
'been notified of these .inflationary times or else
•piffn's to finislh t'he mural as a work of love rather
than for cold 'hard cash. Figures s'how that Poor
painted the present mural for $2O per square foot;
'the additional murals will ‘be done fo r less than
$l6 per squlare foot.
Editorials and features in The Collegian
reflect the opinions of Hie .writer. They make ,
no claim to represent sfudent ;or ,
opinion All unsigned addoriais -by ibe
—Seymouj. Rosenberg
Letters
Marvin Fisher
Sheehan Releases—
(Continued from nage one )
able to The Inter-Class Budget
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Committees
The Senior Class Committees
appointed by James Sheehan are:
Cap and Gown—Charles Hurd,
chairman: Julian Anderson. Karl
Bergey, William Douglas. Philip
Hampe, Margaret Keefe, and Bar
bara Wilson.
Invitations and Announcements
—Arthur Miller, chairman; John
Cameron, Lois Lyman, Dean i
Moyer, Robert Mulligan. Louise!
Umberger and Luke Watkins.
Social Committee ’ — Lynette
Lundquist, chairman; Murray.
Friedman, Catherine Garrett,
Marjorie Stout and John Walker.
The members of the Cap and
Gown and the Invitations and An
nouncements Committees will
meet on the second floor of Old
Main at 6:45 tQnight. For any
further information concerning
graduation, contact James Shee
han ct the Phi Psi House, 4908.
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