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Tug of War
The tug-of-war in Berlin, capable of becoming
a shooting war through indiscreet action on either
side, is an artificial international situation which
should have been resolved long ago. The reason
for its not being resolved is twofold: First, Russia
is in a position where she cannot afford to make
the first and primary concessions; secondly, the
kmerican State Department has adopted an atti
tude toward the USSR. and communism which is
unrealistic in its basis.
The Russian position is obvious: With most of
the nations lined up in opposition to Eastern com
munism, any concessions by the Russians without
n guarantee of similar concessions by the West
would put the USSR at a distinct disadvantage.
And the mere announcement by the United States
that we are willing to negotiate with Russia over
he Berlin problem, and, consequently, the Ger
nan settlement, would amount to a concession by
t:ie West.
This concession we are unwilling to make
Crux of the Berlin "crisis" is the so-called
'blockade," which actually is not a blockade but
ather police action by the Russians in searching
'rains entering the German capital, ostensibly for
the purpose of preventing smuggling. Refusing to
'fflowing searching of their trains, the Western
'owers have thus refused to use rail transporta
'ion to convey materiel into Berlin. In this action,
the State Department has typified its policy of
giving no concessions.
Thus, the "no concessions" policy is the stum
bling block to a settlement. The underlying fal
lacy is that the policy is being used to shape
events, rather than to meet the necessities pre
sented by events. You cannot shape events to your
own purposes by a policy of constant opposition,
since the only result it will bring is counter
opposition. In this way, the State Department has
produced a series of stalemates—dangerous ones.
Policy should be a flexible instrument, not a set
goal—to establish it as an end to be gained pre
cludes any order of reason in its operation.
Such a policy is practical only if the desired
result is a stalemate or a situation in which hos
tilities might break out. It is significant that two
proposals to break the stalemate—the Vinson mis
.;ion and the Lie-Evatt demand for direct negotia
tions—have been allowed to die stillborn.
Because of the veto power, the United Nations
helpless in the Berlin squabble. Only direct
negotiations can resolve the problem. Why the
dispute was thrown into the UN, where it could
do nought but produce more ill will and tension,
is a question which must be answered in order to
clarify the intent of the State Department's policy.
—L. D. Gladfeller.
'We're Ever True'
Well, the bubble has burst. The skein of vic
tories has been snapped.
Yet the students have demonstrated their loy
alty to the team, even in adversity, by their dem
onstrations Sunday and yesterday.
Penn State spirit at its best and finest was
displayed by the enthusiasm so spontaneously
generated in the face of such a stunning and dis
appointing reversal at the hands of our bitterest
rival.
Let the critics of college athletics, who are ever
quick to scream about "overemphasis," attempt to
deny the fact that Penn State students have some
how learned one of the most valuable lessons of
life—how to face setbacks and disappointments
-quarely, as adults.
They have also maintained their sense of pro
portion and maintained a sane and logical view
uoint. They realize that their team is still one of
111 , _? best in the nation, and that it has not in any
ay been relegated to the ranks of the "also-rans."
It is unfortunate that the team was unable to
ppear at yesterday's rally. Such an overwhelm
sng of student support and confidence
would have had a decidedly tonic and healthy
offect upon them.
Special commendations are in order for the
, riany organizations and individuals who worked
lo hard under such trying conditions to make this
rally the most successful of the season. Many
members of the administration were especially
,-ooperative.
Saturday, the Blue-and-White gridders will
•)egin a new string of victories. May it grow to an
, ven greater length than the last one. And may
he inevitable loss he taken as philosophically.
Ohe Daily Collegian
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THIS ISSUE
ant. Schwing
Jean Inrael
Norm Goode
Ice-breaker
In the Land of Jim Crow
Rag Sprigle, Pulitzer prize-wi
of "The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,'
Negro and for four weeks "lived
fellow Americans. This is the nint
which he presents his findings.
of persons and places in some in:
This thing of bald and un
ashamed discrimination against
little black American citizens in
the matter of education can get
really brazen. Witness the situa
tion down here in District No. 4,
Madison County, Miss. What these
lordly exemplars of white su
premacy have done down here in
the Delta country is to use the
tax money paid into the county
treasury by Negro property own
ers to build themselves a mag
nificent school plant at the
Negroes' expense.
What the Negroes got out of
their tax money and the usual
state contribution for school pur
poses is right here in front of us,
hidden away on this back country
road, a desert of dust in summer
and a morass of mud in winter.
This school is new. And that's
all that can be said for it. When
the white folks took Negro tax
money and built themselves their
fine school, they at least built a
new school for the Negroes. But
not until there was a storm of
protest from all over the state—
from whites and black alike.
The white folks of District No.
4 were going to let the little
Negro pupils continue to pick up
what education they could in
their two schools, one in a church
and the other in a lodge room.
Pay 90 Per Cent of Taxes
In this school district there are
"Whot haw-poned?"
A fraternity flag flew at half-mast .. a bulletin board said,
There will be no singing tonight, Boys" . .. even the skies wept.
There was no joy in Mudville as the proud old Lion climbed
down the steps to a lower story in the AP rating. A throng of stu
dents, even larger than after last year's victorious Pitt rally, gath
ered for a "We luv you anyway" rally on the steps of Old Main. It
would have seemed sacrilegious if the sun had shown.
But what is the AP rating, anyway? Just a poll of sports writers'
opinions. Significant, of course. But how many of those journalists
have actually seen the "Big White"? Could you deny a man a
sharpshooter's rating when he misses the bulls-eye once in 18 tries?
Well, we're wearing it again ... that ugly article, the Peetsboig
jinx. Maybe next year we could take oxygen tanks so as to wipe out
the Smog-eating handicap.
The Master Speaks
Big attraction at the TUB is a Recordio-gram, which for two
bits will record for posterity your famous last words or the latest
thirst chorus. George Donovan, director of student activities, im
ported the idea from the University of Michigan Union.... The little
machine is a rich and unexploited source of practical jokes, as well
as a novel way to say "Hello, Mom." Think of the sympathetic
appeal you could punch out in three inches of grooving when the
viggie-bank becomes mute.
lath Keen
The Daily Collegian Editorial Pate
By Ray Sprig's
Corner Rumors
By Jo Fox
Pinning reporter and staff member
" recently disguised himself as a
black" in the South among his
th of a series of twelve articles in
fr. Sprigle has changed the names
,stances to protect those involved.
four Negroes to every white. That,
however, is common in the South.
The unusual part is this: The Ne
groes own about 90 per cent of
all the land in the district and
pay 90 per cent of the taxes. And
they haven't one single little word
to say about how their tax money
is spent.
This new school building is just
a big square box with two parti
tions breaking it up into four
rooms. Only one of the rooms has
desks. They are hammered to
gether out of the scrap lumber
left over from the building of the
school. The scraps were picked
up out of the mud. The mud is
still on the desks. In the other
three rooms there are no desks—
not even muddy ones—just home
made benches and tables. There
is one toilet for both boys and
girls. It leans drunkenly in the
wind.
Now let's go back up to the
highway to take a look at what
the white folks built for their
children with Negro money.
Here you've got a really up
and-coming school plant. Five
buildings designed by a good
architect. There's the main school
building, an agricultural building,
a vocational school building, a
gymnasium and a beautiful little
bungalow for the principal. And
(Continued on page seven)
TUESDAY MOVE ' 29 1948
Saiet y (Valve
When Knott, Rockne
TO THE EDITOR: A long time ago, when the
great Knute Rockne was coaching an equally
famous Notre Dame team, and the string of vic
tories was so long, people were running out of
fingers and toes counting them, the team went
away to play a game. It was just another game.
They were sure they would win it.
But they didn't, they lost. Why? Who knew
why? It was unbelievable, but they lost.
It must have been a long ride back to South
Bend, and those players must have thought about
how the students and the townspeople had always
been waiting at the station to cheer them as they
got off the train. And they must have wondered
how things would be this time—when they hadn't
won.
When Rockne stepped down to the platform and
iust about every man, woman and child in South
Bend was there, cheering, and singing, and even
weeping, he said something like this:
"Someone's made a mistake. Didn't they tell
you? We didn't win, this time—we lost." And even
the Rock started to choke up. The cheers just got
louder and louder.
To the Rock and his team, that must have meant
more than a hundred victory celebrations.
I kinda hope we feel the same about our team
as the men of South Bend felt about Rockne's.
—Art Ward.
TO THE EDITOR: I would like to comment on
Miss Seidman's editorial which appeared on this
page Wednesday, November 17. To me it seemed
that Miss Seidman was much farther in the wrong
than the boys in Pollock Circle and Nittany Dorms.
In short, she is criticizing those people's right to
gripe, when there are people in this world who
are at present living on starvation diets.
Well, I do not intend to deny Miss Seidman this
fact, but I would like to say a few words in de
fense of these local "Food Gripers." Undoubtedly
a certain percent of these boys have made sacri
fices during the past few years to give aid to those
peoples of the world who were being persecuted.
Some of these boys who have been "griping" in
the past, probably have felt the actual pangs of
hunger much more nearly than she has. Some of
them that "gripe" and "complain" also realize
that injustices do exist throughout the• world.
Some of them feel that they are not to blame for
it. And a few also probably feel that maybe the
time is here to have "charity starting at home."
It is my opinion that your criticisms were un
timely, uncalled for, and poorly presented.
—James M. MacMillan.
• A careful re-reading of Miss Seidman's edi
torial will reveal that, far from criticising the/
griping about food, she merely stated the fact
of its prevalence, a fact difficult to deny.
Collegian Gazette
Tuesday, November 23
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MEN'S BRIDGE CLUB, PUB, 7 p.m
College Hospital
Admitted Saturday: Mervin Snyder. •
Discharged Saturday: Nancy Altland, Corrine
Engelsberg, Donald Gibson and Murray Bernstein.
Discharged Sunday: William Sampson and Bev
erly Coval.
Admitted Monday: Alice Walsh, Theodore Cich
awic, Edwin Snyder and Fred Shihadeh.
Discharged Monday: William McDermott.
College Placement
hould be made in 204 Old MninArrangements for interview.
It once.
Pennsylvania Railroad, November 23, eighth
emester 'men in EE and ME.
United States Civil Service Commission, Novem
ber 23, eighth semester men in Aero Eng, Arch
Eng, CE, EE, lE, ME, Sanitary Eng, Metallurgy,
Petroleum & Natural Gas Eng, Chem Eng, and
Chemistry.
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., November 30,
eighth semester men in CE, EE, lE, ME, Chem
Eng, and Chemistry.
Philadelphia 'Electric Co., December 1, eighth
semester men in EE and ME.
North American Aviation Corp., November 30,
eighth semester men in Aero Eng, Civil Eng, EE,
and ME.
Douglas `Aircraft Co., December 2 and 3, sev
enth and eighth semester men in Aero Eng, EE,
ME, and Physics.
C. Penney Co., December 2 and 3, eighth se
mester men in lE, C&F, Arts & Letters, Adver
tising, Education, Hotel Adm., Ind. Ed., Psy
chology.
Ingersoll-Rand Co., December 2 and 3, seventh
semester men in lE, ME and EE.
Standard Oil Company of Indiana, November
30, Ph.D. candidates who will receive their de
grees during 1949 in Chem Eng and Chemistry.
Standard Oil Company of Indiana, December 1
and 2. seventh and eighth semester men in ME
and CE.
Standard Oil Company of Indiana, November
30, Graduate students in ME.
S. S. Kresge Co., December 6, eighth semester
men in C&F and Arts & Letters.
U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory, December 7
and 8, seventh and eighth semester men and
women in CE, EE, lE, ME, Metallurgy, Chem Eng,
Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics.
Dixie Cup Co.. December 7 and 8, eighth semes
ter men in lE, ME, C&F and ADV.
Line Material Co., December 8, eighth semester
students. in EE and ME.