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Editorial Opinion
Building U.S. Prestige
The Administration's request for an extension of the
reciprocal trade agreements faces a stormy battle in Con
gress. The present provision for agreements expires In
June.
House Speaker Sam Rayburn has warned Commerce
Secretary Sinclair Weeks that unless the Administration
eases up on its demand for a 5-year extension of the agree
ments and greater presidential tariff-cutting powers, the
plan will not pass the House.
But Weeks refuses to be swayed by this warning, and
justly so.
In times of accentuated interest in international af
fairs, it is particularly necessary for the United States to
lead the way to establishing harmony between the sov
ereign nations. Reciprocal trade agreements between
countries can go a long way toward obtaining this har
mony.
It also seems rather contradictory that the United
States—a country which has prospered under a system of
free enterprise and division of labor—would refuse to ex
tend this same internal theory system to its foreign trade
policy.
Under a reciprocal trade policy the principal of corn
parative advantage (which the United States has adhered
to) would operate, with each nation producing the com
modities which it is best suited to provide.
Congress's refusal to accept the Administration's re
quest could lead to severe diplomatic set-backs which we
can not afford.
Congress must consider Russia's recent proposal to
open her markets to European goods the U.S. has been
importing under the reciprocal trade agreements. This,
Russia said, would partially alleviate the "depression"
the U.S. is presently suffering.
Aside from being a blow to our morale, this proposal,
if carried out, would strain the working relationship we
now enjoy with the western European countries. They are,
becoming intensely interested in trade markets, as evi
denced by their recent agreements concerning a European
market.
We may not be dependent on these countries for their
goods, but we are dependent on their friendships.
Reciprocal trade agreements started with the McKin
ley Tariff of 1890. Since then, the President has been per
mitted to negotiate tariff agreements with countries will
ing to make concessions. This assigned power is particu
larly important to the President now in handling matters
of foreign policy.
Eisenhower wants the extension of his authority in
tariff-cutting to enhance the position of the U.S. in inter
national affairs, and Congress cannot afford to refuse this
request
Financial Fiasco
Thirteen former Lion party officers have been ab
solved of any responsibility for a $l5O debt incurred last
year, and justly so.
The bill—along with a larger debt contracted for in
1955—was incurred by individual' clique chairmen for
party supplies. The clique chairmen apparently did not
follow a required procedure of acting through the Asso
ciated Student Activities office.
Under a ruling reversed yesterday by the Senate
Committee on Student Affairs, present students—includ
ing some who were in high school when the debts were
incurred—would have been held responsible for the ir
regular actions of former party members.
The confusion surrounding the debt exemplifies the
utter inadequacies of the present archaic political party
financial regulations, which have not been strictly enforced
in years.
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Letters
Whoosh! There
Goes a Student
TO THE EDITOR: Is it possible
that the University has finally
found a way to get rid, of stu
dents?
The excavators who are digging
a hole between Home Economics
South and Home Economics
Building have left—right in the
open—a large gapping pit. A per
son during the day, who is fol
lowing the usual path that used
to be there before this hole was
dug, might be idly daydreaming
and, all of a sudden, disappear
from the scene.
The whole construction area is
enclosed, but a gate conveniently
leaves an opening so that one
may walk on this path. The area
around the excavation does not
contain any lights; therefore, it
fails to warn the oncomer of the
eminent danger during the night.
Around the excavation there is
not a railing which would almost
totally do away with the danger.
Would you want to be the one
to walk into this pit? Let's get
on the ball, University, and clear
up this menace.
—Jerry Plavin '6l
—Joel Kollin '6l
oLetter cut
Readers Question
Pressman's Views
TO THE EDITOR: We were dis
appointed and discouraged as we
read Mr. Pressman's article to
find that he considered Aldous
Huxley as being more important
than God. Although some of Hux
ley's prophesies have come true
they are as nothing when com
pared to the events prophesied in
the Old Testament and fulfilled
centuries later in the New Testa
ment.
Is Mr. Pressman using common
sense to place "sociological prob
lems" above spiritual realities, or
the corruptable above the incor
ruptable? Is it reasonable to con
sider things of temporal value
more precious than things of
eternal value? We don't believe
so!
The purpose of this letter is to
question Mr. Pressman. Does Mr.
Pressman suggest that the U.S.
eliminate "dire poverty, slums
and mass juvenile delinquency"
as the Russians have done by the
es tab lishment of concentration
camps? Who does Mr. Pressman
think he is to attack a man like
Dr. Graham who is not only a
close friend of our nation's presi
dent, but is also dearly beloved
by the millions who have through
his message found peace with
God and joy in life.
He might note that even tele
vision concerns (such as WFIL
TV) realize the need of spiritual
as well as scientific and cultural
programs in the lives of people
united, one nation, under God."
This young electrical engineer
might be wise to spend his last
year of college informing himself
about the facts of God's world of
which he at times seems so ig
norant, rather than being con
cerned about hanging sliderules,
tobacco spitting, and Aldous Hux
ley.
—Len Brenner, '6O
—Robert Davis, '6O
—Charles Larson, '59
—John Hendrickson, '6O
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Grad Students to Take
Foreign Language Tests
All graduate students who are
planning to take the written for
eign language reading examina
tions or the preliminary oral tests
must arrange for them at 229
Sparks for the German tests and
at 300 Sparks for the French_and
Spanish tests.
Little Man on Campus by Dick Bible..
"You only fall asleep once in HIS class."
Washington Beat
Say Can
A New
WASHINGTON (/P)—Congress has begun considering
whether to adopt an official version of the Star-Spangled
Banner
And almost before you could say, "0 say can
it got itself tangled up in questions.
Suppose an official version became law,
president send in troops if
some school band leader didn't
play it the official way? And
would there be bootleg Star
Spangled Banners, with one
knowledgeable audience sitting
.and a less tune-conscious group
standing?
To anyone except, possibly,
a congressman, the issue seems
simple.
In 1931, Congress adopted
the song as our national an
them. Unfortunately, it didn't
spell out either the words or
the melody. Many a patriotic
person thinks this should be
corrected, and several bills
have been introduced in con
gress.
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Many think it ought to be
more singable. Those who think
so include Lucy Monroe, who
has sung the song 5000 times,
and very stirringly, too. She
favors some minor tinkering
with the high and low notes
which, she says, "would allow
all of us to join in with greater
assurance of joy."
The leadoff man before the
House Judiciary subcommit
tee was Rep. Joel T. Broyhill
M.) of Arlington, Va. He fa
vors going back to the earliest
written version by Francis
Scott Ke y for the official
words, and to a melody worked
out by the National Music
Council.
A special recording had been
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made for the subcommittee,
showing how the tune could
be played in different keys for
different performers, for a be
ginning piano player, for ex.
ample, or the zippy U.S. Army
band.
The record caused a mite of
uncertainty in the committee
room. Mrs. Charles . Haig of
Washington, D.C., representing
the Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution, said in a stage
_whisper, "We ought to stand.'
But no one did, and the scien
tific demonstration continued.
Rep. Basil L. Whitener (D.)
of Gastonia, N.C., said he can't
understand what the fuss is
about.
"I mentioned it in the barber
shop down home, to see what
reaction I'd get," Whitener
said. "The barber said, 'The
devil! We've had one for over
100 years, haven't we?"
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