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THE COLLEGE NEWS.

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Wednesday, October 19, 1952

 

Students For Stevenson.

 

Storch Analyzes
Major Concepts
Of Ike v. Adlai

especially contributed
by Marcia Storch, ’55

America votes for the man. The
issues, of course, are a determin-
ing factor in any election but we
are not too concerned with the
stand of a party on this or thax,
rather we tend to decide whether
these men can better help us
through our dilemmas.

“ , .. Intelligent self-interest
whether conscious or instinctive, is
one of the motive forces of human
progress.” All of us will agree to
this statement by Arthur Schles-
inger. And there are some people
who feel that the past 20 years
have endangered their interests.

They fear that there is no longer
any meaning to one of the basic
principles of our democracy—lim-
ited government. “Should it not
pe limited will of the people?”
they cry.

Some Republicans (and some
Democrats) are afraid of social
security, labor unions, higher liv-
ing standards, increased housing,
Cavil Rights—afraid that such
massive social gains will destroy
business and free enterprise. It is
this fear that makes the Republi-
can ‘Platform one upon which Ab-
raham Lincoln could not have run;
which causes Eisenhower and Nix-
on to embrace a states’ rights slant
on the majority of our federalistic
controversies; and which forces
the Old Guard Republicans to hang
like a dead weight on a sincere,
but not a politically dexterous
candidate. .

Let us think about the things
which the fear mongers call the
anti - capitalistic or socialistic
trend of the New and Fair Deals.
Tnere are few who would call the
principles which are embodied in
these programs bad or wrong, for
the basic concept of a democracy
is a society in which every man
has the opportunity to develop his
capacities to their fullest extent.
Certainly this requires more prog-
ress of the type we have seen in
the past 20 years—more education,
more housing, more employment,
less lynching.

Time for a Change

The Democrats are not trying to
force anyone to look at those 20
years through a rose-colored win-
dow. Mistakes have been made,
grave mistakes, under the recent
administrations. It IS time for a
change. It is time for a positive
attitude and positive moves at
home and abroad. And if the Re-
publican party had a leader, a man
with control over his affairs, a man
who could make a decision and
stick to it; if the Republican party
had senators and representatives
who could see their way clearly
through the issues of the present
day and could handle these issues
in an intelligent and capable man-
ner; IF ... then I and many oth-

- er people would not hesitate to en-

dorse them.

But despite their pleas ... “We are
not isolationists. We recognize
social and economic progress and
will. continue to further these pro-
grams. ‘We believe in foreign aid.
We will wipe out corruption and
graft” ... the many personal and
public evaluations of the Repub-
lican party and their own recent

don’t lie.

 

Governor Adlai Stevenson

 

Five Stars Dwindle
To A Dark Nothing

Five little stars shining on his
head,

Along came Taft and one dropped
dead;

Four little stars, cocky as can be,

McCarthy and Jenner reduced
them to three;

Three little stars, brave amid
- doubt,

Cutting old friends put another
out;

Two little stars, showing signs of
strain,

Tidelands oil sent one more down
the drain;

One little star fighting mighty
hard,

But what could it do against the
Old Guard?

Five stars bright spelled a nation’s
hero,
But five stars dark, add up to zero.
Hortense Flexner King

 

record prove beyond a doubt that
these claims cannot be and are not
valid.

It’s old but it’s true—the facts
And the facts show that
the Republican party has consist-
ently voted against policies which
would check Soviet aggression,
against the Marshall Plan, against
the North Atlantic Pact, against
Mutual Security, against military
aid to Korea, against Point Four.
The domestic affairs record can be
left to your imagination or re-
search—they even voted against
Taft’s own housing bill!

The answer, then, lies in combin-
ing the progress made under the
Democratic administrations  to-
ward general welfare and world
peace with intelligent and directed
leadership. I see this type gf lead-
ership in the man who ‘said, “I
have no fixed principles by which
every issue is to be automatically
resolved, I do not identify big
government with good government

.. And it is an error not to make
government as efficient as possible,
because inefficiency in government
as in business makes for size and
waste,

“No one wants government to
control every detail of human life
. . - I don’t like any interference
with free markets, free men, free
enterprise. I like freedom to suc-
ceed or (freedom) to fail... ”.

Governor Stevenson started his
campaign on a level which is for-
eign to American politics—a high
level of thought and speech. He is
becoming increasingly better liked
as he becomes better known. He
has shown an extraordinary under-
standing of current issues, and in
him one finds integrity, strength,
humor, and _ humility — qualities
well fitting a president, and show-
ing that Stevenson is the man with
whom the United States of Amer-
ica can work for a greater tomor-

 

rows,

G0.). Loses Out
OnaCampusWalk

especially contributed by
Mary Cahn, ’56

It was a beautiful fall day and
two girls were strolling along,
whistling, and kicking up the
leaves as they walked.

“So you’re for Stevenson”, mus-
ed one of the girls. “Just tell me
why”? she asked with a smug look
on her face.

“You really want a speech?”,
laughed the other.

“No, gad no!”, said the first
quickly. “Just some good points
if there are any.”

“Well,” said my Democratic
friend, “it seems to me that Ste-
venson has the better labor pro-
gram. His program calls for the
repeal of the Taft-Hartley law and
a new, fairer bill.”

“Well, of course, the Democrats
are labor’s slaves,” shouted the
first.

“T don’t know about that. Seems
that big business has done mighty
well in the last twenty years. The
number of private businesses have
risen remarkably. Business has
received R.F.C. loans, tax deduc-
tions and many other privileges.”

“Go on to your next point”, said
my Republican friend a little too
quickly.

“The Democrats have a superior
civil rights program also. It calls
for a F.E.P.C. law, in order that
real progress can be made. The
party has a remarkable record on
fighting segregation in housing,
education and the armed forces.”

“Ym not going to vote for a
party”, said the first defiantly,
“that has gotten our country into
this inflation. The dollar’s not
worth a thing anymore!”

“Just a minute”, said my Demo-
cratic friend. “Remember the Re-
publicans are in Congress also.
Let’s take this from the start. In-
flation came after World War II,
when the O.P.A. was eliminated,
largely due to the Republicans.
But time and again, President
Truman has tried to _ initiate
stronger rent and price controls to
combat this inflation menace and
time and time again the Republi-
cans have made this impossible. If
the latter were elected, more con-
trols would be lifted and prices
would probably rise!’

“Your party’s gotten us into a
national debt”, said the first with
authority. “Why should we, the
richest country in the world, have
such a thing?”

“Well”, said my Democratic
friend, “the debt has gone down
9% since World War II, and you
forget, though we may be the
richest, we are also the country
with the greatest responsibility.
We have found it necessary to help
war-torn countries and arm for
our own security. If we don’t spend
now, we may have to spend lots
more on a third world war!”

“But how about the two party
system? Seems to me that if the
Democrats win again, this country
will be run by one party. Is that
true democracy?”

My young Democratic friend
smiled unbelievingly. “Why,” she
exclaimed, “the Republicans are in
Congress, are in state govern-
ments and are certainly a very im-
portant force in American govern-
ment. Twenty years out of the
White House can’t kill a party.

Why, between the end of the Civil

 

War and 1914, only one Democrat

 

Gottlieb Sees Ike
In Over His Head

To the Editor:

I was for Eisenhower and I have
switched to Stevenson. Under Ei-
senhower the Republican Party has
not come forth with the positive
new program it was its high re-
sponsibility to deliver. Eisenhow-
er himself, still unquestionably
a great American of essential in-
tegrity, has floundered badly in
political waters, has inextricably
committed himself to what he does
not really support, and has fallen
in over his head.

In the words of John Steinbeck:
“T do not know, but I can imagine
the pressures on candidates for the
Presidency. They must be dread-
iui, but they must be equally
dreadful for both candidates. With
equal pressures we have seen in a
pitiful few months the Eisenhower
mind crumble into uncertainly, re-
tire into generalities, fumble with
friendships and juggle alliances.
At the same time, Stevenson has
moved serenely on, clarifying his
position, holding to his line and
never being drawn or driven from
his non-generalized ideals.

Pressures on a President

And if the pressures on @ Can-
didate are powerful, how much
more so must they be on a Presi-
dent? I find I am for the man I
think can take the pressures best
and can handle them without split
loyalties and expedient friend-
ships.”

Some people are not voting for
the man. They are voting for a
change, or for the maintenance of
a ‘disintegrating’ two party sys-
tem, or against Truman (in Ad-
lai’s clothing). In the little space
that remains to me let me say
simply, first, that I believe the
“man” to be of paramount im-
portance in filling the extraordin-
arily powerful position of Chief
iexecutive, and, second, that I can-
not sanction the “blank check made
out to change”. I also find that
the “medicinal” concept of elect-
ing a party to office every time its
unity has fallen apart is manifest-
ly ridiculous. Finally, I find the
difference between Truman and
Stevenson obvious and inspiring.

Sincerely yours,
Ronnie Gottlieb, 1958

 

was president, but we certainly
haven’t died!”

“But staying in office’, said the
Republican slowly, “makes for
corruption.”

“In every government”, said the
Democrat, “there will be some men
who are dishonest. But the cor-
ruption issue has been greatly ex-
aggerated. President Truman and
the Democrats -have exposed the
corruption and eliminated it. And
the Democrats have fought the
biggest corruption of all, that of
big business favoritism.

“Stevenson and the Democratic
party stand for the people and the
rights of the people. They believe
that government is in the interest
of everybody and their record
shows this. The “Tidelands Oil”
dispute proved Stevenson’s cour-
age, for he lost votes, but showed
America that he was interested in
the benefit of all, and not just a
few special interest groups.”

“Maybe you’re right”, said my
Republican friend, slowly.

“You bet I am!”, said the other,
and the two: strolled on, kicking
the leaves as they walked.

 

deShazo Decries
Red-baiting 0D

Dear Editors:

The choice before us in this elec-
tion for our next president is not
a clear-cut “powers of light” ver-
sus “powers of darkness” choice.
There are valid arguments for
both candidates; however, it seems
to mé that Stevenson is less hand-
icapped, better prepared for the
presidency, and generally more ca-
pable and realistic. The following
points are a few of the reasons
for the above conclusion.

‘Undesirable elements in both
parties handicap the two candi-
dates, but, even though living in
Washington, D. C., I would choose
the domestic embarrassments and
corruptions of the Truman admin-
istration (which I believe Steven-
son could correct as he did a sim-
ilar situation in Illionis) to the
isolationistic communist - baiting
trends of Taft and McCarthy
(which I fear Eisenhower could not
avoid as he has not avoided com-
promises with these elements in
his campaign).

I consider the trends toward iso-
lation and communist witch-hunt-
ing some of the most poisonous
elements in America today, for
thus free speech and free thought
are endangered through fear, and
America seeking her own life

above the world’s good is losing
her life from within and without.

Better Equipped

In my opinion Stevenson is not
only less handicapped by his par-
ty’s policies, but better prepared
to provide the world leadership
needed at this critical time. Why?
—because the positive effort of
the United Nations will be the
most significant step in world
peace and progress, and Steven-
son, being as Ralph Bunche says,
“one of the best informed men on
the United Nations in the country,
a first rate man in every respect”,
has helped in the formation of the
U.N. and served it in various ca-
pacities. Furthermore, Stevenson
is a lawyer, a man experienced in
civil government and does not
have to transcend a lifetime in the
military tradition which by its
very nature emphasizes obedience
rather than personal initiative and
necessitates thinking of individu-
als as instruments for obtaining a
good end through “justified” evil
means,

Impressions

As for believing Stevenson the
more capable and realistic individ-
ual of the two outstanding candi-
dates, I can only judge from the
impression they give in their press
conferences, speeches and written
statements. In these, Stevenson
seems to have a more definite, con-
sistent and positive approach to
the problems of our country and
world than Eisenhower.

Moreover, Stevenson appeals
more to the intelligence of the lis-
tener than to his emotional re-
sponse to issues. In my opinion,
Stevenson continually creates the
impression of a great statesman,
humble, selfless, morally courage-
ous, and ideally suited to lead our
country and world as the next
president of the United States.

Respectfully,
Sidney deShazo, 1956