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THE COLLEGE NEWS

(Founded in 1914)

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JOAN Gross, '42, Editor-in-Chief
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ANN ELLICOTT, ’42 BARBARA COOLEY, ’42
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ANNE DENNY, ’43

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Curtain Going Up!

The war spirit of the country continues to be whipped by fear,
by anger and by a disturbing negativism. Yet the larger social
ideals which are implied in resistance to Fascism can be formulated
positively, with both realism and optimism. With this in mind, a
committee has drawn up a set of principles upon which a new cam-
pus oganization, The Alliance, will be based. The committee, pro-
ceeding from the agreement that the question of whether or when
the United States. shall enter the war is no longer the most com-
pelling one for campus debate, has formulated the following pro-
gram: sl vs

(1) To defeat Hitler is not enough.

(2) We believe that war effort should be directed not only
toward defending our democracy, but also toward the creation of a
better social order.

(3) . In spite of the temporary sacrifices necessary in time of
war, we believe that the mobilization of national effort must also be
directed toward broader and more enduring social benefits.

(4) We will support all measures necessary to efficient prose-
cution of the war, providing that they do not conflict in spirit with
the principles stated above.

(5) Weare determined to examine and criticize:
(a) Immediate problems of defense.
(b) The implications and possible effects of national legisla-
tion and government administration,
(c) Peace problems and proposals.
(6) We believe that these principles should be translated into
action.

An open meeting will’be held next week to discuss the organi-
‘zation of The Alliance, and coordinate the activity of the Forum,
the work and aims of the Defense Courses, and the organization of
volunteers to form Publicity, Writing, Research and Speakers’ Com-
mittees. The last two will cooperate with the corresponding com-
mittees of the faculty Defense Group. An agenda will be prepared
and election of officers will be discussed.



Between the Acts

The recent publication of Thyssen’s confessions about the sub-
sidizing of Hitlerism by the dominant German industrialists should
give us pause on this Armistice Day.

We commemorate the laying down of arms twenty-three years
ago, when the taking up of arms on a scale hitherto unknown is
unquestionably the precondition for an Armistice that may in reality
prove final: eee ee
~~ ‘While on the one hand it is our manifest duty to bend every
effort toward the speedy conclusion of hostilities by the obliteration
of the Fascist Axis, it is on the other hand equally essential that the
coming peace will not prove to be a mere interval, but will be just
and lasting. Such a peace can be attained only when the legions of
mankind ordain such conditions that will preclude any possibility of
a Thyssen subsidizing a Hitler in any land, in any way, at any time.

Much talk will be heard from various quarters about the forms
of the good new order to be established when the Axis is in ashes—
talk about a “remodeled” League of Nations, “Revitalized” World
Court, “genuine” disarmament, “equitable” apportionment of col-
onial territories and raw materials, and “effective” guarantees for
the rights of small nations. Such sounds were audible during and
after the First World War.

Unflinching examination of these questions is necessary to
avoid a repetition of the tragedy which developed with ever-increas-

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| Now is the Time for AllGood Men . . .

One day, on a vacation at the seashore, I read in the newspaper |

that my father was running for Mayor of Pittsburgh. We had
been in the habit of drawing up our skirts a little at the thought of

taking an active part in politics, But now we were in it, head over

heels. What a dirty business, but what a necessary, vital business

it became for us. Convinced of: the worthiness of our candidate,

we, the family, and we, the Denny-for-Mayor workers, pounded our

way to a sensational primary. victory. No money, no political

prestige helped us win the primary—it was a long shot.

| The downtown office clattered with typewriters and we licked
‘countless envelopes for come-out-and-vote letters to the registered
Republicans. Out in the seventh ward, our “home ward,” was the

East Liberty Denny-for-Mayor headquarters. People wandered in
and out—men engaged in dubious branches of the mathematical
profession, crazy politicians ranting about Abraham Lincoln and
Harmar Denny, quantities of drunks and little boys demanding
cards for some obscure kind of game. Two telephones co-ordinated
a fleet of cars with the invalids who had to be taken’ to the polls.
Through all this? and much coffee and cigarettes, the dogged friends
and family of “Happy Harmar” Denny pushed him into the Repub-
lican candidacy.

| Then came the big fight.

Never has there been: such a close race in the city’s election.
| The politicos of Pittsburgh were surprised. On election eve they
nodded over the certainty that unless 60-65 per cent of the vote
came out, Denny hadn’t a chance. Public opinion was sluggish.
.That people could forget about poor garbage collection, unsettled
labor disputes and similar local problems, because of ‘dramatic head-
‘lines on foreign affairs, is still amazing to us. This, it was gener-
ally agreed, was a dull campaign.

Behind-the-candidates were, on the other hand, a well organized-

| Democratic party—the party that was in. On the other hand, the
|Republican machine was more interested in getting its five-dollar
| watchers’ certificates than in selling its candidate. The workers
staged a near-riot in the downtown Denny headquarters on election
‘eve. Watchers must be at the polls; checkers must be at the polls,
and the watchers’ fee is five dollars, Campaign manager, Grant
/Curry, nearly expired trying to satisfy every faction.

] Dirty work at the polls is an old cry at election time, and it is
i hard to believe some of the true stories. I heard some of the voters
‘fall for the old gags about the second handle being broken so that
ithe first one, only, counts. Watchers are easily induced to-go home
iby the offer of five times their pay, and one man started three or
four riots at the polls to keep the voters away—safely in jail. Dirty
,work comes from both sides, but the side with the most money and
‘the least scruples comes out on top.

' Money may seem unimportant, but it can organize a party’s
victory. Still, even money could not have organized the Republicans
lin Allegheny-County._Formerlybossed- by-a-few party dictators,
and supported in this election by many individuals with various de-
grees of influence, the party resolved into a typical state of disor-
ganization.

The candidate had a will of his own. Making as many as ten
speeches a day until his voice gave out to a whisper, my. father made
a desperate appeal. Out for the independent vote, and steering clear
of all political involvements, he tried to establish efficient, business-
like, and honest government in this industrial city.

But it doesn’t work that way.

The Democratic party is bossed by Mr. David Lawrence, and
there is no individualism in the party; consequently, no disunity, So
the Democrats won.

Through all this party politics ran an undercurrent of feeling
against the present administration. The issues of the campaign
were vital: the labor problem in Pittsburgh has been dealt with in a
manner calling up much criticism; the department of public works
has been condemned because of the unsanitary garbage situation ;
the city debt has been exposed by the papers, and the budget has
been protested. With these pressing facts behind him, Denny should
have been able to win—would have won, if three more thousands
out of the two hundred and nineteen thousands who voted had seen
it his way.

Privately, we are glad he didn’t get this terrific job, but pub-
licly it seems a shame that the Mayor of Pittsburgh was re-elected
by the minority—one-third of the voters.

ANN Denny, ’43.





jing gravity from 1919 to 1939. We have seen how public figures,
leaders of nations gave lip-service to the defense of democracy, in-
ternational order and the rights of small and weaker nations while
conniving at the destruction of these very things they were pledged
,to defend. (Witness the behavior of the signatories of the Kellogg-
Briand Pact and the League Covenant during the successive viola-
tions of China, Ethiopia, Spain, Austria, Czechoslavakia. )

| It is not our purpose at this point to express any views on the
‘relative merits of the various proposals for securing a fair and firm
‘peace. We feel that a series of authoritative speakers of diversified
‘opinions, accompanied by campus questioning, research, and thor-
ough discussion will tremendously heighten our understanding of
|these vital problems, so that against the day when the cannon cease
ito roar we will have adequately prepared ourselves in the period
|between this Armistice Day and the next Armistice.

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| WIT’S END

Pay Day is Thursday. All cor-
rections must be made by Tuesday.
Two per cent compound interest
will be charged daily. Hot spit!
Ain’t it a shame about Mame? My
gosh, look at the size of that Pay
Day. Let’s go tell her.

$16.20—$16.20? Bliss was it
then to be alive—adding up the
bills. People lurked around corners
clutching sales slips. May I speak
to you? one of them gasps. Yes, so
you take her off into the corner so
she can tell you her private finan-
cial affairs. My Pay Day is $25.22



jand I only have $16.01. I can’t do

it, I can’t do it. But you can’t do
it either, so it all ends in a stale-
mate peace.

Then there are our rivals who
have a much more efficient system.
Pay Day is up and they will an-
swer any questions after dinner be-
tween 7.30 and 8.30. There was a
time when Pay Day was a dictator-
ship.and nobody objected, but now
it’s like a representative govern-
ment. Why, everybody wants to
know, have they been charged 39
cents under Hall Manager. Then
you find out it was for having one
bath towel washed and stored. Why,
why, why. . . . Because I say so
dear... The--notorious—thing—about-
democracy is that it is inefficient.
We can imagine our rivals sitting
with little courts about them asking
questions that cannot possibly be
answered such as why is my Inn
bill $15.29? Then 13 cents has to
be subtracted from ten places in-
cluding the $2,896.17.

Some people have no scruples
about May Day, i.e., May or No-
vember what is the difference.
There are other people who think
of gun powder for snake bites. But,
Miss Jaeger, I thought you rubbed
the gun powder in and lit it? There
are some more that apply classical .
or scientific education to First Aid.
They conjure up visions of people
falling on swords. Which side to
lay the victim on, that is the ques-
tion, when there are swords on all
sides. * Or, on the other hand, a
mere wooden fence-post stuck
through one’s stomach (upon which
the victim—why is it always the
victim—is gazing apprehensively)
what if it were iron? But of all
those whose inhibitions break down
at certain points, is the person with
a pay day mania. It shuffles around
furtively spying on the people who
are cheating it, adding up the
musty bills. But you undercharged
me seven cents, they say. Add
seven cents to six different numbers
and what do you get? What do
you get? The only way to get away
from it all is to bring in the new
era when pay day mistresses will
just decide what people should pay.
Friends have 17 cent Inn bills, foes
50 dollar hall newspapers or parties
for the Freshmen.

THEATRE

HEDGEROW

Thursday, November 13, to Wed-.
nesday, November 19: Thursday
and Friday, November 13 and 14:
Anna Christie, O’Neill; Saturday,
November 15: Skaal, Johannes;
Monday, November 17: Bride of the
Moon, Vaux; Tuesday, November
18: Macbeth, Shakespeare; Wed-
nesday, November 19: In the Be-
ginning, Shaw.





VIES
ALDINE: Sargeant York, Gary

Cooper, Joan Leslie.

ARCADIA: Smilin’ Through,
Jeanette -MacDonald, Gene Ray-
mond, Brian Aherne.

BOYD: The Chocolate Soldier,
Nelson Eddy, Rise Stevens.

EARLE: Great Guns, Laurel and
Hardy.

FOX: Hot Spot, Carole Landis,
Betty Grable, Victor Mature.

STANLEY: Unholy Partners,
Edward G. Robinson, Laraine Day.

Phew