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-THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26, 1942
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Anti-Complacencg Mongers
Publications all over the nation are com
plaining of the American public’s complacen
cy. They seem to resent that peculiar qual
ity of an American to be able-to realize the
gravity of a situation and still carry his
head high with a smile on his face.
True, people don’t go around continually
talking of the war during the day and go
to bed at night quaking with fear of what a
Jap bomber might do to them before morn
ing. But why should they? Would matters
actually be helped by such action?
Perhaps these anti-complacency mon
gers feel that the American public should
quit having its fun and spend every moment
of its time doing concrete work for the war
effort. This would be impractical under the
present circumstances because it is a long
established rule that a person can do better
work when he works if he has complete men
tal relaxation between jobs.
To date the people have responded to
every beck and call of the government. In
almost 100 per cent of the cases when the of
ficials have asked for an increase in produc
tion, the increase has been met. What more
is expected ? In fact what more can be done ?
While on the campus last Monday
Quentin Reynolds said that our nation is
definitely not complacent. In his travels
from New York to California during the
past several weeks he sad he found that the
people were ready and that they fully rea
lized the gravity of the situation. Surely, the
opnion of a man like Mr. Reynolds who has
seen the peoples of Europe and Africa in
vading and being invaded should be appre
ciated on the subject of complacency.
Clear Talk about Russia
If you are interested in (1) Why the Rus
sians are fighting Germany and (2) Why
they are fighting so well, you ought to read
Walter Duranty’s recent book, “The Kremlin
and the People.”Mr. Duranty, you will re
member, is the famous Russian correspond
ent of the New York Times who for twelve
years wrote the best dispatches in the world
from Moscow. So he ought to know. The book
is short and clear.
“The Kremlin and the People” begins
with the assassination of Kirov in 1934, ex
plains and describes the ‘purges,’ and shows
how step by step the relations between Ger
many and Russia developed into the present
war. Two explanations of Hitler’s invasion
last June are presented: (1) That the evi
dent progress of Russia’s war industries con
vinced him that he must strike now or nev
er; (2) That the purges and the Russo-Fin-
nish war had made him look upon the Red
Army as easy to beat. Mr. Duranty favors
the latter explanation.
As a matter of fact, according to the
book, the “prge of generals” was not a bad
thing for the Russians, who had been de
veloping too independent an attitude toward
the civilian authority. Again, according to
“The Kremlin and the People” the Russians
didn’t actually do badly in Finland.
Though Mr. Duranty makes no attempt
to whitewash Stalin and the rest, and though
he depicts the purges as a sort of prolonged
and constantly deepening nightmare, his book
leaves one with a more cheerful feeling about
Russia than most of us have had for the
last four years. The author himself is so ob
viously sane and well-balanced that the Bol
sheviks, seen through his sceptical but tol
erant eyes, take on a more credibly human
aspect than they have been wearing recently
in the pages of liberals horrified by the
Hitler-Stalin treaty, or conservatives glee
fully beating the liberal dog with this con
venient stick.
Anyone who reads Mr. Duranty’s book
will be able, I think, to rejoice in the ex
ceedingly useful Russian victories with a
clearer conscience. Misery acquaints nations
as well as men with strange bedfellows. This
little book will make our present Russian
bedfellows seem a little less strange.
The World Turns On
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Musical Meanderings
It’s a riot of comedy and un
usual circumstances in “THE FEM
ININE TOUCH” at Guion Hall to
day and tomorrow. This is a four-
cornered version of romantic mix-
ups with Rosalind Russell, Don
Ameche, Kay Francis and Van Hef
lin exchanging quips and slaps.
Miss Russell began her stage ca
reer shortly after graduation from'
school. She play
ed in stock showsl
for years before;
she won a part in
a show on Broad
way. Hollywood
eventually g o t|
hold of her to put]
her excellent tal-|
ent as a comedi-||
anne on the!
screen. In schoolR osa li n d Russell
she excelled in riding, swimming,
basketball and hockey. She was
elected an honorary member of an
R. A. F. bombing squadron in Eng
land.
Jealousy is the theme of the
story. Don Ameche as a college
professor has written a book con
cerning jealousy in all its forms
: By Murray Evans
By A. F. Chalk
Ang Tubes Todag
Last week the government made another
smaW request for the people to aid the na
tional war effort. Everyone was asked to
save his old collapsible tubes such as tooth
paste and shaving cream containers, for
these items are made of valuable, war-scarce
tin.
Of course, the Aggies use their share of
these tubes and are as willing as any Amer
ican to save them for the government. The
saving, however, will not be of any value un
less a systematic plan of collection can be
arranged.
One of the many ideas which have been
suggested is to have the tubes collected by
organizations. A box could be placed at some
specified place in each company or in each
dormitory and the students could use it as a
depository. Once each week the organization
commanders could turn in their collection to
some central point; for example, the com
mandant’s office.
The local Boy Scouts under the direction
of Coach Manning Smith have accepted the
responsibility for the collection of all scrap
defense items in this area, and they are also
able to see that if such a collection of tubes
is carried out that the tubes would be turned
over to the proper authorities.
The march of the human mind is slow.
Edmund Burke
Quotable Quotes
‘‘There is a lot of sloppy thinking about war,
as something that must be got rid of. But it
has been a part of the defense of liberty. You
can’t fool our students about that. Unless you
can distinguish between aggression and de
fense, then all the Kellogg pacts in the world
will be ineffective. I think it is up to us now
to make sure that the world issues we are
confronted with are more clearly seen, not
only by the student bodies but by the world
at large." Dr. James T. Shotwell of Columbia
university urges that the study of war and
its causes be introduced into the classroom
curricula of American colleges.
It is becoming increasingly apparent that
time is the essence of the present world con
flict. Many of us are beginning to realize
for the first time the true military signifi
cance of the “blitzkrieg” principle. The pre
viously unrealized advantage of constantly
maintaining the initiative in a military cam
paign is now being exploited with a high de
gree of efficiency by our enemies.
It would seem that once the urgency of
the production situation is realized, we in
this country would insist that nothing be al
lowed to stand in the way of the production
goals we have had set for us by the Admin
istration. The longer we postpone this neces
sary volume of production then just so long
will we continue to fight the now-famous
“defensive” phase—in other words, the more
ground we will continue to lose. The essential
tragedy of the situationlies in the ultimate
cost of regaining the territory we are now
losing and may lose in the future as a result
of the lack of supplies.
It should be apparent to most people
that we must further regiment our economy
for the duration of the war. This regimenta
tion must come because we cannot successful
ly combat regimented economies with a rela
tively free economy such as that we now
have. It is inevitable that many of our per
sonal liberties should be sacrificed during
such times as the present, and the quicker
we become reconciled to it the better for the
ultimate welfare of our country. When one
compares the governmental economic con
trols which have been instituted in European
nations with those which have thus far been
utilized in the U. S., he begins to realize how
much more drastically we must have our
economic lives regimented.
The rigid control of labor mobility is an
illustration of what we must do within a
relatively short period of time. Some govern
mental agency will have to be given the re
sponsibility of allocating our labor resources
in the most efficient manner possible. Eng
land has mobilized her labor resources in
such a way that most of her skilled laborers
are in positions of maximum efficiency in the
defense effort. In the early part of this war
many in the U. S. criticized England for not
permitting unemployment to continue in the
face of a labor shortage. We in this country
are hardly starting out more auspiciously
than did England in that respect.
This same regimentation must be ap
plied to all parts of our economy. Some of the
groups in our economy are even yet so con
cerned with their immediate self-interest
that they make this regimentation absolute
ly essential. For instance, if one looks at the
income statements of the 50 largest corpora
tions in the U. S. during 1940 and 1941, he
can appreciate the fact that organized labor
is not the only group that is willing to “feath
er its nest” during the war. The simple and
unpleasant fact is that we are rapidly reach
ing the point where we must all sacrifice
for the common good. Sacrifice in war can
never be absolutely equal, but the results
thus far in Europe indicate that something
very near equality of sacrifice must be at
tained before a modern war can be success
fully prosecuted.
Despite its inherent drawback
of being a weak-volumed instru
ment, the violin is now being used
more than ever in modern bands.
Artie Shaw boasts one of the fin
est string sections in the business.
He uses them because he says they
are “restful,” and that they relieve
the monotony of the constant brass
blare and reed whine. In organiz
ing his imminently successful band,
Harry James was smart enough to
include five violins in his roster,
and the fine receptions accorded
his band everywhere he goes have
started a general trend to the use
of strings again,
again.
A small detachable microphone
which fits under the violin tailpiece
has provided means of amplifying
the instrument and greatly en
hances its solo effectiveness.
Violin ensembles are best used
as a background for vocals, or for
instrument solos. Probably the best
recording every made of “Star
dust” is attributed to Artie Shaw’s
new band, and a large measure of
credit should go to the string sec
tion for backing up each chorus
with a prominent chord back
ground and commendable varia
tions. Harry James’ fine solo was
made so by his violin support on
his thoroughly popular recording
of “You Made Me Love You.”
And what would Bing Crosby do
without John Scott Trotter’s excel
lent string section to spark every
number he does?
WHAT’S SHOWING
AT GUION HALL
Thursday, Friday—“THE
FEMININE TOUCH,” star
ring Rosalind Russell, Don
Ameche, and Kay Francis.
AT THE CAMPUS
Thursday — ‘‘BEAU
GESTE”, with Gary Cooper,
Ray Milland and Susan Hay
ward. Benefit T Club.
Friday, Saturday—“PAR-
ACHUTE BATTALION,”
featuring Robert Preston and
Nancy Kelly.
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Thursday, Friday and
Saturday
“The Corsican
Brothers’’
Starring
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS Jr.
RUTH WARRICK
AKIM TAMIROFF
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Saturday Night
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MARTHA SCOTT
in
“ONE FOOT
IN HEAVEN”
Shown Sunday and Monday
and aspects. Accompanied by his
wife, Rosalind, he goes to New
York, to see the publisher, Van
Heflin. They become acquainted
with Kay Francis, Heflin’s wife,
too. Misunderstanding follows mis
understanding and the situation be
comes more acute from a romantic
standpoint, but more enjoyable
from a theater-goer’s viewpoint. It
is really a scream, well cast, di
rected and acted.
The T Club is sponsoring the
feature at the Campus today,
“BEAU GESTE.” It is a re-release
of the picture that featured Gary
Cooper, Ray Milland, Brian Don-
levy, and Susan Hayward. It is a
good show and the money goes to
a worthy organization.
The newest unit of the Army is
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