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est mark in the entire United States government of economic goods. They place no restrictions on
for a scheming foreign office in another country. the individual. He may work or not work. He is
A false scent will sooner throw off a lone wolf not dictated to as to what line of work he shall
engage himself with. His choice of what he shall
than a whole pack. consume lies directly with himself, and his ability
Perhaps Senator Borah is the camillus who to consume is limited only by his ability to earn,
awaits upon the gods before the alter of world y/hich is in turn directly proportional to his abil-
peace and co-operation. Perhaps and this is much ity and worth as a producer.Moreover, the
peaceai attainment of this state of things is distinctly
more nearly the truth, the Senator is again evolutionary not revolutionary. A socialistic-state
charging the jungle, and the frail structures of is not attained in a day. It is attained by gener-
foreign affairs will stand no such impetus as the ations of education through experiences, such as
Senator carries with him. He is, unknowingly, we are now encountering, with the inability of the
"free private enterprise" system to control the
applying his gigantic blue pencil to a project vagaries of capitalism.
which, once completed through the proper execu- These "foreign elements" to which you refer are
tive channels, he might hasten to approve. How- totally communistic in the principles which they
ever sincere and capable he may be-and this no shout through their little tin horns as well as in
one doubts-he has placed a tremendous obstacle the methods which they so stridently prescribe
in the way of the consummation of a project to for the achievement of their state; and, because
it was the only way in which they could com-
deal with these world econonic problems. mand and intelligent audience, they disguised
themselves as Socialists. No, so -greet is the
"stigma" which they have attached to the name
Screen Reflections Socialist, very few true believers in socialistic doc-
trines dare identify themselves as Socialistis, for
t heir position is sure to be misunderstood.
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TUESDAY, JULY 26, 1932
Senator Borah
(Charges the Jungle..
Some are born great, others achieve greatness,
and still others, like Senator Borah, intrude,
and, we might add, without the results which we
may justifiably expect a man of the Senator's
unquestionably high calbiber to produce.
His latest intrusion, if we may be allowed to
call it such-for such it certainly is- is in the
field of international debts and revision of the
Ye:sailles treaty. In a radio speech, the lone rid-
e from Idaho has asked .an international confer-
ence on reparations and debts, disarmament, re-
establishment of the gold standard, and the sb-
irzation of silver in the Orient. He chose to char-
acterize the Laussane agreements as, the 'most
important step taken since the war looking to
retoration of confidence in political and busi-
ness, affairs." And -as chairman of the powerful,
and too often dictatorial, Senate. Committee on
Foreign Affairs, his demands must be considered.
We have no quarrel with his statements for
attempts would lead to a settlement of the world's
problems in these fields are certailly to be given
full support. We would, however, question the
methods and tactics which the doughty Senator
has chosen to use. Nor is this the first time that
he has displayed them.
Although his service in the Senate covered a
period of almost a quarter of a century, his ser-
ious entrance into foreign affairs must probably
'be traced from his victorious fight against the
League of Nations. Before that time, he had
chiefly confined his efforts in this field to the cas-
tigation of the government for its Nicaraguan
and.. Mexican policy. Since that time, while he
has never been outside of the United States, he
has become an increasingly strong influence in
foreign affairs. All Europe listens when he speks.
Public France jeers but her officials shudder when
he mentions revision. Prime minister ask his
opinion and "underdogs" the world over look to
- him for' sympathy.
It was Borah who forced the calling of the
Washington Disarmament conference with a res-
olution which he introduced in the Senate, De-
cember 14, 1920. Only a short time later he be-
gan his demands for a world economic conference
But the Coolidge forces outwitted him by the ex-
pedient of having Administration senators state
that "feelers" had been sent to the governments
of the world to determine their reaction to such
a project.
In 1926, his demands that the claims of Amer-
ican nationals arising from the United States'
neutrality during the early years of the World
War should be settled almost caused a break with
Great Britain. In 1931, he shocked the cordon of
French journalists who accompanied Premier
Laval on his visit to this country with the state-
ment of his position on a number of world prob-
lems. His statements at this time bear a strik-
ing resemblance to his demands in his radio
speech. Saturday night was but an incident in
a ten-year fight for a conference such as he pro-
posed. s
The striking part of the entire performance is
that he has been, for the most part, altogether
in fields foreign to his own position and training.
H{is demands for "public diplomacy" have more
than once caused serious embarrassment for the
office of the secretary of state. The continuance
of such a practice may easily bring irreparable
loss in the field of United States' foreign affairs.
And Borah has time and again refused offers
to 'join in the unofficial and inf9rma'1 discussions
of the foreign affairs staff. His claim that he
wishes to be free to criticize is hardly sufficient
excuse for such a lack of co-operation and is a
large factor in increasing the distance between
"THE ROAD TO LIFE'
To anyone familiar with the great Russian pic-
tures such as "Potemkin," "Six Days That Shook'
the World," "Wind" and "General Crack," it is
not surprising that their first talking picture,"
"The Road to Life" should prove a sensation at
it American premiere in New York recently. It
was Douglas Fairbanks Who claimed that the
Soviets are producing the finest films in the
world. In addition to the remarkable technical
skill, such- pictures are so powerful, perhaps, be-,
cause they are, based on themes intimately re-
lated to everyday events; they are of vital con-
cern to every Russian, high or low. There are
no Holloywood boudoir romances-although the
Russians can, at will, stage orgies which make the
American product seem pale and proper-nor are
there synthetic tales of California appassionata.
Their pictures tell, instead, of building a railroad,
of a tractor and a cow, of a sailor's revolt when
they are fed spoiled food, of the fall of the Czar-
ist regime. Far from lacking glamour, such sub-
jects-even to us who are removed from their
tense pertinence-pack a thrill and a reality that
is extraordinary the first time one meets it. You
are seeing life, not Hollywood, and the contrast
is an adventure in excitement.
"The Road To Life," simply and amusingly,
tells the story of the wild boys of Moscow left in
the wake of the World war and the revolution.
These desperate orphaned waifs were the scandal
and terror of the Soviet government some nine
years ago. At the pleading of one of the. Com-
munal members, Nikolai Sergeyef in the picture,
they are placed on a farm under his wise guid-
ance and turned over to the healing influence of
fresh air and work instead of prison guards and
brutality \
As the pictre opens you see the ragged boys,
pitiful, miserable and hardened. Organized in
bands they steal anything and everything they
can lay their hands on. Nikolai gets permission
from the government to round the boys up and
take.,them to hi s Collective. From here, the re-
formation is slow and often highly humorous. He
tames the boys' savage refusal of his offer by
giving them packages of American cigarettes.
When they reach the railroad station Sergeyef
decides to risk sending the leader of the gaig-
a sly young Mongolian called Mustapha-with
money -to buy food for the journey, Mustaplia
grabs the money and runs from the station. Will
he come back with the foodI, or will he not?
He does not return when the ramshackle trains
begins to pull out. The -other boys dourly climb
into their seats, as Nikolai waits in an anguish
of suspense. If, Mustapha escapes he knows that
s1oon the other\ boys will also. The train chigs
and chugs, but just as the last car is leaving the
edge of the platform, the beaming face of Mus-
tapha is beheld. The experiment is saved. With
his arms filled with provisions, he manages to
clamber aboard the train, to the great joy of Nik-
olai and all the boys. Mustapha hands over the
parcels one at a time. Finally, with a sly smile,
he digs into his shirt bosom and pulls forth a
large sausage which he has stolen. No, not stolen,
he says, "just luck!" But the reformation has be-
gun,, none the less.
This Mustapha is the triumph of the picture.
He is young Mongolian boy, with an infectious
smile which Mourdant -Hall of the New York
Times called "the most charming and contagious
ever described by the films." His success is reach-
ing around the world.
We must soon begin to realize that there are
two groups traveling under the banner of the
Socialists, and the communistic group is as widely
at variance with the principles of true socialism
as the Prohibition Party is at variance with the
"wet" plank in the Democratic platform.
True socialistic thought has, accounted for the
greatest pieces of regulatory legislation which
exist in this country today. Witness the anti-
trust Laws, the pure food laws, child labor laws-
the creation of The Interstate Commerce Com-
mission, state public service commissions, the
Federal Reserve Bank,'innumerable bureaus, such
as the Bureau of Standards, which are both an
aid to and a curb on the manufacturers-more
recently the Federal Farm Board, flood control
commissions, and the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation.
It is true. 'Much may be said for intelligent
socialism." But, if we are to reap any harvest
from socialistic principles, we must be a discern-
ing audience and pick out those ideas which will
be of thie most benefit- to us. And the first task
which confronts us as a discerning audience is
that oof being ready and able to distinguish be-
tween the tin horns and the violins.
Chas. M. Nisen.
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IN DEFENCE OF INTELLIGENT SOCIALISM
To The Editor:
"Much may be said for intelligent socialism."
Your editorial of Friday, July twenty-second,
began witli those words. They are irrefutable.
May I take this opportunity of commending you
upon introducing into your columns this subject
which the governments of the world have recently
had thrust before them as a political philosophy
to be seriously considered.
However, I am at a loss to explain why, with a
wealth of arguments pertinent to the subject, you
failed to differentiate between the two factions
which make up the Socialist Party today. Per-
haps your failure to continue in the spirit of your
opening sentence and rise to the defence of what
I term "sane socialism" is explained in your later,
paragraphs. You say-
"A large number of persons today, motivated
by principles which form the best in socialism,
will vigorously deny any such connections be-
cause of the stigma attached to socialism by the
entrance of these foreign elements."
That is the truest and most regrettable fact
with which "sane socialism" is confronted today.
In your own words, it represents "an obstruction
to actual progress toward needed reforms." How-
ever, here with the crux of the situation complete-
ly within your grasp you allow your fingers to
relax, and a salient fact slitAers unheeded into{
the background. You failed to stress the fact that
these "foreign elements" truly are foreign to so-
cialistic ideals and principles.
Let us look at these "foreign elements" to whom
you have attributed the "stigma attached to so-
cialism." If I may quote you again, they are'
"'-elements who expend their entire energies in
attempts to foment revolution and class hatred
of the most bitter type. World revolution is their
aim. Annihilation is their password."
It is somewhat flattering to be told that "time
was when almost every thinking person admitted
socialistic principles and affiliations" but it cer-
tainly never was any more nearly true than now
unless by "socialism" is meant merely sentiment
favoring progressivelegislation. Ameliorative wel-
fare legislation which restricts traditional proper-
ty' rights is always ealled socialistic by its oppo-
nents but does not change the fundamental basis
of industry-as socialism would. It is not at all
clear when it was that socialism was pure and
undefiled by the serpent of "foreign elements."
The charges now made by The Daily have always
been made by Consei'vatives and were once more
widely believed. Those more reactionary say that
liberals or progressives are obstructionists with no
practical constructi1e program. All progress in-
volves change,-which means destruction of what
is to be replaced.
The fact is that, for good or for ill socialism is
more "respectable" under Norman Thomas than
it ever was under Eugene N. Debs. American so-
cialism is only as old as the century and, at first
was more distinctly a labor movement than now,
and thus easier t' label as "anarchy," "IWwism"
or "sabotage." At least Debs was a leader of
strikes and he held a place before the public like
that of Foster at the present time. Now professors
and ministers like John Dewey, Paul Douglas and
Sherwood Eddy have accepted socialism, and
others like presidents Frank and Hutchinson and
Bishop McConnel are sincerely critical enough of
the existing order to be called socialists by their
opponents. Communism numbers Sherwood An-
derson, John Dos Passos, and Theodore Drieser
among its adherents.
Perhaps the confusion between socialism and
communism which the editorial seems to show is
easily made since some socialists make it, but the
distinction is perfectly clear-cut and obvious. So-
cialism believes in the attainment of collective
ownership of democratic methods, while Com-
munism teaches that revolution is "inevitable."
Whatever one may think of the merits of govern-
ment'ownership it is hard to see how its advocacy
can be called complete destruction without a pro-
gram.
A paper which presents the nws to university
students should have informati6 in advance of
that of John Hay in 1896 when he feared that be-
cause of the support given by Debs to the candi-
dacy of Bryan the latter would have the rich men
hanged to telegraph poles, if he were elected pres-
ident. Wayne W. Erickson.
Editorial Comment
ILLUSTRATIONS AS AN AID
(Oregon State Barometer)
College graduates are often accused of being
"too theoretical," of being "impractical," of not
"possessing sound ideas." These are bitter words
of censure, yet true to a great degree. But-and
this is the question-is the student himself alto-
gether to blame?
In nearly every college faculty are to be found
instructors whose scope of information goes no
further than the textbooks they have read. They
may have secured a fair knowledge of their sub-
ject insofar as some other person may have con-
ceived it; but as to its practical application to
life they have no adequate conception. There is
no attempt to tie the material to experiences
within the grasp of the student.
Education is useful as it enables one to enjoy
and understand life. Any course of study, if
properly taught may reasonably be interpreted in
the light of this standard. But if an instructor
has not fortified himself sufficiently with knowl-
edge ,of life as it bears specifically upon his own
subject, how can he possibly hope to assist the
student who desires to know the fundamental
application of that subject.
This may be in part the case against part-time
student instructors, but this complaint may justly
exteid to professors who boast B.S., M.A., and
Ph.D. degrees.
Many lecture courses and class discussions
could be vitalized by interjection of a few actual
life-happening illustrations. An instructor who
amplifies the thoughts of the author of the text-
book with current developments in his particular
field will not only win the confidence and respect
of hisstudentsbut will als ocntribiti mch t
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