rojans Offer Varied Opinions on MacArthur's Speech
“Terrific,” “logical,” “sticky,” “too melodramatic,” |just wonderful.*’ "effective."
These were some of the terms used by Trojans to [escribe ousted Gen. Douglas MacArthur and the speech ie delivered before the joint sessions of Congress yester-|ay morning.
A DT reporter talked to throngs on camnus yester-lay afternoon and came up with a variety of opinions li MacArthur’s talk.
Chester Mika, graduate student in education, lought that his speech was “too melodramatic—espec-llly the ending.” He referred, of course, to the part in [hich MacArthur closed his military service and like an >!d soldier,” who just “faded away.”
He said that MacArthur “didn’t tell us anything we |idn’t know,” and he contradicted himself when he said lat we should try to understand the people in Asia but lvade Manchuria anyway.
His own opinion was that we should pull our forces |ut of Asia and concentrate our attention in Europe. Lsia is undergoing its own revolution,” Mika said, “and lould work out its own problems.”
He didn't think that Russian influence would make luch headway in Asia. “We have tried to influence the
Asiatics and have failed, and I think Russia will do the
same.”
George Elmstrom, a senior in optometry, said that he didn’t realize taht MacArthur was such a “terrific public speaker.” When asked if he thought that the General authored his own speech, Elmstrom answered
“yes.”
He added that he believed the United Nations should come first in any military move the United States makes. “We’ll have to go along with the U.N. or it’ll collapse,” he said.
Three barbers in a campus shop, Pete Pietro, Bob Porter, and “Del,” agreed with MacArthur and with each other on most points. They thought that the U. N. should either bomb Manchuria or get out altogether. “Truman’s action on kicking MacArthur out was right from a military standpoint but wrong from a diplomatic one,” they added
Don Wallace, senior in physical education, agreed with parts of MacArthur’s views and thought his removal by Truman was a wise one, militarily.
Fred Neil, Trojan Owl sports editor, thought that “Mac presented his views with a great deal of common
sense, in language easily understandable.” He wished that he hadn’t been so “sticky” in his closing remarks. “It’ll be interesting to hear the rebuttal from Truman and company,” he added.
“Truman should have conferred more with Mac-, Arthur before firing him,” said Chuck Martin, business administration freshman. He agreed with the General’s two-front ideas and thought that bombing Manchuria would be the right action to take.
Oscar Inouye looked on MacArthur’s reception in San Francisco and the applause he received by Congress as a “spectacle.” “The American people just seem to fall for these hero deals,” he added.
He noticed that Congress didn’t seem to be paying much attention to his speech yesterday and did most of the applauding in inappropriate places in his talk.
It was the opinion of Jack Rider, ASSC senator at large, that MacArthur presented the most “elaborate and emotional delivery since William Jennings Bryan.” Rider, in reference tp Truman’s ouster of the General, was of the opinion that “nothing but good will come of the move.”
Dorothy Jarosz was impressed with the restraint
that MacArthur displayed in view of the “many things he could have said of a political nature.” She heartily agreed with everything he said and thought he was “just wonderful.”
“MacArthur is definitely the only man for the job in Asia,” believes Jack Scott, accounting sophomore. He thinks that the aggressive war is the only kind to fight and approves the bombing of Manchuria if it is regarded as a military objective. “You can’t fight a war on the defensive,” Scott said.
Bill VanRiper, electrican engineering senior, thinks that MacArthur would be valuable as an adviser on Far Eastern affairs because he “knows the people in the East better than any other American.” He thought that the General’s “logical explanations” showed his “sound reasoning.” “He made Congress stop and think,” he remarked.
Accounting Sophomore Dave Kitsis said that MacArthur was “not a warmonger as some believe he is.” “It was not his right to set policy in Asia,” he added. “He should have cleared his ideas through channels.** Susie Edelson was impressed with MacArthur’s speech ending and thought the General was “terrific” and “sincere.”
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Vol. XLII °‘@iD 72 Los Angeles, Calif., Friday, April 20, 1951 No. 113
>VEHSIZED PRESCRIPTION behind coeds Mary Vidos lefti) and Peggy Miller will be filled Saturday night when xe -alumni and students of the School of Pharmacy hold ieir dance at the Los Angeles Breakfast club.
fire Extinguishers' Aid Chest ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ treet Games Resume
Gave/ to Rock Auction Block At 12 O Clock
Chief Auctioneer Hugh Kelley will raise his gavel at noon today to open the Trojan Chest ar^vle sock auction in front of Doheny Memorial Library building.
Ranging in sizes from 9 to 16, the more than 30 knitted creations represent the work of so-
socks for men needing a size larger than 16 will be on sale.
Joan Winter will be cashier for the sale.
by Nick Apple	I put out two candles, you win a
i’ratemity men who lit fires in package of cigarettes, he said.
^it of the Student Union yester- J “Shots cost a penny a try or 50 are expected to return today cents for a gun full,” he said. “With
fh a new supply of matches for the latter you automatically get a	members \ snecial Dair of
fires.	package of cigarettes regardless ofj ™,y “ _ _ spf*Ial t_
rhe fires, however, are not of yoUr marksmanship" type which brought red fire!	Contributors Rewarded
tines to the Row several weeks Ten cartons of the brand which These are not midnight bon- j “smells milder" were distributed to , but mid-day candle flames. Trojans who contributed approxi-
Members of Alpha Delta Sigma, Wte*	the Chest-
tional advertising fraternity, have According to Lea. the record for |?n operating a Candle Shoot con- m°st packages won is held by a ^sion as part of the fun carnival gentleman who wore high boots, raise funds for the Trojan Chest. a hlack shirt, and a five-gallon game booths on University ave-i^at. ^s he rode off on his white close today at 2:30 after a busy horse, he yelled, “We topped ’em,
-day stand.	j Topper.”
Still More Concessions
Tommy' to Get Plastic Coat
IF Council OKs $25 Row Fines
(Editor’s note: Two Daily Trojan reporters, Nick Apple and Gene Williams, assigned to cover yesterday’s IFC meeting, were asked to leave the meeting by IFC President Frank Baffa. They left. The following account comes from a statement later released by Baffa and background supplied by the Daily Trojan reporters.)
Fines of $25 each were voted by the Interfratemity Council yesterday on nine fraternities which admitted their members took part in the bonfire-waterfight demonstration on the Row three weeks ago.
• IFC President Frank Baffa would not release the names of the houses because, he said,
Show Plays Again In Bovard Tonight
Mr. Trojanality went to Paris last night before a nearcapacity crowd in Bovard auditorium, and will repeat his hilarious journey tonight before an expected SRO crowd. Tonight’s production will be highlighted by the crowning
of the Mr. Trojanality chosen by students at 10 cents per vote dur-
the council had instructed him not to.
At a special IFC meeting at the Sigma Phi Epsilon house< Apr. 10. however, five fraternities admitted active participation in the disturbances Mar. 28 which brought out firemen and police.
These houses were Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Acacia, Delta Sigma Phi. Beta Theta Pi, and Phi Kappa Psi.
Nine houses were invited to attend this special session but only
I Tommy Trojan may finally be The Candle Shoot booth topped i spared that sand-blast job that fol-,	th	, lhe other concessions which com- jows every pairt-throwing episode, seven sent representatives. Mem-
H , Striker the Penny kine<* ne^ed a little more than $20. |pred Harper announced yesterday, bers of Sigma Chi and Theta Chi and the Baseball Throw	Stars Participate	The Greater University committee failed to appear. The “Big Nine”
Across from tne information of- chairman said that one of his sub- were asked because they were be-fice, where the Baseball Throw is ^ committees has uncovered a newilieved to be implicated in the af-| located, baseball players Bob Hertel; plastic covering process that will! fair, and Bob Lillis plunked down a protect Tommy from the blasts.
on Lea. chairman of the Candle 3t. explained the mechanics of booth by grasping a water gun '
met Tony Taylor, who had just arrived. As he walked inside he said the press should be allowed to remain.
The demonstration' Apr. 10 kept the Row in a frenzy for nearly three hours as four bonfires were started, a fire hydrant opened, two sorority houses were entered, and water splashed every which way.
] Baffa would not state whether these nine houses were the same
shooting out the flame of atj.	, J J .......
die some 10 feet away. If you e e	demonstrated their This new pr0Cess. which has a
--' throwing talents.	1 rubber base, is sprayed on, allowed w^ich were fined.
“Although they did well, they ^ dry> and in the event of a multi-! In a curt Prepared statement to ;are only among the top contenders colored dousing, the paint is re- the DT reporters who were “ex-for the cashmere sweater which mnvpri bv mereiv neeline off the icused” from yesterday’s meeting, win be awarded the male student ^spa^nt^^nTT^ possible Baffa said:
with the greatest number of pins1 savior ^ manUfactured by the Soc- “In accordance with its regula-
knocked down.” said Chairman CQ plastic covering company.	tions, IFC today levied a $25 fine
Chuck Kelly for the sponsoring	,	,	on each house that had men par-
.	.	Harper also announced the pos- ......	, , ,, "
junior class council.	, .• , , . , , ., . ' ticipatmg m any phase of the water
The girl *ho hits the most pins “bte	of	nii * fa"; tight, bonfire, etal.
ick Kn ht threw his hat into receive a blouse. Prizes have a!?C1^C0 or 10 a	an or „IFC ^ aware of the seriousness
Knight lhreW hlS hat lnt° been donated bv Phelps-Terkel and footba11 ^ames’ an ASSC rep°rJ’ a
**— Barry------
ick Knight Inters LAS rexy Race
Trojan political ring yesterday	| Sam Barry memorial in Phelps-
hj^denTof’“thT’SSS "Approximately^ «D™ S* Tcrkel and “* »0SSlbUit5' 01 ^ the presidencj of the College	„	jng more units for student partici-
I Letters, Arts, and Sciences.	’ - •	! nation in the Troian marchine
Going strong until the striking patlon in tne irojan marcnng |More complete representation surface collapsed under the strain band‘
Of such activity on the Row and wilf do all that is in its power to prevent any future outbreak.” Baffa added that nine houses were fined.
The DT reporters seated them
representatives. When the meeting opened, Baffa excused them, saying it was the wish of those present. As they walked out the door they
all students in LAS. said 0f repeated blows, the High Striker The annual boat trip, which was selves with the various fraternity light, “is my primary aim. I d arena was closed for repairs. It re- a custom in pre-war days, and to see every group in the col- opens today under the direction of which is now under consideration • have a voice in the affairs of Trojan Squires.	j by the committee, would replace
student body.”	Football player Elmer Wilhoite t*he annual car or train trips to the
J’The LAS council has served the took the hammer in one hand and Bay region, Harper said'.
|iversity in the past through their rang the bell with little effort and: The proposed ASSC report would ture series, advisement series, won a cigar.	be similar to that of President Fred
Trojanality contest, and other j Ten-cent contributions here o. Fagg s annual report, and would ivities. My aim is to maintain amounted to approximately $12. be at the disposal of any student ?se services, and eventually add Everything was progressing wishing to thumb through it for | them so as to benefit a greater smoothly in the Penny Toss booth information, iber,” he said.	until the wind blew into the act The extra unfts for merabers of
ought h&s not es s-co^ptcd &nd dfSiro^	c&rtoon bsck* marphintr hand is still under
endorsement of any political drop drawn by Wampus Cartoonisti	TLpro^Llgo£
^tio.i. but is willing to take the Melvin Shestack. Apparently the through Harper said, the extra iking of any party, he said yes- wind has joined in protesting Shes- units WQuld ^ proportioned accord-
_j ing to the amount of time spent | with the organization.
Drew Leading In Mr. T.' Race
Ralph Drew shot into the lead in yesterday’s Mr. Trojanality voting, taking a substantial 42-ballot advantage over second-place Jerry Blackwell.
Drew came up fast on the outside as the candidates rounded the final turn in the race for fame, fortune, and the prize of five cartons of cigarettes.
Balckwell leads Ed Isenberg, yesterday’s No. 1 man, by a slim margin of 16 votes, and Isenberg is 217 ahead of Jack Colton.
Frank Baffa, Terry Mann, and Ken Flower are trailing the leaders in that order. Others in the field are Tom Riach, Warren Ettinger, Lou Ramirez, Ralph Pucci, Ried Bridges, Don Kott, Ed Niebuhr, and Jim Bockman.
JACK COLTON ... campaign manager
Colton, Adams Endorse Harper
Greater U Chairman Fred Harper got a boost in his quest for the ASSC presidency yesterday when two class presidents rallied to his banner.
Junior Class President Jack Colton made his announcement in a written statement to the Daily Trojan proclaiming his acceptance of1 the position of Harper's campaign manager.
Senior Class President Bill Adams later swung his support behind Harper with a statement that he would “back Fred wholeheartedly, because I like his program ahd am sure he has the ability to put it over.”
Accepted Job
Colton said he had accepted the job of campaign manager because he is sure that Harper’s program of recruiting students, acquainting them with the university, stimulating student participation in campus government, and maintaining the interest of graduate students is worthy of accomplishment.
He added that he supported Harper in his non-affiliation with a political party and that he himself was not satisfied with the present political structures on campus.
Adams said he believed Harper, a Theta Chi, was the man to stop bickering on the row by getting divergent elements together to work for the good of the university.
Great Personal Respect
Both class presidents stated they had the greatest personal respect for Harper, and admiration for the work he had done on campus, principally as El Rodeo editor and Greater U committee chairman.
Chest Drive Creeps Along
The 1951 Trojan Chest campaign continued its snail-like pace yesterday towards the figure of $10,000, the goal which is daily becoming further and further away.
At 4:30 yesterday afternoon, the complete total collected was only $3500. As the Trojan Chest is set up. the first $6000 was to go for Troy camp, a place on Catalina island where underprivileged boys could enjoy a vacation during the summer months.
SC WUl Look Bad “It’ll look pretty bad,” said Chest Chairman Joe Weinman yesterday, “if SC. with its thousands of stu-
UC Ball Set For Troy Chest
Trojan Chest funds will be increased by donations taken Wednesday night at a University College Charity Ball, 8:30 to 11:30 in the Student Lounge.
ing the week.
Trojan Chest drive this
dents, has to go to outside sources for help. Troy camp is an SC project, and we d certainly like to keep it th^t.”
Failure to reach even the $6000 mark means reducing the number of boys attending the camp, Weinman said.
Classroom donations, which up to this same time last year, had netted $3000, total only $1000 to date yesterday.
Today a: 11
Another class to class drive will take place this morning during the 11 o’clock classes.
“If everyone would give just 50 cents,” Weinman stated, “the drive would be more than a success.”
The Row has kicked in $2000 of the total to date, but is still lagging behind. Fraternity men pledged one dollar each, but according to Weinman, only four houses have come through for a total of $300. Sororities have accumulated $1700.
Nearly two months of rehearsals, includmg a full dress affair Wednesday night, paid off for Producer Jack Colton and Director Pete Sterne. The dress rehearsal had many rough spots in it, but in the tradition of the theater, a poor dress rehearsal means a good opening. performance. Last night’s performance was good.
The plot concerns a group of students who take a tour through Paris, hitting the spots for which Paris is famous. The men students are led by Ewing, played by Howie Williams, and the coeds are chaperoned by Miss Dill, played by Mary Masterson.
Dick Brombach appears in the lead role as the 1951 Mr. Trojanality. Between acting the lead end I highjumping for the Trojan track .team. Brombach is a busy guy.
Outstanding musical number was ‘Masquerade.” written by Gordon Munford and Colton, sung by Beverly Badham. and danced by Shirley Hall and Gayle Penrose.
Fifi. the French stripteaser, was well-liked by the audience, who leaned back and laughed hard at her antics. Fifi is played by Marie Gallmar.
The whole snow was good, and considering that it was staged beginning to end on a budget of only $300, it could be termed “great.”
According to Bob Fried, publicity director, ticket sales have continued j to go well, and he expects a packed house tonight. A possible $1000 or more -will be added to the Trojan Chest cund as a result of the variety show.
Tickets will be on sale today up to showtime at booths located near the Student Union. Founders hall, and the Administration building. Admission is 50 cents, which, after | taxes, will become part of the Trojan Chest.
Fried urged students to attend the performance tonight with the thought in mind that a ticket means more than entertainment. A ticket, he said, means help for service organizations such as Troy camp, ■ for underprivileged boys, and the World Student service, and equally | worthy charities.
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iac Claims Joint Chief Backing
WASHINGTON, Apr. 19—Gen. Douglas MacArthur called limited war against Red China today and told a startled lgress that he understands his views wrere “fully shared ^he past” by the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
int Chief’s Back Harry Truman
WASHINGTON. Apr. 19—The Pentagon said tonight that sident Truman’s action in firing Gen. Douglas MacAr-was based “upon the unanimous recommendations” of “principal civilian and military advisers, including the It chiefs of staff.”
TODAY
“Mr. Trojanality Goes to Paris,” 8 p.m., Bovard auditorium.
Classroom collections, 11 a~m. classes.
Argyle sox auction, noon, in front of Doheny Memorial Library building.
Penny pitch, baseball throw, skill game; University avenue islands.
Trojanality voting in front of Student Union.
CHORUS LINE of SC coeds will be one feature of the 1951 varsity show, “Mr. Trojanality Goes to Paris," which opens tonight for a two-night run in Bovard .auditorium. -High steppers in -the -line are,(left .to right) Holly
Russell, Dona Ring, Shirley Hall, Jimmy Middleton, Mary Lou Schwamm, Lynn Scott, Janis Johnson, Jeanne Quarles, Joan Ward, and Jan Kirman.
(Courtesy LA. Times.)