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MEMOItY CZECHdSLOVAKIA Wounded at Munich and has since died of a disease whose symptoms are red spots grpwing to cover completely the body-politic. WANTED: Poliiical Awareness The idea of? students being I fired upon and beaten by the^ P l a i l ^ F o r S u r V lV a l Czechoslovakia. Of all the peo- Benjamin Weiner, 20-year- ple in that unfortunate nation | old veteran and full time field- it was the students who showed j worker for United World Fed- their true feelings when the; eralists, will speak on “A Plan Red coup took place. They for Survival\ at Norton Union, demonstrated, knowing full West Room, on March 1st. weU what the consequences Believing that the preventioij, were likely to be under the new I of another war is the most im- regime, yet they demonstrated ^ portant question facing the and showed to the world toat at'youth of today, Weiner, a senior majoring in history at Syracuse University, has dropped his studies temporarily to work for United World Federalists, na tion-wide organization cam paigning for the creation of a world federal government with authority to enact, interpret and enforce world law adequate to maintain peace. He is one of 13 American stu dents who have postponed their schooling to work on a bare eX' pense basis, travelling, speak- Political Issues Club Formed at UB A new discussion group has been organized on campus un der the name of. the Political Issues Club. Instigators of the organization hastened to point out that this club is a non-par- tisan, independent discussion group whose aim, it will be to consider all current, controver sial topics in an effort to en courage students to exchange their views. Eight UB Students Join Vets March On Washington For Housing Coni. Eight UB students .have joined the march to Washington, D. C. to add their voice^^to the demand of America's veterans for adequate housing. Robert D. Schaffer, Julian Rivo, Irving Fudeman, Melvin Davidson, Howard Leker, Franklin Leker, Marty Fried, and A1 Siegrist form the local AVC'contingent to the National Veterans Housing Conference. Originated* and spearheaded by the American Veterans Committee, the Vet's Housing Conference, which is now in session at Washington, is sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Catholic War Veterans, the Jewish War Veterans, Disabled American Veterans, the Army and Navy Union, The Club itself will adopt hii)\ AMVETS. These inajd'r veteram' organizations have called this Conference to urge speedy Congressional approval of the Taft-Ellender-Wagner Housing Bill. ' • “We are urging passage of the Taft-Ellender-Wagner Bill at this time because it is the only piece of legislation avail- least students have ideals and are willing to back them up with actions, however futile they may be in the long run. We of the ARGUS realize only too well what our fate would be under such a dicta torial government as now exists in their country, and so we re spect them even more for seek ing to retain what all young people deserve: freedom of ex pression and freedom of action. Actually, the action of the ,, ___ _____ , _______ _______ Czech students, was not unique.ling, raising funds, fostering po Students all over Europe andjlitical action, and, in general, Asia, not to mention the Near- helping to educate Americans East, have a long record of i to the for world government, demonstrations against, things] Weiner believes that war is not which deny their ideals. To us inevitable, but that we cannot this indicates that students in have world peace until we have other parts of the world are aw and order on a world scale, much more concerned with the I United World Federalists, the vital issues of the day than are organization he represents, is a we American students. We don’t non-profit, non-partisan organi- resolutions, their purpose be ing to consider and not crusade for anything. Under the direction of a plan ning committee composed of George Schultz, G e n ie Voss, and Marty Fried a program is be ing developed covering top items of the day. The next meeting will be held Wednes day aftern^n. Mar. 10, at 3:30 in Norton Hall. The discussion of this meet ing will be on the subject — “Czechoslovakia — Puppet or Free State?” Leader of the dis cussion will be Leland Morri- gle. who has lived in Europe and has, perhaps, a much bet ter perspective on the program. Anyone, m a y come to the meeting of ,P. I. C. and join in to the bull session. Response to this meeting, according to Mr. Fried, wift largely determine the future .of the club’s activ ities. ration with more than 100,000 signed adherents and 20,000 ac tive, dues-paying members in over 300 chapters throughout the nation. The student division, directed by students, has 7,000 members in 150 high school and college chapters. advocate anarchy, but we cer tainly do propose that students ir this country take their noses out of their books once in a I while and notice that there is a world around them. NSA is a good start in this direction, but let’s not get smug and think that we’ve arrived. The students in this-, country, being more numerous than those of any other country could ex ert a mighty force upon the di rection of our society, but do they bother, even when they know that they won’t be clubbed or sant off to a camp? No. Perhaps students in this hual Heme Concert on April country don t have ideals, but] 12th. After opening the pro- we doubt this seriously. It’s just j gram with the University Al- that they don t have the politi-, ma Mater, Mr. Van Lier direct- cal awareness that is traditional'ed the ensemble, through Dr.' amoag other students of this! Frank Black’s popular “You' w eary globe, and it’s about time j Are Music,” and then conti- TV Under Consideration Television may be in the offing for Norton Union, but probably not before next fall at the earliest according to a statement by Union Director Dorothy Haas. “At present,” she said, “The Union is being besieged by television sales men.” Miss- Hass emphasized that no definite plans have, . _ , , , been made, but it is expected I * e that money for the purchase ^e ready for of equipment may be set aside is summer. ir, Tur/,r Congress does not allocate the NSA Pashes Action For Slndenls' Ships Madison, Wis. (Special) — The National Student Associa tion (NSA) is urging passage of a resolution in Congress which will extend the authority of the Maritime Commission to sell, charter and operate vessels un til July 1, 1949. NSA wants ships available for exchange student projects and European travel this sum mer. Many American students are planning to study and travel in Europe, but unless the ships are available most of these stu dents will be unable to go. Under present legislation, the Maritime’s authority will expire April 1 of this year. Unless Con gress passes the resolution, the negotiating commission through which NSA i^ working, cannot ask ..the Maritime Commission for ships. NSA will not gain access to able which\ is both concrete and comprehensive enough to afford a satisfactory solution of our country’ shameful housing shortage,” said Frank lin D. Roosevelt Jr., originator of the conference idea, when asked to express the purpose of the Conference. Conference strategy centers around the work that dele, gates will do as lobbyists for the TEW Bill. Congressmen and Senators will receive visits from their veteran-constituents and will be aisked to state their position on the bill. National legislators will also be asked to sign a petition to release the,Taft-Ellender- Wag ner Bill freen the House Bank ing and Currency Committee where it has been held for over two years by Rep. Jesse Wolcott of' Mich., chairman of this Cemmittee. Conference -he ships If the authority of the ^ffi^iai^ hope in this way to Maritime Commission is not ex-' gjg signatures which tended bp'ond ApriLl. Also, if;^^^ necessary to have the Bill the Coast Guard safety... waiver is not continued beyond March 31, the ships will have to under go a lengthy overhauling tiJ conform to the Coast Guard GLEE CLUB SINGS In a return engagement be fore an enthusiastic audience of the Kiwanis Club'in the Ho tel Statler, last Wednesday,, the University Glee Club gavel the ■ third in a series of con certs in preparation for the an-1 some time in May. The main problem to be overcome is the fact that at present the. cost of television sets is very high, and it must be d^ided whether one large set or two small ones would best serve the purpose. Miss Haas would like the opinions of the students i\n this matter. we woke up, for who knows when it might be too- late? DEADLINE MARCH 3 Any student who feels that he is qualified and would like to be a candi date for election to tke Board of Managers should fill out a special form which is available at the Director’s Office. nued through a varied program' of light classics, modern and | folk songs. j Eld Fadell, the Glee Club's | tenor Soloist, sang the beautiful “I Have Nothing to Give | You,” and presented “Old | Mother Hubbard” as an encore. | Mary Grace Buscaglia -sang, “Night And Day,” and \Em-j brace Me.” The Ensemble con- ' eluded its program with a med-: ley of 'Victor Herbert songs, I after which the Kiwanians' joined the club in the \Whif- I Xenpoof Song. HELP WANTED If you a r e interested in writing news ,for the Argus under the direction of one of America’s most brilliant newspa^r-men, myself, of course, look in the ARGUS office any Friday afternoon and ask for the NEWS-EDITOR. InSthe event that I am not in the office because I am out covering a hot story, see my assistant Mr. John Slatter, who does not write as well as I do. of course, but who will be able to take your name if you spell it for him. —“Scoop” Siegrist ships for student use; if the two routine resolutions are passed by Congress, NSA will still have to ask the Maritime Commission to allocate the ships for student travel. What NSA is urging Congress (Continued on Page 4) I are necessary p l e a s e d . To date, over 2500 delegates have expressed their intentions of attending the Conference. Besides spending their tima as lobbyists. Conference dele gates will hear addresses by Senator Robert A. Taft, Gen eral Dwight D. Eisenhower and. it is hoped that Presi-* dent Harry S. Truman will be ^ able to arrange his schedule to permit him to address the Conference. Film Society Stillborn After a brief existence, the Film Classics Society has been discontinued. The innovators, Mitchell Berkun and George Hartmann, have annouced that advance sales of season tickets have been too discouraging, and would be insufficient to Cover rentals of the films. Those few\ who have bought tickets will have their money refunded. The demise of another ambi tious intention on cemu^ aiu- wers strongly enouglMWe com plaints of those who decry the lack of activity at the Univer sity. Activity means active sup port: too ofteh support merely consists of empty promises ani^ loud assurances that dwindle into hot ai- ••-'--'n the moment ;for action.a.ii.»es. Phy$ Ed Open House Under the direction of Mr, James Peelle, the Physical Eldu- cation Department has an nounced its new Open House program. Every Wednesday evening, Clark gymnasium will be open from 7 to 9:30 P. M. for the use of the UB faculty and student body, their families and friends. In addition to supplying facil ities for volleyball, badminton, shuffleboord, table-tennis and handball, Mr. Peelle has said that shower and locker con veniences will be available. Notice: Important ARGUS meet ing Tues., Mar. 9, 4 P. M. Anyone wishing to Join the staff o< this paper should plan' to attend this meeting.
