1950_01 The Daily Collegian January 1950

              Editorial:
who dunn it?
Once in a great while, even during an
age when people have resigned them¬
selves to political skullduggery, we are
privileged to see an example of complete
hones tv.
We refer, of course, to the recent dc-
I. M. (Mitch) Baylis was kicked up-
ing to the selection of a police chief. By
the time this gets into print thc matter
may have been partially solved. Be that
as it may, it doesn't detract from thc
praise so richly deserved by our own Mr.
Emorv Ratcliffc. and thc civil service
board under him.
Most thinking college students here
arc familiar with thc recent chain of-
■ events. It began with Mayor Gordon
Dunn's election on a reform and "closed
town" platform. Within a few davs.
Chief Ray Wallace was out of a job. and
vclopmcnts in thc City of Fresno pertain-
stairs to Assistant Chief by the young
mayor. Houses of prostitution were
closed, and most gambling joints folded
up their tables.
For which must go due credit to
Mayor Dunn.
Then, the fireworks started. It came
time to name a permanent chief. The
mayor wanted Baylis. and the rules stated
a competitive exam, both written and
oral, had to be administered. Five local
ranking officers took the written test,
after which Bavlis and two other aspir¬
ants were, to quote Mr. Ratcliffc. "flunk¬
ed." The two remaining policemen took
thc oral test, given by the civil service
board, and just like the story about the
Ten   Little  Indians,   "then   there   were
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— The Fresno State College Collegian	
THf f ACUITY SFEMS
By DOUG STO0T
A new half-century's foreign policy — au I
auspicious beginning. .   I
As. more and more nations are granting!,
official rccoimition to Red China, the ques¬
tion being debated in the U.S. is whether tc
enter .1 shwding war to protect the Nation¬
alist stronghold in Formosa or whether to
continue our "hands-off" and "wait and see"
policy.
We can't take the shooting-war position
tim seriouslv. We aren't prepared f"i
full scale war and by the time we could muster
public support and military force, Formosa
would probably have already gone the way of j
the rest of China. But the "wait and —"
police is obviously our expedient way ot
a difficult situation. It's probably going to be:
wait and see the rest of the nations recog¬
nize China, then it's our turn.
This policy, I believe, labels us as the most]
conservative of the big powers in the world
today.  An   aggressive  policy  of  containing j
Communism has brought us to a point v1-	
we are committed to back reactionary .
ernments such  as   in  Greece,  Turkey  and.
China, but when the iltuation becomes '
difficult  to handle we have to temper
lighting spirit   and  save whatever face
have left.
we  are  yet   c...    -   _ -   ._-	
statesman-like leadership. India's and Eng¬
land's recognition of Red China seem to be
based on practical reasons: Communist Chi-
defunct government.
Though it is probably only a matter of
time until we ton recognize the new govern¬
ment, the "wait and see' policy is a namby-
pamby beginning to the new half century.
Solution:   Recognize  Red  China.  Impli
e to be a
Culture and inter¬
relationship with
man are discussed
The   i
tling     t
,  the
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teresting. Mayor Dunn, using less tact
than.we formerly gave him credit for.
practically made it clear if any of thc
remaining aspirants were made chief.
the title would be little more than one
of "figurehead."
In writing something like this, it is
easy to condemn and commend. How¬
ever, owing to Dunn's honesty on keep¬
ing his campaign promise, we felt per¬
haps there might be method in his mad¬
ness. The only sensible explanation wc
could come up with was this: perhaps he
in: You
be realistic
felt he could not trust anyone but Bay- *r" '"
lis to continue enforcing the closed tc
It is our considered opinion even suchj
a desire (in thc event it is true) does not
justify placing in charge of a large, met¬
ropolitan police force a man who could
not place higher than fifth in a field of
five officers taking thc written test!      j
again vesterday evening.. The outcome;
of that meeting will no doubt be in to-|
day's news. Whatever its decision, we
reiterate our praise of the board — and;
Mr. Ratcliffc
A situation which could easily have!   _
given our town the same black mark suf-lt|
fered by Los Angeles in thc field of law
enforcement has been averted. And that,!
to our way of thinking, is very praise¬
worthy.) —Zaillian
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