Friday, November 3, 1967
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Master plan grapples-
Continued from page 1 music students," Lawton remembers.
"The problem is that we cannot build according to the increasing number of students and their needs. We have to build in relation to the money available to us.
"The state has been very good about giving us money but it is never enough," he says. "Kansas economy is largely agricultural. There are almost no large industrial areas from which to draw large amounts of taxes."
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"Therefore, large amounts are not available but there is enough to keep us moving forward in our building plan."
"And we're constantly on the down side in keeping up with student needs but we're beginning to gain slightly.
"Of course, our chancellors have done a tremendous job raising money from private sources," he adls.
the needed classroom space can begin.
Lawton says the plan is now at the point where construction of
"New Fraser and Blake are examples," he explains, "and the new humanities building on the site of old Robinson Gymnasium and Haworth Halls should provide the space needed.
"Someday we hope to build an administration building and give Strong Hall back to the students," he concludes. "After the new law center is built, Green Hall will also be a classroom building."
Halt the bombing of Vietnam? lives vs. 'risks' bring argument
WASHINGTON — (UPI)
Would a halt in the bombing of North Vietnam cost or save American lives in the South?
Advocates of the bombing say there is no doubt it saves lives; that the more the North is hurt, the less its forces can hurt U.S. fighting men in the South.
Those who would stop the bombing argue that the more the North is bombed, the more it steps up the war and hence increases the risk to American fighting men.
The air campaign, its supporters say, has made it much more difficult for North Vietnam to support enemy forces in the South. North Vietnam has had to divert more than half a million people to offset the effects of the bombing.
The arguments for the bombing can be-summed up in the words
of Gen. Erarle G. Wheeler, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who told the Senate Armed Services Committee;
"The air campaign against North Vietnam is an integral and indispensable part of the overall strategy. Air strikes in North Vietnam have an important influence on combat operations in South Vietnam. I believe the air campaign against North Vietnam is achieving its objectives and saving American and Allied lives in South Vietnam."
The advocates of the bombing halt acknowledge that there is some risk in calling an end to the air campaign against North Vietnam. They insist, however, the risk of loss of American and other lives is even greater by continuing the bombing.
They point out that since the bombing started, North Vietnam
has merely stepped up its infiltration of the South. Before the bombing, it required only 24,000 American soldiers to contain the enemy. Now half a million are needed.
Moreover, the bombing is an effort to bring about a military decision, which President Johnson says is not the U.S. policy. And, in fact, no military decision is possible in Vietnam short of destroying the country or enlarging the war.
The hard truth is that the air campaign has not brought the other side to the negotiating table.
If an end to the bombing leads to peace talks, critics argue, many lives will be saved. If it fails to lead to peace talks, they say, it could at least lead to a de-escalation, fighting the war at the levels prevailing before the bombing started, thus saving lives.
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