Daily hansan
59th Year, No.68
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Thursday, Jan. 11, 1962
Kennedy Asks Power To Cut Taxes and Tariffs
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — President Kennedy asked Congress today for an array of new economic tools, including discretionary power to cut tariffs and reduce personal income taxes to strengthen the free world against the Communist offensive.
In his State of the Union message to the newly convened lawmakers, President Kennedy said a cold war armistice "seems very far away." He noted particularly the critical problems posed by Berlin, Laos, and Viet Nam.
He cited with obvious pride, however, U.S. military progress during his first year in the White House and said his new defense budget provides for more missiles, men and substantial increases in air force fighter units.
PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S wideranging economic, defense and foreign policy proposals were keyed to the theory that prosperity must be maintained at home to counter successfully the constant threat of military, political and economic aggression by the Communists.
This country, he said, has "rejected any all-or-nothing posture which would leave no choice but inglorious retreat or unlimited retaliation."
His 6.000-word message, delivered in person to a joint session of the House and Senate, was carried to the rest of the country and overseas by radio and television.
- The President renewed his request for health insurance for the aged financed through the social security system — a plan opposed by the American Medical Association and many conservative members of Congress.
- HE RENEWED IN STRONG terms his request for federal aid to education for public school construction, teacher salaries, loans for new college buildings, federally-financed college scholarships and a new nationwide attack on adult illiteracy.
★ TOP ITEM on the President's foreign agenda was trade. He proposed a new five-year plan to replace the expiring Reciprocal Trade Act. It would gradually eliminate certain tariffs in return for similar concessions by the European Common Market. Tariffs in other areas would be reduced by as much as 50 per cent.
$\bullet$ HE SAID HIS DEFENSE blueprint called for 300 additional Polaris and Minuteman missiles, two new army divisions replacing national guard units now on duty, plus "substantial other increases" to boost Air Force fighter units, procurement of equipment and the continental defense and warning systems.
The first half of the message dealt with the domestic scene. Many of his proposals were in capsule form, to be developed in greater detail later in the winter through a series of special messages to Congress. Included in his domestic plans:
● A 12-POINT PROGRAM for strengthening the economy and fighting inflation. This embraced an
8 per cent tax credit for investment in machinery and equipment to spur plant modernization; standby authority to pump federal funds into public works and other projects should unemployment rise to a specified level, and training programs to meet the manpower upheavals of automation.
- HIS FISCAL 1963 budget will be balanced if Congress increases postal rates, adopts certain tax reforms including a withholding tax on dividends and wages, and extends present excise and corporate tax rates. Later this year he will send Congress a special transportation message which will recommend some forms of tax relief for public carriers.
- A NEW, COMPREHENSIVE farm program to replace the present "patchwork accumulation of old laws" with "new, realistic measures." The government must cope with mounting surpluses before they lead to "a national scandal or a farm depression."
- NEW LAWS TO FIGHT crime, air pollution and mass transit problems of the nation's cities. He called again for creation of a new department of urban affairs and housing, a proposal left pending in the last Congress. He promised forthcoming detailed recommendations for legislation to boost the federal penalties against illicit sale of habit-forming drugs and mislabeled products.
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Nichols Thinks Legislature May OK Recommendations
The Kansas Legislature can probably be expected to pass Gov. John Anderson's State budget recommendations a KU administrator said today.
"I didn't have a chance to ask any questions yesterday in Topeka," said Raymond Nichols. (Mr. Nichols was in Topeka yesterday for Gov. Anderson's budget recommendations and address to the Legislature.) "But I think there is a good deal of harmony between the Legislature and the Governor especially since the governor and the majority in the Legislature are of the same political party.
Mr. Nichols and Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe along with C. Arden Miller, dean of the medical school will go to Topeka next Tuesday for hearings on the KU and KU Medical Center budgets.
Asked if the groups would attempt to bring up the matters there in which KU took a loss in the governor's recommendations, Mr. Nichols said it had not been decided.
Senators yesterday hailed the governor's budget message, according to a United Press International poll, but several saw points they said were inadequate.
Sen. William C. Farmer (R-Wichita) said, "The governor faced
Sen. Wade Myers (D-Emporia) said, "It was a very good message. I heartily agree on the governor's statement on reapportionment. However, I think we should increase the school aid to $30 per pupil rather than $20. (He was referring to emergency state aid to public schools. The governor refused to ask for more than the present statutory rate of $20 per pupil.)
the reality of the situation, certainly. It takes more money than we have to operate most of the time. Twenty dollars a pupil in school aid is not adequate but that is a good example of where we need more money than we have."
"It looks like the program of former Gov. George Docking will finally be enacted," Sen. Joseph McDowell, senate minority leader (D-Kansas City) said. "I am happy the Republicans have decided to go along with us."
"It was on the whole a constructive message," Sen. Charles B. Joseph (D-Potwin) said. "But the weakest part was the area relating to aid to schools. The Legislative council, it is apparent, has been making no progress on solving that problem."
(Editor's note. See page 5.)
Baby, It's C-C-Cold...
When it gets this cold, a few degrees one way or the other makes little difference, except for conversational purposes. But, in case you are interested, the temperature dropped to 15 below last night in the Lawrence area.
Bv Walt Blackledge
Low marks ranging from 16 below at Garden City to 4 above at Wichita were recorded in the state. Yesterday's highs—from 14 above at Russell and Wichita to 5 above at Garden City and Olathe—were not high enough to melt any snow—obviously.
THE UNITED STATES WEATHER Bureau injected a cheery note, however, in releasing the statement that no cold air masses or southwestern storm centers appear to be heading for our area.
Most Lawrence residents seemed to feel that the cold air had arrived
For what comfort it is worth, the rest of the country is also shivering in frigid temperatures. Records lows were recorded in Texas, where below-freezing weather was cold enough to kill fruit in the Rio Grande valley citrus orchards. Dallas and Fort Worth reported lows of 8 degrees with two inches of new snow before dawn.
in sufficient quantity this morning as they bundled up in overshoes, coats, gloves and odd assortments of scarves and caps, making little effort to appear chic. The fashion in outerwear is dictated by the desire to remain warm enough to get to one's chosen destination.
IN STUBENVILLE, Ohio, deputy sheriffs heard glass breaking below the second-floor office in the Jefferson County Jail. They found Jerry Brewer, 19, Toronto, Ohio, trying to break into the jail "because it was
Though the freezing weather may be occasioning hundreds of cases of cold feet and sniffles, KU students appear to be a hardy lot.
Dr. Ralph I. Canuteson, hospital administrator, this morning reported three cases of pneumonia and several bad colds among the 25 patients on the hospital roster.
too cold outside." Brewer was given a chance to get warm as he was held for investigation of intoxication and destruction of property.
BUT THE total number of patients represents only about 50 per cent of the hospital capacity and admissions far from indicate a general run of illness on the campus, the administrator said.
He said despite continued requests that students and faculty members obtain a flu vaccination there has been no rush for the shots.
BRRR. Nothing can be seen of Zeke Wigglesworth, Lawrence junior, but his nose. Students at KU are making like turtles, as the cold wave continues.The temperatures are expected to rise, however.
P-T-P Plans Student Ambassador Trips
KU's People-to-People program has big plans for a few thousand American students—plans to send them overseas as student ambassadors.
William Dawson, Prairie Village junior and KU chairman of People-to-People, said today that the program will give American students an opportunity to speak with their school alumni who now live abroad. It will also give the students a chance to visit and welcome foreign students planning to attend American colleges next year.
Dawson said, "Each of the students (American) will have a list of foreign students planning to attend their universities next Fall. The students will also have a list of alumni overseas whom they can contact. Many of the alumni will probably be interested in hearing about their alma maters and it will give our students a chance to hear about the countries they are in."
Before the students leave, however, they will attend orientation programs conducted by foreign students. On each campus foreign students will discuss travel in their countries.
DAWSON SAID that letters had been sent to the KU alumni abroad asking them if they would like to be contacted by a KU student this summer. From the replies, he added, a list of people to visit will be compiled and given to the students.
Although the students will be traveling on their own, they will assist and receive assistance from the People-to-People-sponsored program.
Arrangements for these trips are underway at KU and the other Big 8 schools. It is expected that over 2,000 students will participate in the program.
THE RELATIVELY low travel cost, $215 round trip New York to Paris, Dawson explained, is the result of work being done by Maupintour. They are making all the arrangements for chartered planes on a non-profit basis. This is for all Big 8 schools, not just KU.
Dawson also said that People-to-People is trying to arrange free transportation from the various universities to New York where the chartered flights will leave. There is nothing definite on this plan yet.
There is also a good possibility that other schools outside the Big 8 will have similar programs. That is, if they begin People-to-People programs on their campuses.
Beginning in February Dawson, Rafer Johnson, Olympic decathlon champion, and Richart Barnes, Lawrence first-year law student, will begin a program to establish People-to-People on campuses throughout the nation.
THE TENTATIVE PLAN, Dawson said, is to work through the federal government and Joyce C. Hall, president of Hallmark Cards, Inc., and the National People-to-People chairman, to contact the governors of each state.
Through the governors they hope to contact the heads of colleges and universities. The college administrators will then be asked to arrange a state convention of student leaders concerning the program.
Dawson said that he and Johnson will do most of the traveling. Barnes will work in the Midwest and serve as coordinator of the activities while stationed in Kansas City, the national People-to- People headquarters.
Weather
TOPEKA—(UPI) A warming trend was expected to be felt over shivering Kansas today, tonight and tomorrow.
Highs today were due to reach the low 20s in most places, with lows tonight ranging from 15 to 20. Slight cloudiness was expected to move into the state tonight and tomorrow, but no precipitation was forecast.