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McCormack,Albert Will Lead Demos
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — Party harmony was the official keynote today of a mid-afternoon caucus of House Democrats to choose their first new leadership team in 21 years.
The result was a foregone conclusion with unanimous votes anticipated for:
- Rep. John W. McCormack, 70-year-old Boston Irishman, to succeed the late Rep. Sam Rayburn of Texas as Speaker.
- Rep. Carl Albert, 53, quiet-spoken Oklahoman, to succeed McCormack as Democratic floor leader.
The post of Speaker is regarded by many as the second most powerful in American government but it will be filled by an election in which only 429 citizens will be eligible to vote.
THE SPEAKER IS the dominant figure in Congress. He has far more power than any other member. He stands next to the Vice President in the line of Presidential succession. Like the Vice President he draws $45,600 a year in salary and expenses — twice as much as Senators and other House Members.
The Speaker is the commander of his party in the House. He is expected to, and does, use his vast gavel-wielding powers to advance the interests of his party.
McCormack will be the first Roman Catholic to serve as Speaker and the first Northern Democrat to hold the post since the death on Aug. 19, 1934, of Rep. Henry T. Rainey of Illinois. His election will not be official until ratified by the House tomorrow. That ratification is certain.
House Democrats outnumber Republicans 258-174.
After he is installed as Speaker, McCormack is expected to name Rep. Hale Boggs, D-La., to the no. 3 post of party whip. Albert has held that position since 1955.
THE SPEAKER'S LEGISLATIVE power is largely due to his power of recognition—his power to determine
'Spy' Scientist Sent to Ghana
CAMBRIDGE, England — (UPI)— Dr. Alan Nunn May, the scientist convicted of passing western atom secrets to Russia, said today he has been named to head the University of Ghana's nuclear thermophysics department.
Nunn May, 50, served six years and eight months of a ten year sentence for passing secrets to the Russians. He was convicted in May 1946. He had worked during World War II on an allied atomic energy project at Chalk River, Canada.
Released from Wakefield Jail, England, in 1952, Nunn May recently has been working on metal fatigue research for the Brooklyn Crystallographic Laboratory in Cambridge.
A report on metal fatigue he made in 1960 was hailed by aircraft industry sources as being of "major importance."
Informed sources in the office of the Ghana High Commission in London said Ghana University has been promised a Russian nuclear reactor for research. The sources said Ghanian scientists are being sent to Moscow for training.
Nunn May is expected to leave for Ghana next month. The high commission said he probably would remain there about three years.
who may speak on the House floor at any particular time. This gives him the power to prevent consideration of any motion or bill.
Among other powers, he can, on certain specified days, force a House vote on any motion he favors without permitting amendments. Any legislation called up under this procedure must, however, gain a two-thirds vote to pass.
Moreover, as party leader, the Speaker frequently is able to exercise dominant influence on committee assignments for members of his party.
Thus, the Speaker can accumulate "debtss" from individual members which may be called for collection when he needs support from the membership.
McCORMACK WILL BE the 45th Speaker. The manner in which he exercises power and leadership will be a major factor in determining the outcome of the Kennedy Administration's future legislative struggles in the House.
At the outset McCormack inevitably will be a weaker Speaker than Rayburn. No successor could inherit Rayburn's influence and prestige.
Despite the outward harmony among House Democrats all was not sweetness and light beneath the surface.
Some Northern Liberals were fearful that the McCormack-Albert team would not be aggressive enough in pushing President Kennedy's legislative program.
A GROUP OF Democratic Liberals hoped to persuade a later caucus to set up a House Democratic steering committee in hope that it would give them a bigger voice in leadership decisions.
McCormack has passed the word he has no objection so long as the new panel does not infringe on the prerogatives of the leadership.
Another issue — which may be settled outside the caucus today — was whether a woman, Rep. Martha Griffiths, D-Mich., would be selected to fill one of two Democratic vacancies on the powerful House Ways & Means Committee.
The other committee vacancy will be filled by Rep. Clark Thompson, D-Tex.
In the Senate's only leadership contest, Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper, R-Iowa, appeared favored to win the GOP policy chairmanship vacated by the death of Sen. Styles Bridges, N.H., last November. The election takes place tomorrow.
CRC to Show Film 'New Girl' Thursday
The Civil Rights Council is planning to show a movie which shows how integration in business can be accomplished with a minimum of difficulty.
The movie, entitled "The New Girl" will be shown by the Council at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union.
"The New Girl" tells the story of a Negro girl who starts working in the office of a company, and the problems and adjustments she makes. Not only does she adjust, but so do her fellow workers — for she is the first Negro ever to be employed.
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At the same meeting Thursday, Ernest Russell, a consultant and lecturer for the Kansas Commission on Civil Rights, will speak to the group. The meeting is open to the public.
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Around the Campus Theatre Production
The three-act play will be the Experimental Theatre's fourth production of the season. It will run Saturday and Sunday this week and also Jan. 18-21.
Tickets are on sale for $.50 in the box-office.
"Purple Dust," a comedy by Sean O'Casey, is a stinging satire combining elements of farce, burlesque and even Marx-brothers routines, will be presented at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Experimental Theatre.
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There will be no Jay Janes meeting tomorrow.
Catholic Forum
Rev. Brendan Downey, KU Catholic student chaplain, will conduct the first in a series of classes included in a "Catholic Information Forum" from 7 to 8 p.m. today.
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The class, which is open to the public, will be conducted at this time every Tuesday night in the St. Lawrence Student Center, 1915 Stratford Rd.
Senior Papers
Three senior Summerfield Scholars will present senior papers at a dinner meeting which will be held at 6 p.m., Thursday in the Kansas Room of the Union.
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Papers to be presented include "Resolved: Shall the Sale of Alcoholic Liquors by the Package Be Licensed in the City of Winfield. Kansas?" by Scott Higginbottom of Winfield; "The Fallacy of a Liberal Education," by Ted Batchman of Great Bend; and "The Architectural Void at the University of Kansas," by David DeLong of Emporia.
YAF Election
The Kansas Chapter of the Young Americans For Freedom (YAF) will elect officers tonight, Marick Payton, Lawrence resident and temporary chairman, has announced. The elections will be held at 7:30 in Parlor A of the Kansas Union.
Members should bring national membership cards.
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MOSCOW — (UPI) — The Soviet foreign minister agreed today to release the Belgian Sabena airliner that was forced down in Soviet Armenia yesterday with 27 persons aboard.
Moscow to Return Belgian Airliner
Deputy Foreign Minister Vassily Kuznetsov told Belgian Ambassador Hippolite Cools that the plane probably would be released tomorrow.
Kuznetsov said the French-built twin-tie Caravelle and its 19 passengers and eight crew members were in good condition.
(AT TEHRAN, the point from which the plane departed on its flight, Sabena Airlines identified three of the passengers as Americans. The airline said they were Charles and Maria Weimer of New York and a Fred Holden, whose address was not immediately available. Sabena said Mr. Weimer is an employee in Tehran of the Morrison Knudson engineering firm of New York, while Mr. Holden was in transit from the Far East to Istanbul.)
When Soviet jets intercepted the airliner yesterday near the tense Soviet-Turkish border, they were reported to have forced it to land at a military airport near Yerevan, capital of the Armenian Republic.
He added that the plane and its occupants were now at Groznyi, not far from the Caspian Sea, about 124 miles northeast of Tbilisi, capital of the Georgian Republic.
BELGIAN OFFICIALS immediately asked the Soviet government to release the plane, which apparently had been operating with a defective radio compass and wandered across the Soviet frontier.
The exact point of interception was unknown. But the plane was on a flight from Tehran, Iran, to Brussels, with scheduled stops at Istanbul, Athens and Frankfurt. The Tehran-Istanbul leg is near the point where the Soviet-Turkish-Iranian frontiers converge in rugged country, and a pilot can wander off course with little trouble.
Kuznetsov was reported to have protested orally to the Belgian ambassador that the airliner had vio-
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ACCORDING TO the Belgian embassy here, Kuznetsov said Soviet authorities considered the case closed and that they hoped such an incident would not happen again.
The embassy said it was the first time a Belgian commercial plane had been forced to land in Soviet territory.
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The incident was believed the first of its kind involving a civilian western plane. But it occurred near the same border area where two U.S. Air Force planes were lost in 1958.
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CHARLOTTE, Amalie, V.I. — (UPI)—The government has begun a model home project here as the start of a long-range program to rid this capital city of the Virgin Islands of slum-blighted areas. The pre-fabricated, three- bedroom homes, built on lots of 3,000 square feet, are being offered for less than $10,000 on a 25-year payment plan.
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