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University Daily Kansan Thursday, November 30, 1961
Dominican Strife, Prestige Catalyst
Bv Phil Newsom
UPI Foreign News Analyst
First results of the United States' limited return to gunboa diplomacy were good.
The brothers Hector Bienvenido and Jose Arismendi Trujillo,
reported planning a coup to restore their Dominican fortunes, packed
up and left.
PRESIDENT JOAQUIN Balaguer, a Trujillo holdover but proving himself remarkably tough, went on the air to appeal for national support.
Crowds surged into the streets shouting, "Liberty!"
Backing him were the Dominican armed forces.
But this week the inevitable reaction set in.
Balaguer resisted opposition demands that he step down to erase the last vestige of Trujilloism. The opposition reportedly sought to establish a junta which would rule without a congress until elections which would be put off until May, 1964.
BALAGUER, on the other hand wanted to remain in office until elections could be held in May, 1962.
And when the crowds surged into the streets again in answer to a general strike call by the opposition National Civic Union, the holiday spirit had given way to a more threatening mood.
Outside Dominican waters but plainly visible from shore stood units of the United States Navy.
Forty years ago U.S. forces had occupied the Dominican Republic, and the newspaper of the National Civic Union referred bitterly to that period, calling it "eight years of military dictatorship imposed by naval forces of the United States of America."
THUS ENFLAMED,encouraged by pro-Castroites and leftists,the street
crowds took on an anti-American tinge.
One such, massed before a cable office, shouted threats at UPI newsman James R. Whelan when he went there to file his dispatch to New York.
When the United States sent two aircraft carriers and other naval units to patrol off Dominican shores, it took a calculated risk.
Another disaster such as the illfated Cuban invasion of last spring could further damage U.S. prestige around the world.
Involved also were the United States' relations with its fellow members of the Organization of American States and its interpretation of the OAS charter adopted in Bogota in 1948.
THE PRINCIPLES of the charter provide that all member states should be representative democracies and that no state has the right to intervene in another's internal affairs.
Clearly, in the Dominican Republic, the one principle contradicted the other.
Yet, in Latin America the feeling against intervention, particularly U.S. intervention, is strong. It has been strong enough to prevent hemispheric action against Cuba.
Despite its early success, the U.S. calculated risk in the Dominican Republic has not yet been resolved wholly. Balaguer is certain of remaining in office only so long as the army supports him. What does the United States do if a group including pro-Castroites and leftists supplants him?
VanderWerf Terms KU Chemistry'Nation's Best'
Calvin VanderWerf, professor of chemistry and chairman of the department, described the chemistry program at KU as "one of the best in the country" in his recent "State of the Department" address to an undergraduate seminar.
"I doubt that there is another group of 15 men on any faculty that is more productive in research," he said, referring to research by the staff. (He estimated the total research income at $750,000.)
HE SAID that students will someday use textbooks written by KU chemistry staff members for every chemistry course necessary for a major in chemistry.
Of Malott Hall he said "It is probably the finest building between the Mississippi River and the West Coast." He said the department is well equipped and has always been able to get any new instruments that were needed.
"But much more important than the instruments . . . is the spirit," he said. He emphasized he felt the department wielded a sense of urgency, mission and accomplishment, it's greatest asset being "a real determination and zeal to do better and to be better."
ALTHOUGH HE praised his staff teaching, he pointed out the high ratio of students to staff members often creates a problem, particularly in the laboratory. He said laboratory instructors are unable to give as much detailed personal attention as they would like to give, but added, "we are on the road to improving this situation."
DURING THE question-and-answer period following Prof. Vander-Werf's speech, the reasons for the limited number of graduating chemistry majors were sought. The difficulty of the curriculum in general, and the first quantitative analysis course as a particular stumbling block were brought up.
V. S. Vaidhyanathan, research associate in the chemistry department, said that perhaps students do not get a broad enough perspective of chemistry early enough in their study. He felt that a course surveying the entire field might help to balance the fragmented view sometimes received by students taking one specialized course at a time.
Prof. VanderWerf said that some universities are now holding the first quantitative analysis course until later in the sequence of chemistry courses.
Winnie Celebrates 87
LONDON — (UPI) — Sir Winston Churchill downed a breakfast of oysters and white wine and announced he was marking his 87th birthday today by going to the house he calls his home—the House of Commons.
Churchill's aides said the former Prime Minister announced he would attend Commons after polishing off his traditional birthday luncheon of roast suckling pig.
At the outset of the day Churchill upset his family's apparent plans for a "quiet" birthday shortly after he rose from bed at his usual hour— 11:30 a.m.
CLAMPING A CHURCHILLIAN cigar into his mouth, the former Prime Minister marched downstairs in his London house, waded through knee-high stacks of congratulatory mail and went into the parlor to face his wife and servants.
There they presented Churchill with a waist-high barrel of Whit-
University buses will be used for the trip and will leave at 12:30 p.m. from the Kansas Union. They will arrive back about 5 p.m.
This trip, sponsored by the office of the Foreign Student Adviser, has been taken each fall for several years.
A massive case of champagne — Churchill's favorite libation next to brandy—arrived at his doorstep shortly before he entered his limousine for the drive to the suckling pig luncheon.
stable oysters. Lady Churchill helped serve the wine while the servants toasted their master.
About 100 foreign students will go to Independence, Missouri, tomorrow for a visit with former President Harry S. Truman and a tour through the Truman Library.
Churchill nodded happily at the champagne. He turned and made his famed two-finger, V-for-victory sign to a cluster of bystanders outside his house.
DOZENS OF FLORAL tributes banked his hallway. One, in the shape of a yacht, apparently came from his friend and yachting-host, Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.
Friends said Churchill appeared in usually chipper spirits this morning. They said he spent an extra long time in his bath tub—a favorite relaxation spot for Churchill.
Truman Visit Draws 100 Foreign Students
A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.—O. Henry
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