Daily Hansan
59th Year, No. 4
LAWRENCE. KANSAS
Wednesday, Sept. 20, 1961
Stanley said that if history repeats itself. America has 15 years to live, since most great nations have declined after 200 years of existence.
McILWAINE declared, "If we are to preserve and continue to enjoy that liberty we have long known, we must begin an offensive against the enemies of our nation."
Two Students Tell Kansans of KU Liberals
"There are Communists lurking everywhere," Stanley interjected. "New leadership must be developed. We must go to the root of the problem — our colleges and universities."
"This is also largely true of KU's economics department," he asserted. "KU uses a textbook by Samuelson in introductory economics which gives a socialist outlook."
Two KU students, both outspoken conservatives, lectured throughout the nation this summer, charging that American universities are "hot-beds of liberalism and welfare state-ism."
IN PITTSBURG, STANLEY told 65 persons attending a banquet that there is not one conservative professor in the political science department at the University of Kansas.
Stanley appealed to Kansas businessmen to "take young people aside and talk to them about free enterprise."
The two were Charles McIlwaine, Wichita senior, and Scott Stanley of Kansas City, Kansas, who was a first year law student last semester.
He and McIlwaine were sponsored by the Kansas Young Americans for Freedom. Advance publicity said they would present "thirty minutes of speech, forum, or debate for civic clubs, chambers of commerce and other public gatherings." The topic was "Conservatism on the Campus."
African Leader Is New UN President
UNITED NATIONS — (UPI) — Mongo Slim of Tunisia, elected today as the General Assembly's first President from Africa, took office with an appeal for disarmament and cessation of nuclear tests.
Slim was unanimously elected, succeeding Frederick H. Boland of Ireland.
He also is prominently mentioned as a possible interim administrator for the United Nations in place of Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold, who was killed last Sunday night. But Russia's insistence on its "Troika" plan of three Secretaries General to replace Hammarskjold promised indefinite deadlock on that problem.
SLIM BEGAN HIS term with a reference to Hammarskjold's death in an African air crash and told the delegates:
"May it please God, gentlemen,
that this session, which has begun
under the shadow of sorrow, will
end in hope."
As he took the presidential chair beside the empty place on the dais occupied in the past by Hammarkskjold, Slim said the Secretary General "died on the battlefield of peace."
"HIS SHINING EXAMPLE should inspire us all." Slim said. "His was an example of loyalty, devotion and perseverance. I trust it will guide me."
Heavy politicking as the delegates of 99 nations gathered for the assembly's second day delayed the start of this morning's meeting 45 minutes.
Russia's insistence that the United Nations adopt its "Troika" plan of three secretaries general and opposition to Slim's appointment on constitutional grounds that it would confuse the legislative and executive branches of the world organization made indefinite deadlock likely on the selection of Hammarskjold's successor.
Slim's election as assembly president was assured when his only announced opponent, Dr. Ali Sastroamidjojo of Indonesia, formally withdrew from the race.
IN THE SECRET BALLOT. Slim received 96 votes. One country abstained and two were absent.
Sastroamidijo, who withdrew on the understanding he would receive Afro-Asian backing for the presidency next year, made a formal announcement just before the voting started.
"No one will doubt that, in this time of crisis, we can ill afford a divided assembly." Sastroamidjojo said. "As a center for harmonizing the actions of nations, this assembly should not from the outset be preoccupied with a controversy on the question of the presidency.
CRC Plans Wider Sphere of Action
The Civil Rights Council is expanding its activities to include condemnation of the John Birch Society, a presentation of the liberal viewpoint and a defense of academic freedom.
Stephen S. Baratz, Lawrence graduate student and chairman of the CRC, said the Council doesn't plan to drop its fight against racial discrimination, however.
WELL CONTINUE OUR EFForts of last year," Baratz said. "But added to this are other responsibilities.
"It is our duty to present the liberal side of the picture. We must present our viewpoint on current controversies above and beyond racial problems."
Last year the Council opposed what it said was racial discrimination in KU fraternities, University-approved housing, Lawrence barber shops and taverns.
"ONE THING WE'VE GOT TO do is speak out against extreme right-wing groups such as the John Birch Society," Baratz said. "In my
Speed Checks to Begin Tomorrow
Campus Hotrodders. beware!
Electronic traffic speed checks will begin on key arteries of the campus tomorrow, according to Joe Skillman, chief of campus security police and traffic division.
He said the checks will continue periodically throughout the school year in the interest of traffic safety.
STREETS SCHEDULED for heavy patrol and checks are Sunnyside Ave., Jayhawk Blvd., West Campus Road, and various spots on Sunflower Road and Memorial Drive.
The speed limit on all campus streets is 20 miles an hour, the chief reminded motorists. The exception is the 4-lane section of Naismith Drive, where the speed limit is 30 miles an hour.
Chief Skillman pointed out that there has never been a traffic fatality on the KU campus and only a few serious accidents involving injury to pedestrians.
"WE ARE PROUD of this record and we are sure the students are proud of it also, and will cooperate to the fullest in maintaining the record." Skillman said.
Summonses issued in the speed checks will be for hearings in the Lawrence police court.
The chief also said that officers (Continued on page 8)
Weather
TOPEKA — (UPI) — Kansas got a foretaste of fall today, with rain, chilly winds, and cool temperatures.
Forecasters said Northwest and North Central Kansas could expect heavy rain.
Showers touched off by the advancing cool front left 1.14 inches of rain at Goodland in the 24 hour period ending early today. Amounts in the rest of the state up to 6 a.m. were small.
opinion, that group is un-American.
"And I'd like to see us set up a forum to present the liberal point of view to KU students." Baratz said he hoped to arrange for several KU professors who espouse liberalism to speak at the forum.
"Another thing we want to do is watch for breaches of academic freedom." Baratz said. "As the only liberal organization on campus, it would be our duty to defend freedom of inquiry."
BARATZ SAID HE FELT that one of the greatest accomplishments of the Council was its success last year in persuading a Lawrence barber to cut Negro's hair.
Stephen S. Baratz
"We felt frustrated about the rest of the shops, but we also felt rewarded that one would serve Negroes." Baratz said.
Baratz himself is an outspoken critic of the prevailing social and political attitudes of most Kansans.
"KANSAS IS A HOTBED of the status quo," he said. "Basically, I am very patriotic. But in Kansas that word has a different shading.
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Fallout Here Has Doubled Since New Red Tests
By Richard Currie
Radiation from nuclear fallout has doubled in the Lawrence area since the Russians resumed nuclear testing September 1.
But Dr. Frank E. Hoecker, chairman of the department of radiation biophysics, says the radiation in Lawrence is still well below the danger point.
"OUR MEASURING DEVICES have detected an increase, but there is nothing to be worried about." Dr. Hoecker said.
The Atomic Energy Commission announced yesterday that the Soviet Union had exploded the 13th atmospheric blast in its current series of nuclear tests.
In Washington, Abraham Ribicoff, secretary of health, education and welfare, said that if the present levels of fallout continue they will constitute a health menace.
"If you have a quarter-inch of water on the floor that you can't get rid of, you don't worry about it," he said. "If it increases by another quarter-inch you still don't worry about it."
DR. HOECKER COMPARED the fallout situation here to that of a quarter-inch water on a floor.
Dr. Hoecker said the same thing was true about fallout. In order for the radiation here to be considered harmful the amount would have to increase 100 times or more.
"Eventually, it will show up," Dr. Hoecker
THE ACTUAL EFFECT the Russian resumption of tests will have on the amount of radiation on earth is not known.
MEASURING FALLOUT-James Gerhardt, Empire, Ore., junior, uses a gas flow counter to measure the increase in fallout from nuclear weapons tests. The department of radiation biophysics is conducting tests of fallout in this area.
Dr. Hoecker he could not say exactly how much fallout constituted a dangerous amount.
said, "but you can't tell yet because it takes many years to come down."
"The facts we can get are too uncertain," he explained. "For instance, no one can prove that fallout is causing an increase in leukemia."
The radiation biophysics department began measuring the amount of fallout in this area last year. This was done to prepare for the opening of KU's nuclear reactor center.
"WE HAD TO KNOW what was in the area," Dr. Hoecker said.
Now that the reactor is operating, measurements must continue to see if the reactor is causing any increase in the amount of radiation here.
Dr. Hoecker also said that radiation affects the results of research projects at the University.
"To obtain precision results we have to take into account the amount of radiation present at the time of the project," he said.
The department measures radiation in the air by using a motor fan which sucks air through a piece of filter paper. This paper retains the fallout material.
The motor is checked every three hours. Material caught is burnt to an ash and tested by a well-counter, a specialized geiger counter.
RADIATION IS ALSO MEASURED by four trays near the reactor center. The trays trap particles in a greasy substance that is spread over them.
The department also checks the Lawrence water supply and neighboring lakes and ponds for fallout.