LAWRENCE, KANSAS
60th Year, No. 68
Aylward Returns To YD Leadership
Pete Aylward, Ellsworth senior who has claimed he is the president of the KU Young Democrats has been appointed one of the three directors to guide the Club until February elections.
The other two directors chosen last night are Max Logan, Holiday junior,
and John Young, Salina first year law student.
Last night's open meeting marked the end of factional rivalries which started last spring. Barry Bennington, Cheney senior, has said he was elected president of the Young Democrats March 14.
AFTER IRREGULARITIES in the issuance of membership cards at that meeting, Avlward was elected president of the KU Young Democrats on March 28. However, the last meeting was not held in accordance with the rules of the KU Young Democrats constitution concerning elections.
Dan Hopson Jr., associate professor of law and faculty adviser to the Young Democrats, will be the chairman of the new directorate. Last night Young Democrat members unanimously decided to suspend their constitution.
Prof. Hopson recognized neither Aylward nor Beenington as validly elected officers. Last night both candidates formally relinquished their claims to the presidency.
"We all exhibited the desire to end animosities," Bennington said after the meeting, "and Prof. Hopson came up with the plan to elect three directors.
Thursday, Jan. 10, 1963
When Prof. Hopson asked for
Aylward said after the meeting he was interested in being a director because "I want to make sure this (next) election is fair."
nominations last night. Bennington nominated the three who were elected.
Young, a newly elected director, was unable to attend the meeting. When a Kansan reporter telephoned him later, he said the telephone call was the first knowledge he had had of his election.
Young, who was elected vicepresident under Bennington last spring, said he knew that he might be nominated.
Bennington said Sunday he would be unable to run for a directorship because he would be employed as a counselor in a dormitory.
LOGAN EXPRESSED interest in the Young Democrats and in the Democratic party and said he had several ideas to help the club and the party. He indicated that he would be a candidate for president of the Young Democrats in February.
Logan has been a leader of a student group interested in the Democratic party.
"I was not interested in a factional movement," he said last night. "All I was trying to do was to get something established and functioning for the KU Young Democrats. It was not organized to get me elected president of the Young Democrats."
Prof. Hopson said, "The three directors represent various factions but are perfectly willing to act and vote independently."
East German Party Congress Attracts Top Red Leaders
MCSCOW — (UPI) — Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev was enroute to Poland today for a stopover of several days before going on to the Communist party congress in East Germany next week.
Moscow radio reported Khrushchev's departure last night without advance notice. It was assumed he took the overnight train for Warsaw.
SHORTLY AFTERWARD it was announced that the Polish delegation to East Germany would be led by party leader Wladyslaw Gomulka and North Viet Nam announced it was sending its party chairman Li Hvo Soon.
Nikolai Podgorny, Communist partv leader of the Ukraine, went with him.
Ever since the disclosure last week that Khrushchev had decided
AS IF LAYING the groundwork for the battle, Peking and Moscow party publications printed lengthy reviews of their positions last weekend. The reviews, running into thousands of words, contained some of the harshest phrases the two Communist giants have thrown at each other.
to attend the East German congress it has been assumed that most other Communist countries would send their top men.
There has not yet been any formal announcement on the agenda for the meeting but it seems more and more certain there will be a showdown on the dispute between Russia and Red China.
As yet Red China has not announced who it will send to the East German congress.
Weather
The short spring is over.
The short spring is over. The U.S. Weather Bureau said this morning that the cold front which moved into Lawrence early today will bring two to three inches of snow and northerly winds of 20 to 25 miles per hour which will cause some drifting.
The high this afternoon is expected to be in the 30's with the low tonight about eight. The high tomorrow will be about 10.
Ferguson Gives Opinion on Pubs
In a letter to the Civil Rights Council, William Ferguson, state attorney general, said taverns which serve food and refuse service to Negroes are violating the state public accommodations law.
Ferguson's letter was written in reply to a letter from Don Warner, Topeka senior and chairman of the Civil Rights Council. Warner said he wrote the attorney general asking if the definition of restaurant in the law included taverns.
For the last two years, the CRC has actively fought against alleged discrimination in some Lawrence taverns.
WARNER SAID Ferguson defined food "as any substance used or intended to be used for human consumption, including cereal malt beverages and confections."
Ferguson wrote, "Yes, in those instances where the tavern sells food."
Warner said Carl Glatt of Topeka, chairman of the Kansas Commission on Civil Rights, said confections were articles such as gum, jellies and candies.
"In all tavernas visited by the CRC," Warner said, "such articles could be and were purchased."
"It is clear that the public accommodations law is behind us," he said. "The solution of the tavern problem should therefore be considerably easier.
"THE CRC STILL wants to talk with tavern owners." Warner said. "We do not want to send an onslaught of Negroes to the taverns to get the tavern owners in trouble."
The public accommodations law says, in part, that the "...owner, owners, agents, trustees or managers in charge of any . . . restaurant" are guilty of a misdemeanor if they refuse service "on account of religion, national origin or ancestry."
Snacks May Go If Litter Stays
Officials concerned about the appearance of Strong Hall basement indicated today that unless the area is cleaned up, the coffee bar and snack machines might be removed.
"Ive had nothing in writing, but it has been implied that unless my staff and I, and our customers, do not solve the problem, the services might be removed." Frank Burge, director of the Kansas Union, said. The Union operates the coffee bar and machines.
BURGE SAID THREE employees work at the coffee bar, and are responsible for keeping the area as clean as they can.
"Over 1,000 students use the services between 8 and 10 each morning." Burge said. "All we can do is ask the students to put their trash in the waste containers."
There are 23 waste cans in the area, Burge said. He added that the tables and chairs in the basement
The issue will be settled at a caucus of the 258 House Democrats Monday, a few hours before the President delivers his State-of-the-Union Address. Kennedy's speech before a joint meeting of the House and Senate at 11:30 a.m. Monday will be carried to the nation by radio and television.
Kennedy had warned in advance that if the conservatives succeeded in capturing control of the powerful House Rules Committee his legislative program faced emasculation
But a pro-administration shift by southern Democrats accounted for most of the difference from the 1981 vote. Southern Democrats yesterday supported the Administration 50-44. Two years ago they lined up 62-36 in opposition.
KENNEDY TRIUMPHED at the opening of the 88th Congress yesterday when the House by 39 votes beat down an attempt by conservatives to seize control of its legislative machinery.
The roll call vote was 235-196. That compares with the 217-212 margin by which administration forces squeaked to victory in the same fight two years ago. Yesterday 28 Republicans instead of 22 supported the administration.
Hurry and buy your tickets to the Final Fling. There are only 1,144 left out of 1,150.
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — Administration Democrats in the House began feuding among themselves today after routing President Kennedy's conservative fees in the first struggle of the new congress.
The intra-party strife erupted over the filling of Democratic vacancies on the House Ways & Means Committee. The outcome could determine the fate of Kennedy's controversial Medicare program for the aged.
"But a lot of the kids said they were planning to buy their tickets at the door," said Kay Black, Lawrence freshman and co-chairman of the KU-Y Freshman Committee that is sponsoring the event.
"Final Fling" Faces Flop
Democrats Feud Over Vacancies
were originally provided by the University.
Burge said about 1.000 students also use snack facilities in the basement of Summerfield Hall but that "there was certainly no litter problem there."
"We're praying they do," she added.
BURGE SAID HE HAD TALKED with several administrative officials, and was under pressure to solve the litter problem. He declined to name the officials.
He continued, "Any service such as this which is performed in an area of a building not designed for such use carries a special responsibility for both the operator and the consumer."
"The problem is my responsibility." he said. "If I can't take care of it, the machines will have to go."
Miss Black said plans have been made for 500 to 1,000 persons, but she has no idea how many will attend.
The Fi-Dels, from Kansas City, will play for the dance. Tickets are available at the door or at the information booth for 75 cents per couple or 50 cents stag.
The All Student Council discussed the litter issue at its meeting Tuesday, and appointed a committee to see what student government could do to alleviate the problem.
Dick Schlindler, Kansas City freshman and the other co-chairman of the committee. selected the band.
The Final Fling is a dance to be held in the Kansas Union ballroom from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m., Jan. 12.
for the next two years. The rules committee controls the flow of legislation to the House floor.
IN THE SENATE, an uneasy truce prevailed. Senators agreed to put off their rules fight until after the President's address. This battle will pit northern liberals who seek to tighten the reins on Senate filibusters against southerners determined to block any weakening of their chief weapon against civil rights legislation.
The big question facing House Democrats is whether Rep. Phil Landrum, D-Ga., shall be given a seat on the Ways and Means Committee despite his refusal to say publicly whether he would use his vote to help keep the President's Medicare bill bottled up in the committee.
Kansas Votes 4-1
The motion passed in a roll call vote 235 to 196.
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — Four of the five Kansas Republican representatives voted yesterday against the motion to make permanent a temporary expansion of the House Rules Committee from 12 to 15.
The only Kansas Representative voting for the motion was Rep. Robert Ellsworth.
Opposing were Reps, William Avery, Robert Dole, Garner Shriver and Joe Skubitz.
TWO DEMOCRATIC seats on the committee are vacant. One seems certain to be filled by Rep. Ross Bass, D-Tenn. Both Bass and the third contender, Rep. W. Pat Jennings, D-Va., are supported by liberals who consider them safe on the Medicare issue.
Landrum, who is currently favored to get the other seat, would not be a serious contender if it were not for the role played by Georgia Democrats in yesterday's struggle on the House floor. They voted 8-2 against the Administration in the rules fight two years ago, but yesterday lined up 10-0 in its support.
A group of liberal Democrats backing Jennings contended they had a good chance of stopping Landrum unless Landrum made concessions to the liberals — specifically, a pledge to support Medicare when the showdown vote comes in committee.
"If Landrum makes concessions to the liberals, he'll win" one liberal Democrat said. "If he doesn't, I thing we can stop him. It all depends on what organized labor does. If they move into the fight we can stop him."