Daily hansan
60th Year, No.19
Wednesday, Oct. 10, 1962
LAWRENCE. KANSAS
A Reluctant Congress Begins to Move Faster
WASHINGTON —(UPI)— Democratic leaders, who are having trouble keeping enough lawmakers on hand to transact business, managed for the first time this week to prod a dawdling Congress into faster action.
THE HOUSE approved a speed-up procedure which cleared the way for immediate negotiations to resolve a Senate-House dispute over terms of a "pork barrel" public works bill.
COMPROMISE agreement on the multi-billion-dollar measure is one of the chief roadblocks to final adjournment of the first Kennedy Congress. It already is the longest election-year session since World War II.
House leaders had indicated earlier they had little hope of getting out before Saturday. Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield, who had set Thursday night as a target, urged all Senators still in town to stay here.
With elections less than a month away, many lawmakers already have gone home to campaign.
The growing absenteeism raised fears among Congressional leaders that they might have difficulty keeping a quorum on hand unless the 87th adjourns quickly. Unless a quorum is present, an objection by a single member can block transaction of any business.
ONE ROADBLOCK towards adjournment is an agriculture appropriations measure. House and Senate leaders called another behind-the-scenes huddle today to try to break a deadlock over the bill.
The two key figures in the tug-of-war, Sen. Richard B. Russell D-Ga., and Rep. Jamie Whitten D-Miss., were expected to attend along with other legislative leaders
Officials of both houses admitted that the agriculture money deadlock was the main block to long-awaited Congressional adjournment. But they would not predict how — or how soon — it could be solved.
Meantime, the nation's doctors lawyers and other self-employed
P-T-P Fall Program Set
The University of Kansas People-to-People begins its fall semester program with an industrial tour and picnic this weekend.
Reuben McCornack, Abilene junior and co-chairman of the University group, said the picnic is the first all-campus function this year and is the "official kick-off" for all P-t-P programs this semester.
P-t-P and the Lawrence International Friendship Enterprise (LIFE) are sponsoring the picnic from 5-7 p.m., Saturday at Potter Lake, American and foreign students and Lawrence residents are invited.
In case of bad weather, the picnic will be held in Allen Field House.
LIFE was started last year to welcome foreign students to Lawrence and to the University. Reilly Burcham, president, explained that the organization's duties include locating housing with area families for foreign students and arranging dinner dates between international students and area residents.
In other weekend plans, a busload of American and foreign students will be in Kansas City. Mo., Saturday to tour a manufacturing company and attend the American Royal Livestock and Horse Show.
A BUS will leave the Kansas Union at 10 a.m. for Kansas City Saturday and will return to Lawrence in time for students to attend the P-t-P and LIFE picnic Saturday evening.
Students interested in taking the industrial tour should contact the P-t-P office in the Kansas Union.
persons watched the White House for President Kennedy's action, if any, on a bill to let them set up tax deductible private pension funds. Congress finally passed the bill this year after 11 years of effort by its backers.
UNLESS KENNEDY vetoes it by midnight, it will become law. If he vetoes it, both houses were set to override the veto and write the measure into law over his objections.
In another development, legislation that would require employers to provide equal pay for male and female workers was scuttled in the House after previously winning approval both there and in the Senate.
After the Senate Labor Committee pigeonholed a House-passed bill to provide "equal pay" for women, the Senate sought to revive it by tacking it on to another House-passed bill.
World Series
NEW YORK — (UPI)— A home run by Tom Tresh in the last half of the 5th inning scored Kubek and Richardson, to put the New York Yankees ahead of the San Francisco Giants, 5-2. The two teams were tied at two games each going into today's game.
WUS Executive To Talk Tomorrow
Victor E. Johnson of Dallas, Tex. regional executive of the World University Service, will be here tomorrow and Friday for talks with University of Kansas faculty members and religious groups.
Johnson will speak at a luncheon at 11:30 a.m., tomorrow in the Meadowlark and Cottonwood Rooms of the Kansas Union. His subject is "What is WUS, and What Can it Mean to KU?" Presidents of campus religious groups, the Student Religious Council and the campus chest committee are urged to attend.
Johnson has traveled in Asia and has taught in Japanese universities. He was the assistant foreign student adviser at the University of California in Berkeley where he taught American government and comparative government classes.
Controversial Topics Slated for KU Forums
Speakers from several controversial organizations—including the Communist and Socialist Parties, Citizens for Educational Freedom, and Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)—have accepted invitations to speak at KU this year.
Breon Mitchell, vice president of Student Union Activities, said these speakers are scheduled to appear in SUA Minority Opinion Forums in the near future. In addition, the national director of the American Civil Liberties Union will speak on the Supreme Court prayer case in an SUA Current Events Forum. Oct. 26, Mitchell said.
Mitchell announced the plans in a letter to the Daily Kansan, answering an editorial in Monday's Kansan which criticized the lack of forums so far this year.
The letter appears in the "Letter's column on page 2 of today's Daily Kansan.
Power Off At Watson
Watson Library experienced a day-long power shutdown today as construction men began installing electrical wiring for the new addition. The power was shut off at 8:30 a.m. and will probably be restored by 5 p.m. today.
Stuart Forth, associate director of libraries, said that if power is not restored by 5 p.m., the building will close for the night.
Toilet facilities have been closed. Water fountains, electric fans, copy machines and electric typewriters are out of order.
STACKS REMAIN open at those levels where windows provide some natural light, but two of the lower stacks have been closed.
Students needing to use library facilities frequented the main reading room with its large windows. The undergraduate and education libraries were also in full use.
All work was suspended at the photographic bureau located in the basement of the building.
Women's Scholarship Halls Reaffirm UP Membership
"This will not be the last time during the next several months that we will be inconvenienced," Forth said. "I hope everyone continues to remain as cooperative as they have been."
Two women's scholarship halls, Miller Hall and Sellards Hall reaffirmed their memberships in the University Party (UP) Monday night.
ROGER WILSON. Wichita senior and Vox president, said the UP affiliation was no surprise to him.
"They were UP last year. We were just grateful to go in and talk to them. We heard the vote was very close, so Vox can expect some votes from the hall." Wilson commented.
Members of Miller Hall announced earlier they would remain independent of party affiliation this year, but reconsidered and reaffiliated with UP Monday night. Both campus political parties sent representatives to the halls after members of Miller Hall had announced their plans to remain independent this year.
"I THINK the women knew that Phyllis Brown, Humboldt senior, wants to run for an office and that we could support her better by joining UP," Martha Yonally, Shawnee Mission junior and Miller Hall treasurer, said.
The revote Monday night was unplanned and came as a motion from the floor.
MEMBERS OF Sellards Hall also voted to continue their affiliation with UP. Members of Watkins Hall, another women's scholarship hall, will vote Tuesday. Douthart Hall will remain independent.
In the men's scholarship halls Stephenson Hall, Jolliffe Hall and Pearson Hall are UP members. Foster Hall and Battenfeld Hall are affiliated with Vox.
Council Resolution Will Go to Ole Miss
'Ole Miss' Letter Disrupts ASC
By Jackie Stern
Tempers flared last night when the All Student Council adopted the resolution supporting James Meredith's admission at the University of Mississippi.
Jo Ann Snyder, Bethesda, Md., senior and ASC secretary, submitted the resolution which will be sent to the student council of the University of Mississippi at Oxford.
This resolution was accepted over one presented by Gregory Turner, Seattle, Wash., junior. In his proposed letter Turner criticized the breakdown in Ole Miss student government in dealing with the Meredith problem.
IRONICALLY, the only objection to Turner's resolution was that it seemed too critical of the University of Mississippi. Yet the ASC accepted Miss Snyder's resolution which took a considerably stronger stand.
After the meeting, ASC members continued to discuss their views on the resolution. Following are reactions of several ASC members to the issue:
"Of course, I was disappointed," Turner said in commenting on the rejection of his resolution. "But the major disappointment was the fact the other ASC members felt it wasn't within their jurisdiction as council members to do anything about it."
Turner said he felt that anything affecting any American students
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Meredith Is Harassed
OXFORD, Miss. — (UPI)—White students harassed James Meredith at just about every step the Negro took yesterday on the University of Mississippi campus.
A stocky youth even pushed a U.S. Marshal walking with Meredith and shook his finger in Meredith's face. "Nigger, you better watch out," he said.
NO EFFORT WAS made to physically harm the 29-year-old Air Force veteran whose forced admission touched off bloody rioting Sept. 30 and a rowdy demonstration Monday night.
The campus was relatively quiet last night, many of the students attending a performance of "Mark Twain Tonight" featuring broadway actor Hal Holbrook. Meredith had indicated he might attend the performance but he did not put in an appearance.
The Army announced in Washington that another 5,900 troops in the Oxford area were being sent back to their home bases and about 900 National Guardsm们 were released. This left a force of about 7,000 soldiers and 2,000 National Guardsm in the area.
IN CLARKSDALE, Miss., the state president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) denied that Meredith was hand picked by the NAACP to crack racial barriers at the University.
Aaron Henry said the NAACP came to Meredith's aid "only after he requested it" and the organization's state board determined "he had gone as far as he could on his own."
The All Student Council last night passed a resolution written by the chairman of the Civil Rights Council supporting the integration of the University of Mississippi.
The resolution will be sent to the University of Mississippi student council. The resolution reads:
Whereas we believe that all qualified candidates should be admitted to the colleges of their choice, without regard to race or religion, he it resolved that the associated students of the University of Kansas support the admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi. Furthermore, we urge the student government of the University of Mississippi to assist in welcoming James Meredith into the student body and into campus life, to work for non-violent solutions to problems of racial unrest, and to consider disciplinary action against those few students who subvert democratic process by taking part in violence or mob action.
The resolution passed 12-11, with one abstention, after heated debate among ASC members. The controversy was over the propriety of sending such a resolution to the University of Mississippi student council — not over the sentiments expressed in the resolution.
THE RESOLUTION was proposed by Jo Ann Snyder, Bethesda, Md., senior and ASC secretary. It followed a similar resolution by Greg Turner, Seattle, Wash., junior and College representative. Turner's resolution was defeated.
Miss Snyder said the resolution was not written by her but by a member of the student body. She later identified the author of the letter as Don Warner, Topeka senior and chairman of the Civil Rights Council.
Phyllis Wertzberger, Lawrence fifth year pharmacy student and School of Pharmacy representative, was one of those who objected to the proposal. "It is impossible," she said, "for us to realize the situation in the South because most of us were raised in Kansas."
Miss Wertzberger said the resolution might only offend the Mississippi students instead of having any constructive effects.
Council members favoring the sending of the resolution argued that KU merely would be showing concern for the situation and would encourage Mississippi students to solve their problems peacefully.
IN OTHER ACTION THE ASC revamped the election poll decentralization legislation proposed at the last meeting by Hollace Cross, Kansas City senior and large men's dormitory representative.
John Stuckey, Pittsburgh junior and men's scholarship hall representative, proposed an amendment changing the polling places proposed by Cross. Stuckey designated Strong Hall, Murphy Hall and the Kansas Union as the new polling places. Three complete sets of IBM voting permits would be used so any student could vote at any one of the three polls.
Stuckey said duplicate ballots would be thrown out by the IBM machines, thereby minimizing the chance of successful cheating.
Voting on Stuckey's amendment (Continued on page 10)
Weather
Generally fair skies will remain in the Kansas area throughout tomorrow. Not much change in temperature is expected. The low tonight will be in the 40s in the extreme Northwest and in the mid 60s in the Southeast. Highs tomorrow will range from 85 to 90.