Daily hansan
60th Year, No. 13
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Tuesday, Oct. 2, 1962
Barnett Blames Violence On Federal Government
By United Press International
The Federal government and the state of Mississippi bitterly blamed each other today for the bloody battle at Oxford.
Gov. Ross Barnett told the nation last night that the Federal government had deliberately inflamed Mississippiians to justify the use of troops to enroll Negro James Meredith at the University of Mississippi.
Kennedy and Barnett appeared separately on the same television program.
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy intimated that Barnett himself must ultimately bear the responsibility for the campus riot.
MEREDITH went to classes under guard by U.S. marshals again today. The federal government was taking no chances on renewal of the rioting that swept the college town Sunday and Monday.
Oxford itself resembled an armed camp. The army stationed 15,000 troops there.
Soldiers slept overnight on the courthouse lawn in ponchos. Foxholes were dug on a hill overlooking the airport highway. Cars were stopped in a search for arms.
THERE HAVE been persistent rumors that the White Citizen's Council and other segregationist groups might attempt to send convoys to Oxford from Alabama or other neighboring states.
The 29-year-old Meredith himself was under heavy guard in a room on the second floor of Baxter Hall. Most of the other students in the dormitory, all white, had moved out.
In Springfield, Mo., meanwhile, former Army Gen. Edwin A. Walker occupied a cell at the U.S. hospital for federal prisoners today charged with "rebellion, insurrection and seditious conspiracy."
WALKER WAS picked up by federal troops yesterday as he paced the streets of Oxford, congratulating demonstrators for their courage in resisting the forceful integration of Meredith.
He was arraigned in the federal building in Oxford and flown by a border patrol plane to the federal hospital when he was unable to raise $100,000 bail.
Walker faces up to 39 years in prison and fines totaling $40,000 if convicted of the charges.
Hospital warden, Dr. Russell O. Settle, said Walker was being held at the institution awaiting trial. He
Bulletin
NEW ORLEANS — (UPI) — The U.S. Justice Department told a federal court today it did not advocate immediate action against Gov. Ross Barnett of Mississippi but only wanted assurance he would comply with court orders regarding integration of the University of Mississippi. Barnett's attorneys told the court the Governor had complied with court orders. The court then recessed for two hours.
added, "Our job is simply to take care of him while he is under arrest."
EARLY REPORTS on the transfer of Walker to the hospital suggested possible medical treatment for him. But Settle denied the reports, saying Walker was being held only for the purpose of awaiting trial.
The Mississippi crisis brought out propagandists, cartoonists and big black headlines around the world today.
Practically the only support for Gov. Barnett and other Mississippi state officials came from Colin Jordan, leader of the British Nazi movement, who cabled congratulations "on your stand for the racial survival of the white man."
There was little comment from Moscow. The Soviet government called the fatal shooting of a French newsman "the crime of racists."
MOST EUROPEAN and Asian newspapers appeared to recognize the scope and depth of the American racial problem and said the Ole
Amid Cries of "Orgy, Orgy," Seniors Hold Morning Coffee
By Trudy Meserve
The senior class of 1963 practiced their new yell at a senior coffee this morning: "63—63—ORGY ORGY."
Approximately 700 seniors attended the senior coffee in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
Students who are approaching the long-awaited commencement seem placid about sweatshirts, buttons, caps, gowns, picnics and breakfasts.
"No, I don't want a sweatshirt. I want coffee," growled one senior to his neighbor.
"Haven't you gotten out of this place yet?" asked one senior of his neighbor, who then moved to another chair.
"Let's just get our sweatshirts and leave," whispered one senior woman to another.
Hoite Caston, Independence, Mo., senior and emcee of the program, told the latecomers to pick up sweatshirts at 127 Strong Hall.
Caston introduced Michael Mead, Kansas City, Mo., senior and president of the class. Mead introduced the senior class officers and three committee chairmen. The other officers are:
Philip McKnight, Wichita, vice president; LaWalta Heyde, Shawnee Mission, treasurer, and Judith Geisendorf, Salina, secretary.
The three committee chairmen are: Jay Dean, Kansas City, ring chairman; Michael Cogswell, Kansas City, acting calendar chairman, and Ronald Kessler, Hutchinson, picnic and Senior Day chairman.
Kessler said the senior party will be Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Big Barn. The party which begins at 10 p.m. features a band. Caston termed the party-to-be "a swinging blast."
Students paid class dues at the meeting, and ordered class rings. The $10 class fee covers four parties, senior calendar, sweatshirt, class button, picnic, cap and gown and the class gift to the University.
Miss battle was only one phase of what will be a long fight for integration in the United States.
The NAACP urged President Kennedy yesterday to provide federal protection for Negro leaders in Mississippi.
The NAACP indicated it felt there may be reprisals against the Negro leaders because of the federally enforced enrollment of Meredith.
The segregation question was nowhere on the agenda of the Southern Governor's Conference, but the Mississippi crisis was getting the major share of private attention.
Picture Frame To Washington For Inspection
The frame which the Manet painting thief left behind has been sent to a Washington laboratory for detailed examination.
The picture — with an approximate value of $40,000 and owned by the KU art museum — was removed from its frame August 31 and police were left without clues.
THE FBI IS INVESTIGATING the possibility of an interstate violation so that it might enter the case. A $2,000 reward for pertinent information has been offered.
Marilyn Stokstad, professor of art and acting director of the museum, said that she believes the picture will be recovered eventually.
"It might be next year," she said, "or it might take 20. The important thing is that the picture be returned to the public."
PROF. STOKSTAD said thieves sometimes hold works of art for ransom or simply hide them for a number of years until they may be sold on the open market.
"People hear that a picture is worth a great deal of money and so they decide to take it but they often don't realize that a well known picture is almost impossible to sell," she said.
INFORMATION HAS been sent to dealers all over the world and Prof. Stokstad said that it would be at least five to ten years before there would be any chance of the thief selling the picture to a reputable dealer — or even to one not so reputable.
This is so because gallery owners and art dealers cooperate fully in alerting each other concerning thefts and remaining on watch for stolen pictures.
The painting, which is a trial painting for the finished product in the Kansas City, Mo., Nelson Art Gallery, portrays a young girl. She was the daughter of a physician who treated Manet for an uncurable disease that slowly paralyzed his body. Manet finished the portrait six years before his death in 1883. forties.
"I just hope we are dealing with a smart thief," she said. "I hope he doesn't panic and destroy the picture."
Weather
Little change in the cloudy skies, cool temperatures and damp weather which have prevailed over much of Kansas today is forecast during the next twenty-four hours. Intermittent rains are predicted through today and possibly into tonight. Temperature highs today are expected to range generally in the sixties and lows tonight are expected to range in the forties.
FROM HEAVEN TO HELL—Standing on the platform which represents Heaven in "J.B. is Jerry Davis, a Kansas City teacher who plays Mr. Zuss in the production. Virgil Godfrey, assistant professor of speech and drama, who plays Nickles, the devil, stands below the platform, the place designated as Hell.
Four-Performance Run for Play 'J.B.'
Archibald McLeish's "J. B.," will open for a four-performance run at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the University Theatre.
The cast is as follows: J B., Miles Coiner, Lawrence graduate student; Sarah, his wife, Carol Strickland, Kansas City junior; Nickles, the Devil, Virgil Godfrey, assistant professor of speech and drama and set designer for the University Theatre; Mr. Zuss, Jerry Davis, a Kansas City teacher.
ZOPHAR, A COMFORTER, Larry Ketchum, Twin Falls, Idaho, freshman; Eliphaz, a comforter, Dan Kocher, Topeka senior; Bildad, a comforter, Byrne Blackwood, Chanute graduate student; first messenger, Bob Strack, Lawrence senior; second messenger, Bill Evans, Clarksdale, Miss., graduate student, distant voice (God), Tony Bengel, Independence junior; a girl, Judy Southard, Springfield. Mo., junior.
J. B.'s children: David, Christopher Godfrey; Jonathan, Brian Davis; Mary, Caril Olson; Ruth, Mary Reed, and Rebecca, Nancy Reed.
Miss Mabel, Alice Marthaler, Sae-
thea senior; Mrs. Botticelli, Kaye
Stevenson, Cape Girardeau, Mo,
senior; Mrs. Murphy, Karin Gold,
Overland Park junior; Mrs. Adams,
Frances Gagahan, Walnut freshman;
Mrs. Lesure, Hildreth Hoecker, Law-
rence sophomore.
Jolly, Mary Lynn Speer, Merriam sophomore; first maid, Linda Phillips, Red Cloud, Neb., sophomore, and second maid, Glenda Harwell, Springfield, Mo., sophomore.
TICKETS FOR ALL FOUR PERFORMANCES — Wednesday through Saturday — are available at the University Theatre. Prices are $1.20 for upper balcony and back two rows downstairs, $1.80 for mezzanine and middle lower floor and $2.40 for front lower floor. Students may obtain one $1.20 ticket free with their ID cards, or they may pay the difference and get a better seat.
The University Theatre is open from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday and 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on performance nights.
Pearson Hall Joins UP; Severs Vox Affiliation
Pearson Hall, a men's scholarship hall, voted last night to switch its campus political affiliation from Vox Populi to the University Party.
Two other scholarship halls recently voted to drop all political ties and vote independently. Douthart Hall, which previously had voted in a bloc for Vox, followed Miller Hall, previously a UP house in disaffiliating with campus political party membership.
EARL J. TAGGART, Wellington junior and president of Pearson Hall, explained, "Two men in our hall favored UP because they want to become active in the party this year. Last night, at the house meeting, we decided to affiliate with UP."
Patricia A. Koch, Haven junior and president of Douthart, said:
"We decided not to affiliate with Vox for two or three reasons. No one is interested in running for office in Vox. The girls as a whole don't feel that either party is different from the other, or has much to offer."
"The girls feel it has not been to their advantage to belong to either political party," Kathy Wohlford, Geneseo junior and Miller Hall president, said.
"We will remain independent until we can see differently," Miss
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