Daily hansan
Monday, Nov. 11, 1963
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
61st Year, No. 42
Nuclear Ban Views Discussed at I-Club
Four faculty members discussed viewpoints of the United States, Europe, Russia and Red China toward the test ban treaty in a panel at an International Club meeting Saturday night.
George W. Brown, assistant professor of political science, presented and defended the U.S. position on the recently adopted treaty and said there were several viewpoints within in the United States alone.
"From the point of view of the United States, the treaty is based on the assumption that it is possible for the United States and Soviet Union to have interests in common," Prof. Brown said.
- To arrest the arms race at a point of balance.
- AMONG THE common interests,
Prof. Brown listed the following:
- To stop nuclear proliferation among the countries of the world which do not already possess nuclear weapons.
- To take a first step toward relaxing tensions which exist between the United States and Soviet Union.
"The only real risk in the treaty," Prof. Brown said, "is the chance that it would create a feeling of euphoria or well-being in this country. To prevent such a feeling, the government has insisted on:
VIGOROUS underground testing; maintenance of nuclear laboratories to keep scientists busy and interested; a program for immediate resumption of atmospheric tests should the Soviets resume such tests, and improvements in the areas of detection of illegal tests.
In representing the European view of the test ban treaty, Prof. Aldon Bell, assistant professor of political science, said every country had its own particular viewpoint. He said that only in one country in Europe, however, exists a viewpoint which is openly presented as "the view which is European."
"I SPEAK, of course, of France," Prof. Bell said. "In Paris, the De Gaulle government has an ideal and an understanding of the means to create that ideal. The ideal is Europe—not a Europe which is merely the designation of a continent . . . but
a Europe which is a nation in the complete sense of the word."
Prof. Bell said De Gaulle, as one who seeks to build the new Europe, had to oppose the treaty because, from his viewpoint, the real purpose of the treaty is to permanently stunt the growth of his new Europe.
"WHAT EUROPEAN can look with comfort on European matters being decided across the Atlantic? If Europe does not respond to this challenge, it will become as nothing but an aged, occasionally consulted, wealthy retainer of the United States. The issue is not the test ban treaty, but something a great deal more." Prof. Bell said.
In presenting the position of the U.S.S.R. with regard to the treaty, Prof. Piekalkiewicz, visiting assistant professor of political science, spoke in the manner of an advocate of the Soviet position.
"IT IS TO the profound regret of the Soviet Union that the ranks of the lunatic opposition to the test ban treaty are joined by the Chinese leaders." Prof. Pickalkiewicz said.
"The position of the U.S.S.R. on the treaty banning nuclear weapons tests in the atmosphere, in space, and under water, was plainly stated by Mr. Kuznetsov, first deputy minister of foreign affairs." Prof. Piekalkiewicz said. "Mr. Kuznetsov stated the signing of the treaty was the fruit of tireless efforts by the Soviet government and, by Nkita Khrushchev personally for an alleviation of international relations."
In advocating the position of China, Klaus Pringsheim, instructor of political science, said the Chinese government believes the treaty to be "a fraud."
"In signing the aforementioned treaty," Pringsheim said. "three nuclear powers (U.S., U.K., and U.S.S.R.) are attempting to consolidate their own nuclear monopoly."
PRINGSHEIM SAID from the Chinese view the treaty was a fraud in that it did not call for complete disarmament. He said the government of the Soviet Union, as far as China is concerned, has sold out the Soviet and Chinese people and has joined the U.S. imperialists.
Write-in Candidates Vie for ASC Seats
What was at first a cut-and-dried race in the unmarried-unorganized district of the All Student Council turned into quite the opposite last night when two students announced their candidacies as write-ins.
Walter Bgoya, Tanganyika junior, is running on a platform calling for elimination of discriminatory practices of Greek houses, reaffiliation with the National Students Association and creating of a cabinet to replace ASC committees.
"After that date no fraternity or sorority practicing such discrimination will be recognized by the university administration and proper steps will be taken along other supplementary lines," the platform says.
Bgoy's platform says that racial and religious discrimination in selection of fraternity and sorority members should be eliminated by the fall of 1965.
Bgova said KU should rejoin the NSA because "there are more advantages to be gained from such membership than there are disadvantages . . ."
Also announcing his candidacy was Gene Gains, Joplin, Mo., senior. Gaines was a College of Liberal Arts
Vox Populi and University Party each have two candidates running for positions in the district, which is guaranteed four seats. They are Charles Marvin, Lawrence senior, and Vinay Kothari, India senior, for UP and Brian Grace, Lawrence senior, and Mike Miner, Lawrence junior, for Vox.
Grace said last night that Bgyoa's proposal to withdraw University recognition from Greek houses if they do not desegregate by 1965 "amounts to compulsory or mandatory rush and could lead only to destruction of social fraternities and sororities."
and Sciences representative on the ASC in 1961.
Grace admitted that a problem exists in this area, but added, "This is certainly not the right way to try to solve it."
He said KU should not join NSA again because the organization's liberal actions "are not consistent with the beliefs of KU students."
Marvin said Bgoya's ideas have not been popularly accepted here in the past.
Funeral Service Held For Prof. Emil B. Dade
"The platform offers a third alternative to those of UP and Vox,' he said.
Funeral services were held this morning for Emil B. Dade, 67, professor of business administration.
Prof. Dade died Friday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after suffering a heart attack at his home, Rt.2, Lawrence.
Prof, Dade was born in Hutchinson, Oct. 18, 1896. He received the A.B. and A.M. degrees in economics from KU in 1921 and 1925. He joined the KU business faculty in 1921. He had been professor of business administration since 1918.
Prof. Dade was a member of Alpha Kappa Phi business fraternity and he was a veteran of World War I. There are no known survivors.
Chuong to Talk On Guerilla War
The Vietnamese guerrilla war- its implications and its challenge—will be discussed here tonight by Tran Van Chuong.
Chuong will speak at 8:15 p.m. in Hoch Auditorium. His visit to KU is sponsored by the Current Events Committee of the All Student Council and the Featured Speakers Forum of Student Union Activities.
The tiny diplomat arrived by plane in Kansas City late last night. Among those greeting him were John Stuckey, Pittsburg senior and ASC chairman.
Stuckey said Chuong is under police protection, because of recent threats to his life. A policeman was stationed outside his Kansas City hotel room last night. Stuckey said.
Chuong resigned as ambassador in protest of mistreatment of Buddhists in South Viet Nam by the government of his brother-in-law, President Ngo Dinh Diem. Now, he is traveling across the United States, speaking against the Diem government.
Since the Viet Nam regime was overthrown early this month, Chuong has shifted the subject of his talks to the war with Communist guerilla soldiers.
"My short conversation with Chuong led me to believe he may have some very significant things to say in his talk," Stuckey said.
Chuong's speech will be followed by a question period.
He will hold a news conference at 5:30 p.m. today in the Kansas Union.
Weather
Continued cool temperatures are expected for tonight and tomorrow, with the low tonight in the middle 30s and the high tomorrow in the lower 60s. Record breaking highs Saturday and Sunday preceded today's temperature drop. Skies clouded during the night ending several days of sunshine. A few showers fell over northern Kansas during the night, but no substantial rain are predicted.
English Proficiency Scores Decline Again
The percentage of students passing the English Proficiency Examination was the lowest this fall for the past three years.
David H. Jones, associate professor of philosophy and acting head of the English Proficiency Examination, said only 75.6 per cent of the students passed the test this fall. In 1961 76.6 percent passed and last fall 81 percent of those tested passed the examination.
Of the 1,232 students who took the test on October 10,331 received passing grades.
The list of names of those who passed will be printed in tomorrow's University Daily Kansan.
Japanese Disasters Bring Political Riff
TOKYO — (UPI)— Japan's weekend train and mine disasters, which claimed a total of 615 lives, turned into a political issue today.
Opposition parties charged that the government was not paying enough attention to public safety. The charges hit in the final 10 days of national election campaigning, giving the race against Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda its biggest controversy so far.
A second train accident today increased concern over safety measures but caused no serious casualty toll. Only six persons were injured.
A POLICE COUNT today showed that the three-train crash Saturday between Tokyo and Yokohama killed 165 men, women, and children, and injured 71. A few hours earlier, an explosion in the nation's biggest coal-mine complex killed 452 miners and injured 470.
The shock was already fading, however, because Japanese are more inured to catastrophe than other nations.
Ikeda personally apologized to his countrymen and sent teams of experts to find out what went wrong.
The chief of the government railways submitted his resignation assuming responsibility for the crash, but it was not accepted. Railways chief Reisuke Ishida was told instead to make utmost efforts to prevent a recurrence of the disaster.
ONLY 36 HOURS after the first collision, however, 529 express passenger trains, carrying a total of 920 passengers, collided on another main line near the city of Yamaguchi.
One of the trains had stopped because of a faulty brake. The other rammed it from behind, but the collision was not serious.
The opposition Socialists, Democratic Socialists, and Communists issued statements charging that the government was over-concerned with promoting business and under-concerned with the safety of workers and the public.
A government program to modernize the mines is in progress, but the Socialists charge it is inadequate The explosion, however, took place in the nation's most modern mine.
One major newspaper, the Mainichi Shimbun, said today that the basic factor in the train accident is the rapid growth of the Tokyo-Yokohama industrial belt and its millions of train passengers.
"TRAINS IN THE AREA shuttle at high speed on split-second schedules," it said. "An incorrectly-thrown switch . . . or an unforeseen event like a minor derailment, as happened Saturday in Yokohama, can occasion a most terrible disaster."
Investigators blamed the train wreck on a weakened wheel on a Yokohama-bound freight train hitting a defective rail in a switch.
What happened then was catastrophe in neat split-second sequences. The wheel jumped the tracks, derailing three freight cars across two parallel tracks.
An approaching commuter train braked to avoid them. Then a Tokyo-bound passenger train struck the freight cars, bounced off them, sheared the sides off one coach of the other passenger train and knifed at right angles through another coach, cutting it in half.
Most of the people in the two coaches were killed instantly.
IN THE MINE, rescue workers dug for the third day to locate the bodies of eight miners still missing. Work was suspended in all pits until Wednesday as a sign of mourning. Miners also planned a strike on the day of the mass funeral, probably next weekend.
The mine disaster took place on the southern island of Kyushu, about 750 miles from the train wreck.
The Japanese hold life as dearly as anyone else, but centuries of fires, avalanches, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and hurricanes have made them more used to disaster.
Most Japanese live in wooden houses. Four-fifths of the nation is covered with steep mountains, many of which are live volcanoes. The islands also lie astride one of the most active earthquake zones in the world and in the path of many hurricanes.
KU Student Explains African 'Operation'
Operation Crossroads Africa—an independent project designed to improve mutual understanding between African and American college students—was explained here last Friday by a KU graduate.
Crossroads, begun in 1958, gave President Kennedy the idea for the Peace Corps, Mrs. Marjorie Hanson aid, answering questions at a KUY Current Events Forum.
Unlike the Peace Corps, Crossroads "has nothing to sell, we merely seek understanding in a work atmosphere." Mrs. Hanson said.
CROSSROADS sends groups of 15 to 30 students into the undeveloped areas of Africa for a two-month summer work project. The students work in co-operation with a similar group of African students.
School buildings, libraries, hospitals, and roads have been some of the Crossroads projects in the past. "It's a tough experience." Mrs. Hanson said, "and not designed for the weak."
The shock of a totally different culture, the lack of modern conveniences, and the strain of living closely with the same group for two months are the greatest problems a student faces on a Cross-
roads project. Mrs. Hanson said.
STUDENTS WHO have had psychological therapy in the past are carefully screened out. "A summer in Africa is definitely not the way to work out any psychological problems." Mrs. Hanson told students.
Students in any area of study are considered as long as they have a C-plus average or better in their classwork. No special labor skills are required. Women often work alongside the men or do the cooking and marketing.
The organization was founded by Dr. James Robinson, an American Negro minister who grew up in the South. He is a member of the Peace Corps advisory board.
IT IS NOT affiliated with any government or religious groups, and participants are asked to raise part of their expense money—usually about $1.000 for the $1.700 total cost.
"Money is the easiest thing to get in the whole wide world," Mrs. Hanson said. "I really believe that." Participants have usually asked community service clubs or churches to help them pay their way," she said.