Dailu hansan
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LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Wednesday, Nov. 6, 1963
61st Year, No.39
ASC Takes Strong Position OnHumanRightsDeclaration
The All Student Council (ASC) began putting teeth into its recently-passed "Declaration of Human Rights" last night.
Two resolutions in the civil rights field introduced by Greg Turner, Seattle senior and ASC vice chairman, were passed.
One resolution asks the Kansas delegation in Congress to consider the ASC's position on human rights when approaching a vote on President Kennedy's civil rights bill.
THE SECOND resolution requests the University Daily Kansan Board not to publish for-rent advertisements from landlords not on the University's approved housing list.
Greg Turner
The council, on Oct. 8, passed a ten-part declaration which, in effect, stated the University is opposed to all forms of racial discrimination.
Both resolutions came under fire in debate and were amended before being passed.
Turner originally proposed the ASC ask Kansas senators and representatives to vote for the civil rights bill as cleared by the House Judiciary Committee last week. It was pointed out, however, that the scope of the bill could be greatly altered before it is voted on in either chamber.
Crowther then said he doubted whether the council had any business expressing its opinion on national legislation. He said the survey made by the ASC's Human Rights Committee last spring showed wide differences of opinion in the realm of civil rights.
"BY THE TIME it reaches the floor these men might have no way of knowing exactly what we are endorsed," said Marshall Crowther, Salina second year law student. Turner then amended his resolution to exclude recommendation of the House committee's version of the bill.
Chuong to Talk At KU Monday
Tran Van Chuong, the ex-ambassador to the United States from South Viet Nam, will definitely speak here Monday night.
This was affirmed Tuesday by John Underwood, Parsons senior and chairman of the All Student Council's current events committee. Underwood talked with Chuong's agents in Kansas City and New York, who confirmed the speaking engagement.
Chuong, father of Mme. Ngo Dinh Nhu, former first lady of Viet Nam, resigned as ambassador last summer in protest of persecution of Buddhists by the regime of President Diem.
Underwood said that in view of last week's coup in South Viet Nam, "KU is particularly fortunate to have Chuong as a speaker."
"We're making a recommendation which I wonder if the majority of the students at KU would support," Crowther said.
"The time has come to proceed further in the field of civil rights." Turner said, prior to introducing his resolutions. "We have passed a statement of policy. This was a good first step."
TURNER'S ORIGINAL motion on Kansan advertising was interpreted by John Stuckey, Pittsburg senior and ASC chairman, as saying that landlords not on the approved housing list could still advertise in the Kansan if they could prove they do not discriminate by race, color or religion.
Peggy Conner, Sacramento, Calif., junior, asked what criteria the Kansa was to use to determine whether landlords not on the list were discriminating.
An amendment offered by Mike Miner, Lawrence junior, asking that any landlord not on the list be denied advertisements in the Kansan was passed.
"If landlords not on the list want to advertise, it would be a simple matter for them to be put on the list, providing they will not discriminate by race," Miner said. "This will alleviate the problem of the Kansan having to run down each advertiser not on the list and ascertain whether he practices discrimination."
TURNER, IN arguing for his resolution, said the Kansan would be violating the spirit of the human rights declaration by accepting forcent ads from landlords who discriminate racially.
"I see no reason why the Kansan, which is subject to some regulation by the student body, should violate the spirit of this bill by accepting ds from landlords who are acting
contrary to University policy," Turner said.
Chuck Marvin, Lawrence senior; said he was worried whether acceptance of the resolution by the ASC would tend to make the Kansan a "house organ" of the administration
The amendment passed, 11-8, by a roll call vote.
- To amend the ASC constitution which would require two-thirds instead of one-half of the elected members of the council to be present at meetings before business can be transacted. The amendment, presented by Miss Conner, will require approval of both the ASC and the student body to become effective.
IN OTHER ACTION, the Council defeated a motion by Bob Tieszen. McPherson senior, which would have allowed members of social fraternities and sororities living out of their houses to vote in those districts in the ASC living group election Nov. 13-14. Defeat of the motion upheld a decision by the Elections Committee which will require these persons to vote in the unmarried and unorganized district.
Four items of legislation were introduced and sent to the Committee on Committees and Legislation for recommendations. They are:
- An amendment to the publication's bill which would increase the salary of the editor and business manager of Jayhawker yearbook from a maximum of $650 to $1,000, but reduce their maximum bonus from $500 to $250 apiece. It was introduced by Dan Wanamaker, Salina junior.
AN AMENDMENT to the elections bill which would require the chairman of the Elections Committee to publically announce availability of applications for nominations to the ASC and class offices at least a week before they are due. it was introduced by Miss Conner.
A bill, introduced by Tieszen which would create an intramural committee to coordinate activities of existing intramural sports program and to encourage added participation in sports.
Twist and jazz music, banned as 'decadent' by South Viet Nam's former first lady, Mme. Ngo Dinh Hu, blared forth from the dance dalls and bars, and western dancing, also forbidden by Mme. Nhu, returned. American GL's were welcomed back by Saigon hostesses.
THE HOLIDAY MOOD was particularly noticeable around the buddhist pagodas, which had been leserted because of Diem's crackdown on the Buddhist leaders last summer.
U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot
Lodge, whose disagreement with
Diem's policy toward the Buddhists
was no secret, was cheered and surrounded by Buddhists yesterday a sigon's main page, the Ma Loji.
Saigon In High Mood After Coup Success
SAIGON, South Viet Nam —(UPI)
—Vietnamese marines who spearheaded the coup that deposed President Ngo Dinh Diem today began returning to the battlefronts of the war against the communist guerillas.
A curfew in force since the coup was reduced to three hours a day—between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m.—and the bright lights went on again in Saigon's crowded cabarets.
With the capital and the nation returning to normal after the street fighting Friday and Saturday that ended with Diem's death, the ruling military junta was assigning more units to their original duty stations in the communist-infested jungles and rice paddies.
There were fewer cheers for the new civilian premier, Nguyen Ngoc Tho, who had been vice-president in Diem's government. Some Vietnamese had hoped for a clean sweep of the Diem regime. But in any case the military retained most of the power in the nation.
Blockade Ends; Convoys Move
Last night the junta announced formation of a 12-man central executive committee to make major decisions pending a return to civilian rule.
BERLIN—(UPI)—The Soviet Union today ended its 41-hour blockade of a U.S. Army convoy, and the United States immediately sent two more convoys over the highway through Communist East Germany in a demonstration of its Berlin access rights.
One of the new convoys went east to Berlin and the other west to West Germany without delay or harassment on the 110-mile Soviet-controlled Autobahn.
The stalled convoy of 44 men in 12 vehicles was freed at 2:14 a.m. (8:14 p.m. EST Tuesday) when the Soviets backed down before Western allied firmness. It rolled to Berlin and entered Western territory again about five hours later, passing a second Soviet control point without difficulty.
THE SOVIETS dropped their inspection demands in the face of Western determination to maintain allied access rights to Berlin, guaranteed since World War II by four-power agreement.
After consultations, British and French convoys were sent through to West Berlin last night to emphasize this unity.
The British and French convoy commanders, like the American, refused to allow the inspection the Soviets demanded. The Russians gave in to the British and French and a few hours later gave in to the Americans, too.
After the blocked convoy reached West Berlin safely, the United States sent out the next two convoys.
ONE WAS a small one of only six men. It cleared the Soviet checkpoint outside Berlin in 20 minutes and headed for West Germany.
The United States, Britain and France were on the point of sending a stiff three-power protest to Moscow when word came that the convoy was moving again. The protest still may go forward today if some President Kennedy's advisers have their way.
The President was meeting with his top aides late yesterday when he received word that the Russians apparently were preparing to let the convoy proceed on its 110-mile trip to Berlin.
Today's backdown was considered a "victory" for the West. But some officials here felt that many more such "victories" would have to be celebrated in the future.
THEY GRANTED that the Americans won their point and got through to Berlin without acceding to the Soviet demands. But the Russians, on the other hand, demonstrated once again that they have the ability to interfere with traffic through East Germany at will despite four-power agreements guaranteeing the right of access.
U. S. Officials said today they expected further harassment on the Berlin highway despite Russia's backdown in the latest blockade of an American military convoy.
There was general agreement here that Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev had embarked on a deliberate campaign to pinpoint the Berlin issue as the heart of the East-West dispute, unaffected by the so-called "thaw" in relations following the nuclear test ban treaty.
THE ADMINISTRATION view is that Russia's actions tend to bolster the position of those who argue that Kennedy should not have concluded the nuclear test ban treaty and should not make any other efforts to ease cold war tensions. It was pointed out that in this respect Khrushchev appears to be working against his professed policy of peaceful coexistence.
Officials said that Khrushchev may actually believe he can divide the allies and whittle away their rights by trying to put them on the defensive in the eyes of world opinion, contending that they are to blame for perpetuating the Berlin problem.
In a statement released by the East German News Service (ADN), the headquarters of the occupation army in East Germany said a four-power agreement of June 29, 1945, gave the Russians the right to "regulate traffic" on the route to Berlin.
It said this agreement was reached at a meeting of the supreme commanders of the Allied powers.
The statement said for years there was no trouble on the highway to Berlin until American convoyes rejected the "customary controls."
It said the convoy which was refused passage at a Soviet checkpoint Monday violated the customary order by refusing to dismount to be counted and refusing to open truck tailgates.
It said unilateral processing procedures for convoys could not be determined by the United States and also said such procedures have no validity at Russian checkpoints.
American officials denied this statement and called it a Russian "face saving device."
Indian Summer Here, But for How Long?
By Bob Jones
Indian summer finally arrived at KU today. A quick-moving cool front crossed the state last night, and set the stage for today's mild weather.
The cool, crisp mornings and warm, lazy afternoons which mark Indian Summer may not last long. A noticeable cold front is expected to move into Kansas some time tomorrow.
Until the cold front does move into the Lawrence area, partially cloudy skies with temperatures in the high 60's will give KU a perfect taste of autumn.
FINALLY THE leaves have taken their cue from the season's cooler weather, and have begun to display their multitude of blazing colorings.
This is the time of year when students get their winter clothes out of storage, put anti-freeze in their cars, and began dreading the coming winter weather with its cold temperatures and strong winds.
Right now though, winter seems a long way off. People attend morning classes with coats and sweaters on, and attend afternoon classes in short sleeves. They become confused as to what is the right kind
of clothing for this type of weather.
IT WILL NOT be too much longer when one day the temperatures dip below 20 degrees, and the study-weary student trudges through a foot of new-fallen snow with a bitter north wind whipping around him—just to make a class.
It will not be too much longer until the snow-removal crews, with all their equipment, begin working to clear paths for students. Not far off, also, are the times for sledding and sliding (intentionally or not) down hills.