FAR FROM THE MADDENING CROWD—For those evening study sessions—Harry Collins, Prairie Village sophomore, (foreground) and John Weber, Overland Park sophomore, retreat to the solitude of Strong Hall from the crowded Watson Library still in the process of remodeling.
U.N. Head Seeks Cold War Accord
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.—(UPI)—Carlos Sosa Rodrigue of Venezuela, new president of the U. N. General Assembly, said today he hoped the 18th U. N. session would provide a harmonious atmosphere for further cold war agreement.
Sosa noted that the recent Moscow treaty banning nuclear tests in the air, in outer space and under water had its beginnings in The Assembly's political committee. He said perhaps further steps toward including underground tests will be made at this U. N. session.
White House Calls Meeting
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — (UPI) President Kennedy today arranged a meeting in Washington tomorrow with seven Negro leaders to discuss the tense racial situation in Birmingham following the bombing of a church which killed four girls.
The White House announced that the conference, requested by Negro leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. of Atlanta, would be held at 3 p.m. CST.
King had asked Kennedy Monday for the conference and also called on the President to send federal troops into Birmingham to put down the violence that broke out following the bombing.
THERE HAVE been hundreds of incidents of rock throwings nightly, several suspected cases of arson in fires at Negro business firms and two Negro youths were shot to death on the streets following the explosion.
White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger said that the President had not received any formal plea by King or his Birmingham associates asking that regular federal troops be sent to Birmingham.
Gov. George C. Wallace put 500 Alabama National Guardsmen on alert following the bombing and they remained on standby at their armories.
KING'S OFFICE in Atlanta said those who would attend the White House meeting would include, in addition to King, the Revs. Fred Shuttlesworth, Ralph D. Abernathy and J. L. Ware; A. G. Gaston, Birmingham Negro businessman; Dr. Lucius Pitts, president of Alabama State College and Bishop H. I. Murchison of Birmingham.
Wednesday, Sept. 18, 1963
IN REGARD to the role the United Nations can play in any East-West detente, Sosa said the world parliament provides a forum for world public opinion on such crucial issues as nuclear tests.
"I expect the future to be the same as the past in that respect," he told his first news conference since being elected yesterday.
The Assembly, whose opening meeting yesterday was marred by an anti-Castro demonstration, got down to the business of its new session today. The 21-nation steering committee was examining the 82 items proposed for the agenda to see which of the standing committees would take each item for preliminary debate.
SOSA TOLD newsmen this morning that the financial crisis is a top item before The Assembly. He said the organization cannot carry on its functions if members do not provide sufficient funds.
In answer to a question, he said application of article 19 of the charter will not come up at least until after Dec. 31. This article states that a member falling two years behind in its assessment will lose its vote.
SOSA BEGAN his term yesterday with an appeal for understanding, harmony, and mutual respect among the 111 U. N. members. However, there were three instances of dishermony on the first day.
Article 19 is of major importance to diplomas here because Russia, which has refused to pay her Congo assessments, will become liable to the article's provisions on Jan. 1.
Albania demanded that Nationalist China be expelled and Communist China admitted in its place. (The Russians have said that they would support Communist China for U.N. membership.) Indonesia objected to the presence of Malaysia. Cuban exiles in battle dress leaped from the public gallery, dashing into the delegates section with shouts of "Long live free Cuba."
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Dailu Hansan
61st Year, No.4
British Embassy Raided By Anti-Malaysia Mobs
JAKARTA, Indonesia — (UPI)—A howling mob of 10,000 rioters, protesting the formation of the new nation of Malaysia, sacked and burned the British embassy today.
The embassy staff fled to safety under police protection. Some embassy employees were injured in the rioting.
The rioters staged their attack to retaliate against a demonstration against the Indonesian embassy in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
Indonesian authorities made no attempt to put out the fire in the embassy.
IN KUALA LUMPUR, Prime Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman announced the Malaysian government has decided to put the new nation into a state of preparedness because of the break in diplomatic relations with Indonesia and the Philippines.
Plans for a protest march have been cancelled, but a Catholic Mass will focus the attention of Lawrence on the racial strife in Birmingham, Ala.
The prime minister told a news conference that the cabinet this morning decided to establish a Malaysia defense council with himself as chairman. The armed forces would be strengthened and extended to the newly-merged Borneo states, the police force increased, and civil defense organizations placed on an alerted basis.
In London, the British government bitterly protested against the uncivilized behavior in Jakarta. Foreign Secretary Lord Home told Indonesian Ambassador B. M. Diah in a heated five-minute session that proper means should be taken by the Indonesian government to protect the British ambassador and British lives and property.
THE BRITISH were singled out for attack because they have strongly backed the new nation, which is a federation of Singapore, Malaysia, and two British territories on the island of Borneo, part
Reparation Mass To Replace Protest
Father Brendan Downey, O.S.B. will offer a Mass of Reparation at 5 p.m. Friday in the St. Lawrence Chapel, 1910 Stratford Road.
"We have all condoned in some fashion the kind of mindless hatred that murdered the four little girls attending Sunday school," Father Downey said.
"A more fragrant denial of our faith in the gospel of love can hardly be imagined. We must ask God for wisdom and courage to cure this social insanity that has made a mockery of our claim to be Christ's followers."
The weather bureau forecasts partly cloudy weather for today and tomorrow with a chance for showers late tomorrow. The high today is expected in the upper 80's with the low tonight in the upper 60's.
Father Downey and members of the Newman Club had hoped originally for a protest march. It was to begin sometime Friday at the Chi Omega fountain and end at the chapel.
It was later decided the march would not be as effective as the Mass.
Father Downey called the Mass a "representation of a plea of all citizens of the world."
The Catholic student group is the first in history to clear a demonstration through University authorities.
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of which is shared by Indonesia. The new federation is opposed by Indonesia and the Philippines, Malaysia severed diplomatic relations with both yesterday.
The fires burned out the inside of most of the embassy building and destroyed eight embassy cars. The blazes burned into the late afternoon.
British Ambassador Andrew Gilchrist and his staff, who had faced another riot only two days ago, were reported to have reached safety with police help.
The rioters were made up for the most part of students and members of the National Youth Front.
A DEFENSE ministry spokesman in London said the British military commander in Southeast Asia had adequate forces at his disposal should Britain be asked to go to the aid of Malaysia, as it has pledged. However, he said no such request had been made, so any discussion of the issue at this time would be merely speculative.
The trouble started when about 1,000 of the demonstrators gathered in front of the Youth Front headquarters.
The youths then marched on the former Malayan embassy building, where they pulled down the Malayan national emblem and smashed it to pieces. A youth leader climbed atop the wreckage and told the crowd that the building henceforth belonged to the Indonesian government.
McCornack to Seek Platform Enactment
Then the mob, singing the Indonesian anthem and shouting long live Sukarno and down with Tengku rushed on toward the British embassy a few blocks away.
Reuben McCormack, student body president, said last night he plans to continue working for enactment of the program he outlined in his election campaign last spring.
After the embassy was set afire at about 3 p.m., some members of the mob stopped a fire engine racing to the scene, threw the firemen out and drove it away with siren screaming.
However, he said he will not lim it himself to support of only thes projects.
"MY PROGRAM contains proposals needed by students, but we will also seek other ways of giving greater service."
The Abilene senior said bills to establish new student service committees are now either being written or discussed for presentation to the All-Student Council. Several of the proposals will be introduced at the first meeting of the ASC Tuesday night, he said.
New committees which McCor- nack would like to see formed are:
- A student health, recreation and sports committee to coordinate the three separate intramural sports programs.
- An opinion poll committee to sample student opinion periodically at the request of the ASC or its committees.
- A student travel committee to help students in long distance and commuter travel.
- A hosting and hospitality committee to entertain visiting dignitaries and conduct tours for campus visitors.
- An enrollment advisory board to work with Registrar James Hitt on enrollment procedure.
McCORNACK also said he plans to support recommendations to be made by the Human Relations Committee (HRC) of the ASC when it presents findings of a civil rights survey made last spring to the Council Tuesday.
Representatives of men's, women's and ASC intramural programs met last spring and were interested in forming a single body to help avoid schedule conflicts between the different programs, McCormack said. In addition, he would like to see the proposed committee work for better playing facilities and increasing the number participating in intramural sports.
"Participation in intramurals has lagged in residence halls," said McCornack. "We would like to see more independents in the sports program."
The opinion poll committee would aid the ASC in determining student feeling on important campus issues, he said.
"I WOULD WANT people on this committee who are sociologists or
who are interested in this field. The opinion poll group would select proven scientific methods of polling."
The possibility of the student travel committee to arrange low fare transportation to Europe this summer for KU students has been investigated by McCornack.
"This idea is only in the discussion stage right now," he said, "because we must first consider our legal responsibility in chartering a plane from here to Europe. The travel committee would principally be concerned with arranging car pools for long trips and in obtaining group rates for bus and train travel."
THE HRC is still compiling results of its survey on civil rights, conducted last spring, McCornack said. The student body president said the HRC will probably submit recommendations to the ASC along with its report.
"I hope that the ASC will take any necessary action in light of the findings of the survey to help solve civil rights problems on campus," he said.
Other goals McCornack mentioned are an evaluation of the new Student Advisory Board and a meeting of Midwest student government leaders to exchange ideas.
JFK to Talk Tonight On Proposed Tax Cut
WASHINGTON — (UPI)— President Kennedy will go before the nation on radio and television at 9 p.m. tonight to appeal for public support of his proposed $11 billion tax cut.
The President is expected to stress once again his belief that taxes must be cut to boost the economy. He will also probably press for passage of the measure without the anti-spending strings proposed by Republicans.
But it appeared that his appeal was doomed to failure beforehand as far as the house's GOP membership is concerned.
HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE been called to a conference, scheduled for mid-afternoon, to adapt a party position of opposition to the passage, expected next week, of the tax-cutting bill in its present form.
The rank-and-file, by toppheavy margin, were expected to endorse the recommendations of their leaders that Republicans vote against the bill unless it is revamped to include the deficit spending curbs.