Page 2 University Daily Kansan Tuesday, April 10, 1956.
Phog's Sparring Partner
A Look At Harry Henshel
Dr. Forrest C. (Phog) Allen's sparring partner, the "quadrennial Olympic oceanic hitchhiker," Harry D. Henshel, chairman of the AAU Olympic basketball committee, has carried out a threat to take legal action against Mr. Allen for allegedly slanderous statements made in a Kansas City, Mo., speech last December. On April 2, the famous World War II hero filed a $35,000 suit in Jackson County Circuit court against Phog.
We, like Phog, have the greatest respect for the men of the armed forces, and we are sure that Mr. Henshel served with distinction during the great conflict. But, we always hear a sour note when the "Colonel in the Brooklyn band," as Phog labeled Mr. Henshel in his speech, makes a list of his awards and decorations everytime he is criticized. We are sure he could have repudiated Dr. Allen's
We find it extremely hard to digest Mr. Henshel's statement that he has never received $1 from the AAU in 45 years as an athlete and committeeman or from the Olympic committee in the 20 years he has served the group. We're not from Missouri, but in this case we would have to be shown. The possibility is very small.
Not since the typewriter of William Allen White became silent has Kansas had such an outspoken crusader as Phog. Phog believes that the AAU has many ills which he has criticized and will continue to criticize. So we suspect that the battle between the two is just beginning rather than ending. Look for some interesting comments in the near future.
Congressmen went home for Easter, a Senate- House conference committee finally decided on a farm bill, the Russians approved in principle President Eisenhower's "open skies" aerial inspection plan, and the politicians—especially the Democrats—continued their feverish campaign for prominence in 1956.
Larry Stroup
News In Review
The weather often is violent in the spring, but the tornado season started a bit early this year. A vast storm system killed 44 persons in two days, with Topeka narrowly escaping being raked by a twister. Drumright, Okla., was hit by a tornado, with five persons killed. Several other Kansas towns reported damage.
That's a quick summing-up of big news developments in the past two weeks, but there was other important news—including the Midwest weather.
Weather Steals Spotlight From Politics
But the upper Midwest was the setting of the storm's greatest fury. At Hudsonville, Mich., near Grand Rapids, 13 persons were killed by a tornado. Other states in the path of the storm were Missouri, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Mississippi, Kentucky, and Arkansas.
There were stormy days on the political scene, too. Presidential aspirants Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver continued their increasingly bitter battle for the Democratic nomination, campaigning in California and Florida. Mr. Stevenson appeared to be adopting—though not with great glee—the Kefauver method: foldiness, hand-shaking
Wisconsin went to the polls in the presidential primary, and Illinois will vote today. In the Badger State, Mr. Stevenson was not on the ballot, but Sen. Kefauver was. He received 42 per cent of the total vote, with 55 per cent going to President Eisenhower and 3 per cent to anti-Eisenhower delegates.
Missouri's Democrats endorsed a favorite son, Sen. Stuart Symington. But Kansas City Councilman Thomas J. Gavin, who cast the Truman proxy vote at the 1952 Democratic convention, announced that he wants Symington's job. He feels that western Missouri needs representation in the Senate. As for former President Truman, he is bound for vacation and scoffs at talk that he will be a candidate this year.
Congress may get a farm bill this week after it returns from the Easter recess. Late last week, conferees agreed on the measure, which is simply the old soil bank-rigid (90 per cent) supports bill. But even if it passes, it still may be vetoed by the President. Secretary Benson said Saturday the bill is unacceptable to him.
The Democrats in Texas are at war. Gov. Allan Shivers, who bolted to the Republicans in 1952, intends to command the Texas delegation at Chicago. Rep. Sam Rayburn, who wants Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson to be the state's favorite son, promises a fight. The prospect is that old-timer Rayburn will win.
Lawrence's George Docking of the First National Bank announced that he again will try for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. He was defeated in 1954 after winning in the primary. Kansas Republicans prepared for their state convention Saturday in Wichita.
Three committees were in the news. The government operations group headed by Sen. John McClellan (D-Ark.) ran into opposition in its effort to obtain East-West trade information from
Commerce Secretary Sinclair Weeks. Sen. Kefauver's juvenile delinquency subcommittee reported in its opinion the movies place too much emphasis on sadism, brutality and violence. And that committee investigating lobby influence reported that there had been an attempt by the Superior Oil Company to influence the vote of Sen. Case (R-S.D.) on the natural gas bill.
The Communist Party's Daily Worker was locked up by the Internal Revenue Service—or by its New York City director—in a surprise raid. The government charged that the party owes $38,000-$40,000 in back taxes. Party property also was seized elsewhere in the country. Wisdom of the move is being debated; many feel the government gave the Communists new cause for martyrdom.
Two key rulings were handed down by the Supreme Court. In the first, the 1954 immunity law was upheld. That law assures that witnesses who otherwise might plead the Fifth Amendment will be immune from later prosecution because of anything that they might disclose.
In the second, the court ruled against states being able to prosecute for sedition. A Pennsylvania court had convicted Communist leader Steve Nelson of conspiracy against the federal government.
And another martyr was created in New York. An unknown assailant splashed sulphuric acid in the face of labor columnist Victor Riesel, who has been criticizing labor racketeering on Long Island. It was feared that Mr. Riesel may lose his eyesight.
The United Nations Security Council last week approved unanimously the plan to send Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold to the Middle East to try to bring peace between Arab and Jew. But even as Mr. Hammarskjold planned the trip, there was new fighting on the Gaza strip between Israel and Egypt, with Egypt reporting 42 Arabs killed and 103 wounded.
On Cyprus, storm center for several weeks, students demanding union with Greece threw bombs and stones at British security police in Paphos, port city on the island. And the British withdrew their troops from the Suez Canal Zone, after 74 years' occupation.
Spain, after 44 years, gave independence to Spanish Morocco in North Africa.
The Russians accepted the basic idea of the President's aerial inspection plan, proposing a three-month arms freeze and a temporary ban on hydrogen bomb tests. Russian satellites, meanwhile, stepped up their campaign to remove the late Josef Stalin from the history books. Both Hungary and Czechoslovakia cleared the reputations of "traitors" executed in the Stalin era.
Another island, tiny Iceland in the north Atlantic, created consternation in the United States with its demand that the U.S. withdraw Iceland-based troops. Iceland, a member of NATO, is a key outpost in the early warning radar setup.
Broadway honored its great of the past year The winners of "Tony"—equivalent of Hollywood's Oscar—were Paul Muni for "Inherit the Wind." Julie Harris for "The Lark." "The Diary of Anne Frank" (best dramatic play), and "Damn Yankees" (best musical).
—C. M. Pickett
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler
"HEY. MAC-OVER HERE WITH THAT SOD-PACKER."
... Letters
Let me start this off with a question. Why is there a rule at the University of Kansas that a man working for the University must retire at 70? What is the purpose of this rule? Have all men lost their usefulness at this age? Surely this would differ greatly according to the individual. Many men at 70, while not only having the added advantage of experience, still retain a positive way of thinking and a still firm belief in themselves.
Editor:
It seems to me that a man can do what he believes he can do. Granted that some men lose these qualities at this age—but what happens to the man who for many years will still be a credit to the University? And these men who stop being useful before 70, does the Board of Regents have a rule that also states that this man must be retained until he is 70?
Now that sounds ridiculous, doesn't it? That the University should keep a man that produces nothing while there are other younger more positively activated men available to fill the need.
I contend that this last idea is no more ridiculous than the Board of Regents rule that a man must go when his body reaches a certain physical age.
Is there someone who can give me one answer to my questions other than that this is probably one of the best examples of "buck passing" they have run up against in a long while? It seems to me that this rule is designed so that the Board of Regents may duck a responsibility by pointing someplace else and saying, "Look Mac. I can't do anything about this—the rules of
. . Short Ones .
Saddest person we've seen recently wasn't even involved in the Phog Allen affair, but was the only person on the campus who wasn't entered in Wednesday's primary elections.
A University student has managed to save 55,000 pennies, which is more money than most students have ever had at once. Says he keeps his collection in milk bottles. Wouldn't it be a little more collegiate if he kept them in empty beer cans? We'd help him empty the cans.
We can hardly sympathize with the poor, poor students who spent their vacation in Mexico and now can't tolerate the vicious Kansas weather. We didn't get 100 miles away over vacation and we can't stand this snow either.
Best suggestion we've heard in the "what-to-do-with Phog Allen" controversy is to make him coach of the Olympic basketball team with Harry Henshel as his assistant.
the game say we do it this way," instead of facing their responsibility (pardon the cliche) like a man.
Why has the Board failed to realize the enormity of this rule? Is there no man there strong enough to handle the individual cases or aren't they interested in retaining the highest teaching level possible at KU? While not attempting to state any particular cases where KU has already lost because of this rule, I am sure the reader will be able to bring a few to mind.
Someone will undoubtedly refer this article to the particular case of Dr. Forrest Allen. Let me say that although it was through this case that this University rule came to my attention, I have no personal interest in Dr. Allen, and I have not written this in his defense.
And lastly, if there is someone who might answer some of these questions, I think it be his duty, especially if he is connected with this institute of advanced learning, to inform me of any creditable reasons for this present rule of thumb.
Or does life end at 70?
David Whitney,
Mission sophomore
Egyptian farmers place fish in the water covering their rice crops The fish swim through the fields eating insects and weeds. Waste material from the fish fertilize the soil.
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