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University Daily Kansan Thursday. Nov. 17, 1955
Help 'Toys For Tots'
When you come back from Thanksgiving vacation, give some underprivileged child something to be thankful for.
Bring back those old toys that aren't used at your home anymore. They may provide a Christmas for some Kansas orphan who otherwise might not have one.
Again this year, Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, is heading the Toys for Tots drive on the campus.
Last year, the drive brought in more than 5,000 toys which were distributed to Kansas orphanages. If you could have seen the faces of the children when Santa brought in those toys, you'd know that the project was worth the little extra effort on your part.
by Dick Bibler
Larry Heil
Presidential Hopefuls
Republicans, who must choose another winning candidate in 1956 if President Eisenhower does not run, are looking in the direction of the impressive, white columned building in Washington, D. C., where justices of the Supreme Court sit. The center of their attention is 6 foot 1 inch, 207-pound, hearty, smiling Earl Warren.
Warren Reluctant But Might Accept
By DARLINE MONTGOMERY
(This is another in a series on presidential candidate possibilities).
Although Chief Justice Warren has indicated he is not interested in the presidential nomination, many Republicans think he will accept the nomination if it is offered.
Justice Warren has been in public life since 1920. His grandfather was a Norwegian carpenter who came to the United States in 1865. His father worked as a railroad repairman.
The chief justice was born March 19, 1891, in Los Angeles. He grew up in Bakersfield and while still in his teens he earned money as a newsboy, freight hustler, farm hand, and cub reporter.
In high school he played a clarinet in the school band and was outfielder on the baseball team.
He was graduated from the University of California in 1914. For the next three years, he was a junior lawyer in San Francisco and Oakland firms. He entered the Army in 1917 as a private and came out two years later as a second lieutenant.
From 1920 to 1925 he served as deputy district attorney of Alameda County. He was district attorney from 1925 to 1939. He was a relentless prosecutor. He jailed the county sheriff for gambling graft and convicted the mayor of Alameda for bribery and theft of public funds.
He was elected attorney general of California in 1939 and served until 1943, when he was elected governor of California. Justice Warren built his political power on bipartisan support. He is staunchly independent and was re-elected governor on both the Republican and Democratic tickets in 1946. While he was governor, he did not work with a regular Republican organization. He is the only man who was ever elected to three terms as governor of California.
He appointed both Republicans and Democrats to state jobs. As governor, he cut state sales tax, raised the gas tax to finance road building, increased unemployment insurance coverage, and reformed the prison system. During the 10 years and 9 months that Warren was governor of California, the population of the state doubled. No other California governor ever built so many highways, schools, and hospitals.
Justice Warren is married and has six children.
President Eisenhower nominated Earl Warren as Chief Justice on Sept. 30, 1953. He took his oath of office on Oct. 5, 1953. He is a member of Sigma Phi and Phi Delta Phi fraternities. He is chancellor of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, and chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Gallery of Art.
He is considered by many politicians as a middle of the roader. He once said, "I am convinced the American people will not tolerate a socialist government, but they are definitely committed to social progress."
A woman buying something for her husband says, "I want"; while a man buying something for his wife says, "She wants."
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
"YA.KNOW - IT WORRIES ME WHAT SOME OF THESE CRAZY KIDS WILL DO FOR A GRAD*
Opinions Differ On Stevenson Candidacy
WASHINGTON—(U. P.)—Scattered Democratic reaction to Adlai Stevenson's bid for the party's presidential nomination ranged today from full support to outright opposition.
On the Republican side, GOP National Chairman Leonard Hall said in a statement that the people "repudiated Mr. Stevenson and everything he stands for in 1952" and "they will repudiate him again should he get the nomination next year."
Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.) expected to be one of the leading contenders for the nomination himself, described Mr. Stevenson as "a good friend," "a nice guy and a good man."
Sen. Joseph O'Mahoney (D-Wvo.) predicted Mr. Stevenson will get the nomination.
New York Gov. Averell Harriman, expected to be another leading contender for the nomination, promised to support Mr. Stevenson-"if he is chosen by the Democratic national convention." But he said nothing about supporting him for the nomination.
But a barbed dissent came from Rep. Francis Walter (D-Pa.), chairman of the House un-American activities committee, who was snubbed by Mr. Stevenson in the 1952 presidential campaign.
Rep. Walter called Mr. Steven "the laughing boy" of politics and said his announcement "bears a presumptuousness of unparalleled proportions."
Yesterday's UDK reports that two pump trucks, a ladder wagon, and the chief car all converged at a sorority early in the morning to put out a fire in a wastebasket. Wonder how many would have showed up if a men's house had been burning?
Former President Truman had no immediate comment.
Sen. Dennis Chavez (D-N.M.) called Mr. Stevenson's statement "very laudable and fine" but said "I'm not being tied to any particular candidate despite my great respect for this gentleman."
A woman in California recently called the police department to ask if she could paint her license plates pink to match her new car. The officer in charge might have suggested matching pastel tires to compromise with her demands.
..Letters ..
Editor:
Last month, the paychecks for student employees of the University were late to an extent ranging from 10 days to three weeks. I am personally acquainted with several student employees who have not as yet received their September checks. This month, the situation promises to be no better. Checks which should have arrived last Friday, I have just been told, will not be here before Friday or Saturday. Anxious souls calling the bursar's office in a last try before turning in desperation to the board of social welfare receive only vague and procrastinating rebelies to their desperate pleas.
This situation may be due, as we are told, to foulups and general apathy on the Topeka end, but it seems to me that the University could take some steps to clear up a matter which no private business could suffer to exist for a week. Most of the students in the pay of the University are working because they have to in order to continue both education and eating.
Many, like myself, are married and must plan closely and carefully in order to get by. The thoughtless inefficiency of the payroll authorities in these cases works a real and severe hardship. Surely something can be done before my backlog of canned beans gives out.
Larry Weaver
Winona senior
Crab Orchard Lake, a man-made lake covering 10.95 square miles, is the largest lake in Illinois.
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Army Was Hasty, Turncoats Go Free
Last week the Army released three turncoats from the stockade at Sixth Army Headquarters. They had been dishonorably discharged while they still were in Red China.
Otho Bell, Lewis Griggs, and William Cowart had been arrested on their return to the United States and held by the Army for court-martial.
The Supreme Court ruled that the Army had no jurisdiction over men separated from the service. A habeas corpus writ set the men free.
The Army should chalk off the incident to experience and strive for a change in the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Or, failing in this, it should be more careful whom it discharges.
At the time when the turncoats elected to stay in Red China, the Army was looking for a way to disassociate itself from the three men. The easiest and swiftest means was the dishonorable discharge.
This kind of thinking seems to crop up in the armed services often. No matter what the situation, American citizens should be afforded a fair trial.
A hearing before a court-martial board conceivably could have resulted in suitable punishment for Bell, Griggs, and Cowart. Now, as a result of military justice handed out in absence of the accused, it looks as if the turncoats will go free.
Bell, Griggs, and Cowart would do well to keep their mouths shut and the American public would do well to forget the turncoats.
A review of the case might show that the discharge was illegal because separation from the service can come ony after a court-martial at which the accused are present.
They should have been punished, but the Army blundered. Now they should stay free to insure the right of a fair trial to others. How many times can a man be discharged on one enlistment?
Their lawyer, George T. Davis, said they would sue for $30,000 in back pay and for an honorable discharge.
—Ted Blankenship
The Kansan does have a responsibility to the students. It has the responsibility of presenting the news—all of the campus news plus the main national and world stories of the day. That is one of its functions.
Some professors want to edit all the stories about their departments before they are run
There are no set rules for this kind of "news sense." Even professional papers in adjoining cities don't always run the same national stories on the front page. Working with value judgments of this type, it is natural that Kansan editors make mistakes. When they do, their grades are lowered accordingly, as in any other lab course.
Its collateral function is to serve as a laboratory project for students in reporting and editing. Working against space limitations, the Kansan editors must decide each day which stories are the most important, which are of interest to the most students, and which are the most newsworthy.
But these judgments must be made on the basis of news value and they must be made by Kansan editors, not by outside students and faculty members.
The Kansan is primarily a student newspaper. This gives the students the right to demand good news coverage, the most complete coverage possible. It does not give them the right to demand unlimited publicity-free advertising-for any particular student organization or activity.It does not give them the right to determine Kansan policy.
The University Daily Kansan is a newspaper. It is not a publicity organ for campus organizations.
Some students and faculty members seem to think that because they are associated with the University, they have a right to determine Daily Kansan policy. Executives of the Kansan appreciate news tips from outside sources.
It's A Newspaper, Not A Publicity Sheet
But people who demand that a certain story be run or that it be run on the front page, are assuming an attitude that they wouldn't take toward a professional newspaper.
In one case, a student walked into the newsroom, threw a two-sentence story on the copy desk, and said, "I want this to run on the front page today."
Larry Heil
METROPOLITAN UNION OF CENTRAL AMERICA
CHANGE IN LOCATION, REFORM AND CONFLICTS
ALEXANDER M. FISHER
CHIEF EXECUTIVE PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA