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Fieldhouse to Be Opened March 1
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Thursday, January 6, 1955
52nd Year, No. 69
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Democrats to Fight 'Softness' Charges
Washington—(U.P.)—Democrats, still seething over GOP campaign charges of softness toward Communism, flashed the signal today that they are girding for a big counter offensive.
Cartoons Are On Display
Dorothy Bond, who draws "The Ladies," shares honors this week with sixteen McClure Newspaper syndicate artists in the display at the University of Kansas Journal is mhistorical center. The Historical center is sponsored by the William Allen White foundation.
Miss Bond, "Champion of the working girl," is best known for her panel, "The Ladies," which appears in approximately 200 newspapers. Collections of her cartoons have been published in book form under the titles "Life With The Boss," "The Second Baby," "Meet Me In The Ladies Room," and "Mama, The Unsung Hero." The 17 cartoons which Miss Bond gave to the Albert Reid Cartoon collection are on Monday.
The display of the McClure Newspaper syndicate artists is an illustration of the variety of material that one syndicate may handle. A few of the comic strips in the exhibition include Wayne Boring's "Superman," Jack Kent's "King Aroo," George Baker's "Sad Sack," Marty Links' "Emmy Lou," and Al Magaly and Harry Shorten's "There Oughta Be a Law."
Two women of cartoon fame are also included in the current exhibit -Ted Key's "Hazel" and Jo Fischer's "Deleria," featured in his panel, "From Nine to Five."
Copies of two issues of a Heart newspaper, The New York Journal, published near the turn of the century, are on display. These two issues contain items about the sinking of the battleship USS Maine in Havana harbor, and a fire in New York City that cost several lives. The newspapers are displayed as samples of the sensationalism which dominated much of the metronolitan press at that time.
The Historical center is open to the public from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily and until noon on Saturday.
The Democrats hope to prove to American voters in the next two years that (1) they hate Communism just as much as the Republicans, and (2) they can deliver on a legislative program that will be "in the best interests of the people of the United States."
The tip-off on the Democratic plan came yesterday when Rep. Sam Rayburn of Texas once again took over the gavel as speaker of the house. Expressing the views of many of his colleagues, as well as of himself, Mr. Rayburn said:
"I want to say, as I said on the stump last fall, that we as Democrats do not indulge in personalities; we are not an accusing kind of people; we do not have to be that way. . ."
"It matters not what the heat may be, here or out there, we are not going to indict people en masse. We are not going to say that just because we do not like somebody politically he is soft on Communism or that he believes in subversion, and no Democrat in this House in a position of responsibility nor a Democrat out there in a position of responsibility is going to act or talk like that without being frowned upon and repudiated by me."
Mr. Rayburn went on to say that the Democrats are prepared to cooperate with President Eisenhower when they think he is right. But the ultimate action will depend, he said, on what "we think are in the best interests of the people of the United States."
These remarks are in effect a rerun of comments made Tuesday by Mr. Rayburn at a secret Democratic caucus.
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On that first occasion Rep. John W. McCormack of Massachusetts, House Democratic leader, joined his chief in assailing campaign attacks made by some Republicans.
There also has been talk among Democrats in the Senate that one of their number would make a speech along the same lines as that of Mr. Ravburn's.
The Speaker of the House did not say publicly which Republican statements he had in mind. But Democrats generally took exception to the statement by Vice President Richard M. Nixon that the Republicans had "driven the Communists, the fellow travelers, and the security risks out of government by the thousands."
Kansas State Game Will Be Dedication
Western Civ Test Is 4, Not $2^{1 / 2}$ Hours
The Kansan erroneously stated yesterday that the length of the Western Civilization examination is $ \frac{2}{3} $ hours. The quiz, which will be given Saturday from 1 to 5.15 pm, will be four hours long.
The Western Civ. department says 158 persons have registered to take the quiz this Saturday. The persons were officially closed Wednesday.
Students who were unable to register for the quiz before Wednesday may register until 4 p.m. Friday.
432 Pass English Test
A total of 432 students passed the English proficiency examination Dec.4.
The examinations were read and graded by at least two faculty members of the English department. If a paper was passed in two readings, the student passed the exam. Three readings resulting in failures were given to a paper before that paper was considered failed for the exam. Each faculty member read about 50 papers.
The list of students who passed the exam will be printed in the Daily Kansan tomorrow. Students who failed will be notified of the time and place they may see their papers and discuss them with an English teacher.
Bailey Annex Fire Causes $200 Loss
Lawrence Fire department trucks were called to a fire in Bailey annex at 10:15 a.m. today, the cause attributed to sparks from a workman's cutting torch. Fire Chief John W. Miller estimated the damage at $200.
Ike Asks New Congress To Give Cooperation
The insulation was ignited as a door was being cut in the east side of the quonset building, burning an area of the wallboard and insulation.
Washington—(U.P.)—President Eisenhower appealed to the new Democratic Congress today to cooperate with him lest the "paralyzing indecision" of divided government interrupt America's "heartening progress" toward peace and prosperity.
His plea for "good will and harmony," on domestic legislation as well as in the traditionally bipartisan fields of defense and foreign policy, was the keynote of a generally optimistic State of the Union message outlining his 1955 program.
Mr. Eisenhower told a joint session of the House and Senate that condition of the U.S. economy is good and getting better. He was "hopeful of continuing progress" toward durable peace, but admitted that the current international situ-
jion is "merely world stalemate."
ton is merely world statenie.
The only major surprise in his 6,400-word message was a request for prompt federal action to relieve an "unprecedented classroom shortage" in nation's schools. He promised to submit detailed recommendations to Congress next month.
Other legislative proposals, most of which were disclosed previously, included extension of the draft, lower tariffs, higher postal rates, postponement of new tax cuts until next year at least, a big highway
building program, pay raises for federal workers and servicemen, improved drought aid for farmers, and an increase in the minimum wage from 75 to 90 cents an hour.
On the negative side, Mr. Eisenhower warned Congress against any attempt to scrap the flexible farm price support law enacted last year.
Mr. Eisenhower said he will ask Congress later for legislation to extend the draft, now due to lapse June 30, and to create a comprehensive, strong reserve force.
The administration yesterday announced plans to reduce the active military forces from the present level of about 3,218,000 to 2,850,000 men and women by mid-1956.
The Kansas basketball team will play its first game and dedicate the $21/2 million Allen fieldhouse when it meets Kansas State college March 1, A. C. "Dutch" Lonborg, athletic director, announced this morning.
New Program Key Items Listed
By UNITED PRESS
Some key items in the new
Fisenhower program include:
Foreign Trade—A 15 per cent tariff reduction over a period of three years to encourage greater foreign trade. He will ask later for three-year extension of the Foreign Trade Agreements act.
Labor-In addition to asking an increase in the minimum wage to 90 cents an hour, he recommended that coverage of the minimum wage law be extended. He renewed last year's pigeonholed proposals for amending the Taft-Hartley law, and asked special attention to the rights of strikers to vote in representation election and the need to equalize the responsibility between management and labor to file disclaimers of Communist affiliation.
Taxes—Government costs preclude tax reductions this year, but he was hopeful for 1956. He predicted that in the current 1955 fiscal year ending June 30, federal spending will run nearly $4,500,000,000 lower than in fiscal 1954.
Schools—He said he will send Congress a message Feb. 15 on federal action to meet the present classroom shortage which he said was a matter of immediate concern to all Americans.
Agriculture "Urgently" recommending that Congress stick to his flexible support plan, he predicted that "factors depressing farm prices" will begin to ease and the government will have to inject itself less and less into the lives and plans of farmers.
Postal rates and pay raises—He reinstated his 1954 request for increased postal rates, which would raise first class mail to three cents an ounce and air mail to seven cents, to finance pay increases for postal field employees.
Military pay raises-When he submits his reserve plan to Congress Jan. 13, he will include an "incentive" plan providing extra medical and housing benefits for military personnel, plus a pay raise system for re-enlistees. The pay raise is expected to cost about $6 million a year.
Highways—He will report Jan. 27 to Congress with detailed recommendations for a massive federal-state highway building program. He is expected to recommend added federal participation in road building of about $26 billion over a 10-year period.
Public Works-He will ask Congress to appropriate funds to an office of coordinator of public works to his executive offices.
Natural Resources-the urged approval of the development of the upper Colorado river basin as part of a Western water use and conservation program. His 1956 budget will recommend appropriations for six new reclamation and more than 30 new corps of engineers projects.
The two intra-state rivals agreed to switch game sites, with the Javahawks meeting the Wildeats at Manhattan Feb. 12, instead of here, as originally scheduled. K-State will come here March 1 instead *of playing host to KU on that date*.
The arrangement also will make possible twin dedications at both schools. Kansas State originally was to dedicate the name of its four-year-old sports arena in honor of the late Mike Ahearn, former athletic director. March 1. That ceremony now will be held Feb. 12 when it plays Kansas.
The Kansas 17,000-seat building, officially named in honor of 69-year-old Dr. Forrest C. "Phog" Allen, basketball coach, Dec. 17. is almost completed. Only one other contest will be played in this year, that against Oklahoma March 8.
The fieldhouse will be the second largest on-campus playing arena in the nation, outranked only by Minnesota, which has a capacity of 18,250.
Speech Workshop Finalists Named
Pi Sigma Alpha fraternity, national political science honor society, will give a prize of $100 for the best essay or research paper on any political science subject submitted by an undergraduate student in a university or college having a chapter of the society.
Essay Winner To Get $100
The contest is on a nationwide basis and the winner will be selected by a committee of judges appointed by the National President of Pi Sigma Alpha fraternity. Publication of the winning essay is contemplated.
Any undergraduate is eligible and it is not necessary that he or she be a member of Pi Sigma Alpha or a political science major. Essays are to be submitted in the first instance to the faculty adviser, Prof. Francis Heller, who in consultation with the other members of the political science staff, shall choose the two best essays prepared locally and forward them to the national committee of judges. Also, a prize of $25 will be awarded to the student submitting the best local essay.
Finalists for the Fundamentals of Speech Workshop programs to be held at 8 p.m. today and Jan. 13 in Strong auditorium were chosen yesterday in Green.
Finalists who will speak today are John Cleland, Elizabeth Burke, Vera Stough, Joel Sterrett, and William Lashbrook, college freshmen; Jayne Callahan, college sophomore; Patricia McFadden, college junior, and Mary Lou Myers, college senior.
Finalists who will speak Jan. 13 are Janet Hogan, college freshman; Patricia Warnick, Glenna Richards, Barbara Weigel, and Robert Conn, college sophomores; Donald Gilmer, engineering sophomore; Carol Schatzel, college senior, and David Conley, journalism senior.