Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
Daily hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
52nd Year, No.68
Wednesday, January 5, 1955
Hammarskjold Chou Confer On Airmen Issue
United Nations, N. Y. —(U.P.)Secretary General Dag Hammarkskjold held his first conference with Red China's Premier Chou En Lai today on the fate of 11 jailed U.S. fliers, and then attended a cocktail party and dinner in his honor.
Peiping radio disclosed the red carpet treatment being accorded the UN official and his party but made no mention of the reason for his visit.
"The cocktail party proceeded in a friendly atmosphere," the broadcast said.
Mr. Hammarskjold arrived in Peiping at 1:55 p.m. and met with Chou less than three hours later as the first step in his mission to win freedom for the 11 airmen jailed as "spies" and other UN personnel still held by the Red regime.
The first meeting between the two men occurred at 4:30 p.m.
Peiping radio said that the cocktail party given by Chou in honor of Mr. Hammarskjold was held at 5:30 p.m. and was attended by Communist ministers and foreign diplomats in Peiping. The broadcast monitored in Tokyo said that Chou also honored Hammarskjold and his party at dinner at 8 p.m.
Mr. Hammsarskijold definitely was getting the same lavish treatment accorded by Red China to other international visitors including Britain's former prime minister Clement Attlee, India's Jawaharlal Nehru and Burmese Premier U Nu.
TravelingBook Exhibit Here
A book of cartoons entitled "Low and Inside, Six Non-Lectures," by E. E. Cummings, a book on the science of gambling, and an atlas of pelvic operations are part of the 32nd annual exhibition sponsored by the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) on display in Watson library Jan. 4-25.
The traveling exhibit presents a group of 50 books of the year 1953 to demonstrate principles of good design and craftsmanship in the manufacture of American books for that year.
The AIGA selects a jury each year to choose fifty books which best represent the highest standards of bookmaking. The books now in Watson show cases were chosen by a jury consisting of the art director of Fortune magazine, a reviewer for the New York Herald Tribune, and production manager of the Knopf publishing company.
Topeka, Kan. — (U.P.)—A record setting 1954 collection of $16,339, -219.78 in state taxes and fees was reported today by the Kansas Revenue and Taxation commission.
State Record Set In Tax Collection
In the first half of the Kansas fiscal year, which began last July 1, state tax and fee income was a record $55,785,422.65. The net increase for the six month period over a year earlier, McCue said, was more than $2,100,000, or about four per cent.
McCue also listed a large spurt in state income for December. Collections reached $8,906,818.06 in that month, up more than a million dollars, or nearly 13 per cent, over December, 1953.
Chairman Roy N. McCue said the calendar year revenue exceeded the previous mark, set in 1953, by more than $2,350,000.
Record Dance To Be in Union
An all-student record dance will be held from 8 to 11 p.m. today in the Trail Room of the Student Union. Entertainment will be furnished by Charles Kynard, education senior, who will play several selections on the piano and organ.
Heavy Snow Rain Move In
As U.S. meteorologist A. D. Robb reported that the year 1954 was the hottest in the history of Topeka, heavy snow began falling in the northwest corner of the state at daybreak and spread eastward. By midmorning there was freezing rain over much of north-central Kansas and the northernmost part of northeast Kansas.
Richard Garrett, head of the Kansas weather bureau, said the freezing rain area will expand southward with falling temperatures during the day and will be followed by snow. He anticipates heavy snow three to eight inches deep north of a line running from Russell to Manhattan to Atchison.
The Kansas highway patrol reported roads in the area are already becoming hazardous and will get progressively worse.
During the night rains fell over the western two-thirds of Kansas in amounts up to an inch and a half. Additional snow and rain will be beneficial for thirsty crop and grazing lands in the western portion of the state.
Applications Open For ASTE Awards
Applications for the American Society of Tool Engineers' 10 International Education Awards for "outstanding engineering students in recognized schools in the United States and Canada" are now available from T. DeWitt Carr, dean of the engineering school. Deadline for the filing of applications at the ASTE headquarters is Feb. 15.
To be eligible, the student must be taking full time courses and be in his third or fourth year in preparation for future work in tool and production engineering.
Winners of the ten awards of $700 each will be announced during the annual meeting of the Society in Los Angeles March 14-18.
Democrats Take Hold Of Congress Today
Ladejinsky Gets Land Reform Post With FOA
Washington — (U.P.)— Wolf Ladejinsky, ousted by the Agriculture department as a security risk, today was appointed to help with the Foreign Operations administration's land reform program in Vietnam.
Foreign Operations Director Harold E. Stassen said his agency had reviewed Mr. Ladejinsky's security file and "found him eligible for certification for security and loyalty."
Furthermore, Mr. Stassen said, he had talked with Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. Benson "who expressed satisfaction that this opportunity for employment in FOA will probably make good use of his (Ladejinsky's) special qualifications."
After it, Laedjinsky's appointment came after it was disclosed that the dispute over his security status had reached the White House.
White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said Mr. Benson conferred with Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams on the case. Mr. Hagerty did not reveal the outcome of the meeting but he said Mr. Adams did not take it up with President Eisenhower.
Secretary Benson had removed Mr. Ladejinsky from his job as a department attache in Tokyo on "security" and "technical" grounds. Mr. Benson had no immediate comment on the possible Ladejinsky assignment to the FOA.
History Instructor To Speak at Meeting
Thomas M. Gale, instructor in history, will speak to the History club about life in Peru at 7 p.m. tonight in the Pine room of the Student Union.
Last year Mr. Gale went to Peru on a social science research grant to study the history of Lima, capital of the country. He will show films of Peru and tell about the geography, economy, and politics of Peru and some of the countries he visited.
Washington—(U.P.)The Democrats took over command of Congress today with a prayer and a pledge to cooperate with Republican President Eisenhower in the two crucial years that lie ahead.
Trade Bill Has No.1 Spot
Washington — (U.P.)— A bill to carry out President Eisenhower's proposal for a three-year extension of the reciprocal trade agreements program was given the No. 1 position on the House legislative calendar at the opening of Congress today.
The bill was introduced by Rep. Jere Cooper (D-Tenn.), who is in line to head the House Ways & Means committee in the new 84th Congress. His proposal was given the coveted designation H. R. 1 House Resolution No. 1).
Cooper's bill followed the recommendations laid down last year by the special commission which made study of foreign trade. The commission was headed by Clarence B. Randall, steel executive. Cooper was a member of the commission.
Another bill to carry out the same objective was introduced by Rep. Robert W. Kean (R-N.J.), also a member of the Ways & Means committee.
Watkins Releases Visiting Student
Berlin Kelly, 17, of New York City, a delegate to the recent national YMCA-YWCA conference here was released today from the Watkins Memorial hospital and returned to his home. He received treatment for a respiratory infection.
Miss Margaret White, 20, of Newport, Va., also a delegate to the convention, was resting at the hospital following abdominal surgery. She is expected to remain at the hospital for several days.
Harmony was in the air as the 84th Congress convened at noon with the traditional opening-day formalities.
Four hours before the Senate and
Washington —(U,P)— Top brass of the new 84th Congress:
Speaker, Sam Rayburn, Texas Democrat.
Senate President Pro Tempore, Walter F. George, Georgia Democrat.
Senate Democratic leader, Lyndon B. Johnson, Texas.
Senate Republican leader, William F. Knowland, Calif.
House Democratic leader, John W. McCormack, Mass.
House Republican leader, Joseph W. Martin Jr., Mass.
House were gavelled to order, legislators joined President Eisenhower and cabinet members at the National Presbyterian church and prayed for divine guidance for the new Congress.
This is the first time since the Republican-controlled 80th Congress of 1946-48 that the political party which controlled the White House was not in power in Congress.
Rep. Sam Rayburn of Texas took over a familiar job in the House, that
Sen. Lyndon Johnson, of Texas, the new majority leader, has pledged that the Democrats will follow a policy of supporting President Eisenhower when they think he is right, and opposing him when they think he is wrong. But he said they are not "going to oppose just for the sake of opposition."
Vice President Nixon administered the oath to 24 Senators, including some old and new faces on Capitol Hill.
The real business of the 1955 session begins tomorrow when President Eisenhower outlines the administration's legislative program in his state of the union message.
Newfield Accepts Summer Position With Aspen Opera
Dr. John Newfield, director of the University of Kansas Theatre, has accepted appointment as director
Anderson to Give Humanities Talk
A Humanities Series lecture "History in the Making," will be given Tuesday, Jan. 11, by Dr. George L. Anderson, chairman of the department of history.
"Dr. Anderson's lecture will deal with important problems faced by scholars who write history." Prof. Elmer F. Beth, chairman of the Humanities committee, said.
The lecture, open to the public,
will be held in Fraser theater. It will begin at 8:20 p.m. to avoid conflict with the 7 p.m. lecture by Dr. Geoffrey Moore in the modern literature course.
"Significant differences exist in the ways historiographers approach, weigh, sift and interpret historical data; therefore, the understanding of history by students and others who read it may be seriously affected. Dr. Anderson's address should, therefore, be of great interest and value to undergraduate students as well as to advanced scholars."
It will be the seventh Humanities lecture by a Kansas faculty member since the series was started in 1947. Each year, the Humanities committee invites one University scholar, selecting a recognized authority in
his field and an effective and interesting speaker. Three or four visiting lecturers complete the series
GEORGE ANDERSON
each year.
The previous six Kansas lecturers have been Dr. Clifford Osborne, philosophy; Dr. John Hankins, English; Dr. Charles Realey, history; Dr. William Shoemaker_romance languages; Dean Frederick Moreau, law, and Prof. Allen Crafton, speech and drama.
Dr. Anderson has been professor and chairman of the department of history since 1949. He joined the University faculty as associate professor in 1945, after having taught for 11 years at Colorado college, Colorado Springs.
He is a graduate of the University and received his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois. He is listed in "Who's Who in America," and is author of one book and of many articles and reviews published in professional journals.
He is on the executive committee of the Mississippi Valley Historical association and is a member of the Kansas State Historical society, the Agricultural Historical association and the History Teachers association. He is on the board of education of the United Lutheran Church of America.
of the opera studio of the Aspen Institute of Music at Aspen, Colo., for the summer. June 27-Aug. 27.
In this assignment Dr. Newfield, who also is associate director of the KU Opera workshop, will continue a long standing collaboration with Hans Schwieger, director of the Kansas City Philharmonic orchestra. Last week Schwieger's appointment as general musical director of the Aspen festival and music school was announced.
"Dr. Newfield's appointment reflects great honor on the opera and theater programs of the University." Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy commented today. "The Aspen festival has clearly established itself among the nation's major music programs and may be classed with those such as Berkshire festival in Massachusetts."
Dr. Newfield succeeds Martial Singher, Metropolitan Opera company baritone, who resigned because of ill health.
The teamwork of Dr. Newfield, as stage director, and Dr. Swieger in opera production has been both at KU and in Kanbas City. In March they will head the Philharmonic's third opera season, giving Gounod's "Faust" and Pucinci's "Tosca."
Dr. Newfield joined the KU faculty in 1952 to head up the University Theater and share the Opera workshop leadership with Reinhold Schmidt, professor of voice.