Page 6
University Daily Kansan
Monday. May 10, 1954
Truman Declares Ike Must Clear Up Policy
Washington—(U.P.)—Former President Truman said today it is up to President Eisenhower to restore bi-partisanism in foreign policy by giving a "clear lead" and by putting a check-rain on "political assassins" in his own party.
He urged Mr. Eisenhower to spell out his foreign policy in "clear-cut" terms so Democrats can know what they are called upon to support. "They cannot know," Mr. Truman said, "if they are subject to a succession of conflicting, vague, and confusing statements, proposals and acts."
Mr. Truman's remarks were contained in a speech-prepared for delivery before the National Press club.
He indirectly accused his White House successor of condoning what he called "gutter politics" by Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.) and Attorney General Herbert Brown Jr. And he said the administration is reaping—in the Army-McCarthy hearings—the fruit of its own failure to curb Sen. McCarthy, Mr. Trumman did not refer to Sen. McCarthy by name, but made it clear he was referring to the Wisconsin Senator by referring to Sen. McCarthy speeches.
In an obvious reference to the administration's handling of the Indochina crisis, Mr. Truman said "recent events" illustrated his complaint that official pronouncements on U. S. foreign and military policies have been "very confused."
"The President must give the lead," he said. "As one who wishes with all his heart to close ranks, to support, and strengthen him upon whom now rests the burden which I once bore, I ask for a fully considered and clear lead, however difficult the path may be."
Mr. Truman said Democrats can hardly be expected to cooperate with the administration while Republicans are going around calling them traitors.
He said Mr. Eisenhower may not be able to silence "irresponsible" Republicans in Congress, but "he hires and fires his own subordinates and need not tolerate political assassins within his own executive branch."
Mr. Truman made clear that this remark was aimed at a charge by Attorney General Brownell that Mr. Truman, in the Harry Dexter White case, promoted a man despite information he allegedly was a Red spy.
Without mentioning Sen. McCarthy by name, he particularly objected to Sen. McCarthy's label of past Democratic administrations as "twenty years of treason."
Mr. Truman said Hitler used a similar phrase to attack the Weimar Republic in Germany, and that Sen. McCarthy had "dug it out of the dunghill of Hitler's writings." If Mr. Eisenhower cannot stop the "lunatic fringe" of his party from making false charges," Mr. Truman said, "he can at least disavow them."
The new Soviet dictionary defines War as "armed conflict between states . . . the imperialists are war-mongers." We wonder if they included the definition for "peace."
Music Celebrities Greeted Sorel-Gordon Engagement
By AMY DE YONG
. The engagement of Claudette Sorel, 20-year-old pianist who gave a recital at the University Wednesday, and Stewart Gordon, senior student of piano at KU, was heralded by messages of congratulation from celebrities in the music world.
The New York Times announced the engagement; and a party was given by Miss Sorel's parents in the Savoy-Plaza hotel, New York City. The party was attended by the manager of the New York Philharmonic orchestra, and his wife; Roslyn Turek, pianist who gave a concert at the University several years ago; Marion Bauer, whose music books are used as texts at the University, and others.
Pianist Rudolf Serkin called from his home in Connecticut to extend best wishes to the couple. Congratulations were also sent from Eugene Ormandy, conductor of the Philadelphia Symphony orchestra; Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor of the New York Philharmonic orchestra, and Walter Gieseking, European pianist.
Miss Sorel, who is touring with the National Concert Artists corporation of New York, is studying for her bachelor of science degree in music at Columbia university. She will be graduated this spring and is alternating her concert tours with short periods of study. While on tour she mails her assignments to the school, Gordon said.
The pianists met while both were studying with the late Madame Olga Samaroff-Stokowski, who taught piano in New York City and Philadelphia. Gordon was studying in the latter city, and Miss Sorel was in New York City, but they
EXPERT WATCH REPAIR
Electronically Timed Guaranteed Satisfaction 1 Week or Less Service
both attended a party which the teacher gave in her New York home.
WOLFSON'S 743 Massachusetts
When Miss Sorel gave a concert in Washington, D.C., after Gordon had moved to the capitol city, they met again and began writing to each other. Gordon was in Europe during this period; Miss Sorel's girlhood in France (she was born in Paris) gave her an interest in his discussions of the continent.
Ike Expresses Disappointment At T-H Setback
"We saw each other only four or five times a year when I came back to the United States," Gordon said, "but managed to attend each other's concerts when we were in nearby cities." No wedding date would be set until he received his Navy commission in September, Gordon said.
Washington—(U.P.)—President Eisenhower was pictured today as "disappointed, of course," by the Senate setback to his Taft-Hartley labor law recommended changes.
Senate Republican Leader William F. Knowland (Cal.) gave that description to newsmen after congressional leaders met with Mr. Eisenhower.
OPPORTUNITY
Sen. Snowland and Speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr., said there was agreement to lay aside Taft-Hartley revision for the time being while going ahead with other administration measures.
They said no other course was possible in view of a solid Democratic stand in the Senate last week which sent the administration bill back to the committee.
For Unique Experience in Human Relations
The legislative leaders said there was no talk about the Indochina situation at their regular weekly meeting with the President.
Sen. Knowland said he had no information about published reports that Mr. Eisenhower intends to request greater defense appropriations and an early start on University training because of events in Asia.
A limited number of positions as Psychiatric Aides are available to college graduates at one of America's foremost psychiatric clinic-hospitals. If you are interested in psychiatry, psychology, personnel work, teaching, or social work, this is a valuable opportunity for practical on-the-job experience in the basic areas of human relations. You will also enjoy the benefits of living in a stimulating atmosphere with congenial people. You will have complete room, board, recreational and social facilities plus a cash salary. For further information, write to: Barbara St. John, Director of Personnel, The Institute of Living, 160 Retreat Ave., Hartford, Conn.
Sen. H. Alexander Smith (R.-N) and Rep. Samuel McConnell (R-Pa.), chairman of the Senate and House Labor committee, joined in the weekly legislative meeting at the White House.
Rep. Martin said the House will go ahead with other administration bills this week including three measures sponsored by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Sen. Knowland listed several bills expected to get Senate consideration while waiting for housing legislation and the tax revision bill to come out of committee.
Psychologist to Give Paper at Convention
Dr. Fritz Heider, professor of psychology, has been invited to present a research report at the International Congress in Psychology meeting in Montreal, Canada, June 7-12. Dr. Heider's paper will be "Consciousness, the Perceptual World and Communication With Others." He also will participate in a symposium on "Recent Theories in Perception."
A Sedalia, Missouri man seems to be hopelessly behind times. Last week he tried to divorce his wife because she was working.
McCarthy-Stevens Perjury May Find Legal Difficulties
Washington—(U.P.)The word "perjury" has been brought up many times in discussion of possible false statements at the Senate investigating subcommittee's hearings on the Army-McCarthy feud.
The crime of perjuring is an exact one and certain requirements must be met before any prosecution would be sustained in the courts.
Under the perjury statutes it is a criminal offense for anyone to wilfully give testimony he knows to be false about a fact material to the case. The statute applied to tessimy under oath before a court, a federal grand jury, or a congressional investigating committee.
Violators are subject, upon conviction, to a maximum penalty of $2,000 fine and five years imprisonment.
Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash.), a member of the subcommittee, has said it should build up a clean-cut perjury case in the current hearings on the fight between Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.) and the Army.
They added that the government must not only show that the witness lied, but must also be able to prove just what happened at the event in question.
They said that before a perjury prosecution can be sustained, the government must prove that the witness deliberately lied about an event material to the investigation.
At the suggestion of Sen. John L. McClellan (D-Ark.), the subcommittee is sending the Justice department a transcript of all its hearings for whatever action is warranted.
It has been assumed that a grand jury perjury investigation would seek to resolve any directly conflicting testimony.
But legal experts familiar with perjury prosecutions noted the important legal difficulties involved in presenting such cases to the
KFKU Debate Set By U.S. Winners
William Arnold and Hubert Bell, college juniors, will debate on the Kansas Round Table program over Station KFKU at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Arnold and Bell, 1953 national debate champions, will meet William Means, business senior, and John Fields, college junior, in a half-hour debate over the national question, free trade.
"The cinderella team' of Means and Fields will be an apt match for the national winners," Kim Giffin, debate coach and moderator for the program, said this morning. "Means and Fields both began debating this fall and have proved to be a challenging team."
the university shop
ANNOUNCING THIS WEEKS
SPECIAL
ENTIRE STOCK OF SUITS
20% OFF
DRAWN BY BOB BRUCE, College Sophomore
the university shop
1420 CRESCENT
PHONE 715
Circulation Men Attend KU Panel
The question is which to emphasize more, L. W. McFerridge, circulation director of the Tulsa bune and World. said.
About 30 persons attended the second annual Newspaper Circulation Managers school at the University Friday and Saturday to discuss ways of getting and keeping additional circulation and to consider the cost of selling and delivering the newspaper to new areas.
"This decision is up to the publisher," he said. "If he wants more subscribers and a larger number to turn in to the Audit Bureau of Circulation in the hope of drawing more advertising, then it is worth the price to sell newspapers to rural areas even where the cost of the subscriptions is less than the cost of delivering the paper."
Ways to increase circulation were discussed, including cut rate prices, prizes to customers, prizes to salesmen, a dollar to the customer's favorite charity for each subscription, and actual samples of the paper followed by special offers.
The school was presented under the sponsorship of the William Allen White School of Journalism, the Educational Committee for Circulation Managers, and University Extension.
do you have parking lot Blues?
IF YOU PARK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAMPUS AND/OR GET TO MANY (BLUE) TICKETS
Ride the Bus
Rapid Transit
Bus Leaves Information Booth Stop Approximately Every 10 Minutes