Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
Daily hansan
51st Year, No. 141
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Friday, May 7, 1954
Stevens Regards Cohn Statement As 'Threat'
Washington—(U.P.)—Army Secretary Robert T. Stevens said today he regarded Roy M. Cohn's "this-means-war" statement as a threat against the Army by Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy's investigating subcommittee.
Mr. Stevens said he felt also that he was "threatened" by Francis P. Carr, the subcommittee staff director, in an effort to get special favors for Pvt. G. David Schine, a former McCarthy aide who was drafted last Nov. 3.
Mr. Stevens said he regarded Mr. Cohn as a spokesman for the McCarthy group and his words as "part of a pattern."
The "threats," Mr. Stevens said resolved around the subcommittee's investigation of alleged espionage at Fort Monmouth, N. J.
"Did Mr. Cohn or Mr. Carr ever threaten you?" Sen. McCarthy asked.
When Sen. McCarthy insisted on a direct answer to his question, Mr. Stevens conferred for a time with his counsel, Joseph N. Welch.
"Well, they talked about resuming the hearings (on Fort Monmouth) in an unusual way," Mr. Stevens replied.
"It was my feeling they were threatening me," Mr. Stevens said, I felt that they were telling me What if I didn't do something, they'd do something."
He recalled that Mr. Cohn made the "declaration of war" on the Army when Mr. Stevens refused to let him into a secret laboratory at Fort Monmouth, last Oct. 20.
"That's pretty strong language," Mr. Stevens said.
Sen. McCarthy indicated, in his next question, that Mr. Cohn was only joking.
"Mr. Cohn was deadly serious," Mr. Stevens said.
Business Junior Wins GE Award
A business junior will hold the $500 General Electric scholarship for the 1954-55 school year, Jack Heysinger, assistant dean of the School of Education, announced yesterday.
Harlan G. Henderson first learned of the scholarship when it was announced at the Business School day picnic yesterday noon.
The General Electric scholarship is made available to the outstanding student in accounting or finance, based upon qualities of academic aptitude, vocational promise, character and leadership.
Henderson is majoring in finance. He has the highest grade point average of any junior in accounting or finance with a 2.71 for his business courses and a 2.59 overall average. He holds a residence scholarship in Stephenson hall. As a junior he was accorded the special honor of election to Beta Gamma Sigma, honorary business fraternity.
Lawton Attends Convention
Keith Lawton, director of physical plant operations at the University, is attending the National Convention of University Physical Plant and Information Calif. The convention is being held at California Technological institute.
An Editorial
K-State Dig at Santee Seen as Sour Grapes
If we've ever seen anything childish, it was the action of the K-State college paper, "The Collegian," yesterday with its play of Roger Hannister's record-breaking mile feat.
The Collegian ran a red streamer across the top of the front page which read: "That's Tough Luck, Wes." The first paper off the press was mailed to Wes Santee here.
To us it looked like a reprisal for the beatings Kansas has handed the farmhands in the past several years. Not only on the track but also on the football field and the basketball court.
Maybe the editors and staff of the paper thought it was funny. Maybe they thought it would be quite appropriate. Neither idea occurred to us.
Sam Logan, the editor of the K-State paper, said of the story: "We have no evil intent. It is all in the spirit of good-natured inter-school rivalry."
The paper's play of the story cemented the fact that the Wildcats are extremely jealous of Wes. They don't have him so they're making every effort to make him look silly to the eyes of all the K-State students and supporters.
What Logan evidently doesn't realize is that it was much more than a ioke. It was a slam to Wes and the University.
Take the play of the KU—K-State track meet last Saturday in Manhattan. Monday's "Collegian" carried the story which said in part: "K-State captured all the glory from KU after Wes had failed in his attempt for a new 880 record." The last sentence of the lead told the real story: KU won the meet, 78-53, the 45th consecutive victory over a Big Seven foe.
If the old saying, "Once a Kansan, Always a Kansan," holds true, it appears that Kansas State would be boosting Wes instead of running him down. Or don't the Wildcats want to be called Kansans?
—Ken Bronson
ASC to Rule Over Selection Of Cheerleaders
A hearing on complaints arising from the selection of next year's cheerleaders Monday night, will be held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in the Pine room of the Student Union.
Fifteen to 20 complaints have been registered about the selection of this year's cheerleaders to Dick Sheldon, president of the All Student Council.
He said the complaints stated were; first, there was not a sufficient number of people present on the selection board Monday; second, that proper procedure for selection was not followed, and third, bias was shown by certain members of the committee.
"A great deal of comment, whether justified or not, has been voiced. so the ASC feels it best to at least have a hearing on the matter," he said.
Sheldon said that everyone who has said anything about the cheerleader selection should be present at this hearing to register their opinions.
Engine School GivenMateria
Four hundred dollars worth of aluminum structural shapes and machine fittings have been given to the applied mechanics department of the School of Engineering by the Boeing company of Wichita.
The announcement was made yesterday by Dean T. DeWitt Carr. He said the materials were obtained by Prof. Loring Hanson who worked at the aircraft company the past two summers as a participant in the faculty summer program.
The aluminum materials will be used in connection with the demonstration work in the materials testing laboratory of the department and in research on experimental stress analysis.
to Viet Minh Reds Take Bastion In 20-Hour Battle
Hanoi, Indochina—(U.P)—The French fortress of Dien Bien Phu fell to overwhelming hordes of Communist Viet Minh attackers today, ending a 57-day siege.
Only the isolated artillery post, "Position Isabelle," located three miles south of the main fort, still held out, the announcement here said.
The end of the gallant defense against overwhelming odds was announced officially here and in Paris where Premier Joseph Laniel gave the news to the French public.
The end came after a savage 20-hour battle in which the Communists used 20,000 men to give France its worst military defeat since World War II.
The news was given by Premier Laniel to the National assembly.
The Paris announcement by Premier Laniel said the fortress was conquered when the Communist troops, who had been surrounding it nearly two months overran its central defenses.
The Reds overran the command post of garrison Commander Brig. Gen, Christian de Castries, but only after the proud and hawk-nosed hero of Dien Bien Phu had ordered his own artillery to shell his command post if the Communists took it.
The fate of the estimated 9,000 man garrison, including its wounded and a lone nurse in its underground medical stations, was not immediately known.
Another 2,000 men were at "Positition Isabelle" which now was at the mercy of the full 40,000-man force of the Reds. About half the total Communist strength was used in the final assault on Dien Bien Phu, the French estimated.
The Communists had not attacked the isolated "Isabelle" position recently. But could they not hope to outweigh our against it for now certain to be thrown against it.
Communist "human avalanches" delivered the coup de grace against the pitifully outnumbered defenders in an attack that began at 10 p.m. yesterday (a.m. CST).
Post after post of the fortress was overrun by the Reds.
When the Communists struck to within less than 300 yards of his command post, Gen. De Castries defiantly ordered his own artillery
Eisenhower Pays Defenders Tribute
Washington -- (J.P.) — President Dwight D. Eisenhower said today the gallant fight in defense of Dien Bien Phu will stand forever as a symbol of the free world's determination to resist aggression.
Mr. Eisenhower expressed his admiration in a letter to French President Rene Coty.
"The entire free world has been inspired by the heroism and stamina displayed by the gallant garter of the fallen Phil. Phu." Mr. Eisenhower wrote.
Senate Republican Leader William F. Knowland (R.-Calif.) told the Senate that Dien Bren Phu may be likened to such famed battles as the Alamo, Dunkirk, and Bataan.
to shell it if necessary in the final agony of the defense.
Five posts were overrun in rapid succession on one side of the fortress. Another fell on the opposite perimeter.
The French union defenders of Dien Benth Phu died or were captured in the yellow mud churned up in the valley after early monsoon rains soaked French and foe alike.
Weather
Fair weather will prevail in the eastern part of Kansas today, with
tures in the west
partly cloudy weather in the west this afternoon. Partly cloudy weather is the state tonight and Saturday, with slightly warmer temperature Saturday.
Santee Lauds Bannister's Performance; K-State Paper Says 'Tough Luck, Wes'
Bv TOM LYONS
Wes Santee said today that Roger Bannister's performance yesterday was great, but he is interested to see the official conditions under which the miracle mile was run.
Bannister's time in the event at Oxford was 3:59.4, lopping two seconds off the listed world record of 4:01.4 set by Sweden's Gunder Haegg in 1945. Santee holds the American record of 4:02.4, set in the Compton, Calif., Relays last June.
Santee said, "If the race yesterday wasn't paced; it was a great achievement."
He mentioned that European runners have a chance to concentrate on one race.
"Having to run for the University," he said, "I've had to run everything from soup to nuts."
He said he considered Bannister a very good runner, "but I didn't think he could do it so soon. Bannister turned down an opportunity to run against me two years ago, and last year when I competed in
the British Empire games in White City, England."
When asked if he would like to run against Bannister, Santee answered, "Yes. and I think I could beat him if I had the chance. He (Bannister) has already turned down an invitation to run against me in the Compton Relays.'
Santee said he hoped Bannister would reconsider and decide to run in the Relavs June 4.
For a mark such as Bannister's to be accepted as the world record, approval must be given by the International Athletic federation. All aspects of the race must be reviewed. M. E. Bill" Easton, KU track coach and developer Bannister's but said "a wonderful career" but as said he naturally was disappointed that Santee wasn't the first to run the record time.
Santee said there still is the challenge to see who will be the first American to run the four minute mile and added, "the time is not as low as it can be run."
Mr. Easton said the Bannister performance ranks with the greatest achievements in sports history.
"Naturally, Wes and I are a little disappointed. We had hoped he would run the four-minute mile. The harder is down now, the pressure is off, and that may help Wes."
In Santee's hometown of Ashland, the news of Bannister's feat spread rapidly. Persons there said they were disappointed, but confident that Santee would run the time—and better.
But down K-State way, where Santee made a striking victory at a dual meet Saturday, there seemed to be different ideas. The Collegeian, K-State's newspaper, ran a banner headline in red ink on Bannister's record-breaking mile.
It read: "That's tough luck, Wes." The first paper of the press was mailed immediately and addressed to Wes Santee, University of Kansas.
"We have no evil intent," the editor said. "It is all in the spirit of good-natured rivalry."