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Army Secretary Concerned Over Drop in Morale
Washington — (U.P.)— Army Secretary Robert T. Stevens is seriously concerned about how his row with Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy has battered Army morale, a high administration source said today.
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The embattled secretary is convinced he won the "fair play" principle he was fighting for in the dispute over McCarthy's alleged mistreatment of an Army general.
But he also feels, the source said, that the Army does not understand this and that it still doubts he came out on top. As a result, there has been a sag in morale which he feels must be restored.
Just what steps he might take are uncertain. But in recent talks with friends he made several points in an effort to show what he said about the "browbeating" Sen. McCarthy gave. Brig. Gen. Ralph W. Zwicker will not be repeated.
Mr. Stevens told how a hearing scheduled for New York last week was shifted to Washington at the request of subcommittee members, how Republican and Democratic members attended the sessions here to prevent one-man hearings, and
POGO MAN—Walt Kelly, creator of "Pogo," a comic strip that appears daily in the Daily Kansan and over 400 other newspapers, looks over letters and wires of congratulations on his election as president of the National Cartoonists society. The fan letter in Mr. Kelly's hands is 246 feet long, and bears the signatures and messages of more than 400 Air Force cadets. Mr. Kelly recently complied with the request of Burton W. Marvin, dean of the William Allen White School of Journalism, to present an "original" of the "Pogo" strip to the school's Albert T. Reid cartoon collection. The four-panel drawing is pow on display in the hall exhibit case of the School of Journalism.
how the White House "recommended" Congressional action to improve committee investigating methods.
Reds Build Huge Airfield Near Border of Indo-China
Hong Kong—(U.P.)—The Communists have built a huge new airfield in South China capable of handling the biggest known Soviet jet bombers, informed quarters said today.
The sources said the airfield was built just outside Canton in a "surprisingly short time." Construction began last March and apparently was finished in November or December.
Reports said the Communists already have based a number of jets at the base, only a few miles from the White Cloud airfield, previously considered China's best.
Sources said the airfield has a runway at least 7,500 feet long and can handle six-jet bombers, twinjet bombers, plus smaller planes with 15s and the TU-4, Russian equivalent of the American B-29.
Informed sources cautioned against speculation the Chinese plan to use the new airbase as headquarters for planes to be used in Indo-China and said the distance was too far for jet fighters to operate out of there.
Sources said bombers could operate out of there in actions against
TODAY
Official Bulletin
Scholarship applications, residence hall and general, for 1954-55 will be received until April 1 at 222 Strong. Application blanks and information available there.
English Proficiency examination on March 13. Register in the office of the dean of your school on Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday; March 8, 9, and 10.
TOMORROW
Students in the School of Education who expect to do student teaching during the 1954-55 school term, 4 p.m., Eraser theater.
Mathematical colloquium, 4 p.m., room 203 Strong, Prof. K. T. Smith: "An Inequality of Hardy and Littlewood and Applications."
Student Religious Council, 4 p.m.
room B. Myers hall. Please have evaluation on Religious Emphasis Week from your group to present.
CCUN executive board and model UN committee, 4 p.m. Student Union office.
Kappa Beta, 5:30 p.m. Myers hall.
Work night; wear jeans. Supper served to
KU Dames, 8 p.m. Art Museum
lounge. Dr. Bestie Wright: "Fears in
the Arts"
Alpha Phi Omega, 7:30 p.m., room 306 C. Memorial Union. Important meeting. Report on District convention. First Aid Demonstration. Any Scoots or for-
trees.
Red Pepper. 5.p.m., Ballroom.
Student Union. Very important. At-
tendance.
Alpha Rho Gamma, 7:30 p.m., 312
Strong. Business meeting.
KU Amateur Radio club, 7:30 p.m.
floor, EE Lab. All interested persons
are welcome.
WEDNESDAY
Le Cercle Francais se reunira mercredi a 4 heures et demie, 138 Strong, *Films*
Pi Tau Sigma. 6:30 p.m., Oread room.
Student Union. Short election meeting.
Attendance of student members necessary.
French Union forces in Indo-China. There is no evidence the Chi nese have built any airfields near the Indo-China border, the sources said, although there have been frequent rumors to that effect.
The new airbase was built on land occupied by three villages and a cemetery. The three villages were razed and the cemetery moved to another site in deference for Chinese feelings.
The sources said the best available information on the Communist air strength in South China puts the total number of MIGs at
KDGU Schedule
MONDAY
5:00 Late Afternoon Headlines
5:30 Hawk's Nest on the Air
6. 45 Rythm and Reason
0. 00 101poon
7:55 News
Monday. March 8. 1954
7:00 Bookstore Hour
8:00 Great Moments in Music
10:00 In the Mood
9:00 Capitol Classics
10:00 In the Mood
11:00 News
Fraternity Names Top Man
11:00 News
James Ross, chemistry senior, was selected outstanding member of Beta Gamma chapter at the Pi Kappa Alpha, social fraternity, founders day dinner in Kansas City Saturday. More than 150 persons attended the dinner.
A number of IL-28s also was believed in the area but the number was not known. There have been no reports of the huge IL-38 jet bomber appearing in South China.
more than 100, most of them still based at White Cloud.
Baby Racket Irks UN
United Nations—(U.P.)—A United Nations survey suggests that black markets in baby adoption should be dealt with by stricter laws and by cutting delays in agency arrangement of adoptions.
Profiteering is rife in many areas the survey finds, "because the mothers are unaware of the existence of adoption agencies or fear their inquiries, while the adopter shrink from the searching questions of social workers, lose patience at being kept waiting, or refuse to accept the rejection or their application at an agency."
Taking the long view, it suggests eventual passage of legislra
The 104-page report, published yesterday, urges as a short-range legal remedy the prompt strengthening of provisions against "adoption for reward" in areas where black market transactions have flourished in the past.
tion making it illegal for "any unauthorized agency or private individual to act as an intermediary, even on a non-profit basis." It admits such legislation is premature because much remains to be done in extending and improving adoption practices of agencies.
Though the UN survey deals with many aspects of the adoption problem, the main interest here was in the discussion of black-marketeering because of recent allegations that a $3,000,000 baby-selling ring has been operating out of Montreal.
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