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—Kansan photo by Clarke Keys
CHEERY OUTLOOK—New Kansan staff chiefs discuss policy and plans for the first eight weeks of the spring semester, after their nominations were being approved by the Kansan board yesterday. Seated are Shirley Platt, executive editor, and Jane Megaffin, business manager. Standing are Ann Ainsworth, advertising manager, and Chuck Morelock, editorial editor.
Staff Members Named by UDK
University Daily Kansan staff members for the coming eight weeks were approved yesterday at a meeting of the Kansan board, student governing body of the publication.
Shirley Piatt was named executive editor; Chuck Morelock, editorial editor; Jane Megaffin, business manager, and Ann Ainsworth, advertising manager. All are journalism seniors.
Editorial assistants will be Don Tice and Sam Teaford, journalism seniors.
Managing editors chosen were Tom Stewart, Mary Betz, Velma Gaston, journalism seniors, and Ed Howard, college senior.
Other new staff members are Tom Shannon, senior, news editor; Letty Lemon, junior, assistant news editor; Ken Bronson, junior, sports editor; Dana Leibengood, junior, assistant sports editor; Elizabeth Wohlgemuth, junior, society editor; Karen Hilmer, junior, assistant society editor; Stan Hamilton, junior, telegraph editor.
Susanne Berry, senior, national advertising manager; Wendell Sullivan, senior, classified advertising manager; Rodney Davis, senior, circulation manager, and Edmond Bartlett, senior, promotion manager. All are journalism students.
Journalism Senior Wins Scholarship
Mary Betz, journalism senior, was awarded the Kansas Presswomen association's scholarship for outstanding women in journalism Friday at the organization's annual meeting in Topeka.
The scholarship rotates yearly to Wichita University, Kansas State, or the University.
The award was presented by Mrs Frank W. Boyd of Mankato, honorary president of the Presswomen's association and publisher of the Jewell County Record.
Weather
Sunshine replaced snow in western Kansas today and cloudy skies were breaking up in some parts of the
east. The weatherman reported one to two inches of snow fell in the western hail f of the state during the night. The fall measured half an inch at Wamego
and Topeka in the northeast. The southeast had no snow. Further cold weather is in prospect for Kansas, with a frigid air mass sweeping south from Montana. However, the new cold will not be so severe as the last outbreak, the weatherman said.
Band Concert to Be Tonight in Hoch
The University band will present its annual winter concert at 8 p.m. today in Hoch auditorium.
ID cards will admit students to the concert, which will be directed by Russell L. Wiley, professor of band and orchestra.
James Sellards, fine arts senior, will be trumpet soloist in the concert.
Suicide Shot Kills Student
Harry Junior Rose, 25, college senior, died at 3:47 p.m. yesterday at Lawrence Memorial hospital from a self-inflicted wound in the head from an automatic Luger pistol.
Mrs. Rose said her husband had been in a depressed state recently and had repeatedly threatened suicide. She said she and their 17-month-old-son had gone yesterday to the drug store and when they returned they found that Rose had shot himself and was lying in the dining room. He was taken to the hospital at 2:30 p.m.
Rose, a clinical psychology major, is from Russell and had three years' service in the Army. He lived at 438 $ _{1/2} $ Elm street.
Wednesday. Jan. 13, 1954
51st Year, No.73
Daily hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Taft-Hartley-Troubles continued to pile up for President Eisenhower's proposal that the government supervise strike votes. Democrats and labor leaders critical of the plan were joined by a key Republican, Sen. Irving M. Ives of New York.
Taxes— The House ways and means committee went to work on a tax revision bill which chairman Daniel A. Reed (R.N.Y.) said would eliminate "inequities and unnecessary hardships" for all classes of taxpayers. The measure would provide $1,500 million in tax relief.
Farm—Farm state Republicans appeared to be worried about the possible political effect of Mr. Eisenhower's proposal to junk rigid high price supports in favor of a "flexible" plan. They were cautiously trying to guage farm belt reaction to the proposal.
Ike Backs Farm Plan As'PoliticallyFeasible'
Dulles Warns Communists Of U.S. Retaliatory Power
New York—(U.P.)—Russia and Red China were under notice today that if they start any new wars American atomic bombers might strike directly at Moscow or Peiping.
Washington — (U.P.) The Senate today took up the controversial St. Lawrence Seaway bill and a Republican leader cautiously predicted the measure would at last be approved.
Senate Takes Up Seaway Bill, Ike's Proposals
The way was cleared for consideration of the Seaway bill late yesterday when the Senate approved legislation to boost this year's national cotton allotment by about 3,500,000 acres. The cotton measure, which goes to a House-Senate conference committee, was the first major bill to clear either House during the new session.
Senate Republican leader William F. Knowland called up the bill for debate and said "I think it will have enough votes to pass." He predicted Senate debate would last "five days to a week" but said this was only a guess.
Other Congressional developments included:
The measure is designed to open Great Lakes ports to ocean-going vessels at an estimated cost of $105 million. The measure is opposed by East and Gulf Port spokesmen, coal groups and railroads.
In a major foreign policy address last night, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles formally buried the old containment policy of the Truman administration.
With an eye on the forthcoming Big Four Foreign Ministers meeting in Berlin, Secretary Dulles also warned that the United States never will make a "deal" to seal the fate of captive peoples or to formally divide the world into east and west spheres of influence.
Observers - in Washington called Secretary Dulles' speech the fullest presentation yet of the administration's new look strategy. Two infu-
He declared that U.S. global strategy now is aimed at building "massive retaliatory power" to strike against aggression "by means and at places of our own choosing." He made it plain without saying so that the means could be atomic bombs and places Russia or Red China.
Republicans generally praised the address but Rep. John W. McCormack of Massachusetts, Democratic whip in the House, said congressional committees should take a careful look at the new concept to make sure it's right.
"Many of us have felt for a long time" said Sen. Symington, former Air Force secretary, "that the position just taken by Dulles regarding instant capacity for devastating retaliatory attack is the greatest single deterrent to future aggression."
"Only six months ago President Eisenhower and the Republicans were wrong about cutting the Air Force," he said. "We better be very careful they are not wrong again."
ential Democrats, Sens. Richard B. Russell of Georgia and W. Stuart Symington of Missouri, applauded the retaliatory power idea.
Washington—(U.P.)—President Eisenhower today defended in a White House news conference his farm program against charges that it is not politically feasible and left it to Congress to decide whether government-conducted secret strike votes should be held before or during a strike.
Melodrama Opens Tonight in Green
The first performance of the University Players' melodrama, "My Partner" or "A Rose With a Broken Stem," will be given at 8 p.m. today in the Little theater of Green hall. Admission price is 50 cents for the 4-act two-hour show.
The play will be given tonight,
tomorrow, and Friday.
Essay Contest Rules Explained
The Hattie Elizabeth Lewis essay contest for 1953-54 offers three cash prizes totaling $225 for the best essays written by University students on the application of the teachings of Jesus to some contemporary problem. Prizes of $100, $75, and $50 are offered.
The deadline for entries is April 20, at which time three copies must be turned in to the Chancellor's office signed with the writer's assumed name, accompanied by a sealed envelope containing the contestant's real name, assumed name, and the title of the essay.
Freedom in choosing a subject is encouraged, although some examples of modern problems are suggested, including "Church and Family Life," "Church and Labor," "Control of Atomic Energy," "United Nations and the World Order," "Juvenile Delinquency" and "Socialization of Medicine."
Essays must no be less than 3,000 nor more than 10,000 words in length. They must be typewritten, double-spaced, and provided with a table of contents, footnotes giving reference to authorities cited, and a bibliography.
Awards will be made by the committee and announced at commencement. Students desiring more information should see Miss Mattie E. Crumrine, assistant professor of Romance languages, room 115, Strong.
ASC Reveals Expenditures
The All Student Council expenditures during November and December totaled $792.96, according to a statement released today by Robert Elliott, business junior and ASC treasurer.
The governing body's balance as of Nov. 11 was $2210.24. A total of $152.79 from the return of ASC labor committee funds brought the total funds available to $2633.63.
Printing costs of $348, constitutional reprint cost of $17.44, office expenses of $7.04, office rent of $15, and appropriations to University organizations totaling $750 accounted for the $792.96 expenditure sum. The balance now stands at $1570.67.
According to ASC ruling, the council's financial statement must be published throughout the year.
An appropriations breakdown shows that the Associated Women Students received $200; Statewide Activities, $450; University Veterans organization, $50, and Mortar Board, $50.
Reporters told him that some members of his own party in Congress said his new farm program—calling for flexible price supports—was not "politically feasible in this election year." The Chief Executive said he still believed his plan is right.
He said he does not think that he is too smart politically himself, but he does not believe anyone who studied the farm problem as long and as closely as his administration could arrive at any conclusion that the current system is workable or would help the farmers.
In his presentation to Congress, he attempted to show the way to a stable, prosperous agriculture, the President said. He said if his plan is not politically feasible, he would surely find out.
Reporters sought to clear up confusion about his labor message. They wanted to know whether he preferred government-conducted secret ballots to be held among workers prior to a strike, or after a strike started.
Mr. Eisenhower explained that he had carefully avoided spelling out the exact details, that determination of the details is the province of Congress and its committees.
His function, he said, was to lay down principles and in this light, he would accept anything that seemed to be the most practicable, the most workable.
Other news conference highlights:
1. The controversial Bricker amendment to limit the treaty-making powers of the chief executive.
The President said he would be happy to accept the changes in the original plan as he outlined them last July, but he never would agree to the adoption of a system that would take this country back to the era of the pre-Constitution Articles of Confederation.
3. His plan to take away the citizenship of persons convicted of conspiracy to advocate overthrow of the nation. He said his proposal as outlined in the State of the Union message was merely an effort to impose the same penalty down on a man convicted of such a conspiracy that is now provided for a man who makes an actual attempt to overthrow the government by force or violence.
2. The administration plan for channeling parts of defense orders into unemployment areas. He said this had been misunderstood and used to create misapprehension.
4. In another reference to his labor message and the proposal for greater control of union welfare funds, he said he preferred that this power be vested in the states if possible.
Rock Chalk Revue Names Top Skits
Winning skits to be presented in the Rock Chalk Revue, March 26 and 27, were announced by Max Murray, business senior and producer of the Revue, at a meeting of house representatives yesterday.
The winning skits in the women's division were submitted by Kappa Kappa Gamma, Pi Beta Phi, and Chi Omega sororities, and North College ball.
In the men's division Alpha Tau Omega, Beta Theta FI, Phi Delta Theta, and Delta Upsilon fraternities will present skirts.
The skit scripts were judged by the speech and drama department of the University of Nebraska.