Kansas State Historical Society
Topeka, Ks.
Returned Prisoners Tell of 1.170 Deaths from Red Brutality
Freedom Village, Korea—(U.P.) The pitifully few who returned kept a promise to the dead today
They told of the deaths of more than 1,170 Allied war prisoners on 300 mile death marches and from brutal neglect in Red prison camps.
They told of men who marched on frozen feet, their battle wounds untended. Some of the victims were clubbed by their Communist guards. Others lay down to sleep and simply did not awaken. Others died of wounds. Others of tuberculosis.
They told of seeing American war prisoners "pushed off a cliff and left there to die" during a horror-filled Korean death march and how others were deliberately bayonetted
by Chinese guards in a Red prison camp.
One said "there were so many who died" in the camps and on forced marches he could not guess the number.
Allied officers refused to comment on the disclosures, nor would they say what effect they might have on resumption of truce talks.
But it was certain that the stories of the returned prisoners, coupled with the violent attacks on the UN by the Red China Peiping radio, had abolished any good will which might have resulted from the sick and wounded exchange.
The Reds have charged the UN with returning emancipated "ghosts" and cripples with arms and legs
Allied screenging officers have not yet revealed their own compilation of Communist victims. But it seemed certain there would be heavy duplication of figures in the survivors' stories.
"hacked off."
(A report in November 1951 by Col James Hanley, 8th Army judge advocate in Korea, said that 2,500 American prisoners of war were killed by Chinese Communists and an additional 3,600 GI prisoners murdered by North Korean troops before the Chinese entered the war.
The 23-year-old 2nd division soldier captured in May 1951 said there were 700 who started out on the death march. Only 289 left at the finish he said.
The soldier said the death march started at a place the prisoners called "bean camp" near Pyongyang. The 300-mile march to a camp at Changsang, in northwest Korea near the Yale river, took more than a month.
wounded Glousters, but all the time I was in Communist hands I never saw a single seriously wounded prisoner.
(A "clarifying" report by Gen Matthew B. Ridgway, at that time supreme commander in the Far East, said the UN had positive proof only of the slaying of 365 Americans).
Lance corporal Arthur E. Hunt said "there were many seriously
"I only saw walking wounded. I don't know what happened to the worst cases."
Mr. Hunt, who was removed to a British hospital at Kure, Japan, said his observation also applied to American and other UN prisoners.
He said the Reds made no attempt to pick up fighting men found on the battlefield in such serious condition they could not keep up with a marching column.
Their stories were duplicated by a Turkish private and by South Korean returnees.
Daily hansan
50th Year, No.128
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Record Vote Seen In Campus Election
By TOM STEWART
Wednesday, April 22, 1953
"The turnout for today's general election may be the biggest in the history of the University." Bob Worcester, engineering sophomore and All Student Council elections chairman, said at 11 a.m. today.
Worcester said the heavy vote was being caused by the weight of publicity preceding the election, the excellent weather today, and student interest aroused by the new ASC reorganization.
"It's good to see so many students interested in student government that apparently weren't interested before," Worcester said. He reported that 853 persons had voted when he made his 11 a.m. check of the polls.
pons.
As elections chairman, Worcester is head of the ASC elections police, a body of students who watch voting to see that no violations of election procedure occur.
He said no violations had been reported to him, but complained of another group of poll watchers appointed by Bernie Borst, prosecutor of the Student Court.
"It seems to me that these persons appointed by Borst are overstepping their supposed authority," he said.
Ballot counting will begin when the polls close at 6 p.m. The Daily Kansan office, KU 251, will be informed of progress of the counting.
See page 3 for lists of candidates
Film Series to Show 3 Documentaries
The second in a series of Modern American films presented by the major in American Civilization will be shown at 7:30 today in 426 Lindley.
Weather
Three documentary films of information and interpretation will be given at this showing. They are "The City." "The River," and "Architecture West."
Temperatures in Kansas shot up to their highest marks of 1953 yes-
look was for showers over the state Thursday afternoon and night, inadef of by Thursday morning. Temperatures will range from the 40s to about 60 tonight and highs tomorrow are expected in the 70s.
SPRING SHOWERS morning predic- The
canne out bright and warm again today and it was shirt - s l e e v e weather by mid-morning. Forecasters clung to their hope for showers, but delayed the arrival time in their media.
Moreau Says All Law Based on Moral Duty
Bv EILEEN FOLEY
"Moral responsibility is the basis of all law," Dean Frederick J. Moreau of the School of Law said last night in the last Humanities lecture for the 1952-53 series.
In his lecture, "The Unwritten Law and Its Writers," Dean Moreau explained the development of basic common law principles on which American society is founded.
As a local illustration of moral responsibility he cited the new University disciplinary committee. The majority of the members are students. "The moral law has done more for law than judges and legislators have been able to do. They are merely the mouthpieces of the moral law," he said. "The great commandment of the law is to do justice and right, and to render everyone his due."
He stressed that all justices take
For more than 200 years opinier writing by judges has been the core of the existing legal system wherever the common law is in force, he said. "Perhaps a judge feels more satisfied with his decision if he has put down why he decided the case as he did. These opinions constitute the primary source of our law," he said.
Dean Moreau discussed legal systems, the history of law, the beginnings of professional legal literature, and custom.
their jobs seriously. "They realize that their opinions constitute a permanent record, and all strive for clarity, style, form, and dignity," he said.
High UN officials gave no hint of the reason for calling the urgent meeting. Some sources doubted the UN is yet ready to take official action on the statements of the prisoners.
The unexpected UN demand touched off immediate speculation the Communists may be asked to answer charges by returning Allied prisoners. Also charges that the Reds are not living up to their agreement to return all Allied sick and wounded war prisoners during the present exchange.
Pamunjomjun —(U,P)— The United Nations called on the Reds to meet at 7 p.m. today (CST) in a conference of liaison officers "to discuss matters in connection with the current repatriation operation."
"There are general customs which have become a part of unwritten law and been reported as judicial experience," he said.
UN to Question POW Exchange
It was possible, they said, that the meeting might have been called to discuss the exploding of a stray artillery shell near "freedom gate bridge" on the Pamunjuom road just before a convoy of ambulances carrying Red prisoners to the exchange area approached the bridge.
Dean Moreau listed six theories of the origin of law which have been advanced through the years.
1. The commands of the sovereign.
2. A collection of rules administered by courts.
3. What is good and equitable—that which reason defines to be good.
4. What has existed in the common consciousness of the people—judges discover what these are.
1. juries make or create law.
6. The law is briefly the courts do.
Far East Expert To Lecture Here
The last American University Field staff lecturer for the year, A. Doak Barnett, will be on the campus from Monday, April 27, until Wednesday, May 6, to speak to classes and special discussion groups
A. DOAK BARNETT
FBI to Investigate Spencer Death
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been asked to assist in determining the cause of the death last Wednesday of John Spencer.
Sheriff Travis Glass, from whose office the request for FBI aid came, said that, "as far as he knew," the government agency will enter the investigation because it has better equipment for certain types of chemical tests.
The University of Kansas Medical center contacted the sheriff and asked him, as the proper authority, to contact the FBI.
Sheriff Glass said the KU Medical Center tests have failed to reveal the cause of death.
Mr. Barnett, born in Shanghai in 1921, lived there until 1936 when he came to this country. He was graduated from Yale university, Mr. Barnett joined the Institute of Current World Affairs in 1947.
He has made trips to China, India, Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Thailand, and Hainan, Hong Kong, and Formosa islands. In China he studied such issues as the Nationalist elections, rural and urban economic problems, labor organization, problems of racial minorities, and local government and politics.
During 1948-49 he made an on-the-spot study of the Communist military siege and capture of Peking and studied Communist propaganda and policies.
Mr. Barnett was a consultant to the Far East Program division of the Economic Cooperation administration from 1950-51. He then went back to Hong Kong and until June 1952 served as evaluation officer of the U.S. Information service.
Appointments with Mr. Barnett may be made through the chancellor's office.
Senior Class to Hold Convocation Tuesday
A convocation of the senior class will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, in Fraser theater. At the convocation the class dues will be announced, plans for the class gift discussed, plans for class day presented, and the senior reminders for graduation will be distributed.
The senior class has incurred debts amounting to about $600 due to losses from two class dances, one this year, and one when the class had a freshman status. The All Student Council may appropriate enough funds to cover these debts
"Let's Face It" Opens Friday
There is something for everyone in the 1953 College Daze production. "Let's Face It."
But for those who can't stand music in any form, we might issue a warning to stay far away from Hoch auditorium on Friday and Saturday nights. "Let's Face It" is a musical variety show from start to finish.
Songs, dances, and skits ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous will be presented, even between acts. Most of the music was written by Paul Dillinger, education senior.
The program and cast follows:
Act I Scene 1. "Let's Face It" sung by the chorus; words by Patricia Roney, education junior.
Scene 2. "Times Have Changed" featuring George Detsios, special student in business, as Jacques, an immigrant who recently arrived in America.
America. Scene 3. "The Dancing Teacher," story of a love triangle; Dorothy Sheets, college freshman, as Mrs. Billingsley; Philip Hahn, college junior, as Mr. Billingsley; Joe Williams, engineering sophomore, as the butler, and Sidwell Hutchins, college sophomore, as the dance teacher.
(Between Scenes Act) "The Little Rock," Dianne Miller and Alfred Farha, college sophomores.
Scene 4. "Triplets," a children's scene, Gerald Scott, college sophomore, and Dee Ann Price, fine arts sophomore.
sophomore.
(Between Scenes Act) "Beechnut Boys," and "The Crazy Waltz," hillbilly numbers. Jack Fuller, college freshman, and David Bennett, engineering freshman.
college junior (Between Scenes Act) "In Between," sung by Maurice Casey, education junior.
Scene. 5. "Get Hip, It's Great," a bebop number; words and music by Dillinger. Farha, as Benny; Lee Stone, college sophomore, as Casper; Jack Pickering, college junior. The Cats and Chicks, dancers, are Barbara Curtis, college junior; Phillip White, fine arts freshman; Wilbert Crockett, and Adolphus Toliver, college juniors.
Scene 6. "Potter's Tragedy," ballet by Detsios; Charles Garney, business senior, as the potter; Marjean Sullivan, education junior, as his fiancée, and Miss Miller, as the witch doctor.
Act II Scene 1. "The Show We Didn't Put On" takeoff on making
movies. Donna Francis, fine arts sophomore, as a native girl; Scott, as a movie director; Hugh Buchanan, college sophomore, as a movie choral director; Farha, as a tribal chief. The number is backed by a male chorus.
Scene 2. "Hicky Profane," take-off on the writings of Mickey Spillane. Pickering, as the reporter; Gerald Nelson, college freshman, as Hicky Profane; William, as Spike Slammer, and Dorris Toland, fine arts freshman, as the girl.
(Between Scenes Act) "A Couple of Swells." Don Jensen, fine arts senior, and Barbara Logan, college junior.
(Between Scenes Act) "Old Songs," sung by Jo Anna March, college junior.
Scene 3. "Walk Down the Street"
words and music by Dillinger, Nelson
Perkins, college sophomore,
the boy; Joanna Schrag, education
senior, as the girl. The number is
backed by the chorus.
Scene 4. "There's No Business Like Show Business," sung by Miss Price, backed by the chorus.
Scene 5. Finale, words by Dillinger and Perkins; music by Dillinger with the complete cast.