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Fridav. March 13. 1953
Increased Status Expected for FSA
Washington—(U.P.)—Congressional leaders of both parties predicted today that Congress will approve cabinet-level status for the Federal Security Agency as President Dwight D. Eisenhower requested.
Under the reorganization bill Mr. Eisenhower sent Congress yesterday, the Federal Security agency, headed by Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, would be converted into a Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Congress twice rejected former President Truman's request for the department status. The change in heart apparently was prompted by the fact that the controversial Oscar R. Ewing no longer is head of the agency.
A joint House-Senate committee on government operations will start hearings on the plan Monday. Under the government reorganization law, the plan automatically goes into effect in 60 days unless vetoed by a majority of the Senate or House.
Other developments:
Ammunition: Sen. Harry F, Byrd (D.-V.a.) proposed Congress investigate Navy, Marine, and Air Force ammunition stocks because "they may be in bad shape too." He said the job could be assigned to the new five-member subcommittee established to look into the Army ammunition shortages in Korea reported by Gen. James A. Van Fleet.
Bohlen: Sen. Styles Bridges (R-N.H.) urged President Eisenhower to withdraw his nomination of Charles E. Bohlen as ambassador to Russia. Sen. Brides, Senate president protempire, said he has warned the administration that Mr. Bohlen faces formidable opposition" because a majority of senators regard him as a "defender of the Acheson foreign policy."
Un-American: The House Un-
American Activities committee took up its inquiry into Reds in education today after rebuffing chairman Harold H. Velde (R.-II). for proposing an investigation of the clergy.
Voice: Sen. Joseph H. McCarthy's
permanent Senate investigating subcommittee called witnesses from the Voice of America and the Coast Guard today to testify on the Voice's operation of shipboard transmitters which broadcast U.S. news behind the Iron Curtain.
State Gambling Bill Set for Passage
Topeka (U.P.)-A bill to strengthen Kansas' gambling laws was scheduled for final passage in the Senate today.
Backed by Atty. Gen. Harold F Patzer, the 16-page bill would add several provisions to basic Kansas gambling law. It would make application for or possession of a federal wagering stamp primary evidence of gambling, outlaw slot machines and "one-ball" machines, make illegal the transmission of gambling information, and redefine gambling terms and names of gambling devices.
The Senate yesterday also advanced seven other bills for final passage today and received four new committee measures, all of minor importance or of local nature
Measures winning final approval of the upper chamber included bills creating a turnipke commission for construction of toll roads, measures modernizing traffic control laws, and resolutions to authorize constitutional amendment votes on special budget sessions of the Legislature in even numbered years and permit uniform taxation on motor cars.
The House, meanwhile, worked at a pace indicating a drive for adjournment was not far off. It labored through three sessions—morning, afternoon and night.
Beware —
By EILEEN FOLEY
Evil Tidinas Await Careless Students
Today is the unluckiest of all days carrying the evilest of all omens— Friday the 13th.
Freya's felines are not be confused with the modern concept of cat, as bop jokes were not told in those days.
Medieval Europeans called Friday hangman's day, since they executed criminals then. The only tucky person of that day was the hangman,
Dr. John Ise, professor of economics, will give the principal address at the Kansas Association of School Secretaries dinner at 6 p.m. today in the Kansas room of the Union building.
Over 100 school secretaries from Kansas are on the campus today to attend the third state workshop of the association. Members met at 8 p.m. yesterday in the Union building at a "get-acquainted coffee." Registration began at 8:30 a.m. today and the opening session began at 9 a.m. The meeting will adjourn tomorrow at noon.
Today the wary student won't dare to walk under a ladder, break a mirror, spill salt, or look at a black cat.
Dr. Ise to Speak To Secretaries
The number 13 has been eyed with suspicion ever since Freya, the ancient Venus of the North, presented one of her black cats to 12 witches. This made 13 and became to be known as unlucky.
The only thing in favor of class attendance is that no really good professor who is up on his omens would think of giving a pop quiz today—someone might pass it. And think how unlucky that would be for a self-respecting professor!
The School of Business is acting host to the group. Miss Loda Newcomb, assistant professor of secretarial training, and Donald A. Boege, instructor in secretarial training, have been in charge of arrangements.
who made a fast buck.
This practice is still carried on at the University on a milder scale by instructors who give quizzes the day after a basketball game.
On Friday the 13th of July, 1951,
Kansas City was deluged by the biggest flood ever seen there.
The 13 sororties of the campus might do well to be cautious today. Several high-kickers in the Rock Chalk Revue are a little skeptical of their safety tonight—they might fall off the stage.
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