Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks. A Typical Student Turnout at Convocations DON'T CROWD NOW!—No one had to worry about finding a seat at the convocation in the auditorium yesterday. When the University Symphony opened the convocation only a few seats were filled. A few more showed up later. It was the biggest convocation crowd in months, but still small in comparison to the number of students enrolled. A basketball game can really pack them in, but a convocation seems to scare them away. Kansan photo by Ken Coy A FULL HOUSE—A standing joke at the University has long been that convocations are really held in the Student Union building over a cup of coffee. Since actions speak louder than words, this doesn't seem to be just a joke. During the convocation yesterday there was standing room only in the Hawk's Nest, the cafeteria, and the Union in general. Booths in the Hawk's Nest were filled to capacity with six people sitting in most of them and long lines in front of the coffee bar and the fountain. 50th Year, No. 104 LAWRENCE. KANSAS Eisenhower Proposes Welfare Reorganization Washington—(U.P.)—President Eisenhower today proposed to Congress that the Federal Security agency be transformed into a full fledged cabinet Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The new secretary of the proposed department will be Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, now FSA administrator, has been sitting in on cabinets sessions. The department also would have an undersecretary and two assistant secretaries. The new department would have controlling authority over the Public Health service, the Office of Education, and the Social Security administration. The reorganization plan will become effective if it is not disapproved by a majority vote of the full membership of either the House or Senate within 60 congressional working days. The head of the Social Security commission is now appointed by the FSA administrator, while the surgeon general, head of the public health service, and the commissioner education are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate. Under the reorganization, these three posts would be subject to presidential appointment and Senate confirmation. The plan provided for the nomination of a special assistant to the secretary to be chosen from the field of medicine. Repairs on Fraser Halted by Weather Re-roofing of Fraser hall, begun last fall, has been held up for several months because of bad weather, Keith Lawton, administrative assistant to the chancellor, said today. "It's impossible to work on those slick towers in this weather because a workman just can't keep hold," Mr. Lawon said. With good weather, work on the year-old building can be completed sometime this summer, he said. Thursday, March 12, 1953 Debate Meet Starts Friday Elimination debate and individual speaking competition among members of 16 college teams will begin here at 9 a.m. tomorrow in the twentieth annual St. Johns Debate tournament. The tournament, which is usually held at Winfield, is being held by the University this year because of the death of the wife of the regular director. After three rounds of debate, highest ranking teams will enter quarterfinals. Winners will enter semifinals, and two victorious teams will compete in a final round Saturday afternoon. Kansas, Colorado, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Minnesota schools will be represented. KU debaters entered are Jane Letton and Margaret Smith, college freshmen, and William Arnold, Hubert Bell, Lee Baird, and Letty Lemon, college sophomores. Preliminary and final competition will determine winners in Bible, dramatic and poetry reading; radio, extemporaneous, and impromptu speaking; story telling declamation, and oratory. Faculty Orchestra To Play Saturday The Faculty orchestra will play at a dinner dance at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Faculty club, Prof. O. P. Backus, social chairman, has announced. Prof. and Mrs. William R. Scott are chairmen of the committee in charge. The committees will decorate the tables for dinner and work out the theme for the dance. Revue to Open On Unlucky Day Friday, the 13th, is the opening night for the traditional Rock Chalk Revue at 7:45 p.m. in Hoch auditorium, but rehearsals show that the "superstitions jinx of the fateful 13th won't hold true this time," Dick Klassen, producer, said today. The skits presented by eight houses feature singing, dances, and a can-can line. The houses participating are North College hall, Alpha Phi, Chi Omega, and Pi Beta Phi sororites, and Acacia, Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Delta Theta, and Phi Kappa fraternities. Trophies for the best skits by men's and women's houses will be awarded at the close of Saturday's performance. A full-dress rehearsal was held last night in Hoch auditorium. Weinaug Named To Oil Commission Dr. C. F. Weinau, chairman of the department of petroleum engineering and staff member of the State Geological survey, has been appointed to the Engineering and Secondary Oil Recovery committees of the Interstate Oil Compact commission by Gov. Edward F. Arn. Weather Rain fell over all of Kansas except the extreme northwest last night but most of it measured less than one-tenth in inch. Temperature is dropped in the west but not in the east. The cold snap in the west will give way to warmer weather, but cloudy conditions will return after clearing of skies in the east tonight. Minimum temperatures last night ranged from 28 to 50. Highs yesterday were mostly in the 50s. Commies Down British Bomber Lueneburg, Germany—U.P.B—Two Soviet-type jet fighters today attacked a four-engined British plane near the Soviet-British frontier of divided Germany, killed at least one of its crew members and reportedly forced it down in flames just inside the Soviet zone of Germany. --- Witt Coffee Hour Scheduled Monday Students and faculty are invited to an informal coffee for Lawrence W. Witt, American university field staff lecturer, at 4 p.m. Monday in the English room of the Union. Mr. Witt will be on the campus until Wednesday and will speak to classes and seminar groups. He will be able for individual conferences. Persons may make appointments directly with him or through the chancellor's office. Panel to Discuss Indian Relations "American-Moslem-Indian Relations" will be the subject of a panel discussion open to the public to be held at 7.30 tonight in the Jayahawk room of the Union. Moderator of the discussion will be Elmer Beth, professor of journal- Members of the panel are Virginia Baroudjian from Egypt, Cyrus Samili from Iran, Imtiaz Khan from Pakistan; Latheef Ahmed, graduate students, and Nick Kittrie, Australian citizen. Mr. Ahmed recently returned from five months as a student member of the secretary-general's staff at the United Nations. Mr. Kittrie, although a citizen of Australia, has lived much of his life in the Near East. KU Student Files For School Board He is the sixth candidate to file. Leslie G. Hallmark, education junior, has filed as a candidate for the Lawrence board of education in the March 24 primary election. He is the sixth candidate to file. Hallmark said his sole purpose in filing for candidacy was to be elected. The Royal Airforce in London identified the downed plane as an RAF Lincoln, a four-engine heavy bomber. Three men, the air force said, parachuted from the crippled plane. One, a British Air force sergeant, died enroute to a German hospital. He apparently had been attacked while parachuting to safety. His parachute was loose, were tripped with bullet holes, German eye-witnesses said. The attack was the second within three days by Soviet-type Communist aircraft on Western planes flying over Germany. An American Thunder jet was shot down Tuesday over the American zone of Western Germany when two Czechoslovak Russian - built MIG-15s attacked two American patrol jets. The British high commission for Greece vident of the attack had been found. West German police said the in- tel road corridor "was very busy" from Hamburg to Berlin. First reports of the shooting came from the tiny village of Neetze, 9 miles east of Lueneburg and three miles west of the zonal border. British air force spokesmen at Hamburg said the crippled plane landed in flames at Booitzenburg, just inside the Soviet zone of Germany. A number of four-engined British commercial airliners have been flying in the area of the reported attack, carrying East German refugees from Communist terror out of West Berlin. 2nd Listening Party Slated for Regionals Because more than 1500 persons attended the listening party following the Kansas-Missouri game, plans for similar parties during the Manhattan regionalists Friday and Saturday were announced today by Bill Means, business junior, director of the parties. Dancing in the ballroom will begin at 8:30 p.m. and will continue until women's closing hours. Music will be furnished by records.