Page 8 University Daily Kansan Tuesdav. Nov. 11, 1952
Truman's Budget Tops Ike's Limit
Washington—(U.P.)—President Truman will hand the economy minded 83rd Congress an $85 billion budget for government operations in fiscal 1954, according to preliminary unofficial estimates.
This is almost as much as he requested last January for fiscal 1953, and some $6 billion more than the 82nd congress finally voted. It is also considerably higher than the $70 million Republican congressional leaders have said they hope to impose on federal spending next year.
Mr. Truman will present the new budget, covering federal expenditures and revenue from July 1, 1953, to June 30, 1954, just a few days before he yields his post to President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Eisenhower, who is committed to trim the budget to $60 billion by 1956, will be free to change the Truman budget as he sees fit, by sending further budget recommendations to Capitol Hill.
Budget experts say most of the money in the new budget, as now anticipated, will be earmarked for projects already approved by Congress, particularly the defense effort.
To cut expenditures to this year's level—$79 billion—Mr. Eisenhower or Congress must cut back parts of the program already established, the exerts saw.
The present administration's plans do not envision a major cut in defense spending until fiscal 1955.
The new budget is far from finished. The top-level meeting to decide finally how much money to put into national security will not be held until sometime next month,
Total military expenditures for fiscal 1953 are officially estimated at $52.9 billion.
AFL Maritime Strike Ends
San Francisco (U.P.)—A week-long maritime strike that partially tied up shiping along the West Coast was ended today after the AFL Sailors union of the Pacific reached an "informal agreement" in a wage dispute with ship owners.
English Meeting At 7:30 Tonight
The second organizational meeting of the new English club will be held at 7:30 p.m. today in the basement lecture room of the Museum of Art.
Language arts majors with emphasis in English, English majors in the college, language arts majors with speech emphasis, language arts minors, and speech correction students from the language arts program are urged to attend the meeting.
The English club is being organized for the purpose of providing extra-curricular channels for study and discussion and to increase social association among students and faculty members.
Complete details and information regarding the new club can be obtained from William Dickinson, college senior.
Tryouts Held Today For Speech Contest
Tryouts for the 27th annual campus problems speaking contest will be held at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. today in 105 Green hall. Any undergraduate may enter.
Eight speakers, judged on the basis of five-minute prepared speeches given at tryouts, will be selected to go into the finals at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Strong auditorium.
Dean Burton W. Marvin of the School of Journalism, John E. Hankins, professor of English, and Don Dixon, associate professor of speech and drama, will judge the eight-minute final speeches.
Reds Recapture Pinpoint Hill
Seoul, Korea — (U.P) – Fifteen-
hundred screaming Chinese Communist soldiers *captured Pinpoint hill on Sniper ridge tonight, storming the crest behind a thunderning artillery barrage.
It was the 13th time Chinese troops have re-taken the vital central front position since its capture by the South Koreans on Oct. 14.
Communist big guns fired 4,000 rounds into Allied positions during the first two hours of the attack. South Korean troops fell back to basic defense positions on the outlying spurs of Sniper Ridge after fighting savagely to hold the waves of Chinese.
The ROK troops were reported to be digging in again on the fingers of Sniper Ridge leading up to Pinpoint hill. The South Koreans have been able to hold these positions in the previous 12 Red drives which carried them to the crest of Pinpoint.
The two-battalion attack ended a three-day lull in the battle for the Kumhwa ridges. Tonight's assault was believed to be an all-out effort by the Chinese to regain the last of the central front hills seized by the United Nations in mid-October.
About a mile to the west lies Triangle hill, seized by UN soldiers at the same time they captured Sniper. However, the Communists recaptured all but a small portion of the four-domed hill mass in 24 days of fighting.
Saturday Noon Deadline Set For Military Queen Pictures
Earlier today, UN soldiers, fighting with fists, rifle butts, knives and hand grenades, hurled back 800 flame-throwing Chinese from Porkchop hill on the western front invasion route to South Korea.
The deadline for the pictures of the Military ball queen candidates has been extended to noon Saturday.
Pictures are to be submitted to Lt. Col. Bayard M. Atwood at the Military Science building. Names and addresses should be written on the back of the picture.
Theory of Verse Analyzed By Bishop at Theta Sig Tea
"Light Verse, Its Theory and Practice" was analyzed by Dr. Morris Bishop of Cornell university yesterday afternoon at a tea given at the Museum of Art by Theta Sigma Phi, women's honorary journalistic fraternity.
Dr. Bishop will discuss "Pascal: The Mind of Genius," at 8 tonight in Fraser theater.
"The object of poetry." Dr. Bishop said yesterday, "is to seek understanding in the form of beauty. The object of light verse is to create misunderstanding in beauty's cast-off clothes."
Describing light verse as a "satellite of serious poetry," the visiting Humanities lecturer said appreciation of light verse requires, nevertheless, "the same sensitive ear needed to appreciate serious poetry."
Listing the devices employed by writers of light verse. Dr. Bishop named perfection of form, incongruity, parody, pushing logic to an extreme, the "false naive," and others.
"The serious poet tries to make the reader jump with him from one location to another, by analogy,
Professor Named Program Chairman
Richard Schiefelbusch, assistant professor of speech and drama, has been selected to organize and to act as chairman for the speech program at the 31st annual convention of the International Council for Exceptional Children to be held April 6 to 11 at the Hotel Statler in Boston.
Prof. Schiefelbusch spoke on the "Problems in Speech Correction" at a symposium during the fall meeting of the Kansas Speech Teachers association Thursday.
Friday Prof. Schiefelbusch spoke at a roundtable on exceptional children at the Kansas State Teachers' association meeting at Salina.
Meeting Set as Announced
The meeting of the French club will be held 4 p.m. Wednesday as announced in the official bulletin Monday. A conflicting news story in Monday's Daily Kansan was erroneous.
simile, or some implicit comparison, and land with him at that new location." Dr. Bishop said.
The jump from one mental location to another also is made in light verse, Dr. Bishop added, but "the poet hopes to land on a floating ice cake in a sea of misunderstanding. Then too, the poet hopes the reader won't land on the ice cake with him."
After tonight's lecture, the speaker will attend a reception at 9:30 at the Faculty club. Tomorrow at 10 a.m., Dr. Bishop will meet the class in masterpieces of world literature, 206 Fraser hall. Students and faculty members are invited to attend.
'Over 1,000' Alumni Visit
Alumni officials estimated Saturday's homecoming crowd of alumni at "better than 1,000." Of this number, however, only 222 registered.
The alumni were treated to many different homecoming displays. Winner among Independent men was Bogii with its theme, "We handle any kind of corn."
The display showed a Jayhawker kicking a Cornhusker over the goal post. Another Jayhawker was looking at a corn on the foot of a Cornhusker. The corn was actually a red light.
Delta Tau Delta was the winner among social fraternities. It demonstrated a Jayhawk fishing from a rowboat about to pull in the Nebraska fish.
Top sorority display was the Memorial Campanile theme used by Gamma Phi Beta.
Watkins hall won the Independent women award by using the theme, "Farmer hauls another load away." A Jayhawk was pictured pushing a wheelbarrow with Cornhuskers in it.
Thanks!
Yes, thanks for staying with us these months the STUDENT UNION BOOKSTORE has been in 24 Strong. We will be there four more days, but we are pleased to announce that the
NEW STUDENT UNION BOOKSTORE OPENS Monday, Nov.17 at 8 a.m.
Entrance at southwest doors of Memorial Union Building