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Daily hansan
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 1952
50th Year, No. 40
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Eden Backs U.S. On Prisoner Issue
United Nations, N. Y. — (U.P)—British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden today rejected Russia's latest Korean proposal and declared that no war prisoner may be either forcibly repatriated or forcibly detained.
Mr. Eden, making his first speech at this session of the United Nations General Assembly, also called upon Secretary-General Trygge Lie to reconsider, "at this critical time," his decision to resign the world organization's top post.
Lie told the assembly yesterday he had decided that "this is the time" to step aside to "help the UN save the peace and serve better the cause of freedom and progress for all mankind."
Mr. Eden's appeal to Mr. Lie brought applause from the assembly.
Brieny reviewing the world situation, the dapper British diplomat said the major issue of the Korean question had been "lucidly pounded" by Secretary of State Dean Acheson and he promised that he would not follow Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky.
"The difficulty in ending the conflict has now been reduced to one issue," Mr. Eden said. "... if we are to arrive at agreement, we have first to see whether we can set down the principles which should govern our conduct in these matters. Let me tell you what I consider these to be;
"into the realm of vituperation."
"2. That every prisoner-of-war has the right to be speedily repatriated.
"1. That every prisoner-of-war has the right, on the conclusion of an armistice, to be released.
"3. That there is a duty on the detaining side to provide facilities for such repatriation.
Truman to Seek Advice Of Ike on Foreign Policy
4. That the detaining side has no right to use force in connection with the disposal of prisoners-of-war.
Washington—(U.P.)-President Truman will seek Dwight D. Eisenhower's advice on foreign policy during the next two months, but will not ask the president-elect to share responsibility for any decisions, administration officials said today.
They said Mr. Truman will ask for Gen. Eisenhower's suggestions on how to handle urgent problems in Korea, Iran, and Indo-China when the two meet at the White House next week.
The retiring chief executive realizes he must accept full responsibility for everything the government does between now and Gen. Eisenhower's inauguration Jan. 20. informals said.
But they pictured him as feeling that current policy decisions should as far as possible reflect Gen. Eisenhower's ideas as well as his own so they will carry the full weight of a United America.
There have been reports Gen. Eisenhower may be unwilling to make any recommendations before he actually takes over as president and is fully briefed on the issues involved.
In naming his representative with government agencies Monday, Gen. Eisenhower made it plain he was not accepting responsibility for any decisions. But officials here said this should not rule out "recommenda-
Council president Bill Wilson indicated he might also make some appointments to the new ASC labor committee.
ASC to Name 'Hoover' Group
Appointments to the All Student Council's recently created "little Hoover commission," a committee to study and recommend revision of the Council's existing legislation, are expected to be made at the regular ASC meeting tonight.
Two bills are scheduled to come before the Council for final reading tonight. They are a FACTS-sponsored measure to change the present referendum and recall procedures, and a Pachacamac bill to replace the present system of closed party primaries with an open primary setup The primaries bill was tabled at the last meeting because of insufficient time to consider it.
tions."
An agenda for the White House meeting still hasn't been set. Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Defense Secretary Robert A. Lovett are expected to attend but there hasn't been a final decision.
In the foreign policy field, the key issue on which Gen. Eisenhower's ideas will be solicited will be the U.S. position on Korea in the United Nations general assembly.
Sen. Alexander Wiley, Wisconsin Republican who will be chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations committee, already has called on the president-elect to state his views on UN policy. Sen. Wiley is serving as a U.S. delegate to the meeting.
Chancellor to Present Student Housing Facts
Adlai's Manager Blames Slogan
Washington — (U.P.) — Wilson W. Wyatt, Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson's campaign manager, said today the "decisive" factor in the Democratic presidential candidate's defeat was the Republican slogan, "It's time for a change."
He said several other issues were "energizing forces" contributing to Dwight D. Eisenhower's election including the Korean war and Communism. The corruption issue "started out as something significant and dwindled off into something that was down in the lower category of significance," Mr. Wyatt said, after disclosure of the $18,235 expense fund of Sen. Richard M. Nixon, Gen. Eisenhower's running mate.
"It) started actually 12 years ago and was repeated eight years ago and four years ago, and this year, I think, was irreestible," Mr. Wyatt said.
Mr. Wyatt said President Truman was "a plus contribution to the election (and) affirmative for the Democratic ticket. However, six other high political figures said in copyrighted interviews with the magazine U.S. News and World Report that Mr. Truman "hurt" Gov. Stevenson with his campaign assaults on Gen. Eisenhower.
The others were Sen. Robert A. Taft (R.-Ohio), Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York, House Republican leader Joseph W. Martin Jr., of Massachusetts, Gov. James F. Byrnes of South Carolina, GOP National chairman Arthur E. Summerfield, and GOP Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., defeated for reelection in Massachusetts.
Sen. Taft said that if he had been the Republican standard bearer he would have defeated Gov. Stevenson and carried more GOP senatorial candidates to victory than did Gen. Eisenhower.
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy will present the complete picture on the student housing problem at an open meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Fraser theater.
Laurence C. Woodruff, dean of men, made the announcement to 22 students at a conference in his office yesterday afternoon.
Chancellor Murphy is expected to outline all the facts of his 10-year building program for the University. After his presentation, he will accept questions from the audience, Dr. Woodruff said.
"The chancellor has consented to prepare a brief of all the facts relative to the 10-year building program and the student housing problem, and to present it a to general meeting of the student body," Dr. Woodruff said.
Dr. Murphy will probably explain the University's commitments for a new fine arts building and the science building now under construction.
"There has been a lot of misinformation circulated about this housing situation," Dr. Woodruff said. He explained that his "sole purpose in calling this meeting was to get a representative group together to hear the facts of the case."
The dean of men took a slap at the Daily Kansan in his reference to the "misinformation" which he said had been circulated.
"The Kansan," he said, "has had two motives in this thing: one has been to get better housing at the University of Kansas and the other has been to get copy."
He expressed concern over the fact that the Kansan goes to many high school libraries over the state, and that the high school students who read it might be influenced "the wrong way" toward KU.
Dr. Woodruff said enrollment is expected to increase steadily, reaching probably 7,500 within the next decade. In the mid-1960s, he continued, there will be a "deluge."
He re-emphasized that the chancellor is extremely aware of the load that will be placed upon the University when this wave hits.
A proposed 96-unit men's hall for Pittsburgh State Teachers college
'War to End Wars' Was 34 Years Ago
Upon This Day...
Washington — (U.P.) It was 34 years ago today that the numerous big and little Allied powers tied the whistle down and celebrated victory in what was called "the war to make the world safe for democracy."
The name chosen for the day on which the conflict ended proved to be a better choice than Woodrow Wilson's rolling, hopeful phrase about making the world safe for democracy.
That lofty title was then current for what is known by everyone now as World War I. The Kaiser had been licked as of 11 a.m., Nov. 11, 1918, and ever since among the Allied Nations, Nov. 11 has been "Armistice Day."
The end of World War I conflict on Nov. 11 proved, in fact, to be no more than the beginning of an armistice—and peace is yet to come. Pending the start and spread of another global struggle — this one known as World War II—there was calm of a kind, but no real peace.
A great many persons believed it to be real and others hoped. In the first months and years after that first Armistice Day, nations sought to out-do each other in thanksgiving for the coming of peace on earth
"The Unknown Soldier" became a phrase of grateful reverence. It was a hint, too, that popular thought was shifting from great generals and admirals as the heroes of war to a new concept: the real hero was the young man or boy dead in the mud.
and the men who made it so.
The French "unknown" was placed beneath Napoleon's Arc de Triomphe, itself conceived as a monument to his imperial armies. The British buried their war hero in appalling simplicity beneath the stone of
Holiday Celebrated Quietly on Campus
Armistice day will be commemorated quietly on the campus today in contrast with anniversary parades and cemetery ceremonies held elsewhere throughout the country.
In connection with the peace celebration, a unit of 50 men from the Army ROTC marched in the post parade at 11 a.m. in Fort Leavenworth.
Banks and post offices in town will be closed today.
Westminster Abbey's floor. The United States chose his resting place in Arlington National cemetry.
The British built their cenotaph in Whitehall in memory of the empire dead and for many years thereafter British and other Allied citizens lifted or touched their hats as they passed by, riding or afoot.
It is as though the Allied traditions and customs of honoring Armistice Day and the dead had faded with the fading of the glorious hope which marked its beginning. There will be official ceremonies today in Allied capitals, but that is about all.
The British do not do that any more, nor is much made now of Armistice Day here or abroad although it used to bring whole nations to a dead stop at 11 a.m., to observe two minutes of silence. There is no real popular observance of the day any more.
Perhaps disappointment a f t e r World War I discouraged memorial making after World War II. The only terrific World War II memorial which comes to mind is the Russian pile in Berlin near the Brandenberg gate, unless the great glass and steel home of the United Nations in New York could be called a monument
was presented as a vital link in the overall program. This dormitory will be open for bids within a very short time, he said, and when those bids are in, "we will have a better indication as to where we stand" in regard to the probable costs of construction for a similar building here.
Dr. Woodruff expressed the belief that a correctly informed student body, actively working toward the goal under a coordinated program, can accomplish a lot.
He pointed out that rising building costs have forced a revision in the original plans to finance a men's dormitory with bonds which would have been issued with North College hall as security.
He urged all of the 11 organizations represented at yesterday's conference to make sure that the people in their organizations who are interested in better University housing attend the meeting Thursday.
Churchill Plans Meeting With Ike
Answering Laborite questions in the House of Commons, he said he was sure Britain would be consulted on any big Korean policy change and emphasized:
London — (U.P.) — Prime Minister Winston Churchill indicated today that he may seek a personal meeting with Dwight D. Eisenhower if the President-elect decides on any major change in policy as the result of his proposed visit to Korea.
"If serious changes are proposed, I think they should be discussed in the usual manner through the foreign office and also, if necessary, between the heads of governments and states."
Mr. Churchill said that there has been no invitation for a British representative to accompany Gen. Eisenhower to Korea.
A Laborite asked if it would not be a good idea to have Defense Minister Earl Alexander in Korea at the same time Gen. Eisenhower goes there.
"Do we need an invitation in order to go to Korea?" asked Laborite L. J. Callaghan. "Does the Prime Minister not think that if anything comes out of this mission at all, at least our Minister of Defense should be there?"
His statement followed a blistering speech in which he said last night that Russia is blocking a Korean armistice because it wants to keep Allied armies dispersed in the Far East.
Weather
Sunny skies in Kansas promised to bring temperatures up from their wintry depths today, and keep them there for the remainder of the week.
WARM
Sub - freezing weather c a m again to all points in the state last night and early today. Temperatures yesterday inched back to seasonal normals, following premature cold on Sunday and Sunday night. Moderate so u th westerly
winds today were expected to boost temperatures.