Editorials
Officials Move Fast In Slapping TKE's
It is amazing how rapidly University officials moved in banning Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity from participating in the Student Union Carnival Saturday night. According to the powers-that-be, a TKE float at half-time during the Loyola football game was sufficient reason for ousting them.
The allegedly obscene display consisted of a float advertising Ron Kull, a TKE, for the "Little Man On Campus" contest to be held that night. On one side was a legitimate poster panel; on the other was a nude, over which was the inscription "This Aint Ron Kull." And when the float appeared, Kull and the TKE's were sunk.
Now that the University has asked for a "symbolic apology" to Chancellor Murphy and the University as a whole, you can expect some asinine statement in the Daily Kansan signed by the TKE president and a few other TKE dignitaries.
Let's hope the ASC disciplinary committee takes as much action against these offenders (?) as they did against the North College serenaders a few weeks ago. They just dropped it as not being worth the trouble.
There is no use making mountains out of mole-
hills. A.G.M.
The Political Front
Major Parties Open Fire For Colossal Fight In '52
Present activity on the national political scene is centered on the attempts of factional leaders of both major parties to strengthen their organizations. It is preliminary maneuvering before the colossal battle in 1952.
Early in November President Truman made the first move for the Democrats by announcing his support of placing the nation's internal revenue collectors under civil service. The switch was recommended by the Hoover commission more than two years ago, but as recently as three weeks ago Mr. Truman declined to approve it.
However, public reaction to recent scandals helped change his mind. Failure to approve the change would have provided more ammunition for Republican moral-laxity guns.
The Southern Democrats opened fire shortly thereafter when Sen. Harry F. Byrd (D-Va.) made a speech at Selma, Ala., in which he outlined the Byrnes-Byrd-Russell conception of southern strategy. The program of the anti-Trumanites urges southern convention delegates to avoid committing themselves so they can deny Mr. Truman their votes if the need arises, and also keep themselves free to deny their electoral votes to the president in the November election.
The southerners want to restore the two-thirds convention rule, which was changed to a simple majority in 1936. Restoration would give them the same veto power they have in the Senate.
The only declared candidate so far is Sen. Robert A. Taft (R.-Ohio). He's busy stumping the country in an effort to corral the vote of the "common people." Taft already has powerful support among party regulars.
They still have not committed themselves on General Eisenhower. Many still are nursing the hope that he will be available as a Democratic candidate. But leaders in both parties are showing signs of impatience for the General's tardiness in committing himself.
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His book on foreign affairs will be published Thursday, while he is still on tour. The book will outline his position and defend his votes against the internationalist Senate bloc formerly led by the late Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg (R.-Mich.), and more recently by Sen. Tom Connally (D.-Texas). The ideas outlined in the book may help Taft in some of the traditionally isolationist sections of the country, but they very easily could hurt him in other areas. Jack Zimmerman.
Churchill wants to confer with Stalin, and if it comes off we hope it doesn't have an aftermath like that of the KU-K-State conference.
Nobody knows how automobile tire tracks got on top of a snow-covered trailer-truck in Pennsylvania, but our guess is that some motorist just got tired of waiting for a chance to pass.
by Bibler
Little Man On Campus
"Sometimes I question the reliability of those vocational aptitude tests."
Vet Witnesses A-Bomb Blast Would Lead Troop Closer
Editor's Note: Brig. Gen. James A. May, adjutant general of Nevada and commander of the state's National Guard, commanded an anti-aircraft battalion with the Third Army in Europe during World War II. He was chosen as one of the 150 high-ranking Army officers who witnessed the first atomic troop maneuver in history near Las Vegas last week.
By BRIG. GEN. JAMES A. MAY
As Told To The United Press
Carson City, Nev.—(U.P.)—A week ago I would have said that anybody out watching an atomic bombing only seven miles away would be nothing but foolish.
But today I wouldn't hesitate in the slightest to lead combat troops under an A-bomb attack—provided we had the proper below-surface facilities.
The foxhole is still the GF's best friend, and ample protection against atomic attack. Treoops have a better than average chance to live through an A-bomb attack if they protect themselves as they are taught to.
We were taken to a spot about seven miles from "ground zero"—the target site and told to sit down because if we didn't the blast would probably knock us down.
We were given the choice of wearing goggles equipped with black lenses or of turning our backs until the bomb exploded. I chose the latter.
The B-29 which dropped the bomb hovered over the Frenchman's Flat area for some time, and then made two practice runs over the target site. The pilot's voice could be heard over the loud speaker system to which the observers and troops were listening as he announced he was making his final run.
When we heard the bombardier say "bombs away" those next seconds were tough on all of us. The bomb exploded and the sun was blanked out entirely.
I looked toward the explosion and saw the biggest ball of fire I have ever seen and ever expect to see. It
Only a relatively short time elapsed before scientists with Geiger counters moved into the heart of the target area. Soon they radioed back that it was safe for us to move ahead. I was surprised that we could go in there in only about a half-hour's time.
I heard two distinct cracks when the bomb exploded, but neither of them were as loud as I had expected. The hills around us reverberated for the next five minutes.
A few seconds after we turned to look in the target's direction, a rush of air hit us. Shortly afterwards, an intense blast of heat seared our faces as if someone had opened the door of a blast furnace.
was on the level of the ground and covered over a square mile of ground.
We were permitted to move within 1.000 yards of the center of the target area. We could see the trenches and foxholes prepared by the maneuvering troops and inspected at close range the tanks, artillery pieces, vehicles and other combat equipment which were exposed to the atomic blast.
It was more awesome than everything I saw in Europe put together.
News From Other Campuses
Write-In Votes Illegal
The student court of the University of Alabama ruled last week that write-in votes for the election of student officers and legislators were illegal and unconstitutional. A re-election of some school officers will be held as a result.
University of Minnesota surgeons have released information concerning the use of a mechanical heart-lung in the operation on a 6-year-old child last April. The machine was used to keep the child's blood circulating while surgeons operated on the patient's heart.
Mechanical Heart-Lung Used
Invite Russia To Exchange
The University of British Columbia has sent a telegram to the Soviet minister of higher education. It proposed that four Russian students come to their University for a year and that four Canadian students be allowed a year's study in Russia in exchange.
Sponsor Children's Clinic
An immunization clinic for children living in the college housing area at Michigan State college was held Nov 8. All children from four months up to 12 years of age were eligible to receive the services of the clinic.
News Roundup
Tuesday, Nov. 13, 1951
UN Hits Russia On Three Counts
University Daily Kansan
Paris—(U.P.) The United Nations delivered the defeats to Russia today in key areas of the cold war—China, Germany and Yugoslavia.
Over the protests of Russian delegates the general assembly voted:
1. By 30 to 8 with 13 abstentions to debate Nationalist China's charge that the Kremlin threatens China's independence.
3. By 44 to 5 with 4 abstentions to hear Yugoslavia's charge of aggression against Marshal Tito by Russia and its satellites.
2. By 47 to 6 with 2 abstentions to discuss the establishment of a UN commission to determine the possibility of all-German elections to unify the split nation.
Five Layers of Wreckage
Evanston, Wyo.—(U.P.) —Railroad crews today worked to separate a pile of wreckage "five layers deep" to reach six bodies trapped in the remains of two Union Pacific streamliners that crashed yesterday, killing 20 persons and injuring 49 others.
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Authorities plan to question John Branstitter, 38. Evanston, the only survivor of the three-man crew in the four-unit diesel engine of the City of San Francisco that plowed through the rear four cars of its sister Eastbound train, the City of Los Angeles. He is badly injured.
Military Hurting Defense
Washington—(U.P.)-Senators complained today that too many generals, admirals, and civilian employees are tending to make the defense effort "inefficient, wasteful and dangerous."
U.S. Wants Bases in Spain
The Senate preparedness subcommittee in its 33rd report on the mobilization program said it could find no reason why as many are needed for a military machine of 3,500,000 men as were necessary at the V-E day peak of 12,000,000.
Washington—(U.P.)—An American military mission will recommend that U.S. sea and air bases be built in Spain if a deal can be worked out with Gen. Francisco Franco, it was learned today.
The United States is reported to be interested in at least six airports in Spanish Morocco, North Africa, and Spain, and several naval bases including the one at Cadiz on the southern tip of the Iberian peninsula.
Washington—(U.R.)The National Education association reported today that U.S. schools are being hit from three sides by manpower shortages, inflation and soaring enrollments.
Schools Hit From Three Sides
Frank W. Hubbard, NEA research director, said that while demands on schools are increasing,"the purchasing power of the school dollar declines and the public school must employ thousands of teachers who lack full professional qualifications."
Anticipate MacArthur Tirade
Seattle, Wash.—(U.P.)-Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrives today to help Seattle celebrate its 18th birthday anniversary amidst charges that he will use the occasion to denounce the administration.
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