UNIVERSITY DAILY
48th Year No.121
Monday, April 9, 1951
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Lawrence, Kansas
Reds Flood Valley To Delay UN Advance
Tokyo—(U.P.)-The Chinese Reds abandoned their Hwachon stronghold today after opening the flood gates of the huge Hwachon reservoir in a futile attempt to delay the Allied invasion of North Korea.
Pursuing U. S. forces, ignoring the threat of floods, reached the southwest side of the reservoir 13 miles of the 38th parallel—the deepest American penetration of the Communist homeland in this second battle of North Korea.
The Yanks were believed to have seized hills overlooking Wachon itself, formerly the eastern anchor of the central Korean triangle in which the Reds were reported massing a half-million or more troops for a spring counter-offensive.
The Yanks reported that the Pukhan river, into which the reservoir empties, rose seven and a half feet at mid-day, but by dusk had dropped to only one foot above normal.
The dam gates were about a mile across the reservoir from the nearest Allied units at dusk. Engineers ventured no explanation for the fall of the river's crest other than the possibility that the Reds may have closed all or some of the gates before finally retreating north.
But in abandoning the Hwachon reservoir, the Reds gave up their best defensive position in central Korea.
UN officers said the temporary floods might hamper but would not seriously affect the Allied march north of the 38th parallel. They were confident that none of the American, French, Thai or South Korean troops in the area would be trapped.
The American forces which thrust north to the reservoir itself reported no sign of the 39th Chinese Communist army, which had been reported moving large forces south out of Hwachon for the start of the long-expected enemy counter-offensive.
However, North Korean rearguards apparently covering the Chinese retreat poured mortar and automatic weapons fire throughout the day on advancing UN troops from positions south of the reservoir.
One American unit crossed the waist-steep Soyang river south of the east end of the reservoir under enemy fire.
The Chinese opened three of the Hwachon reservoir's 18 floodgates and half-opened a fourth between 8 and 9 a.m. today. By 1 p.m., between 11 and 16 of the floodgates had been opened.
Millions of gallons of water surged south down the Pukhan river valley, one of the main routes for the United Nations advance into North Korea
Stacked north of the reservoir were the 11th, 116th and 119th divisions of the Chinese 39th army—30,000 men at full strength. Just south of the reservoir were the North Koran 1th division, while the North Korean 67th, 12th and 15th divisions were poised in the Yangnu area.
French and American units were taken under heavy mortar fire as they attempted to push north in the area south of the reservoir today. The Communists clung to entrenchments in the hills despite heavy Allied air and artillery bombardments.
Farther east, U.S. forces attacking in the area southwest of Inje ran into heavy Communist rear-guard resistance. But on either flank of the 90-mile Allied front north of the 38th parallel, the 8th army rolled deeper into the enemy homeland without opposition.
U. S. forces on the west-central front scored their closest penetration yet of the enemy cameland and began shelling the commandist bastion of Chorwon, the tiles above the 38th parallel.
In Turkish homes, parents tell children that the Russians are "Bogey men," Richard D. Robinson, expert on Turkish and Middle Eastern problems, told the Editorial class today.
Russians Called 'Bogey Men'
Questioning of the villagers reveal that Russians are disliked, not particularly because they are Communists, but because they are Russians, Mr. Robinson said. Since Communism is so closely connected with Russia, the people are against that also, he said.
The rise in the standard of living is not apparent to the Western visitor, he said, because it is more in the attitude of the people than in the visible improvements.
Mr. Robinson, who was in Turkey from 1947 to 1950 as a representative of the Institute of Current World Affairs and a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Daily News, will be a guest expert in classes, seminars, and special meetings at the University today through Friday, April 13.
Mr. Robinson's schedule for his day-visit on the campus is:
Today: 3 p.m., Social Science 15 class; dinner with economics faculty and informal discussion in the evening with economics faculty and graduate students in economics.
Tuesday: 10 a.m., History 148
class; luncheon with geography
faculty; 1 p.m., Geography 15 class;
3 to 5 p.m., with Political Science
210; evening with history faculty
and graduate students.
Wednesday: 9 a.m., Political Science 58 class; 10 a.m., Political Science 180 class; 4 to 5.30 p.m., Political Science 360 seminar.
Kansas State Historical Society Toneka, Ks.
Thursday: 10 a.m., History 148 class; 11 a.m., Sociology 155 class; luncheon with journalism faculty; 4 to 5:30, coffee hour in English room of the Union building, open to students and faculty; evening with the International Relations club.
Friday: 9 a.m., with Geography
6 class; 10 a.m., with Geography 125
class; 2 p.m., with Sociology 96
class.
Blue jeans and calico will be worn to the Hayseed Hop from 9 p.m. to midnight Friday, April 13 in the Union ballroom.
Tickets for 75 cents per couple will be on sale in the Union and Strong hall Wednesday and Thursday, April 11 and 12. They may also be purchased at the dance.
Hayseed Hop To Be Friday
The Square Dance club, which meets every Wednesday, will also present a program at Winter General hospital in Topeka and have another party later in the semester.
The dance is sponsored by the Square Dance club and Student Union activities.
Pat Arnold's band will play, and Square Dance club members will call the dances.
Officers of the club are Robert Heins, president; Lo Ree Waterson, secretary-treasurer; Leon Lee, program chairman; and Richard Callabresi, publicity chairman.
Choir Concert Is Tonight At 8
The University A Cappella choir, directed by D. M. Swarthout, professor of voice, will present a concert at 8 p.m. today in Hoch auditorium.
Included in the concert will be a group of numbers written by Palestrina, a 16th century composer. Following will be works from the Russian choral music of the 19th century. There will also be selections from well-known English and American composers.
Jeanne Aldridge, graduate student, and Frederick Burton, fine arts freshman, will have solo parts in the group of spirituals which will close the program.
Washington (U.P.)—House military affairs leaders gave up today in their fight to write universal military training into law at this time.
Facing bitter opposition to a pending draft and U.M.T. bill, they agreed to support amendments under which congress would commit itself now merely to consider "legislative recommendations" to be made later by a special U.M.T. commission.
House Group Sidetracks UMT
Chairman Carl Vinson (D-Ga), said his house armed service committee, which sponsored the bill, apportioned unanimously at closed meetings.
The house armed services committee was understood to have sanctioned informally an amendment to give draft boards the last word on deferment of college students, despite forthcoming nationwide college deferment tests.
U. M.T. could not go into effect until congress, by law, so decreed.
Rep. Paul J. Kilday (D-Texas), who earlier had planned to offer an amendment to block the college tests, said that under his revised plan the tests would go ahead as scheduled but that the results would be only "advisory."
Each draft board would have the final say about its own college deferments.
The committee's action was believed to have assured passage of the amended draft and U.M.T. bill. The measure would lower the draft age from 19 to $18\frac{1}{2}$ and would lengthen the period of draft service from 21 to 26 months.
As the amendment was agreed to today, congress actually would have to pass a new law to get U.M.T. going.
An exhibit of ceramics, printed fabrics, and hand-weaving are being displayed on the third floor of Strong hall through April.
Included in the display are white placemats with designs in green, gray, and red. Also shown are handwoven mats in white, silver, and gold thread.
The work is that of Mr. and Mrs. Duanne Johnson who left the University in 1943. They now own the Wildweed Gift shop in Denver, Colo., where the work was done.
Ceramics, Fabrics In April Exhibit
Ceramics include vases, bowls, and trivets, ornamental plates on short legs used to protect tables from dust. Ceramic sculpture is also shown.
Drapery material exhibited features a fish design in two shades of green with red outlines.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson sell their products throughout the United States. Arvid Jacobson, associate professor of design, set up the window display.
'Stop MacArthur' Movement Growing
Washington—(U.P.)—Democratic leaders in congress are ready to assure President Truman that they will back him "to the hilt" should be crack down on Gen. Douglas MacArthur, it was learned today.
Upset by MacArthur's policy statements which have embarrassed and annoyed the administration, the leadership "big four" called on Mr. Truman at the White House for the first time since the new controversy broke.
Pach Announces Platform And Election Slate
Better Greek-Independent relations is one of the points in the Pachacamac-N.O.W. political party platform announced Friday.
Warren Andreas, College junior, who will run for All-Sudent Council president on the Pachacamac-N.O.W. slate, outlined the platform
"There has been some discussion of the need for a more constructive platform, and we feel that our platform contains more real issues and topics that will benefit the student body as a whole than the platform offered by F.A.C.T.S. party," Andreas said.
Nine points on the Pachacama-
N.O.W. platform:
1. Student wages meeting national minimum wage requirements
tional minimum wage requirements. 2. Quiz files in the library for all students.
3. An expanded Campus Affairs committee with emphasis on school spirit, better Greek-Independent relations, improved student-faculty relations, and fair educational practices.
5. Offices for student organizations in the new Union addition.
4. Seniors receiving notice of "F" grades before being reported.
6. A transferable identification card for extra-curricular activities.
7. Continuance of free movies on the campus.
8. All school dances with big name bands such as held this past year.
9. A lecture on campus government for all new students during orientation week.
The final Pachacamac - N.O.W. slate is as follows. A.S.C. president is Andreas.
District I representatives: James Martin, College junior; Corena Belknap, Gary Davis Virginia Mackey, Phillip Owen, College sophomores; and Max Zimmerman, College freshman
District II representatives: Dean Barret, Fritz Widick, and William Wilson. education sophomores.
District III representatives: Jean Almon, fine arts junior; Charles Crawford, David Sailer, Tony Vandergrift, business juniors; William Schmidt, College sophomore and Mary Anne O'Neill, College freshman.
Senior class offices: president, Joe Wimsatt, College junior; vice-president, Robert Kenney, education junior; secretary, Patricia Glover, education junior; treasurer, Carol Krehbiel. College junior.
Junior class offices; president, Grace Endacott, fine arts sophomore; vice - president, Robert Knightly, College sophomore; secretary, Leah Ross, College sophomore; treasurer, Dale Dodge, College sophomore.
Sophomore class offices: president, Marilyn Miller, College freshman; vice-president, Richard Comstock, education freshman; secretary, Barbara Allen, College freshman; treasurer, Sue Taylor, College freshman.
WEATHER
KANSAS: Fair tonight, continued cold in east, not so cold in west, low tonight 32 to 35; Tuesday partly cloudy and warmer, high 55 to 60 northeast, 62 to 65 west and south.
The Democratic big four are house speaker Sam Rayburn, Tex.; house leader John W. McCormack, Mass.; senate leader Ernest W. McFarland, Ariz.; and Vice-President Alben W. Barkley.
There was no hint from authoritative quarters as to what, if any, disciplinary steps might be taken against MacArthur. Speculation ran from requests that the general silence himself on policy matters, to the possibility that he might be replaced.
President Truman met in a special session yesterday with the joint chiefs of staff, and there were some reports that secretary of the army Frank Pace Jr., now in Tokyo, may have taken some message to MacArthur from the president and the joint chiefs.
Democratic leaders were not talking for-the-record at the moment, but one top lawmaker termed MacArthur's statements "utter insubordination."
Mr. Truman was expected to be told that his congressional leaders believe the time has come to curb MacArthur's tart remarks aimed at "diplomats . . . politicians," and his policy statements which have differed with administration view on the use of Chinese Nationalist troops against the Chinese Reds and the importance of the Asiatic area as opposed to Europe.
Where Democrats as a party failed to rally to secretary of state Dean Acheson in a year's sustained attack by Republicans, they now are ready to back the President in any action he may seek to take against MacArthur. The reason expressed privately is that the general is believed by Democrats to have gone out of his way to embarrass a Democratic administration, has "played the Republican's game," and that the only way to counter the general's political effect is to do so openly.
London: Britain and the United States have agreed on a new declaration of Korean policy, official sources said today as France protested the alleged political moves of Gen. Douglas MacArthur in the Far-East situation.
The swelling tide of criticism against MacArthur sent President Truman into weekend conferences with his chief of staff and administration leaders. There was speculation that a move to discipline the supreme commander was in the making.
The new declaration of policy on Korea may be announced in commons this afternoon, coupled with an official British government statement on the MacArthurs' controversy.
Yiddish Institute Sponsors Contest
The Yiddish Scientific institute, Y.L.V.O., is sponsoring an essay contest for college seniors and graduate students.
Three cash awards of $300, $200,
and $100 will be made for the three best studies and essays on Jewish life in the United States and Canada.
Entries may be in any language and must contain 5,000 words. Doctoral and master's theses may be longer. Essays should be based on reliable sources and independent research.
Contestants may consult the Y.I.V.O. for assistance in selecting a bibliography. All papers must be submitted in triplicate before Monday, Nov. 15, 1951. Entries will be judged for content rather than style.
Students desiring information may write the Committee on Research, Y.I.V.O., 535 West 123rd street, New York 27, N.Y.