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Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
University Daily Kansan Wednesday, March 7, 1951
STUDENT NEWS PAPER
Lawrence, Kansas
O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F K A N S A S
Legislators Will Inspect Construction
Kansas legislators today will inspect new construction at the University, including the Union addition and the new dormitories, and sites for the proposed fieldhouse and science buildings.
The group will be made up of members of the ways and means committees of the Kansas senate and house, and their wives. Two busses will bring the group, which may number from 60 to 70 persons, to Lawrence.
Before Chancellor Deane W. Malott addresses the group in Strong auditorium at 4:45 p.m., interest-group tours will be offered. Dr. R. Q. Brewster will take a group through some of K.U.'s research facilities.
Dr. E. R. Hall will show the Museum of Natural History and some of the wildlife work in progress there. Dean Thomas Gorton of the School of Fine Arts has arranged demonstrations of various arts and crafts in the studios on the third floor of Strong hall.
The University will be host for a dinner at the Union at 5:30 p.m. Following that the legislative guests will attend the Big Seven conference basketball game with Iowa State college.
Escorts for the bus trips from and back to Topeka will be Guy V. Keeper, director of the lecture course bureau; Gerald Pearson, director of extension classes; Irvin Youngberg, secretary of the K.U. Endowment association; and Marvin Small assistant alumni secretary.
ROTC Draft Status Told
Washington—U.P.R.)—Lewis B. Hershey, director of selective service, has issued a special bulletin to state draft directors to clear up confusion over deferment of R.O.T.C. students.
The bulletin stated that not all students in the R.O.T.C. program are draft exempt. Only those students who sign agreements to serve at least two years of active service after graduation can be deferred under the draft law.
Each R.O.T.C. program, army navy, and air force, has a quota that Defense Secretary George C. Marshall set up last December. In many colleges R.O.T.C. training is required, therefore some units will have more men enrolled than can be included in the quota. In such a case the outstanding students in the unit are chosen to fill the quota, and the others are not entitled to deferment
K. U. is not directly affected by this order since R.O.T.C. training is not compulsory here. Except for about 20 percent of the freshman class in the air force unit all three units at the University are within the quota. A request has been made to 10th air force headquarters for an addition to the quota which will cover that 20 percent, Lt. Col. Lynn Moore, professor of air science and today.
KANSAS: Fair east, partly cloudy west today, colder southeast and extreme east. Tomorrow partly cloudy east, mostly cloudy west, some light snow and colder north-west.
WEATHER
Iranian Premier Assassinated By Religious Sect Members
Tehran, Iran (U.P.)—Premier Ali Razmara was killed today by an assassin who fired three shots at him at point-blank range during a special religious ceremony in a mosque. The shooting took place at 10:30 a.m. (3 a.m. CST)
The assassin, Abdullah Movased Rastegar, a reader of the Koran in the mosque, and three of his gang were captured by police as they tried to commit suicide after the assassination.
It was reported that they were members of the fanatical Fidaiyan Silam religious sect.
Kazmara was taken to Sina hospital where doctors said death was instantaneous.
rice said the Fidaiyan Islam sect—"devotees of Islam"—has been criticizing Razmara for rejecting demands to nationalize the oil industry. The sect held a meeting at the mosque last Friday and denounced the premier as "an English stooge."
The ceremony at the central Shah mosque was given by Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi after the death of a high moslem cleric. A high government source said the premier had been warned before attending the function that an attempt might be made on his life but he ignored the warning.
The Shah immediately called a meeting of his advisers and appointed Khalil Fahimi. Razmara's minister without portfolio, to take charge of the government. It was reported that the Shah was considering invoking marital law.
sur who resigned. At the time, diplomatic sources in Washington said they believed Razmara, a lieutenant general in the Iranian army, would give Iran her most forceful leadership in years.
He was only 48 and was considered a brilliant soldier before he went into politics. He was educated at St. Cyr, the "West Point" of France. When he became premier, he governed with a blend of oriental and western ideas.
Under Razmara, Iran moved toward closer friendship with Russia and he recently signed a trade pact with the Soviet. But the premier also worked to keep his country independent and friendly toward the west.
When he took office last June he made a clean sweep of all the old ministers who headed Iran's incompetent and corrupt government.
Razmara was appointed premier last June to succeed Ali Khan Man-
Italian Reds Try Russian Walkout
Rome (U/L)Premier Alcide de Gaspere's government received an overwhelming vote of confidence early today after Communist deputies vowed never to fight Russia and stalked out of the assembly.
American, British and French representatives sat in the diplomatic boxes in the chamber of deputies and intently followed the stormy proceedings.
A short time later Communist party chief Palmiro Togliatti, who returned from Moscow last week to try to stop a revolt in party ranks, charged that de Gasperi's Christian Democrats were using "pressure voting" tactics and left the chamber.
The high point of the session came during a speech by defense minister Randolfo Paecardi. He was heckled unmercifully by the Communist and left-wing socialist bloc and finally turned to them and furiously demanded, "Would you, as Rallians, fight against the Soviet Union?"
"Just like the Russians, you walk out." they ieered.
He was followed by more than 100 Communists and left-wing Socialists amid catcalls and shouts from the right-wingers.
The vote was 325 to 16 with 228 abstentions on a defense appropriation of $400,000,000 to help Italy finance her obligations under the Atlantic pact treaty.
They shouted back, "No, no,
never."
Acceptance of the Soviet wording, these sources said, also would be an admission by the West that there is merit in propaganda claims that world tension is caused by the West's rearmament plans for Germany.
The deputy foreign ministers of the U.S., Britain, France, and Russia are trying to write an agenda for a meeting later of the four foreign ministers.
Eclipse Of Sun At 4:42 Today
Fine Arts Lists 50 For Honors
The sun will be partially eclipsed here from 4:10 to 5:12 p.m. today. The eclipse will reach its maximum at 4:42 p.m.
US Refuses Russian Plan
Dr. N. W. Storer, associate professor of astronomy, said the moon will appear to touch the sun on the lower left hand side. From our latitude only 10 per cent of the sun will be eclipsed.
Two out of 50 students had straight A's on the honor roll released Tuesday by the School of Fine Arts. The lowest grade average was 231.
Paris (U.P.)-The U.S. will not agree under any circumstances to a Big Four foreign ministers discussion of German rearmament on the terms demanded by Russia, it was learned today.
The best way for persons to see the eclipse is through dark glasses or exposed film.
Delores Wunsch and Betsy Swigart, fine arts juniors, were the straight A students. The following list includes the upper 10 per cent of the students enrolled in fine arts;
Informants at the conference of the deputies of the Big Four said the Soviet proposal on German rearmament, provided the Germans are willing.
Lois Etherington, Victor Hogg, John Jacques, Marjorie Jenuee, Donald Louthian, Barbara O'Neal, Charles Rice, Willard Straight, and Robert Wynne, fine arts seniors.
Jean Almon, Marilyn Barr, Lois Bradfield, R. C. Broadstone, Ruby Brown, Carolee Eberth, Elsie Esch, Marlene Nickel, Kathryn Peters, Jeannine Schindler, Donald Shurtz, Betty Joanne Stokes, and Judith Veach, fine arts juniors.
Martha Heek, Donna Hobein, Don Jensen, Orvid Johnson, Anne Lambert, Doris McConnell, Joan Shuler, Carolyn Smith, Elizabeth Stanford, Louise Swigart, Ada Van Valkenburg, and Arlene White, fine arts sophomores.
Norma Glass, Anne Gorbut, Larry Havlicek, Jessie Hunt, Mary Loveless, Dale Moore, Phyllis Nehrbass, Marilyn Pollom, Linda Stormont, Patricia Street, Norma Wahl, and Susan Wilson, fine arts freshman.
Mrs. Dorothea Dalton, and Joan Templier, fine arts special students.
Yanks Cross Han East Of Seoul
Tokyo (U.P.)—American tanks and infantry stormed across the Han river at three points 15 miles east of Seoul late Tuesday under cover of the greatest artillery barrage of the Korean war, flaming bologstur of 50.000 artillery shells which rained down.
naming moieties of 50,000 artillery shells which rained down upon Chinese Communist defenders of the north bank fled under a them within two hours and 20 minutes.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur flew from Tokyo to Korea to watch the jumpoff. He said U.N. forces have blasted any Communist hope of victory in Korea. But, he added, the war would settle into an inevitable stalemate unless he receives major reinforcements soon and freedom to hit the Communists in China.
The drive across the Han spear- headed a general United Nations attack which gained from one to three miles along a 40-mile front.
then within two hours and at most
drive across the Han snare.
By night the drive across the Han had carved out a bridgehead on the
northern bank and set the stage for a massive envelopment move against the Communist-held Seoul.
Infantrymen in assault boats spearheaded the river crossing while big guns played an earth-shaking tattoo ahead of them. Tanks forded the Han three hours later. One tank task force killed 100 Communists and captured 30 prisoners demoralized by the pre-dawn barrage.
The original landing was made on a rocky thumb of land formed
by a horseshoe bend in the Han a short distance west of its junction with the Pukhan river.
The U.S. 24th division, leaping off east of the river assault in the area of Yangpyong, lunged first for the heights of 6,500-foot "Dragon Door" six miles northeast of they were making good progress in clawing their way up the mountain, which dominates the entire west central front.
Joining in the attack along the 40-mile front were American, Australian, Canadian, Greek and South Korean troops.
U. S. marines in the central sector began a new drive north along the Hoengsong-Hongchon road and reached a point five miles north of Hoengsong.
MacArthur Says Reinforcements Or Stalemate
Korea—(U.P.)-Gen, Douglas MacArthur predicted today in an inevitable military stalemate in Korea unless he gets major reinforcements and freedom to strike back at the Chinese Reds.
The supreme U.N. commander said his forces already have blasted any Communist hope for victory in Korea and dampened the enemy's ardor for other aggression in Asia.
He said, "Even now, there are indications that the enemy is attempting to build up from China a new and massive spring offensive in Korea.
MacArthur reiterated to newsmen that U.N. forces would not cross the 389th parallel if there were "cogent political reasons" for not doing so. He presumably referred to British demands that no new crossing of the parallel be made without consultation among U.N. members represented in MacArthur's forces.
The supreme commander also reminded newsmen that he has had no fresh directives from the U.N. on what he should do about Communist China's aggression in Korea.
His remarks were interpreted as an appeal to U.N. members to authorize him to take offensive action against Red China itself—certainly to make bombing raids on the enemy homeland.
"Decisions have yet to be made," MacArthur said, "which are not solely political or military. They must provide on the highest international level an answer to the unsolved problems raised by Red China's undeclared war in Korea."
It was the third time MacArthur has issué a statement asking the U.N. for instructions about Communist China's intervention in Korea.
Scarab Show In Marvin Hall
A sketch exhibit, sponsored by Scarab, national professional architectural fraternity, is being shown today through Friday in the third floor corridor of Marvin hall.
The exhibit will be sent to the nine Universities which have Scarab chapters. The work has been done by members.
Included in the exhibit are pencil, ink, and water color sketches. Scenes in nature, buildings and architectural themes are featured.
Fulbright Scholar Leaves On March17
Clayton A. Newton, graduate student, will leave for Australia on a Fulbright scholarship Saturday, March 17. He received the scholarship Feb. 28.
Mr. Newton has been an assistant instructor in the geography department for three years. Last summer he worked with the group from the department making a study of population settlement changes in the wheat belt.
Mr. Newton plans during his nine months in Australia to make a study of the wheat area there and compare it with the wheat belt in Kansas.
Dinner Tickets On Sale
Tickets for the Upstream dinner to be held at the Community building, at 6 p.m. Thursday will be on sale today and Thursday morning in the Union building.