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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1951
Air Force 'Hoarding' Policy Overcrowds Airbases
Washington (U.R.)—The senate preparedness committee today ac- cused the air force of hoarding "the best of the nation's available manpower."
"This must stop" the committee said in a report charging overcrowding at the Lackland (Texas) air force base.
It blamed the overcrowding on air force "greed" for the elite of the nation's manhood. The committee, headed by Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson, (D,-Texas) said the air force made a deliberate effort in December and January "to enlist beyond its capacity too great a share of the good material available."
The result, it said, was that 68,731 men and women were crowded into a base which can accommodate only 27,500, and men who might have made "invaluable" army officers are now air force privates.
"This is an illustration of the
wrong kind of stockpiling," the committee said. "We don't have enough men for one service to build itself up as a mentally and physically elite corps. This must stop." Accordingly, it demanded that all services hereafter draw their men from a single draft pool.
The senate investigators said they found that conditions at Lackland were substandard, but concluded that "no undue hardship to enlisted personnel resulted from the housing, clothing, food, or medical care offered at the base."
By HELEN LOU FRY
Weather Outside Was Dismal But The Music Was Bright...
The weather outside was dismal, but the music at the 107th All-Musical vespers Sunday was bright and enjoyable.
Plan Summer Tours For College Study
Six all-expense tours of Europe for college students this summer will be sponsored by the Students Travel club of New York.
Members will sail from New York on the Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, Constitution, and Washington in June and early July. Overland travel will be by private deluxe motor coach, accompanied by experienced couriers.
Operas, concerts, music festivals and theatres will be attended. Each group is limited to 30 persons. Reservations should be addressed to the Students Travel club, 1841 Broadway, New York City.
Indians Admire Hopalong
Cleveland, Ohio (U.P.)-The fame of Hopalong Cassidy extends halfway around the world. Brij Mohan Jolly, deputy secretary general of the Indian Red Cross, said on a visit to Cleveland that one of his most important missions in the United States was to buy Hopalong Cassidy suits for his six and nine-year-old sons. Their ambition is to visit the wild and woolly United.State where Hoppy keeps law and order, he said.
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The "Berceuse and Finale" from the "Fire Bird" by Stravinsky was presented by the University Concert band under the direction of Russell L. Wiley, professor of band and orchestra. From the weird, mournful beginning to the pompous and majestic ending, it was played well with precision.
Clayton Krehbiel, instructor in education, directed the University A Cappella choir in three numbers. Outstanding was "The Blue Bird" by Stanford which highlighted good blending and contrast in the choir.
The Women's Glee club, directed by Mr. Krebhiel, blended voices well in two William Schumann numbers. Mary Lee Haury, fine arts sophomore, excelled in the difficult soprano solo in the "Prelude for Voices."
Dr. Ernst von Dohanyi, guest professor, directed the University Symphony orchestra in two movements of the "Symphony No. 4" (Italian Symphony) by Mendelssohn. Dr. Dohanyi proved himself as able a conductor as is he pianist and composer.
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The investigators found that, because of congestion, 5,653 men were living in tents with dirt floors and thousands still were wearing civilian clothes. But they had abundant and good food and medical care, they said. There was "no evidence of oppressive discipline" and morale was high. There were some "cry babies," however, the committee said.
Lackland is the national indoctrination center for the air force.
The report absolved the base command of any wrong-doing, saying full guilt falls on air force headquarters here for a "grab the best" enlistment policy which is irresponsible and merits censure.
"The air force's apparent unconcern for the other services is not merely a rebuff to the spirit of unification, it is also an attitude detrimental to the best interests of the nation," the committee said.
Despite appeals by base officers to headquarters to slow up enlistments, the committee said, it was not until January 16 that enlistments finally were suspended. By that time, it said, the base was "hopelessly overcrowded" and there was a complete breakdown in basic training.
Campus Interviews on Cigarette Tests Number 13...THE OCELOT
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